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ATKINSON, Rev. W[illiam] Christopher.
A Historical And Statistical Account Of New Brunswick, B.N.A. With Advice To Emigrants.
Edinburgh: Printed by Anderson & Bryce, 1844..
small 8vo. pp. xvi, [13]-284. folding engraved map & 1 plate. 3 text illus. original blind & gilt-stamped roan, gilt edges (extremities slightly rubbed, small piece chipped from head of spine). Inscribed by C. (?) Atkinson. armorial bookplate of William Milner Atkinson. Third Edition. "The most balanced and concise little handbook of [its] type" (Story p. 554), offering valuable advice and information regarding physical and social conditions in the province, commerce, agriculture, natural resources, industry, and natural history, &c. Atkinson, a Presbyterian minister, served in New Brunswick from 1840 to 1842. Lande 20. Morgan p. 14. Morley p. 21. Sabin 2288. TPL 2511.
$384 USD Book Number: CKIHiATK26 Order / Enquire

ATKINSON, William.
Western Stories.
London & Edinburgh: W. & R.Chambers, Limited, [1893]..
12mo. pp. 293. original black & gilt-stamped cloth. First Edition (?).
$60 USD Book Number: elala3805 Order / Enquire

AUDUBON, John James [1785-1851].
Delineations of American Scenery and Character.With An Introduction By Francis Hobart Herrick.
New York: G.A.Baker & Company, 1926..
8vo. pp. xlix, 349. tipped-in errata. frontis. portrait. maps on endleaves. original cloth (extremities trifle frayed). Howes A-389. Clark II 179.
$100 USD Book Number: elala1688 Order / Enquire

BACON, George Washington [1830-1921] & William George LARKINS.
Bacon's Descriptive Handbook Of America.
London & New York: G.W.Bacon And Co., [1866]..
8vo. pp. viii, 392. folding hand-coloured map frontis., 2 plates (1 colour) & 2 text illus. lacking 4 colour maps, although there is no evidence they were ever bound in. original cloth (extremities frayed, stains to front cover, lacking front free-endpaper, 2 small pieces wanting from map, occasional foxing). First Edition. With chapters on geography, agriculture, natural resources, commerce and manufactures, public lands, government, states and territories, population and laws, railways, canals and telegraphs, religion, education and the press, principal cities, natural curiosities and tourist attractions, Canada (pp. 368-92), &c. Scarce: only 3 copies listed on Amicus. TPL 9406 (calling for 5 coloured maps). Sabin 2648 (just calling for an unspecified number of maps & plates).
$100 USD Book Number: elala3557 Order / Enquire

BADLAM, Alexander.
The Wonders Of Alaska.
San Francisco: Published For The Author, 1891..
8vo. pp. vii, [1 leaf], 164. 8 maps & 26 plates (incl. frontis.). 1 text illus. decorative tailpieces & initials. original black & gilt-stamped decorative cloth (front flyleaf detached). Third Edition, Revised. Including a brief history of Alaska, descriptions of the scenery, glaciers and major cities of the northwest (Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver), and notes on the native tribes and Esquimaux and their manners and customs, education in Alaska, animal life, natural resources (furs, fisheries, mining, timber), phantom cities, the Chinook jargon, and routes to Alaska. The author was treasurer of the California-Russian Fur Co. Arctic Bib. 905. Smith 401. cfRicks p. 31 & cfWickersham 1964 (1st: 1890).
$150 USD Book Number: elala1689 Order / Enquire

BAEDEKER, Karl.
The Dominion Of Canada With Newfoundland And An Excursion To Alaska: Handbook For Travellers.
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., & New York: Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1922..
16mo. pp. lxx, 420. 25 (of 26) coloured maps & plans (some folding or double-page). lacking the map of New York. original cloth. Fourth Revised & Augmented Edition, with a new map of the Rockies. Hinrichsen E266.
$150 USD Book Number: elala5708 Order / Enquire

BAEDEKER, Karl.
The United States With An Excursion Into Mexico Handbook For Travellers.
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker & New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899..
16mo. pp. c, 579, [1]. with half-title. 19 maps & 23 (of 24) plans (most in colour, many folding or double-page, several building plans). lacking plan of Washington. index. original cloth (cloth soiled, spine discoloured, front paste-down wrinkled, edges of half-title chipped, rear free-endpaper & general map detached). Second Edition. Hinrichsen E260.
$175 USD Book Number: elala6087 Order / Enquire

BAEDEKER, Karl.
The United States With Excursions To Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, And Alaska Handbook For Travellers.
Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, & London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1909..
16mo. pp. cii, 724. with half-title. 33 maps & 48 town plans (most in colour, many folding or double-page, 2 in text) & 7 ground plans (some in colour). index. original cloth. Very good copy. Fourth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hinrichsen E262.
$250 USD Book Number: elala6088 Order / Enquire

BANCROFT, Hubert Howe [1832-1918].
History Of The Northwest Coast. Vol. I. 1543-1800.Vol. II. 1800-1846. (The Works Vols. XXVII-XXVIII).
San Francisco: A.L.Bancroft & Company, Publishers, 1884..
2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xxxiii, 703; 1 p.l., [v]-xiv, 768. with half-title in Vol. I. 1 folding map & numerous maps in the text (some full-page). later full tree calf, gilt backs, all edges gilt, inside dentelles (some light wear, Vol. I front free-endpaper tears repaired). First Edition. Howes B-91. Smith 517. Strathern 25.
$400 USD Book Number: elala1691 Order / Enquire

