Lambert, John. Travels through Canada and the United States, 1806-1808, with Biographical Notes. Map and plates. 2 vols., 8vo, half levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut, by Bradstreet. London, 1814. $15.00 A very fine uncut copy. Gives an interesting picture of New York City during the embargo. This is the second edition, which contains a new preface relating largely to the War of 1812. 183 Liancourt, Duke de la Rochefoucault. Travels through the United States, the Country of the Iroquois and Upper Canada, 1795-97. Maps. 2 vols., 4to, half calf. London, 1799. $12.50 The author gives a very complete view of the United States and Canada of that time. Interesting descriptions of the New York Indians and the various places he visited. and between Abraham Lincoln 185 Lincoln. $5.00 186 Longfellow. The Poems of. Complete in one volume. First Edition. 8vo, original paper wrappers, uncut, in a cloth case, pp. 117. New York: Harpers, 1846. $10.00 Very scarce in the original wrappers, a few pages slightly damp-stained, but a fine copy. Contains Poems on Slavery omitted from the Philadelphia edition. 187 Longfellow. Life of Henry W. Longfellow with extracts from his Journals and Correspondence. Edited by Samuel Longfellow. Portraits. 3 vols., 8vo, half green morocco, gilt tops. Boston, 1886. $10.00 Large paper edition limited to 300 copies. The above includes the volume of Final Memorials." 188 Loring, Fred. W. Two College Friends. First edition. 12mo, original cloth. Used copy. Boston (1871). $3.00 A story of the Civil War. Loring just before the appearance of this volume had joined Wheeler's exploring party in Arizona and California, and was also one of the few visitors to Death Valley who escaped alive. Crossing the plains in a stage coach on his return to the east he and his companions were attacked by the Apaches and all killed. 189 Lossing, Benson J. Harper's Popular Cyclopaedia of United States History, from the Aboriginal Period to 1876. Over 1,000 illustrations. vols., 8vo, cloth. New York, 1881. $3.50 2 A well chosen reference set. About 5,000 topics in American history are treated in description varying from a few lines to several pages. They are well chosen, clearly written and adequately illustrated. London Chronicle. From its commencement, January, 1757, to the conclusion of vol. 38, Dec. 28, 1775. Bound in 37 vols., 4to, half russia. London, 1757-1775. $150.00 Containing much valuable material for the history of the period, including the French-Indian War, the Stamp Act Troubles, the beginning of the American Revolution, etc. Dr. Johnson contributed to it, writing the preliminary address to the readers, and occasional pieces. In No. 2545, April 1, 1773, is Goldsmith's famous letter on the licentiousness of the press, following the beating he attempted to give Evans the bookseller on the supposition that it was he who had slandered "The Jessamy Bride.” Lowell. Conservations on some of the Old Poets, by James Russell Lowell. 12mo, illuminated wrappers, uncut. Cambridge, John First Edition. Owen, 1845. $40.00 A splendid copy of the first edition in the illuminated paper covers, uncut. The book is perfect and intact. Excessively rare in this fine state of preservation. Lowell. Bronze Medallion Portrait of James Russell Lowell, by Charles Calvabry. New York, 1895. 193 McHenry, James. Bernard C. The Life and Correspondence of James McHenry. tary of War under Washington and Adams. Portraits. 8vo, cloth, uncut, pp. 640. Cleveland, 1907. $2.50 194 Macmillan, Alexander. A Night with the Yankees. A Lecture Delivered in the Town Hall, Cambridge, March 30, 1868. 8vo, cloth, pp. 60. Privately Printed, 1868. $2.50 $20.00 195 Macon, Nathaniel. Life of, Public and Private, by Edward R. Cotten. 12mo, cloth, pp. 272. Baltimore, 1840. $5.00 "the North Carolina statesman and bosom friend of Jefferson and Madison. Randolph characterized him in his will as best and purest and wisest man I ever knew." 196 Madison. The Papers of James Madison, purchased by Order of Congress, being his Correspondence, etc., during the Congress of the Confederation and the Federal Convention. 3 vols., 8vo, half calf (rubbed). Washington, 1840. $5.00 198 Mariners Chronicle. Containing Narratives of Shipwrecks, Naval Engagements, Piratical Adventures, etc. Woodcuts. 