Search Results: Titles starting with N from William Reese Company

London: William Faden, Aug. 10, 1776.. Engraving, 12 x 19 1/2 inches. Small old ink stamp on verso. Near fine. A profile view of Sullivan's Island, the main fort guarding the mouth of the Charleston harbor, with a key indicating the main features, ship locations, and gun emplacements. Below the view is a separate plate-mark with an engraved dedication, "To Commodore Sir Peter Parker Knt. &c. &c. &c. This View is most humbly dedicated and presented by Lt. Colonel Thos. James Rl. Rt. of Artillery June 30th, 1776." In the spring of 1776, South Carolina was in the firm possession of the American patriots, which the British were determined to challenge. They dispatched a fleet of twenty ships under Commodore Peter Parker, with the mission under the overall command of Major General Sir Henry Clinton. The ships moored in Five Fathom Hole, and landed on Long Island, which lay to the north of Sullivan's Island. Meanwhile, practical considerations indicated that the Patriot defenders were in considerable… Read More

Leyden: Pieter Vander Aa, 1707. 127 parts in twenty-eight volumes (with volume 13 in two), with 107 engraved folding maps and 505 folding plates. Later calf, spines gilt, gilt morocco labels. Some hinges cracked, spines chipping lightly, boards rubbed in places. Some toning and light foxing internally. Still a very good, handsome set. A complete first octavo edition of Pieter Van der Aa's comprehensive collection of memorable voyages translated into Dutch, which includes over 500 engraved views, as well as 107 engraved maps. Van der Aa's spectacular production gathers travel accounts of voyages from 1246-1696 from reputable sources such as De Bry, Hakluyt, Herrera, de Barros, Thevenot, and includes all of the earliest voyages to the Americas such as Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Cortes, Drake, as well as all other major and minor European voyages. A folio edition was also planned and begun simultaneously, but then abandoned and eventually completed in 1727. Pieter Van der Aa was an accomplished Leiden… Read More

Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1772.. [16],358,[1]pp. plus two engraved plates (on one sheet) and folding map. Small octavo. Modern half vellum and marbled boards, spine gilt. A bit of light age toning, an occasional light fox mark. Three small purple ink spots in lower portion of map. Near fine. First printing of this rare and important account of Lower California by the German Jesuit, Jacob Baegert. Baegert lived in Baja California for seventeen years (1751-68) and spent most of his time at the Mission of San Luis Gonzaga, leaving after the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767. He provides some important details on the culture of the Indians of Baja California, including the Pericues, Guiacuras, and Cochiemes. Part one is an overview of California, its climate and products; part two describes the inhabitants; and the third part contains an account of the introduction of Christianity to California. Wagner states that the German Jesuits were especially dissatisfied toward the end… Read More

Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773.. [16],358pp. plus two engraved plates and folding map. Contemporary black half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities lightly worn, small paper label at foot of spine. Small ink stamp on titlepage and verso of map. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. Second issue with some corrections, after the first printing of the previous year, of this rare account of Lower California by the German Jesuit, Jacob Baegert. Baegert lived in Baja California for seventeen years (1751- 68) and spent most of his time at the Mission of San Luis Gonzaga, leaving after the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767. He provides some important details on the culture of the Indians of Baja California, including the Pericues, Guiacuras, and Cochiemes. Wagner states that the German Jesuits were especially dissatisfied toward the end of the Jesuit regime in California, and Baegert's bitterness is evident in his book: "...it was a land full of ferocious beasts and even… Read More

Halle, 1787.. Twelve parts bound in one volume. Various paginations. Small, thick quarto. Contemporary calf, gilt- lettered spine. Boards nearly detached, slightly scuffed, spine cracked. Later bookplate and library label on front pastedown. Internally clean. Good. "A collected reprint of the reports of the Lutheran missionaries in America, who were sent from Germany subsequent to the year 1742. Prefixed is a brief historical account of the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in America, by the editor Johann Ludwig Schulze" - Sabin. Altogether, there were seventeen reports issued by the Lutheran pastors in Pennsylvania to the authorities in Halle, each with a special titlepage, twelve of which appear here. The present reports cover most of the years between 1742 and 1787. The dates of the individual reports are 1750-51, 1753-54, 1764-65, 1769, 1771, 1773-74, 1776, and 1787. A useful resource for the study of Lutherans and Moravians in Pennsylvania, and especially their Indian missions on the… Read More

