1. [ALASKA]. Seward, William H. ALASKA.
SPEECH OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD AT SITKA, AUGUST 12, 1869. Wash.,,
Philip & Solomons, 1869. 31pp. 8vo original printed wrappers,
spine mended, chips to edges, a few pieces missing on rear wrapper.
First edition. Wickersham 3866. Soon after Alaska was added to the
United States, Seward made a sort of triumphal tour of the Northwest
proclaiming its great future, and in this speech he communicates the
favorable impression which he has received from a brief visit to the
new country. He makes a good many comparisons between Alaska and the
states already in the Union, not altogether uncritical of the latter.
Tourville 4078. The cover title is" Our North Pacific States.
Speeches.... in Alaska, Vancouver's and Oregon, August, 1869. $500.00
2. Allan, Francis C. ALLAN'S LONE STAR
BALLADS. A COLLECTION OF PATRIOTIC SONGS, MADE DURING CONFEDERATE
TIMES. Galveston, J. D. Sawyer, 1874. 200,[24]pp. ads. Original
red morocco, stamped in blind and gilt. Spine a bit worn. Inner front
hinge cracked, but holding. Internally clean. Gilt still bright.
Overall just about very good. First edition. The compiler states that
his primary intention was to collect all of the original southern (and
especially Texan) patriotic songs composed during the Civil War. The
project was delayed when Federal soldiers under Maj. G.W. Smith burned
all of Allan's property in Brenham, Texas, in September 1866. Some of
the song titles: Hood's Texas Brigade; Awake! To Arms in Texas!;
Bombardment and Battles of Galveston; the Texas Ranger; the Texas
Marseillaise, and several dozen others. WINKLER 3336. $650.00
3. [AMERICAN MEDICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY]. Guerra,
Francisco. AMERICAN MEDICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1639-1783 ... A
CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE, AND CRITICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, BROADSIDES, AND ARTICLES IN PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS
RELATING TO THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. N.Y., 1962. 885pp. Original
cloth. First edition. The standard bibliography of materials printed
in the present territory of the United States during British dominion
up to the end of the American Revolution. $125.00
4. [ASTRONOMY]. Winthrop, John. RELATION OF
A VOYAGE FROM BOSTON TO NEWFOUNDLAND, FOR THE OBSERVATION OF THE
TRANSIT OF VENUS, JUNE 6, 1761. Boston, Printed and sold by Edes
and Gill, 1761. 24pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued.
Somewhat tanned, occasional foxing. Ownership signature of "Rev.
Mr. Appleton" on titlepage. Overall a very good copy, in original
state, untrimmed. In a half morocco and cloth box. First edition. An
early work of American astronomy, being John Winthrop's account of his
journey to Newfoundland to observe the transit of Venus. Winthrop's
expedition was funded by the legislature of Massachusetts Bay, in what
must be among the first instances of public support of science in
North America. Winthrop was supplied with a sloop to transport the
expedition to St. John's. EVANS 9040. SABIN 104856. $2500.00
5. Barry, William Jackson. UP AND DOWN; OR,
FIFTY YEARS' COLONIAL EXPERIENCES IN AUSTRALIA, CALIFORNIA, NEW
ZEALAND, INDIAN CHINA, AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC... London, Sampson
Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1879. xii,[2],307,[1],32pp
Illus., frontis, 4 plates, 6 illus. Original red cloth, gilt stamped
cover and spine, a.e.g. The author, a captain in the Royal Navy,
offers amusing details for all his destination, through his depicting
of a bawdy San Francisco is of particular note. Howes B195: "'
Four chapters on two lengthy California trips, 1849 and 1852."
Cowan p.37. Rocq 15686, another edition. $400.00
6. Beadle, J.H. WESTERN WILDS AND THE MEN
WHO REDEEM THEM. AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE, EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF SEVEN
YEARS TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE IN THE FAR WEST.... Cincinnati, Jones
Brothers & Co, [1877]. Broadside, 21 x 29 inches. Fourteen
engraved vignettes as a border. Three horizontal and vertical fold
lines, some small tears where fold lines intersect. Larger tear in
lower right corner with slight loss of image. Overall very good. A
broadside advertisement for Beadle's upcoming book titled WESTERN
WILDS AND THE MEN WHO REDEEM THEM.... Beadle's work was a highly
sensationalized, nearly fictional narrative with sections on the
Mountain Meadows Massacre, the Alamo, and other noted events in the
West. The elaborate engravings depict typical western scenes,
including shooting at Indians, hunting, and charging into battle.
