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185623881Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1856. Hardcover. Good. A substantial but incomplete 29-volume run comprised of volumes 18 1822 20-21 1824-25 23--48 1827-1852 and 52 1856. One physical volume containing two years 24 issues otherwise each ontains a full year 12 issues. Mixed bindings with some volumes in contemporary calf or paper-covered boards some in later three-quarter leather or buckram some only stitched together no further binding. Most ex-library some with detached boards or torn wrappers but all text complete. Some scattered foxing and toning to pages but generally quite clean. Not pretty but a good reference set. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missionswas founded in 1810 with the aim of spreading Christianity worldwide and grew to be the largest and most important missionary organization in the United States. Although Congregationalist in origin the organization also included missionaries from Presbyterian and Dutch and German Reformed churches. It sent missionaries to far-flung locations around the world including India Ceylon China Singapore Siam the Sandwich Islands/Hawaii and other Pacific Islands and many locations in the Middle East and Africa. Men and women were also sent to minister to the native peoples of North America including the Choctaws Cherokees Dakotas Ojibwas Senecas Tuscaroras and Abenaquis. The reports of these missionaries as published in The Missionary Herald offer highly valuable primary source material on the history of the regions and peoples they visited. Due to the size and weight of this set additional shipping charges may apply depending on method and distance of shipment. Please inquire for a quote. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions hardcover
181124382Washington 1811. Hardcover. Good. Wilkinson was believed to be Aaron Burr's primary co-conspirator in an alleged scheme the details of which are still disputes to detach the Western states and the Louisiana Territory from the Union and establish a new nation. Issued several years in advance of the actual second part of his Memoirs published in 1816 this volume was Wilkinson's attempt to defend himself against the "torrent of vilification" and "tempest of persecution" he experienced when the scandal broke. It was first issued in 1810 under the title "Memoirs of General Wilkinson Volume II" then again in 1811 with an added "Burr's Conspiracy Exposed" title page and additional one-page "Advertisement" relating the reasons for publishing this volume in advance of the completed Memoirs. This copy has only the "Burr's Conspiracy" title page not the half-tile identifying it as Memoirs of General Willkinson Volume II but there is faint evidence that the page was there and removed. Advertising leaf dated May 1 1811 present. 8vo pp. 4 3-18 3-99 136. Bound in quarter red leather and marbled boards. Spine leather damaged has a scorched appearance possibly oxidation with the original gilt titles Wilkinson's Memoirs" and "Burr's Conspiracy" just barely visible. Otherwise in very good condition with untrimmed page edges sound binding and clean text. Penciled note about the scarcity of the work on verso of front free endpaper facing title page. Sabin 104028; Howes W-428; Streeter Sale 1700; Tompkins 107 noting that "Wilkinson had been accused of having secured money from the Spanish government and also of being an accomplice of Burr and his conduct had been investigated by Congress'. hardcover
8807Albuquerque: Mark Attwood 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st and only edition: "This book is no. 41 in a limited edition of 50. Printed from linocuts on Rives heavyweight paper using a Dufa flat-bed offset press." On the next page preceding the title page: "Another Day in Paradise is a collection of images by a group of people from different countries and backgrounds. Artists printers students curators a director and a doctor participated. Each person was invited to make a linocut on the theme of 'Another Day in Paradise'. No images were edited. One book was printed for each participant." The book is lg. 8vo bound in coarse linen with no titles untrimmed edges. Condition vg; the binding has been slightly distorted by the laying in of a linocut described below. No text in the book other than that quoted above. Attwood whose blindstamped chop-mark appears on the above-quoted limitation page was certified a master printer by Albuquerque's Tamarind Institute about this time; he was soon to return to his native South Africa to found the Artists' Press which arguably has become as important to printmaking in Africa as Tamarind is in the U.S. Famous South African artist Erika Hibbert currently published there by Attwood contributes to this book in what may be her first appearance. Also appearing are Rebecca Schnelker Tamarind curator since 1978 and co-compiler of the Tamarind