Antiquarian, Ethnological and other Researches [231 2 vols, 8°, boards, uncut, 3.00 [232 W. Indies, New Granada, Caraccas, Peru, Buenos Ayres, Chili, and various Islands. The CANADAS in 1841, by Sir R. H. Bonny- 1842 2 vols, sm. 8°, cloth, 4.00; 2 vols in I, new half 2 vols in 1, sm. 8°, half calf, gilt, 3.50 [234 2 vols, sm. 8°, cloth, 4.00 [235 Chiefly military accounts of the War in Canada in 39. The Book of Common Prayer, according to The British Dominions in North America, a History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or FALK- [243α 8°, new half sheep (corners waterstained), 4.50 [245 12°, cloth, .75 A Prussian officer, chief of staff to Genl. STUART, Borthwick, California, see No. 295. The Boston Book, being Specimens of Metro- Sm. 8°, cloth, gilt edges, 1.00 [239 History of the WAR OF INDEPENDENCE of the "It is the most classical and methodical, the most A View of the Causes and Consequences of the [241 [246 Memoir of Nathaniel Bowditch, by his Son 4°, cloth, 1.25 [247 66 Boston, Sept. 3. 1844. Rev. Dr. Scoresby, with the respects A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY, a [248 The American text most complete and the most The work finishes with accounts of attempts on the volume. "Suffolk County means BOSTON and its immediate vicinity: two chapters out of the 44 are devoted to "Miscellaneous Names EXTINCT in Boston," and ditto still extant in Boston, but the rest is drawn chiefly from Conveyances of Land in America ind similar documents, respecting which the author says he has 3,000 pages of names of persons from the settlement of the country to 1860. So that the bulk of the volume is a melange of Surnames, chiefly American, grouped under chapters with headings like " Opposite Surnames Contrasted; Peculiar Surnames Grouped Together; Male Female Names; Names from Fishes, Insects, and other Disagreeable Names; Names Originating in Mistakes," etc. Map. Bowles' New Map of North America and the West Indies, exhibiting the British Empire therein, with its Limits according to the Treaty of 1763, according to the Surveys which have appeared to the Present Year, 1781. 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Bath, 1804 12°, calf, gilt, 1.00 [251 The notes include Extracts from Byron's Narrative, Hearne's Hudson's Bay, Mackenzie's Frozen Ocean, etc. The New West, or CALIFORNIA in 1867-8, by C. L. Brace. N.Y., 1869 Sm. 8°, cloth, 1.00 [255 Travels in the Interior of America in 18091811, including a Description of UPPER LOUISIANA, with the States of OHIO, KENTUCKY, INDIANA, and Tennesse, and the ILLINOIS and Western Territories, by John Bradbury. Liverpool, 1817 8°, boards, uncut, 6.00; half calf, 4.50 [256 Explorations for the purpose of discovering and collecting Subjects in NATURAL HISTORY, either new or valuable; includes a Catalogue of Rare Plants discovered near St. Louis. Contains much interesting information about the INDIANS, their manners, customs, mode of hunting, etc. American Antiquities and Researches into the Origin and History of the RED RACE, by A. W. Bradford. N. Y., 1841 Roy. 8°, cloth, 3.00 [257 Notes on the North-West, or Valley of the Upper Missisippi, by W. J. A. 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Faden, Apl. 13, 1778 Copperplate, 22 x 18 in.; troops in colours, 2.50 [263 Mostly from a plan drawn on the spot. Much engraved information on the face of the map and at foot. Good margins. ST. LUCIA, Historical, Descriptive, and Statistical, by H. H. Breen, 13 years a Resident in the Island, map. 1844 8°, cloth, 2.50 [264 The Homes of the New World, Impressions of America, by Fredrika Bremer, translated by Mary Howitt, pretty fronts. and vignettes. 1853 3 vols, sm. 8°, cloth, 2.50 [265 Indian Missions in GUIANA, by the Rev. W. H. Brett, map and plates. 1851 Fcap, cloth, 1.50 [266 Treats largely of the appearance, customs, habits, and SUPERSTITIONS of the various INDIAN TRIBES. 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Bridges, Rector of the Parish of St. Ann, Jamaica. 1827 2 thick vols, 8°, boards, uncut, 4.00; half roan, 3.00 [270 Not content with giving a very full and valuable History of the Island, the author indulges in a chapter of surmises as to the Early Inhabitants of America-" Nor is it impossible that Noah himself should have undertaken the re-establishment [!] of America." New Travels in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, performed in 1788 by J. P. Brissot de Warville, translated from the French. 1792 8°, half calf, edges uncut, 2.00 Brissot. Dublin edition. 1792 8°, calf, 1.25 [271 [272 "The English have more need of information on the real character and condition of the U.S. of America than any other people of Europe; this book is infinitely better calculated to convey that information than all others of the kind that have hitherto appeared." Translator. Guide to the Province of British Columbia for 1877-8. Victoria, 1877 Large 8°, hf. cloth, 1.25 [276 Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, the Indian Trade Language of the North Pacific. Complete DIRECTORY of the Colony. Map. Whole Continent of America, "particularly shewing the British Empire in the Northern part, with the Divisions of the New Governments since the accession of Canada and Florida." Bowles, N.D. [176-] Copperplate, 24 X 19 in.; coloured, 1.00 [277 The boundaries of Quebec and the Floridas minutely defined in engraved text on face of map. Dominions in America, according to the Treaty Map. New and Accurate Map of the British of 1763, by Thos. Kitchin. (ca. 1780) Copperplate, 25 × 21 in., pretty title-engraving, 1.25 [278 Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B., with Notices of the Celebrated Indian Chief TECUMSEH, edited by F. Brock Tupper. Guernsey, 1845 Sm. 8°, cloth, 2.00 [279 Relates almost entirely to military service in CANADA, from 1802 to 1814. History of the State of NEW YORK, by J. R. 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As They Are, Cure for Radicalism, by Thomas Brothers, resinot as they Are Generally Described, being a dent in the U.S. fifteen years. 1840 8°, cloth, 2.50 [283 "Proving that the farther a people verges into democratic forms of government, the more the miseries of the masses will increase, and thereby true liberty will be finally destroyed by the overwhelming influence of a mobocracy.' The Appendices fill 250 pages, and gives hundreds of extracts from U.S. papers recording Murders, Riots, Outrages, Incendiaries, Atrocities towards Negroes and Abolitionists, etc., in 1834-8. Lord Brougham's Speeches in the House of Lords, Jan. 18, 1838, upon CANADA, and Feb. 2, 1838. on the Maltreatment of the North American Colonies. 1838 2 in 1 vol, 8°, new half roan, 1.25 [284 Fifteen Thousand Miles on the Amazon and its Tributaries by C. Barrington Brown and W. Lidstone, map and woodcuts (as plates). 1878 Thick 80, cloth, 2.25 [285 Carwin the Bibloquist, and other American Tales, by Charles Brockden Brown. 1822 3 vols, p. 8°, half calf, gilt, 2.00 Wieland, an American Tale, by C. Brockden Brown. 1835 3 vols. p. 8°, boards, 2.00 [286 [287 Views of CANADA and the Colonists, by James [288 Embracing the Experience of an Eight Years' Residence in Canada; Views of its Present State, Progress, and Prospects; and Information for Intending Emigrants. History and Present Condition of St. DOMINGO, by J. Brown, M.D. Phila., 1837 2 vols, p. 8°, cloth, 1.25 [289 Life and Letters of Captain John Brown, who was executed at Charlestown, Va., Dec. 2, 1859, for an Armed Attack on American Slavery; with Notices of some of his Confederates, edited by Richard D. Webb, photo. 1861 Fcap, cloth, 2.00 [290 "He sleeps in the blessings of the crushed and the poor, and men believe more firmly in virtue, now that such a man has lived." WENDELL PHILLIPS. The NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, and the Plans for the Search for Sir John Franklyn, a Review, by John Brown, large map, chart, and plate. 1858 [291 8°, cloth, 2.25 450 closely-printed pages, giving a summary of Arctic exploration to date, with an ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. CRUSOE'S ISLAND, a Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk, with Sketches of Adventure in CALIFORNIA and Washoe, by J. Ross Browne, many illustrations. N.Y., 1864 Sm. 8°, cloth, 1.50 [292 A readable and amusing account of a visit to Juan Fernandez, with a chapter on the INDIANS of California, and Tales of the Gold-Mining Excite ment. The BRITISH CICERO, a Selection of the most Admired SPEECHES in the English Language, with Historical Illustrations by Thomas Browne. 