3 POST CARDS Depicting the 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR
(1939). First Edition. Postcards. Three linen post cards from three different companies depicting the "Bridge of Wings," "Where Stars Will Shine," and "Constitutional Mall and Lagoon of Nations."
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AMERICAN INDIAN LEGENDS
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Everett Gee Jackson. Hardcover. Nearly square octavo (8-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in natural wood veneer over boards with an undyed fawnskin leather spine. Selected, edited, and with an introduction by Allan A. MacFarlan. With 37 illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson, 27 of them printed.....
AMERICAN INDIAN LEGENDS
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Everett Gee Jackson. Hardcover. Nearly square octavo (8-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in natural wood veneer over boards with an undyed fawnskin leather spine. Selected, edited, and with an introduction by Allan A. MacFarlan. With 37 illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson, 27 of them printed.....
AMERICAN INDIAN LEGENDS
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Everett Gee Jackson. Hardcover. Nearly square octavo (8-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in natural wood veneer over boards with an undyed fawnskin leather spine. Selected, edited, and with an introduction by Allan A. MacFarlan. With 37 illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson, 27 of them printed.....
AMERICAN INDIAN LEGENDS
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Everett Gee Jackson. Hardcover. Nearly square octavo (8-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound in natural wood veneer over boards with an undyed fawnskin leather spine. Selected, edited, and with an introduction by Allan A. MacFarlan. With 37 illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson, 27 of them printed.....
CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS ON BIBLIOGRAPHY, TYPOGRAPHY AND ENGRAVING, IN THE NEW-YORK STATE LIBRARY
Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in contemporary 1/2 black morocco leather with morocco tips; 143 pages. Scarce early American catalogue on the subject.
THE DAGUERREOTYPE: A MAGAZINE OF FOREIGN LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. Volume I, Issues 2 - 12
Boston: J. M. Whittemore, (1847). First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's brown blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. For some reason, the first issue is not included, which seems to be rather common with this publication. Despite the title, this has nothing to do with photography.....
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE & THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION as published in THE ANNUAL REGISTER ... FOR THE YEAR 1776
London: J. Dodsley, 1779. Second Edition. Hardcover. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. Though not a First Edition, still an early eighteenth-century printing of one of the most desirable volumes of this prestigious series as this year contains two of the most important documents in American history. Where the text states.....
IL GAZZETTIERE AMERICANO CONTENENTE UN DISTINTO RAGGUAGLIO DI TUTTE LE PARTI DEL NUOVO MONDO DELLA LORO SITUAZIONE, CLIMA, TERRENO, PRODOTTI, STATO ANTICO E MODERNO, MERCI, MANIFATTURE, E COMMERCIO CON UNA ESATTA DESCRIZIONE DELLE CITTÀ, PIAZZE, PORTI, BAJE, FIUMI, LAGHI, MONTAGNE, PASSI, E FORTIFICAZIONI IL TUTTO DESTINATO AD ESPORRE LO STATO PRESENTE DELLE COSE IN QUELLA PARTE DI GLOBO, E LE MIRE, E INTERESSI DELLE DIVERSE POTENZE, CHE HANNO DEGLI STABILIMENTI IN AMERICA
Livorno: Marco Coltellini, 1763. First Edition. Hardcover. Three folio (9-1/2" x 12") volumes bound in twentieth century half green morocco leather with marbled boards and endpapers and matching morocco corners. First Italian Edition of THE AMERICAN GAZETTEER, published in London in three duodecimo volumes by J. Millar in 1762, which.....
NELSONS' GUIDE TO LAKE GEORGE AND LAKE CHAMPLAIN, WITH OIL-COLOUR VIEWS DRAWN FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1868. Early Edition. Hardcover. Original gilt-lettered and decorated cloth, 3-3/4" x 5-7/8"; 48 pages of text illustrated with a map and 12 color plates including one fold-out.
VIEWS OF COLUMBIA RIVER, PUGET SOUND AND ALASKA
Columbus, OH: Ward Brothers, n.d. [@1890]. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorative green cloth, bound accordion style, 5" x 6". Illustrated with 46 views on 14 pages.
A DEFENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST THE ATTACK OF M. TURGOT IN HIS LETTER TO DR. PRICE, DATED THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1778
Philadelphia: Budd and Bartram, For William Cobbett [volume 1]; H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett [volume 2]; William Young for William Cobbett [volume 3], 1797. Third Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes in early 19th Century half polished black calf with marbled boards and calf corners; 6, xxxiii, [1], [3]-392; [vi], 451; [ii].....
