Travels In America, Performed In 1806 For the Purpose Of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio and Mississippi and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition Of Their Banks and Vicinity

ix+366 pages. Small octavo ( (7 1/4" x 4 1/4") in the original leather binding with black label in gilt to spine. (Howes:354) First printed in 1806 in London in three volumes. Second printing. Thomas Ashe (1770-1835), was born in Dublin, Ireland and was a soldier and memoirist. Much of his life was checkered with intrigue and fraud. His Memoirs and… Read more about this item

Newburyport: William Sawyer & Co., 1808. First Edition. Very good+ in full, contemporary tree calf covered boards with a gilt, red leather title block on the spine. A 16mo of 7 by 4 inches with an early prior owner's name at the top edge of the title page with scattered foxing throughout. The leather covers… Read more about this item

Newburyport: William Sawyer & Co, 1808. First American Edition. Full calf. Good +. 12mo. 366 pages. Brown calf binding with red leather title label on spine. Ex-library with old ink name of "Williamstown Library No 303 Price 137" written on the right front flyleaf. Old label removed from inside back cover. Pages toned with damp-stains on rear end… Read more about this item

Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt, 1808. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First American edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 366 pages of text. Original full calf binding with moderate to heavy shelfwear and discoloration, remaining intact and attractive. The title page has parts of the title handwritten in an old hand, and it and several other pages have small spots… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.