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
PARKER, SAMUEL	Journal of an Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Mountains...performed in the Years 1835, '36, '37.	Ithaca, N. Y.	1938	USD -	20.00
PARKER. W. B.	Notes Taken during the Expedition Commanded by Capt. R. B. Marcy, U. S. A., through Unexplored Texas, in the Summer and Fall of 1854.	Philadelphia	1856	USD -	17.50
PARKHURST, JACOB	Sketches of the Life and Adventures of Jacob Parkhurst.	[Knightstown, Ind.]	[1893]	USD -	65.00
PARKINSON, RICHARD	A Tour in America, in 1798, 1799, and 1800, exhibiting Sketches of Society and Manners, and a Particular Account of the American System of Agriculture, with its recent Improvements.	London	1805	USD -	30.00
PARKMAN, FRANCIS	The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life.	New York	1849	USD -	27.50
PARKMAN, FRANCIS	The Oregon Trail; Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life.	Boston	1892	USD -	35.00
PATTERSON, A. W.	History of the Backwoods: or, The Region of the Ohio: authentic, from the Earliest Accounts, embracing many Events, Notices of Prominent Pioneers, Sketches of Early Settlements...not heretofore published.	Pittsburgh	1843	USD -	90.00
PATTERSON, SAMUEL	Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of Samuel Patterson, Experienced in the Pacific Ocean, and Many Other Parts of the World, with an Account of the Feegee, and Sandwich Islands.	From the Press in Palmer	1817	USD -	50.00
PATTIE, JAMES O.	The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky, during an Expedition from St. Louis through the vast Regions between that place and the Pacific Ocean, and thence back through the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz, during Journeyings of Six Years, etc. E	Cincinnati	1833	USD -	340.00
PATTIE, JAMES O.	The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky, during an Expedition from St. Louis, through the vast regions between that place and the Pacific Ocean....Edited by Timothy Flint.	Cincinnati	1833	USD -	90.00
PEARSE, JAMES	A Narrative of the Life of James Pearse, in Two Parts....Containing a General Account of his early Life; particularly of Five Years Residence in the States of Mississippi and Louisiana, together with some Account of that Country...An Account of his unfort	Rutland	1825	USD -	27.00
PECK, J. M.	A Guide for Emigrants, containing Sketches of Illinois, Missouri, and the adjacent Parts.	Boston	1831	USD -	12.50
PECK, J. M.	Gazetteer of Illinois, in Three Parts.	Jacksonville	1834	USD -	6.00
PENDLETON, N. G.	Military Posts. Council Bluffs to the Pacific Ocean. [Report from the Committee on Military Affairs...relating to the establishment of a chain of Military Posts from Council Bluffs to the Pacific Ocean.] House of Representatives, No. 31, 27th Congress, 3d	[Washington]	[1843]	USD -	40.00
[PENN, WILLIAM]	Some Account of the Province of Pennsilvania in America; Lately Granted under the Great Seal of England to William Penn, &c. Together with Priviledges and Powers necessary to the well-governing thereof....	London	1681	USD -	330.00
PENNSYLVANIA. [WILLIAM SMITH]	A Brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania, in which the Conduct of their Assemblies for several Years past is impartially examined, and the true Cause of the continual Encroachments of the French displayed...Third Edition,	London	1756	USD -	20.00
PENNSYLVANIA	Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [Vol. I, part 1.]	Philadelphia	1826	USD -	4.00
PENNSYLVANIA	Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Vol. I, part II.	[Philadelphia]	[1826]	USD -	6.00
PENNSYLVANIA	Proceedings of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, vol. I, no. 8.	Philadelphia	1846	USD -	3.00
