Americana

Boston: Nimrod Press, 1970. 8vo sized teal clothbound hardcover with silver titles on cover and spine. Embossed church decoration on front cover. 179 bright, white pages. There is a list of pastors, a selected bibliography and an index. There are black and white illustrations including frontispiece and title page as well as black and white photographs. Preface by Rev. Frederick M. Meek, D.D. (then) Minister, Old South Church in Boston. Contents include: The Church is Gathered Who Were These 28 Men? The Cedar Meetinghouse Is Built "In Two Sevens of Years THat Breach Was Healed" Church of England Worship is Established "The Woeful Decade" A Golden Age Begins A New Meetinghouse Is Built "We Had a Week of Sabbaths" Mass Meetings in the Old South When Boston Gates Were Shut Controversy Prevails The Old South Moves to Back Bay George Angier Gordon The Modern World Comes In Winslow was a historian and professor (at Wellesley College and Radcliffe College among others) who… Read More

1910 Stories of Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Americana Texas INDIANS French 9v

"Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government."
– Buffalo Bill Cody

In a remarkable early life as an Indian scout, trapper, miner and Pony Express rider, William F. Cody developed a reputation for courage. Yet it was buffalo hunting that earned his nickname. Cody garner his fame and fortune when he turned his life into a theatrical spectacular which toured the United States and Europe. Cody is credited for almost single-handedly inventing the Wild West.

In the early 20th-century, there was a demand for stories of Buffalo Bill's life and adventures – not only in America! These short stories tell the stories of the American west published in Paris by Eicher.

Item number: #9885
Price: $499
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The Buffalo Bill Stories. A weekly publication devoted to border life.
Paris: Eicher, [1910]. 1st issues

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1785 1st ed Colonial America TAX Law Boston Sullivan Appeal to Impartial Public
James Sullivan's "Appeal to the Impartial Public" is a short pamphlet-like work written on local tax disputes in early Massachusetts. Sullivan sought to plea with Christians, Jews, and Catholics in the Boston area in hopes of gaining more defense against tax changes.
Item number: #15070
Price: $599
SULLIVAN, James
An appeal to the impartial public : by the Society of Christian Independents, congregating in Glocester.
Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes & Son, 1785. First edition.

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o 38
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References: Sabin 27591; Evans 19028
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Language: English
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Binding: Pamphlet; tight & secure
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Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)
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1921 Yosemite National Park Ansel Hall SIGNED Indians Geology Illustrated Map

Ansel F. Hall's "Handbook of Yosemite National Park" is a compendium of 17 articles on the Yosemite region by the leading scientific authorities and naturalists covering various topics. The Handbook includes information on Indians, policy of the Park Service, geology, birds, mammals, reptiles, flowers, fishes, and much more.

This 1921 edition includes the author's inscription and features 27 black and white illustrations throughout as well as a folding map!
Item number: #13457
Price: $499
HALL, Ansel F
Handbook of Yosemite National Park ... Articles ... Edited by A.F. Hall, etc.
New York; London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. First Edition.
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o xiii, [1], 347, [1]
o 28 illustrations
27 black and white photos
1 folding map
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Provenance: Author's Inscription – Ansel F. Hall, 1922
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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1884 1ed Confederate War Papers General Gustv Smith Battle Seven Pines Civil War

Gustavus Woodward Smith was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, best remembered for his role in the Battle of Seven Pines. When General Joseph Johnson was injured, Smith took over the commanding role until his health deteriorated and Robert E. Lee ultimately took over.
Following the war, Smith published a memoir of his experience in the war. 'Confederate War Papers' covers topics including Jefferson Davis's presidential election, battle tactics and maneuvers, Confederate defenses and forts, and much emphasis on the Battle of Seven Pines. However, according to Nevins,
"Smith was a failure as a general; this work is largely his rationalization for shortcomings at Seven Pines."
Item number: #14309
Price: $499
SMITH, Gustavus W
Confederate War Papers
New York, Atlantic Pub. and engraving Co., 1884. 1st edition

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Assorted Billheads, Roanoke Virginia, 1915-1919
Collection includes 60 individual billheads from 37 different suppliers to the families of Dr. Joseph A. Gale and pharmacist Paul. P. Hunter, Roanoake Virginia. Clothing, Bicycles, Hardware, Ostrich Feathers, autos and parts, groceries, photography – and one for artwork sold to Gale by bookseller John Rosenbach
Condition: Good to Fine.

1839 Constitution Secret Proceedings United States Debates Americana Yates LAW
Robert Yates's 'Secret Proceedings' was the first work published to offer answer and understanding to the work of the Federal Convention, which occurred nearly a half-century earlier. This work is perhaps one of the most important books to cover the discussions of the American constitutional establishment. It contains the United States Constitution and other important American documents as well.

Item number: #17271
Price: $499
YATES, Robert
Secret proceedings and debates of the convention assembled at Philadelphia, in the year 1787 : for the purpose of forming the Constitution of the United States of America
Richmond, Va.: Wilbur Curtiss, 1839.

