351. Taylor, James W. LEGISLATURE OF MINNESOTA: NORTHWEST BRITISH AMERICAN AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE STATE OF MINNESOTA... St. Paul, 1860. 41,[1]pp. Illus., map. Original printed yellow front wrapper only, x-library markings. First edition. Howes T56. Wagner-Camp 365. Graff 4079. Minnesota Imprints Inventory 310. Taylor was commissioned by Governor Sibley in 1859 to explore and report upon the country westward from St. Paul and the Selkirk settlement to the Rocky Mountains and beyond. This report is very scarce. Lowther 124. Peel 225. The map is full page "Northwest River and Railroad System." Streeter Sale 6:3731 "There are seven appendices including: An English address of the explorations of Palliser in the Rocky Mountains of British America; A Series of itineraries of routes from St. Paul to Edmonton House and other points in Western Canada; and an article by Commander Maury on the necessary of two railroads to the Pacific, one in the North and one in the South." OCLC locates no copies of this rare 42 page edition. $3000.00

352. Taylor, Joseph. TEN CENT OFFICIAL RAIL ROAD GUIDE TO THE GREAT CENTRAL ROUTE AND SUBSIDIARY LINES BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE WEST CONTAINING CORRECT TIMETABLES OF THE FOLLOWING RAILWAYS: HUDSON RIVER... ERIE... GREAT WESTERN (CANADA), MICHIGAN CENTRAL... DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE, PORT HURON AND LAKE MICHIGAN... CHICAGO, ALTON AND ST. LOUIS; ILLINOIS CENTRAL. ALSO, LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE GREAT BLUE LINE... Detroit, Tunis, 1874. 84pp. Illus., woodcuts in text, large folding map entitled "The Shortline Across the Continent" which includes an inset map of "The great central route between Atlantic and Pacific (Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean), and the Michigan Central and Great Western Railway and their connections via Niagara Falls. Three pieces missing affecting the "oss" in across, Lower Canada, and the piece near Lennoxville, N.Y. Ads on rear of map. Original printed 24 mo wrappers, chewed at top, no text affected. First edition. $250.00

353. [TELEPHONE]. Keenan, W. J. and James Riley. THE TRANSMITTED WORD. Boston, Dorchester Press, 1893. 113pp. Illus., cable terminal in New York, Cable terminals, long distance switchboard, stringing 10 wires at a time, desk telephone, etc. Original gold stamped pict. 12 mo cloth. First edition. "To Hon. Patrick Maguire from his friend James Riley" on front flyleaf. The preface states: "... intended as a primer in telephonic and other kindred instructions, with a conviction that it may lead the young to deeper thought..." Chapters on Bell's invention, the telephone set, outside wires and ground wires, the exchange, the metallic circuit, etc. $450.00

354. [TELEPHONE]. Lockwood, T. D. PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR TELEPHONISTS. N.Y., Johnston, 1882. 192,{16ads}pp. Original small 8vo cloth, light wear at top and bottom of spine. First edition. "M. Greenwood, Esq., with the compliments of the publisher" on flyleaf. Lockwood was an electrician for American Bell Telephone Company. Contains important material on transmitters,, inspectors, batteries, lines and wires, telegraph, etc. $300.00

355. Tempsky, (Gustave Ferdinand) Von. MITLA: A NARRATIVE OF INCIDENTS AND PERSONAL ADVENTURES ON A JOURNEY IN MEXICO, GUATEMALA, AND SALVADOR, IN THE YEARS 1853 TO 1855. WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MODES OF LIFE IN THOSE COUNTRIES... EDITED BY J. S. BELL... London, Longman, 1858. [16],436pp. Illus. , large folding map at rear, 5 colored lithos (one a double page panorama), 11 woodcuts in pates. Original small 4to red cloth, light wear to upper joints. First edition. Chapters on Mazatlan, Durango, Mexico City, Puebla, Tehuantepec, Guatemala City, Santa Catarina, San Salvador, etc. Almost 265 pages are devoted to Mexico and his travels therein. Very scarce with the map and all colored plates $1000.00

356. [TENNESSEE]. Pearson, Abel. AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT, IN A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS, ALS ALSO CONVERSATIONS ON SOME OTHER INTERESTING SUBJECTS, PARTICULARLY RELATING TO THE SAME PRINCIPLES. BETWEEN A.P. AND N. P. AND A DISSERTATION ON THE PROPHECIES, IN REFERENCE TO THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BEAST -- THE CLEANSING OF THE SANCTUARY, THE BEGINNING AND DURATION OF THE MILLENNIUM, AND THE LITTLE SEASON: TOGETHER WITH A CALCULATION SHEWING THE EXACT TIME OF THE DEATH OF CHRIST, AND, ALSO, CALCULATIONS SHEWING THE PRECISE TIME OF THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BEAST, AND THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENNIUM, &C. BY T... MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL. Athens, Tenn., Published by Thomas Anderson. John M. Gibbs, printer, , 1832 & 1833. [12],419pp. Contemporary full calf, old book plates, small paper label on lower spine. First edition. There is a second title page, a dissertation on the prophecies... Athens, Tn., 1833, occupying pp. 313 - 419. This first edition in unrecorded by Shaw. $375.00