1808 3 vols, 8°, calf gilt, 3.00 [293 The first seventy pages of vol. II are devoted to "Historical Illustrations of the American Wars". 2 thick vols, royal 80, cloth, gilt edges, 2.50 [294 Experiences of Californian Life during the Gold What I Saw in CALIFORNIA in 1846-7, by Edwin Bryant, late Alcade of San Francisco. Bentley, 1847 P. 8°, cloth, 2.00 [296 Bryant. Second edn., folding map. 1849 P. 8°, cloth, 1.25 [297 Being the Journal of a Tour, by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, across the Continent of N.A., the Great Desert Basin, and through California. Contains a good deal about the Military Operations in Cal. in 1846-7. 420 closely-printed pages. The INDIAN RACES of North and South America, by C. de W. Brownell, "with numerous colored illustrations, executed in the best style of the art, by the First Artists in America." N. Y., 1857 Thick 8°, half morocco, 3.00 [298 An account of the principal Aboriginal Races; their National Customs, Mythology, and Ceremonies; the history of their most Celebrated Warriors and Chiefs; their Wars with the European Settlers; and a great variety of anecdote. No greater libel on American Art than the description of the plates quoted above could be printed: had a second Mrs. Trollope reproduced these woodcuts as "the best style of American Art," what a storm of indignation would have been raised by the critics! Letters of a Traveller, or Notes of Things seen in Europe and America, by William Cullen Bryant; FIRST EDITION. N. Y., 1850 Sm. 8°, cloth, 3.00 [299 The History of the Bucaniers of America, from the First Original down to this Time, written in Several Languages, and now Collected into one Volume, the whole newly Translated into English, and illustrated with 25 Copper-Plates (portraits, views, and maps). 1704 Thick 8°, calf, 15.00; another (some plates repaired), an inferior copy, 8.00 [300 i. The Exploits and Adventures of Le Grand, Lolonois, Sir Henry Morgan, etc., written in Dutch by Jo. ESQUEMELING, one of the Bucaniers. ii. The dangerous Voyage and bold Attempts of Captain Barth, Sharp, Watlin, and others in the SOUTHSEA, written by Basil RINGROSE. iii. Journal of a Voyage into the SOUTH-SEA by the Freebooters of America, from 1684 to 1689, by the Sieur RAVENEAU DE LUSSAN. iv. Relation of a Voyage of the Sieur de MONTAUBAN, Captain of the Freebooters in America, in 1695, etc. History of the Bucaniers of America, vol. II, port. of Rock Brasiliano (no plates). 1741 12°, calf, 1.00 [302 This volume contains the whole of The Free-booters' [303 Apparently a reprint of the whole of no. 300. 8°, boards, uncut, 4.00; half calf, edges uncut, Chiefly records of the cruel conduct pursued towards AMERICA, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive (NORTHERN STATES), 3 vols; EASTERN and WESTERN STATES of AMERICA, 3 vols; the British Provinces in N.A.: COMPLETE SET, by SLAVE STATES, 2 vols; CANADA, and the other James Silk Buckingham, maps, fine plates, and woodcuts. Fisher, 1842-3 9 thick vols, 8°, cloth, 12.00 [305 "His volumes will be fonnd a storehouse of know- CANADA, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and [306 C Six Months' Residence and Travels in MEXICO, containing Remarks on the present state of New Spain, its Natural Productions, Society, Trade, Agriculture, Antiquities, etc., by W. Bullock, large plans of Ancient and Modern Mexico, and interesting plates, including four coloured ones of Costumes. 1824 Thick 8°, half calf, 2.50 [308 Panoramic View from Bunker Hill Monument, plate and bird's-eye view of Boston, etc., four feet long, also descriptive text. Boston, 1848 Sm. 4°, cloth, 1.25 [309 Old and New England, in a series of views taken on the Spot, by Alfred Bunn, front. Bentley, 1853 2 vols in I, sm. 8°, cloth, 1.50 [310 By the author of "The Stage Before and Behind the Curtain." "Our purpose is to hook you by the button-hole, and have a cozy chat with you, and make you laugh at matters that made us laugh." The preface is a humourous protest against the U.S. publishing 'pirates.' Political and Military Episodes in the Latter Half of the Eighteenth Century, derived from the Life and Correspondence of the Right Hon. John Burgoyne, General, Statesman, and Dramatist, by E. B. De Fonblanque, portrait, plate of the Funeral of Brig. Gen. Fraser at Saratoga, and facsimile of a letter from Washington. 