Habana: Impr. de P. Massana / Impr. del Tiempo, 1859-61. 225, 2 pp.; 220, 4 pp.; 247, 1 pp. 8vo. Modern quarter speckled calf over green marbled boards, four raised bands, red morocco spine label titled in gilt, marbled endpapers. First edition. "The most important work published by Bachiller y...... More

Philadelphia: 1769. 1 sheet; [4] pp. Bifolium. 9 x 15 inches. Dated March 4, 1769, printed announcement of probate completed in manuscript signed by Benjamin Chew which is affixed with a seal to a true copy of the will, also signed by Chew (and apparently in his handwriting), of William..... More

Paris: Arthus Bertrand, [1864]. xvi, 544 pp. Illus. with 1 folding lithographed map (hand-colored in outline). 8vo. Quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, six compartments, decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, sewn-in silk bookmark. First edition. "Combier [a French merchant] set out to write an account of the voyages he..... More

Madrid: Sociedad Espanola de Amigos del Arte [Talleres poligraficos de la Casa Miquel-Rius], 1929. vi, 257, [2] pp., plus leaves. Illus. with 8 color plates (each with guard sheet with descriptive letterpress), 85 duotone plates, and 82 in-text reproductions, many full page; numerous multicolor historiated initials. 4to. Tan cloth decorated..... More

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., [1907]. xxxvii, 203 pp. Illus. with 63 color plates. 4to. Quarter tan calf over cream muslin boards, gilt title, silk bookmark sewn in. First edition. The most important and complete work on the subject for nearly one hundred years, surpassed only by Geoffrey de Bellaigue's..... More

1926. [2 pp]. 1 sheet. 8 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches. Dated May 16, 1926, about three months after Mitchell's resignation on Feb. 1, 1926, from the Army, while he was on tour in the midwest to both promote his book, Winged Defense, and lobby for naval airpower. Mitchell ((1879-1936)..... More

Printed at Exeter [N.H.]: H. Ranlet, [1796]. 1 sheet, integral address on verso. 8.5 x 13.5 inches. The title continues: "You are hereby required to notify and warn a meeting of the inhabitants ... to assemble ... on the first Monday of November next, for the purpose of voting, by..... More

Paris: Chez L. Tenré... et Chez Henri Dupuy, 1836. xvi, 568 pp., [135 lvs of plates]. Illus. with 268 copperplate and steel engravings and two large folding maps. 4to. Modern dark green polished calf, five raised bands ruled in gilt, two compartments red, lettered in gilt, four decorated in gilt..... More

Charleston, SC: 1848. [4] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 10.5 inches. A wonderful letter filled with descriptions and anecdotes of prominent military and political figures including Andrew Jackson. Dated Feb. 28th, 1848, just as the Mexican American War was concluding (the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo occurred less than..... More

Paris: Mainsonneuve et cie, 1869. xviii, [19]-240 pp., + plates; [2], 81]- 142 pp. Illus. 146 plates (15 folding, 4 color) and numerous in text figures. Plates numbered 1-103, [1 unnumbered],109-132, & 141-156, [2 unnumbered]. 8vo. Quarter navy calf over marbled boards, 4 raised bands, gilt titles, all edges speckled..... More

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. [8], 336; [4], 552; [4], 620 pp. 8vo. Vol. I: original paper-covered boards, rebacked. Vol. II and III: Three quarter morocco over marbled boards, marble endpapers, gilt titles and decoration. First edition. Scarce. A register of contemporary documents and events. Southey (1777-1838)..... More

[Bruxelles]: [Ph. Vandermaelen], 1827. 1 sheet. Hand-colored lithographic map. 47 x 57 cm. First edition. Shows the ranges of eight Indian tribes. Covers parts of Utah, Colorado and northern Arizona and New Mexico. Includes text: Note sur le Mexique. At a time when American map publishers were virtually ignoring the..... More