New York, NY: De Vinne Press, 1891. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 317+(1) pages. Limited to 100 copies, signed by Theodore L. De Vinne. Introductory comments describing the collection by Ives. 1115 entries arranged alphabetically. Color facsimiles, frontispiece and throughout text. This work appears to have been published prior to an auction of the Ives collection on March 5, 1891 (McKay 3929), the catalogue for which was also published by..... READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS BELONGING TO MR. BRAYTON IVES OF NEW-YORK

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126885

London: The Nether Press, 1971. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 196 pages. Nether Press Bibliographies, Miscellaneous Series CI. A bibliography of the work of American poet and black power advocate Leroi Jones, who changed his name to Imamu Amiri Baraka. Introduction and acknowledgments. List of abbreviations. Includes both Jones's works and works about him. Index. Stamped pattern obliterates text on copyright page. READ MORE about LEROI JONES (IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA): A CHECKLIST OF WORKS BY AND ABOUT HIM

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115012

Introductory Study by Frederick R. Goff.
Washington: Pan American Union, 1959. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 44 page introduction followed by the facsimile of over 300 pages. Introductory Study by Frederick R. Goff. Facsimile of the 1713 first edition with new material by Goff. Covers soiled with some damage to spine covering. Unopened copy. READ MORE about THE PRIMORDIA OF BISHOP WHITE KENNETT, THE FIRST ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 6704

New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 98, (6) pages. Illustrated. 181 items. Index. Covers faded. READ MORE about MANUSCRIPT AND PRINTED AMERICANA

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 6880

New York: H.P. Kraus, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 110 pages. Illustrated. With sections of Americana, bibliography, bindings, philosophy, and many others. Bumped at head of spine. READ MORE about RECENT ACQUISITIONS

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 35363

Philadelphia, PA: Stan. W. Henkels, 1927. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 76 pages. (McKay 9022). Henkels catalogue 1400. Auction to dispose of the estate of Kuhn, held April 5, 1927. 707 lots. Wrappers bent and soiled, especially at edges. Spine reinforced with tape. Pencilled notations of prices in text. READ MORE about IMPORTANT SALE OF RARE AMERICANA FROM THE LIBRARY OF C. HARTMAN KUHN OF PHILADELPIA DUPLICATES...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119109

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. (1961). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. x, 66 pages. Preface, foreword by Brendan Byrne, table of contents. Includes text, comments and a facsimile reproduction of each document. READ MORE about LET FREEDOM RING: TWENTY-SIX FAMOUS AMERICAN DOCUMENTS

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119255

N.P. Women's National Book Assoc. 1954. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 70, (22) pages. First edition. Listing of interesting children's books with many plates showing title pages and other illustrations. Presentation from author on title page "For Helen: This with very fondest wishes, W.W. Livengood, April 30, 1954." . Jacket chipped with piece missing at bottom of spine. Bookplate of Helen S. Lowitt on free endpaper. READ MORE about AMERICANA AS TAUGHT TO THE TUNE OF A HICKORY STICK

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13787

Bryn Mawr, PA: George S. MacManus Co., n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. variously paginated. Catalogues include #391 and 411. READ MORE about Two catalogues issued by George S. MacManus Co

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135162

London: Maggs Bros. 1915. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 224 pages. Maggs catalogue no. 334. 2467 entries, priced. Offered mostly books on geography, history, and travel Covers worn, soiled. Some loss of paper to the head and tail of the spine. READ MORE about VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE BRITISH ISLANDS, AMERICA

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 69979

London: Maggs Bros. 1928. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Frontispiece, (iv), 832, (30) pages with 34 separately numbered plates. Catalogue no. 502. Huge bookseller's catalogue, priced. In chronological order with index in back. Items 4906-6688. Worn with front cover missing. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA PART VII

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119319

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1865. 4to. quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards. ccxviii, 745+(1) pages. "Preliminary views" and introduction, index, list of errata. A compilation of data relating to manufacturing in the states and territories in the Union as of 1860. With aggregate totals for the entire nation. Covers rubbed and scuffed especially at edges. Spine chipped at top. Endpapers stained, along with some leaves of text. Inside hinges cracked. READ MORE about MANUFACTURES OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1860; COMPILED FROM THE ORIGINAL RETURNS OF THE EIGHTH...

