1454 St. Augustine, Fla. Fairbanks, Geo. R. The History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Florida, founded 1565. Plates. 8vo, cloth, pp. 200. New York, 1858. $3.50 Mark's Va. Parish, 1455 St. Slaughter, Philip. History of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, with Notes of Old Churches and Old Families. 12mo, cloth, pp. 200. 1877. $6.00 1456 St. Mary's, Ga. Historical Sketches of Old St. Mary's from the files of the Southeast Georgian. 8vo, paper, pp. 12. St. Mary's, n. d. $1.00 A scarce local pamphlet. 1457 Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly. Illustrated. 2 vols., 12mo, original black cloth. Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1852. $3.50 A fine, clean copy published the same year as the first edition. 1458 Virginia. Addresses and Historical Papers before the Centennial Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church . . . at its meetings, May 20-24, 1885. 8vo, cloth, pp. 195. New York, 1885. $1.50 ... Includes Slaughter's Colonial Church of Virginia. 1459 Virginia. Burk, John. The History of Virginia. Vols. 1 and 2. 2 vols., 8vo, calf. Petersburg, 1804-5. $6.00 1460 Virginia. Cartmell, T. K. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and their Descendants. A history of Frederick County, from its formation in 1738 to 1908. Compiled mainly from OrIllustrated. 4to, iginal Records. cloth, pp. 587. (Winchester, Va., 1909.) $7.50 1461 Virginia. Conway, Moncure D. Barons of the Potomack and the Rapphannock. Illustrated. 8vo, boards, uncut. New York, 1892. $20.00 Edition limited to 360 copies printed for the Grolier Club. Hariot. The Philosopher and 1462 Virginia. Mathematician, Scholar, by Henry Stevens with Reprint of "Brief and True Report of the new found land of Virginia," 1588 edition. 2 vols., 12mo, boards, uncut. London, 1900. $7.50 1463 Virginia. History of the College of William and Mary, 16601874 (including Catalogue of Graduates, etc.). 8vo, paper, pp. 185. Richmond, 1874. $1.50 146.4 Virginia. Howe, Henry Historical Collections of Virginia; a collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, anecdotes, etc., relating to its History and Antiquities, with a Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia. Maps and over 100 engravings. 8vo, newly and finely bound in half sprinkled calf, gilt, yellow edges, pp. 544. Charleston, 1856. $10.00 Clean and unspotted. Virginia. Hartlib, Samuel. The Reformed Commonwealth of Bees. Presented in several Letters and Observations. With the Reformed Virginian Silk-worm. Containing many Excellent and Choice Secrets, Experiments and Discoveries for attaining of National and Private Profits and Riches. 4to, new boards. London, Printed for Giles Calvert, 1655. A very fine large copy with some of the leaves uncut at bottom. The second part, "The Reformed Virginian Silk-worm," has separate title, signatures and pagination and was probably published separately. It is so described by Sabin. $67.50 The Dedication and the first 18 pages of text are a reprint of the edition of 1652, but with two letters interpolated. Then follows "A Loving Advertisement to all the Ingenius Gentlemen-Planters in Virginia," etc., by Virginia Ferrar, a poem (6 pages) on silk-culture, by her, and other matters not in the 1652 edition. Virginia. Howison, Robt. B. History of Virginia from its Discovery and Settlement by Europeans. 2 vols., 8vo, new half sprinkled calf, yellow edges. Phila., 1846. One of the most pleasing and comprehensive works on Virginia. 1465 Virginia. Long, C. M. Virginia County Names: Two Hundred and Seventy Years of Virginia History. Folding map. 12mo, cloth, pp. 208. New York, 1908. $1.00 1466 Virginia. Martin, Joseph. New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia and District of Columbia to which is added a History of Virginia to 1754. Folding map. 8vo, calf, pp. 636. Charlottesville, 1836. $6.00 1467 Virginia. (Moore, Clement C.) Observations upon certain passages in Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia which appear to subvert Religion and establish a false Philosophy. 8vo, blue paper wrappers, uncut. New York, 1804. $2.50 Fine copy. Including Civil War recollections and a roll of the Virginia Life Guards, Company B. 1469 Virginia. Peyton, William M. Memoir, Speeches and Letters in reference to Secession, Civil War, etc. (with Pedigrees of Peyton and Lewis families), by John L. Peyton. 8vo, cloth, pp. 392. London, 1873. $5.00 1470 Virginia. $20.00 Semple, Robert B. History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia. 8vo, calf (foxed), pp. 447. Richmond, 1810. $6.00 The scarce original edition. Contains much original material relating to the early individual churches. 