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Carver, Jonathan Three Years Travels Throughout the Interior Parts of North-America, for More Then (sic) Five Thousand Miles, Containing an Account of the Great Lakes, and All the Lakes, Islands and Rivers... with a Description of the Birds, Beasts, Reptiles, Insects... and an Appendix Describing the Uncultivated Parts of America That Are the Most Proper for Forming Settlements.
Boston Printed by John Russell, for David West 1797 Hardcover
xvi, 311pp. Full brown morocco ruled in black on the sides, spine with raised bands and black lettering, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Prominent Boston merchant Franklin W. Smith's copy. Binding by Terquem of Paris done expressly for renowned Los Angeles bookseller C. C. Parker. Toning to text block else a fine copy. Howes C-215. Sabin 11185. ; 12mo
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500.00 USD
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Carver, Jonathan Three Years Travels Throughout the Interior Parts of North-America, for More Then (sic) Five Thousand Miles, Containing an Account of the Great Lakes, and All the Lakes, Islands and Rivers... with a Description of the Birds, Beasts, Reptiles, Insects... and an Appendix Describing the Uncultivated Parts of America That Are the Most Proper for Forming Settlements.
Boston Printed by Samuel Etheridge 1802 Hardcover
xvi, [1], 6-312pp. Later half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Mild foxing to text block, light wear to edges. A very good+ copy. ; 12mo
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Cervantes, Miguel de Don Quixote.
New York The Modern Library 1930 First Edition Hardcover
936pp. Brown cloth stamped in gold on the spine. "Retailed by Macy's" stamp on title page. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with light toning to spine panel. ; Octavo
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200.00 USD
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Charlevoix, François-Xavier de The History of Paraguay. Containing Amongst Many Other New, Curious, and Interesting Particulars of that Country, a Full and Authentic Account of the Establishments Formed There by the Jesuits, from Among the Savage Natives, in the Very Centre of Barbarism: Establishments Allowed to Have Realized the Sublime Ideas of Fenelon, Sir Thomas More, and Plato. In Two Volumes.
Dublin Printed for P. & W. Wllson (sic), H. Saunders, etc. 1769 First Edition Hardcover
vii, 463pp; viii, 415pp. Contemporary full calf with black morocco labels stamped in gold on the spine, edges stamped in blind. Wear to extremities, rubbing to covers, joints partially cracked, mild foxing to text blocks. A good set. Sabin 12133.; Octavo
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600.00 USD
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Chastellux, François-Jean, Marquis de Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782. By the Marquis de Chastellux, One of the Forty Members of the French Academy, and Major General in the French Army, Serving Under the Count de Rochambeau. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman, Who Resided in America at That Period. With Notes by Translator.
London Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1787 First Edition Hardcover
In two volumes. xv, 462pp; xii, 432pp. Modern brown quarter calf over marbled boards, spines with raised bands and brown morocco labels lettered in gold. Two foldout charts in volume one; three foldout plates in volume two. Faint numbers on the verso of the title pages, mild foxing to plates. Internally very clean with some sporadic spots and an annotation in pencil. A near fine set. "In its completed form constitutes the first trustworthy record of life in the United States." Howes C324. Sabin 12229. ; Octavo
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2000.00 USD
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Chateaubriand, F. A. de Oeuvres Completes.
Paris Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Editeurs 1880 Hardcover
In twelve volumes. Brown half morocco over marbled boards, spines with five raised bands and gold lettering, top edges gilt, others uncut. Marbled endpapers. Covers show some wear along the edges and at corners, first and last blanks toned. A very good+ set. In the French language. ; Octavo
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1000.00 USD
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Child, Edmund B. Child's Albany Directory, and City Register, for the Years 1833-4. Containing an Alphabetical List of the Inhabitants, and Much Other Useful and Interesting Matter.
