1. [APPALACHIAN REGION]. Roosevelt, Theodore. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE IN RELATION TO THE FORESTS, RIVERS, AND MOUNTAINS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. Wash., SD84, 1902. 210pp. Illus., 78 maps and plates, many large folding of the area from West Virginia to Georgia. Original quarto full calf, leather labels on spine defective, First edition. This landmark report was prepared by James Wilson. It is the first important work done on the region illustrated with plates from photographs, many folding; and several folding maps with coloring. $125.00

2. [ARIZONA]. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9. WAR DEPARTMENT... THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA IS RE-ANNEXED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL MCDOWELL, HEADQUARTERS AT SAN FRANCISCO... Wash., January 20, 1865. 1p. dbd. as issued. Two punch holes at inner margin. First edition. $50.00

3. Breckinridge, Robert J. FIDELITY IN OUT LOT: THE SUBSTANCE OF A DISCOURSE PREACHED... AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN THE CITY OF NASHVILLE.. IN MAY, 1855. Phila., Board of Missions, 1855. 29pp. Original printed small 4to wrappers. First edition. Breckinridge was a professor in the Danville Theological Seminary. $100.00

4. Briggs, L. Vernon. AROUND CAPE HORN TO HONOLULU ON THE BARK "AMY TURNER" 1880. Boston, 1926. 186pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Limited to 550 numbered copies. Life on board during a sail around Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn to Hawaii and California in the latter part of the 19th century. $175.00

5. [CANADA]. LeMoine, James. PLAINS OF ABRAHAM. IMPORTANT MEETING HELD AT CITY HALL. A MEMORIAL TO BE PRESENTED TO SIR WILFRED LAURIER PRAYING THAT THE HISTORIC GROUNDS BE PRESERVED TO THE PUBLIC... Quebec, Carrel, 1900. In: Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec #23, p.21-109. In French. Illus., 3 plates, large folding plan, large fold map of area. Original printed wrappers. First edition. The battle of Sept. 13, 1759 memorialized. $75.00

6. [CANADA]. Scott, J. G. PAPER ON THE TRANS-CANADA RAILWAY READ BEFORE THE LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEBEC... TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS FROM SOME REMARKS MADE BY MR. HENRY O'SULLIVAN... Quebec, Chronicle, 1903. 24pp. Illus., folding col. map of Canada. dbd. First edition. From Quebec to Winnipeg to Vancouver, opening up the Pacific northwest to eastern Canada. Peel 1741. $125.00

7. Chappell, Gordon S. LOGGING ALONG THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE - NARROW GAUGE LOGGING RAILROADS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. Golden, [1971]. 190pp. Illus., Original gold stamped 4to cloth. First edition. The story of the lumbering industry that grew up along the route of the narrow gauge D & RG and Rio Grande Southern, from the Rio Grande River west across the southern flanks of the San Juan Mountains as far as Utah country; and of the narrow gauge railroads the industry utilized to bring logs to their mills, and deliver finished lumber to the main line railroads. $150.00

8. 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 American, 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

9. Cleveland, Horace G. A GENEALOGY OF BENJAMIN CLEVELAND, A GREAT GRANDSON OF MOSES CLEVELAND, OF WOBURN, MASS., AND A NATIVE OF CANTERBURY, WINDHAM COUNTY, CONN., WITH AN APPENDIX. Chicago, privately printed for the complier, 1879. 260pp. Illus., 2 plates of coats-of-arms. Original cloth. First edition. He was the leader of "Cleveland's Bull Dogs" in the Revolutionary War, and was a scourge throughout North Carolina, and Georgia. He fought at King's Mountain, Briar Creek, and Charlotte. After the war he became a judge in South Carolina. Also, much on his family in Ohio and Tennessee. $125.00

10. [COLT, SAMUEL]. Hart, Rev. Samuel. IN MEMORIAM. SAMUEL COLT AND CALDWELL HART COLT. [Springfield, Ma.], 1898. [122]pp. Illus., by Clifton Johnson. Original decorated stamped small 4to cloth. The last section deals with Armsmear, with illustrations. Very scarce. $150.00

11. [DAKOTAS]. SERVICE IN THE KING'S GUARDS BY TWO OF THEM WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY REV. WALTER M. BARROWS... Boston and Chicago, Congregational, [1891]. 344pp. Illus., 4 plates showing shanties on the plains, Indian village and a pioneer church. Original small 8vo blue cloth, some soiling. First edition. Much on frontier life in Nebraska and the Dakotas, with visits to the Indians, missionary raids, revivals, missionary work, Sitting Bull, Indian missions, etc. $150.00

