Profits in poultry : useful and ornamental breeds, and their profitable management. by FERRIS, T.M.; WELD M - 1886

1880 Art of BOXING Combat Sports Illustrated Pugilism Self-Defense Ned Donnelly
Ned Donnelly's 'Art of Boxing' is a late 19th-century instructional and training manual on boxing and combat sports. This book includes illustrated sketches depicting various moves, positions, and punches.

Item number: #11999
Price: $399
DONNELLY, Ned
Ned Donnelly's art of boxing : a manual of sparring and self defense : illustrated with forty engravings showing the various blows, stops and guards, and explaining all the modern methods of attack and defense
New York : Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers, [1880].

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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viii, 127, [1]
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Illustrated throughout
· Language: English
· Binding: Softcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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1905 1ed Tokio by Manchuria Seaman Tokyo Japan Hiroshima Nagasaki Illustrated

Louis Seaman was an American military surgeon serving in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War who wrote of his experience in the book 'From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese.' Seaman included information on military medicine, hospital conditions, treatment of prisoners, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Naval Battles, Russian soldiers and submarine mines, China, Manchurian bandits, and much more!
This 1905 first edition includes the author's inscription along with 43 illustrations throughout with a decorative red cloth binding.
Item number: #12522
Price: $399
SEAMAN, Louis Livingston
From Tokio through Manchuria with the Japanese
New York: D, Appleton and Company, 1905. First Edition.

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xv, [1], 268
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43 illustrations
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Provenance: Author's inscription
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"Dr. Myles, with the regards of his friend, The Author, Oct. 26, 1905"
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Language: English
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1862 1ed SLAVE Census DATA Indians Confederacy Civil War Steel Industry
The 'Preliminary Report on the Eighth Census' is the last census report to show slavery data. Interestingly, since the preceding Census of the U.S. (1850) added every member of the household including women, children and slaves, Kennedy added also American Indians if they had renounced tribal rules. Particularly are the government discussions on disabilities of blindness, idiocy, and the major diseases at the time.

This 1862 edition of Kennedy's census report includes topics such as:
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Growth of New York with an added population of 783,000 to Virginia where the population had gone down by 17% for the white population (and 3.88% of the slave population)
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Indian slavery
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Manumission
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Fugitive slaves
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Mortality rates and notes the rates of both whites and slaves
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Various disabilities including the deaf and dumb as well as the blind
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1853 Israel Putnam American Revolutionary War David Humphreys Bio Illustrated

'Life and Heroic Exploits of Israel Putnam' is
David Humphreys' celebrated and lasting biography of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam. A useful source of firsthand anecdotes regarding Putnam's wartime exploits. Humphreys "had a natural talent for military science, and there are few more intelligent contemporary pictures of certain important campaigns, notably the battle of Long Island and the retreat from Harlem, than those contained in his [essay on the life of Putnam]. In this he wrote as he fought, coolly and vigorously, and the book remains a testimonial to Putnam, to the effort and sacrifice of those stirring days, and to Humphreys' own victorious good sense" (DAB).

This 1853 edition includes black and white illustrations.

Item number: #14544
Price: $399
Humphreys, David
The Life and Heroic Exploits of Israel Putnam, Major-General in the Revolutionary War
Hartford: Silas Andrus & Son, 1853.

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1899 Famous Violinists Classical VIOLIN MUSIC Paganini Mozart Handel Haydn Bach

Henry Lahee was a 19th-century music historian and writer known for his references on and biographical sketches of famous musicians. One of his best works was his 'Famous Violinists of Today and Yesterday' – a treatise recounting the music, lives, and careers of famous violinists.

In this work, Lahee covers numerous violinists but none more important than Niccolo Paganini. Even today, Paganini is considered to be one of, if not the most important violinists ever to play. His virtuosity, incredible composition, and concert performances placed him at the top of the musical world in the 19th-century.

Other notable composers and musicians featured in this work include Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, J.S. Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Haydn.

Item number: #21519
Price: $399

LAHEE, Henry Charles

Famous violinists of today and yesterday

Boston: L.C. Page and Co., 1899.

