The Streeter Sale Revisited, Fifty Years Later

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On the cover: 71. [Francis, Charles Spencer]: Sport Among the Rockies.... Troy, N.Y. 1889. Preface

Thomas W. Streeter (1883-1965) was the foremost collector of Americana in the 20th century. A successful lawyer and businessman, Streeter began to collect actively after the First World War, and continued with unabated energy almost until his death. Within the broad scope of Americana, his interests were diverse. His collection of Texana, the basis for his magisterial bibliography on that subject to 1845, was the finest ever formed. It was sold en bloc to Yale University. His equally comprehensive collection of early American transportation material, especially railroads, was given to various institutions in appropriate regional subdivisions. He retained his main collection, which covered North America from earliest discovery to the close of the frontier in Alaska, with an emphasis on what he called “Americana Beginnings.” Streeter planned that his books would be dispersed at auction after his death. He was well aware that, given the scope and fame of his collection, the sale would be a major event in the world of Americana. He also knew that the catalogue, if properly produced, would be a useful reference tool and a monument to his achievement, and would ensure his lasting fame. Although it was a posthumous event, Streeter’s hand is evident throughout the auction and its catalogue. He took considerable pleasure in plotting the event, and the arrangements he made bore the fruit he expected. The books included in the Streeter sale represent only a portion – albeit the best portion – of his library. The items to be included were selected after his death by the booksellers who were the leading experts in printed Americana at the time: Michael Walsh of Goodspeed’s in Boston; Roland Tree of Henry Stevens, Stiles, then of New York and London; and Lindley and Charles Eberstadt of Edward Eberstadt & Sons in New York. All were to play an important part in the subsequent sale, as well. After they selected 4,421 individual items for the auction, the remaining books were sold privately to Goodspeed’s and the Eberstadts. These included most of his reference library and some books that would merit individual treatment today. At the same time, in the interest of displaying the range of the collection, some items were included in the auction sale which were not of great monetary value. Parke-Bernet Galleries, then the leading auction house in New York, was the obvi- ous – indeed, the only possible – venue. The production of the catalogue was aided greatly by Streeter’s detailed notes and collations, either those contained in a series of loose-leaf binders (now at the American Antiquarian Society), or those boldly written with a very sharp pencil in the books themselves in the collector’s easily recognizable, fine hand. These notes provide the bulk of the commentary in the catalogue itself. The size of the project, the care needed in cataloguing, and a fear of overburdening the market, all suggested that the sale should be held over an extended period of time. In the end, the catalogue comprised seven volumes, and the sale was held in twenty- one sessions over three years, commencing in October 1966 and ending in October 1969. The sessions were arranged in categories assigned by Streeter. The sale began with French and Spanish ventures in the New World, then followed the English frontier westward from Plymouth to Alaska, and concluded with Canadiana, pocket maps, reference works, and a few titles of social, economic, or literary significance. Within individual sections, book were arranged chronologically. Streeter influenced the sale well beyond his contribution to its catalogue. First, his fame as a collector naturally added fuel to the interest the books would have ordinarily attracted. He had been widely active in the world of rare books and rare book libraries, and his friends in those areas were legion. He was equally well liked in the trade. Second, he had provided benefactions to a number of institutions out of the proceeds from the sale. Eighteen institutions received bequests totaling $400,000 to be used exclusively for book purchases at the sale. This had the effect of increasing competition in a number of lots, especially since many of the institutions used the Streeter gifts to raise matching funds for purchases. The prices realized at the Streeter sale remade the price structure of printed Ameri- cana and have served as a baseline ever since. At the time, they seemed staggering to many, who interpreted them as the result of hype and foolishness. Although some prices were staggering, not all were by any means, and when all of the prices are aver- aged, I think they accurately portray full retail figures at the time. The overall results were dramatic – a final sum of $3,104,892, the highest dollar total ever realized by any sale of printed books in the United States up to that time. The individual high prices were eagerly seized on by the trade, who took to offering books with the “Streeter copy fetched x, and my copy is only y” tactic, since of course it was the individual big lots which everyone remembered best. In 1970, when the index volume to the sale came out, the Americana world was divided as to whether it was the beginning of a Brave New World or an epic bender on the scale of the notorious Kern sale of 1929. This is the third catalogue of the William Reese Company to take a backward glance at the Streeter sale. Our first, catalogue 128, was issued in 1993 to commemorate, more or less, the 25th anniversary of the sale and look at the comparative rise of prices over that period. Our second, catalogue 257, came out in 2007, in the wake of the Frank S. Streeter sale. That event, the biggest auction of its kind since his father’s sale, provided excellent price comparisons, especially since Frank held some forty-two books which had also been in the Thomas Streeter sale. The present catalogue, issued twenty-four years after our Catalogue 128, approximates the 50th anniversary of the auction, which had proceeded through the first two volumes of the sale by late 1967. For me personally, the Streeter Sale has long been the yardstick against which I measured much of what I saw and did in the world of rare Americana. I am just young enough not to have attended any of the sales, but one of the first reference works I acquired was a set of the catalogues, with the recently published index, in 1971. My set was partially annotated by an attendee – I have never been able to figure out who – and it immediately gave me the idea of filling out the information on buyers, own- ers, and where the lots had gone as I could acquire it. As I came to know many of the booksellers and curators who had been key players in the auction, I copied their annotations into my set. I also began to note whenever I saw a Streeter copy reappear for sale, or discovered one in a final institutional resting place. My forty-five years of annotations inform the notes at the end of each entry in the present catalogue, giving what I know of the history of the Streeter copy. The Reese Company currently has in stock over 450 titles of which copies appeared at the Streeter Sale, or more than 10% of the auction’s total. Since listing them all would make for too bulky a catalogue, I have picked about half of those to make up the present listing. Of the titles offered here, I can trace the provenance of the Streeter copies for approximately 85%. The remainder went either to order bids or to buyers whom I have never identified. For the great majority, I know at least who the original buyer was, and often a good deal more of the history of the copy. This is also a large enough statistical sample to draw some general conclusions about who the major buyers were, and to compare prices with modern times. As with our previous Streeter Sale catalogues, it is difficult to draw precise conclusions from the prices realized at the auction and current prices. Taken as an average, the books, maps, and imprints listed here would have made a decent long-term investment over the last half century. Individual prices are far less clear. Some “standard rarities” which did well in the 1960s have not performed very well since, and any items where numerous copies now appear online have slowed even more. On the other hand, some areas, such as the American Revolution (particularly the political side of the conflict) did not do terribly well at the original sale but have wildly out-performed since. This is also true of maps, which generally did not realize big numbers at the sale, but have enjoyed spectacular increases since. There was also great variability between sessions of the sale itself – the first several sessions boomed, supported by a strong stock market, while the late sessions in 1969 dragged. Moreover, strong competition on some individual items skewed results. Ultimately, without getting too technical, it is fun for anyone with an active interest in Americana to look at the market then and now. More importantly, this catalogue celebrates the achievement of Thomas W. Streeter, who remains an inspiration to any lover of the field fifty years after his famous sale.

William S. Reese August 2017 Large Paper Copy

1. Back, George: NARRATIVE OF THE ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION TO THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT FISH RIVER, AND ALONG THE SHORES OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN, IN THE YEARS 1833, 1834, AND 1835. London. 1836. x,[2],663pp. plus sixteen plates on India paper and folding map. Thick quarto. Modern three-quarter blue morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Minor rubbing, spine slightly sunned. Minor marginal foxing to plates. Very good.

A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far North and in ethnology. “...Full of details of his commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians...a fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the Arctic expedition” – Streeter. This private expedition was undertaken to search for the second Ross expedition. Back and his party went from Montreal to Great Slave Lake, then overland to the Arctic Ocean. The narrative also contains valuable information on Arctic flora and fauna. A basic Arctic exploration. The Streeter copy sold to parties unknown for $90 in 1969. It was not a large paper copy, but it did have a short letter from Back tipped in. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 851. STREETER SALE 3704. FIELD 63. SABIN 2613. HILL 42. WAGNER-CAMP 58b:1 (octavo ed). TPL 1873 (octavo ed). REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 47 (note). $4500.

A Classic of Early Canada, with Many Plates and Maps

2. Bacqueville de la Potherie, Claude Charles Leroy: HISTOIRE DE L’AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE. Paris: Jean-Luc Nion and François Didot, 1722 [vols. 1-3]; 1721 [vol. 4]. Four volumes. Titles in red and black. [12],10,15-370,[4]; [2],356,[8]; [12],310,[6]; [2],271,[5]pp., with errors in pagination as issued. Frontispiece additional engraved title by I.B. Scotin, twenty- eight engraved plates and maps (twelve folding), including a double-sided plate of music. 12mo. 19th-century roan-backed mottled boards, spine gilt. Very good. Provenance: Society of Jesus, Leyden (stamps on titles).

Rare first edition of an important illustrated contemporary history of the Indian nations in Canada and their relations with the French, including among the earliest printed views in Canada. Claude-Charles Le Roy de la Potherie, also called Bacqueville de la Potherie, arrived in New France in 1698 as comptroller of the Marine and of the fortifications in Canada. His work, published some twenty years before Charlevoix’s great history, provides an eyewitness account and historical record of the region. “Bacqueville’s account is in the form of letters, one of them describing the Cartier expedition and sum- marizing the next century and a half, but the history is mostly of the administrations of Frontenac, De la Barre, and Denonville, and as such is a contemporary account of that great period. The work contains much on the relations of New France with the English colonies and with the Indians” – Streeter. The first volume includes a detailed account of the capture of Fort Nelson. “His letters on the governments of Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, and Montreal offer a fairly complete picture of Canada. The descriptions of places and of the settlers’ way of life, the notes on individuals, the statistics on population and sources of revenue show that nothing escaped La Potherie’s attention and that he wanted his readers to be well informed” – CNB. The second volume is devoted to descriptions of the principal Indian nations and their relations with the French. The author relied on information from Louis Jolliet, the Jesuit missionaries, and Nicolas Perrot, and includes information provided to him verbally and not found in other accounts. The remaining two volumes are devoted the Iroquois wars and of the peace discussions which led to the general treaty of 1701, including extracts from the speeches to the chiefs of the various nations. Among the illustrations are a prospect of Quebec, a view of the taking of Fort Nelson, images of fur traders and Indians, and three folding engraved maps of Hudson Bay, Montreal, and La Nouvelle France. Although described by Sabin as “the earliest views taken in Canada” they are preceded by those of Champlain and Lahontan. Neverthe- less, the engravings provide the best, and arguably most accurate, iconography of the customs and costume of early Native American culture in Canada. As noted by TPL and OCLC, although the first volume contains a gap in pagination between pages 10 and 15, the text is continuous and was issued with at least one cancelled leaf between; the gap in pagination, without the cancelled printer’s error, is found in most extant examples. The Streeter copy sold for $750 in 1966. HOWES B23. FIELD 66. LANDE 21. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 722/10. SA- BIN 2692. TPL 131 (1753 ed). STREETER SALE 120. RICH I:31. BOUCHER VI:22. SIEBERT SALE 11. GRAFF 133. BELL B2. JONES 413. LeCLERC 98. BRUNET 28506. $12,000.

Rare Account of Lower California by a German Jesuit

3. [Baegert, Jacob]: NACHRICHTEN VON DER AMERIKANISCHEN HALBINSEL CALIFORNIEN: MIT EINEM ZWEYFACHEN AN- HANG FALSCHER NACHRICHTEN.... Mannheim: Churfurstl. Hof-und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773. [16],358pp. plus two engraved plates and folding map. Contemporary patterned paper boards, expertly rebacked and recor- nered to style, preserving original leather label. Internally clean. Very good plus.

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 from 1751 to 1768 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 more ferocious Indians, the soil was poor, the water undrinkable and there was no fuel to be had.” The fine and important map was made by the fellow Jesuit, Ferdinand Consak, and is described by Streeter as “most helpful in giving the location of the many Jesuit missions in Lower California. It also shows the route along the west coast of Mexico followed by Bae- gert in going to California in 1751 and his route out in 1768, after the expulsion of the Jesuits.” The top right corner of the territory (present-day Arizona) is labeled, rather ominously, “Los Apaches Barbari.” The excellent plates, which were apparently not issued with all copies, depict male and female California Indians. A prime early account of Baja California, with an important map and plates of the region. The Streeter copy sold to Daw- son’s Book Shop of Los Angeles for $150 in 1968. HOWES B29. HILL 46. COW- AN, p.27. SABIN 4363. BELL B5 (1772 ed). STREETER SALE 2442. BARRETT 129. WAGNER SPANISH SOUTH- WEST 157. MEADOWS, BAJA CALIFORNIA 1. GRAFF 137 (1772 ed). $10,000.

4. [Ball, Sheldon]: BUFFALO, IN 1825: CONTAINING HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL SKETCHES, ILLUSTRATED WITH A MAP OF THE VILLAGE AND VIEW OF THE HARBOR. Buffalo: Published by S. Ball, M.A. Salisbury, Printer, 1825. 13,[1]pp. plus full-page view and folding map. Original plain blue wrappers. Wrappers a bit stained, bookplate on verso of front wrapper. Final text leaf with small hole in lower inner portion, not affecting text. Seven-inch long tear along the right edge of the folding map, intruding at most one-inch into the image. A good copy overall. In a cloth chemise and slipcase.

“The first history of the town of Buffalo and one of the rarest Buffalo imprints” – Streeter. The “View of Buffalo Harbor” and the “Plan of the Village of Buffalo” are believed to be the first copper engravings ever produced in Buffalo. The map was “compiled, surveyed, drawn, and engraved” by Ball and the view, though unsigned, was almost certainly created by him as well. An amateur artist, Ball produced this brief history due to “the growing importance, the great demand, and daily inquiries by strangers for information in relation to the village of Buffalo.” He reviews the history of Buffalo and describes its topography, climate, natural advantages, populace, buildings, and local Indian notables. “One of the most-to-be-prized Buffalo books” – Severance. Only two copies are known at auction since 1922. The Streeter copy was bought by Henry Stevens for $400 in 1967. SABIN 9052. SEVERANCE, BUFFALO IMPRINTS, p.560. STREETER SALE 906. BRINLEY SALE 2943. $2500.

Landmark Map of the Far West

5. Bancroft, A.L.: BANCROFT’S MAP OF CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH AND ARIZONA. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft & Compy. Book- sellers & Stationers, 1873. 32 x 35 inches, with full period color, folding into original stamped brown cloth covers. Covers repaired along spine, corners lightly worn. Advertisement for Bancroft laid down on inside front cover. Expert tissue repairs to splits along folds and cross-folds. Five-inch tear along Utah-Nevada border repaired with tissue, with minor loss of paper. Good.

This is the third, revised edition of what Streeter calls an “important large scale map.” The map shows California and Nevada, plus western Utah and Arizona on the impressive scale of twenty-four miles to the inch. Bancroft shows these western areas with the most accurate detail possible, with completed railroads, proposed railroads, and wagon roads carefully laid down. Also identified are important natural features such as wells, salt springs, buttes, etc. Counties are individually shaded, and the states are outlined in color. The Bancroft publishing house first issued this map in 1864, and there are also editions dated 1871 and (apparently) 1872. Wheat notes that Bancroft’s original map was published in 1863 with the title, Bancroft’s Map of the Pacific States. Compiled by William H. Knight, it “was probably the most important map yet produced by a publisher of the Pacific coast.” Knight’s map is significant for many reasons, not least of which for changing the name of Lake Bigler to Lake Tahoe. Wheat describes the several iterations of the map in detail, and its augmentation over the years, asserting: “The great Map of the Pacific States, originated in 1863 by William H. Knight, proliferated in 1864 into a whole family of notable maps, automatically establishing the rising H.H. Bancroft house as the greatest map publisher of the Pacific Coast. So large in size are these maps and so overflowing with detail, it is utterly impossible to describe their minutiae.” In 1864 Bancroft divided his large map along the 42nd parallel, and this Map of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona is known in editions of 1864 and 1871, before the present 1873 edition. Streeter had a copy with an 1872 date (see lot 3934 in his sale), the only such example that we have been able to locate. The Rumsey collection has a copy of this 1873 edition in a wall map format, as opposed to the present pocket map format. A scarce and important western map. Warren Howell paid the princely sum of $10 for the Streeter copy in 1969. Streeter had bought it from Midland Rare Books in 1946 for $12.50. STREETER SALE 3937. RUMSEY 46. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI V, pp.70-73, 104-106, 272-273; item 1219 (note). $4750. 6. Bancroft, H.H.: BANCROFT’S MAP OF CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH AND ARIZONA. San Francisco: H.H. Bancroft, 1864. Folding pocket map, printed on two sheets joined, full original hand-coloring. Within an ornamental border. Sheet size: 32¼ x 38 inches. Publisher’s blindstamped cloth boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, publisher’s advertisement on front pastedown. Minor separations at folds expertly repaired, very minor losses at intersecting folds.

First edition, first issue of a rare early pocket map of California. An “important large scale map....The map shows the Emigrants Road to California, Overland Mail Route, and proposed routes for the Southern Pacific Railroad in California and for the Central Pacific” (Streeter). The map shows California and Nevada, plus western Utah and Arizona, on the impressive scale of twenty-four miles to the inch. Bancroft shows these western areas with the most accurate detail possible; completed railroads, proposed railroads, and wagon roads are carefully laid down. “All of California and Nevada are shown, along with the western parts of Utah and Arizona....This is the scarcest of the editions of this map. A second issue was published in the same year, with a different border (interlocking leaves as opposed to interlocking Coltonesque metal strips in this copy)” – Rumsey. Streeter paid $5 for this map, and Howell bought it for $20 in 1969. RUMSEY 4819. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 1093, 1219. STREETER SALE 3915. $4500. 7. Barrington, Daines: MISCELLANIES.... London. 1781. iv,viii,557,[1]pp., plus *471-*477, plus two maps (one folding), five folding tables, and two plates. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Good.

A strange ensemble, but the two articles in the collection of the greatest interest are “The Possibility of approaching the North Pole discussed” and “Journal of a Voyage in 1775. To explore the coast of America, Northward of California.” This section, consisting of some ninety pages, was written by Don Francisco de la Bodega and is illustrated by a map of the Pacific Coast of America from Baja to Alaska, with capes named by Bodega marked. Wagner comments at length on the origins of this often inaccurate map. Much of the first article was drawn from information provided by whaling captains. There are several pieces on natural historical subjects, as well as “Ohthere’s ‘Voyage, and the Geography of the Ninth Century illustrated.’” In addition there is an account, illustrated with an engraved portrait, of “a very remarkable young musician” (i.e. Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Mozart). The Streeter copy sold in 1968 for $175 to the California collector Warren Heckrotte, and reappeared in his sale in 2015, where it sold for $1750. HILL 56. LADA-MOCARSKI 34. HOWES B177. STREETER SALE 2445. BELL B61. WAGNER NORTHWEST COAST 674. $2250.

A Legendary Dakota Rarity

8. Batchelder, George A.: A SKETCH OF THE HISTORY AND RE- SOURCES OF DAKOTA TERRI- TORY. Yankton: Press Steam Power Printing Co., 1870. 56pp. Colored frontispiece map. Modern half cloth and paper boards. Very clean and fresh internally. Fine.

One of the earliest works on the Dakota- Wyoming frontier, and among the first locally printed works on Dakota Territory and on gold in the Black Hills. “Batchelder compiled this report in response to numerous requests from acquaintances in the East. The section on railroads, pp.40-43, states that in August 1870, Dakota has not yet a line of railroads, but describes the Northern Pacific railroad which is to pass through the territory, and gives a list of other projected roads” – Streeter. Batchelder was the Sec- retary of Dakota Territory, and this work covers the early history and exploration of the region, Indians, climate, soil, produce, stock raising, mineral resources, and investment possibilities. A “Map of Dakota in Miniature” is the frontispiece. The first letter of each section of text is printed with a large, stylized initial, quite unusual for an early frontier imprint. The Streeter copy was purchased by the Nebraska Rare Book Company for $1100 in 1968. It was acquired by the Reese Company and sold for $10,000. STREETER SALE 2051. HOWES B231, “b.” GRAFF 205. DAKOTA IMPRINTS 73. ADAMS HERD 219 (“very rare”). JONES 1522. BRADFORD 286. $9500.

First History of Nevada County, California

9. Bean, Edwin F.: BEAN’S HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. CONTAINING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY, WITH SKETCHES OF THE VARIOUS TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS.... Nevada, Ca.: Printed at the Daily Gazette Book and Job Office, 1867. vi,[6],424pp. With the advertisement leaf, not found in all copies, inserted between pp.184 and 185. This copy does not contain the small advertisement after p. vi, which, according to Quebedeaux, does not appear in all copies. Contemporary printed paper boards, calf backstrip, spine gilt; rebacked, with most of the original backstrip laid down. Boards rubbed and soiled, worn at corners and edges. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown of William Montgomery; printed label on rear pastedown (“John Howell / Importer/ San Francisco”) and pencil notes in the hand of Warren Howell. Quite clean and neat internally. Very good.

The first Nevada County directory, the first history of the county as a whole, and the first book printed in Nevada County. Bean’s history and directory is quite scarce and contains a great wealth of early material on this vitally important mining region. Bean, who was Nevada County assessor and editor of the Daily Gazette, provides a complete history of the county, along with sketches of the various towns and mining camps, names and occupations of residents, and statistics on mining and other resources. A substantial essay is given over to mining gold from quartz deposits, which, as the author notes, has been the subject of numerous false starts. Besides the general history of Nevada County, there are also descriptions and directories of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Meadow Lake, Bridgeport, Rough and Ready, Little York, Washington, Bloomfield, and Eureka, as well as descriptions of the mines of Nevada City and Grass Valley, and a number of advertisements for local businesses. “[Bean’s] history and directory is, by far, the best-known of all California directories. One of the great ‘standard’ county histories, it is, in the minds of many collectors, dealers, historians and libraries, one of the most valuable – content wise – of all directories published in the United States. Though very scarce, it is also perhaps the most obtainable of California directories, probably because its worth was recog- nized from the beginning, resulting in the fact that copies were preserved in quantities greater than those of other directories” – Quebedeaux. “Notable compendium of early source material” – Wheat. The Streeter copy sold to Goodspeed’s for $120 in 1968. QUEBEDEAUX 36. COWAN, p.170. HOWES B278, “b.” ROCQ 5956. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 13. STREETER SALE 2913. GRAFF 219. HOWELL 50:420. NORRIS CATALOGUE 2833. PLATH SALE 130. $3250.

“...first-hand picture of life in New Orleans...”

10. Berquin-Duvallon, M.: VUE DE LA COLONIE ESPAGNOLE DU MIS- SISSIPI [sic], OU DES PROVINCES DE LOUISIANE ET FLORIDE OCCIDENTALE, EN L’ANNÉE 1802.... Paris: A l’Imprimerie Expedi- tive, 1803. xx,318,[6],[4, errata]pp. plus two colored folding maps. Half title. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, leather label, marbled endpapers. Minor edge wear and abrading to the boards, joints worn. Later bookplate on front pastedown, minimal occasional foxing. A very good, clean copy.

An “entertaining and gossipy first-hand picture of life in New Orleans at the turn of the century....At the end are general accounts of the natural features of Louisiana, its commerce, and other general subjects. Its two colored maps, one of lower, the other of upper Louisiana...are well worth-while” – Streeter. “This resident observer has given a good description of Louisiana and West Florida...[during] the year in which the dominion of this region passed to the United States” – Raines. The work was immediately popular. Two more editions appeared before the 1806 New York translation, with an 1804 German translation as well. The Streeter copy was bought by Goodspeed’s for $375 in 1968. HOWES B389, “aa.” SABIN 4962. STREETER SALE 1530. CLARK II:79. RAINES, p.74. SERVIES 766. REESE, FEDERAL HUNDRED 94. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 23 (note). $3000.

The First History of Virginia by a Native

11. [Beverley, Robert]: THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF VIR- GINIA, IN FOUR PARTS...By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. Lon- don: Printed for R. Parker, 1705. [12],16,[4],104,40,64,83pp. plus additional engraved titlepage, folding table, and fourteen plates. Modern calf, raised bands, with gilt spine, boards, and inner dentelles. A few minor wear marks on rear board. Remnants of bookplates on front pastedown. Internally very clean. A fine copy.

The first edition of the first history of the Virginia colony written by a native historian, and one of the most reliable and informative accounts of the early period. Beverley covers all aspects of life in Virginia, including produce both natural and cultivated, early plantations, and history up to the time of writing. Beverley was a clerk of the council of Virginia about 1697, when Andros was governor. “After John Smith, the first account of this colony, the first one penned by a native and the best contemporary account of its aboriginal tribes and the life of its early settlers” – Howes. “A valuable first hand account of conditions, written by a self consciously American observer of nature, the Indians, political and social life” – Vail. The finely executed plates are based on the engravings found in the first part of Theodor De Bry’s Grand Voyages, a volume devoted to Hariot’s late 16th-century work regarding Virginia. The images are based on the original drawings produced by John White. Seven Gables Book Shop bought the Streeter copy for $300 in 1967. CHURCH 821. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 705/21. HOWES B410, “b.” FIELD 122. VAIL 297. ARENTS 456. SABIN 5112. STREETER SALE 1098. PILLING, ALGON- QUIAN, p.43. $10,000.

12. [Bidwell, Barnabas]: THE SUSQUEHANNAH TITLE STATED AND EXAMINED, IN A SERIES OF NUMBERS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WESTERN STAR.... Catskill: Mackay Croswell, 1796. 115pp. 12mo. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Lightly toned. Very good.

Bidwell defends Connecticut’s claim to the contested lands in the Wyoming Valley, which were also claimed by Pennsylvania. This pamphlet was “especially worthwhile for its discussion of the decision by the Commissioners of the Conferation [sic] made at Trenton, New Jersey” (Streeter) which argued in favor of Pennsylvania. The issue was the cause of great controversy and the subject of a number of publications. Con- necticut finally ceded the land to Pennsylvania in 1800, after the argument renewed by this pamphlet abated. Nebenzahl paid $80 for the Streeter copy in 1967. EVANS 30091. VAIL 1050. STREETER SALE 982. HOWES B431, “aa.” REESE, FEDERAL HUNDRED 56. $1500.

New Sweden on the Delaware

13. Biorck, Tobias E.: DISSERTATIO GRADUALIS, DE PLANTATIONE ECCLESIAE SVECANAE IN AMERICA.... Uppsala. 1731. [8],34pp. including woodcut illustration, plus folding map. Small quarto. Modern paper boards, gilt leather label on front board. Old manuscript note at foot of titlepage. Lightly tanned. Map repaired at fold, with tape remnants on verso. Overall, very good.

The first book by a native-born American to be published in Sweden, containing important information on the establishment of the New Sweden Mission in the mid- Atlantic region and its early work. There is also interesting information on the local Minque Indians. Tobias Biorck was the son of a Swedish missionary who was sent to America in 1697 and founded the Swedish Lutheran church at Christina (Wilmington, Delaware) the following year. “The account contains much significant historical detail and is especially knowledgeable concerning the Indians” – Streeter. The map, engraved by Jonas Silfverling, shows parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Not in Field, and Siebert was apparently unable to acquire a copy. Rare and important. The Streeter copy brought $1300 in 1967 to Nebenzahl. It was bought by the Book Press of Williamsburg, who sold it to a New York collector, who in turn traded it to the Reese Company. We sold it to the University of Delaware in 1987. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 731/24. HOWES B458, “b.” STREETER SALE 917. SABIN 5664, 28916. CHURCH 911. BELL B284. LARSON 98. $4500. 14. Bossu, Jean Bernard: TRAVELS THROUGH THAT PART OF NORTH AMERICA FORMERLY CALLED LOUISIANA...ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES CHIEFLY TO NATURAL HISTORY. TO WHICH IS ADDED BY THE TRANSLATOR A SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF ALL THE KNOWN PLANTS OF ENGLISH NORTH AMERICA.... London. 1771. Two volumes. viii,407; [4],432pp. Half title in each volume. Later polished speckled calf, ruled in gilt, spines richly gilt, gilt morocco labels, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. Near fine.

Bossu went to Louisiana in 1750 as a captain of the Marines. This narrative is comprised of a series of twenty-one letters to the Marquis de L’Estrade describing Bossu’s life and travels in the vast Louisiana country from 1751 to 1762. His ventures ranged from Fort Chartres, in present-day Illinois, to Mobile, and along the Mississippi. His visit to New Orleans took place only thirty years after its founding, and he was able to gather considerable information from the memories of locals. “Bossu wrote well and his letters not only give an interesting picture of life in the Mississippi Valley and the Mobile Country to the east at the beginning of the second half of the eighteenth century, but incorporated also are many sketches of events in preceding years” – Streeter. This is the first English edition, to which Howes assigns the same “b” rating as the suppressed first edition of 1768. “The first volume is almost entirely filled with historical and personal sketches of the Southern Indian Tribes of the present United States” – Field. Almost all of the second volume of this edition is given over to the catalogue of plants, making it an important piece of American natural history. The catalogue, which does not appear in the first edition, was compiled by Johann Reinhold Forster, the well-known German explorer and botanist, based on specimens of North American plants he saw in England and on his translation of the work of the Swedish botanist, Pehr Lofling, describing the plants he collected in northern South America in 1754-56. The Streeter copy sold to Ralph Newman for $250 in 1968. We last saw his copy offered by George MacManus in 1981 for $1350. CLARK II:5. SABIN 6465. SERVIES I, p.32. STREETER SALE 1518. HOWES B626, “b.” MEISEL III, p.349. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE 1825, 4921. FIELD 157. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 11 (note). $4500.

His Rarest Book

15. Bossu, Jean Bernard: NOUVEAUX VOYAGES DANS L’AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE... Amsterdam [i.e. Paris]. 1777. xvi,392pp. plus four plates (one folding) including frontis. Half title. Contemporary half gilt calf and boards, vellum corners. Very minor edge rubbing, internally crisp and clean. A near fine copy. In a half morocco case.

Bossu, an officer in the French army, first came to Louisiana in the 1750s. He travelled mainly in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas, although he ascended the Mississippi as far as the French settlements in Illinois. His first book, not to be confused with this one (as Clark does), covers his first two trips to Louisiana and was issued in 1768. It caused the author a good deal of trouble with the authorities and he was imprisoned briefly; however, the book was a great success and was widely reprinted. The present work, with a slightly different title, is in fact an entirely new book and describes Bossu’s third trip to Louisiana, in 1771-72. His previous trouble with the government probably accounts for the false imprint of Amsterdam, and possibly for the rarity of the book in general. Both Rich and Field remark that this is a “much scarcer work” than Bossu’s more famous volume, a notion which is born out by our experience. The Streeter copy was bought by collector C.R. Sanders for $50 in 1968. GRAFF 362. FIELD 158. MONAGHAN 267. STREETER SALE 1520. HOWES B627. HUBACH, p.13. SABIN 6470. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 11 (note). $2500.

The Rare First Edition

16. Brayton, Matthew: THE INDIAN CAPTIVE. A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF MATTHEW BRAYTON, IN HIS THIRTY-FOUR YEARS OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA. Cleveland. 1860. 68pp. 12mo. Original half muslin and printed paper boards. Hinges tender. Boards a bit soiled, worn at spine ends. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. A few fox marks, but generally clean and fresh internally. A very good copy. In a cloth clamshell case, leather label.

A rare Indian captivity, not in Ayer or Field. Brayton was stolen near his home in Ohio in 1825 and sold to the Pottawatomi, who took him to Michigan, where he lived among the Winnebago, Chippewa, and Sioux. The latter took him west, where he was again sold, this time to the Snake Indians, who adopted him into their tribe. Brayton apparently lived among the Snake on the upper Missouri River, following them to California, where he remained some five years. He describes fighting the Blackfeet in Oregon, as well as his extraordinary thirty-four years of wandering all over the West. He finally reconciled himself to civilization, enlisted in the army in 1861, and was killed at Pittsburgh Landing in 1862. “Extraordinary as the incidents appear, there is abundant proof of its entire truth” – Thomson. “It is quite true that it would not have been possible for Brayton to have made some of the movements described among the tribes named. On the other hand the critics have overlooked the fact that Brayton was taken at the age of seven and lived among the Indians for thirty-four years. He could not read or write, and spoke English with some difficulty....There remains not the slightest doubt that Matthew was a Brayton, and his narrative is, in general, correct” – Wessen. “One of the most remarkable and – in spite of its relatively late publication date – one of the rarest items belonging to captivity literature” – Howes. This account is sometimes attributed to John H.A. Bone, who may have assisted Brayton in setting forth the narrative. An extraordinary account, rarely met with, and hardly ever encountered in an original binding. The Streeter copy sold to Peter Decker for $325 in 1969. HOWES B736, “c.” THOMSON 115. GREENLY MICHIGAN 32. GRAFF 393. STREETER SALE 4272. SIEBERT SALE 994. WAGNER-CAMP 351. WESSEN, MIDLAND NOTES 30:29. $4750. Classic of Early Tennessee

17. Breazeale, J.W.M.: LIFE AS IT IS; OR MATTERS AND THINGS IN GENERAL: CONTAINING, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF THE EXPLORATION AND FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE; MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE INHABITANTS; THEIR WARS WITH THE INDIANS; BATTLE OF KING’S MOUNTAIN; HISTORY OF THE HARPS, (TWO NOTED MURDERERS).... Knoxville: James Williams, 1842. 256pp. Original brown cloth, printed paper label. Light wear and soiling, cloth worn on front hinge, corners lightly bumped. Later ownership inscriptions on front endpapers. Minor foxing. Very good. In a half morocco case.

A most important book, recording in detail the history of conflict between the settlers in Tennessee and the Indians, from 1690 to date, including accounts of massacres, captivities, and depredations; the Cherokee war; Blount’s campaign; the effects of lack of federal military aid for the inhabitants during the wars with Britain; etc. Breazeale continues with a general history of Tennessee, an account of his expectations for future prospects, and a full chapter devoted to the notorious Harpes. “Deserves a place in every Tennessee historical library” – Horn. Seldom offered for sale in decent condition, this copy in especially nice, contemporary condition. The Streeter copy sold to the collector C.R. Sanders for $800 in 1968. HOWES B741, “aa.” AII (TENNESSEE) 44. ALLEN, TENNESSEE IMPRINTS 1850. SABIN 7651. STREETER SALE 1670. SOME TENNESSEE RARITIES 39. HORN, TWENTY TENNESSEE BOOKS 9. $2000.

Martyred by the Yuma Indians

18. Bringas de Manzaneda, Diego Manuel: SERMON QUE EN LAS SOLEMNES HONRAS CELEBRADAS EN OBSEQUIO DE LOS VV. PP. PREDICADORES APOSTOLICOS.... Madrid. 1819. 94pp. Small quarto. 20th-century tree calf, gilt leather label, gilt inner dentelles, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Corners rubbed. Small ink stamp on titlepage. Minor worming, very minor scattered soiling. Very good.

This sermon was delivered at the memorial service of four missionaries martyred by Yuma Indians on the Colorado River in 1781. “The learned sermon is valuable for its extended notes on the history of the late 18th-century Franciscan missions in Sonora and Arizona” – Streeter. It was delivered in 1794 but not published until 1819. The Streeter copy sold to Scribner’s for $125 in 1966. PALAU 35871. STREETER SALE 153. WAGNER, SPANISH SOUTHWEST 174a. $6000.

“...fundamental document on the gold discovery...” – Streeter

19. [British Columbia]: COPIES OR EXTRACTS OF CORRESPON- DENCE RELATIVE TO THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN THE FRA- SER’S RIVER DISTRICT, IN BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. PRE- SENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY. JULY 2, 1858. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1858. 18pp. plus large, colored folding map. Folio. 20th-century cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-stamped cover. Light shelf wear. Institutional stamp at head of titlepage. Internally clean. Very good.

An important collection of thirteen letters and associated documents pertaining to the gold discovery, including several from Gov. Douglas and John Shepherd, governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, including comments on threats from Indians, the influx of emigrants from Oregon and California, disastrous flooding of the diggings, etc. The map, lithographed by Arrowsmith, depicts the length of the Fraser River from Fort Hope to the fork with the Thompson River. “This fundamental document on the gold discovery...is the basis for practically all the guides and other pamphlets on that famous Gold Rush” – Streeter. Nebenzahl paid $100 for the Streeter copy in 1969. TPL 3814. STREETER SALE 3405. LOWTHER 67. $1250.

A Major North Pacific Voyage

20. Broughton, William R.: A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN...PERFORMED IN HIS MAJESTY’S SLOOP PROVIDENCE, AND HER TENDER, IN THE YEARS 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. xx,393,[1]pp. plus three folding maps and six plates (four folding). Quarto. Contemporary three- quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Small tears neatly repaired in gutter margin of several maps. Very good.

“A scarce and exceedingly important work” (Hill), including one of only a handful of 18th-century accounts of Hawaii. A foundation work for any collection of voyages, with important accounts of Japan and the northwest coast of North America. One of the rarest British voyages. “In 1793 Broughton was made commander of the Providence, Captain Bligh’s old ship, and was sent out to the northwest coast of America to join Captain George Vancouver. He sailed to Rio de Janeiro, thence to Australia, Tahiti, and the Hawaiian Islands, and on to Nootka Sound on Vancouver Is- land. Finding that Captain Vancouver had left, Broughton sailed down the coast to Monterey, across the Pacific to the Hawaiian Islands and on to Japan. For four years he carried out a close survey of the coast of Asia and the Islands of Japan. The ship was lost off Formosa, but the crew were all saved, and work continued in the tender. He arrived back in England in 1799 and, until his death, saw much further important service, for the most part in the Far East. This voyage was one of the most important ever made to the northwest coast of America. It is on this document that Great Britain based her claim to the Oregon Territory, in 1846” – Hill. Goodspeed’s bought the Streeter copy for $1100 in 1969, acting for Frank Streeter. In his sale in 2007 it sold for $36,000 to an order bid. CORDIER JAPONICA 457. FERGUSON 389. FORBES 352. HILL 191. HOWES B821. JUDD 28. LADA-MOCARSKI 59. SABIN 8423. STREETER SALE 3500. TPL 36814. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 21 (note). $45,000.

21. Buffum, E. Gould: SIX MONTHS IN THE GOLD MINES: FROM A JOURNAL OF THREE YEARS’ RESIDENCE IN UPPER AND LOW- ER CALIFORNIA. 1847-8-9. Philadelphia. 1850. 172pp. plus advertisements. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, wrappers quite soiled, scuffed, and stained. Scattered foxing and staining (mostly in the second half of the text). Good, in original condition.

“One of the chief sources of authority for the history of that period” – Cowan. Bancroft called the book “One of the most important contributions to the history of California.” Buffum arrived in Baja California in 1847 as an officer in the U.S. army of occupation, and was mustered out of the service in October 1848. The first half of the book is devoted to a description of Buffum’s career in the gold mines, while the latter half gives a description of California in 1849. A former journalist in New York, Buffum gives a vivid account of his experiences. He later served as editor of the Alta California newspaper. “Observing the Gold Rush from its beginnings, he recounted every facet of life including the tremendous non-mining potential of California and the formation of government” – Kurutz. Scarce in the original wrappers. The Streeter copy sold to Dawson’s Book Shop for $90 in 1968. It reappeared in the sale of California collector Roger Larson in 1995. BARRETT 389. GRAFF 472. STREETER SALE 2613. HILL 207. HOWES B943, “aa.” WHEAT GOLD RUSH 28. SABIN 9067. KURUTZ 97. BYRD 7. COWAN, p.83. HOWELL 50:28. NORRIS CATALOGUE 436. ROCQ 15726. $1250.

Burgoyne’s Account of His Defeat at Saratoga

22. Burgoyne, John: A STATE OF THE EXPEDITION FROM CANADA, AS LAID BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, BY LIEUTEN- ANT-GENERAL BURGOYNE, AND VERIFIED BY EVIDENCE; WITH A COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.... London. 1780. viii,140,lxii pp. plus [1]p. entitled “Advertisement,” five partially colored folding plans (two with overlays), and folding map. Large quarto. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Some maps neatly repaired on old folds.

The first edition, in large quarto format, of Burgoyne’s defense of his conduct as commander of the British expedition down the Hudson Valley from Canada in 1777. Intended to cut the New England colonies off from the rest of rebellious America, the expedition ended in disaster at Saratoga, where American forces soundly defeated Burgoyne and forced his capitulation. Herein Burgoyne answers the inquiry of the House of Commons, demonstrating that the forces he was given were not sufficient to accomplish the task. This is the most important source for information about the campaign, illustrated with excellent maps and plans. The “Plan of the Encampment and Position of the Army under His Excelly. Lt. General Burgoyne at Swords House on Hudson’s River near Stillwater...” depicts, among other particulars, the “First and Second Positions of that part of the Army engaged on the 19th of September.” Tipped to the margin of that plan, as an overlay, is a section of a similar map depicting the “Third and Fourth Positions...” of the Army on that same date. The “Plan of the Encampment and Position of the Army under his Excelly. Lt. General Burgoyne at Braemus Heights...” also has an overlay tipped to the margin of the plan indicating the position of Burgoyne’s Army on Oct. 8. On the printed plan beneath the overly is indicated the General’s camp from Sept. 20 to Oct. 7. Sessler paid $650 for the Streeter copy in 1967. STREETER SALE 794. LANDE 69. TPL 503. SABIN 9255. HOWES B968, “aa.” REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 63. $6000.

The Evidence Against Aaron Burr

23. [Burr, Aaron]: Jefferson, Thomas: MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND OF THE EVIDENCE EXHIBITED ON THE ARRAIGNMENT OF AARON BURR, AND OTHERS, BEFORE THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, HELD IN VIRGINIA, IN THE YEAR 1807. Washington. 1807. Two volumes bound in one. [4],332; 222pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt leather spine label laid down. Edges worn. Contemporary ink ownership signatures, imprint on titlepage effaced with ink burn (also affecting the next leaf ), some contemporary ink underlining and marginal bracketing, minor foxing. Still very good.

A nice association copy of this important government report concerning the “Burr conspiracy,” with the signature at the top of the titlepage of Congressman, mayor of Boston, and Harvard president Josiah Quincy. In the Burr conspiracy Thomas Jefferson accused former Vice President Aaron Burr and a host of co-conspirators of treason. Specifically, Burr and his cohorts were indicted for plotting to detach portions of the American West and South, as well as Spanish Texas, from the United States in order to create their own empire. Burr claimed he was simply trying to take possession of forty thousand acres in the Texas territory that had been leased to him by the Spanish Crown in order to farm the land. In the end Burr was acquitted of treason, but the entire affair effectively ended his already faltering political career. In the present work President Jefferson collects and transmits documents and testimony pertaining to Burr and his co-conspirators. The second part of the text also collects various motions of the court during Burr’s trial. “This is the first published report of the trial at Richmond in 1807 of Aaron Burr for treason, and on his trial immediately afterward for a misdemeanor in preparing for a military expedition against Mexico. He was acquitted in each case” – Streeter. Rare in the marketplace. The Streeter copy realized $350 in 1968, to Nebenzahl. STREETER SALE 1680. HOWES B1009, “aa.” SABIN 9429. TOMPKINS 57. $3500.

24. Cabeça de Vaca, Alvar Nunez: [Smith, Buckingham]: RELATION OF ALVAR NUNEZ CABECA DE VACA TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY BUCKINGHAM SMITH. New York. 1871. 300pp. plus frontispiece and plates. Quarto. Contemporary pebbled cloth, paper label. Neatly rebacked, original spine laid down. Bookplate on front pastedown. Text lightly toned, but overall clean.

Published in an edition of only 100 copies. Smith’s translation of Cabeça de Vaca’s description of the first recorded journey by Europeans across North America, recounting his adventures with the Narvaez expedition to Florida in 1527, his capture and escape from Indians on the Mississippi coast, and his later overland journey across Texas before finally making his way back to Spanish controlled lands in Mexico. The original work was the first on Texas, and the first American travel account. Collector C.R. Sanders paid $250 for the Streeter copy in 1966. STREETER SALE 171. $1250.

An Angry Defense of the English Attack on St. Augustine

25. Cadogan, George: THE SPANISH HIRELING DETECTED: BEING A REFUTATION OF THE SEVERAL CALUMNIES AND FALS- HOODS [sic] IN A LATE PAMPHLET, ENTITUL’D AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE LATE EXPEDITION AGAINST ST. AUGUS- TINE UNDER GENERAL OGLETHORPE. London: for J. Roberts, 1743. [2],68pp. Modern crushed green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Lower outer corner of leaf H2 torn, not affecting text; closed tear in upper margin of leaf H4 neatly mended. Near fine.

A defense of Gen. James Oglethorpe’s incursion into Florida against the Spanish at St. Augustine, written by a lieutenant in Oglethorpe’s regiment. During the War of Jenkins’ Ear, Oglethorpe, a founder of Georgia, drew on militia from that colony as well as from South Carolina to attack the Spanish in Florida. He was unsuccessful and his actions were roundly criticized, first in 1742 in an Impartial Account of the Late Expedition, to which Cadogan’s work is a direct reply. That earlier work was written (anonymously) by James Killpatrick, a Charleston physician who served under Oglethorpe, prompting Cadogan to produce what Streeter calls “an angry and not very effective reply.” Cadogan challenges Killpatrick to identify himself as the author of the attack on Oglethorpe, and criticizes Killpatrick’s text, virtually page by page. The appendix reprints correspondence between Oglethorpe and South Carolina officials. The Streeter copy sold for $2600 to Fleming in 1967, who bought it for Joseph Roebling. At the Roebling sale in 1981 the Reese Company bought it for Yale. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 43/46. HOWES C14, “aa.” ESTC T116530. SABIN 9829. SERVIES 370. DE RENNE, p.110. CLARK I:51. STREETER SALE 1126. SIEBERT SALE 575. $12,500.

A Key Work on California in the Mexican Period

26. [California]: COLECCION DE LOS PRINCIPALES TRABAJOS EN QUE SE HA OCUPADO LA JUNTA NOMBRADA PARA MEDITAR Y PROPONER AL SUPREMO GOBIERNO LOS MEDIOS MAS NECESARIOS PARA PROMOVER EL PROGRESO DE LA CUL- TURA Y CIVILIZACION DE LOS TERRITORIES DE LA ALTA Y DE LA BAJA CALIFORNIA. [Mexico City]. 1827. [2],16,11,8,18,44,14,14, [2],9-24,[1]pp. plus four folding charts. Small quarto. Contemporary plain paper wrappers, manuscript title on spine. Wrappers lightly chipped and soiled. Minor dampstaining to several leaves. Very good. In a half morocco box.

One of the most important documents in California history – the result of the two-year study by the official “Committee for the Development of the Californias.” First edition, scarce complete with eight parts. “Covers the ambitious grand strategy of the Junta de Fomento de Californias looking to California colonization and the establishing at Monterey of a commercial capital to dominate the whole Pacific trade” – Howes. The growing Anglo-Saxon population on the Columbia River prompted Mexico to form this Junta. Interestingly, the folding plans advocate a grid layout for land distribution, a very Anglo – rather than Spanish – concept. The pamphlets each have their own titlepage and pagination, and comprise: replies to specific questions as to the extent of the Russian and Anglo-American activity and Mexico’s own establishment there; a plan for the administration of the Cali- fornia missions; a plan for opening Califor- nia to foreigners to encourage colonization there, including a diagram for surveying grants of land (this was the basis for the California land grant laws that remained in effect until the end of Mexican power in California); a similar plan for subsidized colonization by Mexican nationals; a proposed general system of laws for the better government of California; a plan for the province’s rapid mercantile development; a proposed project for establishing direct trade between Monterey and the Pacific, as well as with the United States and British trade in those regions; proposed articles for a private “Compania Asiatico-Mexicana” to implement the above. Although not made directly into law, the Junta’s plans served as a primary document from which the laws of California were drawn. The Streeter copy was bought by Dawson’s Book Shop for $700 in 1968. BANCROFT, CALIFORNIA III:3-6, 21-23. BARRETT 1355. COWAN I, pp.124-36. HOWES C45, “d.” STREETER SALE 2462. $11,000.

First California Constitution

27. [California]: CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. San Francisco: Printed at the Office of the Alta California, 1849. 19pp. Gath- ered signatures, with only a remnant of the stitching remaining. A few small holes in the titlepage, touching eight letters of text (mostly on the Proclama- tion printed on the verso). Text stained and soiled. Chip in lower margin of pp.5-8, touching two letters of text. Withal, a good copy. Untrimmed. In a half morocco and cloth box.

The rare first separate printing of California’s first constitution. “The first appearance of the Constitution in book form and one of the earliest works printed in San Fran- cisco” – Cowan. This copy contains the very rare final signature of leaves issued only with some copies, which comprise a three-page “Address to the People of California” (pages 17-19). The Eberstadts describe these last three pages as lacking from most copies, and it appears that many copies of the constitution were distributed before the “Address” had been printed. The text of the constitution is complete. Section 18 of Article I (the “Declaration of Rights”) bans slavery. “The text was a model of advanced, liberal, and democratic social and political thought” – Howell. California became a state in 1850. One of the most important and difficult to obtain state constitutions, with the very rare three-page “Address” found in only a few copies. The Streeter copy sold to the Carnegie Book Shop for $900 in 1968. They sold it to Chicago collector Harry Sonnenborn, and it reappeared in his 1980 sale, going for $1300 to Heritage Book Store of Los Angeles. They evidently sold it to the Copley Library of La Jolla, California, because it reappeared in the Copley dispersal sale in 2010, selling to the Reese Company. We sold it in 2012 to another dealer. COWAN, p.140. SABIN 9998. WAGNER CALIFORNIA IMPRINTS 37. GREEN- WOOD 124. FAHEY 127. STREETER SALE 2553. EBERSTADT 112:63a. HOWELL 50:46. GRAFF 539. JONES 245. LIBROS CALIFORNIANOS (WAGNER & BLISS LISTS). AII (CALIFORNIA) 89. $13,500.

28. [California]: RESOURCES OF THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. FRESNO, TULARE AND KERN COUN- TIES. TOPOGRAPHY, SOIL, CLIMATE, PRODUCTIONS, RAIL- ROADS, AND GENERAL ADVANTAGES. San Francisco: Immigration Association of California, [1885]. [2],78pp. plus four folding maps. Original printed red wrappers. Wrappers lightly worn. Early ink stamp of real estate agents on rear wrapper and verso of first map. Very clean internally. Very good.

One of the first extensive promotional pieces for the San Joaquin Valley, issued by the Immigration Association of California. This volume touts the potential of the southern counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, from which emanates so much agricultural production. A wide variety of produce is described as being amenable to cultivation, with an emphasis on grapes and deciduous fruits. Three of the maps are detailed por- trayals of the counties. One million acres of government land is available, as are “large tracts of cheap private and railroad land.” Streeter bought his copy from Dawson’s Book Shop for $20 in 1950, and that firm paid $80 to buy it back at the Streeter sale in 1968. “Very rare item” – Norris catalogue. This is only the second copy we have owned in twenty years. ROCQ 16487. STREETER SALE 2994. NORRIS CATALOGUE 3529. COWAN, pp.529-30. $1250.

The Laws of the Diggings

29. [California Gold Rush]: COLUMBIA MINING LAWS [caption title]. [Columbia, Ca.: Gazette Print, 1853]. Broadside, 10¾ x 8 inches, printed in three columns. A bit of light foxing, mostly in the margins. Near fine. In a folding cloth clamshell case, spine gilt.