357. [TENNESSEE]. Williams, Joseph S. OLD TIMES IN WEST TENNESSEE... Memphis, , 1873. [4],295pp. Original gold stamped small 8vo cloth, lightly spotted, joints wearing. First ed.. Howes W472. Early pioneer settlers, Bienville's expedition, Big Bear Hunt, lawyers, Randolph, Haywood County, Steamboats, Fayette, etc. Not in Allen. $250.00

358. [TEXAS]. BUSINESS OUTING IN TEXAS: A VISIT OF THE COMMERCIAL CLUB OF KANSAS CITY TO NORTHERN TEXAS, INDIAN TERRITORY, OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS... [Kansas City, Mo.,, Inter-State Pub., 1890?]. 58,[4 roster of party)pp. Illus., ports, plates throughout text. Original small 4to boards, spine worn. Old library bookplate. First edition. A trip by Kansas City businessmen to extol the virtues of their area for trade and investment. $250.00

359. [TEXAS]. West, John. A TEXAN IN SEARCH OF A FIGHT. BEING THE DIARY AND LETTERS OF A PRIVATE SOLDIER IN HOOD'S TEXAS BRIGADE. Waco, 1901. 189pp. . Original printed wrappers.(light rubbing to joints) First edition. Howes W278. Dornbusch II:1090. Coulter 469: "...A minute account of routes and means of travel including comments of interest to travelers... West moved to Texas in 1855 and settled in Waco. For the first two years of the War he served as Confederate attorney for the western district of Texas... and joined Hood's Brigade... after fighting at Chickamauga he went into east Tennessee with Longstreet, and in early 1864 was honorably discharged..." $600.00

360. Thacher, James. AN ESSAY ON DEMONOLOGY, GHOSTS, AND APPARITIONS, AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS. ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF THE WITCHCRAFT DELUSION IN SALEM IN 1692. Boston, Carter and Hendee, 1831. [6],234pp. Contemporary 16mo half mo. First edition. Shaw 9341, locates 5. Chapters on illusions, superstition, witchcraft, sorcery, omens and auguries, medical quackery, etc. "C.D. McCarthy 1840" on endpaper. $250.00

361. Thiersant, Philibert Dabry de. DE L'ORIGINE DES INDIENS DU NOUVEAU-MONDE ET DE LEUR CIVILISATION. Paris, Leroux, 1883. (4),360pp, unopened. Illus., vignettes in text. Original 4to printed wrappers, spine mended. First edition. Howes T159. Contains chapters on their civilization, development, religion, philosophy, costumes and dress, arts, etc. Not in Graff, Larned, Eberstadt or Decker. Very scarce. $500.00

362. Topsoe, V. C. S. FRAN AMERIKA... Stockholm, Bonniers, [1874]. [5],423,[1]pp. Illus., folding map at rear, 11 plates, woodcuts. The plates are of Yosemite, Mariposa, Salt Lake City, Mammoth Cave, President Grant, etc. Original decorated cloth, gold stamped on spine.(an eagle and American flag on spine, a waterfall scene on front cover) First edition. Not in Howes, Graff, Soliday, Decker, Cowan, Eberstadt, etc. Traveled by train to Louisville, Mammoth Cave, the prairies, and from Omaha, west to Ogden, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Yosemite, etc. Over 50 pates deal with the Mormons, with 60 pages on San Francisco and Yosemite. Flake, Supp 8975a: "Mormon material in the chapters entitled 'Saltsostaden' and 'Mormonerne'." $600.00

363. Trescot, William Henry. MEMORIAL OF THE LIFE OF J. JOHNSTON PETTIGREW, BRIG. GEN. OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY. Charleston, Russell, 1870. 65pp. Original gold stamped small 8vo cloth, embossed library stamps, bookplate. First edition. Dornbusch II:3046. Nicholson p.848.After the secession of North Carolina in May 1861, he was elected colonel of the 12th Regiment. He first saw service at Evansport, VA., where his regiment was engaged in blocking the Potomac. His services were so conspicuous that President Davis himself wanted to make him a brigadier-general, but he refused on the grounds that he had never led troops in action. He served under Johnston through out the Peninsular Campaign, was severely wounded at Seven Pines, bayoneted, an captured. It two months' time he was exchanged, whereupon he took command of the defenses of Petersburg. In the spring of 1863 he displayed at Blount's Creek his capacity for independent command, and his brigade formed part of the division of Henry Heth at Gettysburg. After Heth was wounded on the first day of battle, Pettigrew took over the command of the division, and directed an advance on the left of Pickett in the famous charge. On July 14, he was wounded by a small raiding party of Federal cavalry. He died three days later. $375.00

