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1857040173Chicago: Illinois Central Rail Road Office 1857. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 80pp. Bound in at front: Outline Map of Illinois; Railway Guide to the Illinois Central Rail Road Lands double-page map; woodcut frontispiece "Prairie Scene in Illinois." Six woodcuts in the text. Bound in at back: four pages of broadside-style ads printed in diaplay type on lavender stock. 1 "Passengers for St. Louis Jacksonville Naples Kansas and Nebraska should procure their tickets via Illinois Central R. Road." 2 "Great Western and Michigan Central Railway Line only direct route via Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge." 3 Great Reduction of Fare! For St. Paul! Great Western Mail Route. Galena and Chicago Union Rail Road." 4 "Passengers for St. Paul should be particular and call for tickets via Dunleith . Having Twelve Splendid Steamers." Bound in printed wrappers with prairie scene on cover. 9" x 5.5" Byrd Illinois Imprints 2683. Buck Travel and Description 559. <br/><br/> Illinois Central Rail Road Office paperback books
1851002433Washington D.C.: C. Alexander Printer 1851. Very Good paper at spine is worn but still intact and contents are bright and clean. Prior owner name stamp front endpage. 218 pages of remarkable reading with the bulk of the report given to an account in the form of a journal of the march of the regiment of mounted riflemen to Oregon from May 10 to October 5 1849 led by Major Osborne Cross. Also includes reports from other officers in the Quartermaster's Corp from Texas New Mexico California Oregon and Florida. Laid in is a single page typed a "Description of Projectiles Field Artillery Civil War'" dated Mar. 12 1936. A SCARCE and important document on the history of the American West. No maps present. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. C. Alexander, Printer Paperback books
183818533Boston: George A. Chapman 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo 132 pp in original plain brown cloth. Some chips in cloth at spine front board just holding on moderate foxing throughout. Small label "Coll. Immac. Conc. S.J." on front pastedown. A scarce account by the last man jailed in the United States for blashemy. Abner Kneeland 1774-1844 was a former Universalist minister who became a popular freethinker and reformer in the 1830s. He lectured widely and founded and edited the Boston Investigator a weekly social-reform journal that advocated public schools equality regardless of race or sex a better life for working people and the abolition of slavery and imprisonment for debt. After stating in print that he did not believe in God Kneeland was indicted for blasphemy in 1833 under a Massachusetts law enacted in 1782. He nedured multiple trials resulting in hung juries but was finally convicted in 1838 and--despite vocal support from Ralph Waldo Emerson William Ellery Channing William Lloyd Garrison Bronson Alcott and other leading reformers--jailed for two months. Here he offers an account of his prosecution as well as a vigorous defense of free thought. Sabin 38091. George A. Chapman hardcover books
184436140Washington D.C.: n.p. 1844. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 1 pp. 8vo. The main resolution was an attack on the heinous process of re-enslaving freed blacks: "Resolved. That we do most solemnly in behalf of the people of this State protest against the existence of any laws in any of the States of Territories of this Union which subject our free colored citizens to the liability to be arrested and imprisoned and to be sold into slavery for the payment of the costs of such arrest and imprisonment; that we do protest against such laws as unconstitutional and as endangering the Union." Maine approved this on March 22 1843 sent a copy to all members of the House and Senate and to all the governors of States and Territories. OCLC locates no copies. Not in Sabin Blockson Dumont Work LCP. Afro-Americana Clark: New England in U.S. Government Publications 1789-1849: 1145. n.p. unknown books
1832008336Cambridge Massachusetts: Hilliard and Brown 1832. SCARCE. First Edition 1832 a second volume The Water Birds was published separately by Hilliard and Brown in 1834. Bound in contemporary full calf gilt back with black label marbled end papers.About Very Good triangular chip to calf at head of spine label with about 50% loss boards rubbed front hinge just starting yet binding still solid. vi 683 pp. Illustrated. . First Edition. Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hilliard and Brown Hardcover books
188620050New York Philadelphia and Chicago: Historical Publishing Company 1886. Hardcover. Very good. 9.25 x 12 inches pp iv 33-292 in original blind-stamped black cloth with gilt lettering reading " Industries of Pennsylvania" on upper board. Light rubbing to corners; rear board is dampstained but interior is untouched clean and sound. Very good. A fantastic resource for the commercial history of Philadelphia containing more than 1400 entries all at least 100 words most considerably more for the city's merchants manufacturers importers wholesalers retailers professional services etc. Each listing provides the address history primary personnel and scope of activity for each business occasionally accompanied by an illustration of the premises or products produced by company. The introductory text provides a "historical and descriptive review" of industries commerce and trade in Pennsylvania and includes attractive illustrations from engravings; maps; and a complete list of post express and telegraph offices in the state. A similar guide was published for Pittsburgh in the same year. Eleven copies located in OCLC; scarce in commerce. Historical Publishing Company hardcover books
