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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 194 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket in almost new condition; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper by the author "For Henry Reuss [Henry S. Reuss] who made so much of this writing see well. With affectionate best [signed] John G." First edition..

Paris: E. Le Heley, 1900. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First (presumed) edition. Oblong octavo (8vo). 50 plates, accompanied by printed descriptive tissue guards. Blue leatherette binding, with gilt front cover decoration of an eagle perched upon the name of Napoleon. The spine has been inexpertly repaired with masking tape, as well as the front inner hinge. All page edges are gilted. Minor browning to outer edge of margins, and paper is somewhat brittle, but not chipped. Heliotypes by E. Le Heley. Published at 73, Rue Claude Bernard, 73 in Paris, with no publisher listed. No date of publication, which is circa 1900. Included is a list of the plates, in French and English, as well as the introduction by Fleury. An unusual publication on Napoleon..

Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 1913. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). viii, 516 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Illustrated by in-text diagrams. About a dozen pages have blue pencil underlining and/or notations. First edition..

London: Richard Bentley, 1833. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 420 pages of text. Leather spine and corners with marbled paper-covered boards. The spine and top edge is slightly sunned/faded/browned and the hinges are slightly worn. Minor foxing on the first and final few pages, and very light scattered foxing throughout the text. Previous owner's early bookplate with gold crown affixed on the half-title page, with the four glue applications causing a light indentation to a few pages to follow: Margaret Poulett (likely the widowed second wife of the 4th Earl; she died in 1838 and the Poulett Lodge was thereafter sold to Andrew Maclew and contents likely dispersed). First edition..

Frankfort, KY: Printed for the Author by A.G. Hodges, 1842. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 152 pages of text. Original binding with leather backed marbled paper-covered boards and a printed paper label. The binding is moderately worn, with the front hinge cracking but remaining attached. The front and rear endpapers are foxed, with some browning to the text. Residue from label removal on the inside front cover. Howes A366. Sabin 2273. Field 52. Streeter II:1082: "The wholly believable and well expressed account of the young author's disastrous military campaign, capture and adoption by the Indians, and, most cruel of all, his imprisonment in Canada." First edition..

New York: Printed by J. & J. Harper, 1827. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 264 pages. Newer full leather binding in excellent condition, except for the exterior front hinge has cracked. New marbled endpapers. The first few pages have minor stains to the margins. Title continues "...of his companions, five in number, one of whom suffered at the stake." Howes J158, Sabin 36355, Field 784, Ayer 165, Graff 2226.Streeter Sale 1366: "one of the more interesting Indian captivities. Author and three other survivors of the Indian attack were taken to Lake Erie, where an Indian trader secured their release. Johnson was questioned by Washington about British forces at Detroit upon his release." First edition..

New York: No publisher listed, 1841. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Early edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 111 pages of text. Original paper-covered boards with leather spine (spine with minor repairs) with moderate shelfwear. Minor foxing scattered lightly throughout the text. Previous owner's name lightly in pencil on the title page and endpapers. One small page tear expertly mended. Howes J152 "Captured by Indians in New Hampshire, in 1754, she spent four years, in their hands and in those of the French, before regaining her freedom. Early American edition..

London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1789. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). vi, ix-xii, 171 pages of text, followed by iii index and [i] errata; complete as issued. Illustrated by a large fold-out map and 17 plates. The date of publication is neatly handwritten at the bottom of the title page; previous owner's stamp twice on the title page and bookplate (circa 1910) on front pastedown endpaper: Henry Von Wackerbarth. Several light pencil notations in the margins. Rebound (circa 1910) but the leather is chipped, rubbed and worn, and would greatly benefit from a rebinding. Quarto, measuring 11 inches (28cm) in height. The pages were trimmed when rebound, and two of the botanical plates are trimmed with minor loss to the image at the top margin. One botanical plate is torn into the image area, with an early repair, with minor visible damage. The entirety of the text and plates are moderately affected by foxing, and the first two leaves are lightly soiled and/or stained.… Read More

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set, complete with 11 maps and 20 color plates. Original cloth bindings are moderately sunned on the spine, with some fraying and rubbing; protected in archival mylar. The rear hinge of the first volume is cracked, remaining intact. Vol. I: xx, 494 pages, followed by 26 pages of advertisement. Vol. II: xvi, 472 pages including an index. Numerous woodcuts in text. The color plates are printed using the chromoxylograph process. Field 699; Wagner-Camp 360. During the expedition, Mr. Hind lived among the Crees and Chippeways, whom he observed and recorded in detail. One of the best, most comprehensive early works on the Indians of Canada. Previous owner's inscription neatly on the front endpaper. The single page maps are hand-colored, and the folding maps are in excellent condition and are also enhanced by hand-coloring. First edition..

London: John C. Bishop, 1852. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. First English edition. Small octavo (8vo). xvi, [17]-453 pages of text, with [2] pages of advertisement following text. Original hardcover blind stamped cloth; spine chipped and plastic taped; outer hinges cracked and chipped; inner hinges plastic taped. Co-author F. Daumas. Illustrated with a folded map. Contains previous owner marks. There was a Capetown edition issued in 1846. Mendelssohn I, p49-50. Travel, Africa, Missions..

