AMERICAN PHOTO.
(New York: AAmerican Photo), 1990-. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 17 issues. Various issues from Volume 1, No. 4 (1990) to Volume 5, No. 4 (1994). Full of color. READ MORE about AMERICAN PHOTO
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 105714
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CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF RECENT EUROPEAN FINE BOOK AND COMMERCIAL PRINTING, LOANED BY THE TYPOGRAPHICAL LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY.
Jersey City: ATF, 1926. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 34, (4) pages. With a two page introduction by H.L. Bullen. A fine copy. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF RECENT EUROPEAN FINE BOOK AND COMMERCIAL PRINTING, LOANED BY THE...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 16329
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A SELECTION OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY BOOKS.
London: Maggs Bros. (1936). 8vo. paper wrappers. 64 pages. Catalogue no. 625. Illustrated. Bumped at top. READ MORE about UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A SELECTION OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY BOOKS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 14500
WESTERN AMERICA IN 1846-1847 : THE ORIGINAL TRAVEL DIARY OF LIEUTENANT J. W. ABERT, WHO MAPPED NEW MEXICO FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
San Francisco, CA: Lawton and Alfred Kennedy for John Howell-Books, 1966. folio. original beige decorated cloth. (xii) 116 pages, 14 colored plates, 2 plans, 2 folding maps, text illustrations. Handsome reprint of Abert's diary published by Congress in 1848, one of the earliest American publications relating to the newly acquired Territory of New Mexico, with the first printing of Abert's watercolor sketchbook. Field 4. Howes All. Pilling 3 (Cheyenne vocabulary). Plaines & Rockies 120. Radar..... READ MORE about WESTERN AMERICA IN 1846-1847 : THE ORIGINAL TRAVEL DIARY OF LIEUTENANT J. W. ABERT, WHO MAPPED...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 135976
AMERICA FROM AMERIGO VESPUCCI TO THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.
New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1976. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 66 pages, Exhibition catalogue descriptions of items dealing with exploration, the American Indian, the Colonies, religion, flora and fauna, statesmen and more. Printed in two colors. Introduction by Charles Ryskamp. READ MORE about AMERICA FROM AMERIGO VESPUCCI TO THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 115152
AMERICANA : SELECTIONS FROM THE LIBRARY OF FRANCIS A. MACNUTT, BRESSANONE, ITALY, SOLD BY ORDER OF HIS NEPHEW J. SCOTT MACNUTT. SALE NUMBER 2334, APRIL 9, 1929.
Together with American Autographs, Americana, Maps, American Colored Views, Etc.
New York, NY: The Anderson Galleries, 1929. 8vo. Bound in the original cream-color printed wraps. 45 pages. Together with American Autographs, Americana, Maps, American Colored Views, Etc. 239 lots. Scarce. Near fine with some light wear to the head of spine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about AMERICANA : SELECTIONS FROM THE LIBRARY OF FRANCIS A. MACNUTT, BRESSANONE, ITALY, SOLD BY ORDER...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 136436
AMERICANA, DUPLICATES FROM THE DISTINGUISHED COLLECTIONS OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY.
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1966. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 164, (4) pages. Duplicates were generated by the acquisition of the Everett D. Graff collection. Three holes punched along spine for insertion into a binder. Loosely inserted are Xeroxes of prices realized list. READ MORE about AMERICANA, DUPLICATES FROM THE DISTINGUISHED COLLECTIONS OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 41008
AMERICANA: AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS INCLUDING MANY CHOICE AND IMPORTANT ITEMS ALSO AMERICAN AND ENGLISH AUTHORS.
Metuchen, NJ: Charles F. Heartman, 1928. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 52 pages. McKay 9127. 274 lots. Includes American historical letters and documents from the Revolutionary era to the Gilded Age. Includes a letter from George Washington to Caesar Rodney (lot 252). Chipping at edges, spine partly missing. Wrappers lightly soiled. READ MORE about AMERICANA: AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS INCLUDING MANY CHOICE...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 115744
AMÉRIQUE, AUTOGRAPHES, LIVRES, DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES.
