Fine and Rare Books with autographs & manuscripts

[American Imprints/NE/Law.]. 6 Titles (7 Vols). ++ CAPTAIN COOK?S THREE VOAYGES TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN... Vol II (of 2). Bos: Manning and Loring for Tho

[American Imprints/Surveying]. Robert Gibson. A TREATISE OF PRACTICAL SURVEYING... With Alterations and Amendments, adapted to the Use of American Sur

[Chesapeake & Ohio Canal]. 2 Notes, for $20 and $5. Text reads ?The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company Promise to pay on Demand at their Offi...

[Confederate Notes]. 100 Notes, which read ?Two years after ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States & the United Sta...

[Counterfeiting Detection]. THE AMERICAN BOND DETECTOR; And Complete History of the United States Government Securities; issued under the Sanction of

. HEATH?S INFALLIBLE COUNTERFEIT DETECTOR At Sight. The only Infallible Method of Detecting Coutnerfeit, Spurious, and altered Bank

[Congress (Early Debate)/Miscellany]. 3 Titles. ++ SKETCHES OF DEBATE IN THE FIRST SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, In 1789-90-91. Harrisburg: Lane S. Har

[Franklin, Benjamin]. THE PAPERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 16 Vols: Vols I-16. New Haven: Yale Univ. Pr., 1959-1972. 8vo. Orig brown cloth, top edge sta

. Sheldon Dibble. HISTORY AND GENERAL VIEWS OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS? MISSION. NY: Taylor & Dodd, 1839. 8vo. xii, [13]-268pp. Chapters I-II cov

. George Bancroft. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, From the Discovery of the American Continent. 7 Vols only. Bos: Little, Brown, and Compan

[Jefferson, Thomas]. THE PAPERS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. 18 Vols: Vols 1-16 + Indexes to Vols 1-6 and 7-12. Princeton Univ. Pr., 1950-1961. 1st printing

[Latin America/Brazil]. 2 Titles (3 Vols). ++ Herbert H. Smith. BRAZIL: The Amazons and the Coast. Illustrated by J. Wells Champney, et. al. NY: Ch

[Latin American Archeology/Incas]. Hiram Bingham. MACHU PICCHU: A Citadel of the Incas: Report of the Explorations and Excavations made in 1911, 19

[Military/War of 1812]. William Hull. MEMOIRS OF THE CAMPAIGN OF THE NORTH WESTERN ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, A.D. 1812. Bost: True & Greene, ...

[New England/Massachusetts Printers]. 4 Titles (5 Vols). 8vo. Hardcover. ++ George Emery Littlefield. EARLY BOSTON BOOKSELLERS 1642-1711. Bos: Club

[Newspapers/Civil War/Grant]. 8 Newspaper/Magazine Issues. ++ THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. May 6, 1862. Front page coverage of battles in Williamsburg a

[Newspapers/Garfield/MicKinley Assassination]. 16 Newspaper Issues, with coverage of the assassinations, elections, Titanic sinking, and other events.

[Newspapers/WWI/WWII]. 11 Newspaper Issues. ++ DAILY PRESS. Newport News, VA: Dec. 7, 1941. Front page: ?Japs Attack Us/ Declare War: Undeclared War M

[Political Parties]. John Witherspoon DuBose. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM LOWNDES YANCEY: A History of Political Parties in the United States, fro

[Rivers of America/Signed]. Henry Seidel Canby. THE BRANDYWINE. Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. NY/Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, (1941). #383 of 650 ...

[South Carolina]. 7 Titles (8 Vols). Vp:vp. 8vo. ++ Henry R. Thompson. OUSTING THE CARPETBAGGER FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. 1926. ++ J. C. Garlington. MEN

[Views/East]. 12 Titles. ++ William Henry Shelton. THE JUMEL MANSION: Being a full History of the House on Harlem Heights built by Roger Morris before

[Views/West]. 12 Titles. First 11 listed are published Bos: Page Co., and illustrated with plates showing landscape (mostly b/w, some in color). 8v

[Virginia/Michigan]. 3 Titles (4 Vols). ++ ADVENTURERS OF PURSE AND PERSON: VIRGINIA 1607-1624/5. Revised and Edited by Virginia M. Meyer and John Fre

[Washington, D.C./Architecture/Urban Plan]. H. Paul Caemmerer. A MANUAL ON THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF WASHINGTON. GPO, 1939. Flyleaf signed and

[Washington, George]. THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745-1799. 41 Vols total (39 Vols excluding duplicates

