Roy. 8°, wrapper, .50 [1529 The Pennsylvania Magazine, or American Monthly Museum, Volume I, fifteen plans and plates. Phila., 1775 Thick 8°, half calf, 15.00 [1530 The letter-press naturally is chiefly devoted to accounts of the Outbreak of Hostilities, Bunker's Hill, etc.; also some curious details of Inventions. The plates include the following valuable folding ones:-A New and Correct Plan of the Town of BOSTON and Provincial Camp; exact Plan of General GAGE's Lines on Boston Neck; a New Plan of BOSTON Harbour: Map of the Present Seat of War on the Borders of CANADA; Plan and Perspective View of the Town and Fortification of MONTREAL; A Correct View of the Battle at CHARLESTOWN, June 17th, 1775 (a very quaint folding plate-ought to be worth dollars by itself); "General 3, Wolfe, a New Song, "with the Music. Small wormhole in the margin of a few leaves, othermal a remarkably fresh and nice copy. Probably the omnivorous Grangerites have left but very few perfect copies in existence. The volumes is a credit to the enterprise of R. AITKEN, who was the engraver of some of the plates as well as the publisher. The editor was the notorious THOMAS PAINE. The Life of Sir William Pepperrell, Bart., the Only Native of New England who was created a Baronet during its Connection with the Mother Country, by Usher Parsons, plan of Louisburg, and plate. 1856 Sm. 8°, cloth, 1.75 [1531 "The Hero of Louisburg"-the Commander of the Expedition of Colonial Troops which captured Louisburg from the French in 1745. The Importance and Advantage of CAPE BRETON Truly Stated and Impartially Considered, [by Sir William Pepperrell], large map of Cape Breton, and another of the English Settlements in N.A. 1746 8°, half morocco, 10.00 [1532 Chapter V is "Some Accounts of CANADA, and the Affairs of the English Colonies in its Neighbour. hood, particularly of NOVA SCOTIA." Chapter VI "A Summary Relation of the Siege of LEWISBURG, with a short Account of William Vaughan's Particular Behaviour in the Expedition to Cape Breton.' Chapter VII "A true State of NEW ENGLAND." A General History of all Voyages and Travels throughout the Old and NEW WORLD, from the First Ages to this Present Time, containing an Accurate Description of each Country, the Natural History, Religion, Customs, etc., with a Catalogue of all Authors that have ever describ'd any part of the World, etc., by Mons. Du Perier, made English from the Paris edition, engraved title by Vander Gucht, and five quaint plates. Edmund Curll, 1708 8°, calf, 7.50 [1533 this very The title-page is far too ambitious: Histoire d'un Voyage aux ISLES MALOUINES, fait en 1763 and 1764, avec des Observations sur le Detroit de MAGELLAN, et sur les Patagons, par Dom Pernetty, nouvelle édition, aug. de Remarques sur l'Histoire Naturelle, etc. Eighteen folding maps and plates, including many curiosities in Natural History. Paris, 1770 2 vols, 8°, calf, Duke of Portland's crest, 3.00 [1534 This is Pernetty's account of DE BONGAINVILLE'S celebrated Voyage " pour la découverte des Terres Australes," so far as the FALKLAND ISLANDS and PATAGONIA are concerned. He seems to have been attached to the expedition as the 'scientific man.' The Resources and Prospects of America Ascertained by Sir Morton Peto, tinted plates of Chicago in 1831 and San Francisco in 1848. 1866 8°, cloth, 1.50 [1535 Note-Book of a State Agent during the War, by The AMERICAN CRISIS, or Pages from the J. L. Peyton. 1867 2 vols, sm. 8°, cloth, 2.00 [1536 "Some of the incidents of the early days of the War facts connected with the secret history of the War which my official position enabled me to acquire." The writer was Agent for North Carolina in England in 1861. Plan. "A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia, Surveyed by N. Scull and G. Heap, 1777." Pub. March 12th, 1777, by W. Faden Articles of Subscription of the Philadelphia Arcade, 12 printed pages, with List of Subscribers and no. of Shares taken by each, 6 pages in manuscript. 1825 12°, wrapper, 75 [1541 JAMAICA, its Past and Present State, by James M. Phillippo, of Spanish Town, twenty years a Missionary in the Island, 16 engravings. 1843 Thick sm. 8°, cloth, 1.00 [1542 "The information is ably compressed. The book abounds in beautiful description, and furnishes abundant proof of the author's skill in the fascinating art of delineation." Eclectic Rev. The United States and Cuba, by J. M. Phillippo. 