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Item #30683 Laws and Ordinances of the Common Council of the City of Albany; Revised and Revived,...

[New York State - Albany]

Laws and Ordinances of the Common Council of the City of Albany; Revised and Revived, September, 1832. To Which Are Prefixed The Charter of the City of Albany, and the Several State Laws Relating to the Said City.

Albany, NY: Published by Order of the Common Council / Printed by E. B. Child, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. 81, [3], 111, [1], xipp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Engraved title vignettes. Text block is mostly clean with some scattered foxing throughout. Front cover split at spine, spine panel..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #30521 Civil War Era Autograph Book Belonging to a Student of the Albany State Normal School...

[New York State - SUNY Albany]

Civil War Era Autograph Book Belonging to a Student of the Albany State Normal School (Now SUNY Albany).

Albany, NY: 1865. Hardcover. Sixty six leaves. Brown leather stamped in gold and blind, all edges gilt. The book belonged to Sarah A. Baker of Earlville, Madison County, New York, a student of the State Normal School of Albany, NY. The Normal School, founded in 1844, became the College for..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #34239 The James: From Iron Gate to the Sea. Blair Niles

Niles, Blair

The James: From Iron Gate to the Sea.

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1945. Illustrated by Shenton, Edward. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the enlarged edition with new illustrations by Edward Shenton. One of the Rivers of America Series. xii, 335pp. Cloth. Maps. Light wear to cloth. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with..... More

Price: $75.00

Item #26503 Rambles in Yucatan; or, Notes of Travel Through the Peninsula, Including a Visit to...

Norman, B. M.

Rambles in Yucatan; or, Notes of Travel Through the Peninsula, Including a Visit to the Remarkable Ruins of Chi-Chen, Kabah, Zayi, and Uxmal. With Numerous Illustrations.

New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1843. Third Edition. Hardcover. 304pp. Contemporary full tree calf, spine with brown leather label lettered in gold. Frontispiece, title vignette, twenty-three inserted plates, map of Yucatan, and several in-text illustrations. The appendix includes A Brief Maya Vocabulary, Tradition of the Mexican Natives Respecting..... More

Price: $300.00 save 30% $210.00

Item #27271 Truth Displayed: in a Series of Elementary Principles, Illustrated and Enforced by...

Osborn, Benjamin

Truth Displayed: in a Series of Elementary Principles, Illustrated and Enforced by Practical Observations. In Three Parts. I. On the Existence and Perfections of the Deity. II. On the Material of the Visible Universe. III. On the Nature and Essence of the Finite Mind.

Rutland, VT: Printed by Fay & Davison, 1816. Hardcover. 626pp. Contemporary full sheepskin, spine lettered and decorated in gold, top edge stained yellow. Leather is fairly worn, previous owner's name in pencil on the front free endpaper, mild scattered foxing, closed tear to the edge of one of the leaves..... More

Price: $150.00 save 30% $105.00

Item #26458 "Pennsylvania Dutch," and Other Essays. Second Edition, with Additions. P. E. Gibbons

[P. E. Gibbons]

"Pennsylvania Dutch," and Other Essays. Second Edition, with Additions.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1874. Second Edition. Hardcover. Revised edition. 318pp. Original green pebbled cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front panel, lettered in gold on the spine panel. Includes sections on Language, Religion, History of a Sect, Politics, Festivals, Weddings, Quiltings, Farmers' Wives, Holidays, Manners..... More

Price: $40.00

Item #22251 Troy Conference Miscellany, Containing a Historical Sketch of Methodism Within the...

Parks, Stephen

Troy Conference Miscellany, Containing a Historical Sketch of Methodism Within the Bounds of the Troy Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Reminiscences of Its Deceased, and Contributions by Its Living Ministers. With an Appendix.

Albany, NY: J. Lord, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, [17]-423 + advertisement. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and in gold on the spine. Portrait frontispiece, two woodcuts and several tables. Light wear to extremities, cloth is faded, mild foxing to endpapers. A very good+ copy. Sabin 58809..... More

Price: $150.00 save 30% $105.00

Item #25863 Navigation and Advantages of the River Schuylkill for Foreign Trade, Established by...

