[Rarebooks] FS: REDUCTIONS - AMERICANA

[Norman Kane]

COLTON, Matthias Baldwin.  CIVIL WAR JOURNAL & CORRESPONDENCE.,Ed. by Jessie Sellers Colton.
Phila., 1931.  1st edn, 1 of 200 copies only, this copy unnumbered.  8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. Illus from photographs. The Coltons at this time lived in Philadelphia. Matthias Baldwin ( "Baldwin" to his family,) & his brother, William enlisted in the 15th Penna. Cavalry in 1862 & were mustered out, with the regiment, in June, 1865. Imprisoned near Annapolis in 1863, Baldwin writes of his experiences as a parole prisoner, as well as many skirmishes as he & his comrades slowly moved west towards Chattanooga. The letters to him are full of detail about life in Philadelphia  during the War.  An excellent copy of this very scarce narrative.  ($90)  $45

MOSELEY, J. H.  SIXTY YEARS IN CONGRESS AND TWENTY-EIGHT OUT.  N. Y., (1960).  First edition. 8vo. in original cloth. Light fading at base of rear cover and slight toning of pages, otherwise a  nice copy. Illustrated. (Biographies of Afro-American members of Congress.)  ($50)  $15

PROGRESS OF A RACE. REMARKABLE ADVANCEMENT OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO...REVISED AND ENLARGED BY J. L. NICHOLS & WM. H. CROGMAN. WITH SPECIAL ARTICLES BY...MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON...[ET AL]. Naperville, (1929).  8vo. in original orange cloth with black lettering and rules.  Very good. A history of race in America including a number of biographies of black citizens--male and female, urban and rural--from the Revolution through the 1st World War. Many illustrations. Index. ($50)  $20

MacELREE, Wilmer W.  ALONG THE WESTERN BRANDYWINE. Second Edition.  West Chester, 1912. Quarto, approx. 10.5 x 8.25 inches. Signed by Judge MacElree, the author, on the title page. Marvelous photographic illustrations, vignettes, maps (1 folding), &c. Orig green cloth, spine faded, covers lightly wrinkled & slightly marked,  light marginal stain on a few leaves. [Chester County, Pennsylvania.]  ($70)  $45

FOX, Charles.  A PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, from an Original Drawing, as He Appeared While Reviewing the Continental Army on Boston Common, in 1776; A History of the Portrait and Documentary Evidence in Proof of the Correctness of the Likeness.  Boston, 1851. 1st edition. Small quarto, approx. 10 x 6.75 inches; 37 pages.  Engraved frontis. Original gray cloth, front cover decorated & lettered in gilt. Edge of spine worn. Prior owner's name stamped on front end paper. [The portrait is by Nathaniel Fullerton.]  ($35)  $20

[FRANKLIN].  "OBSERVATIONS ON THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, AND ON THE PATRIOTIC NEWSPAPERS OF ENGLAND, WRITTEN FOR THE INFORMATION OF CONGRESS."  [in] THE POLITICAL MAGAZINE. AND PARLIAMENTARY, NAVAL MILITARY, AND LITERARY JOURNAL. February 1780.  Franklin's piece occupies 3/4 of page 121. There is also a  "History and Trade of Carolina" on pp.171-3. 8-1/4 x 5-1/4 inches; [115]-176 pages. Disbound. ($40)  $20

REV. DR. [JEREMY] BELKNAP'S BIOGRAPHIES OF THE EARLY DISCOVERERS OF AMERICA.  N. Y., Collins, n.d.  A Reprint of the First Edition of 1798. Sm 4to. (10-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches). Original green cloth with decorative blind stamping and lettering in gold. Covers rubbed, and corners and spine ends bumped and worn. All edges gilt. Frontis is an attractive reproduction of a portrait engraving of Christopher Columbus. Illustrated bookplate of William H. Bennett on front decorative endpaper.  ($40)  $15

EVERETT, Edward.  ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY EDWARD EVERETT, TO THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE, ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT, FOR THE POLITICAL YEAR COMMENCING JANUARY, 6 1836.  Boston, 1836.    INSCRIBED by the author to Col. R. C. Winthrop (later speaker of the US House of Representatives, US Senator, &c). At this time he was also active in the militia, hence the "Col." American Imprints lists a Jan. 15 speech (WHi only) but apparently does NOT list this. Disbound octavo; 33 pages. Topics include imprisonment for debt, slavery, railroad construction, &c. Everett was a "brilliant and magnetic public speaker,"  (DAB.)  ($75)  $25

