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Weld, Isaac. Voyage au
Canada, dans les annees 1795, 1796 et 1797; traduit de
l’anglois d’Isaac Weld, ... Gerard, Paris. 1803 An XI. 2 vols.
8vos. lacks the folding map and 11 plates. Calf backed boards,
worn. I.D.#03435.
Sutcliff, Robert. Travels In
Some Parts Of North America, In The Years 1804, 1805, & 1806...
B. & T. Kite. Philadelphia. 1812. 12mo, 289 p. engr. front
original boards, untrimmed. Foxed and waterstained, front board
loose. First and only American printing. Howes S1145. Placed in
the Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Library on March 19th,
1849. Rare in boards. Kite was a Quaker printer. I.D.#03038.
Thomas, Moses. The Analectic
Magazine, Containing Selections From Foreign Reviews And
Magazines, Of Such Articles As Are Most Valuable, Curious, Or
Entertaining... Volume III. Moses Thomas. Philadelphia. 1814. 8vo.
Original calf, worn. Volume contains a condensed version of
Zebulon Pike’s Exploratory travels..., Traits of Indian character
(giving reasons for their behavior generally favorable as the
editor, Moses Thomas, was a Quaker). Ex-library, Hamilton College. I.D.#06614.
Taylor, Bayard. Cyclopaedia
Of Modern Travel: A Record Of Adventure, Exploration And
Discovery, For The Past Fifty Years: Comprising Narratives Of
The Most Distinguished Travelers Since The Beginning Of This
Century; Prepared And Arranged By Bayard Taylor. Illustrated With
Maps And Engravings. Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co. Cincinnati. 1856.
Large 8vo, plate, illus., maps. Embossed blue cloth with a
vignette in blind of a camel and African natives. Hinges cracked.
First edition. Includes three folding maps and engraved
frontispiece plate. Includes Lewis and Clark, and Sir John
Franklin’s overland trek to the Polar Sea. I.D.#00040. SOLD.
Carvalho, S(olomon) N.
Incidents Of Travel And Adventure In The Far West; With Col.
Fremont’s Last Expedition Across The Rocky Mountains: Including
Three Month’s Residence In Utah, And A Perilous Trip Across The
Great American Desert, To The Pacific. By S.N. Carvalho, Artist To
The Expedition. Derby & Jackson. New York. 1857. 12mo, 380 p.
illus. Brown cloth, broken covers loose, spine lacking. Howes
C213. This is the issue with the New York/Cincinnati imprint and
with the frontispiece showing Fremont and the author taking
astronomical observations. Worth rebinding. I.D.#00394.
Rusling, James F. Across
America: Or, The Great West And The Pacific Coast. By James F.
Rusling, late Brevet Brigadier-General, U.S.V. Sheldon & Co. New
York. 1874. 8vo, 503 p. fold. map by Fisk & Russell (loose and
tape mended), front., illus. Maroon pict. cloth. First edition.
Flake 7453, not in Howes. Some foxing. I.D.#02271.
Vivian, H. Hussey. Notes On A
Tour In America. From August 7th To November 17th,
1877, By H. Hussey Vivian, M.P., F.G.S.... Edward Stanford.
London. 1877. 8vo, (v),260 p. Fold. col. map of the Union Pacific
Railway route. Green pictorial cloth. Some foxing but the binding
is unusually bright. With several contemporary newspaper clippings
about Canadian stoves pasted to rear endpaper.
I.D.#00235.
Warner, Charles Dudley. On
Horseback. A Tour In Virginia, North Carolina, And Tennessee With
Notes Of Travel In Mexico And California by Charles Dudley
Warner. Houghton, Mifflin and Co./The Riverside Press...
Boston/New York. 1888. 12mo, 331,15 p. Green pictorial cloth.
First edition. Warner was co-author of "The gilded age" with S.L.
Clemens. I.D.#01480.
Thayer, William M. Marvels Of
The New West. A Vivid Portrayal Of The Stupendous Marvels In
The Vast Wonderland West Of The Missouri River. Six Books In One
Volume. Comprising Marvels Of Nature, Marvels Of Race, Marvels Of
Enterprise, Marvels Of Mining, Marvels Of Stock-Raising, And
Marvels Of Architecture, Graphically And Truthfully Described By
William M. Thayer, Author Of Over Twenty Standard Works...
Illustrated With Over Three Hundred And Fifty Fine Engravings And
Maps. The Henry Bill Publishing Co. Norwich, Conn. 1888. Large
8vo, 715 p. tables, cuts, maps. Orig green cloth. A subscription
book. I.D.#00114. |
