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the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, Performed during the years 1804-5-6. ... Prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esquire. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep. 1814.

2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxviii., 470; ix., 522. 6 Maps. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by BRADSTREET. A Beautiful copy.

"This work was commenced by Captain Lewis himself, who was on his route to Philadelphia to engage in its completion, when the derangement seized him, under the influence of which he committed suicide at St. Louis. It was then undertaken by Mr. Nicholas Biddle, who in conjunction with Captain Clarke, arranged the numerous notes, and copious diaries and journals, kept by each of the principal explorers, and enlarged the skeleton of many incidents from the recollections of the survivor." — Field.

ALLEN (P.) A History of the American Revolution; comprehending all the Principal Events, both in the Field and in the Cabinet. To which are added the most Important Resolutions of the Continental Congress, and many of the most Important Letters of General Washington. By Paul Allen, Esq.

Baltimore: John Hopkins. 1819.

2 vols., 8vo, pp. xi., 592; xiii., 510. Half morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. An ELEGANT COPY with scarce inserted PORTRAITS of Generals WASHINGTON and WAYNE.

"Although the name of Paul Allen is on the title, this work was written by John Neal and Mr. Watkins."- Allen's Biog. Dict.

ALLEN (W.) The American Biographical Dictionary: containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the most Eminent Persons, deceased in North America, from its First Settlement. By William Allen. Third Edition.

Boston: John P. Jewett and Company. 1857.

Roy. 8vo, pp. ix., 905.
The edition of 1809 was the first

Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT.
work of its kind issued in the United States.

ALLIBONE (S. A.) A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century. Containing Thirty Thousand Biographies and Literary Notices, with Forty Indexes of Subjects. By S. Austin Allibone.

Philadelphia: 7. B. Lippincott & Co. 1871.

3 vols., imp. 8vo, balf red levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by W. MATTHEWS. A SPLENDID COPY, with an autograph note of the AUTHOR inserted.

"It is not only the most extensive BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY extant, but the most comprehensive Classified Record of Works,' by English and American Authors, ever compiled. What gives a great and novel charm to the work is the introduction of Criticisms on the various authors, which are selected from the best authorities. The article on Shakspeare alone occupies 49 pages, in which 1,040 printed volumes and tracts are named."-B. Quaritch.

ALLISON (P.) A Discourse Delivered in the Presbyterian Church, in the City of Baltimore, the 22d February, 1800, the Day Dedicated to the Memory of Gen. George Washington. By the Reverend Patrick Allison, D.D. Baltimore: [1800.]

8vo, pp. 24. EXCEEDINGLY RARE,

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[ALMON (John.)] The Remembrancer; or, Impartial Repository of Public Events. [17 vols.] London: J. Almon, [and J. Debrett.] MDCCLXXV to 1784.- A Collection of Interesting, Authentic Papers, relative to the Dispute between Great Britain and America: shewing the Causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding, from 1764 to 1775. London: 7. Almon. MDCCLXXVII. Journal of the Proceedings of Congress, Held at Philadelphia, from September 5, 1775, to April 30, 1776. London: J. Almon. MDCCLXXVIII.-The Remembrancer r; Vol. I. The Third Edition. London: J. Almon. MDCCLXXV. [And:] A Collection of the most Interesting Tracts, lately published in England and America, on the subjects of Taxing the American Colonies, and Regulating their Trade. [2 vols ] London: J. Almon. MDCCLXVI. Together 22 vols., 8vo, calf, sprinkled edges, by CLYDE of London. A remarkably fine and unusually complete set of this EXTREMELY SCARCE Work.

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The two volumes of Tracts are VERY SCARCE, and are seldom found with the work, to which, however, they form an important addition. The later editions of the first volume of the Remembrancer are in royal octavo, and contain a "Map of the Invirons of Boston in 1775," together with several Important Papers not included in the first edition.

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16 vols., 8vo, boards, UNCUT.

London: 1775-81.

An incomplete set, consisting of The Journal of Congress May 10th, 1775.- The Journal of Congress September 5th, 1775.- The Prior Documents.-The Remembrancer, Vol. 1., first edition, wanting signature T.- Vol. 1., fourth edition, and Vols. 11. to XII. Requiring the acquisition of the five latest vols. only, to complete an uncut set which would form a prominent feature in any collection.

"The American War gave rise to this Work in 1775. Every authentic paper relative to that war, as also with France and Spain, whether published in England or America, by the British Ministry or the American Congress, are all carefully inserted, also the letters of the several Commanding Officers, Addresses and Resolutions of the various Committees, Conventions, &c. To these have been prefixed a collection of authentic papers on the various subjects of dispute, from the resolutions which gave rise to the Stamp Act, in 1764, to the Battle of Lexington, in 1775." The above is the Publisher's account of this work, and may give some idea of its importance. COMPLETE SETS ARE NOW OF THE GREATEST RARITY.

