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Published by John Howell Books 1966, 1966
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
limited edition, 1 of 3000 copies ed. hardback very good condition.
Published by John Howell Books, 1961
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. . . . . Folio, hardcover. No dj. Good condition. Old moisture marking to bottom edge of covers and textblock. Contents free of writing or marking. Binding square and tight. 115 pp. text, illustrations. Foldout maps at rear. 19th, American, Century, Exploration, History, Southwest, Western,
Published by J. Howell, 1966
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover.
Published by San Francisco, Calif.: John Howell Books, [n.d.]
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. Prospectus. 8vo. One folded sheet. [This is a prospectus, not a book]. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Edited by John Galvin.
Published by Horn & Wallace, Publishers, Albuquerque, NM, 1962
Seller: Books by White/Walnut Valley Books, Winfield, KS, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Horn & Wallace, Publishers, Albuquerque, NM. 1962. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; toning to front endpapers from newspaper clippings; shelfwear to tail and board bottom edges. DJ: Good + ; NOT Price Clipped ($7.50); rubbing to panels; light wear at tips; chipping at head and tail. Marbled paper over boards with brown overlay on the spine; gilt lettering on the spine. Maps as endpapers. Internally clean. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 182 pp 8vo. This book is an exact replication of the original. LT James Abert was a member of the Corps of Topographical Engineers sent with GEN Stephen Kearney on his expedition to conquer New Mexico for the United States. His instructions were to write a detailed report on New Mexico and its inhabitants. His investigations resulted in a document that has continued to be important historical source material on early New Mexican history and the military occupation of the state. A clean very respectable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Published by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy for John Howell-Books, San Francisco, CA, 1966
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
original beige decorated cloth. Americana (illustrator). folio. original beige decorated cloth. (xii) 116 pages, 14 colored plates, 2 plans, 2 folding maps, text illustrations. Handsome reprint of Abert's diary published by Congress in 1848, one of the earliest American publications relating to the newly acquired Territory of New Mexico, with the first printing of Abert's watercolor sketchbook. Field 4. Howes All. Pilling 3 (Cheyenne vocabulary). Plaines & Rockies 120. Radar 3344. Raines, p. 1: "Canadian Valley of Texas was part of the region traversed and described." Rittenhouse 2: "A basic Santa Fe Trail document." From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1848 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 674 Abert, J. W.,Cooke, Philip St. George,Emory, William H.,Johnston, Abraham Robinson,United States.
Published by John Howell Books, 1966
Seller: Culpepper Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. J.W.Abert (illustrator). First Edition. Very nice condition of a very nicely produced book.Bravo Mr.Howell - nice job. Abert mapped New Mexico for the United States Army. 15 color plates originally done by Ebert. LImited edition to 3000 copies.
Published by John Howell-Books, San Francisco, 1966
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
Edited by John Galvin. 116p., fold-out maps, colored illus., large quarto, original cloth.
Published by John Howell
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Used - Very Good. 1970. Small folio. Cloth, dj., 77 pp., illus., folding maps. The plain paper dustwrapper has the title hand-lettered on the spine. A nice, clean copy.
Published by John Howell
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: Used - Very Good. 1966. Small folio. Cloth, 116 pp., illus., folding maps. A nice copy.
Published by John Howell, San Francisco
Seller: Spafford Books (ABAC / ILAB), Regina, SK, Canada
1966. (Folio) Very good plus. 116pp. Frontispiece, illus., maps. Mylar wrap slightly torn. Fold-out maps. Illustrations in colour from the author's sketchbooks. Limited to 3000 copies.
ABERT, Lt. J.W. Western America in 1846-1847. The Original Travel Diary of.Who Mapped New Mexico for the United States Army. Edited by John Galvin. [San Francisco]: John Howell Books, 1966. Folio. Many illus. in full color by the author. two large fold-out maps. 116pp. Fine in orig. cloth.
