1. Abeel, John N. A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED APRIL 6TH, 1801, IN THE MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH, BEFORE THE NEW YORK MISSIONARY SOCIETY... N.Y., Collins, 1801. 67pp. dbd., small piece missing from top outer corner of title page, no text affected. First edition. Shaw #5, locates only 2 copies. The first 42 pages contain the discourse. Pp.42-48 contain material from Rev. Joseph Bullen and Deacon Ebenezer Rice on their way to and in the Chickasaw Country, by John M. Mason. The appendix pp.49-65, contains a letter to the Rev. Holmes, from David Fowler, a principal Chief of the Brotherton Indians, dictated by the chief and written by his son, as well as a number of other letter from other missionaries to the Indians in the area. A mine of valuable information on the Indians of upstate New York. $600.00

2. Adams, John R. MEMORIAL AND LETTERS OF REV. JOHN R. ADAMS, D.D., CHAPLAIN OF THE FIFTH MAINE AND THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST NEW YORK REGIMENTS DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, SERVING FROM THE BEGINNING TO ITS CLOSE. Cambridge, University Press, privately printed, 1890. Illus., mounted photo of Adams as frontis. original marbled boards, with a new gold stamped leather spine, library bookplate, gift of J. MacGregor Adams. (8),242pp. First edition. "This volume is printed for private distribution among our father's friends and acquaintances..." on flyleaf. Nicholson Cat p.11. Nevins V. 1,p.49. Chaplain Adams's letters mainly deal with the military matters in the Army of the Potomac from the beginning of the Civil War until Lincoln's assassination. Dornbusch NY 502 & Maine 53. Probably printed in an edition of less than 100 copies. $750.00

3. [ALABAMA]. A COLLECTION OF STATE DOCUMENTS ..., AS FOLLOWS: Montgonery, Screws, 1872. Lindsay, R. M. MESSAGE OF ROBERT B. LINDSAY, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Reynolds, R. M. REPORT OF THE AUDITOR OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER, 1871, TO THE GOVERNOR. 121. [44]pp.
Grant, James F. REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER 1871, TO THE GOVERNOR. 40pp. Hodgson, Joseph. REPORT OF JOSEPH HODGSON, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, FOR THE SCHOLASTIC YEAR, JANUARY 1st, 1871, TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1872. 89,[27],[1]pp. Tait, James L. (Colonel). REPORT OF COL. JAMES L. TAIT, COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, TO THE GOVERNOR 24pp. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ALABAMA INSANE HOSPITAL AT TUSCALOOSA FOR THE YEAR 1871. 34pp. ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND OFFICERS OF THE ALABAMA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAR AND DUMB AND THE BLIND FOR THE YEAR 1871, TO THE GOVERNOR. 31pp.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE FREEDMAN'S HOSPITAL NEAR TALLADEGA, ALABAMA. FOR THE YEAR 1871, TO THE GOVERNOR. 8pp. PARDONS GRANTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA, AND HIS REASONS THEREFORE. SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NOV. 21, 1871. 20pp.
Gindrat, John H. REPORT OF JOHN H. GRINRAT, RECEIVER OF THE ALABAMA AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD, TO THE GOVERNOR. 8pp. Farrand and Thom. REPORT OF MESSRS FARRAND AND THOM RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, AUTHORIZED TO EXAMINE AND REPORT UPON THE CONDITION OF THE ALABAMA AND CHATTANOOGA RAILROAD COMPANY, TO THE GOVERNOR. 8pp. Allen, William W. REPORT OF WILLIAM W. ALLEN, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF ALABAMA, TO THE GOVERNOR. 4pp.
Lehman- Durr, Co. REPORT OF MESSRS. LEHMAN, DURR CO., FINANCIAL AGENTS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA TO THE GOVERNOR. 8pp. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO EXAMINE STATE OFFICES, SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA. 12pp. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSPECTORS OF THE ALABAMA PENITENTIARY FROM OCTOBER 1, 1870 TO OCTOBER 1, 1871. 17pp. ALABAMA PENITENTIARY. REPORT OF INSPECTORS. 4pp. All bound together in calf backed marbled boards, top corner of spine is chipped away . First edition. $750.00

4. [ALABAMA]. Hague, Parthenia A. A BLOCKADED FAMILY: LIFE IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA DURING THE CIVIL WAR. Boston and N.Y., Houghton, 1889. [5],176pp. Original 12 mo cloth, a few light spots on covers. First edition. Nevins 2 p. 192: "Good on war-imposed innovations in farming experiments... on a plantation near Eufaula, Alabama." Not in Dornbusch or Coulter. Nicholson cat p. 345 $300.00

5. [ALABAMA]. Woods, Rev. Alva. LITERARY AND THEOLOGICAL ADDRESSES WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH APPENDED. Providence, printed for private distribution, 1868. 399pp. illus.(3 orig photos). Contemporary 8vo half morocco, hinges cracked, corners rubbed. First ed. One of 50 copies for presentation. This copy presented to "Rev. Edward Bright DD. and the publishers of Appleton's Annual Encyclopedia by Alva Woods." Bright was editor of the Examiner, a leading Baptist newspaper. Tipped-in at the back is the separately published 26 page pamphlet, Brief Addresses, Providence, 1879. This is also printed for private distribution, and is presented to Dr. Herman Lincoln, D.D. Woods was a graduate of Harvard, taught at Columbian College ( later George Washington University), Brown University, and was president of Transylvania University at Lexington, Ky and the University of Alabama. $500.00