12. [DRAKE, DANIEL]. Juettner, Otto. 1785 - 1909: DANIEL DRAKE AND HIS FOLLOWERS. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. Cincinnati, Harvey, [1909]. 496pp. Illus. Original gold stamped small 4to cloth. First edition. Perhaps the best biographical sketch of this famous American medical pioneer $125.00

13. [DRED SCOTT CASE]. Lyman, Theodore. PAPERS RELATING TO THE GARRISON MOB. Boston, 1870. 73pp. Old cloth, bookplate. First edition. Fehrenbacher The Dred Scott Case 120. This document recounts the 1835 near-riot which prevented Garrison's anti-slavery meeting, and resulted in his being taken into protective custody. The author, son of the then-Mayor, wants to clear his father's name, for the elder Lyman had been accused of cooperating with the mob. $125.00

14. Ekelof, Adolf. ETT AR I STILLA HAFVET, RESEMINNEN FRAN PATAGONIEN, CHILI, PERU, CALIFORNIEN, BRITISKA COLUMBIA OCH OCEANIEN. Stockholm, 1872. 164pp. 12 lithographed plates, some tinted and some in color. Original 4to gold stamped pictorial cloth., front joint mended. First edition. Not in Lowther, Cowan or Howes. This Swedish account of a voyage up the Pacific coast of America and especially to the Hawaiian islands is not in Hill, as it is a little late, taking place in 1867 - 68. There is a long account of visit to Hawaii, and many of the handsome plates illustrated the island and the royal family. $950.00

15. English, Mary Katherine Jackson. PRAIRIE SKETCHES; OR, FUGITIVE RECOLLECTIONS OF AN ARMY GIRL OF 1899. [N.p., Wyoming, ca. 1900]. 76pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers, iin cloth box. First edition. Childhood reminiscences, Fort Washakie, Lost soldier Ranch, the Great Divide, Lander, Rollins, her friend Oahtah, Otei, Chief Washakie, Flathead Squaws, Arapaho Camp, Shoshone Burial Cave, visit of the Sioux, Omaha dance, Shoshone Sun Dance, camping at Bull Lake, Owen Wister, etc. Eberstadt Cat 111:203. Huntington 292; "privately printed. An interesting narrative of life and adventures in the far west..." $850.00

16. Ethier, Marcel [ed.]. [AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE] NARRATION AUTHENTIQUE DE L'ECHANGE DES PRISONNERS FAITS AUX CEDRES PENDANT LA GUERRE AMERICAINE DE 1775. Montreal, Senecal, 1873. 44pp. Original printed front wrapper, chipped. First edition. Howes A412(aa) , French translation: "Congress had refused to ratify the exchange cartel made by Arnold and the British on the grounds that the American prisoners had been maltreated by their captors." $175.00

17. Everhart, James B. MISCELLANIES. West Chester, Pa, James, 1862. 300pp. Illus., frontis. Original decorated small 8vo cloth, spine faded. First edition. Contains material on balloons, a ride on the western prairies, Judge Story, women, Rufus Choate, etc. $175.00

18. Falding, F. J. [Dr.]. NOTES OF A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD: MADE IN 1875, BY THOMAS COOTE ESQ., JUN AND DR. FALDING. Sheffield, Leader, 1876. [1],208pp. Original blind stamped 12 mo cloth. First edition. Howes F18: "Considerable attention given to California and the West." pp.125-161. contain his first hand observations of July 4th in San Francisco, Truckee, Oakland, Yosemite and the big trees, Virginia City, miners and mining etc. Not in Streeter Sale. Graff, Cowan, Eberstadt, Decker, Soliday, Paher, and Curry/Krushka. pp.167-182 deal with the White Mountains, Lake Champlain, Boston , Plymouth Rock, Philadelphia., Washington and New York. Pp192-204 are on Salt Lake and the Mormons, and pp.204-208 deal with Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees of California. Flake and Draper 3278. $850.00

19. Farnham, J. E. C. PROVIDENCE TO DALLAS: A BRIEF TRIP TO THE SOUTHWEST. Providence, Snow, 1897. [8],143pp. Illus. Original pictorial decorated cloth., some light speckling and a few stains on covers. "Geo. H. Mackinnon... with compliments of the writer. May 1, 1897." A limited number of copies printed for private distribution. First edition. Trip from Providence to Niagara Falls to St. Louis to Hot Springs to Dallas. $150.00

20. [FORREST, NATHAN BEDFORD]. Lytle, Andrew Nelson. BEDFORD FORREST AND HIS CRITTER COMPANY. N.Y., Putnam, [1931]. [9],402pp. Illus., 6 plates, 6 maps. Original cloth, pictorial printed label on front cover and spine. Dornbusch Vol. 3#1190. $100.00

