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This important map extends westward to Colorado and New Mexico, which are well covered with names; southward to Panama, including the West Indies. The ornamental title is by Gravelot. Full margins. Map. "Amerique Meridionale, par Paris, 1748

le Sr. d'Anville." [41

i Expedition of Gonzalo PIZARRO to the land of Cinnamon, 1539-42. ii Voyage of Francisco de ORELLANA down the Amazon, 1540-1. iii New Discovery of the Great River of the Amazons, by Father Cristoval de ACUNA, 1639. iv List of the Principal Tribes in the Valley of the Amazons, containing all those which are mentioned in the voyages of Orellana and Acuna.

Maps. COMPLETE SET of the MAPS OF America belonging of the Great Atlas of Mercator and Hondius, published with FRENCH TEXT on the backs. Amst., H. & 7. Hondius [1633] FIFTEEN MAPS, copperplates, each 20 X 14 in.; wide margins, early impressions, 18.00 [42

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On number vi "New England," "Plymouth "land
"Roanoak" appear. The account of VIRGINIA IS
very lengthy, the latest information is Smith's
voyage of 1608-this map is certainly taken from
Smith's of 1606.
List of Maps.
i America. ii Hispania Nova.
Virginia et Florida. iv Virginia [Powhatan in state].
v Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, etc. vi Barmuda
[with list of English sharers]. vii America Meridion-
alis. viii Venezuela. ix. Terra Firma [engraved
by Janson]. x Guiana. xi Peru. xii Brasilia.
xiii Paraguay [Janson]. xiv Chili. XV Freti
Magellanici et novum Freti vulgo Le Maire [with
account of Le Maire and Schouten's voyage,
1615-17, discovering Cape Horn].

Map. "New Map of the Whole Continent of America, wherein are Exactly Described the UNITED STATES of NORTH AMERICA, corrected from the Original Materials of Governor POWNALL, London, R. Sayer, 15 Aug. 1786," inset "Baffin's and Hudson's Bays.' Two copperplates (dividing at 3° N), each 21 X 48 in. ; coloured; margin, 4.00

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This we take to be the earliest large and complete English map of the New World in which the words "UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA occur. Its extent is extraordinary, ranging from Smith's Sound to Cape Horn, it includes a considerable portion of the Pacific, Western Africa and Spain, yet its scale is large enough to give a good map of N.A.; all the outlying forts to the W. and N. are "abandoned" or "destroyed"; the western boundary of Canada and U.S. runs farther N. than usual. Handsome title-piece and list of all states and possessions engraved in corners. Map. America, with Natural and Political Divisions. Cary, May, 1824 Copperplate, 36 × 33 in., coloured, 1.00

[44 Large map and well engraved. The boundary between Canada and Alaska runs from Dixon's Entrance to Mackenzie River, leaving Mount St. Elias several hundred miles west.

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Three sheets, forming a map 42 X 31 in., coloured, 2.50 [47 It is curious to notice that in this map, nearly 150 years old, the region W. of the Andes, Ecuador, the headwaters of the Orinoco and Amazon, and Paraguay, are nearly as well mapped as in recent Atlases. The engraved title (Gravelot's design) includes an address of thanks to Condamine. Full margins. The American in Paris. 1838

2 vols in I, sm. 8°, cloth, .75

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"Paris! thou Pandora's box of all good and of all evil!"

"American Atlas," fifteen maps folded into quarto size. 1830-32 4°, cloth, 2.00

[49 General map of N.A.; map of U.S.; 12 maps of the various States, with plans of cities; map of New England and New York in 1697, from "Magnalia Americana." Engraved on copper by Fenner, Sears, & Co. Our American Cousins, and their Political Life, by One of Themselves, copiously illustrated. 1887 8°, cloth, 1.00 [50 Explaining, in an easy and desultory manner, various phases of Congressional life, with a sufficient idea of the humorous goings-on at the Capitol. The American's Guide, comprising the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitutions of the several States composing the Union. Phila., 1833 12°, sheep, .75

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American Husbandry, containing an Account of the Soil, Climate, and Agriculture of the British Colonies in N.A. and the W.I., by an American. 1775

2 vols, 8°, half calf, gilt, 2.25

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"There lived in a certain city of the U.S. a maker of shoes, who inscribed upon his sign Mens conscia recti: the next Monday morning the front of his rival's shop was emblazoned with a flaming new sign -"Men's and Women's Conscia Recti."-Page 15. The American Mariners, or the Atlantic Voyage, a Moral Poem, with NAVAL ANNALS, or an Impartial Summary of the Actions fought during the late War, at Sea and on the Lakes, between the Ships of G.B. and those of the U.S. [by John Davis of Salisbury]. Salisbury, [181-] Thick fcap, uncut, 2.25

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With a Vindication of the American Character from the Aspersions of the Quarterly Reviewers, addressed to Robert Southey. "The laudable love of polite literature in the mother-country has been superseded by an unhappy passion for coarse invective, clumsy raillery, and vilifying abuse" [on all American affairs].

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A Defence of the CONSTITUTIONS of Government of the United States of America, by John Adams, Vice-President of the U.S., brilliant portrait. Stockdale, 1794

3 vols, 8°, boards, uncut, 7.00; calf, gilt, yellow edges, 5.00 [18

Adams. The Philadelphia edition. For W. Cobbett, Phila., 1797

3 vols, 8°, original calf, 4.00
Adams. Vols. I and II, calf, Phila.,
vol. III, boards, uncut, Stockdale, 1794

3 vols, 3.00

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1797;

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Adams. Vol. I only, containing the fine portrait after COPLEY. 1794

1.00

[21 Letter to the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis on the Present State of our National Affairs, by John Quincy Adams. 1808

8°, pp. 32, new half sheep, 1.50

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A Treatise on Courts Martial, by S. P. Adye, First Lieut. R.A. 1778

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Journal of an African Cruiser, by an Officer of the U.S. Navy, edited by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Aberdeen, 1848 P. 8°, cloth, 1.00

[25 Comprising Sketches of the Canaries, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and other places on the W. Coast of Africa. Included in the vol. is a complete_reprint of the Narrative of the Hon. John Byron (Patagonia, etc.) A Comparative View of the CONSTITUTIONS of Great Britain and the U.S. of America, in Six Lectures, by P. F. Aiken, Advocate. 1842 P. 8°, cloth, .75

[26 The comparison of our Limited Monarchy with the greatest Modern Republic, not in order to disparage either, but to elucidate both in a popular manner.

Papers relating to Foreign Affairs, First Session of 38th Congress, [chiefly Diplomatic Correspondence with England re the Alabama, Sumter, and other privateers]. Washington, 1864 2 thick vols, 8°, cloth, 1.75

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Transatlantic Sketches, comprising Visits to the most Interesting Scenes in North and South America and the W. I., with Notes on Slavery and CANADIAN Emigration, by Capt. J. E. Alexander, many interesting plates etched by Wm. Heath. Bentley, 1833

2 vols in 1, 8°, bright half calf, gilt, 2.50 [30 L'Acadie, or Seven Years' Explorations in British America, by Sir J. E. Alexander, sketch maps of Canada West and New Brunswick, and steel plates. 1849

2 vols, sm. 8°, cloth, 3.00

[31 The Remembrancer, an Impartial Repository of Public Events, a few illustrations; Vol. I to IX. 7. Almon, 1775-80

Almon's Remembrancer.

9 vols, 80, EDGES ENTIRELY UNCUT, (except vol. II, which has the edges sprinkled), 40.00 [32 As the illustrations vary considerably, we give a list of the plates in this copy:-Vol. I, folding plan of Boston; [this vol. is sm. 4° size, and THE EDGES ARE NOT CUT OPEN.] IV, map of the Seat of War in N.Y. and Penan., and map of Rhode Island. V, portrait of Franklin. Almon. Another series, vols. I to X. 1775-80 Io vols, half bound (not uniform), 35.00 [33 Illustrations:-Vol. I [sm. 4°], folding plan of Boston, map

of Penan., and plan of New York. II, VERY BRILLIANT MEZZOTINT PORTRAIT OF JOHN HANCOCK, map of the Seat of War from Quebeck to Fort Du Quesne, map of the country between Crown Point and Albany, and map of the Island of Orleans and Quebec. V, portrait of Franklin. Almon. For 1776, part II (¿.e. vol. III) 8°, edges uncut, 4.00

Almon. For 1776, part III (vol. IV)

8°, half bound, 3.00

Almon. For 1777 (vol. V)

