![De l'Italie et de Ses Forces Militaires [provenance: William Macneile Dixon]. Nicholas Charles Victor Oudinot, duc de Reggio.](/pictures/thumb/004552.JPG?v=1472082369)
Paris: Anselin, Libraire pour l'Art Militaire, 1835. Hardcover. [4], 324, [2] p.: title vignette, tables; 22 cm. Contemporary half calf with gilt-tooled spine title; both gilt-tooled and blind-tooled spine decoration. Pink, blue, and white marbled paper in an unusual tiger pattern over boards. Dark blue and black marbled endpapers in... More
![A Sermon of War, Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, June 7, 1846 [Mexican-American War]. Theodore Parker.](/pictures/thumb/002272.jpg?v=1472082233)
Boston: I.R. Butts, 1846. Paperback. Third Edition. 33, [1] p.; 20 cm. Stitched pamphlet; pages have not been trimmed. Former owner's name inscribed in an old hand at head of title page: Wm. Rutherford. Parker had become minister of the 28th Congregational Church, Boston, in January 1846; his congregation included... More
Sheffield, England: J.W. Northend, printer and lithographer, 1911. Hardcover. lxix, [3], 811 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of the author and 58 leaves of plates from photographs chiefly reproduced by Furniss of Sheffield; 25 cm. Printer's royal blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and illustrations of crown and drum, and gilt-stamped... More
London: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. 1878. 1 chromolithographed print 34 x 26 cm. signed "Ape," without the biographical text. Carlo Pellegrini (1839-1889) was a caricaturist for Vanity Fair from 1869 to his death in 1889, signing his works "Ape." Archibald Forbes (1838-1900), British war correspondent, began writing for... More
Harrisburg: J.M.G. Lescure, printer to the state, 1850. 1 leaf 23 x 16 cm. Printed on one side only, within decorative border. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. The rules specified the payment of pensions and gratuitites to veterans of the Revolutionary and Indian wars or their widows... More
Berlin: Schall & Grund, 1895. Hardcover. xi, [1], 690, [4] p.: frontispiece portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm I, 21 additional leaves of illustrations (including 3 folded leaves of maps), many in-text portraits, maps, and other illustrations; 29 cm. Publisher's light grey cloth with black-and-gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; black-, gilt-, and... More
Geneva: Éditions Famot, 1973. Hardcover. "Exemplaire Réservé par François Beauval pour ses Amis Bibliophiles." 235, [5] p., 8 leaves of plates; 18 cm. Dark blue leather spine and white leather over boards. Silver stamped spine title and decoration; oval color pastedown illustration on front cover within silver decoration. Blue, white..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1912. Hardcover. xii, 340, 8 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 16 leaves of plates by Melton Prior; 23 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. No dust jacket. Publisher's catalog on 8 pages following text. With: small leaflet advertising the publisher's Germany and the Next War by... More
Alexandria [Va.]: S. Snowden & J.D. Simms, 1813. 36 p.; 22 cm. Stitched. The author, Josiah Quincy (1772-1864), was a U.S. congressman from 1805 to 1813; he also served as mayor of Boston from 1823 to 1828 and as president of Harvard University from 1829 to 1845. In this speech... More
London: Hering & Remington, 1848. 1 hand-colored lithograph 430 x 527 mm. (image is 264 x 372 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 23.25 inches). The lithograph was created by Robert Carrick (1820-1905) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the British Bengal... More
London: Hering & Remington, 1848. 1 hand-colored lithograph 429 x 533 mm. (image is 275 x 375 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 23 inches). The lithograph was created by Edmund Walker (1813 or 1814-1882) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the... More
New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. Paperback. "Published January, 1930." 313, [3] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with cover design by Rockwell Kent; map of southern Africa on endpapers. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page. Second unpaginated page following text contains subscription information... More
![Divers Politique Discourses of the Duke of Rohan; Made at several times upon several Occasions [bound with] The Memoires of the Duke of Rohan: or, A Faithful Relation of the most Remarkable Occurrences in France. Henri Rohan, duc de, George Bridges.](/pictures/thumb/005544.JPG?v=1497134846)
London: Gabriel Bedell and Thomas Collins, 1660. Hardcover. [4], 224, [16] p.; [8], 70, [2] p.; 18 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 B-Q8 A4 B-E8 F4 (8vo). Contemporary full calf with double blind-ruled border on each board and spine. Divers Politique Discourses was printed Thomas Ratcliffe, and The Memoires by Edward Mottershed... More
Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1864. Hardcover. Wright & Potter, state printers. 1022, 8, 22, 20 p., [4] unpaginated pages of folded tables: many in-text tables; 24 cm. Original black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Blind-stamped decoration on both boards and spine. Yellow endpapers. "Public Document No. 8" at head of... More
Leyden, Neth. Hendrik van Damme, 1705. 8 p.; 19 cm. Signatures: *4 (4to). Disbound. Woodcut initial letter. Not in Knuttel. A poem praising John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as a military hero. In Very Good Condition: disbound and without stitching; leaves are separating at fold; pages are clean and bright. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Hardcover. "First and second printings before publication." [2], viii, [2], 369, [1], vii, [3] p.; 22 cm. Blue cloth with silver stamped spine and cover titles. Top page edges red. Dust jacket with price on front flap; in mylar cover. Former owner's name and... More
![Correspondence of the American Revolution; Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, From the Time of His Taking Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency; edited from the original manuscripts by Jared Sparks [4 volumes] [provenance: Major Wm. H. Bean]. Jared Sparks.](/pictures/thumb/006032.JPG?v=1517009590)
Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1853. Hardcover. 4 volumes: viii, 549 p.; [4], 554 p.; [4], 560 p.; 555 p.; 28 cm. Original grey-brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title: Correspondence of the Revolution: Letters to Washington. Blind-stamped decoration on spines and boards. Pale yellow endpapers. Pages in vol. 4 are... More
![Report of the Secretary of War, 1865 -- Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress -- Vol. 1 [39th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 1]. Edwin M. Stanton.](/pictures/thumb/004650.JPG?v=1472082375)
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1866. Hardcover. Vol. 1 only. [4], 890 p.: tables; 23 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments; marbled paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title: Report of the Secretary of War. The report itself is dated Nov. 22, 1865 and the spine states "1865"; the... More
![A Visit to the South Seas, in the U.S. Ship Vincennes, during the Years 1829 and 1830; with Scenes in Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena [vol. 1]. Charles Samuel Stewart.](/pictures/thumb/005597.JPG?v=1500672416)
New York: John P. Haven, 1831. Hardcover. "Sleight & Robinson, printers." Vol. 1 only: 357, [1] p.; 18 cm. 19th-century half calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raied bands; black leather labels in second and fourth compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number. All page edges... More
Harrisburg, Pa. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1900. Hardcover. [2], 952 p., 1 folded leaf; 24 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Contains the name, residence, date of enrollment, rank, promotions, date of death or discharge of the officers and enlisted men of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1st through 19th... More
Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1814. Hardcover. 156 p.; 19 cm. Original white paper over spine and plain grey paper over boards. Pages are untrimmed. The subject of this volume is Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763-1813), a French General under Napoleon Bonaparte, who was banished from France in 1803. He arrived... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. Hardcover. xi, [1], 70 p.: tissue-guarded frontispiece, 30 full-page illustrations; 26 cm. Publisher's grey cloth with red, black, and gilt embossed spine title, cover title, and cover illustration and decoration. Boards have bevelled edges. All page edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers with black decoration... More
![Histoire de la Conquete de l'Angleterre par les Normands, de ses Causes et de ses Suites jusqu'a nos Jours, en Angleterre, en Écosse, en Irlande et sur le Continent; par Augustin Thierry [vol. 1]. Augustin Thierry.](/pictures/thumb/004176.JPG?v=1472082339)
Paris: Just Tessier, 1838. Hardcover. Cinquième Edition. Vol. 1 only: [2], 6 leaves of tipped-in engraved plates; 21 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label with gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Gilt-tooled decoration on raised bands. Marbled paper over boards. Title vignette; historiated... More
![Histoire de la Révolution Française par M.A. Theirs [vol. 6]. Adolphe Thiers.](/pictures/thumb/004175.JPG?v=1472082339)
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie. 1870. Hardcover. Treizième Édition. vol. 6 only: [4], 395, [1] p., frontispiece and 4 additional leaves of engraved plates; 21 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment, author and volume number in fourth, gilt-tooled decoration in... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1863. Paperback. Revised edition. iv, 52 p.: tables (1 folded); 18 cm. Lacking wrapper; disbound from a nonce volume. Instructions from the Union War Department for record-keeping during the Civil War, with forms to be used, issued by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on... More