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 ALMON, John (1737-1805, editor and publisher)
The Remembrancer, or impartial repository of public events. For the year 1778
London: printed for J. Almon, 1778. Octavo (9 x 5 1/2 inches). [2],374,[8]pp. 1 folding table. Uncut. (some dampstaining to bottom edge). Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper covered boards (covers detached, spine cracked).
A noted British periodical, containing much material on the American Revolution.
Almon, a British publisher, was the primary source for British publications concerning American political and military affairs throughout the Revolution. In this periodical, the first British reference on affairs in America, he gathered British, American, and Continental information about American events. Of the complete set, Church writes, "A veritable mine of informon, containing every authentic paper relative to the American Revolution, whether published in England or in America, by the British Ministry or the American Congress, and is even to-day the original authority from which much of our information is based."
Complete set: Church 1115; Howes A182, "b."; Sabin 955.
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 [AMERICAN REVOLUTION] - [Thomas GAGE (1720-1787)].
An Address of the Gentlemen and Principal Inhabitants of the town of Boston, to His Excellency Governor Gage [caption title]
[Boston]: October 6, 1775. [2]pp. bifolium on a large folded sheet. Text in double columns on both pages. Docketed on verso, with some inked names. In a folding cloth case, gilt leather spine label. (Small closed tear in upper portion of second page, with no loss of text; small hole in lower blank margin of first page, small separations at cross-folds and folds, neatly repaired with tissue.)
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General Gage retires and the Loyalists weep.
This important broadsheet was issued at the time of the retirement of General Thomas Gage as the British commander-in-chief in the American colonies, a position he had held with only slight interruption from the end of the French and Indian War in 1763 until the events of 1775 called him to be removed. It consists of addresses to him by Loyalist Americans, many of whom had come to know Gage well over the years, and who could only see great difficulties for themselves in his departure.
Gage had been generally well-liked in the early years of his appointment, but as tensions escalated in the wake of the Boston Tea Party in December,
1773 and the punitive Boston Port Bill and establishment of martial law the following spring, he was quickly out of his depth. He was naturally a focus of patriot anger, and compounded this with a series of ill-considered decisions, leading to Lexington and Concord, and the debacle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. He was strongly criticized in England, and resigned on October 6, sailing for England on the 10th, when he was replaced by Sir Richard Howe.
After Lexington and Concord the Loyalists from both countryside and city had become virtual prisoners with the British Army in Boston, facing an increasingly bleak prospect. In this broadsheet three groups address thanks to Gage and sign their names in type; a virtual who's who of Loyalists in Massachusetts. The first, from "the Gentlemen and Principal Inhabitants", is signed by 98 inhabitants, including names like Brattle, Amory, Faneuil, Winslow, and many others. The second, from "His Majesty's Council", is not signed, although perhaps all of these were in the first list. The third, from "Gentlemen who were driven from their habitations in the country", is signed by 76 citizens. To each of these Gage has replied with an evidently heartfelt thanks for their support.
The Loyalists were right to regret Gage's departure. With Boston tightly besieged, and not offering a good base for military operations throughout the colonies in any case, Howe abandoned Boston on March 17, 1776, taking many of the signers of this document with him. While some returned after the war, many never saw America again.
An important and rare broadsheet, marking an important moment in the rising American Revolution. Only two other copies are known, at the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Public Records Office in London.
NAIP w000865; Bristol B3931; Shipton & Mooney 42775; Ford, Massachusetts Broadsides 1784.
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 [AMERICAN REVOLUTION] - Samuel JOHNSON; and others.
[Sammelband of fourteen pamphlets relating to affairs in the American colonies and the American Revolution, plus another pamphlet on post-revolutionary British tea duties]
[London: Various publishers and dates, as described below]. Second item incomplete, lacking final three pages of text (pp.89-91, see note below). Two volumes. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco spine labels. Label on second volume chipped, with half the label lacking. Minor wear to bindings. Titlepage of first item stained, an occasional fox mark or some soiling, but on the whole very clean. Very good.
A remarkable collection of tracts relating to the American Revolution, including some of great rarity
A remarkable sammelband, bringing together fourteen scarce and important British tracts relating to the grievances of the American colonies and the prosecution of the war with the American revolutionaries. These two volumes were assembled by Francis Ferrand Foljambe (1749-1814), a British politician and book collector, and they have Foljambe's initials and family crest at the foot of both spines. Foljambe was elected a member of Parliament for Yorkshire in 1784, High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1787, and was a member of Parliament from Northamptonshire from 1801 to 1810. Included in these two volumes are two scarce essays by Samuel Johnson, a response to Johnson (possibly penned by John Wilkes), a rare tract by the secretary to the British Admiral Lord Howe, two essays by Joseph Galloway, the leading Loyalist spokesman in the American colonies, and several other works that are little-known and even less well-studied. Several of the titles defend the actions of the British crown, others are critical of its course, but virtually all (save the Wilkes tract) are united in opposition to American independence. They range from theoretical treatises on the nature of liberty and citizenship, to considerations of the right to tax, to denunciations of the actions and arguments of the Americans.
