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Item #17853 Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting the Information Required by a...

An Important Early 19th-Century Case Pertaining to the Property Rights of Owners Involved in the Seized Cargo of African Slaves

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting the Information Required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 4th Instant, in Relation to the Rights of Certain Persons to the Cargoes of the Slave Ships Constitution, Louisa, and Marino [Merino]

Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 1826. 1st Edition. 8vo. An exceedingly rare 1826 document pertaining to this landmark Slave Trading case, a test to both the 1800 Slave Trade Act and the 1808 Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves. The three ships, Constitution, Louisa, and Merino were all seized..... More

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Item #13425 Afbeeldinge der Oude Waereld [Hand-colored Decorative Map of Old World]. Willem...

Hand-Colored 18th-Century Map of the Known World

Afbeeldinge der Oude Waereld [Hand-colored Decorative Map of Old World]

Amsterdam: Nicolaas Goetzee, 1749. 1st Edition. An uncommonly nice and beautiful example of this scarce 18th-century map of the 'Old World' showing the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa divided among the sons of Noah. The continental outlines are shown according to 18th century knowledge, with interiors reflecting..... More

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Item #18665 The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar and...

The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar and Equatorial Regions of the Globe

Springfield, MA: C.A. Nichols & Company, 1875. Early Printing. 8vo. An attractive 1875 edition rebound likely in quarter tan cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. Burgundy and gilt leather title label to spine. Frontis portrait of the author. Profusely illustrated with in-text black-and-white engravings of people and places across..... More

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Item #16027 Mau Mau Man-Hunt. William Baldwin

Mau Mau Man-Hunt

New York: Dutton, 1957. 1st Edition. 8vo. "A young American, circling the world on a motorcycle, finds his funds running out in Kenya and joins the Kenya Police Reserve in their struggle to stamp out the Mau Mau terrorist movement. "The story he tells is one of extraordinary adventure..... More

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Item #18448 A Map of the Cape of Good Hope & the Country adjacent 1752. John Gibson

A Detailed Mid-18th Century Map of the Southern Tip of Africa

A Map of the Cape of Good Hope & the Country adjacent 1752

London: The Gentleman's Magazine, 1755. 8vo. A lovely map of the southern tip of Africa published to reflect recent observations and measurements made by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille. Lacaille spent three years at the Cape conducting astronomical geodedic observations in an attempt to determine the radius of the..... More

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Item #17999 The World in Miniature - Complete in 43 Volumes. Frederic Shoberl

RARE as a Complete Set, with Hundreds of Full-Page Hand-Colored Plates

The World in Miniature - Complete in 43 Volumes

London: R. Ackermann, 1821-1827. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. An EXCEEDINGLY RARE COMPLETE 1st Edition of the entire 43-volume series, originally published in parts between 1821-1827. Bound in gorgeous later 19th-century tree calf by the Morrell Bindery in London, with beautiful gilt work to both boards and spine... More

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