Washington. 1916.. 96pp. Maps. Illus. Cloth. Some pencil underscoring, signature across title, else very good. Includes material on the Pottawattamie Indians and the Mormons. HOWES B4. FLAKE 241. ... (more information)

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[Watertown, N.Y.]: H.H. Babcock Company, [nd, but ca. 1890].. [50] leaves with [121] mounted plates on recto and verso. Orginal gilt calf boards with 50 leaves (each measuring 6 x 8 3/4 inches) folded and bound accordian-style. Both boards gilt with identifying information, "H. H. BABCOCK COMPANY, Watertown, N.Y. 408-412 Broome St., New York City." Boards slightly rubbed. Front pastedown with attached small stamped metal plate (1 x 3 1/2 inches) inscribed "H.H. Babcock Co's. Happy Thought Wag... (more information)

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Philadelphia. [1864].. 360pp. Portrait. Original cloth. Spine faded, titelepage and frontispiece foxed, else very good. Biography of Peck with excerpted accounts from his journals, including a trip from St. Louis to Richmond and Norfolk in 1835. Also a journey via Nashville and thence down the Mississippi to New Orleans. "Backwoods life in Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri and Illinois" - Howes. HOWES B6. SABIN 2574. CLARK III:85. ... (more information)

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Philadelphia. 1797.. iv,84pp. Modern three quarter red morocco and marbled boards, gilt- lettered spine. Moderate staining, heavier in foremargin. Very good. Benjamin F. Bache, known as "Lightning-Rod Junior," was a grandson of Benjamin Franklin and one the most prominent journalists in the early Democratic-Republican party. His newspaper, the Philadelphia GENERAL ADVERTISER, better known as AURORA, became the mouthpiece of the Republicans and a medium for virulent personal attacks on Washington. ... (more information)

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Philadelphia. 1797.. iv,84pp. Dbd. Tanned. Some occasional foxing. Small tear with minor loss to upper gutter margin of titlepage, not affecting text. Overall good. Benjamin F. Bache, known as "Lightening-Rod Junior," was a grandson of Benjamin Franklin and one the most prominent journalists in the early Democratic-Republican party. His newspaper, the Philadelphia GENERAL ADVERTISER, better known under the name AURORA, became the mouthpiece of the Republicans and a medium for virulent personal att... (more information)

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Philadelphia. 1871.. 258pp. plus frontis. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Upper corner of rear board mildewed, else fine. A collection of thirty-one American Indian stories and fables. The cover is stamped with an enchanting image of nude natives dancing in a ring. ... (more information)

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Boston: John B. Bachelder, 1876.. 390,[5]pp. including numerous woodcut illustrations. Original printed wrappers, detached. Spine perished and signatures loose. Internally very clean. Overall, still very good. A very detailed travel guide, focusing on the Northeast, with views of Martha's Vineyard, Newport, and other renowned get-a-ways. With numerous illusrated advertisements for Civil War memorabilia at end. ... (more information)

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Manchester. 1891.. 55pp. plus plates. Folding frontis. Original limp cloth wrappers. Very good. The plates depict the lakes in New Hamsphire, with explanatory text. The frontispiece is a panorama of Lake Winnipesaukee. ... (more information)

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London. 1836.. Two volumes. x,[2],352; [2],353-663,[1]pp. plus sixteen plates and folding map. Early 20th-century three quarter morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Neat bookplate in each volume. Very good. A major source for both the early exploration of the far north and ethnology. "...Full of details of [Back's] commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians...a fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the Arctic expedition" - Streeter... (more information)

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Boston & New York. 1898.. vi,418pp. Illus. Folding map in rear pocket. Thick 12mo. Original cloth. Inner front hinge bit tender, cloth slightly soiled. Good. A detailed tour of this region of Massachusetts. ... (more information)

