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1863BOOKS350084Philadelphia PA: King & Baird. Good /NO DUSTJACKET. 1863. First Edition. Pamphlet. Vallandigham became a martyr for civil liberties symbolizing the struggle for dissent even as he returned to Ohio and was nominated for governor while in exile. He was exiled by Lincoln using War Powers Act. . 8vo. 16 pp. Not sure if it ever had a rear cover. Minor foxing. . King & Baird unknown
186210466Washington: Government Printing Office 1862. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 910 pp. First edition. As issued in publisher's embossed cloth; spine titled "Messages / and / Diplomatic / Correspondence. / 1862 / Ho. Reps." Binding is a trifle sunned at the spine but generally it presents quite nicely; early and occasional tidelines; occasional scattered foxing. <br /> <br /> This contains Lincoln's second "State of the Union" though at that time it was a printed message rather than an address. In this message Lincoln tangles with the year and a half old civil war and his struggle to preserve the Union while wrestling with the central impasse of the rebellion slavery. A remarkable address that contains at the conclusion one of his memorable lines "The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our country" p. 23. Of profound importance and one of Lincoln's boldest moves to "rise with the occasion" this volume contains the 22 September 1862 preliminary Emancipation Proclamation the final version would be issued and enforced a month after Lincoln's message. The idea of an executive action that would free the slaves in states that were in open rebellion with the Union came in the summer of 1862. An early version of the proclamation was read by Lincoln to his cabinet in July 1862. On the advice of Secretary of State William Seward this penultimate version of the proclamation was thought to be more effective if issued after a significant Union victory—that victory turned out to be at Antietam. The Emancipation Proclamation is among the most important documents in United States history and this preliminary version offers a glimpse into Lincoln's steps towards the abolition of slavery in service of the preservation of the Union. Government Printing Office unknown
1883312201883. Paris chez tous les Libraires 1883. 10 tomes reliÂŽs en 2 vol. au format gd in-16 141 x 98 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. 242 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl. 1 f. n.fol. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. 232 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliures uniformes de l'ÂŽpoque de demi-chagrin maroquinÂŽ lie-de-vin ˆ coins roulettes et filets dorÂŽs portÂŽs sur chacun des plats dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽs de filets gras en noir roulette dorÂŽe portÂŽe sur les nerfs filets dorÂŽs larges fleurons dorÂŽs titre dorÂŽ tomaison dorÂŽe filet en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs en tÂte et queue tranches mouchetÂŽes. Edition originale. Ensemble complet de ses 10 livraisons ; ici reliÂŽes en 2 volumes. Belle impression sur vergÂŽ de Hollande d'ÂŽdition. L'ouvrage s'orne de 10 dÂŽlicats frontispices gravÂŽs ˆ l'eau-forte montÂŽs sous serpentes et signÂŽs dans la plaque Fernand Besnier. Lequel ''exposa au Salon des Artistes indÂŽpendants de 1912 ˆ sa moer en 1927''. in BÂŽnÂŽzit. ''Fleuron de son abondante production de nouvelliste Les Monstres parisiens sÕimpose comme une Ãuvre essentielle de la littÂŽrature fin-de-siÂcle dont elle condense les obsessions et les thÂmes fondamentaux en peignant diverses monstruositÂŽs morales.'' Thierry Santurenne. Vicaire V Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXÂme 674 - ThiÂme Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise contemporaine p. 273 - Osterwalder I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs p. 131 citant la prÂŽsente contribution de l'artiste - BÂŽnÂŽzit I Dictionnaire des peintres p. 711. Quelques cahiers lÂŽgÂrement dÂŽrÂŽglÂŽs. Papier des gravures oxydÂŽ. PrÂŽsence de quelques claires rousseurs dans les corps d'ouvrages ; davantage marquÂŽes sur quelques feuillets. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1820594181820. Bremen 4.XI.1820. 3 Seiten 4°. Mit Siegelspur und Adresse Schiffspost-Stempel. Leicht gebräunt an der Siegelstelle ohne Textverlust leicht beschädigt. Johannn Abraham Albers 1772-1821 Stadtphysikus und Geburtshelfer in Bremen machte sich durch seine Croup-Studien einen Namen gründete 1802 die dem amerikanischen Präsidenten Thomas Jefferson gewidmete Zeitschrift "Americanische Annalen der Arzneykunde Naturgeschichte Chemie und Physik". - An den franco-amerikanischen Linguisten Peter Stephen de Ponceau 1760-1844 in Philadelphia Sekretär der American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia. Albers übersendet "Anzeigen zweyer Amerikanischer in Philadelphia herausgekommenen Schriften leider aber noch nicht die von der höchst interessanten Schrift von Welch welche der hiesige Professor Stork noch nicht beendigt hat. In nächster Woche schicke ich sie aber bestimmt nach Halle und dann erhalten Sie dieselbe mit den Anzeigen von noch ein paar Büchern die ich Ihrer Güte verdanke. Das Buch mit welchem sie Herrn Dr. Oelrichs ein gewiss höchst interessantes Geschenk machen werden habe ich ihm nach Mannheim wo er jetzt lebt gesandt ich habe ihn hier sehr ungern verloren denn er war ein höchst interessanter vielseitig gebildeter Mann. Die verlangten Schauspiele von Kotzebue will ich Ihnen besorgen obgleich ich fast mit Ihnen zürnen möchte dass Sie Ihr Geld für so schlechtes Zeug ausgeben ." unknown
