Recent Arrivals from Ten Pound Island Book Co.

Trenton NJ: Moore and Lake, 1813. Third edition. "An early gazetteer of Upper Canada by a Baptist minister who emigrated to the Niagara region in 1808. There is much comment on social and political conditions as well as a history of the war. The frontispiece depicts the naval battle near Erie between Perry's fleet and the British" - Felcone.… Read more about this item

Marblehead: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1881. The standard town history, covering Marblehead's role in the Revolutionary and Civil wars, growth of fishery and yachting, etc. Second edition, with new chapters. Haskell "Mass. Bib." 9245. About Fine condition, and scarce thus.. 22 cm. xx, xxiv, 424 pp. b/w frontispiece and plates

London: R. Goadby, n.d. (1751). Poor Pellow spent the years 1715-1738 as a slave under Sultan Moulay Ismail of Morocco. Only 11-years-old when captured, he was handpicked to attend the Sultan's son. After an extended period of torture, Pellow converted to Islam. Thus, his lengthy and detailed account is more of an "insider's" version than the typical Barbary captivity. Pellow… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, 1845. This is the original atlas to accompany the five-volume Wilkes Expedition report. It contains four of the five folding maps originally issued, lacking the map of the Oregon Territiory. Present are: Track Map - a hand-colored map of the world), Map of the Antarctic Continents, Map of the Feejee Group, and Map of the Southeast Portion of… Read more about this item

Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1824. First edition of a major work on early American steamboats. One of the most important works on the historic steamboats; many chapters on small boats, the first steamboats; their engines, the experiments of Fulton, boats from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, steamboats on the Mississippi, the Ohio, the Missouri, etc.Polak 6384. Howes M-282 (b item). Sabin… Read more about this item

London: John Watts, 1726. This is the 2nd edition of a work first published in 1720. The Castleman narrative includes "A description of the city of Philadelphia, and a description of the country of Pennsylvania." Howes states, "Though Boyle's narrative is purely imaginary, that of Castleman seems to be factual." Sabin adds, "(Chetwood's) visit to Philadelphia took place in 1710.… Read more about this item

(Ipswich, MA): Privately Printed , 1908. One of my favorite old-time customers was artist Leonard Baskin. Every time he'd see me, he'd ask if I'd found him a copy of Arthur Wesley Dow's "By Salt Marshes?" He reckoned that, since I lived near those very marshes, I might find a copy at a yard sale for $5 and sell it… Read more about this item

London: James Phillips, 1790. Later edition of one of the earliest and most famous American shipwreck accounts. Barrow was a Quaker missionary on route from Jamaica to Philadelphia. His ship, the "Reformation," wrecked off the Florida coast. The survivors were captured by Indians - characterized on the title page as inhuman Cannibals of Florida - and eventually made their way… Read more about this item

Boston: Charles C. Mead, 1848. ... the sufferings of the crew for seven days... on a raft in the Atlantic Ocean; with an appendix containing some remarks on the whaling business, and description of the mode of killing and taking care of whales. The first edition of this work is virtually unobtainable. This is the second edition, also rare, of… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh, 1905. Second Edition. Scarce in the trade. Nothing but reprints online. Bound in publisher's cloth over printed boards. Covers are waterstained; text in very good condition.. 25 cm. 25, 76, xiii, xix, vi, (1), (publisher's ads) pp. with folding plates illustrating Chinese characters.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. First American edition, first printing. With publisher's catalog A, as described in BAL: "On p. 11 Tales of a Wayside Inn is unpriced and described as Nearly ready." Contains the first appearance of the "Paul Revere's Ride." See BAL 12136. Very good condition in publisher's blind stamped cloth binding with gold spine lettering. Top edge… Read more about this item

Providence, RI, 1878. During the 1870s excursion tours around Narragansett Bay were such a popular attraction that the Excursion View Company commissioned an artist to sketch the complete trip just as a passenger would see it. The drawings were transferred to lithographic stones and printed in color on a continuous roll which could be viewed in a wooden box by… Read more about this item

Boston: Charles Tappan, (1843). Leech was a veteran of both the British and American navies. He had the distinction of being captured first by the frigate "United States" in 1812, when he was a young boy serving as a powder monkey in the British frigate "Macedonian." He then joined the American Navy, serving aboard the American gunboat "Syren," when he… Read more about this item

Augusta, ME: Badger and Manley, 1880. A 1784 transcription of Fisher's compilation of several of his diaries, which were kept on the spot, in the scene of the Revolution, beginning May 5, 1775. Howes 149a. Williamson 3351. In original printed wrappers, stab sewn. A near fine copy. . 23 cm. 29 pp.

Salem: Marine Research Society, 1925. "Containing an explanation of terms and phrases and the progressive method of rigging expressly adapted for sailing ships." Marine Research Publication #8. A near fine copy.. 24 cm. xix, (1), 15, (1 publisher's ads) pp. b/w plates.

Bangor, ME: Charles H. Glass, 1899. Biographical sketches of 17 Mainers, important in their day, forgotten by now - except for maybe Hiram Maxim, inventor of the machine gun - brought back to life by Sprague's excavations. Front hinge cracked but holding, else a pretty book in very good condition. Williamson's Maine Bibliography lists several titles by Sprague, but not… Read more about this item

New York: Rizzoli, (2002). First edition of a lavish work on the cartography of America, beginning with early European attempts and moving up to the transcontinental railroad and settlement of the west. Each map thoroughly described and placed in historical context by experts. Introduced by David Rumsey, and inscribed on half-title by author Cohen. A fine copy in illustrated dust… Read more about this item

Boston: The Prince Society, 1898-1899. "Including his Letters and Official Papers From the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies in America, With Other Documents Relating Chiefly to the Vacating of the Royal Charter of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1676-1703. In five volumes." In 1678 Randolph was appointed collector and surveyor of the customs for New England, but opposition to… Read more about this item

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1841. Third edition of the original three-volume work, this set being bound in two volumes, complete. A fictional account, written in imitation of Robinson Crusoe. See Huntress long note on this work. Huntress 248C. Bound in half green morocco over boards. A pretty set. 2 vols.. Two volumes. 19.5 cm. xxiv, 456; viii, 453… Read more about this item

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858. First edition, first printing - "treacherous" on p. 124; ads from October 1858, per BAL 12122. Bound as issued in brown blindstamped cloth with gold spine lettering. Stylized ownership inscription (Thomas Reynolds ?) at top of title page, two pp. publisher's ads tipped into front of book. Light wear to spine ends, else a very… Read more about this item