1807. Napoleon Bonaparte Military Signed Letter Regarding Surrender of Gdansk & Capture of "H.M.S. Dauntless" 1p LS in French inscribed in a clerical hand and signed by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) as ""Nap" at bottom Written from Finkenstein Palace, in northern modern day Poland, on May 22, 1807. The cream paper.....
New York: Robert Sears, 1855. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH BRIGHT DECORATION TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, HINGES DISCREETLY REPAIRED. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES.....
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1927. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1927. Limited, Leather Private Press. leather bound. Very Good. 8 Volumes. Jean Froissart. Froissart's Chronicles limited leather Private Press. Bound in full crushed blue morocco, raised bands, gilt ruled and tooled spine and boards, 14th century Royal Arms Of England inlaid on front.....
London: Robert Jennings, 1824. London: Robert Jennings, 1824. Leather Bound. H: 15", D: 11", W: 2" Very good / Very good. 3 Volumes. Samuel Rush Meyrick, Ancient Armour. Bound in full tan calf with the covers displaying gilt-tooled borders and an open-tooled cross hatching pattern. Respines in purple morocco with.....
London: Chapman and Hall, 1881. THIS COMPLETE THIRTY VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN 3/4 CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH MARBLED BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SOME LIGHT SCUFFS TO LEATHER HERE AND THERE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE.....
New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1902. Boston, New York, and Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. and The Riverside Press, 1902. Riverside Edition. Leather Bound. H: 7 3/4", D: 5 1/4", W: 1 1/4" Very good / Very good. 19 Volumes. Bret Harte, The Writings. Riverside Edition. Bound in 3/4.....
London: 1822. Joseph Warton. London: Richard Priestly, 1822. Joseph Warton. Leather Bound. H: 8 3/4", D: 5 3/4", W: 1" Very good / Very good. 9 Volumes. Alexander Pope, The Works. Bound in full purple morocco and marbled boards. The raised band spines and covers are gilt-tooled. All edges are.....
New York: The Colonial Company, 1905. New York & Pittsburgh: Colonial Co. Ltd., 1905. Connoisseur's Edition. leather bound. H: 9 1/2" W: 6" D: 2" Very Good. 10 Volumes. Dryden's Plutarch Lives & Writings. The Translation called "Dryden's" Corrected From The Greek and Revised by A.H. Clough, illustrated with photogravure.....
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH INLAID LEATHER COVER, FOUR COMPARTMENTS AND THREE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END PAPERS AND PASTE DOWNS. NO LOOSE OR MISSING.....
Chicago: The American Publishing Company, 1876. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BOUND IN FULL CALF, FIVE COMPARTMENTS AND FOUR RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD - HINGES AND SPINE ENDS DISCREETLY REPAIRED. NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE.....
1707. Interesting A.D.S., 1p. 8vo., Dartmouth, July 15, 1707, a summons compelling a husband and wife to appear before the court on charges of fornication. In part: "Whereas Ebenezer Tabor and Abigail his wife stand presented (upon file) for Committing fornication... require you... to summon ye P. Ebenezer Tabor &.....
1861. Fine content A.L.S., 4pp. 4to., Richmond, Nov. 12, 1861, from Union soldier Albert L. Graves to his mother and sibling. He writes as a prisoner of war and describes the circumstances of his capture during the First Battle of Bull Run, in small part: "... In your last letter.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. Edwin Austin Abbey. [Fine Bindings] [Bennett] Lucas, E.V. Edwin Austin Abbey, Royal Academician: The Record of His Life and Work New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/London: Methuen and Company Limited, 1921. In two volumes. First and limited edition, one of 50 copies with an original.....
London: George Allen, 1899. Hugh Thomson. [Fine Bindings] [Bennett] Reade, Charles Peg Woffington London: George Allen, 1899. First and limited edition thus, one of 200 large paper copies printed on hand-made paper. 4to. Profusely illustrated in black and white by Hugh Thomson. Foreword by Austin Dobson. Bound in full scarlet.....
Boston: Francis A. Niccolls & Co., 1895. FINE BINDINGS - JOHN HENEAGE JESSE'S WORKS LIMITED EDITION 17-VOLUME SET, comprising "George Selwyn and his Contemporaries", Vols. I-III; "Memoirs of the Pretenders and their Adherents", Vols. I-III; "Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third", Vols. I-V; "Memoirs of.....
1820. (SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Partition of 11 enslaved people in a Kentucky estate, dispersed among 11 different heirs. Manuscript document, signed by 3 commissioners. 6 pages, 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, on two sheets bound with a straight pin; short separations at folds. Lincoln County, KY, 13 March 1820.....
New York: Century & Co., 1896. New York: Century & Co., 1896. Extra-Illustrated. Leather Bound. H: 12 1/2" W: 8 3/4" D: 2" Very Good. 12 Volumes. William M. Sloane. Life of Napoleon. Unique, extra-illustrated presentation set with approximately 250 original letters and documents, including 11 autographs of the Emperor.....
London: G. Berger, 1930. London: G. Berger, circa 1930s. Leather Bound. H: 8 3/4", D: 5 3/4", W: 2" Very good / Very good. 4 Volumes. W.H. Ireland, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bound by Bayntun in full red morocco with the covers and raised band spines decorated in ornate gilt-tooling.....
New York: Thomas Paine National Historical Association, 1925. THIS COMPLETE TEN VOLUME SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN 3/4 CRUSHED MOROCCO WITH MARBLED BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD. NO LOOSE OR.....
London: Methuen & Co., 1929. Ernest Shepard. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY A.D. CONSTANCE IN FULL CRUSHED MOROCCO COSWAY STYLE BINDING WITH BRIGHT GILT ILLUSTRATION TO REAR COVER, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE.....
United Kingdom: James Semple, 1880. BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD+ CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN FULL EMBOSSED LEATHER WITH METAL RIM AND DOUBLE CLASP TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, BRIGHT GILT END PAGES. NO.....
London: A. Millar, 1765. THIS COMPLETE FIVE VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN ORIGINAL FULL SPECKLED CALF BINDINGS, SEVEN COMPARTMENTS AND SIX RAISED BANDS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SPINE ENDS AND LEATHER HINGES PROFESSIONALLY REPAIRED. BINDING AND HINGES ARE EXCELLENT, MARBLED END.....
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Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1904. THIS COMPLETE TWENTY-EIGHT VOLUME SET IS IN GOOD CONDITION BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH BRIGHT GILT RULE TO BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. RUBBING AND WEAR TO LEATHER HERE AND THERE, A FEW SPINE.....
Boston: Little, Brown, And Company, 1858. THIS COMPLETE TWELVE VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BOUND IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH MARBLED BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. WEAR AND RUBBING TO LEATHER AS SEEN IN PHOTOS. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, MARBLED END.....