The titles, in the order in which they appear, are:
1) Johnson, Samuel: The Patriot. Addressed to the Electors of Great Britain.. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1774. [2],33pp. "The Second Edition," issued just a few weeks after the first. A scarce work by Dr. Johnson, written at the behest of his friends in the North Ministry, and strongly in defense of the Quebec Act. The Quebec Act, one of what became known generally as the "Intolerable Acts," angered an American populace already on its way to outright rebellion against Great Britain. Johnson includes a vociferous recitation of what a patriot is and is not, a part of which reads: "That man therefore is no Patriot, who justifies the ridiculous claims of American usurpation; who endeavours to deprive the nation of its natural and lawful authority over its own colonies; those colonies, which were settled under English protection; were constituted by an English charter; and have been defended by English arms." American Controversy 74-38b. Sabin 36301. Courtney, p.117. Fleeman 74.10P/2. Rothschild 1255.
2) Johnson, Samuel: Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Addresses of the american Congress.. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1775. [2],88 (of 91)pp. Half title. This copy lacks pages 89 to 91. This is the first issue of the first edition (printed in 500 copies), with the press figure "I" on page two. Four editions came out in 1775. Another scarce work by Dr. Johnson relating to the growing crisis in the American colonies, and containing a strong statement against American independence and in favor of colonial fealty to the Parliament. Johnson's work is a defense of the so-called "Coercive Acts" and a reply to the Continental Congress's "Declaration of Rights" of the previous year. Johnson asserts at great length the right of the mother country to tax her colonies, and wishes that the Americans "be subdued with the least injury possible to their persons and their possessions. When they are reduced to obedience, may that obedience be secured by stricter laws and stronger obligations." American Controversy 75-69a. Courtney, p.125. Fleeman 75.3TT/1. Sabin 36303. HOWES J149, "aa."
3) An Answer to a Pamphlet, Entitled Taxation no Tyranny. Addressed to the Author, and to Persons in Power. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1775. 63pp. Half title. A reply to Samuel Johnson's pamphlet, Taxation no Tyranny.
Takes Dr. Johnson to task on the question of whether Parliament has the right to tax the colonies. Howes states the author was probably John Wilkes. American Controversy 75-5. Sabin 1657. Kress 7068. Howes A288.
Courtney, p.126 (note).
4) [Serle, Ambrose]: Americans Against Liberty; or an Essay on the Nature and Principles of True Freedom, Shewing that the Designs and Conduct of the Americans tend only to Tyranny and Slavery. London: Sold by J. Mathews, 1775. 64pp. Half title. Serle was a member of the Secretary of State's Office for the Colonies and private secretary to Lord Howe, admiral of the British fleet during the Revolution. This pamphlet is Serle's defense of the rightfulness of the British government's ability to tax the American colonies. He engages in a long discussion of the nature of liberty and conclude that "the Rebel-Americans, in the wildest delusion and by the worst of means, are avowing themselves the open enemies to the public and general liberty of the British Empire." American Controversy 75-126a. Sabin 79269.
Howes S297, "aa."
5) [Seabury, Samuel]: Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774: Wherein their Errors are Exhibited, thier Reasonings Confuted, and the Fatal Tendency of their Non-Importation, Non-Exportation, and Non-Consumption Measures, are Laid Open to the Plainest Understandings... New-York, Printed: London Reprinted for Richardson and Urquhart, 1775. [4],50pp. Half title. First British edition, following the New York printing of the previous year. Samuel Seabury was first bishop of the Episcopal Church in America. At the outset of the American Revolution "Seabury and his colleagues began their major literary struggle to keep the colonies loyal to the Crown. His most important pamphlets were signed A.W. Farmer" (DAB). Alexander Hamilton, at age seventeen, replied to Seabury's Free Thoughts.. with A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress.... This sparked a pamphlet war between the two, which produced three more publications by Seabury and another one by Hamilton. Through the present work and other pamphlets, Seabury sought to nullify the measures enacted by the Continental Congress. "Seabury was the pre-eminent exponent of Tory thought in America" - Howes. American Congress 74-70b. American Independence 136d. Sabin 78575. Howes S253. DAB XVI, pp.528-30.
6) A Letter to the Noblemen, Gentlemen, & Who Have Addressed his Majesty on the Subject of the American Rebellion. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1776. [4],37pp. Half title. Published anonymously just a few months before the American Declaration of Independence, this scarce pamphlet reviews the arguments made by the Americans and systematically refutes them. The author upholds the British government's right to tax its colonies and asserts that the rebellious Americans cannot pick and choose which laws to obey. He goes on to state that the Continental Congress "seem to be at war with reason, common sense, and the experience of mankind, as well as with the government of their country." Scarce -Adams locates only six copies. American Controversy 76-79. Sabin 40505. Howes L288.