1857 Sm. 8°, cloth, 1.50 [1543 Especially good statistically. Also remarkable for condensed information combined with readability. Voyage towards the North Pole in 1773, by Const. J. Phipps, maps and plates by Byrne. 1774 4°, boards, uncut, 3.00; calf, gilt (bookplate of Lord Cholmondeley), 3.75 [1544 Undertaken by order of George III; the Explorer was afterwards Lord Mulgrave. The Appendix is on the Natural History of Spitzbergen. Horatio Nelson volunteered for this expedition and was allowed to go (the only volunteer) as coxswain : during it he had his famous encounter with a polar bear. Phipps. The Dublin edition. Chart, 2 plates, and folding tables. 1775 8°, half calf, 1.50; another, no chart, .75 [1545 The Journal of a Voyage undertaken by Order of H.M. for making Discoveries towards the NORTH POLE, by the Hon. Commodore Phipps and Capt. Lutwidge, in H. M.'s Sloops Racehorse and Carcase, maps of the Icy Sea,' and of New Greenland, and plate of Whale Fishing. F. Newbery, 1774 8°, new half sheep, 2.00; calf, gilt, 2.50 [1546 With an Account of the several Voyages undertaken for the Discovery of a N. E. Passage to China and Japan. Independent account, and probably by a Pickering, Emigrant, 1831. Authentic Letters from Upper Canada, by MAGRATH [see no. 1243, but four etchings, so 1243 wants a plate], 1833. Statistical Sketches of Upper Canada, by a Backwoodsman [Dr. W. DUNLOP], 1833 3 vols in I, thick 12°, half calf, 2.50 [1551 The Trial of Governor T. Picton, for Inflicting the Torture on Louisa Calderon, a Free Mulatto, in the Island of TRINIDAD, 126 pages, with a sensational plate of the torture. 1806 With other TRIALS, as under; 8°, boards, uncut, 6.00 [1552 A very famous case: the defendant was afterwards knighted, and as SIR THOMAS PICTON received the thanks of the House of Commons SEVEN TIMES for his courage and intrepidity in the Peninsula War: at the head of the "Fighting Division" he fell at Waterloo-" the bravest of the brave." This hero, whilst Governor of Trinidad in 1798, was applied to by a Spanish magistrate to sign an order for inflicting a slight torture on a slave; on being assured it was a customary practice, he signed it-and nine years afterwards was tried in England for 'cruelty '-probably the 'cruelty' was entirely on the side of the malicious prosecutors. The other Trials are-ii Peter Finnerty against Samuel Tipper, for LIBEL in "The Satirist." 1809. iii Robert Carr against William Jones, for LIBEL in the "Liverpool Chronicle." Liverpool, 1806. iv General Court Martial on Alex. Carmichael, Adjutant of the Liverpool Fuzileers, for addressing abusive and scandalous language, in front of the Regiment, to Lieut.-Col. Earle. Liverpool, 1804. Exploratory Travels through the WESTERN TERRITORIES of North America in 1805-7, by Z. M. Pike, Major 6th U.S.I., map of upper waters of Mississippi and folding map of Arkansas, New Mexico, Texas, etc. 1811 4°, calf, gilt, 15.00; half calf, 13.00; boards, smooth edges, 13.50 [1553 The most handsome edition of this path-finder's travels; consists of three distinct Expeditions; Ist from St. Louis to the Source of the river (with accounts of the Indians and report on the trade of the N.W. Co.); 2nd thro. "Louisiana" [i.e. West of the river] (with accounts of the Osages, Pawnees, Kanses, and Comanches); 3rd New Spain, with Geography and Statistics of each Province. Pike was Brigadier-General during the war of 1812-14, killed in the invasion of Upper Canada. The Gate of the Pacific, by Capt. Bedford Pim, large map, coloured plates, small plans of various Harbours on the Isthmus, etc. 1863 Thick 8°, cloth, 3.00 [1554 Notes on the WEST INDIES, written during the Expedition under Abercromby, Observations on Barbadoes and the Settlements Captured on the Coast of Guiana, Remarks on the Creoles and Slaves and on the INDIANS of South America, by George Pinckard, M.D. 1806 3 vols, 8°, boards, uncut, 3.00; half calf, 2.50 [1555 "An extremely valuable addition to our information upon colonial affairs." Edin. Rev. General Collection of Voyages and Travels [in Various parts of AMERICA], by John Pinkerton, Vols XIII and XIV, copperplates. 