Titles starting with Q from William Reese Company - Americana

Uppsala: Literis Wernerianis, [1725].. [2],48pp. 16mo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Slight marginal fox marks, else very good. A rare 18th-century scholarly paper presenting evidence of visits of the Northmen to America, and describing the location of Vinland with respect to Greenland and North America. HOWES W15, "aa." SABIN 100960. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 725/208. MULLER 346. BELL W15. ... more information

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[Lima. 1813].. [19]pp., written on [10] leaves in a [13]- leaf ledger book, with the other leaves blank. Quarto. Outer leaves somewhat chipped and stained, with some inked scribbles and an early printed label. Fourth leaf quite oxidized at bottom right corner, affecting several words. Otherwise generally clean and legible. Good. This ledger monitors the status of patients at a charity hospital exclusively for slave women. The entries reveal a frighteningly high mortality rate, with small inked crucifixes in... more information

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New York. 1856.. Three volumes. 383; 334; 348pp. including 155 colored plates. Original elaborately blindstamped morocco. Some wear and rubbing to spines expertly repaired. Internally clean. Very good. The second octavo edition of Audubon's ...QUADRUPEDS..., published two years after the completion of the first octavo edition. Its publication was managed entirely by Audubon's sons, Victor and John. The extant portions of the original manuscript suggest that the work was composed largely by the sons ... more information

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Cedar Rapids, Ia. 1910.. 542pp. including illustrations, plus maps. Portrait. Original red cloth, gilt, spine gilt. Slight edge wear. Front inner hinge cracked, but holding. Very good. "A thoroughly annotated book relating many of the exploits of the guerrillas, with some mention of the lives of the James and Younger boys while they were with Quantrill" - Adams. HOWES C689. GRAFF 850. RADER 894. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 479. ... more information

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Quebec: William Brown, Aug. 7, 1788.. 4pp. printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Folio. Dbd. some dust soiling at top and bottom, else very good. Contains a proclamation by Lord Dorchester for the regulation of the civil courts of Canada, as well as general news of the town, ship arrivals, etc. ... more information

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Quebec: Samuel Nielson, April 22, 1790.. Folio broadsheet, printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Lacks final leaf and supplement, though complete text is provided in facsimile. Good. Publishes three proclamations issued by Lord Dorchester, including an act to allow pig iron to be imported from Vermont, establishment of a toll bridge over the St. Charles River, and provisions for the corralling of cattle. Not given a separate listing by Tremaine, although copies are noted in the ind... more information

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Quebec: Samuel Nielson, March 1, 1792.. 4pp. printed in double-column format in parallel English and French. Folio. Torn at bottom corner, affecting a few words, else very good. This issue contains two proclamations by Allured Clark, the lieutentant- governor, acting in the absence of Lord Dorchester. The first is an ordinance for cases appealed to the Executive council, while the second relates to the law courts. The remainder of the issue is taken up with news items and advertisements. Copies are noted by... more information

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Quebec: Printed by Samuel Neilson, 1791.. 12pp. Folio. Dbd. Slight wrinkling and browning at edges, but very good. The first and official Canadian printing of the Constitutional Act of 1791, by which Canada received representative government, Upper and Lower Canada were divided into two separate political entities, and the rights of the French inhabitants of Quebec were confirmed. After the loss of the other American colonies, Great Britain found the remaining colony of Canada in turmoil. The influx of Loya... more information

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New York. 1900.. 277pp. plus 73 plates. Half title. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Wear to extremities, joints tender, text bit tanned, else very good. Second edition. Puts forth the eccentric explorer-archaeologist's theory of Egyptian- Mayan links. ... more information

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New York. [1952].. 285pp. plus illus. Cloth. Fine. In dust jacket with some edge wear. Review slip laid in. "...One of the best books on Dodge City. Most of its gunmen come in for some attention" - Adams SIX-GUNS. ADAMS HERD 2406. ADAMS SIX- GUNS 2269. ... more information

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Paris. 1854.. 207,[4]pp. Half title. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, wrappers chipped, upper margin darkened throughout, a few leaves dampstained and soiled, else internally good and largely unopened. The author visited a Tuscarora village in the Niagara region, then travelled through a good deal of New York and Massachusetts, making many comparisons to his native France and other areas of Europe, and especially commenting on the educational and theological institutions. SABIN 28274. HOWES G298. ... more information

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Mexico. 1869.. 240pp. Lithographic frontispiece. Half title. Contemporary half quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Boards rubbed, quite worn at edges and especially at corners. Internally clean. Very good. A scarce account of the final days and execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, by one of his close aides. Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph, Archduke of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia (1832-67), was installed as Emperor of Mexico in 1864 by Napoleon III and a group of Mexican conservatives. ... more information

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Paris: Chez Migneret, Imprimeur; Maret, Libraire, [1795].. xii,84pp. including errata on verso of half title, plus a second, duplicate, gathering of pp.81-84 bound at the end of the volume. Half title. Contemporary stitched wrappers. Contemporary inscription on front wrapper indicating author, title, and year of publication as 1795, contemporary inscription on verso of front wrapper regarding identity of author, two brief annotations on pages of duplicate gathering at end. Pages untrimmed. Occasional minor ... more information

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Chicago. [1909].. 363pp. Original pictorial cloth. About fine. "This book became rare because a prominent ranching family felt themselves slandered by some remarks in it and destroyed all the copies they could purchase" - SIX- SCORE. An important West Texas cattle book. SIX-SCORE 95. ADAMS HERD 1982. HOWES R559. ... more information

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