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Gettysburg. 1842.. 32pp. Later three quarter morocco and marbled boards. Bit rubbed, but very good. The author was then president of St. Mary's College. In this brief address he reviews the events of the pilgrims' landing. SABIN 42965. DAB XI, pp.559-60. ... more information

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Boston. 1860.. xxiv,375pp. plus fifteen plates (one folding) and three folding maps. Frontispiece portrait. Original blue cloth, gilt pictorial cover and spine. Slight wear to head and toe of spine, covers a bit soiled. Very good. First American edition. Dr. John Rae of the Hudson's Bay Company met an Eskimo in 1854 who furnished clues regarding Franklin's fate. M'Clintock used this information to find the actual remains, and discovered the only feasible passage by Montreal Island, through Rae S... more information

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Newburyport. 1811.. 336pp. Frontispiece portrait. Contemporary calf. Rubbed and scuffed, particularly along spine. Spine darkened, with old cloth repairs. Hinges cracked, but repairs and cords holding. Minor off-setting to titlepage. Light toning. Good. The first life of Wheelock, describing his school for Indians in Connecticut and related matters, with the publication of numerous letters by him. HOWES M51. FIELD 978. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 26263. ... more information

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London. 1832.. Two volumes. xxii,484; xiv,605pp. plus 9 maps (3 folding). Later 19th- century three quarter morocco and cloth, spines lettered in gilt. Spines slightly faded, light offsetting from the maps, else a near fine copy. Detailed description of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Upper and Lower Canada, with personal observations and historical notes, as well as many statistics concerning the fisheries, timber trade, agriculture, etc. This work incorpora... more information

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[Philadelphia. 1800].. 8pp. Dbd. Very good. Expense report for the armory at Springfield, Massachusetts. EVANS 38755. ... more information

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New York. [1850].. Watercolor on paper, 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Matted and framed. Titled in ink on the mat. Some wear to the frame around the edges. The painting itself is in fine condition. A lovely and vibrant watercolor of the Panama coast, painted by artist William M'Ilvaine from a scene he personally observed while on his way to California during the gold rush in 1849. The scene shows the coast and water on the right, with a pair of buildings among palm trees and lush vegetation on the left, with mo... more information

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Albany. 1819.. 112,xi pp. Dbd. Somewhat tanned. Else very good. A lengthy open letter from the New York state comptroller addressed to Daniel Tompkins, accusing the latter of attempting to take a large fortune from the public treasury. At the time Tompkins was Vice President of the United States. The appendix contains numerous financial documents relating to the case. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 48545. ... more information

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New York: Collins, Keese and Co., 1839.. 107pp. plus 7 folding plates. Large oblong octavo. Antique-style three- quarter calf and marbled boards. Dark dampstaining to upper margin of first half of text, light foxing throughout, plates evenly tanned, slightly edgeworn, foxed, small dampstain on upper margins, neat repairs on old folds, else in very good condition. This is the first complete American book on shipbuilding, by a member of the most famous American family of shipbuilders of the 19th century. It w... more information

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New York. 1815.. 224pp. Half title. Dbd. Tanned, scattered foxing. Good. Lengthy treatise on the War of 1812. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 35168. SABIN 43529. ... more information

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Cleveland: Printed for the Author, by F.B. Penniman, 1841.. 292pp. Page numbers 145-48 omitted from pagination, as usual, but complete. Dbd. Spine held together with old cloth tape. Slight staining at lower forcorner of titlepage. Some tanning. Pages 189-192 with outer lower corner loss affecting some words of text. Else good. An important work of Canadiana and Americana, giving a full account of the Canadian Rebellion of 1837 by one of its ringleaders, a veteran of the War of 1812 on the Canadian side. Aft... more information

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Philadelphia. 1806.. v,[1],648pp. plus folding table and [18]pp. index. Large, thick octavo. Half antique calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Unobtrusive library blindstamp on titlepage and final index leaf. Folding table lacking 4 x 3-inch piece from lower left corner. Occasional minor foxing. Else very good. An exhaustive work, covering the establishment and cultivation of all types of plants addressed, and including eighteen alphabetical catalogues of different kinds of plants, with their... more information

