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Item #33787 REPORT OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR 1842, AND TO...

REPORT OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR 1842, AND TO OREGON AND NORTH CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS 1843-'44. BY BREVET CAPTAIN J.C. FREMONT, OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, UNDER THE ORDERS OF COL. J.J. ABERT, CHIEF OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL BUREAU. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers, 1845. 28th Cong., 2d Sess. HD166. 583, [1 blank] pp, plus 22 plates and five maps, as issued. Original publisher's cloth [minor wear, front joint starting], a few short separations at folds of large map. Very Good. "The most spectacular reconnaissance of the West since..... More

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Item #33242 A REPLY TO THE OBSERVATIONS OF LIEUT. GEN. SIR WILLIAM HOWE, ON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED...

A REPLY TO THE OBSERVATIONS OF LIEUT. GEN. SIR WILLIAM HOWE, ON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED LETTERS TO A NOBLEMAN: IN WHICH HIS MISREPRESENTATIONS ARE DETECTED, AND THOSE LETTERS ARE SUPPORTED, BY A VARIETY OF NEW MATTER AND ARGUMENT. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING, I. A LETTER TO SIR WILLIAM HOWE UPON HIS STRICTURES ON MR. GALLOWAY'S PRIVATE CHARACTER. II. A LETTER FROM MR. KIRK TO SIR WILLIAM HOWE, AND HIS ANSWER. III. A LETTER FROM A COMMITTEE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS, ON THE STATE OF THE REBEL ARMY, AT VALLEY FORGE, FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF HENRY LAURENS, ESQ. BY THE AUTHOR OF LETTERS TO A NOBLEMAN.

London: 1780. [4], 149, [2 publisher advts], [1 blank] pp. Modern paper over boards [one spot], printed title label on spine. Two blank corner chips, archival repair to gutter of title page. Else Fine. This is the first London edition. The first edition, which issued from New York in 1777..... More

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ANECDOTES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE TALENTS AND VIRTUES OF THE HEROES AND PATRIOTS, WHO ACTED THE MOST CONSPICUOUS PARTS THEREIN. BY ALEXANDER GARDEN, OF LEE'S LEGION. SECOND SERIES.

Charleston [S.C.]: Printed by A.E. Miller, 1828. ix, [2], [1 blank], 240pp. With the errata leaf. Contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine [light rubbing]. Widely scattered light foxing. Very Good. Bookplate of Joel Davis Madden, Jr., on front pastedown. Alexander Garden was a soldier in Lee's Legion..... More

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Item #37596 THE STORY OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON...

THE STORY OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE SUPREME BENCH OF CALIFORNIA.

[np. San Francisco? nd. 1893?]. 198pp. Bound in original publisher's blue cloth, with gilt-lettered title stamped on spine [light rubbing at the extremities]. Repair to blank endpaper. Very Good. Gorham was, as stated in the Publisher's Note, "a lifelong friend of Justice Field," and spent much of his career in..... More

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Item #38671 STRICTURES ON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED A "FRIENDLY ADDRESS TO ALL REASONABLE AMERICANS,...

STRICTURES ON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED A "FRIENDLY ADDRESS TO ALL REASONABLE AMERICANS, ON THE SUBJECT OF OUR POLITICAL CONFUSIONS." ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA.

America: Boston: Re-Printed and Sold at Greenleaf's Printing-Office... 1775. 20pp. Untrimmed, margin-foxed, with some light text foxing. Else Very Good, in modern cloth [which is lightly worn]. The Friendly Address had supported the Intolerable Acts, warned against a bloody and futile colonial rebellion, argued that the colonists were unreasonable, and..... More

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Item #32431 THE APPEAL OF L. LOUAILLIER, SEN. AGAINST THE CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON, AND EXPLAINING...

THE APPEAL OF L. LOUAILLIER, SEN. AGAINST THE CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON, AND EXPLAINING THE TRANSACTIONS AT NEW-ORLEANS.

[New Orleans]: 1827. 28pp. Disbound, significantly dampstained in earliest leaves, less so thereafter. Else Good+. A Louisiana State Senator, Louaillier opposed Andrew Jackson's decision to perpetuate martial law in New Orleans even after the British withdrawal. In March 1815 the Louisiana Courier published letters by an anonymous writer who refused..... More

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Item #34104 POLITICAL ESSAYS ON THE NATURE AND OPERATION OF MONEY, PUBLIC FINANCES, AND OTHER...

POLITICAL ESSAYS ON THE NATURE AND OPERATION OF MONEY, PUBLIC FINANCES, AND OTHER SUBJECTS: PUBLISHED DURING THE AMERICAN WAR, AND CONTINUED UP TO THE PRESENT YEAR, 1791.

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1791. Recent morocco, blind rules to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, marbled endpapers. Some toning, light foxing and spotting, mild wear. Some blank edgewear to title page. Archivally repaired closed tear at pp. 91-92 [no loss]. viii, 504pp. Else Very Good. "Collected works of..... More

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Item #38408 A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO SAVANNAH IN GEORGIA. IN TWO PARTS. PART I. FROM...

A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO SAVANNAH IN GEORGIA. IN TWO PARTS. PART I. FROM LONDON TO GIBRALTAR. PART II. FROM GIBRALTAR TO SAVANNAH. WITH A SHORT PREFACE, SHEWING THE REASONS FOR ITS PUBLICATION.

London: Printed for James Hutton at the Bible and Sun next the Rose Tavern without Temple-Bar, 1738. [2], iv, 58 pp. Occasional mild foxing, repaired closed tear to title leaf [no loss]. Else Very Good. [bound with] A CONTINUATION OF THE REVEREND MR. WHITEFIELD'S JOURNAL, FROM HIS ARRIVAL AT LONDON..... More

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