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52. Kendall, Amos. MR. KENDALL'S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. [Wash.,, 1840]. 7pp. dbd. First edition. A scarce 1840 presidential pamphlet. The Democrat Kendall, Postmaster General under Jackson and Van Buren, and a member of the "Kitchen Cabinet" also edited the Extra Globe. Here he attacks the Whigs and their candidate Harrison. Sabin 37348. Shaw 3693, locates 3. $200.00 53. KENDALL'S EXPOSITOR.... CONTAINING AN
EPITOME OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS AT THE MEMORABLE EXTRA SESSION:
ALSO, DISSERTATIONS UPON CURRENCY, EXCHANGES, THE TARIFF, AND OTHER
TOPICS. WITH A SUMMARY OF CURRENT NEWS... Wash., Greer, 1841 - 1844.
Bound volume containing the following: 54. [KENTUCKY]. Bibb, George. AN EXPOSITION OF THE MEANING OF THE CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT "NO STATE SHALL PASS ANY EX POST FACTO LAW, OR LAW IMPAIRING THE OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS;" AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE OPINIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY, IN THE CASES OF BLAIR VS. WILLIAMS AND LAPSLEY VS. BRASHEAR, IN A PETITION FOR REHEARING. [Frankfort, Ky, Kendall & CO, 1824]. 24pp. Stitched, caption title as issued. First edition. After the Panic of 1819 Kentucky's legislature stayed the payment of debts and required lenders to accept payment in notes of the new, uncapitalized Bank of Kentucky; or, if they refused, to endure lengthy deferrals. Bibb-- who had been Kentucky's Chief Justice and would become a U.S. Senator-- argues that the Relief laws do not impair the obligation of contracts, are thus constitutional, and that it is the Legislature's duty to define what the obligations of those contracts are. His discussion of the constitutional questions is learned and highly detailed. Kentucky's future Jacksonians, like Amos Kendall and William Barry, stood with the Relief Party, blaming the Bank of the United States for the Panic. For a sketch of Bibb's life, see DAB. Harv. Law Cat. 165. BEAL 1132. Not in AI, Coleman, Eberstadt, Decker, Marvin, Marke. $750.00 55. [KENTUCKY]. Hardin, Martin D. REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY, FROM SPRING TERM 1805 TO SPRING TERM 1808 INCLUSIVE. Frankfort, Ky, Johnston and Pleasants, 1810. xxiii,645pp. Contemporary sheep, leather label, surface wear and crude repair to front joint, but entirely sound and internally very good. First edition. This is the third series of published Kentucky reports, complete in a single volume, preceded by Hughes (1785 - 1801) and Sneed (1801-1805). There are a number of interesting land-surveys illustrated within the text. Shaw 20490. Scarce. Kentucky Imprint Inv. 356: "Contains resolutions condemning 'the indecorous, and unbecoming style used by Mr. Jackson, his Brittanic majesty's minister near the United States, and to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress." on the other leaf is a printed letter of transmittal The LC copy is that which was sent to James Madison as President and was postmarked 'Frankfort, April 1'." $650.00 56. [LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]. Washburne, Elihu Benjamin. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HIS PERSONAL HISTORY AND PUBLIC RECORD. SPEECH OF...OF ILLINOIS DELIVERED IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 29, 1860. N.p., Published by Republican Congressional Committee, 1860. 8pp. dbd. Printed in double columns, light foxing. First edition. "This, in subject matter the most meritorious of the campaign lives of 1860, was drawn partly from the Chicago Press and Tribune article, but principally from the author's own intimate knowledge of Lincoln's career." Wessen. Washburne was "a warm friend of Lincoln, and a shrewd politician and seasoned political orator," whose speech is "biographical in character, and sold as a campaign document." Id. "The Illinois Congressman-- who had known Lincoln since 1840-- delivered this biographical address only two weeks after the convention." Eberstadt. As Washburne says, "I have known him in private life, I have known him at the bar, and have been associated with him in every political contest in our State since the advent of 'Tippecanoe and Tyler too,' in 1840." This item also prints the Republican platform, adopted May 17, 1860. Wessen, Campaign Lives of Abraham Lincoln 4. Miles 421. Monaghan 87. 165 Eberstadt 445. LCP 10962 $1000.00 57. Livingston, Philip. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION: OR, A DEFENCE OF THE LIBERTIES OF NORTH-AMERICA. IN ANSWER TO A LATE FRIENDLY ADDRESS TO ALL REASONABLE AMERICANS, ON THE SUBJECT OF OUR POLITICAL CONFUSION. BY A CITIZEN. N.Y., Rivington, 1774. 