Standing Rock: 1875. Partly printed military document signed, (6th Infantry), seven months before Little Big Horn, 16.75 x 10.75 inches, Standing Rock, [Nov. 1, 1875], "A Statement Of Forage and Straw Issued to and Consumed by the Public Animals under my direction at Standing Rock, Dakota Territory, during the month of October, 1875," for transient animals from Fort Rice, signed by Captain and Commander of Post James S. Poland, an officer who served under Major Reno at the Little Big... More

New York: George Ackerman, 1856. Color Lithograph. Image measures 9" x 6.5". This 1856 map of Formosa or Taiwan features the entire island in detail. This map appeared in Francis Hawk's 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan Performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry'. The map notes important towns, capes, and topography including the Pescadores and the south eastern coast of China in... More

Paris: Dentu, 1807. Illustrated with one folding map of Silesia, colored in outline, drawn by Lapie, and engraved by B. Tardieu. Translated from the English by J. Dupuy. [4], iv, 421 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf-backed plain boards. Paris: Dentu, 1807. First French edition. A near fine clean copy. First French edition of Adams's very extensive correspondence with his brother, Thomas Boyleston Adams, comprising a travel journal of considerable interest, written during Adams's stint at the Prussian court as U.S. Minister..... More

London: National Gallery, 2006. Many color plates. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. (London: National Gallery, 2006). Fine Exhibition catalogue. More

New York: John Hardy, 1871. Color lithograph. 17.5" x 39.5". Expertly repaired on verso. One small chip at bottom edge. In very good condition. Large map of Manhattan showing Ward Boundaries, Assembly Districts, ad Election Districts. Four insets show Manhattan divided into Wards and Senate Districts, Wards and Congressional Districts, Wards and School Districts, and Wards and Justice Districts. The map appeared in the 1870 edition of The Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York by John... More

London: R.H. Evans, 1810. Title page vignette. xxviii, 352pp. Short 8vo, handsomely bound in 19th century tan polished calf (a bit rubbed); marbled page edges. London: Printed for R.H. Evans, 1810. A New Edition with Additions and Corrections, and a Supplement by R. H. Evans. A work first published in 1772, by the Scottish physician and author, the brother of Anna Letitia Barbauld. "Aikin is better known as a man of letters than as a physician. His elegant scholarship gave... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1897. Frontispiece portrait. 8 volumes, slim 8vo, 3/4 red morocco, ornately gilt spines, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Press, (1897). Very good (+). Small inscription on front fly-leaf. More

Rome: Abete, 1981. Presented by Dominco Petochi. Extensively illustrated, most in color. 250pp., 4o, green cloth, lightly rubbed d.w. Roma: Abete, (1981). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. With the brief English softcover enclosure. More

12mo. 8vo, cloth (a bit soiled). Boston, 1883. More

London: Ben. Brooks, 1839. View (set of four). Aquatint with original hand coloring. Each page measures 14" x 16". Beautiful set of four aquatints depicting the first steeple-chase race on record. Plate I is titled "Ipswich, the Watering-place behind the Barracks", Plate II "The large field near Biles's Corner", Plate III "The last field near Nacton Heath" and Plate IV "Nacton Church and Village". Unusual for depicting night scenes, these four plates were published in "A Monthly Chronicle of The... More

Madrid: Miguel Guijarro, 1877. 593 pages with text in Spanish. 8vo, leather backed marbled boards; edges worn; original colored pictorial wrappers bound-in. Madrid: Miguel Guijarro, 1877. Fourth Spanish edition, translated from the French, and augmented to include La Cocina Espanola. More

American Antiquarian Society, 1836. Map. Lithograph with original hand coloring. Image measures 15" x 16.25". Page measures 16.75" x 17". This beautiful map shows the locations of Native American tribes throughout the United States in Canada. Areas are color-coded by tribe and include Eskimo, Athapascas, Algonquin-Lenape, Iroquois, Cherokees, Creek, Choctaw, Sioux, Black Feet, and Pawnee. However, this harmonious appearance obscures a much more troubled history. Distinguishing between 1600 in the east and 1800 in the west, the map speaks to... More

Mexico City: 1847. 1 page, 17 x 11 inches, (Mexico City), April 4, 1847. Handsome official document signed "P.M. Anaya" with a flourish, conferring the rank of Captain on a soldier. Stamps and official notations on verso. Tape stains in the top and bottom margins; partial tearing along the folds. Very good(-) condition. More