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Hale, Edward Everett
        THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
      Boston, MA: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. 23 pages of text. Original salmon-colored printed wrappers are bound in. Wraps and title page show rubbing to the extremities, slight soiling, and a few tiny tears with no loss. One interior leaf has a tear in the margin with no loss. Bound in nineteenth century three quarter brown morocco, with marbled paper-covered boards and endpapers. Spine is decorated with gilt lettering. Binding shows minor rubbing to the extremities, with minimal damage due to skinning on one corner piece. American Navy, Folklore. Bound handsomely. First edition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ condition. 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall.

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Col. J. W. M. Wilten
        CIVIL WAR LETTER FROM CONFEDERATE PRISONER OF WAR, WITH ORIGINAL POSTAL COVER, 1865 JOHNSON ISLAND OHIO CAMP OFFICERS
      1865 - Philately; Postal Cover; Civil War Cover; CIVIL WAR LETTER FROM CONFEDERATE PRISONER OF WAR, WITH ORIGINAL POSTAL COVER, 1865 JOHNSON ISLAND OHIO CAMP OFFICERS. A spectacular example of Civil war letter from confederate prisoner of war with original postal cover, 1865 Johnson Island Ohio camp officers. A spectacular cover with two circular postmarks, one of Sandusky Ohio, a clear 'Due 2' inked stamp and a well struck PRISONER'S LETTER, JOHNSONS ISLAND inked stamp. Addressed to Richmond Va March 14th 1865. Ink with normal fading but still clear. "US Prison Depot Johnson Island, OhioMarch 14th 1865Col. J. W. M. Wilten, Dr. Sir, Yours of February 14th came to hand today, was truly glad to hear from you and my relations. I am in fine spirits at this time, looking forward to the time when I will be called upon for exchange if everything goes on well, my "turn" will come, in about six weeks. Cousin Edel will leave in the next squad, he is very much excited over the idea of getting back, and I think he has improved in looks considerably since he has been xxx for that purpose. I have not heard from Lt. Thompson for some time, perhaps he's gone on exchange. In regard to the tobacco, I am very glad you did not send it at this particular time, though if I am so unfortunate as to remain here during the summer it will be very acceptable and hope you will make the necessary arrangements with Perncell to ship me a small box when I write again, if it is your intention to send Ben tobacco, do not send together, direct separately, otherwise we could not divide with each other. I often hear from Joe and Frank. They are well, all of the Lazerwell boys here are well. The health of this place is very good. I will be pleased to hear from you again. Give my love to all my friends and relations. Yours Respectfully, James PeeryPSI enclose you a stamp, perhaps you can't get them. "This letter has been carefully framed and stored with the original envelope, with stamp and postal markings. Johnson's Island is a 300-acre (121.4 ha) island in Sandusky Bay, located on the coast of Lake Erie, 3 miles (5 km) from the city of Sandusky, Ohio. It was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate officers captured during the American Civil War. Johnson's Island was the only Union prison exclusively for Southern officers but it also held regular soldiers. During its three years of operation, more than 15,000 men were incarcerated there. (history courtesy of Wikipedia) Not examined out of frame. ; 0 [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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BETTONI, E.
        Storia naturale degli Uccelli che nidificano in Lombardia, ad illustrazione della raccolta ornitologica dei fratelli Ercole ed Ernesto Turati. Con tavole litografate e colorate prese dal vero da O. Dressler.
      Milano, coi tipi del Pio Istituto del Patronato, 1865-1868. 2 volumes. Large folio (443 x 314mm). With a chromo-lithographed frontispiece and 120 chromo-lithographed plates of which 14 double-page. Contemporary half green morocco, spines in 5 compartments richly gilt. A superbly produced work on the birds of Lombardy (northern Italy) of which only 100 copies were issued. The fine plates are by Oscar Dressler. According to Nissen in his 'Illustrierte Vogelbücher' this German artist in an excellent way portrayed the birds, the chickens and their nests. The birds are shown in their natural habitat and some of the fine plates are finished by hand. The birds are described in great detail and are mostly illustrated life-size. The present publication is one of the three great Italian birds books, an honour Bettoni shares with Manetti and Bonaparte.//A fine copy of this rare work, a few plates with some very faint discoloration and one plate with small marginal repair. //Fine Bird Books p. 59; Nissen IVB, 94; Casey Wood p. 236.

