The Practical Fruit-Gardener. Being the Newest and Best Method of Raising, Planting and Pruning All Sorts of Fruit-Trees by Switzer, Stephen - 1724

1835 1ed American West INDIANS Ohio Valley Melville Hall 2v Sketches of History

James Hall's 'Sketches of History, Life and Manners' is a fascinating 1835 account of life in the American West. Beginning in the early 19th-century, Americans began migrating westward encountering early European settlements, Native American Indian tribes, and dangerous animals and health threats. This book provides important details on new states finding statehood, as well as civil institutions being established throughout the American west. It should also be noted that this book was the primary source for Herman Melville's book 'The Confidence Man'.
Notes from Field on this book:
"Narratives of frontier warfare with the Indians, and incidents of Indian life, fill almost all the pages of these interesting volumes."
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"a rather detailed account of the first trans-Allegheny explorations, with ample treatment of the early French settlements and the infiltration of the Scotch-Irish Pioneers into Kentucky and… Read More

1644 1ed Blanche of Castile Saint Louis IX France Crusades Louis VIII Combault

Charles de Combault d'Auteuil was a 17th-century French author who is primarily remembered for his history of Blanche of France, the 12th-century regent of France and mother of King Louis IX. This 1644 first edition of Combault's 'Blanche' is an excellent source on the reigns of Louis VIII and Saint Louis IX as well as Louis IX's crusades and ultimate veneration.
Item number: #15126
Price: $599
D'AUTEUIL, Charles de Combault
Blanche, infante de Castille, mère de saint-Louis, reine et régente de France
Paris : A. de Sommaville : A. Courbé, 1644. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[14], 33, [1]; 88; 151, [1]; 159, [1]; 45, [3]
· Language: French
· Binding: Vellum; tight & secure
· Size: ~9in X 7in (23cm x 18cm)
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1883 1ed History of British Birds Seebohm Color Illustrated Ornithology Eggs 4v
Henry Seebohm was a 19th-century English ornithologist who published an impressive history of British birds. Aptly named 'History of British Birds', this book discusses every aspect of ornithology – eggs, habitat, behaviors, etc. This complete four-volume set is beautifully bound and features 68 full-page color engravings including views of eggs.

Item number: #14583
Price: $795
SEEBOHM, Henry
A history of British birds with coloured illustrations of their eggs.
London : Pub. for the author by R. H. Porter [etc.], 1883-85. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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Vol. 1: [xxiii], 614
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Vol. 2: [xxxii], 600
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Vol. 3: [xxiv], 684
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Vol. 4: [3], [18], 68 plates
o Many in-text illustrations in each volume, 68 full-page colored engravings in last volume
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~10.5in X 7in (26cm x 17cm)
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1658 CRUSADES Apology Bernard Clairvaux Considerations Pope Eugene III Knights
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
― Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux was an 11th-century Cistercian monk who helped shape the Rule of the Knights Templar. His sermons were numerous and hundreds of them survived in written form. Amongst his other known writings are letters, apologies, dogmas, defenses of the Catholic Church, and treatises designed for teaching young believers.
Saint Bernard's work, 'Book of Considerations', was written as an apology to Pope Eugene III for the failure of the Second Crusade, of which he felt responsible. In it, he explains how the sins of the crusaders were the cause of the failure of the crusade.
This 1658 edition was collected and edited by Odet-Philippe Des Mares.
Item number: #17677
Price: $550
BERNARD, of Clairvaux Saint
Saint Bernard De la Considération, au pape Eugène, de la traduction du sieur Des Mares.
Paris : P. Lamy, 1658.

