La Plata: Charles County Tercentenary, Inc., 1958. Octavo; VG-/ hardcover; Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering; Boards show some edge and cornerwear, especially at head and tail of spine, an 1/8th-inch tear at head of spine, and a small dent on top-right of front cover - but otherwise clean and secure; Binding is slightly loose at front, but intact and all pages secure; Textblock is clean; illustrated throughout, and includes 21x18-inch fold-out map; xi, pp 162 plus bibliography and index. More

Philadelphia, PA: John Binns, 1812. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 16 pages; G-; softcover; stitched pamphlet, with original stitching; significant wear and soiling; all edges worn; multiple water stains; dark stain at center of front cover; creasing to all pages; no text loss; pages without marginalia or underlining; RW consignment; shelved Case 8 1/2. More

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press. Collector's Facsimile Edition. Octavo, 23 pages; VG; three-quarter navy leather binding, boards in navy cloth; spine with gilt lettering and design; in publisher's original glassine wrapper; mild shelf wear and scuffing; informational pamphlet loose within; pages clean; shelved Easton Press. More

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1929. First Edition; Limited Edition, #1/167. Octavo, 2 vols.; VG-; contemporary vellum quarter bindings, boards in tan buckram; spines with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and soiling; upper edges gilt; previous owner's inscription at vol. 1 second front free endpaper; both vols. stamped number 1 at limitations page; both vols. signed flat by Bruce at limitations page; both vols. with black and white illustrations; pages clean; shelved above Middle East--A-F. More

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Octavo, xxii pages, 178 pages, 552 pages; VG-/VG-; spine white, with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; upper and outer edges of back jacket flap soiled; mild soiling to upper and fore-edges of textblock; contains black and white photograph facsimile of original documents; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 205 pages; VG-; full red buckram binding; spine with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and scuffing; corners bumped; mild fading to spine; spine cocked; pages uncut; shelved Case 1. More

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 346 pages; VG/VG-; spine age-toned white, with faded red and blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; multiple scrapes at jacket spine; some fading and age-toning to jacket spine; price uncut '$7.50'; previous owner's sticker at front free endpaper; signed flat by Bowen at title page; light pencil marginalia throughout; shelved Case 1. More

Austin: Jenkins Publishing Co., 1981. First Edition. Oblong quarto, 133 pages; VG-; White cloth spine with no lettering; Boards show very light wear to bottom edges, corners and tail of spine; Textblock is clean; An ink inscription by Santos appears on the titlepage, reading: "Para Joseph Keyes / descendiente de nobles & historieas / familias pobladores del noreste de / mexico y sud de tejas --- / Richard Santos / 22 Oct 83 / en San Antonio de Bexar / Prov. a Neuvos Philipenas / "Texas""; NOTE: Shelved in the back area, off the sales floor, with Netdesk oversized books. More

New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, 1858. First Edition. Quarto, 3 vols.; G; contemporary three-quarter calf binding, with boards in brown cloth; spines paneled, with gilt lettering; substantial shelf wear; corners bumped and shredded; wear to all joints; scraping to all corners; chip loose at tail of vol. 1 spine; back board of vol. 3 detached; all edges with decorative red speckling; water stains to edges of text blocks; most engravings offset; pages else clean; shelved Americana Special Collection. More

Harrisburg, PA: Wm Stanley Ray, 1916. Second Edition. Octavos, 2 volumes; VG; newly rebound in full red leather, two black labels with gilt titling; bookplate to recto of frontispiece of volume 2; with numerous plates, 8 folding maps; shelved case 1. More

Boston: J.H. Wilkins & Company, 1835. First American Edition. Octavo, 335 pages; VG; bound in full pebbled green cloth, faded black label with gilt titling to spine; mild wear and rubbing, chipping to head and tail of spine; foxing throughout; contemporary name to title page; scarce; shelved case 7. More