29,[1], 1pub. advt.]pp. Bound in modern quarter calf and marbled boards with gilt-lettered spine. Text lightly tanned. First edition. Evans's attribution of authorship to Livingston, signer of the Declaration of Independence and New York civic and political leader, has been followed by one and all. "This is a reply to 'A Friendly Address', a Tory tract written by Dr. Myles Cooper" [Church]. Livingston treats the 'Friendly Address' with playful scorn, joking that he responds in order "to encourage the paper manufactory," as well as "for the sake of the Printer, who must be sadly out of pocket, by publishing such woeful performances." Sabin says the pamphlet is "written in a style of pleasantry, but the arguments of the author, when he criticizes, were too reasonable to be totally invalidated." Livingston recounts Parliament's arbitrary intrusions upon American liberties; and skewers the 'Friendly Address' for its absurd proposition that "Americans are subject to the will of a Parliament which they have no vote in choosing, and being so subject, enjoy a free and equitable constitution." Howes L398aa. Church Catalogue 1106. Evans 13881. Adams Controversy 74-53a, Independence 128. Gephart 3815. $2000.00 58. [MAINE]. Gilmore, Pascal Pearl. CIVIL WAR MEMORIES: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE AUTHOR WITH QUOTATIONS FROM THE HIGHEST AUTHORITIES. [N.p., 1928]. [5]-170pp. Illus. Original gold stamped cloth, a few old stains on covers. First edition. "Col. Chisbury F. Lothrop with compliments of the author Pascal P. Gilmore" on front flyleaf. Dornbusch Maine 99A. Contains a diary of his 1865 campaign and battles. Privately printed in a small edition. $150.00 59. [MANITOBA]. Bryce, George. MANITOBA: ITS INFANCY, GROWTH AND PRESENT CONDITION. London, 1882. (8),367.,32ads, pp. Illus., folding colored map, four plates. Original decorated small 8vo cloth, spine a little faded. Vincent Scully's copy with his bookplate and signature dated 1882. First edition. Book on early Manitoba covering facets of the Hudson's bay Co. , Rupert's Land, Assiniboia, the Red River Settlement, Lord Selkirk etc. Also one of the early works promoting immigration to the Prairies. Peel 598. Whale 159: "a classic study from Manitoba's most important early writer and historian." $175.00 60. [MASSACHUSETTS]. Clarke, Hermann Frederick. JOHN HULL: A BUILDER OF THE BAY COLONY. Portland, Me, Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1940. 222pp. Illus., plates. Original cloth, boxed. First edition. Limited to 500 copies. Part of the series of monographs concerning the work of the early colonial craftsmen. The span of John Hull's life was almost coincident with that of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he took part in almost every event of historical importance during the vital years from 1650 to his death in 1683. Hull was a goldsmith and silversmith during his lifetime. $300.00 61. Mayhew, Jonathan. TWO DISCOURSES DELIVERED OCTOBER 9TH, 1760. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING FOR THE SUCCESS OF HIS MAJESTY'S ARMS, MORE ESPECIALLY IN THE INTIRE REDUCTION OF CANADA. Boston, 1760. 69pp., half title, stitched, untrimmed, light fox & soil, tear to blank upper corners of half title and title repaired. Mayhew says that, against a despotic and Popish enemy, not only did our "civil rights and liberties" depend upon the success of arms, but also whether the people "shall lose or enjoy their religion, with their spiritual privileges." The victory over the French was remarkable: "What part of our extended frontier in America, was not drenched with blood?" Reviewing the factors that make for success or failure in War, through careful planning or apparent happenstance, Mayhew observes that, "The French no longer hold a single fort, garrison, or fortified place." Thus "the conquest of Canada" is complete. He describes its inhabitants, who have taken an oath of loyalty to His Majesty; the Indians, who are friendly; the vast acquisition of territory, "large and fruitful, many parts of it well cultivated;" the "peace for the future" that the colonies will enjoy; and the expansion of the fisheries, commerce, and manufactures. He ably discusses the strategy of Amherst and the navy in their campaign, and relations with the Six Nations and other Indian tribes. In this state of the first ed. line 4 of the footnote at page 29 reads, 'Contemptor Deum Mezentius---'.Evans 8668. Not in Sabin, TPL, Eberstadt, Field. $1250.00 62. [MINNESOTA]. Bishop, Mrs. Harriet E. MINNESOTA; THEN AND NOW. St. Paul, Merrill, 1869. 100pp. Illus. several engraved plates of buildings, woodcuts of Indians and scenes. Full gold stamped leather. First edition. The Sioux massacre and other early events and places in homespun verse. $300.00 63. [MINNESOTA]. Hill, Alfred J. HISTORY OF COMPANY E OF THE SIXTH MINNESOTA REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. St. Paul, Pioneer Press Co, 1899. 