MILITARY COMMISSION. PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST DUNCAN G. McRAE, WILLIAM J. TOLAR, DAVID WATKINS, SAMUEL PHILLIPS AND THOMAS POWERS, FOR THE MURDER OF ARCHIBALD BEEBEE AT FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE 11th DAY OF FEBRUARY , 1867, TOGETHER WITH THE ARGUMENT OF ED. GRAHAM HAYWOOD, SPECIAL JUDGE ADVOCATE, IN REPLY TO THE SEVERAL ARGUMENTS OF THE COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE
Raleigh, NC: Robert Avery, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, publisher's black cloth; [iv], 398 pages. "It appears, from Mr Haywood's argument, that one Archibald Beebee, a colored man, accused of having attempted to commit the crime of rape upon one Elvira Massey, was arrested, and carried to the town hall.....
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT. JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE THIRTY EIGHTH CONGRESS ... PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ... ABOLISHING SLAVERY. RESOLVED
Chicago: Western Bank Note & Engraving Co., 1868. First Edition. Framed Document. Large folio (16-1/4" x 21-3/4") matted and framed to an overall size of 21-1/2" x 27." Finely engraved and printed on good quality paper with elaborate decorative borders with a "US" monogram to upper corners, a bold calligraphic.....
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LE COLONIE UNITE DELL'AMERICA SETTENTR[IONA]LE. DI NUOVO PROJEZIONE
Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1778. First Edition. Softcover. Oblong folio (16 1/4" x 12") bound in contemporary limp decorated paper covers. Containing 15 double-page engraved maps (including the double-page title), each beautifully hand-colored, depicting Bermuda; the east coast of North America from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to the Great Lakes.....
PORTER'S SPIRIT OF THE TIMES. A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage. Volume I, Nos. 1 - 26
New York: [Wm. Porter & George Wilkes], 1856-1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio (10-3/4" x 16") in the original cloth rebacked with a recent brown morocco leather spine, lettered in gilt, and corners; original morocco label with the name "James Burnside" in gilt on the front cover; 416 (of 424) pages.....
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL AND OTHER POEMS with a SIGNED copy of the poem
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1911). First Edition. Hardcover. Lightly tipped to the front pastedown is a printed copy of the author's most famous poem "America the Beautiful," complete with music. Lightly tipped to the front endpaper is a printed copy of the same poem (3-1/2" x 5-1/2") signed.....
AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, BEING A COLLECTION OF THE NATIVE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES
Boston: R. Bowyer, 1817 - 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Three octavo (6-5/8" x 9-7/8") volumes bound in 19th century black half-morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards. Illustrated with 60 engraved color plates, the first 10 hand-colored and the others color-printed. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN BOTANICAL BOOK.....
ACROSS THE CONTINENT: A SUMMER'S JOURNEY TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, THE MORMONS, AND THE PACIFIC STATES WITH SPEAKER COLFAX
Springfield, MA & New York: Samuel Bowles & Company/Hurd & Houghton, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth; [2], xx, 452, [2], 6 pages. Illustrated with a large, folding hand-colored map of the Western states and territories. Travels through the Sierras, Yosemite, and much more. GRAFF 370; WAGNER-CAMP 410.
CULINARY AMERICANA: COOKBOOKS PUBLISHED IN THE ... UNITED STATES ... FROM 1860 THROUGH 1960
(Staten Island): (Martino), [1996]. Reprint. Octavo, xiv, 417 pages. Limited to 100 copies.
SKETCHES OF THE RISE, PROGRESS AND DECLINE OF SECESSION, WITH A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL ADVENTURES AMONG THE REBELS
Philadelphia: Childs, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and twelve wood-engravings and facsimiles. The engravings depict rebels whipping a man for expressing Union sentiments, two executions, and other actions. After being banished from Tennessee by the Confederate secretary of war, Brownlow returned in 1863.....
PICTURESQUE AMERICA
New York: D. Appleton and Company, (1872) and (1874). First Edition. Hardcover. Two folio volumes (10" x 12-1/4") bound in original decorated publisher's morocco leather. Illustrated with 49 beautiful steel engravings, all tissue guards present, and numerous wood engravings. Images include diverse scenes from the Catskills to pre-bridge Golden Gate.....
FORMS OF CONVEYANCING; AND OF PRACTICE, IN VARIOUS COURTS, AND PUBLIC OFFICES. Volume II (only) of two volumes
Harrisburgh, PA: John Wyeth, 1811. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (5" x 8-1/4") bound in contemporary calf leather recently rebacked retaining the original spine and gilt-stamped burgundy morocco spine label. The second volume of two, but this copy belonged to President James Buchanan and is SIGNED by him, clearly and darkly.....
THE ART OF SPEAKING. containing: I. An Essay; in which are Given Rules for Expressing Properly .the Principal Passions and Humours, which occur in Reading, or Public Speaking; And II. Lessons taken from the Ancients and Moderns ... to which are added, a Table of the Lessons; and an Index of the various Passions and Humours in the Essay and Lessons
Newbury-port and Boston: John Mvcall for William Green, 1782. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (5" x 7-3/4") in contemporary sheep with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label; 352, [14], [2 - ads] pages. First published in 1762, and in America in 1775, Burgh's work helped shape the theories of speech delivery.....