Americana

Hartford-Chicago: J. B. Burr & Co., 1874. BULLS AND BEARS OF NEW YORK, With The Crises Of 1873, And The Cause- Matthew Hale Smith- Illustrated- J. B. Burr & Co.-Hartford-Chicago- 1874-1st Edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo-Fair++-Good/ no dj as issued- original publishers green blindstamped cloth with gilt titles on spine- rubs and light fraying son spine and corners, but a tight book- topp corners of page edges rubbed round-576pp are toned but clean, no tears or writing-all plates present- SEE PHOTOS-A very scarce book in any condition-this one better than most- "An early work documenting the manipulations, panics, and techniques of Wall Street trading."- Non-fiction-wealth-stock-market-Wall Street-corporations-New York-Americana-illustrated (2136). 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. Fair++-Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Self Published. Very Good. 1923. No Edition Stated. Stapled wraps. This is a photocopied version of the original book; Small crease to bottom corner of rear cover and last couple pages, page opposite frontispiece has photocopied newspaper article about the release of this book, 3 pages have small ink mark ; 47 pages .

Arkansas: Lex B. Davis. Very Good. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean brown faux leather. Profusely illustrated with portrait photographs. This publication is dedicated to the men & women of the present whose influence & achievements in religion, statecraft, commerce, industry, banking, medicine and society added prestige to Arkansas. Rare book. Genealogy, South, Arkansas Leaders; Portrait B/W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 105 pages .

Scranton, PA: J. A. Clark, Publisher, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 236pp. Later blue cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel, original wrappers preserved. With twenty-three large, cabinet-size photographs by William H. Schurch. Originally published in parts, the work was supposed to include fifteen issues but only ten were published. According to the publisher's advertisement on the wrappers, each part contained two large photographic views (which retailed for $1 when sold separately.) Laid in are several sheets of paper, probably contemporary, with a hand-written index to the text, including a complete list of the photographs, which might indicate this copy was bound with twenty-three rather than twenty-five or twenty-six photographs as in some other copies. Among the chapters included are Colonel Zebulon Butler in Command, The Pennamite War, The Ship-Building Era, Coal -- Its Origin and Formation, Colliery -- Incidents in and around Coal-Mines, Joseph H. Scranton, Delaware and Hudson Canal… Read More

Brooklyn, NY: Water Committee of the City of Brooklyn, 1854. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Jos. Laing & Co.. 145 pp, 27 plates. Cloth rear board, front board and front free endpaper missing, spine retaped, title page is half deteriorated (facsimile replacement attached), dampstaining to first few pages of text, contents mildly age-toned, all plates are sound. This remarkable document includes the historic detailed proposal for the improvement of the water supply for Brooklyn, New York in 1854. The proposal consists of 145 pages of details on how to supply the water, the details of the negotiations with suppliers and construction specifications. In addition there are 27 meticulously engraved plates showing plans for various construction requirements along the supply route, such as canals, ponds, pipes, conduits, reservoirs, engine house, etc. Despite the imperfections of this book, the complete text and illustrations that are all… Read More

NY: Carlton & Phillips, 1854. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Carlton & Phillips, 1854. 16mo., 4" x 6", 60pp. 2 original illustrations, A Western Steamboat (the Pittsburgh, which the author travelled on) and Pomeroy Coal Mines. An account of the author's voyage from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh. Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt spine titles and design. Spine somewhat rubbed, some fade spots to the cloth, small chip at the heel, mild foxing to textblock. Bookplate of Methodist Episcopal Sunday School, Buckland Maine. A sound and attractive copy. Good plus. . 1st. Hard. Good Plus. 16mo.

1785 Boston Revolutionary War Soldier Colonial America Weatherwise Almanac
Eighteenth-century American periodicals are notoriously rare, regardless of contents. This 1785 edition of Abraham Weatherwise's Almanac was published in Boston shortly after the end of the Revolutionary War. This issue includes, like others, phrases of the moon, eclipses, sunrises, and other calendar notes; however, it also features a letter from an anonymous Revolutionary War soldier written to his beloved.

Item number: #15589
Price: $499
JUDD, Eben Warner (pseud. Abraham Weatherwise)
Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1785
Boston: Printed and sold by Weeden and Barrett, 1785. 1st edition

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[24]
· References: Evans 19224
· Provenance: Handwritten – Lydia Goodwin
· Language: English
· Binding: Pamphlet
· Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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New York: Random House, 1999. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, gold paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.. The third book in the Watson Trilogy. Matthiessen won the National Book Award for Shadow Country, which reworked the trilogy into a single volume.

