Notes On a Journey In America From the Coast Of Virginia To the Territory Of Illinois

Philade;phia: Caleb Richardson, 1817. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ione Railton. 189pp. Mottled calf, ex-library, spine and hinges tape repaired, edges worn. contents age-toned and foxed,, but complete and the binding is tight. This is the rare FIRST EDITION, published in Philadelphia in 1817. The author's observations on… Read more about this item

New York: Augustus M. Kelley [0-678-00686-5] 1971. (Hardcover) 163, 114pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Two fold-out maps. "To My English Friends. I have amused myself during our long, but by no means wearisome journey, by keeping this short record of occurrences and observations, of which I have now finished the revisal" - from… Read more about this item

London. For Ridgay and Sons. 1818. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, The First Edition, iv,144,[4]p., publisher's ads., in the publisher's original quarter paper over blue paper boards with the original printed paper label, binding is dust worn, wear on the board edges and corners, sound, a very good to fine copy in its original uncut state. (cgc) Without the map… Read more about this item

London: James Ridgway, 1818. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. good. Octavo. 156pp Original boards with a reinforced spine. Original title label saved. . Includes folded map (not issued with all copies) which shows the U.S. from Virginia to Illinois (Indiana is shown due south of Lake Michigan, and the eastern border of Illinois is a hundred miles west of the… Read more about this item

London: Ridgway and Sons, 1818. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, iv,144, iv pages; three-quarter blue morocco, scuffed at extremities. "This is the first of the long list of books relating to the English settlement in Illinois. In it Birkbeck tells of a land-hunting expedition into southeastern Illinois and of a visit to Shawneetown. He was a keen… Read more about this item

London: James Ridgway. Good+. 1818. Third Eddition. Hardcover. Bound in the original publishers thin boards with blue/gray paper. Front board detached, spine paper mostly warn off with some remnants of the original paper label. Text block binding is intact and tight. Interior pages have untrimmed edges. All text pages are clean and bright. The important map… Read more about this item

London. For Ridgay and Sons. 1818. 8vo, The First Edition, iv,144,[4]p., publisher's ads., original light blue paper over boards rebacked in quarter light brown paper, no label, the boards are dust worn, label removed on the upper cover, some foxing, a very good (tr.ds). Without the map as usual, it was issued separately. It was included starting with the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1819. Second edition revised & corrected. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 189 pages, contemporary full tree calf, leather spine label. Ex libris Col. Charles L. . Robinson, who was President of both the Colt Patent Arms Co., and The Gatling Gun Company. "This is the first of the long list of books… Read more about this item

Dublin: Thomas Larkin, 1818. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Early edition. Octavo (8vo). 58 pages of text. Original paper boards, detached; buckram tied folder with leather title on spine. Measures 23.3cm (height. Contains a folded map. Printed from the last edition published in Philadelphia. Morris Birkbeck (1764-1825). Americana; travel. .

Unknown. Acceptable. n.d.; poor condition; cloth covered boards; no dust jacket; front and rear board detached; end papers and title page missing; text complete pages 1-144; signature containing advertisements only partially attached to text block; Interior clean and unmarked; boards are edge worn, have bumped corners, and are scuffed at joints where tape was removed; Ex library with… Read more about this item

Augustus M. Kelley, 1971. First Kelley Edition. Hardcover. As New. Octavo. Foldout Map. Facsimile reprint of the rare 1818 first edition. A superb copy.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-06-02. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-01-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-01-10. Paperback. Good.

London: Ridgeway and Sons, 1818 5th Edition. No map in this edition. Later boards worn and detached. Stamp at upper left corner of front endpaper. Endpapers and flyleaves tanned in spots with light foxing. Text clean except for occasional foxing. . Hard Cover. Poor.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

New.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing