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Reminiscences of Frontier Life on the Upper Neosho in 1855 and 1856

Van Gundy, John C. · 1925

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

[Topeka], [College Press], 1925. First edition. Stiff textured brown paper wrappers. 41 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w plates. 8vo. One of two printings that year according to Howes. Howes V33. Near fine, minor wear, a few tiny stains to spine.

Report by Wm. C. Prescott, Esq. , March 8, 1866, on the Uncle Sam Sr. And Gold Canon Silver Mines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada

[Comstock Load. Silver Mining] Prescott, William C. · 1866

$275.00 (€249.52 | £208.17 | ¥43,914)

[Boston?], 1866. First edition. Self wrappers. 7 pp. Sm. 4to. Includes comparison with the Gould & Curry and the Ophir mines. Eberstadt 138: 509. A very good copy, one corner creased, minor wear and soiling to margins.

[Genealogical Table] the American Ancestry and the Descendants of Alonzo and Sarah (Weston) Kimball of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Hobbs, William Herbert · 1902

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

n.p. Private Printing, 1902. First edition. Removed. 1 sheet. 21 3/4 x 17 inches folded to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. 21 3/4 x 17 inches. The table removed from a book of the same name. Near fine, tiny hole at center fold .

Report of the Department of Mines, Nova Scotia. For the Year 1874

[Nova Scotia. Department of Mines] · 1875

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Halifax, N.S. Citizen Publishing Company; [King's Printer], 1875. Paper wrappers. 88 pp. [1] errata + 2 [pp.] map. Illus. with b/w map. 6 1/2 x 9 inches. 8vo. Last report for the first (of three) gold rush in Nova Scotia which began in 1861 and lasted until 1874. "Gold product...

Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Transcactions No. 1. 1879-1880

[Canada] Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club · 1880

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Ottawa, Citizen Printing and Publishing Company, 1880. First edition. Paper wrappers. 62 pp. + [2 leaves] plates. Illus. with 2 b/w plates. 8vo. The first issue of this publication. Includes James Fletcher: Flora Ottawensis, minutes and notes o seven soirees, rules, and annual...

Notes on the Progress of the Iron Trade of Cleveland on the North-East Coast of England

Bell, Isaac Lowthian · 1878

$200.00 (€181.47 | £151.39 | ¥31,937)

Middlesbrough, England, The Printing and Publishing Company, 1878. First edition. Paper wrappers. 20 pp. [2 pp.] chart + folding map. Illus. with 1 color map. In small red print on front wrapper: "Prepared for the Paris Exhibition, 1878, and distributed by the North of England...

The Boston Committee in Canada. A Series of Eight Letters Reprinted from the Boston Atlas

[Haskell, Daniel H.] · 1851

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Eastburn's Press, 1851. First edition. Paper wrappers. 43 pp. Sm. 8vo. Canadian-New England relations. A good copy, wrappers toned, lightly soiled, repaired / reinforced along spine and top edge, remnants on rear wrapper, author's name penciled in on title, library sta...

Obituary Addresses Delivered on the Occasion of the Death of Zachary Taylor, President of the United States: In the Senate and House of Representatives, July 10, 1850 with the Funeral Sermons by Rev. Smith Pyne, Dd, Rector of St. John's Church, Washington, Preached in the Presidential Mansion, July 13, 1850

[Taylor, Zachary] Pyne, Smith · 1850

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Washington, D.C. William M. Belt, 1850. Disbound. 107 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w frontis engraving. Each page bordered in black. Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was a Mexican american war hero , who served as the 12th president of the United States, and who once told Southern senators t...

[Engraved Plate] Mexico, Mejico [Mid-19th Century]

Rouargue, [Adolphe y Emile] · 1854

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Paris, Furne a Paris, 1854. 11.5 x 16 cm on 16.5 x 25.5 cm sheet. B&W gravure entitled "Mexico (Mejico)" by Adolph Rouargue (1810-1870), published at Furne, Paris. Undated. From Géographie universelle de Malte-Brun. Scattered foxing, dampstain on margins not affecting image.

[Archive] Large Collection of Letters Pertaining to the CIVIL War Round Table of New York from Carl Haverlin, Its First President, and a Broadcasting Pioneer

[Civil War Roundtable of New York] Haverlin, Carl · 1972

$450.00 (€408.30 | £340.64 | ¥71,859)

New York; Northridge, CA, 1972. 52 items. Mostly 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Mostly typed letters signed by radio broadcasting pioneer and First president of Broadcast Music Inc, (BMI) Carl Haverlin (1899-1985), who was also a renowned authority on Abraham Lincoln & the Civil War, the ...