A rare broadside printing of the laws of the Columbia Mining District in California in 1853, created and enforced by the miners for their own self-government. The seventeen articles all deal with regulations for mining and claims. The first nine set out rules for making and operating claims. The next three address foreign ownership of claims. Article 10: “None but Americans and Europeans who have or shall declare their inten- tions of becoming citizens, shall hold claims in this district....” Article 11: “Neither Asiatics nor South Sea Islanders shall be allowed to mine in this district, either for themselves or for others.” Article 12 sets out a punishment for any miner who sells a claim to an Asian or Polynesian. The final five articles set out rules for enforcing the laws, including the creation of a Miners Committee, and a system of binding arbitra- tion. According to the text, the laws were adopted “at a meeting of the Miners of the Columbia Mining District, held Oct. 1st, 1853...,” and the laws are signed in print by “C.H. Chamberlain, Pres.” and “R.A. Robinson, Sec’y.” “The item is of basic importance...as an example of how the California miners – or men beyond the reach of government anywhere else in our States and Territories, for that matter – banded together and enacted and enforced codes of law for their own protection” – Eberstadt. The Columbia Gazette (which printed this broadside) was, according to Kemble, the second newspaper to operate in Columbia, starting operations in the fall of 1852. The first newspaper in the area, the Columbia Star, apparently printed only two or three issues in October-November of 1851, before the printing press was destroyed by vandals. Greenwood locates only three copies, at the California Historical Society, the Bancroft Library, and the Streeter copy, which was sold at the Clifford sale in 1994. Rocq lists a copy at the Huntington Library. OCLC adds copies at Yale, Library of Congress, University of California at San Diego, Stanford, and DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University. A rare and interesting example of the search for order in the tumult of the gold rush. The Streeter copy sold to Howell for $550 in 1968. It later reappeared in the sale of California collector Henry Clifford in 1994. GREENWOOD 381. ROCQ 15427. EBERSTADT 131:105. STREETER SALE 2735. CLIFFORD SALE 26. OCLC 29876358. $6500.

Scarce Early Guide to Modern Mining Methods in California

30. [California Gold Rush]: THE MINERS’ OWN BOOK, CONTAINING CORRECT ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VAR- IOUS MODES OF CALIFORNIA MINING, INCLUDING ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS INTRODUCED FROM THE EARLIEST DAYS TO THE PRESENT TIME. San Francisco: Hutchings & Rosenfield, 1858. 32pp. Woodcut illustrations after C. Nahl and others. Publisher’s pictorial brown wrappers. Expert paper restoration along spine. Period ink bookseller’s stamp on title (Carswell’s News Depot, Sacramento). Very good.

The publishers write in the prefatory note that they intended to inform the public on “the various modes that have been adopted to extract the precious metal from the earth... by rendering familiar, though correct views and descriptions, everything connected with the immense mining operation of the State. We believe it is the first book of the kind ever published.” The illustrations, many of which appeared in Hutchings Magazine, are as instructive as the text, and though many are signed by celebrated California artist Charles Christian Nahl, artists Harrison Eastman and Warren C. Butler also contributed. Scarce, with only two other examples at auction in the last thirty-five years. Howell paid $110 for the Streeter copy in 1968. COWAN II, p.431. GRAFF 2813. HOWES M639. KURUTZ 444a. STREETER SALE 2839. EBERSTADT 168:121. GREENWOOD 967. WHEAT GOLD REGIONS 141. $6750.

Vallejo Grants Amnesty in California, 1837: The Streeter Copy

31. [California Imprint]: Vallejo, Mariano G.: PROCLAMA. MARIANO G. VALLEJO COMMANDANTE GENERAL DE LA ALTA CALI- FORNIA, A SUS HABITANTES.... Monterey [Ca.]: Imprenta del Supremo Gobierno del Estado a cargo del C. Santiago Aguilar, Feb. 24, 1837. Broadside, 12¼ x 8¼ inches. Contemporary manuscript notation of date in upper margin, as well as a note in red pencil. Old folds. Near fine. In a cloth chemise and cloth slipcase, gilt leather label.

The Thomas W. Streeter copy, with his pencil notes in the upper margin, of a tre- mendously important broadside from the first printing press established in California. Printing began in California in 1834, when Augustin Zamorano brought his press to Monterey. This item was printed by his successor, Santiago Aguilar, but was produced on that first press. In 1836, Juan Alvarado and his “Californio” cohorts, including Alvarado’s uncle, Mariano Vallejo, staged a successful revolt against the centralized authority of the Mexican state. Zamorano, in fact, lost his position as official printer in the wake of this revolution, when he was forced into exile by Alvarado. Vallejo was named the military commander of California, and Alvarado the governor. This broadside was issued while Alvarado was quelling an uprising against his rule in southern Cali- fornia, and addresses fears of a civil war and recriminations against those who did not support the new regime. Vallejo reviews the reasons and objectives of the revolution, and denies any intention on the part of the new government to deport or mistreat any non-Californio Mexicans, promising to protect lives and property. He also reiterates that California is a free and independent state. The provenance of this copy is not recorded in the catalogue of the Streeter sale, but he bought many of his early California imprints from Henry Wagner and from Edwin Grabhorn. Howell bought this copy at the Streeter sale in 1968 for $1200, and asked $2500 for it in his catalogue 50 in 1979. He sold it to the Copley Library, and the Reese Company obtained it in the dispersal of that great collection. We are able to locate only three other copies, at Yale, the Bancroft Library, and the Huntington Library. Examples of early California printing from the Zamorano Press are much sought after and prized by collectors and institutions alike. The significant political content of the present broadside makes it highly important and desirable. STREETER SALE 2485 (this copy). HOWELL 50:238 (this copy). COWAN, SPANISH PRESS, p.22. GREENWOOD 39. FAHEY 39. HARDING 39. $20,000. A California Imprint Recognizing the New Government in 1838

32. [California Imprint]: Vallejo, Mariano G.: EL SEÑOR COMISIONADO POR EL SUPREMO GOBIERNO D. ANDRES CATILLERO, QUE ARRIBO AL PUNTO DE SANTA BARBARA EN LA GOLETA CALI- FORNIA EL DIA 15 DEL CORRIENTE, ME DICE CON FECHA 17 DEL MISMO LO SIGUIENTE.... Sonoma [Ca.]. Nov. 27, 1838. [2]pp. on a 12½ x 8½-inch sheet. Old folds. A few light fox marks. Near fine. In a cloth slipcase and cloth chemise, gilt leather label.

A rare and significant early California imprint, officially recognizing the political regime installed by the California revolutionaries of 1836. In that year Juan Alvarado and his “Californio” cohorts, including Alvarado’s uncle, Mariano Vallejo, staged a successful revolt against the centralized authority of the Mexican state. Vallejo was named the military commander of California, and Alvarado the governor. This broadsheet reports the official recognition by the Mexican Republic of the appointments of Alvarado and Vallejo in those roles. They had technically held those positions “illegally” since the 1836 revolt against the central Mexican government. This copy of the broadsheet does not contain the seal of the Comandancia Gen- eral de la Alta California and the woodcut eagle of Mexico called for by Cowan, and Howell noted that it is likely an “early proof copy, possibly unique.” This is one of only thirteen products of the original Zamorano press printed during its short stay in Sonoma. Cowan writes that “about the middle of the year 1837, for some reason not well known, the press was removed to Sonoma, where it was directly under the supervision of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. Who the printer was does not appear, but during his lifetime the general frequently stated that he sometimes did the press-work himself.” We are able to locate only six other copies of this broadsheet. There are copies at the Huntington Library, Bancroft Library, and Yale. Thomas W. Streeter had a copy, which sold to Howell at his sale in 1968 for $1200 and is now at the California State Library. Robert Cowan located his own copy, as well as a copy in the archives of the office of the United States Surveyor-General at San Francisco. John Howell offered the present copy in his catalogue 50 in 1979, priced $2500, and it now reappears on the market, thirty years later. Rare and important. STREETER SALE 2488. HOWELL 50:239 (this copy). COWAN, SPANISH PRESS, p.25. GREENWOOD 50. FAHEY 48. HARDING 48. $18,500.

The Streeter Copy

33. [California Land Claims]: ORGANIZATION, ACTS AND REGULA- TIONS OF THE U.S. LAND COMMISSIONERS FOR CALIFOR- NIA; WITH THE OPINIONS OF COMMISSIONERS HALL AND WILSON ON THE REGULATION TO ALLOW ADVERSE CLAIM- ANTS TO INTERVENE IN THE ORIGINAL CASES; AND COM- MISSIONER THORNTON’S DISSENTING FROM THAT REGULA- TION. ALSO A LIST OF LAND TITLES PRESENTED TO DATE. San Francisco: Monson, Whitton & Co., 1852. 43pp. Modern half calf and plain paper boards. Text lightly age-toned. Extensive early pencil notes (see below). Very good.

The Thomas W. Streeter copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown and his pencil notes on the front free endpaper. A very significant publication, indicating that from the earliest days the United States government would contest the validity of claims to land in California that had been granted before statehood. California came under American control during the Mexican-American War and attained statehood in 1850. One of the most vexing legal questions in the 19th-century history of the state was the status of lands that had been granted by the former Spanish and Mexican governors. These “ranchos” at times amounted to thousands of acres, and questions of their ownership were quite contentious, despite the provisions of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to respect all Mexican land titles. In 1851 the U.S. Congress created a three-person commission to consider the validity of land claims, each of which would ultimately be challenged by the U.S. government. The list of land title cases at the end of this volume, the first to have been printed, shows that 247 cases were presented to the courts in the year after the Commission was created. “This pamphlet states the first official acts of the land commissioners. The list of land claims at the end gives the names of the attorneys, on which a former owner has penciled in many instances the final action of the commissioners” – Streeter. Of the three original commissioners Harry I. Thornton was a frequent upholder of the validity of the claims against the interests of the U.S. government, and was removed from the Commission in 1853. Not in Cohen or Sabin. This copy was bought at the Streeter sale for $300 in 1968 by Warren Howell, who asked $1000 for it shortly thereafter. He sold it to a private California collector, from whom the Reese Company acquired it. STREETER SALE 2725 (this copy). COWAN, p.374. GREENWOOD 364. $2750.

Founding the Canadian Pacific Telegraph: The Streeter Copy

34. [Canada and Pacific Telegraph]: CANADA AND PACIFIC TELE- GRAPH. RETURN TO AN ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 10 MAY 1846; – FOR, “COPY OF EXTRACTS OF ANY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE COLONIAL OFFICE AND THE AUTHORITIES IN CANADA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PROPOSED TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CANADA AND THE PACIFIC....” [London. 1864]. 16,[2]pp. Folio. String-tied, as issued. A bit tanned, some small chips at the edges. Very good.

The Thomas W. Streeter copy, with his pencil notes on the titlepage. This House of Commons working paper is a continuation of their return dated July 10, 1863, on the subject of constructing a telegraph line to British Columbia and the Pacific. The Hudson’s Bay Company, unsurprisingly, was intimately involved in the machinations for the building of the line. They had made an agreement with the Canadian government to build the telegraph line from the Red River to the Pacific themselves, but when they failed to do so, a group of English bankers proposed to step in and do the job. The papers included herein provide much information on the qualities of the land between Lake Superior and British Columbia, and the need for swift communication throughout and across the vast region. Also included is a memorial from the people of the Red River Settlement, discussing their urgent need for the telegraph. The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $30 in 1969, and was still in his stock when the Reese Company bought the last of it in 2013, and here it is. STREETER SALE 3436 (this copy). SOLIDAY I:1207. LOWTHER 228. $1250.

Promoting Washington Territory on the Brink of Statehood

35. Carrere, John F.: SPOKANE FALLS WASHINGTON TERRITORY, AND ITS TRIBUTARY COUNTRY, COMPRISING ALL OF EAST- ERN WASHINGTON AND THE IDAHO PANHANDLE, THEIR MINERAL, AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL RESOURCES, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE SPOKANE FALLS WATER-POW- ER. [Chicago]: Published by the City Council and Board of Trade, 1889. 40pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling. Very good plus.

An exceedingly rare pamphlet concentrated on the Spokane Falls area of Washington Territory and Idaho. The frontispiece engraving is a dynamic representation of the falls, with a burgeoning city situated behind them. A George D. Smith catalogue in 1921 cited but one known copy, but more have surfaced in the intervening years. Still, a scarce item, printed the same year Washington Territory became Washington State. Goodspeed’s paid $45 for the Streeter copy in 1969. STREETER SALE 3289. DECKER 25:145. SMITH (1921) 602. GOODSPEED 546:602. $1000.

First English Exploration of the Headwaters of the Mississippi

36. Carver, Jonathan: TRAVELS THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF NORTH-AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1766, 1767, AND 1768. London: Printed for the author, 1778. [20],xvi,543,[1]pp. plus two folding maps and four plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original label. Later Scottish bookseller’s label on front pastedown, later ownership inscriptions on titlepage. Minor toning. Very good.

Carver went farther west than any British explorer before the Revolution. He was seeking a transcontinental waterway, but mainly explored tributaries of the Mississippi. His book, however, is often credited with being a catalyst for further exploration, influencing Mackenzie and Lewis and Clark. “A Plan of Captain Carver’s Travels in the Interior Parts of North America” shows the headwaters of the Mississippi, lakes Michigan and Superior, and the land as far west as the Dakotas. The text contains the first mention of the word “Oregon.” Includes material relating to the languages of a number of Indian tribes. A cornerstone early western travel narrative. Sessler paid $300 for the Streeter copy in 1968. HOWES C215, “aa.” FIELD 251. STREETER SALE 1772. PILLING, PROOF- SHEETS 634. SABIN 11184. VAIL 670. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 13 (ref ). $2500.

Vital Account of the 1768 Rebellion in Louisiana

37. Champigny, Jean, chevalier de: ETAT-PRESENT DE LA LOUISIANE, AVEC TOUTES LES PARTICULARITÉS DE CETTE PROVINCE D’AMERIQUE, POUR SERVIR DE SUITE A L’HISTOIRE DES ETABLISSEMENS DES EUROPÉENS DANS LES DEUX INDES.... The Hague: Chez Frederic Staatman, 1776. 147,[2]pp. Antique-style three- quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Occasional light tanning. Very good.

Streeter describes this as the second edition, somewhat rearranged, of Champigny’s La Louisiane Ensanglantee, a work issued with a false London imprint (actually Paris) in 1773. Howes, however, gives the two titles separate entries. “An absorbing account of the trial and punishment of leading French citizens of Louisiana, inflicted on them by Alexander O’Reilly, the Spanish Governor of the province at its transfer from France to Spain after the Seven Years War” – Streeter. Louisiana had been turned over by the French to the Spanish in the peace settlement in 1763, as part of France’s ejection from North America by the victorious English and Spanish. The French citizens of Louisiana resented the weak Spanish government, and attempted a coup against it in 1768. The uprising was put down with vengeance by O’Reilly, sent to establish absolute Spanish authority. This book discusses in detail events from 1762, when the cession was agreed to, through 1771. The Streeter copy was bought by the firm of Henry Stevens for $350 in 1968. HOWES C278, “b.” STREETER SALE 1569. SABIN 11824. $6500.

Surveying California in 1769

38. Chappe d’Auteroche, Jean: VOYAGE EN CALIFORNIE POUR L’OBSERVATION DU PASSAGE DE VÉNUS SUR LE DISQUE DU SOLEIL, LE 3 JUIN 1769. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1772. [4],170,2pp. plus large copper-engraved plan of Mexico City, three copper-engraved plates, and a folding letterpress table. Half title. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, elaborately gilt, expertly rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, leather label. Three bookplates on front pastedown. Small ink library stamp on half title and titlepage, an occasional fox mark, short tear repaired on verso of folding plan. Internally clean. A very good, tall, handsome copy with wide margins.

A rare account of a scientific expedition to observe astronomical phenomena in Cali- fornia. Astronomer Jean Chappe d’Auteroche, who had observed the transit of Venus in Siberia in 1761, was sent by the French government to Baja California to observe it again when it reappeared on June 3, 1769. The transit is illustrated in the plate facing page 96. En route to Baja, Chappe d’Auteroche made stops in Vera Cruz, Guadalajara, and San Blas. “A thrilling account of a race against time to reach Lower California before the transit of Venus occurred. After nerve-wracking delays, which began in Spain, and narrow escapes from disaster, the goal was reached late in May. Two days after the transit was observed a malignant fever spread through the little group and Chappe d’Auteroche, who nursed the sick and dying, took it himself and died on the first of August. Mr. Cowan is quite incorrect in his note on this book, saying ‘this celestial phenomenon was visible only upon the coast of California.’ It was in fact visible throughout the western hemisphere and expeditions to observe it were sent to numerous stations. Also Spain not only knew of the expedition, but in the end co- operated in every way to make it a success” – Streeter. Includes a large folding plan of Mexico City. The Volkmann copy, with his bookplate. The Streeter copy was bought by San Francisco bookseller David Magee for $225 in 1968. COWAN, p.114. HILL 278. HOWES C299, “aa.” SABIN 12003. STREETER SALE 2443. WAGNER SPANISH SOUTHWEST 158. HOWELL 50:40. $6750. A Set of War Department General Orders, 1861-63, with the Emancipation Proclamation

39. [Civil War]: [Lincoln, Abraham]: [COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 400 GENERAL ORDERS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT DUR- ING THE CIVIL WAR, INCLUDING THE EMANCIPATION PROC- LAMATION, TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL GENERAL ORDERS FROM THE NAVY DEPARTMENT]. Washington. 1861-1863. Six volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Hinges cracked but solid. Light wear to spines and boards. Quite clean internally. Very good.

An extensive collection of general orders from the War Department, covering the first three years of the war, and including “General Orders No.1” for 1863, the Emancipa- tion Proclamation. This is the first generally available version of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued, according to Eberstadt, about Jan. 7, 1863. He designates this the fifth edition, following the two State Department issues, the newspaper extra in the Illinois State Journal, and the Circular Letter edition of January 5, all of which are extremely rare (two of them are known in a single copy only). Thus, this is the first obtainable edition of one of the great American state papers. In addition to the most famous of the Civil War’s general orders, this set of orders covers issues of staffing and personnel, including enlistments, promotions, casualties, and pay issues; provisioning and supplying; the formation of military departments; courts martial; and army medical directives. Several orders from the navy are also represented here, including one abolishing forever the naval ration of spirituous liquors. An important source for the history of the Civil War. Streeter had only this printing of the Emancipation, not the set of orders offered here. It sold for $50 to Michael Ginsberg in 1968. EBERSTADT, LINCOLN’S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 12. STREETER SALE 1751. GROLIER AMERICAN HUNDRED 71. $5000.

John R. Bartlett’s Copy

40. Clever, Charles P.: NEW MEXICO: HER RESOURCES; HER NECES- SITIES FOR RAILROAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE ATLAN- TIC AND PACIFIC STATES; HER GREAT FUTURE. Washington: McGill & Witherow, 1868. 47pp. Late 19th-century three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Original front wrapper bound in, with presentation inscription. Extremities worn, old unobtrusive blindstamp on titlepage. Internally clean and nice. Very good.

John R. Bartlett’s copy, with his signature on the front wrapper, and a presentation inscription from the author: “...with the compliments of C.P. Clever.” Clever was a delegate to Congress from New Mexico. In this interesting pamphlet he devotes much space to a description of the mineral resources of New Mexico, finally outlining the importance of building a western railroad from Memphis, through New Mexico, terminat- ing in San Diego, California. A nice association copy, once owned by John R. Bartlett, author of Personal Narrative of Explorations in Texas, New Mexico, California... (1854). The Streeter copy sold to parties unknown for $50 in 1966. HOWES C488. STREETER SALE 466. SABIN 13683. $2500.

Primary History of the Iroquois, Clive’s Copy

41. Colden, Cadwallader: THE HISTORY OF THE FIVE INDIAN NA- TIONS OF CANADA, WHICH ARE DEPENDENT ON THE PROV- INCE OF NEW-YORK IN AMERICA, AND ARE THE BARRIER BE- TWEEN THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1747. xvi,[4],90,iv,91-204,283,[1] pp. plus folding frontispiece map. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label. Light chipping and small repairs to spine. Bookplate of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive on front pastedown. Faint tideline in bottom corner of about half the text. Good plus.

For decades, the only reliable colonial history of the Iroquois, and one which colored British and American policy throughout the 18th century. Lawrence Wroth says this was “almost the only book in English that pretended to give anything beyond the most general information about the manners and customs, history and organization of that confederacy of Indians....” Wroth goes on for several more pages in praise of the book. The first edition was issued in New York in 1727. Streeter notes that only ten copies of this earlier edition are known. This second edition is vastly expanded, the whole second part being made up of Colden’s Papers Relating to the Indian Trade, originally issued in New York in 1724. According to Wroth, about 300 copies of this edition were issued before the substitu- tion of the titlepage with a later date. The map is entitled “A Map of the Country of the Five Nations, belonging to the Province of New York, and of the Lakes near which the Nations of Far Indians live, with part of Canada.” A crucial work. With the bookplate of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, who is credited with securing India, and the vast wealth that followed, for the British Crown. An order bid took the Streeter copy for $90 in 1967. STREETER SALE 868. VAIL 435. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 747/38. SABIN 14273. WROTH, AMERICAN BOOKSHELF, pp.91-95. HOWES C560. PILLING, PROOF- SHEETS 832. $3500.

Important and Rare Account of Whaling in the Pacific

42. Colnett, James: A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC, AND ROUND THE CAPE HORN INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE SPERMACETI WHALE FISHERIES, AND OTHER OBJECTS OF COMMERCE, BY AS- CERTAINING THE PORTS, BAYS, HARBOURS, AND ANCHOR- ING BIRTHS, IN CERTAIN ISLANDS AND COASTS IN THOSE SEAS AT WHICH THE SHIPS OF THE BRITISH MERCHANTS MIGHT BE REFITTED. London: Printed for the author, by W. Bennett, 1798. Stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece of the dedicatee, Sir Philip Ste- phens, by J. Collyer after William Beechey; six folding engraved maps, plate of sperm whale, two plates of coastal profiles. Quarto. Early calf, elaborately gilt, rebacked to style, leather label. Very good.

This account was privately printed for subscription and is one of the rarest of Pacific voyage narratives. It offers a full description of Colnett’s second Pacific voyage in the Rattler, during which he opened up the South Pacific sperm-whale fields and made two visits to the Galapagos Islands. He describes the voyage out via Rio de Janeiro, around Cape Horn, along the coasts of South America and Mexico, and into the Gulf of California. He did not stop at Hawaii on this visit, although the lengthy preface contains references to his first voyage, during which he had an extended stay in Hawaiian waters during the winter of 1787-88. Colnett’s ship, Rattler, a Royal Navy sloop, was purchased from the Admiralty and altered to serve as a whaler. The voyage lasted from January 1793 until October 1794. In addition to the informative and lively text, this work is remarkable for the quality of the maps and plates. The folding plate within the text shows a diagram of a sperm whale, complete with scale and labeled segments, the two folding plates at the rear show coastal profiles of six different locations. The large folding maps show the islands of Felix and Ambrose (on one map), the Pacific Coast of the Americas as far as California (one map), and individual maps of the islands of Revillagigedo, Cocos, the Galapagos, and Quibo. Colnett first visited the Pacific as a midshipman on Cook’s second voyage. Later he made several commercial voyages to the Northwest Coast, where in 1789 his brush with the Spanish commander at Nootka Sound instigated the Nootka Controversy. An account of that incident is also given herein, as is his meeting with the Spanish commander in the Sandwich Islands. “This narrative is particularly important for the part Colnett played in the dispute between England and Spain over claims to the Northwest” – Forbes. The Streeter copy sold for $950 to an order bidder in 1969. At some point it was acquired by Frank Streeter, and sold in his sale in 2007 for $15,600. In 2017 it appeared in the catalogue of a Canadian dealer, priced $18,240. HILL 338. HOWES C604, “b.” SABIN 14546. FORBES 280. STRATHERN 120. STREETER SALE 3494. COWAN I, p.52. $16,000.

Handsome California Map

43. Colton, J.H.: CALIFORNIA. New York: J.H. Colton, 1854. Folding color map, 13 x 17 inches. Tipped into original brown cloth folder, gilt-stamped cover. Bright and clean. With an advertisement for a Colton publication on the front pastedown of the folder. Near fine. In a half morocco and cloth box.

Identical to Colton’s 1853 map of California, save for the new date on the imprint. The map was published in two formats, the present one and that which appeared in E.S. Capon’s History of California... (Boston: John P. Jewett, 1854). It was reprinted again in 1855 for Colton’s American Atlas..., though with some changes and omissions. San Francisco is displayed in a 5 x 5-inch color inset. “This was probably the best-known map of California in the eastern states during the ‘fifties. It was republished annually for a time, with little or no change” – Wheat. The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $50 in 1968. WHEAT GOLD REGION 238, 254. RUMSEY 2885. STREETER SALE 2734. OCLC 8672525. $4000.

Third and Final Draft of the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, Printed for the Private Use of Congress

44. [Confederate States of America]: IN CONGRESS – MARCH 9, 1861 – AMENDED CONSTITUTION – 100 COPIES ORDERED TO BE PRINTED. CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA [caption title]. [Montgomery, Al.: By Shorter & Reid for the Provisional Congress, March 9, 1861]. 29 leaves. Small folio. Later red morocco, bound by the Derome Bindery, elaborately gilt, morocco pastedowns, silk endpapers, t.e.g. Contemporary manuscript corrections, deletions, and emendations in ink by a member of the Confederate Congress. Very good.

Provoked or resigned to secession as the only course by which they might preserve their way of life, and seeing that president-elect Lincoln would never permit the rupture of the United States, the slaveholding states hastened during the winter of 1860-61 not only to secede from the Union but also to form among themselves a viable, defensible nation. South Carolina had seceded from the Union on Dec. 20, 1860, and immediately dispatched commissioners to the other states of the lower South to encourage secession throughout the region. By Feb. 1, 1861, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas had seceded as well; and on Feb. 4 a convention of representatives from the seceded states met in the old state capitol at Montgomery, Alabama, to organize a new nation. As in 1787, when the original thirteen states wove themselves into the United States through a constitution, the South wove itself into a Confederacy by creating their own constitution. In early February 1861 representatives of the seceded states met in Montgomery, quickly approving a provisional constitution, and then moving on to the task of drafting a permanent constitution. The committee tasked with drafting the permanent constitution reported to the delegates on Feb. 26. Three printed drafts, with lines numbered and spaces added between lines to facilitate editing, were issued for the use of the deliberating congressmen between Feb. 26 and March 9, each in turn incorporating agreed-to changes. One hundred copies of the present third and final draft were printed for the private use of the Congress on March 9. Two days later, the Confederate Congress unanimously approved the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America. While clearly modeled on the United States Constitution, the Confederate version sought “to incorporate Southern state rights principles into organic law” (Yearns, p.24). Among other substantive differences from the Federal Constitution, the Confederate preamble eliminated the “general welfare” clause; individual states were permitted to maintain their own armies and navies; the president who was limited to a single, six-year term was granted a line-item veto; Congress was limited in pork-barrel spending by the denial of the ability to appropriate money “for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce”; and there was no ban on plural office-holding. On March 12, Howell Cobb, president of the Confederate constitutional convention, forwarded copies of the final Constitution to the secession conventions of the states, advising them in a covering letter that the new Constitution’s departures from the United States Constitution “have been suggested by the experience of the past; and are intended to guard against the evils and dangers which led to the dissolution of the late Union” (quoted in Parrish & Willingham 2). The Confederate Constitution was ratified by large majorities in all the state conventions, and thus became the foundation of the Confederacy as an independent nation. All of the draft printings of the Confederate Constitution are exceptionally rare. Of the present final draft of the Confederate Constitution, only five copies are known: the Streeter copy was sold for $4250 to Goodspeed’s and now is located at the Boston Athenaeum; a copy in the Virginia State Library; a copy sold at Sotheby’s in 1993 and again at Christie’s in 2003 (where it sold for $220,300); and two others in private hands. The great expert on Confederate imprints, Richard Harwell, wrote: “The Constitu- tion of the new government is an inevitable selection for...Cornerstones of Confederate Collecting. It is the truly representative document of the deliberations at Montgomery and a succinct demonstration of the political faith of the South in 1861, significant not only for its deviations from the old Constitution but also for its general adherence to it.” A landmark document in the history of the Civil War and American political thought. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 7 (2 copies). STREETER SALE 1275. De Renne, A Short History of the Confederate Constitutions (1909). De Rosa, The Confederate Constitution of 1861: An Inquiry into American Constitutionalism (1991). Lee, The Confederate Constitutions (1963). Yearns, The Confederate Congress (1960), pp.22-30. HARWELL, CORNERSTONES OF CONFEDERATE COLLECTING, p.8. $175,000.

45. [Connecticut]: THE RIGHT OF THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY, OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, TO CLAIM AND HOLD THE LANDS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THEIR CHARTER, LY- ING WEST OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW-YORK, STATED AND CONSIDERED: IN A LETTER TO J.H. ESQUIRE.... Hartford: Printed by Eben. Watson..., 1773. 47pp. Small quarto (as indicated by collation and chain lines). Modern half calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco label. Early manuscript note at head of titlepage. Small hole in titlepage from ink burn, costing the “C” in “Colony” in the title and one word of text on the verso of the first text leaf. Four-digit ink number stamped on recto of leaf A2 and lower margin of leaf A3. Very good. Untrimmed.

The anonymous author urges the Connecticut Assembly to support the claim of the Susquehanna Company to lands also claimed by Pennsylvania north of the 41st parallel along the Susquehanna River. The claim was founded upon the 1662 Connecticut charter, and was contested by Pennsylvania, which cited the 1681 charter given to William Penn. This letter convinced the Connecticut legislature but provoked a harsh reply by William Smith of Pennsylvania. Rival factions had battled over the Wyoming Valley region after Connecticut settlers moved there and founded Wilkes-Barre, but Pennsylvania finally gained the title in 1800. “This pamphlet is of importance as being one of the first on this very live issue” – Streeter. The Streeter copy was bought by Nebenzahl for $170 in 1967. Streeter had purchased it at the Edgar sale in 1920 for $67.50. STREETER SALE 702. EVANS 12978. CHURCH 1096. SABIN 15689. HOWES C684, “b.” VAIL 619. COHEN 10735. $1500.

First Constitution of Mexico

46. [Constitutions]: CONSTITUCION FEDERAL DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS, SANCIONADA POR EL CONGRESO GEN- ERAL CONSTITUYENTE, EL 4 DE OCTUBRE DE 1824. Mexico. [1824]. [4],xviii,62,[3],iii pp. plus plate. 16mo. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Wrappers lightly rubbed. Light dampstaining at edges of text block. Minor foxing. Very good. In a folio-size half morocco clamshell box.

This is the first constitution of Mexico as a sovereign state, and the constitution under which the colonization of Texas by Americans took place. “The first constitution for the Mexican Republic under which operated our present southwestern states, from Texas to California” – Howes. This copy is not bound with the Acta Constitutiva de la Federacion Mexicana, as is usual but which Howes does not include in his pagination description of the Constitucion. Scarce. The Streeter copy was bought by Dawson’s Book Shop for $275 in 1966. HOWES E197. PALAU 59642. SABIN 48379. STREETER TEXAS 1086 (ref ). STREETER SALE 211. $6500.

Famous Western Captivity

47. Crakes, Sylvester, Jr.: FIVE YEARS A CAPTIVE AMONG THE BLACK-FEET INDIANS: OR, A THRILLING NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES, PERILS AND SUFFERINGS ENDURED BY JOHN DIXON AND HIS COMPANIONS, AMONG THE SAVAGES OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY OF NORTH AMERICA.... Co- lumbus, Oh. 1858. 224pp. plus six plates (including frontispiece). 12mo. Original cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. Cloth rubbed; corners and head and foot of spine worn. Frontispiece torn and repaired, with some loss to edge of image. Light dampstaining and foxing throughout. Plate six loose but present. Good.

According to Crakes, the text is based on Dixon’s notes, which were found in Santa Fe in the possession of a descendant of Castro Urego, for whom Dixon worked after his escape and until his death. At one time the highly romanticized style of the narrative led to suspicions about the authenticity of the tale, but the consensus today is that the captivity is authentic, although it probably occurred later than the ascribed date of 1806. Quite rare. The NUC locates only three copies. Goodspeed’s paid $175 for the Streeter copy in 1969. HOWES C850, “b.” WAGNER-CAMP 299. AYER SUPPLEMENT 37. GRAFF 903. VAUGHAN 81. STREETER SALE 3065. BRAISLIN SALE 508. $2250.

With Lewis and Clark Material

48. [Cramer, Zadok, publisher]: THE NAVIGATOR: CONTAINING DI- RECTIONS FOR NAVIGATING THE MONONGAHELA, AL- LEGHANY [sic], OHIO, AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS...TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF LOUI- SIANA, AND OF THE MISSOURI AND COLUMBIA RIVERS, AS DISCOVERED BY THE VOYAGE UNDER CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK. Pittsburgh. 1808. [2],156pp. including twenty-eight full-page maps. 12mo. Contemporary paper boards, rebacked in modern calf. Boards worn at extremities. Some light foxing. Very good.

Styled the “Sixth edition – improved and enlarged” on the titlepage, but actually only the fourth known edition, after those of 1802, 1804, and 1806. The first two editions have been found in a few copies only. Cramer’s work is the first navigational guide for the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, which were vitally important commercial arteries at the time. The present edition is the first to contain material regarding the Lewis and Clark expedition, found on the final ten pages of text. The Lewis and Clark material is taken from Patrick Gass’ journal, which was also printed by Zadok Cramer in Pittsburgh the previous year. Included are twenty-eight woodcut maps of various sections of the rivers described. A vitally important work in helping to develop the commerce of the early United States, with a very early account of Lewis and Clark’s discoveries. The Streeter copy sold to Michael Ginsberg, bidding for the firm of J.S. Canner, for $325 in 1967. HOWES C855, “aa.” SABIN 17385. LITERATURE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION, pp.89-94. STREETER SALE 992. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 24 (ref ). $17,500. 49. Cuming, Fortescue: SKETCHES OF A TOUR TO THE WESTERN COUNTRY, THROUGH THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY; A VOYAGE DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS, AND A TRIP THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY, AND PART OF WEST FLORIDA.... Pittsburgh. 1810. 504pp. Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked in matching style, preserving original leather label. Scattered foxing, else very good.

Thomson calls this one of the most interesting works relating to the West. It is likely that this account was edited by Zadok Cramer, from whose press it was issued and who included over one hundred pages of other information on the West gathered by himself, which follows the Cuming narrative. These include contributions by Loskiel, Forsyth, Hildreth, Badger, and Heckewelder, among others. Cuming himself undertook his tour in 1807 and 1808. An excellent account of one of the most notable early trips down the Mississippi to New Orleans and environs. The Streeter copy was bought by collector C.R. Sanders for $160 in 1968. BUCK 71. CLARK II:13. HOWES C947. JONES 739. SABIN 17890. GRAFF 944. STREETER SALE 1325. THOMSON 286. SERVIES 808. $2000.

50. [Dakota Territory]: JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION HELD UNDER AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE AT SIOUX FALLS, DAKOTA, SEPTEMBER, 1885. A.J. EDGERTON, PRESIDENT. JOHN CAIN, SECRETARY. [Sioux Falls, Dakota: Sioux Falls Leader, 1885]. [2],77pp. printed in double columns. Quarto. Later pebbled cloth. Internally clean and fresh. Near fine.

The statehood movement in Dakota Territory began in the late 1870s and proceeded fitfully for the next few years, with those in the northern part of the territory, as well as Democrats, generally opposing statehood, and Republicans and those in the south generally in support of the movement. The result of this 1885 convention was a com- promise, framing a constitution and providing for the election of state officers, but not making any provisions that might offend the federal Congress in Washington when it considered statehood for the territory. The constitution that emerged from this 1885 convention, however, was the same one (with very minor changes) that was adopted in 1889 when South Dakota became a state. The constitution itself is printed on pages 60-77, the names and home counties of the 111 delegates to the convention are also given, and the daily proceedings of the convention are related in minute detail. This official journal of the proceedings of the 1885 Constitutional Convention, then, is one of the earliest printings of the South Dakota constitution. We can locate a total of thirteen institutional copies of this scarce account of the 1885 journal of the Dakota Territory convention. Ralph Newman bought the Streeter copy in 1968 for $450, for the Chicago collector Harry Sonnenborn. At his sale in 1980 it sold to John Jenkins for $300. It later appeared in a Randall House catalogue in 1994, priced $750. ALLEN, DAKOTA 336. STREETER SALE 2079. OCLC 8127560. $2250. A History of the California Gold Regions

51. DeGroot, Henry: RECOLLECTIONS OF CALIFORNIA MINING LIFE. PRIMITIVE PLACERS AND THE FIRST IMPORTANT DIS- COVERY OF GOLD. THE PIONEERS OF THE PIONEERS – THEIR FORTUNE AND THEIR FATE. WRITTEN FOR THE MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS. San Francisco. 1884. 16pp., printed in double columns, with five full-page illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers. Wrappers lightly worn and lightly soiled. Two brief notes on verso of front wrapper (one in pencil, one in ink). Very clean internally. About very good overall.

Henry DeGroot was a journalist with the New York Tribune when he was sent to report on the gold discoveries in 1848. Rather than giving a personal account of his own experiences, however, DeGroot presents a very useful history of gold discoveries in California in 1848 and 1849. Other sections consider why John Fremont failed to discover gold earlier in the 1840s, and why many of the early pioneers failed to attain wealth. The illustrations are by the great Gold Rush artist, Charles Nahl. The front wrapper shows a miner panning for gold, and the rear wrapper illustrates a quartz mill. Other illustrations show Sutter’s Mill and other mining camps, as well as various mining methods. Ximenes bought the Streeter copy for $50 in 1968. It is now in the DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University. KURUTZ 175. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 56. STREETER SALE 2985. HOWES D220 (ref ). COWAN, p.162. ROCQ 15772. NORRIS CATALOGUE 948. $2250.

52. [Delavan, James]: NOTES ON CALIFORNIA AND THE PLACERS: HOW TO GET THERE, AND WHAT TO DO AFTERWARDS. By One Who Has Been There. New York. 1850. [3]-128pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Front wrapper, titlepage, two plates, and final text leaf provided in facsimile, else very good, internally clean and tightly bound.

A decent copy (though with the titlepage, final two pages, and plates in facsimile) of a gold rush rarity. Delavan travelled to California via Panama, made a quick fortune in the mines, and saw quite a bit of the rest of the region, including San Francisco and Sacramento. “This is one of the earliest diaries kept by an actual Gold Hunter and gives an unusually frank and detailed account of daily life at the diggings. Delavan was one of the original Feather River Party of ’49 and struck it rich at Rocky Bar, where in less than three weeks he took out over 100 pounds of the yellow metal. His book describes the trip to California – the San Francisco of 1849; extravagant prices; the Gaming Halls; the fortunes won and lost; life and observations in Benicia; Em- barcadero (Sacramento); Sutter’s Fort; Culloma (sic); Mormon Island; Volcano Bar; Spanish Bar; Kelsey’s Bar; Feather River; North Fork; Rector’s Bar; San Joaquin; Stockton; Monterey, etc. Other sections of the book deal with the ‘Code Lynch,’ the Oregon immigration; the Indian Tribes; their depredations, etc.; methods of mining; traders and trading posts; kaleidoscopic conditions; manners and customs; routes; and advice to emigrants” – Eberstadt. “One of the most spirited accounts of the journey to California and life in the mines” – Kurutz. Very scarce on the market, with only the Clifford-Volkmann copy having appeared at auction in recent times ($18,400 at the Volkmann sale in February 2005). A wounded copy of a major gold rush rarity. Not an exact comparison, given the imperfect nature of the copy offered here. The Streeter copy sold to the Carnegie Book Store, bidding for the Clements Library, for $600 in 1968. KURUTZ 183a. HOWES D237, “b.” GRAFF 1044. COWAN, p.164. ROCQ 15773. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 58. STREETER SALE 2628. CLIFFORD SALE 33. SABIN 10036. DECKER 23:95. EBERSTADT 104:38. $1750.

Fine California Gold Mining Prospectus

53. [Delavan, James]: ROCKY-BAR MINING COMPANY, CALIFORNIA. CIRCULAR, ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, RESOLUTIONS, etc. 1850 [wrapper title]. [New York. 1850]. 12pp. Original blue wrappers printed in gold. Old vertical center fold, a few light fox marks, else very good and fresh. In a half cloth and paper archival folder.

An early and quite rare California mining stock promotion prospectus. The Rocky-Bar Mining Company was organized in July 1849 as an association of forty miners digging for gold on the Big-Bar on the middle fork of the American River, some seventy miles from Sacramento. From the text:

The Rocky and the Big Bars are considered by the old miners as the richest, or to say the least, among the very richest portions of the gold region in California.... It is in the first place freely admitted, that all calculations heretofore made on this subject, are wholly speculative. It is however not impossible that the wildest estimates may be fully realized.

“Over 100 pounds of gold were taken out of the river in less than three weeks. President Philo D. Mickles and Secretary James Delavan wrote the first segment. It is dated November 4, 1850. Delavan...contributed the remainder of the text. Included are two resolutions, dated July 22, 1850, from Big-Bar, and July 29, 1850, from Sacramento City” – Kurutz. Delavan, whose name appears in print at the end of this report, was the author of Notes on California and the Placers (1850), in which he recounts his experiences of 1849 as part of the Feather River Party. “In this scarcely known brochure Delavan gives his narrative of the little band of miners, consisting of himself and 39 others, who went up the Feather River in 1849 and took out upwards of 100 pounds of gold in less than three weeks. Of the forty who started out, only twenty-five were able to withstand the hardships involved, during which they suffered ‘everything but death itself from privation, disease and sickness’” – Eberstadt. Wheat refers to the Rocky- Bar Mining Company as “the first organized project for mining quartz in California.” The only published California mining promotion preceding this was the report of the American Quicksilver Company of California. Handsomely printed. This is the Jay Snider copy, with his bookplate on the inside front cover of the archival folder. The Streeter copy sold to Howell for $150 in 1968. HOWELL 104 (this copy). COWAN, p.539. VAIL, p.22. SABIN 72456. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 58 (note). KURUTZ 541. STREETER SALE 2645. EBERSTADT 104:39. RANDALL 413. $6000.

A Famous Classic of Shipwreck Narratives and Indian Captivities

54. Dickenson, Jonathan: GOD’S PROTECTING PROVIDENCE, MAN’S SUREST HELP AND DEFENCE IN TIMES OF THE GREATEST DIFFICULTY, AND MOST EMINENT DANGER. EVIDENCED IN THE REMARKABLE DELIVERANCE OF ROBERT BARROW, WITH DIVERS OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE DEVOURING WAVES OF THE SEA; AMONGST WHICH THEY SUFFERED SHIPWRACK [sic]: AND ALSO FROM THE CRUEL DEVOURING JAWS OF THE INHUMANE CANNIBALS OF FLORIDA. London: T. Sowle, 1700. [10],89pp. Small octavo. Contemporary calf, tooled in blind. Hinges, spine, and corners rubbed. Endpapers renewed. Text tanned, with some minor dampstaining. Trimmed close in places, but without any loss. A very good copy in original condition. In a half morocco box.

The exceedingly rare second edition, following the unobtainable Philadelphia 1699 edition, of this important Florida captivity narrative. “The author was a Quaker mer- chant who, with his wife and young son, together with Robert Barrow, a Quaker missionary, and others aboard the ship Ref- ormation, were cast ashore in August, 1696, during a trip from Port Royal to Philadel- phia. The party was seized by Indians near Jupiter Island, robbed of their possessions, but allowed to make their way on foot to St. Augustine, 200 miles distant. They were befriended by the Spaniards who sent them on their way to Charleston” – Servies. The journal ends with the death of Robert Bar- row after the group’s arrival at Philadelphia. “This book has more literary merit than most of the travel accounts of the period.... The author gives a clear account of the Indians of Florida and their customs, describes the city of St. Augustine and its fortifications, and gives one of the best accounts we have of the coast from St. Augustine to Charleston” – Clark. There are two issues of this London 1700 edition: one with eighty-nine pages, as in this copy; and another with eighty-five pages. Vail gives priority to this eighty- nine-page issue. Of the Philadelphia 1699 edition (and this London edition as well) of Dickenson’s narrative, Field says: “it is certainly one of the rarest gems of the book collector. A perfect copy would be eagerly seized by half a score of this class at any price....The second edition is almost equally rare, at least I have never seen, or indeed known of a copy.” “This edition of this popular Indian captivity is almost as rare as the first edition” – Streeter. The Siebert copy brought $26,000 plus the auction house premium in 1999, purchased by this firm for a customer. The Streeter copy sold to an order bid for $375 in 1967. VAIL 284. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 700/79. SABIN 20015. AYER 65. CLARK I:73. HOWES D317, “b.” HUNTRESS 11 (for the 1699 ed). VAUGHAN 91. STREETER SALE 1176. FIELD 427 (note). SERVIES 237. SIEBERT SALE 430. WING D1390. $30,000.

55. Doddridge, Joseph: NOTES, ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS, OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVA- NIA, FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE. TOGETHER WITH A VIEW, OF THE STATE OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE WESTERN COUN- TRY. Wellsburgh, Va.: Printed...for the Author, 1824. [4],316pp. Contemporary mottled calf, leather label. Tanned, some minor staining, a few marginal tears expertly repaired. Very good.

“Classic on the life of the first settlers beyond the Alleghenies. Doddridge’s parents moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, then a wilderness, in 1773, when he was four years old, so he knew by family tradition and actual experience the frontier life he describes so well” – Streeter. “...A striking picture of the life, times and manners of the early frontiersmen” – Church. All authorities agree on the remarkable nature of this book, not only for facts, but for its insight into frontier life. With references to numerous Indian captivities, detailed by Ayer. Ximenes Rare Books bought the Streeter copy for $100 in 1968. HOWES D390, “aa.” STREETER SALE 1334. CHURCH 1327. SABIN 20490. FIELD 437. VAUGHAN 94. THOMSON 331. AYER 74. $1500.

56. Drake, Daniel: NATURAL AND STATISTICAL VIEW, OR PICTURE OF CINCINNATI AND THE MIAMI COUNTRY, ILLUSTRATED BY MAPS. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE LATE EARTHQUAKES, THE AURORA BOREALIS, AND SOUTH-WEST WIND. Cincinnati. 1815. 251,[4]pp. plus two folding maps. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards. Folding plan of Cincinnati with tears at two folds, with a small bit of loss in each case. Scattered foxing throughout. Very good.

Divided into seven sections: I. Geographical and Historical Introduction, II. Physical Topography, III. Civil Topography, IV. Political Topography, V. Medical Topography, VI. Antiquities, and VII. Conclusion. “The work is almost entirely original, and has been drawn upon largely by all subsequent writers on the subject” – Thomson. The maps are a plan of Cincinnati and a map of Miami County. This is one of the most notable and important early Ohio books. Goodspeed’s bought the Streeter copy for $125 in 1968. HOWES D465, “aa.” SABIN 20822. STREETER SALE 1355. THOMSON 346. $1450.

With a Section of Text Not Found in Earlier Editions

57. Drake, Sir Francis: LE VOYAGE CURIEUX, FAICT AUTOUR DU MONDE, PAR FRANÇOIS DRACH.... Paris: Antoine Robinot, 1641. [8],230pp. Engraved title vignette. Handsome 18th-century tree calf, gilt leather label. Small contemporary ink notation at bottom of titlepage, minor worming. Very good.

The third French edition of the narrative of Drake’s circumnavigation of the globe in 1577-80, originally published in the first edition of 1589 of Hakluyt’s Voyages... as a supplement to the text. “The translation into French by F. de Louvencourt, Sieur de Vauchelles...the work has been ascribed to one Francis Petty, but...it was in fact compiled, probably by Hakluyt, from several briefer eyewitness accounts, one being Francis Fletcher’s original narrative” – Kraus. Both the 1613 and 1627 French editions are of the greatest rarity and are virtually unobtainable. Streeter had a copy of the present edition, which was bought by Kraus at the Streeter sale and now resides with Kraus’ Drake collection at the Library of Congress. This copy does not contain the map, as is the case with virtually all copies. Only seven or eight copies of the map are known. At the DuPont sale at Christie’s in Oc- tober 1991 a copy of the 1627 edition with the map sold for $71,500. This edition does include a portion of text not present in the earlier editions. According to Wagner, the “second part” added here is “pure fiction,” an interesting example of the popular demand for Drake’s exploits, as well as the subtle melding of fact and myth. It recounts Drake’s supposed activities after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. This copy is bound with a 1642 edition of Las Casas’ Histoire des Indes Occidentales... printed in Lyon. Not a particularly rare edition of Las Casas, but a suitable contemporary companion to the 1641 Drake. H.P. Kraus bought the Streeter copy for $4750 in 1966. He later gave it, with the rest of his Drake collection, to the Library of Congress. SABIN 24806. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 641/151. WAGNER SPANISH SOUTH- WEST 9d. KRAUS, DRAKE 44. STREETER SALE 38. JCB (3)II:292. $4500.

A Major Louisiana Rarity

58. Dubroca, Louis: L’ITINÉRAIRE DES FRANÇAIS DANS LA LOUI- SIANE. Paris: Dubroca, Fuchs, Veuve Deveaux, and Rondonneau, 1802. [4], 104pp. plus large folding map (partially handcolored). 12mo. Early 19th-century marbled boards. Contemporary ownership inscription dated Paris, 1804 on titlepage. Some light toning and soiling, heavier to first and last leaf. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth slipcase.

First edition of this exceedingly rare French imprint promoting the possession of Loui- siana in the early 19th century. It was published during the brief return of France’s control of the territory between the Spanish and American periods of ownership between March and December 1803. The large folding map, “Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi avec les Colonies Anglaises,” is a revised version of Guillaume Delisle’s map first published in 1718. The work includes a history and description of the colony, a description of the natives of the area and their customs, and the state of commerce in the region. Dubroca, who evidently published the work himself, argues for a much greater French presence in Louisiana. The Streeter copy was bought by Nebenzahl for $1500 in 1968. SABIN 21028. HOWES D526, “b.” STREETER SALE 1572. SIEBERT SALE 682. $13,500.

A Great Louisiana Rarity: The Siebert Copy

59. [Dumont, Georges Marie]: MÉMOIRES HISTORIQUES SUR LA LOUISIANE, CONTENANT CE QUI Y EST ARRIVE DE PLUS MEMORABLE DEPUIS L’ANNEE 1687.... Paris: J.B. Bauche, 1753. Two volumes. Six engraved folding plates (three with two images), and a folding map of Louisiana. Half titles. Contemporary marbled paper covered boards, rebacked with calf, original black morocco labels, pink endpapers. Uncut on two sides. Very good. Provenance: Frank T. Siebert (his sale Sotheby’s New York, 28 October 1999, lot 674).

