A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EMBRACING THE WHOLE PERIOD, FROM THE EARLIEST DISCOVERIES TO THE PRESENT TIME. IN THREE PARTS by C. B. TAYLOR - 1857

NEW YORK: STREET & SMITH, 1900 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, SOLDIER ON FRONT WITH GUN, ORANGE AND BLACK DESIGN, GOLD PRINT SPINE. FRONT LOWER RIGHT CORNER SLIGHTLY BUMPED. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT, JC PENNEY STICKER FRONT. NO OTHER MARKINGS, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. RARE BOOK. The Siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian rebellion of 1857. The besieged British in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered to rebel Indian forces under Nana Sahib, in return for a safe passage to Allahabad. However, under ambiguous circumstances, their evacuation from Cawnpore turned into a massacre, and most of them were killed. WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON- (1864¿1946) published fourteen books for boys from 1897, including The Fighting Lads of Devon, or, In the Days of the Armada (1900), The Jungle Trappers: A Tale of the Indian Jungle (1905), Lost in the Slave Land, or, The Mystery of the Sacred Lamp Rock (1902), On Winding Waters: A Tale of Adventure and Peril (1902), With… Read More

COLUMBUS, OHIO: THE WESTBOTE COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS, 1889 RARE BOOK ON THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE TERRITORY NORTH WEST OF THE RIVER OHIO, AND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT THEREIN, HELD AT MARIETTA, OHIO, JULY 15-19 INCLUSIVE, 1888. INCLUDING VERBATIM REPORTS AND SPEECHES AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE OCCASION. NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVERGOLD DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. NOTE IN FRONT GIVING BOOK TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER, TIGHT WITH NOTES IN PENCIL ON THE BACK BLANK PAGES REFERENCING FRENCH , ENGLISH, LIBERTY AND CONSTITUTION. REFERENCE ON FIRST PAGE TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 21 THAT CIVIL GOVERNMENT WAS ESTABLISHED AT MARIETTA, OHIO, UNDER ORDINANCE OF 1787, BY GOVERNOR ST. CLAIR, JULY 15, 1788. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 28. COMMISSIONERS LISTED, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25. GREAT DETAIL SHOWING COMMITTES, LOCAL ORGANIZATION, TOWNSHIP DETAIL AT TIME. HISTORICAL PAGEANT LISTING. DETAIL OF THE HISTORY. FIRST REFERENCING 1749. NAMES, INFORMATION AND… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: J. C. MCCURDY & CO., 1875 RARE BOOK COVERING MID TO LATE 1700'S, 12 CHAPTERS COVERING THE ADVENTURES AND WESTERN BORDER AT THAT TIME. DARK BLUE COVER SHOWING WEAR, GOLD PRINT AND DARK DESIGN. HEAVY BOOK, GREAT DETAIL, PICTURES AND INDEX. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. FORMER OWNERS NAME IN FRONT, NICE DETAIL ON INDIANS, FORTS, WELL KNOWN PEOPLE SUCH AS DANIEL BOONE, SIMON GERTIE, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, PIONEER WOMEN. VERY INTERESTING BOOK ON HISTORY AND THE BORDER IN 1700S. Charles McKnight (October 10, 1750 November 16, 1791) was an American physician during and after the American Revolutionary War. He served as a surgeon and physician in the Hospital Department of the Continental Army under General George Washington and other subordinate commanders. McKnight was one of the most respected surgeons of his day. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

