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184658406Paris: J. Dumaine 1846. 4to 1 volume only of 6 - the second volume wasn't published until 1851 and volumes 3-6 weren't published until 1862-71; pp. xxviii 387 1; 10 engraved plates of weapons and equipment of war; contemporary full green morocco elaborate gilt rules on covers enclosing the Napoleonic crown with the letter 'N' beneath gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 2 a.e.g. inner dentelles; extremities a bit rubbed small crack starting at the bottom of the front joint all else very good. This copy inscribed "Lord William Lennox souvenir de la part de l'auteur Napoleon Louis B" part of the 'B' lost to the binder's knife. Lord William Pitt Lennox 1799-1881 was a British Army officer and writer of bad novels. He preferred sport horseracing literature and other entertainments to military life - a life cut short by blindness in one eye. <br/><br/> J. Dumaine unknown books
186932120London: Smith Elder & Co 1869. 24 volumes 8vo illustrated with plates throughout after those of the original editions by the author Richard Doyle George Du Maurier and Frederick Walker; tops of 7 spines lightly rubbed and/or barely nicked sun shadow on front cover of last volume; all else fine in slightly later half red morocco over red linen sides gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments gilt lettered direct in 2 t.e.g. The first collected set of Thackeray's works including the final two volumes of Miscellaneous Essays and Contributions to Punch which are often missing. Essays. CBEL III 429. <br/><br/> Smith, Elder & Co unknown books
187731370London: William Clowes & Sons and Hardwicke & Bogue 1877. First edition small 8vo pp. 158; frontispiece 16 illustrations in the text a few full-p.; bound in maroon library buckram gilt lettering direct on spine original printed pictorial front wrapper bound in; very good. <br/><br/> William Clowes & Sons [and] Hardwicke & Bogue hardcover books
1880230924New York: James Milller Publisher 1880. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Green boards with black and gold decorations; one plate is bound upside down; an additional copy of that same plate is also present loose added we presume by the publisher to substitute for the upside-down plate; the laid in plate has shelfwear; overall a most attractive copy of this scarce book with a tasteful contemporary owner inscription on the first blank some ink notations on the verso of this same leaf and a previous owner name on the top of the half title else clean. Very Good binding. James Milller, Publisher unknown books
183228893Edinburgh & London: Archibal Constable et al. 1832. First editions first issues of each novel but one as below; 78 volumes in all 12mo and small 8vo complete with all half-titles and bound without ads in early 20th century full red crushed levant double gilt borders on covers floral sprays in the corners gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated spines full doublures of maroon levant with gilt crest maroon silk moire endpapers a.e.g. bookplates of the N.Y. investment banker Thomas Cochran; volumes 1-22 with spines and an occasional cover darken due to smoke 2 or 3 of theses early volumes heat-stressed 2 joints cracked smoked volumes with stiff joints; the balance of the set generally quite nice. Includes Queenhoo-Hall by the late Joseph Strutt continued and completed by Scott 1808 Todd & Bowden Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History 1998 32Aa and hereafter T&B; Waverley 1814 T&B 77Aa; Guy Mannerling 1815 T&B 82Aa; The Antiquary 1816 T&B 94Aa; Tales of My Landlord 1816 T&B 98Aa; Tales of My Landlord Second Series 1818 T&B 122Aa; Rob Roy 1818 T&B 112Aa; Tales of My Landlord Third Series 1819 T&B 135Aa; The Monastery 1820 T&B 144Aa; Ivanhoe 1820 T&B 140Aa; The Abbot 1820 T&B 146Aa; Kenilworth 1821 T&B 149Aa; Peveril of the Peak 1822 T&B 165Aa; The Fortunes of Nigel 1822 T&B 157Aa; The Pirate 1822 T&B 156Aa; Quentin Durward 1823 T&B 167Aa; Redgauntlet 1824 T&B 178Aa; St. Ronan's Well 1824 T&B 171Aa; Tales of the Crusaders 1825 T&B 181A; Woodstock 1826 T&B 190A; Chronicles of the Canongate First Series 1827 T&B 206Ab second edition first issue; Chronicles of the Canongate Second Series 1828 T&B 216Aa; Anne of Geierstein 1829 T&B 227A; and Tales of My Landlord Fourth Series 1832 T&B 253A. <br/><br/> Archibal Constable [et al.] unknown books
1850123164c. 1850. Fine terracotta statue of President George Washington after Sir Francis Chantrey's Washington as a Roman Senator 1826. Terracotta. In 1818 the Washington Monument Association commissioned Francis Chantrey to sculpt a pedestrian statue of George Washington in white marble. Unveiled in Doric Hall of the Massachusetts State House in November 1827 it was the first sculpture to be placed in the then new State House and the first full-sized marble statue in New England. In fine condition. The statue measures 14.75 inches in height. American statesman and soldier George Washington served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the United States Constitution. He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation's establishment and came to be known as the "father of the country" both during his lifetime and to this day. unknown books
184229640London: Longman et al. 1842. Second series 8vo xi 1 610; with woodcuts from drawings made on the spot by Camichael Richardsons and Taylor; contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards spine gilt in six compartments marbled edges and endpapers; binding rubbed especially at joints and corners mild foxing to first and last few leaves else a very good attractive copy with the elaborately gilt spine in lovely condition. <br/><br/> Longman [et al.] hardcover books
