Titles starting with J from William Reese Company - Americana

New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 1861.. Engraved map by Creuzbaur, colored by hand. Sheet size: 36 x 34 inches. Some very slight losses and splits at old folds, neatly repaired. Mild toning at folds. Else very good. A very rare and little-known edition of the most important map of Texas during the early statehood period. Jacob De Cordova (1808-68) was one of the first major land speculators in Texas. He hired Robert Creuzbaur, of the Texas General Land Office, to compile this map for promotional purposes... more information

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El Paso: Carl Hertzog, 1967.. vii,75pp. Portrait. Facsimiles. Cloth. Some pencil notes, else fine. Inscribed by Haley on the titlepage. From an edition limited to 600 copies, according to Lowman. An excellent bibliography for Haley's publications, with collations and annotations, with a long introduction. A Carl Hertzog production. LOWMAN 220. ... more information

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New York. 1899.. viii,472pp. Original gilt cloth. Slight edge wear, neat bookplate, else about fine. Good critical survey of Jackson and his administration. ... more information

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[Kingston, Jamaica]: DeCordova & Co., 1866.. [4],172pp. 12mo. Contemporary purple pebbled cloth, contemporary paper label on front cover. Internally clean. Near fine. A collection of addresses to the governor of Jamaica, Edward John Eyre, largely praising him for his handling of the Morant Bay rebellion. In the wake of emancipation, the Jamaican economy struggled without its traditional labor foundation. With plantations going bankrupt seemingly everywhere, the recently freed Blacks became the focal poi... more information

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London. [1845].. 3pp. plus integral leaf with printed docket title. Folio. One vertical and three horizontal folds. Very good. Nice ephemeral evidence of the slow demise of the plantation economy on Jamaica after the abolition of slavery in 1833. This notice lists the items included in the auction of the Seaman's Estate in Portland parish on Jamaica. The particulars include "1464 acres of land (more or less) of which about 160 acres have been cultivated in Cane, together with the buildings, coppers... more information

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London. [1852].. [4]pp. Folio. One sheet folded, two leaves resultant. Three horizontal crease lines where folded in fours. Dampstain at foredge, heavier on second leaf. Printed down full face of first three pages, last page with auction details printed over one quarter, as folded. Overall, very good. The particulars of an auction where four adjacent Jamaican plantations are to be sold as one lot. The estates to be offered are Marlborough Mount and Morehead, Cedar Grove, Hanover, and Wilton Pen, the first t... more information

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Flagstaff, Az.: Northland Press, [1968].. 59,[1]pp. Plates (many colored) included in pagination. Quarto. Half brown morocco and green cloth. Fine in cloth slipcase, leather label. From an edition limited to 200 copies numbered and signed by the author, and with an original watercolor sketch by Boren on the limitation leaf. The original watercolor in this copy, which is numbered 7, shows a log cabin built on a hillside amid trees. ... more information

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[Np. ca. 1882].. [127]pp. including one illustration. Frontispiece of Jesse James. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Fine. A popular history of the exploits of Jesse James, from his beginnings, to the shooting death of Robert Ford, James' killer. Immediately following James' assassination, numerous books, pamphlets, and articles were published about his career as the most famous outlaw the West had ever known, of which this is certainly one. Of the many rumors that persisted after his death was o... more information

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Salt Lake City. [1925].. xvii,546pp. plus plates. Portrait. Pictorial simulated leather, stamped in gilt and blind. Inner hinges cracked but holding. Else very good. From an edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by Alter. Detailed biography of this important figure of the American West, with accounts of many of the expeditions which he accompanied, as well as material on the Mormons. HOWES A191, "aa." FLAKE 55. ... more information

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Minneapolis. [1967].. 207pp. Quarto. Cloth. Fine. Third of the catalogue supplements. ... more information

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New Haven: Overland Press, 2008.. 46pp. Quarto. Printed color wrappers. New. J.O. Lewis produced the first major color plate book on American Indians, published in Philadelphia between 1835 and 1838. Lewis, a self-taught artist, based the hand colored lithographs in the book on original paintings done mostly around the Great Lakes in the 1820s. This work provides biographical details on Lewis, as well as examining in detail the somewhat mysterious history of his book, the ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO. Extensively i... more information

