An Historical Account of the Expedition against Sandusky under Col. William Crawford in 1782. With biographical sketches, personal reminiscences, and descriptions of interesting localities, including, also, details of the Disastrous Retreat, the Barbarities of the Savages, and the Awful Death of Crawford by Torture by BUTTERFIELD, C.W

San Francisco: D. E. Appleton & Co., 1858. Original. Excellent condition.24 mo. (5 3/4 X 3 3/4 inches) 64-page booklet in original sewn yellow-tinted wrappers, with mining camp vignette on front cover showing a cabin near a river, and men working, and mining with a sluice box; separate advertisements inside front cover, inside back cover, and on back. Stone ("Old Put") collected, in this edition, the first appearance of the lyrics to "Sweet Betsy From Pike," and the lyrics to 31 other songs. At the back is a list of "Mining Localities Peculiar to California." Some of the unique names include "Gouge Eye," "Shinbone Peak," and "Rat Trap Slide."

New York. Printed for the Society, 1884-85. Hardcover. 24cm, in two volumes, 626 & 472pp., colour folding map, index, original full green pebbled cloth, gilt spine titles, a fine bright set. (mt) The Journals of Colonel Stephen Kemble while Deputy Adjutant-General of the British army in North America. - I. - Journals of Lieut.-Col. Stephen Kemble, 1773-1778. II. - Order Books of Lieut-Col. Stephen Kemble, Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutant General of the British Forces in America, 1775-1778. Vol. 2. - Journals of Lieut.-Col. Stephen Kemble, 1780-1781. Sir Henry Clinton succeed Kemble.

Pittsburgh. Printed for David M'Keehan & London, Re-Printed for J. Budd, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Pall-Mall. 1808. 8vo, 21.8cm, the First London edition. iv.381,16p., (ads., for Longman's catalogue, dated June l, 1808), in the original quarter-vellum backed light blue fine grain linen over boards, black stamped spine title, slight shelf wear on the boards, vellum slightly dust worn (maybe less than normal), all edges untrimmed (deckled), small brown stain (2.5cm) on the front cover, contemporary manuscript notes on front free endpaper, old signature at upper comer of front paste-down. as well as later signature of W[ilberforce] Eames, eminent bibliographer, librarian, and collector of Americana. This first English edition is scarcer that the first American edition of the previous year, with better typography and on better paper. With wide margins this is a tall copy and totally uncut. (cgc). WCB 6:2. Graff I517. Howes G-77 ("best edition"). Sabin 26741. Beckham, Eric, et… Read More

London. Printed for J. Almon, 1777. 8vo, The First Edition. 280,[3],(Index)pp., printed in double columns, light foxing to margins, in contemporary full speckled calf, rear raised bands, spine and gilt stamping is worn, upper hinge starting but secure, wanting labels, neat bookplate & name label on front paste down endpaper, some slight foxing throughout as usual, a very good copy. (cgc). Sabin 951. Howes A-180. Church V-1141;. Adams American Controversy I: 77-13;. Winsor VIII-498. JCB III-2377. Gephart 3102. - This work is usually referred to by its running title `Prior Documents,' after the name taken from its running title, it was intended to precede the first volume of Almon's `Remembrancer, or Impartial Repository of Public Events,' which was published annually from 1775-1784. It contains a collection of authentic papers on the various questions in dispute, from the resolutions of 1764, which gave rise to the Stamp Act, to the battle of Lexington, in 1775." -(Church) Scarce and important.

Two octavo volumes (9 X 6 inches) xvi, 473 and xi, 372 pages; London: Richard Bentley, "Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1839. First Edition. Hardcover, cloth covered boards. Good condition. Illustrated with a tinted lithograph frontis in each volume: "The Pipe Dance and the Tomahawk Dance of the Chippeway Tribe" in the first volume, and "The War Dance of the Sauks and Foxes" in the second volume. Original cloth bindings, slightly faded, with minor shelf wear (not affecting the contents), old discreet reinforcement to gutters inside covers; blind stamp ornamentation on both covers, title in gilt on spines. Contemporary ownership name in ink on front fly leaf, along with "Ardoch House," and armorial bookplate of a previous owner.

