Rogers, J. Henry

The California Hundred: A Poem

San Francisco, H. H. Bancroft and Company, 1865. First Edition. Flexible cloth. 100pp. Original brown limp cloth decorated and lettered in gold, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers. A story in verse of California's Volunteer company that fought in the Civil War with the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. Long inscription in pencil on the front endpaper dated 1866. Spine is very heavily chipped, vertical crease to front cover, some soiling to endpaper. About very good. In Cowan, p. 194. Sabin 72703. ; 12mo. .

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Boeknummer: 24017

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: LITERATURE, POETRY, HISTORY, AMERICANA, ANTIQUARIAN, CIVIL WAR, CALIFORNIA Poetry Antiquarian Americana

Rossi, Corrado

Gli Arditi Del Mare: Le Gloriose Imprese Dei M.A. S. In Guerra

Milano, Edizioni Aurora, 1934. First Edition. Softcover. Chipping to spine ends and edges, mild foxing and stains throughout. A good copy. Includes a short history of the MAS boats, various accounts of the operations in which they participated (Cortellazzo, Fasana, Buccari and others), and a facsimile of the message left by D'Annunzio to the Austrians during the famous Beffa di Buccari. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. .

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Boeknummer: 16080

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: italian book, Italian Language, HISTORY, ITALY, GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO, MEMENTO AUDERE SEMPER, MAS, WORLD WAR I

[Israel Daniel Rupp]

Early History of Western Pennsylvania, and of the West, and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns from Mdccliv to Mdcccxxxiii. By a Gentleman of the Bar. With an Appendix, Containing Besides Copious Extracts from Important Indian Treaties, Minutes of Conferences, Journals, Etc. , a Topographical Description of the Counties of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Washington, Somerset, Greene, Fayette, Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, Etc.

Pittsburg : Harrisburg, A. P. Ingram, for Subscribers Only : W. O. Hickok, 1848. Hardcover. iv, vi, [17]-352, 406, iv, vi pp. Modern green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Two foldout maps. Scattered foxing throughout, one of the maps has a tear and an old mend. A good copy. ; Octavo. .

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Boeknummer: 22246

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: ANTIQUARIAN, Non-fiction, AMERICANA, PENNSYLVANIA, HISTORY Antiquarian Americana

Rush, Jacob

Charges, and Extract of Charges, on Moral and Religious Subjects; Delivered at Sundry Times, by the Honorable Jacob Rush, President of the Third District of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the State of Pennsylvania. With a Recommendation by the Reverend Clergy of the Presbyterian Church, in the City of Philadelphia. To Which Is Annexed, the Act of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, Respecting Vice and Immorality

Philadelphia, Printed and Sold by D. Hogan, 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, 103pp + index. Recent gray marbled boards, brown leather label lettered in gold on the spine. Includes Upon Human and Divine Laws, and Their Consequences, Upon Prophane Swearing, Upon Drunkenness, Upon Gaming, Upon Duelling, etc. A few tiny tears to the corners of some of the leaves, otherwise a clean, near fine copy. Sabin 74250.; 12mo. .

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Boeknummer: 24082

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: NON-FICTION, HISTORY, ENGLAND, ANTIQUARIAN, LOMBE'S MILL Antiquarian

Silvestri, Mario

Caporetto: Una Battaglia E Un Enigma

Milano, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Tiny bookstore sticker rear flap, some underlining. A good copy in about fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

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Boeknummer: 17841

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: non-fiction, HISTORY, ITALY, WORLD WAR I, CAPORETTO

Van Doren Stern, Philip

The Man Who Killed Lincoln

New York, Dell, 1955. Paperback. D159. VG+. Light wear to spine, two small spots on back cover. A nice copy. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 5993

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: History

Stryker, William S.

Washington's Reception by the People of New Jersey in 1789

Trenton, NJ, Printed for Private Distribution, 1882. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 22pp. Original wrappers. Light toning, chipping and soiling to covers. A very good copy. ; Octavo. .

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Boeknummer: 23373

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: NON-FICTION, AMERICANA, HISTORY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY, PAMPHLETS, ANTIQUARIAN Antiquarian Americana

Sutton, Amos

History of the Mission to Orissa (the Site of the Temple of Juggernaut)

Philadelphia, American Sunday-School Union, 1835. Hardcover. 196pp. Half cloth over marbled boards. Frontispiece and several illustrations. Spine and edges worn, old damp stain affecting the first thirty leaves, sporadic spots or smudges. A good copy. ; 24mo. .

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Boeknummer: 26698

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: non-fiction, INDIA, HISTORY, ORISSA Antiquarian

Taviani, Paolo Emilio

Christopher Columbus: The Grand Design

London, Orbis Publishing Limited, 1985. First English Edition. Hardcover. Small stain on fore edge not affecting text. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with a hint of wear to upper edge. Signed and dated by the author on front free endpaper and with a presentation card attached also to front free endpaper. Profusely illustrated and with detailed notes. Taviani was a member of the Chamber of Deputies and a professor of Economic History at the University of Genoa, and was considered one of the greatest scholars on Columbus and his times. ; Octavo; Signed by Author. .

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Boeknummer: 12124

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: Non-fiction, History, Italy, Christopher Columbus

Thompson, Winfield M.