7) Plain Facts, Submitted to the Common Sense of the People of England London: Printed and Sold by J. Jarvis, 1785. [2],42pp. Hole in final leaf, affecting one word on the recto. One of the few non-Americana pamphlets in this sammelband, this anonymous tract considers the actions of the Portland Ministry, specifically with regard to the coalition of Lord North and Charles James Fox, the Receipt Tax, and the East India Bill. OCLC locates only three copies, at The New York Public Library, the Huntington Library, and the Univ. of Wisconsin. Scarce. Kress B929. OCLC 39221825.
8) [Dalrymple, John]: The Rights of Great Britain Asserted Against the Claims of America; Being an Answer to the Declaration of the General Congress. [6],96pp., plus folding table. Half title. "The Third Edition, with Additions," including the advertisement leaf following the titlepage, issued the same year as the first edition. An important political tract, replying to the American Congress' "Declaration...setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms," which is printed in the rear of the pamphlet. Authorship of this work is in doubt, Adams crediting James MacPherson, who was retained by Lord North as a political writer, and Howes crediting Sir John Dalrymple. The pamphlet, which was widely disseminated, sets forth the ministerial position on the situation in America. Adams locates six copies of this edition. American Controversy 75-95e. American Independence 220e. Sabin 18347. Howes D37.
9) Reflections on the Present Combination of the American Colonies Against the Supreme Authority of the Biritish Legislature, and their Claim to Independency. London: Printed for J. Wallis, 1777. [4],100pp. Half title. First and only edition of this rare pamphlet attacking the American rebels. The anonymous author is vociferous in his condemnation of the actions and motivations of the Americans, beginning with the Boston Tea Party and the leadership of John Hancock - who is called "one of the most notorious smugglers in North America," and who was motivated to dump British tea in Boston Harbor not out of principle but to protect his own investments. The author writes that in forty years of acquaintance with Americans "I scarce remember a single instance among the lower rank of people where they did not speak the language of rebellion," and he is especially critical of leaders in New England. Adams, ESTC, and OCLC list five copies, at the John Carter Brown Library, the Clements Library, the British Museum, the Boston Athenaeum, and the Newberry Library (though the Newberry copy is a photostat of the copy at JCB). American Controversy 77-79a. Howes R149, "aa." Sabin 68707. OCLC 82494005, 68099703.
Beginning of second volume:
10) [Pownall, Thomas]: A Memorial , Most Humbly Addressed to the Sovereigns of Europe, on the Present State of affairs, between the Old and New World. London: Printed for J. Almon, 1780. [2],viii,127pp., plus advertisement leaf for works by J. Almon bound in at beginning. A scarce work by Governor Thomas Pownall, the British colonial administrator, accomplished artist, and prolific writer. By 1780 Pownall, long considered sympathetic to the position of the American colonists, was finishing a long career in Parliament. This work discusses the importance to Europe of the American Revolution and the ideas it espoused. It also considers the political, economic, and trade consequences for the nations of Europe of an independent America. A visionary work, scarce on the market. American Controversy 80-67a. Sabin 64826. Howes P542, "aa."
11) [Galloway, Joseph]: Plain Truth: Or, A Letter to the Author of Dispassionate Thoughts on the American War. In which the Principles and Arguments of that Author are Refuted, and the Necessity of Carrying on that War Clearly Demonstrated.. London: Printed for G. Wilkie and R. Faulder, 1780. vii,[1],76pp., plus advertisement page. Half title. This is the scarce first (and only) edition of Galloway's tract, written in response to Josiah Tucker's Dispassionate Thoughts.... Galloway defends Britain's right to tax the colonies, discusses the importance of America to Great Britain, and refutes arguments in favor of independence. He also considers the importance of controlling the Americans in light of their alliance with France and Spain, and considers issues of trade and military readiness as well. Galloway was the most prominent American Loyalist during the Revolution. American Controversy 80-33. Sabin 26440. Howes G45.
12) Letters, to the King, from an Old Patriotic Quaker, Lately Deceased. London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1778. xv,[1],207pp. Half title. First and only edition of this scarce title. Issued anonymously, it takes the form of twenty letters to the government on affairs of state. Discussions of the American Revolution and the British prosecution of the war are included in nine of the twenty letters, especially in the fifth, "On the difficulties inseparable from a continuance of the war," and the tenth, "On the dilatory and impolitic manner in which our colonial war has been hitherto conducted." The tone of the letters is against the demands of the Americans, and in favor of bringing a speedy (but successful) end to the war, in order to lessen the strain on the British treasury. American Controversy 78-61. Sabin 40648.
