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
[KINZIE, MRS JOHN H.]	Narrative of the Massacre at Chicago, August 15, 1812, and of some Preceding Events.	Chicago	1844	USD -	200.00
KINZIE, MRS JOHN H.	Wau-Bun, the "Early Day" in the North-West.	New York	1856	USD -	20.00
KINZIE, MRS J. H.	Wau-Bun, the "Early Day" of the North-West.	Chicago	1901	USD -	10.00
[KIP, LAWRENCE]	The Indian Council in the Valley of the Walla-Walla. 1855. [Printed, not Published.]	San Francisco	1855	USD -	170.00
KIP, LAWRENCE	Army Life on the Pacific; a Journal of the Expedition Against the Northern Indians, the Tribes of the Coeur d'Alenes, Spokans, and Pelouzes, in the Summer of 1858.	New York	1859	USD -	8.00
KNOX, CAPT. JOHN	An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North-America, for the Years 1757, 1758, 1759, and 1760: Containing the most Remarkable Occurrences of that Period; Particularly the Two Sieges of Quebec, &c. &c....	London	1769	USD -	160.00
KOHL, J. G.	Kitchi-Gami. Wanderings round Lake Superior.	London	1860	USD -	35.00
[KOHLER, CARL.]	Briefe aus Amerika fur deutsche Auswanderer.	Darmstadt	1852	USD -	45.00
LAHONTAN, BARON DE	New Voyages to North-America. Containing An Account of the Several Nations of that vast Continent; their Customs, Commerce, and Way of Navigation upon the Lakes and Rivers; the several Attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another; with the	London	1703	USD -	115.00
LAKESIDE CLASSICS, THE	Complete set of The Lakeside Classics.	Chicago	1903--1944	USD -	200.00
LAMBERT, JOHN	Travels through Lower Canada, and the United States of North America, in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808, etc.	London	1810	USD -	45.00
LAMSON, J.	Round Cape Horn. Voyage of the Passenger-Ship James W. Paige, from Maine to California in the year 1852.	Bangor	1878	USD -	10.00
LANE, LYDIA SPENCER	I Married a Soldier; or, Old Days in the Old Army.	Philadelphia	1893	USD -	15.00
LANGFORD, NATHANIEL P.	Vigilante Days and Ways, the Pioneers of the Rockies; The Makers and Making of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.	Boston	1890	USD -	22.50
LANGWORTHY, FRANKLIN	Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines: or a Diary kept upon the Overland Route to California, by Way of the Great Salt Lake...embracing the return by the Pacific Ocean and Central America, in the Years 1850, '51, '52 and '53.	Ogdensburgh	1855	USD -	35.00
LANMAN, CHARLES	A Tour of the River Saguenay, in Lower Canada.	Philadelphia	1848	USD -	5.00
LARIMER, MRS SARAH L.	The Capture and Escape; or, Life among the Sioux.	Philadelphia	1870	USD -	10.00
LARPENTEUR, CHARLES	Forty Years a Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri. The Personal Narrative of Charles Larpenteur 1833--1872. Edited by Elliott Coues.	New York	1898	USD -	20.00
LA PEROUSE, [J. F. GALAUP DE.]	The Voyage of La Perouse round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, with the Nautical Tables. Arranged by M. L. A. Milet Mureau...Translated from the French.	London	1798	USD -	27.50
LATOUR, MAJOR A.	LACARRIERE. Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814--15...Translated for the Author, by H. P. Nugent.	Philadelphia	1816	USD -	40.00
LATROBE, CHARLES J.	The Rambler in North America.	London	1835	USD -	25.00
LATROBE, CHARLES J.	The Rambler in Mexico: MDCCCXXIV.	London	1836	USD -	3.00
LA VERENDRYE, PIERRE GAULTIER DE VARENNES DE	Journals and Letters of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de la Verendrye and His Sons, with Correspondence between the Governors of Canada and the French Court, Touching the Search for the Western Sea. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Lawrence J. Burpee.	Toronto	1927	USD -	37.50
LAW, JOHN	Address delivered before the Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society, February 22, 1839.	Louisville, Ky.	1839	USD -	55.00
LAW, JOHN	The Colonial History of Vincennes, under the French, British and American Governments, from its First Settlement down to the Territorial Administration of General William Henry Harrison, etc.	Vincennes	1858	USD -	15.00
LAWSON, J. T.	Lawson's Map from Actual Survey of the Gold, Silver & Quicksilver Regions of Upper California. Exhibiting Mines, Diggings, Roads, Paths, Houses, Mills, Stores, Missions, &c., &c. Together with a Miniature map of the United States, Mexico and South America	New York	[1849]	USD -	185.00
LAWSON, JOHN	Allerneuste Beschreibung der Provintz Carolina in West-Indien, samt einem Reise-Journal von mehr als Tausend Meilen unter allerhand Indianischen Nationen....Aus dem Englischen ubersetzet durch M. Vischer.	Hamburg	1712	USD -	55.00