21. [FUR]. Sturgis, William. THE NORTHWEST FUR TRADE. N.Y., 1846. In: Hunt's Merchants Magazine Vol. 14 # 6, June, 1846, pp. 532-539. dbd. First edition. An important work. During the controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the Oregon Country, his personal acquaintance with the regions and his familiarity with its history were of the highest importance to the American government. $100.00

22. Goolrick, John Tacquette. THE LIFE OF GENERAL HUGH MERCER; WITH BRIEF SKETCHES OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, JOHN PAUL JONES, GENERAL GEORGE WEEDON, JAMES MONROE AND MRS. MARY BALL WASHINGTON, WHO WERE FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES OF GENERAL MERCER AT FREDERICKSBURG; ALSO A SKETCH OF LODGE NO. 4, A.F. AND A.M., OF WHICH GENERALS WASHINGTON AND MERCER WERE MEMBERS; AND A GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE MERCER FAMILY. N.Y. and Washington, Neale, 1906. 140pp. Contemporary red half morocco with raised bands and gold decoration on spine. The original cloth covers and spine bound in at rear. First edition. Krick 171: "Gen. Mercer was one of the more attractive heroes of the American Revolution." $150.00

23. Graham, James D. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, COMMUNICATING...THE REPORT OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL GRAHAM ON THE SUBJECT OF THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. Wash.,, SD121, 1852. 250pp. Illus., 2 folded maps and 1 folded profile. Original gold stamped cloth, small paper label on spine, rubber stamp on title page, library bookplate. First edition. Howes G286. Raines p.96. Graff 1609. Wagner-Camp-Becker 212. Wheat Transmississippi West 3: Map 717, p.227. Meisel III, p.100. Contains a wealth of valuable source material including Whipple's reports on his surveys of the Gila River. Texas and New Mexico are prominently defined and detailed herein. $550.00

24. [GULF OF MEXICO]. Powell, Lt. L. M. SURVEY OF THE COAST - APPALACHICOLA TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TRANSMITTING A COPY OF THE REPORT... OF THE SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO... Wash.,, HD220, 1842. 34pp. dbd. First edition. $75.00

25. Hatfield, Edwain F. [Rev.]. PATIENT CONTINUANCE IN WELL-DOING; A MEMOIR OF ELIHU W. BALDWIN, D., FIRST PASTOR OF THE SEVENTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NEW YORK, AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF WABASH COLLEGE... WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SAMUEL HANSON COX. N.Y., Leavitt, 1843. [6],403,[1]pp. Illus., port. as frontis. Original small 8vo cloth. First edition. Spiritual experiences in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York; visits Ohio and New Jersey; great revival of 1831, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, plea for western colleges, etc. Shaw 43-2365, locates 5 copies. $125.00

26. [HAWAII]. Simpson, Alexander. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS: PROGRESS OF EVENTS SINCE THEIR DISCOVERY BY CAPTAIN COOK. THEIR OCCUPATION BY LORD GEORGE PAULET. THEIR VALUE AND IMPORTANCE... London, Smith Elder and Co, 1843. [4],128pp. With folding frontispiece map "The Sandwich Islands, from various Official Documents compiled by John Arrowsmith London, Nov.. 7th, 1843" and map of the "Pacific Ocean," published by John Arrowsmith. First edition. Forbes 1445: "A rare and important work. Simpson, a cousin of Sir George Simpson the governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, was first in Honolulu in 1839, and again in 1840 and 1841, as a company representative. When he returned to Honolulu in February 1842, however, the had severed his connection with that firm. During the Provisional Cession of Hawaii to Great Britain under Lord George Pauler (from February to July 1843), Simpson served briefly with Henry Sea as Joint Secretaries of the British Commission, before leaving Honolulu March 11, 1842, in the Schooner Albert, en route to London. As might be expected, this narrative is decidedly "pro-British" in its defense of Paulet's conduct, and very much at odds with the subsequent decision to hand Hawaii back to its Hawaiian ruler. The text includes the author's letters to Lord Aberdeen, articles from the Times, and Simpson's responses on the subject. In a chapter beginning on page 112, he writes about the advantages of keeping the Hawaiian Islands as a naval station. Simpson states that soon the islands would be "the depot and resting pint for the great traffic between North and South America... and China and the East Indies. They are, from their situation, the key to the trade." The frontispiece map include vignette inserts of Hanalei Bay, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu Harbor, Kairua Bay (Kona) and Byron Bay, Hilo..." This book is only very rarely found in the antiquarian book market." Hunnewell p.77. Sabin 81340. $1750.00

