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
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 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
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 antique hardcover book is bound in olive-green cloth with black lettering on a gilt background on the spine. Cover and spine also have a leaf pattern in black, and the cover has a small illustration. Cover soil, most at spine; endpapers and foredge browned/spotted; tanned pages; wear and soil. An early edition of Stowe's famous novel about slavery. 500 pages; approx. 5"x8".
- UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; OR, LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1890
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
