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Schmid, Albert
        Die Grundlehren der Cession, nach römischem Recht dargestellt
      Braunschweig, Vieweg 1863 -1866. 22 cm. 2 Teile in 2 Bänden. 23, (1), 504; 21, (1), 448 Seiten Festeinband, Pappband der Zeit, Teil 2 Original-Umschlagtitel beigebunden - Reichs-Justizamt 329, 10 - Braunschw. Stadtlex. 205 (vgl.) - Einzige Ausgabe. 1: Die Cessionsform; 2: Die Klagform. Auf den Vorderdeckeln zeitgenössische handschriftliche Mitgliederliste der "Vechtaer juristischen Lesegesellschaft". Albert Schmid (1821 - 1891) war 1831 am Aufstand der Studenten in Göttingen beteiligt, 1833 von der Universität Jena relegiert und 1835 in Eisenach zu Festungsarrest verurteilt. Nach seinem politischen Sinneswandel machte er Karriere und wurde 1879 der der erste Präsident des neu errichteten Oberlandesgerichts Braunschweig. -

      [Bookseller: Wenner Antiquariat]

William Makepeace Thackeray
        Roundabout Papers in Original Publisher’s Boards First US Edition 1863
      New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. This is a very scarce US first edition in the original purple cloth. Published by Harper & Brothers [New York] in 1863, the title page reads: “Reprinted from the Cornhill Magazine”, which was edited by Thackeray. The date 1863 is given below the publisher’s details on the title page. The original boards are now faded with areas that show what the purple boards would have looked like 145 years ago. The spine with the gilt lettering is now faded and the gilt is barely legible, with knocks to the top and bottom of the spine. The frontispiece “”Sir J-sh-a R-n-lds in a domino. Dr G-ldsm-th in an old English dress”” is fantastic and is separated from the title page by its original tissue guard. This book has excellent illustrations throughout on relatively clean pages with only occasional minor light foxing; complete with the Harper & Brothers’ 8-page catalogue to the end of the book.An excellent example of this hard to find first edition by William Makepeace Thackeray . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket.

      [Bookseller: The First Edition]

THOREAU, Henry David
        EXCURSIONS
      Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863. First Edition. Original cloth. One signature pulled, scattered foxing and staining. Covers lightly soiled with minor wear to the spine, gilt bright. Very Good. Original blue-green Z cloth. Portrait frontispiece, the first book to include a portrait of Thoreau. BAL 20111: 1558 copies printed. Borst A3.1.a states that 1558 copies were printed but only 1500 were bound. Ten pieces are contained within, including a Biographical Sketch by Emerson of Thoreau and nine essays by Thoreau, among them the famous "Walking." Early owner name of Edward L. Temple on the front blank and the early bookplate of the Rutland High School on the front pastedown.

      [Bookseller: Charles Agvent]

[Civil War]:
        MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. FORCES AGAINST VICKSBURG
      [Washington]: Charles G. Krebs, lithographer, [1863].. Map, 24 x 19 inches. Matted. Minor soiling and wear. Near fine. Map compiled by the U.S. Coast Survey Office, executed by Charles G. Krebs in Washington, showing the military operations surrounding the siege of Vicksburg. The map extends from just west of Vicksburg to just east of Jackson, with Natchez and the northern border of Louisiana marking the north and south boundaries of the map. All the major roads and railroads are delineated, as are the many rivers and streams. A red printed line shows the path of General Grant's army; troop emplacements and Union victories are likewise printed in red, with each victory marked by a small American flag. With the beginning of the Civil War the United States Army found itself scrambling to obtain adequate field maps for military operations in the South. The most established cartographic branch of the Government, the Coast Survey, was pressed into service to provide these maps, some with a coastal component but mainly for landlocked locations. The cartographers of the Coast Survey reviewed all of the existing cartography available, but also drew on military and scouting reports and covert agents to assemble to most detailed possible maps detailing places, roads, railroads, natural features. A fine copy of a map detailing this important Union victory. LC CIVIL WAR MAPS 290.

      [Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]

A.M. H. Wager Halleck
        Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactics of Battles
      New York: Appleton and Company, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. Bound in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Blind embossed border surrounding front board. Tight binding and solid boards. Minimal shelf wear. Slight bumping to corners. Minor scuffing to spine ends. Rubbing to boards and spine. Inscribed by the famed Union General, Powell Clayton on both endpaper and inside pages. Other pages are clean and unmarked.<br><br>Henry Wager Halleck, known also by the nickname of "Old Brains," was a scholar, lawyer, and United States Army officer. Early in the American Civil War, he was a senior Union Army commander in the Western Theater and then served for almost two years as general-in-chief of all U.S. armies. Halleck was a cautious general who believed strongly in thorough preparations for battle and in the value of defensive fortifications over quick, aggressive action. Although not known for his effectiveness in the field of duty, he was a master of administration, logistics, and the politics necessary at the top of the military hierarchy. This expertise allowed him to compose Elements of Military Art and Science; a thorough dissertation on proper military rule.<br><br>The signer of the volume, General Powell Clayton was an engineer, a Union Army general in the American Civil War, the first Reconstruction Governor of the State of Arkansas, and Ambassador to Mexico during the administrations of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. He is known primarily for his actions during the occupation of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where he succesfully repulsed a three-pronged confederate attack of the forces of General John S. Marmaduke.<br><br>This volume, well-preserved and in very good condition would make an exceptional addition to the library of any American Civil War or military history enthusiast. Ships daily.