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1851 INDIAN WARS 1ed Conspiracy of Pontiac War Parkman Native American Michigan
Francis Parkman's 'History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac' is a rare Civil War-era account of the North American Indian Wars that occurred on the Appalachian frontier, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Great Lakes regions of Michigan. This work is an important detailed portrayal of Indian tribes throughout the United States, their cultures and language, as well as their roles in American wars. Pontiac was an Odawa Indian leader who led warriors from many tribes against British soldiers who were trying to settle in the Great Lakes regions.
Item number: #18352
Price: $499
PARKMAN, Francis
History of the conspiracy of Pontiac and the war of the North American tribes against the English colonies after the conquest of Canada
Boston : Little, Brown, 1851. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xxiv, 630
o 4 maps
· References: Howes P 100
· Language: English
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1866 Garnier-Pages History of 1848 French Revolution France Napoleon III 8v SET

Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pages was a 19th-century French politician best remembered for his unpopularity as the Mayor of Paris. In 1848, while in office, he imposed substantial taxation – a move that was concurrent with the Revolutions of 1848. He published an anthology of the 1848 Revolutions, focusing on the fall of French royalty, the establishment of the French Second Republic, and the effects on other European revolutions.

Item number: #7707
Price: $550
GARNIER-PAGES, Louis-Antoine
Histoire de la revolution de 1848
Paris : Pagnerre, 1866.

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Portrait frontispiece in vol 1
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~9.5in X 6.5in (24cm x 16cm)
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Good copy of Volume 2 (of 2) only of this popular 19th century German herbalThe attractive hand-coloured engravings by F. Kirchner. The subjects in this volume are fruits, spices, herbs, hallucinogenics, poisons, cereals, bulbs, ferns, mushrooms, etc. Plant names in German and Latin in the plate.Artus's handbook of general medicinal-pharmaceutical plants was published in two volumes from 1846 to 1885. With title page to the 5th edition of 1876, 395 pages of text (p.363 to p.758) and 110 hand-coloured botanical engravings.Willibald Artus (1809-1880) was a pharmacist in Weimar, before moving to Jena in 1840 to become professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the university.Brown half leather binding with crack at front hinge, gilt title on spine, marble boards scuffed and worn, text pages starting to brown as usual, hand-coloured plates with some toning and occasional foxing. A few pages starting to come loose from the binding, some chipped at the edges.

1888 1st ed Civil War General Sheridan Personal Memoirs Union Native Americans

"When the battle waged hottest, Sheridan was at his best—cool, exact, self-possessed, the dashing and brilliant leader of men willing to follow him anywhere."

A rare, first edition of the "Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan". General Sheridan is often considered to be one of the foremost Union commanders in the United States (Mullins 82). Sheridan writes of his military service in important Civil War battles as well as his role in the Indian raids and battles. He also writes of his role as the commander of the United States army at the end of his career. These fascinating contents are depicted by the 17 steel engraved plates and 27 maps.
Item number: #18107
Price: $550
SHERIDAN, Philip Henry
Personal memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army, in two volumes.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1888. First edition.

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1805 EARLY Constitution United States New Hampshire LAW Trials Taxes Americana
A rare, early 19th-century printing of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of state of New Hampshire! This book contains notes on civil trials, acts of congress, laws, taxes, as well as letters from founding fathers, and much more!

Item number: #20828
Price: $499
United States

Constitution and laws of the state of New-Hampshire: together with the Constitution of the United States
Dover: Samuel Bragg, 1805.

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[4], 392, [393]-[400], 393-531, [1]
· Provenance: Handwritten – John Mulony
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22.5cm x 14cm)
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1695 ENGLISH 1ed Treatise on Epic Poetry VIRGIL Homer Aesop Dryden Rene Bossu

René Le Bossu was a prestigious 17th-century French literary critic best-known for his commentary on epic poetry. In his book "Treatise on Epic Poetry", Bossu focused on what makes successful epic poetry, identifying that subject matter took precedence over characters and character development. Much of the commentary comes from Bossu's study of Homer, Aesop, and Virgil and Dryden's famous interpretations.

This 1695 first English edition of Bossu was published with an essay on satire by Dacier as well as Fontenelle's treatise on pastoral literature.

Item number: #22315
Price: $750

BOSSU, Rene Le

Monsieur Bossu's treatise of the epick poem containing many curious reflexions, very useful and necessary for the right understanding and judging of the excellencies of Homer and Virgil

London: Printed for Tho. Bennet, 1695. First edition.

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o [40], 295, [1]
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