London: George Virtue, 1840. First edition, state A of volume II with Contents list numbered. Originally published in 30 parts without text, and appearing here for the first time in expanded book form, this is a beautiful series of views, showing principal cities and scenic views, engraved from drawings Bartlett..... Read More about American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. “Fathers of America Sport” - Derrydale Colorist’s Models. An extremely handsome and decorative set of American sporting notables. The six portraits, each set in an appropriate background, are of: SAMUEL MORRIS, ESQ., Foxhunter, first president of the Gloucester Foxhunting Club, America's oldest; COL. WILLIAM..... Read More about “FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT”. Complete set of Six Colorist’s Models, with what is evidently...

Philadelphia: J. & T. Doughty, 1830-1833. First edition. COMPLETE SET - THE PHILLIPS COPY. "A mine of information on contemporary sport and natural history" (Phillips). A landmark of American sporting publication, issued in parts by the brothers Thomas and John Doughty. Subscriptions dwindled after Thomas departed for Boston, and the..... Read More about The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports

London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1775. Second edition, printed within a few days of the first impression. In answer to the colonists’ rallying cry of “No taxation without representation,” Johnson invokes the notion of virtual representation, and argues that the colonists “are represented … by the same..... Read More about Taxation No Tyranny; an Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress

c. 1900. Draft Outline of Riis’ Autobiography. The autograph outline of the first seven chapters of Riis’s autobigraphy, The Making of an American (1902), as well as outlines for parts of chapters twelve through fifteen. The opening chapters recount stories from Riis’s boyhood in Denmark, meeting his future wife Elizabeth..... Read More about Autograph Manuscript Draft Outline of The Making of an American

New York: ca. 1930]. A striking image, reminiscent of Berenice Abbott's work in its juxtaposition of new and old New York City. Sherril Schell (1877-1964) was an American photographer best known for his architectural photography, especially of New York City. He had a studio in London in the early 1900s-1910s..... Read More about News Building no. 7

Rome: March-May, 1864. Flora Payne Whitney's Italian Travel Diary, 1864. Flora Payne was a Cleveland heiress whose marriage to William Collins Whitney three years after this diary was written formed the basis of one of America's legendary families. Flora Payne herself "was an anomaly among the young ladies of her..... Read More about Autograph diary of her travels in Italy including Rome, Pompeii, and other visitors' destinations