PEPPER, GEORGE W.	Personal Recollections of Sherman's Campaigns. In Georgia and the Carolinas.	Zanesville, Ohio	1866	USD -	25.00
PEREZ DE LUXAN, DIEGO	Expedition into New Mexico Made by Antonio de Espejo, 1582--1583, as Revealed in the Journal of Diego Perez de Luxan, a Member of the Party. Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by George Peter Hammond and Agapito Rey.	Los Angeles	1929	USD -	20.00
PERRIN DU LAC, M.	Voyage dans les Deux Louisianes, et chez les Nations Sauvages du Missouri, par les Etats-Unis, l'Ohio et les Provinces qui le bordent, en 1801, 1802 et 1803...	Lyon	1805	USD -	45.00
PERRY, CAPT. DAVID	Recollections of an Old Soldier. The Life of Captain David Perry, a Soldier of the French and Revolutionary Wars. Containing many Extraordinary Occurrences relating to his own Private History, and an Account of some Interesting Events in the History of th	Windsor, Vt.	1822	USD -	70.00
PETTIJOHN, JONAS	Autobiography, Family History and Various Reminiscences of the Life of Jonas Pettijohn, among the Sioux or Dakota Indians, his Escape during the Massacre of August, 1862, causes that led to the Massacre.	Clay Center, Kansas	1890	USD -	30.00
PETTIS, GEORGE H.	Frontier Service during the Rebellion; or, a History of Company K, First Infantry, California Volunteers.	Providence	1885	USD -	8.00
PEYTON, JOHN L.	The Adventures of my Grandfather.	London	1867	USD -	60.00
[PHELPS, WILLIAM D.]	Fore and Aft; or, Leaves from the Life of an Old Sailor. By "Webfoot".	Boston	1871	USD -	15.00
[PHILIPS, GEORGE]	Travels in North America.	Dublin	1824	USD -	15.50
PIGAFETTA, ANTONIO	Magellan's Voyage Around the World. The Original Text of the Ambrosian MS., with English Translation, Notes, Biography, and Index, by James Alexander Robertson.	Cleveland	1906	USD -	32.50
PIKE, ALBERT	Prose Sketches and Poems, Written in the Western Country.	Boston	1834	USD -	110.00
PIKE, JAMES S.	The Prostrate State: South Carolina under Negro Government.	New York	1874	USD -	8.00
PIKE, SAMUEL	The Scout and Ranger: Being the Personal Adventures of Corporal Pike as a Texas Ranger, in the Indian Wars, delineating Western Adventure...	Cincinnati	1865	USD -	37.50
PIKE, WARBURTON	The Barren Grounds of Northern Canada.	London	1892	USD -	10.00
PIKE, ZEBULON M.	An Account of a Voyage up the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to its Source; made under the Orders of the War Department, by Lieut. Pike, of the United States Army in the years 1805 and 1806. Compiled from Mr. Pike's Journal.	[Washington]	[circa 1807]	USD -	100.00
PIKE, ZEBULON M.	An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kans., La Platte, and Pierre Juan Rivers...and a Tour through the Interior Parts of New Spain.	Philadelphia	1810	USD -	35.00
PIKE, ZEBULON M.	Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana and the North-Eastern Provinces of New Spain.	London	1811	USD -	90.00
PIRATES	The Pirates Own Book, or Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits, and Executions of the most Celebrated Sea Robbers, etc.	Portland	circa 1840	USD -	10.00
PITTMAN, PHILIP	The Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi; [sic] with a Geographical Description of that River.	London	1770	USD -	95.00
PLUMBE, JR., JOHN	Sketches of Iowa and Wisconsin, embodying the Experience of a Residence of Three Years in Those Territories.	St. Louis	1839	USD -	260.00
PONTING, TOM CANDY	Life of Tom Candy Ponting.	[Decatur, Ill.]	[1907]	USD -	125.00
POPE [JOHN].	Official Communications from General Pope, Commanding Military Department of the Missouri, concerning Indian Affairs.	St. Louis	1865	USD -	27.50
POST, CHRISTIAN F.	The Second Journal of Christian Frederick Post, On a Message from the Governor of Pensilvania to the Indians of the Ohio.	London	1759	USD -	75.00
[POSTL, KARL]	The Americans as they are; Described in a Tour through the Valley of the Mississippi. By the Author of "Austria as It Is".	London	1828	USD -	18.00
POTE, JR., CAPT. WILLIAM	The Journal of Captain William Pote, Jr. during his Captivity in the French and Indian War from May, 1745, to August, 1747.	New York	1896	USD -	9.00
POTTER, THEODORE E.	The Autobiography of Theodore Edgar Potter.	[Concord, N. H.]	[1913]	USD -	8.00
POWELL, H. M. T.	The Santa Fe Trail to California, 1849--1852. The Journal and drawings of H. M. T. Powell. Edited by Douglas S. Watson.	San Francisco	[1931]	USD -	105.00
POWNALL, THOMAS	A Topographical Description of such Parts of North America as are contained in the (annexed) Map of the Middle British Colonies. Map of the Middle British Colonies in North America, First Published by Mr. Lewis Evans, of Philadelphia, in 1755; and since c	London	1776	USD -	120.00
PRICE, GEORGE F.---Compiler	Across the Continent with the Fifth Cavalry.	New York	1883	USD -	7.00
PRIEST, JOSIAH	Stories of the Revolution. With an Account of the Lost Child of the Delaware; Wheaton and the Panther, &c...Now First Published.	Albany	1836	USD -	15.00
PRIEST, JOSIAH	Stories of Early Settlers in the Wilderness: Embracing the Life of Mrs. Priest...and Interesting Accounts of Others: the First Raftsmen of the Susquehannah: a Short Account of Brant, the British Indian Chief: and of the Massacre of Wyoming.	Albany	1837	USD -	13.00
PRIEST, JOSIAH	Stories of the Revolution. With an Account of the Lost Child of the Delaware; Wheaton and the Panther, &c...	Albany	1838	USD -	11.00
PRIEST, JOSIAH	The Low Dutch Prisoner: being an Account of the Capture of Frederick Schermerhorn. When a Lad of Seventeen Years Old, by a Party of Mohawks, in the Time of the Revolution...Also, The Story of the Hermit, Found in a Cave of the Allegany Mountains. And of t	Albany	1839	USD -	45.00
PRIEST [JOSIAH]	A True Story of the Extraordinary Feats, Adventures and Sufferings of Matthew Calkins, Chenango Co., N. Y., in the War of the Revolution---Never before Published. Also, the Deeply Interesting Story of the Captivity of General Patchin, of Schoharie Co., N.	Lansingburgh	1841	USD -	40.00
PRIEST, WILLIAM	Travels in the United States of America: commencing in the year 1793, and ending in 1797. With the author's journals of his two voyages across the Atlantic.	London	1802	USD -	27.50
PROSCH, THOMAS W.	McCarver and Tacoma.	Seattle	1906	USD -	9.00
PURCELL, JOSEPH	A Map of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; Comprehending the Spanish Provinces of East and West Florida; Exhibiting the Boundaries as fixed by the late Treaty of Peace between the United States and the Spanish Dominions.	[London]	1792	USD -	20.00
QUIVIRA SOCIETY	Spanish Approach to Pensacola, 1689--1693. Translated, with Introduction and Notes by Irving A. Leonard. Foreword by James A. Robinson.	Albuquerque	1939	USD -	10.00
RAFINESQUE, C. S.	Ancient History, or Annals of Kentucky; with a Survey of the Ancient Monuments of North America.	Frankfort, in Kentucky	1824	USD -	32.50
RAMSEY, J. G. M.	The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: comprising its Settlement, as the Watauga Association, from 1769 to 1777; a Part of North-Carolina, from 1777 to 1784; the State of Franklin, from 1784 to 1788; a Part of North-Carolina, from 1	Charleston	1853	USD -	35.00
READ, GEORGE W.	A Pioneer of 1850. Edited by Georgia Willis Read.	Boston	1927	USD -	3.00
REDPATH, JAMES and RICHARD J. HINTON	Hand-Book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountains' Gold Region; accompanied by reliable Maps and a Preliminary Treatise on the Pre-Emption Laws of the United States.	New York	1859	USD -	27.50
RED RIVER SETTLEMENT. [JOHN HALKETT]	Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement of Kildonan, upon the Red River, in North America; its Destruction in the years 1815 and 1816; and The Massacre of Governor Semple and his Party.	London	[1817]	USD -	92.50
RED RIVER SETTLEMENT. [JOHN HALKETT]	Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement upon the Red River, in North America. Its Destruction in 1815 and 1816, and the Massacre of Governor Semple and his Party. With Observations upon a Recent Publication entitled "A Narrative of Occurrenc	London	1817	USD -	25.00
RED RIVER SETTLEMENT. [SIMON McGILLIVRAY]	A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries of North America, since the connexion of the Right Hon. The Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company, and his Attempt to Establish a Colony on the Red River.	London	1817	USD -	60.00
REGAN, JOHN	The Emigrant's Guide to the Western States of America; or, Backwoods and Prairies...By John Regan, formerly teacher, Ayrshire; now of Peoria, Illinois. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged.	Edinburgh	circa 1852	USD -	55.00
REGAN, JOHN	The Emigrant's Guide to the Western States of America; or Backwoods and Prairies: Containing a Complete Statement of the Advantages and Capacities of the Prairie Lands, etc.	Edinburgh		USD -	17.50
REGAN, JOHN	The Western Wilds of America. or, Backwoods and Prairies; and Scenes in the Valley of the Mississippi.	Edinburgh	1859	USD -	12.00
REID, JOHN C.	Reid's Tramp, or, A Journal of the Incidents of Ten Month's Travel through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, and California. Including Topography, Climate, Soil, Minerals, Metals, and Inhabitants; with a Notice of the Great Inter-Oceanic Rail Road.	Selma, Alabama	1858	USD -	435.00
REID, JR., SAMUEL C.	The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or, the Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico, 1846, etc.	Philadelphia	1848	USD -	15.00
REVERE, JOSEPH WARREN	A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of a Voyage around Cape Horn...Edited by Joseph N. Balestier.	New York	1849	USD -	20.00
REVERE, JOSEPH WARREN	Keel and Saddle: a Retrospect of Forty Years of Military and Naval Service.	Boston	1872	USD -	5.00
REYNOLDS, JOHN	The Pioneer History of Illinois, containing the Discovery, in 1673, and the History of the Country to the year Eighteen Hundred and Eighteen, when the State Government was Organized.	Belleville, Ill.	1852	USD -	37.50
REYNOLDS, JOHN	Sketches of the Country, on the Northern Route from Belleville, Illinois, to the City of New York, and Back by the Ohio Valley; together with a glance at the Crystal Palace.	Belleville	1854	USD -	90.00
REYNOLDS, JOHN	My Own Times, embracing also, The History of My Life.	[Belleville] Illinois	1855	USD -	42.50
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM H.	Journal of William H. Richardson, a Private Soldier in the Campaign of New and Old Mexico, under the command of Colonel Doniphan, of Missouri.	New York	1848	USD -	42.50
RICHMOND, IND.	Annals of Pioneer Settlers on the Whitewater and its Tributaries, in the Vicinity of Richmond, Ind., from 1804 to 1830. Embracing many Biographical Sketches, with Historical Reminiscences of their Privations and Hardships, including Incidents, Anecdotes,	Richmond, Ind.	1875	USD -	22.50
RITTENHOUSE, RUFUS	Boyhood Life in Iowa Forty Years Ago, as found in the Memoirs of Rufus Rittenhouse.	Dubuque, Iowa	1880	USD -	15.00
ROACH, JOHN	The Surprizing Adventures of John Roach, Mariner, of Whitehaven. Containing a genuine Account of his cruel Treatment during a long Captivity amongst the savage Indians, and Imprisonment by the Spaniards, in South-America, etc.	Whitehaven	[1784]	USD -	17.50
ROBERTS, WILLIAM	An Account of the First Discovery, and Natural History of Florida. With a Particular Detail of the Several Expeditions and Descents Made on That Coast. Collected from the Best Authorities...	London	1763	USD -	130.00
[ROBERTSON, J. B.]	Reminiscences of a Campaign in Mexico. By a Member of "The Bloody-First". Preceded by a Short Sketch of the History and Condition of Mexico from the Revolution down to the War with the United States.	Nashville	1849	USD -	22.50
[ROBINSON, ALFRED]	Life in California: During a Residence of Several Years in that Territory, comprising a Description of the Country and the Missionary Establishments, etc.	New York	1846	USD -	22.50
ROBSON, JOSEPH	An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, from 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747.	London	1752	USD -	37.50
ROGERS, ROBERT	A Concise Account of North America: containing A Description of the several British Colonies on that Continent, including the Islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, &c.	London	1765	USD -	50.00
ROGERS, ROBERT	Journals of Major Robert Rogers: containing An Account of the several Excursions he made under the Generals who commanded upon the Continent of North America, during the late War.	London	1765	USD -	70.00
ROGERS, WOODES	A Cruising Voyage round the World: First to the South-Seas, thence to the East-Indies, and Homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and finish'd in 1711....	London	1712	USD -	125.00
ROOT, FRANK A. and WILLIAM E. CONNELLEY	The Overland Stage to California. Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Published by the authors.	Topeka	1901	USD -	40.00
ROSS, ALEXANDER	Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River: Being a Narrative of the Expedition fitted out by John Jacob Astor, to establish the "Pacific Fur Company".	London	1849	USD -	47.50
ROSS, ALEXANDER	The Fur Hunters of the Far West; a Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains.	London	1855	USD -	60.00
ROSS, ALEXANDER	The Red River Settlement; its Rise, Progress, and Present State. With some account of the Native Races and its General History, to the present Day.	London	1856	USD -	30.00
ROWE, JOHN	Letters and Diary of John Rowe, Boston Merchant 1759--1762--1764--1779. Edited by Anne Rowe Cunningham. With Extracts from a paper written for the Massachusetts Historical Society by Edward Lillie Pierce.	Boston	1903	USD -	5.00
[ROYALL, ANNE]	Sketches of History, Life and Manners in the United States. By a Traveller.	New Haven	1826	USD -	35.00
ROYALL, ANNE	Mrs Royall's Southern Tour, or Second Series of the Black Book. Vol. I,	Washington	1830	USD -	42.50
RU, PAUL DU.	Journal of Paul du Ru (February 1 to May 8, 1700) Missionary Priest to Louisiana.	Chicago	1934	USD -	4.00
[RUNNION, JAMES B.]	Out of Town. Being a Descriptive, Historical and Statistical Account of the Suburban Towns and Residences of Chicago. Plan.	Chicago	1869	USD -	5.00
RUPP, I. DANIEL	The Geographical Catechism of Pennsylvania, and the Western States; designed as a Guide and Pocket Companion, for Travellers and Emigrants, to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri.	Harrisburg, Pa.	1836	USD -	20.00
RUSSELL, OSBORNE	Journal of a Trapper; or, Nine Years in the Rocky Mountains. 1834--1843.	[Boise City, Idaho]	1914	USD -	85.00
RUSSELL, WILLIAM H.	My Diary North and South.	Boston	1863	USD -	3.00
RUXTON, GEORGE F.	Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains.	London	1847	USD -	10.00
RUXTON, GEORGE F.	Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains.	New York	1848	USD -	9.00
RUXTON, GEORGE L.	Life in the Far West.	Edinburgh	1849	USD -	12.50

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