Schenectady: Manning, 1929. VOLUME I ONLY. 358 pages, 8vo, green printed cloth; lightly rubbed. Schenectady: H. A. Manning Co., 1929. A very good copy. More about Manning's Ticonderoga, Port Henry, Crown Point, and Westport (New York) Directory; For Year...
Wilmington, NC. Very fine iron gall ink signature: "A.M. Waddell - Wilmington - North Carolina", on a 5.5" x 1.5" slip of paper with exceptional contrast and clarity. Excellent condition. North Carolina politician best remembered for leading the only successful coup d'etat on United States soil, becoming Mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina, following the coordinated overthrow of the city's government. An avowed white supremacist, he is also credited with coining the phrase "race riot". During the Civil War, Waddell joined... More about Signature
Rockingham, NC. Excellent example of his full signature: "Walter L. Steele - Rockingham", boldly executed in black ink on a 5.5" x 1.5" slip of paper. American politician who was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention held at Charleston and Baltimore. In 1861 Steel chaired the North Carolina state convention which passed the Ordinance of Secession, which he helped draft. More about Signature
Monticello, AR. Exceptional signature: "W.F. Slemons - Monticello - Ark", executed on a 5.5" x 2.25" slip of paper, most likely written during his tenure as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Fine condition. American politician and secessionist who served as a member of the Arkansas State Convention in 1861. He entered the Confederate States Army in late 1861 and served as a Colonel of the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry under Major General Sterling Price. In the fall... More about Signature
Jonesville, VA. Exceptional signature: "A. L. Pridemore - Jonesville - VA", executed on a 5.5" x 1.5" slip of paper. Fine condition. American politician from Virginia who also served as an officer fighting for the Confederate States of America. During the Civil War, Pridemore raised a company of Volunteer Infantry for the Pound Gap Battalion of the Confederate Army and was commissioned as its Captain on October 17th 1861. In June 1862 he received a promotion of Major. Following reorganization... More about Signature
Holly Springs, MS. Over-size signature as a newly elected Congressman: "Van H. Manning - Holly Springs - Miss", executed on a 5.5" x 3.5" piece of paper. Fine condition. American politician from the state of Mississippi who served as a Colonel of the 3rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, serving from 1862 until being severely wounded and captured by U.S. forces in 1864. The 3rd Arkansas was assigned to General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, after which it took part... More about Signature
Clarksville, TN. Attractive signature: "Jno. F. House - Clarksville - Tenn.", executed on a 5.25" x 2.75" sheet of paper. Fine condition. American politician who served as a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy from Tennessee in 1861 and later, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 6th District. More about Signature
Uncommon full signature: "Charles E. Hooker - Mississippi", most likely executed while serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives, on a 5.5" x 2" pages. Fine condition. American secessionist who was dispatched by the state of Mississippi to South Carolina as a secession commissioner and destribed as a "fire-eater" of the most ultra disunion stripe. He later entered the Confederate States Army rising in rank to Captain in the First Regiment of Mississippi Light Artillery and... More about Signature
Charleston, MO. Signature executed in purple ink: "R.A. Hatcher - Charleston - MO", on a 5.5" x 1" slip of paper. Fine condition. Prominent politician who served in the Confederate States of America Congress during the American Civil War representing Missouri as a border state. He later spent three terms as a Congressman from Missouri in the United States House of Representatives during Reconstruction. More about Signature
Westfield: Eastview Editions, 1980. Color and b/w Illus. 386pp. 8vo, black boards, d.w. Westfield. New Jersey: Eastview Editions, (1980). Fine in near fine dw. More about The Wedgwood Circle 1730-1897; Four Generations of a Family and Their Friends
Paris: Aime Andre and Ve. le Normant. 1837. Atlas with 68 of 72 maps. 16 pp. of text including title page. Folio, 1/2 leather with brown marble boards and guilt lettered spine. Wear to corners and spine of original marble board cover. Staining to table of contents and introduction, maps unaffected. Maps include modern depictions, as well as the world through time (biblical, ancient and medieval). This edition was revised by Jean Jacques Nicolas and reissued by Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, son of Conrad. More about Atlas Complet du Precis de la Geographie Universelle de Malte-Brun, dresse Conformement au Texte...