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Hogg, Robert, LL.D., F.L.S., Moore, Thomas, et al:
        The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine, of Flowers, Fruits and General Horticulture. Third Volume for 1864 - First Edition.
      Journal of Horticulture Office 1865 - Journal of Horticulture, London, 1865. Bound in full brown calf Leather, with gilt trims - lovely raised spines with gilt decoration. Plain Boards. Book Condition: Excellent. 1st Edition. Imp 8vo. pp 288, with 13 hand coloured plates and numerous woodcuts. Binding in excellent condition. Internally, bright clean and complete - with excellent tight bindings. Minimal - seriously minimal, foxing on the very odd page. Previous owners name on end boards. Beautifully preserved copy of this rare collection. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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White, Emma
        Album of original watercolors of flowers
      n.p., ca. 1831-1865 - An album of highly accomplished amateur watercolors of flowers - including the double oleander, tiger lilly, China rose, viola, poppy, and tulip (AMATEUR ART) Folio (images from approx. 11 1/2 x 9 in to 16 x 10 1/2 in). 42 watercolors on artist's board or paper, mounted in album, titled with common or Latin names below the image. Quarter contemporary brown morocco and pebbled cloth, t.e.g. With a presentation on the ffep, "Emily Davis/ A Legacy from her cousin/ Emma White,/ The Artist./ Obit 18 April 1888." [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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RICHARDSON the Younger, Thomas Miles,. (1813-1890)
        St. Goar on the Rhine
      London 1865 - Chromolithograph. Trimmed and mounted on board as issued. In excellent condition, with the exception of a tear in the image. Scratch in upper section of image with small puncture mark. Image size: 16 ¾ x 25 13/16. A picturesque view of St. Goar on the Rhine by the celebrated landscape painter, Thomas Richardson. Thomas M. Richardson , born and died in Newcastle upon Tyne, but spent a considerable amount of time traveling in France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and produced lithographs of the watercolours he did there. This excellent study on the Rhine being a perfect example. The printing, a major element in the success of a chromolithograph, was done by M. & N. Hanhart. Richardson was son and pupil of T. M. Richardson the Elder, who taught him to work in oils and watercolours. After his father's death, Richardson the Younger worked exclusively in watercolour. He was a member of the Society of Painters in Watercolour and a member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Chromolithography was achieved by using a series of carefully registered tint stones to create a smooth richly coloured image. This printing process became immensely popular towards the end of the nineteenth century and was widely used in fine art as well as commercial printing. One of the most important chromolithographic firms was M & N Hanhart in London. The firm, founded by Michael Hanhart, began publishing its first prints in 1840 and remained in business until the end of the century. Hanhart's was known for its large separately published chromolithographs, but it printed everything from book illustrations to song sheets. This stunning print after Richardson is a fine example of Hanhart's superior chromolithographs. Its intense colour and meticulous detailing is common of Hanhart's superior printing techniques representing the best example of nineteenth century chromolithography. Benezit, Dictionary of Artists.

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Mathias, Captain H. V.
        Five Weeks' Sport in the Interior of the Himalayas; together with a Description of the Game found there. Also A few Hints regarding Equipment, &c.
      London: Francis Thimm, 1865 - First edition. Small 8vo. pp. 132; heavy browning of glue to fixed endpapers, minor soiling, very good in the original blind-stamed green cloth, minor wear to extremities, a little marking to cloth. Mathias hunted in the region of the headwaters of the Ganges for that, barking deer, serow, and other game. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And The New Testaments. Translated Out Of The Original Tongues; And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised, By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed To Be Read In Churches.
      Oxford University Press 1865. Hardcover Book Condition: Very good VGC.Oxford University Press,1865(MDCCCLXV).Full leather.Large format hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,some nicks,dents and scratches on the cover and spine) in VGC.Nice and clean pages with some scratches on the outer edges,gilt edges on the outer edges of the pages,some ink marks and small foxing marks inside the front and back cover,small foxing/ink marks and creases on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear.The book is divided in two sections: The books of the Old Testament and The books of the New Testament.Also contains two pages with George Mitchell and Rebecca Browne Stokes wedding registration(1868) plus their six kids birth registration dates from 1870 to 1887.Please note: This is oversized and very heavy book(approx 6 Kg plus)..

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Mathew B. Brady
        Docketed by Brady, a letter from the nephew of photographer Charles D. Fredricks to Brady concerning financial matters
      Docket ?E L Cook / May 18, 1865? by Mathew B. Brady on verso of second sheet of an Autograph Letter Signed ?E.L. Cook,? 2.5p, 5? x 8?, front & verso. New York, May 18, 1865. To Brady. Stain at lower corner. Fine condition.As the Civil War came to an end, the interest in battlefield photographs waned and Brady suffered a number of financial setbacks. Cook writes, in part, ?Mr. Fredricks will be home on the 23rd and I hope you will do all you can before that time as he has written me often about that matter and I have done the best I could to make matters easy for you. The whole amt. you have paid so far is on a/c $200.00. interest 30.00. $230.00. The interest for 3 months is $35. His partner tried hard to prevent his loaning the money and it was only owing to my urgent request that he did loan it so that I feel as sorry as you do about the matter ... Please write me at once and at least try and pay up the interest due. You

