vi The prices, while well within the current values, are in many cases an advance on those of the former decade. The one certain point in the future of prices for Americana is-they will never be lower, simply because America has yet room to grow in knowledge of her history. THE ANNOTATIONS appended appended are:-explanations of the author's meaning in the many cases of inefficient titles; locations of the districts described in books of travel; opinions of the press on the worth of the volumes described; biographical notes of authorship. The brief extracts from books usually indicate the point of view ("often biassed by a patriotism which is but a synonym for prejudice") in works on history, politics, social matters, etc. THE ABORIGINES have received special attention; in every case where a work treats of any nation or tribe incidentally, we have endeavoured to draw attention to this portion of the book's interest. COLLATIONS are given where none have been found already easily accessible, or where an existing collation can be rectified. A good selection of MAPS, valuable for historical and topographical purposes, is included; excepting the finer series by Jefferys, Moll and other famed geographers, maps appear under their principal geographical title. Being an American catalogue for Americans, the prices are given in American currency. The advance circulation of the list is entirely to Americans, and we hope we have redeemed our promise made to Americans years ago that our next "Americana" should not be picked in Britain first. How to obtain the books is explained on next page. The circulation of this list not being confined to known booklovers some copies will fall into hands which have no present use for them; we shall be greatly obliged to those who pass such copies on to any home where books are read. Those who do not care to part with their copy, but would like a book-loving friend to have one, can favour him and us by sending to Bristol, promptly, his address and twenty-five cents in stamps. AS AS ΤΟ PRICES: GETTING THE BOOKS. THERE IS NO DIFFICULTY WHATEVER. 1. QUICKEST; NO EXTRA EXPENSE. NET CASH. All orders should be accompanied by the total prices of the lots asked for; should any be already sold, the amount sent for them will be at once returned. International money-orders, drafts on London, greenbacks, or postage stamps (for fractions of $1), will be accepted in payment. The very large majority of these books will come through the mail at a ridiculously cheap rate. The few large books which are too heavy we have marked with an asterisk (*). Orders for books marked with an asterisk should say how the books are to be forwarded. The letter postage from the United States to England is five cents per half ounce. The stamp required is blue, with Garfield's head. The green stamp with Washington's head is no doubt equally well engraved, but it is for "two cents" only-and we have seen it so many times with "threepence to pay" pleasantly added by the postmaster, that we must tell our U.S. correspondents to stick on the blue. A remittance, amounting to about 10% of the price, must be sent in with order. In this case we send invoice shewing total balance, and hold the books for return mail (say 30 days for U.S.) As this deposit secures the books the invoice must be paid in its entirety and to time. The charge for reserving books which are not purchased is 10%. 3. COLLECTION ON DELIVERY. Parcels on which a deposit of 10% has been paid will be sent out to any American town with which we can make connection through Liverpool; the balance and express charges to be C.O.D. Accounts may be opened on receipt and verification of references. BOOKSELLERS abroad will execute orders from this catalogue, they will be entitled to a commission for their trouble. Orders may also be sent to British agencies. Buyers adopting either of these courses are asked to duplicate their orders by direct advice, it saves a mail in every case. The duplicate to us should state through whom ordered, to provide for the contingency of a similar order per same mail. Our telegraphic address is "GEORGE, BRISTOL.” The "Bookbuyer's Code (Woodward, N.Y.), or the "A.B.C." may be used, but cabled orders are not promised any priority of mailed orders with remittance. All 2 All imprints not otherwise located are LONDON. Sizes follow the English scale. The standard modern octavo (8°) being the 'demy' (9 inches high). MAPS. Each description of a map begins with the word Map," so avoiding the possibility of mistaking a map for a book (such cases, caused by too "clever" cataloguing, have become common). We think the most ardent collector cannot mistake any map in this list for a book. The size of each map is carefully statedthe size of the copper, where possible. The measure standing first is that taken parallel to