Alexander Graham Bell
Nova Scotia: Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company Limited, no date given (1970s or 80s?). Softcover. Beige pictorial stapled wraps; 20 pp.; 17 bw photos. An essay about the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell. More
Biography / Autobiography
Andrew Oliver 19016-1981
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts: The Parsonage, 1983. First. Hardbound. Red patterned boards with burgundy cloth spine, [6] 91pp, 25 BW illustrations. A book published specifically in memorium to the life of Andrew Oliver. Several texts by Oliver himself, as well as David McCord, Wendell Garrett, Rodney Armstrong, Frederick S. Allis, Jr, Bryant..... More
Benjamin Banneker : His Life and Place
Washington, D.C. Corcoran Gallery, 1997. Softcover. Gray stapled wraps with blue text and illustration. 24 pp. Some bw illustrations. "This exhibition focuses on Benjamin Banneker, a free Negro, who was born in 1731 and raised on a tobacco farm close to present-day Ellicott City, MD. (A free Negro, is a...... More
Biographical Sketch of Louisa J. Roberts with Extracts from Her Journal and Selections from Her Writings
Philadelphia: Privately printed, press of Alfred J. Ferris, 1895. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; Top edges gilt; Green floral endpapers; 286 pp.; BW frontispiece, 1 bw plate. More
D. Catharineae Senensis Virginis Ss.mae Ord. Praedicatorvm vita ac Miracvla Selectiora Formis Aeneis Expressa.
Antuerpiae: Apud Philippum Gallaeum, 1603. Hardcover. Quarto. Quarter bound in black leather with gilt titles, raised bands and marbled boards. Marbled end papers. Full edge gilt. [4] pp., 32 pp. pl., [4] pp. : ill., engraved title page; in-4. More
Demorest's Magazine Portrait Album
New York: Demorest's Family Magazine. Hardcover. A burgundy casebound book with gilt text on the spine. Filled with pasted in black-and-white images, as well as short biographies cut from the magazine. More
Demorest's Magazine Portrait Album
New York: Demorest's Family Magazine. Hardcover. A burgundy casebound book with gilt text on the spine. Filled with pasted in black-and-white images, as well as short biographies cut from the magazine. More
The Diary of Harriet Manigault 1813-1816
Rockland, ME: The Colonial Dames of America, 1976. Softbound. Illustrated wraps. 149 pp. Reproduction of an original manuscript diary kept by Harriet Manigault during the years 1813-1816. Reading this provides insights and reveals glimpses of Philadelphia society and life during those years. More
The Edward Ambler Armstrong Collection of Washingtonia
New York: Kende Galleries at Gimbel Brothers, 1947. Softcover. Textured blue wraps with black lettering. 93 pp. with bw frontis and 15 additional bw illus. Catalogue from the public auction held October 17th and 18th 1947; 115 autograph letters and documents, engravings, prints, miniatures, plaques, and an important marble bust..... More
Extraits des Lettres de Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours a ses Enfants
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1867. Softcover. Tannish wraps. 28 pp. No ills. Text in French. Excerpts from du Pont de Nemours' correspondence. More
The First White Man of the West, or the Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky;; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country
Cincinnati, OH: Applegte & Company, 1854. early Printing. Hardcover. Embossed black cloth with gilt title on spine. ffep with image and text, reverse of ffep with portrait of Boone, then title-page, colophon with copyright date of 1847, then pp. v-x, pp. 11-252, followed by two blank sheets (one with ragged..... More
Francis Biddle, 1886 - 1968 (Service held November 16, 1968)
Washington, DC: Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Cathedral, 1968. Hardcover. Blue cloth. Unpaginated. Bw frontispiece. A memorial service held in the Bethlehem Chapel, given by James Row, Herbert Wechsler, Allen Tate, August Heckscher and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., with a foreword by John Biggs. More
The Great Houdini Auction: The Sidney H. Radner Collection
Las Vegas, Nevada: CRG Auction, 2004. Softcover. A dark blue softcover book. Pages: 1-96. Profusely illustrated with a majority color images. More
In Memoriam Edgar Breitenbach: June 26, 1903 - October 12, 1977
West Germany: Waldkircher Verlagsgesellschat, 1978. Softcover. One of 350 copies. Octavo. String bound pamphlet. 16 pages : portrait ; 24 cm. Tributes paid by Wolf Von Eckardt and Alan Fern at a gathering of his friends at his home on November 13, 1977. More
James B. "Wild Bill" Hickok: Letters, Photography and Documents from the Estate of Celinda Hickok. Monday, June 16, 2003 in San Francisco and New York
San Francico / New York: Greg Martin Auctions, 2003. Softcover. Quarto. Staple bound auction catalogue. Unpaginated. 22 Lots. More
Katrina Ely Tiffany 1875-1927
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1929. Hardcover. One of 200 copies. Twelvemo. Hardcover. Maroon paper boards. 14 unnumbered pages : 1 portrait ; 21 cm. Katrina Brandes Ely Tiffany (March 25, 1875 – March 11, 1927) was an American suffragist and philanthropist, from a prominent Philadelphia family. More
Letters of Alexander von Humboldt, Written Between the Years 1827 and 1858, to Varnhagen von Ense...
