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Item #3709 [INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was...

Ballard, J.Z. (editor)

[INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and his safe return from captivity, October 19, 1866. After an absence of 29 years

Chicago: [Western Book Manufacturing Co. for] Filley & Ballard, 1867. Second edition. 8vo. 110 pp. (of 112, lacking final leaf which is the end of a poem and also has a small woodcut) including 8 (of 8) plates on pale yellow paper. Stiched, original illustrated front wrapper present, paper along..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #3643 [MINIATURE ARTIST'S BOOK]. Boxing the Compass (North, South, East, West). Marvin R....

Hiemstra, Marvin R. and Juniper Von Phitzer

[MINIATURE ARTIST'S BOOK]. Boxing the Compass (North, South, East, West)

San Francisco: Juniper Von Phitzer, 1996. First Edition. Box assemblage (approximately 2.5" x 2.25" x 2.25"), with 4 side-panels that open flat. In the center is a working compass, and 4 small booklets for each the four points of the compass. Trifle wear to box lid; small scratch to outside..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #3594 [OREGON]. Oregon. Memorial of Citizens of the United States, Residing in the Territory...

U.S. Congress (House of Representatives), 1845

[OREGON]. Oregon. Memorial of Citizens of the United States, Residing in the Territory of Oregon, Praying for the Establishment of a Distinct Territorial Government, to Embrace Oregon and Its Adjacent Sea Coasts, &c. House of Representatives 29th Congress, 1st Session, Doc. No. 3 (Dec. 2, 1845)

Washington DC: Richie & Heiss, Printers, 1845. 8vo. 5, [3] pp. (last 3 pages blank). Single sheet folded twice (splitting along folds), uncut. AN APPEAL TO CONGRESS BY RESIDENTS IN THE OREGON TERRITORY IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT. The writers draw attention to the vast commercial opportunities, as well..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #3582 [OREGON, 1845]. The Oregon Territory, and the British North American Fur Trade. With...

Dunn, John

[OREGON, 1845]. The Oregon Territory, and the British North American Fur Trade. With an Account of the Habits and Customs of the Principal Native Tribes on the Northern Continent

Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber, 1845. First American edition. Small 8vo. viii, [1], 14-236 pp. + 8 pp. (advertisements). Collates complete as per the Stanford copy. Forms Part VIII of "The Home & Travellers Library Semi-Monthly." Original cloth (spine chipped and partially defective, extremities rubbed), hinges perfectly sound. Small marginal stain on..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #3371 Twenty Years Among the Mexicans, A Narrative of Missionary Labor. Melinda Rankin

Rankin, Melinda

Twenty Years Among the Mexicans, A Narrative of Missionary Labor

Cincinnati: Chase & Hall, 1875. First Edition. 8vo. 199 pp. Bound in original green publisher's cloth, title in gilt on spine with gilt floral ornament and triple ornamental roll in gilt at head and foot of spine. Corners slightly bumped, cloth rubbed away in bottom right corner of front cover..... More

Price: $300.00

Item #3556 [COMPLETE WITH THE ATLAS]. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Being the Results of a Survey...

Williams, John Jay

[COMPLETE WITH THE ATLAS]. The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Being the Results of a Survey for a Railroad to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Made by the Scientific Commission under the Direction of Major J. G. Barnard, U.S. Engineers. With a Resume of the Geology, Climate, Local Geography, Productive Industry, Fauna and Flora, of that Region... Arranged and Prepared for the Tehuantepec Railroad Company of New Orleans. [ATLAS VOLUME]: Maps Illustrating the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1852. First Edition. Together 2 volumes including Atlas. Text volume: 295 [1 blank] pp. (small errata slip bound in between pages 294 and 295). COMPLETE with 1 folded lithograph map of the world, 1 folding diagram (thermal curves), 1 plan, 14 tinted lithograph plates..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #3364 Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to that Fairy...

