1. [Alaska Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Chapin, Theodore.

The Nelchina-Susitna Region Alaska [With Two large Folding Maps of the Region]. [Provenance: This rare Pamphlet with the two Maps, was given to W.D.Gill by american geologist Glen W. Ledingham (Gulf Oil)].

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1918. Octavo. 67 pages. With 10 illustrations and 4 figure diagrams. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Names of eminent american geologist Glen W. Ledingham and consulting Petroleum Geologist Jack C. West stamped on cover]. [United States Geological Survey – Bulletin 668].

2. [Alaska Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Knappen, Russel S.

Geology and Mineral Resources of the Aniakchak District, Alaska. [Provenance: This rare Pamphlet with a large Folding Map of the Aniakchak District, was given to W.D.Gill by american geologist Glen W. Ledingham (Gulf Oil)].

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1929. Octavo. 227 pages plus Folding Map. Original Softcover. Cover sellotaped. Otherwise in good condition with only minor signs of wear. Names of eminent american geologist Glen W. Ledingham and consulting Petroleum Geologist Jack C. West stamped on cover]. [United States Geological Survey – Bulletin 797-F].

3. [Alaska Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Martin, G.C.

The Nenana Coal Field, Alaska. [Provenance: This rare Pamphlet with NINE (!) large Folding Maps of the Nenana Region, was given to W.D.Gill by american geologist Glen W. Ledingham (Gulf Oil)].

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1919. Octavo. 54 pages with 9 large folding Maps. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Names of eminent american geologist Glen W. Ledingham and consulting Petroleum Geologist Jack C. West stamped on cover]. [United States Geological Survey – Bulletin 664].

4. [Alaska Section – William Daniel Gill Collection] – Martin, G.C. / Katz, F.J.

Geology and Coal Fields of the Lower Matanuska Valley, Alaska. [Provenance: This rare Pamphlet with FIVE (!) large Folding Maps of the Matanuska Valley, was given to W.D.Gill by american geologist Glen W. Ledingham (Gulf Oil)].

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1912. Octavo. 98 pages. With 19 illustrations and 12 figure diagrams. [5 large folding Maps]. Original Softcover. Cover sellotaped. Otherwise in good condition with stronger signs of wear. Names of eminent american geologist Glen W. Ledingham and consulting Petroleum Geologist Jack C. West stamped on cover]. [United States Geological Survey – Bulletin 500].

5. America – Ortelius, Abraham. (1527 – 1598).

Culiacanae, Americae Regionis, Descriptio – Hispaniolae, Cubae, Aliarumqe Insualrum Circumiacientium Delineatio.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Antwerp, Ortelius, [1579]. Plate Size: 49.3 cm x 35.3 cm. Sheet Size: 53.1 cm x 42 cm. Original map. Very good condition, with some signs of browning to the outer margins only. Slight creasing to the top right coner of map. Professionally repaired tear to lower centre fold, barely noticeable given the quality of the workmanship. Latin text on reverse.

6. America – Schenk, Petrus. (1660-1711).

Belgii pars Septentrionalis Communi Nomine Vulgo Hollandia Nuncupata Continens Statum Potentissimae Batavorum Reipublicae seu Provincias VII Foederatas [With an inset box titled ‘Batavorum Coloniae Occident: Indiis Septetrionalis Americae Implantatae’ and shows the Dutch colony of ‘New Neederland’ located on the east coast of America. Virginia Pars, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, New Jork (New York), New Amsterdam (New York City) , New Jarsey (New Jersey), Manhattan and Nova Angia (New England) are all shown. The inset also includes a vignette scene of the (Hudson) harbour at New Amsterdam (New York City).]

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Schenk, [c.1700]. Plate Size: 58 cm x 46.5 cm. Sheet Size: 60.2 cm x 51.7 cm. Original map. In good- condition. Browning evident as is a tear near lower centre fold. Some inked underlining to place names. Minor inked numeration in margin at top right corner. Slight crease on verso sheet. Discreet duplicate stamp from library in Poland on reverse.