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Denver: The Old West Publishing Company, 1957.. 188pp.Portrait frontispiece plus plates and folding map. Cloth. Fine in slightly dust soiled pictorial dust jacket. From an edition of 500 signed and numbered copies. An account of the later years of this famous pioneer figure, including time in California during the Gold Rush and also in Denver. ... more information

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New York. 1891.. 317pp. Quarto. Decorated gilt cloth, t.e.g. Rubbed. Near fine. Inscribed by G.B. Rollins on the front free endpaper. Rollins' speeches and a biographical sketch are included. For an account of Rollins' influential role in Missouri and in Congress, see the DAB, which lists this memoir first among sources cited. DAB XVI, pp.121-22. SABIN 84752. ... more information

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New York. 1891.. 317pp. Frontis. Quarto. Three quarter morocco and marbled boards, a.e.g. Very slightly rubbed, else fine. Printed on Japan vellum by the De Vinne Press from an unspecified limited edition. Rollins' speeches and a biographical sketch are included. For an account of Rollins' influential role in Missouri and in Congress, see the DAB, which lists this memoir first among sources cited. DAB XVI, pp.121-22. SABIN 84752. ... more information

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Janesville, Wi.: Alasco D. Brigham, 1859.. 128pp. Original half brown calf, printed paper covered boards. Slight wear. Very good. The second independent Janesville, Wisconsin directory, after the first of the previous year. The 1858 directories for Rock County and Beloit also contained Janesville information. The present edition contains numerous attractive color advertisements. "Contains an historical account of Janesville, by Alexander T. Gray, taken from the history of Rock County, 1856" - Spea... more information

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Janesville [Wi.]: Janesville Daily Gazette, Aug. 30, 1862.. Broadside, 6 x 4 1/2 inches. Old creases and folds. Moderate dampstaining. A good copy. An unrecorded Civil War news dispatch from Union Major General John Pope regarding the Battle of Second Manassas, which occurred Aug. 28-30, 1862. During those three days, Union and Confederate forces lost over 3,300 men combined. The Confederacy was at its strongest at that point of the war. By the end of the battle, the defeated Union army retreated towards Wa... more information

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Janesville [Wi.]: Janesville Daily Gazette, July 3, 1862.. Broadside, 6 x 4 1/2 inches. Old creases. Minor stains, otherwise clean. A very good copy. An unrecorded Civil War broadside publicizing a dispatch from Union General George B. McClellan following The Seven Days' Battles, which occurred between June 26 and July 2, 1862. In the course of that week Union and Confederate forces fought a series of battles in five different locales. At the end of these engagements the Confederates withdrew to Richmon... more information

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Boston: J. Millet Company, 1897.. In fifteen sections, a total of 322pp. "bound in Japanese style," with numerous plates (chromolithographs, handcolored photographs, etc.). Folio. Each part in original cloth-backed printed wrappers. Front wrapper detached from first part only, edges chipped. Some moderate chipping to second part, at lower forecorner of front wrapper. Otherwise just some very minor chipping at edges of some wrappers. Generally a very nice, clean set. This elaborate publication disp... more information

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At sea: Japan Expedition Press, 1854.. Broadside, 15 x 9 3/4 inches. Old fold lines. A few small chips and tears to edges. Small tear along fold on left edge. About very good. Matted. A broadside printed on board the U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, July 17, 1854, detailing the compact between the United States government and the Kingdom of Lew Chew (today the Ryukyu Islands). Among other things, the agreement indicates that Americans will be allowed to wander freely in the kingdom without being followed or ... more information

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At sea, near Simoda, Japan: Japan Expedition Press, 1854.. Broadside, 13 1/2 x 8 inches. Old fold lines. Small tear at edge of fold, lightly toned. Near fine. Matted. A broadside printed aboard the U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, June 28th, 1854, establishing regulations for piloting American vessels into the harbor. The broadside lists the fees for piloting in ships of various sizes, and is printed in both English and Dutch. The on-board press was used to publish information for the expedition crew, as wel... more information

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