13) [Galloway, Joseph]: Historical and Political Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion.... London: Printed for G. Wilkie, 1780. [8],135,[1]pp. With passages on pages 38 and 39 crossed out in ink, as is often the case (see Howes). Galloway was the most prominent American Loyalist during the Revolution. The present pamphlet sets forth his wish that the colonies remain with Great Britain, and how it might be achieved. As background for his case, Galloway argues that the rebellion lacked any reasonable foundation, citing the "principles and dispositions" of the first settlers of New England as the ideological source for the war. American Controversy 80-32. Sabin 26431. Howes G39.
14) Deane, Silas: An Address to the United States of North America. To which is Added, a Letter to the Hon. Robert Morris, Esq. with Notes and Observations. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1784. [4],95,[1]pp. First British edition, following the Hartford edition of the same year. Deane has come to be recognized as a martyr to the American cause in the Revolution, although he died in bankruptcy, maligned and exiled. A prosperous Connecticut merchant, he went with Franklin and Arthur Lee as commissioners to France in 1778. After the signing of the French treaty he was recalled by Congress on the basis of accusations by Lee that he had taken gifts from the French and misused funds. Unable to defend himself without the necessary documents, he returned to Europe to obtain them, only to become embroiled in further difficulties when his pessimistic private letters to friends, suggesting that the Americans give up the struggle for independence, became public. His life thereafter was an attempt to justify himself from exile. This pamphlet is one of his leading self-defenses. Sabin 19064. Howes D172.
15) Remarks on the Commutation Act. Addressed . London: Printed for T. Becket, 1785. [2],81pp. The Commutation Act of 1784 lowered the duty on tea, so as to remove the incentive for smuggling. The Act, supported by Prime Minister Pitt (the Younger), was designed to stimulate trade in China for the British East India Company, and lowered the tax on tea from 119% to 12.5%. The present work criticizes the act as being a windfall for the East India Company, and an oppression to the common people, who would be taxed in other ways to make up for the shortfall.
Kress B944.
A fascinating collection of British tracts on the American Revolution and the philosophical issues surrounding the conflict.
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 ANDREWS, Christopher Columbus (1829-1922)
Minnesota and Dacotah: in letters descriptive of a tour through the north-west, in the autumn of 1856. With information relative to public lands, and a table of statistics ... Second edition
Washington: Robert Farnham, 1857. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches). 215pp., with 1p. of publisher's advertisements. Extra-illustrated with three related newspaper cuttings, one pasted over the advertisements at the end, the two following on either side of the rear blank. Original dark brown cloth, the covers elaborately blocked in blind, the spine divided into compartments by blind rules, lettered in gilt in the second compartment.
Second edition of an early work by an influential figure in the development of the Mid-West.
Christopher Columbus Andrews was born in 1829 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Educated in New England and admitted to the bar in 1850, Andrews emigrated to Kansas in 1853, soon returning east to spend two years in Washington. Upon his return to the West, he made the tour described in this work and soon settled in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He was active in state politics and, despite his support of Stephen Douglas in the election of 1860, worked on behalf of Lincoln's administration. After enlisting in the Civil War as a private, he was quickly commissioned, had an outstanding military career, and rose to the rank of Brevet Major-General. In later years he practiced law and served abroad in various diplomatic posts.
This work describes his travels in the Minnesota Territory and encounters with various Indian tribes.
Howes A253; Sabin 1488
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 APPLETON, D.
Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada. Illustrated with Railway Maps, Plans of Cities, and Table of Railway and Steamboat Fares. Part I. New England and Middle States and Canada. Revised Each Year To Date of Issue.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890.
This is one of the most extensive guides to eastern Canada, New England, and the mid-Atlantic states of the period. It is essentially a railroad guide, with time tables, and a description of the route along each rail line in the region. The town plans are of Baltimore, Boston, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Quebec, and Washington. Not in Howes nor Rumsey.
[with:] Appleton, D. Appleton's General Guide to the United States and Canada. Illustrated with Railway Maps, Plans of Cities, and Table of Railway and Steamboat Fares. Part II. Western and Southern States. Revised Each Year to Date of Issue. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1891. 389 (numbered 277-566), 19pp. plus fourteen maps and plans and 24pp. of ads. Illus. 16mo. Black and gilt-stamped blue cloth.
The companion volume to the preceding. The part were sold together, or separately, and were also issued in a one-volume format. The second part contains extensive information on California and the western states. Pages 427-32 are devoted to Texas. The city plans are of Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Savannah. Not in Howes. Rumsey lists an 1887 edition of Part II.