1866 Prairie & Rocky Mountain Adventures Indians Mormons GOLD RUSH California

John Van Tramp's book 'Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures' is a glorified view of 'manifest destiny' and the union of the America's from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Van Tramp covers the history and present day (1866) of the American west including:
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The Mississippi River
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Historical sketches
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Life on the frontier
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Western scenery,
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California and the Mines;
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The California gold rush
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Indians Territory, Antiquities, and Mounds
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Pioneers of Tennessee
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The prairies and prairie hunting
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The desert
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Pacific region explored
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Rocky Mountains
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Utah and the Mormons
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and more!

This 1866 edition includes 45 full-page woodcut plates!
Item number: #17341
Price: $499
TRAMP, John C Van
Prairie and Rocky Mountain adventures: or, Life in the West. To which will be added a view of the states and territorial… Read More

1793 SLAVERY in Jamaica Tobago Muscogee INDIANS Americana Washington Congress
The Gentleman's Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interrupt for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term 'magazine'. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.
This 1793 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:
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Slavery –
o Sale of negroes in Jamaica
o Capture of Tobago by the English
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Description of native tribes in Madagascar
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George Washington speeches to Congress
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Execution of Quakers in Boston
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Description of Chief McGillivray, or Hoboi-Hili-Miko and the Muscogee Creek Indians
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Sighting of a double-horned rhino
Item number: #20123
Price: $750
URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
The Gentleman's Magazine: for 1793, volume LXIII.
London: printed by John Nichols, 1793. First edition.

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1852 CIVIL WAR 1st ed General Winfield Scott Seminole War Indians Mansfield

"Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement."
– Winfield Scott

General Winfield Scott was an American Army general known for his commands during the War of 1812, various Indian wars, and of course the Civil War. In 1846, Edward Deering Mansfield wrote a biographical sketch of General Scott, highlighting his service in the Battle of Chippewa, the Aroostock War, the Seminole War, and his role in the 1837 Rebellion.
Item number: #19507
Price: $499
MANSFIELD, Edward Deering

The life of General Winfield Scott
New York, A.S. Barnes & Co., 1852. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xi, [1], 13-536, [8]
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Illustrated throughout
· References: Sabin 44367
· Language: English

· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Red cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13.5cm)
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Waco, Texas: Word Books, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. A memoir of Cleaver's growing up, the Black Panthers, his time in Algiers, and his conversion to Christianity. Illustrated with halftone photographs. First edition (first printing, with no indication of later printings). A near fine copy in a dust jacket showing light wear along the top edge. Signed by Cleaver on the front free endpaper, and scarce thus.

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1775. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 432 pages. Hardcover bound in original full brown leather with a red leather label on the spine. Ribbed spine. Front hinge is cracked and holding by one cord at the bottom band. The binding is worn and bumped. The text block is sound. Early owner's signature on the front flyleaf is of Sam'l Titus or Tiles or Jiles. Another similar signature in pencil on the rear flyleaf is dated 1846. The ink signature on the front flyleaf looks much closer to the original publication of the book. The text is toned and shows foxing and has some possible damp spots. Two main parts in one volume with a separate title page for his Journal at the front and a separate title page for the Second Part after page 250 (the pagination runs continuously through both parts of the book). The title for the second part states, "The Second Part. Containing his Last Epistle and his… Read More

Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh. 1833. SECOND EDITION. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.5 inches). Folding map and nine engravings by Jackson. A clean copy in original publishers brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Inner hinges cracking. Some gatherings still unopened. Spine a bit rubbed and with some chipping to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine but still overall a near to very good copy. Scarce in original cloth.

Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc, 1927. Hardcover. Good. Lewis Historical Publishing Company's landmark history of Cincinnati, Ohio. Four volumes complete. First two volumes comprise a general history (see attached images for table of contents), the second two individual biographies of notable citizens. Numerous black-and-white photos and engravings throughout. Vol. I: 1-384; Vol. II: 385-829; Vol. III: 1-328; Vol. IV: 329-761. Includes 19-page index in Vol. IV. Four at 10 3/4" x 8". All copies tight and unmarked with light spotting to back panel of Vol. III. Hinges of Vol. IV superficially cracked but solid. A presentable set of an important Cincinnati history. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly. US sales only.