Tioga, TX: The Herald Company, 1912. First Edition. Attractive copy of one of the standard works on the Texas Indian wars by De Shields, who "spent more than thirty years in assembling the material for this book, and collected a host of facts from pioneers who took part in the..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1894. Third Edition. Third edition of James's study of the history and ethnology of the Alaskan people through poetry. Octavo (19.5cm); burgundy cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; all edges gilt; iv,410,[2]pp; illus. Pinpoint wear to spine ends, tiny..... More
Paris: Librairie Baudouin, 1829. First Edition. Narrative of Levasseur's travels with the Marquis de Lafayette during his last visit to the United States, from July 1824 - September 1825. During that period, the French general and hero of the American Revolution had been the "Nation's Guest," received with affection and..... More
Boston: D.L. Guernsey, Publisher, 1882. First Edition Thus. "Almost anyone who encountered Lincoln in a significant way felt compelled sooner or later to tell about it, often less with a view to adding to the historical record than to caressing Lincoln's memory. As the supply and demand for reminiscences fed..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1895. First Edition. Handsome edition of this monumental work on the Marquis de La Fayette by Tower, Jr. (1848-1923), tracing his career in America from his arrival in 1777 until his return to France after the surrender of Cornwallis in 1781. Tower's own copy, in presentation..... More
Richmond: R.F. Walker, 1876. First Edition. Pamphlet chiefly comprised of an address to the General Assembly by James L. Kemper (1823-1895), former Confederate General, Conservative Party member, and Governor of Virginia from 1874-1878. An appendix contains various letters to Kemper from various residents, his responses to them, and his proclamation..... More
Weimar: Gebrüdern Gädicke, 1799. First Edition. Uncommon volume by Hunnius (1765-1807, an Armenian physician living in Weimar), and among the earliest titles sold by Salomon Henkel. Although the famous Henkel Press did not arrive in New Market, Virginia until 1805, there is reason to believe that some printing was being..... More