[Various locations in Nantucket, Rockport, and other locations in Massachusetts, 1895].. Thirty-six albumen photographs, from 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches to 4 1/2 x 6 inches, with black ink manuscript annotations below the photographs Small square octavo. Contemporary brown pebbled cloth. Minor wear to covers, cloth along joints cracked, tied with modern string (string broken at upper binding hole). Photographs clean and sharp. Overall very good. In a tan cloth clamshell box, gilt leather labels. An excellent and early annotated vernacular photograph album capturing the vitality of the island of Nantucket at the end of the 19th century. The photographs were taken by, and the album assembled by, Arthur & Bessie Burt, a young married couple spending their honeymoon on the island in September 1895; one of the images shows Bessie sitting on the beach on the north side of Nantucket. These sharp and informative photographs capture Nantucket landmarks such as the Springfield House Hotel, Brant Point, and Coffyn… Read More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Compan, 1875. [6],23, 15pp., plus frontispiece and 43 plates. 4to. Calf and printed paper boards. Edges rubbed, internally very clean. Very good. First edition of the narrative of Le Moyne's expedition to America with Laudonniere and Ribault, translated from the Latin by Theodore de Bry, including 43 heliotypes of engravings of Le Moyne's drawings. His work focused on the now extinct Timucua tribe and life in the New World. His drawings are considered some of the most historically significant depictions of early colonial life. With a facsimile of the original titlepage, published in 1591. SERVIES 5853. COX II, p.184.

London: Printed for John Joseph Stockdal, 1807. 60pp. plus engraved plan. Quarto. Original boards, with letterpress title on front cover and publisher's advertisement on rear cover, rebacked and recornered. Some soiling on cover, inner hinges reinforced. Light offsetting of plan onto titlepage, otherwise clean internally. Very good. In a cloth slipcase. An anonymous account by a field officer, now attributed to John Goulston Price Tucker, of Samuel Auchmuty's capture of Montevideo in 1807. This attack was one of a series of British incursions in South America in the beginning of the 19th century. Auchmuty's original mission was to retake Buenos Aires, which had briefly been under British control. As this was not possible, he chose instead to attack nearby Montevideo, which was strongly fortified, but much smaller than Buenos Aires. The work includes the narrative of the operations and the text of Auchmuty's general order declaring victory. An appendix records Auchmuty's own version of the events,… Read More

London: J. Debrett, 1783. [4],115,[1]pp. 20th-century green half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Internally clean. Very good. Third edition. After distinguishing himself several times in action, particularly at Bunker Hill, Clinton was appointed in 1776 to act as second-in-command to Howe. He played a major part in the battle of Long Island, and in the capture of New York on Sept. 15th of that year. When Howe returned to England in May 1778, Clinton became commander-in- chief of the forces in North America, with Cornwallis as his second in command. Following the capitulation of Yorktown and the final loss of the colonies, he resigned his command and returned to England, publishing this NARRATIVE... in 1783. This resulted in an acrimonious quarrel with, and several rejoinders from, Cornwallis. Clinton was appointed governor of Gibraltar in July 1794 and died there in December 1795. Only a handful of copies of this edition in ESTC. ESTC… Read More

[Edinburgh, 1871. [704]-718; [48]-73; [164]-181pp. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt lettered, edges sprinkled red. Spine somewhat chipped, boards rubbed. Internally clean. About very good. Three extracts from BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE containing an account of the British military expedition to put down the Red River Rebellion rebellion at Fort Garry (modern-day Winnipeg) in 1870, written by its commander, Garnet James Wolseley, then Colonel and Deputy Quartermaster-General of the British army in Canada. The success of the expedition firmly established British sovereignty over Manitoba, which had been in question after the transfer of Hudson's Bay Company lands to the Dominion of Canada in 1867 and the subsequent establishment of a rebel government at Fort Garry

Rochester, N.Y.: Edwin Scranton, under the Direction of Committees, 1827.. 84pp. Modern blue paper wrappers. Lower right corner of titlepage torn away, with loss of a few words, large stain to titlepage. Some foxing and soiling throughout without any other loss of text. Overall good plus. The presumed second edition (of three in the same year) of this sensational and highly impactful contemporary account of William Morgan's probable kidnapping and murder by Freemasons from New York. Morgan had been a Mason, apostated, and advertised a forthcoming book laying bare the secret ceremonies of the order, to be published by David Cade Miller. In the course of the printing of the first edition, Miller's shop was victim of an attempted arson and severely damaged, but the work was published nonetheless. Shortly thereafter Morgan was kidnapped from a stagecoach by persons unknown, presumed to be Masons, and was never heard from again. Morgan was probably a scoundrel who lied his way into the Masonic lodges he… Read More

London, 1849.. 4,[6],vi,xx,259pp. plus four plates and maps (two folding), and eight pages of advertisements. Original blue cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spine gilt. Spine toned, wear to spine ends. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. First map with minor foxing and small tear in inner margin without loss. Internally clean. Very good. An important early Hakluyt Society publication, a compilation of narratives describing early attempts to discover the Northwest Passage, including the voyages of Frobisher, Cabot, Hall, and Baffin, among others. SABIN 74131.

