Search Results: Authors starting with C from De Wolfe and Wood

Boston: Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1739. [2], 14, 120, [2] pp. Includes the rare errata not found in most copies. Full calf rebinding by Richard Lamb. Tears, minor loss, and a small repair to the front free endpaper and title page. First edition and an important colonial history, containing a good deal of information concerning Roger Williams, religious freedom, Native Americans, etc. Written by the pastor of the Baptist Church in Newport, Rhode Island, the second Baptist church in the United States. Evans 4347; Howes C-74; Sabin 10075; Streeter II: 677.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1910. bound in 3/4 maroon moracco. A very good copy in a fine maroon moracco binding. minor rubbing and a former owner's book plate pasted neatly on the inside cover. Extra illustrated over 90 prints. Includes brief biographies of Thomas Paine, Napoleon, Lady Godiva, Maid Marian and many others.

Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt, 1834. 234, [2], 9 pp. Bound in paper covered boards with head and tail of the spine chipped. Includes a 9-page book catalog at the rear and another catalog printed on the rear board.

Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & L. Lea, 1824. Shoemaker, 15679 Two editions noted with out copy being the edition with the date Philadelphia, March 27, 1824 on printed on page xix Removed, foxed and minor tear to one page A plea for protectionism of American industry No copies for sale online and last auction record noted in 1905 5 copies located on worldcat xx, [1], 10-76 pp pp.

New York: Scribner, Welford, and Company, 1871. History of Friedrich... 1872-73. 10 vols. Essays.... 1872. 7 vols. Oliver Cromwell... 1871. 5 vols. Wilhelm Meister... 1874, 3 vols. French Revolution... 1872. 2 vols. Tales by Musaeus... 1874. 3 vols. Latter-day Pamphlets.... 1872. 1 vol. Heroes, Hero-Worship... 1872. 1 vol. Life of John Sterling... 1871. 1 vol. Sartor Resartus... 1873. 1 vol. Friedrich Schiller... 1873. 1 vol. Past and Present... 1872. 1 vol. Choice of Books... London: John Camden Hotton, n.d. General Index... London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. 1 vol. All Scribner titles except 2. Bound in uniform 3/4 calf. Light wear and occasional foxing. 38 volumes.

Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1822. 315 pp. Label removed from the verso of the front board and there is a small library stamp on verso of the rear board. Binding worn and rubbed and the lower corner of the title page is lacking."The Carsons had been married for nine years when J. Carson left home in 1810. Not having heard from him for 2 years, his wife married Smith. Carson returned...and was shot by Smith. Mrs. Carson...tried to kidnap the governor (of Pennsylvania). After Smith's execution, she joined a gang of Counterfeits and subsequently died in prison." McDade 885 One copy sold at auction in 2010.

London: Harding and Lepard, 1827. Second edition. Very good with some loss to the marble paper on the boards.. 542 pp. Extra illustrated with 56 additional plates.

London: J. Barnard and Son, 1873. Second edition iv, 84 pp The last 26 pages consist of an art supply catalog Includes 4 color plates Scarce 3/4 morocco with marbled paper boards 84 pp pp.

London: John Watts, 1740. Contemporary calf with spine r-backed. 488 pp. plus portrait. Good Portrait laid down and interior foxing. Cibber (1671-1757) was abrasive and talented and earned the laureateship in 1730. 488 pp. pp.

Richmond, Va.: William Ramsay, 1819. Bound in calf. Full leather binding shows some scuffing and wear. The interior is foxing. About good. Accounts of the war against the Creeks, burning of Washington and good content on the War of 1812. 112 pp.

New York: Sheed and Ward, 1962. 245 pp. Dennis Clark examines conflict, crisis, and causality within cities that amplify and separate individuals within race, class, and social structure. Clark was a founding member of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice. Slight chipping to jacket around edges.

Boston: William Ticknor, 1848. Second edition. 119 pp. Good condition with light wear to the covers and minor foxing. A guide to good health arguing for a simple vegetable based diet.

Washington: The Washington Star, 1935. 25 pp. Good condition. Reprinted from The Washington Star. An illustrated guide to FBI training.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1889. 78 pp. Hardcover with gold gilt on the cover and spine. Wear to the covers including fading/sunning most prevalent on the spine. Spine is bumped at the top and bottom with some light rubbing. What looks like a small ink mark on the bottom front cover and bottom back cover. Textured cloth cover with a pattern of stars. Collis' husband was a General for the Union Army in the Civil War and received a Medal of Honor for his efforts. Septima recalls her Southern upbringing, life on the front lines, marriage to a Union General while her brother fights for the Confederacy, meeting Abraham Lincoln, and more. Fascinating look at the Civil War from a perspective not usually seen.

St. Louis: Published by the Author, 1866. 297 pp In a very clean original cloth binding with a minor spot on the front cover Some minor foxing to the first few pages Has a raised booksellers stamp on the title page for the Religio Philosophical House in Chicago Coloney wrote this work of poetry to raise money for the family of his murdered friend Andreas Darling There is an account at the beginning of the book about how Coloney and Darling end up in frontier Minnesota Coloney's property was destroyed during the Lakota uprising and he moved to Missouri with his family and purchased a plantation He asked Darling to come and run the farm No sooner than starting work running the plantation Darling was murdered by Missouri Bushwhackers Several lengthy poems describe the events.

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1843. vii, 232pp. Bound in red morocco over marbled boards. Light wear to spine ends and edges, but a very nice copy of one of Cooper's scarcer works. Ned Myers was an early shipmate of Cooper's on the merchant vessel Stirling (Cooper spells it Sterling in this work) in 1806-1807. This is Myers' biography. It's a fine piece of work by Cooper particularly the recounting of Myers' experiences on the 10-gun sloop Scourge on Lake Ontario in 1813. Scourge capsized during a storm on 8 August 1813. Of her 50-man complement only 16 survived, one of whom was Ned Myers. "Ned Myers memoir offers an unparalleled view of seafaring on the lower deck." - Dr. William (Bill) Dudley James Fenimore Cooper's Ned Myers: A Life Before the Mast (The American Neptune, Vol. 57, No. 4, Fall 1997; pp. 323-329).

London: Printed for Joseph Cox, 1756. Bound in 19th Century boards with leather spine Has the bookplate of John Douglas Lindsay The frontispiece is partial backed with old paper and bottom edge of the title page trimmed with loss of most of the printing information Pages 53/54 and 37/38 trimmed unevenly with some loss of letters to the page edge An account of the Macdaniel Scandal was led by Stephen Macdaniel, a group of bounty hunters were arresting and framing innocent men to collect reward money from bounties The scandal led to the creation of a permanent police forcein London Scarce with a copy selling at Freemans in 2020 T69841.

Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1900. 287 pp. The book is in good condition. With bookplate of Rev. John S. Stoner! The author argued for more work to be done in keeping native people around the world away from drugs.

Little Neck, L., 1889. 5 copies located American Antiquarian Society dates this to 1889 Cutter (1817-1906) was a well-known Long Island character and met Mark Twain aboard the Quaker City Twain immortalized him in Innocence Abroad as the "Poet Lariat" Good condition with minor creasing Broadside pp.