      [Bookseller: SequiturBooks]

DAHLSTRÖM, C. A.:
        Svenska folkets seder, bruk och klädedrägter. Teckningar af C. A. Dahlström, med text bearbetad efter flera författare.
      Stockholm, 1863 20 litograferade färgplanscher + 42 s. text. Förlagets klotband. 30,5 X 24 cm. Planschen Upland Westmanland med fläckar

      [Bookseller: Antikvariat Röda Rummet AB]

A F.R.G.S. [Burton, Richard Francis]
        Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po
      Tinsley Brothers, London 1863 - Two volumes in the rare first state binding (without Burton';s name on the spines), with a "second edition" slug on the title pages. This state was unknown to Penzer and was probably the result of an attempt to boost sales by the publisher. It is otherwise unchanged from the first. Plate of Julu house is the frontispiece to Volume I, and the map (now detached and laid in) is in Volume II. . Both volumes lightly bumped/rubbed, but clean and sound. Very good. Burton';s account of his journeys into Sierra Leone and Nigeria to investigate stories of gold and gold mining are credited with drawing public attention to mining prospects in the region. Penzer 71-72; Casada 70. Provenance: Small bookplate of F.H. Spencer on each front pastedown. Most recently from the collection of Burton scholar and bibliographer James A. Casada. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Walkabout Books, ABAA]

ROTH, Abraham and Edmund Von Fellenberg.:
        THE DOLDENHORN AND WEISSE FRAU, Ascended for the First Time
      Coblenz., Karl Baedeker, 1863.. FIRST EDITION 1863 with BOOK-PLATE OF HERMANN WOOLEY, (see below for details about Wooley). Slim 8vo, approximately 250 x 170 mm, 10 x 6½ inches, 13 plates of which there are 11 colour lithographs, 1 double page, 2 black and white full page woodcuts, 2 woodcuts in the text and a folding colour lithograph map, 82 pages plus contents page, bound in plain dark green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, red speckled edges. Cloth faded, slight wear to head and tail of spine, 6 pages have very small stain to tip of lower corners, some pale offsetting to text from plates, pale age browning and light foxing to endpapers, half title and title page, contents leaf has small light stain, otherwise a very good copy. See Jill Neat, Mountaineering Literature, revised edition 1986, page 137, R77. This finely illustrated book includes accounts of earlier attempts. The authoress makes a mistake in calling for 13 colour plates instead of 13 plates. HERMANN WOOLEY, was a President of the Alpine Club from 1908-11 and made the first ascent with John Norman Collie of Mount Athabasca in the Canadian Rockies. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING.

      [Bookseller: Roger Middleton]

A F.R.G.S. [Burton, Richard Francis]
        Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po
      London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes in the rare first state binding (without Burton&#39;;s name on the spines), with a "second edition" slug on the title pages. This state was unknown to Penzer and was probably the result of an attempt to boost sales by the publisher. It is otherwise unchanged from the first. Plate of Julu house is the frontispiece to Volume I, and the map (now detached and laid in) is in Volume II. . Both volumes lightly bumped/rubbed, but clean and sound. Very good. Burton&#39;;s account of his journeys into Sierra Leone and Nigeria to investigate stories of gold and gold mining are credited with drawing public attention to mining prospects in the region. Penzer 71-72; Casada 70. Provenance: Small bookplate of F.H. Spencer on each front pastedown. Most recently from the collection of Burton scholar and bibliographer James A. Casada.

      [Bookseller: Walkabout Books, ABAA]

[Civil War]: Workman, James T.:
        MAP OF VICKSBURG AND VICINITY [manuscript title]
      [Np. nd, but ca. 1863].. Manuscript map, 14 x 19 inches. Old folds. Some small loss at folds, evidence of older repairs present. Minor soiling. About very good. Framed. Manuscript map of the battlefield at Vicksburg and the camp of the 114th Illinois Infantry as of June 18, 1863, drawn by Lieutenant James T. Workman, a member of the regiment. The map indicates the movements of armies and skirmishes, including where Sherman&#39;s corps crossed the Big Black River on May 18th, 1863 and both Sherman and McPherson&#39;s route to Mill Springs. In the lower right corner, Workman notes that the flags indicate where battles were fought. Sites include Jackson, Raymond and "Bayou." In the lower left corner he notes: "The 114th Ills. left Duck Pt May 2nd, 1863 and marches as the figures denote; performing a march of 200 miles in 17 days and in the mean time was engaged in the Battle of Jackson and destroyed 10 miles of R. Road. The Regt. was engaged in front of the rebels works around V[icksbur]g from May 19th to 31st, losing in killed and wounded 16 men. The figures will show the present Camp of the 114th, June 18th." Two weeks later the Confederate forces at Vicksburg surrendered, on July 4, 1863. The 114th Illinois Infantry was formed in September 1862, and by November they were on active duty with Sherman&#39;s army, fighting throughout the South. A line guided by arrows traces the route of the 114th from Duck Point on the Mississippi River, along a bayou and across the river, to Rock Springs and Jackson before heading back west to the siege of Vicksburg. Workman survived the war and mustered out of the army in September 1864. A handsome and detailed manuscript map drawn by a Union soldier.

      [Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]

BATES, Henry Walter
        Naturalist on the River Amazons, A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals,Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during Eleven Years of Travel. First Edition, original cloth.
      John Murray, London, 1863, - BATES, Henry Walter. The Naturalist on the River Amazons, A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, during Eleven Years of Travel. IN TWO VOLUMES. London: John Murray, 1863. First Printing. I: Pp. (2),[iii]-viii,(2),[1]-351,(1), frontispiece, folding map at rear, + 4 leaves of black and whiteplates, including 12 engravings; II: Pp. (2),[iii]-vi,[1]-423,(1), frontispiece, + 3 leaves of plates (1 of which is in facsimile), including 20 engravings. Illustraed. 8vo, original publisher's pebbled green cloth with giltlettering to spines, all edges stained red. Henry Walter Bates, b. February8, 1825, Leicester; d. February 16, 1892, London), was an important mid-century English naturalist, whose main contributions centred around mimicry in the animal kingdom. "The Naturalist on the River Amazons" was so important and highly regarded upon its publication, that Charles Darwin dubbed it to be among the best books of natural history travel-writing ever publishingin England. "In the autumn of 1847 Mr. A.[lfred] R.[ussell] Wallace, who has since acquired wide fame in connection with the Darwinian theory of Natural Selection, proposed to me a joint expedition to the river Amazons, forthe purpose of exploring the Natural History of its banks; the plan being to make for ourselves a collection of objects, dispose of the duplicates inLondon to pay expenses, and gather facts, as Mr. Wallace expressed it in one his letters, 'towards solving the problem of the origin of species'. [.] My companion left the country at the end of four years; [.] I remainedseven years longer, returning home in July, 1959. [.] The part of the Amazons region where I resided longest being unexplored country to the Naturalist, no less than 8000 of the species here enumerated were new to science."- from the preface. Spines of original cloth rebacked, new endpapers, plate opposite II-265 "Turtle-Fishing and Adventure with Alligator" missing (but replaced with a facsimile tipped in), repair to fold of folding map at rear of first volume, a couple instances of marginal smudging, else a very good, tidy set. 2,800.00 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: John W. Doull, Bookseller (A.B.A.C.)]

