City Directory: Columbia City, Churubusco, South Whitley, Indiana, March, 1954

Plymouth, IN, Directory Services, Inc. 1954, Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Tan cloth binding slightly rubbed at spine ends & corners; boards smudged; small paper title plate neatly affixed to backstrip; leaf edges, paste-downs & eps foxed, else a very sturdy, tight & clean directory. No dj. ; Many b&w ad cuts, tipped-in folding map. ; 8vo; 260 pages

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Book number: 46473

Catalogue: US History, Regional: Indiana

Keywords: Indiana History Indiana Business History Indiana Ancestry

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, from the Best Authorities (Illustrated Life of Bonaparte)

New York, Nafis & Cornish 1847, Hardcover. Very Good-. Dark green cloth binding with gilt decoration rubbed at extremities; spine base slightly frayed; front hinge cracked, though textblock tight; owner's name inked on front paste-down; leaf edges, paste-downs & endpapers, some margins lightly foxed, else a very nice, clean volume, with bright, clear ils. ; Great b&w ils., two lovely, hand colored frontis ils. feature the battle of Austerlitz, and Napoleon in greatcoat at battle encampment. ; ILLUSTRATED LIFE SERIES Series; 48mo; 256 pages

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Book number: 37284

Catalogue: Basement: 24mo Shelf, French History

Keywords: French History Napoleon Bonaparte French Military 19th Century Illustration

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, from the Best Authorities (Illustrated Life of Bonaparte)

New York, Nafis & Cornish 1847, Hardcover. Very Good-. Blue cloth binding with gilt decoration rubbed at extremities, slightly cocked; spine ends lightly frayed; backstrip yellowed; front hinge cracked, though textblock fairly secure; owner's initials inked on front paste-down; leaf edges, paste-downs & endpapers, a few leaves lightly foxed, else a very nice, clean volume, with bright, clear ils. ; Great b&w ils., two b&w frontis ils. feature the battle of Pyramids, and Napoleon in uniform with arms crossed.; ILLUSTRATED LIFE SERIES Series; 48mo; 256 pages

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Book number: 37840

Catalogue: Basement: 24mo Shelf, French History

Keywords: French History Napoleon Bonaparte French Military 19th Century Illustration

United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967: Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, Printed for the Use of the House Committee on Armed Services, in Twelve Volumes (The Pentagon Papers)

Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office 1971, Softcover. Very Good. Tan paper bindings slightly rubbed at extremities; some backstrips lightly sunned/smudged; some covers & leaf edges bent/chipped at corner tips; a few spine ends a bit chipped; leaf edges, a few covers smudged; some inked & pencilled margin notation to first volume; leaf edges stamped & marked, else a very sturdy, tight & clean set. ; In wraps; full set of this exhaustive study. ; 4to; Unpaginated pages

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Book number: 37147

Catalogue: Basement Set Shelf

Keywords: Vietnam War Documents Military History Pentagon Papers Robert S. McNamara

AKERS, FLOYD (L. FRANK BAUM)

The Boy Fortune Hunters in China

Chicago, Reilly & Britton Company 1909, Hardcover; Second Printing. Ill.: Illustrated by E.A. Nelson. Very Good with no dust jacket. Pictorial tan cloth binding slightly rubbed at spine ends, corners; backstrip a bit sunned; owner's name inked on ffep; small plate tipped-in at back paste-down; leaf edges lightly foxed/smudged, else a very crisp, tight & clean copy of this Frank L. Baum (writing as Floyd Akers) classic. No dj. ; Nice b&w ils. by E.A. Nelson; though in 1st printing binding, this volume features FRONTIS ILS. ONLY, SANS TWO ADDITIONAL ILS.; BOY FORTUNE HUNTERS SERIES #4. ; BOY FORTUNE HUNTERS SERIES #4 Series; 12mo; 324 pages

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Book number: 33487

Catalogue: GC: Young Adult Fiction

Keywords: Lyman Frank Baum L. Frank Baum Pseudonyms 20th Century American Fiction Youth Adventure Series New York Authors American Illustrators E.A. Nelson Vintage Children's Books

BARKER, ROBERT (PRINTER)

The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New, Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues Y with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised by His Maiesties Speciall Comandement, Appointed to Be Read in Churches

