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(Avery). Sellers, Edwain Jaquett. CAPTAIN JOHN AVERY President Judge at the Whorekill in Delaware Bay and his Descendants. Philadelphia 1898.
Thin large 8vo. 55pp. Ex.-lib. with bookplate, several ink stamps, original gilt lettered cloth, very sl. soiling.
Inscribed to flyleaf ‘Presented by the author 1921.’ No. 80 of a Limited Edition of 200 Copies.
£15.00 [ref: 173482]

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(Bishop). Roe, Michael (Editor). THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES BISHOP on the North-West Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wales 1794-1799. CUP for the Hakluyt Society 1967.
lvi + 340pp. Frontis., 5 maps including 1 folding. Faded and rubbed d/w.
The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. CXXXI.
£25.00 [ref: 195799]

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(Bishop). Roe, Michael (Editor). THE JOURNAL AND LETTERS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES BISHOP on the North-West Coast of America, in the Pacific and in New South Wales 1794-1799. CUP for the Hakluyt Society 1967.
lvi + 340pp. Frontis., 5 maps including 1 folding. Sl. marked and rubbed d/w.
The Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. CXXXI.
£25.00 [ref: 195811]

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(Cabot). Winship, George Parker. CABOT BIBLIOGRAPHY. With an Introductory Essay on the Careers of the Cabots based upon an Independent Examination of the Sources of Information. Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles 1900.
lii + [ii] + 180pp. Sm. vignette t.p., several dec. tail pieces. Dec. e.ps., prelims. lightly spotted, uncut, gilt edged cloth with dec. gilt title to upper board and sl. faded spine.
£45.00 [ref: 191305]

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(Cartier). SIR GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER, BART His Life and Times. A Political History of Canada From 1814 Until 1873. In Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Sir George Etienne Cartier’s Birth. Macmillan Co. of Canada 1914.
1st Ed. Large 8vo. xxi + 439pp. Photogravure port. frontis., numerous plates including several folding facsimile letters. Partially unopened, some very light browning, ex.-lib. with bookplate, several discreet ink stamps, original gilt lettered cloth with gilt armorial device to upper board, corners sl. frayed, t.e.g.
£12.00 [ref: 176535]

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NARRATIVES OF THE SUFFERINGS OF LEWIS AND MILTON CLARKE (Clarke). NARRATIVES OF THE SUFFERINGS OF LEWIS AND MILTON CLARKE Sons of a Soldier of the Revolution, During a Captivity of More Than Twenty Years Among the Slaveholders of Kentucky, One of the so Called Christian States of North America. Dictated by themselves. Boston ... Bela Marsh 1846.
Sm. 8vo. 144pp. 2 engraved ports. Ex.-lib. with bookplate, blind and ink stamp to t.p., blind textual stamp, sporadic browning, original gilt lettered blind embossed cloth, corners and spine sl. frayed with cloth loss to leading corner.
Sabin 13434.
£100.00 [ref: 164057]

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(Harmsworth). Sotheby & Co. HARMSWORTH TRUST LIBRARY. The Fifteenth - Nineteenth, Twenty First-Twenty Second, Twenty Fourth-Twenty fifth, Twenty Seventh-Thirty Fifth and Final Portion. Catalogue of the Highly Important Collection of Americana First Section-Manuscripts (With a Few Engravings) forming part of the renowned Library of the late Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth, (And now sold by order of the trustees) Which will be sold by Auction by Messrs ... On Monday the 24th of May 1948, and Following Day ... Monday November 30th 1953 ... ... 1948-53.
Ills. Some annotations, light browning, bound together in gilt lettered cloth, spine sl. faded.
With prices realised and Catalogue of the Twenty-Fourth Portion and ‘Books Omitted.’ loosely inserted.
£35.00 [ref: 194385]

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(Hudson). Read, John Meredith. A HISTORICAL INQUIRY CONCERNING HENRY HUDSON. His friends, relatives and early life, his connection with Muscovy Company and discovery of Delaware Bay. Joel Munsell Mass. 1866.
Large paper Ed. 4to. vi + 209pp. Gilt armorial frontis. Lightly browned, marbled e.ps., original half morocco with marbled boards, rebacked in cloth with original spine with gilt laid down, rubbed, leather sl. faded & scuffed, t.e.g.
Sabin 68170. No. 22 of a Limited Edition, initialled & numbered by the Author.
£140.00 [ref: 157348]

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(Jacques-Cartier). LA CROIX DE JACQUES CARTIER et le Monument de la Riviére Lairet Près Québec. Québec Typographie Léger Brousseau 1888-90.
Sm. 8vo. 15pp. + [ii] + 73pp. Folding plate. Marginal browning, ex.-lib. with bookplate and ink stamp to verso of t.p., inscription, original gilt lettered black ruled cloth, minor soiling, sl. wrinkling to cloth at head of upper board.
Premier & Deuxième Bulletin du Comité Littéraire et Historique du Cerole Catholique de Québec.
£12.00 [ref: 167174]

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(Marshall). EXERCISES AT THE CEREMONY of Unveiling the Statue of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States, in Front of The Capitol, Washington, May 10, 1884. with the Address of Mr Chief Justice Waite, and the Oration of William Henry Rawlwe. With the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Bar Relating to the Monument to Chief Justice Marshall. Washington Government Printing Office 1884.
1st Ed. Thin royal 8vo. 92pp. Engraved port. frontis. Some very light browning, original gilt lettered blind embossed cloth, minor marking, spine sl. chipped.
John Marshall (1755–1835) American statesman and jurist who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a center of power.
£60.00 [ref: 189631]

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