History of the Old Cheraws: Containing an Account of the Aboriginies of the Pedee, the First White Settlement, Their Subsequent Progress, Civil Changes, the Struggle of the Revolution, and Growth of the Country Afterward, ... from About A.D.1730 to 1810 by Gregg, Right Rev. Alexander - 1867

NY: Morrisania, 1886. First edition, limited to 250 copies signed by the author. Published NY: Morrisania, 1886. 4to., 7 3/4" x 11", vi+281pp. illustrated frontis engraved plate of author, 2 folding maps, tables, ALS laid in. Quarter bound leather and marbled boards, peach endpapers. Backstrip lacking, leather and edges worn. Internally very good, pages clean, bright, unmaked. Folding maps in very good condition, each with a minor tear in the margin attaching to the book. Scarce, and scarce to find that is not ex-library. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

Bound volume (modern gilt-lettered blue cloth & marbled paper) containing 14 octavo pamphlets
Bound without wraps, one pamphlet lacking title page & stained throughout, (Smith/ Oratory), one pamphlet closely trimmed briefly touching some text (Clayton/ Speech Central American Treaty, 1856), scattered foxing & toning, generally very good
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The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1856, 83, [1] pp.
The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1857, 112 pp.
Memorabilia Sophomorum Edited and Published by the Freshman Class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, June, 1856, 55 pp.
DAVIS, Thomas T. Address and Poem Delivered Before the Associate Chapters of the Sigma Phi Fraternity, At Their General Convention Held in Williamstown, Mass August 16, 1853 Williamstown: Published by the Alpha of Massachusetts, 1854, 37 pp.… Read More

[Albuquerque, New Mexico]:: Strong Silent Type Press,, 2023.. Edition of 20. 8 x 10"; 30 pages. Printed in intaglio from polymer plates. Printed on Anigoni papers. Ariel Rounded MT Bold for text font. Codex binding with cloth boards. Illustrated pastedowns. Includes bibliography with data and photo sources. Signed and numbered by the artist. Fred Hagstrom: "''This book is about the experience of the 'nuclear vets', service members exposed to radiation during nuclear bomb testing."  Introduction: "Between 1945 and 1980, the US, USSR, UK, France, and China carried out more than 500 atmospheric tests of nuclear weapons totaling the explosive equivalent of 440 megatons of TNT. These tests injected radioactive material into the atmosphere, much of which were widely dispersed before being deposited as fallout. Cancer investigators have been studying the health effects of radioactive fallout for decades.  "The US conducted 196 atmospheric… Read More

xiii+324 pages with frontispiece, maps, plates, illustrations, appendix and index. Quarto (10 3/4" x 7 1/4") bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine housed in custom enclosure. Translated by Buckingham Smith. Edited by Edward Gaylord Bourne. Bradford Club Series number 5. First edition limited to 125 copies of which this is number 76.
Hernando de Soto (c1500-1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru, but is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas). He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
De Soto's North American expedition was a vast undertaking. It ranged throughout what is now the southeastern United States, both searching for gold, which had been… Read More

Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas JeffersonPrinted by David Carlisle for Thomas & Andrews [et al], Boston, 1801. Eighth American Edition. In original calfskin morocco label, gilt. 364pp. folding map, and folding table - lacking the frontis. portrait of Jefferson. The map by Samuel Lewis is dated 1794. It is the same map as that issued with the Philadelphia 1794 edition. Condition: The map is torn and so is the fold-out table (please see the photos) This edition is lacking the engraved frontis. portrait of Jefferson that usually accompanies the Eighth Edition. About the Notes: Notes on the State of Virginia, by Thomas Jefferson, is at once a compendium of information about the state and a sweeping commentary on natural history, society, politics, education, religion, slavery, liberty, and law. Many consider it the most important American book written before 1800. Jefferson originally composed the work in 1781 in answer to queries posed by a French diplomat, and then revised and expanded it into… Read More

Washington, D.C.: R.C. Weightman, 1808. Hardcover. Near Fine. 123, [1] p.; 21 cm. Modern binding: black cloth spine with gilt-tooled spine title; flax paper dyed brown with aniline dye over acid-free boards. "April 12, 1808. Printed by order of the Senate." Includes communications by B.H. Latrobe and Robert Fulton on the subject of canals. Howes, G27. Albert Gallatin was Secretary of the Treasury from 1801 to 1813. He advocated an ambitious program to improve the nation's transportation infrastructure for which he was unable to muster enough support at the federal level. As had been traditionally done, such improvements were instead accomplished piecemeal during the 19th century by local governments, and by private road and canal companies. In Near Fine Condition: pages are browning but clean and tight.

