Parke Bernet: The Distinguished Collection of Americana Formed by C.G. Littell, Chicago, 1945yr,

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Auction Date: February 05, 1945 - February 05, 1945

Page Size: 1141 items in 12 pages

Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
STUART, GRANVILLE	Montana as it Is; being a General Description of Its Resources, both Mineral and Agricultural, including a Complete Description of the Face of the Country, Its Climate, etc....To Which Is Appended, a Complete Dictionary of the Snake Language, and also of	New York	1865	USD -	230.00
STURGIS, THOMAS	The Ute War of 1879. Why the Indian Bureau should be transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of War.	Cheyenne, Wyoming	1873	USD -	45.00
SULLIVAN, MAURICE S.	The Travels of Jedediah Smith. A Documentary Outline, including the Journal of the Great American Pathfinder.	Santa Ana, Cal.	1934	USD -	27.50
SULLIVAN, W. J. L.	Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas.	Austin	1909	USD -	22.50
SUMMERHAYES, MARTHA	Vanished Arizona. Recollections of My Army Life.	Philadelphia	1908	USD -	12.50
SUMMERHAYES, MARTHA	Vanished Arizona. Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman.	Salem, Mass	n.d.	USD -	10.00
SUTCLIFF, ROBERT	Travels in some parts of North America, in the years 1804, 1805, & 1806.	York	1811	USD -	6.00
SWAN, JAMES G.	The Northwest Coast; or, Three Years' Residence in Washington Territory.	New York	1857	USD -	7.50
SWISHER, JAMES	How I Know, or Sixteen Years' Eventful Experience. An Authentic Narrative, embracing a Brief Record of Serious and Severe Services on the Battle-Fields of the South...Thrilling Adventures, Narrow Escapes, and Dire Disasters on the Western Frontier and in	Cincinnati	1880	USD -	9.00
SYNDER, JOHN F.	Captain John Baptiste Saucier at Fort Chartres in the Illinois, 1751--1763.	Peoria, Ill.	1901	USD -	45.50
SYNDER, JOHN F.	Captain John Baptiste Saucier at Fort Chartres in the Illinois, 1751--1763.	Peoria, Ill.	1901	USD -	40.00
TAILFER, PAT[RICK and others]	A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia in America, from the First Settlement thereof, until this present Period; containing, the most authentick Facts, Matters, and Transactions therein. Together with His Majesty's Charter, Representatio	[London]	[1741]	USD -	60.00
TALBOT, THEODORE	The Journals of Theodore Talbot 1843 and 1849--52. With the Fremont Expeditions of 1843 and with the First Military Company in Oregon Territory 1849--1852. Edited, with Notes by Charles H. Carey. Imp.	Portland, Oregon	1931	USD -	6.00
TALLENT, ANNIE D.	The Black Hills; or, the Last Hunting Ground of the Dakotahs. A Complete History of the Black Hills from the First Invasion in 1874 to the Present Time, Comprising a Comprehensive Account of How They Lost Them; of Numerous Adventures of the Early Settlers	St. Louis	1899	USD -	7.00
TANNER, JOHN	A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner (U. S. Interpreter at the Saut de Ste. Marie) during Thirty Years residence among the Indians in the Interior of North America. Prepared for the Press by Edwin James.	New York	1830	USD -	50.00
TARAVAL, FATHER SIGISMUNDO	The Indian Uprising in Lower California 1734--1737. Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur.	Los Angeles	1931	USD -	8.00
TARLETON, COL. BANASTRE	A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North America.	London	1787	USD -	40.00
TAYLOR, BAYARD	Elorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel.	New York	1850	USD -	17.00
TAYLOR, G.	A Voyage to North America, perform'd by G. Taylor, of Sheffield, in the years 1768 and 1769...with an Account of his tedious Passage...Manner of Trading with the Indians...His setting Sail from Philadelphia to New Orleans, in West Florida, up the River Mi	Nottingham	1771	USD -	90.00