1874006663Salt Lake City: "Salt Lake Herald" Publishing Co. 1874. Very Good in original black cloth gilt title at spine cloth rubbed at tips front hinge starting advertisement pastedowns and end pages lacking the maps and frontispiece portrait of Brigham Young small book plate front pastedown and blindstamp title page of Brigham Young University call numbers painted on at spine no other library markings or indications but laid in is book purchase request undated from Indiana University Library where acquired at its recent sale. Included are a "Sketch of Mormonism" a chronology of Utah history sketches of counties mining districts pp. 112-171 government churches etc. The directory lists individuals businesses and organizations with professions and addresses. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Salt Lake Herald" Publishing Co. Hardcover books
1866008948New York: Watchman Publishing Company 1866. Very Good Minus in publisher's original brown cloth dark brown end papers 287 4 pages publisher's ads. prior owner name in pencil on dark brown end papers pencil inscription front white end page 3/8" loss of cloth at head of spine front hinge starting cloth rubbed and faded pages 12-13 with browned shadow from old clippings laid in title and facing page with old paper clip shadows scattered toning. Still a sturdy copy of a rather uncommon book that gives a woman's perspective on the closing days of the Civil War. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Watchman Publishing Company Hardcover books
185124212Saint Paul: James M. Goodhue 1851. 8vo pp. 224; original printed blue wrappers neatly rebacked; some spotting of the text but near fine copy printed by Minnesota's first printer. Martin 29. Sabin 49257 citing 1850 journal. <br/><br/> James M. Goodhue unknown books
185416729Saint Paul: printed by Brown and Olmsted 1854. Small 8vo pp. 22 2; orig. yellow printed wrappers stitched as issued; back wrap soiled else fine. Martin 72 locating only the Minnesota Historical Society copy; not in Sabin; NUC locating only the MHS copy as well. I dare say rare: in 20 years of bookselling in Minnesota this is the first time I've seen a copy. <br/><br/> printed by Brown and Olmsted unknown books
186521705St. Paul: Groff & Bailey 1865. First edition 8vo pp. 16 ads 399 including rear free endpaper and rear pastedown; 6 leaves printed on colored paper and outside the pagination are inserted; final 18 leaves in pagination also printed on colored paper; lacking front free endpaper containing ads p. 120-121 torn with loss also pp. 225-234; worn and rubbed soiling to covers else good and sound in orig. red morocco-backed printed paper-covered boards. Includes a full-p. illustrated ad for the North-Western Packet Co. James J. Hill agent. Preface identifies this directory as "the first state directory ever published in Minnesota." <br/><br/> Groff & Bailey hardcover books
185733878Boston: John P. Jewitt & Co 1857. First edition 8vo with the folding hand-colored map of Minnesota by Colton short tear at the guard pp. 159 1; generally a very good sound copy in the unusual red cloth binding gilt lettering on upper cover and spine. Howes P-85; Graff 3189; Wagner-Camp 293a. <br/><br/> John P. Jewitt & Co hardcover books
18764340Saint Paul: published by the Minnesota Historical Society 1876. First and only edition 8vo 475pp. 5 engraved portraits many others and 9 views in text; a fine copy in orig. dec. green cloth stamped in gilt and black; this copy enhanced by two ownership signatures of Edward Bromley Minneapolis Minnesota's earliest important photographer. This is the first full history of St. Paul and Ramsey County. <br/><br/> published by the [Minnesota Historical] Society hardcover books
187716249St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co 1877. 500 copies ordered printed 8vo pp.73; 4 maps 2 folding and in color; in orig. printed yellow wrappers split along back joint but in otherwise excellent condition. Winchell was the nationally-known state geologist from 1872 to 1900 and professor of mineralology and geology at the University of Minnesota. Here he provides a detailed study of the geology of Minneapolis and the surrounding area. He was also the author of one of the most respected works on the American Indian The Aborigines of Minnesota 1911. <br/><br/> Pioneer Press Co unknown books
