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 Book Club of California, designed by Jack Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press, 1991. Sawkins, James Gay. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies, oblong quarto, [126] pp., with prospectus. James Gay Sawkins (1806-1878) was a virtually unknown English artist who spent several years painting Hawaiian landscapes;..... 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: J. Dodsley, 1771. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 528 pp. [of which eight contain an account of the Boston Massacre]. The Boston Massacre (known in Britain as "the Incident on King Street"), which happened on March 5, 1770, is widely credited for precipitating the Revolutionary War. A...... 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]: 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