7. America / Latin America / North America / USA / Canada – Tallis, John / Rapkin, John. (1817 – 1876)

North America – with Vignettes and illustrations of Cossacks, Esquimaux [sic] Inuit Dog-Sledge, Mount Hekla, Beavers, Falls of Niagara, Convoy of Diamonds, Ancient Monument in Mexico, North American Indians, Wapiti Dear.

Original steel engraving / Vintage map. Drawn and engraved by John Rapkin. Partly hand-coloured. London & New York, J & F. Tallis, 1851. Plate Size: 24.2 cm x 35.4 cm. Sheet Size: 27.4 cm x 37.5 cm. Vintage 19th century map in very good condition.

8. Americas – Homann, Johann Baptist. (1664 – 1724).

Americae Mappa generalis.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Nürnberg, Homann, 1746. Plate Size: 53 cm x 46 cm. Sheet Size: 56.3 cm x 50 cm. Original map. Very good+ condition. Expertly restored map with reinforced edges. Faintest traces of the professional repairs barely evident such is the quality of the restoration.

9. Andrews, William L.

To Tell a Free Story – The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865.

Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1986. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIII, 353 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. Anonymus.

An Historical Review and Directory of North America: Containing a Geographical, Political, and Natural History of the British and Other European Settlements, the United and Apocryphal States, the General State of the Laws, particularly those affecting Commerce, Foreign and British Debts; also, Strictures upon Lord Sheffield’s Treatise upon American Commerce to which is added “A description of the Interior Parts of North America, general Face of the Country, Mountains, Forests, Rivers and the most noted Towns, Cities, Seats and Public Buildings. A Plan of the Roads and a concise account of the different Indian Nations. A copious Index to American State Papers. With a Great Variety of Tables necessary to all Merchants in their Intercourse with North America. [With a concise Account of the Island of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, together with the Manners, Customs, Policies and Trade of the Inhabitants and a short account of the Whale Fishery]. By a Gentleman immediately returned from a Tour of that Continent.

Volume II (of II). Cork, Printed by W. Matthews, 38 North-Main-Street, 1801. 10 cm x 17 cm. IX, 377 pages. Original Hardcover (full calf). The original binding with some stronger signs of external wear. Corners bumped. Endpapers and pastedowns a little scruffy. Otherwise in very good condition.

11. Argentina – Vidal. E.E.

Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, Consisting of Twenty=four Views: Accompanied with Descriptions of the Scenery and of the Costumes, Manners, &c. of the Inhabitants of Those Cities and Their Environs.

No.1987 of a limited edition. London, R.Ackermann, 1943. Quarto. XXVIII, 115 pages with 24 plates in colour (several of the folding out). Hardcover / De Luxe Edition of this Reprint in quarter leather with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Personalized gift-copy, signed by former co-workers of the recipient.

12. Barnard, Melanie.

Cincinnati à la Carte [20 Great Restaurants [in Cincinnati] share their best Recipes [Including a Recipe Index]. Edited by Laura Pulfer and Lilia F. Brady. Design by Kay Walker and Barbara Bendall.

Cincinnati (Ohio), Published by Cincinnati, 120 West Fifth Street, 1980. Octavo. 128 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover (Cover illustration by Jim Schaefer). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely Rare !

13. Barnouw, Erik.

A History of Broadcasting in the United States – Volume I: A Tower in Babel [Period from the Beginnings to 1933] / Volume II: The Golden Web – [Period 1933 to 1953] / Volume III: The Image Empire [Period from 1953 (to 1970)].

Mixed Editions: (Volume I in Second Edition / Volumes II/III in First Edition). Three Volumes (complete Set). Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1969-1970. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I – 344 pages / Volume II – 390 pages / Volume III – 396 pages. All Volumes with many illustrations and photographs throughout. Hardcover / All three Volumes in original publisher’s cloth with the dustjackets in protective Collector’s Mylar. The jackets with some loss and minor tears have been beautifully preserved. The Volumes all in excellent, very clean condition.