A rare and important early history of French Louisiana. “One of the best contemporary histories of French Louisiana, based on the author’s twenty-five-year residence in the colony as an army officer, engineer, and planter. The first volume describes the natural history and life of the inhabitants, Europeans and Indians; and the second volume is devoted to the military and political history of the colony from about 1717 to 1740, especially the Indian wars. Dumont’s work is the first reliable account of much of Louisiana” – Streeter. This work contains the important account of Moncacht-Apé, the Yazoo Indian whose narrative is the first of an overland trip up the Missouri River to the Pacific Northwest Coast. The engraved plates depict four different tree specimens, while the wonderful plans show New Orleans and Fort Rozalie des Natchez, as well as a typical Louisiana house plan. The handsome folding map of Louisiana notes the different Indian tribes and villages in the region. This is one of the few reliable firsthand accounts of French Louisiana in the mid- 18th century, and far rarer than the works of Bossu or Le Page du Pratz, the other cornerstones of the time and place. From the famed library of Frank T. Siebert: this is the only copy to appear at auction in the last fifteen years. The Streeter copy sold to Chicago dealer Ralph Newman for $550 in 1966. HOWES L250, “b.” FIELD 463. SABIN 9605. STREETER SALE 125. GRAFF 1173 RADER 1233 EBERSTADT 123:25. SIEBERT SALE 641. JCB (1)III:996. $10,000. 60. Dwinelle, John W.: THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO: BEING A SYNTHETIC ARGUMENT IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTH- ERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR FOUR SQUARE LEAGUES OF LAND CLAIMED BY THAT CITY. San Francisco: Towne & Bacon, 1863. [4],102,[2],115pp. plus frontispiece map (here in two copies). Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, with some repair along inner portion of front wrapper. 19th-century library association bookplate on front free endpaper. Neat repairs along fore-edge of maps. Else good. In a half morocco box.

The scarce first edition of Dwinelle’s essential California work, especially desirable in the original printed wrappers, as here. This copy bears an inscription on the front wrapper: “Joseph Bell Esq. Albany, N.Y. with the compliments of G.W. Bell, Supt. 8 Dist. San Francisco.” G.W. Bell was a well-regarded assayer and Wells Fargo agent in San Francisco, and the first president of San Francisco’s Olympic Club. The wrappers betray the origins of Dwinelle’s work as a legal brief for the case of “The City of San Francisco vs. The United States,” with John W. Dwinelle being the counsel for the claimant. This extensive brief is also a historical account of the city of San Francisco, and confirmed the city’s claim to four leagues of “Pueblo Lands,” as defined by the Land Commission Act. Dwinelle’s history is a great storehouse of information on the beginnings of San Francisco, with printings of a large number of documents which are now either inaccessible or destroyed. The map of “The Peninsula of San Francisco” is present here in two copies. The Streeter copy of the first edition, also in original printed wrappers and with a presentation inscription from Dwinelle to John Hittell, brought $300 to Nebenzahl in 1968. HOWES D614, “b.” ZAMORANO 80, 32. COWAN, p.189. HOWELL 50:782. SABIN 21573 (listing only the 3rd and 4th eds). STREETER SALE 2879. HOLLIDAY SALE 331. NORRIS CATALOGUE 1023. $3750.

61. Edwards, Samuel E.: THE OHIO HUNTER: OR A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE FRONTIER LIFE OF SAMUEL E. EDWARDS, THE GREAT BEAR AND DEER HUNTER OF THE STATE OF OHIO. Battle Creek. 1866. 240pp., including chapter tail pieces. Portrait. 12mo. Original blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Cloth faded, rubbed, and edgeworn, chipped at spine ends. Scattered light foxing. A good plus copy. In a half morocco box.

One of the rarest Ohio and Michigan books. “The Ohio Hunter is endlessly fascinating, for while some of the episodes are close to fancy, most of them are probably based on fact, if not wholly accurate. Many of Edwards’ adventures occurred in Michigan” – Graff. “One of the most fascinating accounts of the life of a frontier hunter in print” – Clements Library. One of the best accounts of this period, and certainly one of the most readable. The Streeter copy brought $350 to Nebenzahl in 1969. It is now in the Indiana Historical Society. BAY, p.324. GRAFF 1217. HOWES E70, “b.” JONES 1493. GREENLY, MICHIGAN 112. THOMSON 367. SABIN 56983. CLEMENTS LIBRARY, 100 MICHIGAN RARI- TIES 93. STREETER SALE 4091. PHILLIPS, SPORTING BOOKS, p.108. $2250. 62. Ellis, Henry: A VOYAGE TO HUDSON’S-BAY, BY THE DOBBS GAL- LEY AND CALIFORNIA, IN THE YEARS 1746 AND 1747, FOR DIS- COVERING A NORTH WEST PASSAGE; WITH AN ACCURATE SURVEY OF THE COAST, AND A SHORT NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY. TOGETHER WITH A FAIR VIEW OF THE FACTS AND ARGUMENTS FROM WHICH THE FUTURE FIND- ING OF SUCH A PASSAGE IS RENDERED PROBABLE. London. 1748. xxviii,336pp. plus folding map and nine plates (five of them folding and most with two images per plate). Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards, rebacked in cloth. Some tanning, occasional dust soiling or light foxing. Good.

“The first part contains a synopsis of twenty-three English voyages to discover the Northwest Passage, a history of the rise of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and the discovery attempted from New England. The second part gives an account of a voyage under Captains Moor and Francis Smith, financed by private subscription, with Arthur Dobbs the leading subscriber. Ellis, also a subscriber, was hydrographer, surveyor, and mineralogist on the expedition, which proved, finally, the nonexistence of a Northwest Passage from Hudson Bay. The voyage led to a rapid decline of British interest in the search for a Northwest Passage, which was not revived until 1816. The work includes many valuable observations on tides, on the vagaries of the compass, and on the customs of the Eskimos, people then practically unknown” – Hill. The attractive plates depict Eskimos canoeing and hunting seals; birds, fish, mammals, and animals of the area, including the horned owl, pelican, wolverine, porcupine, white bear, sea horse, whale, and sea unicorn; and views of Douglas Harbor, Wager Bay, Cape Walsingham, and the Island of Resolution, among others. Maggs bought the Streeter copy for $100 in 1969. It later reappeared at the Wolf- gang Herz sale in 2009, where it realized $3000 to an online bidder. STREETER SALE 3642. SABIN 22312. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 748/59. HILL 540. TPL 207. $1750.

Pioneering Work on Minnesota Territory

63. Emerson, Charles L.: RISE AND PROGRESS OF MINNESOTA TER- RITORY. INCLUDING A STATEMENT OF THE BUSINESS PROS- PERITY OF SAINT PAUL; AND INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES IN THE TERRITORY, etc., etc., etc. Saint Paul: Published by C.L. Emer- son, Minnesota Democrat Office, 1855. iv,[4],64pp. Quarto. Original printed front wrapper bound into modern polished limp black calf (lacks rear wrapper). Text dampstained, some pencil notes. First leaf (advertisements) with 25% loss to upper portion. Good. In a half morocco and cloth box.

Emerson, an early Minnesota land surveyor and civil engineer, obtained an intimate knowledge of Minnesota country and its pioneers through his professional travels. This interesting work provides a history of the settlement of Minnesota Territory from 1838 onward, as well as a directory of merchants, printing presses, lawyers, land agents, physicians, clergymen, hotels and taverns, traders, fur dealers, and even two artists. A table of distances is included for the potential settler, as well as several pages of local advertising matter. Very rare. Howes notes only four known copies, but OCLC currently locates eight copies. The Streeter copy sold to Goodspeed’s for $200 in 1968. MINNESOTA IMPRINTS 84. GRAFF 1245. HOWES E138, “b.” SABIN 49306. STREETER SALE 1965. EBERSTADT 133:646. $2750.

64. Farnham, Thomas J.: TRAVELS IN THE GREAT WESTERN PRAI- RIES, THE ANAHUAC AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AND IN THE OREGON TERRITORY. London: Richard Bentley, 1843. Two volumes. [iii]-xxiii,297; [iii]-viii,315pp. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather label. Light wear to corners and spines, boards rubbed; some light dampstaining to binding. Ownership markings on front endpapers, some blacked out; old library ink stamps on titlepages and second leaves in each volume. Some pencil notations to text, otherwise internally clean. Good plus.

The first English edition, after the first American edition of 1841. An important early account of the Oregon country. The author went overland in 1839, going to Bent’s Fort and then north to the Oregon Trail. After a brief sojourn during which he gathered materials, he sailed for home via the Sandwich Islands. The book became an effective propaganda piece for boosters of American control of Oregon. Often reprinted, Howes considers this edition to be the best. Seven Gables bought the Streeter copy for $90 in 1969. WAGNER-CAMP 84. HOWES F50, “aa.” STREETER SALE 3351. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 78 (ref ). $2750.

The First Cincinnati Directory

65. [Farnsworth, Oliver]: THE CINCINNATI DIRECTORY, CONTAIN- ING THE NAMES, PROFESSION AND OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED; WITH THE NUMBER OF THE BUILDING OCCUPIED BY EACH. ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF ITS OFFICERS, POPULATION, INSTI- TUTIONS AND SOCIETIES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, MANUFAC- TURES, &c..... [Cincinnati]. 1819. 155,[1]pp. plus folding engraved map (loosely laid in). Contemporary calf, gilt morocco label. Slightly chipped at head of spine. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on endpapers. Map and text slightly tanned. Very good. In a cloth clamshell case, leather label.

The rare first Cincinnati directory. The text includes a statistical view of Cincinnati as of 1819, a discussion of the city’s foundries and commerce (including a section on trade with Havana), as well as a list of local officeholders and a directory of residents. There is also a lengthy section on the region’s steamboats and canals, including the names and descriptions of dozens of vessels. The handsome engraved map shows the rapid progress and expansion of the city, illustrating the populated city blocks. The large and detailed folding map of the city is almost invariably lacking, but is loosely laid in to the present copy. The Streeter copy sold to parties unknown for $175 in 1968. HOWES F51, “b.” SABIN 13085. GRAFF 1296. AII (OHIO) 466. JONES 806. THOM- SON 196. WILKIE 608. SPEAR, p.99. STREETER SALE 1357. SHAW & SHOEMAK- ER 47616. $3000.

66. Figueroa, José: THE MANIFESTO, WHICH THE GENERAL OF BRI- GADE, DON JOSE FIGUEROA, COMMANDANT-GENERAL AND POLITICAL CHIEF OF U. CALIFORNIA, MAKES TO THE MEXI- CAN REPUBLIC, IN REGARD TO HIS CONDUCT AND THAT OF THE SNRS. D. JOSE MARIA DE HIJARS AND D. JOSE MARIA PADRES, AS DIRECTORS OF COLONIZATION IN 1833 AND 1834. San Francisco: Herald Office, 1855. 104,[1]pp. Half title. Contemporary sheep, gilt ruled, title gilt lettered on front board. Spine extremities and corners slightly worn, front hinge starting. Internally clean. Very good.

The scarce first English language edition of Figueroa’s defense of his conduct in a California colonization plan, following the extremely rare first edition of 1835, which was the first book-length imprint from Agustin Zamorano’s pioneer California press. Hijar and Padres planned a project of colonizing California in the early 1830s, which brought to California many families who played a prominent role in the development of the province. The Mexican government secularized the missions in 1833, and the expectation was that the families would take possession of the mission lands. Hijar and Padres themselves expected to be given governmental positions of importance. Orders from Mexico countermanded the promises, and Figueroa, governor of California, refused to hand over the lands, for which he was criticized. This edition is quite rare, and Howes affords it a “c” rating. The Streeter copy sold to Michael Ginsberg for $375 in 1968. COWAN, p.210. GRAFF 1320. GREENWOOD 562. HOWES F122, “c.” STREETER SALE 2784. ZAMORANO 80, 37 (note). $5500.

Bloody Kansas

67. [Fish, Reeder McCandless]: THE GRIM CHIEFTAIN OF KAN- SAS, AND OTHER FREE-STATE MEN IN THEIR STRUGGLES AGAINST SLAVERY. SOME POLITICAL SEANCES, INCIDENTS, INSIDE POLITICAL VIEWS AND MOVEMENTS IN THEIR CA- REER. By One Who Knows. Cherryvale, Ks.: Clarion Book & Job Print, 1885. [4],145pp. 16mo. Modern marbled cloth. Very good. In a half morocco box.

This copy bears the bookplate of William Elsey Connelly and two inscriptions concerning this book and its history. In one he writes: “Topeka, Aug. 20, 1913. J.B. Abbott did not write The Grim Chieftain of Kansas. It was written by Reeder M. Fish, associate editor of ‘The Baldwin Criterion.’ Lillie K. Sherwood was the daughter of Reeder M. Fish.” A rare account of James Lane’s struggles in organizing the Free-State party in Kansas. “The most graphic and complete presentation of an era altogether the most remarkable in the history of the most important personage (i.e., James Lane) known in the early struggles of Kansas” – Preface. “Lane was, to say the least, a controversial figure; many of his actions could be criticized. Still, he had his defenders and Fish was one of them” – Graff. This is an important narrative of the bitter wars on the Kansas border preceding the Civil War. Goodspeed’s bought the Streeter copy for $125 in 1968. GRAFF 1327. HOWES F149, “b.” STREETER SALE 2029. EBERSTADT 133:587. $2000.

Important Narrative of Spanish Florida

68. [Florida]: NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE SPANISH MAIN, IN THE SHIP “TWO FRIENDS;”...WITH AN APPENDIX, CON- TAINING A DETAIL OF THE SEMINOLE WAR, AND THE EX- ECUTION OF ARBUTHNOT AND AMBRISTER. London. 1819. [12], 328pp. plus errata. Half title. Original boards, expertly rebacked. Some light scattered foxing. A lovely copy, untrimmed and partially unopened.

The author resided in Florida from the fall of 1817 to the following spring. His is an important account of the last years of Spanish rule in Florida, and includes a narrative of a journey by land from St. Augustine to St. Mary’s on the Florida-Georgia border. “Almost the whole of the volume is devoted to the Seminole Indians; the barbarous character of the war of the Americans with them; and anecdotes respecting the Semi- noles” – Field. The book is also an important source for the Arbuthnot-Ambrister incident and M’Gregor’s filibuster. The Streeter copy sold to Henry Stevens for $225 in 1967. FIELD 1119. HOWES N12, “b.” STREETER SALE 1201. SABIN 51782. SERVIES 992. $2500.

Land Promotion in Florida, 1821

69. Forbes, James Grant: SKETCHES, HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPH- ICAL, OF THE FLORIDAS; MORE PARTICULARLY OF EAST FLORIDA. New York. 1821. 226pp. plus advertisement. Folding frontispiece map. Later half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Hinges a bit worn, but still sound. Moderately foxed. A few small tears in map, one other small tear neatly repaired. About very good.

First and only edition. A guide to East Florida at the time it was ceded to the U.S., designed to attract investors and settlers to the “Forbes Purchase,” encompassing over one million acres on the Apalachicola bay and river. An appendix reprints some historical documents, including a bilingual version of the treaty of cession. Sabin does not note the map, and Howes states it was not issued in all copies. It depicts the Apalachicola river and bay and includes a plan of the proposed town of Colinton, with street names, squares, etc. The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $80 in 1967. SABIN 25046. STREETER SALE 1205. CLARK II:203. HOWES F243. SERVIES 1078. $3750. One of the First California Gold Rush Books

70. Foster, George G.: THE GOLD REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA: BEING A SUCCINCT DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY, AND GENERAL FEATURES OF CALIFORNIA: INCLUDING A CAREFULLY PREPARED ACCOUNT OF THE GOLD REGIONS OF THAT FORTUNATE COUNTRY. PREPARED FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND OTHER AUTHENTIC SOURCES. New York: Dewitt & Davenport, Tribune Buildings, 1848. 80pp. plus [12]pp. of advertisements. Frontispiece map. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished (but still sturdily bound), wrappers a bit soiled and with some small chips at edges. Impeccably clean internally. Very good. Untrimmed. In a half morocco box.

An odd and apparently unrecorded variant of Foster’s early and important book on the gold regions of California, with “Second Edition” printed on the wrapper, but the titlepage has no edition statement at all, which implies that it is a first edition titlepage. This copy also has the same number of advertisement leaves as Kurutz notes for the first edition (the number of which differs in subsequent editions). This would appear, then, to be the first edition titlepage and text of Foster’s work bound up in second edition wrappers. Edward Eberstadt called this “the first considerable pamphlet on the Gold Regions and but two others (Sherwood and Simpson) are contemporary with it.” “Foster, in his eloquent and stirring introduction...correctly predicted that a fortune could be made by the enterprising blacksmith, wheelwright, carpenter, shoemaker, etc. This slender work is a useful anthology of some of the earliest reports of the gold discovery and features the writings of Farnham, Mason, Doniphan, Larkin, Folsom, Fremont, Colton, and articles from the June and August issues of the Californian” – Kurutz. The frontispiece map shows California from Los Angeles to Sutter Buttes, with the Gold Region encircled by a dotted line. According to Wheat, the map is one of the first to mention the Gold Region. An important early gold rush book, in an odd variant. The Streeter copy was bought by the Nebraska Rare Book Company in 1968 for $110. It reappeared at Swann Galleries in 2001, where it was bought by the Reese Company. We sold it to a private collector who still owns it. KURUTZ 250a, 250b. GRAFF 1387. HOWES F287, “aa.” MINTZ 160. ROCQ 15810. STREETER SALE 2529. COWAN, p.219 (3rd ed). SABIN 25225. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 77. WHEAT GOLD REGION 39. EBERSTADT 107:55-58. DECKER 24:68. HOWELL 50:85. $6250.

Presentation Copy of a Great Western Photographic Rarity, Illustrated with Original Photographs: One of Only Fifteen Copies Printed for Private Distribution

71. [Francis, Charles Spencer]: SPORT AMONG THE ROCKIES. THE RE- CORD OF A FISHING AND HUNTING TRIP IN NORTH-WEST- ERN MONTANA. By the Scribe. Troy, N.Y. 1889. [10],134pp., printed in double columns, plus forty-eight mounted original photographs. Small quarto. Original three-quarter morocco and cloth, neatly rebacked with original backstrip laid down with bumped corner tips repaired, t.e.g. The photographs are bright, unfaded prints, without any blemishes. Internally clean. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth box. See the cover of this catalogue for another illustration.

A series of twenty-five delightful letters written by Francis, the owner of the Troy Daily Times, describing “the experience of a little party of trojans, who inspired by a common fondness for hunting and fishing, determined to journey to the great Northwest in search of game, fish, and adventure” (Preface). The author and three unnamed friends started for the Northwest in August 1888 for a glorified hunting and fishing trip in the mountains and lakes of Montana. The narrative describes the settlements and settlers encountered, including the Indians, principally Blackfeet. The narrative was first printed serially in the Troy Daily Times and subsequently printed in this very small edition of fifteen copies, illustrated with original photographs, for presentation. The remarkable photographs represent a vivid and important photographic record of Montana at the time. Included are photographs of towns, ranches, Indian agencies, Indians (including Cree, Blackfoot, and Piegan), portraits, landscapes, camp scenes, and other fine views. “The photographs are by the author himself and constitute an immensely important record of the Far Northwest, its towns, ranches, Indians, agencies, etc. The narrative is one of surpassing interest, describing the outfitting at Great Falls; the Baker Massacre; Trapper Bill Weaver; Piegan Indians; the Big Horn; Starvation Camp; western horses and Indian ponies; horse thieves; Blackfoot Agency; life among the Indians; cattle ranges and ranches; Great Falls, its mushroom growth, future, etc. The volume is a veritable ‘book of the plains’ – a home-made production in make-up and appearance, and one of the most sought of all books relating to Montana” – Eberstadt. This presentation copy is inscribed and signed by the author on a front blank: “Mr. John Boetcher, with the compliments of Charles S. Francis. Troy, Aug. 15, 1889.” A great Montana rarity and one of the finest of 19th-century photographically illustrated books of the West. Eberstadt paid $600 for the Streeter copy in 1969, acting for the collector Edward S. Littlefield. At his sale in 2001 it sold for $29,500 to a phone bidder. STREETER SALE 4110. HOWES F311, “b.” LITCHFIELD 58. EBERSTADT 136:445. $37,500.

72. Franklin, John, Capt.: NARRATIVE OF A SECOND EXPEDITION TO THE SHORES OF THE POLAR SEA, IN THE YEARS 1825, 1826, AND 1827...INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF A DETACHMENT TO THE EASTWARD, BY JOHN RICHARDSON.... 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 blindstamp 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 intercourse of the explorers with the Esquimaux” – Field. The handsome maps include “Route of the Expedition A.D. 1825, from Fort William to the Saskatchewan River...”; “Route of the Expedition from York Factory to Cumberland House...in 1819 & 1820”; “Route of the Expedition from Isle a la Crosse to Fort Providence, in 1819 & 1820”; “Route of the Land Arctic Expedition...from Great Slave Lake to Great Bear Lake River...”; and “The Discoveries of the Expedition...Near the mouth of the Mackenzie River, and on the Sea Coast East & West....” A handsome copy of an important book in the history of Canadian exploration. The Streeter copy was bought by Goodspeed’s for $175 in 1969, acting as agents for Frank Streeter. At his sale in 2007 it went to an online bidder for $5040. WAGNER-CAMP 35:1. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 5198. FIELD 561. GRAFF 1407. LANDE 1182. PEEL 88. SABIN 25628. STREETER SALE 3699. $2500.

With the Rufus Sage Map

73. Fremont, John C.: NARRATIVE OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, IN THE YEAR 1842; AND TO OR- EGON AND NORTH CALIFORNIA, IN THE YEARS 1843-44. Syra- cuse: Hall & Dickson; New York: A.S. Barnes, 1847. 427pp. plus large folding map, two plates, and [4]pp. of advertisements. Original brown publisher’s cloth, spine gilt. Very good.

Considered by Howes and other authorities the “best edition” because of its inclusion of Rufus B. Sage’s superb map of the West, which otherwise appeared only in Sage’s book of the preceding year. It is far rarer than the regular Fremont map, which it re- sembles in many respects. Fremont’s narrative is one of the most important of western explorations, chronicling his trip over the Oregon Trail and into the Great Basin. It was published in numerous editions. The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $110 in 1969. HOWES F370. ZAMORANO 80, 39 (ref ). MINTZ 165. WAGNER-CAMP 115:9. TWENEY 89, 22 (ref ). GRAFF 1433. STREETER SALE 3132. WHEAT TRANSMIS- SISSIPPI 527. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 86 (ref ). $6250.

74. [Fremont, John C.]: THE MARIPOSAS ESTATE. London. 1861. 63,1pp. Gathered signatures. Bright and clean. Near fine. Without the map which sometimes accompanies this publication.

The famous explorer, John C. Fremont, spent much of his time in the 1850s attempting to develop a giant land grant in California, the Mariposa Estate, an effort which involved him in much litigation and was ultimately a financial catastrophe. “Fremont had sailed to London in January, 1861, to raise money ‘to consolidate the debts incurred [by the estate] in the litigation of its title...and to increase its productive power.’ Fremont claimed the property ‘is now producing from $60,000 to $100,000 per month, half of which, at least, is profit.’ The money was not raised and Fremont never afterwards set foot on the property” – Streeter. The Streeter copy sold to Dawson’s Book Shop for $100 in 1968. STREETER SALE 2865. COWAN, p.415. $1000.

75. French, Benjamin F., compiler: HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF LOUISIANA, EMBRACING MANY RARE AND VALUABLE DOCU- MENTS RELATING TO THE NATURAL, CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THAT STATE. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846-1853. Five volumes. [x],222; [8],301; 8,[5]-252; lxxx,268; viii,291pp., plus folding map in two volumes and frontispiece in three volumes. Later three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Spines of first and fifth volumes skillfully and unobtrusively rebacked, original spines laid down. Titlepage of first volume repaired along top edge from a removed signature. Small ownership embossed stamp on titlepage of fourth volume. Some scattered foxing. Very good.

First editions of four volumes of this important set, with the second volume in a second edition. Contains a wealth of material concerning Louisiana, with “contributors” including La Salle, Joutel, Hennepin, Marquette and Joliet, De Soto, Daniel Coxe, La Harpe, Charlevoix, and many more. “This collection is remarkable for the immense amount of material relating to the aborigines of America, being almost wholly composed of memoirs and narratives, in the language of the original explorers” – Field. The fifth volume is entitled Historical Memoirs of Louisiana, from the First Settlements of the Colony to the Departure of Governor O’Reilly in 1770.... This is the first collected publication, in English, of some of the most important narratives of the early South and Mississippi Valley. The Streeter set sold to parties unknown for $100 in 1968. HOWES F372. STREETER SALE 1608. FIELD 567. CLARK I:11. SABIN 25852, 25853. $1750.

A Song of the Idaho Gold Rush

76. French, Frank: IDAHO. Chicago: H.M. Higgins, [1864]. 5pp. sheet music. Folio. Very minor soiling and wear. Vertical fold reinforced with tissue. Very good plus.

Sheet music promoting immigration to Idaho. The cover has a woodcut of a Conestoga wagon drawn by four mules. “They say, there is a land, Where crystal waters flow, O’er beds of quarts [sic] and purest gold, Way out in Idaho....We’ll need to pick or spade, No shovel, pan, or hoe, The largest chunks are ‘top of ground, Way out in Idaho....” The only copy we find recorded is in the Streeter sale in 1968, sold to Goodspeed’s for $60. STREETER SALE 3306. $1250.

The Signet Library Copy

77. Gage, Thomas: THE ENGLISH-AMERICAN HIS TRAVAIL BY SEA AND LAND: OR, A NEW SURVEY OF THE WEST-INDIAS [sic], CONTAINING A JOURNALL OF THREE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED MILES WITHIN THE MAIN LAND OF AMER- ICA.... London. 1648. [10],220,[12]pp. Small folio. 18th-century speckled calf, gilt stamp on front board, expertly rebacked in antique matching calf, boards re-gilt, leather label, spine gilt. Binding a bit worn at corners and edges. Faint stain on leaves B2 and B3. A few contemporary notes in text, some later pencil notes in margins. Very good.

The Signet Library copy, with their gilt stamp on the front board. One of the most celebrated travel books of its day. Gage was an Englishman raised in Spain. He en- tered the Dominican Order and set out for the New World, traveling by way of the Philippines and across the Pacific. He spent most of the next twelve years in Central America, the West Indies, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. When he finally returned to England and converted to the Church of England, he wrote this book to urge British seizure of the Spanish empire in America. Since the Spanish had jealously guarded foreign access to their dominions, this was the first detailed description to reach Europe of the regions visited by Gage, and it was widely reprinted and translated. The Streeter copy sold for $250 in 1966. HILL 665. PALAU 96480. STREETER SALE 193. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 648/68. JCB (3)II:369. SABIN 26298. WING G109. BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION 38. $5800. The Capture of Pensacola During the Revolution

78. Galvez, Bernardo de: DIARIO DE LAS OPERACIONES DE LA EX- PEDICION CONTRA LA PLAZA DE PANZACOLA CONCLUIDA POR LAS ARMAS DE S.M. CATOLICA, BAXO LAS ORDENES DEL MARISCAL DE CAMPO D. BERNARDO DE GALVEZ [caption title]. [Madrid. 1781]. 48pp. Small quarto. Dbd. Faint spotting on the first leaf, else clean and bright. Very good. In a cloth clamshell box, morocco label.

An important document of the American Revolution in the South, with important ramifications for the history of Florida. In 1779, Spain joined France in aiding the Americans against the British in the Revolution; however, Spanish goals were mainly self-serving, and she particularly wished to regain Florida, lost to Britain in the Peace of 1763 which concluded the French and Indian War. With this in mind, the ener- getic Viceroy Bernardo de Galvez organized an expedition from Havana against the British base at Pensacola, the capital of the Province of West Florida (including the present Florida panhandle, southern Alabama and Mississippi, and Louisiana as far as the Mississippi River). The expedition set out in November 1780, but was scattered by storms and was launched again in February 1781. The Spanish secured Baton Rouge, Natchez, and Mobile before turning on Pensacola. Despite difficulty in coordination (the Spanish admiral was not under Galvez’ direct command and at first refused to run the bar at Pensacola under the British guns), Galvez was able to land his forces and effect a siege, resulting in British capitulation on May 9, 1781. The loss was a major setback to the British in the South and insured that the Floridas were returned to the Spanish in the Peace of 1783. Spanish control of the Floridas was a thorn in the side of the United States until they were sold to the U.S. under the conditions of the Adams-Onìs Treaty of 1819. This account is Galvez’ detailed report of the entire expedition, with the last part dated at Pensacola on May 12, 1781. Also included is the treaty of capitulation and a schedule of troops involved. Medina believed this pamphlet was published first in Havana and later in Madrid. We have compared two copies which we believe confirms this. While the same in pagination, and indeed with the same text per page, the line settings within each page vary considerably. One is crudely printed and looks like Spanish colonial printing; the other, with a different type face, is much more elegantly printed. The present copy matches the latter description, which we believe to be the Madrid printing. The easy way to tell the two apart is the first (of many) different paragraph settings: on page 3 the first paragraph at the top has five lines in the Havana edition and only four in the Madrid edition. Accompanied by a copy of Jose Porrua Turanzas’ (editor) Diario de las Operaciones Contra la Plaza de Panzacola 1781... (Madrid, 1959). Eberstadt paid $350 for the Streeter copy in 1967. SABIN 26475. PALAU 96980. MEDINA, HAVANA 68 (ref ). STREETER SALE 1191. HOWES P59, “b.” $7500. 79. Gano, John: BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF THE LATE REV. JOHN GANO, OF FRANKFORT, (KENTUCKY.) FORMERLY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. Written principally by Himself. New York: Printed by Southwick and Hardcastle, for John Tiebout, 1806. 151pp. Contem- porary calf, neatly rebacked, leather label. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front fly leaf. Some old stains and foxing on outer leaves. Good.

One of two issues (each printed in New York in 1806) of this rare biographical account by a chaplain in the American Revolution, including an account of his settlement in Kentucky in 1787. He describes skirmishes with Indians in Pennsylvania and his part in Sullivan’s expedition against the Indians of New York in 1779. He perceived a need for a good, experienced minister in Kentucky, and so emigrated there. The author’s son, Stephen, saw that his father’s memoirs were printed and acted as editor of the publication. The Streeter copy was bought by collector C.R. Sanders in 1968 for $80. HOWES G56. STREETER SALE 1642. SABIN 20538. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 10464. $1000.

The Earliest Obtainable Map to Name Illinois

80. Gardiner, John: MAP OF THE BOUNTY LANDS IN ILLINOIS TER- RITORY. [Washington: General Land Office, 1817]. Engraved map, 21 x 16¾ inches. Old folds, minor separations at crossfolds, light toning and foxing. Very good.

An early and important map of Illinois Territory and one of the earliest maps issued by the General Land Office. This is the earlier of two issues of the map, without the printed township grid. This copy includes a portion of manuscript corresponding to the very southern “tail” of the range, here highlighted in red. This grid at lower left is Gardiner’s enlargement of this red area, with the river hand-colored blue and a description of one quarter section, with the following manuscript notation: “Fractional township 13 South of Range 1 West / Description of the SE 1/4 section 20 in Township 13 south of range 1 West from the surveyors returns. Rolling woodland / Timber Oak Hickory &c / Underwood Sassafras hazel &c.” Underneath the additional manuscript notation, the map is signed by John Gardiner, the Chief Clerk of the General Land Office. In May 1812, Congress passed a law which set aside lands in what is now Arkansas, Michigan, and Illinois as payment for service in the War of 1812 (they had similarly given out lands in the Northwest Territory to Revolutionary War veterans). Offering western lands was a means of doing well by doing good: the free lands would attract settlers and push the frontiers of American civilization westward. One hundred sixty acres in bounty lands in Illinois Territory were offered to each prospective settler for free. Some war veterans actually did move westward, while others sold the rights to their lands to those more eager to go to the frontier. Ultimately, thousands went west to Illinois in the decade, and the territory became a state in 1818. John Gardiner was the chief clerk of the General Land Office and composed a handful of maps of available western lands during the 1810s. This map shows a wide swath of territory available in Illinois between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. The lands are neatly divided into squares, with “Ranges East” and “Ranges West” on either side of a north-south “Principal Meridian” line, and with an east-west dividing “Base Line” passing through the center of the territory. Lake Peoria is called “Lake Peoire” and the creek flowing into the Illinois River at the lower end of the lake is called “Kickaboo or Red Bud Cr.” The attractive map was drawn by C. Schwarz of Washington, D.C., though the identity of the firm that actually engraved the map is unknown. The map can be dated to 1817 based on a letter from Gardiner to James Madison dated Oct. 29, 1817, sending him a copy of the map “which I have engraved for the use of soldiers of the late Army.” This appears to be the first issue of the map, without the printed “townships maps” often found in the lower left corner. This map is also often found with a few words or lines of manuscript text describing particular areas, and bearing the signature of John Gardiner, as in the present copy. “This is the first map that Phillips lists under Illinois, and it is perhaps the first map showing a considerable part of Illinois with ‘Illinois’ in the title” – Streeter. An early and important map of Illinois, and of American efforts to push westward into unsettled territories. The Streeter copy sold to the Carnegie Book Store for $130 in 1968. PHILLIPS MAPS, p.326. STREETER SALE 1430. KARROW, CHECKLIST OF PRINTED MAPS OF THE MIDDLE WEST TO 1900 (ILLINOIS), p.290. AMERICAN IMPRINTS (1812) 27202. GRAFF 1505. $9500.

The First Printed Map to Record General Land Office Surveys West of the Mississippi

81. Gardiner, John: MAP OF THE NORTHERN PART OF MISSOURI TERRITORY. [Washington: General Land Office, ca. 1818]. Engraved map, 18 x 22 inches. Small tear in lower margin repaired on verso, else very good.

A rare and important map, being one of the first printed maps of Missouri Territory. In May 1812, Congress passed a law which set aside lands in what is now Arkansas, Michigan, and Illinois as payment for service in the War of 1812 (they had similarly given out lands in Northwest Territory to Revolutionary War veterans). In 1816, Congress passed an act designating bounty lands in Missouri, and authorizing other lands for sale. Offering western lands was a means of doing well by doing good: the free lands would attract settlers and push the frontiers of American civilization westward. John Gardiner was the chief clerk of the General Land Office, and composed a handful of maps of available western lands during the 1810s. Congressional debates record that in December 1818, Gardiner proposed Congress give a copy of this Missouri map, as well as similar maps of bounty lands in Alabama, to each War of 1812 veteran, but that Congress rejected Gardiner’s request. This Missouri map was almost certainly printed in a small number and is rarely seen in the market. The map shows most of the present-day state of Missouri. Much of the map is covered by a familiar grid pattern laying out ranges and townships. At the center of the map is the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, with the still small town of St. Louis situated nearby. The location of the “military bounty lands,” just north of the Missouri River and the Boon’s Lick Settlement, is prominently shown. Small rivers are located, such as the Osage, Des Moines, and Salt rivers, and the Ohio River branches off from the Mississippi at the bottom of the map. The Howard County District, which was created in 1816, is shown, as is the St. Louis District. Several towns are shown on the map: working southward along the Mississippi from St. Louis we see Cahokia, Carondeleto, Rogers-town, Herculaneum, St. Genevieve, Potosi, Old Shawnee Village, Mine a la Motte, Little Delaware Village, Jackson, and Cape Girardeau. At the far west of the map are shown Osage lands and the “western Indian boundary,” and at the northern part is another Indian boundary. Just to the east of the Illinois River is a small township grid, which would have been annotated in manuscript to specify a particular township and range (it is unaccomplished in this copy). The engraver and printer of the map are not identified, though the map might have been printed by Tanner, Vallence, Kearny & Co. in Philadelphia, the same firm that printed maps of the northern and southern districts of Alabama for Gardiner at about the same time this map was printed. “This interesting map is perhaps the first printed map of Missouri Territory” – Streeter. OCLC locates a total of only five copies of this map, at Yale, the Newberry Library, the University of Kentucky, the State Historical Society of Missouri, and the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Not in Phillips’ Maps. The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $175 in 1968, for the Newberry Library. STREETER SALE 1841. KARROW, CHECKLIST OF PRINTED MAPS OF THE MIDDLE WEST TO 1900 (MISSOURI), p.137. OCLC 44706350, 773299244. $9000.

De Soto and California, Too

82. [Gentleman of Elvas]: A RELATION OF THE INVASION AND CON- QUEST OF FLORIDA BY THE SPANIARDS, UNDER THE COM- MAND OF FERNANDO DE SOTO...TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED TWO JOURNEYS OF THE PRESENT EMPEROR OF CHINA INTO TARTARY IN THE YEARS 1682 AND 1683. WITH SOME DISCOV- ERIES MADE BY THE SPANIARDS IN THE ISLAND OF CALI- FORNIA, IN THE YEAR 1683. London: John Lawrence, 1686. [16],272pp. Lacks the License leaf. Contemporary paneled calf, manuscript spine title. Cor- ners lightly worn, head of spine worn, front joint tender. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on endleaves and titlepage, later bookplate on each pastedown. Minor scattered foxing and soiling. Very good.

The third English edition (and first complete translation) of this primary narrative of the De Soto expedition. The identity of the Gentleman of Elvas has remained a mystery. His narrative is the chief source for information concerning the De Soto expedition of 1539-43, the first investigation by Europeans of the Southeast region of the United States. De Soto landed on the west coast of Florida in 1539, marching north through Georgia and west to Mobile Bay. His party reached the Mississippi River in 1541 and went perhaps as far as the present Oklahoma-Arkansas border. Returning east, De Soto died and was buried in the Mississippi. The survivors floated to the Gulf and made it to Mexico. The earlier English translations by Hakluyt, published in 1609 as Virginia Richly Valued... and in 1611 as Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida, are only partial versions of the text, and are so rare as to be virtually unobtainable. This edition contains an appendix which appears here for the first time, “A New Descent of the Spaniards on the Island of Califurnia [sic]. In the Year 1683.” This appendix is one of the earliest descriptions of the extension of Spanish government into lower California, at that point the northernmost frontier of New Spain. Despite accurately describing the activities of Father Kino and Spanish naval operations, it still mistakenly refers to California as an island. The Streeter copy sold to an order bid for $650 at his sale in 1968. It later reappeared at Sotheby’s in 2006, and was last seen in the hands of J.N. Bartfield in New York, priced $17,500. SABIN 24865. SERVIES 221. FIELD 1274. WAGNER SPANISH SOUTHWEST 58b. ESTC R24492. PALAU 260430. MIDLAND NOTES 69:203. STREETER SALE 2421. $10,000.

Gifford’s San Francisco Panorama: The Most Ambitious Western View of the Period

83. Gifford, Charles B.: SAN FRANCISCO, 1862. FROM RUSSIAN HILL. San Francisco: Printed by L. Nagel, published by A. Rosenfield, 1862. Tinted lithograph, in five sections, 14¾ x 108 inches, printed on thin paper, linen- backed. Title-leaf printed on blue paper and mounted to verso of first section. “Historical Sketch of California” mounted to pastedown of front board. Bound into original folio-sized blue cloth boards, gilt device of “Buswell & Co. S.F.” on front board. Front board detached, final panel affixed to rear board. Varnished (possibly contemporarily). Sectional titles trimmed close, affecting imprint. Overall, very good. In a folding cloth box.

This extraordinary lithograph – actually five sheets joined together totaling nine feet in length – is the first panorama of San Francisco, one of the most striking early views of that city and the most ambitious city view undertaken in the American West up to that time. Not until Eadweard Muybridge’s photographic panorama of San Francisco several decades later was the city shown so completely in a single view. “One of the rarest and most important of items relating to San Francisco” – Eberstadt. Gifford’s view, taken from Russian Hill, was executed in five separate sections, each with full title information. A text of numbered locations runs across the bottom of the entire panorama, identifying 121 places. The Presidio, Marin headlands, Mount Tamalpais, and a very underdeveloped portion of San Francisco can be seen in section one; Alcatraz and the area between Russian and Telegraph hills (including Meiggs Wharf ) in section two; and Telegraph Hill and the first heavily built-up streets in section three. Section four includes the most densely settled area, along Market and [Detail]

Mission, stretching into section five, which goes to Mission Dolores and beyond, and which also features the Jobson Observatory on Russian Hill. Details of buildings, streets, and other features are rendered with great exactness and a stunning wealth of detail. Churches, synagogues, hospitals, the Masonic temple, wharves, and streets are all identified. “...[I]t took an ambitious project like Charles Gifford’s multisectioned panorama to record completely the city’s tremendous growth” – Deák. Gifford went to California in 1860 and was active until 1877. According to Reps, “Gifford’s finest and most ambitious view was a sweeping panorama from Russian Hill.” The view was lithographed by Louis Nagel, who had been well-known as a lithographer in New York before going to San Francisco in 1856. Reps and Woodbridge note that the publisher, Rosenfield, made the panorama available in three versions in 1862: as here, printed on thin paper and mounted on cloth; another printed on single sheets on heavier paper; and a third mounted on cloth and fastened to wooden rollers. Deák and Reps locate six copies of this panorama (MWA, DLC, CU-B, CSmH, Wells Fargo, California State Pioneers). Peters calls it “important and rare.” It is a remarkable production, both as a landmark in western lithography and as a view of a major American city in the midst of a period of tremendous growth. Howell paid $500 for the Streeter copy in 1968. DEÁK, PICTURING AMERICA, 776. REPS, VIEWS & VIEWMAKERS 290-295. PETERS, CALIFORNIA ON STONE, pp.167-68. PETERS, AMERICA ON STONE, pp.195, 291. STREETER SALE 2872. BAIRD & EVANS, HISTORIC LITHOGRAPHS OF SAN FRANCISCO 38a. WOODBRIDGE, SAN FRANCISCO IN MAPS & VIEWS, pp.68-71. EBERSTADT 133:236. $48,000. An Ohio Rarity

84. Griffiths, D., Jr.: TWO YEARS’ RESIDENCE IN THE NEW SET- TLEMENTS OF OHIO, NORTH AMERICA: WITH DIRECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS. London. 1835. 197pp. plus woodcut frontis. Half title. Original publisher’s green cloth, paper label. Boards a bit soiled, label chipped. Internally clean. Very good. Partially unopened.

A scarce and important pro-emigration tract promoting areas in Ohio’s Western Reserve to British provincial readers. The author devotes sections of the work to his journey from London to Ohio, the towns, and inhabitants of the region, as well as its politics and religion, with some information on the local Native American populations. “Griffiths principally describes the settlements in the Western Reserve, and recommends this as the best area for English settlement” – Frank Streeter. The woodcut frontispiece depicts a settler on horseback in front of his log cabin. “The author attempts to give the emigrant all the information he will require; the journey, how to obtain employ- ment, and the manners, customs, religion, etc., of the inhabitants. Chapters VI and VII describe the religion of the settlers, but more particularly of the Presbyterians, and give a description of a Revival, or “Four-day Meeting,” at Vermillion” – Thomson. Rare, this work has appeared at auction only three times in the past fifty years. The Streeter copy was bought by Nebenzahl for $200 in 1968. It later reappeared in the Power sale at Christie’s in 1995, where it was bought by a private collector, for $1725. HOWES 437, “b.” GRAFF 1677. JONES 969 THOMSON 466. STREETER SALE 1374. FRANK STREETER SALE 237. SABIN 28833. $5000.

Important Narrative of the Attempt to Establish an English Colony in South America at the Time of Jamestown

85. Harcourt, Robert: A RELATION OF A VOYAGE TO GUIANA. DE- SCRIBING THE CLIMAT, SITUATION, FERTILITIE, PROVISIONS AND COMMODITIES OF THAT COUNTRY...TOGETHER WITH THE MANNERS, CUSTOMES, BEHAVIORS, AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE PEOPLE. London: Printed by John Beale, for W. Welby, 1613. [16],71pp. Small quarto. Modern crushed red morocco by Riviere, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, a.e.g., gilt inner dentelles. Titlepage margins restored, affecting a few letters of text. Light, even toning. A handsome copy.

The Frank C. Deering copy, with his gilt morocco bookplate on the front pastedown, of the rare first edition of the most extensive narrative of the British attempt to establish a colony in South America. Harcourt made his voyage to Guiana in 1609 and stayed less than a year. While there he made contact with a local chief, set about searching for gold, and established a colony at the mouth of the River Wiapoco. When he returned to England, Harcourt began promoting his newly acquired plantation in Guiana, and the text includes discussions of the growing of sugar, cotton, tobacco, and indigo. Harcourt presents strong arguments for the future of the British toehold on the Span- ish Main, and contends that Guiana’s riches rival those of New Spain and Peru. This first edition contains the text of the Patent of Guiana granted to Harcourt, which is not printed in the second edition of 1626. “The tract did much to hasten the idea of English colonization in America...” – Streeter. “Very rare” – Sabin. The Streeter copy sold to Harper for $1700 in 1966. It was offered by Quaritch in 1993 and bought by Franklin Brooke-Hitching. It resold in his 2014 auction. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 613/73. JCB (3)II:95. SABIN 30296. STREETER SALE 34. CHURCH 361. ADVENTURES IN AMERICANA 68. ARENTS 105. BELL H36. ESTC S103834. STC 12754. $30,000.

The First Publication of the Harmony Society: Early Rappsters

86. [Harmony Society]: THOUGHTS ON THE DESTINY OF MAN, PARTICULARLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE PRESENT TIMES; BY THE HARMONY SOCIETY IN INDIANA. [Harmony, In.]. 1824. [2],96pp. Original blue paper wrappers. Covers soiled and stained, front cover torn, spine lacking. Dampstaining throughout. Edge of pp.51-52 (one leaf ) torn with no loss of text. A near good copy. In a half morocco box.

With the exception of a leaflet of songs, this pamphlet was the first publication of the Harmony Society after establishing its utopian colony at Harmony (later New Harmony), Indiana. Authorship is generally attributed to the Society’s leader, George Rapp. A German edition appeared the same year. “The English equivalent of the German text ends with line six on page 89. The remaining seven pages of this title were probably composed by the translator. Manuscripts in the Society archives reveal that printing of this title was not completed until 1825 and the title page was printed for the Society by Eichbaum and Johnston of Pittsburgh” – Byrd & Peckham. Howes bungles his entry for this item, giving the title of the German edition (incorrectly) and the collation of the English (also incorrectly). He accords it a “b” rating. An important American utopian statement from the press of one of the most famous American utopian communities. The Streeter copy sold to parties unknown in 1969 for $225. HOWES H206, “b.” STREETER SALE 4238. BYRD & PECKHAM 215. SABIN 95698. $2250.

87. Harrison, William Henry: REMARKS OF GENERAL HARRISON, LATE ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPO- TENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA, ON CERTAIN CHARGES MADE AGAINST HIM BY THAT GOVERNMENT. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN UNOF- FICIAL LETTER FROM GENERAL HARRISON TO GENERAL BOLIVAR.... Washington. 1830. 69pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Light foxing and age toning. Small tears at edges of some leaves, lower corner of two leaves torn away, not affecting text. Good.

Harrison’s defense of his conduct while American ambassador to the new state of Co- lombia. Harrison was appointed to that post in 1828 through the influence of Henry Clay. He arrived in Bogota in February 1829, quickly decided that Bolivar nursed plans to make himself an emperor, and became far too involved with the faction opposing the President. These interferences were deeply resented by the Colombian government. On Sept. 21, 1829, Harrison received notice that Jackson had replaced him with T.P. Moore, who arrived in Bogota that day. On Sept. 27, Harrison wrote Bolivar a letter of “extraordinary temerity, urging him to adhere to the tenets of republicanism” (DAB). This so upset the Colombians, Harrison was more or less forcibly ejected from the country two weeks later. Despite having acted in a highly inappropriate fashion, Harrison immediately wrote the present work, defending his conduct and publishing his offensive letter to Bolivar. Relatively scarce on the market. The Streeter copy is not a good comparison, since it was one of the copies inscribed by Harrison, and hence much more valuable. Seven Gables bought it on behalf of Victor Jacobs, and it reappeared at auction in 1996, selling to a private collector. It reappeared in that collector’s 2013 sale at Sotheby’s, where it sold for $22,500 to Ste- phen Massey, bidding for a collector. DAB VIII, pp.350-51. STREETER SALE 1740. $1000.

First American Edition of Cook: The First World Map Printed in the Americas, and a Paul Revere Plate

88. Hawkesworth, John: A NEW VOYAGE, ROUND THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1768, 1769, 1770, AND 1771; UNDERTAKEN BY OR- DER OF HIS PRESENT MAJESTY, PERFORMED BY CAPTAIN JAMES COOKE, IN THE SHIP ENDEAVOR...IN TWO VOLUMES, WITH CUTTS AND A MAP OF THE WHOLE NAVIGATION. New York: James Rivington, 1774. Two volumes. [2],17,4,[2],260pp. plus frontispiece and folding engraved map; [2],250pp. plus folding frontispiece. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, gilt leather label. Corners worn. Frontispiece in first volume strengthened at fold with older paper. Lightly foxed. Very good.

The first American edition of any of Cook’s voyages, issued in New York on the eve of the American Revolution by Loyalist printer James Rivington. The work contains one of Paul Revere’s more exotic copper plate engravings and the first world map printed in the Americas. Hawkesworth’s account of Capt. James Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific first appeared in 1773. One of the most important publications in all of the literature of exploration and voyages, it describes Cook’s important explorations of Australia, discovery of New Zealand, adventures on Tahiti, and a wealth of other material. The tremendous interest in the voyage is reflected in this American edition, only the second work devoted to Pacific exploration to be published in an American edition. “The frontispiece by Paul Revere and the Romans map make this a distinguished book” – Streeter. The publisher, Rivington, later famous as the New York Loyalist printer of the Revolution, made every effort to make this product of the British colonial press as elegant as possible. The frontispiece of the first volume was engraved by Paul Revere. Brigham records the correspondence between Rivington and the bookseller (and later general), Henry Knox, commissioning Revere to execute the plate entitled “Dramatic Interlude & Dance Given by the Indians of Ulietea....” In his records Revere notes billing Rivington for the plate on May 3, 1774. The plate is thus the conjunction of three famous Revolutionary figures, as well as the first visual image of the South Seas to be printed in America. The untitled map is the first map of the world to be published in the Americas. A Mercator projection designed to show the track of Cook’s voyage, it shows the course charted by Bougainville as well. It was designed and engraved by the famous American mapmaker, Bernard Romans, best known for his work as a naturalist and cartographer in Florida, as well as his sailing directions of the East Coast and an engraved map of Connecticut. A rare American cartographic landmark, found as originally published in the first American edition of any of Cook’s voyages, itself a significant issue of the late British colonial press. The Streeter copy was bought by David Magee for $1150. It reappeared at auction in Los Angeles in 2006, where it failed to reach the overly high reserve. BEDDIE 656. STREETER SALE 2407. WHEAT & BRUN, AMERICAN MAPS BEFORE 1800, 1. BRIGHAM, PAUL REVERE, pp.76-78. SABIN 30936. HOLMES 9. $22,500.

A Tennessee Rarity

89. Haywood, John: THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT UP TO THE YEAR 1796; INCLUDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE STATE. Knoxville: Printed for the Author by Heiskell & Brown, 1823. [2],504pp. plus preliminary leaf reading “Copy Right Secured”; copyright slip tipped to verso of titlepage. Contemporary calf, gilt leather label. Slight wear to edges and corners, old crease to titlepage, tanning and foxing to text, one small gouge in outer margin of last text leaf, affecting just a few words. Overall, a near fine copy in contemporary condition.

