Bibliotheca Americana: A Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Volumes 1-20, part 1 (to parts CXVI) signed with original signed receipt from Sabin by Joseph Sabin - 1892

Francofurti ad Moenum [Frankfurt a.M.]: Typis & Impensis Johannes Philippi Andreae, 1712. Cloth. Very Good. 9 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches. Folio. Vols. 2, 3 and 5 [of 5]. Vol. 2 (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes & Song of Solomon): 2 new & 1 original ffep + )( (2 leaf quire) + A - Llll (6 leaf quires) + 1 original & 2 new rfep. Vol. 3 (Major and Minor Prophets): 2 new ffep + ):( (2 leaf quire) + A - Rrrr (6 leaf quires) + Ssss - Tttt (4 leaf quires) + Uuuuu (6 leaf quire) + 1 original & 2 new rfep. Vol. 5 (Romans through Revelation): 2 new & 2 original ffep + )( (2 leaf quire) + A - Mmmm (6 leaf quires) + Nnnn (2 leaf quire) + 1 original and 2 new endpapers. With ownership inscription of H.N. Pierce. Pages with dampstains, foxing and age-toning. Inner and top margins occasionally a little close and rarely clipped, but margins otherwise nice and wide. Bound in matching later red buckram with gilt title, location and date to spine and new endpapers. Pierce was the first Bishop of… Read More

2 volumes. xiii+[3]+458 pages with 3 plates including frontispiece, folding map and music score of "Dog Dance of the Sioux"; vi+156 pages with 4 plates (2 in color), tables (3 folding) and appendix. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in full black leather with gilt lettering to spine. (Howes K20; Wagner- Camp IV: 26b:1; Graff 2280; Pilling 2066; Streeter 1785; Field 949) First British edition.William Hypolitus (or Hippolitus, or Hypolite) Keating was an American geologist. His father, Baron John Keating, of Irish ancestry, had been an officer in the French army in the West Indies and had settled in Wilmington, Delaware. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, and then in France and Switzerland, where he studied mining. In 1822, he became Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He is perhaps best known for his work on the staff of Stephen Long's expedition to the Great Lakes in 1823, an account of which he… Read More

1875 Harper's Weekly PT Barnum Indians White SLAVES Gn Sheridan Illustrated HUGE

Harper's Weekly was an early American magazine published by Harper. Beginning in 1857, it was a primary source of news, fiction stories, humor, satire, and several other topics. This 1875 first edition of 'Harper's Weekly' includes all the 52 issues of the magazine from that year in an enormous folio book. This edition features the illustrations of the most prestigious illustrators of the time.

The enormous tome includes fascinating contents including
· P.T. Barnum's colossal enterprise
· General Benjamin Butler on Civil Rights
· A recounting of the Battle of Bunker Hill – centennial anniversary
· Illustrations of George Cruikshank (p.416)
· Description of Indian sun-dances, Indian trade
· General Sheridan reports on Louisiana
· Accounts of railroads being built on the plains
· White slavery in the East
· Opium eaters in America

An incredibly impressive… Read More

1850. [Boston]: Printed for the Proprietor, 1850.. [Boston]: Printed for the Proprietor, 1850. "The Female Murderess!": Driven by the Culture of Slavery (Two Full-Page Woodcut Illustrations) [Murder]. [Walters, Ann Smith (1812-1844)]. [Dudley, Enos G. (d.1849)]. [Runkle, Mary]. Life and Confession of Ann Walters, The Female Murderess! Also the Execution of Enos G. Dudley, At Haverhill, N.H., May 23d, 1849. To Which is Added the Confession of Mary Runkle, Who Was Executed for Murder. [Boston]: Printed for the Proprietor, 1850. 32 pp. Two full-page woodcut illustrations. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in green printed wrappers, large woodcut image of Walters to front, untrimmed edges. Light soiling to exterior, moderate edgewear. Light toning to text, somewhat heavier in a few places. $950. * Although OCLC records an "Ann Walters (1812-1844)," McDade believes her story is a work of fiction that incorporates details of a dozen different murders. He also doubts the veracity of the… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton, 2009. First printing. 2009 SIGNED COPY OF R. CRUMB'S MASTERPIECE, THE BOOK OF GENESIS, WITH SIGNED SERIGRAPH PRINT IN SLIPCASE, COPY 155 OF 250 LIMITED EDITION--NOW TRANSLATED INTO 10 LANGUAGES. 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches hardcover, black cloth binding with gilt title, in 9 x 11 1/2 inch black cloth slipcase with color image of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, unpaginated, illustrations, signed book together with signed 8 x 10 inch 9 color serigraph print (by Alex Wood of Wildwood Serigraphs)--unopened in original clear plastic shrink wrap, #155 from edition limited to 250. First published October 2009, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, decided to do a literal interpretation using the text word for word in a version primarily assembled from the translations of Robert Alter and the King James Bible. The culmination of 5 years of painstaking work, Crumb's Book of Genesis is a tapestry of masterly detail and storytelling which celebrates his medium of the graphic novel.… Read More

