First Catalogue of American Books. Catalogue of all the Books printed in the United States. With Prices and Places where Published. Published by the Booksellers of Boston. 12mo, unbound, pp. 79. Boston, 1804. $35.00 This rare little catalogue, of which only three or four copies are known, is the first attempt at a trade bibliography. It has been described at length by various writers. Montgomery copy sold for $50. 108 Franklin. Observations on Smoky Chimneys, their Cause and Cure. 2 folding plates. 8vo, new half calf, pp. 80. London, Taylor, 1792. $10.00 109 Franklin. Paper. A Poem and Twelve Rules for Self Government. Broadside printed at the identical Press at which Dr. Franklin worked in London as a Journeyman, 1725-26. Liverpool, 1841. $5.00 more available as a means of influence the character of the American upon people." 112 Franklin. Ford, Paul L. Franklin Bibliography. A List of Books written by, or Relating to Benjamin Franklin. 8vo, half roan, uncut, pp. 467. Brooklyn, 1889. $5.00 No. 120 of 500 copies printed. 113 Franklin. Stevens, Henry. A Bibliographical Essay on the Stevens Collection of Books and Manuscripts relating to Dr. Franklin. Steel portraits. Royal 8vo, cloth, printed on hand-made paper, pp. 40. London, $2.50 1881. 114 Franklin, James. Philosophical and Political History of the Thirteen United States of America, with a Short View of the Independent State of Vermont and of East and West Florida. 12mo, new half calf, pp. 156. London, 1784. $10.00 Contains a separate chapter on each State. One of the earliest histories of the United States. Forse, Peter. Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America. Complete set. 4 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. Washington, 1836-46. $50.00 This collection of tracts on early American history is indispensable to all students, whether of the North or South. It was made by Peter Force in order to supply his need for the possession of the writings it contains in accessible form as an aid to research. By far the larger number of the tracts concern the history of the South, but some of the most important have to do with New England. Among those of greatest value in the collection are Nova Britannia, and its second part. The New Life of Virgina; The Beginning, Progress and Conclusion of Bacon's Rebellion, by Thomas Matthews; John Smith's New England Trials; White's Planters' Plea; Virginia and Maryland, or Lord Baltimore's Case Uncased; The Simple Cobbler of Agawam; Leah and Rachel; New England's Jonas Cast up in London; Gorton's Simplicities Defence against Sever-headed Policy; Father Andrew White's Relation of the Colony of the Lord Baron of Baltimore; Byfield's Account of the Late Revolution in New England; The Revolution in New England Justified, etc., etc. Fulton, Robert. A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation, Exhibiting the numerous advantages to be derived from Small Canals. 17 plates. London, 1796; Chapman, Wm. Observations on the Various Systems of Canal Navigation in which Mr. Fulton's Plan of Wheel Boats are particularly Investigated. 4 plates. London, 1797. Together 2 vols., 4to, half morocco. $37.50 Only 50 copies were printed, this being No. 17. The best contemporary account of Frosbisher's second voyage, by one who accompanied him. Three copies of the original are all that is known. Murphy sale $23.00. 116 Frost, John. Various Works on American History. Book of the Navy, 1842; History of the United States, 1843; American Naval Biography, 1844; Pictorial Modern History, 1846; Illustrated History of the United States (in German), 2 vols., 1845; Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War, 1849; The American Speaker, 1851; Perilous Adventures and Thrilling Incidents, 1852; Border Wars of the West and Individual Adventures among the Indians, 1856; Thrilling Adventures among the Indians, 1857. Illustrated. Together, II vols., 8vo, and 12mo. 1842-57. one by Chapman. 118 Fry, Richard. A Scheme for a Paper Currency, together with two Petitions written in Boston Gaol in 1739-1740. Introduction by A. McF. Davis. Small 4to, half parchment, uncut. Providence, 1908. $4.50 No. 66 of 100 copies printed for the Club for Colonial Reprints. The petition at the end makes curious and coarse charges against the jailer. 119 Getchell, George H. Our Nation's Executives and their Administrations. An Historical, Biographical and Statistical Conspectus of the National Government from its foundation 1775 to 1885. Compiled from reliable and official sources. Steel portraits. 4to, cloth, pp. 421. New York, 1885. $2.00 120 Gray, Asa. The Genera of the Plants of the United States. Il lustrated with 186 plates by Sprague. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. New York, 1849. $12.50 Very scarce. This work does for botany what Audubon did for ornithology. The illustrations were all drawn from nature. 