A Collection of 5 early stereoviews of New Orleans: Algiers Dry Dock. (nr. 201); French Opera, Bourbon Street. (nr. 544); St. Louis Hotel, St. Louis Street. (Nr. 554); Mechanics Institute, Dryades Street. (nr. 536); University of Louisiana, Common Street. (nr. 512). by [New Orleans] Blessing, S.T. (Photographer) - (ca. 1866-1869)

NY: Scribner, 1937. SIGNED first edition. Limited to 920 copies. Not numbered. Signed by author on limitation page. Brown was founder of the Museum of the City of New York. Published NY: Scribners, 1937. Large folio, 12 1/2" x 16 1/2", xiv+319pp., profusely illustrated with b/w and tipped-in color plates - most full page, (the 15 color plates are all present). Cream cloth with gilt titles in green block, deckle edges and top edge gilting. Mild soil to the cloth, bookplate on pastedown, else very good plus, clean, crisp, attractive copy. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Folio.

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 .

1852 1st ed Louisiana History French Colonization New Orleans Charles Gayaree

Charles Gayarré was a 19th-century American historian who is best remembered for his historical works relating to Louisiana and French colonization. 'Louisiana: Its History as a French Colony' is a series of lectures and reports on the foundations of Louisiana, the exploration of the Acadians, the military prowess of Charles III, and important descriptions of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

This 1852 first edition of 'Third Series of Lectures' is a complete work on its own and features a folding engraved plan of New Orleans. From the preface: "embracing the period which extends from its discovery to 1769."
Item number: #6526
Price: $499
GAYARRE, Charles
Louisiana : its history as a French colony, third series of lectures
New York : J. Wiley, 1852. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o volume 2 complete work
o xi, 380
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Language: English
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1857 1ed American SLAVERY Abolition Christian Slavers Slave Trade 3 Prize Essays
"Three Prize Essays" is a collection of works each dealing with the outcry of slavery in the pre-Civil War America. In includes the following three works, each of which calling for immediate abolishment of slavery:
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"The Error and the Duty in regard to Slavery", R.B. Thurston
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"Friendly Letters to a Christian Slaveholder", A.C. Baldwin
·
"Is American Slavery an Institution Which Christianity Sanctions and Will Perpetuate?", Timothy Williston
Item number: #16479
Price: $499
Various authors
Three prize essays on American slavery.
Boston: Congregational Board of Publication, 1857. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
iv, [2], 138
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o
Cloth
· Size: ~7in X 4.75in (17.5cm x 12cm)
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New York, Robert M. de Witt, 1873.. FIRST EDITION 1873. Small 8vo, approximately 170 x 110 mm, 6¾ x 4½ inches, pages: [4] - adverts, 1-128 plus another 4 pages of adverts, adverts to both pastedowns, 11 wood-engraved figures and 4 diagrams, publisher's original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Spine slightly worn at head and tail, hinges rubbed, tiny split to top of lower hinge, neatly re-glued, pictorial boards rubbed, edges showing shelf wear, corners worn with card showing, a little colour restoration to binding, 2 advert leaves at front beginning to work loose, but still holding, no loose pages within, Roger Hancock's coloured bookplate on first pastedown, show business agent and brother of Tony Hancock of Hancock's Half Hour fame. A good copy. Henry Chadwick, the 'Father of Baseball', is credited with devising the baseball box score, adapting it from the cricket scorecard. As the editor of Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player and Spaldings' Official Base Ball Guide, he had a continual influence on the… Read More

NY: Scribner, 1937. SIGNED first edition. Limited to 920 copies. Not numbered. Signed by author on limitation page. Brown was founder of the Museum of the City of New York. Published NY: Scribners, 1937. Large folio, 12 1/2" x 16 1/2", xiv+319pp., profusely illustrated with b/w and tipped-in color plates - most full page, (the 15 color plates are all present). Cream cloth with gilt titles in green block, deckle edges and top edge gilting. Mild soil to the cloth, bookplate on pastedown, else very good plus, clean, crisp, attractive copy. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. Folio.

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 .

1852 1st ed Louisiana History French Colonization New Orleans Charles Gayaree

Charles Gayarré was a 19th-century American historian who is best remembered for his historical works relating to Louisiana and French colonization. 'Louisiana: Its History as a French Colony' is a series of lectures and reports on the foundations of Louisiana, the exploration of the Acadians, the military prowess of Charles III, and important descriptions of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

This 1852 first edition of 'Third Series of Lectures' is a complete work on its own and features a folding engraved plan of New Orleans. From the preface: "embracing the period which extends from its discovery to 1769."
Item number: #6526
Price: $499
GAYARRE, Charles
Louisiana : its history as a French colony, third series of lectures
New York : J. Wiley, 1852. First edition.

Details:

·
Collation: Complete with all pages
o volume 2 complete work
o xi, 380
·
Language: English
·
Binding: Cloth; tight and… Read More

1857 1ed American SLAVERY Abolition Christian Slavers Slave Trade 3 Prize Essays
"Three Prize Essays" is a collection of works each dealing with the outcry of slavery in the pre-Civil War America. In includes the following three works, each of which calling for immediate abolishment of slavery:
·
"The Error and the Duty in regard to Slavery", R.B. Thurston
·
"Friendly Letters to a Christian Slaveholder", A.C. Baldwin
·
"Is American Slavery an Institution Which Christianity Sanctions and Will Perpetuate?", Timothy Williston
Item number: #16479
Price: $499
Various authors
Three prize essays on American slavery.
Boston: Congregational Board of Publication, 1857. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
iv, [2], 138
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o
Cloth
· Size: ~7in X 4.75in (17.5cm x 12cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify… Read More

New York, Robert M. de Witt, 1873.. FIRST EDITION 1873. Small 8vo, approximately 170 x 110 mm, 6¾ x 4½ inches, pages: [4] - adverts, 1-128 plus another 4 pages of adverts, adverts to both pastedowns, 11 wood-engraved figures and 4 diagrams, publisher's original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Spine slightly worn at head and tail, hinges rubbed, tiny split to top of lower hinge, neatly re-glued, pictorial boards rubbed, edges showing shelf wear, corners worn with card showing, a little colour restoration to binding, 2 advert leaves at front beginning to work loose, but still holding, no loose pages within, Roger Hancock's coloured bookplate on first pastedown, show business agent and brother of Tony Hancock of Hancock's Half Hour fame. A good copy. Henry Chadwick, the 'Father of Baseball', is credited with devising the baseball box score, adapting it from the cricket scorecard. As the editor of Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player and Spaldings' Official Base Ball Guide, he had a continual influence on the… Read More