catalog raisonne; Garo Antreasian Tamarind's first director; Jeff Ryan who with Attwood helped invent the technique of dry lithography; Rita Deanin Abbey author Edward Abbey's second wife who still exhibits in Santa Fe; Bill Lagattuta shop manager at Tamarind; Jaune Quick-To-See Smith a Flathead-Shoshone artist whose work is in much demand; Pawel Frackiewicz who heads the Academy of Fine Art in Wroclaw Poland; Marge Devon a director of Tamarind; Mary Ristow who had a solo show in 1999; Jose Rodriguez now a well-known plein-air painter; Valerie Arber whose work inhabits the Rule Gallery in Denver and about 20 others. This copy apparently belonged to contributor Martha Slaymaker who is exhibited in the Albuquerque airport among many other places and was a fine artist in many media. Her son now runs the company she founded Slaymaker Fine Art Ltd. Laid in are 2 extra copies of her litho and also her original linocut the piece of linoleum itself. Interestingly she SIGNED the linoleum but faintly so her name cannot be seen on the printed versions. <br/> <br/> Mark Attwood hardcover
12841Santa Fe: Great Southwest 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Witter Bynner photos. #39 of only 50 copies. Elegantly bound in a black cloth photo album tied with a ribbon in a matching black slipcase with the title on the end. Photos mounted on black paper. All text hand-lettered in white ink is on the title page limitation page and 2 following pp. of captions for the photos. 25 in all they are prints made from Bynner's original negatives and chronicle the trip he took with the Lawrences to Mexico described in his book 'Journey with Genius". All parts in fine condition. <br/> <br/> Great Southwest hardcover
1841008954London: Published By the Author at the Egyptian Hall Piccadilly 1841. Book. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Tall 8vo. "Written During Eight Years Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America in 1832 33 34 35 36. 37 38 and 39. With 400 Illustrations carefully engraved from His Original Paintings." Two volumes in contemporary bright red cloth with decorations and lettering in gilt and black at front covers and spines. With decorative end papers. Very Good spines slightly sunned and with slight lean hinges starting with rear hinge Vol. I open all hinges holding well. At first blank end page both vols. an 1890s prior owner name and prior owner inscription detailing provenance. Fold-out map at frontis Vol. I and frontis map and map at p. 259 Vol. II are Fine. The First Edition of Catlin's self-published classic 2nd issue with error "Frederick" for "Zedekiah" on page 104 line 26 of Volume I corrected. Alll illustrations in black and white. No errata slip found. Interior pages clean and bright a quite pleasing set. Published By the Author, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly Hardcover
1841DEMO016689ILondon: Published by the Author 1841. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. George Catlin engravings. Octavos 264 266pp. 19th C red half morocco edgeworn extra gilt spines 1 board tender. <br/><br/>Howes C241; Wagner-Camp-Becker 84:1; Pillling 681 q.v.'; Sabin 11536; not in Field's Indian bibliography . Uncited variant: This edition was printed by "W. and A.K. Johnston printers Edinburgh and London." I have not found another copy so described nor are the maps identified as being engraved by Tosswill & Myers; also this does not have the mistake of "Frederick" for "Zedekiah" on p.104. Note: the collation appears to match the Siebert copy Siebert Catalogue of 1999 vol.2 no. 838 altho I count 75102= 177 leaves of plates not 176 plus the 3 maps one folding in v.1. William Clark the famed co-explorer and later the Indian Agent headquartered in St. Louis testified that "I have seen Mr. Catlin's Collection of Portraits of Indians east of the Rocky Mountains many of which were familiar to me and painted in my presence: and as far as they have included Indians of my acquaintance the likenesses are easily recognized baring the most striking resemblances to the originals as well as faithful representations of their costumes." Illustrated with George Catlin's engravings. Published by the Author hardcover
179724060London: J. Debrett 1797. Hardcover. Good. Third and most complete edition of this work "in which form it was the most informative compilation on the West at the end of the 18th century" Streeter. 8vo xii 598 pp index in modern leather binding with new modern endpapers and flyleaves with four folding maps -- three original and one in a nicely made facsimile. The three original maps are: A Map of The Western Part of the Territories belonging to the United States of America with splits small losses archival repairs to verso; A Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio; and A Map of the Tennassee sic Government Formerly Part of North Carolina. The facsimile is A Map of the State of Kentucky from Actual Survey by Elihu Barker of Philadelphia. The most important eighteenth-century guide to the Trans-Allegheny region. Imlay was a surveyor and land speculator in Kentucky and the first part of this book and the entirety of the first edition consists of a series of descriptive letters designed to attract settlers to the interior. This is followed by Filson's important work on the history of Kentucky Boone's autobiographical account and other valuable material including Thomas Jefferson's 1791 "Report of the Secretary of State.of the Quantity and Situation of the Lands not Claimed by the Indians." Field 747; Howes I-12; Sabin 34358; Streeter Sale 1525. J. Debrett hardcover