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1799. Presumed First Edition. Small Octavo, 80 pages; G+; Side-sewn pamphlet in original wraps; Housed in blue cloth chemis cover, with toned paper label on “spine”; Textblock age-toned with damp staining to final five leaves; Generous margins, apparently untrimmed but with some bumping and minor tars (not impacting text); Scattered early ink annotations throughout text; "N. Goodwin” written on title page in an early hand.; shelved case 7. More

Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1764. First Edition. Octavo, [2], iii, 45 pages, i - x [missing xi - xiii]; G+; Pamphlet bound in maroon library binding with black label and gilt lettering; Boards show very light wear to corners and to head and tail of spine; Textblock has moderate chipping to uncut edges, one instance of worming impacting bottom-right quadrant of all pages, a one-inch square chip appears in the center of page x of the appendix, and the last two sheets of the appendix (pages xi - xiii) are missing.; shelved case 7. More

Paris: Chez Didot, 1744. First Edition. 12mos., Four Volumes; G; Full calf, with dark brown leather spine labels and gilt lettering, spines banded with gilt tooling; Lacking Volumes V and VI; Boards show moderate plus wear to corners (boards exposed), significant cracking to leather along joints, moderate cracking to leather overall, and spine labels in varying degrees of wear; Textblocks have light plus shelfwear and occasional light soiling to red-dyed edges, and light plus age-toning to pages interiorly throughout; One map in Vol. I, and two maps and one plate in Vol. II, extend slightly beyond the textblock edge due to mis-folding, resulting in some minor chipping and age-toning; Ink emendations in an 18th-century hand appear on the verso of the ffeps of all four volumes; The ownership inscription of "Luis de Artaud" appears in ink on the sfep of all volumes, and the signature of former owner "Vivian Sorrelle" appears in pencil on the sfep of all volumes also; Lacking several maps (compared against description in Backer-Sommervogel): Vol. I - Three out of five fold-out maps intact // Vol. II - Two out of five maps intact // Vol. III - One out of two maps intact // Vol. IV - Complete (All five fold-out maps and one fold-out plate intact, in addition to all 43 botanical plates); CONTENTS: Vol. I ([4], [4], viii, 454 pages, [1]) -- Vol. II ([4], 501 pages, [2]) -- Vol. III ([4], 465 pages, [2]) -- Vol. IV ([4], 388 pages, [2]). Sabin 12136n; Faribault 132; Backer-Sommervogel 2:10178. RWO. More

