Search Results: Titles starting with M from Quaker Hill Books

Philadelphia,, 1862. 51 hand colored plates comprising 80 beautiful maps and charts, many are double page and a few are insets. A truly extraordinary copy of one of the best Mitchell's atlases. All the maps are bright and vivid showing only some very light and scattered soiling to the edges and versos. Bound in recent black cloth with gold lettering on the spine.. Recent Black Cloth. Excellent. Folio.

George G. Harrap. London, 1915. First. edition. 3/4 morocco. Fine. Color illust. and engravings 8vo., Beautifully bound in 3/4 red morocco, tooled in gold with raised spines, t.e.g..

Durham, EnglandDurham, England: , 1657 Folio. A lovely manuscript indenture executed under Cromwell's authority and carrying a fine impression of his was seal on parchment. The initial "O" in Oliver decorated with complex scrollwork, with the body of the text in a court hand. The seal with coat of arms on obverse, with a fine equestrian portrait of Charles IX, King of Sweden, the Lord Protector..

Dial Press. New York, 1945 First edition. orig. cloth. Lightly soiled and rubbed - Very Good., Pictorial. 8vo..

HartfordHartford: American Publishing Company, 1875 Excellent. First Edition, Second State. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped front board and spine, black-stamped back board. Lower corners bumped, some soiling to spine, front inner hinge just starting, otherwise a clean and bright copy..

New York: Daniel Fanshaw,, 1859. Gilt-lettered Cloth. Excellent. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Based on a true story, the harrowing facts are fascinating and frightening to read. Blockson 9681.. First Edition. Excellent.

Caldwell, IdahoCaldwell, Idaho: Paxton, 1948, 1948. Fine/Fine. First Edition Limited to 1000 Copies. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is number 987. A wonderful historical account of the history of the persecution of the Mohican, Deleware and Munsee Indians despite their conversion to Christianity.. Limited Edition. Red Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..

Henry Holt & Co. New York, 1945. First Edition. orig. cloth. Near Fine., Original dw. 8vo., Pictorial dust wrapper..

Boston:: Wright & Potter,, 1895. Bound in elegant navy blue cloth, spines with regimental insignia stamped in gilt. Spines also lettered in gilt. " This is the standard authority for Massachusett's role in the war, at the front and at home." Nevins. Higginson was a Unitarian minister and a leader of the abolitionist movement. He was a prolifice author whose essays, histories and a novel were very popular. His great fame came as one of the commandes of the first Black Union Army regiment - the 51st Massachusetts Volunteers(1862-64). After sustaining a wound he retired and subsequently was commissioned as colonel of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first regiment recruite from former slaves for the Union Army. An important set IN FINE CONDITION.. First Edition. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2 Volumes..

London:: Chapman and Hall,, 1840. 3/4 Geen Morocco. Excellent. 8vo. The First Edition in a wonderful, decorative contemporay green morocco binding over marbled boards and marbled edges. Contents show some very light, occasional foxing. Bindings are rubbed and corners show wear. But a lovely set notwithstanding.. 3 Volumes.

London, 1811. First Edition. 3/4 morocco. Some foxing and offsetting to plates, spines uniformly faded. 64 portraits some hand color 8vo., 2 vol., This is a lovely set of the extra illustrated first edition beautifully bound in gold tooled blue morocco, a.e.g..

London:: Longman, Hurst, Rees..., 1823. Full Polished Tan Calf. Full calf. Excellent - lightly scuffed and rubbed. Engraved portrait frontis. 8vo., Full polished calf trimmed in gold, spine with raised bands, gilt. " Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians of North America, from Childhood to the age of Nineteen: with Anecdotes Descriptive of their Manners and Customs. To which is added, some account of the soil, climate, and vegetable productions of the territory westward of the Mississippi." London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown First British edition, 8vo, 468pp.; Full polished contemporary calf gilt ruled, spine decorated in gilt. Minor rubbing and soiling, hinges bit tender. A highly interesting account of Hunter's ordeal. Ayer 142; Howes H-813; Sabin 33921; Wagner-Camp 24:2.. First British Edition. Excellent.

Chicago,, 1882. A very scarce and desireable regimental history of the 6th Kansas Cavalry. Exceptionally well written accounts of their service against Confederate guerrillla forces and Indian battles on the Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas frontiers. "A basic source for civilian and military affairs in the Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma area during that region's critical period;" Nevins, CWB, I 24.; Coulter 52. Minor wear and rubbing, front hinge slightly open. Presentation certificate to the Commandery of the State of Illinois attached to front pastedown.. First Edition. Original Brown Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo..

Cincinnati,: L. Swormstedt & A. Poe., 1856. p354. Frontis portrait of Finley, Illustrated throughout.Some light foxing and soiling otherwise a clean and lovely copy.. First Edition. Original Embossed Cloth. Good. 8vo..

Washington, D.C.:: Governtment Printing Office, 1903. Original embossed, brown cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Includes three wonderful etched portraits of the three presidents. 246pp., t.e.g.. A very lovely copy showing some moderate rubbing and shelf wear.. First Edition. Excellent. Folio.

Richmond, Va:: Old Dominion Press,, 1925. 2 volumes, 444pp. & 431pp.; Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Original red cloth with printed labels on spine. William McCabe was born near Richmond in 1841, graduated from the University of Virginia and immediately enlisted in the Confederare army in 1861. He served throughout the war mostly as captain of artillery. During the war he contribute many poems to southern magazines in an effort to bolster morale and after became a noted educator and writer. A beautful set showing only very light rubbing and soiling to the paper labels on the spine.. First Edition. Near Fine. 8vo..

Philadelphia, 1833. First Amer. edition. orig. cloth. Rubbed, soiled and age toned - Good. 8vo., 410pp+ads., Howes H138. Ex.Lib..

New York:: Ledyard Hill, 1869. 891pp., original gold embossed green cloth. Some spotting to front cover, corners bumped but still quite a nice copy.. `. Original Green Cloth. Good. Thick 8vo..

London: 1816. Second edition full calf. Very good. Color frontis and 13 plates. 8vo., Binding lightly rubbed, contents with minor soiling and spotting. A lovely item with color plates by Rowlandson..

LondonLondon: , 1906 Green Cloth. Excellent. First Edition, First Issue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fore edges untrimmed, ads dated August 1906. This book is very rare in untrimmed state. Moderate wear, cover with some light spotting otherwise a lovely copy in this rare state and condition..