Search Results: Titles starting with M from William Reese Company

New York, 1886. Vol. XV, No. 2. [105]-[144],23,158pp. plus 34pp. supplement bound in. Illus. Quarto. Original gilt cloth, front printed wrapper bound in. Ex-lib. with shelf number and rubberstamp. Edgeworn, hinges cracked or broken, relevant advertisements tipped in and adhered to pastedown. Internally good and clean. Biographical sketch of Anthony Wayne, noted for his distinguished service in the Revolution in the capture of Stony point and maneuvers against Cornwallis in Virginia. Reprints twenty-three pages of Lieut. Boyer's journal of Wayne's campaign against the northwestern Indians, with a thirty-four-page pamphlet bound in containing a sketch of Wayne by De Peyster. The better part of the volume reprints John Jacob's A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE CAPTAIN MICHAEL CRESAP, while another article outlines 200 years in the history of Albany, New York.

New York: Printed for the Author, 1832.. 104pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Front wrapper chipped in foredge, just touching the central image, spine chipped, small repaired marginal tear on rear wrapper. Scattered moderate foxing. About very good. Untrimmed. An important, early American work on the negative effects of prostitution centering on the "fallen women" of the Female Penitentiary of the County and City of New York at Bellevue. The author, John R. McDowall established the first and very short-lived Magdalen Society in New York in 1830, modeled after the Magdalen Society of Philadelphia which was founded thirty years earlier. McDowall was a Princeton-educated theologian and crusader against the ills of prostitution, and set up at Five Points in New York City in 1830 to assist the American Tract Society with educating the "unfortunate females" of Bellevue and New York City in "Sabbath Schools." The text presents facts relative to the success of his venture, and is divided into thirty-four… Read More

Los Angele, 1901. 10pp. on a single folded sheet. Brochure, folded into five compartments. Minor soiling and wear. Very good. Attractive promotional brochure for Santa Catalina Island, advertising activities, accommodations, and round trip fares by the Wilmington Transportation Co. The brochure describes the island's pleasant climate and fishing opportunities, illustrating views and impressive fish caught by the game fisherman of the area. A nice ephemeral piece

Frederick-town, Md, 1805. 352,xvi pp. Contemporary calf, leather label. Rubbed, front joint splitting, foxed and stained, contemporary ownership signatures. Fair. An interesting Maryland imprint. Includes a number of laws regarding the transportation and aid of free Blacks. The NUC lists only one other edition, of 1819. SHAW & SHOEMAKER

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Pres, 1985. 303pp. Illus. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Light wear at extremities. Very good. A well illustrated work on the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-42, led by Lieut. Charles Wilkes

1975. Three volumes. Quarto. Original paper-covered boards. Very minor edgewear on boards, else fine. Prices realized laid in. Catalogue of the famous Plesch sale at Sotheby's, a primary reference work for important botanical books.

New York, 1961. xiv,432pp. plus plates. Large octavo. Cloth. Near fine in somewhat worn dust jacket. "...Celebrating the trapper-traders, the mountain men of legend, during the peak years of the American fur trade." Includes Jim Bridger, James P. Beckwourth, Jedediah Smith, Nathaniel Wyeth, Captain Bonneville, and many more.

New York, 1848.. viii,[9]-299pp. Portrait, engraved title. Decorated cloth, spine gilt extra. Cloth spotted and faded, edgeworn, some minor scattered foxing, a few leaves creased. A good, sound copy. Portraits of Black Hawk, the West, and the massacre at Chicago, drawn in verse.

New York: Harcourt, [1956].. Cloth and boards. Top edge and endsheets slightly dust spotted, fore-tips slightly bruised, but a very good copy in spine- sunned, modestly nicked and edgeworn dust jacket. First edition. An inscribed presentation copy from the author to her daughter and son- in-law: "For Nancy and Percy, with love from Mama." Nancy Tate Wood, Gordon's only child with poet Allen Tate, was born in 1925, and married Percy H. Wood Jr. in 1944. They were the joint dedicatees of Gordon's 1944 collection, THE FOREST OF THE SOUTH.

[Denver: William H. Jackson Studio, ca. 1882].. Mammoth-plate albumen photograph, 17 x 21 inches, on original printed grey card mount, approximately 20½ x 25 inches. Mounted to larger white card stock and framed. Some fading to image. Closed 1½-inch vertical tear in bottom margin of the print. Closed circular tear and old stain in the lower edge of the white mount. Overall very good. A splendid and rare mammoth-plate albumen photograph produced by William Henry Jackson about 1882 after he traveled the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. The previous year, Gen. W.J. Palmer of the D&R.G. hired Jackson to take a series of photographs along the rail line for promotional purposes. The railway provided Jackson with a specially-built railway car that included a flat portion which served as a photographic platform. The present photograph captures the silver- mining town of Silverton, Colorado with Sultan Mountain in the background. A title in the lower margin of the photograph (partially faded), printed in the… Read More

New Have: Printed by James Parker, and Company, 1756. 48,xv pp. Modern half morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Titlepage reinforced in gutter, and with a small tear in lower outer corner. Foxing. Good. The appendix is a biographical memoir of Elisha Williams, rector of Yale and political and military leader in Connecticut. James Parker was the first printer in New Haven, establishing his press at the end of 1754. That same year, with the assistance of Benjamin Franklin, Parker became the postmaster of New Haven, and his printing shop is noted in the imprint as "at the Post Office." EVANS 7700. ESTC W26056. TRUMBULL 1007. SABIN 41749 (note).

