The Perpetual Laws, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the Establishment of its Constitution to the First Session of the General Court, A.D. 1788. Compiled, arranged and printed to the wishes of many respectable law characters, and the approbation of the Honourable judges of the Supreme Judicial Court. Carefully compared with the original acts by Thomas, Isaiah, compiler - 1788

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co, 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. In three volumes. lxiv, 552pp; xii, 571pp; xii, 588pp. Original brown paper covered boards with paper labels affixed to the spines, all edges uncut. With one large folding map of the city of Washington and territory of Columbia and one small map of the Delta of the Mississippi. Includes sections on the states and territories; the federal government and public establishments connected to it; the Indians; the population, agriculture, trade, revenue and resources; manufactures; commerce; canals and roads, etc. Small bookplates of the Regency Circulating Library of Whitehaven on the front pastedowns, mild scattered foxing troughout, paper loss to the spines (especially of volume II), edges dusty, wear to extremities, occasional tear to the leaves. Lacks one folding map. A good set. Howes W99. Sabin 101366.; Octavo.

Urbana, Il: University of Illinois Press, 1972. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 10 Volumes (lacking vols. 1, 2, 6, 14) beige cloth, SIGNED 1st eds (1972-1984) all in Very Good (a few small chips / tears) Dust Jackets. Textblock edges lightly soiled, owners name (John Hope Franklin) written in a few vols., a small number of lightly bumped corners, otherwise clean / unmarked. The dj's are now protected in mylar sleeves. **** Previos owner of this set was African American author and historian. Franklin is best known for his book, FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDON (1947). He was also President of both the American Historical Association and the Southern Historical Association.

1883 Mark Twain 1ed Life on the Mississippi St. Louis Missouri Steamboat FLAMES

"Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
– Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

"Life on the Mississippi" is a memoir by Mark Twain, of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. It is also a travel book, recounting his trip along the Mississippi River from St. Louis to New Orleans many years after the war.

A rare first edition of Mark Twain's classic "Life on the Mississippi". Featuring more than 300 illustrations throughout, this is truly a remarkable find for any Twain collector. See below for edition points.
Item number: #19955
Price: $1500
TWAIN, Mark
Life on the Mississippi
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company. 1883. True First Edition. First printing.

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p. 441: Flames tailpiece is included… Read More

Quarto in oblong format (11 by 14 1/2 inches) Oakland, California: Thompson & West [Printed by Pacific Press Printing and Publishing House], 1880. First, Original Edition. [3] iv-vi [2], [1] 12-192 pages; eighty-seven full page lithographic views, including a double page bird's-eye-view of the Wolfskill Ranch; full page colored map showing the Western States of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California dated 1878.

Good condition: stamped-embossed original cloth over boards, with title in gilt centered on the front cover; professionally re-backed, with new corners, new endpapers to match the period; title in gilt on spine. Loss to lower right margin of one view, not affecting that image, archival repair to tear in margin of another plate, not affecting that image; another view, and pages 19-22, 37-38, 129-130 provided in facsimile, and are compatible to the contents - the book is in otherwise original condition, with binding and contents intact.

The fine plates are of local businesses, residences, farms,… Read More

250+[752 lithograph plates] with 2 lithograph folding maps and 27 plates tinted in color. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x ;6") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamped decorative cover. Full title: Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso; also, the Report of Capt. R.B. Marcy's Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; and the Report of J.H. Simpson of an Expedition into the Navajo Country; and the Report of Lieutenant W.H.C. Whiting's Reconnaissances of the Western Frontier of Texas 31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate Executive Document No. 64. (Sabin 36377, Howes J170, Wagner-Camp, 184) First edition.
This volume combines several of the reconnaissances including the landmark one by Simpson of the Navajo Country.These were the first published reports that opened West Texas and New Mexico to travel and settlement. Simpson's report is considered one of the most accurate and complete descriptions of the Zuni and Pueblo… Read More

NY: Feeks and Bancker, 1863. First edition. Original wrappers. Published NY: Feeks and Bancker, 1863. 12mo., 4 7/8" x 7 1/4", printed glazed orange wrappers, 48pp. Only two copies of the 1863 first edition in world Cat. "A satirical history of the administration of Lincoln told in biblical language." Some chips/creasing to the covers, loss along the spine, stain to lower corner first few sheets. Good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo. Manuscripts Paper Collectibles.

Printed For The Author, 1804. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. [Iii], 116 Pp. Second Edition, Extensively Revised To Reply To "A Reply To Aristides, By James Cheetham", With A New One Page Preface By The Author. Bound In Plum Morocco Over Plum Cloth, Gilt Title On Spine, Gilt Rules On Boards. First Printing, Of This Second Edition. Good, Wear. Closed Tear On Front Spine Edge, Fraying At Corners. "William Peter Van Ness, A Friend Of Aaron Burr, Was An Active Participant In The 1800 Presidential Campaign As A Supporter Of The Democratic-Republican Candidates, Burr For Vice President And Thomas Jefferson For President. In July 1804, Van Ness Served As Aaron Burr's Second In Burr's Duel With Alexander Hamilton And Was Present When Burr Fatally Shot Hamilton." [Pba 2016].

London; New York: Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co, 1896. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket as issued. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. 24mo., (15)pp., illustrated on each page in bright red, green, grey, blue, gilt, etc. chromolithographs. Bound in pebbled cloth backed glossy paper over boards, chromolithographs. The spine's cloth is torn at its crown, with loss. Light to moderate soiling to the covers. Internally clean and bright. A Very Good copy. **** Author's first book. "Booker T. Washington" on the title page. Part of the Gem series. ***.

viii+382 with folding map. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original leather with renewed spine with red label to spine in gilt lettering. Wagner-Camp 1a; Field 99; Clark II:76; Howes B243; Monaghan 49; Streeter 1571) First edition.Attributed to Louis Narcisse Baudry des Lozières by Sabin. Author gives a list of known Indian nations on with the list of individual tribes and bibliographical notes giving their locations. "Des sauvages de la Louisiane, dispersés sur les bords du Mississipi, et sur d'autres rivières qui arrosent son continent"; gives a list of Indian tribes and a brief description of their locations and number. "Deux vocabulaires de sauvages", includes: "Langage des Naoudoouessis" [the Dakota language], which includes a glossary of numbers in both the Dakota and French languages, a "chanson sauvage" with its literal and free French translation, and a list of phrases translated into French on pages 348-353; and "Langage des Chipouais" [the Chippewa, or Ojibwa language], which gives a… Read More

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1854. First Edition. Very Good. In two volumes, 8vo [8.75x5.75in]; Vol. I - xxii, fold out map [General Map | Showing the Countries Explored & Surveyed | by the United States & Mexican | Boundary Commission | in the years 1850, 51, 52, & 53 | Under the direction of | John R. Bartlett | U.S. Commissioner], 506 pp., fold out lithograph Frontispiece of Fort Yuma, 29 woodcuts in text and 3 on plates and 6 plates tinted lithograph illustrations, Vol. II, xvii, 624 pp., fold out Lithograph Frontispiece of Ruins at Casas Grandes, 33 woodcuts in text and 26 on plates and 10 plates tinted lithograph illustrations [includes Tucson plate not listed] , appendices and index; Later binding of tan half calf-backed marbled covers with raised ribbed gilt lettered and decorative spine, marbled end papers [appears to have been rebound in early 1900's by the Rose Bindery, Boston], [also appears to have a second rebinding with replaced marbled covers, end papers, and possible text block… Read More