Titles starting with A from William Reese Company - Americana

Philadelphia. 1785.. 12pp. Titlepage vignette. Original self-wrappers, stitched. About fine, untrimmed. In a cloth chemise. The Anson Phelps Stokes copy, with his bookplate on a pastedown of the chemise. One of the first publications of the American Episcopal Church. A charming children's instructional, providing guidance on living a Christian life, and including standard prayers. On the verso the titlepage are an alphabet and syllabary. Blank spaces were left for the words "King" and "Hi... more information

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[Washington]. 1834.. 3pp. Quarto. Dbd. Near fine. Reading bill, HR 164. List appropriations to be made for several purposes concerning the Navy, including $50,000 for the the building of live oak frames for the frigate "Paul Jones," and the sloop of war "Levant." ... more information

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[Washington]. 1834.. Quarto broadsheet. Dbd. Near fine. Reading bill (HR 308) regarding the registration of land claims in those southern states, reported by Cave Johnson from the Committee on Private Land Claims. ... more information

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[Washington]. 1833.. Broadsheet. Quarto. Dbd. Near fine. Reading bill, HR 108. ... more information

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[Washington]. 1834.. Broadsheet. Quarto. Dbd. Near fine. Reading bill (HR 290) clarifying the criteria for title to lands in contention between the U.S. government and private citizens. ... more information

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[Washington]. 1834.. Broadsheet. Quarto. Dbd. Near fine. Reading bill, HR 329. Offers guidelines for the appointment of agents and interpreters, the terms of their services, salaries, etc. ... more information

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[Washington]. 1834.. Broadside. Quarto. Dbd. Near fine. Reading bill, HR 370, regarding locomotive steam engines intended for railroads and their parts. ... more information

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Albany: Published by J. Frary, 1811.. Title-leaf,[34]pp. 16mo. Dbd. Tear in titlepage just touching text, foxing and some dampstaining, one leaf detached, margins trimmed (especially top), affecting text on virtually every leaf, as well as deleting "A Brief" at beginning of title. Fair. A rare, early guide to New York state. Gives statistics of population and names of towns within each county. HOWES G237. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 22928. SABIN 27854. ... more information

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Indianapolis: A.C. Howard, 1857.. [4],292pp., lacks outline map. Later black three quarter calf-backed cloth- covered boards, gilt stamped cover. Bookplate on front pastedown. Occasional pencil annotations and drawings throughout. The first directory for Indianapolis. With many contemporary pictorial advertisements. SPEAR, p. 155. BELLIS, CHECKLIST OF INDIANA IMPRINTS 190. ... more information

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[Np. nd, but ca. 1900].. 321 leaves of manuscript. Early 20th-century three quarter calf over cloth boards, spine gilt. Spine worn, hinges abraded, corners abraded. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown, early ownership (and authorship?) signature of "J.H. Alexander" on front free endpaper and leaf facing titlepage. Internally very clean, a few leaves on blue paper, a few leaves smaller than text block. Very good. A manuscript concordance and analytic index to The Book of Common Prayer, dedic... more information

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New Orleans. 1849-1859.. Ten issues bound in one volume. 54,55,viii,52,viii,52,viii,52,xi,[1],47,[1],x,[2],46,[2],xii,46,viii,46,xii ,46pp. Original printed wrappers bound into contemporary half roan and marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown. Light scattered foxing. Near fine. A wonderful collection of antebellum Louisiana sugar crop reports in a contemporary Louisiana binding. Contains charts of sugar exports and lists of names of Louisiana planters, with the text in... more information

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Portland, Me. 1869.. 535pp. plus twenty-three maps (many folding). Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Small tear at head of spine. Inner hinge cracked, but holding. Else sharp and clean. Very good. A mine of information on the earliest travels of discovery to the northeastern coast of America. Discusses voyages as far south as Florida. The appendix contains D'Avezac's work, ON THE VOYAGES OF THE CABOTS. After describing the physical features of the region, the author devotes a chapter to the... more information

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[Philadelphia. 1800?].. 82pp. Lacks title and dedication leaves. Gathered signatures, stitched. Tanned, minor dampstaining on later leaves. Good, untrimmed. Apparently the second edition of Weems' biography of Washington under the above title, which was originally issued in 1800 under a slightly different title. All early editions of Weems' famous work are quite rare and hard to find. HOWES W218. EVANS 39062. ... more information

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Cambridge, Ma.: Maurizio Martino, [1990s].. Three volumes. [iii]-vii,[1],404; [iii]- vii,591; [v]-xiii,[1],732pp. Publisher's red cloth, spines stamped in black and gilt. Fine. Originally published as Volumes 9, 10, and 12 of University of Washington Publications in Literature (1935-1949), reprinted here in a limited facsimile edition of 350 copies. A detailed and comprehensive bibliography of books of travel, adventure, and discovery, containing over 10,000 entries and an author index. Sheehy CLI3. ... more information

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[ca. 1880].. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches. Unsigned. Titled "Portland, Oregon" and dated "ca. 1850" on Kennedy Galleries labels. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries; Collection of Edward Eberstadt & Sons. Expertly conserved: relined, short tear in sky neatly repaired and inpainted; otherwise in excellent displayable condition, brightly colored and nicely varnished. Period-style gilt American exhibition frame. A charming American folk painting depicting life on a sunny day in the Pacific N... more information

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[London: Printed for William Welby, 1610].. [36] (of [48]) leaves. Lacks first eight and last four leaves. Small quarto. 19th-century three-quarter black polished calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Rubbed at extremities. Older bookseller's description pasted to front flyleaf. Light soiling and dampstaining. A few leaves trimmed closely with minute loss to running title. Still, a good (even if incomplete) copy of a scarce work. A sermon preached to Lord De La Warr and his company before their departure... more information

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Nacogdoches, Tx. 1931.. [2],80pp. (this copy with duplicates of pp.49- 50 and 51-56) including illustrations. Original orange printed wrappers. Some chipping along spine. Minor browning to the pages, else very good. Contains a short biography of A.J. Spradley, Sheriff of Nacogdoches County for thirty years. Following that are chapters relating several of the famous cases Spradley dealt with: murder, family feuds, and bank robberies. Included are chapters on the slaying of the Hicks family, the murder of Jam... more information

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[Paris. 1785].. [42] photostatic leaves. Modern green morocco, gilt-stamped spine and borders, gilt inner dentelles. Entirely in facsimile. Leaves slightly curled. Very good. A positive photostat, evidently taken from the original (about 1940?), of an important treaty between the United States and Prussia. Negotiated by Jefferson and endorsed by both Franklin and Adams, the present treaty establishes the guidelines for international trade between the two countries and grants Prussia most favored nation trad... more information

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[London. 1837].. Approximately 100 leaves of mounted clippings, articles and pamphlets. Illus. Folio. Modern cloth, leather label. Clean and very good. This volume contains a large assortment of mounted contemporary English newspapers clippings and other publications, detailing the horrible facts surrounding the murder of Hannah Brown, a washerwoman, by James Greenacre, who was engaged to be married to the woman he murdered. "Greenacre, it was proved at the trial, completely dismembered the body of the... more information

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New York. 1856.. Oil on canvas, 67 x 50 cm., on the original stretcher. Signed lower right: "AF Tait NY 1850." Very good original condition. A handsome game bird study by one of the preeminent 19th century sporting painters, A.F. Tait. Born in England, Tait assisted George Catlin in running his Indian Gallery in London while a young man, worked for London dealer Agnew, and emigrated to the United States in 1850 determined to make his career as a painter. Over the next decade, during which the pres... more information

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