Catalogue  226
Americana

|204.   (AUSABLE CHASM, NY). «Souvenir of Ausable Chasm». Ausable Cahasm,W.H. Tracy Proprietor, c. 1890. Group of 12 photographs on cards, by New York Photogravure  Co. Explicative text. Good copy.    30 $

205.   (BROTHERS OF THE SACRED HEART). «A Century of Service for the Sacred Heart in the United States by The Brothers of the Sacred Heart, 1847-1947». No place, 1946. X,380 p. (22 cm). Original cloth & gilt text. Profusely illustrated with portraits and pictures of their institutions. A history of their first foreign Mission at Mobile AL, also Bay St. Louis MS, Natchez MS, also chapters about St. Aloysius College & St. Mary’s School at New Orleans LA, St. Joseph’s Commercial Institute at Donaldsonville LA, also schools at Alexandria and Baton Rouge LA, the Thibodeaux College at Thibodeaux LA. Some parts about Canada and New Jersey. With biographies of the Brothers in those missions. Nice copy, scarce account.     75 $

206.   BROWNELL, Henry Howard. «The Pioneer Heroes of the New World. From the Earliest Period (982) to the Present Time». New York, Dayton and Wentworth, 1855. 640 p. (24 cm). First edition. Gilt decorated red cloth, all edges gilt, spine slightly worn and a small part splitting. With numerous hand-colored plates and portraits. Pagination inscribed as 720 (last page) but should be 640. Two leaves missing from table of contents, but text is repeated before each chapter. About the Northmen in America, Columbus, Sebastien Cabot, Americus Vespucins, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Hernando Cortes, Fernando Magellan, Pizarro, discovery and settlement of Canada, Virginia, Florida, New York, New England, the Mississipi Valley, Pennsylvania, Daniel Boone pioneer of Kentucky, Lewis and Clarke, Texas settlement and political history, Oregon, California, Colonel Fremont’s exploration, the Mormon settlement and the North-West Passage.    125 $

207.   DELAND, Margaret. «Florida Days». Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1889. XI,200 p. First Edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth & tan covered boards. Trace of humidity on back cover, original gilt decorated front cover and spine in very good condition. One illustration loose but untouched. Good condition, an attractive book when Florida was… Florida!    75 $

208.   FLINT, Thomas. «Diary of Dr Thomas Flint: California to Maine and Return, 1851-1855». Los Angeles, 1923. 78 p. (23 cm). Reprinted from the Annual Publications, Historical Society of Southern California. One leaf of portraits from daguerreotypes, folding map. Gold rush journal from a speculator. Very interesting account. Very good condition.    65 $

209.   HEGARTY, Reginald B. «A List of Log Books of Whaling Voyages in the Collection of the Melville Whaling Room in the Free Public Library New Bedford, Massachusetts». New Bedford MA, Reynolds-De Walt, 1963. 28 p. (25 cm). Illustrations depicting whaling ships. Nice copy, scarce.     40 $

210.   HENRY, John Joseph. «An Accurate and Interesting account of the hardships and sufferings of that Band of Heroes, who traversed the wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec in 1775». Lancaster (Pennsylvania), William Greer, 1812. 225 p. First edition. Beautifully rebound in brown leather, with raised bands & gilding; some staining to title page and foxing throughout book (better than usual for American printing of that era). This is a vivid account of Benedict Arnold’s expedition (which Henry accompanied) to join Montgomery’s forces at Quebec. Often attacked by the Indians, suffering from severe weather conditions (cold & snow), overland travel difficulties, loosing half the force along the way, the expedition was unsuccessful! Very scarce & a nice copy of the best & most accurate account of the American attack against Quebec.  TPL 465; Lande 428; Sabin 31400.     750 $

211.   HIGGINS, C.A. «New Guide to the Pacific Coast, Santa Fé Route. – CALIFORNIA, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois». Chicago & New York, Rand, McNally & Co., 1895. 282 p. (20 cm). Original red cloth, gilt decorations. With 56 engravings in the text & a large folding map. A nice copy.    90 $

