Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles - 1861

1845 Davy Crockett TEXAS Battle of the Alamo INDIANS Mexico Creek War America 2v

"I know, that obscure as I am, my name is making a considerable deal of fuss in the world."
― Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett has long been one of the most iconic American folk heroes. While his legend has grown immensely since his military and political adventures, he did make an impact on the shape of the United States in the 19th-century.
In 1834, prior to the Texas Revolution, Crockett began writing his autobiography, now known as 'Narrative of the Life of David Crockett'. This work provides a full and complete discourse of his journey through Tennessee all the way to Texas into San Antonio. It also gives insight to the military and political engagements of Crockett but focuses heavily on his wars with Native Americans and Mexicans, particularly the Creek War, Texas War, and the Battle of the Alamo.
Crockett's 'Narrative' was published throughout the 19th-century including this 1845 two-volume edition. This particular… Read More

1886 HUGE 53v SET Ben Franklin Shakespeare Plutarch Voyages Classic Milton Bacon
An impressive and highly unique set of miniature books!
The Cassell National Library published an enormous collection of miniature books at the end of the 19th-century – hundreds of popular titles and topics. Some of the most notable works included in this 53-volume set include:
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Marco Polo, 'Voyages and Travels'
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Shakespeare, 'Henry VIII'
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Cowley, 'Essays'
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Samuel Pepys, 'Diary'
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Goethe, 'Sorrows of Werter'
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Benjamin Franklin works
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Plutarch, 'Lives'
o Julius Caesar
o Alexander the Great
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Martin Luther, 'Table Talk'
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Walton, 'Complete Angler'
Item number: #14735
Price: $1950
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Cassell's National Library
London: Cassell & Company, 1886.

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Collation: Complete with all pages; 53 volumes
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Decorative cloth
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Size: ~5.75in X 4in (15cm… Read More

1821 1ed AUSTRIA Customs Austrian Culture Dress Costumes Serres Voyages NAPOLEON
Pierre Marcel de Serres was a 19th-century French naturalist who, in 1809, was commissioned by Napoleon to go on a mission to Austria and Bavaria. Napoleon had requested that Serres tour the major factories and iconic locations in Vienna with the intention of improving similar buildings in France. Following his voyage, Serres published a book of his discoveries, findings, and experiences in Austria in which he describes the people, customs, cultures, and history of Austria.
This impressive 1821 first edition work includes 48 hand-colored engravings, views of costume and dress.
Item number: #16688
Price: $1950
SERRES, Pierre-Marcel Toussaint de
L'Autriche; ou, Moeurs, usages et costumes des habitans de cet empire.

Paris: Nepveu, 1821. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages; 6 volumes
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Vol. 1 – [4], viii, 242
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Vol. 2 – [4], 219, [1]
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Vol. 3 – [4], 256
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Vol. 4 – [4], 258
o… Read More

1824 ARCTIC Voyage 1ed William Parry North Pole Eskimos Polar Exploration MAPS

An exceedingly rare and valuable 1824 edition of William Parry's personal account from his second voyage to the Northwest Passage. He was one of the first explorers to reach the North Pole, setting the record for the furthest north any human had reached! Parry recounts his interactions with Eskimos, navigations through fog and ice, viewing meteorological phenomena including the Aurora Borealis, and discovering new birds and plants.

The Arctic Bibliography says of this work:
"Abstracts from the author's journals of his three voyages to the Canadian arctic waters; of his attempt to reach the North Pole and his account of the Eskimos."

This work includes 38 impressive, engraved maps and illustrations after the sketches of Captain Lyon, many of which illustrated the domestic lives of Eskimos. It also includes a vocabulary of the Eskimo language. Note what these references say of this work.

Field: "a splendid work!"

Hill:… Read More

1800 1ed Vancouver Voyage Pacific Northwest Canada Alaska Illustrated French 3v

Rare first edition on the most important voyage of the North Pacific!

In 1791, Royal Navy officer George Vancouver set out on an expedition to North America's Pacific Northwest, exploring western Canada, Alaska, and parts of Northwest United States. The specifics of this voyage were published at the turn of the century, both in English and French, and is often considered to be the most accurate account of the Pacific Northwest. This 1800 first French edition includes impressive full-page views of Vancouver's discoveries, including an impressive engraving of Mount Rainier. Perhaps Cowan's perspective is the most telling:
"This work is superior to any of its kind, and constitutes the chiefest source of authority of that period."

According to Howes, of all modern expeditions to the Pacific, Vancouver's is one of the most important. In this work Vancouver also describes Alaskan and Canadian natives, nautical and… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863.. 319,[1] pp. Original green cloth, stamped in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Portrait frontispiece engraving of the author after Rowse's crayon sketch, with tissue guard. Small nick and some fraying at the crown of the spine, faint old spot and tide mark at top edge near the gutter (faintly beginning at p. 207, then to end); still, a very good, bright, tight copy. First edition of Thoreau's third book, published posthumously and equipped with a preliminary 33 page biographical sketch by Ralph Waldo Emerson. BAL records the edition consisted of 1558 copies. BORST A3.1.a. BAL 5236 and 20111.

London; from March 30, 1850-May 28, 1859: (Bradbury and evans). Octavo. In 19 volumes, double-column. A weekly collection of stories, a mixture of fiction and nonfiction along with social issues of the time. While Dickens was the editor and he did serialize a few of his stories through this magazine, it have several "unnamed" contributors. An American edition was published but not well received as it pertained to the English way of life not American. Complete London editions are scarce. A complete set bound in 3/4 contemporary red morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers, all edges marbled., raised bands gilt, title within one compartment gilt. All hinges and joints are fine and tight, internally clean and bright without foxing. Some rubbing or darkening to bindings. From the library Joseph Greene with his armorial bookplate. A very nice set containing six of the nine extra Christmas numbers.

27 Volume Set, raised bands 6 compartments gilt, light edgewear, two volumes have 1" blemish, top edge gilt slight spotting on two volumes, tissue-guarded frontispiece in each volume and in-text illustrations, unmarked, bright, clean.

London: H.G. Clarke and Co, 1844. Two volumes bound in one. Bound in contemporary or early dark green cloth, smooth spine, lettered in gilt between gilt double fillets, glazed yellow endleaves, sprinkled edges. The first separate edition of "Sense and Sensibility" to be published after the expiration of the copyright in 1839. With the half-title. Small chip to blank head of title-page and first page of text. A fine copy. Ink signature of Alice Vernon Harcourt (1845-1919) on front endleaf and book label of John Jordan (no.22). Scarce.

Richard Bentley. London. 1847. Bentley's Standard Novels and Romances, volume 25. Reprint of the 1833 edition. 8vo. (7 x 4.5 inches). Illustrated frontis engraving by Pickering. Publishers dark brown morocco grained cloth with elaborate blind stamped decorative border to the boards. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Yellow endpapers with lists of other titles published by Bentley. Neat previous owner bookplate to the top of the front paste down endpaper. Some staining to the bottom of the frontispiece, not affecting the image or type, otherwise a very clean and fresh copy. The cloth is clean and tidy, with sharp corners, and the gilt on the spine still bright and fresh. A little rubbing to the extremities but this is a superior copy. Scarce in such nice condition.