1866007591Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1866. Book. Very Good Plus. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition in original plum cloth spine lettering and decoration in gilt wreath decoration stamped with borders in blind on boards dark brown end pages 286 pp. Very Good Plus spine lightened from sun gilt lettering a bit dulled yet quite legible small fray top edge of spine scattered light foxing. A tight square copy of this Thoreau classic uncommon in such lovely condition. Contains his important essay "Civil Disobedience" originally published in 1849 as "Resistance to Civil Government" which has served as a call to action and inspired generations ever since. Ticknor & Fields Hardcover
179341013Philadelphia: Printed by E. Oswald 1793. 375 49 pp as issued. Acts of all three Sessions of the First Congress paginated continuously. First Session 122 pages; Second Session pages 123- 286; Third Session pages 287-360; followed by "Appendix containing such acts of the Congress under the Confederation as may be thought most important to be generally known in the administration of the present government" pages 361-375. followed by unpaginated Table of Contents for each Session and Index. Bound in modern calf new endpapers portion of original endpaper with 1794 ownership signature of John Davis laid down. Scattered spotting. Two wormholes at leaf 13-14 affecting several letters. Good plus or so.<br /> <br /> The Constitution without Amendments is printed followed by Acts of the three Sessions of the First Congress. The Appendix includes the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.<br /> The First Session convened on March 4 1789; the Second on January 4 1790; and the Third on December 6 1790. Printed here among other landmarks are the first Judiciary Act establishing "the Judicial Courts of the United States;" the Census; the definition of Treason; North Carolina's land cessions; the Military Establishment; creating the seat of Government at the District of Columbia; admiralty; taxation and duties; admission of Kentucky into the Union from the Virginia Cession; admission of Vermont; the Bank of the United States; the Whisky Tax; establishment of the Post Office and Post Roads etc. etc. etc. Each Act has its date of approval with the signature of President Washington in type.<br /> ESTC W14824. Bristol B8506. Shipton & Mooney 46908. Printed by E. Oswald unknown
179537986Philadelphia; Philadelphia: John Fenno 1795. Folio. 205 1 blank; 114 12 pp. Each Journal is a separate imprint with separate title page each complete with Index bound together in contemporary calf with raised spine bands and gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Light occasional toning Very Good. Old Historical Society bookplate and 'withdrawn' stamp on the plate. Laid in is the title page for pamphlet entitled "Extracts from the Journals of Congress Relative to the Capture and Condemnation of Prizes and the Fitting of Privateers." Philadelphia: Dunlap. 1776 Evans 15154.<br /> <br /> These documents print Messages of President Washington including his December 1793 Address opening the Session his first Message to Congress since his re-election. He warns "The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that contrary to the order of human events they will for ever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld if not absolutely lost by the reputation of weakness." Washington urges fairness in commerce with the Indians: "It ought to be conducted without fraud without extortion with constant and plentiful supplies." <br /> Washington is profoundly annoyed with Citizen Genet who has sought "to involve us in war abroad and discord and anarchy at home." The First Session records Federalists' successful challenge to Albert Gallatin's election as Senator from Pennsylvania on the ground that he had not satisfied the Constitution's nine-year citizenship requirement. Affidavits and other information are printed regarding Gallatin's early years in the country. Also discussed are fiscal matters; the Bank of the United States; the treaty with England and other foreign policy issues; protection of the frontier and military questions; the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution withdrawing federal courts' jurisdiction of suits against a State by citizens of another State; and a host of other matters. The Session closed in May 1794. <br /> The President's Message opening the Second Session focuses on the Whisky Rebellion the major domestic event of the day. Washington recounts the attacks upon federal officers including the kidnapping of a federal marshal; and his careful measured response finally calling out the militia. The Second Session devotes much attention to matters affecting the militia and issues involving Creek Indian lands within the State of Georgia.<br /> Evans 27911 29724. John Fenno unknown