[Pennsylvania - Board of Canal Commissioners]

Navigation and Advantages of the River Schuylkill for Foreign Trade, Established by Affidavits. Trade of the Schuylkill in 1828.

[1829]. First Edition. Self-wraps. 8pp. Unbound. Light scattered foxing. A very good copy. Sabin 60269. ; 12mo. More

Price: $175.00 save 30% $122.50

Item #33366 California on Stone. Harry T. Peters

Peters, Harry T.

California on Stone.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 501 numbered copies, 451 of which were for sale. 227pp. Glazed linen stamped in black on the front panel, spine panel stamped in black and gold, brown laid endpapers. An important reference work on California..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #21356 Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission 1917-1928. John Pickard

Pickard, John

Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission 1917-1928

Jefferson, MO: The Capitol Decoration Commission, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor wear to the edges, extremely mild foxing to some of the pages. A near fine copy. Signed and inscribed on the flyleaf by Secretary of State Dwight H. Brown. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. ; Octavo; Signed by Notable..... More

Price: $75.00

Item #29026 The Year: A Poem, in Three Cantoes. William Leigh Pierce

Pierce, William Leigh

The Year: A Poem, in Three Cantoes.

New York: Published by David Longworth, 1813. First Edition. Hardcover. 191, 75pp. Recent quarter leather. Endpapers replaced. Toning to text, stain to lower edge affecting the last few leaves, one leaf partially torn. A very good copy. "A poetical review of the principal political occurences of the year 1812." Sabin..... More

Price: $100.00 save 35% $65.00

Item #27189 Collection of Eight 19th Century Pamphlets Bound in One Volume. James Madison Porter,...

Porter, James Madison; Wayland, Francis; McDowell, James; Adams, John Quincy; Newton, Richard; McCall, Peter; Dayton, Aaron Ogden; Barnes, Albert

Collection of Eight 19th Century Pamphlets Bound in One Volume.

1834-42. Hardcover. 59pp; 32pp; 37pp; 136pp; 16pp; 24pp; 50pp; 16pp. Contemporary half sheepskin over marbled boards. Includes the following titles: 1) Speech of James Madison Porter, of Northampton, in the Convention of Pennsylvania, on the Subject of the Right to Annul Charters of Incorporation. Delivered November 20, 1837; Philadelphia, Peter..... More

Price: $350.00 save 30% $245.00

Item #33037 History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the...

Prescott, William Hickling

History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas. In Two Volumes.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1847. First US Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. xl, 527pp; xix, [i], 547pp. Contemporary full calf bindings ruled in gold on the covers, gilt decorations on the edges, spines with five raised bands, elaborately decorated in gilt, and with red and green calf labels lettered in..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #25869 Our Danger and Duty: Two Sermons, Delivered on Wednesday, the 30th Day of November,...

Proudfit, Alexander

Our Danger and Duty: Two Sermons, Delivered on Wednesday, the 30th Day of November, 1808. Being a Day Appointed by the Presbytery of Washington for the Exercises of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, on Account of the Alarming Aspect of Divine Providence to Our Country. Published at the Special Request of His Session.

Salem, [NY]: Dodd & Rumsey, 1808. First Edition. Pamphlet. 60pp. Stitched. Light toning to pages, mild soiling to title. A very good copy. Sabin 66228. Shaw & Shoemaker 16021. ; Octavo. More

Price: $100.00 save 30% $70.00

Item #23898 An Inquiry into the Authenticity of the So-Called First Meeting House, Preserved by...

Putnam, Eben, ed.

An Inquiry into the Authenticity of the So-Called First Meeting House, Preserved by the Essex Institute at Salem, Mass.

Danvers, MA: Eben Putnam, 1899. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Putnam's Historical Magazine August 1899. [1], 208-223. Original wrappers. Covers are taped and have chipping to the edges. A good- copy. ; Octavo. More

Price: $25.00

Item #25865 An Examination of the Charges of Mr. John Scoble & Mr. Lewis Tappan Against the...

