Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second. Three Volume Set.
London: Henry Colburn, 1846. Three Volume Set. Uniformly bound in full leather with marbled page edges. Some wear along the hinges, but overall, nice condition. Not Ex-Lib.
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Mémoires Historiques et Secrets de l'impératrice Joséphine, Marie-Rose Tascher-De-La Pagerie (Historical and Secret Memoirs of Empress Joséphine, Marie-Rose Tascher-De-La Pagerie)
Paris: Chez L’Auteur, 1820. Two Volume Set, uniformly bound in blue cloth boards with decorated leather spine. A beautifully preserved set! Marie Anne Le Normand (1772-1843) was a French bookseller, Necromancer, fortune-teller and cartomancer of considerable fame during the Napoleonic era. In France, Lenormand is considered the greatest.....
A Year in Spain by A Young American. Two Volume Set.
London: John Murray, 1831. Two Volume Set. Uniformly bound in full leather with marbled page edges. Spine title lacking on Volume 1. Nice condition. Uncommon title. Not Ex-Lib. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown in each volume.
Regulations for the Field Exercise, Manœuvres, and Conduct of the Infantry of the United States; Drawn Up and Adapted to the Organization of the Militia and Regular Troops
Philadelphia, PA: Published by Anthony Finley, at the south-east corner of Chestnut and Fourth streets. T. & G. Palmer, printers. 1812. xii, 225 pages folded plates. Hardcover in full leather binding. Boards are heavily worn. Damp staining within the text. Blank endpapers are torn. The work calls for 34 folding.....
A Hand Book for Infantry containing the First Principles of Military Discipline Founded on Rational Methods: Intended to Explain in a Familiar and Practical Manner, for the Use of the Military Force of the United States, the Modern Improvements in the Discipline and Movement of Armies
Philadelphia, PA: The Author, 1813. 112 pp. + eight plates in rear. Hardcover in early blue paper wrapped boards and more recent black cloth spine. Some foxing and toning to the pages. Rare to find complete with all plates. A nice copy. Not Ex-Lib. Stated Fourth Edition...
The Campaign For Carolina.
2017. 360 pp. Hardcover in original binding and custom slipcase. Text is complete, clean and unmarked. Not Ex-Lib. FULL of color photographs, documenting a monumental fundraising campaign undertaken by the school. SCARCE title.
Upper Lakes of North America: Being a Guide from Niagara falls and Toronto, to Mackinac, Chicago, Saut Ste Marie, etc., Passing Through Lakes Michigan and Superior; Returning Through Lakes Huron and S. Clair, to Detroit and Buffalo
New York: J. Disturnell, 1857. 200 pp. + ads in rear. Hardcover in original binding. Not Ex-Lib.
Spain Revisited. By the Author of A Year in Spain. Two Volume Set.
London: Richard Bentley, 1836. Two Volume Set. Uniformly bound in full leather. Nice condition. Uncommon title. Not Ex-Lib.
HISTORY OF HERKIMER COUNTY Including the Upper Mohawk Valley, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; With a Brief Notice of the Iroquois.
Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1856. Hardcover in publisher's cloth binding. Original spine cover is detached and laid inside. Large folding frontis map of "part of the land in the Royal Grant devised by Sir William Johnson to some of his natural Indian Children". Scarce title.
The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons, from the First Vision of Joseph Smith to the Last Courtship of Brigham Young.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. Hardcover in publisher's green cloth binding (with ornate gilt lettering and black decorations). xxiv, 761pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous steel-engraved illustrations. Some chipping and rubbing to the extremities, but overall excellent condition! First edition of this mammoth history by the noted LDS missionary (1825-82).....
Despotism in America. An Inquiry Into the Nature, Results, and Legal Basis of the Slave-Holding System in the United States
Boston, MA: Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington, 1854. 307 pp. Hardcover, REBOUND in brown faux leather. SCARCE title. Richard Hildreth [1807-1865] is best known for writing his six-volume History of the United States of America covering 1497-1821 and published 1840-1853. In 1834, he wrote a popular anti-slavery novel The Slave.....
America: The Origin of Her Present Conflict; Her Prospect for the Slave, and Her Claim for Anti-Slavery Sympathy
London: 1864. 472, 32 pp. Hardcover, REBOUND in green faux leather. SCARCE title.
Twelve Years A Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841 and Rescued in 1853.