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        The Holy Bible, Containing The Old And The New Testaments. Translated Out Of The Original Tongues; And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised, By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed To Be Read In Churches.
      Oxford University Press 1865 - VGC.Oxford University Press,1865(MDCCCLXV).Full leather.Large format hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,some nicks,dents and scratches on the cover and spine) in VGC.Nice and clean pages with some scratches on the outer edges,gilt edges on the outer edges of the pages,some ink marks and small foxing marks inside the front and back cover,small foxing/ink marks and creases on the edges of the pages.The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear.The book is divided in two sections: The books of the Old Testament and The books of the New Testament.Also contains two pages with George Mitchell and Rebecca Browne Stokes wedding registration(1868) plus their six kids birth registration dates from 1870 to 1887.Please note: This is oversized and very heavy book(approx 6 Kg plus). [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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NEW YORK CITY - EARLY MAPS)
        BIRDS EYE VIEW OF NEW YORK AND ENVIRONS" - A HAND-COLORED ENGRAVED TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP OF NEW YORK CITY
      Kimmel & Foster, New York 1865 - 140 x 203 mm (5 1/2 x 8"). Attractively matted. Evidence of previous matting (faint brown line at bottom and along right, outside the image, where earlier mat must have been), otherwise fresh, clean, uncreased, and altogther fine. Looking at the island from a southern vantage point, this is a fascinating view of Manhattan and environs at the end of the Civil War, before the great bridges spanned the river. The surprisingly verdant Battery Park is in the foreground, with ships docked at the piers on the tip of the island. The river is swarming with boats, from three-masted tall ships to steamships and ferries--and more vessels are docked all around the edges of the island and across the river at the Brooklyn piers. The great bridges that will connect Manhattan with the outer boroughs have yet to be built, and the tallest structures in the city are the church steeples. In the far distance uptown, we can see the beginnings of Frederick Law Olmstead's Central Park. The density of the buildings and the bustling river traffic establish it as a vital commercial center, the seed of what would become the financial capital of the world. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Dumas, Pere, Alexander (1802-1870).
        Autograph letter Signed.
      Dumas Pere, N.p., N.D. [1865] - Dumas, Pere, Alexander (1802-1870). Author of The Three Musketeers. 8vo., Autograph letter to Albéric. Signed. 1 1/2 pages on blue paper. An amazing letter. Dumas asks Albéric to insert in his newspaper "ce petit mot de moi qui annonce que le mousquetaire eat ressuscité et qui invite vos abonnés, dont le plus grand nombre m'a marqué rant de sympathy pour m'a salade et m'a soupe au choux, à lire le núméro du 3 November quoique'il n'y ait ni menu ni recette". Il fait ensuit allusion au Baron Brisse qui, après Emile de Girardin, remplace dans un journal si advantageusement le feuilleton". An amusing letter with good reference to The Musketeers, wrote a book of recipes & worked for the newspaper. Dumas was a French writer best known for his historical adventure novels including, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, & The Vicomte de Bragelonne. These, his non-fiction works, & his many plays made Dumas one of the most widely read French authors in the world. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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William Shakespeare
        The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere
      New York - George Routledge and Sons 1865 - Charles Knight's pictorial edition of the works of Shakespeare. Complete in eight volumes. The second edition, revised. The set consists of a biography of Shakespeare, the Comedies in two volumes, the Tragedies on two volumes, the Histories in two volumes and the Doubtful Plays. Charles Knight (15 March 17919 March 1873) was an English publisher and author. The son of a bookseller and printer at Windsor, he was apprenticed to his father. On completion of his indentures he took up journalism and had an interest in several newspaper speculations, including the Windsor, Slough and Eton Express. In 1823, in conjunction with friends he had made as publisher (18201821) of The Etonian, he started Knight's Quarterly Magazine, to which Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Derwent Coleridge and Thomas Macaulay contributed. It lasted for only six issues, but it made Knight's name as publisher and author, beginning a career which lasted over forty years. With many beautiful illustrations throughout. Condition: In half morocco bindings with cloth covered boards. Externally, generally smart with slight shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound, bright with occasional spotting. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Peter Charles Price
        A Description of the Diseased Conditions of the Knee-Joint Which Require Amputation of the Limb and Those Conditions Which are Favourable to Excision of the Joint: with an Explanation of the Relative Advantages of Both Operations as Far as Can be Ascertained by Cases Properly Authenticated
      John Churchill and Sons, London 1865 - Small Quarto. 26cm. Library Binding Hardcover. First Edition. 1865. Ex-Library with the usual treatments. xix + 192pp. With 10 color plates, numerous in-text illustrations and tables, and a tipped-in photographic frontispiece. Rebound in sturdy black buckram with gilt lettering on the side. Hinges and textblock are sturdy. Pages are clean and intact; previous owner name written on title page. "A valuable contribution to the knowledge and surgical treatment of diseases of the knee-joint." [Garrison-Morton 4336] [Attributes: First Edition]

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        Handbuch der allgemeinen und speciellen Chirurgie mit Einschluss der topographischen Anatomie, Operations- und Verbandlehre. Herausgegeben von (F.) Pitha und (Ch.A.Th.) Billroth.
      Enke,, Erlangen bzw. Stuttgart, 1865 - 4 Bände in 19 Bänden + Atlasband. Erlangen bzw. Stuttgart, Enke, 1865-1882. 8°. Mit 136 Stahlstichen und 52 lithographierten Umrisstafeln im Atlasband sowie 95 Tafeln und über 2000 Textholzschnitten in den Textbänden. Schwarze Originalhalblederbände mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln und Rückenvergoldung. Hirsch.-H. I, 1542 und 4620. - Vollständiges Exemplar des umfangreichsten deutschen chirurgischen Werkes der 2. Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Von schönster Erhaltung. Komplett selten. Sprache: Deutsch Schwarze Originalhalblederbände mit goldgeprägten Rückentiteln und Rückenvergoldung.

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MONTGOMERY (James)
        Poems. Selected and Edited by Robert Aris Willmott. Illustrated with One Hundred Designs by Birket Foster, J. Wolf, and John Gilbert etc, Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel
      [by Richard Clay for] Frederick Warne & Co, London 1865 - Engraved frontispiece portrait and wood engravings throughout the text. Small 4to. [229 x 168 x 40 mm]. [10]ff, 379, [1] pp. Contemporary binding of brown goatskin over slightly bevelled boards, the covers with a blind triple fillet border and blind panel enclosing a geometrical arrangement of blind ornaments and the title lettered in gilt. The spine divided into six panels, lettered in gilt in the second, the others with blind ornaments, the turn-ins tooled with gilt fillets and a roll, plain endleaves, gilt edges. Occasional spotting or light foxing, and the edges of the last few leaves slightly frayed. The binding is bold and in a very good state.