[West/California/Pony Express]. Frank A. Root. THE OVERLAND STAGE TO CALIFORNIA. Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland

[West/California/Railroad/Hudson]. 5 Items. ++ THE RAND-MCNALLY GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA VIA THE SANTE FE. (1908). Covers edgeworn (esp. corners/spine tips

[Woman Doctors/Virginia/Miscellany]. 7 Titles (1 Signed). 8vo/4to. Hardcover (1 in dj). ++ Emily Dunning Barringer. BOWERY TO BELLEVUE: The Story of N

[WWI/Foreign Policy/Party Conventions]. 5 Titles (6 Vols), 1 signed by author, 1 sgd by ship commander. Vp:vp. 8vo/4to. First 5 listed hardcover, Demo

[Africa/Game]. Theodore Roosevelt. AFRICAN GAME TRAILS. NY: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1910. Photo-illustrated.

. 4 Titles (5 Vols). ++ Henry M. Stanley. HOW I FOUND LIVINGSTONE: Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa: Including an Account

. A. Henry Savage Landor. ACROSS WIDEST AFRICA: An Account of the Country and People of Eastern, Central and Western Africa as Seen During

. Harry Johnston. THE UGANDA PROTECTORATE: An Attempt to give some Description of the Physical Geography, Botany, Zoology, Anthropology, La

. Henry M. Stanley. THE CONGO AND THE FOUNDING OF ITS FREE STATE: A Story of Work and Exploration. 2 Vols. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1885. 49

. Henry M. Stanley. THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT: Or the Sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livings

[African Game/Amwell Press]. 3 Titles. ++ Brian Herne. TANZANIA SAFARIS. Foreword by Erwin A. Bauer. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, (1981). 8vo. Leathe

[Ancient Greece]. Herrn Barthelemy. REISE DES JUNGERN ANACHARSIS DURCH GRIECHENLAND, vier hundert Jahre vor der gewohnlichen Zeitrechnung. 7 Vols in 1

[Ancient Greece]. Victor Duruy. HISTORY OF GREECE, And of the Greek People, from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. 4 Vols in 8 Sections (as

[Archeology/Architecture]. 6 Titles (8 Vols). ++ ANACREON: With Thomas Stanley?s Translation. Edited by A. H. Bullen. Illustrated by J. R. Weguelin. L

[Archeology/Middle East/Egypt]. 8 Titles (10 Vols). ++ Walter Tyndale. BELOW THE CATARACTS. Phila: J. B. Lippincott, 1907. Hinges slightly loose. Foxe

. Austen Henry Layard. NINEVEH AND ITS REMAINS: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or

[Arctic Exploration]. 2 Titles (3 Vols). ++ Robert E. Perry. THE NORTH POLE: Its Discovery in 1909 under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club. NY:

[Arctic Exploration]. Fridtjof Nansen. THE FIRST CROSSING OF GREENLAND. 2 Vols. Translated from the Norwegian of Hubert Majendie Gepp. Lon: Longmans

[Arctic Exploration]. FRIDTJOF NANSEN?S ?FARTHEST NORTH? Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Month

[Arctic/Northern Scandanavia]. 2 Titles (4 Vols). ++ Paul B. Chaillu. THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN: Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norwa

[Asia/China/Japan]. 3 Titles (4 Vols). ++ A. Henry Savage Landor. CHINA AND THE ALLIES. 2 Vols. NY: Charles Scribner?s Sons, 1901. Thick 8vo. Orig

[Asia/China/Mideast/Africa]. 3 Titles (4 Vols). ++ M. Huc. A JOURNEY THROUGH THE CHINESE EMPIRE. 2 Vols. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1857. 8vo. Ori...

[Asia/China]. 2 Titles (4 Vols). ++ J. F. Bishop. THE YANGTZE VALLEY AND BEYOND. 2 Vols. NY: G. P. Putnam?s Sons/ Lon: John Murray, 1900. 8vo. Navy

[Asia/Chinese Printing]. 2 Vols. ++ Mustard Seed Garden (a painting and drawing manual authored by Wang). Single volume only or an abridgement

[Asia/Chinese Rugs]. Imperial Court Carpets From The Qing Dynasty. Danon/(Orientalis), (2007). #230 of 500.

[Asia/Decorative Arts/Swords]. 2 Titles. ++ Henri L. Joly. LEGEND IN JAPANESE ART: A Description of Historical Episodes, Legendary Characters, Folk

[Asia/Decorative Arts]. 17 Titles (22 Vols). Mostly illustrated. ++ Schneeberger. The Bauer Collection, Geneva: CHINESE JADES AND OTHER HARDSTONES.

[Asia/Decorative Arts]. 3 Titles (6 Vols). ++ Henry L. Joly. W. L. BEHRENS COLLECTION. 4 Parts: [1] Netsuke; [2] Lacquer and Inro; [3] Sword-Fittin

[Asia/Decorative Arts]. 5 Titles. Vp:vp. 8vo/4to. Hardcover. Illustrated. ++ Soetsu Yanagi. THE UNKNOWN CRAFTSMAN: A Japanese Insight into Beauty.

[Asia/Decorative Arts]. 7 Titles (9 Vols) from the series ?The Baur Collection, Geneva.? Geneva: Collections Baur. 4to. Total of 3100 issued; #36 o

[Asia/Decorative Arts]. JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of G. H. Naunton, Esq., Compiled and Illustrated by Henri

[Asia/Decorative Arts]. V.-F. Weber. KO-JI HO-TEN: Dictionnaire a l?Usage des Amateurs et Collectionneurs d?Objets d?Art Japonais et Chinois. 2 Vol

[Asia/India/A. & C. Black]. Mortimer Menpes (illus.) and Dorothy Menpes (text). THE DURBAR. Lon: Adam & Charles Black, (1903). Numerous colo...

[Asia/India]. 6 Titles (7 Vols). ++ Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar. FORTY-ONE YEARS IN INDIA: From Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief. 2 Vols. Lo

[Asia/Japan/Art]. William Anderson. THE PICTORIAL ARTS OF JAPAN. With a brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and some Remarks upon the P

[Asia/Japan/Brinkley]. JAPAN: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars. Edited by Captain F. B

[Asia/Japan]. Brinkley. THE ART OF JAPAN. 2 Vols: (1) Pictorial Art; and (2) Applied Art. Millet, 1901. Numerous partial and full color illustratio

[Asia/Netsuke]. 14 Titles (17 Vols). Vp:vp. 8vo/4to. Mostly illustrated. ++ 2 copies: O?Brien. NETSUKE: A Guide for Collectors. ++ Ueda Reikichi.

[Asia/Netsuke]. 9 Titles. Illustrated. ++ Miriam Kinsey. CONTEMPORARY NETSUKE. (1977). ++ Barbara Teri Okada and Mary Gardner Neill. REAL AND IMAGIN

[Asia/Netsuke]. Bernard Hurtig (compiler). MASTERPIECES OF NETSUKE ART: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. (1973). Illustrated.

. F. Brinkley. ORIENTAL SERIES. 24 Vols. J. B. Millett Company. Vols I-XII: (1901-1902). Vols XIII-XXIV: (1910). Vols I-VIII cover Japan. Vols

. Dr. H. Schellen. SPECTRUM ANALYSIS In Its Application to Terrestrial Substances, and the Physical Constitution of the Heavenly Bodies.

[Botany/Medicine]. Samuel Stearns. AMERICAN HERBAL, OR MATERIA MEDICA. Walpole, NH: Printed by David Carlisle for Thomas & Tomas, and the Aut...

[Botany/South Africa]. Harry Bolus, Harriet M. L. Bolus (ed.), and Alice M. Greene (ed.). THE ORCHIDS OF THE CAPE PENINSULA. Cape Town: Darter Bros

. Robert John Thornton. THE PHILOSOPHY OF BOTANY, Being Botanical and Philosophical Extracts. 4 Vols: 2 Text volumes & 2 plate volumes. Lon: T

[Britain/Samuel Pepys/Milton]. 2 Titles (13 Vols). ++ THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS M.A. F.R.S. Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Admiralty: Trans

[British Geography/History]. George Chalmers. CALEDONIA: Or, An Account, Historical and Topographic, of North Britain, from the Most Ancient to the

[British Historical Figures]. Roger North. THE LIVES OF THE RIGHT HON. FRANCIS NORTH, BARON GUILFORD, LORD KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL, UNDER KING CHA

[British History/London]. Walter Thornbury. OLD AND NEW LONDON: A Narrative of Its History, its People, and its Places. 6 Vols. Lon: Cassell Petter

[British Navy/Queens]. 2 Titles (8 Vols). ++ Joseph Allen. BATTLES OF THE BRITISH NAVY. 2 Vols. Lon: Bell & Daldy, 1868. Vol I: xvi, [1], , 5...