New York: Abrams, 1980. Numerous illustrations, many in color. 363 pages, large 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers, index, bibliography. First edition. More about The Mapping of America
Savannah. Exceptional signature: "Julian Hartridge - Savannah - Georgia", executed on a 5.5" x 2.75" piece of paper. Fine condition. Georgia politician who represented his state in the First and Second Confederate Congresses (1861-1865). Hartridge also served one year in the Confederate Army as a Lieutenant in the Chatham Artillery. More about Signature
Norfolk. Large and boldly written signature: "John Goode - Norfolk - Virginia", executed on a 5.5" x 2" slip of paper. Fine condition. American politician who was elected a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention and subsequently served in both the First and Second Confederate States of America Congresses from February 22, 1862 until the end of the war, and during the recesses of that body was a military aide on the staff of Major General Jubal A. Early. More about Signature
New York: Viking, 1972. Designed and Edited by Albert Skira. Profusely illustrated with 108 mounted color plates; 509 in black and white. 309 pages. Short thick folio, brown cloth with pictorial label. New York: Viking Press, (1972). First edition. Upper corners a bit bumped and one small puncture to cloth at front joint, not effecting interior; previous owner's bookplate, else clean. Overall still a very good copy. More about Picasso: The Artist of the Century
Mansfield, LA. Exceptional black ink signature: "J. B. Elam - Mansfield - Louisiana", executed on a 5.5" x 2.5" slip of paper. Fine condition. American politician who was a delegate to the Confederate Constitutional Convention, and who signed the Louisiana Ordinance of Secession on January 26th 1861. Elam was later elected Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives (Confederate States of America, serving from 1862-1864). More about Signature
Aylett, VA. Exceptional signature: "B.B. Douglas - Aylett - Virginia", executed on a 5.5" x 2" slip of paper, and most likely written during his tenure as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Fine condition. American politician from Virginia who also saw service as a Confederate military officer and member of the Confederate States of America Senate. His uncle was John Taylor, 10th President of the United States. Douglas entered Confederate military service as a Lieutenant in... More about Signature
New York: Atheneum, 1965. Foreword by Lyndon B. Johnson. Profusely illustrated. 241 pages, folio, grey cloth, decorative cloth slipcase, also housing the two record set in separate cloth portfolio; book has small hole in front hinge and some browning to endpages, slipcase is sound with some cracking and wear. New York: Atheneum, (1965). First edition. A very good set. Tribute to the late president by his family and others.With two record set in a separate cloth portfolio. More about John Fitzgerald Kennedy...As We Remember Him
Russellville, KY. Pristine signature on an autograph page: "Jno. W. Caldwell - Russellville - Ky", 5.5" x 3.5", most likely executed while representing Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives. American politician and "Southern Sympathizer" from Kentucky. Although he opposed secession, Caldwell entered the Confederate States Army and was immediately elected Captain of the "Logan Grays", a Confederate regiment from Logan County, Kentucky. When Confederate forces under Simon Bolivar Buckner entered Kentucky, Caldwell let the Grays to Bowling Green... More about Signature
Goldsboro, NC. Oversize signature: "C.H. Brogden - Goldsboro - N.C.", executed on a 5.5" x 1.75" piece of paper. Fine condition. Forty-second governor of North Carolina who had previously served as a Major General in the Confederate States of America. More about Signature
New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1968. 582 pages. Thick tall 8vo, yellow cloth. New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1968. Reprint. Cloth is somewhat dust-soiled, else near fine. "Genius in bibliographical compilation." "All important novels and romances that are based upon historical fact, and any desired work of fiction may be instantly found by references to an index of authors, titles, historical names."--Boston Transcript. More about A Guide to Historical Fiction
New York: Dover, 1982. 205 photo Illus. 4to, pr. wrs. New York: Dover, (1982). Very good. More about Nineteenth-Century South America in Photographs
Munich: Schirmer, 1998. 44 pages of text. Illustrated with 83 color plates. Square 4to, gray cloth, d.w. (Munich): Schirmer Art Books, (1998). A fine copy in a near fine slightly sunned dust wrapper. More about Claude Lorrain: Paintings and Drawings
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1974. 30 plates, 36 text Illus. 96pp. Small 4to, white cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1974). More about On the Bridges of Mediaeval Paris; A Record of Early Fourteenth-Century Life
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1931. 2 volumes. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Illustrated by John Austen, some hand-colored. 4to, cloth-backed decorative boards; uncut edges. Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1931. A very good copy, lacking the publisher's slipcase. One of 1500 sets, signed by the illustrator. More about Vanity Fair
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