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STUTTGART, GERMANY: ARTHUR SCHOTT, 1890 UNIQUE, RARE. TWO PAGES ATTACHED NEATLY IN THE FRONT. ONE IN RED INK SIGNED 1886 LOOKS LIKE BY CARL JOSEPH. OTHER PAGE WRITTEN BY IGNATIUS FREDERICK, BISHOP OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.--NOV. 8, 1892 WHERE HE IS ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE BEAUTIFUL WORK AND RECOMMENDING IT TO CATHOLICS OF THE DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. SHOULD BE WELCOME IN EVERY CATHOLIC FAMILY. CIRCA 1890. TWO SECTIONS, 467 PAGES AND 367 PAGES. VERY NICE LOOKING RED COVER, GOLD AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE, WEAR SHOWS ON UPPER AND LOWER SPINE, INSIDE FRONT COVER AND BACK SHOWS AGE, SMALL STICKER STATING M. BARTH & CO. IN FRONT, TIGHT INSIDE, CLEAN WITH NO MARKINGS INSIDE. BEAUTIFUL COLOR FRONTISPIECE AND BEAUTIFUL BOOK. ARTWORK THROUGHOUT. FOLDOUT PICTURE OF LOURDES IN COLOR. LOURDES IS A French watering resort famous for miracle cures. In 1858 the Virgin Mary reportedly appeared in a grotto to the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879), later canonized as St. Bernadette in 1933. A marble… Read More

NEW YORK: STREET & SMITH, 1900 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, SOLDIER ON FRONT WITH GUN, ORANGE AND BLACK DESIGN, GOLD PRINT SPINE. FRONT LOWER RIGHT CORNER SLIGHTLY BUMPED. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT, JC PENNEY STICKER FRONT. NO OTHER MARKINGS, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. RARE BOOK. The Siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian rebellion of 1857. The besieged British in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered to rebel Indian forces under Nana Sahib, in return for a safe passage to Allahabad. However, under ambiguous circumstances, their evacuation from Cawnpore turned into a massacre, and most of them were killed. WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON- (1864¿1946) published fourteen books for boys from 1897, including The Fighting Lads of Devon, or, In the Days of the Armada (1900), The Jungle Trappers: A Tale of the Indian Jungle (1905), Lost in the Slave Land, or, The Mystery of the Sacred Lamp Rock (1902), On Winding Waters: A Tale of Adventure and Peril (1902), With… Read More

NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER AND COMPANY, 1866 VERY NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN COVERS, GOLD DESIGN FRONT WITH LION AND UNICORN. GOLD PRINT SPINE WITH CROWN. RICH LOOKING. NICE PAPER USED THROUGHOUT. VERY GOOD SHAPE FOR AGE. VOLUME 2-3 ARE 1866, 1 & 4 ARE 1865, VOLUME 5-6 1866, VOLUME 7-10 1867. NO MARKS OR SIGNATURE FRONT. STARTS WITH THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF ENGLAND IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. WONDERFUL HISTORY OF ENGLAND. VOLUME X IS ABOUT THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH. IT APPEARS VOLUME 11-12 ARE NOT IN THIS SET. THE QUEEN'S DEATH IS MISSING. MUST BE IN VOLUMES 11 AND 12. Froude, James Anthony (fr¿d), 1818-94, English historian. Educated at Oxford, he took deacon's orders after coming under the influence of the Oxford movement, but he later abandoned the path of Newman and became a skeptic.As literature, Froude's works are superb; his style is graceful and fluent, his opinions are competently and clearly expressed. EAGLE SPIRIT BOOKS, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

BERLIN AND LEIPZIG: I.C.A. MAYER, 1786 RARE MEDICAL BOOK IN GERMAN, 10 COPPERPLATES AND GREAT DETAIL ON INTESTINES, MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS. BOOK HAS A DARK BROWN COVER DESIGN WITH WEAR ON EDGES. FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT. THICK PAPER WITH LIGHT FOXING INSIDE. PAGES ARE TIGHT AND IN GOOD SHAPE, COPPERPLATES HAVE NICE ART AND ARE FOLDOUT. MAYER WAS A COURT COUNSELOR AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE IN FRANKFORT. GREAT COLLECTOR ITEM. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.