190013559Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. First Edition. Very Good. 4to 11.5x9.5in; vii 856 pp. indices by report and Indian tribes 27 fold out maps plate images and illustrations in text; Half calf with marbled paper over covers gilt lettering on ribbed spine marbled end papers all edges trimmed with marbled ink stain; Shelf wear rubbing and splitting to covers edges and corners splits at top and bottom of front joint and hinge corners worn through heavy wear to leather binding and moderate wear scratches and stains on cloth marbled ink edges to text worn and soiled maps are fine with minimal and minor closed tears at hinge. Wickersham 9544. From Wickersham "Report submitted by Mr. Carter from the Committee on Military Affairs to whom was referred resolution no. 189 agreed to Dec. 9 1897 directing the committee to report to the Senate on the extent of explorations by the United States army in Alaska etc. S. Rep. 1023 56th Cong. 1st Sess. in v. 11.". Title page states "April 18 1900. - Reported from the Committee of Military Affairs by Mr. Carter and Ordered to Print." This is an excellent reference resource if exploration in the first 30 years that Alaska was owned by the United States. The expeditions were led by C.W. Raymond 1869; C.O.O. Howard 1875; Ivan Petroff 1880; F. Schwatka 1883; P.H. Ray 1884 1897 1898; W.R. Abercrombie 1884 1898; H.T. Allen 1897; E.H. Wells 1898; E.F. Glenn 1899; and W.P. Richardson 1899. Government Printing Office unknown books
1855204791855. Softcover. Very good. Folio 7 pp printed on blue paper in two unsewn unbound gatherings. Minor handling wear; near fine. The Rogue River Indians were not a single tribe but a conglomeration of several groups living in the Rogue River Valley of southwestern Oregon. This treaty was concluded by Indian Service Superintendent Joel Palmer on November 15 1854. According to Eberstadt it allowed the United States "to settle other Indian tribes on the Table Rock Reserve. In return the Rogue River Indians were to receive twelve horses one beef two yokes of oxen coats pants and shirts. The Indians both won and lost their shirts at the same time." Goodspeed states that "this treaty the Rogue River Indians relinquished their title to certain lands in the neighborhood of the Cascades." The Native American signatories to the treaty are listed as Jo-aps-er-ka-har Sam To-qua-he-ar and Jim Ana-cha-a-rah "headmen of the Rogue River tribe of Indians. unknown books
1840105031<p>Small family archive of letters 10 pieces in all some folio size other basic letter sheet size over 20 pages of text some docketed on reverse. Most pages are aged and browned some chips and tears a few holes at center folds a little staining but otherwise about very good. This family archive begins with a letter dated June 14 1840 and provides a glimpse of life in still early America during the pioneer period. In the first letter which is. from near Danville Missouri daughter Emily Lee and Adam Lee to father Ely Butcher in Randolph Virginia asking for money. Emily complains about poor health but tells him to consider moving out there where good land could be had. Another letter dated September 24 1840 is from Rock Island County Illinois from John H. Butcher to his father Ely in Randolph Virginia. John Butcher a farmer tells his father he is in "tolerable good health" but talks about some hard times where he lives. He comments on the rivers being very low and it appears his shipping costs were double what they should be. He stays he finds times very hard in this country harder than expected and adds he couldn’t get $1000 for his home at that time. He even makes a comment about a split in government but that the Whigs may feel they won writing not totally clear on this comment. On January 2 1842 from Danville Missouri we see another letter from Emily Lee to her father Ely Butcher in Randolph Virginia. This letter has a sad tone as Emily complains she hasn’t gotten a letter from her father in almost two years despite writing to him a few times. She says she feels neglected by her father and brothers and times are very hard. She mentions store credit is not available and they lost a horse. According to Emily her in-laws are no help and she has eight children to take care of. She tells her father she will see him in the spring and she expects him to do something about her situation. Seems like Ely’s kids are often in need and asking dad for help. On August 20 1844 John Butcher In Rock Island Illinois to Ely Butcher in Beverly Randolph County Virginia appears to be visited by his sister and his brother-in-law and sister Adam Lee and Emily lee. The farm is doing well and he indicates that oat and corn prices are "tolerable" and he expects to produce 800 bushes of corn and wheat. It appears his sister wants a divorce and it also appears John asks his father to intercede with his uncle Peyton about the land he uses. He seems to be tired of being a renter. He asks his father to negotiate a deal and help him pay for it. He apologizes for the tone of the letter but sounds a little desperate. There are also what appears to be some detailed receipts for the goods of Ely Butcher the dates appear to be 1842 and 1843. In fourth receipt the date is unclear but could be as late as 1866. A final document is a marriage certificate for Hannah Hart Butcher and the date is November 22 1911.</p> books