1812-13 *2 vols, 4°, hf. cf., 4.00; boards, uncut (fine), 6.00 [1556 Vol XIII is NORTH AMERICA and Vol XIV SOUTH A Peep at the Pilgrims in Sixteen Hundred Thirty-Six, a Tale of Olden Times. 1825 3 vols, p. 8°, boards, uncut, 1.25 [1557 A romance of the Pilgrim Fathers of New England, with plenty of adventures with the Indians. Travels through the South of France and in the Interior, of Provence and Languedoc in 1807 and 1808, by a Route never before Performed, by Lieut.-Col. [Ninian] Pinkney, coloured map. 1814 8°, half calf, 1.00; citron morocco, gilt, morocco joints, gilt edges, FINE COPY, 2.00 [1558 Lt.-Colonel of the "North American Native Rangers" in the war, and afterwards Colonel of 3rd Infantry. Travelled along the Loire, Isere, and Garonne by permission of the French Government. Died at Baltimore, 1825. "Set all the idle world upon going to France to live on the charming banks of the Loire." LEIGH HUNT. The History and Lives of all the most Notorious Pirates and their Crews, Adorned with Twenty Beautiful Cuts, being the Representation of each Pirate. On London Bridge, 1725 12° (168 pages), scarlet morocco, gilt squares, NEWLY BOUND, 7.50 [1559 The curious woodcuts are full-length portraits, including those of Gul. Pisonis de India Utriusque Re Naturali et Medica libri xiv. Fine engraved title in which the Dodo appears, many woodcuts of beasts, birds, and plants of both Indies. Amst., apud Elzevirios, 1658 *F°, calf, 5.00 [1560 The main part of this fine Elzevir is Piso's Treatise on the Natural History of the WEST INDIES, with special reference to Brazil; this is followed by Marcgrave's book on Brazil and Chili, in which are Indian vocabularies; both these have woodcuts, 100 or more, of plants and animals. Bontius on the East Indian medicinal plants, with similar woodcuts, finishes the volume. Speech of the Rt. Hon. Wm. Pitt in the House of Commons, Feb. 21, 1783. Debrett, 1783 8°, new half calf, 1.25 [1561 In support of the terms of the Treaty, in reply to Fox on the greatness of the concessions therein. The Present State of the European Settlements on the MISSISSIPPI, with a Geographical Description of that River, by Capt. Philip Pitman, eight folding maps and plans. 1770 4°, original half bdg., wide magins, 14.50; grey wrapper, not so large in margins, 13.00; cat'spaw calf, gilt, yellow edges, NEWLY BOUND, FINE COPY, 16.00 [1562 A Poetical Picture of America, being Observations made during a Residence of several years at Alexandria and Norfolk, in Virginia, illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, by a Lady. 1809 P. 8°, boards, 2.00 [1567 Interspersed with Anecdotes, arising from a general Intercourse with Society in that Country, from 1799 to 1807. The authoress's poetical comments on the country and its inhabitants are decidedly adverse, "but the Virginians must acknowledge the truth of everv assertion." The Political Magazine, and Parliamentary, Naval, Military, and Literary Journal for 1781, many large maps, and brilliant portrait of Major ANDRE. Thick 8°, boards, uncut, 3.50 [1568 The capital maps are an especial feature of this Magazine; they include the following AMERICAN ones (each map illustrates an article)-St. Christopher's and other W.I. Islands; Cape Fear River, N. Carolina, (Operations of Lord Cornwallis); Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana; Surinam, Demerary, Cayenne, etc.; the English and French Islands in the W.I.; St. Lucia and Martinique; Bay of Chesapeak, York and James Rivers; Chart and Plan of the Harbour of NEW YORK (very large); Barbadoes. The text teems with news of Military Operations against the Rebels' in North America. The Political Magazine, and Parliamentary, Naval, Military, and Literary Journal for 1783 to 1788, maps and plates. 7. Bew and J. Murray. 