Life of the Duke of Wellington. To Which are Added Memoirs of Duke of Marlborough

St. Louis, MO, Nafis & Cornish, 1847. 1st Edition, 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Hardcover. 256pp. FIRST EDITION. Green stamped boards, gilt stamped design to cover and spine. color title page and frontispiece plus 11 full-page black and white illustrations, text pages have ruled frame borders. Corners and spine edges worn and chipped, moderate fading to gilt, text is age-darkened with variable foxing, a few scribbles on front endpapers, former owner's stamp on front endpaper, binding is solid. A miniature book measuring 4 3/4 x 3 inches, and scarce. Poor.

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Book number: 004783

Catalogue: Military, History, Biography

Keywords: Battles Vittorio Busaca Waterloo

(Goodrich, Frank B.)

Tricolored Sketches in Paris, During the Years 1851-2-3

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1855. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 368pp. FIRST EDITION.Blue embossed cloth, gilt spine lettering. Corners worn, spine ends chipped, spine slightly darkened, slight internal separation, endpapers darkened from offsetting, light foxing to first and last few pages, pencil notes on rear endpaper,former owner's name on front endpaper. Good.

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Book number: 003715

Catalogue: Biography, Military, History

Keywords: France Revolution "Louis Napoleon"

McCoy Amasa

Funeral Orration on the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster, Delivered at a Commeroation in the Presbyterian Church, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Monday Evening, November 8, 1852.

Boston, C.C.P. Moody, 1856. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 39pp. Grey printed wraps. Rear cover taped with archival tape, light wear and light soil to cover, contents are clean. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. Bound in at front are 5 pages of endorsements from prominent individuals of McCoy's speech. Good.

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Book number: 004451

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Government and Politics

Keywords: Speech Oratory Autograph

Bartlett, J. Gardner (Editor)

John Hill of Dorchester, Mass., 1633, and Five Generations of His Descendants Also Ancestral Lines of Some Families Intermarried with His Descendants and Colonial Records Pertaining to Them.

Boston, Lewc. Hill (Privately Printed), 1904. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 97pp. Green buckram, gilt lettering. FIRST EDITION. Spine and top edge faded, book is otherwise clean and sound, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, Number 18 of and Edition of 100 copies. Six generations of the Hill family. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003181

Catalogue: Biography, Social History

Keywords: Genealogy

Bauer, Edward Louis

Doctors Made in America

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1963. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 370pp. Inscribed and SIGNED by AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Blue decorative boards, black backing, gilt spine lettering. Corners lightly rubbed, slight fading to edges, interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is worn and several pieces torn from upper edge. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 004544

Catalogue: Biography, Medicine, History

Keywords: "Jefferson Medical College" Physicians Surgery "Dr. Samuel Gross"

Crane, John and Kieley, James F.

United States Naval Academy; The First Hundred Years

New York, Whittlesey House, 1945. 1st Edition, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. 53pp + approx. 110 pp illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt insignia to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Corners lightly rubbed, spine darkened but readable, book is in clean and sound condition. Book includes an extensive section on historical photos and illustrations of the academy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004543

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Military

Dallek, Robert

Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953

New York, Times Books, 2008. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 0805069380. 208pp. A very good copy with a very good dust jacket. Near Fine.

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Book number: 004828

Catalogue: Biography, Government and Politics, American History

Keywords: Democrat "Korean War" China President Eisenhower Hiroshima 0805069380

Eban, Abba

Personal Witness : Israel Through My Eyes

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1992. 2nd Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 671pp. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by author on half-title page. Dampstaining to portions of the text, not affecting inscription or readablity of book. Clipped dustjacket is in very good condition. Fair/Very Good.

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Book number: 002617

Catalogue: Biography, Signed, History

Keywords: Diplomacy Negotiations "Foreign Affairs"

Fasquelle, Louis and Dumas, Alexandre

Napoléon, Par Alexandre Dumas. For the Use of Colleges and Schools.

New York, Ivison & Phinney, 1858. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. vi, 273pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth. Spine detached but present, dampstaining most heavily to first 30 pages, mild thereafter, contents tanned, binding is tight, a portrait of Napoleon has been pasted onto front free endpaper opposite title page. An early textbook, 1858, including conversational exercises and explanatory notes. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002030

Catalogue: Biography, Military, History

Keywords: Emperor General France Bonaparte Buonaparte

Ford, Paul Leicester

The True George Washington (Signed by Harry Ogden)

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 319pp. Covers soiled chipped (mainly spine), cracking of endpaper at hinges, contents age-toned, owners' bookplate and label on front pastedown and some offsetting opposite from bookplate. Front free endpaper is SIGNED in pencil "H.A. Ogden" (Harry Ogden, well-known illustrator of historical and military subjects). Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001637

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Military

Keywords: President Autograph Ogden

Franklin, Benjamin

The Will of Benjamin Franklin 1757

Philade;phia, The Franklin Institute, 1949. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 9pp + facsimile foldout of will. Stapled wraps. Cover partially faded, contents are clean and sound. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Very Good.

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Book number: 002720

Catalogue: American History, Biography

Keywords: "Ben Franklin" Inheritance "James Franklin" "Jane Mecom"

De Gaulle , Charles

Mémoires de Guerre ; l'unité 1942-1944

Paris, Librairie Plon, 1956. Soft cover. 712p. Slight fading to spine, covers and text are clean, slight foxing to front endpaper, book is overall, in very sound condition. Dust jacket is very clean with very light wear. Folding maps in rear. Text in French. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002248

Catalogue: Biography, Military, History

Keywords: France "WW II"

Hale, Edward E. And Hale, Edward E. , Jr.

Franklin in France. From Original Documents, Most of Which are Now Published for the First Time.

Boston, Chatto and Windus, 1887. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. xvi, 478pp. Brown cloth, gilt portrait medallion to front board, gilt lettering to spine. top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait with tissue-guard. Subtle staining to lower front board and upper rear board, paper abrasion to front endpaper gutter, text is clean, binding is tight and many pages still unopened, faint foxing to endpapers. A well-preserved copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002611

Catalogue: American History, Biography

Keywords: "Benjamin Franklin" Paris Passy

Lee, Cazenove Gardner Jr.

Lee Chronicle : Studies of the Early Generations of the Lees of Virginia

New York, New York University Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 411pp. Grey cloth in grey slipcase. Spine is sunned, book is otherwise near fine. Slipcase has light fading and soiling, corners lightly rubbed, dturdy and solid. Background and lives of Lee family members, by a descendant of them. Illustrated. Very Good.

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Book number: 003329

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Military

Keywords: "Civil War" Confederacy

Mahan, A.T.

Makers of American History ; Admiral Farragut

New York, The University Society, 1905. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 333pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Spine moderately sunned, gilt lettering bright, owners bookplate on front pastedown, text is clean and sound, binding is tight. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003051

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Military

Keywords: Navy Vicksburg Porter