1951010395New York: Reporter Publications Inc. 1951. Magazine. Very Good. Magazine. 1st Edition. Twenty-two issues the complete run of this iconic mid-century men's magazine spanning Number 1 Winter 1951 through Number 22 Spring 1957. The collection Very Good Plus to Near Fine with varying degrees of light wear mainly at spine ends. The first 18 issues were issued under the auspices of William C. Segal Publisher while Sidney Carroll edited Nos. 19-22. Elaborate graphic design throughout on multiple paper stocks and various printing effects with packets of seeds pamphlets and multiple paper samples tipped in. Clothing ads featuring tipped in fabric and leather samples. All inserts present including the Ty Cobb baseball card in the Fall 1956 Number. Associated publisher's ephemera addressed to the original subscriber of this set laid in to #21. Uncommon as a complete original set. . Reporter Publications, Inc. Paperback
1837009821New York: Merrill and Baker 1837. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Illustrated Cabinet Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1837-1886. v. 1-2. The Conquest of Peru.--v. 3-5. The Conquest of Mexico.--v. 6-8. Ferdinand and Isabella.--v. 9-11. The Reign of Charles V.--v. 12-14. The Reign of Philip II.--v. 15. Miscellanies.--v. 16 Life of William H. Prescott by George Ticknor. SCARCE Complete 16 volume set bound in half morocco over marbled boards marbled end papers top edges gilt. Near Fine small rubs at corners. OCLC locates only two copies at Texas A.&M. and University of Nevada Reno. A lovely and quite uncommon set. Merrill and Baker Hardcover
1949063518Lancaster Kutztown Collegeville PA: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center/Pennsylvania Folklife Society 1949. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete run of The Pennsylvania Dutchman/Pennsylvania Folklife 1949-1997. This influential periodical began as a biweekly newspaper first issue dated 5 May 1949 eventually migrating to a quarterly magazine final issue dated Spring 1997. Vols. 1-22 are custom-bound in brown leatherette lettered in gilt on front covers and spine panels Vols. 1-3 in the original elephant folio format of the Dutchman Vols. 4-22 in standard quarto magazine format. Note that the title changed to "Pennsylvania Folklife" with Vol. 9. Vols. 23-46 are unbound each issue individually sleeved. Vol. 1 consists of 25 issues with some still bright white suggesting that they are possibly from a later reprint Vols. 2-3 of 22 each Vols. 4-5 of 15 each Vols. 7-45 mostly of 4 each with some volumes in the '60s including an unnumbered 5th "Folk Festival" issue and Vol. 46 of 3 issues all published totaling about 260 issues. The entire set is solid Near Fine to Fine the bound volumes all essentially as issued except of course for having been bound in hardcover and the unbound issues show only slight handling wear in some cases most virtually unworn. The bound volumes show two former owner signatures/stamps on the front flyleaf of each volume but are otherwise unmarked. A rare opportunity to purchase a complete run of a publication that has become almost impossible to assemble "in the wild." Delivery options possible depending on location. Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center/Pennsylvania Folklife Society Hardcover
186425016Baltimore: Cushings & Bailey 1864. First Edition of the first publication of the definitive version of the Gettysburg Address; In his own hand Abraham Lincoln wrote his final version of the Gettysburg Address for this publication a work conceived and created by a former Union Army officer to benefit fellow soldiers in the Civil War. Alexander Bliss and John Pendleton Kennedy assembled and published this book in 1864 to raise money for the Baltimore Sanitary Fair The Maryland State Fair for Soldier Relief. They solicited many prominent Americans including Abraham Lincoln John Greenleaf Whittier Oliver Wendell Holmes Harriet Beecher Stowe Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edgar Allen Poe just to name a few to provide hand-written copies of one of their works. This book contains the final and definitive version of the Gettysburg Address. There are five copies of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's handwriting each slightly different in its wording and punctuation. This book contains the only copy that includes a title - "Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg" - dated November 19 1863 and his full signature. The binding is tight but very scuffed with loss at the spine extremities edge wear and worn at the board corners; The interior is nearly spotless with the original flat brown endpapers extant and unbroken at the gutters. . First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good. 4to - Over 9 3/4 " - 12" Tall. Hardcover. Cushings & Bailey Hardcover