London: John Murray, 1828.. xxiv,[4 (paginated xxi-xxiv)],320,clvii pp. plus errata leaf, six folding maps (one loosely laid in and one partially handcolored), and thirty-one plates. Thick quarto. Modern half tan morocco and marbled boards. Modern endpapers. Old and almost invisible institutional blind stamp on titlepage and dedication leaf. Occasional light offsetting from plates, else quite clean internally. Near fine. This work is mainly devoted to the accounts of Richardson and Franklin during their explorations of the Mackenzie River region of the Canadian Northwest, although it contains a brief narrative of the explorations of Thomas Drummond in the Canadian Rockies. The plates, which are fine engravings by Finden after drawings and sketches by Lieut. Kendall and Capt. Back, depict the Mackenzie Basin and the Arctic Ocean. "The beauty of the typography is rivaled by that of the engravings, each of which is a splendid specimen of art. Nine of these illustrations represent some incident in the… Read More

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1827.. 264pp. Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label. Minor wear to binding. Text lightly foxed. Very good plus. In a cloth slipcase. Johnston and his party were captured at the mouth of the Scioto and were taken to Sandusky by a band of Indians consisting of Cherokees, Shawnees, Delawares, and Wyandots. After several weeks they were discovered by British traders and taken to the safety of the British post at Detroit. Johnston later provided the American government with information about what he had seen. "One of the most interesting Indian captivities" - Streeter. HOWES J158. FIELD 784. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 29372. AYER 165. VAUGHAN 159. SABIN 36355. THOMSON 650. JONES 884. STREETER SALE 1366. GRAFF 2226.

New Haven: Overland Press, 2016.. 131pp. Illustrated. Cloth, paper label. New. A selection of 101 works of non-fiction, including autobiography, travel narratives, memoirs, collections of correspondence and journals, journalism, works of fiction closely based on fact, stories of growing up, war narratives, and diaries. This book is intended as a reading guide, and entries were selected for their entertaining and readable nature.

Palo Alt: Lewis Osborn, 1966. 86,[1]pp. Original gilt cloth. Very good. In plain dust jacket, with facsimile newspaper. Nicely produced reprint edition of Major C. Bolin's narrative. Bolin was hanged for murder in front of about 5,000 people; this was his last ditch effort to defend himself and avoid execution. This copy is signed by the publisher on the titlepage

Boston, 1814. viii,31pp. Dbd. Some light foxing and tanning. Overall very good. This pamphlet relates to a controversy that ensued over the schoolbook abridgment of Adams' A SUMMARY HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND (1799), which Jedediah Morse had anticipated by producing his own school history. Adams, whose eyesight was failing, felt her rights were violated and issued the present work as a protest. She was probably the first female professional writer of the United States. "It was poverty, not ambition, or vanity, that first induced me to become an author, or rather a compiler." AMERICAN IMPRINTS 30627. SABIN 214. DAB I, pp.60-61.

London, 1819.. xix,[1],653,[1]pp., with additional errata slip tipped in. Later calf, elaborately stamped in gilt on covers and spine. Extremities very lightly rubbed. Some light scattered foxing. Very good, with bookplate of Alberto Parreño on front pastedown. Hippisley served as a colonel in the First Venezuelan Hussars, as part of the British brigade sent to South America to assist in the war for independence in Venezuela. The account includes a description of the voyage to South America, with stops at St. Bartholomew, Grenada, St. Lucia, and other points in the Caribbean. The appendix prints a list of the officers of the First Venezuelan Hussars, as well as other documents, orders, etc., issued by Venezuelan leaders, including Bolivar. A fascinating account of South American independence movements, Bolivar, etc., notwithstanding Sabin's assertion that Lord Byron used the book to put himself to sleep. "An esteemed and scarce work" - Palau. SABIN 31988. PALAU 114859.

Frankfort, Ky.: Printed for the author.., 1842. 152pp. 12mo. Original half calf and paper boards, printed paper label. Mild chipping to spine ends, boards foxed and lightly soiled. Small leather bookplate of Frank Cutter Deering on front pastedown, bookplate of C.R. Sanders to rear pastedown, otherwise clean internally. Very good. In a blue half leather slipcase. Atherton and his party travelled from Kentucky through Michigan and into Canada. This volume prints his firsthand account of the Raisin River massacre and its preface, followed by his experiences as a prisoner of war at the hands of the British and Indians, including his observations of Indian customs. GRAFF 103. FIELD 52. HOWES A366. JONES 1058. STREETER SALE 1082. SABIN 2273. THOMSON 47.

Clevelan, 1904. 70pp. Original gilt cloth. Printed paper label on spine. Near fine. From an edition limited to twenty-seven copies, printed on Japan vellum. Written in the first person, but most likely penned by Leeth's interviewer, Ewel Jeffries. A reprint of the very rare 1831 Lancaster, Ohio edition. John Leeth (whose name is sometimes spelled "Leith") was a fur trader in Ohio when he was captured by Delaware Indians, escaped, and was captured again by Shawnees. He spent much of the 1770s and '80s on the run from Indians in Ohio. AYER 149. THOMSON 647 (1st ed).