BALDWIN, William Charles
        African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi
      London, Richard Bentley, , 1863. including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, &c. from 1852 to 1860. Octavo (211 × 127 mm). Later nineteenth-century half-morocco on marbled boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, red and dark tan labels to the spine, spine gilt in compartments, double gilt rules to corner and spine edges, top edge gilt, matching marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 6 tinted lithographic plates, 10 engraved plates and numerous engraved vignettes to the text, folding map. Armorial bookplate of Col. Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell to the front pastedown. A couple of very minor scuffs to the spine, light shelf-wear, a little browned, but overall a very good copy. First edition, a book most frequently encountered in the second edition issued in the same year with a slightly variant title, and the third edition of 1894. "A work of early sport and travel, this describes Baldwin&#39;s journeys through Natal, Zululand, the Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Matabeleland, and Namaqualand to the Zambesi and the Victoria Falls (though not yet know as that). He hunted in the lands of the Amatongas and Zulus where he collected hippopotamus, lion, eland, rhinoceros, buffalo, kudu and Giraffe. Near Lake Ngami, he bagged elephant, then crossed the Tugela River on his way to the Zambesi &#133; where he encountered buffalo and lion." (Czech) Mendelssohn commends Baldwin&#39;s "simple and unostentatious" style, remarking that he "he went through more adventures than almost all of the great South African travellers and hunters."

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

LEMAIRE CHARLES ANTOINE (1800-1871).
        L'ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE, JOURNAL SPECIAL DES SERRES ET DES JARDINS, OU CHOIX RAISONNE DES PLANTES LES PLUS INTERESSANTES SOUS LE RAPPORT ORNEMENTAL, COMPRENANT LEUR HISTOIRE COMPLETE, LEUR DESCRIPTION COMPAREE, LEUR FIGURE ET LEUR CULTURE; REDIGE PAR CH. LEMAIRE, PROFESSEUR DE BOTANIQUE; MEMBRE HONORAIRE ET CORRESPONDANT DE DIVERSES SOCIETES SAVANTES; ET PUBLIE PAR AMBROISE VERSCHAFFELT, HORTICULTEUR; EDITEUR DE LA NOUVELLE ICONOGRAPHIE DES CAMELIAS. DIXIEME VOLUME.
      IMPRIMERIE ET LITHOGRAPHIE DE F. ET E. GYSELYNCK. 1863 - IN-4 ( 17,5 X 26 X 2,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE 15 CAHIERS, SOIT 120 PAGES, RELIURE D'EPOQUE 1/2 BASANE VERTE, DOS LISSE ORNE DE FILETS A FROID ET DORES, TITRE DORE. CONTIENT 39 PLANCHES HORS TEXTE EN COULEURS, EN CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIE, DONT UNE PLANCHE DOUBLE, ET UNE EN NOIR (EXPOSITION HORTICOLE DE LILLE). COLLATIONNE COMPLET DE TOUTES LES PLANCHES ANNONCEES. AVEC QUELQUES FIGURES EN NOIR DANS LE TEXTE. QUELQUES PETITES TRACES D'USURE EXTERIEURE SANS AUCUNE GRAVITE, SINON BEL EXEMPLAIRE, PLANCHES TRES FRAICHES.

      [Bookseller: Château de Capens]

Maclachlan, Daniel
        A Practical Treatise on the Diseases and Infirmities of Advanced Life
      London, John Churchill, 1863. xvi, 718 p.; 23 cm. "Daniel Maclachlan, medical superintendent at the Royal Hospital Chelsea," wrote an early book on gerontology and geriatrics. "Placed for the last twenty-three years in an admirable position for studying the diseases and infirmities of the old." Bound in original publisher's cloth; some chipping to spine with loss of outer surface; very good. Stock#OB569.

      [Bookseller: The Owl at the Bridge]

New Zealand Government
        The New Zealand Gazette for 1863
      Auckland: Government. Good with no dust jacket. 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. An important primary source for the New Zealand / Maori wars of this period. A complete run of 67 issues for the year 1863. xiv, [1], 566 pages, including several folding tables. Contemporary binding of half calf and marbled papered boards. Binding poor, with joints broken and nearly half of leather spine missing. Remaining piece of spine is almost detached. Internally very good. Chip to blank margin of pp. 195-196. Page dimensions: 328 x 205mm. Contemporary owner&#39;s signature "Alex Willis". The Governor of New Zealand during this period was Sir George Grey. Includes information on the Milita and Volunteer forces, reports of troop activities, names of killed and wounded, the Waikato, New Plymouth, Paparoa, Paparata, Taranaki, Maori rebels, land purchases, notices to mariners, rules and regulations for the Gold fields, and in general all the varied business of the government. Issue Number 29 is a letter, bi-lingual in English and Maori, from Governor George Grey addressed to the Chiefs of Waikato: "Chiefs of Waikato, Europeans quietly living on their own lands in Waikato have been driven away; their property has been plundered; their wives and children have been taken from them. By the instigation of some of you, officers and soldiers were murdered at Taranaki. Others of you have since expressed approval of these murders [. . .] You are now assembling in armed bands; you are constantly threatening to come down the river to ravage the settlement of Auckland, and to murder peacable settlers [. . .]" Issue 33 (29 July 1863) has a report from Colonel Alfred F. W. Wyatt on fighting in bush near Kerikeri: "a rapid and continuous fusilade was opened on the natives ensconced in the gullies and sheltered by trees from the fire of the 2B. 18th regiment. // Being completely taken by surprise, they, after a smart action of about ten minues, fled towards the denser bush; but the darkness which had now began [sic] to set in, rendered all attempts at searching for their dead and wounded perfectly futile."; Folio .