Albany, NY Printed by E. B. Child 1833 First Edition Hardcover
20, [5], xlii-lxii, [1], 64-217, [1]p. Original printed boards with leather spine. With the bookplate of George Cooke on the front pastedown endpaper and his name written twice on the front free endpaper. Boards are worn, scattered foxing throughout. A good+ copy. ; 16mo
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300.00 USD
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Christison, Robert Dispensatory, or, Commentary on the Pharmacopoeias of Great Britain (and the United States); Comprising the Natural History, Description, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Actions, Uses, and Doses of the Articles of the Materia Medica.
Philadelphia Lea & Blanchard 1848 Second Edition Hardcover
1008pp. Contemporary full calf, spine with black leather label lettered in gold. Erratum slip tipped in. Light wear to edges, a few minor scuffs to covers, sporadic foxing. A very good copy. ; Octavo
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150.00 USD
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Chrysler, Walter P. Life of an American Workman
New York Privately Printed 1937 First Edition Hardcover Signed by Author
One of 500 copies. Bound by Jas. MacDonald of New York in full red leather stamped in gold on the cover and the spine. Signed and inscribed by Chrysler on the flyleaf: "To: / John P. Grier / with my friendship / and affection / WP Chrysler 1/10/38". Light wear to extremities. A nice presentation copy. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
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1500.00 USD
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Churchill, George Spencer Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; Containing Armorial Bearings, Fac Similes, Maps, and Military Plans.
London Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1820 First Edition Hardcover
Modern brown half calf over marbled boards, sides decorated in blind, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. With twenty-two engraved plates, some of which are hand-colored, featuring the arms of His Grace George Spencer Churchill, outline map of the theatre of war in 1702, 1703, and 1705, map of the operations in Germany in 1704 before and after the battle of Blenheim, plan of the attack on the Schellenberg, map with the operations on the Moselle in 1705, plan of the battle of Oudenard, and more. Old damp stain to upper corner, professional restoration to some of the plates, some scattered foxing. The plan of the battle of Ramilies is partially lacking. A very good copy. ; Quarto
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400.00 USD
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Clavigero, Francesco Saverio The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican Historians, from Manuscripts, and Ancient Paintings of the Indians. Illustrated by Charts, and Other Copper Plates. To Which Are Added, Critical Dissertations on the Land, the Animals, and Inhabitants of Mexico. By Abbé D. Francesco Saverio Clavigero. Translated from the Original Italian, by Charles Cullen, Esq. In Two Volumes.
London Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1787 First English Edition Hardcover
First edition in English. xxxii, [4], 476pp (with one pagination error); [4], 463, [1]p. Contemporary full calf, spine in compartments with red and green leather labels lettered and decorated in gold. The board edges are also decorated in gold. Map of Mexico and twenty-four inserted plates in volume I; map of the lakes of Mexico and one inserted plate in volume II. The appendix includes a list of Mexican Years from the foundation to the conquest of Mexico, compared with Christian years, a Mexican calendar, and more. With the neat bookplate of mining engineer Franklin Wheaton Smith, designed by Robert W. Hyde. Front joint of volume I and rear joint of volume II partially split, title of map in volume I cut out, wear to corner tips, light scuffing and rubbing to covers. A very good set. Graesse II.196-197. Sabin 13519. Streeter Sale I:194.; Quarto
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1500.00 USD
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Colden, Cadwallader D. Memoir, Prepared by the Request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and Presented to the Mayor of the City, at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals.
New York Printed by Order of the Corporation of New York 1825 First Edition Hardcover
v, [3], 408, [2]pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait frontispiece. With forty-six plates, including foldout hand-colored maps of the United States and of the state of New York, a large foldout with a geological profile extending from the Atlantic to Lake Erie and insets of views along the canal, and a large foldout of the grand canal celebration. Also includes eight facsimiles of letters at back. This copy, bound in quarter calf, has a paper presentation label from the City of New York affixed to the front board and thus lacks the embossed crest found on copies bound in full leather. Some wear to extremities, light toning to text. Label ghost to the front pastedown endpaper and the verso of the front free endpaper, tiny label to the front free endpaper. A very good copy. Peters, America on Stone, pp. 228-232. Howes C562. Sabin 14279. ; Quarto
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