London, 1784. Engraving. Folio. Matted, suitable for framing, with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the Atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE - KAMCHATKA.

New York: Doubleda, 1963. xviii,[1],650pp. Original blue publisher's cloth with pictorial dust jacket. Some light wear to edges of jacket. Discreet ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Very good. First edition after the printing of a limited edition of 1500 copies

[Buenos Aires: Niños Expòsitos, April 20, 1811].. 7pp. on two folded sheets. Tear in upper edge of final, affecting two words. Internally clean. Very good. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase. A concise summary of a short-lived rebellion that occurred in Santiago on April 1, 1811. Chile, newly independent the previous year, would struggle for the next three years to establish a solid government. Similar Argentine imprints are extremely rare. OCLC locates five copies, at Yale, the University of Connecticut, John Carter Brown Library, Bancroft Library, and Indiana University. OCLC 29506741.

Mexico: Imprenta del Gobierno, en Palaci, 1882. 22pp. Original blue printed wrappers, detached. Light tanning and dampstaining. Good. Addresses by local authorities from Chiapas to the Mexican Congress, stating their desire to remain a part of Mexico. In 1881, Guatemala attempted to claim Chiapas and other Mexican territory, but with little political leverage or military recourse the country renounced its assertions by the end of 1882

[New York], 1855. 80pp. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt leather label. Minor shelf wear. Scattered soiling. Very good. Very scarce work regarding unresolved financial issues as a result of the Mexican- American War. After the war Arrangoiz was commissioned by Santa Anna to act as a "special agent," filling orders and accounts of land surrendered. Arrangoiz reportedly attempted to collect the standard commission fee for these services. Santa Anna refused to pay, slandering his name. MANIFESTACION... is Arrangoiz's public refutation of Santa Anna's conduct, including correspondence with Santa Anna and Juan Almonte regarding settling of accounts, internally and with the United States. PALAU 17336

Queretaro, 1847. 8pp. Original printed wrappers. Fine. Issued by Pena as provisional president of the Republic, upon arrival of the government in Queretaro after the fall of Mexico City. He describes the "horrible events" of the defeat. EBERSTADT 150:132.

[Madrid, N.d., ca. 1690].. 92,[2] leaves. Folio. Late 19th-century marbled wrappers. Wrappers chipped at fore-edge. Additional manuscript pagination, the text likely bound in a sammelband at some point. Occasional light tanning and foxing. Small worm track in upper gutter of several leaves. About very good. In a folding cloth case, gilt leather label. First and apparently only edition of this defense of Archbishop Felipe Fernandez de Pardo of Manila in his dispute with Juan de Vargas y Hurtado, Governor of the Philippines. Vargas attempted to have Pardo excommunicated over the latter's perceived bias in favor of Pardo's own Dominican order. Felipe Pardo (1611-89) was Archbishop of Manila from 1680 until his death. Berart, who mounted this defense of Pardo, was a fellow Dominican and addresses his text to the Audiencia for the Indies. Medina posits a publication date of 1690, while Palau puts it at 1689. OCLC lists eight copies under seven accession numbers, with only the Newberry Library and Indiana… Read More

Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Republicana, 1831.. 30pp. Folio. Dbd. Light foxing on first two leaves, else quite clean. Very good. The extended and quite rare manifesto of Peruvian revolutionary and former president Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente, published during his brief exile in Chile in order to defend his administrative and personal conduct from detractors at home. Gutiérrez was born in Huantajaya, Peru (now part of Chile), and supported Simón Bolívar during the 1823 revolution. After independence he became governor of Arequipa until 1826, when he joined with Agustín Gamarra in a coup. Gutiérrez held the presidency briefly before it was handed to Gamarra, and remained under his co-conspirator as Vice President until 1831. Not unlike Santa Anna in Mexico, Gamarra maintained an active role as a general and frequently left the capital on military excursions, leaving Gutiérrez as acting President. The sometimes-president clearly made no friends on these occasions, and his unpopular support for… Read More

Buenos Aires, 1816. 8pp. Folio. Loose gatherings. Minor soiling and wear. Near fine. A rare Argentine imprint. Rondeau was named Supreme Director of the United Provinces in 1815 and was elected as the director of the republic in 1820. In this passionate plea to the citizens he argues for their support of republicanism and criticizes the various political factions vying for power. Not in OCLC; one copy at auction (this copy) in 2003, otherwise apparently unrecorded