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Rare accordion-fold album of photographic views of the city of New Orleans
Souvenir of New Orleans.
Columbus, Ohio: Ward Brothers, 1885.
Rare accordion-fold album of photographic views of the city of New Orleans including Canal Street, City Hall, the Charles Hotel, the Louisiana Jockey Club, the West End, Margaret Statue, and Louisiana Cavalry Monument. Small octavo, original boards elaborately stamped in blind with gilt titles and tooling to the front panel. In very good condition.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 117530
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Lafayette Bunnell's The Discovery of the Yosemite and The Indian War of 1851
BUNNELL, Lafayette Houghton.
The Discovery of the Yosemite and The Indian War of 1851, Which Led To That Event.
Los Angeles: G.W. Gerlicher, 1911.
Fourth edition of Bunnell's account of the discovery of Yosemite Valley with the Mariposa Battalion in 1851. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with engravings including frontispiece portrait of Bunnell and new maps and illustrations. In very good condition with wear to the extremities, remnants of a paper label affixed to the front panel.
Price: $200.00 Item Number: 104896
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First edition of Albert Cook Church's Whaleships and Whaling
CHURCH, Albert Cook.
Whale Ships and Whaling.
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1938.
First edition of Church's work on the history of whaling. Octavo, bound in full gilt-decorated morocco, illustrated with numerous photographs of whaling operations at sea and whaleship plans, pictorial endpapers reproducing two facing pages from the logbook of whaler Royal William dated 1834. In fine condition.
Price: $275.00 Item Number: 130850
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First Edition of Charles Lindbergh's We; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket and Glassine
LINDBERGH, Charles A.
We.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927.
First edition of Lindbergh's definitive autobiography. Octavo, original pictorial cloth, pictorial endpapers, illustrated. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket and glassine.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 112449
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"America's most interesting city" Rare collection of New Orleans souvenir albums, pictorial travel brochures, and postcards
New Orleans Souvenir Album and Travel Brochure Collection.
Various, 1938-1960.
Rare collection of 5 souvenir albums and nine pictorial travel brochures printed between 1938 and 1960. The souvenir albums include a "Souvenir Condensed History of New Orleans for the Tourist" (c. 1955), a "Souvenir du Restaurant Antoine", "New Orleans, America's Most Interesting City", an early accordion-style pictorial album, and "Winter in New Orleans: Season 1908-1909" issued by the Southern Pacific Railway (1909). The brochures include a Louisiana Road Map issued by the Tourist Bureau of Baton Rouge, visitor's city guides, a 1938 Spring Fiesta brochure, a guide to Bellingrath Gardens, and a collection of original postcards from the Montenegro Hotel.…
Price: $500.00 Item Number: 117352
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First Edition of Leonard Bolles Ellis' History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892
ELLIS, Leonard Bolles.
History of New Bedford and its Vicinity 1602-1892.
Syracuse: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1892.
First edition of Ellis' profusely illustrated history of New Bedford. Large octavo, 2 volumes bound in three quarters morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with a profusion of fine tissue-guarded steel-engraved portraits. In near fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 131249
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RARE ANTIQUE POSTCARD COLLECTION ALBUM
Antique Post Card Album.
Antique postcard collection containing dozens of vintage postcards postdated in the early 1900s. From the collection of Dora Sims. Oblong octavo, bound in decorated cloth. The collection includes postcards with scenic views of Cleveland, Yellowstone National Park, Niagara Falls, the Columbia River Highway, and the Mississippi River, In very good condition. A charming collection.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 116071
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Rare Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Signed Photograph
VON EHRENFRIED, Manfred .
Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried Signed Photograph.
Rare original photograph of Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried. Boldly signed by him, Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Apollo A9-11B Suit." The photograph measures 8 inches by 10 inches. In fine condition.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 106020
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"The climate of the East Coast of Florida is nearer perfection than that of any other place on earth": Rare First Edition of Florida: Beauties of the East Coast
INGRAM, Mrs. H.K.
Florida: Beauties of the East Coast.
St. Augustine: Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Indian River Railway Company, 1893.
Scarce first edition of this early brochure for the state of Florida. Oblong octavo, original illustrated wrappers, gilt titles, with color illustrated frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates from photographs. With text by Helen K. Ingram.
Price: $650.00 Item Number: 103179
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Rare first edition of Stanley Pumphrey's Indian Civilization: A Lecture by Stanley Pumphrey of England; with the rare folding hand-colored map of the Indian Territory
PUMPHREY, Stanley. Introduction by John D. Whittier.
Indian Civilization: A Lecture by Stanley Pumphrey of England. With Introduction by John G. Whittier.
Philadelphia: The Bible and Tract Distributing Society, 1877.
