Voyages et découvertes en Océanie, depuis 1791 jusqu'à nos jours, recueillis by KUBALSKI, Mikolaj Ambrozy - 1856

1861 Women of the South Mary Forrest Southern Literature Confederate Feminism
This mid-19th century book 'Women of the South' by Mary Forrest is a collection of biographical sketches and engravings of women writers including with a small collection of their works.
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Octavia Walton Le Vert;
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Catharine Anne Warfield;
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Eleanor Percy Lee;
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Susan Archer Talley;

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Augusta J. Evans;
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Mary S.B. Dana Shindler;
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Amelia E. Welby;
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L. Virginia French;
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Essie B. Cheesborough;

This 1861 subscription-only edition is illustrated with 7 portrait engravings.

Item number: #5808
Price: $399
FORREST, Mary
Women of the South distinguished in literature ...
New York, Derby & Jackson, 1861.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [xvi], 511
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Illustrated with portraits of important women
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~9.5in X 7.5in (24.5cm x 18.5cm)
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1853 Life of John Wycliffe Church of England English Philosophy Robert Vaughan

John Wycliffe was one of the most important and influential English church reformers whose 14th-century philosophical views shaped what would become Protestantism. In the 19th-century, Robert Vaughan published an account of Wycliffe's life and work focusing on the state of the Christian church, influences of Judaism, notable prayers, denouncing pagan customs and rituals, and the necessity of religion in politics. Vaughan also describes the role of the Pope and the feuds between Catholics and the Church of England.

Item number: #6894
Price: $399
VAUGHAN, Robert

John de Wycliffe : a monograph, with some account of the Wycliffe mss. in Oxford, Cambridge, the British Museum.
London : 1853.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [iv], [4], 583
o Illustrated with 8 engravings
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Language: English
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Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
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Size: ~8in X 6.5in (20.5cm x 15cm)
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1831 Northern Traveller Voyages to NIAGARA Falls Quebec Canada Illustrated MAPS

'The Northern Traveller' is a guidebook to the U.S. Northeast that went through multiple editions. The strip maps and area maps in each edition reflect the existing travel infrastructure. This 1831 edition depicts the arrival of the railroad in Saratoga Springs in the early 1830s, detailed maps of the Hudson River and the Erie Canal, and routes to places of interest at the time including many of the Revolutionary War battle sites.

This 1831 edition is complete with 19 maps and 9 copper engravings!

Item number: #8184
Price: $350
DWIGHT, Theodore; GILPIN, Henry D
The northern traveller: containing the routes to Niagara, Quebec, and the Springs: with descriptions of the principal scenes and useful hints to strangers

New York, Printed by J. & J. Harper, 1831.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [viii], [2], 444
o 19 maps
o 9 engravings
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References: Howes D 607; Sabin 21538;
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1862 1ed SLAVE Census DATA Indians Confederacy Civil War Steel Industry
The 'Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census' is the last census report to show slavery data. Interestingly, since the preceding Census of the U.S. (1850) added every member of the household including women, children and slaves, Kennedy added also American Indians if they had renounced tribal rules. Particularly are the government discussions on disabilities of blindness, idiocy, and the major diseases at the time.

This 1862 edition of Kennedy's census report includes topics such as:
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Growth of New York with an added population of 783,000 to Virginia where the population had gone down by 17% for the white population (and 3.88% of the slave population)
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Indian slavery
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Manumission
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Fugitive slaves
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Mortality rates and notes the rates of both whites and slaves
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Various disabilities including the deaf and dumb as well as the blind
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Growth of various asylums for the… Read More

1863 1ed Beyond the Lines Geer Civil War Union Confederate Prison Slavery Racism

J. J. Geer's 'Beyond the Lines' is a rare Civil War narrative of Geer's time as a prisoner in the Southern Confederacy after being captured in Shiloh and being put in chains with slaves, and then his escape through marshes and bloodhounds before being recaptured. This civil war features significant content around racism and slavery with tiles including 'Inquisitive Negroes,' 'An Ingenious Darkey,' 'Southern Inhumanity,' 'Negro Sale Stables,' 'Murder of Lieutenant Bliss,' 'A Southern Unionist in the Rebel Army,' and more!