BANDINI, Angelo Maria [1726-1803].
Vita Di Amerigo Vespucci.Illustrata E Commentata Da Gustavo Uzielli. Bibliografia Delle Opere Concernenti Paolo Toscanelli Ed Amerigo Vespucci Per Giuseppe Fumagalli.
Firenze: Auspice Il Comune, April 1898..
folio. pp. 7 p.l., 132, [2 leaves]. with half-title. title in red & black. 2 plates (incl. frontis.). 1 text illus. Untrimmed in original printed wrs., illus. on rear wr. (wrs. bit soiled with slight chipping at extremities, neat cancelled institutional bookplate). Edition Limited to 600 Copies. The bibliographies of Pozzo Toscanelli and Amerigo Vespucci by Giuseppe Fumagalli occupy pp. [97]-128.
$450 USD Book Number: elala275 Order / Enquire

BARAGA, [Irenaeus Friedrich], Bishop [1797-1868].
A Dictionary Of The Otchipwe Language, Explained In English. Part I. English-Otchipwe.A New Edition.
Montreal: Beauchemin & Valois, Publishers, 1878 [1879]..
8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 301. text in double columns. original printed wrs. from A Grammar And Dictionary Of the Otchipwe Language, 1879 & prelims from the Grammar. later full turquoise morocco (rubbed). complimentary slip from the editor, Father Albert Lacombe. bookplate & ownership entry of Quebec lawyer, politician and author, Pierre Boucher de La Bruère [1837-1917]`. Second Edition (first: Cincinnati: 1853). The compiler of the dictionary was for many years a missionary among the Ottawa and Chippeway tribes of the American middle west. This edition, prepared by Oblate missionary, Albert Lacombe, with the financial assistance of the Canadian government, was intended to be of use to Canadian missionaries in Manitoba and Keewatin. The dictionary was usually issued with Baraga's A Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the Otchipwe Language, not present here, but it appears to also have been available on its own. An Otchipwe-English dictionary was published the following year. TPL 3326-27. Lande S143. Gagnon I 205. Pilling, Algonquian, pp. 27-28. cfSabin 3247. cfField 75.
$799 USD Book Number: elala1637 Order / Enquire

[BARBÉ-MARBOIS, François, Marquis de] [1745-1837].
Complot D'Arnold Et De Sir Henry Clinton Contre Les États-Unis D'Amérique Et Contre Le Général Washington. Septembre 1780.
Paris: P.Didot, 1816..
8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 184. with half-title. engraved frontis. plan. 2 engraved portraits of Washington and Arnold drawn by Simitier and engraved by Adam. Uncut in 19th century quarter morocco, top edge gilt (joints cracked, scattered light foxing). First Edition of this account of Arnold's complicity in the plot to surrender West Point to the British. TPL 6988. Howes B-114. Sabin 3302.
$749 USD Book Number: elala1693 Order / Enquire

BARBÉ-MARBOIS, [François, Marquis de] [1745-1837].
The History Of Louisiana, Particularly Of The Cession Of That Colony To The United States Of America; With An Introductory Essay On The Constitution and Government Of The United States. Translated From the French By An American Citizen.
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1830..
8vo. pp. xviii, [1 leaf], [17]-455, [1]. Uncut in original bds., rebacked (several library rubberstamps, bookplate removed from front paste-down, some scattered foxing). First Edition of the English Translation by William B.Lawrence. A history of Louisiana, from its discovery to 1819, with sections on La Salle's expedition and naming of the territory in 1682, d'Iberville's founding of a colony there in 1699, John Law and the establishment of the Compagnie des Indes, and with discussion of the French possessions in Canada. The author represented France in the preliminary negotiations with the United States regarding the Louisiana Purchase, and this work is one of the principal sources on the subject. Howes B-115. Sabin 3307. Streeter III 1600. cfDionne II 1042. cfGagnon I 207. cfLeclerc 106.
$897 USD Book Number: CRBeBARB88 Order / Enquire

BARBER, John W[arner] [1798-1885].
Pictorial History Of The State Of New York; Being A General Collection Of The Most Interesting Facts, Biographical Sketches, Varied Descriptions, &c.With Geographical Descriptions Of The Counties, Cities, And Principal Villages.
Cooperstown, N.Y.: H. & E.Phinney, 1846..
8vo. pp. iv, [5]-376. folding engraved map with outline hand colouring, engraved frontis. containing 5 portraits, 13 wood-engraved plates, & numerous wood engravings in the text. vignette wood engraving of state coat of arms on title. contemporary sheep (rubbed, extremities worn, some foxing throughout). cfHowes B-122. cfSabin 3319.
$200 USD Book Number: elala1692 Order / Enquire

BARLOW, Joel [1784-1812] & D[aniel] J[ay] BROWNE [b. 1804].
The Hasty-Pudding; A Poem, In Three Cantos.With A Memoir On Maize Or Indian Corn. Compiled By D.J.Browne, Under The Direction Of The American Institute.
New York: W.H.Graham, 1847..
12mo. pp. 56. woodcut title vignette. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (spine ends frayed). First Collected Edition. Browne's work on Indian corn, which seems to appear in print here for the first time, ends with a section of recipes, pp. [4]-56, including one for hasty-pudding (mush). Sabin 3420.
$400 USD Book Number: elala3558 Order / Enquire

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