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1883 1st ed SLAVERY Kansas Missouri Border WAR Squatter Sovereign by Humphrey

'The Squatter Sovereign' is a 19th-century historical novel by Mary Humphrey. This work tells the story of the anti-slavery movements in Kansas in the mid-1850s, more commonly known as the Border War between Missouri and Kansas. Humphrey, curiously, seems to praise both free-states and pro-slavery activists throughout this book.
Item number: #10660
Price: $399
HUMPHREY, Mary
The squatter sovereign: or, Kansas in the '50's; a life picture of the early settlement of the debatable ground. A story, founded upon memorable and historical events ...
Chicago, Ill.: Coburn & Newman, 1883. First edition.

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References: Wright 2865
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Language: English
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Binding: Cloth; tight and secure
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Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 12.5cm)
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1866 1ed Women of the Civil War Americana Gettysburg Military Robert E Lee Moore

Frank Moore was a notable American Civil War historian known for his portrayals of Civil War life and culture. One of his most important works was 'Women of the War'. While this work focuses primarily on the biographical accounts of individual women, Moore also describes the hardships and sacrifices made by American women during the war and provides an interesting account of how these women influenced Gettysburg. Moore covers the lives of the following women, most of whom are wives of Civil War officers:
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P.B. Hurd
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Mary Lee
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Mrs. John Harris
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Charlotte McKay
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Burger Stearns
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Harriet W.F. Hawley
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And more

According to Nevins,
"idealistic biographies of then-famous women."

Item number: #13126
Price: $399
MOORE, Frank
Women of the war: their heroism and self-sacrifice, illustrated with steel engravings
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1907 1st ed Dream of Fair Women Harrison Fisher Girl Illustrated Color Poetry

Harrison Fisher, the "Historian of American Beauty," was an American illustrator whose works regularly appeared on the cover of 'Cosmopolitan' Magazine in the early 1900s.
"At the top of the heap stands Harrison Fisher, creator of the Fisher Girl and most popular of all Americans who ply brush and pencil for reproduction. By reason of his industry and because of the uniform soundness of his drawings and color sense, he is the acknowledged master of the pretty girl picture"(Cosmopolitan).
This first edition of the book 'A Dream of Fair Women' is filled with romantic full-color illustrations of the "Fisher Girl" type. The illustrations are inspired from the text of famous poems decorated in Art Nouveau style by E. Stetson Crawford. A fine piece!
Item number: #13376
Price: $399
FISHER, Harrison
A dream of fair women,
Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [©1907] First Edition.

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1875 FISHING Hook & Line Salmon Angling Sports Hunting Herbert Forrester Fish

Henry Herbert, also known by his pseudonym Frank Forrester, was an American author who published a popular treatise on the art of fishing. 'Fishing with Hook and Line' is a manual written for novice fishermen filled with descriptions of common fish, places to catch fish, techniques for casting and reeling, and how to prepare baits.
Item number: #14275
Price: $399
HERBERT, Henry William [pseud. Frank Forrester]
Fishing with hook and line : manual for amateur anglers : containing also descriptions of popular fish and their habits, preparation of baits, &c
New York: Thomas O'Kane, [ca. 1875].
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64, [8]
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8 engraved plates
· References: BAL 8162;
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Cloth
· Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18.5cm x 12cm)
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1881 Civil War Boys of 61 Illustrated Battle Bull Run Richmond CSA Fall Coffin

Charles Coffin's 'Boys of '61' is a 19th-century account of battle efforts from the Civil War. This book describes specific battles and skirmishes giving special attention to guerilla and militia warfare. One particular instance of this is accompanied by a fine engraving of the Union army in Missouri seeing troops burning houses, crops, farm animals, wagons, and all types of private property, causing devastation throughout the west.
Item number: #14652
Price: $399
COFFIN, Charles Carleton
The boys of '61 ; or, Four years of fighting : personal observation with the army and navy : from the first battle of Bull Run to the fall of Richmond
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1881. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xviii, 558
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Heavily illustrated throughout
· Provenance: Handwritten – Frank F. Stokes, 1881
· Language: English

· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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