182382468Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea. Very Good. 1823. Hardcover. A two-volume first edition of an account of the Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains by expedition botanist and geologist Edwin James. Compiled from the notes of Major Stephen H. Long Mr. T. Say and other gentlemen of the party by Mr. James. This rather scarce set presents the account of the experiences of the Stephen H. Long expedition of 1819-1820 in which Long was sent to find the source of the Platte River in the Rocky Mountains. Lacks the separate accompanying oversize atlas which was issued in 1822 per Howes J.41 who remarks the expedition was notable in that it supplemented ". . .earlier discoveries of Pike and of Lewis and Clark and pronouncing the plains region as nothing but a desert incapable of cultivation!". --- In maroon half leather and marbled paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling four raised bands to spines and marbled endpapers. --- A very nice set with bright mostly unrubbed marbling. Hinges just starting vol's retain their tightness. What appear to be inked stampings on leaf near front and p.361 of vol. II proclaims "H.L. Scott/7Cavalry". The U.S. Army Seventh Cavalry Regiment was charged with protecting settlers on the plains and was commanded by Col. George Custer. Prior owner's signatures to versos of ffep's and with a few inkings small tears and rubbed spots to cover leather.; Octavo 8 to 9 in. tall; 11 503 6 442 xcciii pages . H. C. Carey and I. Lea hardcover
006567Washington D.C.: The White House 1997. Photographic Image. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Authors. A unique personal archive of photographs and letters received by William K. Estes when awarded the President's National Medal of Science on December 16 1997. Included are a SIGNED BY PRESIDENT CLINTON photograph of Estes receiving the medal from Clinton and a SIGNED BY VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE photograph of Estes with Gore and also two separate unsigned White House-issued group photographs one of the awardees wth President Clinton and the other the awardees with Vice-President Gore. In addition a letter on White House stationery dated May 14 1997 SIGNED by Josh H. Gibbons Asst. to the President for Science and Technology to Estes confirming his selection as a recipient a White House Press Release from the Office of Media Affairs dated April 30 1997 announcing the recipients a congratulatory letter dated December 17 1997 on U.S. Senate letterhead from the office of Senator John Kerry Mass. SIGNED by Senator Kerry and two programs for the event. Also included two congratulatory letters on Harvard University letterheads one dated Dec.18 1997 and SIGNED by Neil Rudenstine President of Harvard and the other dated Dec. 23 1997 SIGNED by Harvey V. Fineberg Provost of Harvard. All materials are in Fine condition. William K. Estes June 17 1919- August 17 2011 was an American psychologist who pioneered the application of mathematics to the study of animal learning and human cognition. He received this award "for his fundamental theories of learning memory and decision. His pioneering development and testing of mathematical models of psychological processes have set the standard for theoretical progress in behavioral and cognitive science". That same year the other awardees included James D. Watson. Robert A. Weinberg Darlene C. Hoffman Martin Schwarzschild among other notable scientists. The White House unknown
66230Minneapolis: Mnemonic Press 2022. Edition limited to 25 signed and numbered copies 7½" x 5" consisting of a title leaf a 12-page gathering "Prologue" and six bifolia containing a total of 26 collages and mixed media created by Bart during the incipient days of the pandemic. Conceived and directed by Harriet Bart; produced by Paul Nylander at Four Tree Press; giclee and letterpress print on paper; boxed deigned by Jody Williams and executed by Campbell-Logan Bindery; folio titles excerpted from Emily Dickinson. Covid: Book of Days is based on mixed-media drawings and collages created in response to the events of March through May 2020. On March 13 Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz closed the State in response to the deadly spread of Covid-19. Bart went to her studio that day collected a small box of art materials a stack of precut paper and went