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Item #GRM0100 Voyage dans l’Amérique septentrionale, ou description des pays arrosés par le...

Collot, Georges Henri Victor, General.

Voyage dans l’Amérique septentrionale, ou description des pays arrosés par le Mississipi, l’Ohio, le Missouri et autres rivières affluentes; observations exactes sur le cours et les sondes de ces rivières; sur les villes, villages, hameaux et fermes de cette partie du nouveau-monde; suivi de remarques philosophiques, politiques, militaires et commerciales; et d’un projet de lignes frontières et de limites générales. Avec un atlas de 36 cartes, plans, vues et figures. Par feu le Général Collot, Ex-Gouverneur de la Guadeloupe. Tome premier [- second]

Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1826. First edition. Text: octavo (7 7/8” x 4 15/16”).Vol. I: π2 1–268 [$2 signed]. 210 leaves, pp. [4] (half-title, advertisement, title, blank) i ii–vi vii–ix 10–416.Vol. II: π2 2π8 1–248 258 (–825) 26–278 [$2 signed; –227]. 224 leaves, pp. [4] (half-title, imprint, title, blank) i ii–viii.....

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Item #JLR0879 A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North...

Tarleton, [Banastre], Lieutenant-Colonel

A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the southern provinces of North America by Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton, Commandant of the late British Legion

London: T. Cadell, 1787. First edition. Quarto (11 5/8” x 9 1/4”, 295mm x 235mm): A-Nn4 Pp-3U4 [$2 signed; –A1]. 260 leaves, pp. i-ii (title, blank) iii-vii [1] (directions to the binder) 1 2-280 289-518 [2] (2pp. advertisements). With five folding engraved maps with outline color. Bound in the publisher’s.....

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Item #JLR0848 A concise history of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War. 1846-1847. Daniel...

Tyler, Daniel, Sergeant

A concise history of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War. 1846-1847

ALL HAIL THE BRAVE BATTALION! THE NOBLE, VALIANT BAND, THAT WENT AND SERVED OUR COUNTRY WITH WILLING HEART AND HAND. ALTHO’ WE’RE CALLED DISLOYAL BY MANY A TONGUE AND PEN, OUR NATION BOASTS NO SOLDIERS SO TRUE AS “MORMON” MEN [Salt Lake City:] 1881 (but 1882). First edition. Octavo (8 11/16” x 5 15/16”, 220mm x......

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Item #JLR0833 The American military pocket atlas; being an approved collection of correct maps,...

[Holster Atlas]

The American military pocket atlas; being an approved collection of correct maps, both general and particular, of the British colonies; Especially those which now are, or probably may be the theatre of war; Taken principally from the actual Surveys and judicious Observations of Engineers De Brahm and Romans; Cook, Jackson and Collet; Maj. Holland, and other Officers, employed in His Majesty’s fleets and armies

London: R. Sayer and J. Bennet, [1776]. First edition. Octavo in 4s (9” x 5 3/4”, 227mm x 145mm): A4(–A1) χ1 [$1 (A2) signed]. 8 leaves, pp. iii-v (title, blank, dedication) vi vii (advertisement) viii, [2] (list of maps, blank). With 6 folding engraved maps outlined in color. Bound in.....

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Item #JLR0827 The World Crisis 1911-1914 [--1915, --1916-1918 Part I[--2], --The Aftermath, --The...

Churchill, Winston Spencer, The Rt. Hon.

The World Crisis 1911-1914 [--1915, --1916-1918 Part I[--2], --The Aftermath, --The Eastern Front]

CHURCHILL’S MAGNUM OPUS A RARE UNIFORM SET OF FIRST PRINTINGS Five parts in six volumes. London: Butler & Taylor for Thornton Butterworth Limited; April 1923–October 1923–1927–1927–1929–1931. First British editions, first printings. Octavo (8 5/8” x 5 7/8”, 220mm x 149mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, π4(–π1 blank) A-KK8 LL4, binder’s blank [$1.....

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Item #JLR0814 The wars of Wellington, a narrative poem; in fifteen cantos. Embellished with Six...

[Combe, William as] Dr. Syntax

The wars of Wellington, a narrative poem; in fifteen cantos. Embellished with Six Engravings, coloured from the original paintings. By Dr. Syntax

London: C. Whittingham for W.T. Gilling, 1821. Second edition. Quarto (12” x 9 7/16”, 305mm x 240mm): 2 binder’s blanks, A4 B-Z4, 2 binder’s blanks [$1 signed]. 92 leaves, pp. i-v (half-title, blank, title, blank, introduction) vi [2] (arrangement of the plates, blank) 1 2-175 [1] (blank). With 6 hand-colored.....

