Princeton: University Press, 1997. Illustrated in black and white. xvii, 221 pages. Slim 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (very minor edgewear at bottom). New Jersey: Princeton University Press, (1997). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More

New York: Appleton, 1872. Color chromolithographic frontispiece and some other in-text drawings throughout; large folding map at rear (thin paper has split at some folds, and is now re-enforced on rear with archival film). 102 pages. Slim 8vo, original brown pebbled cloth with beveled edges; black and gilt-stamped pictorial cover and spine. New York: Appleton, 1872. First edition. Minor wear at spine ends and repaired map, otherwise a near fine clean copy of this uncommon book, inscribed on front endpaper..... More

Boston: 1849. Two sworn depositions in a legible secretarial hand, detailing a violent incident on board the ship Harrisburg on a voyage between New Orleans and Boston -- a fight between the cook and the captain occasioned by a lack of coffee. 2 pages and 5 pages, 15.25 x 9.75 inches, Boston, October 9, 1849, each on lined paper bound at the top with red ribbon threaded through two brass-rimmed punch-holes and sealed with orange wax, with printed Commonwealth of..... More

London: Chatto & Windus. Frontispiece and numerous other illustrations. 544 pages + 32 pages of advertisements. Short thick 8vo, original deep maroon cloth binding, re-cased with covers and half of spine with gilt designpreserved; light foxing throughout. London: Chatto and Windus, ca. 1875. Overall a very good copy. More