Bound in ORIGINAL brown cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated. Minor foxing to outer pages, but inner pages are generally clean. Bookplate on front innerboard and presentation inscription on the front endpaper. 808 indexed pages. Size: 6"x9"
- The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States
- Henry J. Raymond
- Derby and Miller, 1865
In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9 months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was Democracy in America, a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing deomcratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His study of the strengths and weaknesses of an evolving democratic society has been quoted by every American president since Eisenhower, and remains a key point of reference for any discussion of the American nation or the democratic system.
Two volumes in one. Brown leather bound with gilt lettering on the spine. Private fraternity library spine label at the bottom and bookplate on the front inside cover. Presentation inscription on the second endpaper. Cover is a little scuffed and the gilt on the cover edges is worn. Marbled page ends. Some minor foxing and a few page stains. Illustrated frontispiece. Over 800 pages. Size: 6.5"x9"
- The Republic of the United States of America and the Political Institutions, Reviewed and Examined, 2 Volumes in 1
- Alexis De Toqueville
- A. S. Barnes & Co., 1851
This antique hardcover book (no date of publication given; presumed circa 1890) is bound in red-brown cloth boards, richly decorated with etched black and gilt designs. All page edges gilt. Cover has edgewear. Owner's name on front inner board. Inner pages browned. Binding a bit loose but holding Wear and soil. Black-and-white plates within. Includes an introduction with a biography of Burns. Decorative red borders on pages. 478 pages; approx. 6"x9".
- THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS
- The American News Co., ca 1890s
Brown engraved cover with gilt lettering on the spine. A few illustrations inside. Library bookplate on the front innerboard and presentation inscription on the front endpaper. Heavy foxing to the outer pages and some to the inner pages as well. 395 pages. Size: 5"x7.5" 14th edition.
- Life on the Ocean; or, Twenty Years at Sea: Being the Personal Adventures of the Author
- George Little
- Richard Marsh, Publisher, 1856
Complete two volume illustrated set. Covers are brown with floral detail and gilt lettering on the spine. Bookplates from a fraternity library are covering an old inscription on both front innerboards. Some foxing, but interior pages are mostly clean. "With anecdotes and incidents of the travels and adventures of these different parties of American Indians whom he introduced to the courts of England, France and Belgium." Both volumes fully illustrated. Volume 1 has 296 pages and Volume 2 has 336 pages. 5.5"x9"
- Catlin's Notes of Eight years' Travels and Residence in Europe with His North American Indian Collection
- George Catlin
- Burgess, Stringer & Co., 1848
- First edition
Bound in red cloth boards with gilt lettering on the front and spine, this is a clean, tight copy of Dana's autobiographical account of the Civil War. Gilt top page edge, with some light wear. Frontispiece illustration. 296 pages, with index; approx. 5"x8".
- Recollections of the Civil War: With the Leaders in Washington and in the Field in the Sixties
- Charles Dana
- D. Appleton & Co., 1898
Bound in black cloth boards with gilt lettering and decorations. Some spine wear / soil; bookplate, inscriptions, foxing to endpapers. Illustrated with engravings and a fold-out map, this book is an autobiographical account of a U.S. expedition to the Middle East as told by Commander W. F. Lynch of the U.S. Navy. 508 pages; approx. 6"x9".
- Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea
- W.F. Lynch
- Lea and Blanchard, 1849
This antique hardcover book is bound in handsome textured green padded leather boards, with gilt lettering, trim and page edges. Multicolored decorative endpapers. Spine is faded to brown; inner pages clean and unmarked, binding tight. Frontispiece is a portrait of the poet. Includes a biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. 452 pages; approx. 5"x7".
- JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETICAL WORKS
- Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1902
