19th Century Literature

1862 Slave Trade Africa & American Flag Foote Voyages Civil War Slavery Plates

'Africa and the American Flag' is an interesting account of Commander Andrew Foote's exploits in suppressing the African slave trade off the coast of Africa in the early part of the 19th century. The book became an important source for the growing anti-slavery movement in the Unites States at the time.

This fine 1862 edition is Foote's own account of his experience as commander of the Perry off the African coast in the early 1850's, where his dogged attempts to suppress the African slave trade (illegal then under American law) became legendary. His impassioned account here did much to stir the growing public repugnance for the trade in America. This edition includes seven hand tinted steel lithographic plates and a map, with the frontis of the slave trade in action!

Item number: #7672
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FOOTE, Andrew H.
Africa and the American flag
New York. D. Appleton and Company. 1862.
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1863 1ed Civil War Official Confederate Battle Reports CSA Manassas Charleston

'Southern History of the War' is a collection of official battle reports collected and published by the confederate congress in 1863 during the Civil War. 'Southern History of the War' contains many battle reports including:
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First Battle of Manassas
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Battle of New Orleans,
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Battles at Fort Henry and Donelson,
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Battle of Shiloh, and Charleston, South Carolina in June, 1862.
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Reports from all Confederate War Theaters of Operation, including the Battle of Valverde, New Mexico.
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And more!
This 1863 first edition includes a steel engraved frontispiece of Confederate General P.T. Beauregard.

Item number: #8150
Price: $499
Confederate Congress
Southern history of the war. Official reports of battles
New York, C.B. Richardson, 1863. First Edition.

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1838 ATLAS Hand-colored MAPS Ancient Geography Greece Holy Land France Britain

An impressive 1838 atlas with double-page hand-colored maps!

Edited and published by Samuel Butler, this atlas includes maps of various countries of the ancient world – Great Britain, Spain, France, Greece and Greek Islands, Holy Land and Israel, and many more. Butler was 19th-century Bishop and historian, not to be confused with the 17th-century poet, author of 'Hudibras', or the late 19th-century author of Utopian novel 'Erewhon'.

Item number: #8324
Price: $499
BUTLER, Samuel
An atlas of antient geography
Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1838.

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Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15cm)
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1864 Ingoldsby Legends Occult Esoteric Tenniel Leech Cruikshank Illustrated ART

"ABRACADABRA!"

A beautiful and attractive 1864 printing of the famous "Ingoldsby Legends." This collection of myths, ghost stories, and poetry was written by R.H. Barham, who is better known by his penname, Thomas Ingoldsby. These legends were extremely popular from their inception in 1837, but this edition was illustrated with 60 George Cruikshank illustrations! While this collection is less popular today than it was in the 19th-century, it does include aspects that are still recognizable – the magic command "Abracadabra" and a version of the children's song Bingo!

This 1864 edition includes 60 illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and John Tenniel!
Item number: #8664
Price: $499
BARHAM, Richard Harris.
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
London: Richard Bentley, MDCCLXIV 1864.

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1854 1ed Journey to Central Africa EGYPT Sudan Ethiopia MAP Nile Bayard Taylor

Bayard Taylor was a 19th-century travel writer whose abundant notes and reports have been referenced for decades since the mid-1800s. Taylor's writings have even been quoted by politicians and authors who supported his racial discriminatory views.

In 1854, Taylor published 'A Journey to Central Africa' which was a detailed report of his time in Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan in 1851. This work provides incredible details about the native tribes he encountered, his experiences on the Nile river, and various discoveries. This book includes an impressive folding map, illustrating his journey's route, which extended beyond Khartoum.

Item number: #8731
Price: $499
TAYLOR, Bayard
A Journey to central Africa: or, Life and landscapes from Egypt to the Negro kingdoms of the White Nile
New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1854. 1st edition
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1847 1ed Das Kloster Scheible Occult Fairy Tales Superstitions PAGAN Calendar

'Das Kloster' is a 19th-century collection of tales and stories compiled by Johann Scheible. These books are some of the most popular books of occult texts, folklore, fairy tales, superstitions, and famous legends, including the tale of Faust!

