‎Biographie‎

‎Law, Virginia.‎

‎APPOINTMENT CONGO.‎

‎289p. + Plus photographs. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Library clear wrap. AFRICA/4‎

‎Wassermann, Jacob.‎

‎BULA MATARI. STANLEY CONQUEROR OF A CONTINENT. Translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul.‎

‎pp. xvi, 351 + Plus portrait frontis and full page photographs. Title page printed in red and black. Map endpapers. Large 8vo. Original full brown cloth binding, embossed vignette portrait of Stanley on front cover. Spine slightly worn and faded. AFRICA/3‎

‎Manning, Paul; Bronner, Milton.‎

‎MR. ENGLAND. The Life Story of Winston Churchill. The Fighting Briton.‎

‎250p. + Plus portrait frontis and full page photographs. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, some chipping. WWIIA/1‎

‎Napoleon.‎

‎THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, Embracing the Events of his Unexampled Military Career, from the Siege of Toulon, to the Battle of Waterloo. Also, the Period from his Abdication of the Throne, to his Final Imprisonment and Death, on the rock of St.‎

‎pp. 422, x [Napoleon's will] + Folding frontis engraving of the attack on Moscow. 12mo. 210 mm. XLib. Original tan muslin binding, printed in black, with pictorial representation of St. Helena on the rear board. Spine almost gone. The First Edition of this anonymously compiled biographical assemblage from the works of Scott, Lockhart, Clarke, and others. The editorial preface outlines the care the editor took to avoid reflecting the national prejudices of these authors. AI 30794. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FRENG4‎

‎Appignanesi, Richard.‎

‎FREUD. For Beginners.‎

‎174p. Cartoon illustrations by Oscar Zarate. 8vo. Paperback. First American edition. Done in a comic-book style this useful review takes a (sometimes irreverent) look at Freud and his theories. Coldwar/Economics 1‎

‎Johnston, Major Robert M.‎

‎GENERAL FOCH. AN APPRECIATION.‎

‎54p. Bookseller's label. Penciled ownership of Sarah Ellen Hager, The Maples, November 1918. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Color portrait vignette on front board. Very slight wear. First edition. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! WWI 3‎

‎Miller, Jonathan; Van Loon, Borin.‎

‎DARWIN. For Beginners.‎

‎176p. Cartoon illustrations by Borin Van Loon. 8vo. Paperback. First American Edition. Done in a comic-book style this useful review takes a (sometimes irreverent) look at Darwin and his theories. Coldwar/Economics 1‎

‎Garland, Hamlin (1860-1940).‎

‎A DAUGHTER OF THE MIDDLE BORDER.‎

‎pp. xv, 405 + Portrait Frontis. Uncut and unopened. Signed inked presentation "I put my name in this book for Mrs. Charles H. Ellis, with pleasure, Hamlin Garland, Dec. 17, 1924. Also another inscription "Mary Isabel Garland Grand daughter of the Middle Border". Mary was the author's daughter. Slight shelf wear bottom edge. Small 8vo. Original full black cloth binding. Front board lettered and ruled in red with a design of a covered wagon in gold and red. Spine lettered in gold. First published October 1921, this Pulitzer Prize-winning sequel to A Son of the Middle Border continues the author's autobiographical theme and deals with Garland's marriage and later career. This sensitive study of individuals, their relationships, and the colorful drama that made up their daily lives offers a glimpse into pioneer life in 19th-century mid-America. Very nice signed copy. JUN5 BOX 4‎

‎Wilson, Edmund.‎

‎THE TWENTIES. From Notebooks and Diaries of the Period. Edited with an introduction by Leon Edel.‎

‎pp. xlviii, 557 + Plus portrait frontis. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Coldwar/Economics 6‎

‎Sachse, Julius Friedrich‎

‎THE FATHERLAND: Showing the Part it Bore in the Discovery, Exploration and Development of the Western Continent // Title Pages (in Fac-simile) of the Books & Pamphlets that Influenced German Emigration. 1450-1700.‎

‎576 p. + Illustrations. 8vo. Library buckram. XLib. One of the scarcest of all publications relating to German Americans. Limited Edition. Issued as: Pennsylvania German Society. Volume VII. PGS BOX 6. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY‎

‎Hocker, Edward W.‎

‎THE SOWER PRINTING HOUSE OF COLONIAL TIMES.‎

‎pp. 125. Includes also: JOHN CASPER STOEVER, Colonial Pastor and Founder of Churches. By R. L. Winters. pp. 171. 8vo. Original printed wraps. XLib. Excellent history of the Sauer/Saur/Sower printing family. Limited Edition. Pennsylvania German Society. Volume LIII. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!‎

‎Brendle, Thomas R.‎

‎MOSES DISSINGER, EVANGELIST & PATRIOT.‎

‎pp. 91-192. 8vo. Cloth backed boards. Limited edition. Includes also: Rubincam, Milton. WILLIAM RITTENHOUSE, AMERICA'S PIONEER PAPER MANUFACTURERS AND MENNONITE MINISTER. 89p. + Illustrations. Also issued as: Pennsylvania German Society. Volume LVIII. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!‎