Rumsey 3765
#3117$200.00
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 [ARCTIC VOYAGES]
Uniformly bound set of Arctic Voyages, including those by Phipps, O'Reilly, Ross, Parry, Franklin, and Back.
16 works in 12 volumes, 4to (approximately 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches). Uniformly bound in 19th century dark blue half morocco over marbled paper covered boards, spines in six compartments divided by semi-raised bands, lettered in the second and third compartments, the others with an overall repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges.
A fantastic uniformly bound set of the principal British Arctic voyages of the late 18th and early 19th century.
The set is comprised of:
1) Constantine John PHIPPS (1744-1792). A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773. London: printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for J. Nourse, 1774. Half-title, 15 folding or double-page engraved maps and plates (12 plates after John Cleveley, P. d'Auvergne, Barnes or W. Pars, 3 maps), 11 letterpress tables (3 folding, 8 double-page). "First edition of the official account written by Captain Phipps, later Lord Mulgrave. This expedition of the Racehorse and Carcass, undertaken for the purpose of discovering a route to India through the northern polar regions, was blocked by pack ice north of Spitzbergen. The valuable appendix gives geographical and meteorological observations, zoological and botanical records, accounts of the distillation of fresh water from the sea, and astronomical observations. The voyage is perhaps best remembered for the presence of young Horatio Nelson, as midshipman aboard the Carcass, and his encounter with a polar bear" (Hill). The expedition had been proposed by the Earl of Sandwich and was the first serious British attempt to reach the North Pole since the early 17th century. The voyage was sponsored by the Royal Society and received encouragement from King George III. The two expedition ships were commanded by Phipps (aboard the Racehorse) and the Carcass commanded by Captain Lutwidge. The expedition was stopped by ice just north of Spitzbergen, but, in addition to numerous scientific observations, carried out a number of interesting experiments using innovative equipment including a thermometer designed by Lord Cavendish for measuring the temperature of water and Dr. Irving's successful apparatus for distilling fresh water from the sea. BM (NH) IV, p.1570; Hill (2004) 1351; Nissen ZBI 3163; Sabin 62572; Stafleu & Cowan IV, p.1570.
[Bound with:] Bernard O'REILLY. Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to the Pacific Ocean, Illustrated in a voyage to Davis's Strait, during the Summer of 1817. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1818. 3 folding maps, 18 engraved plates (including 13 aquatints). This work is notable for its role in prompting the renewed search for the northwest passage. O'Reilly, who served as a surgeon and scientist on board a Greenland whale ship, "told of an unusually large number of icebergs emanating from Baffin's Bay" which "gave rise to the hypothesis among members of the admiralty and the Royal Society that the ice barrier in the Arctic had been reduced, and might provide the opportunity of locating an open channel in the far north" (Howgego B68 note). Abbey, Travel II, 633; Sabin 57576; Staton & Tremaine 1125.
2) Sir John ROSS (1777-1856). A Voyage of Discovery, made under the Orders of the Admiralty ... for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Inquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. London: W. Clowes for John Murray, 1819. 32 maps, coastal profiles, plates, tables or graphs (comprising: 1 engraved folding frontispiece general chart, 2 engraved folding maps by J. Walker after J. Bushnan and others, 25 aquatint or engraved plates and coastal profiles by D. Havell, R. Havell & Son, Thomas Lewin after A.M. Skene, Ross, H.P. Hoppner, Thomas Lewin and others [15 hand-coloured, 7 folding], 1 engraved table, 3 folding engraved meteorological graphs), wood-engraved illustrations (one full-page). First edition. Ross's expedition aboard the Isabella and the Alexander is credited with confirming the earlier discoveries of Bylot and Baffin, although failed to probe deeper into Lancaster Sound, a fact for which Ross was criticized upon his return. The voyage is notable for many of its scientific discoveries and an important encounter with "Arctic Highlanders" (i.e. Eskimos). Ross's first voyage launched an important series of British Northwest Passage expeditions leading to Franklin's disappearance. Abbey, Travel II, 634; Arctic Bibliography 14873; Sabin 73376.
3) Sir John ROSS (1777-1856). Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a north-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the years 1829 [-]... 1833 ... Including the reports of ... James Clark Ross ... and the discovery of the northern Magnetic Pole. London: A.W. Webster, 1835. 31 plates, maps and charts (1 folding engraved map, 5 lithographic charts and maps [1 folding and printed in two colours], 25 plates (6 lithographs, 16 steel engravings, 3 mezzotints printed in colours). First edition. After his failure to explore Lancaster Sound in his first voyage of 1818, Ross had his 1829-33 second voyage privately financed. Although forced to abandon his steamship Victory in the ice at Felix Harbour (a fact that in the present official account Ross blames largely on the shortcomings of the boilers supplied by Braithwaite), his second expedition achieved a number of milestones. Besides the most thorough exploration of Boothia Peninsula that had been accomplished to date, James Clark Ross (John Ross's nephew) undertook an overland journey across the peninsula and became the first to reach the North Magnetic Pole. Abbey, Travel II, 636; Arctic Bibliography 14866; Chavanne 1450; Sabin 73381; Staton & Tremaine 1808.