45pp. Illus., frontis, charts, tables. Orig. wrps., lightly chipped and loose. First edition. In the spring of 1862 the Governor of Minnesota called for volunteers to form a company of men to be sent to Virginia to fight for the Union Army. Company E was formed from the 94 men recruited. The began to drill and prepare at Ft. Snelling in July and August of 1862. However, all plans changed in mid-August of 1862 when the Sioux Indians attacked and massacred scores of settlers in the Minnesota River Valley. This account chronicles the activities of these volunteers as they pursue the Sioux to punish them for their crimes and liberate the many captive women and children. The later involvement of Company E in the Civil War in 1864 and 1865 in Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Alabama is also recorded here. An important addition to this work is the appendix authored by Capt. Charles J. Stees, "Lieut. Col Marshall's raid into Dakota - 1862." A rare account. Howes H 478 Dornbusch 57.1 $350.00 64. [MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RAILROAD]. LAWS OF THE STATE OF IOWA IN RELATION TO CORPORATIONS FOR RAIL ROAD PURPOSES, AND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RAILROAD COMPANY. Davenport, Sanders & Davis Printers, 1853. Davenport, Sanders & Davis, Printers, 1853. 28pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Includes the act granting railroad companies the right of way through Iowa, and the listing of men who wanted to build the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad. The road was to be built from around Davenport to Council Bluffs. Contains material not in the 24pp. first edition. $200.00 65. [MISSOURI]. Mudd, Joseph A. WITH PORTER IN NORTH MISSOURI: A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. Wash., D. C., 1909. 452pp. Illus. Modern half leather, ex library embossed stamp on title page, new endpapers. First edition. Dornbusch 2: 705: "Unit Roster, Company E, 9th Missouri Infantry 379-9: Nevins Vol. 2 p.158: "Largely military in content..." Mudd dedicates his book "To the Missouri Confederate." $175.00 66. Mitchell, S. Augustus. DIE BEREINGTEN STAATEN UND DIE AUDERN LANDER AMERIKA'S ENTHALTEND EINE UMSTANDLICHE BESCHREIBUNG,,, Phila.,, Thomas, Copperthwait , 1846. 305pp. Illus., numerous wood engravings throughout. Publisher's elaborately blind-stamped 8vo hard-grain morocco, smooth gilt-decorated spine with red morocco label. Old seminary bookplate. First German edition. Designed for the German emigrant, includes chapters on the Caribbean islands, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Mexico, Greenland, Canada, natural history, the individual states including Oregon and California, a biographical notice of all the U.S. Presidents, etc. Howes M684. $250.00 67. Mollhausen, Heinrich Balduin. REISEN IN DIE FELSENGEBIRGE NORD-AMERIKAS BIS ZUM HOCH-PLATEAU VAN NEW-MEXICO, UNTERNOMMEN ALS MITGLIED DER IM AUFTRAGE DER REGIERUNG DER VEREINIGTEN STAATEN AUSGESANDTEN COLORADO-EXPEDITION.... Leipzig, 1861. 2 vols. . (16),455,1; (10),406pp. Illus., 12 in tint , 2 facsimilies, one woodcut map in text, one folding map. Contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, gold stamping on spine. Volume one is dated 1861, but volume 2 is undated. This would suggest that volume 2 is a first edition. Narrative account of the Colorado River expedition of 1857-8, of which Mollhausen was a part. With the report of Lieut, Ives, this is one of the primary reports on the expedition, but it has never been published in English, despite its importance. Wagner-Camp 362:1. Howes M712. $1750.00 68. [MORMONS]. Brown, Benjamin. TESTIMONIES FOR THE TRUTH: A RECORD OF MANIFESTATIONS OF THE POWER OF GOD, MIRACULOUS AND PROVIDENTIAL, WITNESSED IN THE TRAVELS AND EXPERIENCE OF...HIGH PRIEST IN THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. Liverpool, 1853. 32pp. dbd., half morocco slipcase. First edition. Howes B828. Flake 892. Graff 419: "Contains an overland narrative." Wagner-Camp 222A. An extremely rare and important personal narrative. Brown joined the Church in the mid-thirties at Kirtland, and was with the Brethren throughout the sufferings in Missouri, immediately after his vision of the slaughter at Haun's Mill was confirmed in a letter shortly received from John Green. He fled with the Saints to Commerce and witnessed hardships almost unparalleled, until the evacuation. Brown gives an account of the tragic trek across Iowa, the dreadful pause at winter quarters, and the overland trip which he took with the first regular party of emigrants following the pioneer band. He narrates the difficulties of the first days in the valley, from which there was little alleviation until the gold rush of 1849 when traders and gold seekers sold their outfits to the Mormons on terms that enriched the pioneer settlers of the desert. Brown remained in Salt Lake City until 1852 when at the August conference he was called upon to leave the Valley and preach the gospel in England. $850.00 69. [MORMONS]. Haskell, D. C. MORMONISM: AN ADDRESS. N.Y., 1881. 