6. [ALASKA]. Teichman, Emil. A JOURNEY TO ALASKA IN THE YEAR 1868: BEING A DIARY OF THE LATE EMIL TEICHMAN. Kensington, Cayne Press, privately printed, 1925. 272pp. Illus., 2 ports., maps, woodcuts in text. Original quarter vellum with gold stamped leather label on spine, spline a little soiled. One of 100 copies printed. First edition. Howes T88. One of the rarest of all Alaskan personal narratives. Streeter's copy was soiled, stained and warped. It was the only copy he could buy in his collecting career. Graff 4096. Smith 10161. Dennis Patrick Teichman's copy with his bookplate. $1500.00

7. [ALASKA]. YOUNG KLONDIKE; OR, OFF FOR THE LAND OF GOLD. BY AN OLD MINER. N.Y. , March 16, 1898. 32pp., double columns. Original pictorial small 4to wrappers. In: Young Klondike Stories of a Gold Seeker #1, 1898 (issued semi-monthly). First edition. "An early start was made on the mountain to the summit of Chilokott Pass. Ned and Dick pulled the sled, Edith walking beside it with the unknown" - on bottom of the front wrapper. Not in Wickersham or Tourville. Union List of Serials states this periodical lasted through #13. Only one holding is recorded. A rare and interesting fragile Yukon item. $350.00

8. Almbert, Alfred d'. FLANERIE PARISIENNE AUX ETATS-UNIS. Paris, 1856. 279pp. 12 mo original printed wrappers, spine worn. First edition. Monaghan 88: "The author almost perished of seasickness and his eloquent denunciation of the sea as a highway of travel is a prelude to a generally ill-humored attack... He advocates the criminal prosecution of all authors who contribute to the legend of a rich, democratic, and happy America." Contains a chapter on Canada. Howes A 177. $375.00

9. Alvord, Clarence W. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IN BRITISH POLITICS: A STUDY OF THE TRADE, LAND SPECULATION AND EXPERIMENTS IN IMPERIALISM CULMINATING IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Cleveland, Clark, 1917. 2 vols. Illus, plates, colored maps. Orig. cloth. First ed. Howes A195. A prime source work on Colonial America. $275.00

10. Andree, Karl. GEOGRAPHISCHE WANDERUNGEN. Dresden, Kuntze, 1859. 2 vols.: [8],358,[2]; [1],404pp. Contemporary red half morocco, raised bands, gold stamping on spine. 2 vols. bound in one. First edition. Howes A 246. Vol. 1, pp. 177 - deals with New York, Illinois, Mississippi, Kentucky, California [pp.291 - 358]. Vol. 2 deals with the Mormons at Nauvoo [pp.1-31], New Mexico [pp.32 - 52], Marcy's Expedition to the Red River [pp.53-87], Liberia [pp.350-¨377], Central American, etc. Not in Wagner-Camp-Becker, Larned or Graff. Flake 163, locates two copies. Sabin 1463. $1250.00

11. Andreis, Felix De. SKETCHES OF THE LIFE OF THE VERY REV. FELIX DE ANDREIS, FIRST SUPERIOR OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION IN THE UNITED STATES, AND VICAR-GENERAL OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS.... Baltimore, Kelly, 1861. 276pp. Original small 8vo cloth. First edition. Howes A249: "Biography of the vicar-general ... of New Orleans, with account of Catholicism in the United States." Also includes his apostolic labors in St. Louis. $500.00

12. [ARCTIC]. RELATION D'UN VOYAGE DU POLE ARCTIQUE AU POLE ANTARCTIQUE PAR LE CENTER DUMONDE AVEC LE SECRIPTIONS DE CA PERILLEUX PASSAGE; ET DES CHOSES MERVEILLEURES ET ETONNANTES QU'ON A DECOUVERTES SOUS LE POLE ANTARCTIQUE... Paris, Pissot, 1723. [4],180,[4]pp. Illus., 5 folding plates of plants, etc. Full contemporary16 mo calf, with gold stamping on spine raised bands. Sabin 69249. This is the second edition, with two extra plates not found in the almost unobtainable 1721 first edition. Gove p. 236/237, locates only 1 copy at Brown Univ. A rare imaginary voyage to the Arctic and Antarctic through the center of the world, with descriptions of the trip and a record of discoveries while traveling. $1850.00

13. [ARGENTINA]. Acros, Santiago. LA PLATA: ETUDE HISTORIQUE. Paris, Levy, 1865. 588pp. Modern marbled boards with calf spine, raised bands, gold stamped leather label. First edition. Chapters on the Ravanisuyou, Viceroy of Peru, La Plata and the Argentine Republic. $275.00

14. [ARGENTINA]. Nunez, D. Igancio. NOTICIAS HISTORICAS DE LA REPUBLICA ARGENTINA... Buenos Ayres, Mayo, 1857. [12],365pp. BOUND WITH : Nunez: TRABAJOS LITERARIOS. BUENOS AIRES 81pp. AND: Nunez: EFEMERIDES AMERICANAS, DESDE EL DESCUBRIMIENTO DEL RIO DE LA PLATA FOR D. UAN DIAZ DE SOLIS... 115,[4]pp. Modern marbled boards, half blue morocco with raised bands and gold stamping on spine. First edition. Palou 196386-196388. Also contains a bibliography of Ignacio Nunez (1792-1846). Important works on the Argentine Republic. $450.00