Philadelphia: [R. Aitken]; John Dunlap; David C. Claypoole, 1777 - 1784. First Editions, Mixed. A collection of seven volumes of the Journals of Congress, including volumes II - V and VII - IX. All are in original boards, except for volume II. All are in G to VG- condition. Title: Journals of Congress [Containing the Proceedings from January 1, 1776, to January 1, 1777] [Volume II] [Philadelphia]: [R. Aitken], 1777; First Edition. Octavo, [2], 513 pages, [22], [1]; VG-; Early 19th century black calf, tooled; Spine banded with embossed gilt lettering; Boards show light plus wear to top and bottom edges, light bumping to bottom corners, some minor wear to head/tail of spine, slight gouge to leather near tail of spine (presumably from removed embossed text), and very light wear overall; Textblock has light age-toning and very minor soiling to edges, and an extensive pencil emendation on the ffep from prior owner William Hunt (whose name appears in ink on the front paste-down). Aitken was authorized by Congress to undertake the printing of the Journals in September of 1776, and the first volume contained reprints of his “cartridge paper” editions, which were released in installment and covered the first four months of 1776. The present volume includes the first publication of the Journals from June through December. Only 532 copies were printed before Congress was forced to flee Philadelphia in late 1777, and many copies were presumed to have been destroyed by British forces. Title: Journals of Congress; Containing the Proceedings from January 1, 1777 to January 1, 1778. Volume III. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1778; First Edition. Octavo, [2], 603 pages, xxii, [10], [4]; G+; Original boards, paper to spine largely worn away (quires exposed); Covers show moderate bumping to bottom corners, light bumping to top corners, light plus wear to edges and tail of spine, and light soiling overall; Textblock shows light plus age-toning to edges, light plus shelf-wear to bottom edges, light plus age-toning throughout, and several instances of light soiling to pages interiorly; The name of a previous owner ("Abner H. Canfield") appears on the title-page; Multiple pages remain unopened; Contains the rare 10 page index to Volume I. Title: Journals of Congress; Containing the Proceedings from January 1st, 1778, to January 1st, 1779. Volume IV. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1779; First Edition. Octavo, [2], 748 pages, [2], lxxxix, [7]; G+; Original boards, lacking back-strip, with later paper label on spine and handwritten lettering; Covers show moderate plus wear to bottom corners, light plus wear to edges, moderate soiling overall, and all pages 735 to end (and back cover) are detached from binding; Textblock has moderate age-toning to uncut edges, light shelf-wear to bottom edge, and pages 743 - 748 are missing; The name of former owner "Eyre" appears on the front cover, and the name of another former owner "Manuel Hunt" appears on both he front pastedown and the ffep. Title: Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings [fro]m January 1st, 1779, To January 1st, 1780. Published by Order of Congress. Volume V. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1782; [Second Edition]. Octavo, [4], 464 pages, [16], lxxiv, [6]; G+; Original boards, with significant wear to paper on spine and paper spine label with handwritten lettering; Covers have moderate wear to bottom corner of front covers, light bumping to corners generally, quires exposed near head and tail of spine, light plus shelf-wear overall and moderate soiling overall; A former owner's signature ("J. Dunham") appears on the front cover; Textblock has moderate age-toning to uncut edges, moderate shelf-wear to bottom edge, a former owner's signature ("Abner H. Canfield") on the ffep, light foxing throughout, and several instances of light soiling interiorly near bottom edges; A later corrected edition printed by Claypoole in 1782, authorized by Congress in 1780 due to the scarcity of the initial release. Title: Journals of Congress, And of the United States in Congress Assembled. For the Year 1781. Published by Order of Congress. Volume VII. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1781; First Edition. Octavo, [2], 522 pages, [6], lxxix, [3]; G; Original boards, with paper label to spine and handwritten lettering; Covers show light plus wear to edges and corners, moderate plus wear to tail of spine (quires exposed), and moderate soiling overall; Textblock edges are untrimmed, with significantly uneven page lengths (from 7.8" to 8.7") and uneven board sizes (7.9" front cover, 8.25" back cover); Untrimmed edges have moderate age-toning and shelf-wear, light age-toning throughout interiorly, and a crease impacting all pages up to page 8. Title: Journal of the United States in Congress Assembled: Containing the Proceedings from the First Monday in November 1782, To the First Monday in November, 1783. Volume VIII. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1783; First Edition. Octavo, [4], 483 pages, [5]; G; Original boards, lacking back-strip; Covers show moderate plus wear overall, with mild warping near edges and light soiling overall; Textblock has moderate age-toning to untrimmed edges, moderate shelf-wear to bottom and fore-edges, mild curling to pages along fore-edge, occasional faint foxing interiorly, and several instances of light soiling interiorly; A former owner's signature appears in ink on the front cover ("J. Dunham"); lacking the index. Title: Journal of the United States in Congress Assembled: Containing the Proceedings from the Third Day of November, 1783, to the Third Day of June, 1784. Volume IX. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1784; First Edition. Octavo, [6], 317 pages, [3]; G; Original Boards, with paper on spine largely worn off, and a paper spine label with handwritten lettering; Boards have moderate wear to edges of back cover, significant wear to paper on spine (quires exposed), some slight warping to the front cover, and light plus soiling overall; Textblock has moderate age-toning to untrimmed edges, moderate shelf-wear to bottom edge, occasional light foxing to pages interiorly, and chipping to the top edge and bottom corner of the ffep; Lacking the index. Shelved case 7. More