12mo, old calf, pp. 504. New Haven (1834). $2.00 Engagements of War of 1812. Early Steamboat Explosions, amusing accounts of digging for treasure on Long Island, etc. 199 Marytr, Petrus. Der Geschichtsschreiber Des Weltmeeres. Eine Studie von Hermann A. Schumacher. Map. 4to, half morocco, gilt top. New York, 1879. $3.00 Meehan, Thomas. The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural and Popular Aspects. Illustrated by nearly 200 beautifully colored full-page plates of Flowers and Foliage, mostly in their natural size. Two series in 4 vols., royal 8vo, original brown and green cloth as issued. Boston, 1878-79; Phila., 1880. $16.00 This beautiful work while treating the subject with scientific accuracy is written in a manner to make it of service to the practical cultivator and to the great body of intelligent readers at large. A very scarce map with inset plan of the entrance to Boston Harbor, Harbor of New York, and profile views of the Harbor of New York. 203 Mease, James. A Geological Account of the United States comprehending . . . the Animal, Vegetable and Mineral Productions, Antiquities and Curiosities. Frontispiece of Bison Hunting, and four other plates of the Trenton and Schuylkill bridges and Natural Bridge, Va. 16mo, calf, pp. 496+14. Phila., 1807. $3.50 204 Medley, J. G. An Autumn Tour in the United States and Canada. 12mo, cloth, pp. 180. London, 1873. $1.00 208 Middleton, Chas. T. New and Complete System of Geography. Account and Description of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Many maps and copper views. 2 vols., folio, calf. London, 1778. $7.50 The American views include Niagara, Quebec, Falls on the Mohawk, Beaver Hunting, etc. 209 Morris, Gouverneur. Life of, with Selections from his Correspondence, by Jared Sparks. Portrait. 3 vols., 8vo, boards, uncut. Boston, 1832. $3.50 210 Morse, Jedediah. The American Gazetteer . . . with a particular description of the Georgia Western First ediTerritory. Seven maps. tion. 8vo, old calf. Boston, 1797. $5.00 With the map of "The Georgia Western Territory" missing in some copies. 211 Motley, John L. The Correspondence of, edited by Geo. William Curtis. Portrait. 2 vols., royal 8vo, cloth. New York, 1889. $2.00 of 212 National Cyclopaedia American Biography. Vols. I to 12. Portraits. 12 vols., royal 8vo, half roan. New York, White & Co., 18921904. $18.00 Published at $10.00 per volume. 213 New York Mirror. Vols. 1011-12 and 13. July 1832 to July 1836. Illustrated with fine steel engravings. 4 vols., 4to, half bound. New York, 1832-6. $10.00 The plates include view of the Battery, New York from Brooklyn Heights, Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh, Highlands of the Hudson, etc. 214 O'Callaghan, E. B. A List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures and parts thereof, printed in America previous to 1860, with introduction, collations and bibliographical notes. 4to, half morocco, gilt top, uncut, pp. 415. Albany, 1861. $3.50 "A carefully executed work, only 150 copies printed. Contains facsimiles of the title-pages to Eliot's Indian Bible."- Sabin. 215 O'Callaghan, E. B. Voyage of George Clarke, Esq., to America, with Introduction and Notes. Colored photograph of his tomb. Small 4to, half roan, gilt top, uncut. (New York Colonial Tracts.) Albany, 1867. $5.00 Limited to 100 copies. George Clarke was Lieut.-Gov. of New York 1736 to 1743. The voyage was made in 1703 and is printed from the original manuscript. Contains genealogy of the Clarke family. 216 Oldmixon, J. The British Empire in America, containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and present State of all the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America. Eight maps. 2 vols., 8vo, old calf. The blank bottom margin of the first few leaves in vol. I repaired. London, 1708. Not quite uniform in binding. $15.00 217 [Osborne, Laughton.] The Vision of Rubeta: an Epic Story of the Island of Manhattan. Full-page illustrations. 8vo, half morocco, gilt, gilt top, uncut. Boston, 1838. $3.50 Laughton Osborne's writings had been severely criticised by W. L. Stone, the historian, as immoral, and this book is Osborne's reply. The poem satirises many of the prominent writers in America of the period, Hoffman, Park Benjamin, Dr. Bird, H. W. Herbert, Washington Irving, N. P. Willis, etc., and even exceeds the boundary of Manhattan by wholesale condemnations of Wordsworth and various English poets. 