[Bound with:] Sir John ROSS (1777-1856). Explanation and Answer to Mr.Braithwaite's Supplement. London: Whiting for A.B.Webster, [n.d.]. Braithwaite responded to the accusations by publishing his craftily titled Supplement to Captain Ross's narrative, and Ross followed with his Explanation and Answer [present here]. Arctic Bibliography 14862; cf. Fergus Fleming Barrow's Boys (1998) pp.310-311; Sabin 73370.
4) Sir John ROSS (1777-1856). Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage. London: A. W. Webster, 1835. 37pp. list of subscribers, 1p. with errata and additions to subscriber's list. 20 plates (4 engravings [1 hand-coloured]; 16 lithographs [11 hand-coloured]). First edition.
5) Sir William Edward PARRY (1790-1855). Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage ... performed in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper. London: John Murray, 1821. 20 maps and plates (13 plates [including 9 aquatints], 7 engraved maps or charts [4 folding]), 1 folding letterpress table, occasional illustrations. First edition. Over the course of his life, Parry made five Arctic voyages -- the first in 1818 under Ross and four under his own command. His voyages established a number of firsts: the first to cross 110°W, the first to discover what would prove to be the entrance to the Northwest Passage (and navigate a good portion of it), the first to plan an Arctic wintering, the first to sail through Frozen Strait, and in his final voyage the establishment of a record highest northern latitude. Taken as a whole, while his goals of discovering the Northwest Passage in his first three voyages and the attainment of the North Pole in his final voyage were unsuccessful, Parry contributed an enormous amount to Arctic exploration and to the knowledge of Eskimo language and culture. Arctic Bibliography 13145; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58860; Stafleu & Cowan 7409.
6) Sir William Edward PARRY (1790-1855). Journal of a Second Voyage ... performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla. London: John Murray, 1824. 2pp. publisher's advertisement at end. 39 maps and plates (30 plates [including 19 engravings (7 of these folding), 11 aquatints]; 9 maps or charts [6 engraved (4 of these folding), 3 folding and lithographed]). First edition. Arctic Bibliography 13142; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58864; Stafleu & Cowan 7411.
7) Sir William Edward PARRY (1790-1855). Journal of a Third Voyage ... performed in the years 1824-25, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Fury. London: John Murray, 1826. 11 engraved maps and plates (7 plates [1 folding], 4 maps or charts [1 folding]), occasional illustrations. First edition. Arctic Bibliography 13144; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58867; Stafleu & Cowan 7413.
[Bound with:] Sir William Edward PARRY (1790-1855). Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, in boats fitted for that purpose, and attached to His Majesty's Ship Hecla, in the year MDCCCXXVII. London: John Murray, 1828. 7 engraved maps and plates (4 plates, 3 maps or charts [1 folding]). First edition. BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Arctic Bibliography 13146; Sabin 58868; Stafleu & Cowan 7414.
8) [John RICHARDSON and others]. Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal of a Second Voyage ... in the years 1821-22-23. London: John Murray, 1825. 2 engraved plates, 2 folding letterpress tables. First edition. Cf. Arctic Bibliography 13142; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58865; Stafleu & Cowan 7412.
[Bound with:] [Edward SABINE, and others]. A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage ... in the years 1819-20. Containing an account of the subjects of Natural History. London: John Murray, 1824. 6 engraved plates after Franz. Bauer and others. First edition. Cf. Arctic Bibliography 13145; BM(NH) IV, p.1546; Sabin 58861; Stafleu & Cowan 7410.
9) PARRY, Sir William Edward (1790-1855) - Sir Edward SABINE (1788-1883, editor). The North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle ... Second Edition. London: John Murray, 1822. Quarto (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches). Half-title. Wood-engraved vignettes. In a modern binding uniform the rest of the set. Arctic Bibliography 13547; Sabin 55714.