27. Haynes, Frances. WALTER HAYNES OF SUTTON MANDEVILLE, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND,AND SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1583 - 1928. Haverhill, Ma, Record Pub, 1929. [16],219pp. Illus., colored frontis coat of arms, ports, plates. Original gold stamped small to cloth. First edition. Contains material on the attack on Sudbury by Indians in 1676; French and Indian War, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, etc.; and those members of the Haynes family who participated. $85.00

28. [ICARIE]. Prudhommeaux, Jules. ICARIE ET SON FONDATEUR ETIENNE CABET CONTRIBUTION A L'ETUDE DE SOCIALISME EXPERIMENTS. Paris, Cornley, 1907. [40],688pp. Illus., 2 maps, 12 plates, facs. Half cloth over marbled boards, library markings on title page. First edition. Howes P644. One of the best works on this socialist and his dreams for Utopia. $300.00

29. [ILLINOIS]. Larned, Edwin Channing. THE NEW FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. SPEECH OF EDWIN C. LARNED, ESQ. AT THE CITY HALL IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, ON THE EVENING OF OCT. 25TH, 1850 IN REPLY TO HON. S. A. DOUGLAS. Chicago, Democrat Office, 1850. 16pp., text in two columns. Original printed wrappers, wrapper contains cut of American eagle with three lines of quotation. First edition. Larned was a Chicago attorney with strong antislavery sentiments. This meeting was in a reply to the Douglas meeting of October 23. A series of resolutions presented by Isaac N. Arnold, condemning the Fugitive Slave Law was approved. McMurtrie 219. Byrd 1599. $600.00

30. [IMAGINARY VOYAGE]. Patlock, Robert. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER WILKINS, A CORNISH MAN. RELATING PARTICULARLY, HIS SHIPWRECK NEAR THE SOUTH POLE; HIS WONDERFUL PASSAGE THROUGH A SUBTERRANEOUS CAVERN INTO A KIND OF NEW WORLD; HIS THERE MEETING WITH A GAWRY OR FLYNG WOMEN... THE COUNTRY OF GLUMS... MEN AND WOMEN THAT FLY... IN HIS PASSAGE... IN AMERICA, IN THE SHIP HECTOR... BY R.S., A PASSENGER IN THE HECTOR. London, Harrison & Co, 1783. 2 vols., continuously paginated. 189pp. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates. Modern half green calf over period marbled boards, 8vo. Toned spots, new endpapers. An important early work of romantic science fiction under the guise of a voyage narrative. Bleiler p.162. The first edition of this work appeared in London in 1751 and quickly won an appreciative audience. Rhanders-Pehrson 13: "... the story of Peter Wilkins is one of the best known among the early aviation novels..." $1250.00

31. [IOWA]. DENKSCHRIFT, VERFASST ZUR GEDACHTNISFEIER DER VON ZEHN JAHREN GESCHEHENEN GRUNDUNG DER DEUTSCHE EV. LUTH. SYNODE VON IOWA. St. Sebald, August 24, 1864. 35pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. A ten year history of the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Iowa. Oclc locates 9 copies. $300.00

32. [IOWA]. Mahn, Frank W. GENEALOGY OF THE CADLE FAMILY INCLUDING THE ENGLISH DESCENT. [Wash., DC., Roberts, 1915]. 146,[5]pp. Illus., 18 ports, plates, facs. Original small 4to cloth, paper residue on lower spine, old bookplate. First edition. Settled in Mukatine, Iowa. The family had business dealings in New York before they went West. $125.00

33. [KENTUCKY]. Long, Alexander. MEMORIAL TO THE LEGISLATURE OF KENTUCKY BY THE STATE SOVEREIGNTY SOCIETY OF OHIO, PRESENTED TO THE SENATE MARCH 5, 1867. Frankfort, Ky., Kentucky Yeoman, 1867. 12pp. dbd., a few leaves cropped at margin affecting a few letters of text, rubber library stamp. First edition. Very scarce. OCLC locates only one copy. The disposition of the freed slaves, the preservation of the Union, etc. Not in Coleman $150.00

34. Landee, Lawrence. ADVENTURES IN COLLECTING: BOOKS AND BLAKE AND BUBER. Montreal, McLennan Library of McGill Univ.,, 1975. 122,[1]pp. Original small 4to muslin boards with gold stamped leather label on front cover. First edition. Contains two ALS's from Lande, a long presentation inscription on front flyleaf, and a signature on verso of title page. Only 100 copies printed. $175.00

