‎River‎

‎Jordan River‎

‎Original Stereoview of the Jordan River from the Cliffs of Moab‎

‎Original stereoview photo of the Jordan River. Measures approximately 7"x3.5". Black and white. This image is labeled #224 in a release of 400 stereoviews depicting the Jordan River and surrounding Mountains of Judea from the cliffs of Moab. In there foreground an Arab man in traditional dress including a robe and turbaned headdress overlooks a small boat floating on the serene waters of the river. Copyright Keystone View Company. In very good condition. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 14784

‎Mississippi River Railroads‎

‎IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES for the State of Iowa Southern Division -- Hon. J. M. Love Judge in Equity. James Ward vs. Mississippi & Missouri Rail Road Company. Abstract Pleadings and Proof and Argument by N. B. Judd and G. C. Campbell Counsel for Defendant on Final Hearing November 1st 1859 cover title‎

‎Chicago IL: Press and Tribune Print 1859. First edition. 8vo. 203 51 pp. Folding plate tables. "On the question of whether the railroad bridge from Rock Island Illinois to Davenport Iowa was a hazard to the navigation of the Mississippi River" OCLC. "James Ward a St. Louis steamboat owner filed a bill praying that the bridge be declared a nuisance and ordered removed; in 1866 Congress finally passed an act requiring that the bridge be replaced by another half the cost to be paid by the United States" "The Mississippi River: St. Louis' Friend or Foe" by James Lemly Cambridge U. Press online. Drop-title: "District Court United States. Southern District of Iowa. James Ward vs. Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company." Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 413: "Not located title from Heartman Cat. No. 187 June 1926 No. 300." OCLC locates eight copies New York Public Yale Chicago History Museum Harvard-Baker Missouri-St. Louis Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public Library of Congress Newberry. Very good. Original printed olive wrappers some soiling lacking rear wrapper rebacked with archival paper. 10747. <br/><br/> Press and Tribune Print unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 64413

‎BRANCO Miguel Rio Mariana Yampolsky Graciela Iturbide Tina Modotti et al.‎

‎Aperture 153 Rio de Luz‎

‎New York: Aperture 1998. First edition. Softcover. Fall 1998. Photographers in this issue: Lazaro Blanco Laura Cohen Miguel Rio Branco Mariana Yampolsky Ruben Oritz Torres Tina Modotti Graciela Iturbide Elias Jaber and others. A near fine and tight copy. Aperture unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 114442 ISBN : 0893818135 9780893818135

‎White Joseph M.; Ignacio Jordan de Asso y del Rio‎

‎A New Collection of Laws Charters and Local Ordinances of the.‎

‎2010. ISBN-13: 9781584779797; ISBN-10: 1584779799. The Essential Collection of the Pre-Statehood Property Laws of Florida Louisiana and Texas White Joseph M. 1781-1839. Jordan de Asso y del Rio Ignacio 1742-1804. Manuel y Rodriquez Miguel de fl. 1780. A New Collection of Laws Charters and Local Ordinances of the Governments of Great Britain France and Spain: Relating to the Concessions of Land in their Respective Colonies Together with the Laws of Mexico and Texas on the Same Subject to Which is Prefixed Judge Johnson's Translation of Azo and Manuel's Institutes of the Civil Law of Spain. Philadelphia: T. & J.W. Johnson 1839. 2 Volumes. XIV new introduction V-XIV xv 731;753 pp. With a new introduction by Agustin Parise Research Associate Center of Civil Law Studies Louisiana State University Law Center. Reprinted 2010 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584779797. ISBN-10: 1584779799. Hardcover. New. $95. From the series Foundations of Spanish Mexican and Civil Law. Warren M. Billings Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus University of New Orleans and Visiting Professor of Law William and Mary School of Law Series Editor. Reprint of the first and only edition. Volume I contains Institutes of the Civil Law of Spain a translation by Judge Johnson of Trinidad of the Instituciones del Derecho Civil de Castilla by Ignacio Jordan de Asso y del Rio the mode of acquiring dominion from the Instituciones de Derecho Real de Espana by Jose Maria Alvarez and material reprinted from Laws of the State of Coahuila and Texas and Laws Orders and Contracts on Colonization from January 1821 up to 1829 edited by Stephen Austin. "White's Laws provides a comprehensive survey of historical and cultural events that developed hand-in-hand with the property law of the southern region of the United States. White's Laws also provides a rich illustration of the understanding that nineteenth-century Americans had of the events that related to property law and it reflects the efforts that the U.S. government was devoting to the unveiling of the legal systems that had been applied in the region. Spanish- and French-speaking scholars may consult White's Laws when searching for a glossary or for terms that English speakers used. At the same time English-speaking scholars may examine White's. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 54888 ISBN : 1584779799 9781584779797

