From the Earth to the Moon, Around the Moon by Jules Verne - 1970

This is an antique directory for the city of Hartford, CT - "Geer's Hartford Directory" for July 1883 to July 1884. This edition contains listings for "Samuel Clemens" as well as his pen name, "Mark Twain"; he is listed as "author" with his address. A unique item for the Twain collector!The directory contains beautifully illustrated ads (printed on a variety of colored paper) with an Index, an Index to Illustrations, a Calendar, a Guide to Location and Numbers of Streets and Avenues, a fold-out Map of Connecticut, Abbreviations and Explanations, Geer's Hartford City Directory (containing the listings for both "Samuel Clemens" and "Mark Twain"), a "List of Persons who have Removed," Necrology of Hartford, Geer's Comprehensive Business Directory, Geer's History of Hartford...and much, much more.Condition:Pea-sized stain spot on the front cover; a few tiny white stain spots on the back cover; bright gilt lettering on the spine; sharp corners. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. The interior of the… Read More

This is a complete 5-volume set of art history books from Germany (the volumes are written entirely in German) - "Kunstgeschichte in Bildern" (Art History in Pictures) published in 1900 by E.A. Seemann in Leipzig and Berlin. "The systematic presentation of the development of fine art from classical antiquity to the end of the 18th century." Each volume is profusely illustrated. The contents of the volumes are as follows (translated): VOLUME I - Das Altertum (Antiquity) * Precursors * The Classical Art * Architecture * Plastic * Painting VOLUME II - Das Mittelalter (The Middle Ages) * Early Christian Art * Byzantine Art * The Architecture of the Roman Style * Plastic and Painting in the High Middle Ages * The Architecture of Gothic Style * Plastic and Painting in the Late Middle Ages VOLUME III - Die Renaissance in Italien (The Renaissance in Italy) * Architecture * Churches * Halls and Courtyards * Palaces * Villas of the High Renaissance * Decoration * Plastic * Painting * Early Renaissance * High… Read More

"The History of the Puritans in England" (by W.H. Stowell) and "The Pilgrim Fathers" (by D. Wilson) - complete in one volume. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and marbled end papers; gilt top edge. The red ribbon page marker is present (but detached). With 2 frontispiece illustrations. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.From the Preface:"This volume is intended to compress, within narrow limits, the story of the English Puritans, by weaving into the tissue of the general narrative some biographical details respecting the men who bore that name. The writer has spared no pains in consulting the best authorities on both sides of the great controversy of which Puritanism was the result. He can conscientiously present the history to the public as authentic; and he hopes it will not be condemned by any intelligent and candid reader as wanting in fairness towards the opponents of the Puritans."Condition:Some rubbing and light scratches to the marbled boards; scuffs to… Read More

"THE KNIGHTLY SOLDIER" - A Biography of Major Henry Ward Camp; Tenth Conn. Vols. by H. Clay Trumbull. 1865 1st Edition; Nichols and Noyes; Boston. "A Record of College, Field, and Prison." The book contains a frontispiece portrait of Camp, as well as 4 illustrated plates; also included is the "Description of Plates" sheet.From the Preface:"This book is not an attempt to prove that Henry Camp was brave, accomplished, and upright in all the course of his beautiful life here, or that he was fully prepared for the future to which God so early called him. It simply shows him as he was, grouping the memorial sketches of those who knew him best in the various relations of student, soldier, and Christian; with copious extracts from his own letters, written in all the freedom of family correspondence."The chapter are as follows:I. Childhood and SchooldaysII. College LifeIII. Teacher - Law-Student - SoldierIV. Roanoke and NewberneV. Camp-Life and CampaigningVI. The First Charleston ExpeditionVII. James Island… Read More

This is a nice condition lot of 3 early American editions of FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY classic novels. All were published in 1915 by The Macmillan Company in New York. All have gilt top edges. From "The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky" set. Constance Garnett translations. The lot includes the following novels:* THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV* THE IDIOT * CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (presumed 1915 publication, though there is no publishing date stated - the year 1916 is written in pen on the front end paper)Condition:Internally the books are very clean - white text pages with no writing, tears, stains or foxing found. All are tightly bound with no loose pages. Only a few notable condition issues were found, as follows...CRIME & PUNISHMENT: small, reddish stain at the bottom edge of the spine; name/year (1916) written in pen on front end paper. BROTHERS KARAMAZOV: light soiling to spine; crack at front hinge between the pastedown and end paper; 2 diagonal crease lines on front end paper; tanning at the upper-inner corners of… Read More