15. Argyle, Archie. CUPID'S ALBUM. N.Y., Doolady, 1866. 332pp. Original cloth. First edition. This overland narrative begun int he spring of 1861, with the expedition of Captain Armath. Mintz, The Trail 13. Argyle was actually Annie. Howes A306. Graff 78: "Included is an interesting account of an overland trip from St. Joseph to California in 1864, via the Platte, Fort Bridger, Salt Lake City, and Virginia City." Eberstadt, Modern Overlands 11. Flake 196. $300.00

16. [ARIZONA]. Hamilton, Patrick. THE RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ITS MINERAL, ARMING, AND GRAZING LANDS... A MANUAL OF RELIABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TERRITORY... Prescott, 1881. 120pp. Original printed small 4to wrappers, some chipping, a few pieces gone, no text affected. Second edition, and the first to bear the author's name. One of the most popular of the state-sponsored promotionals which saw continuous revision and expansion over the next several years. Howes H133. Adams Herd 983. $275.00

17. [ARIZONA TERRITORY]. Crook, George (General). TWO PRINTED DOCUMENTS SIGNED ("JOHN G. BOURKE"), 1873. 2 pp, 8vo, Prescott, AT, April 7, 1873 and July 15, 1873, being Department of Arizona General Orders No. 12 and No. 24 issued by General George Crook [1828-1890], leaves toned, disbound from larger volume. A Medal of Honor winner, John Gregory Bourke [1843-1896] served as aide to General Crook during the Apache wars. The first of these General Orders signed by Bourke on behalf of Crook announces "the surrender of large numbers of Indians lately hostile, against whom military operations have been prosecuted for the past four months; and the assurance through the chiefs and head men of these tribes of their desire and the desire of their people to conclude a permanent peace." The second singles out certain officers for heroic efforts: "Captain George M. Randall, Twenty-third Infantry, surrounded and captured the remnant of Del-chay’s band with that notorious chief himself, in the Sierra Ancha Mountains, on the 2d of April…." It also mentions Indian chiefs Tomaspie, Na-ta-tp-tel, and Naqui-naquis. Also included : Printed Document Signed ("A.H. Nickerson"), 1 p, 8vo, Prescott, AT, February 20, 1873, being Department of Arizona General Orders No. 6 issued by Major-General Crook, leaf toned, disbound from large volume. Announcing the replacement of the Commissary of Subsistence. $950.00

18. [ARKANSAS]. Little, William J. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE HOT SPRINGS RESERVATION TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. Wash., GPO, 1893-1898. 6 reports: 1893, 1894 ,1895 ( 4 plates) ,1896 (3 drawings and 2 large folding maps,1897 (5 plates),1898 (10 plates) Each report 14-22 pages; maps, plates. Original printed small 4to wrappers, small rubber library stamp. First edition. Annual reports showing expenditures, improvements, roads, bath houses, pavilions, the arch, pumping station, etc. $300.00

19. ARTICLES TOUCHING NAVIGATION & COMMERCE, BETWEEN THE MOST SERENE ND MIGHT PRINCE CHARLES II... AND THE HIGH AND MIGHTY LORDS THAT STATES GENERAL OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS. In the Savoy, London, Bill & Barker, 1667. [2],63-80pp. 12 mo sewn, x-library stamp. First ed.. European Americana. 667/55."Official English version of the Treaty of Breda between Britain and the Netherlands. This edition also includes treaties with France, Denmark, and a commercial treaty with the Netherlands, each with a special title page, but with continuous paging and signatures." Present here is just the commercial treaty referenced above. This treaty allows for the open trading of all goods to and from the Americas except contraband. Ramifications for contraband are discussed at length. Sabin96525n. Wing C2897. JCB III:155-156. $250.00

20. Ashe, Thomas. MEMOIRS AND CONFESSIONS OF CAPTAIN ASHE... London, Colburn, 1815. 3 vols: [8],299;p [4],312; [2],304pp. Full contemporary 12 mo calf. First edition. Howes A 380: "Experiences of a shameless black guard in the Ohio Valley, Washington D.C. , and Maryland." Not in Eberstadt or Graff catalogs. This work is an autobiographical account of criminal and delinquent escapades beginning with the seduction of a girl in France. In America, he edited the National Ingelligencer, and was arrested when attempting to steal treasures from churches in Latin America... $2250.00

21. [AUSTRALIA]. Jameson, R. G. AUSTRALIA AND HER GOLD REGIONS: A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGY, CLIMATE, PRODUCTS, NATIVES, AGRICULTURE, MINERAL RESOURCES, SOCIETY, AND PRINCIPAL CITIES... A COMPLETE GUIDE BOOK TO THE GOLD MINES. N.Y., Cornish, 1852. [8],159,[4]pp. Illus., large folding colored map. Original decorated small 8vo cloth. Second edition. " The first edition of this work having been exhausted in the space of a few weeks, the author is called upon by his publishers for a second issue, with such additions and emendations as the tenor of the most recent intelligence has rendered necessary... The author was an emigration agent for Australia in New York. He discusses the American settler in Australia, copper, Van Dieman's land, early settlers, overland expedition, Victoria, Melbourne, Adelaide, feathered tribes, old discovery, the excitement, labor, what to take to Australia, mining equipment, voyage to Australia, commerce between U. S. and Australia, Sydney, steam route by Panama, price of gold dust, gold regulations, lynch law, emigration from San Francisco, immense yield of gold, etc. Also included in the last chapter is a letter from a citizen of San Francisco. Ferguson 10892A. Rare. $1250.00