364. [U.S. CONGRESS. ACTS]. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY - MAY, 1802. [Wash.,, Duane, 1803]. 191,[5]pp. dbd. First edition. First edition. This was during the Jefferson/Burr administration and contains material on the Upper Canada. Boundary, propagating the gospel among the heathen, trading with the Indian tribes, northwest territory, John Cleves Symons and lands northwest of the Ohio, etc. $250.00

365. [U.S. CONGRESS. ACTS]. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SEVENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY - MARCH, 1803. [Wash.,, 1804}. [Wash., 1804]. pp. 195-316,[4];[85],[20]pp. Original plain wrappers, spine perished. First edition. Contains material on Ohio, Indian trading houses, militia, ships and vessels, D. C., Northwest territory, light-houses, Lake Ontario, Kentucky, Nova Scotia, judiciary systems, etc. [85]pp. appendix is entitled "Convention between the French Republic and the United States of America" (1-47), also includes proclamations from Jefferson on treaties with the Indian tribes, and the convention between the U. S. and Great Britain (48-52). $300.00

366. [U.S. CONSTITUTION]. RECUEIL DES LOIX CONSTITUTIVES DES COLONIES ANGLOISES, CONFEDEREES SOUS LA DENOMINATION D'ETATS-UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE - SEPTEMBTRIONALE... DEDIE A M. LE DOCTOR FRANKLIN. Philadelphia et Paris, Cellot and Jombert, 1778. [12],370pp. Full contemporary calf, raised bands on spine with gold stamping. First edition. Howes R111: "First collected edition, compiled by Regnier.." Sabin 68448. The first English edition did not appear until 1781. $1750.00

367. [U.S. CONSTITUTIONS]. THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES; ACCORDING TO THE LATEST AMENDMENTS. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. Winchester, Va., Jonathan Foster, 1811. 334,[2]pp. Full contemp. small 8vo calf, with small bands of calf at top and bottom of the spine. First ed. Shaw 22610,locates 7. Sabin 22609. Not in Virginia State Library Catalog. Contains constitutions and charters for New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Also included are the constitutions of the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Northwest Territory, Ohio, D. C., act and an act to erect Louisiana into territories. $375.00

368. U.S. DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. [N.Y.], 1837- 1852. Vols. 1-31. Uniformly bound (most volumes have new spines over marbled boards. A long run of this most important 19th century chronicle. Mott Vol 1 pp.677-684: "The combination of literature of real excellence with vigorous articles on political, economic and social questions made the Democratic Review under O'Sullivan an important periodicals... The portraits which embellish the file... furnishes an interesting portrait gallery." $975.00

369. [U.S. LAWS]. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST AND SECOND SESSION OF THE TENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, NOV. 1807 TO MARCH 1808. [Wash., 1808]. 178,[7], 181-309,[4]],28pp. Original printed wrappers.. First edition. Contains material on Michigan, Louisiana, gun-boats, the embargo, Mississippi Territory, Tennessee, Barbary powers, impeachment of Samuel Chase, D., C., R. I. Indian treaties, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana territory, Carondelet canal, Kaskaskia, Mississippi territory, Wyandott Indians, Indian trading houses, Whittemore's patent on a cotton machine, treaty between the various tribes, etc. _ $250.00

370. Underwood, Jno. C. [ Major-General]. REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS INCIDENTAL TO THE ERECTION AND DEDICATION OF THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT... Chicago, Johnston, 1896. [11],285pp. Illus., colored frontis plates throughout. Original 4to grey gold stamped blue gold stamped spine. Souvenir edition. First edition. Bookplate of Lewis L. Hanes. Contains speeches of dedication, the parade, railroads, poems, black hussars, biographical sketches, war prison cemeteries, etc., etc. Dornbusch 3:69. Nicholson Cat. p.889. $250.00

371. [VERMONT]. George, N[oah] J. T. A POCKET GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF VERMONT... TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, AND A LARGE NUMBER OF STATISTICAL TABLES OF THE UNITED STATES. Haverhill, N.H, Goss, 1823. 264pp. Original full 16mo calf. First edition. Howes G111. Shaw 12662. One of the more important and scarcer compilations of its era. Contains layouts of counties, county-by-county data, a dictionary, etc. $250.00

372. Versen, Max Von. TRANSATLANTISCHE STREIFZUGE. ERLEBNISSE UND ERFAHRUNGEN AUS NORDAMERIKA. Leipzig, Duncker, 1876. 6],428pp. Illus., 2 folding maps. Original green cloth, gold stamped on spine. Contains chapters on California, Yosemite, Mariposa, Chinese, Sacramento, San Francisco, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah and the Mormons, Colorado, Missouri, then back east. Not in , Howes, Decker, Graff, Soliday, Eberstadt or Cowan. A very scarce and interesting work, with two important travel maps. Flake 9466b $450.00