      [Bookseller: Renaissance Books]

Paterson, James (1805-1876)
        History of the counties of Ayr and Wigton / by James Paterson [ 3 volumes bound in 5 complete ]
      Edinburgh : J. Stillie, 1863-1866 - Physical description: 3 v. in 5. : illus., folding facsim., front. ; 20 cm. Vols. 1 & 3 are divided into 2 parts, each with a separate t.p., but continuous pagination. Deals with Ayrshire only; no more published. Contents: v. 1, pts. 1-2. Kyle -- v. 2. Carrick -- v. 3, pts. 1-2. Cuninghame. Subjects: Ayrshire (Scotland) -- Genealogy. Ayrshire (Scotland) -- History. Notes: Includes folding facsimile of the charter granted by King Robert II to William Huntar, A.D, 1374. Fair to good copies bound in title-labelled red cloth. Spine bands worn and frayed, with rubbing to panel edges. Bumped corners. Scattered, marginal foxing, mainly around prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. 2 Kg. 1 pp. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: MW Books Ltd.]

Alexander, James E
        Incidents Of The Maori War New Zealand In 1860-61
      London: Richard Bentley. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner&#39;s signature to top corner of front board and title page. Rubbing to leather boards. 3/4" split to leather at head of front spine joint. Up to 1/4" loss of leather at corners of boards. Gutters split. ; vi, 425 pages + colour frontis + advertisements. Full leather boards with gilt lettering and spine decoration. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Page dimensions: 190mm x 117mm. "The fine race of Maories of New Zealand were lately believed to be a people who had been subdued, civilized, and christianized without war. It is true that they have wonderfully improved by being in contact with the just administration of British law, and by the active influence of the missionaries, from what they were twenty years ago. No more cannibalism, less party feuds, extended cultivation, a taste for European clothes and comforts spreading among them." - from pages 32-33. ; 8vo .

      [Bookseller: Renaissance Books]

Paterson, James (1805-1876)
        History of the counties of Ayr and Wigton / by James Paterson [ 3 volumes bound in 5 complete ]
      Edinburgh : J. Stillie, 1863-1866 - Physical description: 3 v. in 5. : illus., folding facsim., front. ; 20 cm. Vols. 1 & 3 are divided into 2 parts, each with a separate t.p., but continuous pagination. Deals with Ayrshire only; no more published. Contents: v. 1, pts. 1-2. Kyle -- v. 2. Carrick -- v. 3, pts. 1-2. Cuninghame. Subjects: Ayrshire (Scotland) -- Genealogy. Ayrshire (Scotland) -- History. Notes: Includes folding facsimile of the charter granted by King Robert II to William Huntar, A.D, 1374. Fair to good copies bound in title-labelled red cloth. Spine bands worn and frayed, with rubbing to panel edges. Bumped corners. Scattered, marginal foxing, mainly around prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request. 2 Kg. 1 pp. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: MW Books Ltd]

EMERSON, Ralph Waldo
        REPRESENTATIVE MEN: SEVEN LECTURES
      Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Hardcover. Near Fine and scarce, especially with a signature without inscription. First published in 1850, here bound in contemporary half calf leather and marbled boards with calf corners, marbled endpapers and edges; neatly rebacked retaining the original spine. This copy is SIGNED by the author as "R. Waldo Emerson" on the first blank. Armorial bookplate of L. Duncan Wood on the front pastedown.

      [Bookseller: Charles Agvent]

[GOURSAT, Georges; as] SEM
        Palais de Glace
      Paris . Size: 440 x 660 mm Framed size: 680 X 835 mm Lithograph. Printed colour. Very good condition. Georges Goursat (1863-1934), known as Sem, attained a high level of success with his wonderful portrayals of Paris at the turn of the century. This outstanding caricaturist was a member of the Salon des Humoristes and an officer of the Legion of Honor. His works offer us glimpses into Parisian high society at the turn of the century. Sem&#39;s unique talent made his work very identifiable, particularly because of the essential sobriety of his composition, in which his characters usually emerge from a white or plain background rather than being more obvious caricatures. Sem captured the spirit of the subject and in turn produced images that were true to life.

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

HELMHOLTZ, Hermann von
        Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen als physiologische Grundlage für die Theorie der Musik.
      Vieweg, Braunschweig 1863 - 8vo (216x139 mm). xi, 600 pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, inner hinges cracked but firm; interior slightly foxed, dedication inscription in ink to first flyleaf. ---- Garrison-Morton 1562; Horblit 49a; Norman 1044. ¿ First Edition. "This exhaustive study of acoustics ranks as one of the greatest books on the subject and shows that Helmholtz was, besides being a great physicist and physician, an accomplished musician" (Garrison-Morton). Helmholtz's resonance theory of hearing, expounded in this work, remained unchallenged for decades. Helmholtz also explained that differences in timbre result from differences in upper partial tones, which depend in turn on how the fundamental is produced., and he applied this observation to music theory to explain that consonance and dissonance are produced by more or less coincident upper partial tones. "This foundation treatise on audition has been termed the Principia of physiological acoustics" (Grolier/Horblit). [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Milestones of Science Books]

REDDING (CYRUS) [1785-1870]
        Memoirs of Remarkable Misers. In Two volumes
      London: Charles J. Skeet, Publisher, 1863. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Two volumes. London: Charles J. Skeet, 1863. First edition. vi,346; iv,310pp. A near fine set in original blind-decorated brown cloth, lately very neatly professionally rebacked in matching style with leather labels to spines, gilt lettering and decoration. Discreet oval blind-stamp of Haverhill [Massachusetts] public library to titles and to one textual leaf. §A scarce compilation. (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - This is a heavy/overweight book, therefore additional postage will be charged - To order this book PLEASE CONTACT US for a prior shipping quote and for further information).