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Item #JLR0801 Demosthenis orationes quatuor contra Philippum, À Paulo Manutio latinitate...

Demosthenes, ed. and trans. Paolo Manuzio

Demosthenis orationes quatuor contra Philippum, À Paulo Manutio latinitate donatæ

Venice: apud Aldi filios, 1549. First Aldine edition. Quarto (8 1/8” x 5 ¾”, 206mm x 146mm): A-N4, binder’s blank [$2 signed; –A1]. 52 leaves, pp. [6] (title, blank, 4pp. dedication to Jean de Morvillier) [98] (97pp. text, blank). Bound in early (remboîté?) stabbed vellum (rebacked). “DEMOSTH: ORATION:” in ink.....

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Item #JLR0784 A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America, with the Roads,...

Mitchell, John and Thomas Kitchin (engr.)

A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America, with the Roads, Distances, Limits and Extent of the Settlements, Humbly Inscribed to the Right Honourable The Earl of Halifax, And the other Right Honourable The Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations, by their Lordships Most Obliged and very humble servant Jn.o Mitchell

London: Jeffreys and Faden, 1755 (?1774). Third edition, second impression. Eight engraved sheets dissected into 32 sections and mounted on linen (1378mm x 1946mm) with hand-color in outline. Presented in a contemporary tree-marbled calf wooden slip-case. Lightly but evenly tanned. Some offsetting and pigment oxidation. The slip-case in disrepair.How often.....

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Item #JLR0777 Description of the Spanish islands and settlements On the Coast of the West Indies,...

Jefferys, Thomas

Description of the Spanish islands and settlements On the Coast of the West Indies, Compiled from authentic Memoirs, Revised by Gentlemen who have resided many Years in the Spanish Settlements; and illustrated With Thirty-two maps and plans, Chiefly from original Drawings taken from the Spaniards in the last War, And Engraved by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty

AN EXCEPTIONALLY TALL AND UNSOPHISTICATED EXAMPLE London: T. Jefferys, 1762. First edition. Quarto (10 11/16” x 8 ½”, 271mm x 216mm): π4(–π1) a-c4 B-O4 P2 [$2 signed]. 69 leaves, pp. [6] (title, blank, dedication, blank, advertisement, list of plans) i ii-xxiv, 1 2-106, [2] (2pp. index). [=xxx, 106, ii].....

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Item #JLR0761 A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery, under the command of...

Gass, Patrick

A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery, under the command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States, from the mouth of the River Missouri through the interior parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean, during the years 1804, 1805 & 1806. Containing An authentic relation of the most interesting transactions during the expedition,-A description of the country,-And an account of its inhabitants, soil, climate, curiosities and vegetal and animal productions. By Patrick Gass, one of the persons employed in the expedition. With geographical and explanatory notes by the publisher

Pittsburgh: Zadok Cramer for David M’Keehan, 1807. First edition. Duodecimo in 6s (6 7/16” x 4 3/16”, 164mm x 106mm): A-X6 Y6(–Y6 blank) [$2 signed first and third]. 131 leaves, pp. i-iii (title, copyright, preface) iv-viii [3] (fly-title, blank, text) 12-262. Bound in contemporary boards backed in sheep. Author and.....

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Item #JLR0702 Memoirs of the war in the southern department of the United States. Henry Lee

Lee, Henry

Memoirs of the war in the southern department of the United States

A PRESENTATION COPY FROM JUDGE RICHARD PETERS IN THE PUBLISHER’S BOARDS Two volumes. Philadelphia: Fry and Kammerer for Bradford and Inskeep & New York: Inskeep and Bradford, 1812. First edition. Octavo in 4s (9” x 5 7/8”, 230mm x 147mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, π2 A-3G4, binder’s blank [$1 signed]. 214.....

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Item #JLR0699 Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the upper...

Nicollet, Joseph Nicolas

Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the upper Mississippi River, made by I. N. Nicollet, while in employ under the bureau of the corps of topographical engineers

EX LIBRIS JOHN HENRY ALEXANDER, CHIEF CARTOGRAPHER OF MARYLAND Extra-illustrated with Frémont’s Oregon & California map Washington: Blair and Rives, 1843. First edition, Senate issue; 26th Congress, 2d Session, document 237. Octavo (8 11/16” x 5 3/4”, 222mm x 146mm): 2 binder’s blanks, 18 2-108 114 122 (122 blank) [$1 signed].....

