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Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea By the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, etc. By Stephen Powers. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. Hartford, Conn: Columbian Book Company, 1872"These were the happiest days of my life..in the large liberty and lawlessness of the prairies..." [from the Preface]
Condition: This original cloth hardcover is shown in the photographs. Binding is secure, toning is minimal, and no stamps, crimps or writing was found within. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Africa's Redemption, the Salvation of Our Country, by Reverend F Freeman, Author of Yaradee, Plea for Africa, Psalmodia, etc. New York: Printed for the Author by D Fanshaw, No. 108 Nassau-street, 383 pp.1852 First Edition; Dedicated to the Memory of Henry Clay.Presented in a series of "conversations", this is an in-depth history of the African continent's peoples, the colonization of Africa, and subsequent African American slavery in the United States.Condition: Re-cased, in original binding as pictured. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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Agents' and Conductors Manual, Rules and Regulations To be Observed at Stations and Elsewhere in Collecting, Handling, Remitting and Paying Money on Account of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad, and Sioux City & Pacific Railroad ,Western Avenue Station. Stamped 1893, inscribed Frank B Martin. 108 pages including Appendix.Condition: Re-backed. Date was obtained from the stamp of the Western Avenue Station. Original label on front cover as shown. Name of Frank B. Martin inscribed on first text page. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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The Annals of the War, Written by Leading Participants, North and South. 1879 First Edition. Philadelphia: The Times Publishing Co. 800 pp, Hardcover. 56 articles written by Civil War notables, Originally published in the Philadelphia Times. Condition: This original first edition published in 1879 was professionally restored as shown Original spine material re-a-plied, complimentary end pages (with original G.A.R. tag on paste down). Complete with firm binding, inscription "With Compliments of The Times" as photographed. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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Annals of the Army of the Cumberland, Comprising Biographies, Descriptions of Departments, Accounts of Expeditions, Skirmishes, and Battles; Also Its Police Recordof Spies, Smugglers, and Prominent Rebel Emissaries. Together With Anecdotes, Incidents, Poetry, Reminiscences, etc. and Official Reports of the Battle of Stone River, by an Officer [John Fitch]. Illustrated with Steel Portraits, Wood Engravings, and Maps. First Edition, Original full leather binding. 1863. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co: 670 pages.Condition: This beautiful original leather first edition of "Annals..." still has gilt page edges and gilt on spine as shown in the photos. Binding is firm. (Shown in photos) Original tissue between two frontispiece illustrations. The feature map of Stone River is in color and is still beautifully vibrant. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can… Read More

Around the World with General Grant, A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant to Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878 1879; To Which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History. by John Russell Young, with Eight Hundred Illustrations.In Two Volumes. New York: Subscription Book Department, The American News Company: volumes are 631 pages each.Condition: This complete two volume set is bound in full leather and is in superior condition, with all maps, good gilt on covers and spine, and a secure binding with clean text blocks. Engraving of Grant is original and also in good condition, with tissue guard. Fold out map in volume II is present and all original and in very good condition as well. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.*Please Note: This item… Read More

Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains. by Washington Irving. In Two Volumes. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard. 1836 First Edition. Large folding map of the Rocky Mountains, the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. First edition: with "Henry W Rees Stereotyper" on the verso of the title page of volume, with no "1*" on page 5, and without the footnote on page 259 of volume II. We believe this to be First Edition - First State.
In Custom Case."Although Washington Irving (1783-1859) never traveled to Oregon Country, he wrote one of the most widely read and influential narratives of the region. His two-volume Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains, published in 1836, introduced more readers to the Pacific Northwest than any single book up to that time." from The Oregon Encyclopedia on line.Condition: This two volume set has been rebound as pictured. The interior is clean with a minimum of age toning and virtually no foxing. Foldout map in volume two is in… Read More