PORTLAND, MAINE: FALMOUTH PUBLISHING HOUSE, 1949 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH A WHITE TEXTURED FRONT AND BACK WITH GREEN SPINE. GOLD PRINT ALONG SPINE. BLACK SLIP COVER WITH NICE TEXTURE ON OUTSIDE. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. CLEAN AND TIGHT. LIMITED EDITION 59 OF 500. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE FRONT. GOOD ARTWORK THROUGHOUT BY STANLEY GREENE. SIX STORIES WRITTEN BY MACDOUGALL RELATING TO HIS CHILDHOOD. STORIES WERE FIRST PUBLISHED IN FIELD AND STREAM, SPORTS AFIELD AND OUTDOORS. GREAT BOOK FOR THE FISHERMAN, LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS AND LIFE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: EUGENE V. CONNETT FOR ANGLERS CLUB OF NEW YORK, 1927 NICE LOOKING BOOK WITH TEXTURED COVER, LIMITED EDITION 19 OF 423. FRONTISPIECE IS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK PORTRAIT OF FRANK FORESTER. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. WONDERFUL DETAIL AND INFORMATION BY FORESTER. GREAT BOOK THE THE FISHERMAN AND LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS. Henry William Herbert (April 7, 1807 May 17, 1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Starr writes that "as a classical scholar he had few equals in the United States . . . his knowledge of English history and literature was extensive; he was a pen-and-ink artist of marked ability; as a sportsman he was unsurpassed; his pupils idolized him." Catasauqua Creek is a ENESSW oriented creek draining 6.6 miles (10.6 km) (straight line distance) from springs of the Blue Mountain barrier ridge several miles below the Lehigh Gap in the ridge-and-valley Appalachians located upriver & opposite from… Read More

NEW YORK: DERBY & JACKSON, 1860 RARE BOOK, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH. BROWN COVER WITH HEAVIER BINDING ON THE SPINE. GOLD PRINT SPINE, OHIO SCHOOL LIBRARY REFERENCED. WEAR ON THE COVER, SPINE SHOWS 2 NICKS MIDWAY AND BOTTOM. MARBLING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, TIGHT INSIDE, DRAWING OF HEAD IN PENCIL FIRST BLANK PAGE- NO OTHER MARKINGS. FADED MARBLING ON PAGE EDGES. TOWARDS BACK PAGES AND FRONT PAGES SOME LIGHT STAINING DUE TO LIQUID SPILLED. WHITEHEAD DEDICATES THE BOOK TO HIS TRUE FRIEND, CAPTAIN JAMES MC MCINTOSH- UNITED STATES NAVY, A TRUE HUNTER. WONDERFUL BOOK DETAILING INFORMATION ON THE LION, HUNTING AND LIFE OF GERARD. ARTWORK IS GOOD A DETAILED HELP TAKING YOU INTO THE STORIES. GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY FOR THE AVID HUNTER. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

