May 2015 Catalog 2
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Yesterday’s Muse Books MAY 2015 CATALOG 2 1. [Agriculture; Viticulture] Reemelin, Charles The Vine-Dresser’s Manual, An Illustrated Treatise on Vineyards and Wine-Making New York: A.O. Moore, Agricultural Book Publisher, 1855. 1859 printing. 103, 4 pp. Includes 30 illustrations. A popular guide to the cultivation of grapes and the making $250 of wine, written by a German immigrant who was also involved in Ohio politics during the mid-19th century. From the introduction: ‘... easily comprehended and reliable instructions [to] start, plant, perfect and cultivate a vineyard, and make good, wholesome wine. The writer is himself a practical vintner, owns vineyards, has worked and does work in them... He has long felt that the United States need, as an important element of its horticultural economy, the domestication of the grape, and that, in the progress of time, the use of wine as food must necessarily be a part of the social enjoy- ments of our people.’ Very good. Boards lightly faded, rubbed, & soiled, agricultural library bookplate on front endpaper (no other marks). 2. [American History] Sirmans, M. Eugene; Craven, Wesley Frank Colonial South Carolina: A Political History, 1663-1763 Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg / The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1966. First edition. xiii, [2], 394 pp. 8vo. From the jacket: ‘This absorbing appraisal of colonial South Carolina political history is developed in three parts: The Age of the Goose Creek Men, covering the period from 1670 to 1712; Breakdown and Recovery - in which the central dispute was over local currency - from 1712 to 1743; and The Rise of the Commons House of Assembly, from 1743 to 1763.’ Very good. Jacket spine & edges toned, top page ridge lightly foxed. $30 3. [American History] Baronet, William Talbot; Rights, Douglas L.; Cumming, William P.; [Lederer, John] The Discoveries of John Lederer, in Three Several Marches from Virginia, to the West of Carolina, and Other Parts of the Continent: Begun in March 1669, and Ended in September 1670. Together with a General Map of the Whole Territory Which He Traversed. Collected and Translated out of Latine from his Discourse and Writings; with Unpublished Letters by and about Lederer to Governor John Winthrop, Jr., and an Essay on the Indians of Lederer’s Discoveries $35 University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 1958. First thus. xi, 148 pp. Map on front endpapers, 3 maps in text, including one fold-out. 1958 facsimile of 1672 original, with unpublished letters and an essay included for the first time in this edition. Lederer was a German physician who led the first European exploration party to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains and see the Shenandoah Valley and the Allegheny Mountains. Very good. Board edges faded. 4. [American History] Hyde, George E.; Lottinville, Savoie Life of George Bent, Written from His Letters University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1968. First edition. xxv, 389 pp. 8vo. Biography of George Bent, a Colorado pioneer, based on his correspondence with George E. Hyde of Omaha. The manuscript was originally submitted for publication in 1930 by Hyde, twelve years after Bent passed away; it was not, however, published at that time (owing to the Great Depression), and appears here for the first time in print (Hyde sold his manuscript to Denver Public Library). Near fine. $40 5. [American History] Lee, Lawrence The Lower Cape Fear in Colonial Days The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1965. First edition. ix, 334 pp. 8vo. A narrative history of the Lower Cape Fear region, which is now southeastern North Carolina, relating local events to contemporary events elsewhere and thus providing a $50 context for its role in colonial America and the British Empire. Very good. Boards lightly soiled, jacket foxed, page ridges lightly foxed. To order or inquire, call 585-265-9295, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.websterbookstore.com 3 6. [American History] Filson, John; Salisbury, Alvin; [Boone, Daniel] The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon, Formerly a Hunter: Containing a Narrative of the Wars of Kentucky, with the Discovery, Purchase, and Settlement of Kentucky, and the Piankashaw Council, 1784, and Territory of North American Indians, and the Rights of Land in Kentucky. A New Edition with Numerous Folding Maps and Illustrations [Boone] Old Chelicothe Press, Xenia, 1968. First thus. 37 pp. 8vo. 1968 facsimile of 1784 original, with new introduction by Alvin Salisbury. The original is extremely scarce. Six-panel fold-out map, portrait of Boone and five fold-outs in text. Reissue of Sabin 6370: ‘An $75 account of his first excursion to Kentucky in 1769, then a wild Wilderness, inhabited by no other human being but Savages, his remove there with his family in 1773, and of his various encounters with the Indians, from the Year 1769 to 1782.’ Reissue of Howes T369: ‘First separately printed account of Boone, plagiarized from his so-called autobiography incorporated in John Filson’s Kentucke, of 1784.’ Near fine. Rear board edges faded. 7. [American History] Holley, O.L. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company, 1860. 468, 10 pp. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece of Benjamin Franklin performing his famous kite and lightning experiment, engraved title page showing another view of the same. Good. Hinges repaired. $75 8. [American History] Hafen, LeRoy R.; Young, Francis Marion Fort Laramie and the Pageant of the West, 1834-1890 The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, 1938. First edition. 429 pp. 8vo. Includes frontispiece, a dozen plates, fold-out map. Fol- lowing text are index and three appendices giving a description of Fort Laramie, a list of buildings at the fort in 1882, and a record of the final auction on April 9, 1890 listings items sold with buyers and prices. Hafen and Young present the colorful history of Fort Laramie from its establishment as Fort John in 1834 to its abandonment in 1890. Early $80 on, the fort was controlled by the American Fur Company and patronized by trappers like Jim Bridger and Kit Carson. Then it was a vital supply center and rest stop for a tide of emigrants--missionaries, Mormons, forty-niners, and homeseekers. As more wagons rolled west and the Pony Express came through, the need for protection increased; in 1849, Fort Laramie was converted from a trapper’s post into a military fort. Down through the years there were skirmishes with the Plains Indians, who sometimes came to the fort to barter and to treat. The peace council of 1851—one of the largest gatherings of tribes ever seen in the Old West—is here described in fascinating detail. Very good. Two light spots on front board. 9. [American History] Ives, Joseph C.; Farnham, Wallace D. Report upon the Colorado River of the West (The American Scene: Comments and Commentators Series) Da Capo Press, New York, 1969. 131, 154, [8], 30, 6, 31, [1] pp. Includes plates and maps. 1969 reissue of 1861 original (Sabin 35308, Howes I92). Includes two fold-out maps in front pocket. From Sabin’s description: ‘This river, flowing between $175 perpendicular walls a mile and a quarter in altitude, is not the only development of this exploration which excites our interest. Lieutenant Ives was the first to give us the results of an intelligent observer of the celebrated, yet almost mythical, fortified villages of the Moquis Indians. Contents: Part I. General Report. II. Hydrographic Report. III. Geological Report; by J. S. Newberry. IV. Botany; by A. Gray, J. Torrey, G. Thurber, and G. Engelmann. V. Zoology (Birds); by S. F. Baird. Appendix. Astronomical Observations.’ Very good. Boards lightly soiled, top page ridge lightly foxed. To order or inquire, call 585-265-9295, e-mail [email protected], or visit www.websterbookstore.com 4 10. [American History] Bartlett, D.W. The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, with a Portrait on Steel. To Which is Added a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin. New York: H. Dayton, 1860. First edition. vii, 354 pp. 8vo. Steel engraved frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln. An early biography of Abraham Lincoln, probably published during his candidacy for the presidency, together with a biographical sketch of his future vice president Hannibal Hamlin. Good. Spine a bit faded, foxed throughout, $175 stain on top corner of 35-page section and bottom corner of first few pages, and someone thought it would be funny to color Lincoln’s eyes and shirt buttons pink on the frontispiece, and trace his face in pencil on the tissue guard. 11. [Automotive] Ford Motor Company The Ten-Millionth Ford Car Ford Motor Company, 1924. A pamphlet commemorating the industrial and cultural importance of Ford automobiles. Very good. Tiny scuff to front wrap. 12. [Cartoons] Addams, Charles Homebodies Simon & Schuster, 1954. 2nd printing. A collection of delight- fully dark comics about The Addams Family. Very good in fair jacket. Jacket creased with numerous small tears and chips along $30 edges. 13. [Christian Missions] Judson, Emily C.; [Forester, Fanny] Memoir of Sarah B. Judson of the American Mission to Burmah: A New Revised Edition with Notes by the Author. $25 New-York: Lewis Colby, 1851. Revised edition, title page states ‘twenty-eighth thousand’. iv, 250, 59 pp. 12mo. This edition incorporates an additional notes section following the text. Author listed on spine is Fanny Forester, title page lists author as Emily C. Judson. Sarah Judson, born Sarah Hall, was the second wife of missionary Adoniram Judson, the first Protestant missionary sent from North America to Burma. Emily Judson (born Emily Chubbuck) was his third wife. Their work with Luther Rice resulted in the formation of a Baptist organization of American missionaries.