LEA, LIEUT. ALBERT	Notes on Wisconsin Territory.	Philadelphia	1836	USD -	190.00
LECHFORD, THOMAS	Plain Dealing: or, Newes from New-England. A short view of New-Englands present Government, both Ecclesiasticall and Civil, compared with the anciently-received and established Government of England, in some materiall points; fit for the gravest considera	London	1642	USD -	285.00
[LE CONTE, JOSEPH]	A Journal of Ramblings through the High Sierras of California by the "University Excursion Party."	San Francisco	1875	USD -	20.00
LE CONTE, JOSEPH	'Ware Sherman. A Journal of Three Months' Personal Experience in the Last Days of the Confederacy. With an Introductory Reminiscence by his Daughter Caroline Le Conte.	Berkeley	1937	USD -	3.00
LEE, NELSON	Three Years Among the Camanches, the Narrative of Nelson Lee, the Texan Ranger, containing a detailed account of his Captivity among the Indians, his Singular Escape through the Instrumentality of his Watch, and fully illustrating Indian Life as it is on	Albany	1859	USD -	30.00
LEE, WILLIAM	The True and Interesting Travels of William Lee, born at Hadfield, near Doncaster, where his parents were farmers, who apprenticed him to a Flaxdresser at Doncaster, with whom he served seven Years, and afterwards in 1768 went with a Venture to America, w	London	[1808]	USD -	75.00
LEECH, SAMUEL	Thirty Years from Home, or a Voice from the Main Deck. Being the Experience of Samuel Leech, who was for Six Years in the British and American Navies: was Captured in the British Frigate Macedonian: afterwards entered the American Navy, and was taken in t	Boston	1844	USD -	6.00
LEEPER, DAVID R.	The Argonauts of 'Forty-Nine. Some Recollections of the Plains and Diggings.	South Bend, Ind.	1894	USD -	30.00
LELAND, CHARLES G.	The Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, or, Three Thousand Miles in a Railway Car.	Philadelphia	1867	USD -	15.00
LENOX, EDWARD H.	Overland to Oregon in the Tracks of Lewis and Clarke. History of the First Emigration to Oregon in 1843. Edited by Robert Whitaker.	Oakland, Cal.	1904	USD -	8.00
LEONARD, ZENAS	Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard, a Native of Clearfield County, Pa. who spent five Years in Trapping Furs, Trading with the Indians, &c., &c., of the Rocky Mountains. Written by Himself.	Clearfield	1839	USD -	790.00
LE PAGE DU PRATZ, M.	The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing A Description of the Countries that lye on both Sides of the River Missisipi...Translated from the French...With some Notes and Observations relating to our Colonies.	London	1763	USD -	55.00
[LETTS, JOHN M.]	A Pictorial View of California; including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes, with Information and Advice Interesting to All, particularly Those Who Intend to Visit the Golden Region. By a Returned Californian.	New-York	1853	USD -	27.50
LEWIS, HENRY	Das Illustrirte Mississippithal vom Wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum Golf von Mexico. Nebst einer historischen und geographischen Beschreibung der Flus begranzenden Landen.	Dusseldorf	[1855--187]	USD -	1,000.00
LEWIS, MRS JANE	Narrative of the Captivity and Providential Escape of Mrs. Jane Lewis, (Wife of James Lewis), Who, with a son and daughter, (the former in his 16th, and the latter in the 10th year of her age,) and an infant babe, were made prisoners within a few miles of	N. p.	1833	USD -	27.50
LEWIS, MERIWETHER, and WILLIAM CLARK	Travels in the Interior Parts of America; Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar; with a Statistical Account of the Countries Adjacent. As Laid before the	London	1807	USD -	15.00
LEWIS, MERIWETHER, and WILLIAM CLARK	History of the Expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the years 1804, 5, 6...Prepared for the Press by	Philadelphia	1814	USD -	90.00
LINFORTH, JAMES	Route form Liverpool to Great Salt Lake Valley....Together with a Geographical and Historical Description of Utah,...	Liverpool	1855	USD -	140.00
LINN, JOHN J.	Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Texas. Published for the Author.	New York	1883	USD -	21.00
LITTELL, WILLIAM	Festoons of Fancy, consisting of Compositions Amatory, Sentimental and Humorous, in Verse and Prose.	Louisville, Ky.	1814	USD -	400.00
LITTLE, JAMES A.	Jacob Hamlin, a Narrative of his Personal Experience, as a Frontiersman, Missionary to the Indians and Explorers, etc.	Salt Lake City	1881	USD -	15.00
LITTLE, JAMES A.	From Kirkland to Salt Lake City.	Salt Lake City	1890	USD -	10.00