“One of the earliest and most significant historical works on Tennessee” – Allen. Haywood, a judge in Davidson County, qualifies as one of the pioneer historians of Tennessee. He published two major historical compilations in 1823, the other being the quite rare Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee, which appeared in Nashville. “[The present] work...contains a large portion of material relating to the border warfare with the Indians....The story of the formation of the State of Franklin, and the civil war which ensued, is a chapter of American history but little known, and scarcely exceeded in interest by any other” – Sabin. The Streeter copy was bought by Sessler for $275 in 1968. ALLEN RARITIES 26. HOWES H358, “b.” STREETER SALE 1658. SABIN 31085. FIELD 671. AII (TENNESSEE) 264. ALLEN IMPRINTS 561. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 12799. $2250.

A Legendary Rarity of Tennessee

90. Haywood, John: THE NATURAL AND ABORIGINAL HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, UP TO THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS THEREIN BY THE WHITE PEOPLE, IN THE YEAR 1768. Nashville: Printed by George Wilson, 1823. viii,390,liv pp. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt. Up- per spine repaired with leather patch, corners and edges rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown. Light browning and foxing. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth slipcase and chemise with two bookplates affixed to interior.

The Herschel V. Jones-Frank T. Siebert-Bruce McKinney copy of the first edition of Haywood’s substantial account of the natural and aboriginal history of Tennessee. A judge in Davidson County and one of the pioneering historians of Tennessee, Hay- wood wrote the companion volume entitled The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee, from Its Earliest Settlement up to the Year 1796, also published in 1823. In addition to providing much information about the Indians of Tennessee, the author attempts to demonstrate the relationship of Native Americans to the Caucasian race. He also includes details regarding Mexicans, Hindus, Persians, Peruvians, Cherokees, Chickasaws, and Natchez Indians. “In this book, now exceedingly rare and highly prized, the author has brought together a very large number of curious facts, relating to the origin and character of the natives of his State, prior to the settlement by the whites. He does not favor the hypothesis of great antiquity in the Indian nations of America, and believes in their common origin with the Caucasian race. He describes with great minuteness and care the relics of the race which once inhabited the territory, its utensils, skeletons, crania, and fortifications, most of which he appears to have personally inspected” – Field. According to Siebert, “The first real history of Tennessee and noted as the rarest of all state histories.” This is one of the most difficult Tennessee books to acquire. This copy fetched $19,200 at the Siebert Sale in 1999. The Streeter copy sold to Seven Gables Book Store for $450 in 1968. SABIN 31085. FIELD 670. HOWES H359, “b.” CHURCH 1325. ALLEN IMPRINTS 562. AII (TENNESSEE) 121. STREETER SALE 1659. SIEBERT SALE 371 (this copy). $18,500.

A Landmark Narrative of the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi

91. Hennepin, Louis: DESCRIPTION DE LA LOUISIANE, NOUVEL- LEMENT DECOUVERTE AU SUD OUEST DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE. [with:] CARTE DE LA NOUUELLE FRANCE ET DE LA LOUISIANE NOUUELLEMENT DECOUUERTE DEDIEE AU ROY L’AN 1683. PAR LE REUEREND PERE LOUIS HENNEPIN MIS- SIONAIRE RECOLLECT.... Paris. 1684. [12],312,107pp. 12mo. Bound to style in period calf, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers. Very good.

A primary work of New World exploration, and a foundation map of American cartography. The first book by the famous Recollet missionary and explorer, Father Louis Hen- nepin, and a foundation work of Canadiana and Americana, particularly for the Great Lakes region. Unlike some of Hennepin’s later works, the truthfulness of his narrative herein is accepted by historians. Hennepin accompanied the great French explorer, the Sieur de la Salle, on his 1678-79 expedition from Fort Frontenac to Niagara, then on to the Illinois country where Hennepin was directed to explore further on his own. He ultimately ascended the Mississippi River as far as the Falls of St. Anthony, near where he was captured by the Sioux and held for some time before being released. This book is the narrative of all these adventures and is notable for its many “firsts”: the first use of the name “Louisiana”; the first good account of the Illinois country and upper Mississippi; the first detailed account of the Sioux; and the first navigation of the Great Lakes. The map, “Carte de la Nouuelle France et de La Louisiane Nouuellement Découuerte,” is equal to the text in terms of descriptive firsts, and is one of the most important American maps of the colonial era. “[It shows] for the first time La Louisiane, Sault de St. Antoine de Padou (on the site of present-day Min- neapolis), and Lac de Pleurs [lake of tears], present Lake Pepin. A faint dotted line indicating the surmised course of the lower Mississippi River is approximately located” – Schwartz & Ehrenberg. This line is of particular note. As Wheat points out, La Salle and later French cartographers recorded the course of the river as progressing further west, making Hennepin’s map remarkably accurate in this regard for its time. Given the combined significance of the text and map, few works in the history of American exploration are of greater importance. A handsome copy of a foundation work, complete with the equally rare map. The Streeter copy sold for $1700 in 1966. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 684/75. STREETER SALE 102. HOWES H415, “c.” SABIN 31347. TPL 81 (1st issue). HARRISSE, NOUVELLE FRANCE 150 (1st issue). GREENLY, MICHIGAN 8. GRAFF 1858 (1st issue). VAIL 222 (1st issue). WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 62. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG p. 130. BELL H93. $55,000.

Early American Travels and Observations on Indians

92. Hennepin, Louis: NOUVEAU VOYAGE D’UN PAIS PLUS GRAND QUE L’EUROPE AVEC LES REFLECTIONES DES ENTERPRISES DU SIEUR DE LA SALLE, SUR LES MINES DE ST. BARBE, &c.... Utrecht. 1698. [70],389pp. plus folding map and four folding plates. 12mo. Handsome tan crushed morocco, gilt extra, leather labels, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., by Lucien Broca. A few tiny marginal paper repairs. Otherwise, internally clean. Near fine.

This edition of Hennepin’s writings is a continuation of his Nouvelle Decouverte... of the previous year. In this work he added new material drawn from contemporary sources on Indian manners and customs and various North American travels. The first eight chapters describe the adventures and murder of La Salle, while the last concern the British treatment of the Recollets after the taking of Quebec in 1629. Lengthy passages are taken from Le Clercq’s Etablissement de la Foy of 1688. Despite the fact that Hennepin has been severely and justly criticized for imposture and plagiarism, his works, according to Thwaites, still stand as “invaluable contributions to the sources of American history; they deserve study, and to this day furnish rare entertainment. We can pardon much to our erratic friar, when he leaves to us such monuments as these.” No other narratives of French exploration in the interior of North America enjoyed as wide a popularity or stimulated as much controversy and criticism among later scholars as those of Hennepin. A Recollet missionary, Father Hennepin went to New France in 1675, and in 1678 he set out with La Salle to explore the fertile basin of the Mississippi River. While La Salle turned back to raise funds to continue the voyage, Hennepin went on to ascend the river from Fort Crevecoeur (Chicago) and penetrated farther northwest into the interior than any white man to that time. He discovered St. Anthony’s Falls near the present site of Minneapolis, and provided the first eyewitness account of Niagara Falls. The Streeter copy sold to Quaritch for $1200 in 1966. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 698/101. ARENTS 432. CHURCH 774n. HARRISSE 177. HOWES H417. SABIN 31351. STREETER SALE 104. STREIT II:2775. $11,000.

Views in Canada

93. Heriot, George: TRAVELS THROUGH THE CANADAS, CONTAIN- ING A DESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURESQUE SCENERY ON SOME OF THE RIVERS AND LAKES.... London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1807. xii,602pp. plus twenty-seven plates (some folding) and a handcolored folding map. Thick quarto. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather label. Occasional offsetting from plates, as usual; some light age toning, titlepage discolored, else text generally quite clean. One plate with small closed tear. Very good.

Heriot travelled a good deal through Canada from 1800 to 1816 as deputy postmaster general of British North America. He recorded his travels in illustration as well as text, as represented by the fine plates in the present work, and was considered one of the finest watercolorists of his day. The plates depict the Azores and include three views of Quebec; one each of St. Paul’s Bay, Jeune Lorete, the Ruins of Chateau Richer, River Etchemin, and Lake St. Charles; two views each of Niagara Falls, the St. Lawrence, the Fall of Montmorenci, and the Fall of La Puce; one each of Fort Niagara, Montreal, Grand Chaudiere on the Outaouais River, and the Bridge on the Jacques Cartier; and illustrations of Indian costume, an Indian encampment, and two of French Canadian dancing. The text offers a fine contemporary account of the Loyalist settlements in Canada and contains important material on the cod fisheries, fur trade, and native Indians, with a printing of Father Rasle’s vocabulary of the Algonquian language. “Illustrated books on North America are curiously few in the period with which we deal. By far the most interesting is Heriot’s Travels Through the Canadas...” – Prideaux. The Streeter copy was bought by the firm of Henry Stevens in 1969 for $650. HILL 801. DIONNE II:934. PRIDEAUX, pp.254-55. VLACH 390. FIELD 687. LANDE 433. GAGNON I:1657. PILLING, ALGONQUIAN, p.229. SABIN 31489. STREETER SALE 3658. TPL 805. ABBEY 618. $4000.

94. [Hewatt, Alexander]: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE COLONIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.... London. 1779. Two volumes. xiv,347; ix,329pp. Antique- style half calf and marbled boards, gilt leather labels. Ex-library stamp on titlepages, scattered toning. Internally clean. Very good.

Hewatt, an Englishman, lived in Charleston at one time, and Streeter describes him as “a keen collector of historical documents.” Published during the American Revolution, this was one of the few primary sources on the southern colonies available in England at the time. “Earliest history of this region” – Howes. A basic South Carolina and Georgia book. Seven Gables Book Store bought the Streeter copy for $175 in 1967. HOWES H452, “b.” DE RENNE, p.217. CLARK I:255. SABIN 31630. STREETER SALE 1133. SERVIES 552. $2500.

Early California Promotional

95. [Hittell, John S.]: THE RESOURCES OF VALLEJO: CONTAINING A STATEMENT OF THE GREAT NATURAL ADVANTAGES OF THE PLACE, SHOWING THAT IT IS THE MOST CONVENIENT SEA- PORT, THE SAFEST HARBOR, THE NATURAL RAILWAY CEN- TRE, AND THE BEST MANUFACTURING SITE. WITH A PROS- PECT OF BECOMING THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL METROPOLIS OF CALIFORNIA...[wrapper title]. [Vallejo. 1869]. 71, [1]pp. plus two folding maps. Original printed wrappers. Small ink stamp on front wrapper (see below). A touch of offsetting from the maps, else very clean internally. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt.

This copy bears the ownership stamp on the front wrapper of the noted U.S. Coast Survey geographer and engineer, George Davidson, as well as a smaller ink stamp reading: “with the compliments of J.S. Hittell.” A promotional pamphlet forcefully arguing for Vallejo in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay area as potentially the greatest harbor in the region. Among the reasons offered are Vallejo’s connection to railroads, the cheap price of land, and its proximity to inland agricultural resources. The text begins: “We believe that Vallejo, as the necessary result of its natural resources, developed and assisted by intelligence, capital, and labor, will be the leading city of this coast; and that, if we should prove to be wrong in this opinion, it will at least be the second.” Alas, it was not to be. The maps are “San Francisco and San Pablo Bays” and “Map of California Pacific Railroad,” both by Britton & Rey. The Streeter copy contained only one map. Scarce and very interesting. The Streeter copy was bought by the California collector Irving Robbins for $90 in 1968. COWAN p.284. ROCQ 14718. HOWES H541. SABIN 32273. STREETER SALE 2922. EBERSTADT 115:214. $1000.

“Without question the finest printed cartographic document relating to North America to be published to date” – Burden

96. Holme, Thomas: A MAPP OF YE IMPROVED PART OF PENSIL- VANIA IN AMERICA DIVIDED INTO COUNTYES TOWNSHIPPS AND LOTTS. [London]: “Surveyed by Tho: Holme Sold by P. Lea at ye Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside,” [ca. 1688]. Copper engraving, handcolored in outline. Inset plan of “The City of Philadelphia two miles in Length and one in Breadth” at upper center. Tables of “References to the Settlements of the Inhabitants of Chester and Bucks counties” at upper center. Dedication to “William Penn Esq. Proprietor and Governor of Pennsylvania by J. Harris” at upper right. 112 numbered and lettered references in Chester County, 29 numbered references in Bucks County, 36 numbered and lettered references in Philadelphia County, and hundreds of land holders identified on the map itself. Sheet size: 20½ x 24 inches. Very good.

The very rare first issue of the first map of Pennsylvania. This copy a superb example, with contemporary outline color and wide margins on all sides. Thomas Holme was appointed Surveyor General of Pennsylvania by William Penn in April 1682, the year after the colony was chartered. It was his responsibility to supervise the surveying of all tracts of land that had been sold. In May 1687, at Penn’s request, he forwarded a manuscript map in London that gave a detailed portrait of the extent of settlement at that date. “This was published first as a very large and later as a small engraving. In both, the grid plan of the city was carefully inserted in recognition of the fact that Philadelphia was the focal point and that the city plan had strong sales value in all promotion of the province generally” – Snyder. The manuscript survey was published as a six-sheet wall map in late 1687, of which only a handful of copies have survived. The present version, finely engraved by John Harris, was published by Philip Lea shortly thereafter. Although reduced in size from the wall map, the engraver maintained the extraordinary detail. Virtually every first purchaser is identified, either on the map itself or via the numbered and lettered references. The present copy is the rare first state of the map, issued by P. Lea sometime between 1687 and 1699 (though likely circa 1688, as the map was an integral part of William Penn’s promotion of his tract). On the later states Lea’s imprint has been erased from the plate and another imprint added at the lower left on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. The map is the most detailed and complete for any English American colony of the 17th century. Penn intended the map for promotional purposes, and it shows the boundaries and names the owner of every settled tract in the colony. The plan of Philadelphia at upper center is taken from Holme’s original survey map of 1682 from which the city was laid out. Holme’s was the first map of Philadelphia, and in its printed form, the first obtainable for any English American city. The Streeter copy sold to Sessler for $4750 in 1967. DEGREES OF LATITUDE, Custis atlas, entry 71. BURDEN 669. Corcoran, Thomas Holme, 1624-1695 (Philadelphia, 1992). Hough, “Captain Thomas Holme” in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 19. Klinefelter, “Surveyor General Thomas Holme’s ‘Map of the Improved Part of the Province of Pennsilvania’” in Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 6. PHILLIPS. MAPS, p.670. SNYDER, CITY OF INDEPENDENCE 7A. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG 121 (1st issue). STEVENS & TREE 68b. STREETER SALE 945 (1st issue). DEÁK, PICTURING AMERICA 72. $62,500.

Rare History of Relations with Indians in the 18th Century

97. Hopkins, Samuel: HISTORICAL MEMOIRS, RELATING TO THE HOUSATUNNUK INDIANS: OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE METH- ODS USED, AND PAINS TAKEN, FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE HEATHENISH TRIBE.... Boston: Print- ed and Sold by S. Kneeland..., 1753. [2],iv,182pp. Small quarto. Antique-style three-quarter speckled calf, leather label, and marbled boards. Lower 3/8 of titlepage in expert facsimile (the entire title present, authors name and imprint in facsimile). Light foxing to a few leaves. Else very good.

“The Historical Memoirs are regarded as one of the foundation stones in the relation between the Whites and Indians in the 18th century...” – Streeter. Hopkins, pastor of a church in Springfield, describes the mission near the intersection of the upper Housatonic River and the Connecticut-Massachusetts line, and its activities from 1734 to 1749. He gives an intimate and detailed picture, often on a day-by-day basis. The mission was conducted by the Rev. John Sergeant, originally recruited for the job by Stephen Williams, son of the “Redeemed Captive” and long active in Indian-white relations in western Massachusetts. This book is really a colonial diary. It is remarkable for its details of daily life, but especially in illustrating the degree to which the lives of Indians and British settlers intermingled in New England before 1750, on one hand; and how education and schooling was conducted, on the other. This book undermines all stereotypes of Indian/White encounter once the frontier had moved westward. There is no better picture of the relationships of the two races during this transitional period on the frontier of New England. This is an extremely rare book and is not listed in Field. “One of the rarest books relating to New England” – Sabin. In the Streeter copy the title-leaf and last two leaves are in facsimile, which is apparently the case with a number of other copies located; thus the Streeter copy had more flaws than the present copy. Goodspeed’s paid $200 for it in 1967, and immediately offered it in a catalogue for $300. HOWES H632, “b.” CHURCH 986. EVANS 7023. SABIN 32945. STREETER SALE 679. $4000.

A Major Early Map of Ohio, and the First to Show All Surveys

98. Hough, Benjamin, and Alexander Bourne: A MAP OF THE STATE OF OHIO FROM ACTUAL SURVEY. Philadelphia: John Melish, 1815. Fold- ing map, 46 x 51 inches, partially handcolored, backed on linen. Laid in original three-quarter roan and marbled boards, linen ties affixed to spine. Contemporary signature on front board. Minor insect damage to linen, not affecting map. A very nice copy in fine contemporary condition. In a cloth clamshell case, leather label.

The second map devoted to the state of Ohio, a greatly expanded and revised version of the first, issued in 1807. Hough and Bourne were General Land Office surveyors who took over and improved the work of the surveyor general of the United States, Jared F. Mansfield. Because of his position, Mansfield had access to original working materials of government agents. However, when he issued his Map of the State of Ohio from the Returns in the Office of the Surveyor General (1807), he issued it privately. Hough and Bourne evidently bought the copyright to Mansfield’s work after he was killed in the War of 1812, then substantially expanded it, evidently based on their own work. This map, with their revisions, is “the first map of Ohio to show all the actual surveys within the inhabited part of the state” (Ristow). “This large and detailed map of Ohio shows rapid progress of the township grid from the original surveys in the eastern part of the state in the 1790s. In southern Ohio some of the areas claimed by land companies established in the colonial period were surveyed and parceled out prior to 1795, and their irregular patterns, conforming more to topography than geometry, are in strong contrast to the tyranny of the grid. Similar collisions of old and new systems of land tenure and surveying can be seen elsewhere in the country, particularly along the lower Mississippi where a pattern of plantation strips running back from the river established by the French settlers encounters the later American squares. Such patterns in the landscape are best seen from airplanes; they reward the traveller with an atlas and a window seat” – Creating America. The present copy contains the ownership signature of Charles Shaler, Esq., the former U.S. District Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania during the period from 1853 to 1857. A quite rare map, with no copy appearing in Antique Map Price Records, nor is there a copy in Rumsey. The Streeter copy, the last to appear in book auction records, was bought by Goodspeed’s in 1968 for $100. It was sold later by the Reese Company to the Yale Map Collection in 1982. REESE & MILES, CREATING AMERICA 57. OCLC 16881206. STREETER SALE 1354. PHILLIPS MAPS, p.627. SMITH, MAPPING OF OHIO, p.159. RISTOW, p.146. $75,000. The Streeter Copy

99. Hughes, John T.: CALIFORNIA: ITS HISTORY, POPULATION, CLIMATE, SOIL, PRODUCTIONS, AND HARBORS. FROM SIR GEORGE SIMPSON’S “OVERLAND JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD.” AN ACCOUNT OF THE REVOLUTION IN CALIFOR- NIA, AND CONQUEST OF THE COUNTRY BY THE UNITED STATES, 1846-7. Cincinnati: J.A. & U.P. James, 1848. 105,[3]pp. Original printed wrappers. Small piece excised from upper margin of front wrapper. Moderate foxing. Very good. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt.

From the library of Thomas W. Streeter, with his annotations on the titlepage and the chemise, and his bookplate on the inside rear wrapper. An interesting collection of California reprints, including the relevant portions of Simpson’s famous narrative and a selection from John T. Hughes’ equally well-known account of Doniphan’s expedition. “A rare California item, but with an almost total lack of original material. It reprints Simpson’s excellent narrative and contains extracts from Hughes’s Doniphan’s Expedi- tion” – Streeter. Cowan mistakenly cites the first edition as 1849, though the present edition is the true first. Howes notes that this edition is sometimes found bound with Joel Palmer’s Journal of Travels. It was clearly assembled quickly to provide information when news of the gold discovery reached the East. Quite rare. The Streeter copy sold to the Nebraska Rare Book Company for $200 in 1968. It was later bought by the Reese Company, sold to a private collector, and then reacquired from that collector. STREETER SALE 2533 (this copy). HOWES H768, “b.” COWAN, p.295. GRAFF 2003. SABIN 33595. $5000.

The Earliest General Map of the Trans-Appalachian Country, Accompanied by the Text of Hutchins’ Work

100. Hutchins, Thomas: A NEW MAP OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND AND NORTH CARO- LINA; COMPREHENDING THE RIVER OHIO, AND THE RIVERS, WHICH FALL INTO IT; PART OF THE RIVER MISSISSIPPI, THE WHOLE OF THE ILLINOIS, LAKE ERIE; PART OF LAKE HU- RON, MICHIGAN &c. AND ALL THE COUNTRY BORDERING ON THESE LAKES AND RIVERS. London: Published according to Act of Parliament by T. Hutchins, 1778. Folding map, 36¼ x 44 inches, on four joined sheets, with bright period outline wash color. A little browning at joints. Library stamp of “Depot de la Marine” at lower right. Docketed on verso: “N° 128. de la boite / n° 29. / Virginie, Pennsylvanie / &c. / Par Thos. Hutchins. / 1778. (En Anglais.).” Overall a fine copy. Accompanied by the text of Hutchins’ work (see description below). Framed.

A remarkable work of American cartography, being both the first true general map of the American Midwest and the first meaningful large-scale depiction of the trans- Appalachian Country. This great map extends from western New York in the northeast to Cape Fear in the southeast, the Wisconsin River in the northwest, and the Arkansas River in the southwest. Thomas Hutchins was a seminal figure in the surveying and mapping of the United States. He began his career as a topographical engineer for the British Army during the French and Indian War. From 1758 to 1777 he served in the newly acquired Ohio Valley, designing the fortifications at Fort Pitt in 1763. In the following year he accompanied Bouquet on his expedition against the western Indians. The result was his map of the country on the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, published in London in 1766. Hutchins was a member of the exploring party sent down the Ohio Valley in 1766 to investigate the territory recently acquired from France, and on this occasion he conducted “the first accurate map, or more properly, hydrographic survey [of the Ohio River]” (Brown). Hutchins was stationed at Fort Chartres on the Illinois bank of the Mississippi from 1768 to 1770. He subsequently went to England, where he compiled this great map from his exhaustive personal surveys, and information gathered from many sources. The depiction of the Ohio immediately below Fort Pitt, for example, seems to be based on a manuscript by John Montresor. Brown notes that its publication in 1778 represented “the culmination of a long career as an engineer and mapmaker in the wilderness of North America.” Hutchins returned to America in 1781 and was appointed “Geographer to the United States” by Congress. In 1783 he was a member of the commission that surveyed the Mason-Dixon Line, and in 1785 he was appointed by Congress to the commission that surveyed the New York-Massachusetts boundary. Under the Ordinance of 1785 he was placed in charge of the surveying of the public lands in the Northwest Terri- tory. He died in 1789 shortly after completing the survey of the “Seven Ranges” in Ohio. He is frequently credited with establishing the excellent system under which all of the public lands of the United States were subsequently surveyed and divided into townships, ranges, and sections. His 1778 map was the foundation document for the mapping of the Ohio Valley in the late 18th century. The depiction of the trans-Appalachian region on Thomas Jef- ferson’s famous map in his Notes on the State of Virginia (1787), for example, was taken directly from Hutchins. The map shows the western claims of Virginia and North Carolina based upon their 17th-century royal charters. It is filled with exhaustive data throughout, with a fascinating series of notes or “legends” interspersed among the geographical details. “Illinois Country” is shown between the Illinois and Wabash rivers. Among its other important details, Hutchins’ map is one of the only printed maps of the period to show the proposed new colony of Vandalia (here “Indiana”), which was projected to occupy a large portion of the present state of West Virginia. This copy of the map is accompanied by Hutchins’ text: A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, Comprehending the Rivers Ohio, Kenhawa, Sioto, Cherokee, Wabash, Illinois, Mississippi, &c.... London. 1778. [2],ii,67pp. plus two folding maps and folding table. Half calf and marbled paper boards. Ex-library with perforated stamp on titlepage and a few other minor library marks. The text is here in the first edition, second state, with errors corrected on the titlepage and in the text, and no errata leaf. Of the text Streeter writes: “Hutchins’ work is one of the most valuable sources on the West during the British period. It is of particular interest for the Illinois country. The appended journal by Captain Kennedy describes his voyage up the Illinois River to its headwaters during July and August of 1773.” Hutchins was the most accomplished geographer in America at the time, and his exact description of the regions west of the Alleghenies was the best available at the time of the Revolution. “[B]y far the best map of the west printed to that time” – Streeter. “The best [colonial] map of the region south of the Great Lakes” – Cumming. A vital American map, and exceptionally rare. The Streeter copy of the map sold to Scribner’s Book Store in 1968 for $950. Map: STREETER SALE 1300. PHILLIPS, MAPS, p.983. CUMMING, BRITISH MAPS OF COLONIAL AMERICA, p.36. BROWN, EARLY MAPS OF THE OHIO VALLEY, plate 51. SIEBERT SALE 289. Text: VAIL 655. FIELD 744. STREETER SALE 1299. SABIN 34054. HOWES H846, “d.” GRAFF 2029. THOMSON 625. CLARK I:258. $150,000.

Topographical Description

101. Hutchins, Thomas: AN HISTORICAL NARRATIVE AND TOPO- GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF LOUISIANA AND WEST-FLOR- IDA, COMPREHENDING THE RIVER MISSISSIPPI WITH ITS PRINCIPAL BRANCHES AND SETTLEMENTS.... Philadelphia. 1784. 94,[1]pp. Antique-style three-quarter speckled calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Early ownership signature on titlepage and in margin of two interior leaves. Overall very good.

One of the most valuable works on Florida and Louisiana in the Revolutionary period. Hutchins was an officer in the British Army during the French and Indian War who later surveyed the country along the Mississippi from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. During the Revolution he served under Greene in the Carolinas, and later spent several years in West Florida in the area between New Orleans and Pensacola. He made a minute examination of its coast, harbors, lakes, and rivers, all reported in this accurate book. The Streeter copy sold in 1968 to the dealer Ralph Newman for $500, acting for collector Harry Sonnenborn. At the Sonnenborn sale in 1980 MacManus paid $750 for it. EVANS 18532. SABIN 34056. CLARK I:259. STREETER SALE 1521. SERVIES 608. VAIL 705. HOWES H845, “b.” $6000.

Massachusetts-New York Boundary Dispute

102. [Hutchinson, Thomas]: THE CASE OF THE PROVINCES OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY AND NEW-YORK. RESPECTING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TWO PROVINCES. Boston: Printed by Green and Russell, 1764. 30pp. and leaf with table. Stitched as issued. A fine, uncut copy. In a cloth slipcase with bookplates of Matt B. Jones and Harrison D. Horblit on the chemise.

The dispute over the New York and Massachusetts border went back to the period of Dutch control in the latter colony, and had remained an issue through a century of British control of both provinces. Hutchinson, as governor of Massachusetts, moved to resolve the question. Here he sets out the position of Massachusetts in the discussion. Quite rare. Howes states that only five complete copies are known, though there are several more copies listed in ESTC. Goodspeed’s sold the present copy in 1941, from the Matt B. Jones collection. The Streeter copy sold for $225 in 1967. HOWES H850, “b.” SABIN 34068. EVANS 9731. STREETER SALE 697. $9000.

Utopias in Texas and Nauvoo

103. [Icarian Community]: [Cabet, Etienne]: COLONIE ICARIENNE AUX ETATS-UNIS D’AMERIQUE. SA CONSTITUTION, SES LOIS, SA SITUATION MATERIELLE ET MORALE APRES LE PREMIER SEMESTRE 1855. Paris: Chez l’Auteur, Janvier 1856. 240pp. Dbd., original rear wrapper present but detached. Quite clean internally, and in very good condition. In a half morocco box.

A scarce French printing of the principles, history, laws, constitution, and status of the Icarian communities in the United States. Founded by Étienne Cabet, the Icarian Community was among the most interesting Utopian experiments in the United States during the 19th century. After an unsuccessful attempt to settle in Texas, the Icarians established themselves in Nauvoo, Illinois, an abandoned Mormon town. After Cabet’s death in 1856, the group splintered, with some of the remaining Illinois group moving to Corning, Iowa. This volume, published in the year of Cabet’s death, offers his description of the community and the principles of its founding and operation, as well as the laws and constitution that governed them. Not in Graff. Scarce. H.P. Kraus bought the Streeter copy for $160 in 1969. SABIN 9779. HOWES C5, “aa.” STREETER SALE 4267. $6000.

The Bear Flag Rebellion

104. [Ide, Simeon]: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM B. IDE: WITH A MINUTE AND INTERESTING AC- COUNT OF ONE OF THE LARGEST EMIGRATING COMPANIES. (3000 MILES OVER LAND), FROM THE EAST TO THE PACIFIC COAST. AND WHAT IS CLAIMED AS THE MOST AUTHENTIC AND RELIABLE ACCOUNT OF “THE VIRTUAL CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA, IN JUNE, 1846, BY THE BEAR FLAG PARTY.” [Cla- remont, N.H.]: Printed for the subscribers, [1880]. [2],239,[1]pp. Half title. 12mo. Original blue cloth stamped in black and gilt. Some staining and soiling to boards, minor edge wear. Hinges tender, bookplate removed from front pastedown. Internally clean. Very good.

Presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed by Simeon Ide to the Hon. Uriel Crocker on a front fly leaf. Also includes a brief pencil correction on page 93, likely in Ide’s hand. William Ide emigrated to California in 1845. In 1846, after rumors that the Mexican Republic was going to expel all non-citizens, he led a group of settlers in what became known as the Bear Flag Revolt after the California Bear Flag raised as they took control of the Sonoma pueblo. Ide was named Commander of the California Republic. Afterwards most of the party joined Lieut. Col. John C. Fremont in seizing California from Mexico. Uriel Crocker was a founder of leading Boston publishers Crocker & Brewster, and later sat on the board of several railroad companies including the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, South Pacific Railroad, and St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. “This Sketch contains an account of the early years of W.B. Ide, recollections by his daughter of the family’s trip across the plains to California in 1845, and an account of the Bear Flag revolt of 1846 as told by Ide to his brother in 1849, and in a letter to a Senator Wambough which, as Ide died in 1852, must have been written within a few years of the event. [An] interesting account of the overland journey of 1845 and important source on the beginnings of American rule in California in 1846...” – Streeter. The work is also important in that it is one of the few overland journals written from the point of view of a woman (Ide’s daughter, who in 1845 at age eighteen accompanied her father west), and is unique in its exclusive treatment of the Bear Flag Revolt. Howes speculates that this first edition, printed by the author at the age of eighty-six on a handpress, “was probably small.” A rare and important California book. The Streeter copy sold to Michael Ginsberg, then with Western Hemisphere, for $175 in 1968. HOWES I4, “b.” STREETER SALE 2967. TUTOROW 3466. EBERSTADT 105:136 (ref ). GRAFF 2059. ZAMORANO 80, 45. COWAN 1914, p.118. MINTZ 250. $5000.

105. [Indian Treaties – Comanche and Kiowa]: TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE CAMANCHE AND KIOWA TRIBES OF INDIANS. [Washington. 1866]. 8pp. Folio. Folded sheets, as issued. Mildly tanned, light chipping to final leaf. Very good.

Concluded Oct. 18, 1865, ratification advised May 22, 1866, proclaimed May 26, 1866. This treaty was apparently produced in a small edition, perhaps only enough for the use of the negotiating parties. “In this treaty, made at Council Ground in the Little Arkansas River, Kit Carson provides for the possession by the Comanche and Kiowa of a vast Texas Reservation, with reservations. Ostensibly the Treaty gave the Indians the Panhandle” – Eberstadt. Peter Decker paid $50 for the Streeter copy in 1968. EBERSTADT INDIAN TREATIES 40. RADER 3472. STREETER SALE 2021. $1000.

Item 106. “One of the best of the maps of California to this time” – Streeter

106. Jackson, William A.: MAP OF THE MINING DISTRICT OF CALI- FORNIA. New York: Lambert & Lane, 1851. 38 x 58 cm., in full color. Folded into 12mo. original green cloth case, stamped in blind and with title in gilt on front cover. Text: “Appendix to Jackson’s Map of the Mining Districts of California Bringing Down All the Discoveries Since 1849...,” 16pp. Cloth discolored and stained. Text very lightly foxed. The map is brightly colored and in fine condition. In a half morocco and cloth box, spine gilt.

Second and best edition, revised and enlarged. In this improved edition the text has been considerably rewritten and enlarged, with sections on new towns including Santa Cruz, Agua Fria, Vallejo, and Martinez. There is also new information on placer mines, silver and lead mines, cinnabar mines, and agriculture. The map is one of the most attractive of all gold rush maps, with the counties all individually colored. Jackson identifies several of the southern mines (which he touts in the text), and it is the only map to name Santa Cruz County “Branciforte.” “This map is based on 1850-Jack- son, but is much more ornate....Very few changes have been made in the information shown in the northern portion of the gold region, but much additional material has been added in the southern mining region. Marysville and many other valley points have been added” – Wheat. “There are new sections on quartz mines, silver and lead mines, and agriculture. This map shows all the counties from Monterey and Mariposa to the northern boundary, all clearly set off from each other by the color scheme and making this a very handy map to consult. It is one of the best maps of California to this time” – Streeter. Jackson notes in his text on page 15: “We could not advise any one who is doing well at home, to venture to California.” A splendid, large-scale map, scale about nine to ten miles to the inch, with exceptional coloring. Kurutz locates only a handful of copies. Howell bought the Streeter copy for $300 in 1968. KURUTZ 358b. WHEAT GOLD REGION 196. STREETER SALE 2665. HOWELL 123. PHILLIPS MAPS, p.185. NORRIS CATALOGUE 2386. GRAFF 2178. ROCQ 15877. $20,000.

In Defense of Captain Cresap

107. [ Jacob, John J.]: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE CAPT. MICHAEL CRESAP. Cumberland, Md.: Printed for the Author, by J.M. Buchanan, 1826. 123,[1]pp. 12mo. Contemporary three- quarter roan and marbled boards, spine gilt. Boards lightly rubbed and shelf- worn. Early ownership signature on front free endpaper. Light tanning, scattered foxing, old light dampstain in lower third of final five leaves of text. About very good. In a burgundy half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt, and folding cloth chemise.

A biography of Captain Cresap, defending him against charges that he slaughtered Indians before the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In particular, Cresap became infamous in the case of the Indian, Logan, and the murder of his defenseless family in 1774. “This biography of Cresap was written to refute Jefferson’s account in Notes on Virginia....The immediate occasion for this now rare book, written by the revolutionary officer, later clergyman, who had married Cresap’s widow, was the reopening of old sores by [ Joseph] Doddridge in his then recently published Notes [on the Settlement and Indian Wars, of the Western Parts of Virginia & Pennsylvania, from the Year 1763 Until the Year 1783 Inclusive] of 1824. The defense is complete and the biography is of absorbing interest” – Streeter. The Streeter copy was bought by Sessler for $650 in 1968. HOWES J32, “b.” SABIN 35488. STREETER SALE 1335. FIELD 769. THOMSON 640. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 24967. DAB IV, p.538 (Cresap). $3500.

108. James, Edwin: ACCOUNT OF AN EXPEDITION FROM PITTS- BURGH TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1819, 1820...UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJ. S.H. LONG, OF THE U.S. TOP. ENGINEERS. COMPILED FROM THE NOTES OF MAJOR LONG, MR. T. SAY, AND OTHER GENTLEMEN OF THE PARTY, BY EDWIN THOMAS, BOTANIST AND GEOLO- GIST TO THE EXPEDITION. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. Three volumes. vii,[1],344; vii,[1],356; vii,[1],347pp. Folding engraved map, folding engraved plate with geological profiles, and eight other plates (three aquatint) by I. Clark after S. Seymour. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Minor wear, front hinge of first volume cracked but firm. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. In a brown half morocco and cloth clamshell case.

The first London edition of this cornerstone of Western Americana. Originally named the “Yellowstone Expedition,” the U.S. government expedition under Major Stephen Long was the most ambitious exploration of the trans-Mississippi West following those of Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike. The expedition travelled up the Missouri and then followed the River Platte to its source in the Rocky Mountains before moving south to Upper Arkansas. From there the plan was to find the source of the Red River, but when this was missed, the Canadian River was explored instead. Edwin James was the botanist, geologist, and surgeon for the expedition, and “based his compilation upon his own records, the brief geological notes of Major Long, and the early journals of Thomas Say [who served as the expedition’s zoologist]” (Wagner- Camp). Significantly, Long’s expedition was the first official U.S. expedition to be accompanied by artists (namely Titian Peale and Samuel Seymour), and the illustrations are an important early visual record of the region. Cartographically, Long provided the first details of the Central Plains. Upon returning to Washington from the expedition, he drafted a large manuscript map of the West (now in the National Archives) and the printed map in James’ Account... closely follows his original. The myth of the Great American Desert was founded by Long, a myth which endured for decades. Long’s map, along with that of Lewis and Clark, “were the progenitors of an entire class of maps of the American Transmississippi West” (Wheat). The American first edition was published in three volumes in Philadelphia in 1822-23; this London edition followed. The London edition differs in some respects from the American: a few additional paragraphs of text were added, the plates were re-engraved, and the two maps found in the American edition were here combined into one. The Streeter copy was bought by John Fleming for $125 in 1968. He sold it to a private collector, from whom the Reese Company acquired it in 1991. At the time we sold it for $2500, later repurchased it, and sold it to a private collector for $3000 in 1996. WAGNER-CAMP 25:2. FIELD 948. ABBEY 650. HOWES J41, “b.” STREETER SALE 1784. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 353. SABIN 35683. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 49 (ref ). $7500.

Early College Funding Problems

109. Jay, James: A LETTER TO THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, &c. IN RESPECT TO THE COLLECTION THAT WAS MADE FOR THE COLLEGES OF NEW YORK AND PHILA- DELPHIA. London. 1774. [2],20pp. Modern paper boards, printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Very minor toning and soiling, Very good plus. In a blue half morocco and cloth folder.

Sir James Jay – elder brother of Founding Father John Jay – here writes a vindication of himself against accusations brought in the chancery court. Jay collected funds for the establishment of King’s (now Columbia) College in New York. The Governors later drew on him for more than he had collected, and upon his protesting the bills, brought suit against him in chancery court. An interesting look at early educational funding in the colonial United States. Only a handful of copies in ESTC. The Streeter copy was bought by Goodspeed’s for $80 in 1969. ESTC T68095. STREETER SALE 4065. $1850.

First British Edition of the First Report on Lewis and Clark

110. Jefferson, Thomas: TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR PARTS OF AMER- ICA; COMMUNICATING DISCOVERIES MADE IN EXPLORING THE MISSOURI, RED RIVER AND WASHITA BY CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK, DR. SIBLEY AND MR. DUNBAR WITH A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRIES ADJACENT AS LAID BEFORE THE SENATE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN FEBRUARY 1806. London: Richard Phillips, 1807. 24,17-116pp. plus folding table. Dbd. Very good. In a blue cloth chemise and folding box.

The first London edition of the first official publication to provide any detailed account of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the first work to give any satisfactory account of the southwestern portion of the Louisiana Purchase. The first section consists of material transmitted to Jefferson by Lewis, providing information about their route, Indians, trade, animals encountered, and geography. Equally important are the accounts of the southern explorations. Included are Dr. Sibley’s letters to Gen. Henry Dearborn, which comprise the first account of Texas in book form, mentioning in particular various Texas tribes and the Red River country. “President Jefferson’s Message is the covering letter for a group of documents that report the recent explorations in Louisiana Territory. Although Lewis and Clark had not returned from the Pacific at the time, their earlier letter written from the upper Missouri on the eve of their departure to the Rockies contain significant data” – Wagner- Camp. “Though meager in information on Lewis and Clark, this was the first book giving any of their activities....The Sibley-Dunbar descriptions of the Texas-Louisiana frontier gave the first formal and satisfactory picture of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase” – Howes. Nebenzahl paid $80 for the Streeter copy in 1968. HOWES L319. RADER 3359. SABIN 40826. STREETER SALE 3121. WAGNER- CAMP 5:6. $5000.

South Carolina Just Before the Revolution

111. Johnston, George Milligen: A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE AIR, WEATHER, AND DISEASES, AT CHARLES-TOWN. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1763. London. 1770. 96pp. Antique-style three- quarter calf and marbled boards. Internally clean. Very good.

An important account of South Carolina in the mid-18th century. Johnston, a doctor, was the chief medical officer of the British Army in South Carolina. He writes extensively on the diseases of the area in addition to the climate, weather, and local foods. He specifically discusses several kinds of fevers, as well as cholera, dysentery, and pleurisy, noting a particularly virulent form of pleurisy which often attacks the slave population. He also includes a chapter on the local Indian tribes including the Catawbas, Cherokees, Creeks, and Chickasaws, and the role they played in the late French and Indian War. Scarce on the market. No copies have appeared at auction since the Streeter Sale in 1967. Many sources, including Howes, give Milligen as the author’s surname, which it was, but he later assumed the last name of a relative named Johnston. The Streeter copy sold to Goodspeed’s for $180 in 1967. HOWES M621, “aa.” STREETER SALE 1131. SABIN 49086. ESTC T99069. $12,500.

A French Mercenary in the British Service During the American Revolution

112. Joly de St. Valier, Le Sieur: HISTOIRE RAISONÉE DES OPÉRATIONS MILITAIRES ET POLITIQUES DE LA DERNIÈRE GUERRE, SUIV- IE D’OBSERVATIONS SUR LA RÉVOLUTION QUI EST ARRIVÉE DANS LES MOEURS & SUR CELLE QUI EST SUR LE POINT D’ARRIVER DANS LA CONSTITUTION D’ANGLETERRE. Liege. 1783. xii,235,[1]pp. Without the ten page supplement, which is not always present. Half title. Handsomely bound in contemporary French mottled calf, raised bands, spine richly gilt, gilt morocco label. Light shelf wear. Quite clean internally. A near fine copy. In a cloth chemise and slipcase, gilt leather label.

A firsthand account of the Revolution, by a little-known but fascinating French soldier of fortune who fought for the British. A disputatious and critical man, Joly de St. Valier condemns the British conduct of the war, especially in naval matters, but also heaps some scorn on the French and De Grasse. The ten-page supplement, not included here, was issued separately and is found in only a few copies of the work. It was likely printed later, and continues Joly’s war of words with Sir Joseph Yorke, former British Ambassador at the Hague, who was quite involved in British naval strategy during the war. A very rare work on the market, with much important firsthand material on the military history of the American Revolution. The Streeter copy realized $450 to Nebenzahl in 1967. SABIN 36428. HOWES J182, “aa.” STREETER SALE 802. GRAFF 2230. $7500.

Classic of American Travel and Natural History

113. Kalm, Peter: TRAVELS INTO NORTH AMERICA. CONTAINING ITS NATURAL HISTORY, AND A CIRCUMSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF ITS PLANTATIONS AND AGRICULTURE IN GENERAL...THE CIVIL, ECCLESIASTICAL AND COMMERCIAL STATE OF THE COUNTRY. Warrington. 1770-1771. Three volumes. xvi,400,[1]; [title- leaf ],[8] (subscribers list), [3]-352; viii,310,[14]pp. (index) plus folding map and six plates. 19th-century three-quarter calf, spines gilt. Internally quite clean. Very good.

The first English edition, translated by John Reinhold Forster, after the original Swedish edition published in Stockholm in 1753-61. Kalm was in America in 1748 and 1749, using Philadelphia as his base of operations. Much of the first volume is devoted to his observations on the country around that city; much of the second volume relates to his sojourn in the Swedish settlements in southern New Jersey; and the remaining volume concerns his journey north through New York to Montreal and Quebec, and his experiences there in 1749. “One of the most reliable eighteenth-century accounts of American natural history, social organization, and political situation. Kalm gives an especially important account of the American Swedish settlements” – Streeter. This is also an important work of natural history and botany. Kalm was a student of Linnaeus, and he gathered impressive collections during his American travels. He was also a close friend of American naturalist John Bartram and travelled with him into New York State. The text is accompanied by an excellent and large map, “A New and Accurate Map of Part of North America...,” which shows the northeastern section of North America from Virginia north and west to Ohio. The Streeter copy sold to an order bid for $600 in 1967. HOWES K5, “b.” STREETER SALE 823. SABIN 36989. Coats, The Plant Hunters, pp.277-79. LARSON 329. LANDE 482. TPL 214. MEISEL III, p.346. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE 3493. $7500. Travels on the Eastern Seaboard in 1702

114. Keith, George: A JOURNAL OF TRAVELS FROM NEW-HAMP- SHIRE TO CARATUCK, ON THE CONTINENT OF NORTH- AMERICA. London: Printed by Joseph Downing..., 1706. Title-leaf, dedication leaf, 92pp. Small quarto. Mid-20th-century crushed morocco, spine and panels ruled in gilt, raised bands, elaborately gilt inner dentelles, by Zaehnsdorf. Very faint contemporary ownership signature at head of titlepage. A very nice copy, from the library of Jay Snider, with his bookplate.

Keith arrived in Boston in 1702 as a representative of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, having renounced his previous fanatical attachment to Quakerism. His travels from New England to Carolina during the two subsequent years had him sermonizing before a good number of congregations, as well as taking part in several pamphlet controversies (Sabin attributes some fifty-two titles to him; see “Works of George Keith Printed in America” cited below). He preached in York- town, Williamsburg, Jamestown, and other locations along the coast, and made a name for himself by taking on the “stubborn and irascible inhabitants” of the colonies. An important narrative by a major figure of the period. The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $650 in 1967. CHURCH 827. STREETER SALE 817. CLARK I:108. SABIN 37199. William Reese, “Works of George Keith Printed in America” in Princeton Library Chronicle, Winter 1978, pp.98-124. HOWES K33, “b.” EUROPEAN AMERICANA 706/141. $8500.

The Best Edition

115. Kendall, George W.: NARRATIVE OF THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPE- DITION. COMPRISING A DESCRIPTION OF A TOUR THROUGH TEXAS, AND ACROSS THE GREAT SOUTHWESTERN PRAIRIES, THE CAMANCHE AND CAYUGA HUNTING GROUNDS, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERINGS FROM WANT OF FOOD, LOSSES FROM HOSTILE INDIANS, AND FINAL CAPTURE OF THE TEXANS, AND THEIR MARCH, AS PRISONERS TO THE CITY OF MEXICO. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. Two volumes. Original cloth. Spine ends carefully repaired on first volume. Head and toe of spine frayed on second volume. Corners refurbished. Contemporary ownership label and pencil signatures on front endpapers. Bookplate removed from second volume. Moderate to heavy foxing in both volumes, affecting plates and folding map. Old bookseller’s blindstamp on titlepage of each volume. Overall good.

This is the seventh and best edition of the most important work on a decisive event in Texas and southwestern history. The Texan Santa Fe expedition was conceived by Mirabeau B. Lamar in an attempt to open a trade route which would lure away some of the traffic hitherto utilizing the Santa Fe trade, and also to extend his greetings to residents of New Mexico, whom he wished to participate in Texas government as residents of territory claimed by Texas in an act of 1836. Due to poor navigation, faulty planning, and harassment by Indians, the expedition lost most of its momentum. Upon their arrival in New Mexico, the entire force was taken captive under orders of Gov. Manuel Armijo. The prisoners were forcibly marched to Mexico City, and the affair brought relations between Texas, the United States, and Mexico to a boiling point. Those who survived the march and imprisonment were released in April 1842, six and a half months after their capture. Kendall, editor of the New Orleans Picayune, accompanied the expedition as an observer. With him was Thomas Falconer, who was acting in secret as an agent for the British government. Because of Falconer’s British citizenship, he was among the first prisoners released. This extremely important seventh edition incorporates for the first time an appendix containing excerpts from Falconer’s diary, as well as two additional chapters of text. For this reason, this edition is eminently more desirable than the first edition, and it is much more difficult to acquire. The map, although not a notably accurate one, shows various routes across West Texas. At the Streeter sale in 1966 his copy was sold to a private collector for $525. HOWES K75, “b”. WAGNER-CAMP 110:10. CLARK III:188. FIELD 818. RADER 2157. RITTENHOUSE 347. SABIN 37360. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 483. GRAFF, FIFTY TEXAS RARITIES 26a. GRAFF 2306. STREETER SALE 398. STREETER TEXAS 1515 (1st ed). REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 84 (ref ). $5000.

Classic of American Sporting Books

116. [Kester, Jess Y.?]: THE AMERICAN SHOOTER’S MANUAL, COM- PRISING, SUCH PLAIN AND SIMPLE RULES, AS ARE NECES- SARY TO INTRODUCE THE INEXPERIENCED INTO A FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THAT RELATES TO THE DOG, AND THE CORRECT USE OF THE GUN; ALSO A DESCRIPTION OF THE GAME IN THIS COUNTRY.... Philadelphia. 1827. [250]pp. plus three plates including frontispiece, errata leaf, and [3] leaves of advertisements. Half title. Original cloth backed boards. Front cover detached. Browned, some foxing and late dampstaining, tear in one leaf expertly repaired. Else good, untrimmed and largely unopened.

One of the earliest American sporting books written in the United States. The supposed author, Dr. Kester, mainly devotes his narrative to shooting birds, describing dogs and their training, firearms, and the particular game birds found around Philadelphia, including partridge, woodcock, snipe, quail, grouse, duck, curlew, and wild turkey. This is the second issue of the first edition, with “ribbon” spelled correctly on page 235. The Streeter copy was bought by Goodspeed’s for $150 in 1969. HENDERSON, p.6. STREETER SALE 4084. PHILLIPS, SPORTING BOOKS, p.211. $1250.

“The Star Spangled Banner”

117. [Key, Francis Scott]: “THE DEFENCE OF FORT M’HENRY.” [Con- tained in:] THE ANALECTIC MAGAZINE. FOR NOVEMBER, 1814. Philadelphia. 1814. pp.[433]-434 of pp.[353]-[440]. 20th-century half black calf and marbled boards. Spine lightly rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Minor scattered soiling and foxing. Very good.

The first appearance in a magazine of the words of “The Star Spangled Banner,” preceding any appearance in book form, and only the fourth printing in a periodical. The poem appears here without attribution of an author, with the note that it is to be sung to the tune of “Anacreon in Heaven.” This number of The Analectic Magazine also contains many articles of scientific and travel interest, with a number of plates. Goodspeed’s bought the Streeter copy for $200 in 1967. BAL 11081. STREETER SALE 1070. SONNECK, p.83. $1350.

Oglethorpe’s Attack on St. Augustine: South Carolina Grasping for Florida

118. [Killpatrick, James]: AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE LATE EXPEDITION AGAINST ST. AUGUSTINE UNDER GENERAL OGLETHORPE. OCCASIONED BY THE SUPPRESSION OF THE REPORT, MADE BY A COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEM- BLY IN SOUTH-CAROLINA...WITH AN EXACT PLAN OF THE TOWN, CASTLE AND HARBOR OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE ADJACENT COAST OF FLORIDA; SHEWING THE DISPOSITION OF OUR FORCES ON THAT ENTERPRIZE. London: Printed for J. Huggonson, 1742. 68pp. plus two maps on one folding sheet. Modern crushed red morocco, spine gilt. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Final leaf trimmed a bit close in upper margin, skimming the page numbers. Near fine.