373. [VIRGINIA]. Branch, William [Jr.]. LIFE, A POEM IN THREE BOOKS; DESCRIPTIVE OF THE VARIOUS CHARACTERS IN LIFE, THE DIFFERENT PASSIONS, WITH THEIR MORAL INFLUENCE; THE GOOD AND EVIL RESULTING FORM THEIR SWAY; AND OF THE PERFECT MAN. DEDICATED TO THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. Richmond,, Franklin Press, 1819. [12[,218,[1]pp. Contemporary boards with calf spine, leather label. First edition. Shaw 47420. A resident of Petersburg, a prominent Virginia family. $300.00

374. [VIRGINIA]. Schele De Vere, Maximillian. STRAY LEAVES FROM THE BOOK OF NATURE. N.Y., Putnam, 1855. 291pp. Original decorated small 8vo cloth, with faded gold stamping on spine, small paper label on lower spine, old bookplate of William C. Belcher (Gaysville, Vt.) First edition. De Vere was a prominent philologist at Univ. of Virginia 1844-1895. Chapters on nature in motion, the ocean and its life, plants, plant-mummies, unknown tongues, a trip to the moon (p.265 - _. DAB: "His published studies of the genesis and development of the English language were original and in advance of similar effort elsewhere..." Virginia State Library Cat 16436. $300.00

375. [VIRGINIA]. Semple, Robert B. A HISTORY OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE BAPTISTS IN VIRGINIA. Richmond, 1810. vii,[1],446,[1]pp. Full contemporary calf, a few signatures starting. First edition. Rare work. Semple, a Baptist clergyman, received a classical education and became a teacher at the tender age of 16. He studies law, but gave it up at age 20 for vicinity, becoming in 1790 pastor of the Bruigton Baptist Church. In 1827 he became financial agent of Columbia College, and from 1820 until his death was President of the triennial convention of the Baptist denomination in the United States. The index is to 24 biographical sketches. Sabin 79089. American Imprints 21322. Howes S289. $1000.00

376. Walker, James B. EXPERIENCES OF PIONEER LIFE IN THE EARLY SETTLEMENTS OF THE WEST. Chicago, Sumner, 1881. 310pp. Original cloth. First edition. Early life of a printer's apprentice, school teacher, college student, agent of the American Bible Society, Evangelical publisher and abolitionist in western Pennsylvania, Ohio ,and Illinois. Much of the work relates to the 1830's and 1840's. Not in Howes, Buck, Hubach or Graff. $300.00

377. Walker, Robert J. [Hon.]. BOUND VOLUME CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING WORKS: London, Ridgeway, 1863-1864. AMERICAN FINANCES AND RESOURCES. LETTER #1. 16pp
JEFFERSON DAVIS. REPUDIATION, RECOGNITION AND SLAVERY. LETTER #2 12pp.
AMERICAN FINANCES AND RESOURCES. LETTER NO.II. 24pp.
JEFFERSON DAVIS. REPUDIATION OF ARKANSAS BONDS. LETTER III. 14pp
AMERICAN FINANCES AND RESOURCES. LETTER NO. IV. 46pp.
AMERICAN FINANCES AND RESOURCES. LETTER NO. V. 26pp. First edition. William P. Fessenden's copy in half calf over marbled boards, morocco label on front cover "W. P. Fessenden." By the ex-governor of Kansas. This publication is a series of pamphlets showing, not very candidly, how slavery, Jefferson Davis, and the repudiation of debts were almost synonymous terms. $750.00

378. [WAR OF 1812]. AMERICAN MERCURY, JAN 18, 1814 - JULY 24, 1815, 31 NUMBERS, FOLIO. Hartford, Ct. A series of newspapers containing material on events which occurred during the War of 1812. A partial list of contents as follows: Madison proclamations, enemy reports, Monroe reports, British prisoners, Lord Wellington, defence of Charleston, Indian councils, naval accounts, impressment, proclamations, American valor, smuggling, arrival of the constitution, Tecumseh's character, Stephan Decatur reports, Isaac Chauncey, the Creek War, Andrew Jackson, L. Warrington, Major Montgomery, General Hull, General Wilkinson, frontier news, naval court martial, capture of Oswego, David Porter, battle near Chippewa, Frigate Essex capture, victory at Fort Erie, Brown's battle at Niagara, Battle of Lake Champlain, armistice, protocol conference, brutality of the enemy, peace of negotiations, privateers, Gen'l. McArthur's Expedition, Privateer Kemp, Hartford Convention, "Madison's Peace," Treaty of Peace, addresses of Jackson, Captain Biddle's naval victory, the Florida's, Dartmoor Massacre, etc. etc. the collection: $1000.00

379. [WAR OF 1812]. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED SO MUCH OF THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES... AS RELATES TO THE SPIRIT AND MANNER IN WHICH THE WAR HAS BEEN WAGED BY THE ENEMY. Wash. 1813. 193pp. 3 folding tables. New cloth with leather label. First edition. The inhumanity of the British toward American prisoners, detention of American citizens as British subjects, impressment, violation of truce flags, ransom of American prisoners from Indians, pillage and destruction of private property on the Chesapeake Bay, massacres of Americans, outrages at Hampton, Virginia, etc. Not in Howes. $375.00

