SPANISH AMERICAN WAR

Proclamations and Decrees During the War with Spain

1899. (SPANISH AMERICAN WAR). PROCLAMATIONS AND DECREES DURING THE WAR WITH SPAIN. Dept. of State, Unites States of America. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. 8vo. original wrappered pamphlet bound in black cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper labels to spine; 99 pp. Ex-library. Very good. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 61337

Catalogue: Americana

DE WARVILLE, J. P. Brissot

New Travels in the United States of America. Performed in 1788

1797. DE WARVILLE, J. P. Brissot. NEW TRAVELS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PERFORMED IN 1788. Boston: Joseph Bumstead, 1797. 276 pp. + 2 pp. Contents. 12mo. rebound in brown cloth with gilt red leather spine label; new endpapers. Title page glued closely at joint to p[receding blank; overopened at Preface, with visible stitching. Some pages have small closed tears at edges. Foxing and light soil throughout. Complete. Ink numeral to front pastedown, ink ownership to verso of first blank page (looks contemporary to the text), pencil notes to rear endpapers. Good. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 84994

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Maps and Travel

WASHBURN, Emory

Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts from 1630 to the

1840. WASHBURN, Emory. SKETCHES OF THE JUDICIAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM 1630 TO THE REVOLUTION IN 1775. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1840. Inscribed presentation copy, "with the profound respect of the Author." 407 pp. 8vo. publisher's brown ribbed cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Good, some chipping to front board, cloth splitting 1/8 inch at heel and crown joints, corners worn, small paint stain to heel. Cloth bright. Endpapers heavily foxed. Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf. Interior near fine with only an occasional spot of foxing. Justices, trial cases, legal anecdotes. The sole edition. Washburn was governor of Massachusetts and a University Professor of Law at Harvard. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 83682

Catalogue: Americana

WASHINGTON, George

Calendar of the Correspondence of George Washington

1915. WASHINGTON, George. CALENDAR OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, Commander In Chief of the Continental Army, with the Continental Congress. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1915. Prepared from the original manuscripts in the Library of Congress by John C. Fitzpatrick, Division of Manuscripts. 4 volumes, complete. 4to. brick cloth, title gilt-stamped to spines. Ex-library; bookplate and label to front pastedowns and no other library marks. Light exterior dust and minor rubbing to spine and boards; shelfworn at spine extremities. Some fore-corner bumping. Some pencil notations within, else crisp. About very good. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 75787

Catalogue: Americana

WASHINGTON, George

Letters on Agriculture

1847. WASHINGTON, George. LETTERS ON AGRICULTURE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON. Letters to Arthur Young and Sir John Sinclair. With statistical tables and remarks, by Thomas Jefferson, Richard Peters, and other gentlemen, on the economy and management of farms in the United States. Washington: Published by the editor, 1847. Edited by Franklin Knight. Frontispiece. 4to. black cloth, title and light illustration gilt-stamped to front board. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown and no other library marks. Pencil ownership to ffep. Ink ownership to half-title. Spine and boards are soiled and gently bumped. Front board is substantially gouged at fore-edge. Chipped at bottom-edge of rear board, with marginal scraping to bookblock. Marginally foxed throughout. A good copy. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 75037

Catalogue: Americana

WEBSTER, Daniel

American Passport Signed by Daniel Webster and Edward Everett Ca. 1841

1841. [WEBSTER, Daniel, and Edward Everett, signed]. AN AMERICAN PASSPORT SIGNED BY DANIEL WEBSTER AND EDWARD EVERETT, CA. 1841. Red leather folding case with tabbed closure, 16.2 x 10.5 cm. Spine sunned, moderate wear and soil to covers. "F. Bacon's Passport" in gilt lettering on front cover. Affixed to front pastedown is a folded four page document, the actual printed passport of the United States of America, 42 x 25.5 cm. The first page is the printed document, with the bearer's name and description inked in, and with Daniel Webster's signature as Secretary of State to bottom right corner. The space for the bearer's signature is blank, under which is the signature of Henry Ledyard. Edward Everett, the U.S. Minister to Great Britain at that time, who was stationed at London, and Webster's eventual successor as Secretary of State, signed on the verso at the top left corner. Travels from 1841-1842 in England, France and Italy are documented, with the appropriate stamps, in the subsequent 20 pages; the rest of the booklet is blank. Bacon's wife, Ann Devon, is also listed on the passport proper. An interesting piece of mid-19th century ephemera. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 83662

