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Edinburgh: William Blackwood and T. Cadell, London, 1830. Two volumes. vii,[1],iii,[1],339; [2],iii,[1],327pp. Frontispiece in first volume. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, black gilt morocco labels. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown of second volume, removed in first. Internally bright and clean. Near fine, in an attractive contemporary binding. An.....
"Camp Nusseerabad, India." 1859-1860. [121]pp. of manuscript text, about 15,500 total words. Original three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Boards edgeworn and lightly rubbed. Internally quite clean, neat, and legible. Very good. An interesting unpublished manuscript, this is a novel in the form of an autobiography, purportedly written by an American-born.....
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1910. 318pp. plus thirty-nine plates and two folding maps. Original dark green cloth, front board and spine gilt. Light shelf wear, spine extremities slightly frayed, rear board a bit pinched and stained. Small gouge to lower margin of first thirty pages and very occasional light foxing.....
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. 624pp. plus frontispiece and plates. In-text illustrations. Large octavo. Brown cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt and black, a.e.g. Spine ends very slightly worn, inner hinges neatly repaired. Bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper. Clean internally. Fine. In a half morocco and.....
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1859. 432pp. Original green patterned cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Front hinge cracked. Slight foxing. Overall very good. From the library of Guy Littell, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Second issue, probably the same sheets as the first of 1857, with a cancel title and Cooke's.....
New York: George H. Devol, 1892. 300pp. plus frontispiece portrait and four plates. Original green cloth, gilt. Cloth moderately rubbed, light edge wear. Previous owner's signature and presentation inscription on front free endpaper. Titlepage partially torn at gutter, not affecting text. Lightly toned. A very good copy. Rare presentation copy.....
Cleveland, Oh. [The author], [1913]. 115 leaves (foliation irregular), plus [80] leaves of plates, including [88] captioned photos (some colored) printed directly onto [67] leaves, and [13] stock images, five folding. Frontis. 12mo. Contemporary burgundy buckram. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Covers and hinges moderately worn but strong. Slight.....
Detroit. 1899. [4],202pp. plus frontispiece portrait and three plates. Half morocco and pictorial boards. Boards lightly worn and faded, some scuffing, corners worn. Internally clean. About very good. Autobiography of a career soldier, spanning the 19th century. "The Florida, the Mexican War and the Great Rebellion, together with sketches of.....
London. 1833. Six volumes. Portrait frontispiece in first volume. Folding facsimile plate in third volume. Seven (of eight) plates and maps (five folding) in sixth volume. Original green patterned cloth, black paper labels, gilt. Moderate to considerable shelf wear to the bindings, spine ends frayed or chipped, some volumes a......
Chicago & New York: Belford, Clarke & Company, 1887. viii,[3],xvi-xix,[1],655pp. plus eighty-two plates and portraits, and seven maps (four folding). Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with spine gilt, leather label. Boards rubbed and a bit scuffed. An occasional fox mark. Very good. The first and only volume issued, including Fremont's recollections.....
New York: William Taylor & Co., 1850. [2],240pp., including dedication leaf. Original blind-stamped brown cloth, spine gilt. Cloth neatly repaired along joints, spine ends, and corners. Cloth a bit sunned, discolored at the upper edge of the rear board. Front and rear free endpapers lacking. Faint dampstain to upper margin.....
[Portland: Privately Printed, 1904]. 134,[1]pp., including illustrations. Original printed grey wrappers. Wrappers lightly worn. Near fine. Second edition, after the incredibly rare first of 1890, published in Juneau. Isaac Hammond had a very active life in the West, including more than twenty-five trips to Alaska, as well as excursions to.....
Liege. 1783. xii,235,[1]pp. plus 10pp. supplement (not found in all copies). Half title. [bound following:] Lacombe, François: TABLEAU DE LONDRES ET DE SES ENVIRONS, AVEC UN PRECIS DE LA CONSTITUTION DE L'ANGLETERRE, & DE SA DECADENCE. Londres et a Bruxelles. 1784. 191pp. Without half title. Bound together in contemporary French.....
Buffalo: Faxon & Stevens, 1848. 207pp. including one full-page illustration. Original black cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Very faint tideline throughout, minor foxing. Very good. In a cloth case, leather label. An exceptionally rare firsthand account of the Canada Rebellion of 1837-38.....
New York. 1896. 163,[1]pp. Portrait. Original front wrapper, rear wrapper and spine supplied in expert restoration. Otherwise very nice and clean. A good plus copy. In a folding fabrikoid box. Miller was born in 1851, attended Cornell, and went to Kansas in 1878. This colorful narrative of his life as.....
Fredonia, N.Y. 1846. xi,[1],378pp. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Faded library stamp on titlepage. Foxing throughout. About very good. Miller, an American citizen who participated in the Canadian rebellion of 1837-38, was transported to the penal colonies in Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales. He was one of.....
Seville: Lucas Martin, 1691. [64],465,[33]pp. plus portrait (not found in all copies). Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine, leather ties. New endpapers. A touch of light foxing. FF signature leaves bound out of order, with FF3-FF4 bound before FF1-FF2, and [FF7-FF8] bound before [FF5-FF6]. Very good. A later printing of.....
Richmond. 1865. 142pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Leaves tanned. Old stamps on titlepage and other leaves. Else good. Generally considered to be the last Confederate imprint, this memoir was published in Richmond in March 1865, and many copies must have been destroyed in the burning of the city.....
New Haven: Overland Press, 2016. 131pp. Illustrated. Cloth, paper label. New. A selection of 101 works of non-fiction, including autobiography, travel narratives, memoirs, collections of correspondence and journals, journalism, works of fiction closely based on fact, stories of growing up, war narratives, and diaries. This book is intended as a......
[Detroit]: For private circulation only, [1904]. 91pp., including thirty mounted photographic views (twelve of them full-page color photochrome prints; the other eighteen are small mounted black-and-white photographs). Small quarto. Original calf, front board gilt stamped, red velvet endpapers, t.e.g. Light wear to spine, edges, and corners, front hinge loosening. Small.....
London: Printed for W. Stewart, 1800. xxii,[2],382pp. Mezzotint frontispiece portrait. Half title. Original paper-covered boards, printed label. Boards lightly rubbed and soiled, spine and joints cracked and worn, label largely worn away. Occasional light foxing. Three bookplates (two armorial) affixed to front endpapers. Overall a very good copy, untrimmed. Second.....
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd., 1909. xvii,551,[1]pp. plus sixteen photogravures (including frontispiece portrait), one folding facsimile letter, and one folding map. Titlepage printed in red and black. Half title. Thick quarto. Original green morocco, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, raised bands, covers ruled and front cover stamped.....
Bristol, R.I. The Eastern Publishing Company, [1882]. 134pp., printed in double columns. Small quarto. Original black cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth a bit faded and rubbed. Front hinge weak, first three leaves beginning to loosen, scattered light foxing. Very good. The peculiar third-person autobiography of a habitual gambler.....
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Washington: Printed for the Author, 1811. [6],[3]-18,[3]-99,[1],136pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Two titlepages and advertisement leaf supplied from another copy and washed. Contemporary gift inscription and ownership signature on front fly leaves. Evenly tanned. A very good copy, untrimmed. Second issue of this very rare pre-issue.....
Manchester, N.H. J.H. Cate, Printer, 1843. 310pp. Original brown cloth. Spine label lacking, but paper remnant remains; spine slightly sunned; corners and spine ends worn. Bookplate on front pastedown, previous owner's ink notes on rear pastedown (alluding to the possible suppression of this work). Two leaves with spotting, occasional pencil.....