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Boston: Joseph Greenleaf, 1807.. xv,[3],270pp. Contemporary full calf. Ornate gilt spine, gilt-tooling on edges of binding. Ownership signature of Samuel Putnam Waldo on front free endpaper. Attractive and very good. First American edition and first work by Bacon to be published separately in the United States. Samuel Putnam Waldo was the grandson of General Israel Putnam and a popular writer known for his biographies of Andrew Jackson, Stephen Decator, and particularly his TOUR OF JAMES MONROE. AMERICAN IM... (more information)

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874.. [3]-485pp. including two in-text illustrations, plus twelve plates (including frontispiece). Original cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. A near fine copy. A detailed history of Puritan religious institutions, from their origins in early Christianity to struggles and establishments in the 16th and 17th centuries. By the pastor of the First Church of Christ in New Haven. Hitchcock has included this work in his AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL BOOKS presumably for the excellent ... (more information)

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New Haven. 1825.. 22pp. Dbd. Occasional very minor fox mark, else very good. Bacon, pastor of First Church in New Haven, calls on American Christians to support the efforts of the American Colonization Society. He also calls for the abolition of slavery in the United States. ... (more information)

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Washington. [1862].. 20pp. Original printed wrappers detached. Old library stamp on front wrapper. Good. The case of Peirce & Bacon, Boston merchants, revolves around drafts drawn on the Department of War for money due the freighters Russell, Majors, and Wadell, the major firm freighting government supplies to New Mexico and Utah in the 1850's. Peirce & Bacon purchased a total of $260,000 worth of these drafts, what they believed to be "first class paper" backed by the "pledged faith ... (more information)

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Hudson, Oh.: Sawyer, Ingersoll and Company, 1851.. 185pp. Portrait frontispiece plus [2]pp. ads. Original cloth. Spine ends frayed. Frontispiece partially detached. Scattered foxing. Joints and corners worn. A good plus copy. Rev. Badger travelled to Ohio in 1801 and remained there until his death. HOWES B25. GRAFF 135. SABIN 47496. HUBACH, p.36. ... (more information)

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New York. 1867.. 66pp. plus sixteen handcolored plates. Folio. Publisher's morocco, elaborately gilt, expertly rebacked preserving original backstrip. Morocco darkened and scuffed, mostly along the edges and corners, and in the center of the rear board. Internally clean and bright, near fine. A lovely American color plate book of the mid- 19th century. "Contains 16 very beautiful full page flower plates in many colors and shades. Each flower portrayed is also the subject for a poem which serves as text... (more information)

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New York: Charles Scribner, 1859.. vii,44pp. plus twenty-two hand-colored lithographic plates. Folio. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, morocco label, a.e.g. Corners lightly worn. A very few light, scattered fox marks. A very handsome copy. A collection of twenty-two lithographed flower plates, each beautifully colored by hand and each accompanied by a poem discussing the flower. Among the flowers portrayed are dogwood, wild geranium, trailing arbutus, wild honeysuckle, yellow lilly, wild rose, ... (more information)

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Leipsic. 1904.. ciii,579pp. plus sixty maps and plans, most in color, some folding. 12mo. Original gilt cloth. Minor fraying to toe of spine. Otherwise a bright and near fine copy. The third, revised American Baedeker, after the first of 1893. A classic travel guide, and as with all Baedekers, full of unexpected and unexpectedly amusing bits and pieces of information. Pleasingly detailed advice on where to visit, in all the towns, hamlets and cities in the U.S. and northern Mexico. ... (more information)

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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. 1861.. 139,xxxvi,[2]pp. Original printed boards (detached), spine perished. Bit tanned, else internally very good. An enthusiastic overview of Prince Edward Island's natural resources and agricultural and mineral possibilities, including descriptions of flora and fauna of the island, as well as a history of its settlement. The appendix contains statistics regarding population and commerce, extracts from newspapers and geological reports of the island, and the like. ... (more information)

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Brooklyn: Published by the Author, 1840.. 72pp. Plus folding map. Original printed wrappers. Chipped, soiled. Internally somewhat foxed. Good. Concise history of Brooklyn and several surrounding towns, from Dutch settlement to contemporary buildings. Also an account of the Battle of Long Island, with copies of correspondence and map. HOWES B32. SABIN 2737. ... (more information)

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