$750.00
7. Bourke, John G. URINE DANCE OF THE ZUNI
INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO. [Ann Arbor, 1885]. 4pp. Original printed
wrappers. First edition. Bourke, with appropriate modesty, heads the
study "Not for General Perusal." A scarce and early study of
this Zuni dance. $500.00
8. Broaddus, Andrew. HISTORY OF THE BROADDUS
FAMILY, FROM THE TIME OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE PROGENITOR OF THE
FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES DOWN TO THE YEAR 1888. [St. Louis, Mo,
Central Baptist Print, 1888]. 208pp. Illus. Original gold stamped
cloth. First edition. An important genealogical work on this southern
family, mostly residing in Virginia and Kentucky. Not in Coleman.
Virginia State Library Catalog 2128. $250.00
9. Brown, William W. A LECTURE DELIVERED
BEFORE THE FEMALE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY OF SALEM, AT LYCEUM HALL, NOV.
14, 1847. BY WILLIAM W. BROWN, A FUGITIVE SLAVE. REPORTED BY HENRY M.
PARKHURST, PHONOGRAPHIC REPORTER... Boston, Mass. Anti-Slavery
Soc., 1847. 22pp. Sewn small 8vo. First edition. Dumond p.33. Not in
Oberlin Cat. During the period 1843-1849, he was variously employed as
a lecturer of the Western New York Anti-Slavery Society, and the
Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. He was also interested in
temperance, woman's suffrage and prison reform. $250.00
10. [BUFFALO BILL]. Williams, Henry L. "BUFFALO
BILL" (THE HON. WILLIAM F. CODY) RIFLE AND REVOLVER SHOT; PONY
EXPRESS RIDER; TEAMSTER; BUFFALO HUNTER; GUIDE AND SCOUT A FULL
ACCOUNT OF HIS ADVENTUROUR LIFE WITH THE ORIGIN OF HIS "WILD
WEST" SHOW. London, George Routledge and sons, 1887. 192pp.
Frontispiece portrait. Original pictorial wrappers (chipped and
detached). Back wrapper with some paper losses. Spine mostly chipped
away. Else good. British biography of Buffalo Bill. The chapter on the
Wild West Show includes comments on its reception in England. A very
early Buffalo Bill piece, issued during the first European tour of the
Wild West show. Rare. HOWES W454. GRAFF 4677. ADAMS, SIX-GUNS 2401
$1750.00
11. [CALIFORNIA]. Preston, E. M. NEVADA
COUNTY, THE FAMOUS BARTLETT PEAR BELT OF CALIFORNIA: ITS HORTICULTURAL
RESOURCES, HEALTHFULNESS OF CLIMATE, TEMPERATE RAINFALL... FACILITIES
FOR IRRIGATION... FRUITS, AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION FOR HOME
SEEKERS... Nevada City, Ca.,, Brown and Calkins, 1886. 93,[1]pp.
Illus., 9 plates of fruits, railroads, etc., map on verso of index.
Original printed small 4to wrappers, spine defective. First edition.
Not in Howes, Decker or Graff. Rocq 60155 (6). Cowan V.4#489. Pp.53-93
contain local ads of much interest, several with illustrations. The
fruit plates show gooseberries, strawberries, blackberries and grapes.
$850.00
12. Carrafa, Vicenzio. CARTA
CIRCULAR...[INSTRUCTIONS ADDRESSED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF
JESUS CONCERNING THE MISSIONARY ORGANIZATION OF THE ORDER, WITH
CITATIONS TO VARIOUS PAPAL BULLS RELATING TO THE JESUITS AND THEIR
MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES. [Rome, n.d. ca. 1640?. 40pp. of neat
manuscript text in Spanish. Stitched. Clean and fresh. Overall
condition is very good. A quite extensive 17th-century Spanish
manuscript of religious rules and doctrine for the Jesuits. Carrafa
(1585-1649) was an Italian Jesuit who wrote and published many
religious works, and was at the time of writing the head of the order.
He calls on all members to rededicate themselves to their vows, and
reminds them they belong to no one city, state, or region but to a
single cause. $1500.00
13. [CENSUS]. RETURN OF THE WHOLE NUMBER OF PERSONS
WITHIN THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDING TO
"AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ENUMERATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE
UNITED STATES." Washington, Duane, 1802. 52pp. Later boards,
rebacked with brown tape. Titlepage tanned. Else a good untrimmed
copy. The second printing of the first federal census. A decennial
census was called for in the Constitution, the first instance of a
nation providing by law for a periodic enumeration of its people. The
first census was carried out in 1790, and its results are printed here
(the first printing appeared in 1791). It attempted to count
population, and to enumerate free white males over and under the age
of sixteen, free white females, all other free persons, and slaves.