      [Bookseller: JAMES HAWKES]

DENNISTON, Goldsmith.
        Survey of Orange County. From Transactions N.Y. State Agricultural Society, 1862
      C. van Bentheysen, New York 1863 - This very scarce survey by Goldsmith Denniston compiles historical, geographical, and statistical information about Orange County, New York. The book contains detailed discussions of the county's geology and physiology, climate and products, and political divisions. In addition, it provides agricultural and manufacturing statistics for several towns, such as Cornwall, Goshen, Monroe, and Newburgh. At the front of the volume are two maps of the area. The first is topographical and labeled with the natural resources to be found in each part of the county. The second map is a "Map of Patents in Orange County granted under the Colonial Government." Both maps are in very good condition, and the volume is internally fine. The original paper wrapper is worn but in tact, chipped only slightly at the corners. A library(?) stamp has been removed from the front cover, and the title has been handwritten on the spine in red pen. This book is an excellent copy of a rare document of New York State history. Pocket-size volume with two fold-out maps. 103 pp, thin 8vo, original light green printed wrapper. Light surface soil. Albany: C. van Bentheysen, 1863. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB]

(BLAKE, William) GILCHRIST, Alexander
        Life of William Blake
      London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., , 1863. With Selections from His Poems and Other Writings. Illustrated from Blake&#39;s Own Works, in Facsimile by W. J. Linton, and in Photolithography; with a Few of Blake&#39;s Original Plates. In Two Volumes. 2 volumes, octavo (230 × 150 mm). Early 20th-century brown half morocco, titles and decorative roll to spines gilt, marbled endpapers, brown cloth sides. Original cloth retained. Frontispiece to volume I and illustrations throughout. Spines a little faded, Ccntents toned. An excellent set. First edition of the standard biography of Blake, an attractive and copiously illustrated set. Its author, Alexander Gilchrist, was an up-and-coming art critic described by William Rossetti as "the best equipped and ablest of the various art-critics on the periodical press" (ODNB). Unfortunately, he died unexpectedly from scarlet fever just before finishing this, his magnum opus. It was completed by his wife, who also arranged fro a second edition to be published in 1880.

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

VIGNE, G. T
        TRAVELS IN MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA, Etc., Etc
      London: Wm. H. Allen & Co.. Complete two volume set bound in publisher&#39;s brick-red cloth. 1863. 1st edition. hb. 8vo, pp. 374, 317. First published in 1863, re-printed in 1865 and, in modern format, re-printed in 1963 (although WorldCat says 1973). . Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801-1863) attended Harrow and studied law at Lincoln&#39;s Inn. He visited the United States in 1831 and published an account of his observations the following year. In the same year he left for India, spending the next seven years travelling throughout Kashmir, Landak, and parts of Central Asia. He published his accounts of these travels in two books (1840 and 1842) which together give a valuable view of northern and western India immediately before the imposition of British control. Commencing in 1852, Vigne visited the West Indies, Mexico, and Nicaragua and passed northwards through New Orleans to New York City. He died in England in July, 1863, whilst completing the manuscript for this book. The publisher&#39;s Preface observes that Vigne was neither a professional author nor a commissioned tourist. [He] travelled for his own amusement, saw much, and was assisted in his observations by the possession of some knowledge of science (vol. XX, p. 309). A very scarce title, no copies currently being offered for sale, and none having recently come to auction. Illustrated with, inter alia, two coloured stone lithographed frontispieces; one of the "Chief of the Chippeways" and the other being a "Sioux Chief". The binding of vol. I is worn and soiled, with small pulls to the spine ends. The endpapers are tight, although the binding is sprung. Occasional foxing throughout. Vol. II is bumped but in better condition, with less soiling and the binding being tight. The folding map of South America at the end of the book has been professionally repaired. .

      [Bookseller: GREENFIELD BOOKS]

William Makepeace Thackeray
        Roundabout Papers in Original Publisher's Boards First US Edition 1863
      This is a very scarce US first edition in the original purple cloth. Published by Harper & Brothers [New York] in 1863, the title page reads: 'Reprinted from the Cornhill Magazine', which was edited by Thackeray. The date 1863 is given below the publisher's details on the title page. The original boards are now faded with areas that show what the purple boards would have looked like 145 years ago. The spine with the gilt lettering is now faded and the gilt is barely legible, with knocks to the top and bottom of the spine. The frontispiece ''Sir J-sh-a R-n-lds in a domino. Dr G-ldsm-th in an old English dress'' is fantastic and is separated from the title page by its original tissue guard. This book has excellent illustrations throughout on relatively clean pages with only occasional minor light foxing; complete with the Harper & Brothers' 8-page catalogue to the end of the book.An excellent example of this hard to find first edition by William Makepeace Thackeray

      [Bookseller: The First Edition]

HOOLA VAN NOOTEN, After Berthe (1840 -1885)
        Artocarpus Polyphema [Chempedak]
      Brussels: C. Muquardt, [circa 1863-1885]. Chromolithograph, by P.Depannemaeker. Very good condition apart from a few light foxing marks. 21 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches. A fine example of the spectacular botanical work by Berthe Hoola Van Nooten, from 'Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java'. Closely related to the Jackfruit, the Chempedek is a large deciduous fruit tree native to Malaysia and Indonesia. Its large fleshy fruit is extremely fragrant and a popular source of food. In her early twenties, Hoola Van Nooten had accompanied her husband to Jakarta (Batavia), capital of Java, where he died. She was left with debts to pay and a family to support. With great ingenuity, she managed to get a selection of her paintings chromolithographed and published under the title Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java Peints D'Après Nature, the first edition of which appeared in 1863-4. "Van Nooten was clearly more than competent, for the splendid tropical plants&#133; have been depicted with great skill. She managed to accentuate the splendour of each species by adopting a style that combined great precision and clarity with a touch of neo-Baroque exuberance, revelling in the rich forms and colours of the tropics." (L. Tongiorgi Tomasi An Oak Spring Flora p.330) Cf. Nissen BBI 931; cf. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 3025; cf. L. Tongiorgi Tomasi An Oak Spring Flora 87.

