[2310 i Discourse delivered at the First Anniversary, by Joel R. Poinsett. ii [First] Bulletin of the Proceedings. i Second Bulletin. iv Third Bulletin. v Fourth Bulletin. (These 4 Bulletins' give the Proceedings from the commencement to Nov. 1846). Freedom and Slavery in the U. S. of America, by Baptist W. Noel. 1863 P. 8°, cloth, .50 [2311 "Written to make my readers sympathise heartily with the people of the U.S. in their endeavours to suppress the rebellion." Map. A New and Accurate Map of North America, dedicated to Hon. Chas. Townshend and others by Huske. Engraved by Kitchin, published by Dodsley, 1755 Copperplate, 20 × 163 in., coloured, 1.50 [2312 Engraved text explaining the French encroachments, the Iroquois Country, etc. A red line defines the French claim to the Continent excepting a strip_of about 150 miles on the Atlantic seaboard. Мар. "North America, inclnding Part of the West India Islands." C. Smith, 1838 Copperplate, 25 × 29 in., coloured; in sections, on canvas, in case, 1.50 [2313 Includes the Arctic regions and the Isthmus. Illinois is put in, but its boundaries are many miles from Lake Michigan. Portraits of British Americans, by W. Notman, Photographer to her Majesty, with Biographical Sketches by Fennings TAYLOR, 60 photo. portraits. Montreal, 1865-7 2 thick vols, 8°, half calf, 5.50 [2314 Royal Letters, Charters, and Tracts, relating to the Colonization of NEW SCOTLAND, and the Institution of the Order of Knight Baronets of Nova Scotia, 1621-1638, maps and letter in facsimile, portrait of Stirling.~ Edin., 1867 4°, cloth, 16.50 [2315 Privately printed on the beautiful club paper and Charters, following which are four rare Tracts (their Descriptive Catalogue of the Library of A. J. Odell, of New York, Rare Old English Black Letter Books, Missals, etc., sold by Bangs and Co. N. Y., 1878 Impl. 8°, wrapper, .75 [2316 Down the Islands, a Voyage to the CARIBBEES, by W. A. Paton, many illustrations from drawings by M. J. Burns. 1888 Royal 8°, cloth, 2.00 [2317 Visits to and Rambles in St. Kitt's, Antigua, Martinique, Barbadoes, Demerara, Trinidad, Grenada, St. Lucia, Montserrat, and Nevis. REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS to ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the MISSISSIPPI RIVER to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War in 1853-5, many hundreds of plates, including large folding maps, Weather-Charts, coloured GEOLOGICAL maps and sections, TINTED VIEWS OF SCENERY, long panoramic scenes, tinted plates of INDIANS AND THEIR ORNAMENTS, a mass of NATURAL HISTORY plates (THOSE OF ORNITHOLOGY BRILLIANTLY COLOURED), plates of FOSSILS, tinted and plain BOTANICAL plates, and woodcuts. COMPLETE SET. Washington, 1855-60 *13 vols in 12 thick vols, 4°, half morocco, broad gilt bands, A WELL-BOUND SET, 32.00 [2318 Pacific Railroad. Another set. 21.00 13 thick vols, 4°, half calf (inferior binding), [2319 The title gives no idea of the valuable contents of these handsome volumes. More than one-half of the whole set is devoted to the Ethnography, Botany, Geology, Mammalia, Ornithology, Icthyology, and Reptilia of the country traversed. There are some VOCABULARIES of the Languages of the INDIAN TRibes. The two last volumes are called in one set "Supplement to Vol. I," and in the other " Vol. XII, parts I and II:" but the contents are the same, i.e., "Supplementary Report of Explorations from ST. PAUL TO PUGET SOUND, by Isaac I. STEVENS, Governor of Washington Territory," with the Reports on the BOTANY and ZOOLOGY. Autograph Letter. [Endorsement] "PHILADELPHIA. 25th DECEMBER, 1766. LT.