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122607

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, n.d. but 1998). 8vo. cloth. 184 pages. Reprinted from the 1884 edition published by the GPO in Washington. Describes over 1800 geological maps of the Americas. With an introduction discussing previous catalogues of maps as well as geological maps themselves. READ MORE about MAPOTECA GEOLOGICA AMERICANA, A CATALOGUE OF GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51687

Nine volumes.
New York: Sotheby's, 1989-1990. small 4to. cloth, paper cover labels. Nine volumes. The complete set of this magnificent sale including the more elusive fourth volume which describes the sale held in Monaco. Sales devoted to Audubon, ornithology, Selby, French literature, American literature, Americana, English literature and illuminated manuscripts. Filled with illustrations. With prices realized loosely inserted in each volume along with the prospectus to the sale and some other pieces of related ephemera. Volumes one..... READ MORE about THE LIBRARY OF H. BRADLEY MARTIN

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 31998

(Montreal: Osiris Publications, 1978). 8vo. cord-tied stiff paper wrappers. 87 pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies, reprint. Hand-list of printed books concerning Canadiana and French Americana from 1508 to 1928. Eric Gill designed McCoy's bookplate and this is reproduced as a frontispiece. Wrappers slightly soiled, several small tears to the bottom front edge. Some bumping to the corners and edges. READ MORE about CANADIANA AND FRENCH AMERICANA IN THE LIBRARY OF J.C. MCCOY; A HAND LIST OF PRINTED BOOKS

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104325

New York: New York Academy of Medicine, 1926. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. 95 items well described. Some illustrations. Edge of front cover and title page creased and partially torn. READ MORE about CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AND LATER MEDICAL AMERICANA

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99959

(San Diego: Ash Ranch Press, 1987). oblong miniature book (7.0 x 5.9 cm). stiff paper wrappers in matchbox form, title stamped on front wrapper. 19+(1) pages, one side only. Limited to 250 copies, signed by the author (Bradbury, Ash Ranch Press 2). An occasional publication, in the author's words, "when the urge overwhelms me." Includes excerpts from Harry Oliver's "All's not Gold that Glitters" from his book Desert Rough Cuts. READ MORE about TUMBLEWEEDS WEST, NO. 1

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 116588

Spartanburg, SC: Kitemaug Press, (1985). miniature book (5.8 x 4.5 cm). cloth, title stamped on spine, title and illustration stamped front cover. unpaginated. Limited to 125 numbered copies (Bradbury, Kitemaug Press 42). Frontispiece. A tale of the Old West. READ MORE about SHORTY'S DILEMMA, OR AN INCIDENT AT THE FLYING W RANCH

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 117415

A List of References in the New York Public Library
New York: n.p., 1925. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 74 pages. A List of References in the New York Public Library. Former library book but only stamp of library on front wrapper present. Contains a list of titles related to folk music in the collection of the New York Public library at the time of publication. Reprinted with additions from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library November and December 1924. Penciled notes throughout..... READ MORE about THE FOLK MUSIC OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 92142

Princeton: Joseph J. Felcone Inc., 1992. 8vo. cloth. xii, 303 pages. Description of Felcone's personal collection of books printed in New Jersey, about New Jersey or having some famous provenance attached to New Jersey. With full bibliographical descriptions and annotations. Index. READ MORE about NEW JERSEY BOOKS, 1698-1800