Auburn, New York: Derby and Miller, 1853. Early edition. 8vo. xvi,(17)-336pp. 4pp. publisher's ads inserted between the front endpapers. Eighth thousand. REBOUND in tan leather. Yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated with seven full page illustrations, including the frontispiece of the author. Some foxing throughout, as usual. A farmer and.....
Sketches of Tudor Hall and the Booth Family
Private Printing, 1925. 59 pp. Hardcover in original green cloth binding. SIGNED and inscribed by author on ffep. Slim volume describing the home, ancestors and family of John Wilkes Booth.
Camps and Prisons. Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf
New York: J. P. Robens, Publisher, 1865. [1], 424 pages, [6] pages of author advertisements, [2]. Blue pebble cloth hardcover with blind stamped design on the boards. Gilt lettered title and illustration on the spine. Cloth is rubbed at the head and base of the spine. Corners of the boards.....
Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army.
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1905. 136 pp. w/ frontispiece. First edition in original gray hardcover binding. Some minor soiling to the covers. Internally clean, with only a previous owner name on ffep. Front inner hinges solid, rear hinges cracked but still holding together well. Seldom found in good.....
Gettysburg: A Battle Ode Descriptive of the Grand Charge of the Third Day, July 3, 1863.
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1905. 30 pp. w/ frontispiece. First edition in original red hardcover binding. Some minor soiling to the covers. Internally clean. Inner hinges starting, but binding is still solid. Seldom found in good condition "This interesting little volume contains tables of Confederate organization, commentary.....
The Abnakis and Their History. Or Historical Notices on the Aborigines Of Acadia
New York: James B. Kirker, 1866. xi, [1]blank, [11]-171 pp. with an additional wood-engraved title page. Includes 8 tinted lithographed plates, 9 wood-engraved plates, & numerous text illustrations. Hardcover in original green cloth. First Edition. Not Ex-Lib. This work includes chapters on the origins of the Abnakis, manners and.....
History of Windham County, Connecticut. Two Volume Set.
Worcester, MA: Published By the Author, Printed By Charles Hamilton, 1874. Two Volume Set. Hardcover in blue cloth binding, appears to have been rebound. Not Ex-Lib. SCARCE title.
History of Windham County, Connecticut
New York: W.W. Preston & Co., 1889. Hardcover in original binding. Some staining to outer binding and outer hinges starting. xvi, 1204 pages, w/ plates, portraits, map. Not Ex-Lib. SCARCE title.
History of Tolland county, Connecticut, including its early settlement and progress to the present time : a description of its historic and interesting localities ; sketches of its towns and villages ; portraits of some of its prominent men, and biographies of many of its representative citizens
New York: W.W. Preston & Co., 1888. Hardcover, appears to have been rebound in later leather. xi, 992 (i.e. 1000) pages : plates, portraits, map. Not Ex-Lib. SCARCE title.
THE EXPERIENCED ENGLISH HOUSEKEEPER, FOR THE USE AND EASE OF LADIES, HOUSEKEEPERS, COOKS, &C Written purely from practice, dedicated to the Hon Lady Elizabeth Warburton, whom the Author lately served as Housekeeper: consisting of several Hundred Original Recipes, most of which neaver appeared in Print
London: Printed for A Millar W Law and R Cater, 1787. (viii), 384, (14) pp. Hardcover rebound in modern leather with gilt title on spine. Lacks the frontis, pp. 259-262 and three of the four plates. Not Ex-Lib.
Butterfly to the Skies: The Courageous Life and Inspiring Poetry of Carrie Ella Barney 1854 to 1873
Memento Mori Publishing Co, 2018. 861 pp. Hardcover in original cloth binding with gilt titles on cover and spine. Text is complete and unmarked. SIGNED by the author on title page. Extremely rare edition. Not Ex-Lib.
The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, 1700-1820
Winston-Salem, NC: Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 2003. 562 pp. Hardcover in original binding and dust jacket. The first in the Frank L. Horton Series of regional decorative arts monographs published by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, this volume by John Bivins, Jr., is a study.....
Captured Motion: The Sculpture of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth - A Catalogue of Works
New York: Hohmann Holdings, LLC, 2006. 296 pp. Hardcover in original binding and dust jacket. Not Ex-Lib. Illustrated. "The first comprehensive examination of the life and work of Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, this book is an authoritative study of the remarkable and prolific artist whose work has, until now, never.....