This volume, published in 1847, includes F. Nork's 'Der Festkalender'. Nork, pseudonym of Friedrich Korn, was an early 19th-century German author, who wrote a treatise on how the modern liturgical calendar developed out of pagan ceremonies and rituals. This volume includes impressive, full-page engravings depicting rituals, prayers, angels, and Catholic icons.

Item number: #8829
Price: $499
SCHEIBLE, Johann
Das Kloster. Weltlich und geistlich. Meist aus der Ältern deutschen Volks-, Wunder-, Curiositäten-, und vorzugsweise komischen Literatur

Stuttgart: Verlag des Herausgebers, 1847.
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1870 Ingoldsby Legends Occult Esoteric Tenniel Leech Cruikshank Illustrated

"ABRACADABRA!"

A beautiful and attractive 1864 printing of the famous "Ingoldsby Legends." This collection of myths, ghost stories, and poetry was written by R.H. Barham, who is better known by his penname, Thomas Ingoldsby. These legends were extremely popular from their inception in 1837, but this edition was illustrated with 60 George Cruikshank illustrations! While this collection is less popular today than it was in the 19th-century, it does include aspects that are still recognizable – the magic command "Abracadabra" and a version of the children's song Bingo!

This undated, two-volume edition includes illustrations by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and John Tenniel in an attractive red-leather binding.
Item number: #9086
Price: $499
BARHAM, Richard Harris
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
London: Richard Bentley, [1870].

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1882 1ed CHINA Folklore Douglas Alchemy Buddhism Confucius Illustrated COLOR MAP
"Years of careful training will makea tree whose shoots should spring heavenwards bendthe points of its branches towards the earth."
– Robert K Douglas, Chinese Stories
A rare first edition printing, of Robert Douglas's 'China'. This book is a history and overview of china, which describes the social customs of ancient China, the traditions of Buddhism, Chinese music and ballads, forbidden love and arranged marriage, Confucius philosophy, sorcery and alchemy, and more!

This fine printing is filled with charming illustrations in the style of 17th - 19th-century woodblock figures with a color fold out map.
Item number: #9318
Price: $499
DOUGLAS, Robert K.
China
London, Society for promoting Christian knowledge; New York, E. & J.B. Young & Co., 1882. First Edition.
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1861 CEYLON Natural History Sri Lanka Monkeys Elephant Illustrated Asia Tennent

James Emerson Tennent was a 19th-century British traveler who is best remembered for his appointed position as secretary of Ceylon. From his time living in Ceylon, he published a number of books which thorough describe his adventures and findings. His most notable work, simply entitled 'Ceylon', is reliable source of information regarding physical geography and natural history of Ceylon, or Sri Lanka.

This 1861 edition is an impressive, illustrated edition of Tennent's 'Ceylon' filled with full-page sketches of animals including reptiles, birds, monkeys, and an interesting view of an elephant capture!
Item number: #9570
Price: $499
TENNENT, James Emerson
Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon : with narratives and anecdotes : Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant.
London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861.… Read More

1850 1ed Mexican American War Livermore Indians Texas Annexation Mexico Battles

"The War with Mexico Reviewed" is a rare essay account of the Mexican American War that won the literary competition put on by the American Peace Society. Larned says,
"It describes the expenditures, inhumanities, views of camps, military executions, and all the horrors of the war. It ascribes the cause of the war to the avarice of the slave owners and the land hunger of the Americans" (Larned)

"War with Mexico Reviewed" was awarded the five-hundred-dollar prize offered by the American Peace Society
"for the best review of the Mexican War on the principles of Christianity, and an enlightened statesmanship."