-Govr. PENN'S LETTER." John Penn to Sir William Johnson, Bart. Autograph letter, signed, dated as above. Written in a beautiful hand; relates to the boundaries of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and the manner of treating the INDIANS in order to secure the peaceable prosecution of the survey beyond the Alleghanies. Two pages, folio, with blank leaf completing the sheet, 20.00 [2320 Appears to be written on Government paper. Very interesting as shewing the manner in which the Proprietors wished the Indians to be treated. The Sir William JOHNSON, to whom it was addressed, was his Majesty's sole agent and superintendent of Indian affairs' and colonel of the six United Nations; he had lately concluded a treaty with the Senecas. The Literary Life of the late Thomas Pennant, by Himself, fine portrait after Gainsborough. 1793 4, calf, 1.50 [2321 Includes his treatise "Of the Patagonians." The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pyм, of Nantucket, comprising the Details of a Mutiny, Famine, and Shipwreck during a Voyage to the South Seas, [by E. A. Poe]; FIRST EDITION. Wiley and Putnam, 1838 NEW EXTRA BINDING, 7.00 Sm. 8°, rich tree-marbled calf, gilt, gilt edges, [2322 Fragments, in Prose and Verse, consisting of The Polyanthea, or a Collection of Interesting Original Anecdotes, Biographical Sketches, etc. 1804 2 vols, 8°, boards, uncut, 3.50 [2323 The two most important articles are an abridgment of EZRA STILES'S HISTORY OF THE REGICIDES (see no. 1899), filling 120 pages: and the Life of CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, sometime Presi dent of Virginia, by There are JEREMY BELKNAP, 80 pages. interesting Indian anecdotes, etc., scattered through the volumes. some Queen Charlotte Islands, a Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the North Pacific, by F. Poole, C.E., edited by J. W. Lyndon, 2 maps and 4 woodcuts (on plate paper). 1872 8°, cloth, 2.50; tree-marbled calf, extra gilt, 3.75 [2324 "The only educated Englishman who has ever lived on Queen Charlotte Islands." Editor. Poole spent nearly two years there; this book gives a good deal of attention to the little-known Indian Tribes. Medal. The Medal struck to commemorate the Capture of Porto Bello in 1739. Brass, one inch and a half in diameter, 3.00 [2325 The obverse bears a full-length figure of Admiral Vernon, with the inscription" THE BRITISH GLORY REVIV'D BY ADMIRAL VERNON;" and the reverse a view of the Fortifications, with six ships attacking, "HE TOOK PORTO BELLO WITH SIX SHIPS ONLY. History of the Government of the Island of NEWFOUNDLAND, with an Appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the Trade and Fishery, by John Reeves, Chief Justice of the Island. 1793 8°, half calf, 2.25 [2326 The POLAR REGIONS, by Sir John Richardson, chart of both Poles. Edb., 1861 8°, cloth, 2.25 [2327 "A connected view of the physical geography and and of the ethnology of the areas comprised .. progress of discovery by which our knowledge of these extremities of the globe has been attained." Chapters on the Eskimos, Samoyeds and Laplanders; postscript on Ayala's letter concerning John Cabot's voyage in 1497. Life in CALIFORNIA [see no. 349], [by A. Robinson], nine plates (seven views of Missions, portrait of a Monk, portrait of an Indian). N. Y., 1846 Sm. 8°, cloth, 3.50 [2328 A Residence at the Court of London, by Richard Rush, Envoy of the U.S. from 1817 to 1825. Bentley, 1833 8°, half calf, gilt, 1.50 [2329 For "second series" of above see no 1717. Travels in Lower CANADA, by Jos. Sansom, Member of the Amer. Philos. Soc., view of Quebec. Sir R. Phillips, 1820 8°, boards, uncut, 2.75 [2330 Like most of this series of travels, consists of about 100 pages. About 20 pages are added, being "Tour in Virginia, Tennessee, etc., by Rev. Elias Cornelius" (also an American). This is the only British edition of Sansom's amusing book; the London "editor remarks of Sansom "as a specimen of Americanisms, used by a man of good education"-his work will be "a curiosity to those English Readers who are not aware of the deterioration which the language is suffering in the Journal of a Tour into the Interior of Missouri and Arkansaw, from Potosi in Missouri Territory, in a S.W. Direction, toward the Rocky Mountains, in 1818-'19, by H. R. Schoolcraft, folding map. Sir R. Phillips, 1821 United States." 