This is a nice condition lot of 6 volumes of "LITTELL'S LIVING AGE" from 1850-1851. Littell's Living Age was a magazine comprising selections from various British and American magazines and newspapers. Generally, the magazine was published on a weekly basis, and was in print from 1844 to 1941.The issues contain reviews, articles and announcements about emerging literary works of the time - here are a few examples: The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, "The Authors of Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Gray," Nathaniel Hawthorne "The Scarlet Letter", Ralph Waldo Emerson "Representative Men", Herman Melville "White Jacket" and "Omoo - A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas", the Letters of Benjamin Franklin, Charles Dickens' "Household Words" weekly publication, The Works of John Adams, Hans Christian Andersen "Jenny Lind".Each issue is loaded with poetry and articles on a variety of interesting topics, such as: Baloon Explosion, Death of James Fenimore Cooper, Insect Life, Ascent of Mont Blanc,… Read More

This is a complete 5-volume set of art history books from Germany (the volumes are written entirely in German) - "Kunstgeschichte in Bildern" (Art History in Pictures) published in 1900 by E.A. Seemann in Leipzig and Berlin. "The systematic presentation of the development of fine art from classical antiquity to the end of the 18th century." Each volume is profusely illustrated. The contents of the volumes are as follows (translated): VOLUME I - Das Altertum (Antiquity) * Precursors * The Classical Art * Architecture * Plastic * Painting VOLUME II - Das Mittelalter (The Middle Ages) * Early Christian Art * Byzantine Art * The Architecture of the Roman Style * Plastic and Painting in the High Middle Ages * The Architecture of Gothic Style * Plastic and Painting in the Late Middle Ages VOLUME III - Die Renaissance in Italien (The Renaissance in Italy) * Architecture * Churches * Halls and Courtyards * Palaces * Villas of the High Renaissance * Decoration * Plastic * Painting * Early Renaissance * High… Read More

"The History of the Puritans in England" (by W.H. Stowell) and "The Pilgrim Fathers" (by D. Wilson) - complete in one volume. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled boards and marbled end papers; gilt top edge. The red ribbon page marker is present (but detached). With 2 frontispiece illustrations. Please see the photos for the complete list of contents.From the Preface:"This volume is intended to compress, within narrow limits, the story of the English Puritans, by weaving into the tissue of the general narrative some biographical details respecting the men who bore that name. The writer has spared no pains in consulting the best authorities on both sides of the great controversy of which Puritanism was the result. He can conscientiously present the history to the public as authentic; and he hopes it will not be condemned by any intelligent and candid reader as wanting in fairness towards the opponents of the Puritans."Condition:Some rubbing and light scratches to the marbled boards; scuffs to… Read More

Handsome, fine-binding edition of "THE GEORGIAN ERA: Memoirs of the Most Eminent Persons, Who Have Flourished in Great Britain, from the Accession of George the First to the Demise of George the Fourth." The volumes are dated 1832, 1833 and 1834; Vizetelly, Branston and Co.; London. Complete in four volumes. Three-quarter leather bound with marbled covers, page edges and end papers. Each volume contains a frontispiece portrait. The volumes contain dozens of biographical sketches of prominent English men and women including Adam Smith, Isaac Newton, Jonathn Swift, Robert Burns, Thomas Paine, Captain James Cook, Daniel Defoe, Thomas Gainsborough, etc. The contents are grouped into the following categories:VOLUME I: The Royal Family, The Pretenders and Their Adherents, The Church, The Senate, DissentersVOLUME II: The Army, The Navy, Jurisprudence, Medical ScienceVOLUME III: Voyagers and Travellers, Science, LiteratureVOLUME IV: Political Economists, Rural and Domestic Economists, Painters, Sculptors,… Read More

"THE KNIGHTLY SOLDIER" - A Biography of Major Henry Ward Camp; Tenth Conn. Vols. by H. Clay Trumbull. 1865 1st Edition; Nichols and Noyes; Boston. "A Record of College, Field, and Prison." The book contains a frontispiece portrait of Camp, as well as 4 illustrated plates; also included is the "Description of Plates" sheet.From the Preface:"This book is not an attempt to prove that Henry Camp was brave, accomplished, and upright in all the course of his beautiful life here, or that he was fully prepared for the future to which God so early called him. It simply shows him as he was, grouping the memorial sketches of those who knew him best in the various relations of student, soldier, and Christian; with copious extracts from his own letters, written in all the freedom of family correspondence."The chapter are as follows:I. Childhood and SchooldaysII. College LifeIII. Teacher - Law-Student - SoldierIV. Roanoke and NewberneV. Camp-Life and CampaigningVI. The First Charleston ExpeditionVII. James Island… Read More