The Battle Cry, A New Collection of Temperance and Prohibition Songs by H S Taylor and Dr J B Herbert. Cincinnati: Fillmore Bros Publishers. Sold with original WCTU ribbon from the State Convention, Kearney, Nebraska, October 4 - 8 1897.
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Behind the Scenes in Washington. Being a Complete and Graphic Account of the Credit Mobilier Investigation... with Sketches of the Leading Senators, Congressmen, Government Officials, etc., and an Accurate Description of the Splendid Public Buildings of the Federal Capital. 1873 First Edition. By Edward Winslow Martin, author of "Secrets of the Great City", etc. Washington DC: The Continental Publishing Co and National Publishing Co.
Great account of the 1864 creating the Union Pacific Railroad, giving it $100 million dollars. Thomas C Durant then managed to direct millions to his own construction company .. well worth a read!
Condition: NOT a library book. Careful, professional re-bind with original cover cloth re-applied. Interior is free of marks, pencil, plates, crimps, etc. Initial six pages are heavily toned and professionally repaired as photographed. But complete and in overall very good condition. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Biographical Sketches of Our National Presidents and the Ladies of the White House, Book I and Book II (Part A and Part B). Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 1932 First Edition. Two parts bound as one. Condition: NOT a library book. No stamps, signatures, book plates, crimps or writing found within. Like new condition, two parts bound as one. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your purchase and being available to sign for it upon delivery. We appreciate your business and hope to do business with you again! **Attention International Buyers** For all standard international book orders, we will be using Asendia consolidated shipping through Biblio.com. If you should choose expedited shipping instead, we will provide you with that additional cost by the most economical Federal Express International. Once… Read More

A Bird's Eye View of Our Civil War, by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, United States ArmyAuthor of the "Campaign of Chancellorsville". Boston: James R Osgood and Company 1883 First Edition hardcover: 326 pp with Four large fold out maps in back. Condition: This is an original hardcover in very good condition. Binding is firm, interior pages are free of marks, stamps, inscriptions--all very clean! All four fold out maps are original and in excellent condition. Please note spine photo shows old vertical creases in spine cloth which create a bit of shading. (Restoration secured the spine so it is strong and secure.) Gilt on spine is a bit faded as shown in photos, but very readable. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.**Attention International Buyers** For all standard international book orders, we will be using Asendia… Read More

Bricks Without Straw, A Novel. By Albion W Tourgee, Author of "A Fool's Errand" etc. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. 1880. Believed to be first edition. 'A classic of American political fiction first published in 1880, a mere three years after Reconstruction officially ended, Bricks Without Straw offers an inside view of the struggle to create a just society in the post-slavery South. It is unique among the white-authored literary works of its time in presenting Reconstruction through the eyes of emancipated slaves. As a leading Radical Republican, the author, Albion W. Tourgée, played a key role in drafting a democratized Constitution for North Carolina after the Civil War, and he served as a state superior court judge during Reconstruction. Tourgée worked closely with African Americans and poor whites in the struggle to transform North Carolina's racial and class politics. He saw the ravages of the Ku Klux Klan firsthand, worked to bring the perpetrators of Klan atrocities to justice, and… Read More

California Illustrated: Including. A Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes, by A Returned California - (John M Letts). 1852. New York: William Holdredge: 224 pages, includes California ConstitutionTrue first edition, copyright by John M Letts, 1852. With 48 Engravings, many with original tissue guards: "G.V. Cooper Del, On Stone by J Cameron, Litho of G. W. Lewis.NOT a library copy. No marks, inscriptions, or stamps found within. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies, A History of the Troubles in Kansas from the Passage of the Organic Act until the Close of July, 1856. William Phillips, Phillips Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Boston: 414 pp plus ads 6pp in back and ads on front and back paste downs and fly pages.Narrative includes some of the following notable sections:Kansas before the Passage of the Organic Act, The First Invasion, Governor Reeder, the First Election, Smart Electioneering TrickThe March Election, Protests, Bogus Legislature, Shannon Appointed, Topeka Constitution, Pat Laughlin, Pardee the Martyr, Law and Order Convention, Rescue of Branson, Wakarusa War, Mobbing the Ballot Boxes, Skirmish at Eason, State Legisltuare, Dragoons, Sheriff Jones Shot, Marshal Donaldson Declares War, Sacking of Lawrence, Guerilla War, Law and Order in Leavenworth, Captain Walker, Battle of Black Jack, Battle of Franklin, Nimrod Whitfield, Death of Cantral, Sacking of Osawattomie, A Chapter of… Read More