183919181Longman & Co. Paternoster Row and Butterworth Fleet Street 1839. 16mo. First Edition endpapers mildly age-stained; publisher's original brown cloth backstrip with printed paper label chipped but entirely legible uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED covers moderately age-stained else a remarkably crisp clean copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. Sold from a sporting institution with its stamp on endpapers. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Longman & Co., Paternoster Row, and Butterworth, Fleet Street, hardcover
186010625Columbus OH: Follett Foster & Co 1860. First Hardcover Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo 406pp. illustrated plus advertisements. With half-title and original endpapers. A very good copy complete and unrestored in the publisher's brown cloth. Spine ends with shallow wear one scrunch to the cloth on the front board abrasions to corners and mild internal foxing. Still a nice sound copy with strong inner hinges. All three illustrations present as called for including an uncommonly dashing portrait of the 16th president. Preceded by two issues in wrappers both of which are extremely rare in commerce. Considered to be the first widely read modern campaign biography. This must be quite an early copy as there is no errata slip at p. 74 issued in later copies the error on p. 46 no "i" in "importance" on the last line is present and we even note another typographical error not mentioned in any other catalog description that we found with the last word "triumph" omitted by the printer supplied here in pencil by a contemporary owner. There is a period and colon after the "O" at the imprint though these almost appear to have been added later . Howes H-735. Follett, Foster & Co hardcover
1866375831Washington D.C.: John H. Littlefield; Wm. Terry Printer 1866. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting on printed mount. Image 5 x 9 1/2 in.; mounted to 11 x 14 in. Faint toning to mount; fine. Photograph by John Goldin of Littlefield's painting on printed mount. Image 5 x 9 1/2 in.; mounted to 11 x 14 in. A published photograph of Littlefield's hyper-realistic Lincoln death-bed painting each figure meticulously rendered from photographs. <br /> Littlefield studied law under Lincoln in 1858 stumped for him in his Presidential bid and was rewarded with a position in the Treasury Department. After Lincoln's death Littlefield invented this tableau of twenty-five people ranged around the death-bed including Vice-President Johnson Surgeon Charles Leale and Mrs. Lincoln.<br /> "The artist used photographs as models for the twenty-five people gathered in the death room but his profile of the dying Lincoln shows a first-hand acquaintance" Ostendorf LINCOLN'S PHOTOGRAPHS p. 279. John H. Littlefield; Wm. Terry, Printer unknown
186424901.02<p>"<i>with the same determination to divide the country unless they can secure universal abolition we are exposed to the same dangers every day and God only knows in what unlucky hour our ruin may be consummated. Compare his policy with McClellan's expression of readiness to receive any State when its people offer to submit to the Union.</i>"</p><p>This Democratic Party campaign pamphlet quotes an April 1864 letter to argue that Lincoln gave Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant free rein to conduct the war after having interfered with and micromanaged McClellan's Peninsula Campaign in 1862. The publication also declared that Republicans were stained with "<i>The Taint of Disunion</i>" and quoted from Republican speeches and editorials to insist that the Democrats were the party of "<i>UNION AND PEACE</i>."</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Printed Document. Democrat Campaign "<i>Document No. 12</i>" with headings "<i>Lincoln's Treatment of Gen. Grant</i>" "<i>Mr. Lincoln's Treatment of Gen. McClellan</i>" and "<i>The Taint of Disunion</i>." New York 1864. 8 pp. 5¾ x 8â… in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpts:</b></p><p>Lincoln to Grant April 30 1864</p><p>"<i>I wish to express in this way my entire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time so far as I understand it. The particulars of your plans I neither know nor seek to know. You are vigilant and self-reliant; and pleased with this I wish not to obtrude any restrains or constraints upon you while I am very anxious that any real disaster or capture of our men in great numbers be avoided.