home. There she created a workspace 18 x 18" the size of Emily Dickinson's desk. From March 13 thru May she created more than 50 mixed media drawings and collages some of which comprise Covid: Book of Days. From the artist's website: "Harriet Bart creates evocative content through the narrative power of objects the theater of installation and the intimacy of artists books. She has a deep and abiding interest in the personal and cultural expression of memory; it is at the core of her work. Using bronze and stone wood and paper books and words everyday and found objects Bart's work signifies a site marks an event and draws attention to imprints of the past as they live in the present. "Bart's work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Germany and she has completed more than a dozen public art commissions in the United States Japan and Israel. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Bush Foundation McKnight Foundation MacDowell Colony Virginia Center for Creative Arts NEA Arts Midwest and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Since 2000 Bart has published numerous fine-press books and mixed media bookworks. She has won three Minnesota Book Awards most recently in 2015 for Ghost Maps. Her work is included in many museum university and private collections. In 2020 the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis presented "Harriet Bart: Abracadabra and Other Forms of Protection." Curated by Laura Wertheim Joseph Abracadabra. will be the first retrospective and monograph of her work. Bart is a guest lecturer curator and founding member W.A.R.M. and the Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art in Minneapolis MN. Mnemonic Press unknown
187936105Washington D.C.: General Land Office printed in New York by Julius Bien lithographer 1879. Color-lithographed map. A very detailed colour-coded map of Nevada showing towns rivers roads railroads among other landmarks.<br/> <br/> The General Land Office was founded in 1812 as an independent government agency responsible for the surveying and disposition of land in the public domain. Prior to the Civil War much of the attention of the GLO was fixed on the settlement of such land east of the Mississippi which had resulted from military bounties and cessations by the original thirteen states. The end of the Civil War the Homestead Act the completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad and the military campaigns against Native Americans in the West with resulting treaties that "transferred" land ownership to the United States together engendered an incredible increase in westward settlement and expansion. Newly-admitted states and newly-created territories west of the Mississippi were primed for settlement. Between 1866 and 1876 the GLO surveyed over 200000000 acres of land in the public domain for settlement in New Mexico Idaho Dakota Nebraska Montana Colorado Wyoming and elsewhere. As the official surveyors of these remote areas and with access to military information the maps of the General Land Office were far and away the most accurate and detailed of the western states and territories published to that time. Indeed these large-scale official maps became the basis for future maps of those regions by commercial cartographers. In 1876 the GLO headed by S.S. Burdett published an atlas containing 18 maps on 19 sheets California being on two sheets showing the regions of the United States with newly surveyed and plotted public lands. Although the GLO had issued individual maps of the United States to accompany their annual report in 1866 and 1868 the 1876 Geographical and Political Atlas of the States and Territories sometimes referred to as The Centennial Atlas was the first atlas to be published by the department. The incredible growth of settlement in the west coupled with new exploration and surveying in the short time following the 1876 atlas engendered a second atlas to be published by the General Land Office between 1878 and 1879 i.e. where the present example is from. Like the Centennial Atlas the maps were composed by the chief draughtsman in the GLO Charles Roeser Jr. The maps were done on a large scale and are consequently very detailed. Chromolithographed by Julius Bien each map is colour coded to clearly depict land plotted for settlement the locations of the general land offices Indian territories county divisions towns rivers roads railroads etc. Furthermore like The Centennial Atlas the Atlas of the States and Territories over which Land Surveys have been Extended was produced for official purposes and distributed to members of Congress government agencies each land office the post office the railroads and other large entities and was not available for public distribution. The limited distribution of this atlas coupled with its large size accounts for its great rarity today; very few copies are known to be in private hands and no copies were in the famed collections of Rumsey Streeter or Graff.<br/> <br/> Phillips Atlases 1405. General Land Office [printed in New York by Julius Bien, lithographer] unknown
