Prince and the Pauper, The by Clemens Samuel (Mark Twain) - 1930: A tale for Young People of all ages

Bucyrus, Ohio: Forum Steam Printing House, 1882. brown cloth, bevelled edges. tiny tear in spine, 3 small tears back cover, header partially chewed, else VG. 8vo. numerous black & white illustrations. Howes C270: 1st Edition

New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Quarter black calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt titles and spine decoration. Marbled endpapers. Unmarked except for early previous owner's inscription (see photo). Virually no foxing at all. First tissue guard is torn at bottom but others are intact. Biographical and historical narratives with many full-page engravings. 9" x 11". Some scuffing to leather and light wear to extremities, and light chipping to top of spine of volume 2. A very good plus copy of this beautifully produced work.

Edinburgh: R. Morison & Son. Very Good. 1795. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebacked leather binding with gilt title on red spine label. Illustrated with 7 fold out maps. Tables with 1 fold out . Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Containing: Astronomical Geography - Geographical Definitions, discovery and general description of America and the United States of their boundaries; mountains; lakes; bays; rivers; natural history; account of the wars and of the important events. Particular descriptions of Kentucky, Western territory and Vermont. World and Northeastern maps have light damp stains. USiana; Maps & Tables; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 531 pages .

Brown cloth boards with decorative blind stamping to covers. Particulars in gilt to spine. Light wear to tail of spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers. Large foldout linen backed map of "Oregon Territory" to front of book. Repair to approximately six-inch tear near top right fold line of map. Some foxing to map. Otherwise, an exceptional, crisp copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; 7½" - 8" tall; xvi, 17-408 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Washington: Rufus H. Darby. Near Fine. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in very brittle green softcovers. This copy has been rebound in green cloth with the rare original front cover pasted-on. Hinges & text are tight & intact without foxing. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of the author and 28 additional full-page photographs of people, places & artifacts connected to the assassination. The author was the door keeper who was present in Ford's Theatre on the evening of April 14, 1865. US President, Civil War, Americana ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 89 pages .

3 volumes. xii+427 pages with frontispiece portrait, 3 plates (one folding) and folding map; xiv+454 pages with two folding plate and two folding maps; xii+409+[errata] with 4 folding tables and 1 folding plate. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5") bound in original half leather with brown label in gilt lettering over marbled boards. (Howes C884. Sabin 17501. Field 388. Monaghan 503.) First edition.This work by the author had been written in his declining years. In a biography of his great-grandfather the author alleges in his introduction that the Voyage is a manuscript found in a shipwreck-and even whole chapters of which are either lost or water-soaked beyond legibility, and that he is the translator of this work. Written with greater care than his Letters, the work, except for several fanciful chapters, offers very real interest and authenticity. The numerous notes in the three volumes have appreciable interest. In the Voyage he is still writing of an agrarian Utopia. Pastoral descriptions abound-farmlands,… Read More

Boston: Sampson & Murdock Co.. Very Good+. 1927. Hardcover. Clean tan cloth with advertisements printed on both covers. Text tight, clean & intact. Illustrated with large fold out map. Containing names, occupations and addresses. Business Directory, House directory on blue pages. Street directory and miscellaneous information. Advertisements printed on orange pages. New Hampshire, New England ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 900 pages .

[28]+344 pages with facsimile plate and map laid in. Octavo (8" x 6") bound in contemporary vellum. First edition, first issue with "PRO" catchword at end of index.Francisco Palou (1723-1789) was a Franciscan missionary, administrator, and historian on the Baja California peninsula and in Alta California. Father Palou made significant contributions to the Alta California and Baja California mission systems. Along with his mentor, Junipero Serra, Palou worked to build numerous missions throughout Alta and Baja California, many structures of which still stand today. A member of the Franciscan Order, Palou became "Presidente" of the missions in Baja California, and later of missions of Alta California. Palou's work in the Spanish mission system spans from his early twenties to his death at the age of 66.Junipero Serra Ferrer, O.F.M (November 24, 1713-August 28, 1784) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San… Read More

A substantial arts and crafts trade catalog for 208 bungalow style homes. Home pictures have been cut from 15 pages presumably for sales. Plans cost from $8 to $15 . estimated construction from $758 to $4000.Near fine, bright copy= good +

xxxiv+386 pages, lacking the prescribed folding map but anomalously bound with "Carte de la Louisiane" from Antoine Le Page du Pratz Histoire, 1758, bound in at page 138. Duodecimo (6 1/2 " x 4") bound in original publisher's full contemporary speckled calf with five raised spine bands and red label in gilt lettering and decorative inserts. (Church 855. Graff 2251. Harrisse 750. Howes J266. Phillips, Maps of America, p. 367. Wagner, Spanish Southwest, 79) First edition.
Henri Joutel the preeminent eyewitness historian of the La Salle expedition. Henri Joutel was a native of Rouen, France, which also was the hometown of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. At the time the expedition was being organized, his amanuensis tells us, Joutel had just returned from "sixteen or seventeen years" in the army. Influenced by La Salle's reputation as an explorer and his own acquaintance with other members of the expedition, he decided to join.
The last phase of La Salle's extraordinary career centered on his… Read More