COLUMBUS, OHIO: THE WESTBOTE COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS, 1889 RARE BOOK ON THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE TERRITORY NORTH WEST OF THE RIVER OHIO, AND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT THEREIN, HELD AT MARIETTA, OHIO, JULY 15-19 INCLUSIVE, 1888. INCLUDING VERBATIM REPORTS AND SPEECHES AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE OCCASION. NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVERGOLD DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. NOTE IN FRONT GIVING BOOK TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER, TIGHT WITH NOTES IN PENCIL ON THE BACK BLANK PAGES REFERENCING FRENCH , ENGLISH, LIBERTY AND CONSTITUTION. REFERENCE ON FIRST PAGE TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 21 THAT CIVIL GOVERNMENT WAS ESTABLISHED AT MARIETTA, OHIO, UNDER ORDINANCE OF 1787, BY GOVERNOR ST. CLAIR, JULY 15, 1788. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 28. COMMISSIONERS LISTED, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25. GREAT DETAIL SHOWING COMMITTES, LOCAL ORGANIZATION, TOWNSHIP DETAIL AT TIME. HISTORICAL PAGEANT LISTING. DETAIL OF THE HISTORY. FIRST REFERENCING 1749. NAMES, INFORMATION AND… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: B. DAVENPORT & CO., 1838 RARE BOOK WITH GREAT DETAIL OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1838. GENERAL DESCIPTION OF NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTION, STATES, COUNTIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES FORTS, SEAS HARBORS, CAPES, RIVERS, LAKES, CANALS, RAILROADS, ETC. BOUNDARIES, BEARINGS, DISTANCE, POPULATION, CENSUS 1830. TABLES RELATING TO COMMERCE, POPULATION, REVENUE, DEBT, VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS. NEW EDITION. FOLDOUT MAP INSIDE FRONT BY S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL OF THE UNITED STATES AND ROADS. LEATHER COVER WORN AND INTACT. LIGHT FOXING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GREAT DETAIL THROUGHOUT. INDEX IN BACK. VERY NICE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: HERAUSGEGEBEN VON UMERIFANIFCHEN, 1863 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING BLACK COVER, DESIGN ON FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE, RIBS ALONG SPINE. LIGHT WEAR AROUND EDGES. PREVIOUS OWNER HAS FADED WRITING IN FRNT. NO OTHER MARKINGS THROUGHOUT. LIGHT FOXING FRONT AND BACK FEW PAGES. HEAVY BOOK, 3.58 POUNDS. INCLUDED ARE CARDS DATING BACK TO 1909, PLACE MARKERS AND HAIR TIED WITH RIBBON. aLL WERE IN THE BIBLE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

PHILADELPHIA: J. C. MCCURDY & CO., 1875 RARE BOOK COVERING MID TO LATE 1700'S, 12 CHAPTERS COVERING THE ADVENTURES AND WESTERN BORDER AT THAT TIME. DARK BLUE COVER SHOWING WEAR, GOLD PRINT AND DARK DESIGN. HEAVY BOOK, GREAT DETAIL, PICTURES AND INDEX. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. FORMER OWNERS NAME IN FRONT, NICE DETAIL ON INDIANS, FORTS, WELL KNOWN PEOPLE SUCH AS DANIEL BOONE, SIMON GERTIE, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, PIONEER WOMEN. VERY INTERESTING BOOK ON HISTORY AND THE BORDER IN 1700S. Charles McKnight (October 10, 1750 November 16, 1791) was an American physician during and after the American Revolutionary War. He served as a surgeon and physician in the Hospital Department of the Continental Army under General George Washington and other subordinate commanders. McKnight was one of the most respected surgeons of his day. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

NEW YORK: J. C. RIKER, 1848 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN. GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. GOLD TRIM ON PAGE EDGES. AN INSCRIPTION GIVING THE BOOK TO SOMEONE IN 1853 IN FRONT. BEAUTIFUL PLATES OF FLOWERS THROUGHOUT. NICE INTRODUCTION, FLOWER DETAIL, BOTANY AND FLORAL DICTIONARY. TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH LIGHT FOXING. FOR THE LOVER OF FLOWERS. Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke; June 18, 1811 May 12, 1850) was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time. Nicknamed "Fanny", she was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar Allan Poe. Frances Sargent Locke was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Joseph Locke, a wealthy merchant, and his second wife, Mary Ingersoll Foster. Her father's first wife, Martha Ingersoll, was the sister of Mary, his second wife. Mary was also the widow of Benjamin Foster, by whom she had two children: William Vincent Foster and Anna Maria Wells, who would also become a published poet and close associate of Frances.… Read More