14. Beecher Stowe, Harriet.

“Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly – [c.1901 Edition] With Nineteen Illustrations” AND “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Presenting The Original Facts and Documents upon which the Story is founded together with corroborative Statements verifying the Truth of the Work – [c. 1853 Edition].

Two Volumes. London, Publisher: S.W.Partridge & Co. [for the red cloth edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin] / Publisher: Clarke, Beeton and Co. [for the rare Volume of “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin], [1853-1901]. Octavo. Pagination: 1. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: Frontispiece, VIII, 416 pages plus Catalogue of books by Partridge to the rear / 2. “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: Pastedown and endpaper with Ephemeral sticker about “The American Slave Code”, VIII, 504 pages. With Tables and Facsimile Letter of Slave Thomas Duckey to Mr.Bigelow. Hardcover / Original Publisher’s cloth. Condition of the Volume “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”: Excellent condition with only minor signs of foxing. The binding in unusually firm and beautiful condition. With a School-Prize-Sticker to the pastedown by the “School Board for London (Addington-Street School) – Awarded for Punctual and Regular Attendance during the Year 1901. / Condition of the Volume “The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Binding broken with fron board detached. Bookblock in excellent and firm condition.

15. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

16. Beisner, Robert L.

Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War.

New York, Oxford University Press, 2006. 16 cm x 24 cm. XIV, 800 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

17. Bemis, George.

Precedents of American Neutrality, in Reply to the Speech of Sir Roundell Palmer, Attorney General of England in the british Commons, May 13,1864.

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1864. 8°. VIII, 83 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Unopened. Upper corner dogeared. Elswise very good plus.

18. Bronsky, Eric / Samors, Neal.

Downtown Chicago in Transition. Foreword by Joel Daly.

Second Edition. Chicago, Chicago’s Books Press, 2007. 22,5 cm x 29 cm. 253 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

19. Burland, Cottie.

North American Indian Mythology.

London, Paul Hamlyn Ltd., 1965. 21 x 28.5cm. 153 pages, with text illustrations throughout and 26 colour plates. Original clothbound hardcover. Some signs of external wear including fading, bumping and staining. Internally in excellent condition other than minor text annotations.

20. Carlson, Phyllis Downing / Bill, Laurel Downing.

Aunt Phil’s Trunk, Volume Two: 1898 – 1912. An Alaska historian’s collection of treasured tales.

Anchorage, Laudon Enterprises, 2008. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 376 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by second author.

21. Chernow, Ron.

The House of Morgan – An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance. A Touchstone Book.

New York / London / Toronto / a.o., Simon & Shuster Inc., 1991. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XVII, 812 pages. Original Softcover. Several black and white photographs throughout. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

22. Collison, Gary.

Shadrach Minkins. From Fugitive Slave to Citizen.

First edition. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1997. 17 x 24 cm. 294 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good, near fine, condition.

23. [Conder, Josiah].

North America [and Canada] – Volume II / [this being Volume The Twenty-Fourth of “The Modern Traveller”– A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe – United States of America and Canada – Vol. II].

London, Printed for James Duncan, 1830. Duodecimo / 9 cm x 14.5 cm. IV, 335 pages. With a fold-out map of the United States and 4 black and white engravings showing: 1. Philadelphia / 2. The President’s House, Washington / 3. The Capitol, Washington / 4. Quebec. Original Hardcover, decorative full leather. Full leather with gilted ornaments to outer margins of interior boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Gilt ornament and raised bands on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Binding rubbed but firm. Spinelabel slightly loose. Minor foxing. Contains small ink stamp of previous owners name to front endpaper.

24. Cooke, Jay.

How our National Debt can be paid. The Wealth, Resources and Power of the People of the United States. Prepared by Dr.William Elder, of the Treasury Department.

Philadelphia, Sherman & Co., 1865. 8°. 15 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Dogeared. Foxed. Extremely rare original pamphlet reflecting the costs, revenue possibilities etc. of the times previous, in and after the American Civil War.

25. [Cork Print – 18th century] Robertson, William.

The History of America.