8°, half bound, 3.00

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"The

The "Invaluable Repository" of the Documents relating to the War of Independence. AMERICAN WAR gave rise to it. Every authentic paper relative to that War, whether published in England or America, by the British Ministry or the AMERICAN CONGRESS, are all carefully preserved in it.” Almon. A Collection of INTERESTING, AUTHENTIC PAPERS, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and AMERICA, shewing the Causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding, from 1764 to 1775, [being the famous "PRIOR DOCUMENTS," forming an Introduction to the 80, half bound, 10.00; boards, EDGES ENTIRELY "Remembrancer"]. 7. Almon, 1775 [37

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Expeditions into the Valley of the Amazons, 1539, 1540, 1639, translated and edited, with Notes, by R. H. MAJOR, large map. Hakluyt Society, 1859 8°, cloth, 3.50

[41 i Expedition of Gonzalo PIZARRO to the land of Cinnamon, 1539-42. ii Voyage of Francisco de ORELLANA down the Amazon, 1540-1. iii New Discovery of the Great River of the Amazons, by Father Cristoval de ACUNA, 1639. iv List of the Principal Tribes in the Valley of the Amazons, containing all those which are mentioned in the voyages of Orellana and Acuna.

Maps. COMPLETE SET of the MAPS OF America belonging of the Great Atlas of Mercator and Hondius, published with FRENCH TEXT on the backs. Amst., H. & 7. Hondius [1633] FIFTEEN MAPS, copperplates, each 20 X 14 in.; wide margins, early impressions, 18.00 [42 On number vi "New England," "Plymouth "land "Roanoak" appear. The account of VIRGINIA is very lengthy, the latest information is Smith's voyage of 1608-this map is certainly taken from Smith's of 1606.

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List of Maps. i America. ii Hispania Nova. Virginia et Florida. iv Virginia [Powhatan in state]. v Čuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, etc. vi Barmuda

[with list of English sharers]. vii America Meridionalis. viii Venezuela. ix. Terra Firma [engraved by Janson]. x Guiana. xi Peru. xii Brasilia. xiii Paraguay [Fanson]. xiv Chili. XV Freti Magellanici et novum Freti vulgo Le Maire [with account of Le Maire and Schouten's voyage, 1615-17, discovering Cape Horn]. Мар. "New Map of the Whole Continent of America, wherein are Exactly Described the UNITED STATES of NORTH AMERICA, corrected from the Original Materials of Governor PoWNALL, London, R. Sayer, 15 Aug. 1786," inset "Baffin's and Hudson's Bays." Two copperplates (dividing at 3° N), each 21 x 48 in.; coloured; margin, 4.00 [43 This we take to be the earliest large and complete English map of the New World in which the

words "UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA Occur. Its extent is extraordinary, ranging from Smith's Sound to Cape Horn, it includes a considerable portion of the Pacific, Western Africa and Spain, yet its scale is large enough to give a good map of N.A.; all the outlying forts to the W. and N. are "abandoned" or "destroyed"; the western boundary of Canada and U.S. runs farther N. than usual. Handsome title-piece and list of all states and possessions engraved in corners.

Map. America, with Natural and Political Divisions. Cary, May, 1824

Copperplate, 36 × 33 in., coloured, 1.00

[44 The boundary

Large map and well engraved. between Canada and Alaska runs from Dixon's

Entrance to Mackenzie River, leaving Mount St.

Elias several hundred miles west.

66

Мар. Amerique Septentrionale, dressée, sur les Relations des plus modernes des Voyapar le Sr. R. de Vaugondy."

geurs

Paris, 1750

Copperplate, 25 X 20 in., coloured, 1.50

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Divided according to the different European possessions. The Atlantic colonies are squeezed into a very narrow space by the French blue, which also takes in California.

Мар. "Amerique Septentrionale, par le Sr. d'Anville." Paris, 1746 Two sheets, copperplate, forming a map 35 X 36 in., coloured; inset of Hudson's Bay, etc, 3.00 [46

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This important map extends westward to Colorado and New Mexico, which are well covered with names; southward to Panama, including the West Indies. The ornamental title is by Gravelot. Full margins. Map. "Amerique Meridionale, par le Sr. d'Anville." Paris, 1748 Three sheets, forming a map 42 X 31 in., coloured, 2.50 [47 It is curious to notice that in this map, nearly 150 years old, the region W. of the Andes, Ecuador, the headwaters of the Orinoco and Amazon, and Paraguay, are nearly as well mapped as in recent Atlases. The engraved title (Gravelot's design) includes an address of thanks to Condamine. Full margins. The American in Paris. 1838

2 vols in I, sm. 8°, cloth, .75

[48

"Paris! thou Pandora's box of all good and of all evil!"