UNITED STATES: T. N. JAMES & CO., 1884 RARE, VERY NICE THREE BOOK SET, LIGHT TAN HARD LEATHER COVERS. WEAR EDGES AND ON SPINE, FIRST BLANK PAGE INSIDE VOLUME I AND III LOOSE, OTHERWISE TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC ARTWORK AND ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. GOLD PRINT, BLACK AND RED COLOR IN SPINE DESIGN. LARGE, HEAVY BOOKS WITH SET WEIGHING 13.4 POUNDS. GREAT DETAIL ON ALL NATIONS. VOLUME I GREEK, ROMAN AND GERMAN HISTORY. VOLUME II GERMAN, FRENCH AND ENGLISH HISTORY. VOLUME III ENGLISH, AMERICAN AND APPENDIX. Charlotte Mary Yonge (18231901) was an English novelist, who wrote in the service of the church. Her abundant books helped to spread the influence of the Oxford Movement and show her keen interest in matters of public health and sanitation. Her work is mostly out of print. Yonge's work was widely read and respected in the 19th century. Among her admirers were Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, William Ewart Gladstone, Charles Kingsley, Christina Rossetti, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Anthony… Read More

BOSTON: E.W. WALKER & CO., 1887 BROWN COVER WITH LEATHER COVERING SPINE ARE AND BOOK CORNERS. PAGES HAVE RED EDGES. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. LARGE BOOK SET WEIGHING 14 POUNDS. INCLUDES 850 ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD AND STEEL, VIEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD COMPRISING MOUNTAINS, LAKES, RIVERS, PALACES, CATHEDRALS, CASTLES, ABBEYS AND RUINS WITH ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS BY THE BEST AUTHORS. LOCATIONS FEATURED IN VOLUME ONE ARE ROME, TIVOLI, PARIS, ST. PETERSBURG, NOVGOROD, MOSCOW, SIBERIA, CHATEAUX AND CHURCHES FRANCE, BELGIUM, MEISSEN, TREVES, ZEELAND AND HOLLAND, STRASBURG BLACK FOREST HEIDELBERG, WURTEMBERG, BAVARIA, DANUBE, TRANSYLVANIA AND TURKISH, MOUNT ATHOS AND ATHENS, SICILY SND LIPARI ISLANDS, TEMPLES OF PAESTUM, SIENA, VINTIMIGLIA, SPAIN. LOCATIONS FEATURED IN VOLUME TWO ARE PORTUGAL, AFRICA, NILE, MADAGASCAR, CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY, BABYLON, PERSIA, INDIA, INDO CHINA, AUSTRALIA, CHINA, JAPAN, SANDWICH ISLANDS, CALIFORNIA AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS, MEXICO, CUBA, BRAZIL, PERU, NORWAY, DENMARK, POLAND,… Read More

NEW YORK: STREET & SMITH, 1900 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER, SOLDIER ON FRONT WITH GUN, ORANGE AND BLACK DESIGN, GOLD PRINT SPINE. FRONT LOWER RIGHT CORNER SLIGHTLY BUMPED. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT, JC PENNEY STICKER FRONT. NO OTHER MARKINGS, TIGHT AND GOOD SHAPE. RARE BOOK. The Siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian rebellion of 1857. The besieged British in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered to rebel Indian forces under Nana Sahib, in return for a safe passage to Allahabad. However, under ambiguous circumstances, their evacuation from Cawnpore turned into a massacre, and most of them were killed. WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON- (1864¿1946) published fourteen books for boys from 1897, including The Fighting Lads of Devon, or, In the Days of the Armada (1900), The Jungle Trappers: A Tale of the Indian Jungle (1905), Lost in the Slave Land, or, The Mystery of the Sacred Lamp Rock (1902), On Winding Waters: A Tale of Adventure and Peril (1902), With… Read More