Volume I (of II) of the First Cork Edition [which had two Volumes in total]. Cork, Printed by Thomas White, opposite the Exchange, 1778. Octavo. XIX, [1], [6], 492 pages including 6 unnumbered pages of a List of Subscribers including the previous owner of the book: “Rev. John Meade”. Original Hardcover / Original full 18th-century-calf with gilt ornament and original spine-label. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown. Name of John Meade on titlepage. Only Volume One of this very rare Cork print !

26. Dahrendorf, Ralf.

European Sociology and the American self – image.

Paris, European Journal of Sociology, 1961. Octavo. 42 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Inscribed and signed (initialed) by Dahrendorf.

27. Daubeny, Charles.

Sketch of the Geology of North America, being the Substance of a Memoir read before the Ashmolean Society Nov. 26, 1838.

First Edition. Oxford, Printed by T. Combe / The Ashmolean Society, 1839. Octavo. Frontispiece [Folded map of the eastern half of North America], XVIII, 73 pages. Original Softcover / Original printed wrappers in custom made cloth-case (see images). Content-Page detached and loosely inserted. Otherwise this publication is in its very rare original state and in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

28. Denton, Sally/ Morris, Roger.

The Money and the Power – The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America, 1947-2000.

First Edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. 16,3 x 23,8 cm. 479 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear on the dustjacket.

29. Donham, Wallace B.

The Peace must be won at home.

Harvard Buisiness Review, 1943. 4°. 12 pages. Softcover. Original offprint. Some fraying and very minor damage to the upper spine.

30. Douglas, Kirk.

Autobiografia.

1a edicion. Barcelona, Cayfosa, 1988. 8°. 381 pages. Softcover. Edicion espanol. Incluye fotografías. / Spanish Ediiton. Very good condition.

31. Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt.

Socialism Today / Rejoice Not in Standing Still – A Negro speaks of the World.

First Edition. Chicago, Afram Books / Afro-American Heritage Association, [c. 1960]. Octavo. 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Portrait-Photograph of William Du Bois on cover. Original Softcover wrappers in Mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Extremely rare ! According to a foreword by Ishmael Flory “this is a first printed pamphlet issued by Afram Books”. Includes a short Bibliography of Du Bois’ publications, starting with mentioning his first article in Harvard Historical Studies in 1896 “The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America” to “Mansart’s World of Color” in 1960. It also lists “other EQUALITY Pamphlets by W.E.B.DuBois like “The Damnation of Women – Predictions on Fatherless and Dependenet Children”.

32. Dykeman, Wilma.

The French Broad [Signed]. Edited by Carl Cramer as planned and started by Constance Lindsay Skinner. Illustrated by Constance Lindsay Skinner.

First Edition of Wilma Dykeman’s first book ! New York / Toronto, Rinehart & Company Inc., 1955. Octavo. X, 371 pages. With a double-page map of the area in which “The French Broad River” flows. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Very rare in this signed version. [Rivers of America].

33. [Earl of Shannon] Irving, Washington.

Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus. [From the library of the Earl of Shannon [Richard Boyle], with his armorial Bookplate].

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1831. Small Octavo. Frontispice – Engraving (Convent of La Rabida), XVIII, 337, [1] pages. Map missing ! Hardcover / original half leather of the early 19th century, with original spinelabel. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The armorial bookplate of the Earl of Shannon to the pastedown.

34. Editors Of Look.

Look at America – The Country You Know – And Don’t Know.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, [1930]. 23 cm x 30.9 cm. 341 pages. With many black and white photographs throughout. Features 8 colour photographs. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing and fading to edges. Very minor fading to gilt title on spine and front cover. Minor dampstain to page edges. With illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Impressive pictorial book with an intimate insight into American history, life and culture. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

35. Edwards, Jonathan.

A careful and strict Enquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of that Freedom of Will, which is supposed to be essential to Moral Agency, Virtue and Vice, Reward and Punishment, Praise and Blame.