12 vols in 6, very thick 8°, half calf, 9.00 [1569 The LARGE MAPS include the following AMERICAN ones-Spanish Chart of Venezuela; St. Domingo; A New and Correct Map of NORTH AMERICA, in which the Places of the Principal Engagements during the Present War are inserted, and the Boundaries as settled in 1783 are Clearly Marked, (a large map, about 18 X 12 inches); Isthmus of Panama; Plan of the Harbour of St. Augustine in East Florida; a Representation of the Sea-Fight off the Chesapeak on Sep. 5, 1781 (large plate); Cook's Discoveries in the Pacific; General View of Cook's Discoveries (an enormous map); A New Map of Nova SCOTIA and Cape Breton, with the adjacent parts of New England and Canada, (very large). Seven maps are missing, but none of them American. of New Books, vol. I, caricature plates. The Political Register, and Impartial Review Almon, 1767 8°, shabby hf. cf., 1.50 [1570 Only two volumes were published, the contents "having given offence to high authorities." Contains several letters relative to American affairs, all pro-Colonial-"It is obvious and incontrovertible that the North Americans, in their trade, are now in a worse Situation than ever they were before; that they are more grievously oppressed," etc. "Political Tracts.' A thick 8° volume so lettered, calf. gilt, 5.00 [1571 i An Humble Address, whether a Connection with, Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the Parliament Vindicated, in Reply to Dr. Price (on From the second Richmond edition, enlarged. Henry Stevens's title-page and address. The WAR in America, 1863-64, by E. [A.] Pollard. 1865 Sm. 8°, cloth, -75 [1574 The Third Year of the War, from the Capture of Winchester to the Battle of Atlanta. SOUTHERN HISTORY of the War, by E. A. Pollard, 20 steel portraits. N.Y., 1866 2 vols, roy. 8°, cloth, 5.25 [1575 L'Isole piv Famose del Mondo descritte da Thomaso Porcacchi e intagliate da Girolamo PORRO. Engraved title and 47 maps (including City of Mexico, North America, Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and two world maps including America). Venetia, 1590 Fo, original vellum wrapper, 6.50 [1576 It will be noticed that the whole of the above early American maps count the various parts depicted as "Islands"; Porcacchi's descriptive text extends to several pages in each case. The general map of America is more accurate than any preceding it, or produced for some years after it. Among the interesting non-American engravings are the Moluccas, Madagascar, Ceylon, Elba, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, Iceland, Hebrides. Voyage Round the World, but more Particularly to the NORTH-WEST COAST of America, in 1785-8, by Capt. Nath, Portlock [Commander], large chart, nautical sketches, copperplate views, Indian and ornithological plates (in all 20). 1789 *Large 4°, russia, 5.00; boards, uncut (4 plates have cut edges), 6.00 [1577 Portlock, N.W. AMERICA. FINE PAPER COPY, the ornithological plates COLOURED. 1789 *Royal 4°, new half calf, 9.50; calf, gilt, gilt edges (leather worn), 10.00 [1578 An Abridgement of Portlock and Dixon's Voyage round the World, 1785-'8 [PORTLOCK's Narrative], Dixon's large chart (slightly damaged in binding) and portrait of Tyaana. 1789 8°, half calf. 1.75 [1579 Colonial Relic. "LEATHER-STOCKING HORN." Powder-horn used by a backwoodsman in Georgian times, engraved with map, etc., illustrating New York State, carved with two deep bands towards the tip. 18th century *Length 18 inches; diam. 3 inches, 30.00 [1580 Engraved with a rough map, up the Hudson from New York to Albany and Lake Champlain, and the Mohawk Valley to Ontario and Niagara, views of the two former cities are at the base of the horn and of Oswego and Niagara towards the tip. Forts and private houses are indicated by suitable "cuts " and initials, amongst these Stillwater, Saratoga, Fort William Henry, Fort Monkton, Ticonderoga, Three Rivers, Wood Creek, Fort Stanwix, and several others can be identified. The miscellaneous cuts include the Royal Arms, sun, moon, a lady in Impressions of America in 1833-5, by Tyrone Power, fronts. etched by Hervieu. Bentley, 1836 2 vols, 8°, boards, uncut, 3.50; half calf, 3.25 [1581 Appears to have visited all the American "cities" excepting Cincinnati. Appendix of 50 pages on the state of the INDIANS in 1835. The author, a clever impersonator of Irish characters, was lost in the "President,” 1841. A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of Such Parts of North America as are contained in THE (ANNEXED) MAP of the MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, etc., in North America, by T. Pownall, M.P., late Governor [etc.], fine large map with its Eastern portion on separate sheet. F, original grey wrapper, edges uncut, one small. F. Almon, 