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ARAGO FRANCOIS, BARRAL M. J.-A.
        OEUVRES COMPLETES DE FRANCOIS ARAGO, NOTICES SCIENTIFIQUES, 5 TOMES
      Gide et J. Baudry, Paris - T. O. Weigel, Leipzig - Librairie des Sciences Nat. Théodore Morgand 1865 - RO40142975: 5 tomes d'env. 700 pages chacun. Illustrés de nombreuses gravures en noir et blanc dans le texte. Titre, tomaison, roulettes et filets dorés sur les dos. Etiquettes (et traces d') de code sur les dos. Tampon et annotations de bibliothèque en pages de titre. Epidermures en coiffe de pied du tome I. Publié d'après son ordre sous la dir. de M. J.A. Barral. Tome I: Le tonnerre. Electro-magnétisme. Electricité animale. Magnétisme terrestre. Aurores boréales. Tome II: Notice sur les machines à vapeur. Explosions des machines à vapeur. Les chemins de fer. Sur les chaux. Navigation. Tome III: Les phares. Les fortifications. Les puits forés. Tome IV: De la scintillation. Constitution physique du Soleil et des étoiles. Notice sur les éclipses, etc. Tome V: Sur la prédiction du temps. De l'influence de la Lune, etc. In-8 Relié demi-cuir. Bon état. Coins frottés. Dos à nerfs. Quelques rousseurs Classification Dewey : 500-SCIENCES DE LA NATURE ET MATHEMATIQUES [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Bible. N.T. Greek. 1831
        He Kaine Diatheke. Novum Testamentum, cum versione latina Ariae Montani, in quo tum selecti versiculi 1900, quibus omnes Novi Testamenti voces continentur, astericis notantur:
      Philadelphia : Lippincott 1865 - Text in double columns. Description: 755 p. 19 cm. Notes: Romanized. Related names: Leusden, Johannes, 1624-1699. Arias Montano, Benito, 1527-1598. Subjects; Bible. N.T. Latin. Arias Montanus. 1831. Minor library marks remain internally. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. 1 Kg. 755 pp. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Semper, Gottfried, German architect (1803-1879).
        Autograph letter signed.
      Hottingen near Zürich, 20. X. 1865. - Large 4to. 2½ pp. on 4 ff. A very long and comprehensive letter to Franz von Pfistermeister, cabinet secretary of Ludwig II of Bavaria, on preliminary works for a Festival Theatre for Wagner in Munich. The project was pursued for a few years, but finally not realised. Instead of Munich, Ludwig decided to build the Theatre in Weimar; nevertheless, Semper's original drafts were used, but witthout the architect's permission. In his letter, Semper writes very detailed about the central position of the orchestra, the stage, and the auditorium. He refers to Wagner, with whom he talked on the project, and his ideas of designing the interior. - The foundation stone of the Festival Theatre at Weimar was laid on Wagner's birthday in May 1872; the building construction was realised under the German architect Otto Brückwald, and the building was first opened for the premiere of the complete four-opera cycle of "Der Ring des Nibelungen", from August 13, 1876 to August 17, 1876. One year later Wagner wrote to Semper: "Das Theater ist, wenn auch grob und kunstlos, nach Deinen Entwürfen ausgeführt" ("The theater is, even if crude and artless, executed according to your drafts"; cf. Hermann Sturm, Alltag & Kult, Basel 2003, p. 109f.). - Somewhat browned and spotty; fol. 1 nearly torn in the centerfold, small tears and slight ruststains.

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OSBORN, Captain Sherard
        On the Exploration of the North Polar Regions - Together with Original Letter Signed By Osborn
      William Cloves, London 1865 - These are the administrative papers of the Royal Geographical Society of London which contain letters and dissertations as well as lectures made by explorers. They were published annually as the 'Proceedings' and were separately published from the Society's Journal. Presented here is a double volume No. 8 and No. 9 from 1863 - 1865 which contains a number of polar articles such as the one by Osborn (30 pages). Also present are Petermann (North Polar Exploration), Hickson (Climate and Exploration of North Pole), Markham (Best route for North Polar Exploration), Murchison (Speech on North Polar Exploration), Lady Franklin (Letter on North Poklar Expedition), Linnean Society (Minute on North Polar Expedition), Jansen (Early Dutch Navigators in Arctic Regions and Notes on the Ice between Greenland and Nova Zembla), Hayes (Scientific Results of American Arctic Expedition). Accompanied by a highly detailed Table of Voyages Towards the North Pole, detailing the captain and ship, the latitude and the nature of observation as well as some crucial remarks. These papers clearly summarize the current knowledge of Arctic waters after the Inglefield and McClintock expeditions which brought proof of Franklin's demise. They also clearly demonstrate the effort put forth by the Royal Geographical and Linnean Society to lobby the government to mount another expedition so as not not lose the Arctic advantage to other nations. Accompanying the volume is an ALS by Sherard Osborn advising his correspondent that his election for Fellow of the RGS is not up until the next meeting.