Populations are given by county or township. The total number of all
inhabitants stood at just over four million. HOWES R220, "aa."
$600.00
14. [CHEROKEE]. [Downing, Lewis, et al]. PROTEST
OF THE CHEROKEE NATION AGAINST A TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT. [Wash, D.
C. , Cunningham & McIntosh Printers, 1871. 13pp. Dbd. A few
stains. Very good. A strong and eloquent statement of the Indians'
right to self-government against the federal government's increasing
control. GILCREASE-HARGRETT CATALOGUE, p.60. $750.00
15. [CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD]. CHICAGO,
ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD. RATES OF FARE TO LOCAL POINTS ON
C.R.I.P. AND U.P.R.R AND TO IMPORTANT POINTS ON DES MOINES VALLEY,
CENTRAL PACIFIC, DENVER, PACIFIC, COLORADO CENTRAL AND UTAH CENTRAL
RAILROADS... WELLS FARGO & CO... STAGE LINES... Chicago,
Jones, Nov. 1, 1870. 10pp. folder on yellow paper. 32 mo one side has
the title page, and a map of the C. R. I. and P. Railroad with a
distances from Chicago side chart, the other side contains forms of
coupons, rates of western railroad (mostly Union Pacific and C. R. I
and P). Not in Pre-Fire Imprints. $300.00
16. [CHINOOK INDIANS]. Shaw, George Combs. THE
CHINOOK JARGON AND HOW TO USE IT: A COMPLETE AND EXHAUSTIVE LEXICON OF
THE OLDEST TRADE LANGUAGE OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. Seattle,
Ranier, 1909. [16],65,[3]pp. Original pictorial cloth. First edition.
$100.00
17. Colton, J. H. CLIMATOLOGICAL MAP OF
NORTH AMERICA. [N.Y., 1855]. Colored folding map, 13 1/2 x 16 1/2
inches with color code chart and explanations. First edition. Includes
as far South as Venezuela. Decorated borders. Also shows Greenland and
Iceland, as well as Russian America. $250.00
18. Combe, George. NOTES ON THE UNITED
STATES OF NORTH AMERICA, DURING A PHRENOLOGICAL VISIT IN 1838-39-40. Phila.,
Carey and Hart, 1841. 2 vols: [16],374;405pp. Original cloth, paper
labels removed from spine, old bookplates. First American edition.
Clark 3:147: "...they recount a trip from Baltimore to Kentucky
and Cincinnati April, 1840, by Combe, a Scotsman, who was regarded as
the world's outstanding phrenologist, at the time of his visit to the
United States." $250.00
19. Conkling, Edgar. BENTON'S POLICY OF
SELLING AND DEVELOPING THE MINERAL LANDS, AND THE NECESSITY OF
FURNISHING ACCESS TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROADS.... Cincinnato, 1864.
16pp., printed in double-columns. Dbd. Lightly soiled, old dampstain,
spine worn. Pages tanned, old library stamp. Still about very good. An
example of government and private enterprise working together to
ensure America's fulfillment of her manifest destiny. Conkling argues
for the use of government lands as an inducement for the railroads to
build, in order to advance commerce, and to guard against British
encroachment. SABIN 15622. $500.00
20. [CONNECTICUT ANTI-SLAVERY OF MERIDEN]. Pratt,
Phila, Walter Webb and Isaac I. Tibbals. AN APOLOGY FOR
ABOLIONISTS: ADDRESSED BY THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY OF MERIDEN, CONN.,
TO THEIR FELLOW-CITIZENS. Middleton, Pelton, 1837. 32pp. Sewn
12mo. Second edition. Not in Shaw. Dumond p. 81. Sabin 47965. A scarce
and very interesting declaration fo sentiments and various measures
which would help end slavery. $200.00
21. [Continental Congress]. THE COMMITTEE
CONSISTING OF MR. KEARNEY, MR. CARRINGTON, MR. BINGHAM, MR. SMITH, AND
MR. DANE, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, AND
SUNDRY PAPERS RELATIVE TO INDIAN AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT;
AND ALSO A MOTION OF THE DELEGATES FROM THE STATE OF
GEORGIA...[caption title]. [Phila?, 1787}. Broadsheet, 8 x 13
inches. Light edge wear. Very good. In a cloth clamshell case, leather
label. A most important document from the 1787 Continental Congress
relating to burgeoning hostilities with the Creeks and Cherokees on
the southern frontier. The text includes the investigative committee's
grim report to Congress, attesting both to the encroachment by U.S.