Condition: Very Good. "Situated between Louisville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Indiana lies the Falls of the Ohio, a natural rock formation that was one of the few barriers to navigation on the Ohio River in the early 19th century. Both cities grew from trade in the portage business, but it was quickly recognized that an alternative solution was needed to maximize economic growth. The privately owned Louisville and Portland Canal opened for traffic in 1830, but by the early 1850s a significant portion of river traffic was too large to fit through the channel. Federal improvements were constantly necessary to maintain its efficacy, and by 1855 a total buyout by the government was completed. This map of the area around the falls was drawn by Lieutenant J.W. Abert, Engineer for the Topographic Corps of the United States Army. It was likely published by the Government Printing Office a few years later as part of a government report, with lithography performed by Auguste Hoen & Co. in Baltimore. The canal can clearly be seen, along with proposed improvements to its entrance near 9th Street in Louisville. Depth soundings and navigational hazards are noted throughout. Numerous diagrams in the negative space show cross sections of the river with corresponding high and low water levels. Also of interest is the United States Marine Hospital in the lower center. The building was constructed in 1852 and is one of the best-preserved antebellum hospitals in the United States. Interstate 64 runs approximately along the route of the former plank road. Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;" Sheet Width (in) 36.4 Sheet Height (in) 23.6 Condition Description Moderate creasing and wear along originally issued fold lines, including separation at fold intersections and along the outer edges of the sheet, wrinkling, and light toning. Very minimal, if any, image loss. A few small tears are confined to the outer edges of the margins. Good to very good overall.
Published by John Howell, 1966
Seller: Sparrow Reads, Edgewood, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Rockwell Kent (illustrator). Pristine new condition.
Published by George S. Appleton, Philadelphia, 1849
Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.
Book
Cloth - Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition, Thus. 614 pages. Ex. Doc. No. 41 complied by W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War and incorporating portions of Emory's "Notes of a Military Reconnoissance." (pp 5-416); Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert, Examination of New Mexico in the Years 1846-'47" (pp 417-548); "Report of Lieut. Col. P. St. George Cooke of his March From Santa Fe, New Mexico to San Diego, Upper California" (pp 549-614). Although the title page calls for three large maps and over one-hundred engravings, there are 67 plates present, of which three are maps. There are no folding maps present in this volume. 43 of the plates are bound within the Emery report, and 24 are in the Abert report. Ex-Library with older library stickers on spine, and minimal internal markings. Paper spine label is worn, though lettering remains good. Hinges are broke, though volume appears previously reglued beneath spine covers and entire volume remains solid and tight. Small book plates, inked and penciled names on front end leaves. Blind stamp on title page. Foxing throughout, sometimes quite heavy. Most plate are affected at least a little by foxing, and some significantly so. Good working copy of this somewhat scarce configuration of these reports.
Published by Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Washington, D.C., 1848
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. First Edition. House Exec. Doc. No. 41, 30th Congress, 1st Session. Howes E 145 (1st issue). Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lacks both flyleaves and title page, opens directly onto Secretary of War W. L. Marcy's letter dated 9 Feb. 1848 (p. 3), thus 3-614 pp., collated and complete except as noted with (64) lithographic plates including (26) in Emory's report, (14) botanical illustrations accompanying Engelmann's report, and (24) in Abert's report, plus (3) battle plan maps also in Emory between pp. 108-120. House edition (i.e. first issue), far more scarce than the (second issue) Senate edition (which was only 416 pp.), with possibly the first known rendering of Santa Fe on the plate opposite p. 419. Lacking the (2) folding maps and the large folding map which may not yet have been available upon issue (see Howes E 145 note). Considerable wear, but mostly intact. Cloth is somewhat soiled and spotted, with exposure at corners, chipped at tail of spine with some separation along joints and approx. 1" of minor loss along lower front joint, small vintage paper label mounted on upper spine (though not otherwise marked as an institutional copy). Signed on front pastedown and along top edge of p. 3 by former owner H. W. Clapham, a page in the U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 1848-49. Front hinge shows some evidence of amateur repair, but the binding is still intact, all leaves and plates present and firmly anchored excepting pp. 71-74 (which, along with 3 adjacent plates, are partially detached but fully intact). Text block edges somewhat dulled by age, interior with light scattered foxing, engraved plates mostly clean also with light foxing. Scarce edition. CONTENTS: 1) Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers / 2) Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert, of his Examination of New Mexico, in the Years 1846-47 / 3) Report of Lieut. Col. P. St. George Cooke of his March from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Diego, Upper California / 4) Journal of Captain A. R. Johnston, First Dragoons. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers, Washington, D. C., 1848
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Joint split with spine laid down, chipped at edges; rubbing to edges and bumped corners; front endpaper torn; owner signature second endpaper, two bookplates, one for Frederick Wm. Zimmerman, one for Alfred I. Exberg. Hinge starting lower 2 inches at title page, but cord binding holding firm. First folding map of New Mexico with tape repairs to back; degrees of foxing in general to text pages and plates from mild to moderate, occasionaly heavy, yet many pages and plates remain relatively clean. ; Original brown cloth, and paper spine label; 4 sketches; 26 plates; 10 of 12 botanical plates called for, also lacking 2 botanical plates called for in appendix. Abert's report with 23 of 24 plates, lacking Pueblo de Santa Ana; 2 folding maps. Conforms to Wagner-Camp 148: 5. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 614 pages.
