Three volume set. Each is bound in brown leather, but the third volume has spine labels in a darker brown and does not have the gilt cover edge decorations that the first two volumes have. There are numbered library spine labels at the bottom of each spine, which have worn in places. The covers are scuffed with edgewear. There are private fraternity library bookplates on the inside front covers and presentation inscriptions in the first two volumes. Minor foxing. Illustrated frontispieces. Vol. 1 has 596 pages, Vol. 2 has 553, and Vol. 3 has 749. Size: 6"x9"
- The History of the Political Parties in the State of New-York, from the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to December, 1840, 3 Volumes
- Jabez D. Hammond
- Phinney & Co., 1850
Owner's name is stamped on front endpaper. Some foxing. Corners and edges are worn, hinges tight. Includes some reference illustration in black and white.
- The Principles of Physiology Applied to the Preservation of Health and to the Improvement of Physical and Mental Education
- Andrew Combe, M.D.
- Harper & Brothers, 1834
- First Edition
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
Complete Three Volume Set bound in 3/4 brown leather with marbled covers and page ends. Gilt lettering and design on the spines. There is a numbered label on each spine and a fraternity library bookplate on each front innerboard. Presentation inscriptions on each second endpaper. Covers are rubbed with edgewear and there is foxing throughout the pages of each volume. Vol. 1 has 495 pages, Vol. 2 has 534, and Vol. 3 has 546 with an index. Size: 5"x8"
- History of the Girondists; or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution from Unpublished Sources, 3 Volumes
- Alphonse De Lamartine
- Harper and Brothers, 1854
Full brown leather cover and with lettering on the spine labels. Marbled endpapers and page ends. Bottom spine label is chipped and there is a library number label on the spine as well. Bookplate on front innerboard and owner's name on second endpaper. Some foxing throughout. 671 indexed pages. Size: 5.5"x8"
- Europe, Past and Present: A Comprehensive Manual of European Geography and History
- Francis H. Ungewitter
- Geo. P. Putnam, 1850
This handsome book contains biographies and speeches from prominent statesmen such as the Earl of Strafford, Lord Belhaven, Sir Robert Walpole, Lord Chesterfield, William Pitt, Edmund Burke, and others. 947 pages; 6 inches x 9 inches. Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards, gilt spine lettering and raised bands on the spine. Small ex-lib spine label remnants. Bookplate on front inner board. Marbled endpapers. Some foxing. Inscriptions on front endpapers.
- Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most Eminent Orators of Great Britain for the Last Two Centuries
- Chauncey A. Goodrich, ed.
- Harper & Brothers, 1852
Bound in brown leather with gilt sunflower decorations on the spine, and gilt lettering. Hinges a bit weak; leather worn but intact. Some foxing to endpapers, inner pages browned at edges. This is the first volume. 273 pages, approx. 4"x6.5".
- Traite Du Vrai Merite De l'Homme, Considere Dans Tous Les Ages, Tome Premier
- M. Le Maitre de Claville
- Charles Collette, 1745
Bound in brown leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. 509 pages, with index. 4"x6.5". Marbled endpapers. Some edgewear, light foxing; pages browned at edges. Inscriptions on frontispiece page and half-title page. This is the second part of the fifth book of letters of the Marquis au Comte de Valmont.
- Le Comte de Valmont, Ou Les Egaremens De la Raison: Lettres Recueillies et Publiees, Second Partiee
- Marquis au Comte de Valmont
- Chez Moutard, 1778
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