</i>" p1/c1</p><p>"<i>Such in brief are some of the most notable instances in which Mr. Lincoln interfered with General McClellan when he occupied a position similar to that held by General Grant. They reflect so severely upon the President that no attempt to gloss them over by his apparent subsequent repentance can disabuse the patriotic portion of the nation of the matured conviction that he is to be held responsible for the lack of decisive victories in Eastern Virginia. The blame must and will rest upon him to whom it belongs.</i>" p5/c2</p><p>"<i>Having shown by copious extracts from the speeches of Abraham Lincoln W. H. Seward Wendell Phillips Wm. Lloyd Garrison and from the editorial writings of the Chicago Tribune and the N. Y. Tribune… that they were all <b>original secessionists and disunion men</b> we propose now to give the evidence that Mr. Lincoln himself has within the last three months been concerned in a movement to make peace with Jeff. Davis on terms involving the direct proposal to divide the Union and let the South go.</i>" p7/c2-p8/c1</p><p>"<i>with the same determination to divide the country unless they can secure universal abolition we are exposed to the same dangers every day and God only knows in what unlucky hour our ruin may be consummated. Mark how Mr. Lincoln constantly keeps up the idea of negotiating only with Jefferson Davis. Why does he never address himself to the people or the States of the South. Compare his policy with McClellan's expression of readiness to receive any State when its people offer to submit to the Union.</i>" p8/c2</p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>The 1864 presidential election pitted President Lincoln against his Democratic challenger General George B. McClellan. Although McClellan had been the commander of the Army of the Potomac and general-in-chief of the Union Army the Peace platform adopted by the Democratic National Convention in Chicago declared the war a failure. The party was bitterly divided between War Democrats who favored continuing the war to restore the Union while leaving slavery alone; moderate Peace Democrats who favored an armistice and a negotiated peace that would likely protect slavery in a reconstructed union and radical Peace Democrats who favored an immediate end to the war without securing Union victory. McClellan was a War Democrat but the platform was written by radical Peace Democrat Clement Vallandigham and Peace Democrat George H. Pendleton was nominated for vice president.</p><p>In 1864 Republicans created the National Union Party to attract War Democrats Unconditional Unionists and Unionist Party members who would not vote for the Republican Party though most state Republican parties did not change their name. President Abraham Lincoln won the nomination of the "National Union Party" at its Baltimore convention and won re-election with new running mate War Democrat Andrew Johnson.</p><p>Although Lincoln was convinced by August 1864 that he would not be reelected General William T. Sherman's capture of Atlanta in early September and General Philip Sheridan's successes in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia from August to October ensured his victory. Without the participation of the seceded states Lincoln and Johnson won 55 percent of the popular vote and an overwhelming 212-to-21 victory in the Electoral College. McClellan and Pendleton carried only Kentucky Delaware and McClellan's home state of New Jersey.</p>
186423084New York: Sold at 13 Park Row and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices 1864. 8pp caption title disbound a bit of blank margin wear Good. At head of title: 'Document No. 12.' <br /> <br /> This Democratic Party campaign pamphlet portrays President Lincoln as an incompetent military strategist who perpetually "interfered with General McClellan both when he was general-in-chief and afterward when he commanded the brave Army of the Potomac." Worse Lincoln has "The Taint of Disunion." He not McClellan the Democratic presidential candidate supported the Jeffersonian right of revolution in a speech during his single term in Congress. He and other "ultra abolitionists" are the "original secessionists and disunion men." <br /> George McClellan wants the rebel States to return to the Union but Lincoln's policies render that impossible. Lincoln "regards the States as dead and gone. He magnifies and strengthens the position of the Richmond dynasty" by seeking to negotiate "only with Jefferson Davis." <br /> Monaghan 326. Not in LCP. Sold at 13 Park Row, and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices unknown