Published by United Sates Topographical Bureau, United States, 1837
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Map
Condition: Excellent. Size : 550x393 (mm), 21.625x15.5 (Inches), Hand Colored.
Published by Wendell and Van Benthuysen., Washington, 1848
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Full Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. House of Representatives Edition which proceeds the Senate edition. Title page mistakenly lists Emory as "Lieut. Col.". Original dark brown cloth with paper label title "New Mexico, and California, by Emory, Abert, Cooke, and Johnston". Contains some scuffs and nicks. Right spine edge is loose. Pages are age-toned and stiff with a few foxed. Includes wonderful pen and ink drawings in fine condition. Two fold out maps and three maps of battles in California with the Mexicans. Large fold-out map with 5" tear from inner margin affecting the map, "The Territory of New Mexico, 1846-47"; 67 plates. Page 454 misprinted as 754. 614pp. Overall GOOD minus condition. Extreemely scarce first edition. Damp staining to bottom corner throughout. Previous owner's notes on first page from 1929. Includes the reports of J.W. Abert and Philip St. George Cooke. Together they summarize the activity of the U.S. Army to the west of Santa Fe after the capture of New Mexico by the Army of the West. The first folding map is Philip St. George Cooke's "Sketch of Part of the march & Wagon road of Lt. Colonel Cooke, from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean, 1846-7." This shows the route of the Mormon Battalion from Santa Fe to the Gila River. The other, "Map of the Territory of New Mexico," was compiled by Lieutenants Abert and Peck after the conquest of New Mexico. Both are important contributions to western cartography. Abert's report includes material on the Indians of New Mexico and their languages. The Abert report also includes all of his views of New Mexico, the best group of early New Mexico views published. Wagner-Camp is in error in its collation of this edition, mistakenly calling for only forty plates, plus those of the Abert report. William Hemsley Emory (September 7, 1811 -- December 1, 1887) was an United States Army officer and surveyor of Texas. Emory was born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, on his family's "Poplar Grove" estate. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and graduated in 1831. Assigned as a second lieutenant, he served in the Corps of Engineers until he resigned from the service in 1836 to pursue civil engineering, but he returned to the service in 1838.During that same year, he married a great-grandaughter of Benjamin Franklin, Matilda Wilkins Bache of Philadelphia. The couple would have three children. During his second stint in the army, he was successively promoted from lieutenant to captain and finally to major. He specialized in mapping the United States border, including the Texas-Mexico border, the United States-Canadian border(1844 1866) and the Gadsen Purchase (1854 -- 1857). In 1844, Emory served in an expedition that produced a new map of Texan claims westward to the Rio Grande River. He came to public attention as the author of the Notes of a Military Reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth in Missouri to San Diego, California, published by the Thirtieth United States Congress in 1848. This report described terrain and rivers, cities and forts and made observations about Indians, Mexicans, primarily in New Mexico Territory, Arizona Territory and Southern California. It was and is considered one of the important chronicles and descriptions of the historic Southwest, particularly noted for its maps. Emory was a reliable and conscientous cartographer. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Condition: Fine. "[From the University of Texas-Arlington library website]: "At the beginning of the U.S. War with Mexico, General Stephen W. Kearny's "Army of the West" easily conquered New Mexico. While Kearny soon continued on to California, he left occupation forces behind. Of his original compliment of four topographical engineers, Kearny took with him two (Lieutenants William H. Emory and William H. Warner) and left behind two who were sick (Lieutenants James W. Abert at Bent's Fort and William G. Peck at Santa Fe). He directed that after the latter two recovered, they should survey New Mexico and, together, produce a map. The resulting map shows the valley of the Rio del Norte from the junction with the Rio Colorado or Red River to the north of Taos to the northern edge of the Fra Cristobal range and the Jornado del Muerto in the south. Abert and Peck plotted many of the river's tributaries, surrounding mountains, existing roads and trails, pueblos, and mines. Crossed sabres at Canada, Embuda, and the Pueblo de Taos indicate sites where following the assassination of the new U.S. Territorial Governor Charles Bent by a mob of New Mexicans and Indians on January 19, 1847 U.S. forces under Colonel Sterling Price clashed with and brutally suppressed members of the Taos Rebellion." This fascinating piece of western Americana and seminal map of New Mexico was published in William Emory's Notes of a Military Reconnaissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California and issued by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. in 1848. Source: University of Texas-Arlington" Sheet Width (in) 20.1 Sheet Height (in) 26.5 Condition Description Faintly toned and light creasing along originally issued fold lines. Very good to near fine overall.