‎Cantwell, Robert.‎

‎ALEXANDER WILSON: Naturalist and Pioneer.‎

‎319 p. Plus 20 reproductions (8 in color) of original Alexander Wilson engravings. Text Illustrations by Robert Ball. Large 4to. Original full green cloth binding stamped in black and gold. Original dust jacket, chipped at extremities. A nice copy of the First Edition. Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), was born in Scotland. He came to Pennsylvania around 1794, and became a teacher. Encouraged by William Bartram, he studied the birds of his adopted country, and learned to portray them in wonderful drawings. Thus began his 'American Ornithology' (9 vols. 1808-1814), a work that is noted for its accuracy and sensitive draftsmanship. NH7‎

‎Zollers, George D.‎

‎THRILLING INCIDENTS ON SEA AND LAND: THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN.‎

‎400 p. + Frontis. Woodcut text illustrations. 12mo. Original full cloth binding. Ownership of J. R. Brumbaugh. Early in the Civil War George Zollers served in the 7th Pennsylvania Regiment. Upon his discharge in 1863, he shipped-out on the whaler Oriole of New Bedford, on a cruise to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. He gives wonderful accounts of visits to: Hawaii, Africa; Cape Verde Islands; Marguerita Bay on the southern California coast; and the Arctic. In the Arctic, the Oriole successfully evaded the Confederate raider Shenandoah. Upon his return from his cruise in 1866, Zollers turned his full attention to affairs of the spirit and the church. The bulk of the book though is about his whaling voyage. Actually, a remarkable little work Forster 108; Smith, American Travellers Abroad, Z2a (giving the author's name as "Zoller".) Not in Howes, Jenkins, nor Cowan. A very nice example of the First Edition. SACRCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W145‎

‎Hendrick, Burton J.‎

‎THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WALTER H. PAGE. Two Volumes.‎

‎Two volumes. Photo illustrations. Title page printed in red and black. Top edge gold. Uncut. Inked ownership of Charlotte Virginia Keesey, 1922. Large 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, spine faded. Walter Hines Page (18551918) was an American journalist, publisher, and diplomat. He was the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom during World War I. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! WWI 2‎

‎Parker, Cornelia Stratton.‎

‎AN AMERICAN IDYLL. The Life of Carleton H. Parker.‎

‎190p. + Plus portrait frontis. 8vo. Original full cloth backed paper binding, paper spine label. Worn and soiled. Sixth impression. WWI 4‎

‎Tumulty, Joseph P.‎

‎WOODROW WILSON AS I KNOW HIM. Special Edition.‎

‎pp. xvi, 553 + Plus portrait frontis. Large 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, very worn with loss. WWI 6‎

‎Lindbergh, Charles A.‎

‎"WE". THE FAMOUS FLIER'S OWN STORY OF HIS LIFE AND HIS TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT, TOGETHER WITH HIS VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF AVIATION. WITH A FOREWORD BY MYRON T. HERRICK.‎

‎318p. + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Decorated endpapers. Top edge yellow. Penciled ownership of Jessop (York, PA). Newspaper clipping on rear paste down. First signature loose. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered with an airplane embossed in gold on front cover. Binding very slightly worn. Seventh impression. Nice copy. AIR/1‎

‎(Goldsmith, Oliver); Bloomfield, Joseph; Nash, Richard.‎

‎THE LIFE OF RICHARD NASH, OF BATH, ESQ; Extracted Principally From His Original Papers.‎