35. [LONG, STEPHEN H.]. Wood, Richard G. STEPHEN HARRIMAN LONG, 1784-1864: ARMY ENGINEER, EXPLORER, INVENTOR. Glendale, 1966. 292pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. $75.00

36. [LOUISIANA]. REPORTS OF THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, RESULTING IN THE CAPTURE OF FORTS JACKSON AND ST. PHILIP AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE REBEL NAVAL FLOTILLA. Wash.,, 1862. 107pp. Illus., 2 colored plates of iron clads, 3 large folding maps. Old wrappers, spine defective. First edition. Contains all the correspondence relative to the bombardment and capture of New Orleans. $300.00

37. Marest, Gabriel. LETTRE DU P. GABRIEL MAREST, MISSIONAIRE DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JESUS. AU PERE GREMON DE LA MEME COMPAGNIES AUX CASCASKIAS, VILLAGE ILLINOIS, AUTREMENT EIT DE L'IMMACULATE CONCEPCION DE LA SAINTE VIERGE, LE 9 NOVEMBRE, 1712. Paris, LeClerc, 1715. In: Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses Ecrites des Missions... XI Recueil, pp. 303-389. Bound in old 16mo worn calf (spine perished). Not in Buck or Huback. Contains material on the social life and customs of the Kaskaskia Indians in the early Illinois country frontier. TPL 259. $150.00

38. [MASSACHUSETTS]. THE JUBILEE OF LAWRENCE ACADEMY, AT GROTON, MASS., JULY 12, 1854 WITH GENERAL CATALOGUE. N.Y., Maigne and Hill, 1855. 76,108pp. Illus., 2 plates of the academy, 2 ports. Original printed wrappers, small stain on front wrapper, small piece lacking at top of spine. The 108 pp portion is the "Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Lawrence Academy for the time of its incorporation. Groton, Mass., 1855." First edition. Of the 3552 students and graduates 1417 were women. $150.00

39. [MEXICO]. Marcy, William L. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR... CALLING FOR A MAP OF THE VALLEY OF MEXICO, BY LIEUTENANT SMITH AND HARDCASTLE. Wash, SD19, 1849. 14pp. dbd. First edition. Contains their report on the survey from whence the map was prepared $75.00

40. [MEXICO]. Velasquez, Pedro. MEMOIR OF AN EVENTFUL EXPEDITION IN CENTRAL AMERICA; RESULTING IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE IDOLATROUS CITY OF IXIMAYA, REMARKABLE AZTEC CHILDREN, DESCENDANTS AND SPECIMENS OF THE SACERDOTAL CASTLE... DESCRIBED BY JOHN STEVENS AND OTHER TRAVELERS... N.Y., Applegate, 1850. 35pp. Illus., woodcuts. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Rare and interesting pamphlet dealing with ancient races till existing in Iximaya, with 7 woodcut figures. $250.00

41. [MISSISSIPPI]. RESOLUTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI IN RELATION TO THE RECENT ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES SUSPENDING THE PRIVILEGE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. [Richmond, 1864]. 2pp. dbd. As published. First edition. Parrish and Willingham 691, locates 19 copies. House of Representatives May 12, 1864. $100.00

42. [MISSOURI]. Henderson, Thomas J. OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF THE HON. ALBERT JACKSON JUDGE OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, BEFORE THE SENATE, COMPOSING THE HIGH COURT OF IMPEACHMENT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. REPORT BY THOMAS J. HENDERSON. Jefferson City, Cheeney, Public Printer, 1859. 480pp. New Cloth with leather label on spine. First edition. Jackson, a Missouri judge, was accused in this record of acting "oppressively, corruptly, and with partiality." The text includes the proceedings to impeach Jackson in the Missouri House of Representatives, the court records, the arguments of the defense and prosecution, etc. He was finally acquitted of the charges. $175.00

43. [MISSOURI]. Paxton, W. M. ANNALS OF PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI, FROM ITS EXPLORATION DOWN TO JUNE 1, 1897; WITH GENEALOGIES OF ITS NOTED FAMILIES, AND SKETCHES OF ITS PIONEERS AND DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE... Kansas City, Mo, Hudson-Kimberly, 1897. 1182pp. Illus., frontis port. New small 4to cloth with gold stamping on spine. First edition. A mine of valuable information on these pioneer families, with an 80pp. index at end. Scarce and important. Adams Guns # 1693:" Contains some material on the James Boys and their activities." $450.00