Paris: F. Roux-Devillas, n.d. (circa 1962). small 4to. later cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in, later typed paper spine label. 100 pages. Illustrated bookseller's catalogue. Loosely inserted in this copy is a commemorative bookplate stating that the book came from the reference library of H.P. Kraus. Note in pen on front cover of catalogue "I ordered 7947 per cable. ask for confirmation. Please follow wp. by letter." Later paper spine label is worn along edges..... READ MORE about AMÉRIQUE, AUTOGRAPHES, LIVRES, DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 107475
ANNOTATED EBERSTADT CATALOGS OF AMERICANA. IN FOUR VOLUMES INCLUDING INDEX. NUMBERS 103 TO 138, 1935-1956.
Introduction by Archibald Hanna Jr. Index by Karl Brown. Four volumes.
New York: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd., 1965. thick 8vo. half leather, top edges gilt, slipcase. Introduction by Archibald Hanna Jr. Index by Karl Brown. Four volumes. Complete four volume set, with volume one being one of 90 numbered copies signed by both Eberstadts and Archibald Hanna and containing an original leaf from the first edition of the first history of California, VENEGAS - NOTICIA DE LA CALIFORNIA, Madrid, 1757. A virtual mine of information on Americana, with..... READ MORE about ANNOTATED EBERSTADT CATALOGS OF AMERICANA. IN FOUR VOLUMES INCLUDING INDEX. NUMBERS 103 TO 138,...
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 25174
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE NEW-ENGLAND MINING AND TRADING COMPANY.
Pasadena, CA: Castle Press, 1984. folio. paper wrappers. (6) pages. Printed in an edition of 275 copies by The Castle Press, Pasadena, and presented to the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in San Francisco, October 27 and 28, 1984 by Henry H. Clifford. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE NEW-ENGLAND MINING AND TRADING COMPANY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135783
AUTHOR/TITLE CATALOG OF AMERICANA 1493-1860 IN THE WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.
7 volumes
Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1970. folio. cloth. (vi), 678; (ii), 663; (ii), 697; (ii), 666; (ii), 686; (ii), 672; (ii), 690 pages. 7 volumes. Introduction by Howard H. Peckham. Seven volume catalogue reproducing the author/title sections, the last two volumes are chronological indexes arranged by date of publication. Staining to the top edges of the text blocks on volumes 2-7. Staining to the front edges of the text blocks on volumes 3, 4, 5..... READ MORE about AUTHOR/TITLE CATALOG OF AMERICANA 1493-1860 IN THE WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF...
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 104869
BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA, 1893. CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO AMERICA. WITH A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ROBERT CLARKE & CO'S HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS.
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1893. 8vo. modern pebbled cloth. viii, 274, (2), 78 pages. 7488 books described. With a partial index. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA, 1893. CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 35174
CATALOGUE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. GEORGE BRINLEY OF HARTFORD, CONN.
New York: Sold at Auction by George A. Leavitt & Co., 1878-1897. large 8vo. (10 3/8" by 7"). Original wrappers, First Edition. Chipping to extremities and partially defective. Interestingly, along top edges a former owner has written the number of the volume: I, II, III, IIII, IIIII (see images), but clearly this copy was never even read. The paper stock in extremely fresh condition: unmarked, without any blemish whatsoever, and almost completely unopened. PRINTED ON..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY OF THE LATE MR. GEORGE BRINLEY OF HARTFORD, CONN
Price: $2,800.00 Order nr. 136149
CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF HISTORICAL AND LITERARY AMERICANA, FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THOMAS W. STREETER AND C. WALLER BARRETT.
New York: The Grolier Club, 1960. 8vo. paper wrappers. 48 pages. Asaf 127. Printed at the Thistle Press. 104 books described. Slight cover fading. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF HISTORICAL AND LITERARY AMERICANA, FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THOMAS...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 210
A COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PAINTINGS, ETC., RELATING TO.
New York: E. Eberstadt & Sons, 1957. tall large 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 111 pages. 671 priced lots of Americana, with many items for individual states. A few illustrations. Reproduced typescript. Covers worn, soiled; old tape repairs. READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, PAINTINGS, ETC., RELATING TO
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 54896
COLONIAL AMERICAN DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE CHEW FAMILY PAPERS.