COLUMBUS, OHIO: THE WESTBOTE COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS, 1889 RARE BOOK ON THE NATIONAL CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE TERRITORY NORTH WEST OF THE RIVER OHIO, AND OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT THEREIN, HELD AT MARIETTA, OHIO, JULY 15-19 INCLUSIVE, 1888. INCLUDING VERBATIM REPORTS AND SPEECHES AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE OCCASION. NICE LOOKING DARK BLUE COVERGOLD DESIGN FRONT, GOLD PRINT SPINE. NOTE IN FRONT GIVING BOOK TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER, TIGHT WITH NOTES IN PENCIL ON THE BACK BLANK PAGES REFERENCING FRENCH , ENGLISH, LIBERTY AND CONSTITUTION. REFERENCE ON FIRST PAGE TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 21 THAT CIVIL GOVERNMENT WAS ESTABLISHED AT MARIETTA, OHIO, UNDER ORDINANCE OF 1787, BY GOVERNOR ST. CLAIR, JULY 15, 1788. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 28. COMMISSIONERS LISTED, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 25. GREAT DETAIL SHOWING COMMITTES, LOCAL ORGANIZATION, TOWNSHIP DETAIL AT TIME. HISTORICAL PAGEANT LISTING. DETAIL OF THE HISTORY. FIRST REFERENCING 1749. NAMES, INFORMATION AND… Read More

PHILADELPHIA: B. DAVENPORT & CO., 1838 RARE BOOK WITH GREAT DETAIL OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1838. GENERAL DESCIPTION OF NORTH AMERICA, UNITED STATES, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTION, STATES, COUNTIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES FORTS, SEAS HARBORS, CAPES, RIVERS, LAKES, CANALS, RAILROADS, ETC. BOUNDARIES, BEARINGS, DISTANCE, POPULATION, CENSUS 1830. TABLES RELATING TO COMMERCE, POPULATION, REVENUE, DEBT, VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS. NEW EDITION. FOLDOUT MAP INSIDE FRONT BY S. AUGUSTUS MITCHELL OF THE UNITED STATES AND ROADS. LEATHER COVER WORN AND INTACT. LIGHT FOXING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. GREAT DETAIL THROUGHOUT. INDEX IN BACK. VERY NICE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

PHILADELPHIA: J. C. MCCURDY & CO., 1875 RARE BOOK COVERING MID TO LATE 1700'S, 12 CHAPTERS COVERING THE ADVENTURES AND WESTERN BORDER AT THAT TIME. DARK BLUE COVER SHOWING WEAR, GOLD PRINT AND DARK DESIGN. HEAVY BOOK, GREAT DETAIL, PICTURES AND INDEX. TIGHT AND CLEAN INSIDE. FORMER OWNERS NAME IN FRONT, NICE DETAIL ON INDIANS, FORTS, WELL KNOWN PEOPLE SUCH AS DANIEL BOONE, SIMON GERTIE, GEORGE ROGERS CLARK, PIONEER WOMEN. VERY INTERESTING BOOK ON HISTORY AND THE BORDER IN 1700S. Charles McKnight (October 10, 1750 November 16, 1791) was an American physician during and after the American Revolutionary War. He served as a surgeon and physician in the Hospital Department of the Continental Army under General George Washington and other subordinate commanders. McKnight was one of the most respected surgeons of his day. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

UNITED STATES: T. N. JAMES & CO., 1884 RARE, VERY NICE THREE BOOK SET, LIGHT TAN HARD LEATHER COVERS. WEAR EDGES AND ON SPINE, FIRST BLANK PAGE INSIDE VOLUME I AND III LOOSE, OTHERWISE TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. TERRIFIC ARTWORK AND ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT. GOLD PRINT, BLACK AND RED COLOR IN SPINE DESIGN. LARGE, HEAVY BOOKS WITH SET WEIGHING 13.4 POUNDS. GREAT DETAIL ON ALL NATIONS. VOLUME I GREEK, ROMAN AND GERMAN HISTORY. VOLUME II GERMAN, FRENCH AND ENGLISH HISTORY. VOLUME III ENGLISH, AMERICAN AND APPENDIX. Charlotte Mary Yonge (18231901) was an English novelist, who wrote in the service of the church. Her abundant books helped to spread the influence of the Oxford Movement and show her keen interest in matters of public health and sanitation. Her work is mostly out of print. Yonge's work was widely read and respected in the 19th century. Among her admirers were Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, William Ewart Gladstone, Charles Kingsley, Christina Rossetti, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and Anthony… Read More