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References: Sabin 78749; Howes Y3
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Provenance: Handwritten – A. H. Robinson
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative green cloth
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Dracut, Massachusetts: Dracut Historical Society, 1982. Signed, limited first edition, #548. Published Dracut, Massachusetts: Dracut Historical Society, 1982. Folio, 9" x 11 1/4", 195pp., illustrated with hundreds of b/e reproductions. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Signed by author and photographer on title page, along with a gift inscription. Near fine in very good dust jacket with a chip at the heel and wear along the edges. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio.

Philadelphia. Printed by James and Johnson, 1791 & London, Reprinted for J. Johnson... 1792. 8vo, 21.2cm, The First English edition. complete with engraved frontis portrait, "Mico Chlucco the Long Warrier, or King of the Siminoles", and 7 engraved plates (one folding), and 1 engraved folding map, attractively bound in modern restoration style fine binding, in half speckled tan calf, blind and gilt ruled raised bands, crushed crimson morocco label, contemporary style marbled boards, faint library stamp and number on the title page, armorial bookplate of Henry James Grasett ("meliora sequi"); a fine copy. (cgc). Howes B-220. Sabin 3870. Pilling, Iroquoian, p10. de Renne I, p250n. ~ William Bartram was a renowned naturalist and son of John Bartram, the noted botanist. His father's good friend, Peter Collinson, the English naturalist, thought William's sketches and drawings to be "elegant performances" and showed them to Dr. John Fothergill, a botanist and like William, a Quaker, who extended his… Read More

Paris. Ponce et Godefroy, c.[1784]. 4to, 26x 22.5cm, un-paginated, Being: 16 numbered engraved plates, (including engraved title-page & 2 maps), plate #4 unnumbered, each plate with descriptive engraved text, the contents are listed on the last plate, bound in recent hand-made paper over boards with original tissue guards, black stamped titles along the spine, some light foxing throughout, the plates are clean clear strike, fine condition thus. Sabin 68421; Howes C582. This collection of engraved plates provide a visual history of some of the key events of the American Revolution. The views include several small vignettes on first and final plates; the capture of a tax-collector; the Battle of Lexington; the surrender at Saratoga; the taking of Senegal, Grenada, Tobago, and Dominica; the capture of Pensacola by Galvez; Cornwallis' surrender; the skirmish at St-Eustache; the siege of Fort St-Philippe in Minorca; the attack on St. Chrisopher; a map of the various European settlements in what became the… Read More

1896 General Nelson Miles 1ed Civil War Indian Wars Custer Catlin Remington ART

Nelson Appleton Miles was a 19th-century American military officer who was most remembered for his involvement in the Civil War and the American Indian Wars. In his personal memoirs, he wrote of great battles throughout American, his account of the election of Abraham Lincoln as President, surveys of the trans-continental railroad, and personal studies of Native Americans, along with that of George Catlin. His memoirs, or 'Personal Recollections', focuses primarily on his experiences with Indians, rather than pertaining to his career as a Civil War general.
According to Nevins,
"In both of his memoirs, Miles treated his Civil War service as but a prelude to his successes against the hapless Indians of the West."
Item number: #40268
Price: $499
MILES, Nelson A. ; REMINGTON, Frederic (Illus.)
Personal recollections and observations of General Nelson A. Miles : embracing a brief view of the Civil War, or, From New England to… Read More

1855 1ed/1st Religious Toleration Act 1649 Slaves Indians Day-Star American Freedom
A rare, first edition of the 19th-century historical treatise on the colonial history of America entitled, 'The Day-Star of American Freedom.' Written by George Lynn-Lachlan Davis, this work focuses primarily on the religious history of the American colonies with special attention given to the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649. This law required religious tolerance in all the colonies and granted freedoms to all Christians, preventing persecution based on religion. Notably, this book also covers the impact of the Toleration Act on Native American Indians and African slaves.
Item number: #40029
Price: $499
DAVIS, George Lynn-Lachlan
The Day-Star of American Freedom; or the Birth and Early Growth of Toleration, in the Province of Maryland: with a Sketch of the Colonization upon the Chesapeake and its Tributaries, Preceding the Removal of the Government from St. Mary's to Annapolis; and A Glimpse of the Numbers and General… Read More

Thew, Robert. Fanny Kemble (Butler) as Isabella, "Merciful Heaven!" New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1859. Engraving, portrait print by Robert Thew of Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble Butler (1809-1893) in costume as Isabella in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. The sheet measures 10 in x 7 ¼ in, with a vignette-decorated border of scenes from the play around an oval image, showing Fanny Kemble Butler in a full-figure pose. Once an illustration in a book, now disbound, with original tissue guard still attached, now torn. Slight chipping of the upper right-hand corner of the sheet, with no image loss.

Du Bose Heyward. Mamba's Daughters, A Novel of Charleston. Grosset & Dunlap Reprint Edition. Copyright 1929 Du Bose Heyward. States 1929 on the title page. USED. Very Good Condition/ Very Good G&D dust jacket. 311 Pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾.

New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1961. No DJ. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front flyleaf: "To 'Old Jake;' mentor, friend, master: see if these years of study under thee hath taught me a blessed thing herein-- Clay Fisher 6-3-61." The author is perhaps better known by his real name, Will Henry. Textblock is clean; covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with bumped corners, fading, and soiling. Overall a solid little copy. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.