First and only edition, and a primary account of the English incursion into Florida against the Spanish at St. Augustine. The unsuccessful siege was led by Gen. James Oglethorpe, one of the founders of Georgia. “During the War of Jenkins’ Ear, 1739- 43, an expedition under General Oglethorpe seized two Spanish forts on the St. John’s River early in 1740, and made an unsuccessful attempt to capture St. Augustine. In 1742 Oglethorpe turned back an invasion into Georgia of a large force of Spaniards, and the next year made another unsuccessful invasion of Florida. The failure of the 1740 expedition caused much ill feeling in South Carolina against Oglethorpe, and this anonymous Account, erroneously ascribed...to Oglethorpe, is in fact a bitter criticism of him for mishandling the forces from South Carolina” – Streeter. The author, in fact, has been identified as James Killpatrick, a Charleston doctor and an officer who served under Oglethorpe. Killpatrick quotes letters from Oglethorpe to the Carolina authorities in 1739 and 1740 asking for assistance in the expedition and gives a highly detailed account of the course of events from the arrival of the joint forces at the mouth of St. John’s River (May 9, 1741) to the raising of the siege on July 5. The two maps (which Streeter calls “detailed and excellent”) are a plan of the town, castle, and harbor of St. Augustine with the disposition of Oglethorpe’s forces in 1740, and another showing the Florida coast from the mouth of the St. John’s to Matanzas Inlet. Servies notes that some copies have a plate showing the town and castle of St. Augustine by Thomas Silver, which originally appeared in the Gentleman’s Magazine for July 1740. It seems the view was not originally issued with this title but was inserted into some copies, as they were published roughly contemporaneously. The Streeter and Siebert copies, for example, had no view, and Howes does not call for one. The Streeter copy realized $2200 to John Fleming for the collector John Roebling in 1967. The Reese Company bought it for Yale at the Roebling sale in 1981. The Siebert copy sold for $18,400 to a private collector. The publication of this text sparked a pamphlet war, directly answered by George Cadogan in The Spanish Hireling Detected in 1743. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 42/104. HOWES O44, “c.” ESTC T60032. SABIN 56846. SERVIES 365. DE RENNE, pp.103-105. CLARK I:103. STREETER SALE 1125. SIEBERT SALE 574. $27,500.

Rare Narrative by the Surgeon and Naturalist on the Back Expedition

119. King, Richard: NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO THE SHORES OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN, IN 1833, 1834, AND 1835; UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT. BACK, R.N. London: Richard Bentley, 1836. Two volumes bound in one. xv,[1],312,[1]; viii,321,[1]pp., plus four plates including two frontispieces and one map. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Minor scattered foxing. Very good.

“Dr. King’s narrative is full of the details of Indian life, as it was presented to the members of Captain Back’s expedition. He looked at the same transactions with the natives, and the same phases of their character which Captain Back portrays, from a different point, and their coloring to his eye bears another tinge. His journal, filled with descriptions of interviews with the Chippewyans, Crees, Dog-Ribs, and Esquimaux, is therefore exceedingly interesting even after the perusal of Captain Back’s narrative. Although every chapter is largely devoted to incidents associated with the natives, and anecdotes illustrative of their character, Dr. King yields the whole of Chapter XII. to an examination and relation of the present condition of the tribes inhabiting the Hudson’s Bay territories. The Doctor does not attempt to conceal the chagrin he felt, at the cool absorption of his own careful researches in the narrative of Captain Back. In the splendid work of that really eminent explorer, there appears a little, and but a little of that want of generosity which the relation of Dr. King insinuates. Both give the most minute narrations of the peculiar traits of the Northern Indians, their destructive wars, their wasting from disease, and famine, and debauchery, all of which are directly traceable to their communication with the whites. Dr. King, however, finds in them traces of some of the nobler, as well as the more tender emotions, the possession of which Captain Back somewhat superciliously derides. Dr. King very justly reminds him that the gallant Captain owed his life, and that of his entire party, to the devotion and self-denial, through two long starving winters, of the Chippewyan chief Akaitcho. This remarkable Indian deserves an honorable fame. While his tribe in common with himself were starving, he shared with Captain Franklin in his two expeditions, and with Captain Back in a third, the scanty food, which his superior hunter-craft enabled him to obtain, when the duller white reason failed. Captain Franklin would never have sailed upon his fateful voyage, but for the humanity of Akaitcho, as he would have perished of starvation on his first exploration” – Field. “King, surgeon and naturalist of the Back expedition that descended the Back River to the arctic coast of Canada, includes much material similar to that contained in Sir George Back’s Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition, 1836, with additional detail on birds, mammals, and fishes, especially as observed near Fort Reliance” – Arctic Bibliog- raphy. Most notable from a historical perspective is King’s charge that Captain Back appropriated his own research and that Back’s conclusions were less than exact. King praises to great length the aforementioned Chipewyan chief Akaitcho. The Streeter copy sold to a private collector for $150 in 1969. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 8708. FIELD 831. NMM 857 (ref ). SABIN 37831 (calling for 7 plates). TPL 1899. STREETER SALE 3705. WAGNER-CAMP 62. $13,500.

First Edition of a Scarce Account of Gold Rush-Era California

120. Kip, Leonard: CALIFORNIA SKETCHES, WITH RECOLLECTIONS OF THE GOLD MINES. Albany: [ Joel Munsell, Printers, Albany, for] Eras- tus H. Pease & Co., 1850. 57pp. Publisher’s advertisement on verso of upper wrapper. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Provenance: Josiah Markle (period signature on upper wrapper).

Leonard Kip’s work includes excellent firsthand descriptions of San Francisco, Stockton, mining camps, and life in the diggings around the Mokelumne River area. Kip’s companions suffered from dysentery, scurvy, low provisions, and little success, and consequently his impressions of California are a touch gloomy. Predicting a bleak future for the state once the gold ran out, he writes: “It will readily be conceived that Cali- fornia can present few inducements to the settler.” According to the introductory notice, these recollections “were intended for one of the daily papers, but the friend to whom they were sent (in the absence of the author), has assumed the responsibility of publishing them in this form, for the benefit of those who are meditating a voyage to the El Dorado of the West.” His older brother, William Ingram Kip, went on to become a major figure there as the first Episcopalian Bishop of California in 1853. Scarce. The Streeter copy sold for $400 in 1968 to the Carnegie Book Shop, bidding for the Clements Library. COWAN, p.331. GRAFF 2343. HOWES K174. KURUTZ 379A. SABIN 37946. STREETER SALE 2638. BIBLIOTHECA MUNSELLIANA 474. $12,000.

Interesting Association

121. Knox, John, Capt.: AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE CAM- PAIGNS IN NORTH-AMERICA, FOR THE YEARS 1757, 1758, 1759, AND 1760: CONTAINING THE MOST REMARKABLE OCCUR- RENCES OF THAT PERIOD; PARTICULARLY THE TWO SIEGES OF QUEBEC, &c. &c..... London: Printed for the Author; and sold by W. Johnston..., 1769. Two volumes. ix,[7],405pp. plus errata leaf, frontispiece, and folding map; [2],465pp. plus frontispiece and errata leaf. Quarto. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original gilt spines laid down, leather labels, corners reinforced. Light wear to boards, corners bumped. First volume internally clean; second volume with some minor foxing and slight worming. Very good. In a cloth clamshell box, gilt leather label.

“One of the most accurate and detailed accounts available on the sieges of Louisbourg and Quebec” – TPL. Knox arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his regiment in 1757 to take part in the anticipated expedition against Louisbourg, although the attack was postponed and the regiment did not see action in the siege. They did take part in the battle of the Plains of Abraham, served under James Murray at Quebec in the winter of 1759-60, and participated in the capitulation of Montreal in 1760. Knox gives a firsthand account of the battles, and supplements his narrative with printings of important official documents and orders from both the British and the French. The portraits represent generals Wolfe and Amherst, and the map, by Thomas Kitchin, shows the British dominions in North America according to the treaty of 1763. The Streeter copy sold to an order bid for $350. HOWES K222, “b.” DIONNE II:751. LANDE 486. GAGNON I:1880. JCB 1680. STREETER SALE 1030. SABIN 38164. VLACH 417. TPL 323. $6000.

With an Important Series of Maps

122. Laet, Joannes de: NOVUS ORBIS SEU DESCRIPTIONIS INDIAE OCCIDENTALIS LIBRI XVIII.... Leiden: Elzevier, 1633. [32],690,18pp. plus fourteen double-page maps by Hessel Gerritsz. Sixty-eight woodcuts in text. Half title. Engraved title with elaborate emblematic and architectonic border. Folio. Contemporary calf, covers with double-fillet border in blind, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, the bands flanked by pairs of fillets in blind, painted figure “4” carefully painted in an attractive early calligraphic hand in white paint in the uppermost compartment, red-stained edges, expert restoration to head and foot of spine. In a modern cloth chemise, and red half morocco and cloth slipcase, lettered in gilt on the spine.

An exceptional copy of the first Latin edition of “arguably the finest description of the Americas published in the seventeenth century” (Burden). The maps include the first to use the names Manhattan, New Amsterdam (for New York), and Massachusetts, and “one of the foundation maps of Canada” (Burden). This work is one of the most important 17th-century New World histories. It is a cornucopia of early knowledge of the Americas and was compiled by de Laet, a director of the newly formed Dutch West India Company, with access to all the latest geographic knowledge. Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, writing in the 18th century, noted that the work as a whole “is full of the most excellent and curious details of the natural history, and the character, manners, and customs of the American aborigines, derived from the reports of the European mission establishments in America.” The present first edition in Latin was preceded by two editions in Dutch (the first of which was published in 1625). De Laet continued to add to and improve the work throughout his lifetime: the present edition contains fourteen maps as opposed to the ten in the 1625 edition, and the text has been considerably expanded. This copy is unusual in two respects: firstly, its outstanding condition; and secondly, for the early, certainly 17th-century, annotations by an English-speaking owner who appears to have had some contact with the Americas, or at least with the products of the region. The front free endpaper includes an accomplished small ink drawing of a plant labeled “Cassavi” with a two-line note beside it: “Mam- mosaporta / a Jamaica fruite.” The second blank includes a reference to an important scientific work by Mario Bettino first published in 1645, Marii Bettini Apiarium Mathematicum. The index of the subjects of the woodcuts on the page preceding the first page of the main text includes two references which correctly identify “a Kinge Crab. novis Anglis” and a pineapple as a “Queene Pine.” The maps are by Hessel Gerritsz and are some of the very best to appear up to that time. Gerritsz had trained under Willem Blaeu, but had been chosen in preference to his old master when the appointment of cartographer to the Dutch West India Company was made. The charming in-text illustrations are chiefly of biological or botanical specimens and are generally surprisingly accurate for their time, and each of the eighteen constituent books is turned over to the consideration of a different region of the New World. The quality of the maps can be gauged from the fact that they served as a prototype for the mapping of America, with a number of them being reused in various later 17th- century atlases. The maps are titled as follows:

1) “Americae sive Indiae occidentalis tabula generalis.” Burden 229: “The best west coast delineation to date.” 2) “Maiores minoresque insulae. Hispaniola, Cuba, Lucaiae et Caribes.” 3) “Nova Francia et regiones adiacentes.” Burden 230: “One of the foundation maps of Canada.” 4) “Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia.” Burden 231: “The first [map] to use the names Manhattan and N. Amsterdam. It is also the earliest to use...Massachusets [sic].” CUMMING 35. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG, p.105. 5) “Florida. et regiones vicinae.” Burden 232: “Its influence was quite considerable.” CUMMING 34. 6) “Nova Hispania, Nova Gallicia, Guatamala.” Burden 215: “The delineation of the coastlines here was the most accurate to date.” 7) “Tierra Firma item Nuevo Reyno de Granada atque Popayan.” 8) “Peru.” 9) “Chili.” 10) “Provinciae sitae ad fretum Magellanis itemque fretum Le Maire.” 11) “Paraguay, o prov. de rio de la Plata: cum adiacentibus Provinciis, quas vocant Tucuman, et Sta. Cruz de la Sierra.” 12) “Provinciua de Brasil cum adiacentibus provinciis.” 13) “Guaiania sive provinciae intra rio de las Amazonas atque rio de Yviapari sive Orinoque.” 14) “Venezuela, atque occidentalis pars Novae Andalusiae.”

The Streeter copy sold to Nico Israel for $550 in 1966. It was later bought by an American collector, from whom the Reese Company acquired it in 1990. It is now at the Virginia Historical Society. BORBA DE MORAES, p.451. SABIN 38557. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 633/65. STREETER SALE 37. STREIT II:1619. JCB (3)II:246. TIELE 628. BELL L33. VAIL 84. RODRIGUES 1352. ASHER 3. WILLEMS 382. ALDEN II:337. BRUNET III:741. BEINECKE, LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION 31. $30,000.

Early Study of North American Indian Manners and Customs

123. Lafitau, Joseph François: MŒURS DES SAUVAGES AMERIQUAINS, COMPARÉES AUX MOEURS DES PREMIERS TEMPS. Paris: Saugrain and Charles Estienne Hochereau, 1724. Two volumes. [8],610pp. plus twenty- one plates including frontispiece and map; [26],490,[41]pp. plus twenty-two plates. Quarto. Contemporary calf, gilt, stamped with the arms of the House of Chimay on both covers, spines gilt extra, leather labels. Extremities lightly worn, some scuffing to covers, head and foot of spine chipped. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Very minor scattered foxing. Very good.

A detailed account of the customs, manners, and religion of the Indians of America. The work focuses mainly on the Indians of Canada, with over thirty pages of the second volume devoted to the language of the Hurons. The author was a Jesuit missionary among the Iroquois at Sault St. Louis. “An extraordinary summation of seventeenth century knowledge of the life and society of the American Indian. Lafitau’s comparison of Indian societies with ancient Asian societies was an attempt to demonstrate the Asian origin of the American Indian” – Streeter. The plates are particularly notable, showing numerous aspects of Indian life, including games, dances, ceremonies, and costumes. Some of the plates are based on De Bry or earlier sources, while others were newly engraved for this work. An essential Americanum. The Streeter copy sold to an order bid for $250 in 1966. FIELD 850. SABIN 38596. BORBA DE MORAES, p.453. PILLING, PROOF- SHEETS 2168. LANDE 494. HOWES L22, “b.” JCB (3)I:345. STREETER SALE 121. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 724/97. STREIT III:1359. LeCLERC 815. $8500.

First English Edition of Great Lakes Travel

124. Lahontan, Louis Armand, Baron de: NEW VOYAGES TO NORTH- AMERICA. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL NATIONS OF THAT VAST CONTINENT...A GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF CANADA, AND A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY...TO WHICH IS ADDED, A DICTIONARY OF THE ALGONKINE LANGUAGE, WHICH IS GENERALLY SPOKE IN NORTH-AMERICA. ILLUSTRATED WITH TWENTY THREE MAPPS AND CUTTS.... London: Printed for H. Bonwicke [et al], 1703. Two volumes. [24],280; [2],302,[13]pp. plus twenty-four maps and plates (many folding). Lacks the advertisement leaf at the end of the second volume. Mod- ern calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, ruled in gilt, spines gilt, a.e.g. Small neat repairs to the verso of several maps and plates. Very clean and neat internally. A handsome set.

First edition in English of Lahontan’s famous narrative, a curious blending of fact and fantasy, to be honored in regard to his account of his travels in the Great Lakes region, but to be accompanied by tongue placed amply in cheek in regard to his claims to have journeyed west of the Mississippi, which Howes states have the veracity of “the legends of the sea serpent.” The maps and plates are quite interesting, though the former evidence some confused geography, most notably that of the “Long River” west of the Great Lakes. Despite Lahontan’s lapses, this remains one of the most important midwestern travel narratives. The views of Indians and villages, as well as the maps, were engraved by H. Moll under the supervision of the author, and a new map of Newfoundland appears in this edition, as well as material relating to Lahontan’s non-American travels. Rare with all twenty-four plates and maps. The Streeter copy sold to an unidentified collector for $400 in 1966. It was last spotted in the stock of Arader, who was asking $18,000 for it in 2007. HOWES L25, “b.” CLARK I:111. SABIN 38644. TPL 6357. STREETER SALE 107. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 2174. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 86, 87. GREENLY, MICHIGAN 9 (note). EUROPEAN AMERICANA 703/86. SIEBERT SALE 668. $6750.

Classic of the New Orleans Campaign of 1814

125. Latour, Arsene Lacarriere: HISTORICAL MEMOIR OF THE WAR IN WEST FLORIDA AND LOUISIANA IN 1814 – 1815.... Philadel- phia. 1816. Text volume plus atlas. Text: xx,264,cxc pp. Atlas: Title-leaf plus eight colored maps and plans (seven folding). Text volume: Frontispiece portrait. Original paper boards, paper label with manuscript title. Spine perished, boards lightly soiled. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Contemporary ink signature and annotations on front free endpaper, minor foxing. Atlas: Original paper covered boards, paper label with manuscript title on front cover. Spine largely perished. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. The bookplate of Frank Cutter Deer- ing laid in each volume. A near fine set, in original condition and untrimmed. Together in a half morocco and cloth box, spine gilt.

One of the most important books on the War of 1812 in the South and West, describing the campaign around the battle of New Orleans. “Major Latour’s account of the military events is minute and interesting, and the appendix contains an invaluable collection of state papers” – Sabin. “Chief authority, well-documented, on these operations” – Howes. The eight maps (Sabin states that there are only seven) consist of battle plans and “A General Map of the Seat of War in Louisiana and West Florida,” executed by Major Latour in his capacity as engineer. Streeter describes the maps and plans (which are sometimes found bound in a separate atlas, as here) as “invaluable,” and Clark calls the Historical Memoir... “a detailed and precise narrative of the 1814- 15 campaign from the first arrival of British forces on the Louisiana coast until their complete evacuation.” The portrait of Jackson, not found in all copies, is present here. Sessler purchased the Streeter copy for $425 in 1967. It is now in the Dietrich American Foundation. SABIN 39214. CLARK II:158. STREETER SALE 1075. HOWES L124, “aa.” SHAW & SHOEMAKER 38034, 38035. SERVIES 878. $7500.

Buying into Florida

126. [Lawrence, Samuel Adams]: PETITION OF SAMUEL A. LAWRENCE AND OTHERS, CITIZENS OF NEW-YORK, FOR CONFIRMA- TION OF THEIR TITLE TO LANDS IN EAST FLORIDA, PUR- CHASED FROM RICHARD S. HACKLEY, WITH THE OPINION OF COUNSEL, ON HIS TITLE THERETO. [Washington?]. 1824. 74pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Moderately worn and curled along foredge, 2 x 2-inch piece worn away from upper inner corner of wrappers. Contemporary ownership signature on front wrapper. Faint dampstaining throughout. Good. In a half morocco box.

A case study in the vagaries of Florida land transfers in the wake of the Adams-Onìs treaty. Hackley, a Virginian, received the lands in question from the Duke of Alagon, who in turn received his grant directly from the King of Spain. Given the land claims asserted by the United States government via the treaty, Lawrence and the other peti- tioners were seeking confirmation that their claims did not conflict with those made by the federal government, with the particular aim of avoiding the sort of protracted and expensive lawsuit that often resulted in land transfers between sovereign governments. The text includes the petition; the opinions of various judicial luminaries, including William Van Ness, Aaron Burr’s second in his duel with Hamilton; the title granted by the King of Spain to the Duke of Alagon; the certificate of Alagon’s formal possession of the land, in English and Spanish; the deed to Hackley, also in English and Spanish; the Adams-Onìs treaty; and an extract from the Spanish constitution. While Streeter suggests New York as the place of publication, Servies suggests Washington, which seems more likely since the petition was directed to Congress. Others have raised the remote possibility that, given the relatively unsophisticated type on the titlepage, it may have been printed in Florida. Extremely rare. OCLC locates only four copies. Collector Jay Kislak bought the Streeter copy for $80 in 1967. SERVIES 1191. STREETER SALE 1210. SABIN 39369. OCLC 2380884. $1750.

A Famous Missionary Account

127. Le Clercq, Chrestien: NOUVELLE RELATION DE LA GASPESIE, QUI CONTIENT LES MOEURS & LA RELIGION DES SAUVAG- ES GASPESIENS PORTE-CROIX, ADORATEURS DU SOLEIL, & D’AUTRES PEUPLES DE L’AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, DITE LE CANADA.... Paris. 1691. [26],572pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked, corners refurbished. Small library stamp below imprint on titlepage. Bookplate. Titlepage a trifle soiled. Overall a very good copy.

The first edition, first issue of this valuable firsthand account of Recollet missionary activity in northeastern Canada and New Brunswick, generally considered one of the best descriptions of Indian culture in Canada. Le Clercq provides detailed information relative to the Micmac Indians of the Gaspé peninsula, based on the twelve years he spent as a missionary to the tribe from 1675 to 1686. The book also gives the first detailed account of the Gaspé peninsula. Le Clercq invented the system of hieroglyph- ics used to transliterate the Micmac language. The Streeter copy was bought by Maggs for $350, and later sold to collector Michael Zinman, who later sold it to the Reese Company. We sold it to a Canadian collector in 1989. BELL L133. FIELD 902. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 691/77. CHURCH 717. LANDE 517. HARRISSE 170. JCB II:1415. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 2235. PILL- ING, ALGONQUIAN, p.305. STREETER SALE 3633. TPL 110. SABIN 39649. $4000.

128. Ledyard, Isaac: AN ESSAY ON MATTER. IN FIVE CHAPTERS. Phila- delphia: Printed for the Author, 1784. [4],26pp. Half title. Modern half calf and cloth. Very good.

A rare early American scientific publication, one of the first works of speculative physics produced by an American. Not in Rink. The Streeter copy sold for $100 in 1969. STREETER SALE 4152. EVANS 18554. $1100.

The Great Landmark of Western Exploration: First British Edition

129. Lewis, Meriwether, and William Clark: TRAVELS TO THE SOURCE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND ACROSS THE AMERICAN CON- TINENT TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. PERFORMED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THE YEARS 1804, 1805, AND 1806. BY CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARKE [sic]. PUBLISHED FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORT. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1814. xxiv,663pp., large folding engraved map by Neele, five engraved plans on three plates. 1p. publishers’ advertisements at rear. Half title. Quarto. Contemporary marbled calf, carefully rebacked, the original gilt spine laid down, marbled edges. Small paper fault hole in 3C2 with loss of one character, worm track in outer blank margins of leaves from 4E1 to the end. Old creasing to folding map as usual. Light marginal browning to the plan facing p.191. Provenance: James Grove White (1852-1938, Kilbyrne, Doneraile, Co. Cork, Ireland, armorial bookplate, early ink stamp on front pastedown).

First British edition of the “definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent” (Wagner-Camp). The book describes the U.S. government- backed expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase undertaken from 1804 to 1806 by ascending the Missouri to its source, crossing the Rocky Mountains, and reaching the Pacific Ocean. In total, the expedition covered some eight thousand miles in slightly more than twenty-eight months. They brought back the first reliable information about much of the area they traversed, made contact with the Indian inhabitants as a prelude to the expansion of the fur trade, and advanced by a quantum leap the geographical knowledge of the continent. The narrative was first published in Philadelphia in two octavo volumes in the same year as the present edition, and it has been reprinted many times since and indeed remains a perennial American bestseller. The large folding map of the West (by Neele after the Philadelphia edition map) recalls an extraordinary feat of cartography, accurately revealing much of the trans-Mississippi for the first time. Wheat notes that the map is almost identical to the Philadelphia version “except for a few minor varia- tions.” The observations in the text make it an essential work of American natural history, ethnography, and science, and it forms a worthy record of the first great U.S. government expedition. Copies of Lewis and Clark have become increasingly difficult to find, especially as Stephen Ambrose’s excellent book, the Ken Burns documentary, and the expedition’s bicentennial have further widened the already broad appeal of the book. Warren Howell bought the Streeter copy for $180 in 1968. FIELD 929. GRAFF 2480. HILL 1018. HOWES L317, “b.” LITERATURE OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 5A.2. SABIN 40829. STREETER SALE 3128. WAGNER-CAMP 13:2. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 317. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 272. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 37 (ref ). $27,500.

“One of the supreme utterances of the principles of democratic freedom” (PMM): Earliest Publication of the Gettysburg Address in Book Form

130. [Lincoln, Abraham]: Everett, Edward: AN ORATION DELIVERED ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG, (NOVEMBER 19, 1863,) AT THE CONSECRATION OF THE CEMETERY PREPARED FOR THE INTERMENT OF THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE BATTLES OF JULY 1st, 2d, AND 3d, 1863. New York: Baker & Godwin, 1863. 48pp. Publisher’s printed wrappers, publisher’s advertisement on rear wrapper. Repair to paper spine. Very good. In a cloth box, leather label.

Rare first appearance in book form of Lincoln’s magnificent Gettysburg Address. This edition was preceded only by the exceptionally rare sixteen-page pamphlet, The Get- tysburg Solemnities, known in only three copies. Lincoln made his speech at the dedication of a cemetery on the Gettysburg battlefield some four months after the bloody and pivotal battle that turned the tide of the Civil War in favor of the Union. His speech was preceded by an address by Edward Everett, the most famous orator of his day. Everett’s speech took some ninety minutes to deliver, and is largely forgot- ten. Lincoln’s speech, delivered in only a few minutes, is immortal. It is a supreme distillation of American values, and of the sacrifices necessary for the survival of liberty and freedom. “The Washington Chronicle of 18-21 November reported extensively on this ceremony and included a verbatim text of ‘Edward Everett’s Great Oration.’ On the fourth day it noted in passing that the President had also made a speech, but gave no details. When it came to the separate publication on 22 November, Everett’s ‘Oration’ was reprinted from the standing type, but Lincoln’s speech had to be set up. It was tucked away as a final paragraph on page 16 of the pamphlet [The Gettysburg Solemnities]. It was similarly treated when the meanly produced leaflet was replaced by a 48-page booklet published by Baker and Godwin of New York in the same year” – PMM. Lincoln’s address appears on page 40, and parenthetical notes are added indicating “applause” and “long-continued applause.” A diagram on page 32 gives the details of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Seven Gables paid $400 for the Streeter copy in 1968. HOWES E232, “b.” MONAGHAN 193. GROLIER AMERICAN 100, 72 (note). STREETER SALE 1747. SABIN 23263. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 351 (ref ). Garry Wills, Lincoln at Gettysburg, pp.191-204. $40,000.

With the Kino Map of Arizona and New Mexico

131. Lockman, John: TRAVELS OF THE JESUITS, INTO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.... London. 1743. Two volumes. vi,xxii,[2],487; 507pp., plus 2pp. advertisements, five folding maps, folding plate, and errata. With the canceled leaves as described by Streeter. Modern half calf and marbled boards, leather labels. Unobtrusive later ownership label on bottom of each titlepage. Some tanning and light foxing. Very good, with maps and plate in near fine state, and with the uncanceled leaves in the first volume as described by Streeter.

An abridged translation of the first ten volumes of Lettres Edifiantes..., including Pic- colo’s description of the California missions; particulars of the missions in Mexico, Peru, and Hudson Bay; and Barrera’s Abode Among the Moxos and Chiriguanos of South America. “A work so entertaining and curious, that it has been translated into most of the languages of Europe” – Cox. Includes handsome engraved maps of Arizona and New Mexico showing part of California, Tierra del Fuego, the Straits of Magellan, the “Mission of the Moxos, or Moxes: settled by the Jesuits in Peru,” and the Malabar and Coromandel coasts. An “Account of the Chiriguanos of South America” is also included. The plate illustrates the ginseng plant. San Francisco dealer David Magee bought the Streeter copy for $120. HOWES L414. COX I, p.14 (2nd ed). HILL 1031 (later ed). SABIN 40708, 40709. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 743/131. WAGNER SPANISH SOUTHWEST 74a (note). STREETER SALE 2430. $2750.

The First San Francisco Vigilance Committee

132. Lockwood, R.A.: THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF SAN FRAN- CISCO. METCALF vs. ARGENTI et al. SPEECHES OF R.A. LOCK- WOOD, ESQ. San Francisco. 1852. 48pp. Modern three-quarter morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Slight shelf wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. A bit of foxing, light stain in gutter of titlepage. Very good.

An important event in the history of the first Vigilance Committee. Rufus Lockwood was Metcalf ’s lawyer in this bizarre case. Metcalf, a drayman, was accused of steal- ing goods he was transporting. In the middle of the night, Argenti and a Vigilance Committee group came to Metcalf ’s house and violently searched it for “stolen items,” material actually in a warehouse in transit. Metcalf sued Argenti and his band for damages. The verdict of the case was $200 in compensation for Metcalf, significantly less than the $20,000 he requested. “These speeches of Lockwood are required reading for anyone wishing to understand the dark and cruel side of the activities of the Vigilance Committee” – Streeter. The Streeter copy sold to Dawson’s Book Shop for $325 in 1968. SABIN 41752. COHEN 12019. GREENWOOD, CALIFORNIA IMPRINTS 333. STREETER SALE 2713. COWAN, p.394. GRAFF 2521. HOWES L420. $2500.

Georgia Scenes

133. [Longstreet, Augustus B.]: GEORGIA SCENES, CHARACTERS, INCIDENTS, &c. IN THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE RE- PUBLIC. By a Native Georgian. Augusta, Ga. 1835. 235pp. Contemporary three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities worn. Con- temporary ownership inscription on front pastedown, fly leaf, and titlepage. Newspaper clipping pasted to rear fly leaf. Toning and foxing, some light wear to text. A good, solid copy. In a half green morocco and marbled boards box.

The rare first edition of a classic of southern literature and manners, Georgia Scenes... is written in the form of a series of sketches set in frontier Georgia at the beginning of the 19th century. Although in fictional form, the book is such realistic social history that it presents one of the best pictures of life in that time and place, and straddles the line between fact and fiction. Longstreet said that his purpose was “to supply a chasm in history which has always been overlooked – the manners, customs, amusements, wit, dialect, as they appear in all grades of society to an ear and eye witness of them... there is scarcely one word from the beginning to the end of the book that is not strictly Georgian.” The book stands at the beginning of a long line of southern humor. Goodspeed’s bought the Streeter copy for $375 in 1967. HOWES L448, “b.” STREETER SALE 1168. DE RENNE I, p.445. GEORGIANA 28. SABIN 41936. WRIGHT I:1721. BAL 12946. $6000.

134. [Louisiana]: REPRESENTATION AND PETITION OF THE REPRE- SENTATIVES ELECTED BY THE FREEMEN OF THE TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA. Washington: William Duane & Son, 1805. 30pp. Gathered signatures, string-tied as issued. Light, even toning, titlepage and foredges of a few leaves a bit soiled. Ex-New-York Historical Society, with their small discreet ink stamps on the final two leaves. Else very good. Untrimmed.

A most important petition relative to the eventual establishment of the territory of Missouri. “In 1805 Congress had divided the Louisiana Purchase into two parts, the trans-Mississippi portion south of 33 degrees being the District of Orleans; that north of 33 degrees, including the St. Louis region, was made an adjunct of the Territory of Indiana and called the District of Louisiana. This division was violently protested in this petition to Congress, signed by sixteen deputies of the Territorial assembly of the District convened at St. Louis. Augustus Chouteau and Eligius Fromentin were appointed to present the petition to Congress, which, in 1804, granted the petition and set up the region as a separate territory, which after 1812 was called Missouri Territory” – Streeter. The Streeter copy sold for $150 to parties unknown in 1968. STREETER SALE 1586. SABIN 42298. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9631. COHEN 10798. $1500.

135. [Louisiana Constitution]: CONSTITUTION OR FORM OF GOVERN- MENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. [bound with:] [CONSTI- TUTION OU FORME DE GOUVERNEMENT DE L’ETAT DE LA LOUISIANE]. New Orleans. 1812. 32,30pp. Expertly bound to style in half calf and period marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco label. Contemporary ink notations and ink burn on titlepage, second work without separate titlepage. Minor toning and foxing. Else very good.

A vital work in the history of Louisiana, with the very first printing of the state’s constitution. “The enabling act providing for calling a convention to frame a constitution for Louisiana was passed February 20, 1811, and this, the first constitution of Louisiana, was adopted on January 22, 1812. It is very rare” – Streeter. “Under this Constitution was admitted to the Union the first State to be carved out of the Louisiana Purchase with boundaries beginning at the mouth of the River Sabine and following largely those laid down for the Territory of Orleans east and west of the Mississippi, as adopted by ‘the Representatives of the People of all that part of the Territory or country ceded under the name of the People of all that part of the Territory or country ceded under the name of Louisiana, by the Treaty made at Paris, on the 30th day of April 1803, between the United States and France.’ The convention which met at New Orleans to draft this historic document concluded its labors January 22, 1812. Under its terms Louisiana was admitted to statehood April 30, 1812, doubtless something of a record” – Eberstadt. Both works were printed in New Orleans, the first by Joseph Bartholomew Baird. The second work, printed by Jean Baptiste Simon Thierry, is the French translation of the first. An important and quite rare collection of the founding constitution of the state of Louisiana. Ralph Newman bought the Streeter copy for $3250 in 1968 for collector Harry Sonnenborn. At his sale in 1980 it only went for $1400. JUMONVILLE 223, 224. STREETER SALE 1592. EBERSTADT 166:64. FOOTE, p.49. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 25882, 25883. $12,500.

Rare Early Images of the Gold Rush

136. M’Ilvaine, William, Jr.: SKETCHES OF SCENERY AND NOTES OF PERSONAL ADVENTURE, IN CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO. Philadelphia. 1850. 44pp., plus fifteen (of sixteen) lithographic plates. Plate 8 (“Kanaka Creek”) in this copy is provided in facsimile. Original black cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. New endpapers. Page 19 (facing plate 8) torn in upper blank margin, with repairs on verso. A touch of foxing, otherwise very clean and fresh internally. A very good copy, though with plate 8 in facsimile. In a half morocco and cloth folding box, spine gilt.

A major illustrated work of the California Gold Rush, one of the earliest such works published by a returning 49er. M’Ilvaine was born in Philadelphia, studied art in Europe, and then took it up professionally. He went to California in early 1849, arriving on June 1, and left on November 1, 1849 aboard the steamer California. Each full-page lithograph is accompanied by descriptive text (ranging from one to nine pages). Nine of the plates show scenes in California, including San Francisco, Stockton, Sutter’s Mill, Sutter’s Fort, Wood’s Creek, and scenes along the Tuolumne. The rest depict scenes along M’Ilvaine’s return journey across Mexico, including views of Acapulco, Chapultepec, and Mexico City. “This album-like volume represents one of the earliest publications illustrated with ‘on the spot’ drawings” – Kurutz. Howes is in error in calling for seventeen plates – he counts the engraved titlepage twice. Rare, with only a few copies on the market in the past twenty years. The Streeter copy sold for $550 to parties unknown in 1968. KURUTZ 420. COWAN, p.408. HOWES M112, “b.” SABIN 43328. STREETER SALE 2640. GRAFF 2615. VAIL GOLD FEVER, p.20. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 134. HOWELL 50:170. $4500. The Best Work on the French and Indian War

137. Mante, Thomas: THE HISTORY OF THE LATE WAR IN NORTH- AMERICA, AND THE ISLANDS OF THE WEST-INDIES, IN- CLUDING THE CAMPAIGNS OF MDCCLXIII AND MDCCLXIV AGAINST HIS MAJESTY’S ENEMIES. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1772. [4],viii,542pp. plus errata and eighteen folding engraved maps. Large quarto. Expertly bound to style in half 18th-century russia and period marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands in six compartments, morocco label. Very good.

The best contemporary account of the French and Indian War, justly celebrated for its cartography and textual content, and one of the great rarities of colonial Americana, complete with all maps and the elusive errata leaf. Virtually all of Mante’s account relates to the war in North America, with detailed narratives of Braddock’s campaign and the other frontier and Canadian campaigns of the conflict. The work is particularly desirable for its contemporary descriptions of Pontiac’s War, a campaign in which the author participated as major of brigade to Colonel Dudley Bradstreet. In addition, the introduction includes an interesting account of young George Washington’s escape in 1753 from assassination by an Indian who acted as his interpreter and guide. Mante evidently took great care to gather information that was both historically and cartographically accurate for the present work. The maps are praised by all bibliographers as being by far the best relating to the war, and include several seminal maps which are the most accurate produced to that time. They comprise:

1) “Fort Beau Sejour, & the adjacent Country Taken Possession of by Colonel Monckton” 2) “Lake Ontario to the Mouth of the River St. Lawrence” 3) [Map of Lake George and vicinity] 4) “A Plan of Fort Edward & Its Environs on Hudsons River” 5) “Communication Between Albany & Oswego” 6) “Attack on Louisbourg” [by Amherst & Boscawen] 7) “The Attack of Ticonderoga” [by Major General Abercromby] 8) “Plan of Fort Pitt or Pittsbourg” 9) “Guadaloupe” 10) “Attack on Quebec” [by Wolfe & Saunders] 11) “A Sketch of the Cherokee Country” 12) “The River Saint Lawrence from Lake Ontario to the Island of Montreal” 13) “A Plan of the Attack upon Fort Levi” 14) “River St. Lawrence from Montreal to the Island of St. Barnaby...& the Islands of Jeremy” 15) “A View of the Coast of Martinico Taken by Desire of Rear Adml Rodney” 16) “Part, of the West Coast, of the Island of Saint Lucia” 17) “Plan of the Retaking Newfoundland” [by Colville & Amherst] 18) “Attack of the Havanna” [by Albemarle & Pococke] Sabin writes of this great rarity: “Copies with all the maps are scarce. It is probable that but few were printed, though the large and beautiful plans and military maps (which gave it so great a value), must have made its production a work of much expense.” The Streeter copy was bought by Sessler in 1967 for $900. CHURCH 1092. HOWES M267, “c.” STREETER SALE 1031. FIELD 1003. SABIN 44396. BEINECKE, LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION 283. $75,000.

A Major French Pacific Voyage

138. Marchand, Étienne, and Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu: VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, PENDANT LES ANNÉES 1790, 1791, ET 1792, PAR ÉTIENNE MARCHAND, PRÉCÉDÉ D’UNE INTRODUC- TION HISTORIQUE; AUQEL ON A JOINT DES RECHERCHES SUR LES TERRES AUSTRALES DE DRAKE, ET UN EXAMEN CRITIQUE DU VOYAGE DE ROGGEWEEN. Paris. 1798-1800. Four volumes. xii,cxliv,628,[3]pp. plus folding table; [iii]-xvi,676,[2]; xi,[1],431,[3]; [2],viii,158,[2]pp., plus sixteen maps (some folding) and plates. Quarto. 19th- century half morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, edges sprinkled. Hinges and spine extremities slightly worn, corners reinforced with cloth, minor edge wear. Bookplates on front pastedowns. Occasional light foxing on margins and maps. Very good.

An account of the second French circumnavigation and the first French commercial voyage to the Pacific Northwest. Étienne Marchand, commander of the voyage, had learned of the lucrative potential for the fur trade in that region from British captain Portlock. He sailed via Cape Horn, stopped at the Marquesas, and traded along the Northwest Coast in the summer of 1791. He provides detailed descriptions of Norfolk Sound and Sitka, followed by a particularly detailed account of the Queen Charlotte Islands, and further explorations as far as the southern end of Vancouver Island. “A very important and authoritative work for the history of the Northwest Coast” – Lada- Mocarski. From North America Marchand sailed to Hawaii and then to Macao, where he failed to sell his valuable cargo of furs. He then returned to France, where the Revolutionary government confiscated his cargo. The voyage was a loss for its investors. He died in 1793, and Count Fleurieu, himself an experienced Pacific explorer, took over the editing and publication of the material from the voyage, as well as adding an authoritative history of Pacific exploration and discoveries along the American coast. Considerable text is also devoted to natural history exploration en route. The detailed maps are of Alaska and the Northwest Coast, the Marquesas, and Hawaii. An important work, seldom found in the preferred large paper format. The Streeter copy sold to Warren Howell for $900 in 1969. HILL 612. STREETER SALE 3496. LADA-MOCARSKI 54. HOWES F195, “b.” EBERSTADT NORTHWEST COAST 111. WICKERSHAM 6622. WAGNER NORTHWEST COAST I:212. SABIN 24751. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 20 (note). $15,000.

In Original Boards

139. Martin, François-Xavier: THE HISTORY OF NORTH-CAROLINA, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD. New Orleans. 1829. Two volumes. [12], 325,[1],[blank leaf ],[114]; [4],411,[1]pp. Half title in each volume. Contem- porary boards, expertly rebacked. Minor wear to and slight dampstaining on boards. Occasional foxing. Small hole in front free endpaper of first volume. Contemporary ownership markings and notes, contemporary ownership signature, and later ownership stamp on front pastedown, front free endpaper, and titlepage, respectively, of each. Overall near fine, untrimmed. In a half morocco and cloth box.

An important early history, quite scarce, the first devoted entirely to the state, by the prolific lawyer-historian, François-Xavier Martin, issued the same year as his history of Louisiana. Jumonville locates only five copies. Copies in original boards are very seldom seen. The Streeter copy sold to Seven Gables for $150 in 1967. HOWES M333. STREETER SALE 1140. JUMONVILLE 671,672. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 39436. $4500. With the Important Map and View

140. [Martyn, Benjamin]: REASONS FOR ESTABLISHING THE COLO- NY OF GEORGIA, WITH REGARD TO THE TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN, THE INCREASE OF OUR PEOPLE, AND THE EMPLOY- MENT AND SUPPORT IT WILL AFFORD TO GREAT NUMBERS OF OUR OWN POOR, AS WELL AS FOREIGN PERSECUTED PROTESTANTS. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE DESIGN OF THE TRUSTEES. London: Printed for W. Meadows, 1733. 48pp. plus engraved map and engraved frontispiece and tail- piece after J. Pine. 19th-century calf and marbled boards, gilt. Minor shelf wear. Light foxing, minor stain to frontispiece; map partially detached, with a minor dampstain. Very good. In a green half calf and cloth slipcase.

An important and rare Georgia tract from the time of the colony’s founding, complete with a map of the region. Martyn was a strong advocate and defender of the colony, and herein gathers a number of interesting documents in addition to his own arguments, including a letter from Oglethorpe to the Trustees from Savannah, their reply to him, a list of the Trustees, etc. The map is the second state of that which first appeared in the 1732 edition of Some Account of the Designs of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, altered by removal of some of the notations and relocation of a few incidentals (see De Renne I, p.18 for details). The interesting frontispiece is an imaginary view of the laying out of Savannah. This second edition of Martyn’s tract is the first in which the author is named, and includes additions not found in the first edition, first issue. “A well-written tract; plausible in its arguments, glowing in its descriptions, valuable for its information, and pertinent in its appeals to the philanthropic and benevolent” – Sabin. The Streeter copy was bought by Nebenzahl for $225 in 1967. DE RENNE I, p.45. SABIN 45002. HOWES M356, “aa.” LC, GEORGIA 104. STREETER SALE 1144. CUMMING 211. $12,000.

141. [Martyn, Benjamin]: AN IMPARTIAL ENQUIRY INTO THE STATE AND UTILITY OF THE PROVINCE OF GEORGIA. London. 1741. [2],104pp. Lacks half title. 19th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, by Bradstreet. Moderate shelf wear. Later bookplates on front pastedown. Minor scattered foxing. Very good.

The S.L.M. Barlow copy, with his bookplate. Martyn was one of the main promotional writers for the colony of Georgia. He provides an account of the settlements and a warm and glowing description of the country. Includes a staunch argument against the use of slaves in the colony, sprinkled with harsh comments on the loyalty, productivity, and worth of their labor. This copy is the variant issue described by Vail, without the price printed on the titlepage. The Streeter copy sold for $160 in 1967. HOWES M354. CLARK I:122. VAIL 412. DE RENNE I, p.94. STREETER SALE 1146. SABIN 45001. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 741/149. $1500. The “Lost” First Cortés Letter

142. Martyr, Peter: DE NUPER SUB D. CAROLO REPERTIS INSULIS, SIMULQ[UE] INCOLARUM MORIBUS. Basel: [Adam Petri], 1521. 43pp. (pp. 20 and 21 misnumbered). Woodcut title border. Small quarto. Later vellum boards. Boards lightly rubbed, endpapers torn. Old faint institutional ink stamp on front free endpaper, titlepage, and verso of final text leaf; small neat ink number on front pastedown and titlepage. Slight toning in some text margins, early ink marginalia and neat underlining on pp.32-33. Overall, a very good copy. In a brown half morocco and cloth box.

Martyr’s 1521 Basel letter, which contains information from the lost First Cortés Letter. This is a key work for the New World from 1516 to 1520, including the conquest of Mexico and a description of Cuba. “This is Martyr’s first narrative of the discovery made by Grijalva and the expedition of Cortes to Mexico, added to a fuller account of Cuba than was contained in his three decades already printed. Harrisse called this work an extract from the Fourth Decade, but it is evidently a much more important work, Stevens and other authorities de- fining it as a substitute for the lost first Cortes letter. This work supplements, rather than overlaps other narratives by the author” – Streeter. According to the Church entry on the famous Cortés Let- ters addressed to Emperor Charles V: “The first of these, known as the Lost First Letter, is supposed to have been written at Vera Cruz, July 10, 1519. Whether it was actually lost or suppressed by the Council for the Indies, at the request of Narvaez, is unknown....As this Letter is mentioned by Cortes in his Second Letter and by other contempo- raneous writers, there can be no doubt of its having been written. Extensive researches made by later historians have, however, failed to bring it to light. A publication by Peter Martyr, entitled De Nuper Sub D. Carolo Repertis Insulis, published at Basel in 1521, is usually substituted for it.” A remarkably important piece of Americana, recounting to Europe for the first time the exploits of Cortés at the beginning of the Conquest. The Streeter copy sold for $700 to Goodspeed’s in 1966. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 521/1. JCB (3)I:79. SABIN 1553. STREETER SALE 8. BORBA DE MORAES, p.530. MEDINA, BHA 62. STEVENS NUGGETS 1802. HARRISSE 110. CHURCH 47 (ref ). JCB GERMAN AMERICANA 521/1. BEINECKE LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION 1. $65,000. One of the Great American Biographies

143. [Mather, Cotton]: PIETAS IN PATRIAM: THE LIFE OF HIS EXCEL- LENCY SIR WILLIAM PHIPS, KNT. LATE CAPTAIN GENERAL, AND GOVERNOUR IN CHIEF OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MAS- SACHUSET-BAY [sic], NEW ENGLAND. London. 1697. [12],110,[8]pp. 12mo. Late 19th-century morocco, covers and spine gilt, gilt inner dentelles. Hinges slightly abraded. Titlepage soiled and slightly chipped, with contemporary inscription. Some age-toning, a few leaves trimmed close at top. Lacks leaf A1 (note of recommendation to the public). Good.

Governor Phips was a most colorful character, not in keeping with the Puritan Mathers, who were his staunchest supporters. He earned his knighthood by discovering the wreck of a Spanish treasure galleon in the Bahamas, recovering a large fortune in gold and silver bullion, and earning for his stockholders (among them King James II) a dividend of 8,000 percent. His rise from humble beginnings to the governorship of Massachusetts is an early American success story. Phips presided over New England at a time when it was rocked by the witch tri- als and King William’s War against the French, which saw most outlying settlements besieged by the French and Indians. Streeter calls this “one of the great American biographies.” Samuel Eliot Morison describes it in The Puritan Pronaos as “good reading now as when it first appeared. Mather glossed over the vulgarities and im- moralities of this self-made hero...but in terse, vigorous English he described enough fighting, treasure-hunting, mutinies, ship wrecks, and other adventures to satisfy the most red-blooded reader. The lives of Eliot and Phips...are a worthy beginning for New England biographical literature.” H.P. Kraus bought the Streeter copy for $525 in 1967. STREETER SALE 652. CHURCH 766. HOLMES, COTTON MATHER 279-A. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 697/121. JCB (2)II:1082. SABIN 46455. HOWES M394, “b.” $6500.

The Greatest History of New England

144. Mather, Cotton: MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA: OR, THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, FROM ITS FIRST PLANTING IN THE YEAR 1620. UNTO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1698. IN SEVEN BOOKS.... London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1702. Seven parts. [32],38,[2],75,[2],238,[2],125-222,100,[2],88,118,[2]pp. plus double-page map. Without errata leaves, as usual. Folio. Modern calf, spine gilt, leather label. Preliminary leaves and final fifty pages of text lightly dampstained in upper margin. Light foxing and soiling. Very good.

The first edition of what Streeter calls “the most famous American book of colonial times.” Mather’s opus is an indispensable source for the history of New England in the 17th century, both for its biographies and its history of civil, religious, and military affairs. Much of the book’s value rests in its incomparable wealth of detail regarding daily life in early colonial New England. David Hall has referred to it as “a mirror of the 1690’s,” the decade in which most of it was written. Far from being a dull chronicle of events, the Magnalia... is full of lively biographical pieces, vivid descriptions of the times, and many surprising sidelights. It has been mined by all modern scholars of social history for its unsurpassed view of New England at the end of the 17th century. The map, which depicts New England, Long Island, and eastern New York, has been labeled by cartographic historian Barbara McCorkle as “the first eighteenth-century general map of New England.” It was probably adopted from A New Map of New England. New York. New Iarsey. Pensilvania. Maryland. and Virginia, likely composed by Phillip Lea in 1680. This copy contains an otherwise unrecorded issue point not noted in any references. In the 5B signature the verso of leaf 5B2 and recto of 5B3 are blank. Since the book is actually a quarto in make-up, this means part of the text of the sheet was not locked up in the form when this sheet was printed. The text is the reprint of the 1680 Con- fession of Faith. As the other side of the sheet is printed, this was clearly a printing error on the sheet, which probably only occurred in a few copies. A landmark in colonial New England history, and a book of increasing rarity. The Streeter copy, which had the extremely rare errata leaves, sold for $1300 to Nebenzahl in 1967. HOWES M391, “b.” STREETER SALE 658. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 702/127. HOLMES, COTTON MATHER 213. SABIN 46392. CHURCH 806. McCORKLE 702.3, 680.4 (ref ). CUMMING, BRITISH MAPS OF COLONIAL AMERICA, pp.31-33. MapForum, PRINTED MAPS OF NEW ENGLAND TO 1780, 1702:01. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG, pp.133-34. $9500.

Mather Reviews Church Principles

145. [Mather, Cotton]: RATIO DISCIPLINÆ FRATRUM NOV-ANGLO- RUM. A FAITHFUL ACCOUNT OF THE DISCIPLINE PROFESSED AND PRACTISED; IN THE CHURCHES OF NEW=ENGLAND. WITH INTERSPERSED AND INSTRUCTIVE REFLECTIONS ON THE DISCIPLINE OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCHES. Boston: Printed for S. Gerrish in Cornhill, 1726. [2],iv,10,207,[3]pp. including contents leaf. Mid-20th-century polished calf, boards and spine gilt, black and red leather labels stamped in gilt, gilt inner dentelles. Titlepage browned, worn, and soiled, with old tear repaired in lower third of page. Very good. Complete with the- contents leaf at the end of the volume that is frequently lacking.