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[NEVADA, MINING, SUTRO TUNNEL]
        Miners! Laboring Men! Mechanics! Rally! Great Mass Meeting at Piper';s Opera House. Adolph Sutro Will Address the Citizens of Virginia City
      [Virginia City, NV], 1865. Very good. 17.25" x 23" broadside printed on cardboard, with portions completed in crayon or charcoal pencil. Some rubbing, a few water spots; very good. Announces a meeting organized to rally popular support and financing for the Sutro Tunnel. Adolph Sutro's proposed four-mile-long drainage tunnel would correct the flooding of the mines under Virginia City, saving pumping costs, allowing for deeper mining, and providing better ventilation and an additional means of egress. The Bank of California and other major mining interests opposed the tunnel, fearing it would decrease their control over the valuable resources of the Comstock Lode. The Bank succeeded in blocking much of Sutro's access to investors, and his plan appeared doomed to failure until the Yellow Jacket Mine Fire (April 1869) killed forty-five miners whose lives might have been spared had the tunnel been in place. Miners became interested in the issue, and the speech announced in this broadside proved to be a critical turning point. The Miners' Union voted to provide Sutro with $50,000 to start the job, and other funders soon followed their lead. The tunnel was successfully completed in 1878 and served as a model for drainage and access tunnels at many other mining sites. Sutro sold his interest in the tunnel the following year, departing a wealthy man for San Francisco, where he was elected Mayor in 1894.

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MURPHY, Henry C
        Anthology of New Netherland of Translations from the Early Dutch Poets of New York with Memoirs of their Lives
      New York: The Bradford Club. 1865. First. First edition. Small quarto. Contemporary green half-morocco gilt with marbled paper covered boards. Binders mark of Bradstreet. Foxing on the first couple leaves, spine edges a trifle rubbed, still a lovely, fine copy. One of only 125 numbered copies, this copy is designated as copy letter "d." Bookplate of Charles C. Jones on the front pastedown, and a presentation inscription from Charles C. Moreau, one of five members of the Bradford Club, named after the colonial printer John Bradford. A beautiful copy. .

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Beach, Alfred]
        Uncle Nat; or, The Good Time Which George and Frank Had, Trapping, Fishing, Camping Out, etc. By Alfred Oldfellow
      New York: D. Appleton and Company 443 & 445 Broadway, 1865 - Chapter Five of this work contains the earliest fictional reference to the game of baseball First edition. 12mo. 224 (+4 ads) pp. Brown pebbled, blind-stamped cloth, gilt fishing scene on upper board and spine. Lower board lightly soiled, last page of ads with closed tear, else near fine. Incribed in pencil on ffep "Chriny (?) Wilmerding from Papa Christmas 1866." [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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SUE, Eugene
        LES MYSTERES DU PEUPLE, OU HISTOIRE D'UNE FAMILLE DE PROLETAIRES, A TRAvers LES AGES.
      A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie, Editeurs,, Bruxelles / Leipzig, 1865 - Eugene Sue fut un ecrivain franeais de la premiere moitie du 19e siecle. Dandy & fortune, il herita ? 26 ans de la fortune de son pere qu'il depensa aussitot. Ce n'est qu'? ce moment qu'il se mit ? ecrire. Converti au socialisme, il publia les Mysteres de Paris dont Theophile Gautier dirait que des malades attendirent avant de mourir pour lire la fin des Mysteres de Paris. Elu depute de Paris, il dut s'exiler en 1851 en Savoie, oe il est mourut en 1857. 12 vol., 456 pp., 446 pp., 470 pp., 480 pp., 460 pp., 484 pp., 468 pp., 488 pp., 514 pp., 524 pp., 536 pp., 584 pp. in-8¡, Reliures demi-cuir rouge, dos lisses, tranches jaspees.

