Showing posts with label World History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World History. Show all posts

Life on the Ocean; or, Twenty Years at Sea: Being the Personal Adventures of the Author


Brown engraved cover with gilt lettering on the spine. A few illustrations inside. Library bookplate on the front innerboard and presentation inscription on the front endpaper. Heavy foxing to the outer pages and some to the inner pages as well. 395 pages. Size: 5"x7.5" 14th edition.


  • Life on the Ocean; or, Twenty Years at Sea: Being the Personal Adventures of the Author
  • George Little
  • Richard Marsh, Publisher, 1856




History of the Girondists; or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution from Unpublished Sources, 3 Volumes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  • History of the Girondists; or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution from Unpublished Sources, 3 Volumes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



Europe, Past and Present: A Comprehensive Manual of European Geography and History


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