Lewiston, Pa. John W. Shugert, 1836. 400pp. Original full sheep. Spine chipped; light wear to edges; diagonal cut across rear board; light rubbing and staining to boards. Later ownership inscription on front pastedown. Evenly tanned; light dampstaining at lower edge. First edition of this extensive narrative of the life of..... More

Chicago: [1906]. 27pp. Original tan printed wrappers, stapled. Slight separation at spine ends, corners and edges bumped and lightly chipped. Light wear and soiling internally. An interesting combination of death announcement, biography, and medical advertisement. The work opens by stating that Dr. Sarah DeLoss died November 14, 1906, and her..... More

Philadelphia: A. Sherman, 1824. 12mo. 152pp. plus frontispiece portrait. Original blue boards, printed paper label. Front cover detached, spine heavily chipped, rear cover nearly detached. Contemporary ownership inscription on flyleaf. Lightly toned, minor foxing. Untrimmed. Biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, issued to coincide with his visit to the United..... More

[N.p., but presumably northwestern Texas: 1922]. 55pp. Original brown wrappers, stapled. Lightly soiled, minor wear. Internally clean. An autobiographical account of the life of Martha A. Rogers, a frontier Texas wife and devout Methodist. A native of Mississippi, Grandma Rogers moved to Texas as a young girl, around 1850, and..... More

Opelousas, La. The Jacobs News Depot Co., 1907. 107,[1]pp. plus frontispiece and four plates. Original grey cloth, stamped in gilt. A few bumps to edges, minor soiling. Internally clean and fresh. Memoir of Acadian resettlement to Louisiana. "The writer has presented a prose pastoral, that in its unique composition, will..... More