Huntingdon, Quebec: The Gleaner Book Room, 1915. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 185 pages of text, followed by [iv] pages including a poem and publisher's advertisement. Maroon hardcover cloth binding with moderate soiling and shelfwear; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with a black & white frontispiece showing the interior of a settlement home. A few pages with small tears or creases in margins, but an intact and attractive copy of this uncommon publication..

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1842. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. [iv], 172 pages of text, followed by 24 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original brown cloth, rebacked with the gilt-lettered part of the original spine laid-down. The extremities of the boards are worn. New endpapers. Protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with 3 lithographed plates. The frontispiece is foxed. Advertisements dated October 1842. The author was employed by the British Central American Land Company "to form a settlement at Black River, about eighty miles from the Central American port of Truxillo, in the State of Honduras...". Palau 378049. First edition..

Middleboro, VT: Lawrence B. Romaine, 1956. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [ix] pages of introductory text followed by [i], 18, [i] pages of facsimile of an Indian captivity narrative originally published in 1817 which is otherwise almost unknown to exist. Limited to 250 copies printed, of which this is hand-numbered 113. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper by the publisher, Lawrence Romaine. Includes the original glassene wrapper. The text is clean and unmarked..

London: Henry Colburn, 1843. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set, complete with three folding maps and 19 plates, in original cloth bindings, protected in a custom slipcase. Vol. I: xxiv, 387 pages of text, followed by 16 pages of publisher's advertisement; maps housed in intact pocket with original pull-ribbon in the inside front cover. Vol. II: viii, 474 pages of text including an index. Original cloth bindings are worn, chipped and rubbed at the extremities, and heavily sunned/browned on the spines. All inner hinges have been archivally tissue reinforced. The frontispieces and a good number of the plates and maps have minor to moderate foxing, and there is minor foxing to the text. The maps are somewhat browned at some of the folds. Previous owner's engraved bookplate on the inside front cover of both volumes: Sir George Nugent (1757-1849). A custom-made slipcase was made to protect the books. Sabin 4390. Howes B318. First edition..

London: Hakluyt Society, 1849. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). vi, xx, 260 pages of text. Original blue stamped hardcover binding with gilt spine lettering and front cover gilt stamp of the ship "Victoria." Moderate shelfwear and sunning to spine, with chips to spine extremities; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated in black & white with three maps and one plate containing facsimiles of signatures. First Series, No. 5. Both of the folding maps are torn with no loss. Minor foxing scattered throughout text, with moderate foxing to endpapers. Accounts of the voyages of Cabot, Davis, Frobisher, and others, drawn chiefly from the works of Hakluyt, Purchas, Harris, and Foxe..

London: Printed for S. Baker, G. Leigh and T. Davies, 1768. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Second edition. Octavo (8vo). [ii], viii, 257 pages of text. Hardcover binding; dark green cloth spine with hand-lettered title label, with marbled paper-covered boards. Rear board is starting to detach. Binding is rubbed at the extremities, with moderate shelfwear, including darkening and fraying of spine. Ilustrated with a frontis depicting the scene of a shipwreck. Text is slightly shaken, with several loosened pages. Minor foxing scattered throughout text, and one page with small tear in the margin (no loss). Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper "Henry G. Lermitte." Sabin 9730 "Admiral Byron's narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling accounts in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendants with many particulars for the shipwreck in "Don Juan." Second edition..

Prato, Italy: Tipografia Giachetti, 1840. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Italian edition. Octavo (8vo). Two volumes; Complete work on Columbus, but this is the first two volumes of a work that was continued to 19 volumes. Original quarter leather binding with moderate shelfwear and rubbing. Vol. I: 551 pages; frontis, 5 plates some of which are hand-colored, and 3 single page maps. Vol. II: 459 pages; colored frontis, 1 plate, 2 single page maps. Page edges are lightly soiled. First edition in Italian..

Berlin: Seven Seas Publishers, 1967. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 155 pages of text. Original paperback binding with minor shelfwear. The pages are moderately and uniformly browned from age. The text is clean and unmarked. Front cover design by Lothar Reher..

London: Moses Pits; S. Millers, 1677. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. [xii], 358 pages of text, followed by [xii] including the errata leaf and an index. Lacks the folding map of Oxfordshire. Otherwise complete with engraved title page and 16 full-page engraved plates by Michael Burghers. Original boards with corners strengthened attached to new leather spine. Endpapers renewed. There is moderate shelfwear and rubbing. There is minor foxing and soiling scattered throughout the text, minor staining to the corners of the first and final leaves, and several pages have small tears repaired. Four issues of the first edition are known, with no priority established. In our issue the author's name is given in full and there is no reference to price on the title page. 320mm x201mm (12 1/2" x 8"). First edition, unknown/undetermined issue. Lowndes 1886..

New York: Printed for the Author by Edward O. Jenkins, 1869. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 380 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover cloth binding with moderate sunning, soiling and shelfwear. The final 70 pages have a minor stain to the top corner, affecting the margin only. Contains four color plates and numerous illustrations. Sabin 35975. First edition..