44. [NEW JERSEY]. Scott, [John Welwood]. COL. SCOTT'S LETTER, TO JUDGE NEVIUS, MR. LUPP, AND MR. WOOD, OF NEW-BRUNSWICK, ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF NEW-JERSEY, OCTOBER, 1841. Trenton, Justice & Mills, 1842. 30,[1 errata]pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. First edition. On the organization of the Council, and whether Governor Pennington "had the lawful right and authority to come into the Council, preside over us, and give a casting vote." The Whigs said he did; but Scott here expresses his "unutterable disgust...From the nature and spirit of our institutions, and from the direct command in the constitution, the Council, like the House of Assembly, was, and ought to be, a self- organizing and independent body, and that no officer or person other than themselves should take any part in that act." Not in Felcone, Sabin, or Shaw. $100.00

45. [NEW YORK]. BRIEF INVESTIGATION OF THE CAUSES WHICH CREATED THE LATE CONTROVERSY ON THE ELECTION OF MAYOR. BY A DEMOCRATIC MEMBER OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. N.Y., 1830. 24pp. Modern half morocco. First edition. Shaw 645. Sabin 54131. Address ed: "To the Republican electors of the City of New York." City political strife. A Roosevelt was a council member. $150.00

46. [NEW YORK]. THE CASE OF THE SENECA INDIANS IN NEW YORK. ILLUSTRATED BY FACTS. Phila, Information of the Society of Friends, 1840. 256pp. Original small 4to cloth, worn at top of front joint and spine, corners bumped, x-library. First edition. The Senecas having, at the suggestion of the Society of Friends, consented to sell their lands, a controversy arose regarding the transaction which became on the part of their opponents somewhat acrimonious. To justify themselves the committee of the society having the matter in charge, printed this pamphlet. A sharp answer written by N. T. Strong, one of the Seneca chiefs, appears in the succeeding year, and this met with several rejoinders and replies. Field 252: "Presented by W. L. S. Russell, January, 1840" on front flyleaf. $175.00

47. [OHIO]. Johnston, John. RECOLLECTIONS OF SIXTY YEARS... EDITED BY CHARLOTTE REEVE CONOVER. [n.p.], Patterson, 1915. 78pp. Illus. Original printed small 4to wrappers. First edition. Johnston was Indian Agent for the U.S. government at Piqua, Ohio, from 1806 to 1853, with an account of the state of the Indian tribes inhabiting Ohio $125.00

48. [OIL]. Wright, Wm. THE OIL REGIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. SHOWING WHERE PETROLEUM IS FOUND; HOW IT IS OBTAINED, AND AT WHAT COST. WITH HINTS FOR WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. N.Y., 1865. 275pp. Original cloth, light staining to covers, small nick on spine. First edition. Swanson: A Century of Oil and Gas in Books p.35: "The author made an extensive tour of the oil regions in 1865 as correspondence for the New York Times. The book was widely read and highly regarded." Neff A342: ".. the hardbound first edition is scarce." Giddens p.95. Hardwicke p.43. $450.00

49. [PENNSYLVANIA]. DeTurk, Eugene P. HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE DE TURK DE TURK FAMILY: DESCENDANTS OF ISAAC DETURK AND MARIA DE HARCOURT. [Reading, Pa.,, Reading Eagle, DeTurk Family Assoc.,, 1934. 368,15pp. Illus, 27 ports and plates. Original cloth, old bookplate, a few old spots on front cover, library stamp on title page, small paper residue on lower spine. First edition. The family settled in the Oley Valley near Reading Pennsylvania $125.00

50. [PENNSYLVANIA]. Elwood, John W [Sgtt.]. ELWOOD'S STORIES OF THE OLD RINGGOLD CAVALRY, 1847 - 1865. THE FIRST THREE YEAR CAVALRY OF THE CIVIL WAR WITH INTRODUCTION BY REV. H. H., RYLAND. Coal Center, Pa, Elwood, 1914. 326pp. Illus., plates, ports. Original gold stamped cloth(spine faded) First edition. Nevins p.86: "A fairly reliable story of the 22nd Pennsylvania cavalry with emphasis and its 1864 campaigns in Virginia." Dornbusch Pa. #107. On last leaf "Given to Margaret Chaney from John W. Elwood." $175.00

51. [PENNSYLVANIA]. Logan, Deborah Morris. MEMOIR OF DR. GEORGE LOGAN OF STENTON... WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE... WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES J. STILLE... Phila., , Hist. Soc of Pa.,, 1899. 207pp. Illus., ports, plates, facs. Original gold stamped small 4to cloth, old library bookplate, small withdrawn stamp on front flyleaf. One of 250 copies printed. First edition. Chapters on his political views, mission to France, U. S. Senate, Jefferson's administration, descendants of James Logan, the War of 1812, correspondence with Jefferson, John Dickinson, James Madison and Timothy Pickering. Three of the plates by S. C. Bradford are of Stenton. $125.00

