Antique & Collectible Books

1869 Famous English Literature Milton Latimer Selden James VI England Scotland
"English Reprints" is a fascinating collection of famous pieces English literature. This five-volume set includes the following works:
· The Revelation to The Monk of Evesham (1196) - 1869
· - James VI of Scotland, I of England - The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie. (1585) / A Counterblaste to Tobacco (1604) - 1870
· - Sir Robert Naunton - Fragmenta Regalia (1630) - 1870
· - Thomas Watson - Poems (1582-1593) - 1870
· - William Habington - Castara (1640) - 1870
· - Roger Ascham - The Scholemaster (1570) - 1870
· - Tottel's Miscellany - Songes and Sonettes by Henry Howard, Sir Thomas Wyatt. Nicholas Grimald, and Uncertain Authors (1557) - 1870
· - Thomas Lever - Sermons (1550) - 1871
· - William Webbe - A Discourse of English Poetrie (1586) - 1871
· - John Milton - Areopagitica (1644) - 1869
· - Master Hugh Latimer - Sermon on the Ploughers (1549) - 1869
· - Stephen Gosson - The School of Abuse… Read More

1685 1ed Minority Report History of Louis IX Louis XI Henry II French Kings
Antoine Varillas was a French historiographer who is remembered for his numerous historical accounts of French royals such as King Louis XI, Louis XII, Henri II, and even Saint Louis.Unfortunately, his writings received little recognition. As a result, his scholarly reputation was negatively impacted. Initially having high hopes, his works failed to reach the status he had desired during his lifetime. It was not until much later that the public would show interest in his writings.
In 1685, Varillas' book on the lives and reigns of Saint Louis, Louis XI, and Henri II was published in La Haye.
Item number: #13659
Price: $499
VARILLAS, Antoine
La minorité de Saint Louis : avec l'histoire de Louis XI et de Henri II
A la Haye : Chez Adrian Moetjens, Marchand Libraire prez la cour, à la Librairie Françoise, 1685.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1
o [14], 139, [1]; [10], 312
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1841 Singer's Own Book Patriotic Songs Star-Spangled Banner Traditional Music
"The Singer's Own Book" is a small pocket-sized songbook of song texts and lyrics. Published in 1841, this work includes popular tunes from the 19th-century most of which were love songs, patriotic songs, and traditional refrains. Note the inclusion of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'.
Item number: #12378
Price: $499
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The singer's own book: a well-selected collection of the most popular sentimental, patriotic, naval, and comic songs.
Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1841.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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vi, 320
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~5.25in X 3.5in (13cm x 8.5cm)
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1883 1ed TOKYO Japan Illustrated Japanese City of Tokio Meiji Greey SIGNED
Greey's book 'The Wonderful City of Tokio' is a story of what American people did while living in Japan, and their adventures with their Japanese friends. It was written by a merchant who worked in Japan for many years with essays on the glories of Tokio, including
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Visiting a lacquer maker,
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How the Japanese make Chinese ink,
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The fan maker's,
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Porcelain makers,
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Musical concerts,
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Sacred place visits,
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Japanese dry-goods store,
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Harvesting rice,
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New Year's festivities.

This book provides an excellent insight into art manufacturing of the Meiji period and includes 169 illustrations throughout including the cover board.

This copy includes the Edward Greey's inscription and autograph!

Item number: #12521
Price: $499
GREEY, Edward
The wonderful city of Tokio; or, Further adventures of the Jewett family and their friend Oto Nambo… Read More

1865 1st ed Civil War Secret Service Richardson Spy Southern Prison Escape CSA

'The Secret Service' is a fascinating, and heroic story of Albert D. Richardson that gripped the nation. The book documents the experiences of Richardson within the Confederate lines during 1861, later with the Union Armies, and then held in southern prisons, and his escape.
This 1865 first edition includes 3 pages of a musical score dedicated to the "Nameless Heroine" who helped him escape, and 12 full-page engravings!
Item number: #12466
Price: $499
RICHARDSON, Albert.
The secret service, the field, the dungeon, and the escape
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company: Philadelphia, Pa.; Cincinnati, Ohio: Jones Bros. & Co.; Chicago, Ill.: R. C. Treat, 1865.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[7], 8-512
o 12 engraved plates
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Provenance: Stamp/Handwritten – C.M. Hopkins
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~9in X 6.25in (23cm x… Read More

1852 1st ed Costumes of America Native American INDIAS Comanche Eskimos Mexicans
'Costumes of America' is a mid-19th-century children's book designed to teach young readers of the cultures and clothing of indigenous peoples in North America. Each section includes 32 black and white illustrations as well as full descriptions of the people groups. Author U.P. James includes notes on Eskimos, Comanche Indians, Mexican bandits, and many others.
Item number: #12826
Price: $499
JAMES, U.P.
The costumes of America : with descriptive notices of the people.
Cincinnati : U.P. James, ©1852. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 5-128
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32 illustrations
· Provenance: Handwritten – William Hafford, 1867
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~5.75in X 4.5in (14.5cm x 11.5cm)
· Quite scarce
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1831 American Almanac US History George Washington Slavery Politics Arkansas
'The American Almanac' is a 19th-century periodical filled with articles and essays pertaining to American history. Like many almanacs, this work includes observations on the calendar, weather, meteorological information, and state geography. This particular issue includes important content consisting of:
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George Washington's addresses and presidential inauguration speech
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Government involvement in the Arkansas Territory
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Observed occultations, or eclipses
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Coffee trade
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American diplomacy with European nations
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Population figures including slave populations
Item number: #12956
Price: $499
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The American almanac and repository of useful knowledge, for ... 1831-32.

