Sold2021(2 VOL) JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMOIR, 1890 FIRST EDITION(lot of 2) Book: "Jefferson Davis, Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir", Varina Davis, Belford Company, New York, 1890, First Edition, total of 1638 pages, illustrations, marblSee Sold Price
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Sold2017LOT (4) VOLUMES INCLUDING SET (2) JEFFERSON DAVIS:LOT (4) VOLUMES INCLUDING SET (2) JEFFERSON DAVIS: EX-PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, A MEMOIR BY HIS WIFE, VARINA DAVIS, BEDFORD, NY 1890, 1ST EDITION; THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR, EDWASee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 1890.NO RESERVE Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 4 maps (3 folding), folding table at end vol. 2., occasional light spottinSee Sold Price
Sold20181890 1ed Jefferson Davis Confederate States President1890 1ed Jefferson Davis Confederate States President Civil War Battles SLAVERY "A sentimentalized account, including parts which Davis dictated before his death.” A rare first edition of Mrs. VarinSee Sold Price
Sold2022U.S. Grant Memoirs, 1st Ed. 2-Vol. SetU.S. Grant Memoirs, 1st Ed. 2-Vol. Set A handsome first edition 2-volume set of the "Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant" (New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885, 1886). The two volumes are boundSee Sold Price
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Sold20231891 1ed Confederate Memoirs Joseph E. Johnston Jefferson Davis Civil War General1891 1ed Confederate Memoirs Joseph E. Johnston Jefferson Davis Civil War General A rare, first edition of the fascinating historical biography, Life and Reminiscences of Johnston and Davis. A historiSee Sold Price
Sold2023Grant (Ulysses S.) Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 2 vol., first edition, New York, 1885-86.Grant (Ulysses S.) Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, etched portrait frontispieces, plates, map illustrations, vol. 2 with folding map at end, ink ownership inscriptSee Sold Price
Sold2022Obstetrics & Gynaecology.- Davis (David D.) The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine, 2Obstetrics & Gynaecology.- Davis (David D.) The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed plates, some folding, errata slip at end of vol.2, some spotting, conSee Sold Price
Sold2016Pepys (Samuel) - Memoirs...comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev. John Smith from the original short-hand ms. in the Pepysian Library, 2 vol., first edition , half-titles, engraved frontispieces, 11 engrSee Sold Price
Sold2020Hawaii.- Brigham (William T.) Ka Hana Kapa: The MakingHawaii.- Brigham (William T.) Ka Hana Kapa: The Making of Bark-Cloth in Hawaii, 2 vol., (including plate vol.), first edition, being vol. 3 of the Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of PolyneSee Sold Price
Sold2022Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language:..., 2 vol., first edition, by W StrahanJohnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language:..., 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, vol. 1 4Z with small marginal tear affecting catch-word (no loss), vol. 1 7R2 with tear to foSee Sold Price
SoldNABOKOV (VLADIMIR) Lolita, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, Paris, Olympia Press, 1955NABOKOV (VLADIMIR) Lolita, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with unobscured price 'Francs: 900' on rear wrapper of both volumes, publisher's green, white and black printed wrappers, spine with sliSee Sold Price
Sold2023Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., first edition in book form, Chapman and Hall, 1865; andDickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, 2 vol., frontispieces and 38 wood-engraved plates, ink ownership inscriptions to pastedowns, stab holes to margins, without half-titles and advertisements, originaSee Sold Price
Sold2023[Combe (William)] The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., first edition, hand-coloured plates after[Combe (William)] The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., first edition, engraved hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional title to vol.1, and 72 plates after Thomas Rowlandson, some offsetting, ocSee Sold Price
Sold2022Hume (David) The History of England, Under the House of Tudor, 2 vol., first edition, 1759; and c.40NO RESERVE Hume (David) The History of England, Under the House of Tudor, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, occasional light finger-soiling, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, for A. Millar, 175See Sold Price
Sold2022London.- Maitland (William) The History of London, 2 vol., first edition, extra-illustrated, PrintedLondon.- Maitland (William) The History of London, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, extra-illustrated by the insertion of numerous portraits, views, plans and other pieces 18th-20th centurySee Sold Price
Sold2022Asia.- Hedin (Sven) Fran Pol Till Pol, 2 vol., first edition, signed presentation inscription fromAsia.- Hedin (Sven) Fran Pol Till Pol, 2 vol., first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to vol.1 front free endpaper, 12pp. preface loosely inserted as issued, plates and maps, oSee Sold Price
Sold2022Africa.- Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg) The Heart of Africa, 2 vol., first edition, 1873.Africa.- Schweinfurth (Dr. Georg) The Heart of Africa, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 2 maps, of which 1 folding, errata bound into vol. 1, vol. 2 partially unopened,See Sold Price
Sold2022Turkey.- Spencer (Edmund) Travels in European Turkey, in 1850, 2 vol., first edition, 1851; andTurkey.- Spencer (Edmund) Travels in European Turkey, in 1850, 2 vol., first edition, tinted lithograph frontispieces, vignette titles, large folding linen-backed map, ex-library with neat pencil noteSee Sold Price
Sold2022Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronichle of Barset, 2 vol., first edition, bound from the original 32Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronichle of Barset, 2 vol., first edition, bound from the original 32 parts, 32 wood-engraved plates by G. H. Thomas, vignette illustrations, very occasional soiling to mSee Sold Price
Sold2023Africa.- Chapman (James) Travels in the Interior of South Africa, 2 vol., first edition, originalAfrica.- Chapman (James) Travels in the Interior of South Africa, comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting and Trading, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, errata leaf in each volume, wood-engraved frontispiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Voyages.- Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Bacchante" 1879-1882 (The), 2 vol., first edition, 1886.Voyages.- Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "Bacchante" 1879-1882 (The), 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates and maps, presentation ink inscription to half-titles, some light foxing, mainly to vol.See Sold Price
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