citizens on Indian land, and the failure of North Carolina and Georgia
to engage the two tribes in mutually beneficial trade. The committee's
report is followed by four important Congressional resolutions. The
first recommends North Carolina and Georgia cede land to the United
States, presumably to enable the federal government to better
negotiate with the Indians (as was being done on the northwest
frontier). The second encourages Georgia citizens to keep peace as
best as they are able. The third resolves to employ federal forces to
pursue tribes that launch unprovoked attacks on peaceful citizens. The
fourth resolution dispatches the superintendent of Indian Affairs,
Benjamin Hawkins, to meet with the Cherokees and Creeks to inform them
of Congress' continued willingness to hear their grievances and
address their concerns. Together, these resolutions comprise an
important step towards the Creek treaty of 1790 which formalized the
U.S.-Creek border and stipulated that the Creek nation would have no
relations with individual states beyond official federal relations.
The latter point marked a significant exercise of the exclusively
federal power to establish and maintain treaties. "An important
document revealing troublesome affairs in Georgia and North Carolina
with the Creeks and the Cherokees. White encroachments on Indian
lands, inadequate trade, and other causes make it 'probable a war will
ensue' with the tribes named, and perhaps a general Indian war. It is
recommended that steps be taken similar to those Northwest of the
River Ohio" - Eberstadt. While Evans and others have posited New
York as a possible place of publication, others suggest Philadelphia
as the logical place. A vital source for early federal relations with
two leading southern tribes. Extremely rare. OCLC locates only three
copies, at the University of Virginia, Yale, and the Library of
Congress. Evans locates one additional copy, at The New York Public
Library. EVANS 20770. NAIP w030427. DE RENNE I, p.243 FORD,
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 447. EBERSTADT 160:258. OCLC 22860208, 26086186.
$9500.00
22. Coulter, John. ADVENTURES ON THE WESTERN
COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA, AND THE INTERIOR OF CALIFORNIA: INCLUDING
INCIDENTS AT... OTHER ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN... London,
Longman, 1847. 2 vols. bound in one: [24],288; [12],278pp. Original
red small 8vo cloth, light wear to joints and lower spine. First
edition. Cowan p.145. Howes C 802. Hill 386. Important material on
early California and Melanesia, with material on social life and
customs, whaling, Indians, fur hunters, missions, Sandwich Islands,
etc. Sabin 17143. $850.00
23. Cox, Ross. ADVENTURES ON THE COLUMBIA
RIVER, INCLUDING THE NARRATIVE OF A RESIDENCE OF SIX YEARS ON THE
WESTERN SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AMONG VARIOUS TRIBES OF INDIANS
HITHERTO UNKNOWN: TOGETHER WITH A JOURNEY ACROSS THE AMERICAN
CONTINENT. N.Y., 1832. 2pp. of ads, xv,[25],335pp. Original cloth
boards, paper label on spine, faded, joints wearing, endpapers
clipped. First American edition of this work, usually considered with
the works of Alexander Ross as the prime source of information on
Oregon in the early period. Cox arrived in Oregon from Hawaii with the
Astoria party in 1812, later working for the Northwest Company. In
1817 he went wit a party overland to Montreal. Hill p.71: "His
narrative gives an excellent account of the Indian tribes in Montana,
Idaho and eastern Washington; and of the fur trade of the Columbia
basin, including the rivalry between Hudson's Bay Company and the
Northwest Company" Howes C822. Sabin 17267 Field 377. Wagner Camp
Becker 43:2. $650.00
25. [DAKOTA]. CROW CREEK RESERVATION, DAKOTA.
ACTION OF THE INDIAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION AND OPINIONS OF THE PRESS,
WEST AND EAST, REGARDING ITS RECENT OCCUPATION BY WHITE SETTLERS,
TOGETHER WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT COMMANDING THE REMOVAL
OF THE SETTLERS AND RESTORING THE LANDS TO THE INDIANS. Phila.,,
Indian Rights Assoc, 1885. 45pp. Original printed wrappers, small
piece nicked from back cover, small rubber library stamp on title
page. First edition. Contains the argument of Henry S. Pancoast,
Indian Rights, WInnebago Reservation, Crow Creek Settlers, etc.
