Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by U. S. Grant - 1885, 1886

Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1819. First American edition. Rebacked in style with tan paper spine over original blue-gray paper covered boards. A very good copy, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, small marginal tear to map expertly repaired.. XX, [21]-482 pp. + adv. [2 pp]. Illus. with a map and color engraving (both folding). 8vo. "Illustrated by a Map of North and South America, and the West India Islands; and an Engraving, Representing the Comparative Altitudes of the Mountains of those Regions." Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847), an officer of the British army, "compiled his work with considerable care from the writings of Humboldt, and from the standard early Spanish books upon the American colonies. His volumes present a very useful summary of the condition of old Spanish America at the time when the several colonies began their career as independent states," (Larned, p. 443). This first American edition in one volume was preceded in 1818 by the English two volume edition. Sabin 6333. Palau… Read More

Philadelphia: Everts, Ensign & Everts. Good. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Exterior shows signs of wear. Spine leather has tears with covers firmly attached. Edges rubbed, includes spine ends and leather protected front corners. Gilt title on front cover. Green cloth has a few small cloth bubbles. First & last two pages have edge chips. Endpaper has tape & vertical creases. Color maps & engravings In VG condition & complete. N. Y. Atlas, General InformationInformation; Color maps & ngravings; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 100 pages .

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Banchard. Very Good+. 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. 212 & 238pp. Rebound in orange leather with an ornate gilt border on front cover. Black spine label. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Scattered foxing. First edition in English, originally published in German the same year. Bernhard of aristocratic military rank traveled throughout America & made in-depth observations of the developing country. Americana, Usiana; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 450 pages .

London: Richard Bentley and Son. Very Good. 1873. Half red morocco. First Edition precedes the American. "This book represents the best of Miller's forceful, vigorous style. An advocate of the cause of the Modocs, Miller lived with them in a quixotic attempt to form an Indian republic among the Pit River Indians, the Klamaths, Shastas, and Modocs. Includes Miller's romance with Paquita, the Modoc squaw who helped him escape from jail and was killed by soldiers for her efforts." (Zamorano LXXX, 40) Howes M-608. Nicely bound in half grained red morocco with particulars to spine. Archival gutter reinforcements to initial pages (see image). Handsomely bound copy of a frail book.; 8vo ; Additional images and further information provided upon request. ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

Includes Antioch College Bulletin: Supplementary Information for Prospective Students 1935 - 36.

Wheeling, [VA]: H. Hoblitzell, 1851. First edition. Full calf, 8vo, 416 pages. Good condition. Frontis + 4 plates, of which 1 folding (complete). Rebacked with the original spine laid down, hinges repaired, signs of removed tape along front joint, covers considerably rubbed, newer flyleaves, newspaper portrait and article about the author tipped in. Contents moderately foxed, two small ink notes on p. 46 and 281. A nice association copy. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "To Hon. Thos. S. Haymond / With the best respects of / His very true friend / Wills De Hass / Sept. 14, 1851." Thomas Sherwood Haymond (1794-1869) was a Congressman representing Virginia, and a lawyer. Born near Fairmont, Virginia (now West Virginia), Haymond attended private schools as a child and went on to attend the College of William and Mary. He served as a private in the War of 1812, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1815, commencing practice in Morgantown, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was president of the county court of… Read More

Londrés: James Ridgway, 1859. First edition. Blue pebbled cloth paneled in blind, gilt titles on spine, yellow endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed, nick to rear edge, else a very good+ unopened (uncut) copy, scattered foxing, bookseller label on rear pastedown, one removed from front pastedown. A beautiful bright copy.. xv, 321 pp. 8vo. (23 cm). The Portuguese translation of the second volume of "Narrative of services on the liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil" by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (1775-1860), the commander of the Chilean navy from 1818-1823, and of the Brazilian navy from 1823-1825. "Arrogant, ill-tempered, cantankerous, bellicose, Cochrane was one of the most daring and successful front-line frigate captains of his day.... [and he] and other British naval officers, entirely unofficially, had made a not inconsiderable contribution to the cause of Brazilian independence and, more important, Brazilian unity," Leslie Bethell, Brazil: Empire and Republic 1822-1930 (Cambridge Univ… Read More

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1870. 1st Edition. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, double frontispieces. Illustrated with 234 B&W reproductions of prints, drawings, etchings qand engravings, many full-page. First edition, third printing: Pages xvii and xviii have their page numbers; the last entry on page xviii ends with the word "conclusion"; the engraved portrait of Napoleon III appears at page129; the heading on page 643 is "CHAPTER LXI"; the third page of the printed ads begins with "Illustrated History of the Bible." [McBride pg. 8]. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of… Read More

Honolulu, HI: Reprinted from the London edition by H.M. Whitney, 1866. Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. Ellis, William The American Mission in the Sandwich Islands: a vindication and an appeal, in relation to the proceedings of The Reformed Catholic Mission at Honolulu Honolulu: Reprinted from the London edition by H.M. Whitney, 1866. 77 pages. 8.5" x 6 3/4". --- First Hawaiian edition. Original printed boards, leather spine and corners. Forbes's Hawaiian National Bibliography describes at length the content of this contribution to the Anglican Mission controversy. This Hawaiian edition adds an appendix containing a review of the work which was not included in the London edition of the same year. Covers show some little wear and a light water stain, typical light browning to text, but a very good copy. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority upgrade wordwide.

[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], , 1883. 95 pages, bound in contemporary sheep, Good, the leather at spine mostly deteriorated yet binding still holding nicely. The name R. W. Worthen gilt stamped front cover, stamped at title page and rear end page "R. W. Worthen County & Probate Clerk Pulaski County Little Rock Arkansas" . With presumably his marginal and end paper notations, mostly in pencil but with some in ink. RARE, OCLC locates 1 copy, at the University of Central Arkansas, RareBookHub has no record of a copy being offered at auction. Worthen appears also to have been a sheriff and possibly an Arkansas state senator in the 1890s. . First Edition. Sheepskin. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.