52. [PENNSYLVANIA]. Meyer, Henry. GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY. Cleveland, Lauer and Mattill, 1890. 131pp. Original small 8vo cloth, light wear to edges. First edition. Contains chapters on the early history of the Meyer settlement in Pennsylvania, the descendants of John Jacob and Christopher Meyer, etc. $250.00

53. [PHELPS, ALMIRA HART LINCOLN]. Phelps, Almira Hart Lincoln. CAROLINE WESTERLEY; OR, THE YOUNG TRAVELLER FROM OHIO. CONTAINING THE LETTERS OF A YOUNG LADY OF SEVENTEEN, WRITTEN TO HER SISTER. N.Y.,, Harper, 1833. [4]233,[14]pp. Illus. , engraved port., engraved title page. Original pictorial 16mo boards, soiled and a little worn at edges. First edition. Shaw 20660, locates 5. Phelps was one of the first to popularize science in America.Howes W287: "Traveled from Ohio through western New York to Albany. Written by Mrs. Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps to her sister, the famous Emma Willard." $300.00

54. [RED RIVER EXPEDITION]. Riddell, Lt. H. S. H. THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION OF 1870. Quebec, Middleton and Dawson, 1871. In: Trans. of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 1870/71. New Series - Part 8. Pp.97-136. dbd. First edition. Peel 335: "An account by one of the officers of the expedition." Whale 1267 $100.00

55. Seaver, James E. LIFE OF MARY JEMISON: DEH-HE-WA-MIS... WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES. New York and Auburn, Miller; Rochester, Dewey, 1856. 312,[2]pp. Illus., 5 plates Original small 8vo cloth. Fourth edition. "One of the most authentic and interesting of captivity narratives," according to Howes and Streeter. Jemison was captured by the Senecas in 1758, at the age of twelve, the rest of her family having been massacred. She was initially taken from near Ft. Pitt to eastern Ohio, but after the French and Indian War the tribe moved north to western New York state. There are long accounts of the Revolutionary War in upstate New York, as well as incidents of later frontier fights through the War of 1812, and Mrs. Jemison's life in the area around Buffalo from the Revolutionary period up to 1823. Pilling 3542. Howes S263. Ayer 258. Field 1381. Edited by Lewis H. Morgan. $175.00

56. [SENECA INDIANS]. Strong, Nathaniel T. A FURTHER ILLUSTRATION OF THE CASE OF THE SENECA INDIANS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN A REVIEW OF A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "AN APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY..." Phila., 1841. 84pp. Original printed wrappers, small piece missing on lower spine. First edition. Field 579. Part of a long series of statements and rejoinders, between the Society of Friends, the Seneca Indians, and the agents of the federal government. The inevitable and unvarying result followed and the Indians were cheated and driven from their homes. $150.00

57. [SIOUX]. Riggs, Stephen R. MARY AND I. FORTY YEARS WITH THE SIOUX. Chicago, Holmes, [1880]. [20],388pp. Illus., 2 ports. Original cloth, gold stamping on spine, light wear to front joint, new endpapers. First edition. Eberstadt III:519: "Early days and history of the northwest; journey to the Missouri River; the Sioux Massacre; Gen. Sibley's Expedition, captivity among the Indians, etc." Howes R288. A sympathetic account in which Riggs condemns U.S. military action against the Indians. $175.00

58. [SOUTH CAROLINA]. O'Connor, Mary Doline. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF M. P. O'CONNOR. N.Y., Dempsey and Carroll, 1893. [11],561pp. Illus., port. as frontis. Original small 4to cloth, small embossed library stamp on title page, bookplate, lower spine shows remnants of a paper label. First edition. Michael O'Connor was a South Carolinian, burning of Columbia, removal to Cuba, legal profession, the Baltimore Convention, Charleston riots of 1876, California 1878-79, with stops in Salt Lake City and San Francisco; the Freedman's Bank Bill, etc. and from p. 225 - end are his orations from 1860 - 1880. $125.00

59. Swisher, James. HOW I KNOW; OR, SIXTEEN YEARS' EVENTFUL EXPERIENCE. AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE, EMBRACING A BRIEF RECORD OF SERIOUS AND SEVERE SERVICE ON THE BATTLE FIELDS OF THE SOUTH... ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER AND IN THE WILDS OF THE WEST; LIFE AMONG THE MORMONS, THE MINERS, AND THE INDIANS... Cincinnati, Swisher, 1881. 384pp. Illus., port. Original cloth, lacks front flyleaf. First edition. First edition. Howes S1183. Contains his adventures in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and California. Graff 4051. Merrill Aristocrat. Adams Herd 2225. Flake 8554. $200.00