22. Baraga, Frederic. KATOLIK ANAMIE-MISINAIGAN WETAWAWAISSING. Cincinnati, Hemann, 1858. 240pp. Original blind stamped 12 mo leather. Second American edidtion of this volume of sermons in the Ottawa languages, preached by the pioneering missionary, Father Frederick Baraga. Pilling: Algonquin Languages p. 25. Not in Pilling: North American Indian Languages. $1500.00

23. Baraga, Frederick R. [Bishop]. A DICTIONARY OF THE OTCHIPWE LANGUAGE, EXPLAINED IN ENGLISH. PART I ENGLISH - OTCHIPWE; PART II: OTCHIPWE TO ENGLISH. Montreal, Beuachemin, 1878-1880. 2 vols . 301; [8],422pp. Modern small 8vo cloth with gold stamped spine. Pilling Indian Languages # 250 - 251. Pilling Algonquian p.28. TPL 3326-3327. One of the best works on North American Indians of the 19th century. Father Baraga devoted his life to the Indians of North America and his expertise in their customs and language helped him write this important dictionary. $1750.00

24. Benson, Egbert. CASES AND QUERIES SUBMITTED TO EVERY CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ESPECIALLY THE MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AS DESERVING TO BE IMPARTIALLY CONSIDERED BY THEM. N.Y., Sargeant, 1809. 24pp. First edition. Deals with the relations between the United States, France and Great Britain, and with the treatment of neutrals, etc. Sabin 11323. Shaw 17164. A very scarce work by the author of "the vindication of the captures of Major Andre." Benson was a regent of the University of the state of New York, 1787-1802; a founder of the New York Historical Society in 1804 and its first president from 1805 to 1815. $250.00

25. Beste, Richard. THE WABASH; OR, ADVENTURE OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN'S FAMILY IN THE INTERIOR OF AMERICA... London, 1855. 2 vols.: [12],329; [8],352pp. Illus., 2 plates, colored litho. frontispiece views. Original cloth, gold stamped spines, a nice copy of a book that usually appears in poor condition. First edition. Howes B401. Buck 489: "The adventures were in Indiana, rather than Illinois but the book is valuable for information about western life and customs." Clark III:274: "This is a singularly unique two volume travel account by the family of the wealthy English gentlemen, J. R. Beste..." Sabin 5056. $850.00

26. Beverly, Bob. HOBO OF THE RANGELAND. Lovington, New Mexico, [n.d. ca. 1940]. 87pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers, spine mended. First edition. Adams Herd 257: "True stories as told by an old-time cowboy." Cowboy life in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Montana. Very scarce. Penciled inscribed presentation from Beverly on front flyleaf. $300.00

27. Bill, John. THE ENGLISH PARTY'S EXCURSION TO PARIS, IN EASTER WEEK 1849. TO WHICH IS ADDED A TRIP TO AMERICA, ETC... London, Longman, 1850. 557pp. Original thick small 8vo decorated cloth, rebacked using original gold stamped faded spine, new endpapers, bookplate of Edward Stanton Fickes. Inscribed presentation copy from Roland Tree and tom MacDonnell (of Henry Stevens Sons & Stiles) Howes B449. Sabin 226155. Pp.151-440 contain "extracts from an American Journal." The visit took place in 1827-8, the author landing in New York, visiting Albany, Philadelphia, etc., traveling through Kentucky, Indiana, New Orleans, Alabama and many other southern locals. Not in Clark, Coleman, McCord, or DeRenne catalog. There is a section on Georgia and the Creek. $325.00

28. Bishop, A. W. LOYALTY ON THE FRONTIER; OR, SKETCHES OF UNION MEN OF THE SOUTH-WEST; WITH INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES IN REBELLION ON THE BORDER. St. Louis, 1863. 228pp. Modern cloth binding . Inscribed presentation copy from the author on front flyleaf. First edition. Not in Coulter. Bishop was a colonel in the first Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers. Dornbusch vol. 2:90. Howes B474. Rare first hand account of the war in the southwest... $300.00

29. Blankenburg, Heinrich. DIE INNERN KAMPFE DER NORDAMERICANISCHEN UNION BIS ZUR BRAFIDENTENWAHL VON 1868. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1869. [12],346pp. Illus., large folding map, mostly orange with than shading through the South and West, with colored outlines. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. First edition. Not in Pocheman and Schultz, Nevins, Meynen, Baginsky, Howes, Griffin, Tolzman, Decker or Eberstadt. A scarce and important look at American and its domestic struggles (Civil War) to the year 1868. Nicholson Cat . p. 89. There is also material on sectionalism and reconstruction. $600.00

30. Booth, Edwin G. IN WAR TIMES: TWO YEARS IN THE CONFEDERACY AND TWO YEARS NORTH. WITH MANY REMINISCENCES OF THE DAYS LONG BEFORE THE WAR. Phila.,, Avil, 1885. [2],221pp. Illus., port., plates. Original gold stamped cloth with calf spine. First edition. Howes B612 (aa). Not in Dornbusch. Nicholson Cat. p.92. Nevins Vol.2 p.169. An important work on the War Between the States. $350.00