New York: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1982. small 4to. paper covered boards. 54, (6) pages. Illustrated including a foldout frontispiece map. A fine copy. The Declaration was estimated to bring between $150,000 and $200,000 and in the end fetched $285,000. Other items in this 25-item sale included the original map of the Mason-Dixon survey and one of two known copies of the manuscript charter for Pennsylvania. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books &..... READ MORE about COLONIAL AMERICAN DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE CHEW FAMILY PAPERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 17011
THE COLONIAL SCENE, (1602-1800), A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS EXHIBITED AT THE JOHN CARTER LIBRARY IN THE SPRING OF 1949, AUGMENTED BY RELATED TITLES FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.
Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society for the associates of the John Carter Brown Library, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 110 pages. Exhibition catalogue which describes books which characterize the colonial home, farm, industry, arts and crafts, science and medicine, education and many more aspects of colonial life. Spine lightly faded, with light chipping around edges. Else a near fine copy. From the reference library of Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts with their bookplate included. READ MORE about THE COLONIAL SCENE, (1602-1800), A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS EXHIBITED AT THE JOHN CARTER LIBRARY IN THE...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 36377
PETER DECKER'S CATALOGUES OF AMERICANA.
3 volumes. Foreword by Archibald Hanna.
Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1979. 8vo. cloth. variously paginated. 3 volumes. Foreword by Archibald Hanna. Printed in an edition of 400 copies. Spines soiled, else a near fine set. Reprints catalogues 22-50 which span the years 1944-1963. This period saw the cataloguing of the magnificent Greenly and Fickes collections. Biographical introduction by Peter Decker. The third volume serves as a index to the other two and is reproduced from typescript. From the reference library of..... READ MORE about PETER DECKER'S CATALOGUES OF AMERICANA
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 72618
FINE PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA.
New York: Sotheby's, 1986. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. 372 lots described. Near fine. READ MORE about FINE PRINTED AND MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 136690
Four Americana catalogues issued by David M. Lesser. #132, 143, 144, & 145.
Woodbridge, CT: David M. Lesser, n.d. 4to. paper wrappers. various. Four Americana catalogues issued by David M. Lesser of Woodbridge, CT. READ MORE about Four Americana catalogues issued by David M. Lesser. #132, 143, 144, & 145
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135148
THE FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA AS EXEMPLIFIED IN A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF FRENCH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTE (1581 - 1791).
London: Maggs Bros. 1936. 8vo. bound in original tan paper wraps. 139 pages. Catalogue 8 from the French offices of this venerable bookselling firm. A necessary supplement to Wroth and Annan, as many works listed herein are overlooked by them. Good annotations, with index. Some toning to the covers, spine lightly worn. Cover separating from spine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE FRENCH COLONISATION OF AMERICA AS EXEMPLIFIED IN A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF FRENCH...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 136065
A CATALOGUE OF THE FREDERICK W. & CARRIE S. BEINECKE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA.
Volume One: Manuscripts.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xi, 114 pages. Volume One: Manuscripts. First edition. Introduction by Archibald Hanna. This volume was the only one published. Lengthy annotations accompany each item. Illustrated. Jacket chipped along edges. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE FREDERICK W. & CARRIE S. BEINECKE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 211
A CATALOGUE OF THE FREDERICK W. & CARRIE S. BEINECKE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA.
Volume One: Manuscripts.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xi, 114 pages. Volume One: Manuscripts. First edition. Introduction by Archibald Hanna. This volume was the only one published. Lengthy annotations accompany each item. Illustrated. Jacket has tears and spots and with a small hole in corner of front cover. Name in ink at top of free endpaper. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE FREDERICK W. & CARRIE S. BEINECKE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 119531
A CATALOGUE OF THE FREDERICK W. & CARRIE S. BEINECKE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA.
Volume One: Manuscripts.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xi, 114 pages. Volume One: Manuscripts. First edition. Introduction by Archibald Hanna. This volume was the only one published. Lengthy annotations accompany each item. Illustrated. Ex library copy with markings. READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF THE FREDERICK W. & CARRIE S. BEINECKE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 119589