Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., 1882. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting The Emperor Napoleon III. at Solferino by Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891). The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the... More
Corsham, Eng. 1902. Autograph letter signed, dated Oct. 22, 1902 (on Corsham Court, Wiltshire, stationary) to unknown recipient praising the Burnham Rifle Club, which had been formed in 1899 (either the first or second rifle club formed in England). Methuen concluded: "I should consider it a great honour to be... More
Philadelphia, Pa. John B. Perry, 1845. Hard Cover. The Life and Times of Gen. Francis Marion with an Appendix; Containing: Biographical Notices of Greene, Morgan, Pickens, Sumpter, Washington, Lee, Davie, and Other Distinguished Officers of the Southern Campaign, durning the American Revolution. 210 p. (frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1917. Hardcover. 31 p.; 16 cm. Red cloth; pastedown with title and waving American flag. Contains the message issued by President Woodrow Wilson when the United States entered World War One, along with an explanation of the symbolism of the flag and the lyrics to... More
Hartford, Conn. Oliver D. Cooke, 1821. Hardcover. Second Edition, Enlarged and Improved. 384 p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of plates: portraits, tables; 19 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title "Life of Com. Perry." Appendix, comprising a.... More
Washington, D.C. 1824. Pamphlet. 4 p.; 16 cm. "[No. 33.]" - above heading. Dated Washington, May 28th, 1824, and signed: Chs. J. Nourse. Lists promotions and appointments made by the President since the publication of the Register in Jan. 1824. These were in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th regiments of... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. Crane Duplicating; Barnstable, Mass. Uncorrected Proof. [12], 384 p.; 21 cm. Green paper covers. This is an uncorrected proof of the book, which does not contain the illustrations contained in the published version. In Near Fine Condition: cover is very slightly creased. More
London: Mandrake Press, 1929. Hardcover. 187, [1] p.; 19 cm. Brown cloth with green spine title. No dust jacket. Set in a foxhole during the First World War, this bleak novel was inspired by the author's experience as an Irish Guardsman during that war. Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984) was an Irish... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1835. Hardcover. xvi, 448 p.: frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of plates (including 1 folded map); 23 cm. Contemporary full polished calf; six spine compartments between raised bands. Black leather label in second spine compartment with gilt-tooled title: Life of Ld. Exmouth. Gilt-tooled decoration in... More
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
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
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
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1815. Paperback. First edition with half title and advertisements. Written "for the purpose of assisting the Waterloo Subscription." Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and John Murray, London. 56, 4, [2] p.;... More
![The Emperor Napoleon III. at Solferino; From the Original Painting in the Gallery of the Luxembourg; by J.L.E. Meissonier [1 Woodburytype print by Gravure Goupil et Cie]. Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier.](/pictures/thumb/004796.JPG?v=1472082386)
![Life and Services of Gen. Anthony Wayne: Founded on Documentary and Other Evidence, Furnished by his son, Col. Isaac Wayne [bound with] The Life and Times of Gen. Francis Marion. H. N. Moore.](/pictures/thumb/001961.jpg?v=1472082220)
![The Bunker: The History of the Reich Chancellery Group [Uncorrected Proof]. James P. O'Donnell.](/pictures/thumb/000518.jpg?v=1472082180)
![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)
![A Sermon of War, Preached at the Melodeon, on Sunday, June 7, 1846 [Mexican-American War]. Theodore Parker.](/pictures/thumb/002272.jpg?v=1472082233)
![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)