121 Greeley, Horace. Recollections of a Busy Life, including Reminiscences of American Politics and Politicians . . . to which are added Miscellanies and a discussion with Robert Dale Owen of the Law of Divorce. Portrait and illustrations. 8vo, half calf, gilt, pp. 624. New York, 1869. $1.50 122 Greenwood, Isaac J. The Circus, its Origin and Growth prior to 1835, with a sketch of Negro Minstrelsy. (Second edition with additions.) Facsimiles, etc. Square 8vo, $5.00 Part 2 Only a limited edition printed. has a small library stamp reverse of titlepage. 125 Gurowski, Adam. Diary: 1863-65. 12mo, cloth, pp. 413. Washington, 1866. $2.00 The third and concluding volume and very scarce. 126 Hagar, Frank N. The American Family. A sociological problem. 8vo, cloth, pp. 196. New York, 1905. $1.25 A scientific treatise made interesting by the unusual public interest in the subject. 127 Hakluyt Society. Battell. The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell of Leigh in Angola and the Adjoining Regions. Edited by E. G. Ravenstein. Map in pocket at end. 8vo, cloth. London, 1901. $4.00 128 Hakluyt Society. Vasco Da Gama. Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499. Translated and edited by E. G. Ravenstein. Portrait, maps and illustrations. 8vo, cloth. London, 1898. $5.00 Fragments of (Three series.) London, 1860. 129 Hall, Basil. Voyages and Travel. 8vo, cloth, pp. 495. $1.25 130 Halleck, Fitz-Greene. Fanny. 8vo, full polished calf, gilt, yellow edges, by Riviere. N. Y.: C. Wiley & Co., 1819. $12.50 A fine copy of the first edition of Halleck's first book, and very scarce. This edition is different to any of the subsequent reissues. The work was issued anonymously and like everything that has the good fortune to be both personal and poetic it made its hit. The edition was soon exhausted and copies were circulated copied in manuscript, so it may be readily conceived how rare the original edition has become at this day. 131 Halleck, Fitz-Greene. Fanny. 8vo, full brown levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, original wrappers preserved. New York, 1821. $5.00 The second edition in which some changes were made. The name of the author is still omitted as it was some years before Halleck acknowledged it as his work. Hakluyt, Richard. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation made by Sea or Overland to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the Earth on any time within the compasse of these 1600 Years. 3 vols. in 2 (Vols. I and II being bound together as usual), folio, full sprinkled calf, gilt, rough gilt edges by Riviere. London, 1599-1600. $125.00 Blank top of first title repaired and the Voyage to Cadiz the reprint; otherwise an excellent, sound copy of this famous book. It is difficult to overrate the importance and value of this extraordinary collection of voyages. Mr. Bancroft characterizes "Richard Hakluyt as the enlightened friend and able documentary historian of these commercial enterprises, a man whose fame should be vindicated and asserted in the land which he helped to colonize," while Oldys, in his British Library, devotes fifty pages to an analysis of his works, and remarks that his collection redounds as much to the glory of the English nation as any book that ever was published." " Hakluyt Society. First Series. First Series. Vols. 1 to 13. Including Voyages of Columbus, Drake, Hawkins, Raleigh, De Soto, etc. Maps. 13 vols., 8vo, blue cloth. London, 1847-53. $150.00 Beautiful clean copies of the very rare early volumes of this famous collection. 132 Hamilton, Alex. Letter from, concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams. Third edition. 8vo, unbound, pp. 54. New York, John Lang, 1800. $2.50 This pamphlet brought forth several answers in defense of President Adams. 133 Hamilton, Alexander, etc. A volume of pamphlets containing Hamilton's Observations on Certain Documents contained in No. V and VI of The History of the United States for the year 1796. pp. 37+58, Phila., 1800; Smith's Eulogium on Benjamin Franklin. pp. 40+vi. Phila., 1792; Schlegel on Neutral Rights. pp. 162. Phila., 1801; Sampson against the Philistines. PP. 96. Phila., 1805; Tanguy de la Boissiere's Observations on Pickering's Dispatch to Pinkney. pp. 50. Phila., 1797; Address of the State Committee of Correspondence to the Citizens of Pennsylvania. pp. 10. (Phila., 1808); [B. F. Bache's] Truth will Out. The Foul Charges of the Tories against the Editor of The Aurora repelled. pp. 12. (Phila., 1798); Letters of General Washington to several of his Friends, June and July, 1776, pp. 44. Phila., 1795; Paine's Agrarian Justice, pp. 32. Phila., n. d. Bound in one vol., 8vo, original half calf, uncut. Phila., 1814. $10.00 W. Duane collected copies of the pamphlets as described above, had a number of copies bound up and printed a general title dated 1814. All are, however, the originals as given above. 134 Hamilton. Collection of Facts and Documents relative to the Death of Major General Alexander Hamilton with Orations, etc. (by James Coleman). 