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History of the Girondists; or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution from Unpublished Sources, 3 Volumes


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  • History of the Girondists; or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution from Unpublished Sources, 3 Volumes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



Recollections of the Civil War: With the Leaders in Washington and in the Field in the Sixties


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




Record of the 114th Regiment, N.Y.S.V.



Bound in green cloth boards, with bright gilt spine lettering and gilt emblem on front cover. Private library labels on spine. Front endpaper missing. Bookplate on front inner board. This is an autobiographical account of the 114th N.Y. Volunteers regiment during the Civil War, from the time of enlistment until the close of the conflict, as told by its surgeon Dr. Harris H. Beecher. The regiment included volunteers from Chenango County (Norwich, Earlville, New Berlin, Sherburne). Frontispiece is an engraving of the regiment's colonel, Elisha B. Smith. 582 pages; approx. 5"x8".
  • Record of the 114th Regiment, N.Y.S.V.: Where It Went, What It Saw, and What It Did
  • Dr. Harris H. Beecher
  • J.F. Hubbard Jr., publishers, 1866