8°, boards, uncut, 2.50 [2331 Schoolcraft's first volume of Travels; it has appended to it his curious mineralogical poem "Transallegania, or the Groans of Missouri." AMERICAN DIPLOMACY, and the Furtherance of Commerce, by Eugene Schuyler, Minister of the U.S. to Greece, etc. 1886 8°, cloth, .75 [2332 Two courses of lectures, the first on the Consular and Diplomatic Service of the U.S., and the second showing "how our diplomacy had been practically useful in furthering our commerce and navigation." A Tour to Quebec in the Autumn of 1819 by Benj. Silliman, Prof. in Yale College, 4 views (two of Lake George). Sir R. Phillips, 1822 8°, boards, uncut, 2.25 etc. [2333 A considerable portion is on Burgoyne's Expedition, Lakes Champlain and George, Fort William Henry, Memo. as to Smith (Capt. John) Works (see no. 1818). This volume is sent by mail, FREE on receipt of 3.00. Or the beautiful VELLUMBOUND Copy, FREE on receipt of 5.50. The Southern States since the War, 1870-1, by Robert Somers, large map. 1871 80, cloth, 1.25 [2334 A Summer Journey in the WEST, by Mrs. Steele, vignette. N. Y., 1841 P. 8°, cloth, 1.00 8°, Stirling Peerage. i Narrative of Oppressive Law Proceedings, [see no. 1900], (264 pages). 4°, boards, uncut, Edb., 1836. ii An Analytical Statement of the Case of Alexander, Earl of Stirling, etc., containing an Explanation of his Peculiar Territorial Rights and Privileges in NOVA SCOTIA AND CAÑADA, etc., by S. T. C. Banks, (174 pages), map of Canada, etc., and 3 genealogical tables. 8°, boards, uncut, 1832. iii The Stirling Peerage: Trial of Alexander Humphrys, or Alexander, styling himself Earl of Stirling, before the High Court of Justiciary, for Forgery, stenographed by Simon Macgregor, and edited by W. Turnbull, (496 pages). iv Report of the boards, uncut, Edb., 1839. Trial of Alexander Humphreys, claiming the Title of Earl of Stirling, with an appendix of the whole Documentary Evidence, by Archibald Swinton, (490 pages), very large facsimile of documents. 8°, boards, uncut, Edb., 1839. v Vindication of the Rights and Titles, Political and Territorial, of Alexander, Earl of Stirling and NOVA SCOTIA, by John L. Hayes, CounsellorDovan, and Lord Proprietor of CANADA and at-Law, both parts, (124 pages), folding table. Washington, 1853 Together 5 vols, 15.00 [2337 The history of a marvellous claim, well worth preserving in all American libraries, as illustrating the History of the N.A. Colonies chiefly in the 17th century. The "Fisheries Question " would be quite settled if the "Earl of Stirling's" claim could be made good for "licenses to fish on all the coasts of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward's Island," could be granted by him (and his descendants) alone, by virtue of his rights as "Hereditary Lieutenant General and Lord Proprietor of Canada and Nova Scotia." 146 NEW WORLD BOOK LIST. A Visit to the United States in 1841, by Joseph Sturge. 1842 8°, cloth, .75 [2338 "The abolition of Slavery in the U.S. is the most prominent topic in my narrative." An Historical Account of the VIRGIN ISLANDS' in the West Indies, from their being settled by the English near a Century past to their obtaining a Legislature of their own in 1773, and the lawless State in which H.M.'s Subjects in those Islands have remained since that time, to the present, by George Suckling. 1816. ii-Account of the New NORTHERN ARCHIPELAGO, lately discovered by the Russians in the Seas of Kamtschatka and Anadir, by J. von Strehlin, coloured folding map of " Alaschka," etc. 1774. iii A Voyage to the Island of CEYLON in 1747, with some Account of St. Helena, etc. 1754. iv Account of some German Volcanoes, by R. Raspe, 2 plates. 