MARSHALL, John. Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States ... To Which Is Prefixed, An Introduction Containing a Compendium View of the Colonies... Phila.: 1804-1807. 5 Vols. plus the.....
[IDE, Simeon]. A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide: With A Minute and Interesting Account of One of the Largest Emigrating Companies. (3000 Miles over land), From the East to the Pacific Coast. And What is Claimed as the Most Authentic and Reliable Account of "The Virtual.....
GREGOIRE, H[enri]. An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes; Followed with an Account of the Life and Works of Fifteen Negroes & Mulattoes, Distinguished in Science, Literature and the Arts. Translated by D.B. Warden. Brooklyn: Printed by Thomas Kirk, 1810. 1st American ed. 253,[2]pp. Later.....
HUMPHREYS, David. An Essay on the Life of the Honorable Major-General Israel Putnam: Addressed to the State Society of the Cincinnati in Connecticut. Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1788. 1st ed. 12mo. 187pp. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red crushed morocco, ruled and lettered in gilt, richly.....
SANDBURG, Carl. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, [1926]. 1st ed. 2 vols. xvi,480; vi,482pp. Frontises., illus., portraits, plates, maps. Orig. linen-backed paper boards, printed paper spine labels, T.e.g. Set of fresh extra labels. HOWES S-81, "b" One of 260 numbered copies on rag paper.....
(MADISON, JAMES). BRANT, Irving. James Madison 1751-1836. Indianapolis, (1941-61). 6 vols. The complete set of biographies in d/js and in near fine condition. Complete sets are quite difficult to obtain. All six volumes are first editions.
HOOLE, William Stanley, ed. Confederate Centennial studies. Tuscaloosa, AL: Confederate Publishing Co., 1956-1965. 27 Vols. 1st eds. Orig. pictorial stiff wrappers. Some spines lightly sunned, else a near fine and complete set. 1. COULTER, E. Merton. Lost Generation: The Life and Death of James Barrow, C.S.A. 114pp. 2. MONAGHAN, Jay. Swamp Fox.....
FLEMING. Francis P. Memoir of Capt. C. Seton Fleming, of the Second Florida Infantry, C.S.A. Illustrative of the History of the Florida Troops in Virginia during the War between the States. With Appendix of the Casualties. Jacksonville: Times-Union Publishing House, 1884. 124,[1]pp., including three portraits. Plus frontispiece. Original limp green.....
(WASHINGTON, GEORGE). [MARSHALL, John]. Vie de George Washington. Collection de Planches. Paris: Dentu, 1807. 1st ed. 4to. 2 leaves. Portrait frontis., 12 maps (including 7 folding maps), 3 additional plates. 1st French ed. Atlas volume only. Orig. 3/4 calf and marbled boards. Rebacked in matching period style, some rubbing to.....
(CARSON, KIT). PETERS, De Witt C. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself. New York: W.R.C. Clark & Co., 1858. 534, [6, advertisements]pp. 10 plates. Orig. gilt-pictorial cloth. Faint scattered foxing, else near fine. Howes P-256. "aa." Reese, Best.....
(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM). NICOLAY, John G. and HAY, John. Abraham Lincoln: A History. N.Y.: Century Co., (1914). 10 vols. Profusely illus. Orig. cloth. A fine, bright set.
SANDERSON, John, ed. Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Phila.: R.W. Pomeroy, 1823-1827. 9 Vols. 9 Vols. All vols. except Vols. One and Two are first editions. 31 engraved portraits, 4 leaves of facsimile signatures. Engraved title pages. Contemporary full polished tree calf, spines gilt, new black.....
[COLEMAN, William, ed.]. A Collection of the Facts and Documents, Relative to the Death of Major-General Alexander Hamilton: With Comments: Together with the Various Orations, Sermons, and Eulogies, That Have Been Published or Written on His Life and Character. By the Editor of the Evening Post. New-York: Hopkins and Seymour.....
