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Travel - American 18th/19thc:

Barbour, Geo. M. . FLORIDA FOR TOURISTS, INVALIDS AND SETTLERS
NY 1882 (1881) Appleton. 8vo., 310pp plus 12pp of advertisements, foldout map and illustrations, original green cloth. Owner signed on end paper and titlepage. VG, two very small spots of residue where a news articles was glued to front end paper. (a49875)
$190.00 Sherwell, Samuel M.D. . OLD RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD BOY
NY 1923 first edition Knickerbocker. Dr. Sherwell travelled to Europe and then across the United States in the 1860s to Colorado. Well -written and quite interesting. Hardcover. Octavo, 271pp., cloth. Light paperclip indentations on top margins of initial pages. VG, light cover wear, light foxing on initial pages, no DJ. (a54449)
$34.00Hall, Rufus; Isaac Martin. A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE , RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES AND TRAVELS IN THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY OF RUFUS HALL ; A JOURNAL OF THE LIFE, TRAVELS , LABOURS...OF ISAAC MARTIN
Byberry 1840 1st John and Isaac Comly; Philadelphia 1834 Gibbons. 2 books bound as one. Hall travelled all over New York and Martin travelled the Northeast from Virginia to New Jersey. 12mo., 176pp.; 160pp., full leather with mounted spine label. Good, occasional light foxing. (a67152)
$135.00 Guest, Moses . POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL KEPT BY THE AUTHOR WHILE HE FOLLOWED THE SEA, AND DURING A JOURNEY FROM NEW-BRUNSWICK , IN NEW JERSEY, TO MONTREAL AND QUEBEC
Cincinnati 1824 2nd Looker & Reynolds. Revolutionary War poetry. 12mo., 160pp., original marbled boards with later paper spine. Lacks front blank end papers (opens to title page; does not have the Lafayette poem which preceeded title page in some copies of the second edition). Howes 4330. Good, foxed throughout. (a67826)
$130.00 Martineau, Harriet . RETROSPECT OF WESTERN TRAVEL - VOLUME 2 only
London and New York 1838 1st Saunders and Otley/ Harper. Includes chapters on Voyage on Mississippi, Cincinnati, Massachusetts, Lake George. Small octavo, 239pp., 4pp., original binding in textured cloth with mounted paper spine label. Good, occasional light foxing throughout, cover somewhat worn and soiled, spine label worn. Volume 2 (of 2) only. (a73084)
$55.00 Smith, Allan H. . AN ETHNOHISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF DAVID THOMPSON'S 1809-1811 JOURNEYS IN THE LOWER PEND OREILLE VALLEY, NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
1961. Article at pp. 309-381 in a single issue of Ethnohistory. Several additional articles in issue as well. Octavo, original wraps. VG. (a76737)
$35.00(Hildreth, S. P.). MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING A TOUR IN MAY, 1835, TO THE FALLS OF THE CUYAHOGA, NEAR LAKE ERIE: EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF A NATURALIST
1837. This is the lead article on pp. 1-84, 20 text illustrations, in The American Journal of Science and Arts edited by Benjamin Silliman. Focus of Hildreth article is on geology and mollusks of the American Northeast. Included in a complete volume of this journal with many scientific articles. Complete volume is octavo, 428pp., four plates in rear, 3 of which are foldout. Bound in later plain wraps. VG, light wear and light toning. Scarce. (a76798)
$260.00 Smith, William Prescott . THE BOOK OF THE GREAT RAILWAY CELEBRATIONS OF 1857 PARTS 1, 2 (IN ONE VOLUME)
New York 1858 2nd Appleton. Embracing a full account of the opening of the Ohio & Mississippi and the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroads, and the Northwestern Virginia Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with histories and descriptions of the same; and an account of the subsequent excursion to Baltilmore, Washington and Norfolk (etc). Hardcover. Octavo, 264pp., 178pp., frontis foldout map, woodcut illustrations, numerous advertisements, original embossed brown cloth with professionally remounted original spine lettering. Good inner hinges cracked. (a77409)
$140.00 Ward, Edward . BOSTON IN 1682 AND 1699 A TRIP TO NEW-ENGLANDAND A LETTER FROM NEW-ENGLAND
1970 Burt Franklin reprint of original 1905 edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 95p., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a80159)
$30.00 Tudisco, Anthony . AMERICA IN SOME TRAVELERS, HISTORIANS AND POLITICAL ECONOMISTS OF THE SPANISH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
1985. Offprint from The Americas. Octavo, 22pp., stapled wraps. Good. (a81558)
$30.00 The Earl of Carlisle, Lord Morpeth (George Wm. F Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle 1802-64) . TRAVELS IN AMERICA. THE POETRY OF POPE. TWO LECTURES DELIVERED...1850 (ORIGINAL PRINTING, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
New York 1851 Putnam. Hardcover. 12mo., 135pp., original purple embossed boards with later paper spine. Bookplate of Mose A. Dropsie. VG, light wear. (a81852)
$75.00 von Raumer, Friedrich . DIE VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON NORDAMERIKA
Philadelphia 1846 J. H. Schwacke und Comp. Zweite Theile in Einem Bande. Author travlled south to Charleston and West to St. Louis and Chicago. Howes 8403. In German. Hardcover. Octavo, 223pp., double column text, large foldout chart in rear, original green marbled boards with original black leather spine label remounted on later paper spine. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, corners worn, occasional light foxing onn title page and in text. (a82379)
$195.00 Westcott, Thompson . THE OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK TO PHILADELPHIA A NEW HANDBOOK FOR STRANGERS AND CITIZENS
Philadelphia 1875 Porter and Coates. Hardcover. Octavo, 425pp., 72pp (ads), many illustrations, original limp green cloth with gilt lettering and black picture on front. Originally had 4 maps, this copy has only 2 maps in the pocket: Map of Centennial Grounds and Water Frontage of the Port of Philadelphia (maps are in good, toned but not torn). VG, light wear. (a82472)
$115.00