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1870. 1st Edition. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, double frontispieces. Illustrated with 234 B&W reproductions of prints, drawings, etchings qand engravings, many full-page. First edition, third printing: Pages xvii and xviii have their page numbers; the last entry on page xviii ends with the word "conclusion"; the engraved portrait of Napoleon III appears at page129; the heading on page 643 is "CHAPTER LXI"; the third page of the printed ads begins with "Illustrated History of the Bible." [McBride pg. 8]. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of… Read More

2 volumes with half-titles. xxiv+368 pages; viii+400 pages with 1 wood-engraved illustration a sketch map of the junction of the Columbia and Okanogan Rivers on page 83 and appendix. Royal octavo (9" x 5 3/4") bound in half leather with six raised spine bands with red labels with gilt lettering over marbled boards. (Cowan, p.59; Field 376; Forbes II, 775; Hill (2004) 390; Howes c822, aa.; Judd 47; Peel 83; Pilling, Proof-sheets 915; Sabin 17267; Streeter sale 3702; Tweney 89, 10; Wagner-Camp 43:1.) First British edition preceding the American edition.
Ross Cox was a fur trader for the Pacific Fur Company. In 1811 he sailed form New York, around the Horn, to Hawaii, and on to the Columbia River, exploring inland to Montana along the Clark Fork and Flathead Rivers. For six years he lived on the frontier--and beyond--in a violent world of white and red men, bears and wolves, frostbite, and starvation. He wasn't a hero, but he was a survivor, and a sharp observer who wrote one of the best firsthand… Read More

California Illustrated: Including. A Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes, by A Returned California - (John M Letts). 1852. New York: William Holdredge: 224 pages, includes California ConstitutionTrue first edition, copyright by John M Letts, 1852. With 48 Engravings, many with original tissue guards: "G.V. Cooper Del, On Stone by J Cameron, Litho of G. W. Lewis.NOT a library copy. No marks, inscriptions, or stamps found within. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.*Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your purchase and being available to sign for it upon delivery. We appreciate your business and hope to do business with you again!
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New York: Westside Committee to Free Angela, 1971 A pictorial flyer, broadside. A small nick to top edge and light wear, else in fine condition.

1880 1ed Harper's Weekly Kandahar Citadel American Immigration Gibraltar Voyages

Harper's Weekly was an early American magazine published by Harper. Beginning in 1857, it was a primary source of news, fiction stories, humor, satire, and a number of other topics. This 1880 first edition of 'Harper's Weekly' includes all of the issues of the magazine from January to June in an enormous folio book. This edition features the illustrations of the most prestigious illustrators of the time.

The enormous tome's fascinating contents include:
• Whale washed ashore in Charleston, South Carolina
• Explosion of Winter Palace in St. Petersburgh
• Description of Royal Palace in Mandalay
• Immigrants landing in the United States
• Reports from Democratic convention in Cincinnati
• First public reading of the Declaration of Independence, commentary on
• Voyages in Gibraltar
• Candahar, Afghanistan archaeology
• Stories from American cowboys, cattle ranchers.

An incredibly impressive tome with… Read More