185358003New York: George Lockwood 1853. From the library of President James A. Garfield. Signed on the front free endpaper with the ownership signature "J. A. Garfield M.C." Garfield's personal bookplate "Inter Folia Fructus Library of James A. Garfield" is on the front pastedown. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. Garfield always had a strong interest in languages and scholarship. After graduating from Williams College in 1856 he returned to Hiram College--where he began his education--as professor of ancient languages. In 1857 he was named president of the school. It is likely that this particular book came into his possession during this time. George Lockwood hardcover books
1871125391New York: Published at the Office of The Golden Age 1871. First edition of Tilton's biography of American suffragette Victoria Woodhull published shortly before she became the first woman to campaign for President of the United States. 12 mo original wrappers stitched as issued publisher's advertisement at rear. In very good condition. Housed in a custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. Victoria Woodhull first made her reputation as a supporter of free love by which she meant the freedom to marry divorce and bear children without social restriction or government interference and as one of the only female newspaper publishers Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly with her sister Tennessee Claflin. She soon became an activist for women's rights and labor reforms and in a pivotal 1871 speech argued that the 14th and 15th amendments already covered women's suffrage. She decided to run for president in 1872 backed by the Equal Rights Party whose convention nominated Frederick Douglass for Vice President although he did not participate in the convention or acknowledge the nomination. While she obviously lost--and indeed could not have won constitutionally due to her age--Woodhull became one of the most powerful women's rights advocates of her day. This contemporary biography was written by Theodore Tilton a close friend of many within the movement. In 1872 Tilton confided in Elizabeth Cady Stanton that his wife was having an affair with Henry Ward Beecher. Tilton sued Beecher for alienation of affection and a salacious trial commenced. Woodhull abandoned her friendship to splash the scandal across the pages of Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly. Woodhull was arrested for obscenity and then acquitted--events that gave rise to the Comstock Laws of 1873 arguably the nation's most powerful and successful attempt at censorship. Woodhull emerged from the debacle with fewer friends--Susan B. Anthony for example disagreed with her behavior entirely--but nevertheless managed to retain her reputation as a leading supporter of women's rights and as an early American female politician. Published at the Office of The Golden Age hardcover books
182720248Ipswich: E. Shalders 1827. First edition 8vo pp. xv 1 262; lithograph frontispiece and 101 lithograph plates drawn and engraved by Cobbold plus 2 copper-engraved portraits; errata slip tipped in at the rear; 3pp. of index apparently separately published is laid in; nice copy in original green cloth-backed boards paper label on spine. An unusual provincial illustrated book with charming lithographs after pen-and-ink sketches. Cobbold was a minor novelist and his wife who apparently had a hand in the work a minor dramatist. See DNB for entries on both. <br/><br/> E. Shalders hardcover books
1852104745Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company 1852. First edition first issue with "spilt" rather than "spiled" in Volume I 42 line 1; "cathecism" rather than "catechism" in volume II 74 line 5; and all other first issue points of the author's classic work. Octavo 2 volumes bound in contemporary three quarters leather over cloth gilt titles to the spine volume with title vignettes and six wood-engravings. In very good condition with light wear and toning. A nice example scarce and desirable in contemporary binding. In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-19th century America Uncle Tom's Cabin exploded like a bombshell. To those engaged in fighting slavery it appeared as an indictment of all the evils inherent in the system they opposed; to the pro-slavery forces it was a slanderous attack on 'the Southern way of life'. the social impact of the novel on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since" PMM 332. "Within a decade after its publication Uncle Tom's Cabin had become the most popular novel ever written by an American. there is substantial evidence that the book precipitated the American Civil War" Downs Books That Changed America 108. John P. Jewett & Company hardcover books
185296214Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett and Jewett Proctor & Worthington 1852. First edition first issue of the author's classic work. Octavo original blind-stamped cloth with gilt titles to the spine and gilt vignettes to the front panels of each volume title vignettes and six wood-engravings. First issue with "spilt" rather than "spiled" in Volume I 42 line 1; "cathecism" rather than "catechism" in Volume II 74 line 5; and all other first issue points. In very good condition recased. Housed in a custom slipcase. An excellent example. In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-19th century America Uncle Tom's Cabin exploded like a bombshell. To those engaged in fighting slavery it appeared as an indictment of all the evils inherent in the system they opposed; to the pro-slavery forces it was a slanderous attack on 'the Southern way of life'. the social impact of the novel on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since" PMM 332. "Within a decade after its publication Uncle Tom's Cabin had become the most popular novel ever written by an American. there is substantial evidence that the book precipitated the American Civil War" Downs Books That Changed America 108. John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington hardcover books