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OULESS, P.J.,
        Jersey illustrated. (Cover title: Jersey, illustré par P.J. Ouless).
      Jersey, n.d. (c. 1865). - Oblong 8vo. 38 text pages, printed on 1 side + 4 publisher's ads. Complete with 37 steel-engr. plates, incl. title (numbered 2-38, referring to page numbers) & 3 maps (incl. hand-col. general map of the island, printed by P.J. Ouless, Carte de réseau des chemins de fer de l'Ouest (de France), fold. map Channel Islands and Continental routes in connection with the South Western Railway (N.W. of France and Southern England). French text, captions in English. Hardcover. Or. embossed green cloth with gilt decoration & lettering on front. VG/--. (Inner hinges strengthened with transparent paper; tear in fold. map closed, occas. light foxing). [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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DROUYN LEO
        LA GUIENNE MILITAIRE - HISTOIRE ET DESCRIPTION DES VILLES FORTIFIEES, FORTERESSES ET CHATEAUX CONSTRUITS DANS LE PAYS QUI CONSTITUE ACTUELLEMENT LE DEPARTEMENT DE LA GIRONDE PENDANT LA DOMINATION ANGLAISE - TOME 1 ET 2 - 150 PLANCHES
      CHEZ L'AUTEUR / DIDRON 1865 - R300063920: XCVI + 180 + 461 pages illustrées de gravures dans le texte et de 150 planches numérotées en noir et blanc. Auteur, Titre, tomaison et fleurons dorés. Quelques accrocs. In-4 Relié demi-cuir. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Quelques rousseurs Classification Dewey : 908.447-Régionalisme : Aquitaine [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Wollaston, T. V.
        Coleoptera Atlantidum, being an enumeration of the coleopterous insects of the Madeiras, Salvages, and Canaries.
      . London, John van Voorst, 1865. Thick 8vo. xlvii, 526, 140 pp., one engraved map. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on the spine.* The first monograph on the beetles of what is collectively known as the northern Macaronesian islands in the temperate-subtropical North Atlantic. The material was mostly collected by the author. As could be expected from rather isolated island-faunas most species described in this work are endemic. Thomas Vernon Wollaston (1822-1878) FLS published a series of eight island faunal studies, the others being on the insects of Madeira (published in 1854), the Coleoptera of Madeira in the British Museum (1857), ditto those of the Canaries (1864), and those of the Cape Verde Islands (1867), on the landshells of the Atlantic islands (1878), and on the variation of species, with especial reference to the insecta (1858). The last mentioned paper in particular is an important contribution to evolution. However, Wollaston, concluded from his researches that species were created under a divine plan to best suit local circumstances. Published in the year previous to Darwin's "On the origin of species", it was kindly received by Darwin. In turn, Wollaston, who could not shed his religious beliefs, published quite a negative review of Darwin's work.Thereafter sympathy between both men although working on much the same subject deteriorated slowly but steadily. The present work is dedicated to the British zoologist (in particular malacologist and cetaceologist) John [Edward] Gray (1800-1875), keeper of zoology of the British Museum in London, "...In whose yacht I first visited the Canarian Archipelago...". This study was based on over 20,000 specimens, belonging to 1,449 species described earlier, mostly by Wollaston himself but including at least seventy new species, described here in the 140 pp. appendix. Joints expertly repaired, an excellent and clean copy. Very rare. Horn-Schenkling II(4), p. 453..

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Whitman, Walt
        Drum Taps
      New York 1865 - FIRST PRINTING, the important SECOND ISSUE, bound with the separately-printed "Sequel to Drum Taps" [Washington: 1865-6]. The sequel was prompted by the assassination of Lincoln and contains some of the author's most famous poems, including "O Captain! My Captain!" and "When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd." Publisher's original purple cloth with the title gilt-stamped on the front cover and blind-stamped on the rear. White endpapers. All edges trimmed. There is some wear to the spine tips, a fingerprint-sized spot of discoloration to the front board [along with a few smaller spots], and a small spot or two of bubbling to the cloth on the rear board. A Very Good copy of a scarce and important book. Only 1000 copies of the sequel were printed, and many of these were bound with the 1867 Edition of Leaves of Grass. Myerson 3.1.a2. BAL 21398. [Attributes: First Edition]

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
        Last Formal Photograph of Lincoln, with Son "Tad"
      Boston, Mass. 1865 - Albumen Photograph by Bouve, Boston, Mass., February 5, 1865, image 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in., mounted on original board, 8 x 10 in. In this albumen print, Lincoln's youngest son Thomas is erroneously called "Thaddeus," because of nickname "Tad." An unfinished Washington Monument rises in the background, perhaps referencing the funerary monument motif of a broken column as symbolic of a life cut short. Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (1853-1871) was the fourth son of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. At the time of his birth, the Lincolns had already lost their second-born son, Edward, in 1850. The family mourned third-born Willie in 1862. "Tad," nicknamed by his father because he had a large head on a small body and wriggled like a tadpole, largely had free reign of the White House. He did not attend school and was the bane of many tutors. After Lincoln's assassination, he, eldest son Robert (1843-1926), and Mary Todd (1818-1882) lived in Chicago, where Tad was devoted to his mother. Tad died of heart failure in 1871. This image shows father and son posing for what would be Lincoln's last sitting. Construction of the Washington Monument began in 1848, but was not completed until 1884.ReferencesCharles Hamilton and Lloyd Ostendorf, Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose (Dayton, Ohio: Morningside House, 1985) 220.

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Surtees, Robert S
        MR FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS
      Bradbury and Evans, London 1865 - NEAR FINE book. Leech/Browne illus. (i-v),vi,(vii-viii),(1),2- 391pp. Orig front/back panels & backstrip bound in at back. Turn ins triple ruled, egg & dart & floral decor, all in gilt. Bound & SIGNED by Riviere on the turn in. Boards triple ruled. (5) gilt dotted raised ribs. (6) panels all w elaborate gilt floral design. Short portions of outer hinges a bit tender. Tips with tiny bit of wear. The set of six Riviere bound Surtees for 2000. NEAR FINE book, BUT: text faintly aged, occasional soiling. TEG. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Piron.
        Poésies badines et facétieuses d'Alexis Piron.
      A Cythère, chez Cupidon, au Temple de Vénus [d.i. Bruxelles, Vital Puissant], 1800 [um 1865]. - 12°. 148 S. und |8 Tafeln mit erotischen Stahlstichen|. HLeinen um 1900, die Deckel mit geflammtem Kalbsleder bezogen. Reizvolle und rare klandestine Ausgabe. Die Abbildungen illustrieren die Verse in feiner und detailreicher Ausführung, voll Phantasie und expliziter Erotik. Einband etwas berieben, Kanten etwas beschabt. Vorsätze erneuert. Schmutztitel etwas lichtrandig. Stellenweise leicht fingerfleckig und ganz vereinzelt minimal stockfleckig. Dutel A-887. Vgl. Gay-Lem. III, 780 u. Kearney 1467. ----------------------- Piron. Poésies badines et facétieuses d'Alexis Piron. A Cythère, chez Cupidon, au Temple de Vénus, 1800 [i.e. Bruxelles, Vital Puissant, vers 1865]. In-12. 148 pages et 8 planches avec gravures sur acier. Demi-toile (vers 1900), plats recouvert avec veau marbré. Ravissante et rare édition. Executées dans un style fin et détaillé, les gravures illustrent ces vers de Piron avec plein d'imagination et toujours très libres. Faux-titre et page de titre imprimé en sanguine. Reliure frottée, bords épidermés. Pages de gardes refaites. Faux-titre jauni. Qqs. taches de doigts par endroit, rousseurs minimes. Dutel A 887. Comparer Gay-Lem. III, 780 et Kearney 1467. --------------------- |English description available on request.|