Detectives of Europe and America, or Life in the Secret Service. A Selection of Celebrated Cases in Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Poland, Egypt, and America. A Revelation of Struggles and Triumphs of the Most Renowned Detectives on the Globe for the Past Twenty-Five Years. Profusely illustrated. Edited by George S McWatters, Late Member of the American Secret Service. Hartford: The J B Burr Publishing Co., 1880.
Condition: Re-backed with original spine piece re-applied as pictured. NOT a former library book, Gilt on cover is bright. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin". In Two Volumes. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company. 1856. First Edition, 75th Thousand.
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp is the second popular novel from American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was first published in two volumes by Phillips, Sampson and Company in 1856. This is the first edition of the book.
Condition: NOT a library book. Two volume set in custom case (with removable divider as shown). Impressed covers, new spine with original spine title pieces re-applied. New blended end pages. Interior free of writing, stamps, crimps. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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An Essay on Liberty and Slavery by Albert Taylor Bledsoe, LL.D., Professor of Mathematics in the University of Virginia. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.: 383 pp. 1856 Rare First EditionAbolitionists, the religious implications, the public good, and the Fugitive Slave Law are all addressed in what has been termed "a highly important and sophisticated proslavery argument". Author was a friend of Jefferson Davis, a Confederate soldier, and a defender of both the South and Slavery. He became the first editor of the "Southern Review". An original classic pro-slavery book for any African-American library collection.Condition: This original first edition of Bledsoe's proslavery argument is in very good condition, especially for its age. Original throughout with expected foxing and age-toning of pages. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best… Read More

The Farmer's Every-day Book; or, Sketches of Social Life in the Country; with the Popular Elements of Practical and Theoretical Agriculture. And Twelve Hundred Laconics and Apothegms Relating to Ethics, Religion, and General Literature; Also Five Hundred Receipts (recipes) on Hygeian, Domestic, and Rural Economy. By the Rev. John L. Blake, D.D. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan. 1855. Original c. 1850. Thirteenth Thousand. 654 pages.
Condition: Professional rebind as pictured. Marbled page edges. NOT a library book. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Four Years a Scout and Spy. "General Bunker" one of Lieutenant General Grant's most Daring and Successful Scouts. Being a Narrative of the Thrilling Adventures, Narrow Escapes, Noble Daring, and Amusing Incidents in the Experience of Corporal Ruggles During Four Years' Service as a Scout and Spy for the Federal Army. Embracing His Services for Twelve of the Most Distinguished Generals in the U. S. Army. By E. C. Downs, Major of the Twentieth Ohio Veterans Volunteer Infantry. Illustrated. Zanesville, Ohio: Published by Hugh Dunne, North Fourth Street, Adjoining Court House. 1866 FIRST EDITION. Stereotyped at the Franklin Type Foundry, Cincinnati, O.Very RARE 1866 memoir of adventure, attitudes of soldiers, the way the spy dealt with both the Southerners and with the various Generals he spied for. One of the better memoirs of the spies, North or South, man or woman, that the seller has read.
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Glances and Glimpses; or Fifty Years Social, Including Twenty Years Professional Life. by. Harriot K Hunt, M.D. 1856 First Edition, Fourth Thousandth.Early women's rights advocate Harriot K Hunt, considered the first female doctor in the United States. After two refusals to have her study at the Harvard Medical School, she received a private medical education and practiced with an emphasis on prevention of disease. She was a dedicated advocate for women as professionals and as an educated populace. A very early advocate for changes to voting rights and property rights for women. Each year when she paid her taxes, in fact, she issued a "taxation without representation" protest. An intriguing look at attitudes and treatment of early women's rights advocates from a well-educated and outspoken women.Condition: It is all original, with professional restoration of spine as shown. Sold in its own mylar cover. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of… Read More