1859. Boston, February 17, 1858. 8-1/2" x 5" bifolium. Boston, February 17, 1858. 8-1/2" x 5" bifolium. A Group of New England Banks Unite to Suppress Counterfeiting [Counterfeiting]. [Request for Membership Dues for the Association of Banks for the Suppression of Counterfeiting]. Boston, February 17, 1858. 8-1/2" x 5" bifolium, text to recto of first leaf, post mark and manuscript address to verso of second leaf. Vertical and horizontal fold lines, faint stains to verso of second leaf, otherwise fine. $450. * This form, which includes a receipt, was addressed to the Pittsfield Bank of Pittsfield, New Hampshire. It reads (in part): "To the cashier of the _____ Bank: Sir: At a meeting of the Board of Managers (...) it was Voted, 'That an assessment, at the rate of five dollars on each one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of Capital Stock, be laid upon the Banks for the ensuing year,' and the Treasurer, in conformity to the above vote, attaches hereto a blank receipt, that you will please fill up,… Read More

xiv+340 pages with woodcut frontispiece, text illustrations and folding map. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Edited (with notes) by Richard F. Burton. Housed in a custom enclosure. (Wagner-Camp 335:4; Cowan p.414; Graff 2677; Howes M279; Penzer p.69-70; Sabin 44515) First edition.
Randolph B. Marcy was a career soldier (he graduated from West Point in 1832) at a time when the career would be likely to involve exploration. In the 1840s, part of his role was the escorting of emigrant wagon trains through Oklahoma and Texas, and mapping their routes. In 1857, he was involved in the expedition against the Mormons in Utah, leading his men in a forced march through the Rocky Mountains in winter. In 1852, he was commander of an expedition to find the headwaters of the Red River. All this experience meant that he was the ideal author for a book on how to survive in the wilderness. As he says in his preface: A quarter of a century's… Read More

1825 Biographia Americana Founding Fathers Washington Franklin Jefferson Adams

"Biographia Americana" is a rare, 19th-century reference containing biographical sketches of all of the most important early American figures and founding fathers. Written and collected by Benjamin Franklin French, this book contains descriptions on figures such as:
· Samuel Adams
· John Adams
· Aaron Burr
· David Brainerd
· Henry Clay
· Jonathan Edwards
· Benjamin Franklin
· Marquis LaFayette
· Alexander Hamilton
· Thomas Jefferson
· Andrew Johnson
· John Jay
· George Washington
· Cotton Mather
· And so, so many others

Item number: #24727
Price: $499

FRENCH, Benjamin Franklin

Biographia americana; or, A historical and critical account of the lives, actions, and writings of the most distinguished persons in North America

New York: Published by D. Mallory, 1825. 1st edition

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1901 John Muir 1ed Our National Parks Geography Yellowstone Yosemite Illustrated
John Muir, an American naturalist and environmentalist, is considered the 'father of the national parks'. His book 'Our National Parks' is an important early 20th-century survey of the most prestigious American national parks. 'Our National Parks' features geographical studies on Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia, and details of national forests.
This 1901 first edition features impressive photograph illustrations and a map showing the locations of the western national parks.
Item number: #30915
Price: $499
MUIR, John
Our National Parks
Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1901. 1st edition
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [12], 382, [2]
o 12 plates
· References: BAL 14752
· Edition Note:
o "Published November 1901"
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; secure
o Green cloth
· Size: ~8.25in X 5.5in (21cm x 13.5cm)
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