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 37110

Swarthmore, PA: The Offhand Press, 1959-62. 8vo. loose papers. variously paginated. A collection of publications by the Offhand Press of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Includes correspondence from publisher Charles B. Shaw and Ben Liebermann of the Herity Press of White Plains, New York. Included in this collection are: Alphabetic Arrangements I-XII--I and VIII missing, 2 of VII British Americana Series I, II, and III The Cass-Washburn Papers, I-VI Orthographic Oddments I-VI Ripost Series I-IV Typographic Series I-XXV..... READ MORE about Collection of assorted printed works

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119330

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, (1955). tall 8vo. cloth. vi, 69 pages. Items purchased that supplemented the original catalogue. Presentation from Edward B. Stamford on free endpaper. READ MORE about THE JAMES FORD BELL COLLECTION, A LIST OF ADDITIONS, 1951-1954

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 16190

Vol. 1, No. 4
(Ann Arbor): The Clements Library Associates, 1995. 4to. self paper wrappers. 12 pages. Vol. 1, No. 4. Being the entire issue of The Quarto, News letter of the Clements Library Associates of the University of Michigan. Howard H. Peckham was responsible for bringing many American-revolutionary era manuscripts into the library's collections, in addition to being a prolific writer on Revolutionary-era American history. Includes tributes, a bibliography of Peckham and general CLA news. READ MORE about IN MEMORY OF HOWARD H. PECKHAM

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108840

20 volumes.
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1966-1981. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 20 volumes. The illustrated version of these catalogues except for numbers 15 and 17 which are the unillustrated version. Difficult to find as a set as Part V concerned the Americana and was issued in America. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHECA PHILLIPPICA, NEW SERIES

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 106138

New Castle, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Oak Knoll Press and University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2009. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 352 pages. In 1749, Benjamin Franklin published his educational call to arms, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania. In it, Franklin set forth a radically new template for educating students, one that stressed social utility, secular independence, and an English language-based curriculum. This slim pamphlet led to the creation of..... READ MORE about "THE GOOD EDUCATION OF YOUTH": WORLDS OF LEARNING IN THE AGE OF FRANKLIN

Price: $49.95  other currencies  Order nr. 100470

Personally selected by our Mr. L. H. Wells from the Book Marts of Europe. Volume IV.
Minneapolis, MN: Powers Mercantile Co., 1914. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. Personally selected by our Mr. L. H. Wells from the Book Marts of Europe. Volume IV. Contains 606 entries on Americana ("Covering the American Continent; Voyages of Discovery; General Histories; Travel; Geology; Zoology, etc., Particularly the Northwest and an Exceptional List Pertaining to the American Indian." (from the title page)), as well as Cruikshankiana and Napoleon and the French Revolution. Corners bumped, tears..... READ MORE about A CATALOGUE OF INTERESTING OLD AND CURIOUS BOOKS IN ALL CLASSES OF LITERATURE, RARE AND FINE...

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 100907

Being the Text of a Letter dated June 18, 1775, from John Adams to Elbridge Gerry containing a facsimile of the original letter in the collection of Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, and An Account of those Events preceding the Letter.
Kirkwood: Printery, 1976. large 8vo. quarter leather, marbled paper-covered boards. 37, (5) pages. Being the Text of a Letter dated June 18, 1775, from John Adams to Elbridge Gerry containing a facsimile of the original letter in the collection of Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, and An Account of those Events preceding the Letter. Limited to an edition of 145 copies handset in Caslon and Janson types, hand-printed damp on Arches Text Laid paper..... READ MORE about BY A VOTE OF CONGRESS

Price: $135.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99491

(Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, n.d. but 2001). small 4to. cloth. xiv, 338 pages. Reprint of the 1947 first edition published by the University of Oklahoma Press. (Besterman 6349). 3793 books and pamphlets given each accompanied by full titles, pagination, size and whether illustrated. Describes imprints from the 16th century to the 20th century. READ MORE about SOUTH OF FORTY, FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE RIO GRANDE, A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 63718

Catalogue 180
New Haven, CT: Wm. Reese Co., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Unpaginated. Catalogue 180. A catalogue of American illustrations and art with several pictures of the items. Slight shelf wear. A name and number written on front cover in ink. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATED AMERICANA & AMERICAN ART