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Maps and Travel

WEBSTER, Pelatiah

The Weakness of Brutus Exposed

1888. WEBSTER, Pelatiah. THE WEAKNESS OF BRUTUS EXPOSED: or Some Remarks in Vindication of the Constitution. By a Citizen of Philadel-phia. [One of the series PAMPHLETS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, Published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788.] Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. [Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1888]. 16 pp. Unopened. An octavo-size pamphlet, side-sewn and glued into plain paper wrappers. Fine within but wrappers are split at crease and have shallow edge-chipping. Very good overall. Webster wrote a number of pamphlets on the finances and government of the United States. This essay, first published in November 1787, is a response to the first essay by Brutus (possibly Thomas Treadwell, of Suffolk County, NY) that appeared in the New York Journal. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 84931

Catalogue: Americana

WEBSTER, Daniel

The Works of Daniel Webster, Vols. I - VI

1853. WEBSTER, Daniel. THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER, VOLS. I - VI. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1853. 4th edition. 457/622/551/558/545/633 pp. 8vo. plum cloth sunned to light brown on spines, stamped in gilt and blind. A very nice set, with minor dampstaining to edges of a few pages in volumes III and VI, and frontispiece of vol. II. Cloth clean, some light toning to page edges, overall a pleasing set. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 80525

Catalogue: Americana

WHITMORE, Wm. H.

Catalogue of the American Portion of the Library of the Rev. Thomas

1868. WHITMORE, Wm. H. CATALOGUE OF THE AMERICAN PORTION OF THE LIBRARY OF THE REV. THOMAS PRINCE, WITH A MEMOIR, AND A LIST OF HIS PUBLICATIONS. Boston: J. K. Wiggin & Wm. Parsons Lunt, 1868. 166 pp. 12mo. brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Ex-library. Fair, boards detached, backstrip partially detached, chipped at heel and crown. Ink ownership on front pastedown, with several periodical clippings pasted to recto/verso of front flyleaf and next blank page. Occasional pencil underlining. Frontispiece portrait fine with slightly foxed tissue guard. As is. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 80396

Catalogue: Americana

WILMER, Lambert A.

Life, Travels and Adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the

1858. WILMER, Lambert A. THE LIFE, TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND DE SOTO, DISCOVERER OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Philadelphia: J. T. Lloyd, 1858. First edition. Illustrated: "Steel Engravings by John & Saml. Sartain, Philadelphia. The illustrations, designed and engraved on wood, by J. W. Orr and R. Tefler, New York;" six steel engraved plates, plus eight full-page wood-engravings and many others throughout the text. Octavo: [iv],532 pp. Publisher's binding of purple cloth, blocked in blind on sides, gilt-stamped title to spine. Pencil ownership on ffep. and ex-library: nineteenth-century bookplate on front pastedown, two small blind-stamped seals within, and no external marks. Cloth is sunned at spine, with some irregular chipping at either end, and is worn at corners. Very clean within. It is a sound copy whose condition is very good plus. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 75557

Catalogue: Americana

WILNER, Merton M.

Niagara Frontier: A Narrative and Documentary History, Vols. II-IV

1931. WILNER, Merton M. et al. NIAGARA FRONTIER: A NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, vols. II-IV. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1931. xii + 533-1082/633/637 pp. 4to. minor shelfwear to all three volumes, brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Scarce. Illustrated with photo reproductions. Extra postage required for this set. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 82247

Catalogue: Americana

WOODS, John

Two Years' Residence on the English Prairie of Illinois

1968. WOODS, John. TWO YEARS' RESIDENCE ON THE ENGLISH PRAIRIE OF ILLINOIS. Edited by Paul M. Angle. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1968. The Lakeside Classics: Christmas, 1968. Maps. xxxv,242 pp. 12mo. blue cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and publisher's device to upper board, t.e.g. Cancelled library bookplate at front pastedown (no other marks), else fine. .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 77060

Catalogue: Americana