A Collection of 5 early stereoviews of New Orleans: Algiers Dry Dock. (nr. 201); French Opera, Bourbon Street. (nr. 544); St. Louis Hotel, St. Louis Street. (Nr. 554); Mechanics Institute, Dryades Street. (nr. 536); University of Louisiana, Common Street. (nr. 512). by [New Orleans] Blessing, S.T. (Photographer) - (ca. 1866-1869)

Check is 7 3/4 X 3 ,SIGNATURE GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, VG+/NF, AS-IS. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. good. 8vo, xii, [4], 574+ [2] ads. Illustrated with engravings; 3 maps on one folding sheet. Blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine darkened, fraying to spine ends, corners rubbed, front hinge partially cracked. Embossed library stamp on a few pages, bookplate on front pastedown; otherwise unmarked. Provenance: From the collection of Burton scholar and bibliographer James Casada. Written a few years after Burton's celebrated account of his journey to Mecca and Medina, this book describes the explorer's 1860 visit to Salt Lake City. Burton, who met Brigham Young on the trip, applied his characteristic ethnographic eye to Mormon ways, and his work offers a detailed and sympathetic portrait. The appendix contains a number of Mormon documents and a Mormon chronology. Wagner-Camp 370:2; Howes B1033; Flake 1029.

2 volumes. xii+414 pages with frontispiece folding map with hand-colored routes and five plates with four folding; [4]+492 pages with tables and one folding plate. octavos (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound contemporary tree calf with black and red labels to spine in gilt lettering. Second edition.
In the last half of the eighteenth century, England and Europe were hungry for information concerning america. One of the books which had combinations of personal and borrowed observation and reflection. one of the best know is Lieutenant Thomas Anburey's Travels through the Interior Parts of America printed for William Lane in 1789. It was reckoned a valuable source on the Borgoyne campaign, in which the author served and on America, through which he traveled. Anburey's Travels are for the most part lifted from earlier publications. The work was lifted in large chunks from the accounts and descriptions of more than a dozen earlier travels, histoires and geographies. Anburey was doing only what other did-and… Read More

Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1792. In contemporary marbled calf, red morocco label with gilt lettering back, viii, 9-396 pp. Contains 28 sermons. Volume II only of the 2 volume set. Very Good, a few pages with marginal marks and notations in pencil, moderate toning throughout, boards rubbed, first front end page almost separated. The period ownership signature at title page of David Goodwin. Possibly David Goodwin (c.1744-1825), who served as a militia officer during the Revolutionary War, later represented Charlestown in the Massachusetts legislature, and he was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bible Society. Printed by Isaiah Thomas, (1749-1831), the famous Yankee patriot, printer, newspaper editor, historian, and founder of the American Antiquary Society. . Early American Imprint. Marbled Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, Lydia R. Bailey, Printer, No. 10, North Alley, 1809. SCARCE. Very Good, scattered toning and spotting. Stitched, 48 unnumbered pages : illustrations. No other copies for any years found in current commerce. RBH notes last 1810 copy at auction in 1918, previous copies for other years in 2005 and then 1964. Shaw & Shoemaker,; 17151. First Printing. String Tied. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chap Book.

Check is 7 3/4 X 3 ,SIGNATURE GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, VG+/NF, AS-IS. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. good. 8vo, xii, [4], 574+ [2] ads. Illustrated with engravings; 3 maps on one folding sheet. Blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine darkened, fraying to spine ends, corners rubbed, front hinge partially cracked. Embossed library stamp on a few pages, bookplate on front pastedown; otherwise unmarked. Provenance: From the collection of Burton scholar and bibliographer James Casada. Written a few years after Burton's celebrated account of his journey to Mecca and Medina, this book describes the explorer's 1860 visit to Salt Lake City. Burton, who met Brigham Young on the trip, applied his characteristic ethnographic eye to Mormon ways, and his work offers a detailed and sympathetic portrait. The appendix contains a number of Mormon documents and a Mormon chronology. Wagner-Camp 370:2; Howes B1033; Flake 1029.

2 volumes. xii+414 pages with frontispiece folding map with hand-colored routes and five plates with four folding; [4]+492 pages with tables and one folding plate. octavos (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound contemporary tree calf with black and red labels to spine in gilt lettering. Second edition.
In the last half of the eighteenth century, England and Europe were hungry for information concerning america. One of the books which had combinations of personal and borrowed observation and reflection. one of the best know is Lieutenant Thomas Anburey's Travels through the Interior Parts of America printed for William Lane in 1789. It was reckoned a valuable source on the Borgoyne campaign, in which the author served and on America, through which he traveled. Anburey's Travels are for the most part lifted from earlier publications. The work was lifted in large chunks from the accounts and descriptions of more than a dozen earlier travels, histoires and geographies. Anburey was doing only what other did-and… Read More

Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1792. In contemporary marbled calf, red morocco label with gilt lettering back, viii, 9-396 pp. Contains 28 sermons. Volume II only of the 2 volume set. Very Good, a few pages with marginal marks and notations in pencil, moderate toning throughout, boards rubbed, first front end page almost separated. The period ownership signature at title page of David Goodwin. Possibly David Goodwin (c.1744-1825), who served as a militia officer during the Revolutionary War, later represented Charlestown in the Massachusetts legislature, and he was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bible Society. Printed by Isaiah Thomas, (1749-1831), the famous Yankee patriot, printer, newspaper editor, historian, and founder of the American Antiquary Society. . Early American Imprint. Marbled Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, Lydia R. Bailey, Printer, No. 10, North Alley, 1809. SCARCE. Very Good, scattered toning and spotting. Stitched, 48 unnumbered pages : illustrations. No other copies for any years found in current commerce. RBH notes last 1810 copy at auction in 1918, previous copies for other years in 2005 and then 1964. Shaw & Shoemaker,; 17151. First Printing. String Tied. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chap Book.