218 Oswald, Jonathan. Reports Reports of the United German Evangelical Lutheran Congregations in North. America, especially in Pennsylvania. With a preface by D. J. L. Schulze. 12mo, cloth, pp. 482. Phila., 1881. $1.00 219 Pacific Islands. Delano, Amasa. Narrative of Voyages and Travels, comprising Three Voyages Round the World, together with a Voyage of Survey and Discovery in the Pacific Ocean. Map and 2 portraits. 8vo, calf, pp. 599. Boston, 1817. $5.00 220 Pacific Islands. Keate, George. Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western part of the Pacific Ocean. From the Journals, etc., of Capt. Henry Wilson, who in 1783 was shipwrecked there. Map and plates. 4to, new half morocco, pp. 378. London, 1787. $7.50 Capt. Wilson in the ship Antelope, belonging to the East India Company, was shipwrecked on these islands August, 1783. It is claimed they were the first Europeans to discover this group and the account given here is very complete. 221 Pacific Islands. Reynolds, J. N. Voyage of the U. S. Frigate Potomac during the Circumnavigation of the Globe in 1831-34. (Sumatra, Sandwich Islands, Java, etc.) Folding plates. 8vo, cloth, pp. 560. New York, 1835. $3.00 222 Paine, Robert Treat, Jr. The Works of, with Notes and Sketches of his Life, Character and Writings. Portrait. 8vo, boards, uncut, pp. 465. Boston, 1812. $2.00 224 Patten, Edmund. A Glimpse of the United States. 8 zincograph plates by the Author, including the Battery, Hudson River, Niagara, etc. 8vo, cloth, pp. 109. London, 1853. Very scarce. printed. $5.00 Apparently privately 225 Payne, John Howard. A Biographical Sketch of the author of "Home, Sweet Home," with narrative of the removal of his remains to Washington. By Charles H. Brainard. Portraits and facsimiles. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, pp. 144. Washington, 1885. $1.25 Payne, John Howard. Lispings from the Muse. A Selection from Juvenile Poems chiefly written at and before the Age of Sixteen. 8vo, original paper covers, pp. 8+31. (London) 1815. $75.00 Very rare, contains half-title and final leaf with printer's name. Privately printed as a testimony of regard from the author to his personal friends." McKee copy, $121. 226 Philes, George P. The Philobiblon. A Monthly Bibliographical Journal. Complete set. 24 numbers. 4to, half morocco, gilt top. New York, 1862-3. Printed throughout on India paper. $3.00 illustrations. 8vo, cloth, pp. 230. London, 1899. $2.00 232 Pirates. Parker, Lucretia. Piratical Barbarity, or the Female Captive. The Particulars of the Capture of the Sloop Eliza Ann on her Passage from St. Johns to Antigua, and the Horrid Massacre of the Crew March 12th, 1825. Folding plate. 12mo, paper, uncut, pp. 36. New York, 1825. $2.50 233 Pitt, William. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. By Albert von Ruville. Translated by H. J. Chaytor and M. Morison. Introduction by Prof. H. E. Egerton. Portraits. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut. London, 1907. $5.00 An exhaustive study of the Earl of Chatham, with much material on the history of the time including the Conquest of Canada. 234 Poe, Edgar Allan. The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Facsimile of the Original Manuscript in the Drexel Institute. Folio, cloth. Phila., 1895. $2.00 Special limited edition printed on Japan paper. With facsimile of a letter from Poe to Lea and Blanchard in 1841, giving his ideas on "The Prose Tales." He states that he wishes the work to appear in thirty-three numbers and that he is willing for the publishers to take all profits and give him twenty copies. Even on these terms the work was declined and it was two years later that Part I, "Murders in the Rue Morgue," was issued by Graham. 231 Philippines. Younghusband, Major G. J. The Philippines and Round About, with Account of British Interests in these Waters. Map and Pownall, Thomas. A Topographical Description of such parts of North America as are contained in the Annexed Map of the Middle British Colonies. Large Paper. Folding map. Folio, original half calf. London, 1776. $50.00 Indignant at the pirated copies that were issued of Evans' Map, Gov. Pownall brought out this edition for the benefit of Mr. Evans' daughter. The map has been enlarged so as to include New England. The appendix contains the Journals of Christopher Gist and Capt. Harry Gordon, down the Ohio. Also Journals of Anthony Van Schaick, etc. |