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96421

Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, (1997). 8vo. paper-covered boards. (iv), 588, (1) pages. Continuation of Shaw and Shoemaker's original work. READ MORE about CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN IMPRINTS FOR 1846 ITEMS 46-1-45-7783

Price: $50.00  other currencies  Order nr. 53847

The Library of Irving Whitmore Robbins, Jr.
San Francisco: Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1996. 8vo. cloth. not paginated. The Library of Irving Whitmore Robbins, Jr. Listing of 397 items from the late Irving Whitmore Robbins Jr.'s library on Thursday, March 21st, 1996, 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Sale 100. Includes black-and-white as well as color illustrations. Black ink mark on fore-edge paper. Light shelf wear. READ MORE about FINE WESTERN AMERICANA & RELATED PACIFIC VOYAGES

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 98871

(New York: The John C. Rogers Company), 1941. 16mo. paper-covered boards, label on front board. unpaginated. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. Privately printed. A reprinted editorial from The New York Times urging support for Great Britain and its allies upon passage by Congress of the Lend Lease Bill. Preface by J.C.R. READ MORE about WE SHALL NOT TURN BACK

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 115790

New York, NY: Wiley & Halsted, 1858. 8vo. cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine. viii, 256, 8 pages. A list of works published in the U.S., including price and publisher. Arranged alphabetically. Lists of abbreviations and publishers. List of other works by the publisher. Ex-library. Title page stained. Tanning. Boards scuffed, especially at edges. READ MORE about ADDENDA TO THE BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA, A CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS (REPRINTS AND ORIGINAL...

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119099

Philadelphia and New York: The Rosenbach Company, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 50 pages. Priced catalogue. READ MORE about WEST OF THE ALLEGHENIES, A SELECTION OF RARE BOOKS ON THE WESTERN EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 18245

4 volumes.
New York: Parke Bernet, 1978-1980. small 4to. paper wrappers. 4 volumes. Well illustrated. READ MORE about HIGHTLY IMPORTANT AMERICAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS, THE PROPERTY...

Price: $22.50  other currencies  Order nr. 7513

(Hockessin, DE: Nancy Sawin), n.d. Limited to 100 signed and numbered copies. Five barns featured by Nancy Sawin. The barns are: Tidewater Barn; Klair Barn on Limestone Road; Log Barns south of Cross Keys; Eden Hill; & Cherbourg. READ MORE about DELAWARE BARNS

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134720

New York: Sotheby's, 1998. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. not paginated. Catalogue number 7087, referred to as "Sax." Auction: Jan 16th, 17th, 1998. Many color and black-and-white illustrations. Prices realized loosely inserted. Back wrapper lightly rubbed. READ MORE about HIGHLY IMPORTANT AMERICANA FROM THE COLLECTION OF STANLEY PAUL SAX

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 99416

2 volumes.
Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co., 1888. thick small 4to. later pebbled red cloth, top edge gilt. (iv),v,610,xxxiii; viii,611-1358 pages. 2 volumes. B1-1489. First edition (Howes S-143). One of the most important of the histories of Delaware. Filled with illustrations. Well preserved set. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF DELAWARE. 1609-1888

Price: $700.00  other currencies  Order nr. 100757

2 volumes.
Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co., 1888. thick small 4to. later pebbled red cloth, top edges gilt. (iv),v,610,xxxiii; viii,611-1358 pages. 2 volumes. B1-1489. First edition (Howes S-143). One of the most important of the histories of Delaware. Filled with illustrations. Preliminary pages are foxed and soiled. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF DELAWARE. 1609-1888