Published by Bureau of Topographical Engineers, Washington, 1848
Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.
First Edition
Green Cloth. Condition: Minor Corner and Edge Wear. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Senate document from the 30th Congress, 1st Session, Executive No, 23. 132 pages of text material, followed by twenty-four full-page lithographic plates and a large folding map. Plates show very minor brown spotting, confined mainly to the periphery. The large folding map has two small closed tears and small areas of paper defect at left margin secondary to binding and folding process. The plates were probably drawn by Abert, lithography by C.B. Graham. The report details Abert's trek from Fort Leavenworth, along the Santa Fe Trail to northern New Mexico, and his return along the Trail. Several pages of Cheyenne vocabulary are included in the report. See Howes A11, Streeter Sale 168, Graff 5, Sabin 57, Wagner-Camp 143 Size: Octavo.
mds, survey signed three times as Topo Eng., Signed by Author(s).
Published by U.S. Government Printing Office, Depart of War, 1848
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st edition, Senate issue. Housed in a custom made morocco leather backed slipcase. Bound by Jacques Desmonts, James Macdonald, Norwalk Conn. 24.5 cm. Bound in original printed wrappers. Wraps are worn, and nearly detached. Loss to bottom corner of front and rear wrap. Contemporary signature on front wraps. 132 pages: 24 plates, folded map; 24 cm. Large folding lithographic "Map of the Territory of New Mexico." Pages are clean and unmarked. Includes plates of Santa Fe, Fort Marcy, San Felipe, and Native Americans. Howes A-11; Sabin 57; Wagner-Camp 143; Streeter I.168; Graff 5, Rittenhouse 2. One of the earliest U.S. government sponsored explorations of the Southwest. James Abert left Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas along the Santa Fe trail in order to map the newly won territory. He made his way via Bent's Fort and returned to back His map was the most detailed up to that point. Abert had served in Gen. Stephen W. Kearny's Army of the West in the Mexican American War and had been part of Fremont's earlier California expedition. 30th Cong., 1st sess. Senate. Ex. doc., no. 23.
Published by Government Printing Office, 1848]., [Washington, 1848
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. First edition. 8vo. Senate Executive Document No. 23, 30th Congress, 1st Session. Red cloth, 132 pp., [blank], plus 24 full-page, lithograph plates and a large folding map. Raines page 1 says, "The Canadian valley of Texas was part of the region traversed and described." The report provides much of life among the Indians, plus examination of the country from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe with descriptions of flora and fauna, Mexican customs, Mexican ruins, and several pages of Indian nouns and verbs. Rittenhouse 2 says ". describes his trip from Fort Leavenworth over the SFT via Bent's Fort, his survey of the northern part of New Mexico, and his return trip over the Trail." Wear to spine ends corners, and extremities, margins of some interior pages are lightly chipped not affecting the print, a very old water stain to the top page edges not affecting the print, some light foxing throughout, interior pages are clean, and large folding map is very good with minor to light wear at a few fold creases. A solid good copy housed in a cloth clamshell case with a red leather spine label and titles stamped in gilt.