$150.00
26. [DAKOTA]. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, MINOT, N. D....
ORGANIZED MAY 1ST, 1889. THREE PER CENT. QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS. E.
ASHLEY MEARS, PRESIDENT; H. F. HALYARDS, CASHIER, E. H. FINCH, ASS'T
CASHIER. [N.p., Dakota, 1891]. 4pp. 24 mo folder with an
application for shares laid in the prospectus. First edition. $125.00
27. [DAKOTA]. GENERAL LAWS, MEMORIALS AND
RESOLUTIONS OF THE TERRITORY OF DAKOTA, PASSED AT THE SIXTH
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY...TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED A TABLE OF CONTENTS; THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; AND THE ACT ORGANIZING THE
TERRITORY. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. Yankton, D. T. , Geo. W.
Kinsbrugy, 1867. 43,[3],154pp. Contemporary legal calf, leather label
stamped in gilt. Chipped at spine ends, rubbed around edges, hinges
weak. Contemporary ownership signature on front board. Some type
printed lightly. Very good. Prints laws passed and repealed as well as
private laws, petitions, memorials, and resolutions, all enacted by
the legislative assembly of the Dakota Territory from Dec. 4, 1866 to
Jan. 12, 1867. Among the issues covered are road and school
construction, county boundaries, elections, divorce and alimony,
taxes, and railroad charters. An early Dakota imprint. ALLEN, DAKOTA
53. $10000.00
28. [DAKOTAS]. Brewer, H. T. H. T. BREWER'S
DISPERSION SALE OF SHORT HORN CATTLE TO BE SOLD IN THE NEW SALE
PAVILION AT FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH THE 20TH, 1919. WITH
CONSIGNMENTS FROM HERD. Fargo, N.D., 1919. [5],[1]pp. Original
oblong printed wrappers. First edition. A catalog of 54 lots with full
provenance of each head of cattle offended. $150.00
29. [DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, 1860]. Parkhurst,
John. OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION HELD IN 1860 AT CHARLESTON AND BALTIMORE: PROCEEDINGS AT
CHARLESTON, APRIL 23- MAY3 PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION
OF JOHN G. PARKHURST. Cleveland, Nevins Print, Plain Dealer Job
Office, 1860. 188pp. Contemporary half morocco taped spine. First
edition. This is the convention that nominated Stephen A. Douglas to
oppose Abraham Lincoln. "Presented to the Manchester City Library
by E. W. Harrington, Mayor of the City of Manchester, Nov.3,
1860" on front flyleaf. $300.00
30. Department of the Platt. ROSTER OF
TROOPS SERVING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTE, (THE STATES OF IOWA
AND NEBRASKA; TERRITORIES OF UTAH AND WYOMING AND SO MUCH OF THE
TERRITORY OF IDAHO AS LIE EAST OF A LINE FORMED BY THE EXTENSION OF
THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF UTAH TO THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY OF IDAHO.)
COMMANDED BY BRIG. GEN. OLIVER O. HOWARD, U.S. ARMY. HEADQUARTERS,
OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Omaha, Dept of the Platte, November 1884. 12pp.
Self-wrappers. Three binder holes in blank gutter margin. Small stamp
in lower margin of front wrapper: "Rec'd Judge Advocate's Office.
Dep't Platte, Nov. 13, 1884." Overall condition is very good.
Scarce roster for the Department of the Platte, printed on an Army
press. Lists the officers, medical department staff, fort or outpost
where each was stationed, and troops under their respective commands.
Includes information for forts Bridger, Laramie, McKinney, and Russell
in Wyoming; Douglas and Thornburgh in Utah; Niobrara, Omaha, Robinson,
and Sidney in Nebraska; and others. $850.00
31. Drake, Francis S. THE INDIAN TRIBES OF
THE UNITED STATES: THEIR HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, CUSTOMS, RELIGION,
ARTS, LANGUAGE, TRADITIONS, ORAL LEGENDS, AND MYTHS. Phila,
Lippincott, 1844. 2 vols: 458, 455pp. Illus., 100 steel engraved
plates. Original thick large 4to half calf, spine worn, joints
strengthened. First edition. Howes D 472 [aa]. Covers the history of
the tribes from the early colonial period through the Americana
Revolution and the post-revolutionary period, the progress and effects
of removal, etc. A number of the plates are in color, after drawings
by Seth Eastman. Not in Field. $3250.00
32. Eberhart, Uriah [Rev.]. HISTORY OF THE
EBERHARTS IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES... WITH AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR, INCLUDING MANY REMINISCENCES OF HIS MINISTERIAL
AND ARMY LIFE. [Chicago], Donohue and Henneberrry, 1891.