31. Bossu, Jean Bernard. NOUVEAUX VOYAGES AUX INDEX OCCIDENTALES: CONTENANT UNE RELATION DES DIFFERENS PEUPLES QUI HABITENT LES ENVIRONS DU GRAND LEUVE SAINT-LOUIS, APPELLE VULGAIREMENT LE MISSISSIPPI; LEUR RELIGION; LEUR GOUVERNEMENT; LEURS MOEURS; LEURS GUERRES & LEUR COMMERCE. Paris, Le Jay, 1768. Two volumes bound in one. xx,244; (4),264pp., plus 4 plates including frontispieces. Half titles, Full 12mo contemporary calf, spine faded . First edition. Bossu went to Louisiana in 1750 as a captain of the Marines. This narrative is comprised of a series of twenty-one letters to the Marquis de L'Estrade, describing his life and travels in the vast Louisiana country from 1751 to 1762. His ventures ranged from Fort Chartres, in present Illinois, to Mobile and along the Mississippi River. His visit to New Orleans took place only thirty years after its founding, and he was able to gather considerable information from the recollections of locals. Streeter Sale 1518:"Bossu wrote well and his letters not only give an interesting picture of life in the Mississippi Valley and the Mobile Country to the east at the beginning of the second half of the eighteenth century, but incorporated also are many sketches of events in preceding years." Howes B626 ("b"): For comments, too critical of the ministry, Bossu was imprisoned and his book banned for awhile in France; this probably accounts for the scarcity of the first edition, of which Sabin found no record." Clark II:5. Meisel III:349. Sabin 6465. $2250.00

32. Bossu, Jean Bernard. NOUVEAUX VOYAGES DANS L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, CONTENANT UNE COLLECTION DE LETTRES SUR LES LIEUX, PAR L'AUTEUR... Amsterdam, [printed in Paris] Chanquion, 1777. [16],392pp. Illus., 4 plates. Full mottled calf with gilt decorations on spine. First edition. Sabin 6470: "Bossu's account of his first two voyages to Louisiana was printed in 1768, after which he made a third voyage, the account of which is given in this volume, which not having been reprinted, nor translated into any other language, is a much scarcer work than the former." Howes B627. Field 158. On this third voyage made in 1770, he revisited his old friends, the Arkansas Indians, and on their behalf made a mission to the Caddos and Attakapas. He then returned to France in 1771. Most of the letters are dated from the Arkansas post. $2500.00

33. Braun, Johannes. CIRCULAR - SCHREIBEN AN DIE DEUTSCHEN EINWOHNER VON ROCKINGHAM AND AUGUSTA, UND DEN BENACHBARTEN COUNTIES... Harrisonburg, Va., Hartmann, 1818. [14],409,[2]pp. Contemporary full 12 mo calf. First edition. Howes B726: "Largely concerned with slavery in Virginia." Not in Virginia State Library Catalog, Shaw, Sabin, Dumond, Work or Oberlin Catalog. Meynen 2757. This is the first work on slavery by a member of the German Reformed Church in America. Very scarce. $1500.00

34. Buddington, Thomas Cushman. SIDERAL EVOLUTION: OR, A NEW COSMOLOGY, BEING AN EXPLANATION OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT PERTAIN TO UNIVERSAL LIFE FORCE AND ITS EXPRESSIONS INFORM... BY THE AUTHOR OF "PLANETARY EVOLUTION." Boston, Scientific, 1889. [10],143pp. Illus., plates (A Planet in the Germ or Solar Stage; Last Stage before Going into Invisibility; A Dying Planet, Half or Jupiter; A Planet in the Age of Submergence the Cell Life Period; Battle of the Giants, or a Planet in the Rain Age,: and "A Planet in the Dark Age." Pp.141-143 contain the poem "The Song of the Atom." Chapters on cosmic light, the nature of the atom, force, planetary evolution, life and birth of a planet, universal cosmos, life energy, evolution, etc. $300.00

35. Burnett, Peter. ADDRESS TO THE INHABITANTS OF NEW MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA, ON THE OMISSION BY CONGRESS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS, AND ON THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL EVILS OF SLAVERY. N.Y., American and Foreing Anti-Slavery Soc, 1849. 56pp. 12mo, disbound. First edition. The pamphlet is signed at the end in type by Jay and other members of the Society, including Arthur and Lewis Tappan, William Whiting, and Joshua Leavitt. The author argues that the reigning slave-holders in the United States Senate have deprived inhabitants of New Mexico and California of self-government. They have been "as totally excluded from all participation in the choice of rulers and the enactment of laws, as the Negro slaves of South Carolina." Why? Because "the Slave power has resolved that you shall have no government but such as shall establish the dominion of the WHIP." The terrible influence of slavery on enterprise, education, settlement, commerce, religion, morals, and culture is demonstrated. Howes, who accorded this the 'b' rating for rarity, opined that Peter H. Burnett was the author. Eberstadt and Cowan concur. Burnett, a vigorous advocate of California statehood without slavery, helped to frame the State constitution and became its first governor in 1849. "This work is rarely met with." Eberstadt. Howes B999 b. 133 Eberstadt 165. Cowan 85.
$1500.00

36. [BURR, AARON]. Cheetham, James. A REPLY TO ARISTIDES. N.Y., Cheetham, 1804. 34pp. dbd. First edition. Howes C339. Shaw 6006. Tompkins [Burr Bibliography] 26: "Written in reply to the pamphlet written by William V. Van Ness [Aristides]." A virulent attack on Burr and his adherents. Signed on title page "William Findley." $300.00

37. [BURR CONSPIRACY]. Jefferson, Thomas. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONTAINING A DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSPIRACY... Boston, In " Independent Chronicle, Monday, Feb. 2, 1807, 1807. Almost 2 full columns of text on page 1/2. Jefferson lays out the plot against the United States by Aaron Burr and his followers and asks congress to suppress this armed adventure in "Central America." $250.00