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Philadelphia. 1819.. 618pp. plus folding chart. Large, thick octavo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Head of spine chipped, scattered foxing, folding chart torn. Overall good. The second edition, after the first of 1806, of this exhaustive American horticultural work. Covers the establishment and cultivation of all types of plants, including eighteen alphabetical catalogues of different kinds of plants, with their true Linnaean names, and an extensive index. "Bernard M'Mahon (1775-1818), an Irish... more information

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Philadelphia. 1830.. 16pp. Dbd. Some foxing, else very good. The same author wrote a critique of "Christ Healing the Sick in the Temple." This painting was on exhibition for many years in Philadelphia. This appeared in a Boston edition of the same year. ... more information

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Dublin. 1785.. 280pp. Half title. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked. Internally very good. The first Dublin edition in English of Mably's OBSERVATIONS SUR LE GOUVERNEMENT.... Mably's work consists of four letters written to John Adams, then the American Minister to Holland, on the government, laws, and political divisions in the United States. The French took great interest in the form that the American government would take after the Revolution, publishing the constitutions of the thirteen state... more information

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Amsterdam: Chez J.F. Rosart, 1784.. [2],213pp. [bound with:] [Jay, John]: EXTRAIT DU JOURNAL DE LECTURE, No. XXXVII. LETTRE CIRCULAIRE DU CONGRÈS DES ÉTATS UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE A SES CONSTITUANTS. [Paris. 1779?]. [2],26pp. [with:] [French Drama]: LA PAIX DE 1782 OU LE BOWL DE PUNCH DE MASTER OLIVER DREAMER. London. 1782. 47pp. First two titles 12mo., third title octavo. Contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt with floral design. Binding rubbed and worn, chipped at head of spine. Internally f... more information

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Amsterdam: Chez J.F. Rosart, 1784.. [2],213pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter mottled calf and marbled boards, spine richly gilt, gilt leather label. Binding lightly rubbed and edgeworn. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Very clean internally. Overall near fine. Mably's work consists of four letters written to John Adams, then the American Minister to Holland, on the government, laws, and political divisions in the United States. The French took great interest in the form that the American government ... more information

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Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1942.. [2],147-379pp. with machine made laid paper leaves inserted every other leaf. Original blue cloth. Gilt stamped spine. Bookplate. Presentation copy of a review by Arthur E. Bestor, Jr. laid in. Very good or better. Volume fourteen, number two of the Indiana State Historical Society publications, this diary is the work of a thus-far relatively anonymous participant in the founding of New Harmony. ... more information

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Hollidaysburg, Pa.: Standard Printing House, [1906].. [8],278pp. Portrait. Plates. Gilt cloth. Bit shelfworn, but a very good, bright copy. Laid in is a brief t.l.s. about the book from the author to a prospective reviewer. MacFadden's rambles took him throughout the Southwest and Northwest as part of a tour of the National Editorial Association, and these are his collected dispatches to the DEMOCRATIC STANDARD. They travelled chiefly by rail, and there was little the party didn't see, or claim to s... more information

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New York. 1879.. 216,[4],4pp. Original red gilt cloth. Covers with some white damp spots. Still a tight, good plus copy. A fascinating practical guide to geological formations along American railways. Includes a section on each state, with quite detailed treatments of California, Texas, Oregon, Washington Territory, Colorado, Utah, Kansas and Missouri. This work was aimed at the geologist, businessman or curious amateur of scientific bent. With a "Geological Sketch of the United States." ... more information

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London: Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1859.. xix,[1],156pp. Half title. Frontis. 12mo. Contemporary red cloth, gilt- lettered spine. Slightly cocked. Minor foxing on end matter. Overall internally clean. Very good. A critical view of the United States, written during a tour from Halifax to St. Louis and up the Mississippi River to Chicago. During his travels MacGregor was particularly concerned with the abolition movement, and includes much commentary regarding the treatment of Blacks and public attitude t... more information

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