One of Cotton Mather’s most important works. “An important exposition of the tenets of Congregationalism that carefully reaffirms the principles of the Cambridge Platform” – Streeter. A key work of New England church history. The Streeter copy sold to Goodspeed’s for $120 in 1967. EVANS 2775. SABIN 46474. HOLMES 318. STREETER SALE 672. CHURCH 903. ESTC W28991. $5000. Pioneering History of Georgia

146. McCall, Hugh, Capt.: THE HISTORY OF GEORGIA, CONTAINING BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE MOST REMARKABLE EVENTS, UP TO THE PRESENT DAY. Savannah: Printed and published by Seymour and Williams, 1811-1816. Two volumes. viii,376; vii,[1],424pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Bookplate on rear pastedowns. Toning, scattered light foxing. About very good.

The first history of the state of Georgia and a standard work of southern history as well as an interesting imprint. McCall’s history covers events from 1733 to 1783, with the first volume going through 1773 and the second being wholly devoted to the Revolu- tion. The second volume was written largely from personal experience, since McCall was a Revolutionary officer. Willingham says the book is written “intelligently and well” and is “a landmark in the development of Georgia literature.” Streeter calls it “the chief source on the border wars with the Creeks and Cherokees. This is one of the rarest of state histories.” The Streeter copy sold to Seven Gables Book Store for $300 in 1967. HOWES M33. DE RENNE, p.344. CHURCH 1305. SABIN 42973. WILLINGHAM 21. STREETER SALE 1161. FIELD 972. $3500.

The Rare Maysville Edition

147. McClung, John A.: SKETCHES OF WESTERN ADVENTURE: CON- TAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST INTERESTING INCI- DENTS CONNECTED WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST FROM 1755 TO 1794. Maysville, Ky. 1832. 360pp. 12mo. Half title. Con- temporary calf, rebacked in matching calf, morocco label. Calf edgeworn and slightly scuffed. Bookplate on front pastedown, old bookseller’s description on rear pastedown. Tanned and foxed. Overall, about very good.

The very rare first edition of this miscellany of tales about the opening of the dark and bloody ground of Kentucky. One of the prime sources of the Daniel Boone tale, the work went through multiple later editions. Thomson calls it “the most complete collection of captivities and adventures ever published in one volume.” The present copy contains the half title, which was lacking from the Streeter copy. The Streeter copy sold to parties unknown for $650 in 1968. STREETER SALE 1666. SABIN 43052. THOMSON 745. VAUGHAN 191. AYER 189. HOWES M46, “aa.” COLEMAN 2221. $2000.

148. McLeod, Donald: HISTORY OF WISKONSAN, FROM ITS FIRST DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT PERIOD. INCLUDING A GEO- LOGICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TER- RITORY WITH A CORRECT CATALOGUE OF ALL ITS PLANTS. Buffalo: Steele’s Press, 1846. 310pp. plus four plates. Original blindstamped cloth. Spine ends frayed. Touch of foxing. Free endpapers replaced. Overall just about very good.

This copy includes the four plates not present in all copies, but it does not contain the folding map, which is present in only a few copies. One of the earliest and rarest state histories to offer an account of the territory which now forms the state of Wis- consin. The plates depict native burial mounds and remains, many of which would send proponents of “ancient astronaut” theories into fits of enthusiasm. Includes much information concerning navigation on the Great Lakes, native inhabitants, development of commerce, and means of travel, etc. Carnegie Book Shop paid $175 for the Streeter copy in 1968. SABIN 43537. HOWES M159, “b.” STREETER SALE 1944. $1250.

149. [Mexican-American War]: CONTESTACIONES HABIDAS ENTRE EL SUPREMO GOBIERNO MEXICANO, EL GENERAL EN GEFE DEL EJERCITO AMERICANO, Y EL COMISSIONADO DE LOS ESTADOS-UNIDOS. Mexico. 1847. 36pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Minor chipping at spine, else very good.

The second and best issue, with the letter from Jose de Herrera printed at the conclusion of the text. Many documents, proposals for treaties and counter-proposals, instructions, and papers of U.S. envoys Trist and Scott regarding the negotiations for the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Texas, Alta California, and New Mexico are discussed in various segments, including Trist’s offer to let Mexico retain San Diego harbor by establishing a southern boundary of California at the 33rd parallel. One of the more intriguing Mexican-American War pamphlets. The Streeter copy sold to Quaritch for $50 in 1966. HOWES C717. STREETER SALE 259. SABIN 48397. HAFERKORN, p.26. EBER- STADT 160:338. PALAU 60644. $1250.

Travel Through the Midwest

150. Michaux, François André: VOYAGE A L’OUEST DES MONTS ALLÉ- GHANYS, DANS LES ÉTATS DE L’OHIO, DU KENTUCKY ET DU TENNESSÉE, ET RETOUR A CHARLESTON PAR LES HAUTES- CAROLINES.... Paris. 1804. vi,312pp. plus folding map. Half title. Con- temporary half speckled calf and salmon boards, spine gilt, green leather labels. Some minor flecking to spine, but still bright and nice. A very good, fresh copy.

“...The zest with which Michaux describes some of the wonders of the West in this brief and discursive journal is as pleasant as his intelligent discussion of economical facts, and puritan domesticity in the East...he gave his countrymen a correct and impressive idea of the products and promise of the great West, but more especially of Ohio and Kentucky” – Thomson. A classic travel narrative by one of the great early naturalists in America, later famous for his work on trees. With a handsome folding engraved map of the United States. The Streeter copy was bought by Scribner’s for $160 in 1967. HOWES M579. HUBACH, p.38. MEISEL III:365. SABIN 48703. THOMSON 822. MONAGHAN 1063. CLARK II:106. STREETER SALE 830. $1500. “A fundamental piece for Detroit and Michigan” – Streeter

151. [Michigan]: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT...OF DECEMBER 23, 1805, TRANSMITTING A REPORT FROM THE GOVERNOR AND PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE TERRITORY OF MICHIGAN, RELATIVE TO THE STATE OF THE TERRITORY. Washington: A. & G. Way, 1806. 56pp. Dbd. Bright and fresh. Very good.

The report of the House committee charged with responding to a request for federal action by Gov. William Hull and territorial judge August Woodward, on the question of land disputes and the post-conflagration status of Detroit. Woodward was the compiler of the early laws of Michigan, known as “The Woodward Code,” and he was the main architect of the Detroit city plan. Included is a chronological table of settlements in the territory of Michigan, beginning in 1763. “The report contains three letters from Judge Woodward to the Secretary of the Treasury, written in January and March, 1805, which analyze and classify the land titles of the territory. This is a fundamental piece for Michigan and Detroit” – Streeter. Scarce, with Shaw & Shoemaker and OCLC locating a total of seven copies. The Streeter copy sold for $200 to Goodspeed’s, for the Clements Library. STREETER SALE 1386. STREETER MICHIGAN 6658. SABIN 48780. GREENLY, MICHIGAN, p.419. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 11717. OCLC 24866207, 39695379. $1000.

“It would take more time than I have so far been able to give to guess whether or not it is fiction” – Streeter

152. Milfort, Louis: MÉMOIRE OU COU-D’OEIL RAPIDE SUR MES DI- FÉRENS VOYAGES ET MON SÉJOUR DANS LA NATION CRËCK. Paris: de l’imprimerie de Giguet et Michaud, 1802. [4],331,[1]pp. Half title. Original boards, expertly rebacked to style, morocco label. Bookplate on front pastedown. Occasional marginal dampstaining, light scattered foxing; small darker stain in margin of first few leaves. Signed by Milfort on the verso of the title (as usual with this book). Very good.

Signed on the verso of the titlepage by Milfort, as in most copies. A remarkable account of a Frenchman’s travels and adventures among the Creek Indians in the Mississippi Valley in the late 1770s and early 1780s. Some of the details in this narrative are suf- ficiently extraordinary that various commentators have questioned Milfort’s veracity. “There are, however, corroborative circumstances which confirm his statements, and induce us to give a fair degree of credence to his narrative. At the time of his arrival among the Creeks, a half-breed named McGillivray, had obtained so great an influence over them by his talent for organization, that he had actually acquired the rank of head chief. Milfort was received with great cordiality; married his Indian sister, and in a short time was made commander of the warriors of the nation. He led them against both the Spaniards and the Americans, and by his aid the Indians defeated the forces of each in several skirmishes” – Field. “The truth is that Milfort was a hopeless liar; and as a result his book is one of the most interesting and curious books of French travel in America in the eighteenth century...His book is often hostile to the colonists. Certain descriptions of life among the Indians and frontiersmen are interesting. But what confidence can be placed in a man who was capable of describing how he, in command of six thousand Indians, had defeated George Rogers Clark and an army of ten thousand regulars!” – Monaghan. “It would take more time than I have so far been able to give to guess whether or not it is fiction” – Streeter. This book is dedicated to Napoleon; Milfort signs himself: “Tastanégy ou grand Chef de guerre de la nation Crëck.” The Siebert copy in 1999 was the first to have appeared at auction since the Streeter sale in 1967. The Streeter copy was bought by the firm of Henry Stevens for $425 in 1968. HOWES M599, “b.” SABIN 48949. FIELD 1065. SERVIES 761. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 802/37. GRAFF 2792. STREETER SALE 1529. SIEBERT SALE 606. MONAGHAN 1073. $6000.

A Rare Emigrants’ Guide

153. Miller, Andrew: NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES, OR THE OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MICHIGAN, NORTH-WESTERN, MIS- SOURI, LOUISIANA, MISSISIPPI [sic] AND ALABAMA, IN THEIR REAL CHARACTERS, IN 1818.... [Keene, N.H.]: Printed for the Benefit of Emigrants and others, intending to visit the Western Country, 1819. 96pp., lacking the extremely scarce folding table. 24mo. Contemporary half calf and paper boards, recased. Boards slightly worn. Wear and staining along foredge of several text leaves, else overall internally quite clean. Good. In a cloth chemise and slipcase, gilt label.

A rare little guide in which Miller collects information on the newly settled territories in the West from travellers, military officers, Indian agents, and correspondents, to benefit prospective emigrants. “Miller gives quite a complete picture of the status of the different Ohio towns as they were in 1816, and of the different routes to the East. He gives the same kind of information for the country to the West and North, but settlement thus far had been so slight that there was not much to report. It is an excellent guide, giving a good contemporary account of the Old Northwest and especially Ohio, and Sabin’s characterization ‘A little volume of much rarity but of little use’ though correct as to rarity, is thoroughly misleading otherwise...” – Streeter, describing a different issue. A very rare work. Thomson had only seen one copy, and it was also lacking the table, as in this copy. The Streeter copy, which was a different issue but the same work, sold to Goodspeed’s for $1200 in 1968. It is now at the Cincinnati Public Library. HOWES M601, “c.” SABIN 49008. GRAFF 2794. THOMSON 826. SHAW & SHOE- MAKER 48692. JONES 205. STREETER SALE 1329. $3750.

154. Miller, Benjamin S.: RANCH LIFE IN SOUTHERN KANSAS AND THE INDIAN TERRITORY. AS TOLD BY A NOVICE. HOW A FORTUNE WAS MADE IN CATTLE. New York. 1896. 163,[1]pp. Por- trait. Original front wrapper, rear wrapper and spine supplied in expert restoration. Otherwise very nice and clean. Good plus. In a folding fabrikoid box.

Miller was born in 1851, attended Cornell, and went to Kansas in 1878. This colorful narrative of his life as a rancher there over the next five years is an excellent firsthand account of ranching in Indian Territory during that early period. Miller spent a year and a half in Alaska in 1898-99, and died in Binghamton in 1930. One of the best early accounts of Indian Territory, and quite scarce. Howell paid $125 for the Streeter copy in 1968. HOWES M602. ADAMS HERD 1485. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 1486. STREETER SALE 2387. $2750.

The Streeter Copy

155. [Missouri]: CORRESPONDENCE [ON FILE IN THE MISSOURI STATE DEPARTMENT, BETWEEN BEVERLY AND OTHER MEM- BERS OF THE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, RELA- TIVE TO THE MISSOURI-IOWA BOUNDARY]. Jefferson. 1841. 15pp. Stitched as issued. Contemporary ownership inscription at top of first leaf; bookplate of Thomas W. Streeter on final page, with his typical penciled notes. Minor creasing and soiling. Very good.

Mr. Beverly Allen, a member of the General Assembly, sent a letter to each member of the Constitutional Convention then living, asking them to provide him with “the views entertained and expressed by the members of that body, at the time of adop- tion of the Constitution...as to what Rapids were meant by the ‘Rapids of the River Des Moines,’ and what line it was that was to be made to correspond with the Indian boundary line.” This pamphlet is a collection of their responses to his request. Rare. Nebenzahl bought the Streeter copy for $60, and it languished in his stock until the Reese Company bought the remainder of it from him in 2013, including this pamphlet. STREETER SALE 1861 (this copy). GRAFF 38. AII MISSOURI 289. $1250.

156. Mitchell, S. Augustus: MITCHELL’S NATIONAL MAP OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC OR UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMER- ICA. TOGETHER WITH MAPS OF THE VICINITIES OF THIRTY- TWO OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE UNION. [bound with:] A CONCISE VIEW OF THE NUMBER, RESOURCES, AND INDUSTRY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE YEAR 1840: COMPRISING THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF THE INHAB- ITANTS, PRODUCTS, EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF EACH SEP- ARATE STATE; THE MOST IMPORTANT CANALS AND RAIL- ROADS.... Philadelphia. 1843. Two colored folding maps, 33½ x 24 inches and 34¾ x 25½ inches. In original elaborately gilt pictorial morocco, brass clasp intact. Small tear in second map (i.e. the chart). Otherwise fine and bright. In a half morocco box.

The national map shows the United States west to the Indian Territory west of Mis- souri, including the eastern part of Texas, north through most of Maine and with a portion of Canada, and south through most of Florida. There are insets of the portions of Maine and Florida which are excluded from the larger image. The second map contains a large center statistical chart surrounded by thirty-two inset maps of various major American cities and their environs, or states. This map is dated 1842 at the bottom and is described in Graff as a broadside, noting that the map listed by Phillips was issued in 1843. Streeter lists the two maps together, as in the present copy. His copy sold to parties unknown for $40 in 1969. PHILLIPS MAPS, p.896. STREETER SALE 3861. GRAFF 2838. SERVIES 2872. $3000.

First English Edition of the Author’s Most Important Work

157. Möllhausen, Heinrich Baldwin: DIARY OF A JOURNEY FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE COASTS OF THE PACIFIC WITH A UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EXPEDITION. London. 1858. Two volumes. xxx,[2],352; x,[2],397,[1]pp., plus seventeen plates (six chromolithographs), frontispieces (one of which is a chromolithograph), and a folding map. Half titles. Contemporary polished calf, spines elaborately gilt, gilt leather labels. Minor edge wear, slight chipping to one label. Bookplates. Mild offsetting from some of the pages facing chromolithographs, but an overall very clean text. Very good.

The first English edition, translated by Mrs. Percy Sinnet, with an introduction by Alexander von Humboldt, of one of the most important accounts of the American West. “...One of the best travel books of [the] age” – Goetzmann. Möllhausen accompanied Whipple’s expedition to survey a route to the Pacific, serving as the party’s naturalist and artist. The text is devoted largely to excellent descriptions of Indian life and aboriginal antiquities, with additional material on the expeditions of Col. Fremont. The handsome chromolithographed plates depict the landscape and natives of the areas traversed. The map illustrates the route of the party from Fort Smith up the Canadian River, across northern Arizona and New Mexico to Los Angeles. “The map is beautifully drawn and engraved....It is a highly important and decorative map” – Wheat. The Streeter copy sold to Sessler for $275 in 1969. Goetzmann, Army Exploration, p.310. GRAFF 2849. FIELD 1080 MINTZ 582. SABIN 49915. WHEAT GOLD REGIONS 268. HOWES M713. ABBEY 661. WAGNER-CAMP 305:2. STREETER SALE 3134. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 956. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 151 (note). $3000.

Georgia in 1736

158. Moore, Francis: A VOYAGE TO GEORGIA. BEGUN IN THE YEAR 1735. CONTAINING, AN ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLING OF THE TOWN OF FREDERICA, IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PROVINCE; AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL, AIR, BIRDS, BEASTS, TREES, RIVERS, ISLANDS, &c....ALSO A DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF SAVANNAH.... London: Printed for Jacob Robinson, 1744. 108,[2]pp. Early 20th-century full blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt ruled turn-ins, spine gilt lettered, a.e.g. Small paper flaw at top margin of titlepage, not affecting text, title page expertly tipped in. Internally clean. Near fine

Moore arrived in Georgia in February of 1736, having sailed from England with Gov. James Oglethorpe. His account describes his stay in Georgia through June. He was appointed keeper of stores at the new settlement of Fred- erica, located on Sea Island in the southern part of the present state of Georgia. “His journal makes excellent reading. It begins with the daily happenings on the voyage from England...It then discusses the various Indian tribes, the location of their lands, Ogletho- rpe’s dealings with them, incidents in the life of Tomo-chi-chi, the system of land grants, descriptions of Savannah and Frederica, and an account of the air, soil, rivers, roads, and other matters” – Clark. “A work of genuine merit, acquainting us especially with the condition of Savannah and the adjacent region...and with those preliminary negotiations which resulted in a postponement of impending hostilities between Georgia and Florida” – Winsor. “This chatty journal gives a delightful account...it is in many ways a highly descriptive travelogue and does much to document the natural history of the colony and its coastal expansion to Frederica and Florida” – Willingham. Moore returned to England after this initial sojourn, but was back in Georgia from 1738 until 1743, when he returned to England and published this book. John Fleming paid $1000 for the Streeter copy in 1967. HOWES M763, “b.” STREETER SALE 1155. FIELD 1085. CLARK I:125. DE RENNE, p.117. VAIL 428. WILLINGHAM 5. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 744/153. ESTC T131063. $10,000.

Important Early Road Guide, with Route Maps

159. Moore, S.S., and T.W. Jones: THE TRAVELLER’S DIRECTORY, OR A POCKET COMPANION: SHEWING THE COURSE OF THE MAIN ROAD FROM PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK, AND FROM PHILADELPHIA TO WASHINGTON, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLACES THROUGH WHICH IT PASSES, AND THE IN- TERSECTION OF THE CROSS ROADS. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1804. [4],37,[1],19[i.e. 17]pp. plus thirty-eight engraved maps on twenty-two leaves. Half title. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, leather label. Half title, titlepage, and final map leaf strengthened at edges with tissue. Pencil notes on half title, early ownership signature (“Mary Cox’s Book 1816”) on titlepage. Light toning and foxing. About very good.

Second edition, following the first of 1802. Quite scarce, even in this second edition, and one of the first important American road guides. The text describes in detail the two routes north and south from Philadelphia, the whole giving a comprehensive picture of the route up the metropolitan corridor as it looked in 1802. There is a long, detailed description of Philadelphia, its buildings, businesses, and public institutions, as well as informative sketches of towns and counties along the route. The excellent strip maps show every part of the route in close detail. Only Colles’ pioneering work (without text) in 1789 predates this rare work. An important early American road guide. The Streeter copy of this edition realized $300 to Sessler in 1969, a strong price at the time considering that cartographic works did not do particularly well in the Streeter sale; the only recent copy at auction brought $6000 in 2005. STREETER SALE 3970. SABIN 50436. HOWES M778. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 6815. $6500.

The Most Entertaining Contemporary Book on Early New England

160. Morton, Thomas: NEW ENGLISH CANAAN OR NEW CANAAN. Amsterdam: Jacob Frederick Stam, 1637. 188,[3]pp. Small quarto. Elegantly bound by Riviere & Son in brown morocco, boards and spine finely gilt and stamped in black, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. Titlepage slightly soiled, light age- toning, occasional light foxing and soiling. A very good copy.

One of the classic accounts of the early settlement of New England, looked to increasingly by modern historians and anthropologists for its unbiased and detailed accounts of Indian life in early New England, descriptions of flora and fauna, and internecine struggles among the colonists. Morton first came to New England in 1622 and lived there until his expulsion by the Plymouth colonists a decade later. He was particularly sym- pathetic to the way of life of the Indians and provides extensive descriptions of customs, hunting, planting, artifacts, and lifestyles in the first section of the work. The second part provides a remarkable account of the landscape and ecology of New England (William Cronon draws heavily on Morton in his pioneering Changes in the Land). The final section of Morton’s account is the most famous historically, since it gives an account of his long and often amusing feud with the Plymouth Colony and a description of his separate settlement at Merry-Mount, where his close association with the Indians of the area and open defiance of the laws of the Plymouth settlers provided one of the more colorful episodes in early colonial New England. Morton’s work is very scarce on the market, only two copies having appeared at auction in the last quarter century. A book of the greatest importance, perhaps the best single account of early New England. The Streeter copy sold to H.P. Kraus for $1400 in 1967. CHURCH 437. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 637/69. JCB (3)II:265. STREETER SALE 616. SABIN 51028. STC 18202. VAIL 90. WINSOR III:348. DAB XIII, p.267. DNB XIII, pp.1055-57. $90,000.

Raising Arms Against Texas Confederate Invaders

161. [New Mexico Territory]: Connelly, Henry: PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR [caption title]...WHEREAS THIS TERRITORY IS NOW INVADED BY AN ARMED FORCE FROM THE STATE OF TEX- AS...DONE AT SANTA FE THIS 9th DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE. [Santa Fe. 1861]. [1]p. with integral blank. Signed in print by Connelly. Unbound. Very good.

This proclamation by the territorial governor orders “an immediate organization of the militia force” to repel invaders from Confederate Texas. The proclamation continues: Citizens of New Mexico, your Territory has been invaded, the integrity of your soil has been attacked, the property of peaceful and industrious citizens has been destroyed or converted to the use of the invaders and the enemy is already at your doors. You cannot, you must not, hesitate to take up arms in defense of your homes, firesides and families.... Scarce. Imprints Inventory cites only the copy at the Huntington Library, although additional copies are located at the Newberry Library, Yale, Duke, Princeton, and the University of Wyoming. We find no other example on the market since 1972. The Streeter copy sold to Peter Decker for $250 in 1966, bidding for F.W. Beinecke. Shortly thereafter Beinecke gave it to the Western Americana Collection at the Yale Library. EBERSTADT 162:173 (this copy?). STREETER SALE 443. AII (NEW MEXICO) 149. $15,000.

With the Map

162. Nicollet, I.N.: REPORT INTENDED TO ILLUSTRATE A MAP OF THE HYDROGRAPHICAL BASIN OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER.... Washington. 1843. 170pp. plus large folding map. Original printed wrappers. Rear wrapper detached. Light, scattered foxing, else very good, untrimmed and unopened. Map is in good condition, with slight edge wear, darkened along some folds, and with small separations at several cross-folds. In a half morocco box with two chemises.

Nicollet accompanied Fremont’s 1839 expedition to the upper Missouri. He departed St. Louis on April 4 and arrived at Fort Pierre on June 12, with Etienne Provost and William Dixon (son of the interpreter at Fort Pierre, Baptiste Dorion). The present work is Nicollet’s report of that event, although he died before the expedition was completed. His “Sketch of the Early History of St. Louis” appears on pages 75-92. The map, “Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River From Astronomical and Barometrical Observations Surveys and Information...,” is the first detailed modern depiction of the Great Lakes region and the primary source for the area at that time. Also included is the catalogue of botanical specimens collected by Carl Geyer and described by John Torrey. Nebenzahl bought the Streeter copy for $90 in 1968. HOWES N152, “aa.” WAGNER-CAMP 98. BUCK 339. GRAFF 3022. SABIN 55257. STREETER SALE 1808. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE VI:403. $1500.

163. [Ohio]: MacCabe, Julius P. Bolivar, compiler: A DIRECTORY OF THE CITIES OF CLEVELAND & OHIO, FOR THE YEARS 1837-38: COMPRISING.... Cleveland: Sanford & Lott, 1837. [6],[9-]144pp. plus 34pp. of advertisements. 12mo. Original publisher’s half cloth and printed paper boards. Spine neatly repaired, boards scuffed and somewhat dampstained, edges and corners worn. Light tanning and dampstaining. In a half calf slipcase.

The first directory compiled for the city of Cleveland, and “also its first history” (Howes). It contains an essay on the history of Cleveland, a copy of the charter for the city’s incorporation from 1836, a description of the current state of the city including an enumeration of public officials and details of available services, and an alphabetical list of residents and businesses. At the rear is a small section giving a short description of Ohio City and a list of its residents. Although Ohio City lies directly across the Cuyahoga River from Cleveland, at this early date it was incorporated as a separate entity. Thirty-four pages of advertisements are bound at the front. Relevant bibliographies call for forty-two such pages, but it seems nothing is lacking from this copy. The compiler, Julius P. Bolivar MacCabe, during this period completed the first directories for several other cities as well, including Detroit and Lexington, Kentucky. The Cleveland dealer Peter Keiselgoff bought this at the Streeter sale in 1968 for $525. HOWES M25. SPEAR, p.105. STREETER SALE 1375. SABIN 13676. $3500.

Cook’s First Voyage, with Handsome Plates

164. Parkinson, Sydney: A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, IN HIS MAJESTY’S SHIP, THE ENDEAVOUR.... London: Printed for Stanfield Parkinson, 1773. xxiii,212,[2]pp. plus twenty-six plates, map, and engraved frontispiece portrait. Large quarto. Contemporary marbled boards, vellum corners, expertly rebacked in calf, retaining original leather label. Slight offsetting from some plates, otherwise quite clean. Near fine.

A large paper copy of this important narrative. Parkinson accompanied Capt. James Cook on his first voyage to the South Pacific and New Zealand, serving as draughtsman under naturalist Joseph Banks. As botanical artist for the Endeavor voyage, Parkinson produced a large number of magnificent botanical and natural history drawings of Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. His untimely death near the end of the voyage while en route from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope resulted in a dispute between his brother Stanfield and Banks over ownership of his manuscripts and drawings. When Hawkesworth learned of the impending publication of this work, he sought and received an injunction to prevent its appearance until sometime after the official account was issued. Hawkesworth went so far as to omit mention of Parkinson’s name from the official account, and even failed to give him credit for his botanical illustrations. The present work stands as the most attractive of the unofficial accounts of Cook’s first voyage. It contains extensive descriptions of Australia and New Zealand, and is the first work to properly identify the kangaroo by name. The handsome plates are from Parkinson’s drawings, depicting natives of Tierra del Fuego, Tahiti, and New Zealand; scenes in Tahiti and New Zealand; and native artifacts. Also included are several vocabularies of South Sea languages. The Streeter copy was quite special, with added pages found in only a few copies and colored plates. It was bought at the 1968 sale by Goodspeed’s acting for Streeter’s son, Frank Streeter. It reappeared at his sale in 2007, where it realized $98,000 to Heald, acting for a private collector. A major journal for Cook’s first voyage. BEDDIE 712. BELL P100. STREETER SALE 2406. HILL 1308. DAVIDSON, pp.54- 56. HOLMES 7. SABIN 58787. NMM I:564. O’REILLY & REITMAN 371. KROEPE- LIEN 944. COX I, p.58. $12,000.

The Second Major Penn Tract Promoting Pennsylvania

165. Penn, William: A LETTER FROM WILLIAM PENN PROPRIETARY AND GOVERNOUR OF PENNSYLVANIA IN AMERICA, TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE SOCIETY OF TRADERS OF THAT PROVINCE, RESIDING IN LONDON.... [London]: Andrew Sowle, 1683. 10pp. plus one folding plan supplied in facsimile. Lacks final leaf containing Directions of Reference. Folio. Tan calf, title in gilt on spine, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Calf lightly scuffed. Text toned and stained. Titlepage backed with paper at an early date, closing tears and small holes; outer edges of each text leaf remargined, with losses supplied. A fair copy of a rare work.

One of the earliest and most significant descriptions of Pennsylvania, written by Wil- liam Penn. “[William Penn’s] most informative and valuable promotional tract was the one written to the Free Society of Traders...after he had lived in Pennsylvania for ten months” – Bronner & Fraser. Among the notable features of this tract are Penn’s personal observations of the American Indians of the region. Philadelphia is described by Penn as follows:

The city of Philadelphia now extends in length, from river to river, two miles, and in breadth near a mile...and as its now placed and modelled between two navigable rivers upon a neck of land, and that ships may ride in good anchorage, in six or eight fathom water in both rivers, close to the city, and the land of the city level, dry and wholesome; such a scituation is scarce to be parallel’d...The city (as the model [i.e. Holme’s plan] shews) consists of a large Front-street to each river, and a High-street (near the middle) from Front (or river) to Front, of one hundred foot broad, and a Broad street in the middle of the city, from side to side, of the like breadth. In the center of the city, is a square of ten acres; at each angle are to be houses for publick affairs, as a Meeting-House, Assembly or State-House, Market- House, School-House, and several other buildings for publick concerns. There are also in each quarter of the city a square of eight acres, to be for the like uses, as the Moor-fields in London; and eight streets (besides the said High Street) that run from Front to Front, and twenty streets (besides Broad-street) that run cross the city, from side to side; all these streets are of fifty foot breadth.

All editions of Penn’s Letter are rare, and copies with the Holme map exceedingly so. The Holme map in this copy is supplied in facsimile. Four versions of this work were published by Penn in 1683 with variant text to the title and varying collations. This copy corresponds to Bronner & Fraser’s second edition, third issue. Referring to the final leaf and the map, Church states: “this list and plan are usually lacking.” No complete copy of this work has appeared at auction since the 1967 Streeter sale. That copy was bought by Sessler for Richard Dietrich, and is now in the Dietrich American Foundation. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 683/156. BRONNER & FRASER 67d. CHURCH 686. Richard Dunn, “William Penn and the Selling of Pennsylvania” in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 127, no.5, pp.322-29. JCB II:1271. SABIN 59712. STREETER SALE 944. WING P1321. ESTC R40046. WINSOR III:498. $25,000.

One of the Greatest American Maps, with Superb Original Color

166. Popple, Henry: A MAP OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA WITH THE FRENCH AND SPANISH SETTLEMENTS ADJACENT THERETO. London: Engrav’d by Willm. Henry Toms, 1733 [but ca. 1735]. Engraved map by William Henry Toms, with very fine full contemporary hand- coloring (with twenty-two integral inset views and plans) on fifteen double-page and five single-page sheets, mounted on guards throughout, with the double- page key map by Toms, handcolored in outline. With the contents leaf, laid in. Folio. Expertly bound to style in half 18th-century russia over original 18th- century coated paper-covered boards, spine gilt, red morocco label. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth box, titled in gilt on the spine.

A monument to 18th-century American cartography: a highly attractive fully colored copy of the first large-scale map of North America, and the first printed map to show the thirteen colonies. Popple maps with full contemporary color are exceedingly rare; we have handled only one other copy, and the only other comparable example to have appeared at auction in the past thirty years is the Siebert/Freilich copy. Popple produced this map under the auspices of the Lord Commissioners of Trade and Plantations to help settle disputes arising from the rival expansion of English, Spanish, and French colonies. “France claimed not only Canada, but also territories drained by the Mississippi and its tributaries – in practical terms, an area of half a continent” – Goss, p.122. The present copy of Popple’s map, with its full contemporary hand-coloring, would have been particularly useful in these disputes. Mark Babinski, in his masterly monograph on this map, notes: “The typical coloring of fully colored copies...is described best by a contemporary manuscript legend on the end-paper af- fixing the Key map to the binding in the King George III copy at the British Library: ‘Green – Indian Countrys. Red – English. Yellow – Spanish. Blue – French. Purple – Dutch.’” The careful demarcation of the disputed areas by color would have made the identification of whether a particular location was in one or another “zone” a great deal easier. Thus the coloring adds a whole new dimension to a map that is usually only seen in its uncolored state, and perhaps suggests that the copies with full hand- coloring were originally produced for some as-yet unrediscovered official use to do with the international land disputes of the time. Benjamin Franklin, on May 22, 1746, ordered two copies of this map, “one bound the other in sheets,” for the Pennsylvania Assembly. It was the only map of sufficient size and grandeur available – and the map is on a grand scale: if actually assembled it would result in a rectangle over eight feet square. Its coverage extends from the Grand Banks off Newfoundland to about ten degrees west of Lake Superior, and from the Great Lakes to the north coast of South America. Several of the sections are illustrated with handsome pictorial insets, including views of New York City, Niagara Falls, Mexico City, and Quebec, and inset maps of Boston, Charles-Town, Providence, Bermuda, and a number of others. “Little is known of Henry Popple except that he came from a family whose members had served the Board of Trade and Plantations for three generations, a connection that must have been a factor in his undertaking the map, his only known cartographic work” – McCorkle. Babinski has made a detailed study of the issues and states of the Popple map. This copy is in Babinski’s state 5: the imprint on sheet 20 reads, “London Engrav’d by Willm. Henry Toms 1733”; and sheet one includes the engraved figure “1” in the upper left corner just above the intersection of the two neat lines. The very rare small format table of contents is present. The key map is in Babinski’s state 1, with only Toms’ name below the border at the bottom and no additional place names in the 17 small insets. The Streeter copy, which was not colored and so is not an exact comparison, sold to Sessler in 1967 for $5250. Mark Babinski, Henry Popple’s 1733 Map (New Jersey, 1998) (ref). BROWN, EARLY MAPS OF THE OHIO VALLEY 14. CUMMING, THE SOUTHEAST IN EARLY MAPS 216, 217 (refs). DEGREES OF LATITUDE 24, state 4 (but with engraved number to sheet 1). FOWBLE, TWO CENTURIES OF PRINTS IN AMERICA 1680-1880 (1987), 6, 7. JOHN GOSS, THE MAPPING OF NORTH AMERICA (1990), 55 (key map only). GRAFF 3322. HOWES P481, “b.” LOWERY 337, 338. McCORKLE 21. PHILLIPS MAPS, p.569. SABIN 64140. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG, p.151. STREETER SALE 676. STEPHENSON & McKEE, VIRGINIA IN MAPS, map II-18A-B. $225,000.

Firsthand Account of the Seminole War

167. [Potter, Woodburne]: THE WAR IN FLORIDA: BEING AN EXPOSI- TION OF ITS CAUSES, AND AN ACCURATE HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF GENERALS CLINCH, GAINES AND SCOTT... By a Late Staff Officer. Baltimore: Lewis and Coleman, 1836. viii,184pp. plus three folding maps. Original green ribbed cloth. Cloth a bit darkened and rubbed. Two closed tears in folding frontispiece map. Quite clean internally. Very good.

This copy bears the ownership signature on the front pastedown of Admiral John A. Dahlgren of the United States Navy. Dahlgren, head of the Union Navy’s ordnance department, developed several important innovations during the Civil War. A significant history of the Seminole War, by a participant. “Unsparingly critical of Jackson, Jesup and the Secretary of War” – Howes. The maps are “A Map of the Seat of War in Florida, 1836”; plans of the “Battle and Massacre Ground of Major Dade and Command Dec. 28th, 1835”; and “Camp Izard on the Ouithlacoochee River Feb. 29, 1836.” Potter was a former United States military officer who was wounded at Camp Izard. Seven Gables bought the Streeter copy for $100 in 1967. CLARK III:225. HOWES P515, “aa.” STREETER SALE 1236. SABIN 64673. FIELD 548, 1628. SERVIES 1902. $5000.

Primary Cartographic Work of the Revolutionary Era, with the Rare Prospectus

168. Pownall, Thomas: A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF SUCH PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA AS ARE CONTAINED IN THE (AN- NEXED) MAP OF THE MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES, &c. IN NORTH AMERICA. [bound with:] SPEEDILY WILL BE PUBLISHED, (SOLD BY J. ALMON, OPPOSITE BURLINGTON-HOUSE, PIC- CADILLY.) A MAP OF THE MIDDLE BRITISH COLONIES IN NORTH-AMERICA. FIRST PUBLISHED BY MR. LEWIS EVANS, OF PHILADELPHIA, IN 1755; AND SINCE CORRECTED AND IMPROVED, AS ALSO EXTENDED, WITH THE ADDITION OF NEW-ENGLAND, &c.... London: J. Almon, 1776/[1775]. [6], 46, [16]pp. Large engraved folding map. 8pp. prospectus bound in. Folio. Expertly bound to style in half 18th-century russia over contemporary marbled boards. Minor toning and soiling to prospectus, which is untrimmed. Very good.

One of the most important cartographical works issued at the time of the American Revolution, here complete with the rare map partially printed from the same plate as the famed 1755 Lewis Evans’ map printed by Benjamin Franklin. The prospectus for the map is bound in, the first four pages containing an extract from the preface, while the last four are a catalogue of books for sale from the publisher. Only a handful of copies of the prospectus are noted in ESTC. In 1753, Thomas Pownall came to America as the private secretary to Sir Danvers Osborn, the newly appointed colonial governor of New York. Shortly after arriving, however, Osborn died, leaving Pownall without a post. Curious about the colonies, however, Pownall remained in America, travelling widely in the region. Evidently of great enthusiasm and intelligence, Pownall met many of the most influential men in America at that time, including Benjamin Franklin. From this relationship, he was able to attend the 1754 Albany Conference and became involved in Indian affairs in the colony. Through that work and his relationship with Franklin, Pownall met surveyor Lewis Evans and in 1755, Evans published his famed Map of the Middle British Colonies, printed by Franklin and dedicated to Pownall. The map, the most accurate of the region at the time, was enormously influential, with multiple piracies being issued in London, and famously used by Gen. Braddock during the French and Indian War. “A great change came over the fortunes of Evans’ map in 1776. In that year Thomas Pownall, who had spent much time in America as Governor of Massachusetts Bay and South Carolina, and Lieut. Governor of New Jersey, published a folio volume entitled, A Topographical Description of Such Parts of North America....Pownall, after his return from America continued to take the greatest interest in the welfare of the Colonies.... The increasing public interest taken in the affairs of the Colonies at the outbreak of the Revolution, doubtless prompted the publication of the Topographical Description. That work may be described as a new and much enlarged edition of both Evans’ Map and his ‘Analysis’ [the text accompanying the Evans’ map] of 1755. As to the map, Pownall appears to have been in possession of the original Evans plate engraved by Jas. Turner in Philadelphia, and he uses it as the basis of his improved map...” – Stevens. Indeed, much of the cartography of the western parts of Evans’ original map remained unchanged in the 1776 Pownall edition, save for the significant addition of the routes of Christopher Gist and Harry Gordon. This addition is augmented by the publication in the appendix of Gist’s journal of his 1750-51 journey through a portion of present day Ohio, Kentucky and on through North Carolina – the first publication of that important inland exploration. The most significant addition to Evans original map is east of Philadelphia, where Pownall has extended the plate to encompass all of New England, with the coast as far north as Nova Scotia. The cartography of this portion is derived from a number of sources, but includes Pownall’s own explorations into the interior of Vermont and Maine, as well as the surveys conducted on behalf of Massachusetts Colonial Governor Sir Francis Bernard. Pownall’s Topographical Description and its important map gives the best picture of the interior of North America as it was understood in the year of American independence. The Streeter copy sold to an order bid of $800 in 1967, and made its way to the great map collection of Harold Welch. It was sold at his sale in 1991 to Chicago collector Gerald Fitzgerald, and after his death last appeared offered by the Illinois dealer George Ritzlin for $32,000 in 2012. HOWES P543, “b.” STREETER SALE 826. BUCK 28a. BELL P470. SABIN 64835, 64832. VAIL 651. ESTC N24080 (prospectus). REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 40. $34,000.

Massive Collection of Voyages: A Foundation Work for English Exploration

169. Purchas, Samuel: HAKLUYTUS POSTUMUS OR PURCHAS HIS PIL- GRIMES. CONTAYNING A HISTORY OF THE WORLD, IN SEA VOYAGES & LANDE-TRAUELLS, BY ENGLISHMEN & OTHERS... IN FIVE BOOKS.... London: William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625- 1626. Five volumes. Folio. Crushed blue morocco, gilt, by W. Pratt, covers with central gilt arabesques, spines lettered in gilt in six compartments, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. A fine copy.

The second great collection of English voyages, expanding upon and greatly adding to the work of Hakluyt, whose manuscripts Purchas took over after Hakluyt’s death. Purchas collects over twelve hundred separate narratives of explorations in every part of the world. Many of the accounts relate to the New World, especially Virginia, and one of the engraved maps is Smith’s famous “Map of Virginia.” Besides the Smith Virginia map, Purchas also includes two other maps of the greatest importance for North American cartography. The first of these is the “Briggs” map of North America, generally considered the first map to show California as an island. The Briggs map is also the first to note New Mexico by that name, and the first to name the Hudson River and Hudson Bay. The other notable American map is William Alexander’s depiction of the Northeast, showing the coast from Massachusetts north to Newfoundland. As Burden notes, this is the first map to record many place names and is a “map of great importance.” Purchas began work on his massive collection in 1611, and published various editions of a short collection, with the similar title of “Purchas His Pilgrimage,” over the next ten years. That publication, however, was merely a precursor to the present work, an entirely different book and arguably the greatest collection of travels and voyages ever published. The first two volumes are mainly devoted to travels in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The third volume largely treats northern explorations and America. The fourth volume is almost entirely devoted to America. The fifth volume, Pilgrimage, is a supplement to all of the preceding parts, and properly completes a set of Purchas’ Pilgrimes. A foundation work for any collection of travels and voyages. The Streeter set, which seems to have been heavily restored, sold to a private collector for $2000 in 1966. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 625/173. SABIN 66682-6. CHURCH 401A. HUTH SALE 6057. BAER MARYLAND 8. HILL 1403. STREETER SALE 36. STC 20509. ARENTS 158. JCB (3)II:196-97. BURDEN 164, 208, 214. $135,000.

170. Ramsay, David: THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT IN 1670, TO THE YEAR 1808. Charleston. 1809. Two volumes. xii,478; iv,602pp. plus two folding maps (one with contemporary outlining). Late 19th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Lightly foxed. Very good. Untrimmed.

A standard work, by the prolific historian and native son. The general map in the first volume shows the state, with the map of Charleston in the second volume. The better part of the book is devoted to the southern campaigns of the Revolution and to biographies of prominent early Carolinians. The Streeter sale catalogue notes that the second volume “as a survey of life in contemporary South Carolina is of great value.” New York dealer Peter Decker bought the Streeter copy for $110 in 1967. HOWES R34, “aa.” SABIN 67686. STREETER SALE 1139. $3500.

171. Ransom, Leander, and A.J. Doolittle: NEW MAP OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA TERRITORY...WITH THE PRINCI- PAL TOWNS, ROADS, RAILROADS AND TRANSIT ROUTES TO THE SILVER MINING DISTRICTS OF NEVADA TERRITORY... CAREFULLY COMPILED FROM UNITED STATES AND OTHER RELIABLE SURVEYS. [San Francisco]: W. Holt, 1863. Lithographed map, 27½ x 22¾ inches, with contemporary hand-coloring. Laid down on modern acid-free board. Neatly split along one horizontal fold, with minuscule loss of paper. Short, neat separation along another fold near edges of map. About very good.

An important map of California and Nevada Territory by Leander Ransom and A.J. Doolittle, showing routes into Nevada and the recently discovered silver mining regions. Wheat calls it “a Nevada map of first importance.” Ransom first published his map of California and Nevada in 1862 (though it bears a copyright date of 1861), and Wheat calls that edition “notably rare.” There are three issues of this 1863 edition of the map, one with a copyright of 1862 (Wheat 1070) and another with a copyright of 1863 and the word “A” added before “New Map” in the title (Wheat 1071). Our issue (as with the Streeter copy) seems to be a variant of Wheat 1071 – copyrighted 1863 but lacking the “A” at the beginning of the title – and it is not listed in Wheat. In the present issue (as with Wheat 1071) the Nevada-Utah border has been more accurately drawn at the 115th meridian (Wheat 1070 puts it at the 116th meridian). There are many other additions in Nevada from the 1862 edition, and from Wheat’s number 1070. A great number of details have been added in central Nevada: the important silver mining region of the Reese River District has great detail and lists a number of towns, including Austin, Clifton, and Jacobsville. The Smoky Valley and Big Canyon districts have been added south of the Reese District, and the Mount Hope District has been added to the north. Several stations have been added along the “Overland Stage Road,” with intervening distances noted. New mining districts appear in the northwest, as do new trails. In California the counties are named and variously shaded, the six United States Land Districts are shown, main roads are traced, and numerous towns in the California mining districts are located. There is also a table of distances. The presence of “New Mexico” instead of Arizona below the 37th parallel and “Washington Territory” instead of Idaho in the northeast corner indicates that this map was issued fairly early in 1863. The map is drawn on a scale of circa 1:1,750,000, not twenty-four miles to an inch as stated on map, and was lithographed by Louis Nagel of San Francisco, who also lithographed the 1862 edition of Ransom’s map. Leander Ransom was born in Connecticut, raised in New York, and came to California in 1851. Wheat notes that “until his death [in 1874] Ransom was intimately connected with the land affairs of California.” “A superb map, full of interesting and exotic information in Nevada and California” – Rumsey. Howell bought the repaired and rebacked Streeter copy for $250, and later sold it to collector Warren Heckrotte. It was in his sale in 2015. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 1070, 1071 (ref ). STREETER SALE 2880. RUMSEY 4393.001. $6750.

172. Reid, John [publisher]: THE AMERICAN ATLAS. New York: Published by John Reid, 1796. Mounted on guards throughout, letterpress title within decorative border of typographic ornaments, twenty-one engraved maps and plans on 20 leaves (two folding, seventeen double-page, and two single-page maps printed on one double-page sheet). Folio. [with:] Winterbotham, Wil- liam: AN HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, COMMERCIAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES. New York: Printed by Tiebout and O’Brien, for John Reid, [1795-]1796. Four volumes. 7pp. list of subscribers at the rear of Vol. IV. Twenty-five engraved plates (of twenty-six, comprising four engraved frontispiece portraits, and twenty-one engraved plates), extra-illustrated with provisional titles to first and second volumes bound at the rear of the respective volumes. “Plan of Washington” mentioned in the plate list as being required opposite p.67 here bound in the atlas. Atlas: Bound to style in half speckled calf over contemporary marbled paper covered boards, original paper label affixed to the upper cover, flat spine in seven compartments divided by gilt double fillets, red morocco label in the second compartment. Text: Contemporary tree sheep, neatly rebacked to style uniform to the atlas, original red morocco labels. Fine.

A very fine copy of this rare and important atlas, here including the folding plan of Washington not found in most copies, and with the first American edition of the associated text by William Winterbotham. The atlas is among the earliest to be published in America and is the first to contain a plan of Washington, D.C. The Reid atlas is one of the rarest and most interesting American atlases, preceded only by the 1795 Carey and the Clark atlases as the earliest United States atlases. It includes detailed engraved maps of North and South America, and the United States; and individual maps of New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and the West Indies. The continent maps, the general map of the United States, and those of Kentucky and Washington are after maps appearing in London editions of Winterbotham; the remaining maps are original to this work. Although not found in all copies, the atlas is noted for containing an exceptional plan of Washington, D.C. which follows the famed Ellicott plan of 1792; the present copy includes this plan, here in its first state, dated 1795, with the publishers listed on the plate as Reid, L. Wayland, and C. Smith. The text by Winterbotham is the first American edition of what is a key early history of the United States. Winterbotham was prosecuted for sedition for two sermons he preached in 1792. He was found guilty and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and wrote the present work while serving time in Newgate Prison. It treats the discovery and early settlement of America, the American Revolution, each of the states of the Northeast and South, the Northwest Territory, Canada, and settlements in South America and the West Indies. Most of the handsome plates illustrate birds, quadrupeds, and reptiles found in the West Indies. The color plate represents the tobacco plant (third volume, opposite page 427) and is the first color plate regularly published in an American book, here present in a very good impression. Reid’s atlas and Winterbotham’s text, intended as a set, are now rarely found together. Streeter had the atlas only. It realized $350 to parties unknown at his sale in 1966. EVANS 31078, 31647. HOWES R170, W581, “b.” ESTC W12698. PHILLIPS AT- LASES 1216, 1366. PHILLIPS MAPS, pp.595, 1005. RUMSEY 845. SABIN 69016. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG, p.215. STREETER SALE 77. “A Checklist of Printed Plans of Washington, DC 1792-1801” 13.1, in MapForum issue 1. $27,500.

173. Reynolds, John: MY OWN TIMES, EMBRACING ALSO, THE HIS- TORY OF MY LIFE. [Belleville] Il. 1855. 600,xxiii,[1]pp. Portrait. Thick 12mo. Original publisher’s cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Corners worn, head and foot of spine heavily chipped, wear to spine. Minor foxing, contemporary pencil notations throughout text. About very good.

Howes notes that of this first edition of 400 copies, 300 were destroyed in the Chicago fire of 1857. Reynolds spent the early part of his life in Kentucky, travelling to Illinois with his parents in 1800. He became a lawyer, politician, and the governor of Illinois. An autobiography, the work is also an essential history of Illinois since 1800. Three chapters of this work are devoted to Mormonism, including its history, doctrine, and the murder of Joseph Smith and his brother in a Carthage, Illinois jail in 1844. “The book deals extensively with social, economic, and political conditions in the pioneer period and with the Black Hawk War...a good picture of frontier society” – Buck. “Best picture of Illinois pioneer life” – Howes. The Streeter copy sold to Chicago dealer Ralph Newman for $100. BYRD 2343. HOWES R236, “b.” CLARK II:57. BUCK 57. GRAFF 3479. STREETER SALE 1510. FLAKE 7122. SABIN 70420. $1250.

The Complete Set, Seldom Found

174. Richardson, Sir John: FAUNA BOREALI-AMERICANA; OR THE ZOOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BRITISH AMERI- CA: CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE OBJECTS OF NATU- RAL HISTORY COLLECTED ON THE LATE NORTHERN LAND EXPEDITIONS, UNDER COMMAND OF CAPTAIN SIR JOHN FRANKLIN...BY... RICHARDSON...SURGEON AND NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITIONS. ASSISTED BY WILLIAM SWAINSON... AND...WILLIAM KIRBY. London (Vols. I-III), and Norwich & London (Vol. IV): John Murray (Vols. I-II), Richard Bentley (Vol. III), and Josiah Fletcher & Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans (Vol. IV), 1829- 1831-1836-1837. Four volumes. 110 plates (seventy-two handcolored) by C.M. Curtis after C. Wagstaff, and by Thomas Landseer, William Swainson, and Waterhouse Hawkins. Half titles. Quarto. Later three-quarter calf and marbled paper boards, spine gilt. Spines lightly faded, boards lightly rubbed. Light scattered foxing. Very good.