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Melbye, Anton (1818 Kopenhagen - 1875 Paris),
        Segelboote auf dem Comer See.
      1865.. Lavierte Kohlezeichnung. Links unten signiert und datiert: "Anton Melbye 1865". Auf leichtem Karton. 19,4 x 27,9 cm.. Malerisch angelegte Komposition des dänischen Marinemalers. Melbye besuchte 1838 die Akademie, unternahm Reisen nach Marokko, Paris und Konstantinopel. Er lebte später abwechselnd in Kopenhagen, Hamburg und Paris. Neben seinen virtuosen Marinegemälden entstanden gerade in seinen späten Jahren viele stimmungsvolle Kohlezeichnungen. - Insgesamt leicht gebräunt. Ecken rückseitig fest aufgelegt. - Versandkosten auf Anfrage.

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Shakespeare, William
        The Complete Works of Shakspere; Revised from the Original Editions: With a Memoir, and Essay on His Genius, by Barry Cornwall
      London: The London and New York Printing and Publishing Company, Limited, n.d. [ca. 1865]. 3 vols., 4to. Illustrated with Engravings on Wood, from designs by Kenny Meadows. Full dark brown embossed morocco, covers richly gilt with large portrait of Shakespeare, gilt-lettered spines, raised bands, a.e.g. Minor rubbing at sme edges, else very good

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Fay, Theodore Sedgwick:
        Die Sklavenmacht. Blicke in die Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Zur Erklärung der Rebellion von 1860-65.,
      Berlin, Stilke & van Myden, 1865 - VI, 158 S., 1 Bl. Mit 7 Karten in Holzstich. Sabin 23948. -. Erstausgabe. - Fay (1807 - 1898), von 1828 bis 1833 Herausgeber des »New York Mirror«, war nach 1837 auf verschiedenen diplomatischen Posten in England, Deutschland und in der Schweiz tätig. Ab 1861 lebte er in Berlin im Ruhestand. Ein Teil seiner Werke erschien seitdem auf Deutsch. Die vorliegende Schrift, deren "Ertrag . für die befreiten Sklaven in amerika bestimmt" ist, unternimmt die Verteidigung Abraham Lincolns. - Exlibris des Juristen Ernst Riemschneider, papierbedingt leicht gebräunt, Einband etwas berieben und bestossen. Sprache: de Gewicht in Gramm: 550 8°, HLeinen der Zeit mit goldgepr. RFileten, marm. Schnitt.

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(NAPOLEON III)
        HISTOIRE DE JULES CESAR.
      Imprimérie Impériale 1865-1866 In - 4 gr. (mm. 355x255), 2 voll., sontuosa legat. firmata (Tarditi) in marocchino rosso coevo, piatti con ricchissima decoraz. oro a piccoli ferri e al centro le armi imperiali di Napoleone III, dorso a cordoni con decoraz. e tit. oro, dentelles dorate ai risguardi in seta rossa, tagli dorati, pp. (4),VI,(2),357; VIII,515; con 1 ritratto di Giulio Cesare, da un dipinto di Ingres ed inc. in rame da A. Salmon, e con 36 tavv. f.t. a colori di cui 30 a doppia pag. e 6 a pag. singola, per lo più inc. da Erhard Schièble. Vi sono raffigurate: carte geografiche delle varie campagne, piante di campi di battaglie, vedute, dettagli di opere effettuate dai Romani (ponti, gallerie, ecc.). Nel I vol. dedica autografa a: M. le Marquis Pepoli (di mano del segretario) e "souvenir d'amitié / Napoléon" (di mano dell'Imperatore). Il Marchese Gioacchino Napoleone Pepoli era cugino dell'Imperatore. "Edizione fuori commercio tirata esclusivamente per l'Imperatore Napoléon III". Negli stessi anni (1865 - 66), la presente opera usci' in tiratura normale, in - 8, dall'Editore Plon, come precisa Brunet,IV,9. Cfr. anche Lorenz,III, p. 567. Solo le tavv. f.t. con qualche fiorit. ai marg. bianchi, altrimenti fresco e bell'esemplare su carta distinta.

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SHAKESPEARE, William. (KNIGHT, Charles ed.)
        The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakespeare
      London: George Routledge and Sons,, [c.1865].. 8 volumes, octavo (245 Ã—163 mm). Contemporary red morocco, titles and decoration to spines in compartments separated by raised bands, elaborate panelling to boards, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated with engravings throughout. Spines a little rubbed, an excellent set. Knight's Shakespeare, handsomely bound in contemporary red morocco.