186335588Auburn N.Y. 1863. Broadside 8" x 12-1/4". Very Good.<br /> <br /> Congressman Pomeroy of Auburn who represented New York in Congress during the Civil War years and early Reconstruction has high praise for Colonel Clark serving on the staff of General Banks and recently wounded in the advance on Port Hudson. <br /> In the earliest days of the War during the Baltimore disorders he "mingled during the day and following night with the populace and rioters gathered all possible information and on the following morning returned to Washington and laid the information before the military authorities. Communications with Annapolis being cut off he accepted the hazardous position of bearer of dispatches from the War Department to Gen'l Butler and of the seventeen messengers sent on that mission was the only one who succeeded in reaching his destination without arrest and that was accomplished only by a night march on foot of twenty-five miles in a country with which he was unfamiliar and by swimming the Patuxent within sound of the voices of the enemies sentinels." <br /> OCLC 768761257 1- Allen Cy Pub. Lib. as of November 2025. unknown
1864156621864. 16th President of the United States. Original Lincoln Union Presidential Ticket dated November 8 1864. A Morgan County Ohio Union Presidential Ticket for the 1864 election listing Abraham Lincoln for President and Andrew Johnson for Vice President together with state electors and local candidates 3 "x 7". Patriotic motif depicts Columbia with a sword labeled "Union." Despite his early fears of defeat Lincoln won strong majorities in the popular and electoral vote partly as a result of the recent Union victory at the Battle of Atlanta. Lincoln's victory made him the first president to win re-election since Andrew Jackson in 1832 as well as the first Northern president to ever win re-election. Lincoln was assassinated less than two months into his second term. In excellent condition. unknown
1861126721861. Mills Clark. Abraham Lincoln life mask originally taken in February 1865 two months before the president's death. Mills' was the second and last life mask taken of Lincoln preserving his features directly from life rather than through later artistic interpretation. The cast is often compared to Leonard Volk's cast taken in 1860 shortly after Lincoln secured the Republican nomination and is a remarkable record of the toll the presidency and Civil War took on Lincoln physically. John Hay secretary to the president once noted that Volk cast shows "a man of fifty-one and young for his years. . . . full of life of energy of vivid aspiration. . . . .Mills' cast is so sad and peaceful in its infinite repose . . . . a look as of one on whom sorrow and care had done their worst without victory is on all the features." The Mills cast captured Lincoln's entire skull unlike the Volk which shows only the face.<br /> <br /> After Clark Mills. Abraham Lincoln life mask cast from the original 1865 mold. Plaster mask showing Lincoln's face from the forehead to below the chin with closed eyes lean cheeks pronounced cheekbones deep-set eyes narrow mouth and beard visible along the jawline. The casting emphasizes the elongated structure of Lincoln's face and preserves the asymmetry and modeling that gave later sculptors a direct reference for portrait accuracy. Mills was a New York born sculpter who developed his own method of creating plaster masks for portrait busts in the 1840s. His works include the equestrian statues of Andrew Jackson and George Washington which now reside in Washington D.C.'s Lafayette Square and Washington Circle respectively as well as the Statue of Freedom which sits atop the United States Capitol dome and over 100 portrait busts of Native American prisoners and Black students at the Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School now Hampton University.<br /> <br /> This original 1865 life mask became an essential source for later Lincoln portraits and sculptures especially after 1865 when artists and monument makers sought models for Lincoln memorials. The pieces has a unique documentary value distinct from painted or engraved likenesses often filtered through personal interpretation. Minor surface wear consistent with age; overall very good condition. Life masks are created in negative molds casts therein are created in relief "after" the original. It is unclear at when this particular cast was taken. unknown
1875N3375Berlin: Louis Gerschel 1875. First Edition . Half Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. 1875-1876. Some 1800pp for the 3 volumes. Some general outside wear and discolouration. Spines head and tail with repairs and partly replaced. Text with foxing. In general a good copy. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION rarely seen on the market. <br/> <br/> Louis Gerschel hardcover
1863RLINLET00efH. H. Lloyd 1863. Fair. Lincoln Abraham. Letters of President Lincoln on Questions of National Policy. Pamphlet. New York: H. H. Lloyd 1863. 22pp. 12mo. Pink wraps. Book condition: Fair with detached rear cover faded and stained front one-inch loss from head and two-inch closed tear in front. Pages have a few faint stains not affecting text. Contains letters to General McClellan Horace Greeley Fernando Wood the Albany Committee Governor Seymour and the Springfield Meeting. Scarce. H. H. Lloyd paperback