[4],263pp. Illus., port. Original small 8vo cloth, spine a little
faded. First edition. Dornbusch Iowa 202A. Eberstadt was with the 20th
Iowa Infantry in the War Between the States. The family resided mainly
in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. $225.00
33. Edwards, Jonathan. OBSERVATIONS ON THE
LANGUAGE OF THE MUHHEKANEEW INDIANS IN WHICH THE EXTENT OF THAT
LANGUAGE IN NORTH AMERICA IS SHEWN.... INSTANCES OF ANALOGY BETWEEN
THAT AND THE HEBREW... Boston, Little and Brown, 1843. In:
Collections of the Mass. Hist. Soc, 2nd Series, V. 10, pp.81-160.
Original paper backed small 4to boards. Originally published in New
Haven in 1788. This new edition has an introduction by John Pickering.
Pilling Proof Sheets 1138. Pilling Algonquin p.126. Sabin 21972. Shaw
43, 1669, no copies located. $125.00
34. Finch, John. TRAVELS IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA, CONTAINING SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR
SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS, AND A FEW NOTICES OF THE GEOLOGY AND
MINERALOGY OF THOSE COUNTRIES. London, 1833. xv,455pp. plus errata
slip. Modern half morocco, raised bands and gold stamping on spine.
First edition. "Finch's itinerary south of Washington, which he
left in March 1824, included Mount Vernon, Fredericksburg,
Charlottesville, Richmond, Williamsburg, and Norfolk...While at
Charlottesville he visited both Jefferson and Madison, and at Richmond
he called on John Marshall...the main concern is with account of the
author's visits to prominent people" - Clark. The author also
writes of the Shenandoah, treatment of the slaves, Daniel Webster,
John Quincy Adams, etc. Pp.333-455 contain: Finch's: "ON THE
NATURAL BOUNDRIES OF EMPIRES." CLARK II:41. HOWES F131. SABIN
24353. TPL 1772. $750.00
35. [FLORIDA]. Nason, Elias. CHAPIN'S
HAND-BOOK OF ST. AUGUSTINE. St. Augustine, Fl, Chapin, 1884.
48,[2],[21]pp. Illus., two maps, lithos in text, title page has
illustration. Original printed pictorial small 8vo wrappers, a few
pieces missing, no text affected, soiled, pictorial rear wrapper.
First edition. "Contains... just what every visitor, as well as
resident, ought to know respecting the first settled city of our
country... the book is worth ten times the money..." preface. Not
in Turnbull. $250.00
36. [FLORIDA]. [Philip V]. EL REY. REVERENDO
EN CHRISTO PADRE OBISPO DE LA INGLESIA CATHEDRAL DE LA CIUDAD DE LA
PUEBLA DE LOS ANGELES DE MI CONSEJO...[caption title]. [Aranjuez,
Spain, 1737]. [3]pp. Folio. Dbd. Signed "I the King" in
manuscript at end of text by Philip V, stamped with official seal at
head of first page and on verso of last leaf. Other secretarial
markings on recto of last leaf. Quite clean. Very good. In a half
morocco box. A rare early royal proclamation relating to Florida.
Philip V, under the advisement of Father Juan de la Rosa, a Mexican
bishop, orders that all missions on the Florida peninsula are to
henceforth receive the same financial support as do military
establishments in the territory. He orders "that the Governor and
Royal Officials of Florida" be notified immediately of this
important change. Good evidence of the competition between sword and
Cross for supremacy in New Spain, and a very early royal proclamation
related to Florida. Quite rare. OCLC locates only one copy. Not in
Servies. OCLC 7032409. $3500.00
37. Forbes, J. Murray. RECOLLECTIONS AND
EVENTS FROM THE THRESHOLD OF EIGHTY-FIVE. Boston, Privately
printed, 1930. [7],148,21pp. Illus., plates, facs, genealogical
charts. Original small 4to cloth, gold stamped and front cover and
spine. In its original box. First edition. Inscribed pres. copy from
the author. Privately printed in a small edition from family and
friends. Chapters on the Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad,
trip out west (California and Arizona), and to Mexico, etc. $150.00