26pp. Sewn as issued(title page mended). First edition. Flake 3877. A rare pamphlet issued at the national anniversary of the American Home Missionary Society, in Chicago, June 8, 1881. $200.00 70. [MOSBY, JOHN S.]. Williamson, James J. MOSBY'S RANGERS: A RECORD OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE FORTY-THIRD BATTALION OF VIRGINIA CAVALRY FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO THE SURRENDER. N.Y., 1909. 554pp. Illus. Original cloth. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Howes W498. Nicholson p.932. Dornbusch II:1303: "The plates of the 1896 edition were used through p.473. The best textual edition of this major biography. $150.00 71. [NEBRASKA]. Adamson, Archibald R. NORTH PLATTE AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. North Platte, Nb.,, Evening Telegraph, {1910}. [4],244pp. Illus., two plates and 14 text illustrations. Original gold stamped small 8vo cloth. First edition. Graff 19: "Contains local information on the building of the Union Pacific railroad and on Indian troubles in eastern Nebraska." Adams Herd 18: "Contains some cattle material of that section and gives a short biographical sketch of John Grant, a well-known early-day cattleman." $300.00 72. [NEBRASKA]. Allan, James T. FORESTS AND ORCHARDS IN NEBRASKA. A HAND BOOK FOR PRAIRIE PLANTING [WRAPPER TITLE]. Omaha, Nb, 1884. 64,[6]pp. including several full - page and in -text illustrations, plus three colored plates. Original printed wrappers. First edition. An interesting Nebraska promotional item, giving a county-by-county description of the state and the test types of fruits to grow there. The colored plates show grapes (the white "Prestiss" variety), currants, and raspberries, while the black and white illustrations show a variety of berries and the text describes the virtues of a number of stone fruits. The advertisement pages at the end list Nebraska and other midwestern nurseries. $200.00 73. [NEBRASKA]. WOONSPE WANKANTU; SANTEE NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL. Santee Agency, Nebraska, 1880-1881. 2 four page folders describing the teachers, schools, pupils, etc. the pair: $150.00 74. [NEW HAMPSHIRE]. Stickney, Julia Noyes. POEMS OF LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. Haverhill, Ma, Morse, 1884. 32pp. Original gold stamped 12 mo blue cloth. First edition. Born in West Newbury, Mass and graduated from the Ipswich Seminary in 1851. she married Charles Stickney in 1855 and moved to Groveland, Ma. $125.00 75. [NEW JERSEY]. Mickle, Isaac. REMINISCENCES OF OLD GLOUCESTER; OR, INCIDENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF GLOUCESTER, ATLANTIC, AND CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. Phila.,, Ward, 1845. [2], 98pp. Illus., frontis woodcut of Camden), errata leaf at end. Dbd. First edition. Isaac Mickle was born in Newton Township, Gloucester (now Camden) County. From his youth he showed a great interest in politics, and he spent several years as a newspaper editor. After reading law, he was admitted to the bar in 1844, and he eventually established a practice in Camden. Mickle remained interested in politics and journalism, as well as book collecting, but he died in Camden at age 33." Shaw 45-4570, locates 5 $375.00 76. [NEW MEXICO]. Muldrow, H. L. LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TRANSMITTING REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR - GENERAL OF NEW MEXICO ON THE PRIVATE LAND CLAIM OF BERNABE M. MONTANO, NO. 49. Wash., SD36, 1887. 10pp. Illus., "Sketch map of B. M. Montano Grant." showing the Zia and Laguna wagon route. dbd. First edition. $100.00 77. [NEW MEXICO]. Weightman, R. H. TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, BY...SENATOR ELECT, STATE OF NEW MEXICO. REQUESTING THE PASSAGE OF A BILL DECLARING NEW MEXICO ONE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS. Washington, 1851. 25pp. Bound in modern wrappers, ink writing at inner margin of title page. First edition. "Of high historical interest and importance. The Territory without authorization, had adopted a State Constitution and had gone through the form of electing Weightman to the federal Senate. He proceeded to Washington, where he was of course not recognized; and wrote and printed this tract, which recites the sequence and significance of events in the Southwest from 1849. The text of numerous important historical documents and letters are also here contained." Eberstadt 481. Howes W224aa. Streeter Sale 433. $500.00 78. [NEW YORK]. Dawson, Henry B. THE SONS OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY... [N.Y.], , printed as manuscript, for private circulation, 1859. 