1862RMP442<p>Washington DC U.S. Government Printing Office House of Representatives 1862<br /><br />8º. 434pp. Three quarter morocco over marbled boards four raised bands gilt titles all edges marbled. First edition. A very good or better copy with minor scuffing and edgewearindex penciled on rear blank.</p><p>37th Congress 2 Session Ex. Doc. No. 100. In October 1861 England France and Spain signed a treaty to force Mexican reparations; the English and Spanish withdrew but the French remained unseating Benito Juarez and installing Maximilian as Emperor . This was of grave concern to Lincoln and the North and a violation of the Monroe Doctrine. Also of concern was the relations between the Confederacy and Mexico. <br />Provenance: Library of James Torr Harmer with his bookplate on front pastedown.</p><p>With a list of Documents relating to Mexican Affairs accompanying the President´s message in reply to the resolution of the <em><strong>House of Representatives of March 3 1862.</strong></em></p><p>A very good copy with minor scuffing and edgewearindex penciled on rear blank.</p> U.S. Government Printing Office hardcover
182021441820. Steel-engraving. 510mm by 660mm platemark 590mm by 815mm sheet. Marked 'Second Plate'.<br /> Wilkie was an important Scottish genre painter. Raimbach was an English line-engraver of Swiss descent. In 1812 he began to engrave some of Wilkie's best pictures. At his death he held a gold medal awarded for his Village Politicians at the Paris Exhibition of 1814. CONDITION : Small repair in image - see photo. Scuff mark in title area slightly going into image - see photo. A few marks and a couple of light creases in the margins. Repaired tear in bottom margin. unknown
1847CSNwGESN30London: Simmonds & Ward 1847. 1847. 8vo. pp. xv 1 388 2ads. with half-title but without tipped-in notice. folding engraved partly coloured map. 5 wood-engraved plates. title vignette. original blind-stamped cloth crack in spine spinal extremities frayed some light spotting a few gatherings sprung. First Edition. It was during Gesner's five year employ with the Government of New Brunswick when he was charged with preparing a geological survey of the province that he became intimately acquainted with its climate topography and resources and the habits and industry of its inhabitants. Also included is a brief history of the colony. The map here dated 31 Aug. 1848 was probably inserted from another source; it is not present in any of the copies listed in the bibliographies and has never been present in any of the copies we have handled; Morley suggests it was never published. Gagnon I 1502. Lande 270 no mention of plates. Morley p. 22. Sabin 27223 no mention of plates. TPL 2846. Story p. 313. F. Hardcover. London: Simmonds & Ward, 1847. Hardcover
1814B2332London: Robert Baldwin 1814. A very good and attractive set. Binding: contemporary ½ calf with marbled boards spine with 6 densely gilt compartments of raised bands black morocco label on two and three all edges speckled. Size: 8vo Volume: 3 Pages: Volume 1. P. title blank v-xxxii 1-416; Volume 2. P. title blank v-viii 1-403; Volume 3. P. title blank v-viii 1-391 printer’s imprint. Category: Book Classics; Book Literature Robert Baldwin hardcover
1820ZB1345722Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford 1820. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday June 29 SALE item 22 double-page plates actually 21 with Tab. 15 & 16 together on the same sheet plus 38 double-page maps of the modern world and the large folding map of the United States of America for a total of 61 actually 60 plates; contemporary full leather covers worn and dry moderate to heavy foxing to the plates. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford hardcover
18992111010020Pennsylvania Lancaster County Lancaster: J.P. McCaskey 1899. First Edition. Art Prints & Posters. Good. The Iconography of Abraham Lincoln Large print of Lincoln printed in 1899 from the Lincoln Art series. Mounted under glass in wooden frame. Dimensions in frame: 25 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches. A few light scuffs to print. "Lincoln: Here was a type of the true elder race And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face face. - Lowell." - James Russell Lowell. A line from Lowell's Ode to Lincoln from the Harvard Commemoration July 21 1865. This etching depicts a head and shoulders portrait of President Abraham Lincoln. He wears a dark jacket and vest along with a white collared shirt and black bow tie. There is a slight shadow above Lincoln's shoulders. J.P. McCaskey unknown
