Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850), commonly known as Margaret Fuller, was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States.
Complete two volume set. Black covers with gilt lettering on the spine. Spine labels at the bottom of each spine. Fraternity library bookplate on each front innerboard and presentation inscription on front endpapers. Pages have foxing and dust stains. There is some cover soil and a few scuffs. Vol. 1 has 351 pages and Vol. 2 has 352 pages. Size: 5"x8"
- Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, 2 Volumes
- Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1851
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
Bound in black cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Vol. 2 spine faded; small library sticker remnants on spine; some cover stains; bookplates and gift inscriptions on front endpapers. Color fold-out map at start of Vol. 1. This is a complete two-volume set. Vol. 1 is 520 pages; vol. 2, 619. Each is approx. 5"x8".
- A History of Western Massachusetts, Vols. 1-2
- Josiah Gilbert Holland
- Samuel Bowles and Co., 1855
The classic illustrated collection of children's literature in 12 volumes with the parents guide. This set dates from 1953, and are 7.5 inches by 10 inches. The books have some wear and writing, but bindings are generally tight. Pages are bright. Overall Good condition with some flaws. The set was well known for being sturdy.
Volumes include: In Your Hands:A Parents Guide which has 220 pages; In the Nursery of My Book House, with 224 pages; Story Time with 224 pages; Up One Pair of Stairs with 224 pages; Through the Gate with 224 pages; Over the Hills with 224 pages; Through Fairy Tales with 224 pages; The Magic Garden with 244 pages; Flying Sails with 224 pages; The Treasure Chest with 244 pages; From the Tower Window with 240 pages; In Shining Armor with 216 pages; and Halls of Fame with 300 pages.
- My Book House
- Olive Beaupre Miller, ed.
- The Book House for Children, Chicago, 1953
What begins as a middle-aged country gentleman absorbed with novels of chivalry deliberately evolves into a tale of purely imaginative knight-errantry in this highly influential work of the Spanish Golden Age.
Four volumes in two. Books are in good condition with owner's bookplate, foxing, edgewear and some edge chipping, wear to the spine ends, and soil. About 300 pages each, small form bindings at 3.5 inches by 6 inches.
- The Life and Exploits of The Ingenious Gentlemen Don Quixote of La Mancha
- Miguel de Cervantes
- H. Adams Publishers, Philadelphia, 1828
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
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
This two-volume set is bound in brown cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Foxing, cover and spine soil; bookplates and inscriptions in both volumes. Includes an introductory essay by Henry T. Tuckerman. Vol. 1 is 312 pages; Vol. 2 is 300 pages. Both approx. 5"x7"
- The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vols. 1-2
- C.S. Francis & Co., 1854