DICKISON, Mary Elizabeth. Dickison and His Men. Reminiscences of the War in Florida. Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, 1890. 1st ed. 266pp. Portrait frontis., plates. Rebacked, original gilt-pictorial cloth laid down. Very good or better. HOWES D-335, "aa." Dornbusch II, 189. Signed by Col. Dickison on front endpaper, "J.J......
HENDERSON, G[eorge] F.R. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. 1st ed. 2 Vols. xvi,550;[vii],641pp. Portrait frontis., portrait, folding maps. Orig. cloth. Spines slightly darkened, else a near fine copy. HOWES H-408, "aa." In Taller Cotton 106. "In all, eighteen editions of this.....
[HOOD, Samuel]. A Brief Account of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick; with Biographical Notices of some of the Members, and Extracts from the Minutes. Phila.: Prepared and Published by Order of the Hibernian Society, 1844. 112 pp. Frontis. 3/4 gilt-ruled green morocco, T.e.g. Light scattered foxing.....
LEVASSEUR, Auguste. Lafayette en Amerique, en 1824 et 1825, ou Journal d'un Voyage aux Etats-Unis. Paris: Librairie Baudouin, 1829. 1st ed. 2 Vols. iv,509; 632pp. ?-titles. Frontises., 11 plates, folding map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Some chipping to wrappers, light scattered foxing, else very good or better. HOWES L-301, "aa". The.....
(WASHINGTON, GEORGE). Memory of Washington: Comprising a Sketch of His Life and Character; and the National Testimonials of Respect. Also, a Collection of Eulogies and Orations. With a Copious Appendix. Newport, RI: Printed by Oliver Farnsworth, 1800. 1st ed. 246,[6, subscribers] pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. calf, red morocco spine label.....
JOHNSON, Samuel. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on Their Works. Contemporary calf, elaborate gilt spine, red and black spine labels, gilt chamfering. London: Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, [etc.], 1781. 4 Vols. First authorized separate edition. Courtney & Nichol Smith, p......
JOHNSON, Sid S. Texans Wjo Wore the Gray. Vol. One [all published]. [Tyler, TX: n.p, 1907]. 407pp. Portraits. Orig. cloth. Minor rubbing to foot of spine, else near fine. HOWES J-152. Graber 237. Dornbusch III, 29. Nevins II, 225. "One of the most useful biographical compilations relating to Texans who.....
MICKLE, William E. Well Known Confederate Veterans and Their War Records. New Orleans: Wm. E. Mickle, 1907-1915. 1st eds. 2 Vols. 74,xxxix;205pp. Portraits. Vol. One, 4to., orig. cloth, T.e.g.. Vol. Two, 8vo., orig. cloth, T.e.g. Light speckling to cloth of Vol. One, faint scattered foxing to endpapers, else very good.....
(PAXTON, ELISHA FRANKLIN). PAXTON, John Gallatin Memoir and Memorial. Elisha Franklin Paxton, Brigadier-General, C.S.A. Composed of His Letters from Camp and Field While an Officer in the Confederate Army, with an Introductory and Connecting Narrative Collected and Arranged by His Son, John Gallatin Paxton. Printed, not Published [New York: The.....
(JEFFERSON, THOMAS). RANDALL, Henry S. The Life of Thomas Jefferson. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858. 1st ed. 3 Vols. Portrait frontis., plates, facsimiles (2 folding). Later 3/4 gilt-ruled green morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, compartments gilt, marbled endpapers, T.e.g. some light foxing to plates, else very good.....
SHEPHERD, Henry E[lliot]. Life of Robert E. Lee. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1906. 1st ed. 280 pp. Portrait frontis., illus. Orig. cloth, T.E.G. Krick 454. Shepherd served in the 43rd North Carolina Infantry. "Not a biography, but a series of laudatory, uncritical essays designed to reveal and exhibit.....
SHEPHERD, Henry E[lliot]. Life of Robert E. Lee. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1906. 1st ed. 280 pp. Portrait frontis., portraits, plates. Orig. cloth, T.e.g., non-priceclipped d/j. Fine in a chipped d/j. Krick 454. Dornbusch II:2958. Trimmed front panel of another d/j laid in. Concluding sheet of an Autograph.....