1828512100Self-Published 1828. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. 89 32pp. Two autograph manuscripts in fine longhand by Abraham Leisy. The first is a transcription of the Gerrit Roosen's Mennonite Catechism; the second text is a 32-page collection of pious tales. The books were bound together with a signature inlaid from a letter by Abraham Leisy and pasted to the title page of the first volume. Bound in black finished cloth with 'Biblische Fragen' stamped to the front cover. The FFEP bears a note by Leisy's sister Babette reading 'Babette Leisy. / Cleveland. / Dieses Buch brachte meinen topfchen Diana im Jahr 1895. von Deutschland Friedelsheim das hat alles Bruders Abraham Leisy geschrieben.' 'The Abraham and Katarina Leisy family emi grated to America in 1855 from Friedelsheim Germany. They settled on a farm outside of Donnellson Iowa. The Leisys were members of the West Zion Mennonite Church of Donnellson.' Mennonite Life April 1976. Abraham's sons notably founded the Leisy Brothers' 'Union Brewery' in 1862 in Keokuk Iowa. When the state of Iowa banned manufacture of alcoholic beverages in 1884 the brewery was moved to Peoria Illinois and renamed 'Leisy Brewing Company' a major regional beer producer and known as the last Mennonite-operated brewery in the U.S. Self-Published hardcover
1860230801860. Good. 1860. 16pp. Good condition. Large moisture stain affects pages 1-12. Age toning throughout. Light foxing primarily to first two pages. Page edges worn particularly top edge with some dog-earing to upper right corner. Paper wearing thin at the spine folds. The Lincoln speech runs to page nine followed by the speech of John Hickman of Pennsylvania through page 15. The last page includes: "The Dred Scott Decision and Douglas' Endorsement Thereof". Lincoln's famous Cooper Union speech in which he declares his view that slavery should not be extended into the Western Territories and claims that the Founding Fathers would feel the same way. An important moment in his political ascension. cfm unknown
181857875London: J. Johnston 1818. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 42pp 4 ads. Side stitched signatures. Foxed throughout with some expected loss to the edges and a stain to the top of the front else a good complete example. Uncommon. An odd hoax perpetrated by a student at Shrewsbury School. Abraham Cawston aged about 16 claimed to have met in a coach a stranger who took a fancy to him and expressed the intention of making the boy heir to his own enormous fortune. Cawston then announced his patron's death and proceeded to convince his family and various bankers of the truth of his story. "He referred to a palace that he had in Spain full of works of art and instructed his solicitor to look out for a large country house for him and to acquire for him a few parliamentary boroughs. The Empress of Russia he said paid interest of six thousand pounds a year on a loan from his benefactor and he claims too on the King of Spain. the hoax lasted only a few months. The acceptance of his story is incapable of explanation but the facts are not in dispute. He subsequently became a clergyman."-Oldham A History of Shrewsbury School pages 88-9. OCLC locates only ten examples. J. Johnston paperback
189959607San Francisco & USFS Olympia: The Bounding Billow Printed by Whittaker & Ray Co. Inc. 1899. Eleven parts in one vol. 4to. 2 138 6 pp. With text photos illustrations 2 colour illustrations map photo plates at rear. Original blue publisher’s cloth embossed gilt lettering & shield on front cover edgewear rubbing wear to corners some spotting & wear a few occasional minor closed tears still a G copy from library of Chief Petty Officer William E. Bates 1871-1941 who served in the U.S. Navy for 30 years beginning with the Asiatic Squadron under Admiral Dewey and later during World War I w/ ownership marking on 2nd flyleaf a couple spelling corrections in manuscript. First edition thus of this “cruise book†for the U.S.S. Olympia which served as Admiral Dewey’s flagship during the Spanish-American War and had served as the flagship from 1895 three years prior as flagship of the Asiatic Squadron. This volume opens with an illustrated account of the USS Olympia’s cruises and experiences visiting China Japan Siberia and The Philippines. Included here as well is a reissue including photos colour illustrations and map Vol. 1 Nos. 1-7 of the shipboard periodical published by the seamen of the USS Olympia with place imprints of Nagasaki Hong Kong and Manila. Incorporated are firsthand accounts of shipboard life battle accounts contemporary photos and map prepared by L.C. Passano using sail needles. Of particular interest is the appendix listing the crews of the U.S. Asiatic Squadron including the USS Olympia USS Raleigh USS Boston USS Baltimore USS Concord USS Petrel USS McCulloch. The Bounding Billow, Printed by Whittaker & Ray Co., Inc.], hardcover
1878012314London: Trübner 1878. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume I is the first edition published 1878 Volume II is the first edition published 1880. xvi 247; vii 399 pages. Folding genealogical table at the end of volume I. Volume I has a newspaper clipping pasted to the front endpaper. Inscription dated Honolulu 1892 on half-tile page. Beautiful original leather bindings marbled endpapers. Abraham Fornander 1812 - 1887 was a Swedish-born emigrant who became an important Hawaiian journalist judge and ethnologist. Please contact us if you want to purchase only one of these volumes. . Trübner Hardcover