118pp. Marbled boards, cloth spine. First ed. Howes D156. Sabin 18942. "Honorable D.P. Ingraham with regards of Henry B. Dawson." $150.00 79. [NEW YORK]. Rees, O. Van. GESCHIEDENIS DER NEDERLANDSCHE VOLKPLANTINGEN IN NOORD-AMERIKA, BESCHOOGPUNT DER KOLONIALE POLITIEK DRIE VOORLEZINGEN IN DE AFDEELINK KOOPHANDEL DER MAATSCHAPPIJ FELIX MERITIS, THE AMSTEREDAM, OP 8, 15, FN 22 FEBRUARIS 1855. Tiel, Campiagne, 1855. [2],162,[2]pp. Original printed small 4to wrappers, spine mended with clear tape, old library stamp on front wrapper. First edition. Howes R138. Dutch settled in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Cape Cod and Connecticut. Much on New Netherland, Flatbush, Long Island, etc., $250.00 80. [NICARAGUA]. Walker, William. THE WAR IN NICARAGUA. Mobile, Alabama; New York, Goetzel, 1860. 431pp. Illus., eng. port on frontis., folding map at rear "Colton's Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador and Costa Rica." 20th century half morocco. First edition. Published the year Walker was executed. He was the great filibuster, failing in Baja and Sonora, trying to take over Nicaragua. After being ousted, he returned to the U.S. where he received a hero's welcome. He returned to Central America wanting to take over Honduras. He died while trying. $600.00 81. [OREGON]. Small, Hugh. A HOME FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS OF ALL NATIONS: OREGON AND HER RESOURCES: FROM PERSONAL OBSERVATION AND INVESTIGATION... San F, Bancroft, 1872. 130pp., errata slip after page 30.. Illus., double page map. Original printed wrappers, small piece missing from lower front wrapper, not affecting text. First edition. Eberstadt Cat 103: 223: 'Rise and progress, soil, sheep and wool, livestock, ranching, fisheries, mines and minerals, timberlands, water power, railways, fish and game, commerce, etc. " The map was only issued in a few copies. Not in Howes, Graff or Adams $300.00 82. [PACIFIC NORTHWEST]. Adams, John Q. BOUNDARY ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, … CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, IN RELATION TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Wash.,, HD65, 1826. 26pp. dbd. First edition. Howes M553. Shaw 26883 locates 1 copy. A basic source work for American claims to the disputed Oregon Territory. $200.00 83. [PENNSYLVANIA]. HISTORY OF THE 121st REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS BY THE SURVIVOR'S ASSOCIATION... Phila., Burk and McFetridge, 1893. 292pp. Illus., 2 folding maps, portraits. Contemporary half calf, joints show a little wear. First edition. Dornbusch Penn. 293. Nicholson Cat p. 409. Contains personal narratives, battle accounts, unit roster, etc. $250.00 84. Perrin Du Lac, M. TRAVELS THROUGH THE TWO LOUISIANAS, AND AMONG THE SAVAGE NATIONS OF THE MISSOURI: ALSO IN THE UNITED STATES, ALONG OHIO, AND THE ADJACENT PROVINCES IN 1801, 1802 & 1803... WITH A SKETCH OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, CHARACTER, AND THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES OF THE PEOPLE OF THOSE COUNTRIES. London, 1807. 106pp. plus [2]pp. index. Dbd. Text quite clean. Very good. First English edition, abridged and translated from the original French, of this important description of an early fur trading expedition up the Missouri to the White River of South Dakota in 1802. A major source for material about the early fur trade, as well as providing much information concerning the tribes along the Missouri River at the time. FIELD 1205. HOWES P244. MONAGHAN 1177. CLARK II:52, 114. SABIN 61013. WAGNER-CAMP 3:3. GRAFF 3253. BUCK 61 (note). $850.00 85. Phillips- Wolley Clive. TROTTINGS OF A TENDERFOOT; OR, A VISIT TO THE COLUMBIAN FIORDS AND SPITTZBERGER. London, Bentley, 1884. [5],350,[1]pp, Original cloth, gold stamped elk on front cover and spine. Expanded and best edition with the addition of pages 253-350 entitled "The Spitzberger Swindle." First edition. Whale 1168: The narrative of three months travel and hunting on Vancouver Islands and, for a part of the narrative, through the coastal mountains..." Lowther 667. Smith 8102. $300.00 86. Raumer, F. Von. DIE VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON NORDAMERIKA. Leipzig, Brockaus, 1845. Two volumes, xxiv,562,[1];xii,540,[1]pp., plus folding map. Illus., folding map, 5 tables. Red half morocco. First edition. Howes R73: "Travelled south to Charleston and west to St. Louis and Chicago." Clark, Travels in the Old South III:227: "The work of an experienced historian who was chiefly interested in politics and education... contains... two visits to Baltimore and Washington and an intervening trip to Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina... and Kentucky." Flake 6823. Indians, chapter on Texas, material on Mormonism, etc. A rich and important narrative. Raines p.208. $850.00 87. [SHAKERS]. Leonard, William. A DISCOURSE ON THE ORDER AND PROPRIETY OF DIVINE INSPIRATION AND REVELATION, SHOWING THE NECESSITY THEREOF... ALSO A DISCOURSE ON THE SECOND APPEARING OF CHRIST.. Harvard, Ma., United Soc., 1853. 