1st item: Late 19th/early 20th century Centennial reprint of "A View of Part of the Town of Boston in New-England and Brittish [sic] Ships of War Landing their Troops! 1768", original engraved and printed by Paul Revere, Jr., Boston, 1768. Propaganda image depicting the British ships in the Boston harbor. Housed in a contemporary frame. […]

“The Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus, The Learned and Authentic Jewish Historian and Celebrated Warrior” by George Henry Maynard LL. D. Printed by William Durell, New York, 1794. 723 pages with frontispiece of Flavius Josephus engraved by Charles Tiebout and 60 engraved illustrations. Hard cover brown leather, six raised hubs and gilt […]

Audubon, John James and John Bachman: The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V.G. Audubon, 1854 3 volumes. viii, 383; 334; v, 348, [1] pp. Illustrated with 155 hand-colored lithographed plates after J.J. and J.W. Audubon, drawn on stone by W.E. Hitchcock and printed and colored by J.T. Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia. Volume 1 […]

Heap, Gwin Harris. CENTRAL ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC, FROM THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO CALIFORNIA: JOURNAL OF THE EXPEDITION OF E.F. BEALE. IN 1853. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo, and Co. / London: Tr_bner and Co., 1854. 136pp. plus thirteen Duval & Co. lithographed plates (some tinted), folding map tipped in rear, and 16 pp. of […]

Ramsay, David. The History of South Carolina from Its First Settlement in 1670 to the Year 1808. Charleston: David Longworth. 1809. Two volumes. xii, 478; iv, 602pp. Both volumes rebound in calf with new labels. New endpapers. Internally complete. Map of State of South Carolina with color boundaries present in volume one, has a small […]

Latour, Arsene Lacarriere. HISTORICAL MEMOIR OF THE WAR IN WEST FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA IN 1814 – 1815. WITH AN ATLAS. Philadelphia: Published by John Conrad and Co., J. Maxwell, printer. 1816. Two volumes, text plus atlas. Text: xx,264,cxc, [1], 4pp. Advertisements. Believed to be New Hampshire governor William Plummer_s copy, his name in his hand […]

"Map of the United States of America", by John Melish, 1815. From "The Traveller_s Directory through the United States" by John Melish. Copper plate engraving with hand colored outlines of the United States extending from the lower territories of Canada, including Quebec, top right, to the northern areas of Florida, including St. Augustine, lower center, […]

Camden, William. Revised by Edmund Gibson. Britannia: Or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, Together with the Adjacent Islands. The Second Edition, Revised, Digested, and Published, Published with Large Additions and Improvements by Edmund Gibson. London: Printed by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and Sold by William Taylor, 1722. 2 Volumes: complete in […]

Mackenzie, Alexander. Voyages From Montreal, On the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans: In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country. Illustrated With a Map. New York: Printed and sold […]

Bowen, Emanuel: A Complete System of Geography. Being a Description of all the Countries, Islands, Cities, Chief Towns, Harbours, Lakes, and Rivers, Mountains, Mines, &c. of the Known World. Shewing the Situation, Extent, and Boundaries of the Several Empires, Kingdoms, Republics, Principalities, Provinces, &c. Their Climate, Soil, and Produce… and the Distance and Bearing of […]