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1575 Quintilian ROME Institutio Oratoria Rhetoric Speeches Lyon Famed Gryphe One of the earliest books on teaching public speaking! Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, or Quintilian, was a 1st-century Roman s

Sefer Moharikash which is called Erech Lechem. Glosses on the Shulchan Aruch, by Rabbi Yaakov de Castro (Maharikash). Constantinople, 1718.  One of the earliest books of halacha written on the Shul

1857 INDIANS Warfare Incidents in White Mountain History Willey Illustrated ‘Incidents in White Mountain History’ is one of the earliest books on the White Mountains as a collection of some of the

THE ART OF WILLIAM BLAKE by Elisabet Luther Cary, 1907, First Edition, Moffat Yard Publishers, b&w full page illustrations, some old bracketing in text but nothing gross. One of the earliest books on

The Declaration of Independence, in The Annual Register. London: J. Dodsley, 1777. Contains one of the earliest book-form appearances of the Declaration, beginning on page 261. Also includes the Artic

Mickey Maoz, booklet 7. Tel Aviv, 1947. Illustrated booklet for children with comics, "Mickey Mouse," "Pinocchio," and "Donald Duck" by Walt Disney. One of the earliest comic books published in Eretz

Mickey Mouse, booklet no. 1 - Tel Aviv, 1947. Illustrated children's booklet with various comic stories "Mickey Mouse," "Pinocchio" and "Donald Duck" by Walt Disney. One of the earliest comic books pu

1855 1ed RARE Sportsmans Portfolio American HUNTING Fishing Illustrated Moose One of the earliest illustrated American books on hunting! The Sportsmans Portfolio is an impressive, valuable, and highly

A first edition, first printing of The Day They Marched (Chicago, 1963), a book mainly of photographs of Civil Rights marches of that era, which also includes one of the earliest printings in book for

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1793) by Mary Wollstonecraft, printed by J. Stockdale for James Moore. One of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. Hardback/Leather. Book Condition Collecti

1864 1ed Battle of Gettysburg Notes Rebel Invasion American Civil War MAP ‘Notes on the Rebel Invasion’ is one of the earliest published accounts of the Battle of Gettysburg! This work is notable

1874 1st ed CONFEDERATE Narrative of General Johnston CIVIL WAR Maps Portraits "One of the earliest Confederate reminiscences; strongly partisan, anti-Davis, and defensive in tone." ― Nevins A r

1810 1ed Discovery of America INDIANS Columbus Daniel Boone Washington Trumbull Henry Trumbull’s “History of the Discovery of America” is one of the earliest published accounts of the voyages th

1874 1st ed CONFEDERATE Narrative of General Johnston CIVIL WAR Maps Portraits "One of the earliest Confederate reminiscences; strongly partisan, anti-Davis, and defensive in tone." ― Nevins A r

1827 American Coast Pilot by Blunt MAPS Nautical Guide Navigation Lighthouses Harbors Originally printed in 1796 (Adams), Edmund Blunt’s ‘American Coast Pilot’ was one of the earliest American w

1828 Discovery of America INDIANS Christopher Columbus Daniel Boone Trumbull Henry Trumbull’s “History of the Discovery of America” is one of the earliest published accounts of the voyages that

1695 ENGLISH Virtues & Vices Maxims Philosophy Montaigne Pascal Dryden Bacon Abel Boyer was a 17th-century French writer who is known for his works in English. One of his earliest works was a collecti

1817 American Coast Pilot by Blunt Nautical MAPS Navigation Lighthouses Harbors Originally printed in 1796 (Adams), Edmund Blunt’s ‘American Coast Pilot’ was one of the earliest American works o

1691 Geometry Le Clerc Mathematics & Architecture CLASSIC Illustrated Landscapes “one of the earliest geometry treatises to combine mathematics and illustrated landscapes!” A rare treatise on geom

1799 RARE EARLY American Newspaper John Adams Napoleon Taxes Newport Mercury The Newport Mercury, a daily newspaper from Rhode Island, is one of the earliest recurring periodicals printed in the Unite

1698 1ed PARIS France MAP Palais Royal Hotel de Ville Tuileries Garden Brice Germaine Brices Description of Paris was one of the earliest travel guides on the city of Paris. It features charming, fold

1787 Boston Weatherwise EARLY American Almanac Massachusetts Weather Travel Weatherwises Almanack is one of the earliest United States almanacs. Like many similar almanacs, this work consists of phase

1838 1st ed Illinois & the West EARLY Americana Geography Travel Missouri Jones A.D. Jones ‘Illinois and the West’ is one of the earliest 19th-century travel guides on the state of Illinois. This

1867 1st ed San Francisco Poetry of the Pacific California Poems Wentworth ‘Poetry of the Pacific’ is one of the earliest collections of California poems and verses. In 1866, the first book of Cal