38. [BURR-WILKINSON CONSPIRACY]. Clark, Daniel. PROOFS OF THE CORRUPTION OF GEN. JAMES WILKINSON, AND OF HIS CONNEXION WITH AARON BURR... Phila,, 1809. 150,199pp. Later plain wrappers. First edition. Clark, a former resident of New Orleans and business associate of Wilkinson, produced considerable testimony against the General in the course of the Burr trial. For this he was subjected to much abuse by Wilkinson partisans, and so published this book to establish his proofs and clear his own good name. He demonstrates that Wilkinson was receiving payments from the Spanish government and was actively involved in the Burr Conspiracy and plots for the Southwest to separate from the Union. Howes C431. Streeter Sale 1694. Shaw 17221. Tompkins 28. $1500.00

39. [BURR-WILKINSON]. Green, Thomas M. SPANISH CONSPIRACY...CONTAINING PROOFS OF THE INTRIGUES OF JAMES WILKINSON... Cinci., 1891. 406,(2)pp. Original cloth. First edition. Howes G374. Tompkins 48. One of the great rarities and most important works on the Burr-Wilkinson conspiracy. Raines p.99: "The Spanish policy was to separate the western states from the Union. Larned 1784: "This work deals with an important but keenly controversial subject in an acutely controversial spirit. Family feeling in Kentucky has entered deeply into the matter, and the author may be said to hold the brief of one side of the quarrel. This book is a reply to John Mason Brown's 'The Political Beginnings of Kentucky,' and will be valuable to the student of the general subject." Jillson, Rare Kentucky Books p.159: "Scarce. An attempt to suppress the book has been made by friends of those Green attacked. It is a difficult work to obtain, or to keep, on an open shelf." $350.00

40. Busch, Moritz. WANDERUNGEN ZWISCHEN HUDSON UND MISSISSIPPI 1851 UND 1852. Stuttgart, 1854. 2 vols.:[2],390;[2],381pp. Contemporary half morocco, over marbled boards with gold stamping and decorations on spine. First edition. Howes B1038: "Trenchant observations on the Middle West, etc." Decker Cat. 33:88: "Original edition. The author's travels include many adventures in the western states and Mississippi Valley especially in Cincinnati and the Ohio River towns. He gives some account of the backwoods of east Kentucky and of the American Negro..." Also, contains an interesting chapter on life among the Shakers. Sabin 9540. Clark III:283. Buck482. Flake 1041. $1250.00

41. [CABOT, SEBASTIAN]. Tarducci, F. DI GIOVANNI SEBANSIANO CABOTO. MORMIRE RACCOLTE E DOCUMENTATE. Venezia (Venice), Visentini, 1892. [2],429pp. Contemporary thick small 4to half mo, a few old x-library markings. "Dell's Autore Allal Societa - del Maine" on title page. First edition. One of the best and most authoritative work on Cabot of the era. Stiff referred to as an important source work for his life and times. $250.00

42. [CALIFORNIA]. LOS ANGELES: CITY AND COUNTY. RESOURCES, GROWTH, PROSPECTS, PUBLISHED BY THE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (cover title). (Los Angeles), Times-Mission Printing, 1890. 54,(10 ads)pp. Illus., plates and ads, and woodcuts in text. Original printed wrappers, chipped away at margins. First edition. Not in Cowan or Rocq. Soil and climate, southern California railways Company, citrus production, wines, farm produce, Southern Pacific, seaside resorts, water, transportation, schools, etc. There is a map on the back of the rear wrapper showing routes to and from Los Angeles. $750.00

43. [CALIFORNIA]. Ball, Nicholas. PIONEERS OF '49: A HISTORY OF THE EXCURSION OF THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS OF NEW ENGLAND FROM BOSTON TO THE LEADING CITIES OF THE GOLDEN GATE... WITH REMINISCENCES AND DESCRIPTIONS... Boston, Love, 1891. [16],288pp. Illus. Original pictorial small quarto cloth, hinges mended. First edition. Howes B67. Important observations on the hardships of the overland trail, life in California during the gold rush, etc. Wheat Gold Rush #9, note. Also, much material on Utah and Colorado. Flake 362, locates 6. $250.00

44. [CALIFORNIA]. Davis, George. RECOLLECTIONS OF A SEA WANDERER'S LIFE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN OLD TIME SEAMAN WHO HAS SAILED IN...NEARLY EVERY QUARTER OF THE GLOBE... N.Y., 1887. [8],408pp. Illus. Original pictorial cloth. First edition. Howes D111. Cowan p.158. Material on whaling, and a long chapter on California. A scarce and important work. $300.00

45. [CALIFORNIA]. Meyer, Carl. NACH DEM SACRAMENTO. REISEBILDER EINES HEIMGEKEHRTEN. Aarau, 1855. [2],364,[1]pp. Original pictorial printed wrappers. Very nice copy. First edition. Howes M572. Cowan p.428. Wheat, Books of the Gold Rush 140: "A series of 'word pictures of lasting import...'" Rocq 15960. Not in Graff or Sabin. Kurutz: 439A: "...He must be credited with providing some of the strongest word pictures of the Gold Rush. His summaries of the last vestiges of Mexican California are all choice.... Meyer left for home via Nicaragua in 1852. The lithographic pictorial wrappers depict scenes of Sutters Fort, Sutters Mill, miners, Indians, Californios, Charges, Panama, and Havanna..." $750.00