ALSOP (G.) A Character of the Province of Maryland. Described in Four Distinct Parts. Also a Small Treatise on the Wild and Naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Maryland, their Customs, Manners, Absurdities, and Religion. By George Alsop. A New Edition with an Introduction and Copious Historical Notes. By John Gilmary Shea, LL.D. ...

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New York: William Gowans. 1869.

4to, pp. 125. Portrait and Map. Catalogue, pp. 40. Half calf, gilt top, UNCUT. LARGE PAPER; sixty-four copies only printed.

Forms part V. of Gowans' "Bibliotheca Americana." For the remainder of the series, see Nos. 258, 559, 1391, and 2182.

ALSOP (R.) A Poem ; Sacred to the Memory of George Washington, Late President of the United States. Adapted to the 22d of Feb. 1800. By Richard Alsop. ...

8vo, pp. 23. UNCUT.

Hartford: 1800.

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AMBROSE (I.) Deaths Arrest. | A | Sermon | Preached at Preston in Lancashire in Great Britain.... By Isaac Ambrose, Minister Re-printed and sold by WILLIAM BRADFORD in the Year 1733.

of Christ. New-York:

12mo, pp. 64. Polished calf, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD. ONE OF THE RAREST OF BRAD

FORD'S IMPRINTS.

AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY. Proceedings of, at the annual meeting held in Worcester, October 21, 1864. Boston: 1864. 8vo, pp. 80. Half morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. One of 25 copies only printed on fine paper. Edited by Benson J. Lossing. Philadelphia: 1872-73.

AMERICAN HISTORICAL RECORD.

Sm. 4to, vols. I. and II., in parts as published.

AMERICAN NOTES AND QUERIES. Nos, I, to 4.

[Philadelphia: W. Brotherhead. 1857.] 8vo, pp. 160. Half calf, UNCUT. An Autograph letter from the publisher announcing the failure of the work, and setting forth the causes thereof inserted.

Contains articles on "Book Illustrators," an account of the sale of "E. B. Corwin's Library," reprints of rare Autograph Letters, etc.

AMERICAN PIONEER. (The) A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to the objects of the Logan Historical Society; or to Collecting and Publishing Sketches Relative to the Early Settlement and Successive Improvement of the Country.

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Cincinnati: John S. Williams. 1842-3.

2 vols., roy. 8vo, pp. 448; 480. Numerous Engravings. Half red morocco, gilt top, A SPLENDID COPY. Very difficult to find Complete. PLATES and FACSIMILES of

UNCUT.

ANTIQUITIES, OLD HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, RELICS, &C.

Edited by John S. Williams.

"The great mass of historic material in these volumes is composed of Journals of Campaigns against the Indians, Narratives of Captivity, Incidents of Border Warfare, Biographical Sketches of Frontiersmen, Indian Warriors, and White Scouts."— Field.

AMERICA'S APPEAL to The Impartial World. | Wherein the Rights of the Americans, as Men, British Subjects, and as Colonists; the Equity of the Demand, and of the Man- ner in which it is made upon them by Great Britain, are stated and considered. And, The Opposition made by the Colonies to Acts of Parlia- | ment, their resorting to Arms in their necessary | Defence, against the Military Armaments, employed to enforce them, Vindicated. | Hartford, | Printed by Ebenezer Watson. 1775. 8vo, pp. 72. Half morocco.

We bave never sold a copy.

A VERY RARE TRACT not mentioned by RICH. AMES (F.) An Oration on the Sublime Virtues of General George Washington, Pronounced at the Old South Meeting-House in Boston... on Saturday the 8th of February, 1800. By Fisher Ames. Boston: Young & Minns. [1800.]

8vo, pp. 31. UNCUT. First Edition. RARE.

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An Oration. [Another Edition.] Philadelphia: 1800.

8vo, pp. 51.

An Oration. [Another Edition.]

New York: 1800.

AMES. Works of Fisher Ames. Compiled by a Number of his Friends. To which are prefixed, Notices of his Life and Character. [By J. T. Kirkland.] Boston: T. B. Wait & Co. 1809.

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8vo, pp. xxxi., (6), 519. Portrait. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. "American Principles a Review of the above, by John Quincy Adams, 8vo, pp. 56, is bound in at the end of the volume. This, in its turn, was answered by John Lowell.

AMORY (T. C.) The Military Services and Public Life of Major General Sullivan, of the American Revolutionary Army. By Thomas C. Amory. Boston: Wiggin and Lunt. 1868. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNCUT.

8vo, pp. 320. Portrait.

ANALECTIC PRESS SERIES. [The following works are Printed exclusively for Private Distribution, and have never before occurred for sale.]

