THAYER, ERNEST Casey at the Bat. Illustrations by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1912. First separate edition in boards, and the firs...

[GAMES - CHESS]VERNEY, MAJOR GEORGE HOPE. Chess Eccentricities. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1885. First edition, author's interleaved copy with...

SKUES, G. E. M.Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. First edition, an extraordinary presen...

[FISHERIES and FISHING]A Collection of Advertisements, Advices, and Directions, Relating to the Royal Fishery within the British Seas, &c. Transcr...

[HUNTING] MOCHI, UGO and DONALD T. CARTER. Hoofed Mammals of The World. New York: Scribners, 1953. First edition, signed by Mochi on the front fre...

FAY, CHARLES, ERNESTThe Archives of the alpinist Charles Ernest Fay (1846-1931), retained in thirteen three-ring folders, together with a group of...

MOUNTAINEERINGAn exceptional collection of approximately 150 photographs of mountains in the Canadian Rockies and the Pacific Northwest. Albumen, ...

[HILLARY, EDMUND, Sir]HUNT, JOHN, Sir. The Conquest of Everest. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1954. Signed in black marker "Ed Hillary" on the titl...

APOLLO 12An American Flag Carried to the moon on Apollo 12. A small American flag, 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm), mounted to a printed sheet with the ...

[POLITICAL CARTOONS – ASSOCIATION COPY]BERRYMAN, CLIFFORD K.; JAMES T. BERRYMAN; and GIBSON CROCKETT. The Campaign of ’48 in Star Cartoons. Washin...

[SCRAPBOOK - LIZZIE BORDEN]A scrapbook of contemporary newspaper clippings about the Lizzie Borden trial. [Circa 1892-93]. In a Victorian-era red ...

[CIVIL WAR]MILLER, FRANCIS T., (editor). The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1911. The ...

DAVIS, JEFFERSON and STEPHENS, ALEXANDER H.The Confederate States presidential election ballot. [No place: no date but circa 6 November 1861]. The...

[DRED SCOTT CASE]HOWARD, BENJAMIN C. A Report of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, i...

Three works on economics of American interest. Comprising [DULANY, Daniel]. Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colon...

JOHNSON, SAMUEL[Elementa philosophica: containing chiefly, Noetica, or things relating to the mind or understanding: and Ethica, or things relatin...

[HAMILTON, ALEXANDER]The Speeches at Full Length of Mr. Van Ness, Mr. Caines, the Attorney-General, Mr. Harrison, and General Hamilton, in the Gre...

IRVING, WASHINGTONA History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. New York: G. and C. Carvill, 1828. First American edition. Three volu...

JANSON, CHARLES WILLIAM. The Stranger in America: Containing Observations Made During a Long Residence in that Country... London: James Cundee, Al...

v>[IMPEACHMENT] Trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, Before the Senate of the United States, on Impeachment by the House of Re...

LEESER, ISAAC (trans).The Law of God [titled in Hebrew and English]. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 5605 [1845-46]. First edition of the first Jewish t...

LINCOLN, ABRAHAMPolitical Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois. Colum...

LINCOLN, ABRAHAMCarte-de-visite portrait in a framed display with a Memorial Ribbon. The carte-de-visite after the portrait taken by Anthony Berge...

[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]Lincoln and His America, 1809-1865. London: Arcadia Press/ New York: The Viking Press, [1971]. Copy 1 from the edition of 265 co...

LINCOLN, ABRAHAMThe Republican Party Vindicated - The Demands of the South Explained. Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, at the Cooper I...

[POLITICAL CARTOON – ABRAHAM LINCOLN]The Political Gymnasium. New York: Currier and Ives, 1860. 12 ½ x 17 inches (32 x 43 cm) to sight; lithograph...

[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]Commissione's Sale! Of the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace. Vicinity of The Lincoln Spring Farm, LaRue County, Kentucky: 28 August 19...

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM and JOHNSON, ANDREWAn unusual "wallpaper" example of the 1864 Lincoln and Johnson Ohio Union Presidential Ticket. A printed elect...

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATIONLINCOLN, ABRAHAM. General Orders, No. 1. War Department, Adjutant General's Office. Washington, D.C.: 2 January 1863. Gen...

[MANUSCRIPT ALBUM - ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR]ANDERSON, GILES R. Some scraps of rhyme for my dear Valentine. To Alice W. from Giles R. Anderson. Febr...