"American Atlas," fifteen maps folded into quarto size. 1830-32 4°, cloth, 2.00

[49 General map of N.A.; map of U.S.; 12 maps of the various States, with plans of cities; map of New England and New York in 1697, from " Magnalia Americana." Engraved on copper by Fenner, Sears, & Co. Our American Cousins, and their Political Life, by One of Themselves, copiously illustrated. 1887 8°, cloth, 1.00 [50 Explaining, in an easy and desultory manner, various phases of Congressional life, with a sufficient idea of the humorous goings-on at the Capitol. The American's Guide, comprising the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitutions of the several States composing the Union. Phila., 1833 12°, sheep, .75

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American Husbandry, containing an Account of the Soil, Climate, and Agriculture of the British Colonies in N.A. and the W.I., by an American. 1775

2 vols, 8°, half calf, gilt, 2.25

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Traits of American-Indian Life and Character, by a Fur Trader. 1853

Sm. 8°, cloth, 1.50: or new half calf, edges uncut, 2.00

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The American Jest Book, being a Chaste Collection of Anecdotes, Bon Mots and Epigrams, original and selected, for the Amusement of both Sexes. Phila., 1833 12°, cloth, 2.00

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"There lived in a certain city of the U.S. a maker of shoes, who inscribed upon his sign Mens conscia recti: the next Monday morning the front of his rival's shop was emblazoned with a flaming new sign -"Men's and Women's Conscia Recti."-Page 15. The American Mariners, or the Atlantic Voyage, a Moral Poem, with NAVAL ANNALS, during the late War, at Sea and on the Lakes, or an Impartial Summary of the Actions fought between the Ships of G.B. and those of the U.S. by John Davis of Salisbury]. Salisbury, [181-] Thick fcap, uncut, 2.25

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American Journal of Science, conducted by B. Silliman, vol. I, plates. N.Y., 1818 8°, boards, uncut, 1.00 [56 The American Museum, or Universal Magazine, Essays, Sketches, Law, Intelligence, Tales, Poetry [edited by Matthew CAREY]. Phila., 1789-92

12 thick vols, 8°, original sheep, yellow edges, 25.00 [57 THE COMPLETE SET, being for Jan., 1787, to Dec., 1792, when the magazine died through unpaid subscripA valuable record of events of its period, and a depository of the essays and poems of the earliest literary men of the United States.

tions.

Vol 1 (3rd edn.) is prefaced by 2 leaves of recom mendatory letters from George Washington, Livingstone, Randolph, Rush, etc.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge, plates; THE FIRST FIVE VOLUMES. Phila., 1771-1802

5 vols, 4°, contemporary calf, nice sound copy, 25.00 [58 VOL ONE IS THE GENUINE FIRST EDITION printed by the Bradfords: most sets are made up with copies of 1 the 1789 reprint of this rare volume.

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Vols I (2nd edn., corrected), II, and III, plates. Phila., 1789, '86, '93

"

3 vols, 4°, original half calf, edges uncut, 12.00 [59 Under the Presidency of B. Franklin. Not by any means devoted to pure science, but contain interesting papers on the Natural History of America, the Indians, Prehistoric Remains, curious "notions of the ingenious, etc. Vol i contains the papers from the foundation of the society in 1768. "American Pocket Atlas," volume so lettered, and containing six large coloured maps, folded. R. Sayer, 1776 Roy. 8°, hf. cf., 11.00

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The collection of the best maps of the colonies, issued by Sayer at the first note of hostilities in America. List as follows. i Dunn's map of N. America, 1774 (18 by 13). ii Dunn's West Indies, 1774 (18 by 13). iii The Seat of War in the Northern Colonies, corrected from Govr. Pownall's map, 1776, 14 Aug. 1776 (26 by 20). iv Middle British Colonies (companion to iii), 15 Oct., 1776. v Southern British Colonies (continuing iii and iv), 15 Oct., 1776. vi Survey of Lake Champlain by Brassier, 1762, with Inset Plan of Lake George by Jackson, 1756 (19 by 27), Aug. 5, 1776.

It will be seen that maps iii, iv, and v, together make a very fine map of the Colonies, including Canada; they depict the state of the country at a most important date-the geography of the "United States" starts from this point. Specimens of the American Poets, with Critical Notices, and a Preface. 1822 P. 8°, boards, 1.50

[61 "Will probably be found to contain all the most interesting specimens of American genius which have yet been published."