46. [CALIFORNIA]. MEYER'S UNIVERSUM, ODER ADDILDUNG UND BESCHREIBUNG DES SEHENSWERTHELTEN UND MERKWURIGSTEN DER NATUR UND JUNST... FUNZEHNTER BAND. Hildburghausen and New York, BNibliographische Institut, 1852. 226pp. Illus., 48 engraved plates. Original oblong 4to cloth. First edition. Contains material and a plate of U. S. capitol, Nicaragua, California gold area, Sacramento City, Nauvoo, Jefferson City Mo, Broadway, NY Auburn cemetery, Boston, etc. $250.00

47. [CALIFORNIA]. Vischer, Edward. EDWARD VISCHER'S DRAWINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS 1861-1878. WITH A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST BY JEANNE VAN NOSTRAND. San F., Book Club of Ca., 1982. 44 pages, plus 44 plates with one page of textual description. Original cloth, d.j. Limited to 600 copies oversubscribed at publication. See Howes V129, 131,132, for the author's original works on California. $250.00

48. [CALIFORNIA]. Wood, M. W., publisher. HISTORY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING ITS GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL, AND PRODUCTIONS; TOGETHER WITH A FULL AND PARTICULAR RECORD OF THE SPANISH GRANTS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND AMERICAN PIONEERS; A FULL POLITICAL HISTORY, COMPRISING A TABULAR STATEMENT OF OFFICERS OF THE COUNTY SINCE ITS FORMATION; SEPARATE HISTORIES OF EACH OF THE TOWNSHIPS, SHOWING THEIR ADVANCEMENT AND PROGRESS. ALSO INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE, THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT CITIZENS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN, AND OF IT CITIES, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOL, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC. Oakland, M. W. Wood, 1883. 1001pp. Full calf, red leather label on spine. Illus, profusely, frontis portrait. First edition. Howes A99 (aa) $400.00

49. [CANADA]. Baugy, Louis Henry De. JOURNAL D'UNE EXPEDITION CONTRE LES IROQUOIS EN 1687... LETTRES ET PIECES RELATIVES AU FORT SAINT-LOUIS DES ILLINOIS. Paris, Leroux, 1883. 211pp. Original printed 12 mo wrappers, light wear to spine. First edition. First edition. Howes B245: "Describes Denonville's campaign against the Iroquois and expeditions to Michilmackinac and the Illinois country." TPL 97: "...the first significant French move in the second Iroquois War, so called..." Not in Eberstadt, Decker or Graff. Larned 3600: "... the real value of the book lies in the letters written to his brother... these letters are important as the Chevalier is perfectly open in his criticism of the country..." $375.00

50. [CANADA]. Horetzky, Charles. CANADA ON THE PACIFIC; BEING AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM EDMONTON TO THE PACIFIC BY THE PEACE RIVER VALLEY... WITH REMARKS ON THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE PACIFIC RAILWAY ROUTE AND NOTICES OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Montreal, 1874. 244pp. Illus., folding plan of Fraser River area and folding map of British Columbia and the Pearce River region. Original 12 mo cloth,light wear and rubbing of joints, foxing. First edition. Not in Peel, Lande or TPL, although the author's other works are duly reported. Based on the author's experiences with the 1872 Fleming expedition, this is an excellent account of travel in the far west of Canada, as well as observations on the Indians of the area. Lowther 466. Whale 630: "A journey undertaken by the Canadian Pacific's chief surveyor with botanist John Macoun and others through Northern British Columbia down to Victoria." Also contains a chapter on San Francisco, Astoria, Canadian Pacific Route, Indians, etc. $250.00

51. [CANADA]. Ramezay, ([Jean B. N. Roch] sieur de). MEMOIRE DU SIEUR DE RAMEZAY, COMMADANT A QUEBEC, AU SUJET DE LA REDDITION DE CETTE VILLE, LE 18 SEPTEMBRE 1759, D'APRES UN MANUSCRIPT AUX ARCHIVES DU BUREAU DE LA MARINE, A PARIS... Quebec, Lovell, 1861. [4],84,38pp. Original printed wrappers, x™lib. First edition. Sabin 67021. Howes R24. Ramezay was commander of Fort Nipigon on Hudson Bay in 1742. In 1759, after the flight of Vaudreuil, following Montclam's defeat, he made every effort to save Quebec from the English, but was obliged to capitulate. Not in TPL. $250.00

52. [CANADA]. Sifferath, Rev. N. L. A SHORT COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM FOR THE INDIANS, WITH THE APPROBATION OF THE RT. REV. FREDERIC BARAGA, BISHOP SAUT SAINTE MARIE, 1864. Buffalo, 1869. 62,[2]pp. Original plain 16 mo wrappers, in quarter morocco slipcase. First edition. Sabin 80996. Pilling Algonquin p.462. Sifferath was a missionary of the Ottawa and Otchipwe Indians. $375.00

53. [CANADIAN INDIANS]. REPORT ON THE INDIANS OF UPPER CANADA BY A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ABORIGINES PROTECTION SOCIETY... London, Ball, 1839. 52pp. Original printed wrappers bound in old marbled board with cloth spine, old library bookplate. First edition. TPL 5145, lacks wrappers. Gagnon 1:5. The report gives a comprehensive view of the Indians in Canada and makes suggestions for improving the conditions of those in Upper Canada, specifically. $500.00