1776 4 vols in í, 8°, marbled calf, 4.00 [2339 Remarks upon a Book, entituled The Present State of the Sugar Colonies Considered, wherein some of the Consequences and Effects of Restraining our Trade are Examined. 1731 8° (34 pages), calf, gilt, gilt edges, NEW EXTRA BINDING, 4.50 [2340 The Case of the Planters of Tobacco in VIRGINIA, as Represented by Themselves, signed by the President of the Council, and Speaker of the House of Burgesses, to which is Added a Vindication of the said Representation. 1733 8° (64 pages), calf, gilt, gilt edges, NEW EXTRA BINDING, 9.50 [2341 A Bill for Repealing several Subsidies and an 8° (40 pages), calf, gilt, gilt edges, NEW EXTRA [2343 The Treaty Held with the INDIANS of the Six Nations at Philadelphia in July, 1742, to which is Prefix'd An Account of the First Confederacy of the Six Nations, their Present Tributaries, Dependents, and Allies. T. Sowle Raylton and Luke Hinde, [1743?] With others as under), 8°, half calf, lettered “INDIAN CIVILIZATION," 12.50 [2344 The title-page strengthened by an underlay; very small hole in it and in following page. | SUPPLEMENT. ii Brief Account of the proceedings of the Committee appointed 1795 by the Yearly Meeting of Friends of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, etc., for promoting the Civilization of the Indians, 1806. iii Ditto, Baltimore, Meeting, 1806. iv Further Proceedings_[of same], Pennsylvania and Maryland, 1812. v Continuance [of same], Friends in the U.S. of N.A., 1823. Also two pamphlets on 'New Lanark, and one by Stephen Crisp. Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, with Rules and Articles for the Better Government of the Troops raised, or to be raised, and kept in pay, by and at the Expence of the United States of America, [84 pages, no plates]. Printed and pub. agreeable to an Act of Assembly of the State of NorthCarolina, [1794 ?]. Rules and Articles for the Better Government of the Troops [etc.] of the U.S. of America. [60 pages]. Printed and pub. [as before], by Hodge and Wills, Printers to the State, 1794 2 vols in 1, 12°, half bound, 6.00 [2345 The title-page of the "Regulations" is merely a paste-down (badly done, probably the date is cut off) over the real title-page, which reads as above, but after "States" (13th word) follows "Part I," imprint "Philadelphia, Printed by Charles Cist, No. 104, North Second State, M.DCC.XCIV." The "Rules appear to be entirely printed by Hodge and Wills. Trubner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature. 1855 Sm. 8°, cloth, .75 [2346 Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, with Account of the Native Tribes and Remarkable instance of how cheaply a copyright Para, or Scenes and Adventures on the Banks of the Amazon, by J. Esaias Warren. N.Y., 1851 [2348 The author's English corrected in many places by pencil notes. Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Maranhao, with Appendix of Statistics and ObMiles through BRAZIL, from Rio de Janeiro to servations on the Climate, Railways, Mining, Commerce, Finance, etc., by J. W. Wells, C.E., original maps and many illustrations from the Author's sketches. 1886 [2349 The experiences of an Engineer during many years' work in Brazil, depicting in a realistic manner the pleasures and disadvantages of travel through the practically unknown interior of that vast Republic. Catalogues of our stock of Books are always in print and current numbers are mailed free upon receipt of request specifying the subject required. COLLECTORS' LISTS of GOOD ENGLISH BOOKS (with selections of Old and Curious Books, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. List always in print. AUSTRALIA and the GREAT SOUTH SEA. Very large collection, not yet catalogued. Books specially wanted, sought for and reported on. WILLIAM GEORGE'S SONS, BRISTOL, OLD ENGLAND. |