1876 8°, cloth, 1.50 [311 Out of the 500 pages of this interesting volume, 300 A State of the Expedition from Canada [invasion of NEW YORK STATE] as laid before the House of Commons by Lieut.-Gen. Burgoyne, and Verified by Evidence, with a Collection of Authentic Documents, and an Addition of many Circumstances, written and collected by Himself, map of the country from the head of Lake Champlain to Albany, five plans of engagements at Huberton, Wolmscock, Swords House, Stillwater and Saratoga, all large and folding, finely engraved by Faden, three have moveable slips to explain the courses of actions. J. Almon, 1780 4°, boards, uncut, 18.00; half calf (re-covered), gift copy from Burgoyne with inscription, 16.00; half calf, 14.00 [312 Each of the above is complete and best edition; the moveable bits are frequently wanting; as stated, there should be three. Sometimes the 6th plate has " y " engraved upon it, it is an error. The gift copy was to Thos. Nicholson, of Stockport, and has his autograph and bookplate, a copperplate by Pye in the style of Bewick, an excellent example of Pye's pretty engraving. The volume is the most complete and valuable record existing of Burgoyne's invasion of New York State in 1777, ending with the Convention of Saratoga. Burgoyne. Second edition, with the same map and five plans. 1780 8°, boards, 10.00; half calf, 8.50 [313 "Cannot fail to prove instructive to the Student of Military history, who is here able to trace step by step the combination of causes that brought about the disastrous result." E. B. DE FONBLANQUE. The Dramatic and Poetical Works of the late Lieut.-Gen. J. Burgoyne, with Memoirs of the Author, plates. Whittingham, 1808 2 vols, 120, half calf, 3.00 [314 Few men could have produced two such widelydifferent works as "The State of the Expedition from Canada," and the comic "The Lord of the Manor," about the same time. opera A Letter from Lieut.-Gen. Burgoyne to his Constituents, upon his late Resignation, with the Correspondences between the Secretaries of War and him, relative to his RETURN TO AMERICA. With three other American pamphlets. 7. Almon, 1779 8°, hf. cf., 4.00 [315 ii The GREEN Box of Monsieur de Sartine [a proColonial Satire]. 1779. iii TAXATION NO TYRANNY, an Answer to the American Congress, [by Dr. Samuel JOHNSON]. 1775- iv ANTICIPATION [a suppositious Debate on the American Colonies]. 1778. An Account of the EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA, with a Short History of the Discovery of that part of the World, the Manners and Customs of the original Inhabitants, etc., [edited by Edmund Burke], 2 maps; FIRST EDITION. 1757 2 vols, 8°, calf, 4.00 Burke. Second edition, 2 maps. 1758 2 vols, 8°, calf, 2.50 [316 [317 Burke. Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth editions, (apparently different titles only), each with 2 maps. [318 An accurate description of the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Danish and ENGLISH Settlements, their Extent, Climate, Productions, Trade, Genius and Disposition of their Inhabitants, their Political and Commercial Views with regard to each other, etc. "My principal view in treating of the several Settlements, was to draw every thing towards their TRADE, which is the point which concerns us most materially."-Preface. "An account of the European Colonies in America, THE BEST WORK OF THE KIND THEN IN EXISTENCE, was generally, and it would seem justly, believed to have been written by Edmund Burke." J. A. DOYLE. Speech of Edmund Burke on AMERICAN Taxation, Apl. 19, 1774. With other pamphlets; 8°, hf. cf., 1.00 [319 ii Speech of Burke on Conciliation with the Colonies, Mar. 22, 1775. ii Letter of Burke to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the Affairs of America. 1777. Two others. Travels through the Middle Settlements of North America in 1759-60, with Observations on the State of the Colonies, by Andrew Burnaby, Vicar of Greenwich. 1775 4°, newly half bound, best roan extra, 6.00 [320 The first edition; the later ones were considerably altered by way of enlargement and embellishmen Burnaby. Second edition. 1775 8°, calf, 4.00 [321 Virginia, Maryland, Penna., New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Mass. The author visited Colonel Washington at Mount Vernon upon the river Potowmac' in Dec., 1759. |