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.
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Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1890. Hardcover. No late-19th century traveler would be without their Baedeker, the books are characterized by crystal clear but personable prose Their enduring appeal owes much to the author's human concern for his audience and devotion to its welfare. He sought to provide readers with a protected.....
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Letter dated January 1, 1818. Concerns casks / bottles of rum; family members and an invitation to travel/accommodation. The author was William Fairclough's brother.
S. W. Partridge & Co., 1888. String-tied wraps. Victorian sentiment with illustration. Stories include: France and England, Summer Has Come (poem), Indoors and Our, David Before Saul, Jack the Giant-Killer (poem), Picture Alphabet letter Z; Words and Music Good-Night to Birdie.
S. W. Partridge & Co., 1888. String-tied wraps. Victorian sentiment with illustration. Stories include: The Garden Party, Joseph's Coat, Joe and the Jam, The Little Homemakers, The Stormy Day; The Letter V Picture Alphabet and The Careless Little Housemaid.
Philadelphia: The Curtis Publishing Company, 1893. Step into the enchanting world of the Victorian era with a vintage July 1893 issue of the Ladies' Home Journal. Immerse yourself in the pages that hold the secrets to elegance and grace. Explore the latest fashion trends, uncover captivating stories, and discover valuable.....
New York: Harper’s Weekly, 1869. Background Information:In 1868 the first war of Cuban independence, also known as the Ten Years' War, begins. It lasts until 1878.The Ten Years' War (Guerra de los Diez Años), also known as the Great War (Guerra Grande) and the War of '68, was part of.....
London: Bradbury, Evans, and CO., 1852. Illustrated by John Leech (1894-1941). First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Irreverent recounting of British and Roman histories with illustrations. The style of writing was uncommon this early in the 19th century.the Preface states, "to blend amusement with instruction by serving up.....
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1880. Illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne, a.k.a Phiz. A Fine Hardcover. A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradually took on more of a judicial role, enforcing the monarch's will.....
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New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. The drawings of American society by Charles Dana Gibson defined the age contemporaneously and retrospectively from the 1890s through the early 1900s. His images of women, in particular, were so influential on the development of the American feminine style that the term "Gibson Girls".....
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Chicago: Armour Meats, 1887. Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company had become Chicago's most important business.....
Bruxelles [Belgium]: J.J. Vanderborght, 1843. A Very Good Hardcover. Alexis-François Artaud De Montor was a diplomat and historian. An émigré during the French Revolution, he was entrusted by the royal princes with missions to the Holy See and served during the campaign of Champagne in the Army of Condé. Napoleon.....
London: Richard Bentley, 1853. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Biographical sketches of the authors and their chief works: Ben Johnson; Sir William Davenant; John Dryden; Thomas Shadwell; Nahum Tate; Nicholas Rowe; Rev. Laurence Eusden; Colley Cibber; William Whitehead; Rev. Thomas Warton; Henry James Pye; Robert Southey; and.....
London: John W. Parker, 1839. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A complete history of transportation in Great Britain from the Roman Eras to the beginning of the Steam Era with fascinating and informative woodcut illustrations.Ref: YCfBA.
Leipaig, Germany: Verlag Von Karl Baedeker, 1906. Soft cover. Founded in 1827, Baedeker guides gained popularity during the second half of the 19th century (so much so that Baedekering became part of everyday language)The Baedeker guidebooks were designed to be carried around in a coat pocket and be available for.....
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1896. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A classic account of Alpine sport, mostly in the Austrian Alps including chamois-stalking, stag, roebuck, and other big game. "Sport in the Alps is altogether one of the most complete existing accounts of a fascinating subject.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898. Peter Newell. Hardcover.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. Illustrations by Peter Newell. A Very Good Hardcover. An important early American parody of Sherlock Holmes and the first printed in the USA. The author dedicated the book to A. Conan Doyle.Ref: Bleiler, 39.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. In 1891 The Bishop of Exeter accompanied by Miss Bickersteth went to Japan for two months to visit his son the Bishop of Japan This is an admirable account of Japan from the point of view.....
Boston Mass. Bigelow & Dowse Co., 1899. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Background Information: The Bigelow & Dowse Co. was originally established in 1839 under the name of Horton & Cords. Numerous changes occurred over the years until in 1894 the business was transferred to a stock company with Samuel Bigelow.....
![Item #011373 Lorna Doone; A Romance of Exmoor [Two Volumes Complete]. R. D. Blackmore](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/011373.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1647448968)
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coats, c1893. Photogravures by Charles L. Mitchell and Francis Frith. Near Fine Hardcovers in a Very Good Dust Jackets. Lorna Doone was made into a1951 American adventure film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Barbara Hale and Richard Greene. The BBC also filmed a version of the.....
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St. Augustine: F. A. Stokes, 1884. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. ....... To Which is Added a Condensed Guide of the St. John's, Ocklawaha, Halifax, and Indian Rivers, Distance Tables to Points on the above-mentioned Rivers, and Principal Cities North, East, and West.
![Item #15634 A Pilgrimage to Nejd [Arabia]. Lady Anne Blunt](https://blindhorsebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/15634.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1654873132)
New York: John Murray, 1881. First Edition, First Printing. Decorated Cloth Hardcover. A classic of travel literature, describing the 1879 expedition across the Nejd from Beirut, south into the Great Nefud, north to Baghdad and east to the Arabian Gulf, undertaken by Anne Blunt and her husband Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.....
London: John Murray, 1901. A Very Good Hardcover. This book recounts Borrow's personal experiences and insights while touring Wales alone on foot after a family holiday in Llangollen in 1854, and has come to be regarded as a source of useful information about the social and geographical history of the.....
Garden City, New York: Hanover House, 1954. Illustrations by Adolf Hallman. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Among all female poets of the English-speaking world in the 19th century, none was held in higher critical esteem or was more admired for the independence and courage of her views.....
London: Smith, Elder, 1868-69. First Edition, First Printing. Four Hardcovers Volumes in Slipcase. Browning's Masterpiece, a psychological Roman murder mystery from 1698, written in verse of 21,000 lines. The publication marked a turning point in his career.R. L. Stevenson called it “one of the noblest books of the century”; and.....