the engraved title. Otherwise "Whitson's Harbour" or "Plymouth Rock," Illustrative of Pring's 1603 voyage; see no. 1604. A Portrait of SEBASTIAN CABOT, following the only original (now destroyed). Drawn by E. C. Lavars (in 1878) and printed on stone, with a slight tint. Beneath is an extract from EDEN (see no. 639), reciting Cabot's statement to him as to his birth. An octavo leaf, price 25 cents. Drawn for William George and presented by him to the "Bristol and Gloucestershire Archæological Society" (vol. iii p. 21); a few extra copies just found. ABBOT A Briefe Description of the Whole World, wherein is particularly described all the Monarchies, Empires, and Kingdoms, with their Academies, by George Abbot, late Archbishop of Canterbury, elaborate title by W. Marshall. 1656 or 1664 [1 12°, calf, 1.50 One quarter of this quaint little tome relates to "the new found Countries towards the West.' Includes a long lament for "the vaine and wanton use which many of our country-men have of late taken up in receiving of TOBACCO." Blue Jackets of '61, a History of the AMERICAN NAVY, by Willis J. Abbott, copiously illustrated with capital delineations of Sea Fights. N.Y., 1887 Thick sm. 4°, navy-blue cloth, an attractive volume, 2.00 en Histoire Naturelle et Moralle des Indes, tant Colonizacion de la NUEVA GRANADA en al siglo The performances and exploits of the FEDERAL NAVY during the Civil War graphically described, with spirited illustrations and a peculiarly nautical binding. Aborigines. The Journal of Civilization, Vol I, [all published], woodcuts illustrating the natives of America, Australasia, and Africa, and their works. 1841 Impl. 8°, cloth, 1.50 [3 About a dozen of the articles and a good many of the illustrations relate to America: a larger portion devoted to Australasia and the Pacific. The Colonial Intelligencer, or Aborigines' Friend, 1847-1854, comprising the Transactions of the Aborigines' Protection Society, Interesting Intelligence concerning Aborigines, Articles upon Colonial Affairs, and Comments upon the Proceedings of Government and of Colonists towards Native Tribes, a few woodcuts. 1847-54 4 vols, 8°, cloth, 8.00 [10 Act for Importing Salt from Europe into the Colony of NEW YORK in America, 1730. Act for Preservation of H.M. WOODS in America, 1729. Black Letter In one vol, thin fo, new half calf, gilt, 2.00 [11 3 vols, sm. 8°, calf, with the Duke of Portland's Voyages and Discoveries in South America: the First up the River of Amazons to Quito, perform'd by Christopher d' Acugna, the Second up the River of Plata, by Acarete, and the Third from Cayenne to Guiana, by Grillet and Bechamel, two folding maps. 1698 contemporary calf, 8.00 [48°, A valuable repository of information relating chiefly to the NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, the MAORIS of New Zealand, and the Aborigines of AUSTRALIA and the South Sea Islands. "In the nineteenth century the work of aboriginal destruction, like many other processes of civilised art, has been wonderfully expedited; in various parts of the globe the assassination of races is perpetrated, and the slighted fact causes far less emotion than is often exhibited when a minor catastrophe has befallen any private individual," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, numerous fine natural history plates. Phila., 1817-24 vols (1 to 4), 8°, old hf. cf., 12.00 [5 Account of a Voyage up the River de la Plata and thence over Land to PERU, with Observations on the Inhabitants as well INDIANS and Spaniards, by Mons. Acarete du Biscay, folding map. Journal of the Travels of John GRILLET and Francis BECHAMEL into Guiana in 1674. 1698 Two works in I vol, 8°, new half sheep, 2.50 [6 Acuna's Quito is usually bound with the above, the three works forming one volume. A Relation of Mr. R. M.'s Voyage to BUENOS AYRES, and from thence by Land to Potosi, dedicated to the Hon. the Court of Directors of the South Sea Company, [translated from the French of Acarete du Biscay], folding map by Herman Moll. 1716 12°, calf, nice fresh state, 8.00 [13 "Done into English from the Originals, being the only Accounts of those Parts hitherto extant.' The History of the AMERICAN INDIANS, particularly those Nations adjoining to the Missisippi, Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia, containing a complete Indian System, with Description of the Floridas and the Missisippi Lands, by James Adair, an Indian Trader and Resident 4°, calf (voided centres), 25.00 Forty Years, folding map. 1775 [14 A most valuable book on the North American Indians 2 vols, 8°, cloth, 3.50; half calf, gilt, 4.00 [15 [16 I. Naturalist's Travels in New Brunswick. II. Birds and Reptiles. III. Fishes. IV. Geology. Appendix of Fauna Lists, Meteorology, Climate, etc. History of the Thomas Adams and Thomas Hastings Families, of Amherst, Mass., by Herbert "R. M." appears to have been a sad plagiarist: this B. Adams, folding pedigree. Amherst, privately " voyage which he claims to have performed in 1658-9, is undoubtedly a translation of the cele-printed, 1880 8°, wrapper, .75 brated account of ACARETE. [7 WILLIAM GEORGE'S SONS, BRISTOL, OLD ENGLAND. B A Defence of the CONSTITUTIONS of Government of the United States of America, by John Adams, Vice-President of the U.S., brilliant portrait. Stockdale, 1794 3 vols, 8°, boards, uncut, 7.00; calf, gilt, yellow 3 vols, 8°, original calf, 4.00 3 vols, 3.00 [19 1797; [20 Adams. Vol. I only, containing the fine portrait after COPLEY. 