The American Register, or Summary View of History, Politics, and Literature, vols. I and II. Phila., 1817

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The American Remembrancer, or an Impartial Collection of Essays, Resolves, Speeches, etc., relative or having affinity to the Treaty with Great Britain. Phila., 1795 8°, boards, uncut, 6.00

[63 Consists of 4 nos., making 288 pages. "End of Vol. I" on last page-probably all published. Observations on the American Revolution, published according to a Resolution of Congress by the Committee, for the consideration of those who are desirous of comparing the Conduct of the opposed Parties, and the several Consequences which have flowed from it.

Phila., 1779

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8°, yellow calf, gilt, NEWLY BOUND, 8.00 "The determination of America to retaliate is dictated by every motive of policy and justice * A small sum of money would wrap the British Metropolis in flames. Their subjects and adherents may easily be found in any part of the earth; and the dreaded scalping-knife itself may, in the hands of our riflemen, spread horror through their island." Page 121. [A good commentary this on the declaration on page 1, that "Men are by Nature free "-free to use the scalping-knife, seemingly]. American Scenery, or Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature, also hundred and forty beautifully engraved steel the continuation, viz:-Canadian Scenery, two plates after drawings by W. H. BARTLETT, with Descriptive Letter-press by N..P. Willis, A SUBSCRIBER'S SET OF THE FIRST ISSUE. 1839-42 4 vols, 4°, in 60 parts, wrappers, 12.00

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American State Papers, being a Collection of ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE WAR between the United States and Great Britain, published by Special Permission. 1795

2 vols, 8°, boards, uncut, FINE STATE, 7.00; new half calf, 5.00; calf, 4.50

[66 The second title reads-Official Letters to the Hon. American Congress, written during the War between the United Colonies and G.B., by his Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Commander-in Chief of the Continental Forces; copied from the Original Papers in the Office of the Secretary of State, Philadelphia.

The American Traveller, being a new Historical Collection, carefully compiled from Original Memoirs in several Languages, and the most Authentick Voyages and Travels, containing a Compleat Account of that part of the World now called the WEST-INDIES, from its Discovery by Columbus to the present time, portraits of Cortes and Drake, and 2 plates (no front.) 1745 Thick 8°, calf, 3.00

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With an enquiry concerning the First Inhabitants of America; also a full account of Admiral Vernon's taking Porto Bello and Carthegena. MANUSCRIPT. 66

Transactio. of the Army in America." Amherst and Wolfe in Cape Breton. MANUSCRIPT, 76 pages written in clear Military hand (and some 300 blank). 1758 *Fo, canvas, lettered as above, and "Orders from 12th May, 1758, Halifax, to 30th July, Camp at Louisbourg," written in ink on the canvas, 25.00 [68

The military orders issued to the army under Amherst when at Halifax, and during the Siege of Louisbourg (surrendered 27th July). Wolfe managed the artillery during this campaign, as Brigadier General of the third brigade. This appears to be the official record of Amherst's orders, kept by one of the staff on board the "Namur," and at headquarters during the siege.

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Monody on Major Andrè by Miss Seward, with Letters addressed to her by Major Andre in 1769, edited by E. C. G[iddy]. [Appendix, Short Account of Anna Seward]. Penzance, 1806 [698° (64 pages), boards, 2.00 [76

A most amusing series of chatty Epistles; the Vir

ginian appears to have been very susceptible to the

charms of French ladies.

Travels through the INTERIOR PARTS of AMERICA, in a series of Letters, by an Officer [Thomas Anburey], large map and eight plates. 1789

2 vols, 8°, half calf, 10.50; calf, 12.00; calf, wanting 1st title and map, 4.00 [70 FIRST AND BEST EDITION of one of the most valuable pictures we have of the Colonies at the time of the War of Liberation: Anburey seems to have served with the 29th Regiment during this War. The ILLUSTRATIONs are-View of St. John's upon the River Sorrell, (a very large and fine plate); Plan of a Blockhouse; Indian Warrior; View of a Saw Mill upon Fort Anne Creek, fired by the Americans on Burgoyne's approach (folding); View on the Hudson's River, shewing Gen. Fraser's Funeral (large folding plate); facsimiles of American dollars, two plates; Encampment of the Convention Army at Charlotte Ville in Virginia (large and fine folding plate). Anburey. Second edition, with the two dollar-plates. 1791

2 vols, d, half calf, gilt, 5.00

[71 This edition ought to have the same plates as the first; in this copy, however, there are FOUR SETS of the dollar-plates, thus making 8 plates.