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Civil War
        Eight weeks after Lincoln?s assassination, President Andrew Johnson issued a Proclamation of Amnesty ? Arkansan John Thompson signed this ?Amnesty Oath? swearing he will <I>?support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves??</I>
      Party Printed Document Signed ?John Thompson,? countersigned ?W.B. McNeill? as Clerk of the Circuit Court, Columbia County, Arkansas, one page, 8? x 6.25?. Columbia County, Arkansas, December 18, 1865. Completed in manuscript by McNeil. Two ink stains. Fine condition.Headed: ?Amnesty Oath, under Proclamation of the President of the United States, dated May 29, 1865.? In full, ?State of Arkansas. Columbia County. I John Thompson of Columbia County, State of Arkansas, do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of States thereunder: and that I will in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves--so help me God. [signed] John Thompson. Sworn to, and subscribed, before me, this 18th day of December 1865. [signed] W B McNeill. Clerk of

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[Civil War]:
        THE FIRST OF MAY 1865 OR GENL. MOVING DAY IN RICHMOND VA
      New York: H. & W. Voight, 1865.. Handcolored lithograph, 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Lightly toned, with minor wear. Very good. A satirical political print showing "moving day" at Confederate headquarters in Richmond. The lithograph depicts Gen. Robert E. Lee loading old swords in a dog cart with two scrawny dogs attached, while Treasury Secretary George Trenholm hauls a string of boxes carrying worthless bonds over his shoulder, each bearing the name of a Confederate state. A box on the sidewalk marked "C.S.A. Treasury (on which a dog is unabashedly urinating) is also labeled as "Waste Paper," and the building in the background sports signs that read "Sheriff Sale" and "To let. Apply Lincoln & Co." Several individuals - including two African Americans, one thumbing his nose - look on. The title date of May 1 would lead one to think that this lithograph was issued on that date, but in fact it was probably issued earlier in the spring, before the collapse of the Confederacy, and is speculating on its demise with May 1 as a projected to date. In fact, Richmond was occupied by Union troops on April 3. Likewise, the reference to "Lincoln & Co." is unlikely after his death on April 15. Finally, Treasury Secretary Trenholm had resigned on April 27, although this detail might have escaped a cartoonist. A very rare image. We locate copies at the American Antiquarian Society, Library of Congress, Yale, Virginia Historical Society, and Brown University.

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(Jefferson Davis, Civil War, Confederacy)
        THE LIFE OF JEFF DAVIS, ILLUSTRATED
      Philadelphia, PA:: n. p.,, 1865. First Edition. Very Good++. First Edition (only edition). Six printed pages on one folded sheet measuring 4 1/8" by 17 3/8" with woodblock illustrations of Jefferson Davis from 1860-1865. This 6 panel illustrated vignette recounts the war while poking fun at the President of the Confederacy. The images for 1864 include a chicken with the title "The Spirit of the Retreating Army" and a haggard image of Jefferson Davis titled "Jeff's Appearance at this Time". The 1865 images shows him running away in a woman's clothing with the caption "His Last Resort--A change of uniform is necessary. He now believes in Woman's Rights, and avails himself of the advantages". This Civil War Political Cartoon is a remarkable survivor with minimal archival repair on the verso, trimmed close on the bottom but all text is legible. Rare particularly in such nice condition. OCLC lists only 2 copies (Lib. Co. of Phila., NY Hist. Soc. Lib.).

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Civil War
        Vintage Signed Photograph of Lieut. Joseph M. Irvin, 131st Pennsylvania Volunteers
      Photograph Signed ?Lieut. Joseph M. Irvin / 131st Penna. Vol. / 1865.? Sepia, 5.75? x7.75?. Full-length studio photograph in uniform, holding a sword. Photograph has minor flaws, but signature is dark and strong. Ornately framed to 13? x 15.25?. Frame is rubbed. Photograph is in apparent good condition.Joseph M. Irvin was mustered into nine months service as 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, 131st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, on August 15, 1862. At the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12-15, 1862, Lieutenant Irvin was severely wounded. The 131st also fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1-5, 1863. Lieut. Irvin was mustered out with his company on May 23, 1863.

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G. P. HARDWICK
        Capture of Richmond and Petersburg" Ballad
      Washington 1865 - Broadside Poem, Respectfully Dedicated to the Army of the Potomac. Washington, 1865. 1 p. in blue and red ink. 8 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. "Well sing the doom and the final fall/Of the boasting chivalry, one and all:/And how Grant drove them to the wall,/ Way down in Old Virginia"This poem and broadside celebrated the capture of Richmond and Petersburg that ultimately ended the Civil War. The poem describes how General U.S. Grant defeated General Lee and Longstreet and also pokes fun at Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Partial Transcript"Well sing the doom and the final fall/Of the boasting chivalry, one and all:/And how Grant drove them to the wall,/ Way down in Old VirginiaLee saw that Grants strategic plans/Defeated him on every had,/And he will with Davis soon would land/In the ditch of the Rebellion./ Grant Longstreet drew far from his base,/Whipped Gordon and Hill before his face,/And sent him on a steeple chase/From Richmond with his army/Twas burn and plunder through the town,/While Jeff dressed up in his wifes gown/Took a hasty leave of his Cotton Throne,/While we captured the Rebel cities"ConditionProfessionally conservation treated.

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