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. Light wear and light soil to cover, contents are clean. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. Bound in at fron 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

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

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"

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

Proctor, C.H.

The Life of James Williams, Better Known as Professor Jim, for Half a Century Janitor of Trinity College

Hartford, George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1873. First Edition, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Alexandre Benois. 79pp. Purple covers, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard. Covers faded and worn at edges and spine ends, light soiling, ex-library markings, labels on front endpapers with glue residue, Some spotting mainly to prelims, pages browned but mostly clean. Williams was the son of slaves in New York State. Scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 000608

Catalogue: American History, Biography

Keywords: "African -American" Slave "Aaron Burr"

Sawyer, Joseph Dillaway

Washington (2 Volumes)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1927. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 640, 619pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Very light wear to extremities, contents age- toned (mainly endpapers), bindings are tight. Volume I is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED to E.T.I. Thygesen. Laid-in are also 2 letters addressed to Mr.Thygesen, also SIGNED by Sawyer. One of the letters includes a personal handwritten postcript to Mr. Thygesen, and a list of page references in the 2 volumes for Mr. Thygesen to look-up. A warm asscociation copy with 2 interesting associated letters. One of the letters is partially darkened (but clearly readable) by offsetting of a newpaper clipping which is also laid-in. Very Good.

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Book number: 002981

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Signed

Wineberger, J.A.

The Home of Washington at Mount Vernon, Embracing a Full and Accurate Description, as Well as of the Birthplace, Genealogy,, Character, Marriage, and Last Illness of Washington

Washington, Thomas McGill, 1860. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 70pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Wear to edges and spine, gilt is partially faded but mostly intact, contents age-toned and there is some print offsetting to blank leaves, some splitting to front endpapers, lacks frontispiece, owner's name and date, Nov. '60 on front free endpaper. Curiously, the title on covers reads "Tomb of Washington", and title page reads "The Home of Washington", but the text and illustrations are clearly about the tomb. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001681

Catalogue: American History, Biography

Keywords: "George Washington" President

Wister, Owen

The Seven Ages of Washington (Signed By Harry Ogden)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 263pp + ads. Blue boards, rebacked with buckram, paper spine label, top edges gilt. Some separation at hinges, pages toned, occasional pencil notes. SIGNED "H.A. Ogden" on front free endpaper. Harry Ogden was a well-known illustrator, specializing in military and historical themes. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001634

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Signed

Keywords: "Harry Ogden" Military President