1892117857Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1892. Finely bound example of the author's classic work. Octavo bound in full morocco gilt titles to the spine raised bands gilt ruled to the front and rear panels top edge gilt volume with title vignettes and six wood-engravings. Lengthily signed by the author as follows "There is no death to such as thou dear Eva neither darkness nor shadow of death. Thine is the victory without the battle- the crown without the conflict Uncle Tom's Cabin Chap 24 Harriet Beecher Stowe April 17 1893." In near fine condition. A unique example. In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-19th century America Uncle Tom's Cabin exploded like a bombshell. To those engaged in fighting slavery it appeared as an indictment of all the evils inherent in the system they opposed; to the pro-slavery forces it was a slanderous attack on 'the Southern way of life'. the social impact of the novel on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since" PMM 332. "Within a decade after its publication Uncle Tom's Cabin had become the most popular novel ever written by an American. there is substantial evidence that the book precipitated the American Civil War" Downs Books That Changed America 108. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1852112652Boston and Cleveland: John P. Jewett and Jewett Proctor & Worthington 1852. First edition first issue of the author's classic work. Octavo original cloth volume with title vignettes and six wood-engravings. In very good condition. With a rare carte-de-visite and note card signed "truly yours HB Stowe." Comes with a first edition of Stowe's A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin published in 1853. Housed in a custom case. In the emotion-charged atmosphere of mid-19th century America Uncle Tom's Cabin exploded like a bombshell. To those engaged in fighting slavery it appeared as an indictment of all the evils inherent in the system they opposed; to the pro-slavery forces it was a slanderous attack on 'the Southern way of life'. the social impact of the novel on the United States was greater than that of any book before or since" PMM 332. "Within a decade after its publication Uncle Tom's Cabin had become the most popular novel ever written by an American. there is substantial evidence that the book precipitated the American Civil War" Downs Books That Changed America 108. John P. Jewett and Jewett, Proctor & Worthington hardcover books
187144047Washington D.C 1871. Portrait engraving of President Ulysses S. Grant. Boldly signed U.S. Grant. The engraving measures 5.5 inches by 4 inches. This portrait engraving produced by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. In near fine condition affixed to an 8 inch by 10 inch sheet bearing a small note. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.5 inches 18 inches. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States 1869-77. As Commanding General of the United States Army 1864-69 Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. He implemented Congressional Reconstruction often at odds with Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson. Twice elected president Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery protect African-American citizenship and supported unbridled nationwide industrial expansionism during the Gilded Age. unknown books
1885125381New York: Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co. c. 1885. Attractive bronze bust of of Ulysses S. Grant as General of the Army by famed American sculptor Henry Kirke Bush-Brown. The adopted nephew of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown Henry Kirke Bush-Brown was revered for his accurate realist sculptures illustrating American history. He produced three equestrian bronze sculptures erected at the Gettysburg battlefield depicting General George Mead the victor at Gettysburg General John F. Reynolds killed in action July 1 1863 and General John Sedgwick the senior most Union casualty of the American Civil War. In addition Bush-Brown made a bust of Abraham Lincoln dedicated in 1912 as part of the Lincoln Speech Memorial commemorating Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Mounted on a bronze base the entire piece measures 7.75 inches in height. In fine condition. Following the close of the American Civil War Congress revisited the idea of a superior General rank initially intended for bestowal upon George Washington who held the rank of "General and Commander-in-Chief" which was a grade senior to all American major generals and brigadier generals from the American Revolutionary War but only entitled him to the three-star insignia of an Army lieutenant general. On July 25 1866 Congress enacted legislation authorizing the grade of General of the Army and on that same date the new grade was conferred on Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant as a reward for saving the Union in the American Civil War. The grade was recognized and continued in various acts until the Act of July 15 1870 which contained the requirement that "the offices of general and lieutenant general shall continue until a vacancy shall exist in the same and no longer and when such vacancy shall occur in either of said offices shall become inoperative and shall by virtue of this act from thence forward be held to be repealed. Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co. unknown books