54. Capellini, Prof. Cav. G. RELAZIONE DI UN VAIGGIO SCIENTIFIO FATTO NEL AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE. Bologna, Gamberini, 1864. 44pp. Illus., folded map at rear, as far west as Nebraska Territory , south to Charleston, north to Hudson's Bay and east to the Atlantic. Ocean. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Howes C123. Much on Canada, St. Joseph, Mo. Omaha City, Denver, Nebraska, etc. The appendix contains material on Missouri, Omaha Indians, geology of Nebraska, etc. A scarce European pamphlet on the American west. $750.00

55. Carmichael, Mary H. PIONEER DAYS. N.Y, Dufflield, 1917. [11],196pp. Illus.,7 plates. Original pictorial small 8vo cloth. First edition. Howes C154. A rare work. Contains chapters on Josiah Hunt, Indian fighter, the border, Tom Higgins, Pioneer life, Ham Cass, Alexander McConnell's captivity and escape, Charles Hess. Capt. Hubbell, James Moore's captivity, Lewis Wetzel, etc. An important work on Indians east of the Mississippi in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Privately printed in a small edition. $500.00

56. Carver, Jonathan. THREE YEARS' TRAVELS, THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF NORTH-AMERICA FOR MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND MILES, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT LAKES... AND AN APPENDIX DESCRIBING THE UNCULTIVATED PARTS OF AMERICA THAT ARE MOST PROPER FOR FORMING SETTLEMENTS. Phila.,, 1784. 217pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked in calf with gold stamped leather label on spine, joints wearing. Howes C215. Pilling 639. Vail 687. Field 251. Evans 18391. "Samuel Elliot" on front endpaper. The first American edition of "Carver's TRAVELS." $950.00

57. Catlin, George. DIE INDIANER NORD-AMERIKAS UND DIE WAHREND EINREND EINES ACHTJAHRIGEN AUFENTHALTS UNDER DEN WILDESTEN IHRER STAMME ERLEBTEN ABENTEUER UND SCHICKSALE VON G. CATLIN. NACH DER FUNFTEN ENGLISCHEN AUSGABE DEUTSCH HERBAUSGEGEBEN VON DR. HENRICH BERGHAUS, PROFESSOR IN BERLIN UND DIRECTOR DER GEOGR. KUNSTSCCHULE IN POSTDAM. MIT 24 VOM VERFASSER NACH DER NATUR ENTWORFENED GEMULDEN. Brussel , Leipzig; and Ghent, Carl Muquardt, 1851. [11]382pp. Illus. (24 plates, lightly tinted yellow). Contemporary boards with cloth spine. The second German edition . Wagner-Camp-Becker 84:16. Howes C 243: " As graphic delineations of Indian hunting and dancing scenes, these plates rank next to those of Bodmer..." This rare continental 4to edition give collectors an opportunity to purchase Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio for far less than the $85,000/ $100,000 the original English edition fetched. Graff 630. Sabin 11539. Pilling 686. $2500.00

58. Charlevoix, Rev. P. F. X.. de. HISTORY AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF NEW FRANCE. TRANSLATED, WITH NOTES, BY JOHN GILMARY SHEA. Chicago, Loyla, 1962?. 6 vols. Illus., 18 maps, 15 plates, and four facsimiles. Original cloth. Howes C307: "The principal work of this great Jesuit traveler and historian and the pre-eminent authority on the French period in the west..." Larned 3617. A work of great value to the scholar and historian. $350.00

59. [CHICAGO]. SEVENTH ANNUAL STATEMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE OF CHICAGO, FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1865. REPORTED TO THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE BY JOHN F. BEATTY, SEC. Chicago, Evening Journal, 1865. 127pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Contains the name of members, population, flour and grain, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, cattle, lumber, hides, lead, lake transportation, railroad, etc. Chicago Pres Fire Imprints 900, locates 4 copies.. $250.00

60. [CHIPPEWA LANGAUGE]. OODAHNUHMEÄHWINE NUHGUHMOOWINUN OWH DAVID OJIBWAG... Toronto, Rowsell for Upper Canada Bible Society, 1856. [2],204pp. Contemporary full calf. Psalms of David in the ChIppewa language, translated by the prolific Rev. Frederick O'Meara. Not in Field, Pilling, Algonquian p. 380. Pilling, Proof-Sheets 2834. Ayer Indian Linguistics (Chippewa) 29. Siebert Sale 72. $1000.00

61. Claxton, Timothy. MEMOIR OF A MECHANIC. BEING A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF TIMOTHY CLAXTON, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, TOGETHER WITH MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. Boston, George Light, 1839. 179,[8]pp. Illus., frontis of the author, text illustration of a vacuum pump. Full contemporary 8vo calf, contemporary Utica N.Y. library bookplate. First edition. Shaw 34993. The book is filled with anecdotal information about his life in America, and his scientific work as an instrument maker in the United States,;one of a handful during this time period. He resided in Boston and was a member of the Boston Mechanic's Institution. $350.00

62. Clubb, Stephen. A JOURNAL; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE WRONGS, SUFFERINGS, AND NEGLECT, EXPERIENCES BY AMERICANS IN FRANCE. Boston, 1809. 60pp. dbd. First edition. Stephen Clubb, born in England and not a naturalized citizen of the United States, was second mate on the American ship, Hyades, when he was arrested in January 1808, at the port of Calais. "This prison diary, covering the period from December 1807, to June 1809, details the author's capture by the French during the wars between England and France. It includes interesting descriptions of his travel as a prisoner, comments on the French people, and teaching English in prison" - Smith. Smith: American Travelers Abroad C74. Sabin 13795. Shaw 17235. Matthews: American Diaries p.212. $500.00