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186919660New York: G. W. Carleton Publisher 1869. First edition. A little bumped and rubbed with some fraying at the head and the foot of the spine; a very good copy. 8vo blind-stamped original green cloth gilt lettering 470 8 pages. A characteristic pot-boiler from the novelist whose infamy as an abusive husband was secured after he was shot and killed by his teenage son Frank Walworth in 1873. Mansfield had beaten his wife often and bitten her badly at least once; such excerpts of letters to her threatening murder and suicide that this cataloger has seen have a morbid and sensationalist cast consonant with the tone of this novel; the son's release and pardon on grounds of insanity seems also suitably Gothic in keeping with Mansfield Walworth's own fictions. G. W. Carleton, Publisher, unknown books
187256104New York: G. W. Carleton & Co. Very Good. 1872. Hardcover. Covers are slightly stained and scuffed gilt stamped spine is lightly soiled with bumped ends contents are clean bright very good. . G. W. Carleton & Co. hardcover books
187155759New York: G. W. Carleton & Co. Very Good. 1871. Hardcover. A few pencil markings hinges starting green boards are slightly scuffed with rubbed spine ends and cover edges Good. . G. W. Carleton & Co. hardcover books
1853314144London: John Murray 1853. First edition. 18 engraved plates folding map between volumes. xv 1 425;iv 432 pp. 2 vols. 8vo 8-5/8 x 5-1/4 inches 22 x 14 cm. Publisher's marbled blue cloth with cover device in gilt Some rubbing and minor soiling to spines and covers but in all a very presentable copy. Internally joints professionally reinforced with tissue text generally very clean. Name in ink on endpapers. First edition. 18 engraved plates folding map between volumes. xv 1 425;iv 432 pp. 2 vols. 8vo 8-5/8 x 5-1/4 inches 22 x 14 cm. IN MARBLED PUBLISHER'S CLOTH. Parkyns left England in 1842 and travelled for nine years spending three of those in Abyssinia where he lived much as a native of that country wearing the clothing eating the food and even working as a silversmith. Czech 125; Pankhurst 31 John Murray unknown books
185352524London: John Murray 1853. First edition 2 volumes 8vo pp. xv 1 425 1; iv 432; folding map with route outlined in red 18 plates plus other wood-engraved illustrations in the text; recent half maroon morocco gilt-decorated spines in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2; old institutional rubberstamp in bottom margin of title pages both frontispieces a bit dampstained but overall a fine-looking copy. <br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
185473629New York: D. Appleton 1854. 1st Amer. ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vols. frontises illustrations 350 355p. plus 10p. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. I and 4p. publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. II. Original dark green cloth. 21cm. Covers sound and clean with some moderate chipping at ends of backstrips. Foxing mostly on frontises and title-pages. <br/><br/> D. Appleton hardcover books
186221776<p>In February 1862 General Mansfield Lovell sends reinforcements to Albert Sidney Johnston the chief Confederate commander in the West so he can defend Nashville and Fort Donelson. The move was fruitless; Fort Donelson fell to Union troops a week after this letter was written.</p> <b>MANSFIELD LOVELL.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to Albert Sidney Johnston. New Orleans La. February 7 1862. 1 p. 8 x 11 in.<p>With: a carte-de-visite of Lovell in Confederate uniform. New York & Washington: Brady's National Photographic Portrait Gallery ca. 1862.</p><p><b>Partial Transcript </b></p><p><i>"Capt. Gibson's battery 21 rifled 6 pdrs. and two 12 pdr. Howitzers has been detained for want of transportation but will leave tomorrow morning for Nashville. Capt. Bains has received his battery and with the exception of a portion of his harness is ready to proceed to join your command; but as his company is totally uninstructed I have thought it best to retain them at their encampment in the Jackson Rail Road to drill and be reduced to something like discipline. If however you desire to have the guns and men I would prefer to have the men instructed at Nashville. I shall order them there upon the receipt of a telegram to that effect from you."</i></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>A day before Lovell wrote this letter Ulysses S. Grant had forced the surrender of Fort Henry Tennessee. The loss prompted Confederate Western Department commander General Albert Sidney Johnston to abandon his position at Bowling Green Kentucky and fall back towards Nashville. A week later on February 16 Fort Donelson Tennessee fell. The Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers had been opened and all of western Tennessee northern Mississippi and northern Alabama were exposed to Union invasion. Johnston adopted the strategic thinking of P.G.T. Beauregard his new second-in-command and concentrated most of the men in the western theater on a climactic battle against Ulysses S. Grant. In the resulting Battle of Shiloh April 6-7 1862 Johnson himself was killed. He was the highest-ranking officer to die in battle on either side in the Civil War.