      [Bookseller: Donald Heald Rare Books ]

Burton, Richard Francis
        Abeokuta And The Camaroons. An Exploration
      London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Very good. 2 vols./No Dust Jacket. 333 & 306 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Mounted frontispiece portrait of Burton, four wood engraved plates and folding lithographic map laid down on linen. A record of two explorations -- to Abeokata, Nigeria&#39;s capital and the Camaroon Mountains where he ascended Mt. Victoria -- when Burton was posted as Consul in Fernando Po, a boring, seemingly dead-end position he despised. PENZER 70. Quite scarce in the original cloth, yellow endpapers, light soiling to first few free endpapers and in margins of Burton frontispiece in Vol.I., backstrip extremities nicked, cover panels decorated in blind, backstrips lettered in gilt.

      [Bookseller: Royoung bookseller, Inc.]

Dattino, Giambattista
        Arringhe Officiose
      1863. Dattino, Giambattista. Arringhe Officiose. Naples: Tipografia All&#39;Insegna del Diogene, 1863. 376 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt, title, fillets and ornaments to spine. Light rubbing to extremities, light fading to spine. Some toning to text, light foxing in places, internally clean. * Only edition located. This is a handbook for lawyers on courtroom procedure. It also addresses forensics, rhetoric and other matters pertaining to speaking in court. OCLC locates 1 copy in North America (at Harvard University).

      [Bookseller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.]

Schlegel, H
        VOGELS VAN NEDERLANDSCH INDIË, beschreven en afgebeeld / LES OISEAUX DES INDES NEERLANDAISES, décrits et figurés. Pt. III: Valkvogels - Accipitres + Pt. II?: Revue Synoptique des Espèces Martins-Pêcheurs habitant les Indies Néerlandaises
      Leiden: E.J. Brill and Amsterdam: G.L. Funke, 1863-1866.. Inner top margin of first 30 pages of text has some dark browning that occurred before the work was attractively bound with no affect to the plates; a bright, near fine copy.. Pp 79, [3, index], 28 hand-colored lithographs + Pp. 29, [2, index], 16 hand-colored lithographs. Later half blue over marbled boards, sm 4to. Part III on birds of prey and part II? on kingfishers of the complete work.

      [Bookseller: Natural History Books]

Alexander Gilchrist
        Life of William Blake, Pictor Ignotus
      London and Cambridge - Macmillan and Co, 1863 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. A beautiful set of Gilchrist&#39;s influential biography of William Blake. This work, which was Gilchrist&#39;s Magnum Opus, was all but finished when he succumbed to scarlet fever in 1861. Its completion was overseen by his wife, Anne, alongside Dante Gabriel and William Rossetti. The first volume contains a biography of Blake&#39;s life. The second volume contains selections from Blake&#39;s work, including his most famous collections of poetry, Songs of Innocence and Experience, and his poem, The Book of Thel, as well as otherpoetry and prose. Includes many facsimiles of Blake&#39;s works in both black and white and sepia, including 21 photo-lithographs of the Book of Job illustrations and 16 plates printed from electrotypes of the copper-plates of the Songs of Innocence and Experience. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Condition: Tastefully and professionally rebacked in calf with the original tree calf boards. Externally,generally smart with just a little shelfwear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Generally bright and clean except for some foxing to the first and last few pages. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED..

      [Bookseller: Rooke Books]

WELLER, Edward
        London
      London: , c 1863. Framed size: 1580 x 2080 mm Hand coloured lithograph. 9 separate sheets, professionally joined and mounted on to linen then coloured by hand. Excellent condition. Edward Weller F.R.G.S., was a London based engraver, cartographer and publisher, whose works were used in Victorian schools and other educational facilities. This highly detailed, magnificent, large 9 sheet plan of London was published in the Weekly Dispatch Atlas. The map extends from Deptford and Chelsea in the south to Hampstead and Hackney in the north. Cassell, Petter & Galpin, publishers of the map, declared that their "large map of London, as well as being the largest, is universally admitted to be the best map of London ever produced".

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

Baring-Gould, Sabine
        Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas
      London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1863. Very Good -. Baring-Gould, Sabine. xlviii, 447 p.: color frontispiece, 15 additional leaves of plates (some color) and 1 folded map of Iceland with the author&#39;s route indicated in red; 26 cm. Half contemporary morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled spine title. Marbled paper over boards and marbled endpapers. Many in-text maps, music, and drawings. Appendices: A. "Notes on the Ornithology of Iceland" by A. Newton--B. "Advice to Sportsmen" by J.W.R.--C. "A List of Icelandic Plants"--D. "A List of Icelandic Published Sagas"--E. "Expenses of My Tour in Iceland." A scarce account of a mid-19th-century visit to Iceland. In Very Good- Condition: edges lightly rubbed; old repair to last leaf of text, without loss of text; dampstain in margin of seven plates, not touching images; occasional soiling in margins; old stains to a few pages; otherwise pages and plates are clean and tight.

      [Bookseller: Classic Books and Ephemera]

Lauria, C. L., Rev
        Lettera dei cristiani della Gran Bretagna : a tutti i figli d&#39;Israel : che sono dispersi fra le nazione / per Il Rev. C. L. Lauria
      Livorno : A. B. Zecchini, 1863. 1st Edition in this form. Description: 22p. ; 15.5cm. Subjects: Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity. Notes: Include Hebrew text on title page. Language: Italian. Very good copy in a contemporary binding of cloth-backed boards. MS title label to spine. Some dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Pen inscription to ffep. Outer margin guillotined without any textual loss. Remains particularly well-preserved.

      [Bookseller: MW Books Ltd.]