1471 Virginia. Smith, Capt. John. A True Relation of Virginia, with an Introduction and notes by Charles Deane. Facsimile of the large folding map. 4to, cloth, uncut, leather label. Boston, 1866. $7.50 One of a few copies printed on India paper, in 4to size. 1472 Virginia. Smith, Capt. John. True Travels, Adventures and Observations, Reprinted from the London edition of 1629; The General Histoire of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles, Reprinted from the London edition of 1627. Maps and Plates. 2 vols., 8vo, boards, uncut. Richmond, 1819. $12.50 Very scarce in uncut condition. 1473 Virginia. (Strothers, David.) Virginia Illustrated containing a Visit to the Virginian Canaan and Adventure of Porte Crayon and his Cousins. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, pp. 300. New York, 1857. $4.00 Virginia. Jefferson, Thomas. Observations sur La Virginie, par M. T. Traduites De L'Anglois. Fine large folding map. 8vo, original calf, yellow edges. Paris, 1786. $10.00 A very fine copy of the extremely rare first published edition. The map was made by Jefferson himself, and he states in a letter to Dr. Edward Bancroft, that "I answer for the exactness, and I have supplied some new places. By the death of Mr. Williams, a copy of my Notes on Virginia (the private edition) got into the hands of a bookseller who was about publishing a very abominable translation of them, when the Abbe Morellet heard of it, and diverted him from it by undertaking to translate it for him. They will thus appear in French in spite of my precautions. The Abbe engaged me to make a map," etc. 1474 Virginia. The Case of the Planters of Tobacco in Virginia as represented by Themselves, signed by the President of the Council (Robert Carter) and Speaker of the House of Burgesses (John Holloway), to which is added a Vindication of the said Representation. 8vo, half calf, uncut, pp. 64. London, 1733. $10.00 A very fine uncut copy. An important tract on early American trade. 1475 Virginia. The White Sulphur Papers, or Life at the Springs, by Mark Pencil. 12mo, cloth, pp. 166. New York, 1839. $1.50 Interesting sketches of amusements, social life, distinguished characters, etc. Atkinson, 1477 West Virginia. George W., and Gibbens, Alvaro F. Prominent Men of West Virginia. Biographical Sketches of Representative Men in every Honorable Vocation, Growth and Advancement of the State as Shown in the History of her Distinguished Representatives, etc. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, pp. 1022. Wheeling, 1890. $4.50 1478 Wheeling, W. Va. Cranmer, Gibson L. History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia, and Representative Citizens. Illustrated. 4to, morocco, gilt edges, pp. 853. $6.00 Chicago, 1902. 1479 Williams, James. The South Vindicated. A Series of Letters written during the Canvass for Presidency in 1860, the Presidential Contest and its Consequences. 8vo, cloth, pp. 444. London, 1862. $3.00 THE WEST. 1480 Alaska. Dall, William H. Alaska and its Researches. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, pp. 668. Boston, 1870. $3.50 The best work of time on Alaska. Includes travels in the Yukon Territory, account of the Fur Trade, Indians, Natural History, etc. 1481 Alaska. Schwatka, Fredk. Along Alaska's Great River. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, pp. 360. New York (1885). $1.50 Account of exploring the Yukon in 1883. 1482 Alaska. Whymper, Frederick. Travels and Adventures in the Territory of Alaska, formerly Russian America, now ceded to the United States, and in various other parts of the North Pacific. Maps and illustrations. 8vo, cloth, pp. 331. London, 1869. $5.00 sketch of California of our Own time (1869). 1483 Albach, James R. Annals of the West, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to 1856. Thick 8vo, original cloth, index. Pittsburg, 1857. $5.00 Very scarce. Best edition. A compendious account of over a thousand pages of the principal events in the Indian wars of the Western States and Territories during period stated. 1484 Alpena County, Mich. Complete History of, written by Wm. Boulton. (Early History, Description of the Different Business Houses, Alpena in 1858, etc.) 8vo, original paper cover, Alpena, 1876. $3.50 This rare work was printed by the Alpena Weekly Argus, and only a few copies were made. $4.50 1491 Arkansas. Monks, William. A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas. Being an Account of the early Settlements, the Civil War, the Ku-klux, and Times of Peace. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, pp. 247. West Plains, Mo., 1907. $1.50 1492 Arkansas. The New Arkansas Travelers. History of the Northwestern Editorial Excursion to Arkansas. Maps. 8vo, paper, pp. 404. Little Rock, 1876. $2.00 1493 Arlington, Wis. Schuyler, M. The Pioneer Church; or, the Story of a New Parish in the West. Views. 12mo, cloth, pp. 211. Bos Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora and Chihuahua. Map and Plates. 2 vols., 8vo, new half calf, yellow edges. New York, 1854. $7.50 The author was commissioner for the survey of the Mexican boundary in 1851-3. A gentleman of scholarly attainments, a skilled journalist, and an excellent observer, appreciative of the needs of students during his operations in a new field of investigation, Bartlett produced a work of lasting importance to science and history. His narrative possesses high literary merit, is exact almost beyond criticism and altogether is one of the best works devoted to the Southwest that has ever appeared. 1496 - Another copy. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. $6.00 1497 Beadle, Charles. A Trip to the United States in 1887 (to California, Oregon and return). 12mo, cloth, pp. 210. Printed for Private Circulation (1887). $3.00 1498 Beadle, J. H. Western Wilds and the Men who Redeem Them, an Authentic Narrative, embracing seven years travel in the Far West (Arizona, Mormons, Custer's Defeat, etc.). Map and illustrations. 8vo, half morocco, pp. 624. Cincinnati, 1878. $2.50 1499 Bell, Wm. A. New Tracks in North America Journal while engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad to the Pacific 1867-8. Map and Plates. 8vo, cloth, pp. 565. London, 1870. $3.00 Мар 1501 Bloomington, Ind. Harding, Samuel B. Indiana University, 18201904. Illustrated. 4to, cloth, pp. 348. Bloomington, 1904. $1.50 With a Bibliography of the Writings of Faculty, Students and Alumni, 150 pages. 1502 Boone. Miner, Wm. H. Daniel Boone. Contributions toward a Bibliography. 12mo, boards. New York, 1901. $3.00 1503 Brackenridge, H. M. Views of Louisiana together with a Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River in 1811. 8vo, calf (binding broken). Pittsburgh, 1814. $15.00 1507 California. Fitzgerald, O. P. California Sketches. New and Old. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, pp. 336. Nashville, 1895. Particular Record of the Mexican Grants, Early History and Settlement, and the Original Spanish and American Pioneers and Early Settlers. Numerous Portraits. Royal 8vo, sheep, pp. 891. San Francisco, 1881. $3.50 1510 California. Illustrated History of Southern California. Embracing the Counties of San Diego, Los Angeles and Peninsula of Lower California, etc. Portraits. 4to, leather (cracked), pp. 898. (cracked), pp. 898. Chicago, 1890. $7.50 Munroe, Kirk. 1511 California. The Golden Days of '49. A Tale of the California Diggings. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, pp. 351. New York (1889). $1.00 1512 California. Smith, Frank M. San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56, with sketches of events succeeding 1846. 8vo, wrappers, pp. 83. San Francisco, 1883. $2.00 1513 California. To San Francisco and Back. By a London Parson. 12mo, cloth, pp. 223. London, n. d. $1.50 1514 California. Voyage to California to observe the Transit of Venus. By M. C. d'Auteroche; with historical description of the author's route through Mexico, Natural History of that Province; also, a voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee, by M. De Cassini. Plan of Mexico. 8vo, original half calf, pp. 215. London, 1778. $7.50 $1.50 1508 California. Gold Stories of '49. (In verse.) By a Californian. 12mo, cloth, uncut, pp. 52. Boston, 1896. $1.00 1509 California. History of Napa and Lake Counties comprising Geography, Topography, Mining, etc., with California. Original Manuscript Diary of Voyage from New York to Upper California, Jan. 10th, 1849, to Feb. 2d, 1850, covering 188 pages. Folio, unbound (several leaves missing, and no entries between dates Jan. 27th, Feb. 3d, June 5th, July 30th, and July 22d-30th, 1849-50). Fine copy, with the old book-plate of Sir Walter Blount. $25.00 The Diary of a passenger on board a sailing vessel on his voyage around Cape Horn bound for California during the Gold Excitement, 1849. Commences with an entry Jan. 30th, 1849, giving an account of his departure from "Manhattan Isle" and continues with a daily record of incidents on board, descriptions of places, scenes, etc., and closes with an entry at sea Feb. 2d, 1850. At the back is a pretty water color sketch of the ship the writer sailed in, "The Clarissa," also water color drawings of a steamboat, the helmsman at his wheel, a man in the rigging, etc. |