AMERICA DURING THE REVOLUTION. [ANBUREY, THOMAS. FL. LATE 18TH CENTURY.] Travels Through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters. Lon...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES 1785-1851. Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America. Edinburgh: Adam...

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. New York & Philadelphia: E.G....

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851; and JOHN BACHMAN. 1790-1874. The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V.G. Audubon, [1853-1856]. 3 volumes. L...

AUDUBON LETTER ON QUADRUPEDS SUBSCRIPTION. AUDUBON, VICTOR GIFFORD. 1809-1860. Autograph Letter Signed ('V.G. Audubon') to P[ierre] Van Cortlandt ...

AUDUBON, JOHN WOODHOUSE. 1812-1862. 'Night Watch,' Pl. 2 from Illustrated Notes of an Expedition through Mexico and California. New York: J.W. Aud...

BARTRAM, WILLIAM. 1739-1823. Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territo...

BIGELOW, JACOB. 1787-1879. American Medical Botany, Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States.... Boston: Cummings an...

FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT OF AN BIRD ENGRAVING DRAWN BY AUDUBON. BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN. 1803-1857. American Ornithology; or, the Natural Histo...

CARVER, JONATHAN. 1732-1780. Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America 1766, 1767, and 1768. London: Printed for C. Dilly, H. Payne, and...

CASSIN, JOHN. 1813-1869. Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1856...

CATESBY, MARK. 1683-1749. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpe...

CRÈVECOUR, MICHEL GUILLAUME ST. JEAN DE. 1735-1813. Letters From an American Farmer. London: Thomas Davies and Lockyer Davis, 1783. 8vo (215 x 14...

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Collection of 8 Documents Signed by the signers of the Declaration of Independence: 1. BARTLETT, JOSIAH. 1729-1795. ...

EDWARDS, GEORGE. 1694-1773. A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. London: for the Author, 1739-1751 [but 1802-1805]. WITH: Gleanings of Natural His...

GERARDE, JOHN. 1545-1612. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. London: Adam Islip, Joice Norton, and Richard Whitakers, 1636. Folio (335 ...

A.J. RUSSELL ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. HAYDEN, FERDINAND VANDIVEER. 1829-1887. And ANDREW JOSEPH RUSSELL. 1829-1902. Photographe...

HOLBROOK, JOHN EDWARDS. 1794-1871. North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles inhabiting the United States. Philadelphia: J. Do...

JAMES, EDWIN. 1797-1861. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains ... Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. London: L...

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF JEFFERSON'S NOTES. JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826. Notes on the State of Virginia. Philadelphia: Prichard and Hall, 1788. ...

LEWIS, MERIWETHER. 1774-1809; and WILLIAM CLARK. 1770-1838. Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the P...

MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. 1785-1859; and JAMES HALL. 1793-1868. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia: Rice, Rutter & Co., 1870. ...

MICHAUX, FRANCOIS ANDRE. 1770-1855; and THOMAS NUTTALL. 1786-1859. The North American Sylva; Or a Description of the Forest Trees of the United St...

MILBERT, JACQUES-GÉRARD. 1766-1840. Itineraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson et des parties laterales. Paris: Henri Gaugain, 1828-1829. Atlas only...

OLDMIXON, JOHN. 1673-1742. The British Empire in America, Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of all t...

PENNANT, THOMAS. 1726-1798. Arctic Zoology. London: Henry Hughs, 1784-1785. 2 volumes. 4to (240 x 190 mm). Engraved frontispiece in volume I, 2 e...

SAY, THOMAS. 1787-1834. American Entomology, or descriptions of the insects of North America. Philadelphia: Samuel Augustus Mitchell, 1824-1828. ...

SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE. 1793-1864. Information respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Philade...

THWAITES, REUBEN GOLD, editor. 1853-1913. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846. Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark, 1904-1907. 32 volumes. 8vo text volumes; ...

LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST WASHINGTON BIOGRAPHY. MARSHALL, JOHN. 1755-1835. The Life of George Washington. London: Richard Phillips, 1804-1807....

WILSON, ALEXANDER. 1766-1813. American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep,...

ADAMS ON HIS PEAR TREES AND A LOST PORTRAIT BY SALEM ARTIST HANNAH CROWNINSHIELD. ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826. Autograph Letter Signed ('John Adams') t...

FIRST AMERICAN ORIGINAL WORK ON ARCHITECTURE. BENJAMIN, ASHER. 1773-1845. The Country Builder's Assistant, Containing a Collection of New Designs ...

BENJAMIN'S SECOND BOOK. BENJAMIN, ASHER. 1773-1845; and DANIEL RAYNERD. American Builder's Companion. Boston: Etheridge and Bliss, 1806. 4to (264...