10) Sir John FRANKLIN (1786-1847). Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 ... with an appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history. London: printed by William Clowes for John Murray, 1823. Small format errata slip. 30 engraved or aquatint plates (11 hand-coloured) by Edward Finden, J. Curtis and others after Robert Hood (8) and George Back (15), Hood & Back (1) and J. Curtis (6), 4 folding engraved maps. In 1819, Lieutenant John Franklin, a career naval officer who had been at the battle of Trafalgar, was placed in command of an expedition appointed to proceed overland from the Hudson Bay to the shores of the Arctic Sea, and to determine the trendings of that coast east of the Coppermine river. At this period the northern coast of the American continent was known at two isolated points only: this, the mouth of the Coppermine river (which, as Franklin discovered, was erroneously placed four degrees of latitude too far to the north), and the mouth of the Mackenzie far to the west. Lieutenant Franklin and his party, consisting of Dr. Richardson, Midshipmen George Back and Richard Hood, and a few boatmen, arrived at the depot of the Hudson's Bay Company at the end of August 1819, and making an autumnal journey of 700 miles spent the first winter on the Saskatchewan. Owing to the delay in the arrival of supplies which had been promised by the North-West and Hudson's Bay Companies, it was not until the summer of 1821 that the Coppermine was ascended to its mouth, and a considerable extent of sea-coast to the eastward surveyed. The return journey over the region known as the Barren Ground was marked by the most terrible sufferings and privations and the tragic death of Lieutenant Hood. The survivors of the expedition reached York Factory in June 1822, having accomplished altogether 5550 miles of travel. While engaged on this service Franklin was promoted to the rank of commander (January 1821), and upon his return to England at the end of 1822 he obtained the post rank of captain and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. The narrative of this expedition was published in the following year and became at once a classic of travel. Cf. Abbey, Travel II, 635 (including Narrative of a Second Expedition published 1828); Hill 635; Nissen ZBI 1419; Sabin 25624 (erroneously calling for 34 plates and 4 maps); Wagner-Camp 23:1.
11) Sir John FRANKLIN (1786-1847). Narrative of 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: printed by William Clowes for John Murray, 1828. 31 engraved plates, 6 folding engraved maps (1 hand-coloured in outline). First edition. Abbey Travel II, 635; Arctic Bibliography 5198; Lande 1182; Sabin 25628; TPL 1434; Wagner-Camp 35:1.
12) Admiral Sir George BACK (1796-1878). 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: A.Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1836. 16 plates on India paper mounted, after Back (13) and B. Waterhouse Hawkins (3), (7 lithographed by Haghe or Day & Haghe, 9 steel-engraved by E. Finden), 1 folding engraved map, numerous illustrations. Large-paper issue of the first edition: "One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill) and "one of the finest travel books of the nineteenth century" (Howgego). "...Full of details of [Back's] ... commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians ... [this work is ] ... a fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the Arctic expedition" (Streeter). The narrative also contains valuable information on Arctic flora and fauna. The original primary intention of the expedition had been to aid the second expedition of Sir John Ross. News of Ross's safe return reached Back in April 1833 and he then pursued the expedition's secondary objectives. These were, firstly, to navigate the length of a river supposedly arising in the neighbourhood of the Great Slave Lake and running north to the Arctic sea, and then, secondly, to map as much as possible of the sea-coast. He was successful in both objectives, travelling 7,500 miles in total and traversing the full 440-mile length of the river (known as Thlueetessy by the Indians). The Great Fish River, as Back named it, has since become known as Back River. Arctic Bibliography 851; cf.BM (NH) I,p.81 (incorrect plate count); Field 63; Hill (2004) 42; cf. Howgego II,B3; Sabin 2613 (incorrect plate count); cf. Staton & Tremaine 1873 (octavo edition); Wagner-Camp 58b:1 (octavo edition).
#25981$52,500.00
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 BACK, Admiral Sir George (1796-1878)
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: A.Spottiswoode for John Murray, 1836. 4to (10 3/4 x 8 inches). 16 plates on India paper mounted, after Back (13) and B. Waterhouse Hawkins (3), (7 lithographed by Haghe or Day & Haghe, 9 steel-engraved by E. Finden), 1 folding engraved map, numerous illustrations. Expertly bound to style in half dark purple morocco over contemporary purple cloth boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, ruled on either side of each band, lettered in the second and fourth compartments, marbled endpapers.
Rare large-paper issue of the first edition: "One of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration" (Hill) and "one of the finest travel books of the nineteenth century" (Howgego).
A large paper copy of this major source both in the early exploration of the Far North and its ethnology. "...Full of details of [Back's] ... commerce with the Cree, Chippewa, and Coppermine Indians..[this work is ] ... a fundamental source of information about Indian life along the route of the Arctic expedition" (Streeter). The narrative also contains valuable information on Arctic flora and fauna. The original primary intention of the expedition had been to aid the second expedition of Sir John Ross. News of Ross's safe return reached Back in April 1833 and he then pursued the expedition's secondary objectives. These were, firstly, to navigate the length of a river supposedly arising in the neighbourhood of the Great Slave Lake and running north to the Arctic sea, and then, secondly, to map as much as possible of the sea-coast. He was successful in both objectives, travelling 7,500 miles in total and traversing the full 440-mile length of the river (known as Thlueetessy by the Indians). The Great Fish River, as Back named it, has since become known as Back River.