This 1863 first edition features 6 black and white illustrations throughout.
Item number: #12695
Price: $399
GEER, J. J.
Beyond the lines: or, A yankee prisoner loose in Dixie.
Philadelphia, J.W. Daughaday, 1863. First Edition.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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285, [5]
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6 illustrations
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in… Read More

1887 ARCHERY Theory & Practice England ROBIN HOOD Techniques Weapons Bow & Arrow
Horace A Ford was a 19th-century, twelve-time champion of the Grand National Archery Meeting in the United Kingdom. He held the highest recorded mark for over 70 years. Ford has been described as "Great Britain's Greatest Archer" and even American Maurice Thompson stated, "...no better Archer ever lived."

This late 19th-century edition of Ford's 'Theory and Practice of Archery' glances at the history of Archery accounting for ancient England, Robin Hood, the medieval times and all the way to the foundation of the National Archery Society in the late 1800s. This work also focuses on Ford's unique scientific style including bow and arrow type, feathering, stances, scoring and many other factors. This work is illustrated with diagrams.
Item number: #5266
Price: $399
FORD, Horace
Theory and practice of archery
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1887.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [x], 296
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1861 Women of the South Mary Forrest Southern Literature Confederate Feminism
This mid-19th century book 'Women of the South' by Mary Forrest is a collection of biographical sketches and engravings of women writers including with a small collection of their works.
·
Octavia Walton Le Vert;
·
Catharine Anne Warfield;
·
Eleanor Percy Lee;
·
Susan Archer Talley;

·
Augusta J. Evans;
·
Mary S.B. Dana Shindler;
·
Amelia E. Welby;
·
L. Virginia French;
·
Essie B. Cheesborough;

This 1861 subscription-only edition is illustrated with 7 portrait engravings.

Item number: #5808
Price: $399
FORREST, Mary
Women of the South distinguished in literature ...
New York, Derby & Jackson, 1861.

Details:

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [xvi], 511
o
Illustrated with portraits of important women
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Language: English
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~9.5in X 7.5in (24.5cm x 18.5cm)
Our… Read More

1849 TEXAS 1ed Mexican War Porter Annexation Mexico Americana Peace Treaties
The Mexican American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 American annexation of the independent Republic of Texas, which Mexico still considered its northeastern province and a part of its territory after its de facto secession in the 1836 Texas Revolution a decade earlier.

Porter's 'Review of the Mexican War' was written to give reasons behind why the war started, give a view of the consequences or outcomes of the war, and propose a way in which long term peace could be established between the two countries.

This 1849 first edition book of Porter's 'Review of the Mexican War' includes commentary on the annexation of Texas, the invasion of Mexico, declaration of war, and many other topics!

Item number: #7391
Price: $399
PORTER, Charles T
Review of the Mexican War, embracing the causes of the war, the… Read More

1863 1ed Beyond the Lines Geer Civil War Union Confederate Prison Slavery Racism

J. J. Geer's 'Beyond the Lines' is a rare Civil War narrative of Geer's time as a prisoner in the Southern Confederacy after being captured in Shiloh and being put in chains with slaves, and then his escape through marshes and bloodhounds before being recaptured. This civil war features significant content around racism and slavery with tiles including 'Inquisitive Negroes,' 'An Ingenious Darkey,' 'Southern Inhumanity,' 'Negro Sale Stables,' 'Murder of Lieutenant Bliss,' 'A Southern Unionist in the Rebel Army,' and more!

This 1863 first edition features 6 black and white illustrations throughout.
Item number: #12695
Price: $399
GEER, J. J.
Beyond the lines: or, A yankee prisoner loose in Dixie.
Philadelphia, J.W. Daughaday, 1863. First Edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o
285, [5]
o
6 illustrations
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in… Read More

1826 South America & MEXICO Revolution PERU Chile Simon Bolivar Guatemala

John M Niles was an important American politician who is mostly remembered for his historical account of South America and Mexico. First published in 1825, 'A View of South America and Mexico' describes geographical, agricultural, and commercial aspects of various Central and South American nations. Known as the first major description of the South American revolutions, this book was written primarily through a political lens. According to the DAB,
"Niles, a senator from Connecticut, combined considerable literary ability with his taste for politics."
This 1826 edition includes a Frontispiece portrait of Simon Bolivar.
Item number: #14069
Price: $399
NILES, John M.
A view of South America and Mexico: comprising their history, the political condition, geography, agriculture, commerce, &c. of the republics of Mexico, Guatemala, Columbia, Peru, the United provinces of South America and Chili, with a complete history of the… Read More