Quincy, Edmund

An Examination of the Charges of Mr. John Scoble & Mr. Lewis Tappan Against the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Dublin: Webb and Chapman, 1852. First Edition. Pamphlet. 27pp + appendix. Unbound. Addendum pasted at the bottom of page 27. Taped along the spine, soiling, large chip to title not affecting text, lower corner of title and first leaf torn, old annotations on some of the pages. A good copy..... More

Price: $100.00 save 30% $70.00

Item #25877 Poems, on Various Subjects, Religious, Moral, Sentimental and Humorous. To Which Is...

Ray, William

Poems, on Various Subjects, Religious, Moral, Sentimental and Humorous. To Which Is Added, a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life, and of His Captivity and Sufferings Among the Turks and Barbarians of Tripoli, on the Coast of Africa -- Written by Himself.

Auburn, [NY]: U. F. Doubleday, 1821. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, [1], 10-254 + errata. Original cloth backed boards with paper label affixed to spine. Boards and spine are soiled and worn, old damp stains affecting the first thirty leaves and the last fifteen leaves. A good- copy. Sabin 68035. ;..... More

Price: $75.00 save 35% $48.75

Item #34238 The Mackenzie. Leslie Roberts

Roberts, Leslie

The Mackenzie.

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1949. Illustrated by MacDonald, Thoreau. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Rivers of America Series. xii, 276pp. Cloth. Decorated endpapers. Maps. Illustrations by Thoreau MacDonald. Owner's stamp on half-title else a bright fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light toning to spine panel..... More

Price: $75.00

Item #29124 The History of America. In Three Volumes. William Robertson

Robertson, William

The History of America. In Three Volumes.

London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell; and J. Balfour, 1788. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Fifth edition, complete in three volumes. xlvii, [1], 388pp; 499pp; 439, [39]pp + [1]p of publisher's advertisements. Modern red half morocco over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. With four..... More

Price: $1,200.00

Item #24017 The California Hundred: A Poem. J. Henry Rogers

Rogers, J. Henry

The California Hundred: A Poem.

San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft and Company, 1865. First Edition. Flexible cloth. 100pp. Original brown limp cloth decorated and lettered in gold, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. A story in verse of California's Volunteer company that fought in the Civil War with the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. Long inscription in pencil..... More

Price: $125.00 save 35% $81.25

Item #23884 Watervliet Arsenal Mortar No. 5 September, 1918. L. B. Runk, ed

Runk, L. B., ed.

Watervliet Arsenal Mortar No. 5 September, 1918.

Albany, NY: 1918. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. 20pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Mild foxing and three scrapes to front cover. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More

Price: $25.00

Item #36209 Pilgrim Memorials, and Guide to Plymouth with a Lithographic Map, and Eight...

Russell, William S.

Pilgrim Memorials, and Guide to Plymouth with a Lithographic Map, and Eight Heliotypes.

Boston: 1886. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 228pp. Brown cloth lettered in gold on the spine. Complete with foldout map and illustrations. Name on copyright page, light foxing to edges of text block. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More

Price: $75.00

Item #36212 An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States....

[Samuel A. Mitchell]

An Accompaniment to Mitchell's Reference and Distance Map of the United States. Containing an Index of All the Counties, Districts, Townships, Towns, &c., in the Union; Together with an Index of the Rivers by Which Any County, District, Township, &c, or River May Be Found on the Map, Without Difficulty: Also, a General View of the United States, and the Several States and Territories...

Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. 324pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold. With the Mitchell and Hinman advertisement bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Signature in pencil on front free endpaper. Light wear to extremities and rubbing to covers, old stain..... More

Price: $100.00

Item #34245 The Housatonic: Puritan River. Chard Powers Smith

Smith, Chard Powers

The Housatonic: Puritan River.

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1946. Illustrated by Landeck, Armin. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Rivers of America Series. x, 532pp. Cloth. Decorated endpapers. Map. Illustrations by Armin Landeck. A near fine copy in very good- dustjacket with a chip to front panel, a few smaller chips to..... More

Price: $50.00

Item #34243 The Yazoo River. Frank E. Smith

Smith, Frank E.

The Yazoo River.

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1954. Illustrated by Turner, Janet E. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the Rivers of America Series. xvi, 362pp. Cloth. Map. Illustrations by Janet E. Turner. Top edge a bit faded else a fine copy in very good price-clipped dustjacket with toning to spine panel..... More

Price: $100.00

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