London, England: Trubner and Company, 1860. Hardcover. Dark reddish-brown cloth. xxvi, 334 pp. No illus. Also includes extracts from Varnhagen's diarires and letters from Varnhagen and others to Humboldt. This is an authorized translation from the German with explanatory notes and a full index of names. Contains prefaces to the..... More
Letters of the Late John Thorp, of Manchester, a Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends. To Which is Prefixed, a Memoir of the Life of the Writer
NY: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1821. Hardcover. Marbeled boards with black cloth over spine. li + 252 pp. More
Life and Letters of William Barton Rogers; Edited by his wife with the assistance of William T. Sedgwick
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. Hardcover. Red cloth, 2 vols., gilt-edged pages on top, 427, 451 pp., 15 BW plates. William Barton Rogers (1804-1892) was a scientist and educator who helped to found the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ** This set was once owned by T. Coleman du Pont..... More
Life of Francis Marion, Brigadier-General in the Army of the United States, On the Basis of the Memoirs by Judge James, a Member of Marion's Brigade
New York: Cornish, Lamport, & Co., 1851. Hardcover. A small red book with gilt text on the spine. Gilt design on the cover. Gilted textblocks. 256 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. More
Life of General Scott
NP: np, 1852, circa. Softbound. No covers, consists of two stitched 16 pp. roups. First page has a 2/3 page woodcut of Scott on a horse, last page has a bowl of soup wood engraving at base, and reference to a larger 532 pp. biography of Scott. Many delightful woodcut..... More
The life of Napoleon Bonaparte, late Emperor of France, from his birth to his abdication, and retirement to the Island of Elba; including his parentage, military achievements, remarkable actions, speeches, battles, & victories, and a full account of his campaigns ... interspersed with anecdotes & biographical memoirs of the principal generals in the French armies. To which is added, a geographical description of the Island of Elba
London: Printed and Published by W. Mason, 1814. "Second Edition, with Considerable Additions" Hardcover. Bound into dark olive green cloth with gilt title on spine. 72 pp., one illustration. Date, which is not printed in the book, is derived from the scribed date at the base of the colored-portrait frontis..... More
The Life, and Martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States; and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1864 [1865]. Hardcover. Brown stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, 203 pp., one BW plate as frontispiece. An early posthumous biography by an uncredited author, although later editions are attributed as being written by David Brainerd Williamson. This is a scarce edition, labeled with..... More
The Life, Letters and Journals of George Ticknor
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1877. 7th edition. Brown cloth covers. 2 Volumes. xviii, 524p; viii, 533p. frontispiece illustrations. Contents are solid, covers are loose, volume 2 has a tear in the spine. More
Lindiana: A Interesting Narrative of the Life of Jenny Lind, With Potrait
England: Mitchell & Son / Joseph Thomas / Duff and Hodgson, 1847. Stiff wraps. Sixteenmo. Stiff wraps. Full edge gilt. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles on cover. 52 pages including frontispiece (portrait) 16 cm. More