</p><p>In the aftermath of the Battle of Shiloh New Orleans lay exposed to Union attack from the north while to the south Admiral David G. Farragut's Mississippi River fleet broke the Confederate defenses on the Mississippi River at Forts Jackson and St. Philip. The two forts protected New Orleans but Farragut bypassed them in the dark early morning hours of April 24. He then prevailed over Confederate Captain John Stevenson's overmatched fleet. Lovell began to evacuate New Orleans over the next few days well before Union General Benjamin Butler's army was in a position to threaten its works. Lovell's evacuation order probably cost him his career; he was investigated by a court of inquiry and never again commanded troops in the field. Butler occupied the Crescent City on May 1.</p><p><b>Mansfield Lovell </b>1822-1884 was a West Point graduate from Washington D.C. who was seriously wounded at Belen Gate in the Mexican War. In October 1861 he was appointed major general in the Confederate Army and assigned to command in New Orleans. Under Lovell the Confederates lost New Orleans but he was hampered by deficiencies in men and materiel and was subsequently cleared of responsibility. However he never again obtained high command.</p><p><b>Albert S. Johnston</b> 1803-1862 of Kentucky graduated from West Point where he befriended Jefferson Davis in 1828. He went to Texas where he served as aide-de-camp to Sam Houston's revolutionary army and rose to command Texas forces briefly in 1837. He also served as Secretary of War for the short-lived Republic of Texas. Johnston fought under Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War was colonel of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry on the Texas frontier led troops in the Utah wars and commanded the Department of the Pacific before the Civil War. In 1861 he was appointed full general second after Samuel Cooper with command of all Confederate forces in the western theater. Under his overall direction the South lost Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. His plans for resurgence in the West resulted in the Battle of Shiloh during which he fell mortally wounded.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Very good. Small chips at top margin two minor tears at left margin ink identification on verso.</p> books
1883280343New York 1883. unbound. fine. 2 pages front and back 7 x 4.5 inches The Belvedere House New York January 31 1883 to the editor of "The Critic" in full: "I have received from your office two copies of the Critic; will you do me the favor and express to the sender my sincere thanks At the same time permit me to tell you how much pleasure I read the criticisms in your issue of the 27th last." Boldly signed and in fine condition.<br/><br/> British Shakespearean actor considered one of the best of all time.<br/><br/> unknown books
189126160NY: Published for the Author 1891. First Edition. 8vo pp. 191. Paper wraps. D/J soiled o/w an unopened copy. Inscribed to publisger Crosby Gaige in an unknown hand. Published for the Author unknown books
18906036751890. not signed on a 3/4 length pose of Richard Mansfield wearing a dark suit silk tie and high collar white shirt. Note his eye glasses. Photograph is on the original stiff photographer's mount with Sarony 87 Union Sqr. N.Y. on the lower mount. 4 1/4" x 6 5/8"; very good a little toning to background of image; traces of mounting on the back; circa 1890. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
18509693New York: Pr. for the author by George P. Putnam 1850. 12mo. 175 1 pp. <br><br>Sole edition. Contemporary cloth worn and faded spine reinforced with tape and covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct institution. Title-page and several others lightly stamped; back free endpaper with pocket. Front fly-leaf torn away; first and last few leaves spotted. Pr. for the author (by George P. Putnam) hardcover books
1852264544New York: Appleton 1852. First. hardcover. good. Frontis. engraved half-title page. 331pp. 4pp. publisher's ads. 12mo original brown cloth lacks front flyleaf edges of corners worn and bumped cloth sunned on spine and top of back cover many pages with light foxing. New York: D. Appleton 1852. First Edition<br/><br/> A novel. "Letters signed 'Z. P.' i.e. Zachary Pundison a pseudonym used by Mansfield according to Cushing." Wright II 1666.<br/><br/> Appleton unknown books
180164290New Haven: Printed by William W. Morse 1801. First edition. 8vo. x 2 274 47pp. of tables and errata13 folding engraved plates. Period flame calf gilt stamped red morocco spine label gilt rules. Chip to head of spine front joint split. Ex Franklin Library copy. Mansfield's work "is considered the first book of original mathematical researches by a native American." -DAB. Jefferson having been made aware of him by this book would make an appointment that lead him to become one of the earliest instructors at West Point and then would go on to appoint him to become Surveyor of the Northwest Territory. Period inscription not all readable from perhaps a Hoyt leaving the book to a name we can't make out: "Bequeathed to in my last will who is now on the Sea Coast Survey of the United States." AMERICAN IMPRINTS 866 HONEYMAN 2137 KARPINSKI p.132. RINK 581 SOWERBY Vol. IV p.33. <br/><br/> Printed by William W. Morse unknown books