1876991221876. Document signed Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America one page January 29 1876. President Grant authorizes and directs "the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the conditional pardon of H.H. Mareau." Signed boldly at the conclusion by Grant. Accompanied by a small folder of papers generated from the National Archives which provide information on the pardon of H.H. Mareau whose offense was "issuing business cards in likeness of Treasury notes." Matted and framed. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States 1869-77. As Commanding General of the United States Army 1864-69 Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. He implemented Congressional Reconstruction often at odds with Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson. Twice elected president Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery protect African-American citizenship and supported unbridled nationwide industrial expansionism during the Gilded Age. unknown books
18491129431849. Rare autograph letter signed and entirely in the hand of Ulysses S. Grant as First Lieutenant and Company Commander of the Madison Barracks in Sackets Harbor New York. One page dated April 2nd 1849 the letter is addressed by Grant to Gen. Brigadier Talcott Chief of Ordnance and reads in full "Gen. I have the honor herewith to forward my return of Ordnance and Ordnance stores pertaining to I Co. 4th Reg't of Inf'y for the quarter ending the 31st of March 1849. I am Gen. Very Respectfully your Obt. Svt. U.S. Grant 1st Lt. 4th Inf." After entering the army as a Third Lieutenant of Infantry in 1813 George Talcott was transferred to Ordnance duty and promoted on March 3 1849 to Brevet Brigadier General only weeks before the present letter was sent to him by Grant. In near fine condition with creasing and two small closed tears. Autograph letters from this period in Grant's military career are scarce. Following Grant's service in the Mexican-American War his first post-war assignments took him and his new wife Julia to Detroit and Madison Barracks a desolate outpost in upstate New York in bad need of supplies and repair. After four months at Madison Barracks Grant was sent back to his prior quartermaster job in Detroit and when the discovery of gold in California brought droves of prospectors and settlers to the territory Grant and the 4th infantry were ordered to reinforce the small garrison there. unknown books
185028821New York: Edward O. Jenkins 1850. First edition; 8vo; pp. 46; good copy missing wrappers final signature separated. <br/><br/> Edward O. Jenkins unknown books
189133842New York 1891. First edition 8vo pp. 42 1; original light blue printed wrappers; the wrappers soiled and smudged with 1-1/2" chip out at front fore edge; all else very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
189343951Boston: Charles E. Brown and Company 1893. First edition 12mo pp. 32; black & white photographic portrait wrappers split at lower edge of spine otherwise very good in original red celluloid binding with scalloped edges and gilt-lettered spine string tied. Brooks was an American author and also served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the 1890's. OCLC locates 3 copies. <br/><br/> Charles E. Brown and Company unknown books
188242108London: Trubner & Co 1882. 8vo pp. vii 170 96 ads for linguistic publications by Trubner; later red cloth gilt-lettered spine. Title leaf loose likewise 1 internal gathering ex-Mercantile Library with a modicum of rubberstamps; good. To this day a useful reference. The 96 pages of ads provide another useful source. <br/><br/> Trubner & Co hardcover books
1896121043New York: H. M. Caldwell 1896. First edition of Bain's eloquent tribute to tobacco and the art of smoking. Small octavo original suede with gilt titles to the front panel patterned endpapers top edge gilt with others untrimmed tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh who introduced tobacco to England in-text illustrations original yellow silk ribbon reading "Perfecto" bound in. In fine condition. Perhaps the first book to appear in America as a sole tribute to tobacco John Bain Jr.'s Tobacco in Song & Story contains a history of tobacco including its discovery and origin poems about smoke smoker's stories tobacco facts and brief narratives extolling the virtues and philosophy of smoking. H. M. Caldwell unknown books
1867101404Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1867. First edition of Anna Morris Holstein's "perceptive reminiscences of the decidedly unglamorous side of war with the Army of the Potomac" Nevins II 128. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper "Mrs. David Haines From Anna M. Holstein Nov 15th 1886." The recipient's husband David Haines was enlisted in the 3rd Cavalry of the Union Army during the Civil War. A previous owner has completed the author's printed name "Mrs. H." as "Mrs. Holstein" on the title page an introduction. In very good condition with minor loss to the crown and foot of the spine. Scarce and desirable in the original cloth and signed by the author. An important eye-witness account of northern hospitals during the Civil War. Anna Morris Holstein and her husband William H. Holstein enlisted with the U.S. Sanitation Commission following William's service in the Pennsylvania militia during Lee's 1862 invasion. After witnessing the carnage at Antietam the wealthy couple felt called to serve their country as Anna noted "we have no right to the comforts of our home while so many of the noblest of our land renounce theirs." Anna struggled with the grisly realities of war and later admitted that she was frequently of little use until she could gain control of her composure and stop crying. Following the war publisher J.B. Lippincott capitalized on the hunger for war stories first with Hospital Sketches then less successfully with Notes of Hospital Life 1864. J.B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
184241279London: William Pickering 1842. Slim 8vo pp. 200; contemporary dark brown morocco over marbled boards spine in 6 compartments elaborately gilt-tooled t.e.g. marbled endpapers; boards a bit rubbed minor wear to edges and corners else very good. This volume contains the poem "Eleusinia" only. Errata slip bound in. <br/><br/> William Pickering hardcover books
