HARGIS, O. P. Thrilling Experiences of a First Georgia Cavalryman in the Civil War. Special Scout under General Wheeler. Three Months inside the Federal Lines. Rome, GA: [n.p. ca. 1900]. 1st ed. 34pp. Orig. pictorial wrappers, housed in custom brown morocco backed cloth folder. Professional repairs, some insect damage to.....
HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth. Original cloth, printed paper label on front board, housed in custom cloth slipcase. Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841. [with] Famous Old People: Being the Second Epoch of Grandfather's Chair. Original cloth, printed paper label on front board, housed in custom cloth slipcase. Boston.....
[HOPLEY, Catherine C.]. Life in the South; from the Commencement of the War. By a Blockaded British Subject. Being a Social History of Those Who Took Part in the Battles, from a Personal Acquaintance with Them in Their Own Homes. From the Spring of 1860 to August 1862. London; Chapman.....
[HUTCHINSON, Thomas]. The Letters of Governor Hutchinson, and Lieut. Governor Oliver, &c. Printed at Boston. And Remarks Thereon. With the Assembly's Address, and the Proceedings of the Lords Committee of Council. Together With the Substance of Mr. Wedderburn's Speech Relating to Those Letters. And the Report of the Lords Committee.....
IMLAY, George. A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America...To which Are Added the Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky. And an Essay Towards the Topography, and Natural History of That Important Country...London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1793. 2nd ed. with Considerable Additions. xvi,433,[1],[17, index], [1, errata]pp.....
JEFFERSON, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. With An Appendix. New York: Printed by M.L. & W.A. Davis - For Furman & Loudon, 1801. 392pp. plus portrait frontispiece and folding table. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt, gilt morocco label. Hinges expertly repaired, boards slightly rubbed. Lightly tanned and foxed.....
KEIM, De Benneville Randolph. Archive of manuscript material, and retained carbon copies corrected in manuscript. $3000.00 De Benneville Randolph Keim (1841-1914) began his career as war correspondent for the New York Herald during which time he formed a strong association with Generals Grant, Sheridan, and Sherman, After the war he traveled.....
KIPPIS, Andrew. The Life of Captain James Cook. London. 1788. xvi,527,[1]pp. Lacks half-title. Frontispiece portrait. Quarto. Modern half calf, spine gilt, and marbled boards. Light old marginal dampstains to prefatory leaves, minor internal foxing. Small closed tears in margins of pp. 55 & 335. Contemporary manuscript notes and an 18th.....
LEONARD, Charles C. History of Pithole: By "Crocus." Pithole City, Pa.: Morton, Longwell, & Co., 1867. 106pp., including in-text illustrations, plus [8]pp. of advertisements. 12mo. Original green cloth, front board gilt. Head of spine chipping slightly, corners bumped, ink stains on front board, rear joint cracked but holding. Contemporary ownership.....
[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...in a Letter to a Nobleman. New York: Alexander and James Robertson, 1770. 170pp. Modern brown.....
LONDON, Jack. On the Makaloa Mat. Original pictorial cloth, non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. First edition. BAL 11981. Woodbridge 162. Posthumous collection of short stories. Spine panel of jacket toned, some minor wear, else a near fine copy in very good dust jacket.
MARTIN, Francois-Xavier. The History of North-Carolina From The Earliest Period. New Orleans, 1829. Two Volumes. (12),326,(2),(114);(iv),412pp. Old library stamps on title pages, else a very good set in new antique style calf-backed boards. Howes M333. Jumonville 671, 672. American Imprints 39436. An important early history, the first devoted entirely to.....
NEAL, Daniel. The History of New-England Containing An Impartial Account of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Country to ..1700. To Which is Added the Present State of New-England. With A New and Accurate Map of the Country. And An Appendix Containing their Present Charter, Their Ecclesiastical Discipline, and.....
PENN, William, and WHITEHEAD, George. The Christian-Quaker, and His Divine Testimony Vindicated by Scripture, Reason and Authorities; Against the Injurious Attempts, that Have Been Lately Made by Several Adversaries, with Manifest Design to Render Him Odiously Inconsistent with Christianity and Civil Society. In II Parts. The First More General, by.....
PIKE, Albert. Prose Sketches and Poems, Written in the Western Country. Boston. 1834. 200pp. Modern 3/4 gilt morocco and cloth, spine gilt.Very good. Wagner-Camp 50. Streeter Texas 1150. Clark III:88. Wright I:2045. BAL 16031. Howes P-365. Rittenhouse 466. First edition of the author's first book, printing what has been generally.....
[POTTER, Woodburne]. The War in Florida: Being an Exposition of Its Causes, and an Accurate History of the Campaigns of Generals Clinch, Gaines and Scott...By a Late Staff Officer. Baltimore: Lewis and Coleman, 1836. viii,184pp. plus three folding maps. Original blindstamped green cloth. Moderate wear, soiling, and rubbing to boards.....
PYLE, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. The Romance of American History Pictured by Howard Pyle, Compiled by Merle Johnson: With Descriptive Text from Original Sources Edited by Francis J. Dowd. Illustrations in color and black and white by Howard Pyle. Large 4to. New York: Harpers, 1923. First.....
(TEXAS REGIMENTAL). ROSE, Victor M. Ross' Texas Brigade, Being a Narrative of Events Connected with Its Service in the Late War between the States. Louisville, KY: Printed at the Courier-Journal Book and Job Rooms, 1881. 1st ed. 185pp. Portrait frontis., portraits. Orig. cloth. Near fine. HOWES R-444, "aa." Dornbusch III.....
SANDBURG, Carl. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years. With 105 Illustrations from photographs, and many cartoons, sketches, maps, and letters. 2 vols. Original linen-backed paper boards, paper labels on spines & with a set of fresh extra labels. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., (1926). First editions. Limited to 260 copies.....
SMITH, Samuel. The History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New-Jersey: Containing, an Account of Its First Settlement, Progressive Improvements, the Original and Present Constitution, and Other Events, to the Year 1721. With Particulars Since; and a Short View of Its Present State. Burlington, NJ: Printed and Sold by James.....
(PHILADELPHIA). STAFFORD, Cornelius W. Philadelphia Directory, for 1800, Containing the Names, Occupations, and Places of Abode of the Citizens... Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1800. 151,[1],80pp. Contemporary blue paper wrappers. Minor browning, edges worn, portion of spine perished. Scattered, very minor foxing, otherwise internally clean. Very good. In a half-morocco clamshell.....
STEDMAN, C[harles]. The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1794. 1st Irish ed. 2 Vols. xi,446;xix,502,[26]pp. Rebound in period-style calf, black morocco spine labels, spine decorated in gilt. Light scattered foxing, else.....
SUMNER, Charles. His Complete Works. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1900. 1st ed. 20 Vols. Bound in 1/2-red morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt starburst ornaments, marbled endpapers, T.e.gs. One of 1000 numbered sets. Fine. The "Statesman Edition." Tipped in is a 3-page autograph letter from Sumner to "My.....
THOMAS, Isaiah. The History of Printing in America. With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers. To which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World. Worcester: from the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Isaac Sturtevant, printer.....
(WHITMAN, Walt). TRAUBEL, Horace. With Walt Whitman in Camden (March 28 - July 14, 1888) [with] (July 16, 1888 - October 31, 1888) [with] (March 28 - July 14, 1888) (November 1, 1888 - January 20, 1889). In. orig. cloth. teg. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1906; N.Y.: D. Appleton.....