1794 1.00 [21 Letter to the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis on the Present State of our National Affairs, by John Quincy Adams. 1808 8°, pp. 32, new half sheep, 1.50 [22 A Treatise on Courts Martial, by S. P. Adye, First Lieut. R.A. 1778 Sm. 8°, calf, .75 [23 Dedicated to General Gage, thanking him for the appointment of Judge-Advocate to H.M. Troops in North America. The Prometheus and Agamemnon of Eschylus, translated into English Verse by Henry W. Herbert, ["FRANK FORESTER."] Cambridge, Mass., 1849 P. 8°, cloth, 1.00 [24 Journal of an African Cruiser, by an Officer of the U.S. Navy, edited by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Aberdeen, 1848 P. 8°, cloth, 1.00 [25 Comprising Sketches of the Canaries, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and other places on the W. Coast of Africa. Included in the vol. is a complete reprint of the Narrative of the Hon. John Byron (Patagonia, etc.) A Comparative View of the CONSTITUTIONS of Great Britain and the U.S. of America, in Six Lectures, by P. F. Aiken, Advocate. 、 P. 8°, cloth, .75 1842 [26 The comparison of our Limited Monarchy with the greatest Modern Republic, not in order to disparage either, but to elucidate both in a popular manner. Papers relating to Foreign Affairs, First Session of 38th Congress, [chiefly Diplomatic Correspondence with England re the Alabama, Sumter, and other privateers]. Washington, 1864 2 thick vols, 8°, cloth, 1.75 [27 Original Chart. "A Map or Plan of the Mouth of Alatamaha River [GEORGIA] with the Adjacent Lands." N.D. (ca. 1730?) Drawn in indian ink, with ink writing and soundings; 18 X 17., 4.50 [28 Very early chart on a coast but little mapped. Lays down "Fort King George," with the trading roads to the "Okonees" and to "Pallachucolas," also proposed Fort at the southern estuary. Geographical and Historical Dictionary of AMERICA and the West Indies, an entire Translation from the Spanish of Alcedo, with Large Additions from Modern VOYAGES AND TRAVELS by G. A. THOMPSON. 1812-15 *5 vols, 4°, half calf, 8.00 Transatlantic Sketches, comprising Visits to the most Interesting Scenes in North and South America and the W. I., with Notes on Slavery and CANADIAN Emigration, by Capt. J. E. Alexander, many interesting plates etched by Wm. Heath. Bentley, 1833 2 vols in 1, 8°, bright half calf, gilt, 2.50 *[30 L'Acadie, or Seven Years' Explorations in British America, by Sir J. E. Alexander, sketch maps of Canada West and New Brunswick, and steel plates. 1849 2 vols, sm. 8°, cloth, 3.00 Almon's Remembrancer. brancer, an Impartial Repository of Public Events, a few illustrations; Vol. I to IX. 7. Almon, 1775-80 9 vols, 80, EDGES ENTIRELY UNCUT, (except vol. II, which has the edges sprinkled), 40.00 [32 As the illustrations vary considerably, we give a list of the plates in this copy:-Vol. I, folding plan of Boston; [this vol. is sm. 4° size, and THE EDGES ARE NOT CUT OPEN.] IV, map of the Seat of War in N.Y. and Penan., and map of Rhode Island. V, portrait of Franklin. Almon. Another series, vols. I to X. 1775-80 Io vols, half bound (not uniform), 35.00 [33 Illustrations:-Vol. I [sm. 4°], folding plan of Boston, map of Penan., and plan of New York. II, VERY BRILLIANT MEZZOTINT PORTRAIT OF JOHN HANCOCK, map of the Seat of War from Quebeck to Fort Du Quesne, map of the country between Crown Point and Albany, and map of the Island of Orleans and Quebec. V, portrait of Franklin. Almon. For 1776, part II (i.e. vol. III) 8°, edges uncut, 4.00 Almon. For 1776, part III (vol. IV) 8°, half bound, 3.00 The "Invaluable Repository " of the Documents relating to the War of Independence. AMERICAN WAR gave rise to it. Every authentic paper relative to that War, whether published in England or America, by the British Ministry or the AMERICAN CONGRESS, are all carefully preserved in it." Almon. A Collection of INTERESTING, AUTHENTIC PAPERS, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and AMERICA, shewing the Causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding, from 1764 to 1775, [being the famous "PRIOR DOCUMENTS," forming an Introduction to the 80, half bound, 10.00; boards, EDGES ENTIRELY Remembrancer"]. 7. Almon, 1775 |