London: John Murray, 1854. First Edition. Leather bound. First edition in the English language, octavo size, 484 pp., in a Riviere binding. Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891) was an outstanding military leader during several important campaigns. By the end of his career, he was awarded the title of..... More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields [printed by the University Press, Cambridge], 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 342 pp. Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896) was "one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War. He has been called 'the Ernie Pyle of his era,' and a biographer, W.E...... More

Boston: Walker, Wise, and Company, 1862. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Second printing (first printing was in 1861), duodecimo size, 131 pp. One of many voices calling for an end to slavery in the United States, Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907) writes an impassioned plea for the emancipation of slaves in "The Rejected..... More

Dayton, Ohio: Odell & Mayer, 1881. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo size, 1039 pp. The first written history of Fayette County, Ohio, this volume describes its discovery, engagements with Native Americans, the involvement of citizens in both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, information on agriculture and industries, and significant information on..... More

San Francisco: The Hicks-Judd Company, 1899. Leather bound. Quarto size, 427 pp., in deluxe binding. Commencing with the Battle of Manila in February of 1899, the Philippine-American War lasted for a little over three years. The US refused to acknowledge the Philippine's declaration of independence, and attempted to annex the..... More

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1936. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 550 copies, octavo size, 309 pp. This diary, written by the young Lewis H. Garrard, includes contemporary descriptions of Native Americans, traders, mountain men, with their dress, behavior, and speech, and also includes legendary characters such as..... More

London / New York: Chatto & Windus / Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. Hardcover. Four volumes (complete) in slipcase, octavo size, 1972 total pp. Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (1812-1870) is often called "the father of Russian socialism"; this work, his autobiography, being "considered one of the best examples of that genre in..... More

Glasgow: Hugh Hopkins, 1869. Second Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), octavo size, 587 pp. Joseph Ritson (1752-1803) was an interesting and, even for his day, unusual man. Described by the DNB as an "antiquarian"; at the age of 20, upon reading the "Fable of the Bees" he decided to "forswear..... More

Ryde, Isle of Wight: Printed and Published by E. Hartnall, Arcade, 1841. Hardcover. 64mo size, 120 pp., bound in wood boards from the wreckage of the ship. "I was stationed at the third gun from forward, on the starboard side of the lower gun deck. I said to Carrol, who..... More

[San Francisco]: The Book Club of California [Printed by the Grabhorn Press], [1946]. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 280 copies, folio size, 107 pp., with prospectus. Hernando de Soto (1495-1542), the hero of this story, was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition into..... More

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1925. Hollyer, Frederick. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, octavo size, 713 pp. An illustrative account of the years leading up the the Great War, by English author, countryman and politician Viscount Grey of Fallodon (Edward Grey 1862-1933). This and Grey's other well-known work "The Charm..... More