It is reported that these dollar-plates were so well executed, that many were cut out and passed as currency in the U.S.

History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign Dependencies of the British Empire, by J. Anderson, map. 1856 3 thick vols, fcap, cloth, 1.75

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Chiefly devoted to NORTH AMERICA; the History stops at 1776, so that the Early History of the British N.A. Colonies is very fully treated. Life of Major John Andre, Adjutant-General of the British Army in America, by Winthrop Sargent, 2 portraits and map. N.Y., 1871 Thick sm. 8°, cloth, 2.50

[73 "Shall we pronounce Andrè's an unhappy fate? Has not the great law of compensation gilded his name with a lustre that in life could never, with all his ardent longing for fame, have entered into his most sanguine hopes? If he died the death of a felon, it was with the tears, the regrets, the admiration of all that was worthy and good in the ranks alike of friend and of foe."-Page 444. Authentic Narrative of the Causes which Led to the Death of Major Andre, Adjutant-General of H.M. Forces in North America, by Joshua Hett SMITH, with A Monody on the Death of Andrè by Miss Seward [also his Letters to her], fine portrait by Hopwood, plate of Tomb in West minster Abbey, folding map of the Seat of War in N.A. 1808

80, calf, 10.00; half calf, 950; boards, uncut, 16.00; boards, uncut (no portrait), 10.00

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J. H. Smith's "Authentic Narrative" has been

attacked by many American historians, but still appears to have more attractions than any other for the reader of this romantic story. The author was himself accused of complicity with Arnold, and was tried, but acquitted, and retired to England.

Monody on Major Andre, by Miss Seward, with his Letters. Lichfield, 1781 4°, new half roan, 2.50

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Includes her Dedication to Clinton and Hayley's Poem. Autograph signature, "Anna Seward," at end of Monody.

Elegy on Captain Cook [also Andrè's Youthful Miss Seward's Monody on Major Andre and Letters to Anna Seward, and some other Poems], fine Bartolozzian frontispiece (Andrèan) and two copperplates. 1817

12o, boards, not cut open, 3.00; calf gilt, yellow edges, 2.50; another, not so nice, 1.50 [77

| History of the WAR WITH AMERICA [and Her Allies], commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783, by John Andrews, LL.D., seven COLOURED maps and charts and 24 good portraits of American Generals, and of British Commanders and Admirals. 1785-6 4 vols, 8°, calf, 9.50

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Only a portion of the edition had coloured maps. This work is considered an impartial one, certainly there is no animosity to the Colonies shewn in it. "France, Spain, and Holland" are named on the title-page, but it is, hardly a chapter excepted,devoted to the WAR WITH THE AMERICAN PROVINCES. Historical Anecdotes relative to the AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Anecdotes, Civil and Military, in a Series of Letters written from America in the years 1777 and 1778, containing Observations on the General Management of the WAR, and on the Conduct of our Principal Commanders in the REVOLTED COLONIES, during that Period. 1779 80, calf, 8.00 [79

"March 20, 1779. The rebels were groaning under intolerable Tyranny, and such a load of Taxes as no human strength can support. Fifteen millions of dollars were to be levied upon them in the present Year. This is liberty and property with a vengeance! Such are the blessed fruits of Rebellion! Thus the D-l rewards his servants always, notwithstanding his fair Promises; paying them constantly at last in their own coin-in Bills of Congressional Paper."— Page 85.

The Life of George Lord Anson, Admiral of the Fleet, by Sir John Barrow, portrait. 1839 8°, cloth, 1.00. [80

With a graphic account of his celebrated Voyage
Round the World.

Voyage round the World in 1740-44, by George Anson, Esq., Commander-in-Chief of a Squadron of H.M. Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South Seas, compiled from Papers and other materials of Lord Anson, and published under his Direction by Richard WALTER, Chaplain of the Centurion, 42 copperplates (mostly folding), being maps, charts, coast views, scenes, etc. 1748 *Thick 4°, calf, 6.00

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The first and best edition, with fine old English bookplate, and long list of subscribers. Anson's Voyage. The same edition. 1748 [82 *Large 4°, half calf, 6.50

THE ROYAL OR LARGE PAPER ISSUE. Clean and sound copy.

Anson's Voyage. A set of the forty-two maps, charts, views, and various other COPPERPLATES for the above edition. 1748 4°, hf. bd., uncut, 2.50

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