Boston: B.B. Russell & Co., 1868. 480 pp. Illus. with 7 steel engravings with tissue guards. 8vo. Cloth. Second printing. First published a year earlier in 1867. Rebacked in modern brown cloth, some soiling on boards, front hinge starting, light scattered foxing, faint dampstain to lower fore-edge, otherwise contents quite..... More

[Washington D.C.]: n.p., 1833. 5 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. 22nd, Congress, 2nd session, Doc. no. 39./ Letter written December 14, 1832 to A.H. Sevier from Villemont, Chicot County, Arkansas by J.C. Jones, surveyor, regarding proposed road across the Mississippi River in Chicot County to Litte Rock. Removed else very..... More

Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1951. 17 pp. Sm. 4to. Quarter cloth over paper wrappers. First edition. Mimeographed typescript. Clifton Waller Barrett (1901-1991 was a noted book collector and a University of Virginia Library benefactor. A near fine copy. More

Paris / Mexico: Libreria de Ch. Bouret, 1882. 124 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w folding chart. Sm. 8vo. Modern marbled paper wrappers. First edition. C.F. Benech was a missionary and author of at least two other books. OCLC shows single copy at BN Chile. A very good copy. More

New York: Henry Holt, (1910). xii, 216 pp. 12mo. Cloth. Third edition. A very good copy, edgeworn, slight roll to spine, with owner's name on front pastedown, writing on rear endpapers, text clean. More

College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Press, (1979). xv, 201 pp. Illus. with 31 b/w photos and drawings. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Warmly inscribed by the author. Publisher's pictorial book announcement laid in loose. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More

[Washington, D.C.]: Printed at the Office of Blair & Rives, 1847. 7 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Signed by the author on slip clipped from original "franked" mailing envelope. Argues for the constitutionality of the Rivers and Harbors Act which Polk vetoed. Provenance: Fisher M. Rice, Walpole N.H., Principal of..... More

[Boston?]: [1866]. 7 pp. Sm. 4to. Self wrappers. First edition. Includes comparison with the Gould & Curry and the Ophir mines. A very good copy, one corner creased, minor wear and soiling to margins. Eberstadt 138: 509. More

n.p. n.p., 1875. 9 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. New York Chamber of Commerce copy. Elliot C. Cowdin (1819 -1880) was a prominent businessman, owner of Elliot C. Cowdin & Company, an importing firm that specialized in silks. He was a strong Unionist and founder of the Union..... More

West Palm Beach: Norton Museum of Art, 1994. 49 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. 90 items. Near fine, lightly rubbed wrappers. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1989). [4], 30 pp. Illus. with color drawings. 4to. Illustrated paper-covered boards. First edition. Inscribed by the illustrator. Based on Tabor's 1846 whaling exploits. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with faint sunning to the inner edges of the flaps, otherwise bright..... More

New Delhi: Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Central Electric Press, 1964. 28 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. A very good- copy with worn fore edge. More