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
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1500, quarto size, 611 pp. for both volumes, with LEC Monthly Letter and announcement, in slipcase. The westward explorations of Lewis and Clark remain a source of fascination, with the courage and daring it took to explore then-unknown territory..... 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
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Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Freres, Fils et Cie, 1874. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 640 pp., text in French. The best known work by knight and historian Geoffroi de Ville-Hardouin (c. 1150-c.1213/18), written between 1207 and 1213. This work is one of the oldest known examples of historical French prose..... 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
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995-2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (covering 650 CE to 1250 CE), quarto size, 723 pp., second volume in slipcase. The symmetry and beauty of Islamic art and architecture has been admired for centuries; these two volumes, while published separately, are being offered as a...... More
![Item #21052412 Campaigning in the Philippines [bound with] Official History of the Operations...](/pictures/thumb/21052412_1.JPG?v=1654980783)
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
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992-1994. First Edition. Hardcover. First printings, five volumes (complete), octavo size, 3200 approximate pp. From the dust jacket flap of the first volume we learn that "A History of Women" seeks "to understand women's place in society, their condition, the roles..... 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
![Item #19053103 Japanese Costume Before the Restoration [with] Military Costume in Old Japan. K....](/pictures/thumb/19053103_1.JPG?v=1563820253)
Tokyo: Published by K. Ogawa [printed by C. B. Woodward, St. Louis], 1893. K. Ogawa. First Edition. String Binding. First printing, folio size. K. Ogawa (1860-1929), an innovative Japanese photographer known for his portraiture and masterful use of collotype, presents examples of costumes in Japan prior to the Meiji Restoration..... More
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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
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 379 pp., inscribed by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to "Mrs. Olcott" (Clara L. Olcott?]. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt (1858-1919), the 26th President of the United States, is remembered for many things: the establishment of national parks, the champion of..... 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: [Printed at the Grabhorn Press], 1953. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 185 copies, quarto size, 79 pp. This account of Mr Peloubet's adventures, written by himself, was translated after many years and printed for his descendent, Francis Peloubet Farquhar. More than just a memoir intended for the Peloubet..... 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
Milwaukee: Ernst G. Timme, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 570 pp., with the original presentation card from the author tipped in. The twenty-fourth volume of the Wisconsin Blue Book, with contents including the law of 1885, prescribing the number of officers and employees of both the senate and assembly..... 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