A rare complete set of this important and influential work on Arctic and sub-Arctic natural history. It took eight years to produce and was issued by three different publishers in two cities, and is most difficult to find complete. The fine collection of plates is distributed as follows: Volume I contains twenty-eight uncolored etched plates (one folding) of quadrupeds by Thomas Landseer; Volume II includes fifty excellent handcolored lithographic plates of birds by William Swainson; Waterhouse Hawkins is responsible for all twenty-four plates in Volume III (two are handcolored copper engravings after Hawkins, the remaining twenty-two are lithographs by Hawkins, ten of these are handcolored, and three of the remaining uncolored plates have folding flaps); the final volume includes eight handcolored engravings of insects, all heightened with gum arabic and engraved by C. Wagstaff after C.M. Curtis. A complete set of the natural history of the Franklin expeditions to the Arctic, produced under the supervision of John Richardson, surgeon and naturalist with both Franklin expeditions. It is one of the earliest and most complete studies of the natural history of far North America and the Arctic. Over the course of the two expeditions (which lasted from 1819 to 1822 and 1825 to 1827) Richardson spent seven summers and five winters in the North. Each species is described in detail, including its habi- tat, physical characteristics, colors, etc. William Swainson’s beautifully executed and colored bird plates are particularly noteworthy. The volume on fish is Richardson’s own work, whilst he was assisted by Swainson and William Kirby on the volumes on quadrupeds and insects, and Swainson alone did most of the work on the ornithol- ogy. Richardson’s “contributions to the natural history of the Arctic are particularly notable” (Wagner-Camp). “The influence which this work exerted cannot well be overstated...it was the chief source of inspiration of numberless writers upon the same subject...” – Elliott Coues. The Streeter copy was bought by Warren Howell for $350 in 1969. It reappeared at Christie’s in 2006, selling for $14,400. It was later offered by a Canadian dealer for the U.S. dollar equivalent of $33,000. ANKER 493. WAGNER-CAMP 39. PEEL 91. TPL 1454. WOOD, p.536. NISSEN, ZBI 3385. STREETER SALE 3700. SABIN 71026-71029. BM (NATURAL HISTORY), p.1698. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 14491. FINE BIRD BOOKS, p.135. $20,000. The Streeter Copy

175. Richardson, Sir John: ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION: A JOUR- NAL OF A BOAT-VOYAGE THROUGH RUPERT’S LAND AND THE ARCTIC SEA, IN SEARCH OF THE DISCOVERY SHIPS UNDER COMMAND OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.... London. 1851. Two volumes. viii,413,[1]pp. plus nine colored plates (including frontispiece); vii,[1],426pp. with color frontis. The first volume includes the folding map, backed on linen, not found in all copies. Original cloth, neatly rebacked, original gilt backstrips laid down. Minor shelf wear. Contemporary bookplate of Robert Damon on each front pastedown, his signature on each titlepage. Small ink stamps reading “Soliday” on endpapers. Light occasional foxing. Very good.

Thomas W. Streeter’s copy of Richardson’s arctic exploration journal (with Streeter’s penciled notes, but without his bookplates). Richardson, the noted naturalist, accompanied Franklin on his first and second expeditions. The present work includes the journals of Richardson and Rae on the Mackenzie, Arctic, and Coppermine rivers in 1849. “Filled with details of personal experiences of Indian life. The appendix contains a comparative table of dialects spoken by the Eskimo. Some copies are described as having a map, but it is not called for in the list of illustrations” – Sabin. Richardson did not limit himself to searching for Franklin, and looked for plants and animals as well. An appendix of almost ninety pages comprises one of the earliest detailed list- ings of Canadian and Arctic plants, as well as describing the physical geography of the Arctic. A number of contributors have provided material on the linguistics of the Indians of the region. Most of the attractive plates illustrate members of the Kutchin tribe of native Indians. This copy was in the George Soliday collection, dispersed by the bookseller Peter Decker, and was sold to Streeter for $20 in 1947. It realized $100 at the Streeter Sale to Maggs in 1969. They sold it to collector John Lentz, from whose estate the Reese Company acquired it. STREETER SALE 3716 (this copy). SABIN 71025. WAGNER-CAMP 203:1. PILL- ING, PROOF-SHEETS 3256. TOURVILLE 3804. GRAFF 3493. TAXONOMIC LIT- ERATURE 9170. RICKS, p.182 (ref ). TPL 3029. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 121. $3000.

Maps of the Hudson Bay Area

176. Robson, Joseph: AN ACCOUNT OF SIX YEARS RESIDENCE IN HUDSON’S-BAY, FROM 1733 TO 1736, AND FROM 1744 TO 1747.... London. 1752. [2],vi,84,95pp. plus two folding maps and folding plate. Con- temporary speckled calf, spine gilt, leather label. Minor wear to extremities. Light foxing. Near fine.

Robson’s famous work is among the earliest substantial accounts of the Hudson’s Bay Company and region. Robson served as the Surveyor and Supervisor of Buildings to the Company, and this work, based on six years’ worth of intimate inside knowledge, is a basic source of Company history. “Robson, with a sound knowledge of the locale and of the personnel of the Hudson’s Bay Company, condemned the Company for its failure to promote enterprise and development in its lands” – Streeter. The maps illustrate the Nelson and Hayes rivers, plans of the York and Prince of Wales forts, and the Churchill River. A foundation work of Canadiana, in an attractive contemporary binding. Maggs paid $150 for the Streeter copy in 1969. LANDE 1418. PEEL 12. HILL 1477. BELL, p.291. WINSOR VIII, p.70. TPL 217. SABIN 72259. STREETER SALE 3648. $2750.

California Pious Funds

177. Rodriguez de San Miguel, Juan: DOCUMENTOS RELATIVOS AL PIADOSO FONDO DE MISIONES PARA CONVERSION Y CIVI- LIZACION DE LAS NUMEROSAS TRIBUS BARBARAS DE LA AN- TIGUA Y NUEVA CALIFORNIA. Mexico: Imprenta de Luis Abadiano y Valdes, 1845. 60pp. Dbd. Fine.

A collection of twenty-three documents describing the urgent need for funds for the church in California. These include the law of Sept. 19, 1836; the decrees of Santa Anna of Feb. 8 and Oct. 24, 1842; and other communications from the “apoderados” addressed to the government. Rodriguez writes in the first numbered section that he had hoped to publish further documents, but limited resources allowed him to print only the twenty-three found here. A later printing of this work added twenty-eight pages of additional material. The Streeter copy sold to Ximenes Rare Books for $50 in 1968, and is now in the Princeton University Library. STREETER SALE 2504. SABIN 72543. COWAN, p.490. BARRETT 2138. $1250.

Urging Support of the Pious Fund

178. [Rodriguez de San Miguel, Juan]: RECTIFICACION DE GRAVES EQUIVOCACIONES EN QUE INCIDEN LOS SEÑORES TER- CEROS POSEEDORES DE BIENES DEL FONDO PIADOSO DE CALIFORNIAS.... Mexico: Imprenta de Lara, 1845. 16pp. Stitched as issued. Fine.

“Another defense of the Pious Fund, on behalf of the Church” – Streeter. In 1842 the Mexican government of Santa Anna promulgated laws that began to starve the Fund, which had been established to administer the missions in Upper and Lower California. Rodriguez de San Miguel was one of the “apoderados” of the Fund, and issued other pamphlets in 1845 documenting the urgent need for monies to keep the Fund going. The Streeter copy passed at the sale in 1968, but was evidently later sold to Good- speed’s, from whom the Reese Company bought it in 1980. After twenty years in our stock it was bought by collector Bruce McKinney and then sold at his sale in 2010. It was last seen listed by a New Jersey bookseller for $2195 in 2012. STREETER SALE 2506. COWAN, p.492. BARRETT 2140. SABIN 72543. $1250. 179. Rogers, Robert: A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF NORTH AMERICA: CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL BRITISH COLONIES ON THAT CONTINENT...ALSO OF THE INTERIOR, OR WESTERLY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, UPON THE RIVERS ST. LAURENCE, THE MISSISSIPPI, AND THE GREAT LAKES.... London. 1765. vii,[1],264pp. Modern half speckled calf and marbled boards. Titlepage and first text leaf separating at top of gutter, moderate tanning. Very good.

The companion to the journals of the famous ranger of the French and Indian War. This is an important work utilizing Rogers’ knowledge of the western country. It includes detailed descriptions of geography, Indian tribes encountered, etc. “The first geographical account of the American interior after England had wrested it from France, and, aside from those of Pittman and Hutchins, the most accurate of the period” – Howes. “One of the most accurate contemporary accounts of the interior of North America as it was when England took it from France” – Streeter. The Streeter copy sold to parties unknown in 1967 for $200. It was last seen on the market in 2011, offered by a New York State bookseller for $4500. HOWES R418, “b.” SABIN 72723. CLARK I:301. VAIL 562. STREETER SALE 1028. GREENLY, MICHIGAN 17. LANDE 761. SERVIES 452. GRAFF 3554. FIELD 1316. BELL R365. JCB 1473. TPL392. $3250.

180. Rumsey, James: A SHORT TREATISE ON THE APPLICATION OF STEAM, WHEREBY IS CLEARLY SHEWN, FROM ACTUAL EXPERIMENTS, THAT STEAM MAY BE APPLIED TO PROPEL BOATS OR VESSELS OF ANY BURTHEN AGAINST RAPID CUR- RENTS WITH GREAT VELOCITY. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, 1788. 26pp. plus final blank leaf. 19th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards. Extremities somewhat worn, outer hinges cracked, chipped at head and toe of spine. Contemporary ownership signature and touch of dust soiling on titlepage. Else a very good, untrimmed copy, from the library of Haskell F. Norman, with his bookplate. In a half morocco and cloth box.

This is one of the pioneering works on steamboats, whose advent bespoke a technological revolution of profound implications. Rumsey, a machinist by trade, was a trailblazer in steam propulsion. As early as 1784 he exhibited to George Washington a model of a boat for stemming the current of rivers by steam power. A Short Treatise... initiated a controversy in the late 1780s between Rumsey and John Fitch over who had priority in the development of their respective steam-powered boats. Fitch was the first to publicize his invention and obtained a fourteen-year privilege for the manufacture of steam vessels, giving him a virtual production monopoly in America. Rumsey issued the present pamphlet as a reply to Fitch’s Original Steamboat Supported (1788). This is the corrected reissue of Rumsey’s A Plan, Wherein the Power of Steam is Fully Shewn (1788). The Streeter copy sold to Goodspeed’s for $425 in 1969. It is now in the Cincinnati Public Library Inland Waterways Collection. EVANS 21442. RINK 2924. NORMAN 1859. HOWES R499, “b.” STREETER SALE 3961. $9500. A Foundation Work of Canadiana, with the Engraved Title of Indians and Missionaries

181. Sagard-Theodat, Gabriel: LE GRAND VOYAGE DU PAYS DES HU- RONS, SITUÉ EN L’AMERIQUE VERS LA MER DOUCE, ÉS DER- NIERS CONFINS DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE, DITE CANADA.... Paris. 1632. [22],380,[2]pp. With the extra engraved title. [bound with:] DIC- TIONAIRE DE LA LANGUE HURONNE. Paris. 1632. 12,[146],[14]pp. Small octavo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, edges stained red. Slight separation at upper front hinge. Leaves washed, titlepage expertly remounted on matching paper. A few unobtrusive marginal repairs in main text, bottom edge of leaves of Dictionaire... expertly restored. Withal, very good. In a half morocco and cloth box.

Sagard was a Recollet missionary who spent 1623-24 in Huronia as a missionary to the Huron nation. His book, based largely on his own experiences and those of his associates, as well as contemporary letters and documents, are considered to be the main authority for the history of the first Recollet mission in Canada in 1615-29, and the main source for Indian life and relations with the French which does not stem from the Jesuits. “Sagard and Champlain were the first explorers to give any very definite statements about the Huron Indian country and what they had learned from these In- dians about the Great Lakes Country” – Greenly. Most of the work is devoted to the life of the Hurons, and has been called “a brilliant, astonishingly precise fresco.” The Huron dictionary is the first printed Huron vocabulary, a collection of French expressions translated into Huron, to be used as a manual by traders and missionaries. Sagard assembled it from his own work and those of other missionaries, and it remains “the most complete compilation extant dealing with the old Huron language.” A major and important rarity of Canada, New France, and the Great Lakes region. The Streeter copy sold for $1500 in 1966. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 632/86. ARENTS 181. BELL S33. CHURCH 421. FIELD 1341,1342. HARRISSE (NOUVELLE FRANCE) 52, 53. JCB II:243-44. LANDE S2012. PILL- ING, IROQUOIAN, p.147. SABIN 74881,74883. STREETER SALE 93. VLACH 661. TPL 6305. GREENLY, MICHIGAN 10. 100 MICHIGAN RARITIES 1. $32,500. The Bishop of Quebec Reports on the Iroquois

182. [Saint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste]: ESTAT PRESENT DE L’EGLISE ET DE LA COLONIE FRANCOISE DANS LA NOUVELLE FRANCE. Paris. 1688. [2],268pp. Original gilt calf, leather label. Rubbed, front joint broken. Old private library stamp on bottom of titlepage, not affecting printing. Else very good. In a half morocco and cloth box.

An important and rare narrative of Indians and settlers in 17th-century Canada. “The author was the second bishop of Quebec...before his consecration in 1685 he visited Canada in order to examine the state of the diocese. On his return to France, he wrote this account in the form of a letter addressed to one of his friends. It describes the Indian tribes and their relations with the French settlers” – Lande. “...Containing an account of the missions there with considerable attention to relations between the French and the Indians, including troubles with the Iroquois” – Bell. This work was also issued, using the same sheets but with a new titlepage, as Relation des Missions de la Nouvelle France. Quite scarce, accorded a “c” rating by Howes. The Streeter copy sold for $500 in 1969, bought by the Eberstadts for Yale, and is now in the Beinecke Library. HOWES S 41, “c.” STREETER SALE 3632. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 688/207. BELL S57. LANDE 773. TPL 98. SABIN 66978. JCB (2)II:1366. CHURCH 707 (note). HARRISSE NEW FRANCE 159. $5000.

The Mexican Side of the Boundary Survey

183. Salazar Ylarregui, José: DATOS DE LOS TRABAJOS ASTRONOMI- COS Y TOPOGRAFICOS, DISPUESTOS EN FORMA DE DIARIO. PRACTICADOS DURANTE EL AÑO DE 1849 Y PRINCIPIOS DE 1850 POR LA COMISION DE LIMITES MEXICANA EN LA LINEA QUE DIVIDE ESTA REPUBLICA DE LA DE LOS ESTADOS-UNI- DOS. Mexico: Imprenta de Juan R. Navarro, 1850. 123pp. plus two folding maps. Large octavo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. Head of spine rubbed, hinges cracking, corners bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown. Titlepage lightly foxed, minor scattered foxing. Very good.

The author was the surveyor for the Mexican boundary survey after the Mexican- American War. This work describes his surveys from San Diego to the confluence of the Gila and Colorado rivers, and much of the text consists of daily entries made between July 1849 and January 1850. The folding maps illustrate the port of San Diego and the area of California and Arizona around the junction of the two rivers. “Salazar gives the earliest detailed account of the previously unsurveyed border regions of California and Central Arizona” – Hill. This book is quite scarce on the market, and this is only the third copy we have encountered in more than fifteen years. The Streeter copy sold to Dawson’s Book Shop for $250 in 1968. STREETER SALE 2648. WAGNER-CAMP 190. HILL 1514. HOWES S47, “b.” GRAFF 3652. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 690, 691. PALAU 286944. $4000. California and Nootka: “The only work on California published by the Dominicans” (Bancroft)

184. [Sales, Luis de]: NOTICIAS DE LA PROVINCIA DE CALIFORNIAS EN TRES CARTAS.... Valencia: Los Hermanos de Orga, 1794. 104,96,104pp. plus two folding tables. Contemporary tree calf, spine ornately gilt, leather label, edges red. Very minor wear to corners. Contempo- rary bookplate on front pastedown. Small ink stamp on titlepage and verso of table. A few leaves lightly toned. Near fine.

“The only work on California published by the Dominicans” – Bancroft. A descriptive work, with much on the Indians and the missionary activities of the Dominicans after the expulsion of the Jesuits. It also contains an important report on the dispute between the British and Spanish at Nootka Sound off Vancouver Island. It was mostly written at the San Miguel mission in the northern part of Baja California and is alleged to have been suppressed by the Spanish censors. Dawson’s Book Store paid $600 for the Streeter copy in 1968. COWAN, p. 550. HOWES S52, “b.” MEDINA, BHA 5649. PALAU 194130. SABIN 75765. STREETER SALE 2456. WAGNER, SPANISH SOUTHWEST 177. Bancroft, History of the North Mexican States. $13,500.

Rare Vermont Imprint and Indian War History

185. [Sanders, Daniel Clark]: A HISTORY OF THE INDIAN WARS WITH THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE UNITED STATES, PARTICULAR- LY IN NEW ENGLAND. Montpelier. 1812. 319pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label. Extremities rubbed, small chip at head of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Internally clean. Near fine.

A rare work on the history of the Indian Wars in New England, written by the president of the University of Vermont. “This book aroused bitter criticism because of its strictures on colonial bigotry and cruelty to the natives...” – Streeter. The book was long believed to have been suppressed by its author because of his mortification at the attacks made on it by reviewers, and both Field and Church give long accounts of its supposed destruction. While there certainly were bitter reviews and the work is quite rare, more modern bibliographers, notably Marcus McCorison in Vermont Imprints, have suggested that the suppression story may be exaggerated. Later writers have also praised the book as one of the best written histories of the Indian Wars of New England. John Fleming bought the Streeter copy for $100 in 1967. CHURCH 1306. HOWES S84. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 3474. FIELD 1351. GILMAN, p.240. SABIN 76366. McCORISON 1420. STREETER SALE 727. $2000. American Military Pocket Atlas

186. Sayer, Robert, and John Bennett [publishers]: THE AMERICAN MILI- TARY POCKET ATLAS; BEING AN APPROVED COLLECTION OF CORRECT MAPS, BOTH GENERAL AND PARTICULAR, OF THE BRITISH COLONIES; ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH NOW ARE, OR PROBABLY MAY BE THE THEATRE OF WAR: TAKEN PRINCIPALLY FROM THE ACTUAL SURVEYS AND JUDICIOUS OBSERVATIONS OF ENGINEERS...AND OTHER OFFICERS EMPLOYED IN HIS MAJESTY’S FLEETS AND ARMIES. London: Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennet, [1776]. Titlepage, 2pp. dedication to “Gov. Pownall,” 2pp. “Advertisement,” 1p. “List of maps,” and six engraved maps, handcolored in outline. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Scattered minor repairs along map folds. A very good copy.

The “Holster Atlas,” one of the most important atlases of the American Revolution, was issued at the suggestion of Governor George Pownall and includes the “maps that the British high command regarded as providing essential topographical information in the most convenient form” (Schwartz & Ehrenberg). This collection of maps was published by Sayer and Bennet at the beginning of the Revolution for the use of British officers. “Surveys and Topographical Charts being fit only for a Library, such maps as an Officer may take with him into the Field have been much wanted. The following Collection forms a Portable Atlas of North America, calculated in its Bulk and Price to suit the Pockets of Officers of all Ranks” – Advertisement. Although the publishers claimed the atlas would fit into an officer’s pocket, it was usually carried in a holster and thus gained its nickname. It was generally bound in an octavo format, as is the case in this copy. The six maps are as follows:

1) Dunn, Samuel: North America, as Divided Amongst the European Powers. By Samuel Dunn, Mathematician. London: Printed for Robt. Sayer, Jan. 10, 1774. Engraved map, handcolored in outline, 13½ x 18¼ inches. Engraved for Dunn’s A New Atlas (London, 1774). 2) Dunn, Samuel: A Compleat Map of the West Indies, Containing the Coasts of Florida, Louisiana, New Spain, and Terra Firma: with All the Islands. London: Robt. Sayer, Jan. 10, 1774. Engraved map, handcolored in outline, 13¼ x 18½ inches. Engraved for Dunn’s A New Atlas (London, 1774). The “Advertisement” describes these first two maps as “a general map of the part of the globe, called North America, and a second general map of those islands, shores, gulfs, and bays, which form what is commonly called the West Indies; these we consider as introductory, and as giving a general idea, and we trust a just one.” 3) A General Map of the Northern British Colonies in America. Which Comprehends the Province of Quebec, the Government of Newfoundland, Nova-Scotia, New-England and New-York. From the Maps Published by the Admiralty and Board of Trade, Regulated by the Astronomic and Trigonometric Observations of Major Holland and Corrected from Governor Pownall’s Late Map 1776. London: Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennet, Aug. 14, 1776. Engraved map, handcolored in outline, 20¾ x 26¾ inches. First state, also issued as a separate map. This map was re-issued in 1788 with the title changed to reflect the new political realities. McCORKLE, NEW ENGLAND 776.11. SELLERS & VAN EE 143. STEVENS & TREE 65. 4) Evans, Lewis: A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America. Containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. With the Addition of New York, and the Greatest Part of New England, as Also of the Bordering Parts of the Province of Quebec, Improved from Several Surveys Made After the Late War, and Corrected from Governor Pownall’s Late Map 1776. London: R. Sayer & J. Bennet, Oct. 15, 1776. Engraved map, handcolored in outline, 20½ x 26¾ inches. Based on Lewis Evans map of 1755, with additions and corrections. STEPHENSON & McKEE, VIRGINIA, p.82 (an image of the Evans map). 5) Romans, Bernard: A General Map of the Southern British Colonies, in America. Com- prehending North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, with the Neigh- bouring Indian Countries. From the Modern Surveys of Engineer De Brahm, Capt. Collet, Mouzon & Others; and from the Large Hydrographical Survey of the Coasts of East and West Florida. By B. Romans. London: R. Sayer & J. Bennett [sic], Oct. 15, 1776. Engraved map, handcolored in outline, 21¼ x 26 inches. Based on charts and maps by Romans and others. 6) Brassier, William Furness: A Survey of Lake Champlain Including Lake George, Crown Point and St. John, Surveyed by Order of...Sr. Jeffrey Amherst...by William Brassier, Draughtsman. 1762. London: Robt. Sayer & Jno. Bennet, Aug. 5, 1776. Engraved map, handcolored in outline, 28 x 20½ inches. Also issued as the first separately published map of Lake Champlain, this excellent detailed chart was based on a survey made during the French and Indian War, but not published until the Revo- lution. The map was issued in two states and is included here in its appropriate (and preferred) second state, illustrating the very first battle fought by the U.S. Navy: the Battle of Valcour Island, which transpired near present-day Plattsburgh, New York. The inset in the lower right corner of the map features an extremely detailed rendering of Lake George, surveyed by British Captain Jackson in 1756. No mention, of course, is made of Ethan Allen’s taking of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775.

An important collection of Revolutionary-era American maps, meant to be used by British officers in the theatre of war. The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $550 in 1966. FITE & FREEMAN, A BOOK OF OLD MAPS, pp.212-16. HOWES A208. NEBEN- ZAHL, ATLAS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, pp.61-63. PHILLIPS ATLASES 1206. RUMSEY, p.311. SABIN 1147. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG, p.190. STREETER SALE 73. CLARK I:189. REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 45. $26,500.

With Original Mounted Photochrome Prints

187. Schmidt, Carl E.: [ Jackson, William H.]: A WESTERN TRIP. [Detroit]: For private circulation only, [1904]. 91pp. including thirty photographic views (twelve are full-page mounted color photochrome prints; the other eighteen are small in-text black and white photographs). Small quarto. Original gilt pictorial light brown leather, red silk endpapers. Minor shelf wear. A bit of light offsetting from the color photographs. Near fine.

A presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Schmidt on the front free endpaper to the Hoeft family of Rogers City, Michigan. Paul Hoeft was a Michigan lumber magnate who donated land on Lake Huron to the state of Michigan in 1922, which became Hoeft State Park. A remarkable book, printed in a very small number for private circulation, and featuring a number of original photographic prints. Schmidt, his daughter, and two friends left Chicago for Wyoming and the West in the summer of 1901. They spent several weeks in Yellowstone, and Schmidt recounts their adventures in great detail, with descriptions of the park, their hiking expeditions, the characters they encountered, and more. One chapter is devoted to a fishing trip, and the final chapter describes a visit to a mine in Montana. The color pictures are photochrome prints after photographs by William Henry Jackson, who, as the official photographer of the Hayden Survey in the 1870s, took the first photographs of Yellowstone. The photochrome process was invented in Switzerland, and the American rights were purchased by the Detroit Publishing Company around 1895. Jackson served as a director of the newly-created Photochrom Company subsidiary, and praised the photochrome process in his memoirs as a “process hardly improved today.” The pictures ably convey the natural beauty of the region that became America’s first national park. The black and white photographs were taken by Schmidt and his companions and show the sites they visited, including several candid shots of Yellowstone. This is the scarce second edition, with the black and white photographs printed onto the text leaves. The original photochrome prints are mounted. “Printed in a few copies... An interesting journal of the Yellowstone Country, and because of the circumstances of its printing, extremely difficult to come by” – Eberstadt. Scarce and quite interesting. The Streeter copy sold for $80 in 1969. It reappeared at auction in 2003, when Cummins paid $3520 for it. HOWES S170, “aa.” STREETER SALE 4123. EBERSTADT 136:667d. STREETER SALE 4123. TRAVELING THRU WONDERLAND, pp.40-41. $5250.

Gold Rush Rarity

188. Schmolder, Bruno: NEUER PRAKTISCHER WEGWEISER FUR AUS- WANDERER NACH NORD-AMERIKA IN DREI ABTHEILUNGEN .... Mainz. 1849. Three volumes bound in one. [8],120pp. plus five plates (including frontispiece); [4],153,[1]pp. plus frontispiece and colored folding map; [4],106pp. plus folding map. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Scattered foxing. Paper restoration in upper margin of pp.1-2 in the first part, not affecting text. Overall, very good. In a half morocco box.

The second issue of Schmolder’s work, the first having been published the previous year without the maps and one of the plates. Collations are otherwise identical, and it is possible that the same sheets were used. The author went overland from Missouri to California in 1843, and evidently worked with John Sutter on a scheme for colonization. This occupies the first part of the work, while the second is devoted to the Middle West, particularly Missouri and Texas, and the third to Iowa. Schmolder’s advice to immigrants includes information regarding New Orleans as an entrance point. The map entitled “Die vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika & Mexico...” is entirely handcolored, with the states and territories differentiated. The large “Topographische Karte von Iowa” shows the region along the west bank of the Mississippi River. Streeter’s copy contained a map of the West in the first part, but it is almost never found with the book. The Streeter copy was bought by Nebenzahl for $2500 in 1969. A very rare work, of great importance to Continental immigration. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 178. WAGNER-CAMP 155:2. CLARK III:407. STREETER SALE 3154. COWAN, p.572. HOWES S172, “b.” KURUTZ 562b. WHEAT TRANSMIS- SISSIPPI 636. $8500.

189. Scripps, John Locke: THE UNDEVELOPED NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. A LECTURE DELIVERED IN THE COURSE BEFORE BELL’S COMMERCIAL COLLEGE, FEBRUARY, 1856. Chicago. 1856. 20pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine stamped in brown and gilt. Text trimmed close at foredge, costing portions of words throughout. Good.

A rare and important polemic “written in bitter hostility to the Hudson’s Bay Com- pany, and exposing their operations on the Pacific Coast and among the Indian tribes and fur traders from the earliest times” – Eberstadt. “Scripps, author of an official life of Lincoln, visited the Lake Superior Country in 1855 and upon his return, made an extensive study of the region from the Great Lakes westward with special reference to the fur companies, the inhabitants, Hudson’s Bay Company, water courses and minerals. He also points out the economic advantages of the Northern region for the United States” – Decker. “Scripps, who was editor and publisher of the Democratic Press, had visited the Lake Superior country in 1855. He discusses here primarily the area of western Canada from Lake Superior to the Pacific, with comments on the Minnesota region south of the international boundary. He has a good deal to say about the fur trade and the Hudson’s Bay Company. ‘There can be little doubt but that the sole reason why the company maintains its posts in Oregon and Washington is to induce brother Jonathan to “shell out” liberally for them’” – Streeter. The Streeter copy sold to an order bidder for $200 in 1969. EBERSTADT 114:690. DECKER 39:360. STREETER SALE 3721. CHICAGO AN- TE-FIRE IMPRINTS 221. GRAFF 3717. HOWES S248, “aa.” SABIN 78485. $1800.

“The most ambitious cartographical work to come from America before the Revolution...” – Wroth

190. Scull, Nicholas: TO THE HONOURABLE THOMAS PENN AND RICHARD PENN ESQRS. TRUE & ABSOLUTE PROPRIETAR- IES & GOVERNOURS OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA & COUNTIES OF NEW-CASTLE KENT & SUSSEX ON DELA- WARE THIS MAP OF THE IMPROVED PART OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA. IS HUMBLY DEDICATED BY NICHOLAS SCULL. Philadelphia. 1759. Engraved map on six sheets, joined as three. Sheet [One of three sheets]

size: 3 sheets, each approximately 31 x 21½ inches. Excellent condition, with three short repaired tears, very minor age toning at the sheet edges, overall in remarkable unsophisticated condition. Provenance: Laird U. Park (Sotheby’s New York, Nov. 29, 2000, lot 322).

The first map of Pennsylvania to be published in America. Scull (1687-1761) was born in Philadelphia and is thought to have been apprenticed at a young age to William Penn’s surveyor, Thomas Holme. In 1719 he became deputy surveyor of Philadelphia County, eventually ascending to the surveyor generalship of Pennsylvania in 1748. An original member of Benjamin Franklin’s Junto, Scull was intimately involved with In- dian relations of the period, having travelled amongst the tribes surveying the western counties. Siding with the Proprietors in his recollection of the Walking Purchase, at which he was present, no doubt held him in good standing with the Penn family. It is thought that this, in part, led to the publication of this impressive map. Dedicated to the Proprietors, it is among the largest and finest maps produced in America to that date. The map depicts Philadelphia, Bucks, Northampton, Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Cumberland, and York Counties, and is based on Sculls own surveys as well as the reports of Major Joseph Shippen, Colonel John Armstrong, John Watson, Benjamin Lightfoot, and others. In addition, some information was gleaned from printed sources, including Fry-Jefferson’s important map, evidenced by a printed footnote on the map concerning the location of Fort Cumberland and the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. Elevation is accurately depicted, much in the style of Fry-Jefferson, by neat hachure marks. The eastern counties include a wealth of detail, such as churches, meeting houses, inns, iron forges, mills, and the manors of significant residents; roads, Indian paths, Indian towns, and forts are clearly shown throughout. Although generally quite accurate, it is curious that Scull included Fort Granville on his map, which had been destroyed by the French and Delaware Indians in 1756. Nevertheless, the importance and accuracy of this large-scale map is underscored by the fact that a copy of it was among the maps hung by the Board of War at Philadelphia in August 1776, twenty years after the map’s publication (as listed by John Adams in his letter to his wife dated Aug. 13, 1776). The map was engraved by James Turner (d. 1759), a Philadelphia silversmith and protégé of Benjamin Franklin. Turner had previously worked on map engraving during the production of James Parker’s 1747 maps of New Jersey, a project for which he had been recommended by Franklin. Little is known about the printer, John Davis. Although he had no shop, he appears to have specialized in large cop- perplate engravings of maps, as he is the printer identified in the imprint of the 1756 Philadelphia first edition of Joshua Fisher’s important chart of Delaware Bay. That map and the present one are his only known works. Scull’s 1759 map of Pennsylvania is very rare, with less than a dozen known institutional copies. Only a few have appeared at auction in the last half century, most notably in the sales of the collections of Thomas W. Streeter, Howard E. Welsh, and Laird U. Park (this copy). The Streeter copy sold in 1967 to Nebenzahl for $2500. EBERSTADT 167:430 (quoting Wroth). EVANS 8489. Garrison, “Cartography of Penn- sylvania before 1800” in Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 59, no. 3. PHILLIPS MAPS, p.673. RISTOW, pp.52-53. STREETER SALE 965. WHEAT & BRUN 422. $125,000.

The Streeter Copy

191. Sewall, J.S.: SECTIONAL MAP OF THE SURVEYED PORTION OF MINNESOTA AND THE NORTH WESTERN PART OF WISCON- SIN. St. Paul: J.S. Sewall, [copyrighted 1857, but ca. 1867]. Folding color map, 32¾ x 24½ inches. Folding into original 16mo. cloth covers, stamped in blind and gilt. Covers edgeworn, cloth faded. Minor separations at cross-folds. Very good.

The Thomas W. Streeter copy of a rare early map of Minnesota. Like other Minnesota maps of this period, the present map is most valuable for showing nascent development along the northern shore of Lake Superior. Much of northern Minnesota appears sparsely occupied. The coloring is restrained and quite lovely in this copy. “A beautiful map, showing the country in great detail” – Eberstadt. The map was engraved by C.A. Swett of Boston and published by Sewall in St. Paul. It was apparently available from agents for quite some time after its initial 1857 publication date; the front pastedown of this copy bears an advertisement for agents D.D. Merrill, Randall & Co., dated St. Paul July 1, 1867, noting that it is available for $1.25. This issue of the map was apparently updated sometime after 1862, as it shows that the name of Toombs County (named after Georgia Congressman and future Confederate General Robert Toombs) has been changed to Andy Johnson County, named after Andrew Johnson. The county name was changed yet again, after Johnson’s impeachment in 1868, to Wilkin County. Nebenzahl paid $30 for this copy at the Streeter sale in 1969. It came to the Reese Company with the remains of his stock in 2013. STREETER SALE 3928 (this copy). CHECKLIST OF THE PRINTED MAPS OF THE MIDDLE WEST (MINNESOTA) 0715. EBERSTADT 107:265. GRAFF 3735. RUMSEY 2381 (another ed). PHILLIPS MAPS, p.433 (another ed). $1750.

192. Shaw, Pringle: RAMBLINGS IN CALIFORNIA; CONTAINING A DE- SCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, LIFE AT THE MINES, STATE OF SOCIETY, etc. INTERSPERSED WITH CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTES, AND SKETCHES FROM LIFE, BEING THE FIVE YEARS’ EXPERIENCE OF A GOLD DIGGER. Toronto: James Bain, [n.d., ca. 1856]. 239pp. Half title. 12mo. Original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt title on front cover. Minor edge wear, spine sunned, joints expertly repaired. Tiny ink stain on foredge. Internally clean. Very good. In a half brown morocco clamshell case.

A rare account of gold prospecting in California, by a Canadian miner and local mag- istrate. Shaw went to California in 1851, prospected in the Yuba district, and stayed for five years. He provides vivid details about mining, immigrant groups, individuals, etc., with several interesting sections on the state of the southern districts, including Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego. “...This little book has much to com- mend it. After descriptions of the people, the mines and ‘the face of the country,’ Shaw tells some good yarns about the mines and miners of the Sierra foothills” – Wheat. “Shaw, through this detailed volume, attempted to convey to the reader a true sense of what to expect in California. He included a fine account of the varied types of people found, with emphasis on the Chinese. He also added an elaborate depiction of mining methods and a general portrait of all the California counties, missions, and agricultural resources” – Kurutz. The Streeter copy sold to the Carnegie Book Shop for $50 in 1968, bidding for the Clements Library at the University of Michigan. HOWES S348. STREETER SALE 2855. TPL 8607. SABIN 79954. KURUTZ 570. ROCQ 16051. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 184. COWAN, p.580. $2000.

A Key Work of King George’s War

193. Shirley, William: A LETTER FROM WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ; GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSET’S [sic] BAY, TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE: WITH A JOURNAL OF THE SIEGE OF LOUISBOURG, AND OTHER OPERATIONS OF THE FORCES, DURING THE EXPEDITION AGAINST THE FRENCH SETTLE- MENTS ON CAPE BRETON; DRAWN UP AT THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSET’S BAY.... London. 1746. 32pp. An- tique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Old library stamp faintly visible, title-leaf remargined in gutter, else very good.

First printing of this account of important events of King George’s War in 1744-48. “The attack on Louisbourg in 1745 was looked upon by Shirley only as a step towards a complete conquest of Canada, and the success of the siege at once raised his hopes. Instigated by him, the English ministry approved of an expedition against Canada, and a force of over eight thousand men was raised, principally from the northern colonies. The British force which was to have co-operated was, however, detained either by bad weather or by the blundering of the ministry, and nothing came of the attempt” – Lande. Shirley describes the capture of Louisbourg by British naval forces and New England troops under William Pepperell. John Fleming paid $200 for the Streeter copy in 1967. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 746/186. HOWES S424, “aa.” SABIN 80548. STREETER SALE 1004. TPL 4703. LANDE 786. $6500.

A Foundation Document of the California Oil Industry

194. Silliman, Benjamin: A DESCRIPTION OF THE RECENTLY DIS- COVERED PETROLEUM REGION IN CALIFORNIA, WITH A REPORT ON THE SAME. New York: Francis & Loutrel, February 1865. [2],iii,[1],24,[1]pp. plus folding map and folding cross-section. Original printed wrappers. 1½-inch semi-circular closed tear on front wrapper, with no paper loss. Wrappers a bit soiled, worn along spine. Small light stain in upper margin of first few leaves. Some light edge wear to the map. Overall very good.

This is Silliman’s second report on the oil region in Santa Barbara County, California, following a similarly titled study issued the year before (which did not have the folding map contained in the present issue). Silliman was a chemistry professor at Yale, and his reports are the most important early studies of petroleum in the United States (chiefly in Pennsylvania and California). He outlined the principal methods for preparing and purifying petroleum, and discovered its chief uses. Silliman’s surveys commanded high fees from the petroleum companies, raising ethical questions in the scientific community. This report describes the oil wealth in lands owned by the California Petroleum Company. The map shows the location of the company’s lands around Ojai, in Santa Barbara County, and the cross-section shows the “ideal section from Buenaventura to Mupu Arroyo.” The company was capitalized at $10,000,000 and issued 100,000 shares at $100 each, with one-tenth of the capital stock reserved for working capital. Silliman concludes “that the promise of a remarkable development at Buenaventura is far better than it was in the Pennsylvania or Ohio regions – since so famous.” The Eberstadts called this report “the beginning of the petroleum industry in the West.” The Streeter copy sold to Eberstadt for $200 in 1968. It reappeared at Pacific Book Auctions in 2014, sold to an unidentified bidder. SABIN 81051. COWAN, p.588 (note). STREETER SALE 2903. GIDDENS, p.167. ROCQ 15489. EBERSTADT 133:801. DAWSON EIGHTY 66. $2000.

195. [Smith, William]: A BRIEF VIEW OF THE CONDUCT OF PENN- SYLVANIA, FOR THE YEAR 1755...WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SHOCKING INHUMANITIES, COMMITTED BY INCURSIONS OF THE INDIANS UPON THE PROVINCE.... London: R. Griffiths, 1756. 88pp. Late 19th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Titlepage lightly soiled, else generally clean. Very good.

In this sequel to William Smith’s Brief State..., the author continues his exposé of the political factions operating in Pennsylvania. The lack of unity weakened the lead- ership and provided opportunities for the French and Indians to wage more damaging warfare. Smith is especially hard on the Quakers and the Popular Party, claiming they are promoting the French interest and are a “dead Weight upon his Majesty’s service.” Sessler paid $325 for the Streeter copy in 1967. It is now in the Dietrich American Foundation. STREETER SALE 962. HOWES S687. SABIN 84594. TPL 6440. FIELD 1446. $1250.

196. [Smith, William]: ÉTAT PRÉSENT DE LA PENSILVANIE, OÙ L’ON TROUVE LE DÉTAIL DE CE QUI S’Y EST PASSÉ DEPUIS LA DÉFAITE DU GÉNÉRAL BRADDOCK JUSQU’À LA PRISE D’OSWEGO, AVEC UNE CARTE PARTICULIÈRE DE CETTE COLONIE. [Paris]. 1756. 128pp. plus folding map. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather labels, raised bands. Some light rubbing. A crisp, near fine copy in a particularly handsome contemporary binding, with a pair of nice engraved bookplates. Bound in this volume before the translation of Smith is a work about the Lisbon earthquake of 1755: RÉLATION HISTORIQUE DU TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE SURVENU À LISBONNE LE PRE- MIER NOVEMBRE 1755.... La Haye. 1756. x,216pp.

Sabin and Howes attribute this translation to the Abbé Jean Ignace de la Ville, the first commissioner to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Contained in the work is an abridgement of William Smith’s A Brief View of the Conduct of Pennsylvania, for the Year 1755..., in French, published the same year as the first separate edition. One of the most important works relating to the state of affairs between the Popular Party and the Proprietary Party at the time, Smith attacks the Quakers and the Popular Party. “This book...was evidently designed to make the French people happy over the course of the struggle with the English in North America. It abridges Smith’s Brief View with its portrayal of the helplessness of Pennsylvania in repulsing Indian atrocities. It must have made good reading in France, especially because of the abbreviated and pungent way it was rewritten” – Streeter. De La Ville has added to this edition some further remarks entitled “Rélation contenant la suite de ce qui s’est passé en Pensilvanie,” as well as a translation of an act establishing a Pennsylvania militia and a brief description of Pennsylvania, illustrated with the attractive map. Nebenzahl paid $100 for the Streeter copy in 1967. It is now at the Cincinnati Public Library. SABIN 19370. STREETER SALE 960. HOWES P216. VAIL 516 (note). $1750.

Presentation Copy of the First History of New York

197. Smith, William: THE HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW- YORK, FROM THE FIRST DISCOVERY TO THE YEAR M.DCC. XXXII. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE INHABITANTS, THEIR TRADE, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL STATE, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE IN THAT COLO- NY. London: Printed for Thomas Wilcox, 1757. xii,255pp. plus folding double- page plate. Quarto. Contemporary calf, recased, preserving the original boards and gilt label. Minor edge wear. Minor foxing. Very good.

Presentation copy, inscribed “Abrm: Keteltas’s the gift of the Author” on the titlepage in Smith’s hand. This is the first edition of the first history of New York, based largely on the works of Charlevoix and Colden’s History of the Five Nations.... Smith also drew from the journals of the Assembly and the Legislative Council. He was a graduate of Yale who became a distinguished New York lawyer and eventually justice of the province. Smith inscribed this copy to a fellow Yale graduate, Abraham Keteltas (1732-1798) who married the author’s daughter, Sarah. Keteltas adds his red ink ownership stamp to the titlepage. Notes in the hand of Caroline Keteltas, granddaughter of Abraham Keteltas, all circa 1839, can be found on several leaves, providing a personal provenance for the book between the Smiths and the Keteltas family. In addition, there is a newspaper clipping of a poem by James Smith, brother of the author, on the verso of the last leaf of the Dedication; and an armorial bookplate of Abraham L. Smith pasted at the conclusion of the preface. A Loyalist during the Revolution, Smith moved to Canada at the war’s conclusion, and there became a chief justice. This history covers the period up to 1736. Smith wrote a continuation which remained in manuscript form until it was published by the New-York Historical Society in 1826. “Within the period subsequent to the English Revolution, Smith is still without a successful rival. This work ranks with Stith’s Vir- ginia and Hutchinson’s Massachusetts, as one of the worthiest examples of historical literature produced in later colonial times” – Larned. A foundation New York item, inscribed by the author to his son-in-law. The Streeter copy, which was a regular copy without presentation inscription, sold for $200 to Seven Gables Book Store. It was one of Streeter’s earliest purchases as a collector (he bought it in 1920). SABIN 84566. HOWES S703, “b.” STREETER SALE 871. CHURCH 1023. LARNED 1109. $7500. A Significant Americana Rarity

198. [Smith, William]: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDI- TION AGAINST THE OHIO INDIANS, IN THE YEAR 1764. UN- DER THE COMMAND OF HENRY BOUQUET, ESQ....INCLUD- ING HIS TRANSACTIONS WITH THE INDIANS, RELATIVE TO THE DELIVERY OF THEIR PRISONERS...WITH AN INTRODUC- TORY ACCOUNT OF THE PRECEDING CAMPAIGN.... Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1765. [2],xiii,71pp. plus two plates (one folding). Pp.65-71 and the plates provided in facsimile. Without the large folding map. Quarto. Contemporary calf, tooled in blind, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Boards somewhat stained and rubbed. Scattered foxing. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on titlepage and endpapers. Good.

The very rare first edition. “This book is an authentic and reliable narrative of one of the earliest British military expeditions into the Territory northwest of the Ohio river. It narratives the details of the first victory, gained over Indian forces, by English troops, after the savages had been taught the use of fire-arms” – Thomson. Bouquet’s expedition to relieve Fort Pitt showed British strength in the Ohio country in the wake of the close of the French and Indian War and brought an end to the Pontiac War. The Indians were soundly defeated at the battle of Bushy-Run and treated for peace, releasing captives taken in the previous years. Smith describes the campaign, gives an account of the country, tells of Indian warfare, and how to fight against them. The folding plan, by Thomas Hutchins, details the battle of Bushy-Run. This copy lacks the large folding map by Thomas Hutchins, which is often the case. The titlepage, however, bears an interesting association inscription, which reads: “Genl Haldimand’s gift to Col. Putnam.” The general in question is undoubtedly Frederick Haldimand (1718-1791), British colonial official and military officer, and the replace- ment for Henry Bouquet. “During the Seven Years’ War, Haldimand demon- strated his military proficiency as well as the qualities of diligence and loyalty that characterized his service to the British crown....Haldimand’s excellent service record and his command of French made him invaluable to Briga- dier Thomas Gage, commander of the British forces in North America. In 1760 he was given the responsibility of liaising with Governor Vaudrieul and François de Lévis to accept the capitulation of Montreal. Later he was appointed military governor for the district of Trois-Rivières. He provided competent administration of the district but was removed in September 1765. A discour- aged Haldimand now received permission to travel to Europe with the expectation that further promotion in the military was now at an end. However, before he could return he received news of the death of his fellow officer Henry Bouquet. He was now promoted brigadier-general, and replaced Bouquet as commander of the southern department. In many ways his experience as a military commander in East and West Florida foreshadowed the challenges of his tenure as governor of Quebec. Despite a parsimonious and neglectful Treasury, a careless Colonial Office, and the tumultuous politics of a frontier colony, Haldimand provided a competent administration between April 1769 and his departure in 1773” – ANB. Likewise the colonel in question is almost certainly Israel Putnam, colonial military officer and Revolutionary War hero. The two men were acquainted and worked together during the French and Indian War, particularly in the campaign at Oswego in 1759. A battered copy of a rare book, particularly interesting for its association of two military commanders associated with the events in question. Not an exact comparison, since the present copy is imperfect. The Streeter copy, which like other things in his collection had Herman LeRoy Edgar-Guthrie Barber provenance, sold to Nebenzahl for $3750 in 1967. EVANS 10167. SABIN 84616. HOWES S693, “c”. STREETER SALE 972. THOMSON 1065. FIELD 1442 (London ed). $20,000.

A Spanish Southwest Rarity

199. [Spanish Southwest]: PLAN DE UNA COMPANIA DE ACCIONI- STAS PARA FOMENTAR SON ACTIVIDAD EL BENEFICIO DE LAS RICAS MINAS DE SONORA Y CINALOA, Y RESTABLECER LA PESQUERIA DE PERLAS EN EL GOLFO DE CALIFORNIAS. [Mexico. 1771]. [8]pp. on folded sheets. Small quarto. Tiny ink stamp in margin of two leaves, else fine. In a cloth folding case.

Streeter describes this as “a prospectus for shares in a company proposing to reopen unworked gold and silver mines in Sinaloa and Sonora and to reestablish the pearl fisheries along both coasts of the Gulf of California.” In calling for the reopening of those pearl fisheries, the author points to the small expense and tremendous profit potential in renewing relations with California Indians, and other inhabitants in northern Mexico and in what is now the southwestern United States. An extremely rare Spanish Southwest item. The Streeter copy was bought by California collector Irving Robbins for $90. It reappeared at his 1996 sale, and was bought by the Reese Company for $1045. It is now in the Hill Collection at the University of California, San Diego. STREETER SALE 2439. WAGNER SPANISH SOUTHWEST 156. MEDINA, MEX- ICO 5427. $4500. Vigorous Attack on the Administration of Georgia

200. [Stephens, Thomas]: A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CAUSES THAT HAVE RETARDED THE PROGRESS OF THE COLONY OF GEOR- GIA, IN AMERICA: ATTESTED UPON OATH. BEING A PROPER CONTRACT TO A STATE OF THE PROVINCE OF GEORGIA.... London. 1743. [2],24,101pp. Lacks the half title. Antique-style half morocco and cloth, gilt leather label. Some leaves trimmed a bit close to top edge, unobtrusive institutional stamp on verso of titlepage, minor repair in outer margin of last text leaf. Very good.

A rare attack on the handling of the government in colonial Georgia. Thomas Ste- phens was the son of William Stephens, who succeeded Oglethorpe as governor of the Georgia colony. Despite his family association, Thomas Stephens was a leader of the discontented forces in the colony. Stephens complains about the prohibition on Negro slaves and the transportation of rum, the latter depriving the colonists of both drink and a lucrative trade. The 101-page appendix includes contemporary letters and protests concerning conditions in Georgia. The Streeter copy sold for $100 to Eberstadt for Yale. DE RENNE I, p.112. STREETER SALE 1152. CLARK I:154. SABIN 91305. HOWES S942, “aa.” EUROPEAN AMERICANA 743/207. SERVIES 375. $1750.

201. [Stephens, William]: A STATE OF THE PROVINCE OF GEORGIA, ATTESTED UPON OATH IN THE COURT OF SAVANNAH, NO- VEMBER 10, 1740. London. 1742. [4],32pp. Half title. Antique-style three- quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt. Minor edge rubbing. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Small ownership stamp on first text leaf. Very good.

A separate printing from the author’s A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia. This pamphlet consists of statements made by various figures in Savannah in 1740 about the future of the colony and its resources. “With all the problems besetting the colony at this time, it became the task of William Stephens, colonial secretary, to fire volleys of responses to the questions raised by Tailfer and the other malcontents...Stephens was an important cog in the machinery of colonial government and his journals and reports to the Trustees form a revealing account of operations in Georgia” – Willingham. Includes an important account of the German Salzburger settlements in Ebenezer. Howes states that this pamphlet was issued in an edition of only 100 copies. The Streeter copy sold for $125 in 1967. HOWES S945. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 742/190. STREETER SALE 1151. CLARK I:144. DE RENNE I, p.108. WILLINGHAM 4. LC EXHIBIT 110. SERVIES 369. $1750.

The First History of Virginia Printed There

202. Stith, William: THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA: BEING AN ESSAY TOWARDS A GENERAL HISTORY OF THIS COLONY. [bound with:] AN APPEN- DIX TO THE FIRST PART OF THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA.... Williamsburg: William Parks, 1747. Two volumes bound in one, as usual. viii,331pp. (pp.305-341 misnumbered 295-331), [1]; v,[1],34pp. Contemporary speckled calf, red gilt morocco label. Hinge and spine ends expertly repaired, boards with some old scrapes in the calf. Signature X printed on paper that has more foxing than the other signatures, as usual; signature CC age-toned. Bookplate on front pastedown, early ownership signature of “T.T. Gantt” on titlepage. Overall very good, in original condition.

First edition, third issue of Stith’s book, this issue possibly published as late as 1753. Stith’s text is one of the first American histories to be written and printed in the British colonies, and the first such in Virginia. Stith, who was well connected in the colony, had access to numerous important sources, including the library of William Byrd of Westover, the personal recollections of Sir John Randolph, county court books, the official records of the London Company, and John Smith’s seminal Generall Historie of Virginia. Printing began in Virginia when William Parks established his press in Williamsburg in 1730. This is one of the earliest accessible Virginia imprints, and one of the most interesting. An appealing copy of a landmark book. John Fleming paid $425 for the Streeter copy in 1967. BERG, WILLIAMSBURG IMPRINTS 58. EVANS 6071. SABIN 91860. SWEM 5325. HOWES S1014, “b.” ESTC W23158. CHURCH 963. STREETER SALE 1100. $12,500.