TAYLOR, JAMES W.	Legislature of Minnesota. Northwest British America, and its Relation to the State of Minnesota.	St. Paul	1860	USD -	160.00
TAYLOR, JOSEPH H.	Sketches of Frontier and Indian Life on the Upper Missouri and Great Plains. Embracing the Author's Personal Recollections of Noted Frontier Characters and Some Observations of Wild Indian Life during a Twenty-Five Years' Residence in the Two Dakotas and	Pottstown, Pa.	1889	USD -	42.50
TAYLOR, THOMAS E.	Running the Blockade. A Personal Narrative of Adventures, Risks, and Escapes during the American Civil War. With an Introduction by Julian Corbett.	New York	1896	USD -	4.00
TENNESSEE. DANIEL SMITH	A Short Description of the Tennessee Government, or, The Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio, to Accompany and Explain a map of that Country.	Philadelphia	1793	USD -	325.00
TERRELL, ALEXANDER W.	From Texas to Mexico and the Court of Maximilian in 1865.	Dallas	1933	USD -	17.50
TERRELL, ALEXANDER W.	From Texas to Mexico and the Court of Maximilian in 1865.	Dallas	1933	USD -	15.00
TERRY, DAVID S.	Trial of David S. Terry by the Committee of Vigilance, San Francisco.	San Francisco	1856	USD -	25.00
TEXAS	A Visit to Texas: Being the Journal of a Traveller through those parts most Interesting to American Settlers. With Descriptions of Scenery, Habits, &c. &c.	New York	1834	USD -	27.50
THEVENOT, MELCHISEDEC	Recueil de Voyages de Mr. Thevenot. Dedie au Roy.	A Paris	1681	USD -	190.00
THISSELL, G. W.	Crossing the Plains in '49.	Oakland	1903	USD -	20.00
THOMAS, DAVID	Travels through the Western Country in the Summer of 1816, etc.	Auburn	1819	USD -	22.50
THOMPSON, DAVID. J. B.	TYRRELL. A Brief Narrative of the Journeys of David Thompson, in North-Western America....	Toronto	1888	USD -	6.00
[THOMPSON, JACOB]	Pacific Wagon Roads. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting A report upon the several wagon roads constructed under the direction of the Interior Department.	[Washington]	[1859]	USD -	25.00
THOMPSON, COL. WILLIAM	Reminiscences of a Pioneer.	San Francisco	1912	USD -	6.00
[THOMSON, CHARLES]	An Enquiry into the Causes of the Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British Interest, and into the Measures taken for recovering their Friendship....	London	1759	USD -	70.00
THOMSON, ORIGEN	Crossing the Plains. Narrative of the Scenes and Adventures attending the Overland Journey of the Decatur and Rush County Emigrants to the "far-off" Oregon, in 1852. Printed from a Diary of Daily Events kept by the late Origen Thomson; With an Introductor	Greenburg, Indiana	1896	USD -	90.00
THORPE, T. B.	Our Army at Monterey. Being a Correct Account of the Proceedings and Events Which Occurred to the "Army of Occupation" under the Command of Major General Taylor, from the Time of Leaving Matamoros to the Surrender of Monterey. With a Description of the Th	Philadelphia	1847	USD -	9.00
TICE, JOHN H.	Over the Plains, on the Mountains; or, Kansas, Colorado, and the Rocky Mountains; Agriculturally, Mineralogically and Aesthetically Described.	St. Louis, Mo.	1872	USD -	10.00
[TILLSON, CHRISTINA HOLMES]	Reminiscences of Early Life in Illinois.	N.p.,[Amherst]	[n.d. 1872]	USD -	270.00
TIMBERLAKE, LIEUT. HENRY	The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake, (Who accompanied the Three Cherokee Indians to England in the Year 1762) Containing Whatever he observed remarkable, or worthy of public Notice, during his Travels to and from that Nation; wherein the Country, Gover	London	1765	USD -	110.00
TOME, PHILIP	Pioneer Life; or, Thirty Years a Hunter. Being Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Philip Tome.	Buffalo	1854	USD -	140.00
TONTI, HENRI DE	An Account of Monsieur de la Salle's last Expedition and Discoveries in North-America. Presented to the French King, And Published by the Chevalier Tonti, Governour of Fort St. Louis, in the Province of the Illinois...Also The Adventures of the Sieur de M	London	1698.	USD -	150.00