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Item #JLR0677 The war between the United States and Mexico illustrated, embracing pictorial...

Kendall, George Wilkins and Carl Nebel (illust.)

The war between the United States and Mexico illustrated, embracing pictorial drawings of all the principal conflicts, by Carl Nebel, author of "A picturesque and archæological voyage in Mexico," with a description of each battle, by Geo. Wilkins Kendall, author of "The Texan Santa Fé expedition," etc., etc.

"THE CLIMAX OF THE CONFLUENCE OF JOURNALISM AND LITHOGRAPHY" Paris: Plon brothers for New York: D. Appleton & Co. and Philadelphia: George S. Appleton, 1851. First edition. Folio (22 7/8” x 17 3/16”, 578mm x 435mm): π2 1-132 [$1 signed]. 28 leaves, pp. i-iii iv (title, copyright, 2pp. preface), 1.....

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Item #SJF0026 Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a...

[American Revolution]

Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux Etats unis de l'Amérique

Paris: Ponce & Godefroy[, ca. 1784]. First edition. Quarto (10 ½” x 9”, 270mm x 235mm): with 16 engraved plates: a title,[1] 12 vignettes, 2 maps and a précis. Each with a tissue guard. Bound in quarter brown calf over blue paste-paper. Spine blank. Ingres-blue end-papers. Rubbed generally, with patches.....

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Item #SJF0025 Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a...

[American Revolution]

Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux Etats unis de l'Amérique

Paris: Ponce & Godefroy[, ca. 1784]. First edition. Oblong quarto (9 ¼” x 11”, 238mm x 280mm): with 16 engraved plates: a title, 12 vignettes, 2 maps and a précis. Bound in half taupe cloth over marbled boards. On the spine, gilt stamping. Title (“RECUEIL D’ESTAMPES REPRESENTANT LES DIFFERENTS EVENEMENS.....

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Item #JLR0638 Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a...

[American Revolution]

Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux Etats unis de l'Amérique

Paris: Ponce & Godefroy[, ca. 1784]. First edition. Oblong quarto (9 3/16” x 12 7/8”, 233mm x 327mm): with 16 engraved plates: a title,[1] 12 vignettes, 2 maps and a précis. Bound in the original blue paper wraps, backed in speckled buff paper. Irregularly cut; 323mm along the top edge.....

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Item #JLR0637 Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a...

[American Revolution]

Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux Etats unis de l'Amérique

Paris: Ponce & Godefroy[, ca. 1784]. First edition. Quarto (10 ¾” x 9 ¼”, 273mm x 235mm): with 16 engraved plates: a title,[1] 12 vignettes, 2 maps and a précis. Each with a tissue-guard. Bound in contemporary marbled calf with a triple gilt fillet border. On the spine, six panels.....

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Item #JLR0581 Mémoires sur la derniere guerre de l'Amérique septentrionale, entre La...

Pouchot de Maupas, Pierre

Mémoires sur la derniere guerre de l'Amérique septentrionale, entre La France et l'Angleterre. Suivis d'Observations, dont plusieurs sont relatives au théatre actuel de la guerre, & de nouveaux détails sur les mœurs & les usages des Sauvages, avec des cartes topographiques. Par M. Pouchot, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal & Militaire de St. Louis, ancien Capitaine au Régiment de Béarn, Commandant des forts de Niagara & de Lévis, en Canada. Tome premier (-second -troisieme)

THE KEET SET, WITH DECKLED EDGES Three volumes. Yverdon: [Fortunato Bartolomeo de Felice], 1781. First edition. Duodecimo (6 15/16” x 4 1/8”, 176mm x 105mm).Vol. I: binder’s blank, a12 b10 (b10 blank) A-G12 H6 I2, binder’s blank [$6 signed; –a1, a2]. 114 leaves, pp. i-v (half-title, blank, title, blank.....

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Item #JLR0578 Dell'arcano del mare, di D. Ruberto Dudleo duca di Nortumbria, e conte di...

Dudley, Robert, Sir

Dell'arcano del mare, di D. Ruberto Dudleo duca di Nortumbria, e conte di Warvich, libri sei; Nel primo de' quali si tratta della Longitudine praticabile in diversi modi, d'invenzione dell'Autore, Nel Secondo, delle Carte sue generali, e de' Portolani rettificati in Longitudine, e Latitudine, Nel Terzo, della Disciplina sua Marittima, e Militare. Nel Quarto, dell'Architettura sua Nautica di Vascelli da guerra, Nel Quinto, della navigazione scientifica, e perfetta, cioè Spirale, ò di gran Circoli, Nel Sesto, delle Carte sue Geografiche, e Particolare. Al serenissimo Ferdinando Secondo gran duca di Toscana suo Signore

“THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THE TOTAL DOMINANCE OF DUTCH SEA ATLAS PRODUCTION... ARGUABLY THE MOST SUMPTUOUS EVER PRODUCED." Florence: Francesco Onofri, 1646. First edition of the first four books. Folio (12 15/16” x 9 1/8”, 327mm x 233mm): π2 A-O2, 2A-T2, 3A-O2, 4A-K2 [$1 signed]. 116 leaves, pp. [4] (half-title, blank.....