185520119Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood 1855. First edition 8vo xiv & 306pp. plus 16pp. ads; folding map lithograph frontis 6 wood-engraved plates and illus. in text; a worn but reasonably firm copy in orig. ochre cloth; good. Howes O-64. <br/><br/> William Blackwood hardcover books
184520259Louisville KY: Morton & Griswold 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4.25 x 7.25 inches pp xii 9-101.Original purple cloth with black leather spine title stamped in gilt on upper board. Some pale staining to boards interior very clean. All six original plates present but folding map supplied in facsimile. Variously attributed to Mammoth Cave's owner Dr. John Croghan or more likely to his journalist friend Alexander Clark Bullitt this was the first book dedicated solely to Mammoth Cave and one of the first to contain engravings of the cave as well as a map of the cave system by guide Stephen Bishop. Provides an engaging blow-by-blow account of a tour through the main rooms of the cave interspersed with historic anecdotes and also including practical information about routes to the cave road conditions and accommodations. Sabin 17590; Howes C-905. Morton & Griswold hardcover books
187921394San Francisco: Wood Alley & Co 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Title continues: With Descriptions of Scenes As Viewed By The Pioneers The First American Argonauts of California; The Bear Flag; The Discovery of Gold; The Progress of Population and Agriculture; The Mexican Grants; The Principal Murders; Incidents of Settlement Elections and Table of County Officers and Histories of Its Cities Towns Villages Churches Schools Secret Societies Etc. As Also a Full and Particular Biography of Its Early Settlers and Principal Inhabitants. 503 pp illustrated with portraits. Rebound with new endpapers spine and corners in red buckram but retaining original boards. Title and date stamped on spine. Clean and tightly bound. Rocq 14603 Cowan p. 597 Howes M-897. Wood, Alley & Co hardcover books
1852006925Brooklyn New York: Oneida Community 1852. 12 issues 1852-1853 with 2 being duplicate issues all Very Good to Near Fine 4 issues with period prior owner names at top front some creasing some light toning and a few issues with notebook holes at spine. Includes Vol. I Nos. 16 and 18 Feb. 22 and Mar. 14 1852 Vol. II Nos. 4 7 26 29 1 dupl. 30 31 35 and 37 1 dupl. Nov. 27 and Dec. 8 1852 and Feb. 21 23 26 Mar. 2 16 23 1853. Issues from the first 2 years of this publication are SCARCE. . First Edition. Newsprint. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Oneida Community Paperback books
1830005220Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1830. Disbound only parts of spine remaining from original 3/4 leather with red and black spine labels original string tiescomplete. 293 pgs with light scattered foxing and toning. "The committee to whom were referred the memorial of the African Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States; also sundry memorials from the inhabitants of the State of Kentucky and a memorial from certain free people of color of the State of Ohio report:". SCARCE. A fascinating document. . First Edition. Disbound. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Government Printing Office Paperback books
1900008178London and Boston : Grant Richards / L. C. Page & Co. 1900. SCARCE First Edition of his first published book. Herbert H. Munro would go on to write under the pen name of Saki or just H.H. Munro becoming well-known for sardonic writing on Edwardian society generally in the form of short stories. Very Good in original yellow cloth the cloth lightly soiled small rubs at spine ends and corners. slight toning to end pages the name stamp of Rawson Bennett front gutter and at p.143. Rawson Bennett was "Head of Electronics Design Division from 1943 to 1946. He was awarded the Legion of Merit 'for exceptionally meritorious conduct' during his tour of duty in the Bureau of Ships. The citation further states: 'he also designed sonic and supersonic underwater sound apparatus so urgently required by the Fleet for the destruction of Axis submarines and Japanese shipping"." He retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral.Naval History and Heritage Command website. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grant Richards / L. C. Page & Co. Hardcover books
1846007087New York: Robert Carter 1846. Handsomely bound in quarter red leather over maroon cloth boards gilt title and 4 raised bands at spine small label front paste down "S.C. Toof & Co. Printers Lithographers Binders Memphis". Prior owner name front end page a 2nd prior owner name 3rd end page that of J.O. Stedman. James Owen Stedman 1811-1882 was a noted Presbyterian minister in Memphis. Very Good light rubbing to leather at tips creases top corner front end pages moderate foxing throughout. A quite handsome copy of this early history of the Presbyterian Church in North Carolina. . First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert Carter Hardcover books
180637539Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1806. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 4 pp. 8vo. Discusses whaling and the duty on American oil. Shaw & Shoemaker 11714. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown books