TOPONCE, ALEXANDER	Reminiscences of Alexander Toponce, Pioneer.	[Salt Lake City]	[1923]	USD -	6.00
TORREY, JESSE, JR.	A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery, in the United States...including Memoirs of Facts on the Interior Traffic in Slaves, and on Kidnapping.	Philadelphia	1817	USD -	8.00
TOWNE, LAURA M.	Letters and Diary of Laura M. Towne. Written from the Sea Islands of South Carolina 1862--1884. Edited by Rupert Sargent Holland.	Cambridge	1912	USD -	7.00
TOWNSEND, JOSEPH	Some Account of the British Army, under the Command of General Howe, and of The Battle of Brandywine, on the Memorable September 11, 1777...Accompanied by a Notice of the Life of Joseph Townsend, and an Historical Sketch of the Battle.	Philadelphia	1846	USD -	12.50
TOWNSEND, JOHN K.	Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c. with A Scientific Appendix.	Philadelphia	1839	USD -	25.00
TOWNSEND, JOHN K.	Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains, including a Journey to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c.	London	1840	USD -	27.50
TRIGGS, J. H.	History and Directory of Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, comprising a brief History of Laramie City from its first Settlement to the present Time, together with Sketches of the Characteristics and Resources of the Surrounding Country; including a minute	Laramie City	1875	USD -	65.00
TROBRIAND, COMTE REGIS DE	Vie Militaire dans le Dakota. Notes et Souvenirs (1867--1869).	Paris	1926	USD -	11.00
TROLLOPE, MRS FRANCES	Domestic Manners of the Americans.	London	1832	USD -	27.50
[TRUESDELL, MRS MARY VAN HOGEL]	Tippecanoe: A Legend of the Border.	[Providence]	1840	USD -	30.00
[TRUMBULL, HENRY]	History of the Discovery of America, of the Landing of Our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of Their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians, in New-England, from Their First Landing in 1620, until the Final Subjugation of the Natives in 1669....By the	Brooklyn, (L. I.)	[1809]	USD -	20.00
[TRUMBULL, HENRY]	Life and Remarkable Advantures of Israel R. Potter, (A Native of Cranston, Rhode-Island,) who was a Soldier in the American Revolution, And took a distinguished part in the Battle of Bunker Hill (in which he received three wounds,) after which he was take	Providence	[1824]	USD -	10.00
TURRILL, H. B.	Historical Reminescences of the City of Des Moines.	Des Moines	1857	USD -	30.00
TYLER, SERGEANT DANIEL	A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846--1847.	[Salt Lake City]	1881	USD -	40.00
TYSON, JAMES L.	Diary of a Physician in California; being the Results of Actual Experiences, including Notes of the Journey by Land and Water, and Observations on the Climate, Soil, Resources of the Country, etc.	New York	1850	USD -	37.50
UDELL, JOHN	Incidents of Travel to California, across the Great Plains, together with the Return Trips through Central America and Jamaica; to which are added Sketches of the Author's Life.	Jefferson, Ohio	1856	USD -	35.00
UMFREVILLE, EDWARD	The Present State of Hudson's Bay. Containing a Full Description of that Settlement, and the Adjacent Country; and Likewise of the Fur Trade, with Hints for its Improvement, etc.	London	1790	USD -	30.00
UNITED STATES	A Map of the United States of North America. Drawn from a number of Critical Researches by A. Arrowsmith. London...Published by A. Arrowsmith...Jan. 1st 1796. COLORED.			USD -	55.00
UNITED STATES	Map of the United States. Compiled from the Latest and most Accurate Surveys by Amos Lay, Geographer & Map Publisher, New York. London, Published by the Proprietor, 1834.			USD -	40.00
[VALLETTE DE LAUDUN]	Journal d'un Voyage a la Louisiane fait en 1720. Par M***, Capitaine de Vaisseau du roi.	A La Haye, et se trouve a Paris	1768	USD -	10.00