380. [WASHINGTON]. BRIEFS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, CA. 1900/1905. A TOTAL OF 18 BRIEFS (101,99,64,(2)103,23,18,26,15,37,30, 31, 68, 81, 23, 69, 40, 57, 52pp) FILED IN THE FOLLOWING 6 CASES: ANDREW GREEN VS. WESTERN AMERICAN CO
MORRIS ROCCIA VS. BLACK DIAMOND COAL MINING CO (WITH A FOLDING MAP)
ALBERT E. JONES VS. THE WESTERN MANUFACTURING CO. AND JOSEPH CROWLEY.
MARIAN ARMSTRONG ET AL VS. TOWN OF COSMOPOLIS
WALTER V. R. CROOKER VS. THE PACIFIC LOUNGE AND MATTRESS COMPANY
MARTIN BAILEY VS. CASCADE TIMBER CO. All bound in full contemporary small 4to calf. First edition. $675.00

381. Washington, George. A MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO CONGRESS, ENCLOSING THREE LETTERS ROM THE MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES IN LONDON; ALSO A LETTER FROM THE MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WITH HIS ANSWER... Phila.,, Childs and Swaine, 1794. 15pp. dbd. First edition. Evans 27916. Correspondence between Thomas Pinckney, Henry Dundas, Jonathan Fauchet (English and French), and Edmund Randolph, dealing with the Algerine mission, French privateers, etc. $450.00

382. [WASHINGTON, GEORGE]. Schroeder, Johann Friedrich. WASHINGTON UND DIE HELDEN ER REVOLUTION... MET EINEM UNHAUGE: DIE DEUTSCHEN IN DER AMERICANISCHEN REVOLUTION VON FRIEDRICH KAPP. N.Y, Johnson, [1857]. 2 vols. {8},{7}-644; 685pp. Illus., 42 eng. ports, some foxed, some with tissue guards. Contemporary quarter calf over plain 4to boards with gold stamped and decorated spines. First ed. in German. Schroeder's famous work on Washington, the American Revolution, and the participation of Germans in that conflict. $375.00

383. Webb, E. A. H. [ Lt. Colonel]. A HISTORY OF THE SERVICES OF THE 17TH [THE LEICESTERSHIRE] REGIMENT CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1688, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES, REVISED AND CONTINUED TO 1912. London, Vacher, 1911. [27],322pp. Illus., 35 plates, of which 11 are colored, 6 illus. in text. First edition. The regiment participated in the Capture of Cape Breton (1750), Siege of Louisburg, Wolfe's Brigades, South Carolina against the Cherokees (1760); occupation of New York, Campaign of the Lakes ( 1764); Revolutionary services in Boston, Cape Breton, Princeton, Horse Nick, Stony Point, Virginia Halifax, Federickton, later on, service in Nova Scotia, the Trent Affairs ( 1861), Jamaica (1865); Fenian raid in Canada (1866), etc. The balance deals with activities in Asia, etc. Not in Howes. An English view of campaigns in Canada and the States during the French and Indian, Revolutionary and Civil Wars. "With the author's compliments," on front flyleaf. $375.00

384. Weld, Charles Richard. A VACATION TOUR IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. London, Longman, 1855. [11],394,24]pp. Illlus., folding map as a frontis. Modern half calf, gilt spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers. First edition. Howes W234. Much on his travels in Massachusetts, upstate New York, lower Canada (Montreal, Quebec, etc.), Washington, DC Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York City, etc. Also, much on slavery. Clark, Travels in the Old South 3:505 $350.00

385. Weld, Isaac. REISEN DURCH DIE STAATEN VON NORAMERIKA UND DIE PROVIZEN OBER UND NIEDER-CANADA WAHREND DEN JAHREN 1795, 1796 UND 1797.. Berlin, 1800. [4],536pp. Illus., two folding maps, one rather large, two folded tinted plates. Contemporary marbled small 8vo boards. First edition in German. Howes W275. Weld's travels were among the best descriptive narratives of the 18th century. Clark Iil132. Gagnon I:3701. Lande 890. JCBII:4062. Sabin 192451. TPL 708. $850.00

386. [[WEST INDIES]]. Zimmerman, E. A. W. TASCHENBUCH DER REISEN, ODER UNTERHALTEN DE DARSTELLUNG DER ENDECKUNGEN ... Leipzig, Fleischer, 1803. [6],304pp. Illus., 11 plates of which 9 are folding, folding map of West Indies by Arrowsmith. Contemporary 32 mo 1/2 calf. First edition. Contains material on Santa Domingo, Trinidad, Cuba, Negroes, Indians, etc. The plates include Portrait of Condamine, a Negro woman half naked, Indians in St. Vincent, British meeting with Jamaicans, a Jamaican plantation Dutch Guiana Swamp Scene, plants, a horse powered mill, St. Helena Harbor, etc. $450.00