[HUMOR]Galaxy of Comicalities. Volume 1, Numbers 1-12. Philadelphia: Lesher & Shelly, October 2, 1833 - December 21, 1833. Twelve issues, disbound...

[KEY, FRANCIS SCOTT]"Defence of Fort M'Henry." IN: The Analectic Magazine, Volume IV; pp. 433-34. Philadelphia: [Moses Thomas], November 1814. Fir...

Manuscript account book of an unknown traveling fur dealer and money lender. The notations in the account book are dated from 1789 through 1796, a...

[NEW YORK - ORPHAN ASYLUM]The Constitution and Laws of the Orphan Asylum of the City of New York. New York: David Longworth, April 11, 1808. First...

[NEW YORK - CRIME][SKILLMAN, JOHN B.] Skillman's New-York Police Reports... New York: Ludwig & Tolefree, 1830. First edition. Finely bound in half...

[NEW YORK CITY - BROOKLYN] FURMAN, GABRIEL. Notes Geographical and Historical, relating to the Town of Brooklyn, in Kings County on Long-Island. B...

[NEW YORK]Invitation to the Opening Ceremonies of the Brooklyn Bridge. [New York: 24 May 1883]. Invitation on thick card engraved by Tiffany & Co....

[PHOTO ALBUM - P. T. BARNUM SIDESHOW PERFORMERS]A Victorian photo album with twenty-eight cartes de visites of Barnum's sideshow celebrities. Circ...

ROSS, ALEXANDERThe Fur Hunters of the Far West; a Narrative Of Adventures In The Oregon And Rocky Mountains. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855. F...

[SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL]In the Supreme Court of Tennessee ... September Term, 1925. John Thomas Scopes, Plaintiff in Error vs. State of Tennessee, De...

OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW. A journey through Texas: or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier... New York: Dix, Edwards, 1857. First edition. Pu...

CROCKETT, DAVIDAn Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and Down East, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Four. ...

[TRAVEL - NORTH AMERICA]WELD, ISAAC. Travels through the states of North America, and in the provinces of upper and lower Canada, during the years...

[ZENGER TRIAL]The Trial of John Peter Zenger of New-York, Printer: who was charged with having printed and published a Libel against the Governmen...

[ZENGER, JOHN PETER]Framed issue of The New-York Weekly Journal. Containing the freshest Advices, Foreign, and Domestick. New York: Monday, 1 July...

BYRD, RICHARD, AdmiralTwo signed limited editions. Comprising BYRD, RICHARD EVELYN. Alone. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. One of 225 copies ...

[CHINA]Album of pith paintings of occupations. Likely Hong Kong or Shanghai: nineteenth century. Silk brocade with fore-edge ties. 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 ...

CONSTANT, SAMUEL VICTORCalls, Sounds and Merchandise of the Peking Street Peddlers. Peking: The Camel Bell, 1936. First edition. Original embroide...

THOMSON, JOHNIllustrations of China and its People. A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, with Letterpress Descriptions of the Places and People Re...

[DARWIN, CHARLES]The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Wellington, New Zealand: Nova Pacifica Publishing, [1980]. A fine facsimile of the or...

LIGHT, HENRYTravels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Libanon and Cyprus in the year 1814. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1818. First edition. Three-...

LIVINGSTONE, DAVIDMissionary travels and researches in South Africa; including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa, and...

LLOYD, L.[LEWELLYN] E. H.Scandinavian Adventures, during a residence of upwards of twenty years... London: Richard Bentley, 1854. First edition. T...

[TRAVEL - AFRICA]PARK, MUNGO. Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association i...

PORTER, ROBERT KERTravelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. London: T. Gillett for Richard Phillips, 1808....

[PERU - INCAN CIVILIZATION]RIVERO Y USTARIZ, MARIANO EDUARDO DE AND TSCHUDI, JOHANN JAKOB VON. Antiguedades Peruanas. Vienna: Imprenta Imperial de...

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[MAP - WORLD]BRION DE LA TOUR. Mappe-monde dressée pour l'étude de la géographie rélativement aux auteurs les plus modernes... Paris: Desnos, 1765...

[MAP - CELESTIAL]CELLARIUS, ANDREAS. Haemisphaerium Stellatum Australe Aequali Sphaerarum Proportione. [Amsterdam: G. Valk & P. Schenk, 1708.] Eng...

[MAPS - ATLAS]DUFOUR, H. Atlas Universel Physique, Historique et Politique de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne. Paris: Armand le Chevlier, 1861. Con...