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Item #JLR0545 Three discourses of Sr. Walter Ralegh. I. Of a War with Spain, and our Protecting...

Raleigh, Walter, Sir

Three discourses of Sr. Walter Ralegh. I. Of a War with Spain, and our Protecting the Netherlands. Written by the Command of King James I. in the First Year of his Reign, 1602. II. Of the Original, and Fundamental Cause of Natural, Arbitrary, and Civil War. III. Of Ecclesiastical Power. Published by Phillip Ralegh, Esq; his only Grandson

THE MACCLESFIELD COPY London: for Benjamin Barker, 1702. First edition. Octavo (7 1/8” x 4 7/16”, 181mm x 113mm): binder’s blank, A4 B-M8 [$4 signed; –A1, A2, E1, L2]. 92 leaves, pp. [8] (blank, engraved portrait, title, blank, 4pp. preface), 1-159 190-201 2102-103 204, [2] (2pp. advertisements). [=viii, 174.....

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Item #JLR0520 Le Tournoy ou le Roy Henri 2 fut blessé á mort le dernier de Iuin. 1559. Jean...

Perrissin, Jean

Le Tournoy ou le Roy Henri 2 fut blessé á mort le dernier de Iuin. 1559.

Plate 3 from Jacques Tortorel and Jean Perrissin. Le Premier volume, contenant quarante tableaux ou Histoires diverses qui sont mémorables touchant les Guerres, Massacres, & Troubles advenus en France en ces dernieres annees. Le tout recueilli selon le tesmoignage de ceux qui y ont esté en personne, & qui les.....

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Item #JLR0495 Autograph letter signed. Usher Parsons

Parsons, Usher

Autograph letter signed

A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATIONFROM THE FIRST U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL HERO Providence, 28 June 1839. Single sheet of writing paper (folded: 9 15/16” x 7 13/16”, 252mm x 198mm). Blind-stamped at the upper left. Written on the recto of the first folium, directed on the verso of the second folium.....

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Item #JLR0491 A manual of military surgery. Civil War -- Surgery

Civil War -- Surgery

A manual of military surgery. Prepared for the use of the Confederate States Army. Illustrated. By order of the Surgeon-General

THE 10TH REGIMENT OF THE MISSOURI INFANTRY SURGEON’S BATTLEFIELD COPY OF THE RARE CONFEDERATE MANUAL OF MILITARY SURGERY WITH A DRAWING OF A FOOT SURGERY AND A COLLECTION OF 17 SURGICAL TOOLS Richmond[, VA]: Ayres & Wade, 1863. First edition. Duodecimo (6 15/16” x 4 3/8”, 176mm x 111mm): binder’s blank, 14 1*8.....

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Item #JLR0419 La cita di Rodi christianisima col asedio del gran turco, 1522. Giovanni Andrea...

Valvassore, Giovanni Andrea

La cita di Rodi christianisima col asedio del gran turco, 1522

ONE OF TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES [Valvassore, Giovanni Andrea.] La cita di Rodi christia[n]isima col asedio del gra[n] turco, 1522. [Venice: Valvassore, ca. 1522-3.] Single sheet (11 11/16” x 16 5/8”, 297mm x 422mm). Woodcut map, with Northwest at the top. Preserved deckle to the left-hand side. Blank verso. Small.....

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Item #JLR0398 A treaty of union, concert, and subsidy, between His Britannic Majesty and His...

Napoleon I and George IV

A treaty of union, concert, and subsidy, between His Britannic Majesty and His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty The Emperor of Austria. Signed at Chaumont, the 1st of March 1814

London: printed by R.G. Clarke, [1814]. Quarto (9 1/2” x 7 11/16”, 240mm x 193mm): A4 B4 [$1 signed]. 8 leaves, pp. 1-3 4-13, 3 blanks. Printed in facing French and English. With the woodcut Royal arms to the title-page. Bound in self-wrappers, stabbed as issued. Untrimmed. With some soiling.....

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