This rare 1850 edition includes discussions on battles fought with soldiers and Indians, annexation of new territories including New Mexico, Texas, California, the moral failings caused by war, and much more.
Item number: #9725
Price: $499
LIVERMORE, Abiel Abbot

The war with Mexico reviewed.
Boston: The American… Read More

1807 1ed Peace Without Dishonor anti Revolutionary WAR Argument Propaganda Ships

A curious early 19th-century London printing of 'Peace Without Dishonour, War Without Hope'. This book is an interesting American portrayal of a farmer's anti-war views of the American Revolution. The authorship of this work is still in question, though scholars attribute it to either John Lowell or Rufus King. This book covers merchant ships and commerce, as well as sea battles between America and Britain – ships such as the USS Chesapeake and the HMS Leopard.
Item number: #9934
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LOWELL, John
Peace without dishonour, war without hope: an argument against war with Great Britain, recently published at Boston
London: Reprinted for J. Butterworth ..., 1807.

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1841 1ed English Efes Dammim Jerusalem Jewish Zaslav Poland Damascus Affair

'Éfés dammîm. A series of conversations at Jerusalem' was written by the famous Jewish scholar Levinsohn. Levinsohn s work was written in response to the blood accusation charge brought against the Jews of Zaslav in Poland charged with killing Christians to use their blood in communion. Levinsohn's purpose was to acquit the Jews before the eyes of Christians, and to save them from the false accusation of using Christian blood for communion. "Efes Dammim" is written dialogically between a patriarch of the Greek Church in Jerusalem, Simias, and the chief rabbi in the Jewish synagogue.
This 1841 first English edition was published just one year after the Damascus Affair.
Item number: #10496
Price: $499
LEVINSOHN, Isaac Baer
Éfés dammîm. A series of conversations at Jerusalem between a patriarch of the Greek church and a chief rabbi of the Jews, concerning the malicious charge against the Jews of using Christian… Read More

1883 1ed Life of Nephi Son of Lehi MORMON Prophecy LDS Church Mormonism Cannon

Nephi, Son of Lehi is one of the main figures in the Book of Mormon. George Cannon published a book outlining the life of Nephi, as well as his father Lehi, prophets of Mormonism. 'Life of Nephi, the Son of Lehi' was published in 1883 as part of a series of book designed to teach young Mormons about their faith and the history of the religion – 'The Faith Promoting Series'.

Item number: #10576
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CANNON, George Q
The life of Nephi : the son of Lehi, who emigrated from Jerusalem, in Judea, to the land which is now known as South America, about six centuries before the coming of our Savior
Salt Lake City [Utah] : Juvenile Instructor Office, 1883. First edition.

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1846 RARE 1ed Songs of HOLY LAND Maxwell Israel Palestine Bible LIMITED ed to 40

William Stirling Maxwell was a 19th-century Scottish historian known for his annals on the lives of Spanish artists, Charles V, and even Napoleon. It was, however, his collection of Middle Eastern poems that have set him apart from other such historians. 'Songs of the Holy Land' is a collection of verse poetry on various topics from Palestine and Israel including:
· Isaac and his wives
· Jael and the Battle of Mount Tabor
· Jephthah
· Rizpah the concubine of Saul
· King Shallum, 8th-century BC king of Israel
· The dry bones in the story of Ezekiel
· Apocryphal figure of Judith

Note the beautiful red Moroccan leather binding as well as the bookplate of the author himself!

Item number: #24858
Price: $499

MAXWELL, William Stirling

Songs of the Holy Land

Edinburgh: Printed by T. Constable, 1846. Limited edition of only 40 examples!

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1815 SECRET Memoirs 1ed Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleonic WARS Waterloo Revolution

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
– Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte was the most prominent Military leader during the French Revolution and led many successful campaigns, dominated European, and global affairs for more than a decade. In the years following the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, the French public was interested in the life of Napoleon and his armies.

Charles Doris, who claimed to have viewed Napoleon from a distance for many years, wrote a biographical sketch of Napoleon, in which he writes out of sympathy for Napoleon – noting his lack of friendships, his barbaric mindset, and his desire only to be victorious in battle. 'Secret Memoirs' as it is known is a rare account of Napoleon's life and military career, published following Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.

Item number: #24699
Price: $499

DORIS, Charles

Secret Memoirs of Napoleon Buonaparte, preceded by an… Read More