[Rarebooks] FS: Library of America Americana volumes beautifully bound by Asprey in full morocco

[Charles Agvent]

 From our HOLIDAY 2008 Catalogue of 150 NEW ARRIVALS now posted on our 
web site.  Included are beautifully bound classics, signed books, fine 
press titles, poetry, illustrated books, and the unusual.

1.  BARTRAM,  William.  TRAVELS AND OTHER WRITINGS.  (New  York):  The
Library  of  America (1996). Second Printing, attractively rebound  by
Asprey  in  full brown morocco with gilt rules and  lettering,  floral
endpapers,  all  edges  gilt;  701  pages.  Illustrated  with  plates.
Includes  TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST  AND
WEST  FLORIDA;  TRAVELS IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA, 1773-74: A  REPORT  TO
DR. JOHN FOTHERGILL; and MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS. Fine          $150.00

2.  MUIR,  John. NATURE WRITINGS. (New York): The Library  of  America
(1997).  Second Printing, attractively rebound by Asprey in full brown
morocco  with  gilt rules and lettering, floral endpapers,  all  edges
gilt;  888  pages. Illustrated with plates. Includes THE STORY  OF  MY
BOYHOOD  AND  YOUTH; MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRA; THE  MOUNTAINS  OF
CALIFORNIA; STICKEEN; and SELECTED ESSAYS. Fine                $150.00

3.  PARKMAN,  Francis. FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN NORTH AMERICA.  Volumes I
and  II.  (New  York):  The Library of America  (1983).  Two  volumes,
Second  and  Eighth Printings, attractively rebound by Asprey in  full
brown  morocco with gilt rules and lettering, patterned endpapers, all
edges  gilt; 1503; 1620 pages. Includes PIONEERS OF FRANCE IN THE  NEW
WORLD;  THE  JESUITS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE SEVENTEENTH  CENTURY;  LA
SALLE  AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WEST; THE OLD REGIME IN  CANADA;
COUNT  FRONTENAC  AND  NEW FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XIV; A  HALF-CENTURY  OF
CONFLICT; and MONTCALM AND WOLFE. Fine                         $250.00

4.  SLAVE  NARRATIVES.  (New  York): The Library  of  America  (2000).
Second  Printing, attractively rebound by Asprey in full brown morocco
with  gilt  rules and lettering, patterned endpapers, all edges  gilt;
1035   pages.  Includes  ten  narratives   from  the  eighteenth   and
nineteenth  centuries,  those  of  James  Albert  Ukawsaw  Gronniosaw,
Olaudah  Equiano, Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown,
Henry  Bibb,  Sojourner  Truth, William and Ellen Craft,  Harriet  Ann
Jacobs, and Jacob D. Green. Fine                               $150.00

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