Cleveland, OH, The World Publishing Company 1965, Limited Facsimile Reprint Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine. Boxed; facsimile of the first impression of the original 1611 edition of the King James Bible; #408 of 1500 limited edition; embossed & banded, dark brown full leather binding with gilt backstrip lettering; sturdy slipcase with rigid boards covered in dark brown cloth to match; still in original shipping carton. ; Folio

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Book number: 40733

Catalogue: OGC: Bible Shelf

Keywords: King James Bible Facsimile Original 1611 Edition, King James Bible Facsimile Bibles

CHARDIN, SIR JOHN (JEAN CHARDIN)

The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, the First Volume, Containing the Author's Voyage from Paris to Ispahan, to Which Is Added, the Coronation of This Present King of Persia, Solyman the Third

London, Moses Pitt 1686, Hardcover. Very Good. Brown cloth rebinding rubbed at spine ends, corners; closed tears to a few fold-out ils. neatly repaired with clear tape; leaf edges, original endpapers, a few margins foxed, else a very crisp, tight & clean copy of this classic volume. ; Many great b&w ils., most are fold-outs; rebound in brown cloth, new endpapers. ; 4to; 417+154+indexes pages

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Book number: 39893

Catalogue: GC: History

Keywords: 17th Century French Authors French Travel Memoirs Sir Jean Chardin

COLQUHOUN, PATRICK

Treatise on the Police of London, Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by Which Public and Private Property and Security Are, at Present, Injured and Endangered, and Suggesting Remedies for Their Prevention

Philadelphia, Benjamin Davies 1798, First American Edition, Hardcover. Very Good-. Brown full leather binding with red leather backstrip label rubbed at extremities; backstrip browned & leather along front gutter splitting; boards lightly soiled, fore-edges abraded; front hinge cracked, though textblock quite tight & firm; owners' names inked on front paste-down & title-pages; leaf edges, paste-downs & some margins foxed, else a very sturdy, clean volume. ; 8vo; 342 pages

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Book number: 43685

Catalogue: GC: True Crime

Keywords: 18th Century English Criminology British Crime History English Police Force History

CUNNINGHAM, S.A. (ED.)

The Confederate Veteran Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, January, 1893-Vol. XL, No. 12, December, 1932

Harrisburg, PA, The National Historical Society N.D., Reprint Edition, Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Ivory cloth bindings only very slightly rubbed at spine ends, corners, else a Near Fine set of this classic publication. No djs. ; In forty volumes; many good b&w ils., ad cuts; SOLD AS SET ONLY.; 4to; 384+/vol. pages

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Book number: 37896

Catalogue: OGC: History

Keywords: War between the States US Civil War Civil War Ancestry Confederate Army Confederacy

WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY OF DIVINES

The Confession of Faith, Together with the Larger and Lesser Catechisms, Composed by the Reverend Assembly of Divines, Sitting at Westminster, Presented to Both Houses of Parliament, Again Published with the Scriptures at Large, and the Emphasis of the Scriptures in a Different Character, to Which Is Annexed Two Sheets of Church-Government with the Scriptures at Large (The Second Edition)

London, The Company of Stationers (E.M., Printer) 1658, Second Edition, Hardcover. Fair. Banded, brown full leather binding rubbed/chipped at extremities; front board detached; 1.5" chip to spine head; boards & backstrip scuffed & abraded; feps missing; back hinge, a few points in textblock cracked and one point separating; one signature detached but present; owners' names inked on title-page; outer leaves chipped at edges; leaf edges, tp & some margins foxed, else a complete, very clean copy of this historic volume. ; "An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled at Parliament, for the Calling of an Assembly.." (sixteen pages), and "A Table of the Chief Points Spoken to in the Confession.." (eight pages) bound in at rear. ; 8vo; 329+ordinance & table pages

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Book number: 41382

Catalogue: GC: Religion

Keywords: Reformed Confession of Faith in the Calvinist Tradition 17th Century Church Doctrine Church of England History Westminster Assembly of Divines

DRURY, DRU (J.O. WESTWOOD, REVISOR)

Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Containing upwards of Six Hundred and Fifty Figures and Descriptions of Foreign Insects, Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections on Their Nature and Properties, in Three Volumes

