Boston: The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. vii, 247, 54pp. Contemporary brown quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, spine with five raised bands, with gold lettering and decorations in blind, silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt. Three inserted plans (the Siege of Fort Stanwix; Rome, NY; Rome Arsenal)..... More
1817. Wrappers. Original marbled wrappers, stitched. [72]pp. Two folded sheets with a handwritten Alphabet to the Ledger laid in. The first ten leaves show financial statements with lines for tobacco, broad cloth, muslin, wine, brandy, etc., and then the balance for the ledger. The rest of the leaves contain several..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819. Second Edition. Hardcover. lvi, 512pp + errata slip (present only in this edition). Recent red half calf over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. The second part of the work was never published. Includes Political and..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. 64pp + 32pp of publisher's advertisements. Brown pebbled cloth with gold titles on the spine panel. Original yellow wrappers preserved. Frontispiece and fifteen inserted plates with thirty illustrations. Edited and with a prefatory note by Edward P. Hingston. With the bookplate of..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. In three volumes. lxiv, 552pp; xii, 571pp; xii, 588pp. Original brown paper covered boards with paper labels affixed to the spines, all edges uncut. With one large folding map of the city of Washington and territory of Columbia and..... More
Portland, ME: Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. 371pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine. The book covers the years 1775-1875 and includes an index of subjects and of surnames. Wear to extremities, spine heel frayed, light soiling..... More
Chicago: T. B. Arnold, 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Revised and enlarged. 198pp. Black cloth stamped in blind and gold on the front and lettered in gold on the spine. Frontispiece and illustrations. Some wear to extremities, faint stain to fore edge affecting mainly the first few leaves, front hinge a...... More
Providence, RI: Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical Society, 1890. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Personal Narratives Fourth Series, No. 9. Edition limited to 250 copies. 48pp. Original yellow wrappers lettered in black. Describes the Burnside Expedition and the engagement at Roanoke Island. Library stamp on front cover, chipping to edges, lower corner..... More
Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1890. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated edition. Original pictorial boards. Engraved frontispiece and several full page and in-text illustrations. Signed and inscribed by Mary Westbrook on the copyright page: "For / Master Harry Fisher -- / with the warm Christmas greetings of his / friend..... More
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. 139pp. Original cloth stamped in blind on the sided and gold on the spine. Frontispiece and one inserted plate. The story of the life of Uncle Jack, an African man who was sold as a slave in the 1770s and brought..... More