The series consists of:

I. American Chronology Illustrated by Quotations from Shakspeare. [By John B. Moreau.] New York: 1872.

pp. (3), 60. Sixty copies only printed.

II. A Collection of One Hundred and Fifty Engravings, Executed on Wood by Alexander
Anderson, after his Ninetieth Year. With an Introductory Notice by Evart A.
Duyckinck.
New York: 1873.
pp. 8, (72).
III. Illustrations of Mother Goose's
Alexander Anderson, M.D.
inck.

Fifty copies only printed.
Melodies. Designed and Engraved on Wood by
With an Introductory Notice by Evart A. Duyck-
New York: 1873.

pp. 10, (36). Ten copies only printed.

IV. Poems hitherto Uncollected, by the Rev. Francis L. Hawks, D.D.
Evart A. Duyckinck.

With a Preface by
New York: 1873.
pp. 27. Ten copies only printed. India proof PORTRAIT of the AUTHOR inserted.
Extra No. Journal of a Cruise in the Fall of 1780 in the Private-Sloop of War, Hope. By
Solomon Drowne, M.D., of Providence, R. I. With Notes by Henry T.
New York: 1872.

Drowne.

pp. 27. Twenty-five copies only printed. The only copy with a half-title. PORTRAIT of one of the printers inserted.

Together 5 vols., roy. 8vo, balf light green crushed levant morocco, gilt top, UNCUT, by W. MATTHEWS.

Beautifully printed on one side only by MASTER CHARLES L. MOREAU, a youthful amateur printer, on his own private hand-press, exclusively for presents. In the production of the Extra No. Master Moreau was assisted by MASTER H. R. DROWNE.

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AN ELEGANT, RARE AND MOST DESIRABLE SET OF VOLUMES.

[ANBURY (Thomas.)] Travels through the Interior Parts of America. In a Series of Letters. By an Officer.

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London: William Lane. MDCCLXXXIX.

2 vols., 8vo, pp. vii., (21), 467; 558. Map and 7 Plates. Half gray calf. Fine copy of the FIRST EDITION, with the Facsimiles of Continental Money, not included in the Second.

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[ANBURY.] Travels through the Interior Parts of America; in a Series of Letters. By an Officer. A New Edition.

London: William Lane. MDCCXCI.

2 vols., 8vo, balf blue morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. Map and 6 Plates. Very fine Copy. The Author was an officer under General Burgoyne, for whose unfortunate campaign these volumes were intended as a vindication.

ANDERSON [(Thomas.)] The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Anderson, containing his strange varieties of Fortune in Europe and America. Compiled from his own Papers. London: Owen. 1754. 12mo, pp. 263. Half calf.

The author was kidnapped in London, taken to America, and sold to a planter at Senupexen Inlet, Md., for £10, and afterwards joined the Virginia Rangers against the French Indians, &c. See M. R. x. 147.

ANDRE (Major John.) The Cow Chace. [As Originally published in Three Numbers of RIVINGTON'S ROYAL GAZETTE.]

Folio, balf olive morocco, gilt top, UNCUT.

New York: 1780.

The VERITABLE FIRST EDITION of the COW CHACE, of which we are unable to trace the sale of any other copy.

ANDRÉ. The Cow Chace, A Poem in Three Cantos. By Major John André, Adjutant General to the British Army in New York, in 1780. Albany: J. Munsell. 1866.

Sm. 4to, pp. 69. Half blue morocco, gilt top, UNcut. proof PORTRAIT of MAJOR ANDRÉ inserted.

Thirty Copies only printed. India

Edited by Franklin B. Hough,

ANDRÉ. Proceedings of a Board of General Officers, Held by Order of His Excellency Gen. Washington, Commander in Chief of the Army of the United States of America. Respecting Major John André, Adjutant General of the British Army. September 29, 1780. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey. M.DCC.LXXX.

Sm. 8vo, pp. (2), 21. Crimson morocco, gilt top, nearly uncut. AN Elegant Copy of

the ORIGINAL EDITION. VERY RARE.

ANDRÉ. Proceedings of a Board of General Officers Respecting Major John André. New York: Privately Printed. 1867.

Roy. 8vo, pp. (2), 21. Half green morocco, gilt top, UNcut. Forty-nine Copies only printed in EXACT FACSIMILE of the rare original edition, with the print of "THE UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF MAJOR ANDRÉ."

ANDRÉ. Minutes of a Court of Inquiry, upon the case of Major John André, with Accompanying Documents.... With an Additional Appendix containing Copies of the Papers found upon Major Albany: 7. Munsell. 1865. Sm. 4to, pp. iv., 66. Portrait. Half red morocco, gilt top, UNCUT. One bundred copies only privately reprinted for Mr. John F. McCoy.

André when arrested.

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