387. West, John. THE SUBSTANCE OF A JOURNAL DURING A RESIDENCE AT THE RED RIVER COLONY, BRITISH NORTH AMERICA; AND FREQUENT EXCURSIONS AMONG THE NORTH-WEST AMERICAN INDIANS, IN THE YEARS 1820,1821,1822,1823. London, Seeley, 1824. [12],210,[1]pp. New 1/4 morocco and paper over boards. First edition. Wagner-Camp 217: "Entered Canada by way of Hudson's Bay, York Factory, and Lake Winnipeg...in winter traveled by dog sled to Brandon House, describes the life there, and the customs of the natives. Final chapters deal with the esquimaux at Churchill and remarks on Arctic exploration." Field 1634. Streeter Sale 6:3696. Peel 81. TPL 1307. Sabin 102738 $1000.00

388. [WEST VIRGINIA]. Dyer, William and Isaac Watts. BELIEVER'S GOLDEN CHAIN; EMBRACING THE SUBSTANCE OF SOME DISSERTATIONS ON CHRIST'S FAMOUS TITLES. A VIEW OF ZION'S GLORY AND CHRIST'S VOICE... WITH A GUIDE TO PRAYER... COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY S. S. HENDERSON. Wheeling, Va, Wolff, 1849. 599,[1]pp. Original full 12 mo calf, rear signature loose. First edition. Norona and Shettler 394, locates 9 copies. A scarce and interesting work. $250.00

389. [WHALING]. Brewington, N. V. and Dorothy. KENDALL WHALING MUSEUM PAINTINGS AND KENDALL WHALING MUSEUM PRINTS. Sharon, Ma, Kendall Museum, 1965-1969. 2 vols. (13),173;)7),209pp. Illus., hundred of plates. Original small 4to gold stamped cloth. First edition. An important and useful reference, with each plate described. Also included is a brief history of the now defunct Kendall Whaling Museum. $250.00

390. [WHALING]. Douglas, James. A WHALING VOYAGE TO SPITZBERGER IN 1818. Quebec,, Middleton and Dawson, 1873. In: Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Session of 1872-1873. New Series Part 10, pp.21-67. Original printed wrappers, chipped. First edition. Douglas, a youth of 18 years went out as surgeon of a whaler which reached the northern latitude of 81:56. It is a day-by-day account of the attempt to reach the North Pole through the open water supposed to exist to the north of Spitzbergen. $250.00

391. [WHEELWRIGHT, JOHN]. Bell, Charles H. JOHN WHEELWRIGHT: HIS WRITINGS, INCLUDING HIS FAST-DAY SERMON 1637; AND HIS MERCURIUS AMERICANUS, 1645; WITH A PAPER UPON THE GENUINENESS OF THE INDIAN DEED OF 1629, AND A MEMOIR. Boston, Prince Soc., 1876. [8],253pp. Illus., 3 facs. Contemporary half morocco., x-library . First edition. One of 200 copies. Not in Howes. Larned 1032: "...the editing is of the high character found in all the publications of the Prince Society." There is much material on Indian history, and land claims for the seventh century. $250.00

392. White, John. SKETCHES FROM AMERICA: PART I: CANADA. PART II - A PIC-NIC TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: PART III - THE IRISH IN AMERICA. London, Sampson, 1870. [8],373,]16 ads]pp. New cloth. First edition. Part II contains the description of a trip from Chicago to Denver and Cheyenne. An excellent first hand account of observations an adventures during the wild days of the overland railroad boom. Good material on Cheyenne, the vigilance committee, bushwhackers, Indian raids, Denver, etc. Howes W358. Adams Herd 2505. $350.00

393. Whyte, W. E. O'ER THE ATLANTIC; OR, A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO AND FROM EUROPE. BY W.E.W. A GRAPHIC, INTERESTING, AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF PLACES AND EVENTS EMBRACING PORTIONS OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, COTLAN, WALES, FRANCE, AND THE CANADAS. N.Y., America, 1870. 295 pp., errata. Original decorated cloth. First edition. An eccentric sailor's dairy with a long section on Canada in the 1840's. Not in TPL or supplements. $275.00

394. Wilcocke, Samuel Hull. A NARRATIVE OF OCCURRENCES IN THE INDIAN COUNTRIES OF NORTH AMERICA, SINCE THE CONNEXION OF THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF SELKIRK WITH THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, AND HIS ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A COLONY ON THE RED RIVER; WITH A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF HIS LORDSHIP'S MILITARY EXPEDITION TO, AND SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS AT FORT WILLIAM, IN UPPER CANADA. London, 1817. [14],152,[4],87pp. Modern boards with calf backstrip, gold stamped leather label on spine. First edition. TPL 1108: "A reply to John Halkett's 'Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement of Kildonan, q.v.' The reply was prepared by Wilcocke, a hack-writer in the employ of the Northwest Company. This work has been attributed to Edward Ellice, the Elder, and to Simon McGillivary, both members of the Northwest Company." Peel 44. Sabin 20699. Field 1117. $1000.00