212.   HÜHNER, Leon. «The Jews of New England (other than Rhode Island) prior to 1800». West Cornwall CT, Cornwall Press, 1973. pp. 75-99. (23 cm). Reprinted (1000 copies) from the Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, No. 11, 1903.    15 $

213.   IRVING, Washington. «The Kaaterskill Edition of Washington Irving». New York, Pollard & Moss Publishers, 1880. XIV,856 p. Limited edition of proof copies for subscribers only (500 numbered copies). Half leather bound, all edges gilt. Portrait. Library stamp, still a very good copy. Comprises 11 titles.    85 $

214.  LAUDONNIÈRE, René Goulaine de. «L’Histoire notable de la Floride située en Indes Occidentales: contenant les trois voyages faits en icelle par certains capitaines et pilotes françois, descrits par le capitaine Laudonnière… à laquelle a esté adjousté un quatrieme voyage fait par le capitaine Gourgue / Mise en lumière par M. Basanier, gentil-homme François Mathematicien». A Paris, Chez Guillaume Auray, 1586 (Réimpression facsimilée, Lyon 1946). (24 cm). Imprimé par les soins du Conseil Historique et Héraldique de France sur les Presses de Audin, tiré à 475 exemplaires sur Pur Fil Lafuma que l’on annonce numérotés sans qu’il en soit ainsi du présent exemplaire neuf, ni coupé, ni ouvert. Jaquette imprimée & boîtier d’origine. Une édition luxueuse sur grand papier (blanked folio). Les éditeurs inscrivent "Ce livre est la reproduction en fac-simile d’un volume imprimé à Paris à la fin du XVIe siècle, dont il ne reste plus que quelques exemplaires. L’original présentait, dans sa composition et dans son tirage, de notables défectuosités que l’on ne s’étonnera pas de retrouver intégralement reproduites ici. Au volume original, les éditeurs ont ajouté un portrait gravé de René de Laudonnière, et deux cartes de l’époque qui précisent les limites et l’état de la Floride au moment de sa colonisation française. Elles éclaireront utilement le texte; le lecteur observera que la Floride, telle que le concevait l’auteur, débordait très sensiblement les frontières de l’actuel État de Floride, pour empiéter largement sur ceux, plus septentrionaux, de Georgie et de Caroline".  Pièce extrêmement rare!!  La pagination est difficile mais on peut estimer 500 pages.    450 $

215.   ROBERTS, Kenneth L. «Sun Hunting. Adventures and Observations Among the Native and Migratory Tribes of Florida, Including the Social Time-Killers of Palm Beach,…». Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1922. 198 p. (20 cm). Being a scarce book by well known novelist. Very good condition. Illustrated. Non-fiction.    65 $

216.   (SAVANNAH, GA). «This Guide to the City of Savannah». Junior League of Savannah, 1938. 444 p. (20 cm). Folding map and illustrations. Very good.    25 $

217.   SAWTELL, Clement Cleveland. «The Ship Ann Alexander of New Bedford, 1805-1851». Mystic CT, The Marine Historical Association, 1962. 103 p. (25 cm). With many illustrations. History of the Whaler. Nice copy.    30 $

218.  (SLAVERY) JAY, William. «Reply to Remarks of Rev. Moses Stuart, Lately a Professor in the Theological Seminary at Andover, on Hon. John Jay, and an Examination of his Scriptural Exegesis, contained in his recent pamphlet entitled "Conscience and the Constitution"». New York, Printed by John A. Gray, 1850. 22 p. (23 cm). Original printed wraps. About John Jay, important stateman of the Colonial & the Revolutionary era; he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the first President of the Abolition Society. His son William, the author, also became a reputed jurist and abolitionist; in the actual text he defends his father's views and the anti-slavery cause. Very good copy, scarce title.     250 $

219.   (TAMPA, FL). «Tampa, the Metropolis of South Florida». No Place, S.H. Kress & Co., Circa 1925. Being 12 pages of coloured pictures with explicative text. (21 cm). Good copy.   30 $|

Amérique Latine / Latin America
Catalogue 226 - Table des Matières / Table of Contents