Colt, Mrs. Miriam Davis

Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and its Sad Results; Together with a Sketch of the Life of the Author, and How the World Goes with Her

Watertown, New York: L. Ingalls & Co., 1862. First Edition. xii, 13-294. Bound in tan ribbed publisher's cloth by John W. Gorse & Co. Corners bumped, small stains on front cover, hinges cracked (lower cords broken), wear to binding extremities. Foxing throughout as is true in all copies, pages 117-122..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #3458 [NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Tuko-See-Mathla A Seminole Chief." Hand-colored...

KING, Charles Bird (artist). Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall

[NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Tuko-See-Mathla A Seminole Chief." Hand-colored lithograph from a folio edition of McKenney and Hall’s Indian Tribes of North America

Philadelphia: James G. Clark, 1843 (?). Hand-colored lithograph after Charles Bird King (496 x 355 mm), "Drawn, Printed & Coloured at the Lithographic & Print Colouring Estblishment, 94, Walnut St." Full-length standing portrait of male Seminole chief carrying a rifle, wearing striped, fringed wrap skirt, striped shirt, red sashes around..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #3457 [NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Hayne Hudjihini Eagle of Delight." Hand-colored...

KING, Charles Bird (artist). Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall

[NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Hayne Hudjihini Eagle of Delight." Hand-colored lithograph from a folio edition of McKenney and Hall’s Indian Tribes of North America

Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1833 (?). Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King (445 x 338 mm). Head-and-shoulders portrait of female Oto, wife of Chief Shaumonekusse, long black braids with hair parted at center, white and black beaded ear loops, four necklaces, silver bracelet, ruffled blouse or dress..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #3456 [NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Wa-Na-Ta. The Charger, Grand Chief of the Sioux."...

KING, Charles Bird (artist). Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall

[NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAIT]. "Wa-Na-Ta. The Charger, Grand Chief of the Sioux." Hand-colored lithograph from a folio edition of McKenney and Hall’s Indian Tribes of North America

Philadelphia: E.C. Biddle, 1837 (?). Hand-colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King (445 x 338 mm). Full-length standing portrait of male Sioux chief holding a rifle, wearing brightly colored blankets, feathered headdress, necklace of grizzly bear claws, and red leggings decorated with bird feathers. Very mild uniform..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #3434 [TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF NATIVE AMERICANS]: "Tombeaux des indiens sioux" together...

Bodmer, Karl

[TWO ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS OF NATIVE AMERICANS]: "Tombeaux des indiens sioux" together with "Chef Indien" (title in pencil)

Paris: Bertauts, 1850. First Edition. Lithograph (210 x 163 mm; 8.25" x 6.25") by Eugene LeRoux (1807-1863) after an original design by Karl Bodmer, one of which is on Chine applique, on large folio sheet (447 x 317 mm; 17.5" x 12.25"). Margins with foxing, images in excellent state. FIRST..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #3444 [HUGE MAP OF OREGON 1845]. Map of the Oregon Territory by the U.S. Ex. Ex. Charles...

Wilkes, Charles

[HUGE MAP OF OREGON 1845]. Map of the Oregon Territory by the U.S. Ex. Ex. Charles Wilkes, Esqr. Commander 1841. [Inset map at left]: Columbia River Reduced from Survey Made by the U.S. Ex. Ex. 1841. [Below neat line at right]: J.H. Young & Sherman & Smith, N.Y.

Philadelphia: 1845 (ca.). Stereotyped map of Oregon, highly detailed, neat line to neat line: 59 x 90 cm. Inset map of Columbia River, neat line to neat line (irregular shape): 54.4 x 24 cm. Scattered foxing and creasing where formerly folded, generally a very good copy. Matted in a handsome..... More

Price: $2,200.00

Item #3428 [SORDID 1870 TRIAL - WOMAN DEFENDANT]. Official Report of the Trial of Laura D. Fair,...

