1 Volume, James Bryce, South America, Observations & Impressions

2 Volumes. Joseph Hatton, Henry Irving's Impressions of America. Bound in 3/4 green calf with marbled boards. Ornate gilt-tooling on raised band spines. Marbled endpapers. Top edge g...

1 Volume. S.L. Bensusan, Morocco. Painted by A.S. Forrest. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco, marbled boards, endpapers, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, illustrated in color. Lond...

1 Volume. Matthew Arnold, Essays. The Royal Library of Belle Lettres Series. Bound in full red morocco with green morocco borders and ornate gilt-tooling on the covers. Gilt-tooling ...

1 Volume. Anon. The Holy Bible. Containing The Old & New Testaments. Bound in full brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, all edges gilt, raised bands. Published: Oxford: The University Press,...

Believed to have originated from the collection of a South American diplomat, the exquisiteness of this presentation sword conveys its ownership by ...

Treasury of American Design Ed. Clarence P. Hornung; J. Carter Brown (foreword); Holger Cahill (introduction) Published by Harry N. Abrams Inc, New York 1976. 2 volume hard back ...

Parton, James. Life of Andrew Jackson. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Three volume set, later printing. Rebound in ¼ calf and matching blue cloth boards with gilt titles, stamps, and raised bands to spine. With matching archival blue cloth slip case with ribbon and inlaid portrait of Jackson on the cover. Presented is an 1876 printing of James Parton’s three volume biography of President Andrew Jackson. First published in 1859-60 by Mason Brothers of New York, this is a later printing by Boston-based James R. Osgood and Company. James Parton's biography of the life of Andrew Jackson is one of the most important and best accounts on the early American president. In fact, Bunn and Williams call this work "the first serious biography of the [Jackson]" (Bunn). Parton’s biography appeared in print amid the escalating political crisis of 1860, providing readers and pundits with a historical lens through which to view current events. Born in England and raised primarily in the United States, James Parton (1822-1891) was among the leading biographers of the mid-nineteenth century. His Life of Horace Greeley (1855) and Life and Times of Aaron Burr (1857) garnered widespread acclaim, and he would later publish books on Benjamin Butler...

Antique map titled 'South America'. Original, antique map depicting South America. With outline coloring. Source unknown, to be determined. Artists and Engravers: Anonymous. Artist:...