Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, [1837]. Original handcolored lithograph 20 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches [52.07 x 37.18 cm], tissue quard attached and accompanied with the 2 pp. text. Lower left blank corner is creased with a short closed tear, not affecting the image. A near fine example. The lithographic print..... More
Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, [1836]. Original handcolored lithograph 20 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches [52.07 x 37.18 cm], tissue quard attached and accompanied with the 2 pp. text. Lower left blank corner is creased with a short closed tear, not affecting the image. A near fine example. The lithographic print..... More
Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Dingus, Rick. First edition. Oblong 4to., ix, 211 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photos, maps. Fine in pictorial dust wrapper that is light struck at the spine and part of the rear wrapper, and shows moderate wear and rubbing at the spine..... More
NY: Wiley and Putnam, 1845. First U.S. edition. 2 volumes in 1. 8vo., vi, iv-vii, 251 pp.; vi, 231 pp., (10) pp. of adverts, with a folding map and 6 plates, some folding, many hand colored. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth with the title on the spine in gilt..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890. First edition. Oblong 4to., 24 pp., with 12 photogravure plates and plate guards with texts, a.e.g. Plain tan paper over boards, which is rubbed with staining on the rear board. The text block and plates show occasional foxing and soiling, with a few short marginal tears..... More
Augsburg: Tob. Conr. Lotter, Sculps, circa 1740. 56.5 x 49 cm. (22 x 19 inches). Second state with the addition of "Susquehanna" on that river. Elaborate cartouche in upper left corner, contemporary color; in archival mat. Very lightly foxed, else fine. More
NY: Published by Pudney & Russell, 1860. First edition. 8vo., xii, 168 pp.; [with] [A Directory to the Principal Objects of Interest in New-York] 7-42 pp., illustrated plates from wood engravings, 1 folding plate, a color advertisement. Gilt-decorated cloth, a.e.g. Extremities moderately rubbed. Lacking the terminal blank free endpaper. Very..... More
Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Reprinted from The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 236, No. 3, September, 1943. Offprint. 8vo., 265-271 pp., illustration. Printed paper wrappers; moderate creasing along the top and bottom edges. Very good. An article discussing the first uses of photography, leading to James Renwick and Edward Antony's 1840..... More
Raleigh: Nichols & Gorman, 1869. First edition. 8vo., 136 pp., large folding map with hand colored reference markings by Colton dated 1855. Very light occasional foxing and age-toning; newly rebacked with cloth. Nineteenth century owner's bookplate affixed to the blank front pastedown. Overall, a very good copy... More
NY: Printed by E. Conrad, City of New York, [1832]. First edition. Broadside 19 1/2 x 28 inch., printed on silk. There are small holes, evenly spaced along the edges of the margins from a previous mounting, likely on a frame. The edges of the silk are left unfinished and..... More
Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1929. First edition. 8vo., x, [4], 283 pp., maps, illustrated endpapers. Slight foxing on the half-title to the title page; otherwise, a fine and largely unopened copy. The very good printed dust jacket has a closed tear at the top of the spine and..... More
Richmond: West & Johnson, 1863. First edition thus. 12mo., xiii, (i), 14-216 pp., with 12 plates (two folding). There are childish pencil scribblings on the table of contents, and on 3 of the plates. Pale blue cloth with the original paper label affixed to the upper board. The paper label..... More
Denver: Edward McLean for Libros Escogidos, 1958. 8vo., xii, 45 pp. Cloth, printed label on front. A fine copy. Printed by Joh. Enschede en Zonen on handmade paper. Limited to 350 copies, this copies out of series . Additionally INSCRIBED by Edward McLean, the publisher. More
Urbana and Chicago: Chicago Historical Society/University of Illinois Press, 1989. First edition. Oblong small 4to., xvii, (3) 194 pp., 162 full-page b&w plates from photographs. Publisher's cloth. Fine, as new in pictorial dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Photos by: John Vachon, Russell Lee, Jack Delano, Dorothea Lange, Esther..... More
Album of 143 silver gelatin photographs, largely 33 x 26.5 cm or the reverse, printed on a warm and cold tone photographic stock, dry mounted on album leaves 40.6 x 38 cm, recto only with printed captions. Full blue morocco covers, lined in blue silk, gathered with screw posts and..... More
NY: Hopkins & Seymour, January, 1806. First edition. 8vo., vi, [1], 215 pp. Bound with; AN ANSWER TO WAR IN DISGUISE; OR, REMARKS UPON THE NEW DOCTRINE OF ENGLAND CONCERNING NEUTRAL TRADE. February, 1806. 8vo., 76 pp. Top margin of the first title page has been clipped; with evidence of..... More
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1997. First edition. 4to., xvi, 231 pp., b&w map and illustrations from photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. With commentaries on the photographs by Crow Tribal members, Barney Old Coyote Jr., Mardell Hogan Plainfeather, and Dean Curtis Bear Claw; foreword by Joanna Cohan Scherer..... More
Amsterdam: Nicholas Visscher and Peter Schenk, Jr., circa 1715. Full sheet, 18.5 x 23.25 inches, with full margins and original color. Aside from a few small spots of foxing in the title panel, a very good example. The original plates of this Visscher map, ca. 1689 were sold to Peter..... More
Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1989. First edition. 4to., 47 pp., chiefly illustrated from b&w photographs. Photo-illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. The Marion Warren archive of over 100,000 photographs was donated and is now housed at the Maryland State Archives. Marion Warren settled in Annapolis in 1947 and opened a portrait..... More