VAN BUREN, A. DE PUY.	Jottings of a Year's Sojourn in the South; or First Impressions of the Country and its People; with a Glimpse at School-Teaching in that Southern Land, and Reminiscences of Distinguished Men.	Battle Creek, Mich.	1859	USD -	14.00
VAN CLEVE, CHARLOTTE O.	"Three Score Years and Ten," Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and others Parts of the West.	[Minneapolis]	1888	USD -	6.00
VAN FLEET, REV. J. A.	Old and New Mackinac; with Copious Extracts from Marquette, Hennepin, La Houtan, Cadillac, Alexander Henry, and Others.	Ann Arbor, Mich.	1870	USD -	4.00
VAN ZANDT, NICHOLAS B.	A Full Description of the Soil, Water, Timber, and Prairies of Each Lot, or Quarter Section of the Military Lands between the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.	Washington City	1818	USD -	70.00
VENABLE, W. H.	Footprints of the Pioneers in the Ohio Valley. A Centennial Sketch.	Cincinnati	1888	USD -	7.00
VENABLE, W. H.	Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley. Historical and Biographical Sketches.	Cincinnati	1891	USD -	20.00
VENEGAS, MIGUEL	Noticia de la California, y de su Conquista Temporal, y Espiritual hasta el Tiempo Presente. Sacada de la Historia Manuscrita, Formada en Mexico ano de 1739...	Madrid	1757	USD -	230.00
[VENEGAS, MIGUEL]	A Natural and Civil History of California: containing An accurate Description of that Country...the Customs of the Inhabitants...Together with Accounts of the several Voyages and Attempts made for setting California, etc.	London	1759	USD -	90.00
VICTOR, MRS FRANCES F.	The River of the West. Life and Adventures in the Rocky Mountains and Oregon; embracing events in the Life-Time of a Mountain-Man and Pioneer: With the Early History of the North-Western Slope, including an Account of the Fur Traders, the Indian Tribes, e	Hartford, Conn., and Toledo, Ohio	1870	USD -	17.50
VICTOR, MRS FRANCES F.	Atlantis Arisen; or, Talks of a Tourist about Oregon and Washington.	Philadelphia	1891	USD -	9.00
VOLNEY, CONSTANTIN F. C., COMTE DE	View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America: to which are annexed some Accounts of Florida, the French Colony on the Scioto, certain Canadian Colonies, and the Savages or Natives.	London	1804	USD -	9.00
VOORHEES, LUKE	Personal Recollections of Pioneer Life on the Mountains and Plains of the Great West.	[Cheyenne]	[1920]	USD -	27.50
WAFER, LIONEL	A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America. Giving an Account of the Author's Abode there...The Indian Inhabitants...their Manners, Customs, etc.	London	1704	USD -	15.00
WAKEFIELD, JOHN A.	History of the War Between the United States and the Sac and Fox Nations of Indians, and Parts of Other Disaffected Tribes of Indians, in the Years 1827, 31, and 32.	Jacksonville, Ill.	1834	USD -	80.00
WALKER, ADAM	A Journal of Two Campaigns of the Fourth Regiment of U. S. Infantry, in the Michigan and Indiana Territories, under the Command of Col. John P. Boyd, and Lt. Col. James Miller during the Years 1811, & 12.	Keene, N. H.	1816	USD -	85.00
[WALKER, WILLIAM.] WILLIAM V. WELLS	Walker's Expedition to Nicaragua; a History of the Central American War; and the Sonora and Kinney Expeditions, including all the Recent Diplomatic Correspondence...	New York	1856	USD -	11.00
WALLACE, HENRY	Uncle Henry's Letters to the Farm Boy.	Des Moines	1897	USD -	5.00
WALLACE, HENRY	Uncle Henry's Own Story of His Life. Personal Reminiscences.	Des Moines, Iowa	1917--1978	USD -	7.00
WALLER, ELBERT	Illinois Pioneer Days.	Litchfield, Illinois	1918	USD -	8.00
WALLER, JOHN A.	A Voyage in the West Indies: Containing various observations made during a Residence in Barbadoes, and several of the Leeward Islands; with some Notices and Illustrations relative to the City of Paramarabo, in Surinam.	London	1820	USD -	11.00