88pp. Very nice copy in original gold stamped cloth. First edition. Richmond 861: "...the discourse was one of the few items printed at the Harvard Shaker Society." MacLean 58. Sabin 79703. $250.00 88. Smith, D. M. et al. HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-SECOND UNITED STATES INFANTRY, 1866-1922. [Governor's Island, N.Y., 1922]. [6],162pp. Illus., eng. port of E. S. Canby. Original gold stamped cloth. Rare. First edition. Only a small number of copies printed for members of the regiment and their families. The twenty second was involved in all three Yellowstone Expeditions, 1871-1873; expedition against the Sioux, 1874-1877; campaigns against the Ute, Apache, and Navajo, 1879™1889; Sioux uprisings of 1890-1891; Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection, San Francisco earthquake; gold field, Nevada labor strike; service on the Mexican border, etc. Not in Howes, Eberstadt, Decker, Soliday, Streeter Sale, etc. Only 100 copies printed for friends and family of the survivors. $1500.00 89. [SOUTH CAROLINA]. Cooper, Thomas. AN APPEAL TO THE STATE BY CENSOR. TRUTH IF GREAT, AND IT WILL TRIUMPH. bound with REPLY TO CENSOR, OR AN APPEAL TO THE GOOD SENSE OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BY JUSTICE. [Columbia, S. C., Printed Times and Gazette Office, [1831?]. Caption title, as issued. 23pp. some foxing. and 16pp. The two items bound together in attractive modern marbled wrappers. 7 First edition. Two rare pamphlets on the tumultuous career of Thomas Cooper. During his Presidency of the College of Charleston, Cooper "was the target of clerical attack, chiefly on the part of Presbyterians. The controversy was an episode in the age-long conflict between science and theology, but was accentuated by Cooper's ill-concealed contempt for the clergy as a class. He was nominally successful in the struggle, not so much because of any general acceptance of the principles of biblical criticism and the doctrines of materialism that he championed, but because of his identification with the extreme state-rights party." DAB. The first pamphlet attacks Cooper's religious views and dumps a load of vitriol upon his person. The author identifies himself only by saying he is "not a Clergyman-- and, as far as I interfere with politics at all-- I have gone with the State-Right's party." Censor blames Cooper for the "spirit" that "has, of late years, been extending itself over our State, unfriendly to our religious institutions, and insulting to the feelings and opinions which have been rendered sacred to us." The second pamphlet, with an Appendix by Anti-Censor, defends Cooper, arguing that, "If a religious test is made for the Presidency of the South Carolina College, there will be no end to the train of evils it will inevitably produce. A precedent will be thereby established which will one by one take away all the liberties of the people and give them to the priests." Appeal: II Turnbull 225. 18 NUC 0357890 [3]. OCLC locates 9 under three accession numbers. Not in AI. Reply: II Turnbull 285. AI 3281 [1]. 287 NUC 0202693 [1]. OCLC locates 6 under three accession numbers. $750.00 90. Spencer, John C. REVIEW OF THE TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE GENERAL COURT MARTIAL, UPON THE TRIAL OF BRIG. GENERAL GEORGE TALCOTT, IN JUNE AND JULY, 1851; AND OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT. BY A COUNSELLOR AT LAW. TO WHICH IS APPENDED A COPY OF THE RECORD OF THE TRIAL. Albany, Munsell, 1851. 46,112pp. Original printed small 4to wrappers, spine lacking, x-library. First edition. Bibliotheca Munselliana p.48. 1000 copies printed. An attempt to clear Gen. Talcott of charges against him while in the ordinance dept. $200.00 91. Taylor, John, of Caroline. AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRINCIPLES AND POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES... Fredericksburg, Green and Cady, 1814. viii,656,(1)pp. Full contemporary calf, joints loose, wear to lower spine. First edition. The most important work of the Virginia patriot and political thinker, a book of such power that Beard said, "It deserves to rank among the two or three really historic contributions to political science which have been produced in the United States." Taylor urged control over the powers of the executive and claimed that the greatest danger to American democracy lay in a monopoly of power built on "paper and patronage." An important work, seldom met with. HOWES T63. $1500.00 92. [TEXAS]. CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AS AMENDED IN 1861. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. THE ORDINANCES OF THE TEXAS CONVENTION; AND AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE CONVENTION AND THE SENATE. Austin, John Marshall, state printer, 1861. 40,40pp. Half morocco and marbled boards with t title in gilt on spine, small piece trimmed from the top of title page not affecting text and a minor stain to title. First edition. Parrish and Willingham 4147. Crandall 2150. Library of Congress Exhibit 174. The secessionist constitution of Texas, along with the Constitution of the Confederate States, and a ten page address by Pryor Lea, John Henry Brown and John D. Stell. $1850.00 93. [TEXAS]. Ehrenberg, Herman. DER FREIHEITSKAMPF IN TEXAS IM JAHRE 1836. Leipzig, Wigand, 1844. [6],294pp, lacks front endpaper. Contemporary 16 mo. boards with gold stamped leather spine. First edition. Howes E83: "By the leading surveyor , map maker and explorer of the early Southwest. He was with Fannin in the Texas Revolution, narrowly escaping the massacre of that command, went to Oregon in 1844 and to California in the gold rush, in the 50's explored Arizona for the Sonora Mining Company and met death there at the hand of the Indians in 1866." Jenkins: Basic Texas Books 54. Graff 1227. Raines p.75. Sabin 22092. Streeter Texas 1454B. Fifty Texas Rarities 25. $2500.00 94. [TEXAS]. Watson, May M. Green and Alex Lillico. TAFT RANCH: A HISTORY OF THE FIFTY YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT SPONSORED BY COLEMAN-FULTON PASTURE COMPANY WITH SKETCHES OF GREGORY AND TAFT, THE TWO TOWNS CREATED. [N.p., , n.d. ca. 1936?]. 36,[15]pp. Illus., in text. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Adams Herd 2452: "Scarce." The Taft Ranch was a well planned development of 167,000 acres of southwest Texas by a cattle company which was operated as a big business. Howes W172. $300.00 95. Tice, . OVER THE PLAINS, ON THE MOUNTAINS; OR, KANSAS, COLORADO, AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; AGRICULTURALLY, MINERALOGICALLY AND AESTHETICALLY DESCRIBED. St. Louis, Industrial Age Printing Co.,, 1872. 262pp., plus ads and index. Original cloth, covers a little cracked. First edition. Tice crossed the Great Plains and Colorado to observe the natural resources and agricultural capabilities of the area and to ascertain the state of the branches of industry to which they were adapted, the character of the soil and climate, and the mode of culture. He traveled over the North Missouri, Kansas Pacific, the Colorado Central, the Denver Pacific and the Boulder Valley Railroads. This copy has two title pages, one like a 2 page ad, the other normal; both have an embossed library stamp. $350.00 96. [UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD]. REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT DIRECTORS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD MADE IN PURSUANCE OF THE LETTER OF INSTRUCTION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, FEBRUARY 17, 1872. [Wash.,, 1872]. 4pp. Folder, last page blank. Dbd. as issued. First edition. Delano was Secretary of the Interior. Omaha was to be the eastern terminus of the railroad. $100.00 97. [VIRGINIA]. Tucker, [Nathaniel] B[everly]. THE PRINCIPLES OF PLEADING BY... PROFESSOR OF LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WILLIAM AND MARY... Boston, 1846. [8],220pp. Lacking front free endpaper. Contemporary full calf, rebacked, original spine and original label laid down. First edition. "Tucker's books were nearly all devoted to an exposition of extreme state rights. As early as 1820 he expressed himself boldly in favor of secession and for thirty years maintained this view with inflexible consistency. His philosophy was firmly rooted in eighteenth-century agrarianism; he believed in aristocratic government and had no patience with Jacksonian Democracy-- especially as it began to invade his own beloved state." DAB, which lists this among Tucker's "most significant...writings on political economy and law." Tucker's principles are well-expressed here in a preference for judge-made common law and a distrust of legislative assemblies, with especial reference to Virginia. "A majority might prefer a system better suited to the purposes of knaves." Harv. Law Cat. 774. XIX DAB 37. Haynes 18741. Swem 5676. AI 46-7124 [5]. BEAL 9276. Not in Sabin, Marvin, Marke. $500.00 98. [VIRGINIA]. Washington, Bushrod. REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA. Richmond, Nicholson, 