187936103Washington D.C.: General Land Office printed in New York by Julius Bien lithographer 1879. Color-lithographed map. A very detailed colour-coded map of the Territory of Dakota showing towns rivers roads railroads among other landmarks.<br/> <br/> The General Land Office was founded in 1812 as an independent government agency responsible for the surveying and disposition of land in the public domain. Prior to the Civil War much of the attention of the GLO was fixed on the settlement of such land east of the Mississippi which had resulted from military bounties and cessations by the original thirteen states. The end of the Civil War the Homestead Act the completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad and the military campaigns against Native Americans in the West with resulting treaties that "transferred" land ownership to the United States together engendered an incredible increase in westward settlement and expansion. Newly-admitted states and newly-created territories west of the Mississippi were primed for settlement. Between 1866 and 1876 the GLO surveyed over 200000000 acres of land in the public domain for settlement in New Mexico Idaho Dakota Nebraska Montana Colorado Wyoming and elsewhere. As the official surveyors of these remote areas and with access to military information the maps of the General Land Office were far and away the most accurate and detailed of the western states and territories published to that time. Indeed these large-scale official maps became the basis for future maps of those regions by commercial cartographers. In 1876 the GLO headed by S.S. Burdett published an atlas containing 18 maps on 19 sheets California being on two sheets showing the regions of the United States with newly surveyed and plotted public lands. Although the GLO had issued individual maps of the United States to accompany their annual report in 1866 and 1868 the 1876 Geographical and Political Atlas of the States and Territories sometimes referred to as The Centennial Atlas was the first atlas to be published by the department. The incredible growth of settlement in the west coupled with new exploration and surveying in the short time following the 1876 atlas engendered a second atlas to be published by the General Land Office between 1878 and 1879 i.e. where the present example is from. Like the Centennial Atlas the maps were composed by the chief draughtsman in the GLO Charles Roeser Jr. The maps were done on a large scale and are consequently very detailed. Chromolithographed by Julius Bien each map is colour coded to clearly depict land plotted for settlement the locations of the general land offices Indian territories county divisions towns rivers roads railroads etc. Furthermore like The Centennial Atlas the Atlas of the States and Territories over which Land Surveys have been Extended was produced for official purposes and distributed to members of Congress government agencies each land office the post office the railroads and other large entities and was not available for public distribution. The limited distribution of this atlas coupled with its large size accounts for its great rarity today; very few copies are known to be in private hands and no copies were in the famed collections of Rumsey Streeter or Graff.<br/> <br/> Phillips Atlases 1405. General Land Office [printed in New York by Julius Bien, lithographer] unknown
1844013097New York: Wiley and Putnam 1844 New York: Wiley and Putnam 1844. 8vo. Cloth binding. First edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR GENERAL HENRY WHITING and by his son Henry M. Whiting who served in the U.S. Mexican War. Rare ephemera announcing the death and mourning period of General Henry Whiting is tipped in. Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Henry Whiting was commissioned a Cornet of Dragoons October 20 1808 and served on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812 with Great Britain. In the War with Mexico he served as Quartermaster General. His father Col. John Whiting of the 5th U.S. Infantry was Adjutant of the 2d Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Lieut.-Col. Commandant E. Sproat. He preserved most if not all of the Orders from General Washington. These fascinating Orders cover matters great and small: the discipline of the troops health and sanitation the organization of the army and its support services and a uniform system of manoeuvres. Throughout the Orders Washington evidences deep concern for his soliders as well as civilians a deep spirituality and his gratitude for the support from France. Rebacked with original decorated silk boards new endpapers. Very good. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