An interesting early narrative of travel and adventure across a young American heartland. "Best account of the Pawnees while yet uncontaminated by whites." Howes

New York: John Holt; At the Exchange. Good+. 1907. Flexible leather. No Copy of the First Charter of 10 November 1766 is known to exist. March 20, 1770 a second charter was granted in the name of King George the Third by William Franklin, Governor of the Province of New Jersey. A copy of this second or oldest charter printed in the year when granted, is here reproduced in facsimile. Edward L. Stevenson, Rutgers College, March 20, 1907. Flexible red leather with chipped edges. Front cover detached. Text tight, clean without foxing & intact. Marbled endpapers. Prior owners book plate. This rare copy of the Charter of Queen's College (Rutgers) is a candidate for rebinding. New Jersey ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 8 pages .

New York. Printed for the Society, 1884-85. Hardcover. 24cm, in two volumes, 626 & 472pp., colour folding map, index, original full green pebbled cloth, gilt spine titles, a fine bright set. (mt) The Journals of Colonel Stephen Kemble while Deputy Adjutant-General of the British army in North America. - I. - Journals of Lieut.-Col. Stephen Kemble, 1773-1778. II. - Order Books of Lieut-Col. Stephen Kemble, Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutant General of the British Forces in America, 1775-1778. Vol. 2. - Journals of Lieut.-Col. Stephen Kemble, 1780-1781. Sir Henry Clinton succeed Kemble.

Pittsburgh. Printed for David M'Keehan & London, Re-Printed for J. Budd, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Pall-Mall. 1808. 8vo, 21.8cm, the First London edition. iv.381,16p., (ads., for Longman's catalogue, dated June l, 1808), in the original quarter-vellum backed light blue fine grain linen over boards, black stamped spine title, slight shelf wear on the boards, vellum slightly dust worn (maybe less than normal), all edges untrimmed (deckled), small brown stain (2.5cm) on the front cover, contemporary manuscript notes on front free endpaper, old signature at upper comer of front paste-down. as well as later signature of W[ilberforce] Eames, eminent bibliographer, librarian, and collector of Americana. This first English edition is scarcer that the first American edition of the previous year, with better typography and on better paper. With wide margins this is a tall copy and totally uncut. (cgc). WCB 6:2. Graff I517. Howes G-77 ("best edition"). Sabin 26741. Beckham, Eric, et… Read More

London. Printed for J. Almon, 1777. 8vo, The First Edition. 280,[3],(Index)pp., printed in double columns, light foxing to margins, in contemporary full speckled calf, rear raised bands, spine and gilt stamping is worn, upper hinge starting but secure, wanting labels, neat bookplate & name label on front paste down endpaper, some slight foxing throughout as usual, a very good copy. (cgc). Sabin 951. Howes A-180. Church V-1141;. Adams American Controversy I: 77-13;. Winsor VIII-498. JCB III-2377. Gephart 3102. - This work is usually referred to by its running title `Prior Documents,' after the name taken from its running title, it was intended to precede the first volume of Almon's `Remembrancer, or Impartial Repository of Public Events,' which was published annually from 1775-1784. It contains a collection of authentic papers on the various questions in dispute, from the resolutions of 1764, which gave rise to the Stamp Act, to the battle of Lexington, in 1775." -(Church) Scarce and important.

Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, 1965. Hardcover. Like New. Complete 3-volume set of Virginia Lee Nelson's landmark history of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. Packed with rosters of members, alumnae, officers, associations and much more. Also includes individual chapter histories. Densely illustrated with photos of members and alumnae, individuals and groups, chapter houses and more. Bound in photo-pictorial cloth. Printed on coated paper. Vol. I: 1851-1865. 602 pp. plus 36-page index. Vol. II: 1865-1965. 668 pp. Vol. III: 1865-1965. 512 pp. Three at 10 1/4" x 7 1/4". Tight, unmarked copies with minimal shelf wear. A gorgeous set of an important Pan Hellenic collectible. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.