1798 - 1799. Two volumes. Contemporary calf [some joint wear, light rubbing], original morocco spine labels, scattered light fox and tan, Very Good. Each volume with a gift inscription to John C. Smith, dated 1800. VOL. I: [8], [2 errata], 392, [30] pp. [offered with] VOL. II. 1799. vii, [1 blank], 302, [2 blanks], 19 pp. First edition. Evans and Shipton record separate entries for each of these distinct imprints. Each volume has errata, table of cases, contents organized by subject. A "profound lawyer" [I Warren, Supreme Court in United States History 154] as well as George Washington's nephew, Bushrod Washington was appointed by President Adams in 1798 to the U.S. Supreme Court. He served 31 years. The cases begin with the Fall Term of 1790, and concern the broad spectrum of civil and criminal legal issues. Evans 34958, 36670. Marvin 719. II Harv. Law Cat. 873. $850.00 99. Von Borcke, Heros and Justus Schiebert. DIE GROSSE REITERSCHLACHT BEI BRANDY STATION 9.JUNI 1863. Berlin, Kiittel, 1893. 179,[1]pp. Illus., 5 maps, 13 plates and ports. Modern boards with silver stamped cloth spine. First edition. Howes B617 (aa). Dornbusch 3: 1698. The Battle of Brandy Station analyzed by participants. $275.00 100. Warren, G. K. PRELIMINARY REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS IN NEBRASKA AND DAKOTA, IN THE YEARS 1855-'56-'57.... Washington,, 1875. 125pp. plus folding map, 46¼ x 32¾ inches. Modern half morocco and paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown, later ink ownership signature on titlepage. Very faint dampstain along top edge. One small panel of map repaired with tape on verso, one-inch loss in map. A very good copy.] A presentation copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to engineer, surveyor, and Americana collector James Carson Brevoort. A later printing, with the map which Howes notes accompanied only some copies. The map, "showing Lieutenant Warren's explorations in the country of Nebraska and Dakota, and including the trails of explorers since Long is one of the maps of the Topographical Engineers which is a landmark of the period of 1859" (Wheat). "This re-issue of material...was made to meet the interest awakened by the Black Hills gold discovery of 1874" - Howes. HOWES W120. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 1005 $750.00 101. [WASHINGTON]. A MARVEL AMONG CITIES; SPOKANE FALLS. A WESTERN WONDER... UNTOLD MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL WEALTH...DESCRIPTION OF THE MARVELOUS WATER POWER... St. Paul, 1888. 31pp. Illus. in text. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Promotional pamphlet indicating the Northern Pacific Railroad as the road to ride. $300.00 102. Wilkins, Henry. THE FAMILY ADVISER; OR, A PLAIN AND MODERN PRACTICE OF PHYSIC; CALCULATED FOR THE USE OF PRIVATE FAMILIES, AND ACCOMMODATED TO THE DISEASES OF AMERICA. [bound with:] Wesley, John: PRIMITIVE PHYSIC: OR, AN EASY AND NATURAL METHOD OF CURING MOST DISEASES. Phila., Printed by Parry Hall, 1793. Two volumes bound in one. 97,[3]; 103,11pp. Contemporary calf. worn, rubbed, and covers bowed. Tanned, scattered foxing. Good. First ed. of Wilkins' work, bound here with the "twenty third edition, revised and corrected" of Wesley's work, as is usually the case. Both offer treatments for a wide variety of illnesses, from gout, toothache, measles, and palsy, to abortion (how to prevent them), cancer, diabetes, and extreme fat. Cold baths or bleeding are often prescribed, but some of the remedies are quite complex and founded upon science. Both works were directed for use by members of the Methodist faith, and Wesley's PRIMITIVE PHYSIC... was first published in 1747. NAIP locates only ten copies of this jointly issued edition. Scarce. AUSTIN 2046. EVANS 26482. $1000.00 103. [YELLOWSTONE EXPEDITION]. Jesup, Thomas S. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS, IN RELATION TO EXPENDITURES...IN FITTING OUT...THE EXPEDITION TO THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER...TOGETHER WITH A STATEMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARMY OF THE U. S., ITS TOTAL STRENGTH, AND THE STRENGTH OF GARRISONS, ETC. Wash, SD24, 1820. 10pp. 8 folded tables. dbd. First edition. Not in Graff, Howes, Wagner-Camp or Eberstadt. Includes a letter from John C. Calhoun on the Mandan villages and Indian problems of the period. Shaw 3981 locates 4 copies. $250.00 104. 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 four illustrations: Portrait of Micochlucco, folding pate of the Mission at Monterey, Calif., folding plate of three native Californians, 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 very early and interesting. $850.00 |
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