We And Our Neighbors by Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1875

Seventeenth Edition, but the first edition of the completed work. Embellished with a Characteristic Frontispiece. John Joseph Stockdale. London. 1807. Octavo. xxiv, 152pp. Rowlandson engraved frontis. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Toning to title and frontis.
Provenance: Bookplate of B. Haigh Allen to fep. Signature of Bn. Haigh to title. Yorkshire financier, Benjamin Haigh Allen (1792-1829) was a personal friend of William Wilberforce and campaigner for abolition.
Barrett, Eaton Stannard (1786–1820) poet, satirist. 'All the talents' is a political satire of the Whig coalition. Published parts, the later 'editions' were augmented by further dialogues. This is the first edition of the complete work.
"The coalition government formed in February 1806, following Pitt's death. Supposedly embracing 'All the Talents', it was composed of the followers of Lord Grenville and Charles Fox, bolstered by those of Lord Sidmouth (Addington). The resignation of the Talents in March 1807 was precipitated… Read More

London: J. M. Dent & Co. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. About fine but for prev. owner name dated Dec. '92, on ffep. of each volume, minor wear to extremities, and unobtrusive stains to bottom edge of text blocks and one fore edge. No date, but prev. owner date is 1892. Top edges gilt, half leather over marbled boards. An attractive set..

Pisa, a Spese dell' Autore, 1854. Hard Cover. 606, [2] page; 24.5 cm. "The most prolific and most incorrigibly Romantic of the many men who wrote historical novels in the period was Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi of Leghorn" (Wilkins, p. 432). The theme of Beatrice Cenci (1577-1599), the Roman woman beheaded for plotting to kill her father, appealed to Romantic writers-- Shelley's tragedy foremost among them. This novel isn't necessarily good history-- the first objective history was by Bertolotti in 1879. This privately printed edition is very rare; the edition usually cited is that of Milan, 1872, a full generation later and after the fall of the Papal government-- the real villain of the novel. The corrupted Papacy was the target of writers about Beatrice, and the Church's censorship made its publication dangerous in 1854. Very good copy, bound in 3/4 leather with marbled-paper boards; top of spine torn. Stock#OB305.

This is a 17-Volume collection of works of Historical Fiction by Luise Mühlbach, a well-known German Author, who wrote most of her work in the 1860s and early 1870s. Her Books focus on several well-known German and European personalities including Frederick the Great, Joseph the Second, Empress Josephine, Goethe and Schiller, Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, King Henry and others. Her Books were translated into English by several different translators and published as a set by A.L. Fowle, Publisher, of New York in 1905. This Set was not published with Volume Numbers for each Book. Each Book contains 400-650 pages of text and three to five illustrations.There are 20 Volumes in the complete set. However, the set being offered here is limited to 17 Volumes and are listed below:BERLIN AND SANS-SOUCI, Translated by Mrs. Chapman Coleman and Daughters;FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS FAMILY, Translated by Mrs. Chapman Coleman and Daughters;MARIE ANTOINETTE AND HER SON, Translated by Rev. W. L. Gage;ANDREAS HOFER,… Read More

Elisha Kent Kane (28 February 1820 ? 16 February 1857) was a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kane was the son of John Kintzing Kane, a U.S. district judge, and Jane Duval Leiper. His brother was attorney, diplomat, abolitionist, and American Civil War cavalry general Thomas L. Kane. Kane graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1842. On 14 September 1843, he became Assistant Surgeon in the Navy. He served in the China Commercial Treaty mission under Caleb Cushing, in the Africa Squadron, and in the Marines during the Mexican-American War. Kane became senior medical officer of the unsuccessful Arctic expedition searching for explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850 and 1851. Kane organized and headed a second rescue expedition which sailed from New York 31 May 1853, and wintered in Rensselaer Bay.… Read More

Seventeenth Edition, but the first edition of the completed work. Embellished with a Characteristic Frontispiece. John Joseph Stockdale. London. 1807. Octavo. xxiv, 152pp. Rowlandson engraved frontis. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Toning to title and frontis.
Provenance: Bookplate of B. Haigh Allen to fep. Signature of Bn. Haigh to title. Yorkshire financier, Benjamin Haigh Allen (1792-1829) was a personal friend of William Wilberforce and campaigner for abolition.
Barrett, Eaton Stannard (1786–1820) poet, satirist. 'All the talents' is a political satire of the Whig coalition. Published parts, the later 'editions' were augmented by further dialogues. This is the first edition of the complete work.
"The coalition government formed in February 1806, following Pitt's death. Supposedly embracing 'All the Talents', it was composed of the followers of Lord Grenville and Charles Fox, bolstered by those of Lord Sidmouth (Addington). The resignation of the Talents in March 1807 was precipitated… Read More

London: J. M. Dent & Co. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. About fine but for prev. owner name dated Dec. '92, on ffep. of each volume, minor wear to extremities, and unobtrusive stains to bottom edge of text blocks and one fore edge. No date, but prev. owner date is 1892. Top edges gilt, half leather over marbled boards. An attractive set..

Pisa, a Spese dell' Autore, 1854. Hard Cover. 606, [2] page; 24.5 cm. "The most prolific and most incorrigibly Romantic of the many men who wrote historical novels in the period was Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi of Leghorn" (Wilkins, p. 432). The theme of Beatrice Cenci (1577-1599), the Roman woman beheaded for plotting to kill her father, appealed to Romantic writers-- Shelley's tragedy foremost among them. This novel isn't necessarily good history-- the first objective history was by Bertolotti in 1879. This privately printed edition is very rare; the edition usually cited is that of Milan, 1872, a full generation later and after the fall of the Papal government-- the real villain of the novel. The corrupted Papacy was the target of writers about Beatrice, and the Church's censorship made its publication dangerous in 1854. Very good copy, bound in 3/4 leather with marbled-paper boards; top of spine torn. Stock#OB305.

This is a 17-Volume collection of works of Historical Fiction by Luise Mühlbach, a well-known German Author, who wrote most of her work in the 1860s and early 1870s. Her Books focus on several well-known German and European personalities including Frederick the Great, Joseph the Second, Empress Josephine, Goethe and Schiller, Napoleon, Marie Antoinette, King Henry and others. Her Books were translated into English by several different translators and published as a set by A.L. Fowle, Publisher, of New York in 1905. This Set was not published with Volume Numbers for each Book. Each Book contains 400-650 pages of text and three to five illustrations.There are 20 Volumes in the complete set. However, the set being offered here is limited to 17 Volumes and are listed below:BERLIN AND SANS-SOUCI, Translated by Mrs. Chapman Coleman and Daughters;FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS FAMILY, Translated by Mrs. Chapman Coleman and Daughters;MARIE ANTOINETTE AND HER SON, Translated by Rev. W. L. Gage;ANDREAS HOFER,… Read More

Elisha Kent Kane (28 February 1820 ? 16 February 1857) was a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kane was the son of John Kintzing Kane, a U.S. district judge, and Jane Duval Leiper. His brother was attorney, diplomat, abolitionist, and American Civil War cavalry general Thomas L. Kane. Kane graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1842. On 14 September 1843, he became Assistant Surgeon in the Navy. He served in the China Commercial Treaty mission under Caleb Cushing, in the Africa Squadron, and in the Marines during the Mexican-American War. Kane became senior medical officer of the unsuccessful Arctic expedition searching for explorer Sir John Franklin in 1850 and 1851. Kane organized and headed a second rescue expedition which sailed from New York 31 May 1853, and wintered in Rensselaer Bay.… Read More