Philadelphia: G. Palmer, 1816. Hardcover. v, [1], 354 p.; 21 cm. Contemporary calf; red leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Includes index. Former owner's name stamped on front fixed endpaper: "B. Grimler." Contains two sections: Annals of America and Official Documents. Both relate to events in the War of 1812..... More
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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
New York: Chaplains' Aid Association, 1917. Paperback. 2nd edition. 16 p.; 13 cm. Stapled brown cover printed in black. The first edition was published in Oct. 1917 by the New York Social Hygiene Society and Chaplains' Aid Association. Presents arguments for the enlisted men of the First World War to..... More
Breda, Netherlands: Gebrs. Oukoop, 1895. Hardcover. Tweede, geheel omgewerkte druk. "Voor Rekening van de Koninklijke Militaire Academie." xxii, 868 p.; 22 cm. Red morocco-grain cloth spine and corners; marbled paper over boards. Printed paper spine label. Grey endpapers. Former owner's name at head of title page: "K. R. Kuipers 13.2.'98."..... 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..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Hardcover. [10], 229 p., [16] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Green cover with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The massacre of a Cheyenne village of over 100 men, women, and children in 1864 led to governemnt investigations and "the bloodiest uprising of the..... 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
1905. 1 handwritten letter, dated 3 June 1905, Washington, D.C. Irene Rucker Sheridan, the widow of General Philip Sheridan, responds to Jessie M. Weith, who had requested an autograph letter of her late husband. She regrets that she cannot comply because she had given away nearly everything from him. General..... More
1897. 1 handwritten letter, dated Canton, Ohio, 12 April 1897, to J. M. Dickinson, Lisbon, Ohio, accepting the invitation he had extended from Starr Post 138, G.A.R., in Lisbon, Ohio, for her to visit on Memorial Day. Kate Brownlee Sherwood (1841-1914) was a poet and journalist, as well as the..... More
Akron, Ohio: Werner Co., 1900. Hardcover. [6], 181, [1] p., 41 leaves of color plates; 45 cm. Black cloth with gilt cover title: Deutschlands Heer und Flotte. Title page in red and black. Text in parallel columns of German and English; plate captions in both languages. Some plates are labelled..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1888. Hardcover. xiii, [1], 989 p., 44 leaves of plates: tables, charts, illustrations (some in color), color view, maps (1 folded), plans; 30 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt stamped spine title. Bookplate of Sage Public Library, West Bay City, Mich., on front fixed endpaper;..... More
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