Trollope, Anthony
        TALES OF ALL COUNTRIES. [Second Series]
      1863. London: Chapman & Hall, 1863. Original blind-stamped blue cloth. First Edition. Like the first series published two years earlier, this is a collection of Trollope short stories sited in various places around the globe -- such as Egypt, Palestine, Munich, Bermuda and Rome. All had appeared in magazines, but not in book form.~Sadleir notes that this "Second Series" is considerably scarcer than the first, ranking it at the head of his "B" list of titles ("A" being scarcest, "D" being least scarce):~ This book holds a high place in the schedule of Trollope rarities. Undoubtedly the publishers found that the First Series of Tales of All Countries did not sell as well as they expected, and, therefore,... they placated their important author by publishing the book on the same terms as the First Series, but -- I suspect -- safeguarded themselves by printing fewer copies than they were legally entitled to do.~Sadleir specifies pale yellow endpapers for this book, but this copy has the same bright blue endpapers as were used in the First Series. This is a very good copy (spine ends a little ruffled, endpapers cracked). Sadleir 16. Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase.

      [Bookseller: Sumner & Stillman]

HOOLA VAN NOOTEN, After Berthe (1840 -1885)
        Zalacca Edulis [Salak Palm]
      Brussels: C. Muquardt, [circa 1863-1885]. Chromolithograph, by P.Depannemaeker. Very good condition apart from some very minor foxing and a small orange spot in the lower right corner of the sheet. 21 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches. A fine example of the spectacular botanical work by Berthe Hoola Van Nooten, from 'Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java'. Similar to the sago tree, the Salak Palm is native to Indonesia, and its edible spherical fruit is covered by a prickly, lizard-like epidermis. It belongs to the order of Palmaceae, which, as Hoola Van Nooten remarks, was regarded by the renowned English botanist John Lindley as "the most interesting of the vegetable kingdom; as well as on account of the majestic aspect of their towering stems, crowned with foliage still more gigantic, as from the character of their grandeur which they impress upon the landscape of the countries they inhabit; their immense value to mankind as affording nourishment, clothing and numerous objects of economical importance, and the prodigious development of their reproductive organs." Hoola Van Nooten had accompanied her husband to Jakarta (Batavia), capital of Java, where he died. She was left with debts to pay and a family to support. With great ingenuity, she managed to get a selection of her paintings chromolithographed and published under the title Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java Peints D'Après Nature, the first edition of which appeared in 1863-4. "Van Nooten was clearly more than competent, for the splendid tropical plants&#133; have been depicted with great skill. She managed to accentuate the splendour of each species by adopting a style that combined great precision and clarity with a touch of neo-Baroque exuberance, revelling in the rich forms and colours of the tropics." (L. Tongiorgi Tomasi An Oak Spring Flora p.330) Cf. Nissen BBI 931; cf. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 3025; cf. L. Tongiorgi Tomasi An Oak Spring Flora 87.

      [Bookseller: Donald Heald Rare Books ]

Andrews, C.C. [Christopher Columbus]
        Hints to Company Officers on Their Military Duties
      New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1863. One of the rarest books on Civil War leadership and the responsibilities of Company officers. The principal portion of this work was written while the author was confined as a prisoner of war in the State of Georgia, and contains, in a small compass, a large amount of information to Company Officers which can not be found in the "Regulations." An officer can not fail to be better qualified for a command after a careful perusal of its pages. Andrews served with the Third Regiment Minnesota Infantry, U.S. Volunteers, rising from his role as Lt. Colonel at Vicksburg to full Colonel at Fitzhugh&#39;s Woods and finally to Brigadier General at Pine Bluff. In 1865 he was assigned to the command of the Second Division of the VIII Corps and participated in the siege of Fort Blakely and then finished his role in command of the Mobile division where he was brevetted Major General. 68pp., (16)pp ads at rear. bound in red cloth lettered in gilt, spine blank but with a partial homemade paper label, brown coated endpapers, a bit of toning to page edges, foxing to preliminaries, a few very tiny nicks to spine and some soiling to covers, contemporary owner&#39;s name, otherwise a very good copy of this exceedingly rare work locating no auction records and not in Nevins. [see Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-1865]. First Edition. 18mo (6"x4").

      [Bookseller: Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB]

[GOURSAT, Georges; as] SEM
        Ouverture de la Chasse au Bois de Boulogne
      Paris . Size: 500 x 665 mm Framed size: 680 X 835 mm Lithograph. Printed colour. Very good condition. Georges Goursat (1863-1934), known as Sem, attained a high level of success with his wonderful portrayals of Paris at the turn of the century. This outstanding caricaturist was a member of the Salon des Humoristes and an officer of the Legion of Honor. His works offer us glimpses into Parisian high society at the turn of the century. Sem&#39;s unique talent made his work very identifiable, particularly because of the essential sobriety of his composition, in which his characters usually emerge from a white or plain background rather than being more obvious caricatures. Sem captured the spirit of the subject and in turn produced images that were true to life.

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

BRAHMS, Johannes 1813-1897
        [Op. 25]. Quartett für Pianoforte Violine Viola und Violoncello. [Score and parts]
      Berlin: N. Simrock [PN 6264]. [1863]. Folio. Score disbound, parts unbound. [1] (title), 2-61; [1] (blank), 2- 16; [1] (blank), 2-15; [1] (blank), 2-16 pp. Engraved. & & From the collection of the English pianist, conductor and writer Edward Dannreuther, with his oval handstamp to title and each part. Occasional performance markings and corrections in blue crayon and pencil, most likely in Dannreuther&#39;s hand. & & Slightly worn; minor to moderate foxing. . First Edition, first issue. Rare. Deutsch p. 137. Hofmann p. 53. McCorkle p. 86.& & Dannreuther was largely responsible for introducing Brahms&#39;s music to England.& & An interesting association copy.