8vo, old calf, pp. 238. New York, 1804. $5.00 Blank corner of title torn. 135 Hamilton. Oliver, F. S. Alexander Hamilton: an Essay on American Union. New edition with frontispiece and map. 8vo, cloth, pp. 502. New York, 1907. $1.50 136 Hamilton. Oration on General Alexander Hamilton before the New York Society of the Cincinnati, by J. M. Mason. 8vo, unbound. New York, 1804. $3.50 Scarce. The appendix contains the will and particulars regarding the duel. The Hamiltoniad or Extinguisher for 137 Hamilton. (Williams, John.) the Royal Faction of New England, quin. 8vo, boards, uncut, pp. 104. with Copious Notes, by Anthony PasBoston (1804). $15.00 A fine uncut copy of the rare poem with the lengthy political notes. The three cantos complete. Many copies end at page 64 and Ford so describes the work. Reprinted in 1866 by the Hamilton Club. Lewis copy $16.00. 138 Harrison, Wm. Henry. Norton, A. B. Reminiscences of the Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign of 1840, pp. 376; Tippecanoe Songs of the Log Cabin Boys and Girls. 12mo. cloth, pp. 102. Cleveland, 1888. $1.50 (Hall, F.) The Importance of the British Planatations in America, with State of their Trade and Methods for Improving it. Also a Description of the Several Colonies there. 8vo, half calf, pp. 114. London, 1731. $50.00 The Crane copy sold for $120.00, where it was catalogued as not in "Church, Brinley, Ives, etc." The author devotes a good deal of space to the relations with the Indians. Harleian Voyages. A Collection of Voyages and Travels by Authentic Writers relating to the Continents of Asia, Africa, America, Europe and the Islands thereof, from the Earliest Accounts to Date. Compiled from the Library of the Earl of Oxford. Numerous maps, folding copperplates, etc. 2 thick vols., folio, calf. London, 1745. $15.00 The portion relating to America consists of "A Discovery of the Coast and Continent of America," by William Castle, 49 pages with seven maps; “A Commission for the Well-governing of the People of New Plymouth to Newfoundland;” “A Description of New France with the Manners of the Inhabitants of the Same," 123 pages with maps; "A Description of Surinam in America," etc. 139 Harrison, Wm. Henry. The Tippecanoe Club, Chicago. Dedicated to Benjamin Harrison. Portraits. 8vo, cloth, pp. 253. Chicago, n. d. $1.50 140 Harrisse, Henry. Decouverte et Evolution Cartographique de TerreNeuve. 1497-1501-1769. Numerous maps, facsimiles, etc. 4to, half roan, pp. 420. Paris, 1900. $15.00 This exhaustive work on the Discovery of Newfoundland is similar in form to the same author's "Discovery of North America." The edition was limited to 380 copies. 141 Hawaii. Cumming, F. Gordon. Fire Fountains. The Kingdom of Hawaii, its Volcanoes and the History of its Missions (Ancient Customs, Honolulu, Sugar Making, etc.). Maps and illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. Edinburgh, 1883. $2.50 142 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Grandfather's Chair, a History for Youth. First edition. 32mo, original cloth, gilt edges as issued (paper label missing from side). Boston, 1841. vols., royal 8vo, original cloth. Boston, 1837. $7.50 The greater part edited by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the last numbers - March to August, 1837, almost entirely written by Hawthorne and his sister, and not reprinted in the collected works. The numerous woodcuts include valuable old views of American towns, historic sites, buildings, etc. Together with many portraits. 144 Hawthorne. Browne, Nina E. A Bibliography of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, pp. 215. Boston, 1905. $2.50 Published at $5.00. 145 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, and his Wife. A Biography by Julian Hawthorne. Vignettes, portraits and plates on India paper, etched by E. H. Garrett and S. A. Schoff. 2 vols., thick royal 8vo, boards uncut, paper labels. Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, 1884. $5.00 No. 90 of only 350 copies printed. Large paper set. 146 Hazard Family. Thomas Hazard, son of Robert, called College Town. A Study of Life in Narragansett in the 18th Century by Caroline Hazard. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, PP. 324. Boston, 1893. $2.00 A valuable work on domestic life in Colonial days. Includes a large number of documents and papers. 143 [Hawthorne, Nathaniel.] The American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge. Complete set, Sept. 1834, to August, 1837. In 3 Harris, John. Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels, consisting of Hakluyt, Purchas, Thevenot, De Bry, Gynaeus, Herrera, etc., relating to Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Maps and plates. 2 vols., folio, calf, neatly rebacked. London, 1705. $12.50 One of the best of the old collection of voyages and contains translations of many of the early American voyages not found elsewhere. |