Lincoln and Booth: The Inner Story of the Great Tragedy of Fifty Years Ago. As Published in the Dayton News, April 10, 1915 - May 9, 1915. Inclusive. [Scrapbook]

1915. Hardcover. Contemporary dark red half leather. Unpaginated. 22 cm. A scrapbook with eighty-seven newspaper clippings (including photographs and illustrations) pasted on slick paper. With the name Franklin D. Rice lettered in gold on the front panel. Front cover partially split at spine, some loss to the spine panel. A very good- copy. ; Octavo. .

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Boeknummer: 24054

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: NON-FICTION, HISTORY, AMERICANA, PRESIDENT LINCOLN, ASSASSINATION, ANTIQUARIAN, DAYTON, OHIO, NEWSPAPERS Americana

Torrey, Rufus C.

History of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Comprising Also a History of Lunenburg, from Its First Settlement to the Year 1764

Fitchburg, MA, J. Garfield Printer, 1836. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 111pp. Original yellow wrappers, stitched. Wear along the edges, scattered foxing throughout more pronounced on the first and last few leaves, name in pencil on front cover, lacks back cover. A good+ copy. Uncommon. Sabin 93600. ; Octavo. .

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Boeknummer: 24384

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: ANTIQUARIAN, AMERICANA, MASSACHUSETTS, HISTORY, FITCHBURG, LUNENBURG Antiquarian Americana

Trizzino, Antonio

Settembre Nero

Milano, Longanesi & C. 1965. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. 180pp. Green cloth stamped in gold and black on the spine. Cloth shows mild fading to the edges else a fine copy in good+ dustjacket with two tape mends to the reverse, a few short tears and creases to flaps and the price marked out on the rear panel. An in-depth look at the armistice between Italy and the Allied armed forces of September 8, 1943. With five black and white photographs. In the Italian language. ; Small octavo. .

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Boeknummer: 19253

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: non-fiction, HISTORY, ITALY, WORLD WAR II, ARMISTICE, ITALIAN BOOK, ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Wager, Daniel E., ed

Our City and Its People: A Descriptive Work on the City of Rome, New York

Boston, The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. vii, 247, 54pp. Contemporary brown quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, spine with five raised bands, with gold lettering and decorations in blind, silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt. Three inserted plans (the Siege of Fort Stanwix; Rome, NY; Rome Arsenal), and twenty-six photographic portraits. Peter Quintard White copy with his private library bookplate, and his signature and date on the front pastedown endpaper. Honorable White, who is mentioned several times in the book, was a self-made man, postmaster, storekeeper, lawyer, book dealer, politician, and philanthropist. He became one of the most prominent citizens of Marquette, Michigan, where, among other things, he established funding for a public library, donated money to build the Morgan Chapel, and helped fund the Opera House. Light rubbing along the spine panel, hinges professionally strengthened. A clean, very good+ copy. ; Octavo. .

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Boeknummer: 27636

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: non-fiction, HISTORY, NEW YORK STATE, ANTIQUARIAN, AMERICANA, ROME, NY, FINE BINDINGS Antiquarian Americana

[Germany - Berlin Wall]

Berlin Jro-Sonderkarte. (Folding Map of Berlin Showing the Berlin Wall)

Berlin, Presse- und Informationsdienst des Landes Berlin, 1962. Ephemera. Aktuellen JRO-Landkarte Nr. 167. By Prof. Dr. G. Fochler-Hauke and Dr. Ernst Kremling. Folding map showing the city of Berlin divided by a red wall and West Berlin enclosed in barbed wire. Scale is approximately 1:68,000. Map measures 81 x 58 cm open and 10 x 21 folded. Text in German, English, French, and Spanish. Includes index for significant buildings and monuments, legends for roads, boards, and other transportation, and a color emblem of the city. The verso has graphs and ancillary maps with data on goods supplied and purchased by West Berlin, air traffic arrivals and departures between 1956 and 1960, percentage of tourist traffic to West Berlin, Federal subsidies and other Federal grants, Federal aid for West Berlin 1950 to 1960, and more. The map is in fine condition and appears unused. .

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Boeknummer: 34928

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: EPHEMERA, MAPS, EUROPE, GERMANY, BERLIN WALL, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, BUILDINGS, THEMATIC MAPS, HISTORY Ephemera

Walsh, Robert

An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain Respecting the United States of America. Part First, Containing an Historical Outline of Their Merits and Wrongs As Colonies; and Structures Upon the Calumnies of the British Writers

Philadelphia, Published by Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819. Second Edition. Hardcover. lvi, 512pp + errata slip (present only in this edition). Recent red half calf over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. The second part of the work was never published. Includes Political and Mercantile Jealousy of Great Britain, Difficulties Surmounted by the Colonists, Accusations of the Edinburgh Review Respecting the Existence of Negro Slavery in the United States, Indian Warfare, and more. Sporadic foxing, part of the text block is heavily toned. A bright, very good+ copy. Howes W67. Sabin 101158.; Octavo. .

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Boeknummer: 27747

Catalogus: History

Trefwoorden: non-fiction, AMERICANA, COLONIES, HISTORY, ANTIQUARIAN, GREAT BRITAIN Antiquarian Americana