Arctic Bibliography 851; cf.BM (NH) I,p.81 (incorrect plate count); Field 63; Hill (2004) 42; cf. Howgego II:B3; Sabin 2613 (incorrect plate count); cf. Staton & Tremaine 1873 (octavo edition); Wagner-Camp 58b:1 (octavo edition).
#25983$7,500.00
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 BAIRD, Spencer Fullerton (1823-1887), John CASSIN (1813-1869) and George Newbold LAWRENCE (1806-1895)
The Birds of North America; the descriptions of species based chiefly on the collections in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1860. 2 volumes, quarto (11 1/2 x 9 inches). 100 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia. Original purple bead-grained cloth, the covers blocked in blind with an elaborate border, expertly rebacked to style, the flat spines divided into five compartments by triple fillets in blind, lettered in gilt in the second, third and fourth compartments, cream endpapers. Provenance: Pebble Hill Plantation (Thomasville, Georgia, bookplates).
An important American work of ornithology by two of the foremost American ornithologists of the 19th century, beautifully illustrated with colour plates.
The chief virtue of this spectacular contribution to the literature of American ornithology is that it completes the work started by the first octavo edition of John James Audubon's Birds of America (1840-1844) and continued by John Cassin's IIlustrations of the Birds of California, Texas [etc.] (([1853]-56). As Baird notes in the preface: "the first series [of Cassin's work], containing fifty species not given by Audubon, was completed in 1855, and has not been extended, having been superceded by the present work" (Preface, p.I, Atlas vol.).
"The present work is part of the General Report on North American birds ... published in October, 1858, as one of the series of "Reports of Explorations and Surveys of a Railroad Route to the Pacific Ocean." In this volume, however, will be found many important additions and corrections, including detailed lists of plates, ... descriptions of newly-discovered species, &c, not in the original edition. The Atlas contains one hundred plates, representing one hundred and forty-eight new or unfigured species of North American birds. Of these plates about fifty appear for the first time, having been prepared expressly for this work. The remainder form the ornithological illustrations of the Reports of the Pacific Railroad Survey [1858], and of the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey [1859] under Major Emory ... All have, however, been carefully retouched and lettered for this edition, and quite a number redrawn entirely from better and more characteristic specimens. In fact, the plates of the Atlas have been prepared for the present edition with the utmost care and attention" (Advertisement, vol.I).
Bennet p.7; Meisel III, p.484; Sabin 2809.
#23086$2,000.00
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 BARCLAY, Robert (1648-1690)
Theologiæ verè Christianæ Apologia
Amsterdam: Jacob Claus, 1676. Small quarto (7 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches). [4], [20], 374, [26] pp. Expertly bound to style in 17th-century calf, spine in six compartments with raised bands, spine ruled in gilt.
Very rare first edition of a Quaker masterwork: the primary explanation of their principles.
Publication of this work had an immediate affect on the development of Quakerism and the treatment of its followers. The Apology , writes Dean Inge, "became for a whole century a second Bible for the Society [of Friends]." Written when Barclay was still in his twenties during a period of voluntary exile from Great Britain, the work "is remarkable as the standard exposition of the principles of his sect, and is not only the first defence of those principles by a man of trained intelligence, but in many respects one of the most impressive theological writings of the [17th] century" (Sir Leslie Stephens). Following the publication in 1676 of the present first edition, Barclay would produce his own English translation. The work's importance may be judged from the fact it has been reprinted over 60 times and translated into numerous other languages.
Robert Barclay, a close friend and associate of William Penn, became proprietor of the American Quaker province of East Jersey in 1683. Although he was the provinces's nominal governor, he never set foot in the Americas. The publisher of this work, Jacob Claus, would go on to publish and distribute many of William Penn's promotional tracts.
Only one other copy of this very rare first edition is listed as having sold at auction in the last 30 years (Christie's New York, 10 December 1999).
Evans 10950; Smith I:182; Wing B736.
#21811$8,250.00
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 BARLOW, Joel
Two Letters to the Citizens of the United States, and One to General Washington Written From Paris In The Year 1799, On Our Political And Commercial Relations
New Haven: From Sidney's Press, 1806. 119pp. 12mo. Contemporary gray wrappers. Ownership inscription dated 1808 on front blank. Light tanning and foxing, wrappers stained. About very good.
A later Connecticut edition after the first Philadelphia edition of 1799 and other interim editions. Barlow, notable poet, "Hartford Wit" and outspoken political savant of the early years of the Republic, is described as one of the most liberal thinkers of his time (DAB). The letter to Washington urges the President to prevent war with France. The preface of this edition declares, "If in all the heavy volumes that load your shelves, on the 'defence of the American constitutions,' you find enough of solid matter to balance a dozen pages of this pamphlet, return the pamphlet to the bookseller, and he will return your money."
Howes B144, "aa." Sabin 3433.
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