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Mining History: Freeman, Harry C.; A Brief History of Butte, Montana, the World's Greatest Mining Camp.
Freeman, Harry C.; A Brief History of Butte, Montana, the World's Greatest Mining Camp. 1st edition, Chicago: Henry O. Shepard Company, 1900. Quarto, pp. 123, plus five pages of ads, colored photo gravure frontispiece of prospectors, numerous photos and 4 half-tones by Charles Russell and illustrations. Also loose within the work are two items: A circa 1930s tourist guide to Butte and a 1903 post card of Butte, never used and with a colored view titled Richest Hill in the World, Butte, Montana. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS The work is complete and in the original rust colored cloth with black cover titles and vignette. The binding is tight and very clean with only minor scuffing to board edges. The text is very clean. A very good copy of the scarce first printing. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $200.00 
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Rare Arctic Book: Ross, Sir John; Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions....
Ross, Sir John; Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833...Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross...and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole. London, A. W. Webster, 1835. Octavo, pp. [8], xxxiii, [1], 740, 16 steel-engraved plates including frontispiece; 6 color lithographed plates (1 of which is a plan); 3 color mezzotints; 6 maps (1 of which is a large folding hand-colored chart of the Arctic regions). FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
The text is complete and in the original cloth over boards, spine expertly re-backed with original spine strip retained, edge wear to the corners and edges of the boards has been nicely restored. Very light foxing to a few text signatures. Over all in very good condition. The first edition, rare large paper printing. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $1,400.00 
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Rare book by Carver, Jonathan; Three Years Travels through the Interior Parts of North America.
Carver, Jonathan; Three Years Travels through the Interior Parts of North America for more than Five Thousand Miles; Containing an Account of the Great Lakes, and all the Lakes, Islands and Rivers, Cataracts, Mountains, Minerals, Soil, and Vegetable Productions.......and an Appendix. Philadelphia, Key & Simpson, 1796. Octavo, pp. ix, 360, and 20 page list of subscribers.
The text is complete and in a contemporary full calf with a gilt spine label. Owners book plate on paste down earlier penciled purchase notation on first page and small embossed stamp on title page. Light toning to outer margins of a few pages, binding is tight with light scuffing to boards and spine edges. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $550.00 
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Rare book by James T. Gardner and Frederick L. Olmsted on the Preservation of the Niagara Falls, New York
Gardner, James T. & Olmsted, Frederick L.; Special Report of New York State Survey on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls, and Fourth Annual Report on the Triangulation of the State for the Year 1879. Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, Albany, 1880. One of 100 copies printed. Large octavo, pp. 96, folded engraved plate, 3 folded maps and 9 heliotype prints from photo negatives of photographs by the famous landscape photographer George Barker, 2 folded maps in rear pocket.
The volume is complete and in the original red cloth with gilt cover and spine titles. X-lib. with book plate on paste down and withdrawal stamp on book plate and edge of two text pages, stamp on verso of two maps in pocket, call number removed from spine edge. Ad for this book by Edgar A Werner rare books of Albany, NY on end sheet with penned note above it indicating original owners receipt of book from Frederick Law Olmsted. Plates and maps are quite clean as is text. A very good copy of a rare work on Niagara Falls. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS.
PRICE: $750.00 
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Rare book by Perry, Commodore Mathew, C.; Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan
Perry, Commodore Mathew, C.; Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the government of the United States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks. Published by order of the Congress of the United States. Vols. 1 through 3. Ist edition, 1st printing, Washington, 1856. Large quarto, vol. 1. pp. xvii, errata, 547, 90 litho. plates (some colored or tinted) and maps and includes the suppressed "Public Bath at Simoda" plate at p. 408 (not listed in the List of Plates), numerous woodcuts in the text.. Vol. 2, pp. 414 pp with 27 plates (4 uncolored engraved plates, 13 hand colored engraved plates, 4 tinted lithographs and 6 hand colored lithographs. Two fold-out maps in the text and a map folio of 15 fold-out maps (on 14 sheets) at the rear. Vol. 3, pp. xliii, 705, 352 charts. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
The set is complete and all three volumes are in the original cloth with gilt titles. Volume 1 some scuffing to boards, corners and edges, plates, including plates of nude bath scene are exceptionally bright. Volumes 2 and 3, light scuffing to boards, short archival repairs to first two maps of volume 2, with text and plates exceptionally bright in volume 2 and moderate foxing throughout volume 3. Overall an exceptional set with ALL plates including baths scene present. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $4,500.00 
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Rare Book by Robert DeSilver; Philadelphia Directory and Stranger's Guide for 1835 & 1836
DeSilver, Robert; DeSilver's Philadelphia Directory and Stranger's Guide for 1835 & 1836. Philadelphia, Robert DeSilver, 110 Walnut Street, April, 1835. Octavo, pp. 16 pages of advertisements, 4 pages of promotional letters for Swaim's Panecea, 199 page directory, 11 pages addresses of libraries etc, 1 page ad, 60 page DeSilver's United States Register and Almanac for 1835.
The work is complete and in a later quarter calf and cloth with gilt spine titles. The binding is tight and very clean. Light toning to text, especially first and last pages. Contemporary penned signature and address of Philadelphia attorney William Baker on title page. In very good condition. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $550.00 
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Rare Book by Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; The Selkirk Range, British Columbia, Vol. 1 & 2.
Wheeler, Arthur Oliver; The Selkirk Range, British Columbia, Vol. 1 & 2. Ottawa Ontario: Government Printing Bureau, 1905. Quarto text and atlas. Text pp. xvii, errata, 459, frontispiece, 95 plates and illustrations. Atlas, 13 folded maps and panoramas.
The set is complete and text is in the original green cloth with gilt cover and spine titles, x-lib. Harvard, with embossed stamp on title page and discard stamp verso of title page, light discoloration on lower spine from call number. The atlas is in the original red case with gilt cover ad spine titles, case nicely repaired at hinges, Harvard stamps verso only of sheets. A very good set. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $300.00 
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Rare Book by: Psalmanaazaar, George; Memoirs of ****. Commonly Known by the Name of George Psalmanzaar; a Reputed Native of Formosa.
Psalmanaazaar, George; Memoirs of ****. Commonly Known by the Name of George Psalmanzaar; a Reputed Native of Formosa. Written by himself, in order to be published after his death . . . 2nd edition. London, 1765. Octavo, pp. ii, 307, frontispiece portrait of author.
The book is complete and in recent full calf with gold/red spine titles, light minor foxing, inscription on first leaf "to be returned in three weeks James Hall, President Edinburgh Soc. Lib.". A very nice association copy. FREE SHIPPING ON ALL ITEMS
PRICE: $700.00 
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