London, Henry G. Bohn 1837, New Edition (2nd Edition), Hardcover. Very Good-. Banded, oxblood half leather bindings with green cloth boards discreetly ex-library, with minimal stamps & markings; bindings rubbed at extremities & slightly cocked; boards a bit scuffed & soiled; front hinges & a few points in textblocks cracked; a few leaves nicked at fore-edges; leaf edges foxed, else a very nice, clean set, with bright & clear color ils. all present. ; All One hundred & fifty beautifully hand colored plates present; originally published in three volumes, from 1770 to 1787, as "Illustrations of Natural History, wherein are exhibited upwards of 240 figures of Exotic Insects".; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 306 pages

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Book number: 44294

Catalogue: GC: Nature

Keywords: 19th Century British Entomologists Dru Drury Illustrations Antique Entomology Books

GUTHRIE, G. J. AND GEORGE H.B. MACLEOD

Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France and the Netherlands, from the Battle of Rolica in 1808, to That of Waterloo, in 1815, with Additions Relating to Those in the Crimea in 1854-1855... and: Notes on the Surgery of the War in the Crimea, with Remarks on the Treatment of Gunshot Wounds

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott 1862, Various Editions, Hardcover. Good+. Brown half leather binding with brown marbled boards, ex-library with usual stamps & markings; binding rubbed at extremities; backstrip leather splitting, including one vertical split the length of strip; boards slightly scuffed & edges chipped; hinges & point in binding between two volumes cracked, though each volume's textblock tight; leaf edges smudged, else a very solid, clean double volume. ; Two military medical classics bound in one volume; b&w ils., tables.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 614+403 pages

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Book number: 40516

Catalogue: GC: Medicine

Keywords: Crimean War History 19th Century Medical & Surgical Reference 19th Century Military Medicine & Surgery

HEARN, LAFCADIO

The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn, in Sixteen Volumes

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company 1923, Koizumi Edition, Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Banded, brown half-leather bindings with gold cloth boards; gilt lettering rubbed at extremities; backstrips lightly sunned; a few boards lightly smudged; leaf edges lightly foxed; pencilled number on front paste-down of vol. 1, else a very handsome, tight & clean set.; Many good b&w photos, ils., lovely color frontis plates; Vol. XV recently rebound to match set: a pleasantly close binding match; teg.; 8vo; 250+/vol. pages

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Book number: 30039

Catalogue: Set Shelf

Keywords: Greek-born American Authors Japanese Literature Eastern Culture Literary Reference Koizumi Yakumo Pseudonyms

HUTCHESON, FRANCIS

A System of Moral Philosophy, in Three Books...To Which Is Prefixed Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author, by the Reverend William Leechman, D.D.

London, A. Miller/ T. Longman 1755, First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good. First & last few leaves of vol. I chipped at edges, small staple-like puncture holes to bottom corners of front leaves; first fifty pages of vol. II lightly dampstained at top corners; a few leaves in both vols. bent at corner tips; leaf edges, orig. eps, tps, some leaves & margins foxed, else a very handsome, tight & clean set of this classic work. ; Three books bound in two volumes; recently rebound in rich banded dark brown full moroccan, with black leather backstrip labels, gilt lettering, new endpapers. ; 4to; 358/380 pages

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Book number: 31455

Catalogue: GC: Philosophy

Keywords: 18th Century Scots-Irish Philosophers Theory of Existence of the Moral Sense Moral Philosophy Philosophy Reference

NA L. LAIANA

Leo hoonani / Hoku ao nani: He buke mele no na kula sabati no na Anaina hoomana no na Aha hoike makahiki... (Hawaiian Sunday School Hymns)

New York, Hoopukaia e L. Laina/ Paiia E. Biglow & Main 1881, Seventh Edition, Hardcover. Good+ with no dust jacket. Ex-library with usual stamps & markings; card pocket on front paste-down & number label residue on backstrip; red cloth binding slightly rubbed at extremities; backstrip a bit sunned; NOTE: first hymnal lacks title page, second of two contents pages & hymns between numbers 40 & 59 are missing; a few leaves nicked/chipped at edges; a few closed tears to leaf edges, most neatly repaired with clear tape; leaf edges foxed, else a tight, clean volume. ; B&w musical scores; text & lyrics in Hawaiian; two much-enjoyed hymnals bound into one volume with 20th century rebinding of red cloth; nice gift inscription & book note blue-pencilled on ffep.; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9"; 500 pages

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Book number: 45842

Catalogue: GC: Hawaiian Hymnals

Keywords: 19th Century Hawaiian Hymnals Hawaiian Language Sunday School Hymn Books Antique Hymn Books Collectible Hymnals