      [Bookseller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC]

Winkler, Michael.
        Winkler's Orientirungs-Plan der k. k. Reichshaupt- und Residenzstadt Wien mit ihren acht umliegenden Vorstadt-Bezirken.
      Wien, Selbstverlag u. Leopold Sommer, 1863. - (2), 5, (1), (2), XXIX, (3), (4), (2), 211, (1), (4), (4) SS., SS. 9-1128. Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückentitel. 8vo. Erste Ausgabe des in Einzelheften vertriebenen und vollständig wie vorliegend höchst seltenen Hauptwerks des ehemaligen Schildermalers und späteren Industriellen. Winkler konzipierte das 1862 in Wien eingeführte und in modifizierter Form bis heute gültige Hausnummern- und Straßenbeschriftungssystem. Sein hier vorliegendes Orientierungsschema mit entsprechenden Planbeilagen, das die alten und die neuen Nummern enthält, ist "noch heute für die Umrechnung von alten Hausnummern unentbehrlich" (Czeike). - Ohne die Pläne. Czeike IV, 662. Nicht Slg. Mayer. [Attributes: First Edition]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]

        Photographic portrait of Samuel L. Clemens, ca. 1863
      n.p., n.d.. (CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.) Oval salt print 5 x 7 inches, inscribed on verso in an unidentified hand "1863. &#39;Mark Twain&#39; given to Dan de Quille at Virginia City". Very light dampstaining, paper flaw at bottom center of portrait. Matted, framed, and glazed . Early, striking portrait of Samuel Clemens during his newspaper career in the West. By the time this photograph was taken, the salt-print technique had been entirely superseded on the East Coast and was used only in remoter locations in the West. Dan de Quille was a friend of Sam Clemens and editor of Virginia City, Nevada, Territorial Enterprise where Clemens honed his satirical skills

      [Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller]

DAVIS, John
        Tracks of McKinlay and Party Across Australia
      London,: Sampson Low, Son, & Co.,, 1863.. Octavo, with a tinted lithograph frontispiece and 13 tinted lithograph plates, large folding map loose in the endpocket; new endpapers but a very good copy in the original green cloth. First edition of this substantial London publication based on the papers of John Davis, a member of McKinlay's 1861 expedition in search of the ill-fated Burke and Wills. En route McKinlay investigated the land to the north of Lake Eyre, and then set out for the Gulf of Carpentaria.This London edition is generally seen as the "formal" account of the expedition, and was edited by William Westgarth, who also gives an introductory section on recent Australian inland exploration. The delicate tinted lithograph plates show in vivid detail the trials the party encountered in very remote territory.Maria, 57; Wantrup, 180.

      [Bookseller: Hordern House Rare Books]

        JOURNAL DE MENUISERIE. Specialement destine aux Architectes, aux Menuiseries et aux Entrepreneurs. Publié sous la direction de M. Adolphe Mangeant
      Paris, Morel 1863, 1871-80.. 1., 13., 15. - 18. Jg. in 6 Bdn. 4°. pro Jg. 48 (tlw. farblithogr.) Taf. Zus. 288 Taf. HLdr.-Bde. d. Zt. m. goldgeprägt. Rückentit. Kanten berieb.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Burgverlag]

Weiss, Adolf
        Sammelband mit Veröffentlichungen des Botanikers Adolf Weiss in einem kaiserlichen Prachteinband.
      Wien und Bamberg, 1857-1863. - Rotbrauner Maroquinband mit goldgepr. Deckelfileten, Bordüre aus Rautengitter und Dentellefries; mittig beidseitig das kaiserliche Wappen; Stehkanten- und Innenkantenvergoldung; weiße Moiréeseidenvorsätze; die hübsche Rückengoldprägung stellenweise etwas berieben. Enthält: I: Kurze Notiz über einige Beobachtungen des Sonnenspectrums. Wien, 1863. (2), 191-192 SS. - II: Separat-Abdrücke botanischer Abhandlungen aus wissenschaftlichen Journalen. Über ein neues Vorkommen der Spaltöffnungen. Ebd., 1858. 29 SS., 1 w. Bl. Mit 3 lithogr. Tafeln. - III: Die Fluorescenz der Pflanzenfarbstoffe. Bamberg, 1861. (2), 9-22, 31-41 SS. - IV: Die totale Sonnenfinsterniss vom 31. December 1861 in Griechenland. Sonder-Abdruck aus dem XLV. Bd. der Sitzungsb. d. kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften. Wien, 1862. 385-398 SS. - V: Vorläufige Notiz über die directe Nachweisung des Eisens in den Zellen der Pflanze. Aus dem XL. Bande, S. 276, des Jg. 1860 der Sitzungsb. der kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften. 3 SS. Prächtiger kaiserlicher Einband, darin fünf frühe Veröffentlichungen des österreichisch-schlesischen Botanikers Adolph Weiß (1837-94), darunter die Dissertation ("Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Spaltöffnungen"). "1860 habilitierte er sich für physiologische Botanik, bereiste mit seinem Zwillingsbruder Edmund Weiß Griechenland und Kleinasien, erhielt 1862 eine Assistentenstelle am Hofmineralienkabinett in Wien und wurde im selben Jahr als o.Prof. und Direktor des Botanischen Gartens nach Lemberg berufen. Von 1871 bis zu seinem Tod lehrte er an der Univ. Prag" (DBE). - Unauffällige Schabspur am Vorderdeckel, sonst von ausnehmend schöner Erhaltung.

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH]

Alexander William Kinglake
        The Invasion of Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down to the
      William Blackwood and Sons, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. 8 Volume set. Suitable for a gift. Beautiful half calf, brown levant morocco leather and marbled boards. Gold lettering. Bindings are near fine. Clean, unmarked pages, with sparse foxing. William Blackwood and Sons, published 1863-1887. 2nd edition of Vols I & II; rest are 1st editions. Kinglake based his history of the Crimean War both on his own experiences and on the papers of Lord Raglan given to him by Raglan&#39;s widow. Kinglake ordered that Raglan&#39;s papers be destroyed after Kinglake&#39;s death, thus rendering his own work the only secondary source describing Raglan&#39;s account of the War. Several dozen battle plans and other maps (many folding) demarcating each army&#39;s units in red, blue, and green. Pictures available upon request. Ships daily. (RARE)

      [Bookseller: SequiturBooks]