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A General View of the Rise, Progress, and Brilliant Achievements of the American Navy, Down to the Present Time. Illustrated by Biographical Sketches, Official Reports, and Interesting Views of American Commerce. To Which Is Affixed a Succinct Account of the Origin and Progress of the Greek Revolution. Terminating with the Glorious Victory of Navarino, October 20, 1827.
Brooklyn, NY 1828 First Edition Hardcover
484pp. Contemporary full sheepskin, spine lettered and decorated in gold. Fairly heavy wear to covers, some scattered foxing throughout, old names in pencil on the endpapers and flyleaf. A good copy. ; 12mo
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300.00 USD
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Bayley, John The History and Antiquities of the Tower of London, with Memoirs of Royal and Distinguished Persons, Deduced from Records, State-papers, and Manuscripts, and from Other Original and Authentic Sources.
London Published by T. Cadell 1825 First Edition Hardcover
In two volumes. xiv, 272, xxxiv pp; [273]-671, [xxxv]-cxxviii pp + index. Full aubergine calf elaborately decorated in gold and blind on the sides; four raised bands, gold decorations, black leather labels lettered in gold on the spines; gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Frontispiece and twenty-six inserted plates (some of which are foldout). With the bookplate of Algernon Peckover on the front pastedown endpaper of volume one and a small leaflet with a catalogue of the wild beasts in His Majesty's menagery at the Tower laid in. Wear and fading to spines, chip to the head of the spine of volume one, some fading to the sides (especially to the front panel of volume two). Internally clean with some scattered foxing and offsetting. A good+ set. ; Quarto
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750.00 USD
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Churchill, George Spencer Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; Containing Armorial Bearings, Fac Similes, Maps, and Military Plans.
London Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1820 First Edition Hardcover
Modern brown half calf over marbled boards, sides decorated in blind, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. With twenty-two engraved plates, some of which are hand-colored, featuring the arms of His Grace George Spencer Churchill, outline map of the theatre of war in 1702, 1703, and 1705, map of the operations in Germany in 1704 before and after the battle of Blenheim, plan of the attack on the Schellenberg, map with the operations on the Moselle in 1705, plan of the battle of Oudenard, and more. Old damp stain to upper corner, professional restoration to some of the plates, some scattered foxing. The plan of the battle of Ramilies is partially lacking. A very good copy. ; Quarto
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400.00 USD
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Clavigero, Francesco Saverio The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican Historians, from Manuscripts, and Ancient Paintings of the Indians. Illustrated by Charts, and Other Copper Plates. To Which Are Added, Critical Dissertations on the Land, the Animals, and Inhabitants of Mexico. By Abbé D. Francesco Saverio Clavigero. Translated from the Original Italian, by Charles Cullen, Esq. In Two Volumes.
London Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1787 First English Edition Hardcover
First edition in English. xxxii, [4], 476pp (with one pagination error); [4], 463, [1]p. Contemporary full calf, spine in compartments with red and green leather labels lettered and decorated in gold. The board edges are also decorated in gold. Map of Mexico and twenty-four inserted plates in volume I; map of the lakes of Mexico and one inserted plate in volume II. The appendix includes a list of Mexican Years from the foundation to the conquest of Mexico, compared with Christian years, a Mexican calendar, and more. With the neat bookplate of mining engineer Franklin Wheaton Smith, designed by Robert W. Hyde. Front joint of volume I and rear joint of volume II partially split, title of map in volume I cut out, wear to corner tips, light scuffing and rubbing to covers. A very good set. Graesse II.196-197. Sabin 13519. Streeter Sale I:194.; Quarto
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1500.00 USD
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Coxe, William Travels into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark. Interspersed with Historical Relations and Political Inquiries. Illustrated with Charts and Engravings.
London Printed for T. Cadell 1787 Third Edition Hardcover
In four volumes. xv, [1], 430pp; vii, [1], 471pp; vii, [1], 470pp; vii, [1], 471pp + 1p of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary full tree calf with gold fillets on the covers, spines richly decorated in gold and with green and red morocco labels lettered and decorated in gold, marbled endpapers. With several foldout maps and plates with engravings. Contemporary sheet of paper laid in in volume one with some handwritten annotations in ink. Some of the maps were folded incorrectly; the map of Poland in volume is in two pieces but present. Light rubbing to covers and wear to extremities. A very good set. ; Octavo
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1250.00 USD
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Heap, Gwinn Harris Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E. F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853.
Philadelphia Lippincott, Grambo, and Co. 1854 First Edition Hardcover
136pp + 46pp of publisher's advertisements. Original green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine. With thirteen coloured plates. Old dampstain affecting the upper half of the text block, spine ends frayed, some soiling and fading to cloth. A good copy. Howes H375. Sabin 31175. ; Octavo
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Hutchinson, Thomas; Oliver, Andrew The Letters of Governor Hutchinson, and Lieut. Governor Oliver, &c. Printed at Boston, and Remarks Thereon. With the Assembly's Address, and the Proceedings of the Lords Committee of Council. Together with the Substance of Mr. Wedderburn's Speech Relating to Those Letters. And the Report of the Lords Committee to His Majesty in Council.
London Printed for J. Wilkie 1774 Second Edition Hardcover
142pp. Later brown half polished calf over marbled boards, covers decorated in gold, spine lettered and decorated in gold, marbled endpapers. A clean, near fine copy with a few small scuffs to the covers. "Publication of these letters -- copies of which Franklin had secured in London -- fanned revolutionary sentiment in America more than any other book of the period," Howes H851. Sabin 34072.; Octavo
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750.00 USD
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La Perouse, Jean Francois Galaup de A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. Published Conformably to the Decree of the National Assembly, of the 22d of April, 1791, and Edited by M. L. A. Milet-Mureau, Brigadier General in the Corps of Engineers, Director of Fortifications, Ex-constituent, and Member of Several Literary Societies at Paris. In Three Volumes.
London Printed for J. Johnson 1798 First British Edition Hardcover
x, 532pp; x, 498pp; viii, 446, 60pp. Contemporary half calf decorated in blind on the sides, lettered in gold and decorated in blind on the spines. With forty-one engraved plates (of forty-two), many foldout. The plate on page 176 of volume 2 was apparently not bound in this set. Three of the plates are bound out of order. Binders' tickets of E. Paul., Southampton. With the bookplates of Christopher Dain of Southampton on the front pastedown endpapers. Rubbing to covers, some wear to extremities, spines uniformly toned, light foxing to some of the plates. A very good set, internally extremely clean. Sabin 38963. ; Octavo
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3250.00 USD
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Magee, M. Juliette Ballard's Brave Boys.
Wickliffe, KY The Advance-Yeoman 1974 First Edition Wrappers Signed by Author
250pp. Original wrappers. Signed by the author on the first page. Includes Activities in Western Kentucky, Where Our Soldiers Served, Life at Home Wasn't Pleasant, Ballard County Confederates and Union Soldiers, and more. Light edge wear and toning. A near fine copy. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
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250.00 USD
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