Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1891. Hardcover.
19th CENTURY PUBLICATIONS
The 19th century was the century marked by the collapse of the Spanish, First and Second French, Chinese, Holy Roman and Mughal empires. This paved the way for the growing influence of the British Empire, the Russian Empire, the United States, the German Empire, the Second French Colonial Empire and the Empire of Japan, with the British boasting unchallenged dominance after 1815.
Westward Ho. Or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Rendered into modern English.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Illustrations by N.C.Wyeth. Hardcover. Westward Ho! is an 1855 historical novel written by British author Charles Kingsley. The novel was based on the experiences of Elizabethan privateer Amyas Preston, who sets sail with Francis Drake.
The Jungle Books, Volumes I and II
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1948. Illustrations by Watson, Aldren. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. The Jungle Book first published in 1894 is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo.....
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
Roslyn, New York: Blacks' Reader Service, c2930. Hardcover.
Beauty and the Beast
London: Field & Tuer, the Leadenhall Press, 1887. A Very Good Hardcover. A delightful Leadenhall Press reprint of an 1811 rhymed version of "Beauty and the Beast" attributed to Charles Lamb, including two pages of music. Lang’s introduction discusses the origin of the “Beauty and the Beast” Tale. This original.....
Adventures in the North of Europe: Illustrative of the Poetry and Philosophy of Travel
London: Saunders and Otley, 1836. Illustrated by F. Rosenberg. First Edition, First Printing. Good Hardcovers. Two volumes complete. Frontispieces engraved by F. Rosenberg from drawings by J. Coleman.Along with general descriptions of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, Landor denotes a contrast between Scandinavia and the Continent. In his chapter Poetry and.....
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[Vale Press] Epicurus Leontion Ternissa
London: Vale & Ballantyne Press For Hacon and Ricketts, 1896. Topography by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931). Hardcover. The Second book published by the Vale Press in the same month as Milton.Landor's 'Imaginary Conversation' was first printed in 1829. As a poet, Walter Savage Landor was best known for his classic epigrams.....
Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon; with Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the Desert, Being the Result of a Second Expedition Undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum [Complete in one volume]
London: John Murray, 1853. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Sir Austen Henry Layard was one of the leading British archaeologists of the nineteenth century. His excavations provided important evidence about ancient Mesopotamia, particularly about the Assyrian civilization, and his books part travel writing, part specialized archaeological studies.....
Prose Fancies
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
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Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men and Women and Other Things in General. [First], Second, & Third Series. [3 vol. bound by Zaehnsdorf]
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1864. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Background Information:Charles James Lever was an Irish novelist and raconteur.Trollope praised Lever's novels highly when he said that they were just like his conversation. He was a born raconteur, and had in perfection that easy flow of light description which without.....
For Honor's Sake: a Sequel to 'The Squire's Daughter'
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1891. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
Abridgment of the History of England with continuation from 1688 to the reign of Queen Victoria, adapted for the use of Schools And an Appendix to 1873
Baltimore, MD, John Murphy & Co., 1873. Cloth Hardcover.
Tanzer Der Californischen Indianer [Tanzer The Californian Indian Hand-colored woodcut 1845 ]
Germany: Unknown, 1845. Illustrator: L. Lisbet. Topics: Headdresses -- 1840-1849; Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- 1800-1899; Indians of North America -- Men -- California -- 1840-1849; Rites & ceremonies -- California -- 1840-1849; Ceremonial dancers -- 1840-1849.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Livingstone lived many years in South Africa and made three great expeditions, the first described in this book 1853-56, and the others in 1858-64 and 1865-73. This volume describes Livingstone's first and greatest expedition (1853-56) in.....
Explorations du Zambèse et de ses affluents et découverte des lacs Chiroua et Nyassa par David et Charles Livingstone 1858-1864.
Paris: Hachette, 1866. Illustrations by Bayard, de Bar. A Very Good Hardcover. First French Edition of this important Livingstone report on the explorations of the Zambezi River and its tributaries. Chronicles the second expedition sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society to document the exploitation of African resources. Ref: Howgego L34.....
Three Noted Poems
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1893. Hardcover.
The Song of Hiawatha
Chicago: J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company, 1968. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Rory O'More. Volume 1 of The Collected Works of Samuel Lover - Edition De Luxe Volume 1.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1901. Hardcover.
Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum. Natural History; Part III & Part IV
London: Longmans and Company, 1889. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Part III containing the Order Chelonia. 1889; Part IV Containing the Orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata, Caudata, and Labyrinthodontia, and Suppliment 1890.
Richelieu: Or The Conspiracy: A Play, in Five Acts, To Which are Added Historical Odes on the Last Days of Elizabeth; Cromwell's Dream; The Death of Nelson.
Paris: A. and W. Galigani, 1839. Hardcover. The play formed the basis of a 1935 American film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring George Arliss as Richelieu. It was produced by Twentieth Century Pictures. [wiki] REF: Stanton, Sarah & Banham, Martin. The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University.....
Rienzi. The Last of the Roman Tribunes
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. L. W. Zeigle. Hardcover.
Ernest Maltravers
London: George Routledge, [No date - c1880]. Hardcover. [Lord Lytton] (1803 - 1873), was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases "the great unwashed", "pursuit.....
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Harold: The Last of the Saxon Kings [Two Volumes]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. Illustrated by Max R. Morton. Very Good Hardcovers. Harold Godwinson (c.1022 - 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings, fighting the Norman invaders.....
Philip Seymour Or Pioneer Life In Richland County, Ohio, Founded on Facts
Mansfield: W. Brickerhoff Herald Steam Press Print, 1908. Very Good Hardcover. Although in fictionalized form, M'Gaw's work "provides the most authentic source on one of the most colorful episodes in the frontier history of north-central Ohio namely the Copus massacre in the autumn of 1812.Ref: Howes M-100.
At The Back Of The North Wind
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1919. Illustrations by Jessie Wilcox Smith. 1st Edition thus, with correct front cover. A Good Hardcover. First published in book form in 1871. In this book, MacDonald touches on many theological and philosophical questions, especially concerning theodicy [Is God Good]. Background Information Jessie Willcox Smith was a......