New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo, 235 pages; original publisher's orange cloth, printed in gilt. Mr. Abbott and his brother, Alvin, went West at the beginning of the gold rush. Abbott tried gold mining, cattle ranching, hotel ownership and railroading; ever the entreprenure, he..... More
Washington; 1855-1861: Government Printing Office. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, 12 volumes in 13, uniform bindings of contemporary 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards; marbled end papers and marbled edges. A COMPLETE COPY, having all the maps, charts, color and black and white illustrations, which are called for by Wagner-Camp..... More
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. Original invoice from George Bayntun, dated Oct. 1959, for $18.90, laid in, for this binding. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 black leather, raised bands, spines decorated in gilt; marbled edges. Complete. Illustrated with 58 tinted woodcuts..... More
Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson (printer), 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto. Vol. One only. House of Representatives, 33rd Congress, 1st session.556pp., complete with all three maps of Chile, the very large folding panoramic view, map of Santiago, the hand colored plate of Araucanian Chief, and 8 other full page plates and..... More
London: George Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker, 1600. Hard Cover. Volume 3 only, of 3 volumes of the second edition; folio (11" x 7 1/2"); [16]607-620[1-868]. The Voyage to Cadiz is bound in here (pp. 607-620), which is usually bound into volume 1. Bound in 19th century 3/4 calf..... More
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. xiii, 540 pages, with folding map and plates. Contemporary 3/4 brown leather over marbled boards. Map with short archival repair at stub; map and plates are very good to fine. FEP stained in gutter; front hinge starting. A...... More
Paris, 1924-30-34: Paul Geuthner. Hard Cover. Quarto. THREE VOLUMES, volume I, viii[128], 50 plates; volume III, viii[20], 16 plates; volume IV, xii[72], 45 plates. Volume II may not have been published, as we find no evidence of it. Bound in original maroon cloth, lettered in black; illustrated in black and..... More
Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1814. First Edition. Full-Leather. Two volumes, octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"); xxviii[470]; ix[1]522 pages. Original publisher's tree sheep, red leather lettering pieces on spines. With the large engraved FOLDING MAP from an early printing (1842, which is the second earliest map available only after the..... More
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1983. First Edition. Large folio (14" x 20"), unpaginated, containing 126 maps reproduced from the expedition; an as new copy, in the original box, without dust jacket, as issued. Atlas volume only, of the 13 volume set. Original blue cloth, printed in gilt. A...... More
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1839. Hard Cover. Quarto. 18 hand-colored maps,some are insets, with two maps; Map #3 North America and Map #4 of the United States and Texas, each depicting Texas as a Republic with capitol as Austin. Bound in paper covered boards backed in calf (rather worn)..... More
London: Parry & Co., 1852. Hard Cover. Octavo. First one volume edition, two volumes in one [x, 347; vi, 413 pages]; original publisher's red cloth, spine decorated in gilt; yellow coated end papers. All plates are present; plate listed as facing page 212 is facing 217. A very good unsophisticated..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarto. 268pp., 14 sepia toned lithos after photographs by famed photographer, Timothy H. O'Sullivan and 17 folding maps at rear (16 are listed in the map index) Short tear to map #1 near gutter; bound in original brown cloth, slight fading..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 380 pages. "Published January, 1920" on copyright page. Bound in original green cloth, printed in gilt. With folding map at rear. Internally clean and bright; an attractive, very good copy, with a little discoloration on rear panel... More
Washington, D.C. 1850. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. House of Representatives issue (House Doc. No. 17). 976 pages, 7 maps (6 folding). Recently bound to style in 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers, red and green leather labels on spine, printed in gilt. Cowan said that this..... More
London; 1721, 1728 & 1734: For John Sharpe. Hard Cover. Being a geographical and historical account of the several places, countries, or people mentioned in the bible. Illustrated with numerous excellent maps and copper engravings, and chronological tables. In four volumes , the first 3 volumes are the 2nd edition..... More