187675349Cleveland Ohio: Co-Operative Printing. Very Good. 1876. Printed Wrappers. 9 x 6 inches in original printed wrappers. Contents bright and complete in 26 pages. Light soil to front wrapper. . Co-Operative Printing unknown books
187674171Cleveland Ohio: Co-operative Printing Company. Very Good. 1876. Pamphlet. 26 p. ; 24 cm. Original publication and NOT a reprint. Complete and in bright condition. . Co-operative Printing Company unknown books
184810541New York A.S. Barnes/Cincinnati H.W. Derby 1848. 1848. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece 15 maps and engravings. 323 pages 12 pages of publisher's advertisements. Original gilt stamped brown cloth with gilt stamped canon design on spine rubbed occasional foxing. Good-very good. Contemporary ink signature of Thaddeus E. Sanger. Sabin 44370. F. Hardcover. New York, A.S. Barnes/Cincinnati, H.W. Derby, 1848. hardcover books
18552036674Applegate & Co 1855. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 1860 printing. Former copy of Rochester Academy of Medicine usual marks including bookplate on front endpaper stating 'Acquired by the Library through the Bequest of Clarence V. Costello M.D.' Light stain on top page corner throughout and fore-edge margin of first few pages foxed throughout. 1855 Hard Cover. x 408 12 pp. 8vo. Black leather spine over cloth covered boards gilt titles & rules. A biography of the physician who taught at several medical schools and founded the Medical College of Ohio now called the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and the Commercial Hospital and Lunatic Asylum now called the University of Cincinnati Hospital in the early 19th century. He was also well-known for his two-volume work on diseases of the interior valley of North America which included important commentary on the natural history of malaria. Sabin 44369. Howes M264. Applegate & Co hardcover books
185554449Cincinnati: Published by Applegate & Co 1855. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. x 11-408 pp; 12 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Some foxing some minor wear at head and tale of spine. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. x 11-408 pp; 12 pp. ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Howes M264. Coleman 1564 Published by Applegate & Co unknown books
186772523Philadelphia: Mccalla & Stavely. Very Good. 1867. Softcover. A discourse on the state and tendency of society delivered before the literary societies of the College of New Jersey at Princeton June 25th 1867 Edward Deering Mansfield 1867English Book Book 42 p. 23.5 cm. Philadelphia McCalla & Stavely printers1867.Lacks front wrapper bright and complete Good. . Mccalla & Stavely paperback books
18419434Cincinnati: U.P. James 1841. 23pp Disbound. Very Good. A biography though a bit flowery excusable under the circumstances of Harrison by the prolific writer. The equally prolific James Hall was Chairman of the Committee appointed by the city council of Cincinnati "to adopt measures in reference to the late melancholy bereavement of the nation." FIRST EDITION. Sabin 44376n. AI 41-3341 5. Not in Thomson. U.P. James unknown books
1852214495New York: A. S. Barnes 1852. hardcover. very good-. and the Battles in the Valley of Mexico to the Conclusion of Peace and His Return to the United States. Many engravings a few maps. 536pp. 7pp. of publisher's ads. 8vo modern 3/4 brown morocco light foxing including most illustrations morocco lightly rubbed. New York: A. S. Barnes 1852.<br/><br/> A. S. Barnes unknown books
184675822NY:: A. S. Barnes & Co. Good. 1846. Hardcover. First edition. Small octavo bound in black cloth with gilt lettering and design on the spine. Edge worn foxing throughout text block else good. ; 366 pages . A. S. Barnes & Co., hardcover books
18612199454N.C. Miller / A.S. Barnes & Burr 1861. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. First few pages lightly stained along binding local library marks on rear endpapers otherwise no marks photograph card laid in labeled 'Platt Carpenter' - probably B. Platt Carpenter a lawyer born in New York who served in the state senate lost the race for lieutenant-governor to Grover Cleveland and was appointed by Chester A. Arthur to be governor of the Montana territory. 1861 Hard Cover. xii 560 pp. 8vo. Original dark green stamped cloth gilt titles & Union insignia pink endpapers. Includes several engravings and maps of battles. A wealth of historical information about America during following the Revolution with specific focus on the wars in which Lt.-Gen. Scott participated. Published at the outset of the American Civil War in which he also served. Reissue of Sabin 44368. N.C. Miller / A.S. Barnes & Burr hardcover books
187969991Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. Good. 1879. Hardcover. 348 pages half leather and marbled boards. Ex-library with remnants of a bookplate and card pocket at the front and rear pastedowns. The covers are heavily soiled and rubbed and the rear cover is loosening. The contents are bright and complete. Good. . Robert Clarke & Co. hardcover books
1849277611849. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 372 pp. 8vo. Green marbled paper boards with black leather spine and gold embossed titling that has chipped and faded light scuffing from shelf wear. Interior pages have age toning otherwise quite clean. hardcover books