FLORAL PARK, N.Y.: JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, 1893 RARE BOOK, BEAUTIFUL COVER IN RED WITH SILVER AND BLACK DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. HEAVY BOOK, WONDERFUL DESIGN AND ARTISTRY THROUGHOUT. TIGHT AND CLEAN. LOVE THE ARTWORK AND DETAIL. TWO THOUSAND APPROPRIATE GEMS OF POETRY AND NEARLY 500 AUTHORS. ALPHABETICAL LIST. A PRACTICAL TREATISE FOR AMATEURS ON THE CULTIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANTS INCLUDED. INDEX INCLUDED. TERRIFIC BOOK FOR THE FLOWER LOVER. John Lewis Childs (May 13, 1856 March 6, 1921) was a horticultural businessman and politician who founded Floral Park, New York. In addition to a widespread reputation for being a zealous ornithologist, Childs is also credited with founding the first mail order seed catalog business in the United States. Childs was born in Franklin County, Maine, and grew up in Buckfield. His career in horticulture began in 1874, when he took a job with C. L. Allen of Queens. Soon afterwards he began renting, then buying land in nearby East Hinsdale, Queens County, near other… Read More

UNITED STATES: T. N. JAMES & CO., 1884 RARE, VERY NICE THREE BOOK SET, LIGHT TAN HARD LEATHER COVERS. WEAR EDGES AND ON SPINE, FIRST BLANK PAGE INSIDE VOLUME I AND III LOOSE, OTHERWISE TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC ARTWORK AND ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. GOLD PRINT, BLACK AND RED COLOR IN SPINE DESIGN. LARGE, HEAVY BOOKS WITH SET WEIGHING 13.4 POUNDS. GREAT DETAIL ON ALL NATIONS. VOLUME I GREEK, ROMAN AND GERMAN HISTORY. VOLUME II GERMAN, FRENCH AND ENGLISH HISTORY. VOLUME III ENGLISH, AMERICAN AND APPENDIX. Charlotte Mary Yonge (18231901) was an English novelist, who wrote in the service of the church. Her abundant books helped to spread the influence of the Oxford Movement and show her keen interest in matters of public health and sanitation. Her work is mostly out of print. Yonge's work was widely read and respected in the 19th century. Among her admirers were Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, William Ewart Gladstone, Charles Kingsley, Christina Rossetti, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Anthony… Read More

BOSTON: E.W. WALKER & CO., 1887 BROWN COVER WITH LEATHER COVERING SPINE ARE AND BOOK CORNERS. PAGES HAVE RED EDGES. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. LARGE BOOK SET WEIGHING 14 POUNDS. INCLUDES 850 ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD AND STEEL, VIEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD COMPRISING MOUNTAINS, LAKES, RIVERS, PALACES, CATHEDRALS, CASTLES, ABBEYS AND RUINS WITH ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS BY THE BEST AUTHORS. LOCATIONS FEATURED IN VOLUME ONE ARE ROME, TIVOLI, PARIS, ST. PETERSBURG, NOVGOROD, MOSCOW, SIBERIA, CHATEAUX AND CHURCHES FRANCE, BELGIUM, MEISSEN, TREVES, ZEELAND AND HOLLAND, STRASBURG BLACK FOREST HEIDELBERG, WURTEMBERG, BAVARIA, DANUBE, TRANSYLVANIA AND TURKISH, MOUNT ATHOS AND ATHENS, SICILY SND LIPARI ISLANDS, TEMPLES OF PAESTUM, SIENA, VINTIMIGLIA, SPAIN. LOCATIONS FEATURED IN VOLUME TWO ARE PORTUGAL, AFRICA, NILE, MADAGASCAR, CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY, BABYLON, PERSIA, INDIA, INDO CHINA, AUSTRALIA, CHINA, JAPAN, SANDWICH ISLANDS, CALIFORNIA AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MEXICO, CUBA, BRAZIL, PERU, NORWAY, DENMARK, POLAND,… Read More