Memoir of Col. Alexander Biddle

Baird, Henry Carey · 1899

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

[Philadelphia], n.p. 1899. First edition. Paper wrappers. 10 pp. 8vo. Presentation copy. "Read before the American Philosophical Society, October 20, 1899." Institutional stamp on first leaf, gift slip tipped into rear wrapper, from Henry Carey Baird, March 14, 1900. Alexander...

Circular. To the Bondholders and Stockholders of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company

(Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railway Company) · 1864

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(New York), n.p. 1864. First edition. Self wrappers. 7 pp. 8vo. Proposed bond issue, letters, telegrams, and court documents pertaining to lease agreement with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway (1862) was the reoganized Pittsburg...

Madrid En Sus Diarios II, 1845-1859

Agulló y Cobo, Mercedes, ed · 1965

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Madrid, Instituto de Estudios Madrileños, 1965. First edition. Paper wrappers. 454 pp. Sm. 4to. Por el Seminario de Bibliografía Hispánica de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de Madrid. Very good, wrappers worn along edges and spine, contents fine.

A Memorial of Rev. Thomas Leffingwell Shipman, Read Before the New London County Historical Society

Clarke, W.B. · 1889

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New London, [CT], Geo. E. Starr; New London County Historical Society, 1889. First edition. Paper wrappers. 21 pp. 8vo. Cover title: "In Memoriam. Rev. Thomas Leffingwell Shipman, A Commemorative Address Delivered by Rev. W.B. Clarke, December 11th, 1888. Very good, wrappers c...

Sermon Occasioned by the Death of His Excellency Dewitt Clinton, Late Governor of the State of New York. Preached in St. George's Church, N.Y. , on Sunday, February 24, 1828

[Clinton, Dewitt] Milnor, James · 1828

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York, Printed by Gray and Bunce, 1828. First edition. Disbound. 26 pp. 8vo. "Published at the request of the Vestry of St. George's Church." Sabin 49131. American Imprints 34145. Removed from a larger volume else very good, light browning and soiling.

Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Newark, Ohio, Sunday, September 19th, 1875. In Memory of the Rev. Henry Martyn Hervey, Late Pastor of the Above Church

Bower, William · 1876

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Granville, OH, Press of E.MP. Brister, 1876. First edition. Paper wrappers. 22 pp. [3 pp.]. 8vo. Cover Title: "In Memoriam. Rev. Henry Martyn Hervey." Hervey was the author of "Historical Sketches of the Presbyterian Churches in Licking county, Ohio." Besides the sermon, inclu...

Autobiography of Major Samuel Gregg. 1806

Gregg, Samuel · 1903

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

[St. Louis?], n.p. 1903. First edition. Paper wrappers. 11 pp. Sm. 4to. "Copy of Manuscript found among the Papers of Washington P. Gregg, of Boston, Mass. by Miss Lucinda J. Gregg - endorsed: 'Samuel Gregg, of Petersborough, N.H. Brief account by him of his family, written in...

Sketch of General James Wilson of New Hampshire

Briggs, James F. · 1902

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Manchester, NH, Manchester Historic Association, 1902. First edition. Paper wrappers. frontis, 26 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w photo. Sm. 4to. Gift slip for the New England Historic Genealogical Society tipped into to rear wrapper, from S.C. Gould of Manchester, N.H. on April 8, 1902...

A Sermon Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, September 3, 1854, the Sabbath Immediately Succeeding the Funeral of the Hon. John Townsend

Sprague, William B. · 1854

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Albany, C. Van Benthuysen, 1854. First edition. Black paper wrappers. 26 pp.; 17 pp. 8vo. "With an Appendix, illustrative of Mr. Townsend's life and character." John Townsend (1783–1854) was three time Mayor of Albany, NY. Sabin 89744. Wrappers chipped, nearly detached, else v...

American Manufactures. An Adjourned Meeting of the Citizens of the City of Philadelphia, Friendly to American Manufactures Was Held in the County Court House, on Saturday the 2d of October, 1819

Lawler, Matthew; Raguet, Condy · 1819

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.47 | ¥27,945)

Philadelphia, n.p. 1819. First edition. Self wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. The report contains the committee's findings on Philadelphia manufactures in 1814, 1816, and 1819 which notes its importance: "Although they made report in part, on the 4th ult. containing a statement of the sit...