[WALTON, WILLIAM]	A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his Family; Who were surprised by the Indians, and taken from their Farms, on the Frontiers of Pennsylvania, In the Spring, 1780.	Philadelphia	1784	USD -	27.50
WANSEY, HENRY	The Journal of an Excursion to the United States of North America, in the Summer of 1794.	Salisbury	1796	USD -	20.00
WAR OF 1812.	The War. Being a Faithful Record of the Transactions of the War between the United States of America and their Territories and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dependencies Thereof....	New-York	1813	USD -	90.00
[WARD, NAHUM]	A Brief Sketch of the State of Ohio, one of the United States in North America...Exhibiting a View of the unparalled Progress of that State since 1789, to the present Day.	Glasgow	1822	USD -	105.00
WARE, EUGENE F.	The Indian War of 1864: Being a Fragment of the Early History of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming.	Topeka, Kansas	1911	USD -	20.00
WARRE, CAPT. H.	Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory.	[London]	[1848]	USD -	420.00
WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Journal of the Journey Over the Mountains...in the Northern Neck of Virginia, beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747--8. Copied from the Original...by J. M. Toner.	Albany	1892	USD -	3.00
WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Journal of Colonel George Washington, Commanding a Detachment of Virginia Troops, sent by Robert Dinwiddie across the Allegheny Mountains in 1754, to Build Forts at the Head of the Ohio...Edited, with Notes, by J. M. Toner.	Albany	1893	USD -	8.00
[WATERHOUSE, DR. BENJAMIN]	A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, late a Surgeon on Board an American Privateer, who was Captured at Sea by the British, in May, Eighteen Hundred and Thirteen, and was confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, etc.	Boston	1816	USD -	11.00
WAUGH, LORENZO	Autobiography of Lorenzo Waugh.	Oakland, Cal.	1883	USD -	17.50
WAY, W. V.	The Facts and Historical Events of the Toledo War of 1835, as Connected with the First Session of the Court of Common Pleas of Lucas County, Ohio.	Toledo	1869	USD -	17.50
WEBBER, CHARLES W.	Old Hicks the Guide; or, Adventures in the Camanche Country in Search of a Gold Mine.	New York	1848	USD -	25.00
WEBBER, CHARLES W.	Tales of the Southern Border.	Philadelphia	1853	USD -	12.50
WEBSTER, KIMBALL	The Gold Seekers of '49. A Personal Narrative of the Overland Trail and Adventures in California and Oregon from 1849 to 1854. With an Introduction and Biographical Sketch, by George Waldo Browne.	Manchester, N. H.	1917	USD -	5.00
WEISER, CONRAD	Narrative of a Journey, made in the year 1737, by Conrad Weiser, Indian Agent and Provincial Interpreter, from Tulpehocken in the Province of Pennsylvania to Ononfago, the head quarters of the allied Six Nations. [In collections of the Historical Socie	Philadelphia	1851	USD -	1.00
WELBY, ADLARD	A Visit to North America and the English Settlements in Illinois, with a Winter Residence at Philadelphia; solely to ascertain the actual prospects of the emigrating agriculturist, mechanic, and commercial speculator.	London	1821	USD -	40.00
WELD, ISAAC	Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796 and 1797.	London	1799	USD -	17.50
WEST, JOHN	The Substance of a Journal during a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America; and Frequent Excursions among the North-West American Indians, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.	London	1824	USD -	8.00
	WESTERN TRAVELER'S POCKET DIRECTORY and Stranger's Guide, The; Exhibiting Distances on the Principal Canal and Stage Routes in the States of New York and Ohio, in the Territory of Michigan, and in the Province of Lower Canada, &c. Containing also Descript	Schenectady	1854	USD -	5.00

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