Marsh & Osbourne

[SORDID 1870 TRIAL - WOMAN DEFENDANT]. Official Report of the Trial of Laura D. Fair, for the Murder of Alex P. Crittenden, including the Testimony, the Arguments of Counsel, and the Charge of the Court, reported Verbatim, and the Entire Correspondence of the Parties. With Portraits of the Defendant and the Deceased

San Francisco: Printed by the San Francisco Co-Operative Printing for Sumner Whitney & Co., 1871. Small 4to. 4, [2], 325, [1], xvii pp. The two portraits are in facsimile, otherwise complete. Some page numbers at top margin shaved; front blank with repaired tear; final page torn and backed. Inherent spotting..... More

Price: $2,100.00

Item #3406 VAST COLLECTION OF 372 WORKS ON WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST: Books and Ephemera from...

Women in the American West - A collection of 372 titles

VAST COLLECTION OF 372 WORKS ON WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST: Books and Ephemera from the Collection of Dorothy Sloan

V.p. 1808-1996. A collection of 372 titles written by and about Women in the West. Condition Statement: Overall, most of the books in the collection are in “good” or “good+” condition, which typically describes a book that is sufficiently worn, the binding soiled, scuffed, stained or spotted and may have..... More

Price: $7,200.00

Item #3389 [FIRST FEDERAL PRINTING OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION - UNCUT COPY]. Message from the...

[United States. Congress. House. 1845]

[FIRST FEDERAL PRINTING OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION - UNCUT COPY]. Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress. (29th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 2. House of Representatives)

Washington DC: Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, 1845. First Edition. 8vo. 893 pp. + 1 blank f. COMPLETE with the folding engraved map of Kearny's 1845 Expedition through the Black Hills and 6 folding tables. Stitched as issued. Uncut copy, with pp. 601-893 unopened. Stained, wear along edges, folding tables..... More

Price: $2,240.00

Item #3396 [WESTERN OVERLANDS 1847]. Doniphan’s Expedition; Containing an Account of the...

Hughes, John T.

[WESTERN OVERLANDS 1847]. Doniphan’s Expedition; Containing an Account of the Conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney’s Overland Expedition to California; Doniphan’s Campaign Against the Navajos; His Unparalleled March upon Chihuahua and Durango; and the Operation of General Price at Santa Fe. With a Sketch of the Life of Col. Doniphan. Illustrated with Plans of Battle Fields, a Map, and Fine Engravings.

Cincinnati: U.P. James, 1847 (after). Later printing. 8vo. 144 pp. Title-page vignette, woodcut frontispiece, 3 full-page maps in text, 8 woodcut illustrations in text. Original wrappers (both front and back wrappers chipped with loss, some repairs). Some foxing throughout as is true in all copies. Uncut and largely unopened copy..... More

Price: $200.00

Item #3395 "California Scenery. Seal Rocks - Point Lobos" Currier, Ives

Currier & Ives

"California Scenery. Seal Rocks - Point Lobos"

New York: Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau St. ca. 1870s. Original lithograph with hand-coloring (sheet size: 357 x 255 mm; image size without lettering: 315 x 200 mm), unmatted. Two marginal tears neatly repaired, one of which just touches image. Charming depicting of the Southern California coastline, being a romantic..... More

Price: $400.00

Item #3394 [TEXANA]. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 [33rd Congress,...

Marcy, Randolph B. and George B. McClellan

[TEXANA]. Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 [33rd Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives. Executive Doc.]

Third edition. COMPLETE SET of 2 vols. (text + Atlas). xv, [1], 286 pp. COMPLETE with 65 maps (plus one duplicate); Landscapes: I-XII; Geological Sections: 1, 3-11 (#2 not issued); Paleontology: 1-6; Zoology: 1-18 (plus duplicate of #5); Botanical: 1-17, 19-20 (#18 not issued). Original blind-stamped cloth, edges worn, outer..... More

Price: $950.00

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