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Philadelphia: MacRae-Smith,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Civil War; Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii and 412 pages; 1/200 copies, this copy unnumbered. 8vo, publisher's original navy cloth, gilt lettering, T. E. G. , untrimmed, few b/w photo plates. Covers quite good, gilt bright, text very clean, a very few pages roughly opened. Dornbusch I, page 89. Colton was in the 15th Pennsylvania cavalry; captured in Kentucky in late 1862, he was imprisoned in Richmond (Libby Prison? ) for a month before being exchanged. He returned to his unit and saw action until 1865. Colton had a solid education before his military service, and his correspondence is uncommonly rich, extensive, and exceptionally literate. Strangely enough WorldCat only locates a single copy of this book. The rest must be buried in Civil War collector's libraries. .

Charles Scribners Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0684146541 . We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; aprox 1300pp pages; Minimal library markings. DJ in acrylic .

Philadelphia: Printed By Joseph Bakestraw. Good with no dust jacket. 1844. First Edition. Hardcover. RELIGION; Quakers; Friends; Travel; Western; tall 8vo 9" - 10" t; 480 pages; THE FRIENDS' LIBRARY: COMPRISING JOURNALS, DOCTRINAL TREATISES, AND OTHER WRITINGS OF MEMBERS OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. Occasional foxing, darkening of front matter and water stains but generally good/very good. Solidly bound in sheep. Collection of Quaker travels throughout the East, South and Mid-West, from the 17th to the early 19th century. Among the more important narratives printed here, some hitherto unpublished, are Bownas, Savery, Chalkley, Chur~~~~~8``Memoir of Thomas scattergood; The Christian Progress of George Whitehead; Memoir of John Roberts~1844 .

London: Longmans Green. Fine with no dust jacket. 1877. Second Edition. Hardcover. European History; ENGLISH Literature; Literary Sketches; ENGLISH History; Letters; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo; 2nd ed. With additions and corrections 1877. Bound in full contemporary calf with gilt borders and spine. Six compartment spine with raised bands. Silk marker ribbons. Top edge gilt . Tissue covered frontis. Colored end papers. Fine copies with no dustjacket, binding, hinges and spine are all solid. Text clean and corners sharp. Attractive appearance. One of the 4 leather spine labels heavily chipped. 1856-1861 The correspondence of Robert Southey with Caroline Bowle. Bound in contemporary fine leather with gilding. .

London: David Nutt. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Second Edition. Hardcover. frontis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxviii, 367; 388, [1] pages; THE LIFE OF CARL THEODOR KÖRNER [WRITTEN BY HIS FATHER] WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS POEMS, TALES AND DRAMAS [complete in 2 vols]. 3/4 green polished calf over marbled boards, rubbed. Ornate spines. T E G. Both frontis' foxed- otherwise clean throughout. .

Basij: Tourneisen. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1798. Hardcover. History, England; 18th Century; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford Bound in full leather, this antique set is a scarce autobiographical work that provides an account of the chancellor's life in two parts, with the Restoration in 1660 as the dividing line between the two. The author also includes a history of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to his Banishment in 1667. The volumes show external age/wear, and are solidly bound with clean, lightly age toned pages. Previous owner's bookplate appears on front endpaper of first volume over stamp with name and address (only stamp appears in second volume). Additional stamps appear on front flyleaves of both volumes. Signature also appears in top right-hand corner of title page of first volume. The books measure approximately 5 1/4" x 8… Read More

Emile-Paul Frères. Good with no dust jacket. 1926. Paperback. French Language; tall 8vo 9" - 10" t; 342, [2] pages; French Language. Wraps with light wear- see graphic. .

Dublin: Printed By Robert Jackson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1781. First Edition. Hardcover. RELIGION; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xxiv, 186 pages; Dublin Printings: Gough (John) ed. Memoirs of the Life, Religious Experiences and Labours in the Gospel of James Gough, late of the City of Dublin, deceased, 12mo D. 1781. FIRST EDN. Full contemporary leather in sound binding, contents generally clean and VG with mild scattered foxing to a few pages, lacking last free end paper. Provenance Anne Bishop to Anne Satterthwaite 1856. World Cat locates 4 copies of this uncommon Irish first edition. .

Philadelphia: Friends' Book Store. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1883. Hardcover. RELIGION; Quakers; PHILADELPHIA; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 479 pages; MEMOIRS AND LETTERS OF THOMAS KITE, A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS . publisher's green impressed cloth. Kite was a publisher and bookseller. .

Philadelphia Pennsylvania: The Westminster Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages .

Paris: Libraire De Bibliotheque. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1877. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 192, 179, 8 pages; MÉMOIRES DU CHEVALIER DE GRAMMONT, (TWO VOLUMES IN ONE) . Bound in original dark cloth with paper spine label. French Language text. Bound in silk marker ribbon. .

London: Wells Gardner Darton & Co. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1901. 1. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 168 pages; Book with a few light foxed spots on uncut edges of text block. DJ with light creasing at bottom of front panel. .