[Church History]. CRITICA HISTORICO-CHRONOLOGICA IN UNIVERSOS ANNALES ECCLESIASTICOS Eminentissimi & Reverendissimi Caesaris Cardinalis Baroni...

. 2 Titles. ++ Antonella Santolini. NAPOLI IN BOCCA. Preface by Nino Taranto. Edikronos, (1987). 8vo. Stiff cardboard wrappers. Corners a

[Early Printing/Biblical Commentary]. COMMENTARIUS IN EVANGELIUM DE JESU CHRISTO SECUNDUM ATTHAEUM, Conscriptis per Aegidium Hunnium, S. Theologiae

[Early Printing/Heraldry]. John Guillim. A DISPLAY OF HERALDRIE: Manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof then hath beene hitherto pu

[Early Printing]. 3 Titles. ++ Caleb Trenchfield. A CAP OF GRAY HAIRS FOR A GREEN HEAD: Or, The Fathers Counsel To His Son, An Apprentice In London. L

. Rachel Carson. SILENT SPRING. Drawings by Lois and Louis Darling. Bos: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. 1st edition, with date on title page

. 2 Titles (3 Vols). ++ Stephanie Comtesse de Genlis. ADELAIDE AND THEODORE; Or, Letters on Education: Containing all the Principles rel

. Horace Mann. LECTURES ON EDUCATION. Bos: Wm. B. Fowle and N. Capen, 1845. Sabin 44320.

[Educational Philosophy]. Vicesimus Knox. LIBERAL EDUCATION: Or, a Practical Treatise on the Methods of acquiring Useful and Polite Learning. London

[Essays/Michel Eyquem de Montaigne]. MONTAIGNE?S ESSAYS In Three Books. With Notes and Quotations and An Account of The Author?s Life. With a short

[French History]. LETTRES DE MADAME DE SEVIGNE, De sa Famille et de ses Amis. 11 Vols (of 12): Vols II-XII. Paris: J. J. Blaise, 1718.

[Hebrew-Latin Dictionary]. Joh. Simonis Histor. S. et Antiquitat. Profess. LEXICON MANUALE HEBRAICUM ET CHALDAICUM, In quo Omnium Textus S. V. T. V

[History/European Royalty]. COURTIERS AND FAVOURITES OF ROYALTY. 20 Vols. Paris: Societe des Bibliophiles/ London and New York: Merrill and Baker,

[History/Thomas Carlyle]. THOMAS CARLYLE?S COLLECTED WORKS. 33 Vols (of 35). Lon: Chapman and Hall, 1869-1871. Library Edition. Includes: ++ Critic

. Flavius Josephus. THE GENUINE WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS, THE JEWISH HISTORIAN. 2 Vols. Translated from the original Greek, with explanat

. Sir John Kelyng, Knt. A REPORT OF DIVERS CASES IN PLEAS OF THE CROWN, ADJUDGED AND DETERMINED; IN THE REIGNh0 OF THE LATE KING CHARLES II. L

. 4 Titles. ++ JOHNSON?S LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS, Abridged: With Notes and Illustrations by the Editor? Lon: E. Newberry, 1797. 12mo

. 5 Titles (12 Vols). ++ THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 4 Vols. Edited by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. Lon: Bickers & Son, J. Bum

. MATRIMONIAL CEREMONIES DISPLAY?D; Wherein are exhibited, The various Customs, odd Pranks, whimsical Tricks and surprising Practices of

. [Thomas Salmon]. A CRITICAL ESSAY CONCERNING MARRIAGE. Shewing, I. The Preference of Marriage to a single Life. II. The Arguments for and

[Mathematics/Blaise Pascal]. OEUVRES DE BLAISE PASCAL. 5 Vols. Hague : Detune, 1779. 8vo. Vol I: 132, 425pp. Vol II: xij, 549pp. Vol III: vi

[Medicine/Anatomy/Psychology]. Jeroen Staring. THE FIRST 43 YEARS OF THE LIFE OF F. MATTHIAS ALEXANDER. 2 Vols. Foreword by Ed Bouchard. Nijmegen,

. 4 Titles. Facsimile editions published Medicina Rara, each #137 of 2800. 8vo/4to. Hardcover in slipcase. ++ Alexander Morison. THE PHYS

. 3 Titles (8 Vols). ++ Julius Hann. LEHRBUCH DER METEOROLOGIE. Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1906, 2nd ed. 4to. xi, [1], 642, [2] pp. 29 plates