‎pp. vi, 234 (4)["Books just Published by J. Newbery. and W. Frederick, Bath"] + Engraved frontis portrait of Nash by Anthony Walker after William Hoare. 8vo. Age stained. Contemporary full leather binding, boards detached. Mildly XLib. NOTE: With two autograph ownerships of: Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), New Jersey lawyer, Revolutionary War soldier, judge, and political leader. He and his wife supported a variety of social causes, with Joseph serving as president of the first Society for the Abolition of Slavery, organized in Burlington, NJ in 1783. In 1789, he donated a small plot of land to house the Library Company of Burlington. Bloomfield served as Mayor of Burlington from 1795 to 1800, and he went on to serve as Governor of New Jersey from 1801 to 1802 and 1803 to 1812, then returned to military service as a Brigadier General in the War of 1812. After the war, he finished his political career as a U.S. Congressional Representative from 1817 to 1821. Biography of the undisputed King of Bath, which Newbery commissioned to one of his favorite writers, Oliver Goldsmith (though he goes unmentioned in this first edition). Richard Nash (1674-1762), English dandy, better known as "Beau Nash," was born at Swansea. He was descended from an old family of good position, but his father from straitened means had become partner in a glass business. Young Nash was educated at Carmarthen Grammar school and at Jesus College, Oxford. He obtained a commission in the army, which, however, he soon exchanged for the study of law at the Temple. Here among "wits and men of pleasure" he came to be accepted as an authority in regard to dress, manners and style. When the members of the Inns of Court entertained William III after his accession, Nash was chosen to conduct the pageant at the Middle Temple. This duty he performed so much to the satisfaction of the king that he was offered knighthood, but he declined the honor, unless accompanied by a pension. As the king did not take the hint, Nash found it necessary to turn gamester. The pursuit of his calling led him in 1705 to Bath, where he had the good fortune almost immediately to succeed Captain Webster as master of the ceremonies. His qualifications for such a position were unique, and under his authority reforms were introduced which rapidly secured to Bath a leading position as a fashionable watering-place. He drew up a new code of rules for the regulation of balls and assemblies, abolished the habit of wearing swords in places of public amusement and brought duelling into disrepute, induced gentlemen to adopt shoes and stockings in parades and assemblies instead of boots, reduced refractory chairmen to submission and civility, and introduced a tariff for lodgings. Through his exertions a handsome assembly-room was also erected, and the streets and public buildings were greatly improved. Nash adopted an outward state corresponding to his nominal dignity. He wore an immense white hat as a sign of office, and a dress adorned with rich embroidery, and drove in a chariot with six greys, laced lackeys and French horns. When the act of parliament against gambling was passed in 1745, he was deprived of an easy though uncertain means of subsistence, but the corporation afterwards granted him a pension of six score guineas a year, which, with the sale of his snuff-boxes and other trinkets, enabled him to support a certain faded splendour till his death. He was honored with a public funeral at the expense of the town. Notwithstanding his vanity and impertinence, the tact, energy and superficial cleverness of Nash won him the patronage and notice of the great. He was a man of strong personality, and considerably more able than Beau Brummell, whose prototype he was. First edition with all of the correct points. Rothschild 1022; Tinker 1093. The early American ownership adds substantial interest to this curious book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W144‎

‎Jones, John Paul.‎

‎JOHN PAUL JONES (1747-1792). Autopsy Reports. Excerpts From John Paul Jones Commemoration. Reprinted by Naval History Division. at the request of the Surgeon General of the Navy.‎

‎17p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original printed wraps, soiled and foxed at the edges. NAVAL/1‎

‎Reynolds, Clark G.‎

‎FAMOUS AMERICAN ADMIRALS. A NORBACK BOOK.‎

‎pp. xvii, 446. Numerous portrait drawings and photographs. Small 4to. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Original dust jacket, price clipped. Hardbound. Nice copy. Two hundred and fifteen biographies of American Naval officers with their complete service records and the ships they served on. NAVAL/1‎

‎Funk, Benjamin (Compiler).‎

‎LIFE AND LABORS OF ELDER JOHN KLINE THE MARTYR MISSIONARY. Compiled From His Diary.‎

‎480p. + Frontis. 8vo. Ds. Original full cloth binding. Worn. Hardbound. Fascinating diary, 1835 to 1864, of an early Brethren minister whose labors took him through the wilds of western Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland. Scarce first edition.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 49‎

‎Lamartine, Alphonse de‎

‎THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Translated from the French of A. De Lamartine. Bibliotheca Curiosa.‎

‎Two volumes bound into one. pp. 64; 78 With the original thin parchment paper wraps bound in. 8vo. 145 x 224 mm. Nice black half niger morocco leather binding. This Bibliotheca Curiosa edition was limited to 275 small-paper and only 75 large-paper copies. This is a LARGE PAPER COPY with very wide margins. Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine (1790-1869) was a famous French poet, novelist, historian, biographer, and statesman. He competed unsuccessfully for the presidency of France with Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (later Napoleon III). After this loss he left politics and devoted himself entirely to writing, spending much of the remainder of his life in a hopeless effort to repay the fantastic debts he had accumulated in his youth. Many of our popular images of Columbus come from Lamartine. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W145‎

‎Wakeley, Rev. J. B.‎

‎THE PATRIARCH OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS; Being Reminiscences, Historical and Biographical, of Rev. Henry Boehm. (FACSIMILE REPRINT).‎

‎pp. 587, (5) [Publisher's catalogue]. Presentation copy from Sean S. Halliday to Mr. Ziegler. + Companion pamphlet "Index to the Reminiscences by Rev. Henry Boehm" (26p.). Index includes names, subjects and sermon texts. Small 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Hardbound. Facsimile reprint of the 1875 New York edition. Nice copy. The index is especially important and useful. PAG L19‎

‎Morris, John G.‎

‎FIFTY YEARS IN THE LUTHERAN MINISTRY.‎

‎pp. viii, 630. 8vo. Original cloth binding, worn. Hardbound. Text clean and tight. Includes the following Notice: " To my deep regret I was compelled to omit many good things which were properly comprehended within the scope of my book, but I found its size growing so fast upon me, that I was reluctantly obliged to retrench. The subjects of Home Missions, the Book Company, Histories of Synods, numerous private reminiscences of persons, a large number of piquant and original anecdotes and other interesting matters will probably appear in another volume under consideration. [The sequel appeared as: Life Reminiscences of an Old Lutheran Pastor, in 1896 after his death]. PAG L19‎