395. Wilhelm, Thomas. A MILITARY AND NAVAL ENCYCLOPEDIA.. .BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED OFFICERS, AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF ALL AMERICAN INDIANS... WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THE ARTICLES OF WAR... [N.Y.], H.Q. Eighth Infantry, U. S. Army, 1879. [7],1386pp. New 16mo cloth. Privately printed in a small edition. First edition. Wilhelm wrote the important works on the Eighth U.S. Infantry, each in editions of less than 100 copies. Pasted on inside rear cover is an envelope containing a yellow paper written on by Wilhelm. $300.00

396. Williams, Aaron. HARMONY SOCIETY AT ECONOMY, PENN'A. FOUNDED BY GEORGE RAPP, A.D. 1805. WITH AN APPENDIX... Pittsburgh, 1866. 182pp. Original blind stamped cloth. Radical Literature in American p.40. Howes W445: "Includes a chapter on this Society's earlier establishment in Indiana." This rare Rapp Community item is one of the scarcest of the Utopian works of the 19th century. $1150.00

397. Williams, John G. ADVENTURES OF A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD LAD AND THE FORTUNES HE MIGHT HAVE WON. Boston, 1894. 308pp. Illus. Original cloth, lightly stained. First edition. Howes W465. Cowan p.687. Graff 4679. Williams came to California in 1849, detailed are his experiences in California, mining the Fraser River district, experience at Carson Creek Mines, whaling adventures, etc. $250.00

398. Williamson, James A. THE VOYAGES OF THE CABOTS AND THE ENGLISH DISCOVERY OF NORTH AMERICA UNDER HENRY VII AND HENRY VIII. London, Argonaut, 1929. [13],290pp. Illus, [13 maps, frontis. fold.]. Original vellum backed decorated boards, pages untrimmed. One of 1050 numbered copies on Japan vellum. $300.00

399. [WISCONSIN]. Buslett, O. A. DET FEMTENDE REGIMENT, WISCONSIN FRILLIGE...TILEGNET DER MORSKE FOLKI AMERIKA. Decorah, Ia., Baa Forfatterens Verlag, (n.d., ca. 1894). 696pp. Illus., ports. throughout German text. Original gold stamped pictorial cloth. First edition. Dornbusch Wisconsin 137: "Unit roster with biographies pp.(293)-649." A veritable biographical encyclopedia of Scandinavians who fought in the 15th Regiment of Wisconsin volunteer, with many woodcut portraits. Not in Nevins, Nicholson or Howes. $650.00

400. [WISCONSIN]. Edwards, Richard. EDWARD'S ANNUAL DIRECTOR TO THE INHABITANTS, INSTITUTIONS, INCORPORATED COMPANIES, MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT, BUSINESS, BUSINESS FIRMS, ETC., ETC., IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, FOR 1867. [Milwaukee], Wi, Edwards, 1867. [6],[95]-336,70,[2]pp. Original printed small 4to boards, ads on covers and spine. First edition. The last top are "Edward's Business Directory..." with an alphabetical listing. Full of ads, many illustrated, a few tipped in or laid in throughout text. Wis. Imp. Inv. 477, locates 3 copies. Scarce. $850.00

401. [WISCONSIN]. Fowler, Frank A. THE EYE OF THE NORTH-WEST. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN OF SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN... [Milwaukee, King Fowle & Co, 1890. 207pp. Illus., folding map, plates. Original dec. oblong 4to boards. First edition. "A historically correct reference to the settlement, growth and condition of Superior, for the information of those interested in building cities and establishing industries, homes and fortunes." $250.00

402. [WISCONSIN]. Hense-Jensen, Wilhelm. WISCONSIN'S DEUTSCH-AMERIKANER BIS ZUM SCHLUK DES NEUNZEHNTENJAHRHUNDERTS. Milwaukee, 1900. 2 vols: [10],389,li; [8],306pp. Original half morocco over pebbled boards. First edition. Contains biographical sketches, German church, Greeley campaign and the liquor law, social life and customs, etc. The hundredth anniversary of the German settlers in Wisconsin. Very scarce. $300.00

403. [WISCONSIN]. TYLER'S FORK LOCATION IN ASHLAND COUNTY, WISCONSIN. three items: TYLER'S FORK LOCATION. COPPERLANDS IN SECTIONS 15, 16, AND 21. TOWN 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST. 640 ACRES. ASHLAND COUNTY, WISCONSIN BY CHARLES WHITTLESLEY, GEOLOGIST AND MINING ENGINEER. (Cleveland, 1865), 3pp. dbd. as issued.
OPINIKE (OR POTATOE) RIVER PROPERTY, TOWN 46, NORTH RANGE 1, WEST, SECTIONS 16 AND 17, 480 ACRES, ASHLAND COUNTY, WISCONSIN BY CHARLES WHITTLESEY... (Cleveland, 1865). 3pp. dbd. as issued
LETTER OF J. A. BAILEY, ESQ., IN REFERENCE TO THE TYLER'S FORK PROPERTY. OFFICE OF ASHLAND COPPER MINING COMPANY. ASHLAND COUNTY, WISCONSIN, OCT. 20, 1864. 2pp. dbd. as issued. Addressed to Messrs A. Whittlesey and F. W. Bartlett. Not in Wisconsin Imprints Inventory. First edition. The Lot: $250.00