18256784Paris: Dondey-Dupre Pere et Fils 1825. Hardcover — Tapa dura. 133x80mm. 5¼x3¼". Paris Dondey-Dupre Pere et Fils 1825. En 12º 133 x 80mm. 110 pp. 1 h. Encuadernación de la época en piel. Primera edición francesa. La Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824 entró en vigor el 4 de octubre de ese año después del Imperio Mexicano de AgustÃn de Iturbide. En la nueva Constitución la República tomaba el nombre de Estados Unidos Mexicanos y era definida como una República Federal Representativa. Esta traducción francesa es rara en comercio. Dondey-Dupre Pere et Fils hardcover
1883051482Pasadena Ca: R. W. C. Farnsworth / Pacific Press 1883. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 132 Pp. Bright Red Cloth Elaborately Gilt On Front Cover Elaborately Stamped In Blind On Rear Cover; Floral Endpapers. Pacific Press Imprint On Copyright Page And Their Pacific Press Book Bindery" Paper Label On Front Pastedown. Possibly The Earliest Book To Include "Pasadena" In Its Title. Presentation Inscription To A Member Of A Prominent Pasadena Family From Winifred Farnsworth Hall Daughter Of The Editor Dated In 1945 And With The Recipient's Ownership Signature And A Few Pencil Notes Around The Printed Text Referring To His Family. <br/> <br/> R. W. C. Farnsworth / Pacific Press hardcover
177934207Dublin: S. Price et al. 1779. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebound in full calf with compartments and gilt spine lettering. 18pp xiii 508pp. Engraved full-page plate. Modern binding and endpapers are fine while text block is good plus to very good. Moderately age toned throughout with occasional bits of foxing; lacks map and one plate. First Irish edition appearing after the 1778 London first edition and apparently before the 1779 London second edition. Reaffixed to the new front pastedown is an armorial bookplate that purports to be that of George Washington -- but alas our research shows this is spurious as it bears neither the chain lines nor the well-known slip-of-the-burin scratch near lower right that are hallmarks of authentic Washington plates. This example is also not one of the forged bookplates that appeared in a couple hundred volumes in a New England auction in 1863 nor is it one of the late 19th century restrikes made from the original copper plate by well-meaning Washington descendants. Carver's influential account traces his travels further inland than any other Englishman prior to the Revolution and served as inspiration to Lewis and Clark and other explorers. NEW HOWES C 218 note. SABIN 11184. S. Price, et al. hardcover
1804044518Newbern North Carolina: Martin & Ogden 1804. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 501 1; 226 156 1 1 pages. Bound in full leather with a clear removable mylar cover. Early leather over boards with a modern reback in brown leather with spine rules in gilt and with a burgundy leather title label. A sound copy. Professionally conserved. Front flyleaf is tipped in. THE TITLE PAGE IS IN FACSIMILE as are the next two leaves the leaf in printed in italics front and back and the leaf on the Second Charter by Charles II front and back. Very nicely done. The leaf following the last facsimile leaf of Charles II is the remains of the original leaf on Charles II 3/4 of the page encapsulated in tissue and properly tipped in. The rear flyleaf blank is also tipped in. The leather spine is fresh and clean. The boards are scuffed bumped and abraded with a piece chipped out from the top corner of the front cover. The text block is sound likely re-sewn. The text is toned with occasional foxing. The title page to the second part also dated 1804 shows heavier foxing. The conservation work is very good. An attractive copy. <br/> <br/> Martin & Ogden hardcover
18497441Saint Paul: James M. Goodhue printer 1849. 16mo pp. 15 1; original plain brown printed wrappers fine. A very early - if not the first - piece of printing in Minnesota exclusive of newspapers. Of the 14 pieces of printing identified by Martin in her Checklist of Minnesota Imprints 1849-1865 only two items Martin 6 and 8 broadside proclamations by territorial governor Ramsey bear an earlier date on the title-p. and one other Rules for the Government of the House of Representatives bears the same date. Includes standing rules for the legislative council rules of order and procedure of the two Houses and a list of the standing committees of the Council and joint committees of the House of Representatives. Rare. 100 copies were ordered printed. Martin 11 MHS only. Jerabek 66 identifying this as the first publication of the territorial legislature. Kreidberg Fragments of Early Printing . in the Territory and State of Minnesota p. 18: "The first public territorial issuance put into type was a booklet dated September 3 1849 which appeared under James M. Goodhue's imprint. In fifteen pages of hand-set type the territorial printer produced the Rules for the Government of the Council of Minnesota Territory. James M. Goodhue, printer unknown