First British Edition. Boston / London, Re-Printed for Thomas Field, 1762. Octavo. IX, [5], 414, [8] pages plus two pages of advertising for Jonathan Edwards’ “Treatise concerning Religious Effections”. Hardcover / Original 18th century calf, rebacked with new spine and spinelabel. Interior all original and besides some minor signs of foxing in very good condition. Name of preowner in ink on titlepage. Binding overall excellent with only minor signs of external wear. A very rare and important book.

36. Everett, Edward.

Address of the Hon. Edward Everett, delivered before The Boston Union Club, Thursday, April 9, 1863.

Liverpool, Printed at the “Daily Post” Steam Printing Works, 1863. 8°. 32 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Some rubbing fo front cover. As one of the most notable rhetorics of his time, Everett later that year gave his famous Gettysburg Oration. In his speech to the Boston Union Club, he addresses the struggle of the country due to the Civil War.

37. Faber, Doris/ Faber, Harold.

The Birth of a Nation. The Early Years of the United States.

First Edition. New York, Charles Scibner’s Sons, 1989. 15 x 22 cm. VIII,197 pages. Original Hardcover in original dustjacket. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

38. Fell, Barry.

America B.C. Ancient Settlers in the New World.

New York, Wallaby, 1978. 22,5 cm x 15 cm. X, 312 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed.

39. Fewkes, Jesse Walter.

Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National park – Cliff Palace.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1911. 23 1/2 cm. 82 pages with illustrations and plates as well as 1 double-folded plan. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookblock slightly detached

40. Fleming, Denna Frank.

The Treaty Veto of The American Senate.

London / New York, G.P. Putnam’s Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1930. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. IX, 325 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Fading of cover and slight yellowing of pages. Signed by the author.

41. Fox, Gustavus Vasa.

Russian Account of the Official Mission to Russia of Hon.G.V.Fox in 1866.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1867. 8°. 38 pages. Softcover. Original brochure. Some light foxing only.

42. Franklin, Benjamin / Wright, Esmond (editor).

Benjamin Franklin: His Life As He Wrote It.

London, The Folio Society, 1989. 16 cm x 25.5 cm. 260 pages. Original hardcover with slipcase. As new.

43. Galbraith, John Kenneth.

Galbraith Reader – From the works of John Kenneth Galbraith. Selected and arranged with narrative comment by the editors of ‘Gambit’.

London, Deutsch, 1979. 24 cm. XIV, 496 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Includes loosely inserted an interesting newspaper article by John Kenneth Galbraith “″The Heartless Society – (As America becomes more affluent, we increasingly ignore or rationalize the plight of the poor).

44. Gallagher, Gary W.

The Wilderness Campaign – Military Campaigns of the Civil War.

Chapel Hill / London, The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Octavo. XV, 283 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

45. Garland, James C.

Saving Alma Mater: A Rescue Plan for America’s Public Universities.

Uncorrected Page Proof. Chicago / London, University of Chicago Press, 2009. 15 x 23cm. (22), 261 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new.

46. Garvey, Joan B./ Widmer, Mary Lou.

Beautiful Crescent – A History of New Orleans.

New Orleans, Garmer Press, 1997. 15 x 22,6 cm. 247 pages. Original softcover Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name on titlepage.

47. Gendzier, Irene L.

Dying to forget – Oil, power, Palestine, & the foundations of U.S. Policy in the Middle East.

New York, Columbia University Press, [2015]. 24 cm. XXIII, 408 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

48. Goin, Peter / Blesse, Robert E.

Stopping Time. A Rephotographic Survey of Lake Tahoe. Essay by C.Elizabeth Raymond.

Albuquerque, Universityof New Mexico Press, 1992. 4°. 134 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Private giftinscription on front free endpaper with greeting card inserted. Rare !

49. Gordon-Reed, Annette.

The Hemingses of Monticello. An American Family.

New York, Norton, 2008. Octavo. 798 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

50. Greene, Jack. Massignani, Alessandro.

Ironclads at War – The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship 1854-1891.

Pennsylvania, Combined Publishing, 1998. 16 cm x 24 cm. 423 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.