203. Sturgis, Thomas: THE UTE WAR OF 1879. WHY THE INDIAN BU- REAU SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR. Cheyenne, Wy.: Leader Steam Book and Job Printing House, 1879. 26pp. Original printed wrappers. A remarkably fresh, clean copy. Very fine. In a felt-lined cloth clamshell case, leather label.

A scarce Cheyenne imprint relating to the Ute War of 1879. The White River Agency, led by Nathan Meeker, came into conflict with the Utes as white land hunger fueled anti-Indian sentiment. The agency was attacked, Meeker and eleven other men were killed, and five women, including Meeker’s wife, were abducted. “An argument from the only-good-Indian-is-a-dead-Indian point of view, inspired by the recent Meeker Massacre and the outrages committed on the Meeker women” – Streeter. Peter Decker bought the Streeter copy for $125 in 1968. HOWES S1111, “aa.” STREETER SALE 2197. AII (WYOMING) 44. STOPKA, WYOMING TERRITORIAL IMPRINTS 1879.4. $4500.

First Account of Oglethorpe’s Expedition to Reach England

204. Sutherland, Patrick: FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, OF DECEM- BER 25, 1742. AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE INVASION OF GEOR- GIA, DRAWN OUT BY LIEUTENANT PATRICK SUTHERLAND, OF GENERAL OGLETHORPE’S REGIMENT, WHO LATELY ARRIVED IN ENGLAND, AND WAS SENT EXPRESS ON THAT OCCASION, BUT BEING TAKEN BY THE SPANIARDS OFF THE LIZARD, WAS OBLIGED TO THROW THE SAID EXPRESS AND HIS OTHER PAPERS OVER-BOARD [caption title]. [London. 1743?] 4pp. Folio. Modern red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, ruled in gilt, spine gilt. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Old horizontal folds. Closed tears neatly repaired along the center horizontal fold. Light soiling. Very good.

A rare account of the defense against the 1742 Spanish invasion of Georgia. In 1740, during the War of Jenkins’ Ear, General James Oglethorpe, a founder of Georgia, mounted an attack on the Spanish in St. Augustine, Florida. The Spanish repulsed Oglethorpe’s colonial troops, and in 1742 made their own offensive against Georgia, the defense of which is described here. This account was made by Lt. Patrick Suther- land, a member of Oglethorpe’s regiment who brought the news back to London. He describes the Spanish naval attack on St. Simon’s Island, the colonial response, and the land engagements that followed, all of which occurred in June and July, 1742. The text concludes with a list of the Spanish forces employed in the invasion, including “ninety Indians and 15 Negroes, who run away from South-Carolina.” ESTC locates a total of only three copies, at the British Library, the John Carter Brown Library, and the University of Virginia. Sabin notes the copy in the De Renne collection (now at the University of Georgia). Goodspeed’s bought the Streeter copy for $1500 in 1967, which is the last copy that we have been able to locate in the market. ESTC T86385. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 743/209. SABIN 93962. STREETER SALE 1153. DE RENNE I, pp.114-15. $20,000.

A Landmark Georgia Book

205. Tailfer, Patrick: A TRUE AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE COLONY OF GEORGIA IN AMERICA, FROM THE FIRST SET- TLEMENT THEREOF UNTIL THIS PRESENT PERIOD: CON- TAINING THE MOST AUTHENTICK FACTS, MATTERS AND TRANSACTIONS THEREIN; TOGETHER WITH HIS MAJESTY’S CHARTER, REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PEOPLE, LETTERS, &c. AND A DEDICATION TO HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL OGLETHORPE. Charles-town, S.C.: Printed by P. Timothy, for the authors, 1741. xviii,118pp. [i.e. 110 (pp.79-86 omitted in the pagination, as issued)]. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather label. Minor foxing. Very good.

The second edition, with the Charles-town imprint of the same year as the first, but with a different collation. Both Howes and Sabin suggest this is probably a London imprint, although the Church catalogue considers it to be a genuine Charleston imprint and of great typographical importance and rarity; the modern imprint bibliographers have opted for London. The pamphlet constitutes a forceful critique of Gen. James Oglethorpe and the Georgia government. The author demands the removal of prohibitions on black slavery and the importation of liquor, and the establishment of private land ownership. Tailfer was the leader of an outspoken group of malcontents in Savannah who were driven out of the colony by Oglethorpe in September 1740 and took refuge in Charleston. “The most interesting of all books about Georgia in the colonial period, for attack is almost always more interesting than praise....The work is a masterpiece of invective and one of the cornerstones of the historical literature of Georgia” – Streeter. The Streeter copy sold to an order bidder for $200 in 1967. WILLINGHAM GEORGIA 3. HOWES T6, “b.” DE RENNE, p.96. CHURCH 940. CLARK I:161. STREETER SALE 1147. BELL T7. SABIN 94216. $3500.

Magnificent Map of the United States

206. Tanner, Henry S.: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Philadelphia: Pub- lished by Henry S. Tanner, 1829. Engraved map, handcolored in outline, in sections backed on linen. Sheet size: 50 x 63 inches. Engraved by H.S. Tanner, assisted by E.B. Dawson, W. Allen, and J. Knight, with integral decorative title vignette after J.W. Steel. The map is surrounded by numerous small panels including two extensions to the area covered by the map, six more-detailed maps of environs of various eastern cities, eight city plans, a number of elevation profiles of railroads and waterways, and two tables of statistics. Rebacked on linen, expertly conserved by the Green Dragon Bindery. Silk lining edges. Lightly and evenly toned. A very nice copy. In a modern half morocco portfolio, stamped in gilt.

The first edition of Tanner’s spectacular and very beautiful large-scale map from “the Golden Age of American Mapmaking.” The 1829 first edition of this map is described by Rumsey as “one of the best early large maps of the United States and the premier map for its period” (Rumsey 975). The map shows the United States from the Atlantic Ocean to what today is western Kansas (noted as “Kanzas” on map). To the west of Michigan Territory and Missouri large areas of land include the locations of numerous Indian tribes but are designated as “Districts” rather than Territories: District of Huron, Sioux District, Mandan District, Osage District and Ozark District. Also included are canals, railroads, “McAdamized” roads and proposed canals and railroads. One of the most attractive and interesting aspects of the map are the numerous insets: these include sixteen inset city and regional maps (Environs of Albany; Environs of Boston; Environs of New York; Environs of Philadelphia and Trenton; Environs of Baltimore and Washington; Cincinnati; Charleston; New Orleans; South Part of Florida; Wash- ington; Baltimore; Philadelphia; New York; Boston; Pittsburgh & Environs; Oregon and Mandan Districts [8 x 13 inches, with a further inset ‘Outlet of Oregon River’]) the border of the main map also includes fourteen profiles of portages, canals, and railroads and two tables in the lower right corner: Statistics of the Western Districts, and Statistics of the United States. According to Tooley, H.S. Tanner is “thought to be the first native-born American to devote his career to publishing,” and he is responsible for some of the most important maps of the United States to be published in the 19th century. The Streeter copy sold to Henry Stevens for $270 in 1969. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40603. PHILLIPS MAPS, p.885 (ref ). RUMSEY 975. STREETER SALE 3835. HOWES T28. RISTOW, pp.191-98. SABIN 94318. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG, p.253 (“Twice as detailed as Melish’s map of 1816”). WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI II, 390, p.94 (illustrated), p.96. $15,000.

A Landmark Map of Texas and California in 1846

207. [Tanner, Henry S.]: A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF MEXI- CO, AS ORGANIZED AND DEFINED BY THE SEVERAL ACTS OF THE CONGRESS OF THAT REPUBLIC [caption title]. New York: Henry S. Tanner, 1846. Folding handcolored pocket map, 31 x 24¾ inches, tipped into original 12mo. cloth folder. Cloth sunned. Minor foxing on pastedowns. Slight staining from adhesive at cover. A few small holes at corner folds, else nicely intact. Color quite bright and clean. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt.

Third edition, second issue, after the first of 1825. Each of these editions and issues was revised, and this is generally considered the most important. The map shows all of Mexico and the majority of the American Southwest, with insets providing a “Table of Distances,” a “Statistical Table,” and a map of roads from Vera Cruz to Alvarado. Taken from his 1822 “Map of North America,” Tanner’s present effort would play a controversial role in the war with Mexico and conflicting claims to territory near San Diego, here placed soundly within the United States. In the first issue, the southern boundary of California was placed further south than either the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo or the Gadsden Purchase would allow. “The plate [in the present second issue] has been changed to follow Fremont in California, including the Great Basin. The southern boundary of California now extends from Pt. Moinfrains northeast to the mouth of the Gila, while the United States boundary with Sonora is still much too far south. New Mexico is still confined to a narrow strip between the Rio Grande and the mountains that form the continental divide, all east of there being Texas, which ends at the Arkansas River. North of that stream the map has been altered to show the Parks and South Pass” – Wheat. This is the first edition of the Tanner map to show the correct course of the Timpanogos and Buena Ventura rivers. An important installment in the controversial cartography of the American South- west. Quite scarce. OCLC locates only eight copies. The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $40, with other Tanner pocket maps, in 1969. This lot may well be the greatest single bargain in the entire Streeter sale, as the collective value today approaches six figures. It reappeared at auction in 2007, when the Reese Company paid $22,325 for it. We later sold it to a private collector. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI II, pp.89-90, no. 364; III, p.38, no. 529. SCHWARTZ & EHRENBERG, pp.276-77. PHILLIPS MAPS, p.409 (another ed). STREETER SALE 3824. RUMSEY 2822. OCLC 21842347. $27,500.

208. Taylor, James W.: THE SIOUX WAR: WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BY THE MINNESOTA CAMPAIGN OF 1863: WHAT SHOULD BE DONE DURING A DAKOTA CAMPAIGN OF 1864, WITH SOME GENERAL REMARKS UPON THE INDIAN POLICY, PAST AND FUTURE, OF THE UNITED STATES. St. Paul: Office of the Press Print- ing Company, 1863. 16pp. printed in double-column format. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers a bit dust soiled. Very good.

“The title of this pamphlet would indicate that it related primarily to Minnesota, but it also has much about the Black Hills, and it is perhaps the earliest separate printing of a project for the creation of a territory, the Territory of Upsaroka, for the region out of which later Montana and Wyoming Territories were formed” – Streeter. Taylor had printed a similar pamphlet the previous year in which he called for offensive measures against the Sioux in order to remove them from their threatening positions on the Minnesota frontier. Taylor was secretary of the Minnesota and Pacific Railroad, but he also worked as a journalist. In 1870 he became American consul at Winnipeg. Goodspeed’s paid $275 for the Streeter copy in 1968. AII (MINNESOTA) 528. DAB XVII, p.330. STREETER SALE 2104. $3500.

The Slidell Mission to Mexico

209. [Texas]: ULTIMAS COMUNICACIONES ENTRE EL GOBIERNO MEXICANO Y EL ENVIADO ESTRAORDINARIO Y MINISTRO PLENIPOTENCIARIO NOMBRADO POR EL DE LOS ESTADOS- UNIDOS, SOBRE LA CUESTION DE TEJAS, Y ADMISION DE DI- CHO AGENTE. Mexico: Imprente de Ignacio Cumplido, 1846. 22pp. Tall octavo. Original printed yellow wrappers. Front wrapper detached but present. Wrappers a bit soiled, chipped at edges. Very light age-toning to text. About very good.

This pamphlet discusses the Slidell mission to Mexico and its attempt to improve the situation between Mexico and the United States, especially as relates to Texas. The Eberstadts describe this as a basic document of the Mexican-American War, as it “was the final effort in the negotiation to preserve peace, after which war became inevitable.” Indeed, herein it is stated: “The Mexican nation does not recognize the American flag on Texas soil...and shall never permit new territorial advances by the United States....” The Streeter copy sold to Dawson’s Book Shop for $120 in 1966. PALAU 212780. GARRETT, p.87. STREETER SALE 245. EBERSTADT 162:541. $1500.

The Ohio Country in the French and Indian War

210. [Thomson, Charles]: AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE ALIENATION OF THE DELAWARE AND SHAWANESE INDIANS FROM THE BRITISH INTEREST, AND INTO THE MEASURES TAKEN FOR RECOVERING THEIR FRIENDSHIP...TOGETHER WITH THE REMARKABLE JOURNAL OF CHRISTIAN FREDERIC POST...WITH NOTES BY THE EDITOR EXPLAINING SUNDRY INDIAN CUSTOMS, &c. WRITTEN IN PENNSYLVANIA. London: Printed for J. Wilkie, 1759. 184pp. plus folding map. 19th-century straight- grain morocco, gilt, spine gilt, gilt inner dentelles. Rear hinge somewhat rubbed. Toned, some light pencil marginalia. Map mounted on linen. Very good.

The Frank Deering copy, with his bookplate. A work of the greatest importance for the history of the French and Indian War. Thomson argues that the arrogance and greed of the colonial government of Pennsylvania caused the rupture between the Pennsylvania Indians and the British, and temporarily forced the natives to the French side of the fight in the Ohio country. “Apparently printed at Benjamin Franklin’s expense as part of his campaign to discredit the Proprietary government of Pennsylvania” – Streeter. “It was one of the most important works on relations with the Indians that had been published up to that time” – Graff. Christian Post, a Moravian missionary, travelled to the Ohio country in 1758 to negotiate with the Indians, and won them back to the British side. His journal of that trip makes up the second part of this book. The map shows Pennsylvania, with various important western points located. Streeter’s copy was bound with another rare French & Indian War book, Christian Post’s Journal, so the price paid by John Fleming in 1967, $1300, is not an exact comparison. Fleming was acting for John Roebling, and the volume reappeared at his sale in 1981. It eventually made its way to the University of Toronto Library. Although the Streeter catalogue does not cite provenance, I examined this volume in 1999 and noted that it was the Herman LeRoy Edgar copy, bought at his sale in 1920 by Guthrie Barber, then bought at his sale in 1945 by Streeter, bidding through Eberstadt, for $95. HOWES T210, “b.” GRAFF 4139. CHURCH 1029. FIELD 1548. VAIL 535. JONES 498. STREETER SALE 966. SABIN 95562. THOMSON 1145. $14,000.

Settling California Land Claims: The Streeter Copy

211. Thornton, Harry I.: OPINIONS DELIVERED BY HARRY I. THORN- TON, AS ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE BOARD TO ASCERTAIN AND SETTLE PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 3d OF MARCH, 1851. San Francisco: Printed and published by Fran- cis A. Bonnard, 1853. 114pp. Modern half calf and plain paper boards. Spine lightly sunned. Scattered foxing, a tideline in the upper portion of the second half of the text. Small ink stamps on titlepage and edges of text. Neat, early pencil marginalia throughout. About very good.

The Thomas W. Streeter copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown and his pencil notes on the front free endpaper. This copy also contains the contemporary ink stamp of San Francisco booksellers Burgess, Gilbert & Still on the titlepage, just above the imprint. Harry I. Thornton was one of the three original members of the United States Commission for Settling Private Land Claims in California (created in 1851) and served for two years. This volume contains his opinions on the claims of “Californios,” Americans, and a Native American to lands granted to them by Span- ish and Mexican officials. Among the cases included herein are the claims of Cruz Cervantes, Camillo Yintia (“a native Indian”), Francisco Dye, Archibald Ritchie, and several others. All the decisions were in favor of the claimant and against the United States, which may be why Thornton was relieved of his duties after only two years. We cannot locate another copy on the market since the Streeter Sale. Scarce, containing early decisions on California land claims. The Streeter copy sold to Howell for $50 in 1968. It was later owned by a California private collector, from whom the Reese Company acquired it. STREETER SALE 2750 (this copy). COWAN, p.637. GREENWOOD 430. COHEN 9586. $2000.

A Major Tennessee and French and Indian War Rarity

212. Timberlake, Henry: THE MEMOIRS OF LIEUT. HENRY TIMBER- LAKE, (WHO ACCOMPANIED THE THREE CHEROKEE INDI- ANS TO ENGLAND IN THE YEAR 1762).... London: Printed for the Author, 1765. viii,160pp. plus folding map and folding plate. Modern polished calf, gilt. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Map with small tear at gutter margin, neatly repaired. Internally clean. Near fine. In a cloth slipcase.

Timberlake was a British officer who spent considerable time with the Cherokees in Georgia and eastern Tennessee in the early 1760s, during the turbulent period of frontier strife at the end of the French and Indian War. He later accompanied a del- egation of Cherokees to London. His account, here in the first edition, is one of the best of the period, and one of the few accounts of the war with the Cherokees in the southern colonies. The map is an important cartographic work in its own right. The folding plate is “A Curious secret Journal taken by the Indians out of the Pocket of a French Officer they had kill’d.” “May very well be considered the Number One book in any Tennessee library, since it is the first book ever written concerning activities in the area now embraced in this state” – Horn. “Represents the earliest and one of the historically significant works relative to the Cherokee Indians and their activities...in original condition, ranks as a most desirable rare Tennessee book” – Allen. A very nice copy of a legendary rarity. The Streeter copy sold to Sessler for $950 in 1967. SIEBERT SALE 277. ALLEN, SOME TENNESSEE RARITIES 1. HORN, TWENTY TENNESSEE BOOKS 1. STREETER SALE 1619. HOWES T271, “b.” CLARK I:319. VAIL 565. FIELD 1553. GRAFF 4154. SABIN 95836. Duane King, editor, The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake... (Museum of the Cherokee Indian, 2007). King’s excellent introductory essay is the best description of Timberlake and his amazing story, and the volume illustrates many important places and artifacts. $35,000.

The Uncanceled First Issue

213. [Tonti, Henry de]: DERNIERES DECOUVERTES DANS L’AMER- IQUE SEPTENTRIONALE DE M. LA SALE.... Paris. 1697. [4],333,21pp. including the leaf of privilege and three leaves of publishers’ advertisements. 19th-century calf, spine gilt, leather label. Bookplate on front pastedown. Minor edge and corner wear, a few small nicks to boards. Minor worming to about a third of the text at upper and inner margins, just touching some letters, mostly in the headlines. Good.

This work is generally considered the most reliable account of La Salle’s last expedition, describing events from 1678 to 1691, particularly the fatal attempt to establish a colony in Texas and the explorations along the Gulf coast of Texas and Louisiana from 1685 until La Salle’s murder in 1687. Tonti spent some time among the Indians of Louisiana and Texas, and accounts of those tribes are included as well. He later denied authorship of this book, but existing manuscripts suggest it was either written by him or compiled from his letters. A decade after La Salle’s death, his many powerful enemies still provided incentive for the use of caution. This is the first issue of this work, including the account of pearl fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, which appears on pages 185-188. Those leaves were suppressed by the French government, and most copies have cancel leaves, easily recognizable because they are in smaller type, and omitting the reference to pearl fishing. A most important work for the French exploration of the Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Texas, and the Mississippi. The Streeter copy sold to John Fleming for $1900 in 1966. HOWES T294, “c.” STREETER SALE 105. GREENLY, MICHIGAN 7. WAG- NER SPANISH SOUTHWEST 67. HARRISSE NOUVELLE FRANCE 174. SABIN 96172. GRAFF 4164. CLARK I:27 (note). JONES 361. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 3 (note). $14,000. Landmark Wyoming Publication

214. Triggs, J.H.: HISTORY OF CHEYENNE AND NORTHERN WYO- MING EMBRACING THE GOLD FIELDS OF THE BLACK HILLS, POWDER RIVER AND BIG HORN COUNTRIES.... Omaha: Printed at the Herald Steam Book and Job Printing House, 1876. 144pp. plus folding map. Original printed green wrappers, expertly rebacked in matching green paper. Wrappers a bit wrinkled, a few small tears in edges. Faint circular ink stamp on front wrapper and titlepage. Very clean internally. Very good. In a cloth clamshell box, spine gilt.

A fundamental and very scarce work on the region, based on the author’s twelve years of residence in the Rocky Mountains and on the plains. He recounts details of the settlement of Cheyenne, events in its early history, the actions of the vigilantes, the pioneer press, early commercial endeavors, etc. The thirteen terminal pages of this work comprise a business directory, including ads for the Union Pacific Railroad, stage lines, land promoters, merchants, etc. “The work is the result of personal observation and experiences in the Dakota-Wyoming country extending over a period of some twelve years on the plains and in the Rocky Mountains. Triggs set out in June of 1863 from Davenport, Iowa, as Lieutenant of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry. He accompanied the command of General Mitchell on the Sioux-Cheyenne expedition of 1864, was then assigned to duty at Fort Halleck; joined the staff of General Curtis at Fort Laramie; fought in the Indian Campaigns of ’65, retiring as Captain. From that year onward he devoted himself to prospecting and exploring in the Wyoming Territory” – Eberstadt (asking $200 for a copy in 1937). Triggs produced the first directory of Laramie City in 1875. The map, drawn by W.M. Masi, covers the present state of Wyoming. As a whole, this work comprises one of the earliest and most important histories of the Wyoming-Dakota region. “Exceedingly rare” – Adams, Six-Guns. “Of greatest importance”- Midland Notes. South Dakota book dealer Herman Chilson bought the Streeter copy for $250 in 1968. AII (NEBRASKA) 443. HOWES T352, “b.” ADAMS SIX-GUNS 2238. ADAMS HERD 2331. GRAFF 4192. JENNEWEIN 83. STREETER SALE 2247. EBERSTADT 109:128. SOLIDAY 885. DECKER 49:273. MIDLAND NOTES 91:530. HOLLIDAY SALE 1102. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 188 (note). $7500.

215. Trumbull, Benjamin: A PLEA, IN VINDICATION OF THE CON- NECTICUT TITLE TO THE CONTESTED LANDS, LYING WEST OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW-YORK, ADDRESSED TO THE PUB- LIC. New Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1774. 160pp. plus errata. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Small stain in upper margin of leaves following page 64, not affecting text, and occasional small stains elsewhere. Very good. Untrimmed.

Trumbull addresses the conflicting claims to the territory in the Wyoming Valley, finally ceded to Pennsylvania in 1800. This is the second, enlarged issue, first having appeared in the Connecticut Journal in 1774. “To this, more than to any other single influence, is said to have been due the allowance of the claim of Connecticut to the Western-Reserve lands” – Sabin. The Streeter copy was bought by the University of Vermont for $80 in 1967. SABIN 97189. STREETER SALE 705. HOWES T368. EVANS 13692. VAIL 638. $1000.

Overland Twice

216. Udell, John: INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL TO CALIFORNIA, ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS; TOGETHER WITH THE RETURN TRIPS THROUGH CENTRAL AMERICA AND JAMAICA.... Jefferson, Ohio: Printed for the author, 1856. 302pp. plus errata. Portrait. Original patterned cloth, spine richly gilt. Slight sunning to spine, minor edge wear. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Light foxing and spotting, some staining to a few leaves, light tideline in upper corner of some leaves. Overall, very good. In a cloth clamshell case.

This copy contains the portrait, which Howes notes is not present in all copies. Udell has signed this copy below his portrait: “Your friend, John Udell.” An important overland narrative. Udell, a Baptist minister, travelled via South Pass in 1850, home by Nicaragua in 1851, to California again in 1852, back by Panama in 1853, out again in 1854, and home in 1855. The book describes his overland experiences in detail, including a trip through Salt Lake City and observations of Mormonism, as well as giving details of his life in California, including mining for gold. The Streeter copy sold to Nebenzahl for $110 in 1968. COWAN, p.648. HOWES U3. MINTZ 473. FLAKE 9068. STREETER SALE 3180. GRAFF 4230. KURUTZ 644. SABIN 97663. WAGNER-CAMP 281. MATTES 995. NORRIS CATALOGUE 4042. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 213. HOLLIDAY SALE 1112. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 124 (note). $2000.

The Official Printing of the First American Treaty with Any Power, with All the Official French Government Acts for 1778

217. [United States-France Treaty]: [France – Government Regulations]: TRAITÉ D’AMITIÉ ET DE COMMERCE, CONCLU ENTRE LE ROI ET LES ÉTATS-UNIS DE L’AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, LE 6 FEVRIER, 1778. [Contained in:] [SAMMELBAND OF MORE THAN 200 OFFICIAL FRENCH ACTS FOR THE YEAR 1778]. Paris: de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1778. 23pp. Various paginations for the remainder of the volume. Thick quarto. Contemporary mottled French calf, spine heavily gilt, gilt leather label. Minor wear to binding. Very minor scattered soiling or foxing. Near fine.

The official French printing of the first French-American treaty, the first treaty between the United States and any other country, and a decisive moment in the American Revolution. Having struggled to find allies in their fight against England, the fledgling United States achieved recognition from France when news of Burgoyne’s defeat reached Paris. In February 1778 the American commissioners, Benjamin Franklin, Arthur Lee, and Silas Deane, negotiated both the treaty of amity and commerce, published herein, and a treaty of military alliance. Because France wished to consult with its ally, Spain, the alliance treaty was not immediately published in France, and probably first appeared in print in Philadelphia; the amity and commerce treaty was published immediately, however, first appearing in this Paris edition. France and the United States grant each other most-favored-nation trade status and agree to protect each other’s commercial vessels. Both parties also agree to abstain from fishing in each other’s’ waters, with the United States especially agreeing to refrain from fishing on the banks of Newfoundland. Howes records two Paris editions of 1778: this official twenty-three-page printing, and another of eight pages. This important treaty is contained in a sammelband with more than two hundred other acts for 1778, touching on law and justice, currency, the press and publishing, religion, provinces, royal and princely estate, hospitals and support, salt, traffic, grain, wine trade, maintenance of roads, ports, etc. Some parts concern the navy, France’s colonies, and relations with the United States. These were issued individually, but are bound here with a volume titlepage, as well as an analytic index and an index by date. A veritable treasure trove of French laws and acts, in a handsome contemporary binding. The Streeter copy sold to Sessler in 1967 for $1500. It is not an exact comparison to the present offering, which is a volume with several hundred other official documents, but the treaty accounts for about 75% of the value. BRUNET I:12. MALLOY, p.468. SABIN 96565. HOWES T328. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 778/36. STREETER SALE 791. REESE, REVOLUTIONARY HUNDRED 51. $35,000.

Northwest Coast Narrative

218. [Van Delure, John]: A HISTORY OF THE VOYAGES AND ADVEN- TURES OF JOHN VAN DELURE. GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS BEING LEFT ON THE N.W. COAST OF AMERICA.... Montpelier: Wright and Sibley, 1812. 96pp. 16mo. Contemporary half calf and boards. Mod- erate to heavy wear to extremities, slight edge wear. Faint worming in end matter. One leaf with lower outer corner torn away, affecting text. Contemporary ownership signature on front and rear free endpapers. Overall very good. In a half morocco box.

First Vermont printing of this entertaining, albeit apocryphal, story of Indian captivity and travel in the Northwest, after its first appearance in Boston in 1788. Though the structure of the narrative changed throughout its many editions, the tale remained the same. The author, a Dutchman, departed Amsterdam for China in 1783 and proceeded from there aboard a trading vessel to the northwest coast of America to participate in the fur trade. After a surprise attack by local Indians, Van Delure and his companion were hauled six hundred miles overland to a large city built on an island. Rescued from certain death by the local sachem, Van Delure married the Indian chief ’s daughter and lived among them for two years. In 1787 he encountered three white men who had supposedly travelled up the Mississippi from New Orleans. One of the men was Alonso Decalves, to whom this narrative is sometimes attributed. His meeting with the three men rekindled a certain homesickness, prompting him to extol the virtues of the Christian way of life to his native bride. The narrative ends with the textbook conversion of his wife and her father, followed by an account of his voyage home. “The fictitious account which includes the narrative of the Indian captivity of John Vandelure, Vandeleur, Vandeluer, or Van Delure, passed through many editions under varying titles. In most cases these bear the pseudonym of Alonso Decalves...In others, Vandeleur, himself, is given as the author. The narrative is also included in the ‘Narra- tive of a Voyage...from Amsterdam to China and from there to...North America,’ which purports to have been written by James Van Leason or Vanleason” – Sabin. The present edition is among the rarest of this oft-reprinted narrative. OCLC locates only four copies. Scribner’s bought the Streeter copy for $350 in 1969. McCORISON 1394. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 27374. SABIN 98466. AYER, INDIAN CAPTIVITIES 130. STREETER SALE 4232. VAIL 1188. HOWES V24, “b.” FIELD 1593. OCLC 10248784. $6000.

Black Hawk War

219. Wakefield, John A.: HISTORY OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE UNIT- ED STATES AND THE SAC AND FOX NATIONS OF INDIANS.... Jacksonville, Il.: Printed by Calvin Goudy, 1834. 142pp. 12mo. Modern crushed red morocco by Riviere & Son, tooled in gilt, spine richly gilt, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g. Rear board stained in upper portion, bookplate on front pastedown. Closed tear in first preface leaf expertly mended, else internally quite clean. A handsome copy.

A scarce and valuable account of the Black Hawk War and other Indian troubles, by a firsthand witness, including the account of the captivity of the Hall sisters as related by Sibley Hall. Wakefield based his account of the 1827 campaign on oral reminis- cences and newspaper accounts, but he was a participant in the last two campaigns. He served as a scout and dispatch-bearer and was wounded at the battle of Axe River. This is not the first printing of an account of the Hall captivity, but that contained in the 1832 pamphlet, Narrative of the Capture and Providential Escape of..., was so full of errors that this may be noted as the first accurate account, and the first in book form. Interestingly, many participants in this war were to become prominent (e.g. Abraham Lincoln, whose company was disgraced for being intoxicated; Jefferson Davis; Zachary Taylor; and James Clyman, the latter a famous mountain man who rode with Jedediah Smith in 1824 and was mess mate to Lincoln). “One of the few first-hand accounts of the Indian wars in Illinois and Michigan” – Eberstadt. Not in Ayer. Nebenzahl bought the Streeter copy for $175 in 1968. GRAFF 4510. BYRD 213. HOWES W19, “b.” SABIN 100978. DECKER 33:319. STREETER SALE 1449. EBERSTADT 132:727. $1750. A Critical Moment in the Fight for a Free Kansas

220. Walker, Robert James: INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF R.J. WALKER, GOVERNOR OF KANSAS TERRITORY. DELIVERED IN LECOMP- TON K.T., MAY 27, 1857. Lecompton: “Union Office,” May 1857. 24pp. Printed self-wrappers. A bit of wear at edges, scattered light foxing. Very good. In a half morocco box.

A key imprint from early Kansas. Robert James Walker, the new territorial governor, calls on the citizens of Kansas to recognize the call for a constitutional convention. Critical of the 1855 anti-slavery Topeka constitution, he avers that “Kansas should [not] become a state controlled by the treason and fanaticism of abolition.” But it was not only the question of slavery that Walker pointed out as an important issue for consideration; there were also the issues of railroad grants, taxes, public lands prices, educational policy, and more. “The Free-State party refused to participate in the convention and the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution was framed, but later failed approval by Congress. Walker resigned as governor in 1857” – Streeter. Rare. Ralph Newman bought the Streeter copy for $225 in 1968 for collector Harry Son- nenborn. At his sale in 1980 it was put in a lot and sold to parties unknown. STREETER SALE 2002. KANSAS IMPRINTS 106. DARY 52. HOWES W41, “aa.” EBERSTADT 137:611. SABIN 37043. $3000. The Streeter Copy of a Significant Western Map

221. Wells, John G.: WELLS’ NEW SECTIONAL MAP OF NEBRASKA FROM THE LAST GOVERNMENT SURVEYS. New York. 1857. Hand- colored pocket map, 31 x 23 inches. In the original 6 x 4-inch green cloth folder, gilt. A few small separations at corner folds, else fine. Color bright and fresh. With the bookplate and penciled annotations of Thomas W. Streeter. In a half morocco and cloth box, spine gilt.

The Streeter copy of this scarce map of Eastern Nebraska, showing the beginning of the Oregon Trail. “This map, showing Nebraska townships to 97.5° and extending to about 98° 20’ was evidently issued for J.B. Snow of Otoe, Nebraska, since the ‘Great Emigrant rout [sic] to California and Oregon via Ft. Kearney’ starts at Otoe, a town no longer in existence, located across the Missouri from the Iowa-Missouri state line. This is an early and good large scale map of eastern Nebraska” – Streeter. Fairly scarce – not in Rumsey or Phillips, and only five copies located in OCLC. The Nebraska Rare Book company bought the Streeter copy for $50 in 1968. It reappeared at Swann Galleries in 2001, where collector Bruce McKinney paid $5040 for it. The Reese Company later bought it from him. STREETER SALE 2003. $10,000.

Providence School Principal in the Gold Mines

222. Weston, Silas: LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS: OR FOUR MONTHS IN THE MINES OF CALIFORNIA. Providence: Published by E.P. Weston, 1854. 34,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern half morocco and boards. Unobtrusive old library stamp on front wrapper. Contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Old marginal pencil notes, some of which are quite humorous, poking fun at the author’s descriptions with an occasional “by George” and “my gracious.” Else very good.

A rare gold rush account by a Providence school principal, “who wrote these sketches ‘on the spot’ for the edification of the home folks” (Wheat). Weston was one of a dozen fortune seekers who worked the Auburn mines, located some forty-five miles northeast of Sacramento. He provides plain but entertaining descriptions of what he encountered, including “Hanging a Gambler,” “Wonderful Instinct of the Wood Duck,” “Origins of Indian Troubles – the Undaunted Backwoodsman,” “Scenery of Auburn and Vicinity,” “Lassoing a Gambler,” and “Fight with a Rattlesnake – also with a Scor- pion.” A most unusual and evidently quite rare personal account. A second edition was issued the same year. The Streeter copy sold to Dawson’s Book Shop for $250 in 1968. HOWES W292, “b.” KURUTZ 672b. GRAFF 4613 (2nd ed). ROCQ 16147. SABIN 103053. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 224. STREETER SALE 2775. COWAN, p.676. $6500. The Streeter Copy

223. Wheelock, Eleazar: A PLAIN AND FAITHFUL NARRATIVE OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, RISE, PROGRESS AND PRESENT STATE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY-SCHOOL AT LEBANON, IN CONNECTI- CU T. Boston: Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, 1763. 55pp. Early 20th- century three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Bookplate of C.L.F. Robinson on front pastedown. A large, untrimmed copy. Minor toning and foxing; p.39 torn at edge, minutely affecting text. Pencil notes of Thomas W. Streeter, but without his bookplate. Very good.

An interesting copy of this famous work, from the famous collection of C.L.F. Robinson in Newport, and later Thomas W. Streeter. This is the first installment in Wheelock’s series of publications giving the history of the first Indian school in America. This volume covers 1754-62 and was followed by eight more such reports, taking the story up to 1775. Wheelock discusses the origins of the school and defends the missionary endeavor. The school, founded by Wheelock, opened in 1754 under the name of Moors Charity School. In 1772 it was removed to Hanover, “where it formed the germ of the institution, known as Dartmouth College” (Field). At the conclusion of the text (at the bottom of the recto of the final leaf ) is a contemporary manuscript note reading: “Memorandum. Mr. Wheeler has transmitted an account of ye school for 2 years to Dr. Gifford who his ready to communicate it to any enquirer.” Andrew Gifford (1700-84) was a Baptist minister and numismatist who donated a collection of books and a pair of globes to Wheelock’s school in 1764. This was part of a lot of nine Wheelock pamphlets in the 1969 Streeter Sale, where Dr. Maury Bromsen paid $700 for the group. He never sold any of them, and they reappeared in the dispersal sale after his death, where this was bought by the Reese Company. EVANS 9537. ESTC W28881. FIELD 1638. HOWES W334, “aa.” SABIN 103205. STREETER SALE 4062 (this copy, as part of a lot). $3000.

224. [Wilcocke, Samuel Hull]: RÉCIT DES ÉVÉNEMENS QUI ONT EU LIEU SUR LE TERRITOIRE DES SAUVAGES, DANS L’AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, DEPUIS LES LIAISONS DU TRÈS HON. COMTE DE SELKIRK AVEC LA COMPAGNIE DE LA BAIE D’HUDSON, ET LA TENTATIVE FAITE PAR CE COMTE DE FONDER UNE COLONIE SUR LA RIVIERE ROUGE.... Montréal. 1818. xi,137,89pp. Original stiff wrappers, printed paper label. Old library stamps on title-leaf. A fine copy. In a gilt suede folding box, leather label. From the collection of Louis Joseph Papineau, the Chief of the Insurgents. Also with the ownership signature of French patriot Francis Des Rivieres, otherwise known as “La Victime des Donjons.”

First Montreal edition, after the first London edition of the previous year. This pamphlet presents a brief outline of the establishment and growth of the Selkirk Colony from 1812, and attempts to defend and justify the North West Company’s actions as the natural consequence of the encroachments, hostilities, and provocations of Lord Selkirk and the Hudson’s Bay Company. Although sometimes attributed to Simon McGillivary and Edward Ellice the elder, the work was probably prepared by Samuel Hull Wilcocke, “a hack-writer in the employ of the North-West Company” (TPL). The pamphlet was issued under the direction of the London representatives of the North West Company to counter charges of unwarranted aggression and destruction of the Selkirk settlement on the Red River, leveled against them by John Halkett in his Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk’s Settlement (1817). The Streeter copy sold to parties unknown for $100 in 1969. LANDE 1513. TPL 1109. PEEL 50. STREETER SALE 3679. VLACH 1098. GA- GNON I:2940. SABIN 20699. $1750.

Standard Edition

225. Wilkes, Charles: NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLOR- ING EXPEDITION. DURING THE YEARS 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. Five text volumes plus atlas volume. Plates and maps. Half title in each text volume. Imperial octavo. Original gilt cloth. Cloth worn at corners, spine ends, and along hinges. Early ownership signature on titlepage of each volume. Scattered foxing, occasional offsetting. Minor splits at cross-folds of maps in atlas volume, but with no loss. Very good.

This is the first regularly available trade edition of the narrative of the expedition, preceded only by the extremely rare official edition and the further printing of 150 copies made for gifts. The Wilkes Expedition was the first United States scientific expedition by sea, working mainly in the Pacific Ocean. Wilkes sailed along the Ant- arctic continent and throughout the islands of the South Pacific, visited the Hawaiian Islands in 1840, and explored the northwest coast of America in 1841. The expedition was made up of a number of notable American scientists, and their botanical, natural history, and geological findings are included. The Streeter copy sold to parties unknown for $160 in 1969. HOWES W414, “aa.” STREETER SALE 3324. TWENEY 89, 83. HILL 1867. TAXO- NOMIC LITERATURE 17646. HASKELL 2B. SABIN 103994. FORBES 1574. ROSOVE ANTARCTIC 353. FERGUSON 4209. COWAN, p.683. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 85. $6500.

226. Wilkes, Charles: WESTERN AMERICA, INCLUDING CALIFOR- NIA AND OREGON, WITH MAPS OF THOSE REGIONS, AND OF “THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY.” Philadelphia. 1849. 130pp. plus three folding maps, and advertisements. Original printed stiff wrappers. Wrappers worn, soiled, and stained. “Oregon Territory” map and advertisement leaves a bit tanned, else internally clean and very good. In a folding cloth chemise and cloth slipcase, leather label.

The only English language edition of this important early guide to the West Coast. Wilkes had conducted extensive surveys in California and Oregon while commanding his famous U.S. exploring expedition on the West Coast in 1841. This work includes material not published with the official report, additional geographical notes supplied by Father De Smet, and material from the Emory and Fremont reports. “In a sense, it constitutes the first Pacific Coast guide” – Howes. The large map of the Sacramento Valley is one of the first large-scale maps of the gold region. The small maps show Up- per California and Oregon, respectively. An important addition to gold rush literature, now quite scarce, and especially uncommon in the original wrappers. The Streeter copy sold to an order bidder for $175 in 1969. It is now in the Cle- ments Library. HOWES W416, “aa.” WHEAT GOLD REGIONS 134, 135. WHEAT GOLD RUSH 229. KURUTZ 679a. GRAFF 4656. COWAN, p.683. STREETER SALE 3326. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 654, 655. SABIN 103955. WAGNER-CAMP 175a:1. ROCQ 16162. $7500.

Wilkinson on the Burr Conspiracy

227. [Wilkinson, James]: MEMOIRS OF GENERAL WILKINSON. VOL- UME II [all published]. Washington: Printed for the Author, 1811. [6],[3]- 18,[3]-99,[1],136pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Two titlepages and advertisement leaf supplied from another copy and washed. Con- temporary gift inscription and ownership signature on front fly leaves. Evenly tanned. Very good. Untrimmed.

Second issue of this very rare pre-issue of Wilkinson’s Memoirs..., with the added titlepage, “Burr’s conspiracy exposed....” Only this “Volume II” was ever issued in this format. According to the Advertisement for the book, Wilkinson was compelled to print this single volume of his Memoirs... “to meet the torrent of vilification” against him as a result of his involvement in the Burr conspiracy. “This book was issued by Wilkinson in his own vindication, and also as a reply to Daniel Clark, who had endeavored to prove that Wilkinson was corrupt, and had been concerned with Burr” – Tompkins. This is Wilkinson’s first public statement on the Burr Conspiracy, and is an entirely different book from what eventually appeared as the second volume of his Memoirs... in 1816. It is also exceedingly rare. The Streeter copy sold to Chicago dealer Ralph Newman in 1968 for $100, for collector Harry Sonnenborn. At his sale in 1980 it was bought by John Jenkins for $150. STREETER SALE 1700. TOMPKINS 107. SABIN 104028. HOWES W428. $4500.

Wilkinson’s Memoirs, in Original Boards

228. Wilkinson, James: MEMOIRS OF MY OWN TIMES. Philadelphia. 1816. Three text volumes plus quarto atlas. Atlas with nineteen maps and plans (three folding, two partially colored). Original boards, paper labels. Labels heavily chipped. Spine worn on first volume and atlas, front board of second volume loosening. Light wear to boards and spines. Lightly foxed. Very good. Un- trimmed and partially unopened. In uniform blue half morocco slipcases, spines gilt.

Wilkinson’s long and detailed memoir, full of justification of his own actions, but a vital work for the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Burr conspiracy. Wilkinson (1757-1825) was a general in the American Revolution. He subsequently served in Wayne’s Ohio campaign against the Indians, and was successively governor at Detroit, St. Louis, and New Orleans. He was embroiled in Aaron Burr’s western schemes and ultimately became a Texas landowner. The narrative begins in 1776 with Wilkinson’s appointment to the Continental Army and his part in Arnold’s attack on Quebec, and concludes with the end of the War of 1812. The atlas illustrates battles in both conflicts. A fascinating and well-illustrated biography of one of the most adventurous and controversial figures in American history. Most unusual in original boards, untrimmed. The Streeter copy was bought by Ralph Newman in 1968 for $1000, for collector Harry Sonnenborn. Like many of Sonnenborn’s purchases, it fared poorly in the uncertain economic climate of his 1980 sale, realizing only $600. STREETER SALE 1706. PHILLIPS ATLASES 1344. TOMPKINS 108. SABIN 104029. HOWES W429, “b.” REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 30 (note). $4500.

229. Williams, Jesse: A DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITED STATES LANDS IN IOWA: BEING A MINUTE DESCRIPTION OF...QUAL- ITY OF SOIL, GROVES OF TIMBER, PRAIRIES, LEDGES OF ROCK, COAL BANKS, IRON AND LEAD ORES, WATER-FALLS, MILL-SEATS, etc....WITH APPENDIX. New York. 1840. 180,[1]pp. plus folding colored map (21 x 32 inches). Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Extremities bit rubbed. Some scattered foxing. Map neatly repaired along folds, minor toning. Overall very good.

A rare guide to Iowa lands published by J.H. Colton, marking the opening of Iowa, with a large, handsome map. “...Compiled largely from the original field notes of the surveyor, and including historical sketches on the settlement, boundaries, form of government, officers, militia, counties and population, Indian tribes, etc.” – Eberstadt. The map is entitled, “Map of the Surveyed part of Iowa; Exhibiting the Sections, Townships and Ranges Compiled from the United States Surveys by Jesse Williams....” Goodspeed’s bought the Streeter copy for $275 in 1968. HOWES W459, “b.” EBERSTADT 114:421. STREETER SALE 1880. GRAFF 4678. SABIN 104241. $2500.

The Rarest Account of the Burr Treason Trial

230. [Wirt, William]: THE TWO PRINCIPAL ARGUMENTS OF WIL- LIAM WIRT, ESQUIRE, ON THE TRIAL OF AARON BURR, FOR HIGH TREASON, AND ON THE MOTION TO COMMIT AARON BURR AND OTHERS, FOR TRIAL IN KENTUCKY. Richmond. 1808. Title-leaf, leaf of advertisements, 221pp. 16mo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Edges scuffed. Ownership signature on titlepage carelessly obliterated, but not egregious. Overall good and quite clean.

A letter laid into this copy from legendary Americana dealer Ernest Wessen and dated 1959, states that he had never handled a copy of this work before the one at hand. Published the same year that Wirt, then future United States attorney general, was elected to the House of Delegates. His prestige was increased dramatically when he appeared for the prosecution of the case against Burr, prompting Jefferson to suggest Wirt seek a Congressional seat, which the latter declined. A rare Burr item. Streeter’s copy contained a frontispiece portrait which is not always present, and is not present in this copy. The Streeter copy was bought by Chicago dealer Ralph Newman in 1968 for $200 for collector Harry Sonnenborn. At his sale in 1980 it sold to John Jenkins for $225, and later sold by the Jenkins Company in 1985, priced $550 in their catalogue. HOWES W587. SABIN 104883. TOMPKINS 112. STREETER SALE 1693. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16753. $3750.

With Maps of the Illinois Prairies

231. Woods, John: TWO YEARS’ RESIDENCE IN THE SETTLEMENT ON THE ENGLISH PRAIRIE, IN THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY, UNIT- ED STATES.... London. 1822. 310pp. plus three maps (two folding). Lacks the errata slip. Half title. Original paper boards, rebacked in matching paper, paper label. Rubbing and slight paper loss on front board. Scattered foxing and faint dampstaining to maps. Very good. Untrimmed.

This important work was written by a prosperous British farmer who travelled with his family from the Isle of Wight in 1819. After landing in Baltimore and trekking across the South, he settled in one of the British colonies in southeastern Illinois, of which he gives an excellent account. Included herein are extracts from his journal of the trip to his new home. Copies with all maps, as in the present copy, are uncommon. The maps show the settlement of English Prairie, the Illinois country, and the range of townships in southeastern Illinois. The Streeter copy sold to his son, Frank Streeter, for $425 in 1968. It reappeared at his 2007 sale, where it went to an unidentified bidder for $1440. STREETER SALE 1437. CLARK II:71. SABIN 105125. HOWES W654, “aa.” BUCK 153. RUSK II:129. $1500.

A Rare Hungarian Piece of Western Americana

232. Xantus, Janos: LEVELEI EJSZAKAMERIKABOL.... Peste [i.e. Buda- pest. 1858]. 175,[1]pp. plus twelve tinted plates including frontis. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Plates somewhat foxed, contemporary ink note on titlepage, margin trimmed on a couple plates slightly affecting caption, else quite good.

Janos Xantus was one of the pioneering ornithologists of California. Involved in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, he came to the U.S. at the end of 1851 and worked as a topographer on the Pacific Railroad Survey and then as a member of the U.S. Coast Survey. He was stationed in California during the coastal survey, and while there made valuable collections of birds for the Smithsonian Institution, including many new species, some of which were named after him. Later he was attached to the U.S. Navy and commanded an expedition to make meteorological observations in certain parts of the Pacific Ocean. During the latter service, which concluded in 1861, he discovered eighty-nine islands and sand banks. He was appointed U.S. consul at Manzanillo, Mexico and led a scientific research party into the Sierra Madre before permanently returning to his native Hungary in 1864. The present book is one of two Hungarian publications by Xantus providing an account of his travels in the U.S. The other volume, Utazas Kalifornia Deli Reszeiben, was published in Pest (i.e. Budapest) in 1860. Xantus undertook the journey across North America to California recorded herein in 1856. This volume includes letters written in Nebraska, Fort Laramie, New Orleans, Fort Riley, Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc., with notices of Marcy’s expedition to the Red River and a rare 19th-century account of Hungarians in Texas. Although many bibliographers claim this work was taken from Marcy’s narrative, the borrowed material would appear to be limited primarily to three plates. Contains Wichita and Comanche vocabularies, and plates illustrating a Wichita Indian village and dance, the San Gabriel Mission, Los Angeles, various Indians, and New York’s Union Square. Cowan lists this title under the name of the editor, Istvan Prepost. Streeter calls this an “unauthorized” edition of Xantus’ letters, asserting that the “authorized” edition is the 1860 title noted above. Not in Pilling or Ayer, despite the linguistic content. Michael Ginsberg paid $100 for the Streeter copy in 1969. HOWES X1, “aa.” GRAFF 4784. COWAN, p.500. SABIN 105715. WAGNER-CAMP 316. STREETER SALE 3066. DAB XX, pp.589-90. $2500.

A Rare Hungarian Description of California

233. Xantus, Janos: UTAZAS KALIFORNIA DELI RESZEIBEN. Pesten [i.e. Budapest]: Kiadjak Lauffer es Stolp, 1860. [10],191,[3]pp. including in-text illustrations, plus eight plates (including frontispiece) and folding map. Original tan pictorial boards, recased. Boards a bit soiled. A touch of light foxing, else very clean internally. An attractive copy.

Hungarian Janos Xantus was one of the pioneering ornithologists of California. The present book is the second of two Hungarian publications by Xantus, providing an account of his travels in California and Baja. The other volume, Levelei Ejszakamerik- abol..., was also published in Budapest in 1858 and describes his travels throughout the United States. Howes calls that volume, edited by the “incompetent” Istvan Prepost, an “unauthorized” edition of Xantus’ letters describing his travels in North America. The letters in this volume focus on California, Baja and Alta, and provide descriptions of California’s geology and climate, native Indians, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Fernando, Mojave, Fort Tejon, and several places in Baja, including La Paz and Loreto. The plates show Mission San Fernando, Indians working in a blacksmith shop at the mission, a female Indian working a loom, Indians at Tejon, a vista of the Sierra Nevada, a view of a large terraced building at La Jolla, and more. The map shows California from San Francisco south to the tip of Baja. Involved in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Xantus came to the U.S. at the end of 1851 and worked as a topographer on the Pacific Railroad Survey, then as a member of the U.S. Coast Survey. He was stationed in California during the coastal survey, and while there made valuable collections of birds for the Smithsonian Institution, including many new species, some of which were named after him. Later he was attached to the U.S. Navy and commanded an expedition to make meteorological observations in certain parts of the Pacific Ocean. During the latter service, which concluded in 1861, he discovered eighty-nine islands and sand banks. He was appointed U.S. consul at Manzanillo, Mexico, and led a scientific research party into the Sierra Madre before permanently returning to his native Hungary in 1864. Not in Pilling or Ayer, despite the linguistic content. The Streeter copy sold for $225 to unknown bidders and is now in a private collection in California. HOWES X2, “aa.” GRAFF 4785. COWAN, p.697. SABIN 105714. HILL 1921. ROCQ 16433. BARRETT 2681. WHEAT, GOLD RUSH 237. STREETER SALE 2860. WAG- NER-CAMP 316 (note). DAB XX, pp.589-90. $4750.