Price: $675.00  other currencies  Order nr. 104839

2 volumes.
Philadelphia: L.J. Richards & Co., 1888. thick small 4to. later pebbled red cloth, top edge gilt. (iv),v,610,xxxiii; viii,611-1358 pages. 2 volumes. B1-1489. First edition (Howes S-143). One of the most important of the histories of Delaware. Filled with illustrations. With the Delaware bookplate of Gertrude Brinckle in each volume in which she has written in information about the set. Covers rubbed. Title page has a tape repair. READ MORE about THE HISTORY OF DELAWARE. 1609-1888

Price: $665.00  other currencies  Order nr. 128150

New Yrok: Scott & D'Shaughnessy, 1915-. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. Auction catalogues from Scott & D'Shaughnessy, for items sold between April 1915 and June 1917, mostly concerning American history. 1915: No. 3, (McKay 7542) 1916: No. 14, (McKay 7653) 1916: No. 16, (McKay 7660) 1916: No. 23, (McKay 7709) 1916: No. 27, (McKay 7742) 1916: No. 28 (McKay 7760). 1917: No. 34, (McKay 7832) 1917: No. 40, (McKay 7856). Many black-and-white illustrations. Catalogue..... READ MORE about COLLECTION OF SALE CATALOGUES FROM SCOTT AND D'SHAUGHNESSY

Price: $120.00  other currencies  Order nr. 77278

Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1990. 8vo. cloth. (iv), 562 pages. Continuation of Shaw and Shoemaker's original work. READ MORE about CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN IMPRINTS FOR 1840 ITEMS 40-1-40-7198

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 32483

New York, NY: Christie's, 2007. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 130 pages. Auction, June 19, 2007. 153 lots. A collection of photographs signed by notable historical figures. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE JEROME SHOCHET COLLECTION OF SIGNED HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Price: $16.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121671

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, (1966). folio. vellum with string ties, in cloth clamshell box with paper front cover label. xviii, 246 pages. Facsimile of the original edition of 1624. Historical introduction by A.L. Rowse and bibliographic notes by Robert O. Dougan, in small accompanying paper bound volume. Covers of clamshell box torn at top edge of spine. READ MORE about THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA, NEW-ENGLAND AND THE SUMMER ISLES

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 130571

New York: Christie's, 2005. 4to. cloth with color illustration inset in front cover. 371 pages. Auction catalogue, collection of Jay T. Snider, June 21, 2005. 346 lots. Frontispiece. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about THE JAY T. SNIDER COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL AMERICANA

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120933

2 volumes.
London: Printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, 1862. tall 12mo. later cloth. xii,436; (iv),437-805+(1) pages. 2 volumes. First edition. An important catalogue of Americana produced by the great 19th century bookseller whose stock was the basis for many of the great collections formed in this field. Rebound ex library copies with markings. READ MORE about HISTORICAL NUGGETS, BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA OR A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MY COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS...

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103820

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1970. tall 8vo. paper covered boards. xix, 350 pages. The index volume of this important auction sale of Americana. Includes prices realized. READ MORE about CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF AMERICANA. INDEX COMPILED BY EDWARD J. LAZARE

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 7672

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1967. large 8vo. paper covered boards. (x), pps. 987-1471, (9) pages. Volume three. A catalogue from the auction which offered the collection of Americana from the Streeter collection. This volume included books on the old northwest, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi Valley, Tennessee and Kentucky, Burr-Wilkinson, Presidents of the United States, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. There are 686 items listed and it is illustrated and indexed. Covers faded especially..... READ MORE about CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF AMERICANA FORMED BY THE LATE THOMAS WINTHROP STREETER, MORRISTOWN, NEW...

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 60245

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1969. large 8vo. paper covered boards. (9), pps. 2768-3001, (11) pages. Volume seven. A catalogue from the auction which offered books from the Streeter collection. This volume included books on transportation and communications, economics, education, sports, Western Hemisphere and the Pacific, literature and the arts, first separate account of New Jersey, social history and reference. works. It list 462 items and is illustrated and indexed. READ MORE about CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF AMERICANA FORMED BY THE LATE THOMAS WINTHROP STREETER, MORRISTOWN, NEW...

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 60252