Boston: Gray and Bowen, [1831-32]. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1
o Vol. I – xii, 300
o Vol. II – xii, 312
· Provenance: Handwritten
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1870 1ed CIVIL WAR Gettysburg New Hampshire in Great Rebellion Illustrated Waite
'New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion' is a rare account of the events and prominent figures from New Hampshire during the American Civil War. Written by Union major Otis F.R. Waite, this work contains biographical sketches of a numerous Union officers as well as notes on soldier life and battles including a section devoted solely to the Battle of Gettysburg.
Item number: #12892
Price: $499
WAITE, Otis Frederick Read
New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion.
Claremont, N.H.: Tracy Chase Co., 1870. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [6], vi, 608
o 14 plates
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Language: English
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Binding: leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)
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1838 Jardine BIRDS Ornithology Ireland & Britain Illustrated Falcons Owls Merlin
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.
Item number: #13233
Price: $499
JARDINE, Sir William
The naturalist's library: Ornithology… FLYCATCHERS
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars; S. Highley, London, 1838.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xiv, 256
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33 hand-colored engraved plates
· References: Lowndes 1192;
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in X 5in (18cm x 13cm)
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1834 1ed Mariner's Chronicle PIRATES Shipwreck NAVY Boat Ship Sailing Navigation
A rare first edition of 'The Mariner's Chronicle' – a collection of sea narratives, shipwreck stories, naval battles, and pirate adventures! Written and collected by an unknown author, this work features accounts of specific ships and their crew lost to sea, explosions of boats in wharfs, and is filled with charming woodcut illustrations!
Item number: #18391
Price: $499
DUNCAN, Archibald
The mariner's chronicle: containing narratives of the most remarkable disasters at sea, such as shipwrecks, storms, fires, and famines: also naval engagements, piratical adventures, incidents of discovery, and other extraordinary and interesting occurrences.

New Haven: Durrie and Peck, 1834. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xii, 504
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12 plates with 25 engravings
· Provenance: Handwritten – Moses Chefs
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size:… Read More

1825 American Military La Fayette Revolution Daniel Boone George Washington

'American Military Biography' is a collection of short biographical sketches of the major figures of the Revolutionary War on both sides of the conflict. It includes an overview of the root causes of the American Revolution, from the American viewpoint, as well as a longer biography of Revolutionary War General Lafayette. This work is attributed to Amos Blanchard of Cincinnati by the Library of Congress. 'American Military Biography' includes famous officers such as:
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George Washington
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Gilbert Motier La Fayette
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Daniel Boone
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Ethan Allen
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Nathan Hale
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Alexander Hamilton
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And much more!
Item number: #18347
Price: $499
BLANCHARD, Amos
American military biography;: containing the lives, characters, and anecdotes of the officers of the Revolution, who were most distinguished in achieving our national independence.: Also, the life of Gilbert Motier La Fayette, major-general… Read More

1863 1ed Huxley EVOLUTION Man's Place in Nature Darwin March of Progress APES

"Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once."
– Thomas Huxley

Charles Darwin is unquestionably the most prolific evolutionist of the 19th-century; however, biologists such as Thomas Henry Huxley were important advocates for Darwin's studies. Huxley was best known for his studies on evolution, moral philosophy, and scientific ethics.

Huxley's "Man's Place in Nature" is an important work of evolution theories focusing on:
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natural history of the man-like Apes
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relations of Man to the lower animals
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fossil remains of Man
This book contains the famous 'March of Progress' illustration – the view of an ape skeleton into a human skeleton.
Item number: #18558
Price: $499
HUXLEY, Thomas Henry
Evidence as to man's place in nature
New York : D. Appleton, 1863. First American edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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184, 8
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32 in-text… Read More

1864 1ed Color-Guard LOUISIANA Civil War Account Hosmer Slavery Camp Life CSA
James Kendall Hosmer was a Civil War-era American historian who is remembered for books on American politics and the development in the American south. One of his best works was 'The Color-Guard' which, according to Nevins, is
"an excellent and even-tempered memoir of Army life in Louisiana'.
In it, Hosmer describes Confederate and Union camp life, descriptions and observations of the carnage of war, the role of the negro in various troops, and various strategies used in combat.

Item number: #18448
Price: $499
HOSMER, James K
The color-guard: being a corporal's notes of military service in the Nineteenth army corps
Boston: Walker, Wise, and Co., 1864. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xii, 9-244
· References: Nevins I, 107; Sabin 33105
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Tan cloth
· Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18.5cm x 12cm)
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1853 1ed Sketches of ROBIN HOOD and Captain Kidd PIRATES Legends Lytell Geste
William Campbell's "Historical Sketch of Robin Hood and Captain Kidd" is a curious pairing of biographies of the legend Robin Hood and the dreaded pirate Captain William Kidd. This book even includes portions of the famous poem "Lytell Geste of Robin Hode".
Item number: #18508
Price: $499
CAMPBELL, William
An historical sketch of Robin Hood and Captain Kidd,
New York: Scribner, 1853. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: complete with all pages
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viii, [9]-263, [1]
· References: Sabin 10278
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; secure
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Cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
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1847 George Washington War INDIANS America Revolution Constitution Americana

John Frost's "Life of George Washington" is a rare, 19th-century account of the American president. However, this work focuses heavily on his military career – his involvement in the seven years' war, the revolutionary war, the formation of the federal Constitution, Indian warfare, and his administration terms.
This fine first edition of Frost's 'George Washington' is complete with upwards of one hundred engravings by Croome & Devereux.

Item number: #18571
Price: $499
FROST, John
Pictorial Life of George Washington: embracing a complete history of the seven years' war, the revolutionary war, the formation of the federal Constitution, and the administration of Washington
Philadelphia, C.J. Gillis, 1847. First Edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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588
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Heavily illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Cloth
· Size: ~9in X 6in… Read More