1776 wormhole, 25.00 [1582 Мар. New and Correct MAP OF NORTH AMERICA with the West India Islands, divided according to the last Treaty of Peace, Feb., 1763; Provinces and Colonies which compose wherein are Particularly Distinguished the Several BRITISH EMPIRE, laid down and corrected from the Original Materials of Govr. Pownall, 1777. Very large copperplate, 47 X 40 in.; coloured and London, R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 15 Feb., 1777 [1583 on canvas, 7.50 the Governor Thos. Pownall's fine and famous map is a highly valued record of the state of the continent immediately before the revolt of the Provinces and Colonies. The Articles of the Treaty of Paris are engraved, with other interesting matters, on the spare places of 'ocean.' The extent of the map is from James's Bay in the North to Guiana in the South, with the Hudson's Bay, Labrador, California and New Mexico, on two inset maps. The colouring, mounting and cardboard case are all as issued. The Administration of the Colonies, fourth edition, by Thomas Pownall, Late Governor of Massachusetts-Bay and South-Carolina, Lieut.Govr. of New-Jersey, 1768; Part the Second, 1774. 2 vols in I, thick 8°, calf, 4.50 [1584 Part I; Title, pp. v-xxxi, 1-318, Appendix, 1-73. Part II; Half-title, Title, pp. v-xi, 1-171 (Appendix begins at p. 113). The History of BARBADOS from the Discovery in 1605 till 1801, by John Poyer. 1807 *Thick 4°, calf, 2.50 [1585 Interesting list of subscribers. "A work of merit." The Colonies, and the Present AMERICAN L'Europe et l'Amérique depuis le Congress d'Aix-la-Chapelle, par M. de Pradt, ancien Archevêque de Malines. Paris, 1821 2 vols, 8°, calf, gilt, 1.25 [1587 Emma Corbett, [by Samuel Jackson Pratt], beautiful front. after Angelica Kauffman. (1781) 3 vols, 120, calf, gilt, 3.00 [1588 [Pratt]. Another edition, two fine Bartolozzian fronts. 1783 2 vols, 12°, cf., 2.50 [1589 [Pratt]. Ninth edition, only I front. and i high-heeled shoes and a man with sword, dancing, title. 1789 ships on Ontario and at New York. The view of N.Y. is rather elaborate. "Those with maps have the most importance. Some otherwise unknown places appear on the maps of these soldiers and scouts, and characteristic costumes are spiritedly represented." W. M. BEAUCHAMP, Folk-Lore Jo., 1889. 2 vols in 1, 12°, half calf, 1.00 [1590 "Depicting the miseries of Civil War, founded on some recent circumstances which happened in AMERICA." A sentimental novel of considerable interest, bemoaning the evils of "this assassination of America." The History of LOUISIANA, or of the WESTERN PARTS of Virginia and Carolina, containing a Description of the Countries that lye on both Sides of the Missisipi, with an Account of the Settlements, Inhabitants, Soil, Climate and Products, from the French of M. LE PAGE DU Pratz, with some Notes and Observations relating to OUR COLONIES, folding map of the whole country, dated 1757, and smaller map of Louisiana proper. 1763 12.00 2 vols, 12°, original calf, bookplate of Lord Petre, river. [1592 The Two Americas, an Account of Sport and Travel, with Notes on Men and Manners in North and South America, by Major Sir R. L. Price, capital plates. 1877 8°, half calf, gilt, 1.75 [1599 Fishing and Shooting in the West Indies; Stalking the West, with a Copious Description of the Le Page du Pratz resided about 15 years on the [1593 [1594 Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty 2 vols in 1, 80, sheep, 1.00 With others, by PRICE. Revolution to Present Time, 1780. iv State of A specimen of the writer's logic-" The Americans are not come here to invade us; but they withhold the rights of Great Britain, and oblige us to invade them, which is a no less justifiable ground of hostility. 1860 8°, cloth, 1.00 [1602 A Chronological History of NEW ENGLAND in the Form of Annals, being a Summary and Exact Account of the most material Transactions and Occurrences relating to This Country, with an Introduction, by Thomas Prince, M.A., Vol. I. Boston, N.E., Printed by Kneeland and Green for S. Gerrish, 1736 Thick sm. 8°, original bdg., 15.00 66 [1603 BEING ALL EVER ISSUED. Title and Dedication, 5 " bethan Seamen, with a more particular Exposition Harbour. Plymouth, 1888 [1604 Next to Cabot, the most interesting of the Bristol |