60. [TEXAS]. LIFE OF LONE STAR HARRY, AMERICA'S REPRESENTATIVE SCOUT, KNOWS AS THE REVOLVER KING. [N.Y.], Dick, [1894]. 16pp. Original pictorial printed pinkish 16 mo wrappers. First edition. Contains his instructions regarding handling of revolvers, his experience on the Texas cattle trail to Nebraska, poetry, ads, etc. Not recorded by Adams. $500.00

61. [U.S. MEXICAN BOUNDARY]. Fillmore, Millard. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMUNICATION A REPORT... IN RELATION TO FIXING THE INITIAL POINT IN THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO... Wash.,, SD131, 1852. 4pp. dbd., old staining. First edition. $50.00

62. [U.S. NAVY]. Stewart, Charles [Commodore]. APPEAL OF COMMODORE CHARLES STEWART TO CONGRESS. [Phila., 1856]. 21pp. dbd. First edition. A strong plea by an American naval hero for a bigger and better American Navy.An important and scarce work. $100.00

63. Valpey, Joseph, Jr. JOURNAL OF JOSEPH VALPEY, JR. OF SALEM, NOVEMBER, 1813-APRIL, 1815; WITH OTHER PAPERS RELATING TO HIS EXPERIENCE IN DARTMOOR PRISON. Michigan Soc. Colonial Wars, [Detroit], 1922. 71pp. Illus., facsimile entry. Original half cloth, embossed library stamp on title page, old bookplate. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies printed. Matthews p.224: "Prison diary, Nov. 1813 - April 1815; capture on the 'Monkey' of Boston; imprisonment at Halifax and subsequently at Dartmoor, Eng.; notes on prison conditions; daily activities; highly interesting linguistically, and includes many 'poems' by himself and his comrades." $150.00

64. [VERMONT]. Miller, R. D. [Rev.]. SELECT REMAINS OF REV. C. D. JEFFERS, PASTOR OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN CHESTER, VERMONT. SELECTED, COPIED AND ARRANGED BY.. Cambridge, Allen and Farnham, 1864. [30],214pp. Original pebbled small 8vo cloth. First edition. He was in the service of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society. Contains his autobiography, journal, lectures, 8 sermons and 44 poems. $100.00

65. Washington, George. WASHINGTON'S VALEDICATORY ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER A.D., 1796... Harrisburg, Patterson, 1837. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, tied at spine. First edition. Shaw 48364, locates 5 copies $75.00

66. [WEST VIRGINIA]. MacCorkle, William Alexander. THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. THE TRADITIONS, HISTORY AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS... N.Y., Neale, 1916. . 410pp. Illus. , 49 plates depicting buildings, grounds and recreation facilities of the resort, as well as surrounding countryside and battlefield scenes. Original thick yellow cloth, small nick in lower spine. First edition. Krick 293: "The Springs was one of the favorite watering spots of prominent 19th Century Southerners. Governor MacCorkle's informal history of the resort provides interesting material on some of the leading men who made it their headquarters for rest and recreation. MacCorkle includes some legend and some fiction, but deals primarily with the history of the place form the 18th century to its resurgence after the Civil War. A chapter on the Battle of Dry Creek, August 27,18,1864, will interest students of the war, as will a description of the successful efforts to thwart David Hunter's eager torch. $125.00

67. [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

68. [WOMAN STUDIES]. Bolton, Sarah K. SARAH K. BOLTON: PAGES FROM AN INTIMATE AUTOBIOGRAPHY EDITED BY HER SON (CHARLES KNOWLES BOLTON). Boston, Todd, privately printed, 1923. [8],155pp. Illus., 8 ports. Original gold stamped cloth, old bookplate, embossed library stamp on title page. First edition. One of 21 copies published. She was an author and social reformer in Ohio, with much on the Woman's temperance movement. $125.00

69. 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

70. [YELLOWSTONE]. Marshall, William I. THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. Fitchburg, Ma., 1877. 1 page folio broadside. 5 3/4 x 18 1/8" double column. First edition. Marshall lectured on "an evening in wonderland; or, the Yellowstone National Park, illustrated by the calcium light." He also published stereoscopic and other photographs of the park. Gives a god description of the park and how to get there, as well as how to buy his products. At the top of the broadside is printed "Save this for your scrapbook." $850.00

71. [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