‎Pearl River District‎

‎LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE DISTRICT EAST OF PEARL RIVER OF BRITISH GRANTS FOR LANDS LYING IN THE SAID DISTRICT; PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SEVENTH SECTION OF THE ACT INTITLED "AN ACT REGULATING THE GRANTS OF LAND AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES SOUTH OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. FEBRUARY 27 1806‎

‎Washington: A. & G. Way 1806. Folio 2 leaves printed on rectos only 3 folding tables as issued each printed on recto and verso. Light margin rubberstamp bound in modern cloth bookplate on front pastedown. Near Fine<br/><br/> Treasury Secretary Gallatin transmits the Commissioners' determination of the identity of grantees of British land grants east of the Pearl River south of Tennessee but whose title "was not confirmed by the articles of agreement between the United States and the state of Georgia." Accompanying tables show the name of each grantee present claimant number of acres granted present state of title conditions annexed to the grant and status of their performance. Chief Justice Marshall sought to unravel the tangled knots of conflicting land titles in the case of Henderson v. Poindexter's Lessee 25 US 530 1827. The early grantees included John M'Intosh Abraham Little Robert Farmer Peter De Forge Allen Grant William Clark and others all from the 1770's. <br/>OCLC 54195284 1-Yale OCLC 83950729 no libraries noted. AI 11612 2- DLC NN. A. & G. Way unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 23530

‎St. Louis River Water Power Company‎

‎THE GREAT WATER POWER OF THE NORTHWEST AT THE HEAD OF ST. LOUIS BAY. THE ST. LOUIS RIVER WATER-POWER COMPANY. THE COUNTRY TRIBUTARY TO LAKE SUPERIOR! THE NORTHWESTERN GRAIN FIELDS! THE RIVER ST. LOUIS! THE NECESSITY FOR AND VALUE OF THE NEW MILLING POWER OF THE RIVER ST. LOUIS AND THE EXPORTING FACILITIES OF DULUTH AND SUPERIOR CITY‎

‎Philadelphia: Russell & Creamer 1883. Original printed wrappers light soil and staples. 30 clean pages. Very Good plus. This is a scarce prospectus for the Company a Wisconsin corporation formed in 1881 with plans to use the water power of the River. The rapids of the St. Louis River near Duluth furnish "one of the greatest of all the available water powers of the world." Indeed "the water power of the Mississippi at its one place of fall is so much less in available power than the fall of the St. Louis River." When fully developed the area around Duluth will be preferable to Chicago for "the great markets of the East." Much material is presented on the opportunities for development of the lumber trade and available natural resources. Expenses data on area commerce and material on commerical opportunities are presented. FIRST EDITION. 515 NUC 0038380 2. Not in Eberstadt Decker Soliday Graff. Russell & Creamer unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 13324

‎Ohio River‎

‎SURVEYS FOR LOCATION OF DAMS NOS.2 3 4 AND 5 OHIO RIVER‎

‎54th ConG. 1st Sess.: HD209. 1896. 3pp 4 large folding survey maps. Light wear. Very Good. HD209. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 13815

‎Mississippi River‎

‎SOUTH PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR TRANSMITTING A REPORT UPON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE 45th Cong. 2d Sess. HED52. 1878‎

‎1878. 41pp 3 large folding charts. Very Good. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 7263

‎Savannah River‎

‎SAVANNAH RIVER. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TRANSMITTING THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 6TH ULTIMO IN RELATION TO DISBURSEMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE IN REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE SAVANNAH RIVER UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE ACT OF 18TH MAY 1826 &C. &C. MAY 20 1830‎

‎21st Cong. 1st Sess.: HD106. 1830. 57 1 blank pp disbound. Light tanning scattered foxing. Good. AI 5155. HD106. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 17182

‎Mississippi River‎

‎NAVIGATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR.‎

‎44TH Cong. 2d Sess.: HED41. 1877. 67pp Disbound. Very Good. HED41. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 14701

‎Charles River Bridge‎

‎REPORT AND BILL RELATING TO CHARLES RIVER AND WARREN BRIDGES. SD56‎

‎Boston 1839. 30pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Inscribed in top margin "K.H.T. from Stedman Bullrick of Concord Mass." Very Good. Report on the two bridges that were the subject of the Supreme Court's landmark opinion in the Charles River Bridge Case. AI 57166 2. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 20407

‎Minnesota River‎

‎RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION AND SURVEY OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER‎

‎43d Cong. 2d Sess.: HED76. 1875. 72pp disbound partly loosened. Light chipping at heads of a few leaves no text loss. Good. HED76. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 13791

‎Connecticut River‎

‎JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION HOLDEN AT WINDSOR VERMONT FEBRUARY 16 1825; FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING PRELIMINARY MEASURES TO EFFECT AN IMPROVED NAVIGATION ON CONNECTICUT RIVER. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CONVENTION‎

‎Windsor Vermont: W. Spooner 1825. 12pp disbound and untrimmed. Widely margined lightly dusted. Signed on the title page 'Hon. Wm. C. Bradley' the Vermont Congressman. <br/><br/> Delegates are listed by State primarily NH and VT with some representation from CT and MA and Town and their doings recorded. Their Memorial to Congress argues that the Connecticut River "is an object of primary importance in a national point of view" and solicits "the patronage of the National Government" in funding the necessary improvements. <br/>AI 21080 4. Rink 4384 4. W. Spooner unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 20323

‎CARELESS John pseudonym; RIVIERE & SON; CHATTO William Andrew‎

‎Old English 'Squire The‎

‎London: Printed for Thomas McLean 1821. Scarce Copy<br/>With Earliest Watermarks<br/>Complete With Half-Title<br/><br/>CARELESS John pseudonym. CHATTO William Andrew. The Old English 'Squire. "A Jovial Gay Fox-Hunter Bold Frank and Free." A Poem in Ten Cantos. Illustrated with Plates by One of the Family. London: Printed for Thomas McLean 1821. <br/><br/>First edition earliest issue a Large Paper copy complete with half-title; scarce. Tall octavo 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 in; 263 x 181 mm . viii 136 pp. Twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates including frontispiece watermarked "Whatman 1821"; the plates in Abbey's copy watermarked "Whatman 1823."<br/><br/>Bound by Rivière & Son in full green crushed morocco with French fillets gilt tooled compartments broad gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Plum endleaves. Spine sunned to warm brown. Bookplate of Graham M. Adee. A fine copy.<br/><br/>"The half-title is frequently missing" Tooley.<br/><br/>The story of the life of a somewhat debauched squire from birth until his bridle at marriage.<br/> <br/>"'John Careless Esq.' is only known as the author of a rare colour-book The Old English Squire published by M'Lean in 1821 with twenty i.e. 24 coloured plates 'by one of the family' in the style of Rowlandson. The literary matter differs from that of Combe and Mitford in being strongly influenced by the style of Walter Scott wherever the galloping metre of Retaliation and Haunch of Venison is not used. Especially curious is the account of the collection of Old Masters from which the Old English Squire bought his St Anthony preaching to the Fishes." Prideaux.<br/><br/>"It is not certainly known who 'John Careless' was. He is sometimes said to have been 'Stephen Oliver' a pseudonym of W.A. Chatto; but Chatto's poem of the same title was published in 1838 by 'Phiz.' His 'Old English Squire' with twenty-four aquatints colored by hand 'by one of the family' is in fact something of a mystery and for the collector rather an expensive one: it may cost £20 or even more. The reason of such a price though there is the justification of rarity lies in two features it possesses. One is the plates which are attributed to Thomas Rowlandson of which all that can be said is that they are utterly unworthy of the artist who in the same year completed the illustrations to 'Dr. Syntax's' three 'Tours.' However these puzzles of authorship and illustration make the book interesting. And trashy though the verse is it has yet one other great interest - that of life" Sawyer and Darton English Books 1475-1900.<br/><br/>The stunning library of color-plate and sporting books collected by Capt. Graham M. Adee USN ret. of Newport. R.I. was sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1953.<br/><br/>Tooley 128. Abbey Life 387. Prideaux pp. 305 330. Schwerdt I p. 95. London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1821 unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 02297

‎Brandywine River Museum‎

‎THE BRANDYWINE HERITAGE‎

‎Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Howard Pyle N C Wyeth Andrew Wyeth James Wyeth. NY Graphic Society 1971. 121 pages fine copy in slightly worn and price-clipped dust jacket. . Other hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 34803

‎Burlington & Missouri River Railroad‎

‎Social Amusements. A Choice Collection of Parlor Games Tricks Charades Tableaux Parlor Theatricals Pantomimes and Palmistry.‎

‎Omaha: Burlington Route 1886. About very good. 9616pp. Original red printed wrappers. Spine worn and chipped corners worn. Internally clean. A book of "social amusements" and games "Presented with the compliments of the Passenger Department of the Burlington Route." The final few leaves contain a map of the Burlington Route from Chicago to Denver as well as numerous advertisements. Burlington Route unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1077

‎Brazil. Rio De Janeiro. Jackson Mason engraver‎

‎Views of Rio De Janeiro" from The Illustrated London News Vol. XLIV October 29 1864‎

‎London: Illustrated London News 1864. A very good copy crisp. 1 sheet 27 x 38 cm. Two views and a short article on page 449. 1. "The Port and City of Rio De Janeiro" 14 x 23.5 cm. and 2. "Mount Corcovado and Botafogo Bay Rio De Janeiro" 16 x 23.7 cm. signed "M. Jackson." Mason Jackson 1819-1903 was a distinguished engraver "in 1860 Jackson joined the staff of the 'Illustrated London News' as art editor a position which he filled with great ability till his retirement some thirty years later" Dictionary of National Biography 12. Illustrated London News unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 45135

‎Jordan de Asso y del Rio Ignacio; & Miguel de Manuel y Rodriguez.‎

‎Instituciones del derecho civil de Castilla.‎

‎Madrid: En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta 1780. Small 4to 19.5 cm; 7.75". 2 X 437 1 pp. <br><br>Third edition "corregida notablemente por los autores" who were both doctors of law of a lively and standard treatise on the civil law of Castile but with a section at the end of each chapter on the differences that obtain in Aragon because of the "fueros" legal exemptions that exist there.<br>    Earlier editions appeared in 1771 and 1775. Of this edition WorldCat locates only six U.S. libraries reporting ownership. The work was translated and published in English in 1825. <br>    <br>    Palau 18719. Contemporary quarter dark leather with marbled paper sides; binding worn and marbled paper very faded and abraded. All edged marbled. Waterstain in upper quarter of most of the volume. En la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 29817

‎Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company.‎

‎drop-title Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company—grant of land to aid company. Petition of the president of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal Company. April 9 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.‎

‎Washington 1838. 8vo. 13 pp. <br><br>Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 326. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; short tear at lower margin not touching text. Foxed. Inked numeral in top right corner inked notation at bottom of last page. Good. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 12042

‎RIVIERE A.‎

‎Elements de Geologie Pure et Appliquee‎

‎Paris: Mequignon 1839. hardcover. very good. 12 plates some folding all but one brightly hand-colored one plate repaired. 684pp. skattered foxing small 8vo 1/2 morocco rubbed marbled boards. Paris: Mequignon 1839. Scarce. Very good.<br/><br/> Mequignon unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 35138

‎California Academy of Sciences Colorado River‎

‎Academy News Letter‎

‎San Francisco 1947. Number 96. Bifolium. 4pp. Single leaf folded in half 20 cm x 28 cm. Near fine. Monthly newsletter featuring a few brief Academy news items including two brief pieces on the Grand Canyon one of which described a trip through the Grand with Norman Nevills. Cover photograph by Otis 'Doc' Marston from the library of Francis Farquhar. <br/><br/>"Members of the Academy will enjoy this series on the exploits of their fellow members the Farquhars and Norman Nevills. The title: Through the Grand Canyon with America's Famous Boatman Norman Nevills. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 3852

‎Del Rio Manuel‎

‎INSTRVCCIONES MORALES Y RELIGIOSAS PARA EL GOVIERNO DIRECCION Y ACIERTO EN LA PRACTICA NE NVESTROS MINISTERIOS. with: TRATADO DE LOS PRIVILEGIOS QUE GOZAN NUESTROS RELIGIOS EN ESTAS ISLAS Y EN CHINA Y TUNKIN caption title‎

‎Manila 1739. 3611 leaves. Small quarto. Slightly later limp vellum spine title in manuscript edges sprinkled red remnants of two ties at fore-edge. Boards with some ink and dampstaining corners bumped. Small unobtrusive stamp on titlepage verso. Contemporary manuscript inscriptions on front and rear endpapers. Light tanning else internally clean. Very good. An exceedingly rare work printed at the University of St. Thomas in Manila the first university in Asia providing instructions to the Order of Dominicans in the Philippines for the completion of their various religious duties. A second work on the privileges allowed to various members of the order and those accorded to natives is also included with continuous foliation. Del Rio was a Dominican who had arrived in the Philippines in 1713. He worked primarily in the town of Pangasinan eventually became the Procurator General of the provincial order and is known to be the author of one other work an account of a small Philippine mission also from 1739. The Dominicans first arrived in the Philippines in 1587 and used Manila as the base of their operations in Asia and the Pacific. Not in the National Library of Spain OCLC locates only one copy of the present work at the Boston Public Library. MEDINA MANILA 207. LeCLERC 2939. PALAU 268230. OCLC 317736434. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM52099

‎Louisiana: Mississippi River: Law John‎

‎LOUISIANA BY DE RIVIER MISSISIPPI‎

‎Amsterdam 1720. Single-sheet map 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID. THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY a scathing account of the speculative crashes that led to European financial disaster in 1720. The work was a chronicle of the failed attempts by John Law Controller General of Finances for the French government to open Louisiana to trade in order to help alleviate France's financial problems. This led to the creation of the Mississippi Company which created the "Mississippi Bubble" incident that destroyed the Banque Générale Privée the General Private Bank which Law founded. The map depicts the Mississippi River parts of Louisiana and Florida Lake Michigan referred to here as "Lac de Illionis" and Lake Superior the extent of French colonial explorations in the region and names of Indian tribes. It is decorated with a title cartouche incorporating the arms of John Law and depicting two Native Americans holding a cornucopia through which flows the mighty Mississippi River. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM48868

‎Powder River Cattle Co.‎

‎THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE POWDER RIVER CATTLE COMPANY caption title‎

‎Np 1888. 4pp. Quarto folded to docket size. About fine. An angry statement from Moreton Frewen mainly concerning the management's plan to liquidate the company stock in Alberta a further move in stripping Frewen of his authority and position. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM5178

‎Committee on Foreign Relations: Rio Grande River‎

‎WATER TREATY WITH MEXICO. HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.ON TREATY WITH MEXICO RELATING TO THE UTILIZATION OF THE WATERS OF CERTAIN RIVERS‎

‎Washington 1945. 1816pp. plus several maps. Contemporary red three-quarter morocco and cloth spine gilt. Hinges reinforced. Modern bookplate on front pastedown; ownership markings on front flyleaf. Internally clean. Very good. Government document concerning a treaty between the United States and Mexico respecting the "utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande from Fort Quitman Tex. to the Gulf of Mexico." The hearings were held in January and February 1945 and the present document is published in five parts covering the entirety of the hearings. The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ratified at the end of the Mexican-American War gave the right to navigation of these waters between the two countries; the treaty signed in February 1944 sought to regulate other usages beyond navigation such as irrigation and consumption. hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM46525