Rare first edition of Pumphrey's report on the condition of the Indian tribes removed to the Indian Territory and Kansas. Octavo, original wrappers, hand-colored folding map of the Indian Territory assigned to the various tribes along with information about the treaties which led to the formation of the reserve, appendix. Introduction by John G. Whittier. In very good condition. Uncommon and desirable with the detailed folding map present.
Price: $700.00 Item Number: 135185
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Rare Map of Florida
Colton’s Map of Florida.
New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1868.
Rare 19th century printing of Colton's map of Florida. One page, the lithographed map shows a detailed view of the state of Florida with an inset of the southern portion and the Keys. In near fine condition. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 35.5 inches by 25.5 inches.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138647
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Limited edition of John Gilmary Shea's Early Voyages Up and Down the Mississippi
SHEA, John Galmary.
Early Voyages Up and Down the Mississippi, by Cavelier, Dt. Cosme, Le Sueur, Gravier, and Guignas.
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1861.
Limited edition of Shea's important history of the early explorers of the Mississippi, printed for subscribers. Octavo, bound in half morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Bradford 4933; Field 1395; Sabin 80003. Provenance: from the library of American businessman James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) of Portland, Maine with his bookplate to the pastedown. Bookplate of Peter Priester laid in. In very good condition.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 143881
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Rare 17th century map of Florida published by French cartographer Alain Manesson Mallet
MALLET, Allain Manesson.
Floride. Das Landt Florida. [17th Century Map of Florida].
Frankfurt: Allain M. Mallet, c. 1686.
Rare 17the century copper engraved map of Florida from Allain Manesson Mallet's Description De L' Univers, Contenant Les Differents Systemes Du Monde, Les Cartes generales & particulieres.' One page, hand-colored, the copper-engraved map shows Canada or Nouvelle France, the Appalachians, Florida (Tegesta), the Gulf of Mexico, and Cuba. In fine condition. An exceptional example.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 138207
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"Florida - a Yachting Paradise and Land of Enchantment for the Voyager": First Edition of The Florida Intracoastal Waterway: from The St. Johns River to Miami, Florida
FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS,.
The Florida Intracoastal Waterway: from The St. Johns River to Miami, Florida.
Jacksonville, Florida: H. & W. B. Drew Company, .
First edition of this work published by the Florida Inland Navigation District as an announcement of the completion of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway. Quarto, original pictorial wrappers, illustrated, folding map. In near fine condition. Designed by Associated Advertising, Inc. Illustrations by Karl M. Zink. Housed in the original presentation envelope.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 123097
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Rare third edition of Basil Hall's Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828; in the publisher's original paper-covered boards
HALL, Captain Basil.
Travels in North America, In the Years 1827 and 1828.
Edinburgh: Printed for Robert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1830.
Third and enlarged edition of Hall's important work. Octavo, original publisher's paper-covered boards and paper spine labels, volume one with the hand-colored folding map of the United States as far west as the Arkansas Territory and a part of Texas. Volume three contains the folding chart of statistical data on the population and size each state and the United States government's finances. In very good condition. Rare in the original boards.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134265
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First Edition of W.H. Russell's My Diary: North and South
RUSSELL, William Howard.
My Diary: North and South.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1863.
First edition of this work by Russell. Octavo, two volumes, original blue cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, folding map in volume one. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 137554
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"The inspiration for Theodore Roosevelt's The Naval War of 1812": First edition of William James' A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America
JAMES, William.
A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America; Preceded by a Cursory Examination of the American Accounts of Their Naval Actions Fought Previous to That Period.
London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1817.
First edition of James' naval history of the War of 1812, which inspired Theodore Roosevelt's account from the American perspective: The Naval War of 1812. Octavo, bound in full crushed morocco, gilt titles and ruling to the spine, quadruple gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, illustrated with three engraved plates. In near fine condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 130949
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First edition illustrated by Frederic Remington of Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail
PARKMAN, Francis. Illustrated by Frederic Remington.
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1892.
First Remington illustrated edition, fourth edition printed of Parkman’s classic account of his journey along the Oregon Trail. Second printing with the list of illustrations. Octavo, original publisher's full suede with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, illustrated with numerous plates by Frederic Remington, tissue-guarded frontispiece. Provenance: from the library of Mabel Osgood Wright with her petite bookplate to the pastedown. Mabel Osgood Wright (1859-1934) was an American writer who wrote extensively on nature and birds. In very good condition.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 142850
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"The inspiration for Theodore Roosevelt's The Naval War of 1812": First edition of William James' A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America
JAMES, William.
A Full and Correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America; Preceded by a Cursory Examination of the American Accounts of Their Naval Actions Fought Previous to That Period.
London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1817.
First edition of James' naval history of the War of 1812, which inspired Theodore Roosevelt's account from the American perspective: The Naval War of 1812. Octavo, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine and panels, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, rebacked. In very good condition.
Price: $900.00 Item Number: 132919