404. Woodward, Cordon Roswell. RECOLLECTIONS, REFLECTIONS, COLLECTIONS OF SEVENTY YEARS. [N.p., , 1906. 916pp. Illus. Original gold stamped small 4to cloth. First edition. Howes W659: "Served as steamboat pilot and captain out of St. Louis from 1848 to 1862, later became a financial leader in Cairo, Illinois." A rare work. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Graff, Soliday, or Buck. $850.00

405. [WORLD WAR I AVIATION]. Moseley, George Clark. EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTERS OF GEORGE CLARK MOSELEY DURING THE PERIOD OF THE GREAT WAR. Printed for private circulation, [1923]. 239pp. Illus., plates. Original decorated half cloth, glassine d.j. boxed. First edition. Noffsinger 1054: "Moseley was trained in France at Avord, Tours, Pau, and G.D.E. before being sent to Escadrille Spad 150 at the front on 27 December 1917. He was transferred to US Naval aviation on 4 February 1918 and, after attending aviation school at Moutchic-Lacanau, he was again sent to the front at the US Naval Seaplane Station, Dunkirk, from 15 March to 20 June 1918. He attended the US Army Bombing School at Clermont-Ferrand and was attached to RFC Day Bombing Squadron No. 218 from 25 July to 10 September 1918. He was transferred again to the French Squadron Escadrille de Saint-Pol from 25 September to 5 November 1918." Very scarce. Printed in but a few copies for family and friends. $275.00

406. [WYOMING]. H., L. H. OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE. BEYOND THE MISSOURI. Utica, N.Y., 1869. In: Utica Weekly Herald, May 18, 25 and June 1, 1869. 5 3/4 folio columns of text. 3 newspapers issues. Much on the Union Pacific Railroad, Laramie, description of the country, flora and fauna, Fort Sedgwick, Cheyenne, Black Hills, Pacific Railroad Progress, Silver Spike, Rawlings, Washakie, etc. An important first hand account of Wyoming and the Black Hills region. $375.00

407. [YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK]. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK ISSUED BY THE GENERAL PASSENGER DEPARTMENT, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. [Chicago, Rand McNally, 1883]. 30,[10]pp. Illus., map, woodcut, in text. dbd. [" 1" high by 5 1/2" long piece cut from top of title page. First edition. Ads for excursions to Alaska, hints to travelers, Pyramid Park of Dakota, railroad route, dining car, hotels, fares from Minnesota to Mammoth Hot Springs, etc. $300.00

408. Young, William C. BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM C. YOUNG, WITH FAMILY INCIDENTS CONNECTED THEREWITH... N.Y., Styles, 1889. 115pp. Illus., 2 original mounted photos, 3 plates of which 2 are folding. Original full pebble gold stamped small 4to leather. First edition. Moved from Connecticut to the western reserve and helped found Youngstown in 1800; surveyed islands in Lake Ontario, experiences during first survey made on the Erie Canal, life at West Point [1818-1822], survey of Juniata Route for Pennsylvania Canal, Nova Scotia, enterprise, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, upstate New York, Panama Railroad survey, experiences on the Isthmus, bridge across the Mississippi, N.Y. Central Railroad, miscellaneous speeches at West Point, etc. Privately printed in a small edition for family and friends. $300.00

409. Zimmerman, E. A. W. TASCHENBUCH DER REISEN, ODER UNTERHALTENDE DARSTELLUNG DER ENTDECKUNGEN DES 18TH JAHRUNDERTS... Leipzig, Fisher, 1804. [4],330pp. Illus., 10 plates, 8 of which are folding, port., folding map of Canada and upper America. Full leather. First edition (the third year of a series). Material on norhwest America, the Arctic, Delaware indians, Niagara Falls (with a folding plate). A history of North America, the Arctic fur trtade, Canada, etc. Six of the folding plates deal with the Arctic and Eskimo. One folding plate is of an Arctic , the portrait is of Sir Francis Drake, and the other plate is of an Indian. $850.00

410. Zimmerman, E. A. W. TASCHENBUCH DER REISEN, ODER UNTERHALTENDE DARSTELLUNG DER ENTDECKUNGEN DES 18TH JAHRUNDERTS... Leipzig, Fisher, 1805. [2],283,[2]pp. Illus. Contemporary 32mo half calf. First edition. An annual publication, this volume dealing with the United States and Canada. There are ten illustrations: Port of Micochlucco, fold. plan of Washington,D.C., folding pate of the Mission at Monterey, Calif., folding plate of three native Californians, folding plate of the Virginia Natural Bridge, folding plate of the hills around Monterey, Ca., two folding botanical plates, a portrait of Sir Hans Sloane, and a large folding map of North America. An early German annual with sections devoted to California, Louisiana, etc. Cowan vol.4 # 692. Soldiay Sale Vol. 4:159A. The plates of California are early and interesting. $850.00