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London: James Fraser, 1833. Hardcover. Fair. London: James Fraser, 1833. FIRST EDITION. 447 pages.  Fair. Tight textblock; covers and backstrip detached; exlibrary with usual marks; moderate foxing; covers very worn. An early book on the causes of crime and the actual working of criminal justice in early 19th Century England. Very scarce.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Boston: Lee and Shepard, (1865). Original cloth. Double frontispiece. 342 pages + ads. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear. A great antique biography of the great Union Admiral. David Glasgow Farragut (July 5, 1801 - August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Navy tradition. Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Farragut was fostered by naval officer David Porter after the death of his mother. When he was 11 years old, Farragut served in the War of 1812 under the command of his adoptive father. He received his first command in 1823, at the age of 22, and went on to participate in anti-piracy operations in the Caribbean Sea. He then served in the Mexican-American War… Leer más

San Antonia, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1944. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Sowell, Grady (Illustrated by). San Antonia, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1944.  FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Illustrated. 315 pages. Fair. Tight binding; light stains in one corner; bookplate on blank page; covers bowed and a bit soiled. Although not entirely factual a very interesting book. Author claimed to know all of the famous gunmen of the old west. Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, Frank and Jesse James, stagecoach robberies, train robberies, etc. Very scarce.  References: Adams, Six-Guns 805. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1932. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Illustrated card covers. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Good+. Tight binding; clean pages; very light stain to endpapers; Covers somewhat worn and creased. A children's picture book of the farm, published during the great depression, with photos of ponies, horses, collies, sheep and lambs, pigs and piglets, chickens, cows, goslings, ducks, turkeys, etc. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.

London: Horace Cox, 1902. Hardcover. Fair. Photographs (Illustrated with). London: Horace Cox, 1902. FIRST EDITION. 366 pages.  Illustrated with photographs. Fair. Rebound; severe spine slant; exlibrary with usual marks; a few small tears as well as smudges, foxing and wear; covers quite worn. Travels of a British nobleman to South Africa, New Zealand and Australia, Java, Siam (Thailand), China, Japan, The Sandwich Islands, as well as in the United States. Very scarce.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .