Jedediah Morse (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint Edition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. Andover: Flagg & Gould, 1816. 24 pages. Stitched booklet, 7.5 x 6". Untrimmed. Reviews publication history; Original Subscribers. Bit soiled, damped, VG.

Condition: New.

8 (of 10) leaves only; all maps. This copy has these engraved maps with outline color only: double page map of the world; North America; South America; British Islands; Europe; Asia (detached), and Africa. 4to, publisher's printed wrappers. A little soiling to edges and a few chips.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. One sheet. 2pp. A Swift & Chipman representative writes to Morse regarding a proposed printing job, giving estimates on the costs which would be part of an arrangement to help pay off a debt. Morse was a geographer, prolific writer, Calvinist preacher and the father of Samuel F. B. Morse, the artist and inventor of Morse code. Swift & Chipman flourished in 1810-1811 in Middlebury. The book was never produced, and Swift & Chipman went out of business later that year. 0.…

Uncolored map from an early 19th century issue of Jedediah Morse's American Gazetteer. Fine condition, light offsetting as usual. Shows the entire Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Engraved by Gridley. This issue does not have any printing above the top neat line as mentioned in the descriptions of 18th century states described in Wheat & Brun. See Wheat & Brun 695 & 699.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Third edition, printed in 1810. Original brown leather binding in solid condition. All original leather. There is wear and rubbing to the edges and corners and some rubbed and scuffed spots. The hinges are tight and the text block is square. The text has scattered foxing, heavy in places. The two maps are present. The frontispiece map has a couple of tears at the folds. The second map also has a few small tears at folds. A nicely-preserved copy of this important early American Gazetteer.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Third edition, revised and corrected. TEXT VOLUME ONLY. [600]pp., folding frontispiece map. Thick octavo. Full calf. Calf eroded and worn but stable, folding map complete but stained and fragile, a fair copy only.

22x14 cm. Original full calf with black morocco spine label substantially perished. Well worn, joints weak. front hinge gone. Spine well rubbed with loss at the bottom. Internally good to very good, with light staining and soiling, some maps frayed at fore edge from misfolding. [712] pp. 17 uncolored maps, all in very good condition except for the map of Asia which is lacking the upper right portion above Japan, with the loss of Kamchatka. The maps include Europe, Asia and Africa along with most of the countries of Europe. Also has maps of Egypt, Hindoostan (India), and Palestine. Some of the maps are unattributed, though most were engraved by Enoch Gridley. This was volume 2 of Morse's Geography, with volume I being the American Gazetteer, not present here. However, Shaw & Shoemaker 2700 lists it as its own entry.…

8vo. pp.2 p.l., vi, [2], 207. with half-title. Uncut. disbound. First London Edition. Sabin 50931.

Uncolored map of South America from Morse's American Gazetteer. Very good condition, with mild water stains in Pacific Ocean, the right margin and along the southern coast of Brazil.

Uncolored map of Africa from Morse's American Universal Geography. Very good condition, bottom margin trimmed very close with bottom straight-line border partially cut off. Gold Coast is identified as Goad Coast. Many place names. Very similar in content to the map of Africa in Payne's Geography of 1799, but clearly a different engraving with some geographical changes. Wheat & Brun 851.…

Uncolored map of South America from Morse's American Universal Geography. Very good condition. Engraved by Amos Doolittle of New Haven. Wheat & Brun 706: "A few topographic features are noted. Curassow appears for Cruacao. THis is the third Morse map of South America.".

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 356.

Condition: Very Good. Charlestown, MA: Printed and Sold by Samuel Etheridge, near the Square. Sold also in Boston, by Manning and Loring, No. 2, Cornhill, 1803. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 32pp. ([A] B-D4, collated complete). Moderate foxing to textblock, more heavily to final gathering, remnants of old leather along spine, else Very Good and sound. Uncommon sermon by the Congregationalist minister, geographer, and father of Samuel Morse. At the time Jedediah Morse was battling the spread of religious liberalism and Unitarianism to which he obliquely refers late in this oration: "Let us guard against the insidious encroachment of /innovation/, that evil and beguiling spirit which is now stalking to and fro through the earth seeking whom he may destroy" (p. 27). SHAW & SHOEMAKER 4685. …

Uncolored map of the world from Morse's American Universal Geography. Very good condition, with a small piece missing from the bottom left margin, not extending as far as the neat line border. Engraved by Amos Doolittle of New Haven, published by Thoms (sic) & Andrews of Boston. Wheat & Brun 31: "West R. is shown flowing from present-day North Dakota to a Nootka Sound shown in the mainland. Mc. Kenses R appears for the Mackenzie. THis is the second Morse chart of the world.". …

Uncolored map of the South Pacific from the London edition of Jedediah Morse's Gazetteer. Small hole in top margin, vertical fold, otherwise very good to fine. Shows the eastern portion of Australia (Van Diemen's Land attached to New Holland), New Zealand, and eastern New Guinea in the west. Extends east to just east of Pitcairn Island. Shows several tracks of voyages, including Cook's from 1769 and 1770. Engraved by Russell. This is a relatively early map to show details of the New South Wales coast, with Port Jackson and Botany Bay named. See Wheat & Brun 911 for the American issue of the same map engraved by Callender.…

iv, [5]-50, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. A Sermon, published also in New York and Hartford, enthusiastically attacking France; and also, for good measure and with heavily footnoted references, a charge that the Masons are treasonous: "the Lodge of Wisdom, established at Portsmouth in Virginia, is a branch of the Grand Orient of France; and consists chiefly of foreigners, and these Frenchmen from France or her West-India dominions." FIRST EDITION. Evans 35838. ESTC W29190.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - ''A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States on Indian Affairs 1822'' is a historical document written by Jedediah Morse. The book provides a detailed account of the state of Indian affairs in the United States in the year 1822. The author discusses the various Indian tribes that existed at the time, their customs, and their interactions with the American government. Morse also examines the policies and practices of the government towards the Indian population, including the establishment of reservations and the treatment of Indian prisoners. The book is an important source for scholars and historians interested in the history of Native Americans and the United States government's relationship with them. It provides a valuable insight into the attitudes and beliefs of Americans towards the Indian population in the early 19th century. Overall, ''A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States on Indian Affairs 1822'' is a significant historical document that sheds light on a critical period in American history.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.…

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