Wuthering Heights Agnes Grey by Ellis Bell Emily Bronte - 1858

1848 Mississippi Exploration Indian Wars Color MAP Western Americana Monette

'History of the discovery and settlement of the valley of the Mississippi' is the history of the Americas along and around the Mississippi river. It is told primarily from the perspective of the Indian Wars between Native Americans and France, Spain, and Great Britain.
"The first volume is principally occupied with a relation of the French and Spanish discovery of the territory, and the association of the colonial governments of these nations with the Indians, and their wars with the various tribes inhabiting it. Much of the larger portion of Vol. II. is devoted to a narration of the Indian wars of the States bordering the Ohio. The work is probably the best of the numerous class of books on the subject of western history" (Field).

This 1848 edition includes:
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First Spanish discoveries in Florida 1512 to 1538 --
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Exploration of the Mississippi River by La Salle: his colony on the Colorado 1673 to 1696 -… Read More

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
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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

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.

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.

Hardcover Condition: Fine. 1st edition, 1st issue. 624 pages. Almost no foxing. Beautifully bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Five raised bands with gilt image of Charles Dickens on cover and facsimile of Charles Dickens' signature on rear. Text block edges in gilt. Beautiful end papers. An exceptional copy. First edition issue points present: "elgble" on page 19 line 6; "chair" on page 209, line 23; "counsinship" on page 275 line 22. Forty plates Including frontis. Half-title is present.Additional shipping for international orders.

London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1886. First edition. Full leather. This first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped is finely bound in full oxblood calf. The binding features raised spine bands, double gilt-rule framed and gilt-tooled compartments, twin black spine title and author labels, gilt rule-bordered covers, red and green silk head and tailbands, and marbled endpapers. Condition of the binding is near fine – square, tight, clean, the calf unfaded and supple with only trivial superficial scuffs. The contents are suited to the binding, notably clean with the color folding map present and intact at the title page and the publisher’s advertisements following the text retained when the volume was bound. The contents appear to be a mixed issue of the first edition. The text appears consonant with first issue; in line 11 of p.40, “business” is uncorrected. However, the advertisements following the text are dated 5G-7.86. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish author… Read More