BALCH, Thomas Willing.  THE ALASKO-CANADIAN FRONTIER.  Phila., 1902.  1st separate edition. Balch's own copy, with his armorial bookplate. Nicely bound in half red leather with marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Includes maps. Balch apparently gave most of the copies to libraries, as many of the copies offered are marked as such (which, of course, this is not).  ($40)  $20

METHVIN, J.J.  ANDELE OR THE MEXICAN-KIOWA CAPTIVE. A STORY OF REAL LIFE AMONG THE INDIANS.  Louisville, 1899.  First edition.  New Usiana M564.  8vo, original cloth, only slight wear. Gift inscription on end paper.  Illustrations, some from photos such as that of Chief Stumbling Bear, one in color.  (An Indian Captivity by the Mescalero Apaches in 1866.)  ($40)  $20

LIEBER. Francis.  ON HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY, AS NECESSARY BRANCHES OF SUPERIOR EDUCATION IN FREE STATES. AN INAUGURAL ADDRESS, DELIVERED IN SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, ...ON COMMENCEMENT DAY THE 7TH OF DECEMBER, 1835.  Columbia, 1836.  Approximately 8-1/4 x 5-1/4 inches; 26 pages. Disbound. Pages with moderate foxing and browning. Lieber wrote the earliest American works on political economy--see DNB.  ($40)  $15

MITCHELL, WM. A.  LINN COUNTY, KANSAS.  A HISTORY.  Kansas City, 1928.  First edition.  8vo, original cloth, excellent copy.  Illustrations and 2-page map.  404 pages.  ($40)  $20

ROBINSON, CHAS. M., III.  BAD HAND. A BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL RANALD S. MACKENZIE.  FOREWORD BY STAN HOIG.  Austin, 1993.  First edition. 1 of 50 special copies signed by the author. Original leather-backed linen, in slip case.  Illus.  ($40)  $20

BALL, NICHOLAS.  THE PIONEERS OF '49.  A HISTORY OF THE EXCURSION OF THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS OF NEW ENGLAND . . . [IN] 1890.  Boston, 1891.    First edition.  Large octavo, original pictorial cloth, light wear.  Frontispiece and many  illustrations.  Old inscription on the half title.  ($100)  $40

NEQUATEMA, EDMUND.  TRUTH OF A HOPI AND OTHER CLAN STORIES OF SHUNG-OPOVI.  Flagstaff, 1936.  The scarce first edition.  Edited by Mary-Russell F. Colton.  Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #8.  Octavo, original decorated cloth, excellent copy.  Frontispiece & tail-pieces.  113, [1] pages.  ($50)  $20

CUNNINGHAM, Eugene.  TRIGGERNOMETRY. A GALLERY OF GUNFIGHTERS, WITH TECHNICAL NOTES ON LEATHER SLAPPING AS A FINE ART, GATHERED FROM MANY A LOOSE HOLSTERED EXPERT OVER THE YEARS.  N. Y., 1934.  
First edition. Foreword by Eugene Manlove Rhodes. Illustrations from the Rose Collection, San Antonio. Large 8vo in original blue cloth. Gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine. Some lettering on the spine faded, otherwise a well-preserved copy. New USiana C957(aa). (Billy the Kid, Wild Bill Hickok, Sam Bass, Butch Cassidy, Tom Horn, The Texas Rangers, &c.)  ($90)  $40

CHABOT, Frederick C.  THE PEROTE PRISONERS. BEING THE DIARY OF JAMES L. TRUEHEART PRINTED FOR THE FIRST TIME TOGETHER WITH AND HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION.  San Antonio, 1934.  First edition. 8vo; [2], xiv, 344 pages,  in original textured green cloth with black lettering. Lightly rubbed. Limited edition of 400 copies (this copy unnumbered.) Portrait and illustrations. Detailed index. (Texan prisoners in a Mexican prison. )  ($125)  $50

OLMSTED, Frederick Law.  A JOURNEY IN THE SEABOARD SLAVE STATES, WITH REMARKS ON THEIR ECONOMY.
N. Y., 1863.  Octavo in original textured black cloth with blind borders and gilt lettering on spine. Old library plate on front paste-down. Later edition. Nice woodcut illustrations. Occasional light foxing to text. "It was [the author's] disposition to search for the causes and extenuating circumstances, past and present, of those phenomena which are commonly reported to the prejudice of the slaveholding community; and especially of those features which are manifestly  most to be regretted in the actual condition of the older Slave States." (Author's Preface, 1856).
($75)  $40

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