Brown decorative cover with gilt lettering on the spine. Library spine label and bookplate on the front innerboard. Mild cover wear. Front endpaper is missing and the next endpaper has a presentation inscription on it. Pages are clean and binding is tight. 348 indexed pages.
- The Life of George Washington
- Edward Everett
- Sheldon and Company, 1860 First Edition
Green decorative cover with gilt lettering on the spine. There is a cover stain and the spine is worn and soiled. Library bookplate on front innerboard and presentation inscription on front endpaper. Mild foxing to outer pages but inner pages are clean. 377 pages. Size: 5"x7.5"
- A History of the Whig Party or Some of Its Main Features
- R. McKinley Ormsby
- Crosby, Nichols & Company, 1859
Bound in black cloth boards, this book has a highly decorated spine covered in gilt lettering. Spine ends worn, some other wear; bookplate and inscription on front endpapers. Illustrated throughout with engravings, this book contains capsule biographies of prominent American figures such as Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Boone, Benedict Arnold, John Winthrop, Eli Whitney, Peter Stuyvesant, John Jay, Cotton Mather and Pocahontas. 407 pages; approx. 5"x7".
- Our Countrymen: Brief Memoirs of Eminent Americans
- Benson J. Lossing
- Lippincott, Grambo & Co. 1855
- First Edition
