Henry Greville Books

A collection of 11 framed and glazed engravings taken from the New Book Of Martyrs By Henry Southwell The 11 engravings show authentic and genuine historical account of the many dre...

Gleed, Charles S, ed. Rand, McNally & Co.'s Overland Guide From the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean Via Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1883. Revised Edition. Rebound in ¼ red leather and cloth boards, with original cloth gilt-stamped pictorial front board saved, new marbled endpapers, and a custom archival slipcase to match. Illustrated throughout with engravings. This is a “Revised Edition” of the Rand, McNally & Co.'s Overland Guide From the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, via Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California. The book was edited by Charles S. Gleed and published by Rand, McNally & Co., in Chicago in 1883. It has been artfully rebound in ¼ red leather and cloth boards, with the original gilt-stamped pictorial front cloth board saved, new marbled endpapers, and a matching archival cloth slipcase. As explained in the beginning of the guidebook, the purpose of the book is “to give the reader a satisfactory general idea of the States and Territories of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, through which the traveler passes in going from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, or vice versa, entering or leaving California at its southern extremity.” Following the southern route of railways, editor Charles Gleed lays out in extensive detail information on each state, including population numbers, key industries, important towns and railway stations, farming and agriculture, mining opportunities, and weather patterns. Throughout the guidebook are countless engravings, both full page and in-text, from well known engravers of the time. Meant to further entice readers to take this overland journey, the illustrations offer views of key tourist spots, townviews, and scenic destinations, throughout the featured states of Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. The guidebook is also supplemented by pages of printed advertisements in the beginning of the book, showcasing local businesses, services, and wares. Charles Sumner...

Beautiful colored plan showing buildings (with key), Fort William, race ground, canals, railroads, etc. This plan originates from Letts's Popular Atlas.

10 volumes. Henry Fielding, The Novels of Henry Fielding. Large Paper Edition. Bound in 3/4 red morocco. Linen boards. Raised bands. Top edges gilt. 520...

Antique map titled 'Noord-Holland'. Map of Noord-Holland, a province of the Netherlands. This map originates from 'Atlas van Nederland volgens de nieuwe spelregels' by J. Kuyper. Art...

1 Volume. Richard Henry Stoddard, The Loves and Heroines of the Poets. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spine displaying ornate gilt and open-tooled detail...

3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages. Bound in full tree calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooling with red and green morocc...

8 Volumes. Charles C.F. Greville, The Greville Memoirs. Bound by Bayntun in full navy morocco with the covers displaying gilt and open-tooling. The spines display raised bands, borde...

Antique map titled 'Drenthe'. Map of Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands. This map originates from 'Atlas van Nederland volgens de nieuwe spelregels' by J. Kuyper. Artists and ...

Antique map titled 'Friesland en Groningen'. Map of Friesland and Groningen, provinces of the Netherlands. This map originates from 'Atlas van Nederland volgens de nieuwe spelregels'...

Checkered Past A Visual Diary of the ’60s and ’70s By: Peter Schlesinger In 1968, Peter Schlesinger, wide-eyed and twenty years old, arrived in London from his native California at the invitation of artist David Hockney to study at the Slade School of Art. He was introduced by Hockney to a bohemian set...

Antique map titled 'Asie'. Map of the Asian continent, with an illustration of the porcelain tower at Nanjing, China. Migeon's Geographie Universelle, ...