REVOUTIONARY WAR FROM A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. [BURKE, EDMUND. 1729-1797.] An Impartial History of the War in America between Great Britain and her C...

CARVER, JONATHAN. 1732-1780. Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. London: Printed for the Autho...

FIRST ENGLISH PRINTING OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION. The Gentleman's Magazine. London: John Nichols for D. Henry, November and December, 1787. 2 volu...

CUSTER'S LAST STAND. CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG. 1839-1876. Contemporary manuscript map of the battle of the Little Big Horn, 'Custers Last Fight, a...

JEFFERSON'S ONLY BOOK, PUBLISHED THE YEAR OF HIS ELECTION. JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826. Notes on the State of Virginia, with the Appendixes-Compl...

JEFFERSON OFFERS GIDEON GRANGER THE POSITION OF POSTMASTER-GENERAL. Autograph Letter Signed as President ('Th Jefferson') extending the position o...

JEFFERSON ON BOOK COLLECTING. JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826. Autograph Letter Signed ('Th. Jefferson') to Debures Freres reconstructing his librar...

LINCOLN PARDON. LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1809-1865. Autograph Endorsement Signed ('Abraham Lincoln'), 'Let this man take the Oath of Dec 8 1863 and be di...

RARE LINDBERGH LETTER FROM HIS TRIUMPHANT TOUR AFTER HIS GROUNDBREAKING TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. Autograph Letter Signed ('Charles Lindbergh') to Ric...

DOLLEY MADISON CORRESPONDENCE FROM EBENEZER BREED. BREED, EBENEZER. 1766-1839. Autograph Letter Signed 'Eben: Breed,' to Dolly Madison, regarding ...

RARE FIRST PRINTING OF PAINE'S COMMON SENSE. PAINE, THOMAS. 1737-1809. Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America... Philadelphia: R. B...

NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION BROADSIDE. Boston, September 14, 1768. Gentlemen, you are already too well acquainted with the melancholy & ver...

MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION. BOWDOIN, JAMES. 1726-1790. State of Massachusetts Bay. In Convention, June 16, 1780. Whereas... more than Two-thirds o...

MUSTERING TROOPS FOR THE SOUTHERN DEFENSE. HANCOCK, JOHN. 1737-1793. And JOHN AVERY. 1739-1806. State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Repres...

UNITED STATES LAW. Laws of the United States of America. Boston: Adams & Larkin, 1795. Folio (350 x 205 mm). Contemporary boards, remnants of pap...

COLLECTION OF AMERICAN DOCUMENTS SIGNED. Including: 1. Typed Document Signed ('Harry S. Truman/ Independence, Mo'), a fair copy of Truman's histo...

RARE NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT. Mémoire présénté au Congrès des États-Unis d'Amérique par les habitans de la Louisiane. New Orleans: Impri...

NEW ORLEANS LAND RIGHTS. Examen des droits des États-Unis et des prétentions de Mr. Edouard Livingston sur la batture en face du Faubourg Ste. M...

LOUISIANA CIVIL LAW. A Digest of the Civil Laws Now in Force in the Territory of Orleans with Alterations and Amendments Adapted to its Present Sy...

PRESENTATION COPY FOR HON. HENRY JOHNSON. MOREAU-LISLET, LOUIS. 1766-1832; and HENRY CARLTON. 1785-1863, translators. The Laws of Las Siete Partid...

NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY. PAXTON, JOHN A. New Orleans Directory and Register. New Orleans: Printed by the author, 1822. Small 8vo (160 x 105 mm). Ti...

MOREAU-LISLET, LOUIS. 1766-1832. A General Digest of the Acts of the Legislature of Louisiana: Passed from the Year 1804 to 1827.... New Orleans: ...

LOUISIANA HORTICULTURE. LELIEVRE, JACQUES-FELIX. 1795-? Nouveau Jardinier de la Louisiane. New Orleans: J.F. Lelievre, 1838. Small 8vo (154 x 10...

LOUISIANA'S TUMULTUOUS POLITICS. BOWEN, WILLIAM WARD. 1784-1839. Calumny Refuted: an Answer to the Exposition of Thomas H. Lewis. New Orleans: Joh...

LOUISIANA LIFE IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. WHITAKER, JOHN S. 1817-1897. Sketches of Life and Character in Louisiana. New Orleans: Ferguson and Cros...

NEW ORLEANS DIRECTORY. Cohen, A. and H. Cohen's New Orleans Directory: Including Jefferson City, Carrollton, Gretna, Algiers and McDonogh, for 18...