Captain Jonathan Carver (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. .Containing An Account of the great Lakes, and all the Lakes, Islands, and Rivers, Cataracts, Mountains, Minerals, Soil and Vegetable Productions of the North-West Regions of that vast Continent: With a Description of the Birds, Beasts, Reptiles, Iinsects, and Fishes peculiar to the Country. Together with a concise History of the Genius, Manners, and Customs of the Indians inhabiting the lands that lie Adjacent to the heads and to the westward of the great River Mississippi; Blue Morocco with raised bands, gilt spine title + 2 small vignettes, all edges marbled, interior dentelles, & marbled endpapers / pastedown; A very good or so copy with early owner name/date atop title page, all in a very nice slipcase; 360 pages including Appendix + 16 pages of subscribers; 5"x8".…

Condition: Good. 282 pages. Hardcover leather binding. Moderate shelf wear, Front hinge starting to separate. Pages heavily foxed and tanned. Previous owner's name and markings throughout. Record # 354182.

Leather over boards. Condition: Good. No edition marks. Hardcover leather (brown) over boards. 12mo. xvi, 6-312 pp. Unillustrated. Unknown edition; the first edition of this book was published in 1778. Carver dies two years later in 1780, and his book is printed by several publishers in both the UK and America. Contemporary binding. Black faux leather label with gilt short title pasted on spine. Single line gilt border on front board. Bookplate (Dorcest Soc Antiq et Hist) on front pastedown. Text block foxed and age toned. Binding is strong and square. Small dent in the top left corner of the front board, and the top right corner of the label is peeling. Good condition overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Tall 12mo in brown cloth, newly rebound, four raised spines with horizontal gilt lines, tight textblock, clean unfoxed pages tho toned, foredges smudging, the cover is unworn, new endpapers, title page backed with new paper to compensate for chipped edges and fragile paper. Pagination: Xiv, (7) , 282pp. A rarity here and a classic. Carver was trying to find the transcontinental waterway and in so doing was exploring tributaries of the Mississippi after traveling 1000s miles to Michillimackinac, N. Minnesota, taking over two years, penetrating further into Indian country than other English explorer before the Revolution, even before Louis & Clark. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 282 pages Second Edition Revised and Enlarged; 1789.…