LITTLE, JAMES A.	What I Saw on the Old Santa Fe Trail...A Condensed Story of Frontier Life half a Century Ago.	Plainfield, Indiana	[1904]	USD -	30.00
LITTLEJOHN, F. J.	Legends of Michigan and the Old North West; or, a Cluster of Unpublished Waifs, gleaned along the Uncertain, Misty Line, divining Traditional from Historic Times.	Allegan, Mich.	1875	USD -	17.50
[LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM]	A Review of the Military Operations in North America; from the Commencement of the French Hostilities on the Frontiers of Virginia in 1753, to the Surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756. Interspersed with various Observations, Characters and Ane	London	1757	USD -	85.00
LLOYD, JAMES T.	Lloyd's Steamboat Directory, and Disasters on the Western Waters, containing the history of the First Application of Steam, as a motive power: the Lives of John Fitch and Robert Fulton...Early Scenes on the Western Waters, from 1798 to 1812...History of a	Philadelphia	[1856]	USD -	17.50
LOESCH, FRANK J.	Personal Experiences during the Chicago Fire.	Chicago	1925	USD -	18.00
LONG, J.	Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader, describing the Manners and Customs of the North American Indians; with an Account of the Posts situated on the River Saint Laurence, Lake Ontario, &c. To which is added, a Vocabulary of the Chippewa	London	1791	USD -	47.50
LOS ANGELES. [HENRY R. WAGNER]	The Earliest Documents of El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles.	[Los Angeles]	[1931]	USD -	17.50
LOUDON, ARCHIBALD	A Selection of some of the most interesting Narratives of Outrages Committed by the Indians in their Wars with the White People...	Carlisle	1808--1811	USD -	430.00
LOUISIANA	A Map of Louisiana and of the River Mississippi. By John Senex.	[London]	[1721]	USD -	17.50
LOUISIANA	The Present State of the Country and Inhabitants, European and Indians, of Louisiana, On the North Continent of America. By an Officer at New Orleans to his Friend at Paris. Containing the Garrisons, Forts and Forces, Price of all Manner of Provisions and	London	1744	USD -	85.00
LOUISIANA	An Account of Louisiana, being an Abstract of Documents in the Offices of the Departments of State, and of the Treasury.	Philadelphia	1803	USD -	5.00
LOWE, PERCIVAL G.	Five Years a Dragoon ('48 to '54) and Other Adventures on the Great Plains.	Kansas City, Mo.	1906	USD -	12.50
LOWELL & CO., DANIEL W.	Map of the Nez Perces and Salmon River Gold Mines in Washington Territory. Compiled from the Most Recent Surveys.	San Francisco	1862	USD -	100.00
LUCAS, ROBERT	The Robert Lucas Journal of the War of 1812 during the Campaign under General William Hull. Edited by John C. Parish.	Iowa City	1906	USD -	8.00
[LUCAS, ROBERT.] JOHN C. PARISH	Robert Lucas.	Iowa City	1907	USD -	4.00
LUTTIG, JOHN C.	Journal of a Fur-Trading Expedition on the Upper Missouri, 1812--1813. By John C. Luttig, Clerk of the Missouri Fur Company. Edited by Stella M. Drumm.	St. Louis	1920	USD -	12.00
LYMAN, ALBERT	Journal of a Voyage to California, and Life in the Gold Diggings, and also of a Voyage from California to the Sandwich Islands.	Hartford	1852	USD -	30.00
M'CLUNG, JOHN A.	Sketches of Western Adventure: Containing an Account of the most Interesting Incidents connected with the Settlement of the West from 1755 to 1794: Together with an Appendix.	Mayville, Ky.	1832	USD -	40.00
M'CONKEY, HARRIET E. BISHOP	Dakota War Whoop; or, Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota.	Saint Paul	1863	USD -	25.00
[M'FEE, ROBERT B.]	History of the late War in the Western Country, comprising a Full Account of all the Transactions in that Quarter, from the Commencement of Hostilities at Tippecanoe to the Termination of the Contest at New Orleans on the Return of Peace.	Lexington, Ky.	1816	USD -	40.00
M'ILVAINE JR., WILLIAM	Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure in California and Mexico.	Philadelphia	1850	USD -	45.00
M'LEAN, JOHN	Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory.	London	1849	USD -	35.00
MCCONNELL, H. H.	Five Years a Cavalryman: or, Sketches of Regular Army Life on the Texas Frontier, Twenty Odd Years Ago.	Jacksboro, Texas	1889	USD -	9.00
MCCOY, JOSEPH G.	Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest.	Kansas City, Mo.	1874	USD -	65.00
MCDONALD, JOHN	Biographical Sketches of General Nathaniel Massie, General Duncan McArthur, Captain William Wells, and General Simon Kenton: who were Early Settlers in the Western Country.	Cincinnati	1838	USD -	11.00
MCGLASHAN, C. F.	History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierras. 8vo, original cloth; some leaves slightly stained.	Truckee, Cal.	[1879]	USD -	45.00
MCGOWAN, EDWARD	Narrative of Edward McGowan, including a Full Account of the Author's Adventures and Perils while persecuted by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856.	San Francisco	1857	USD -	70.00
MCKAY, ROBERT H.	Little Pills: An Army Story by R. H. McKay, Formerly Acting Assistant Surgeon United States Army. Being some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago.	Pittsburg, Kansas	1918	USD -	10.00
MCKENNEY, THOMAS L.	Memoirs, Official and Personal; with Sketches of Travels among the Northern and Southern Indians; embracing a War Excursion, and descriptions of Scenes along the Western Border.	New York	1846	USD -	17.50
MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. and JAMES HALL	History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs.	Philadelphia	1848--1850	USD -	55.00
MCMASTER, S. W.	60 Years on the Upper Mississippi. My Life and Experiences. By S. W. McMaster.	Rock Island, Ill.	1893	USD -	27.50
McNAUGHTON, MARGARET	Overland to Cariboo. An Eventful Journey of Canadian Pioneers to the Gold-Fields of British Columbia in 1862.	Toronto	1906	USD -	5.00
MACGREGOR, WILLIAM L.	San Francisco, California in 1876.	Edinburgh	1876	USD -	20.00
MACLAURIES, MR.	A Narrative, or Journal of Voyages and Travels, through the North-West Continent of America; in the years 1789 and 1793.	London	1802	USD -	90.00
MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER	Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country.	London	1801	USD -	90.00
[MADISON, JAMES]	Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Copy of a Treaty, concluded with the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians. March 17th, 1810.	City of Washington	1810	USD -	7.00
[MAGAZINE OF TRAVEL]	Travels in Two Hemispheres...With a Full and Complete Index. Second Edition.	Detroit	1858	USD -	20.00
MAGRUDER, HENRY C.	Three Years in the Saddle. The Life and Confession of Henry C. Magruder the original "Sue Munday," the Scourge of Kentucky. Written by Himself.	Louisville	1865	USD -	70.00
MAGRUDER, HENRY R.	Sketches of the Last Year of the Mexican Empire. By Henry Magruder, M.D., late attached to the French Expedition in Mexico.	N.p.	n.d.	USD -	3.00
MAJORS, ALEXANDER	Seventy Years on the Frontier. Alexander Majors' Memoirs of a Lifetime on the Border. With a Preface by "Buffalo Bill" (General W. F. Cody). Edited by Colonel Prentiss Ingraham.	Chicago and New York	1893	USD -	15.00
MALLERY, GARRICK	Introduction to the Study of Sign Language among the North American Indians as Illustrating the Gesture Speech of Mankind.	Washington	1880	USD -	4.00
MANLY, WILLIAM L.	Death Valley in '49. Important Chapter of California Pioneer History. The Autobiography of a Pioneer, detailing his Life from a Humble Home in the Green Mountains to the Gold Mines of California, etc.	San Jose, Cal.	1894	USD -	25.00
MANTE, THOMAS	The History of the Late War in North-America, and the Islands of the West-Indies, including the Campaigns of MDCCLXIII and MDCCLXIV against His Majesty's Indian Enemies...	London	1772	USD -	200.00
MARCY, RANDOLPH B.	Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana in the year 1852. With reports on the natural history of the country.	Washington	1854	USD -	5.00
MARCY, RANDOLPH B.	The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions.	New York	1859	USD -	15.00
MARCY, RANDOLPH B.	Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border.	New York	1868	USD -	11.00
MARIE DE L'INCARNATION	Letters de la Venerable Mere Marie de l'Incarnation premiere superieure des Ursulines de la Nouvelle France.	Paris	1681	USD -	170.00
MARRYAT, FRANK	Mountains and Molehills, or Recollections of a Burnt Journal.	London	1855	USD -	10.00
MARSH, JAMES B.	Four Years in the Rockies; or, the Adventures of Isaac P. Rose, of Shenango Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; giving his Experience as a Hunter and Trapper in that remote Region, and containing numerous Interesting and Thrilling Incidents connected	Newcastle, Pa.	1884	USD -	50.00
[MARTIN, CLAUDE]	La Vie de la Venerable Mere Marie de l'Inarnation premiere superieure des Ursulines de la Nouvelle France. Tiree de ses Lettres & de ses Ecrits.	Paris	1677	USD -	165.00
MARTINEAU, HARRIET	Retrospect of Western Travel. [In Select Library, for the Publication of the most Popular Works.]	New York	1838	USD -	Not Sold

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