Collection of Rare and Antiquarian Books & Historical Memorabilia
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of Genealogies and Sketches of Some Old Families Who have taken Prominent Part in the Development of Virginia and Kentucky, Especially, and Later of Many Other States of This Union, BY BENJAMIN F. VAN METER, LOUISVILLE, JOHN P. MORTON & COMPANY 1901. Read more…
Poetic Works of Coleridge Edited by William B. Scott. PRESENTING A RARE EDITION hardback copy of The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Edited with an Introductory Memoir and Illustrations by William B. Scott, London, George Routledge and Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate. New York: 416 Broome Street, from 1874. This RARE Read more…
When Winter Comes to Main Street by Overton. PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of When Winter Comes to Main Street by Grant Overton from 1922. This RARE book is in very Good condition for its age….. some very minor ‘knicks’ on the edges of the hardcover. The Read more…
Stories of Old Kentucky by Purcell. PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION AND SIGNED hardback copy of Stories of Old Kentucky by Martha Grassham Purcell from 1915. This RARE book is in Good condition for its age….. some very minor ‘knicks’ on the edges of the hardcover….. small crack on Read more…
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION AND SIGNED hardback copy of The History of Muhlenberg County by Otto A. Rothert from 1913.. This RARE book is in SUPER condition for its age with only some very minor ‘knicks’ on the edges of the hardcover. The book is a SIGNED FIRST Read more…
Original Jefferson Davis Capitol Statue Photo. PRESENTING a UNIQUE and ORIGINAL piece of AMERICAN HISTORY……..an ORIGINAL photograph of the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis Statue in the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. with Jefferson Davis’s Great Grand-daughter … we are confident is Margaret Josephine Young (1912 – 1979), in the frame Read more…
PRESENTING A VERY RARE AND ‘OLD’ ANTIQUARIAN BOOK, namely, C Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolae et Panegyricus dated 1712. Published by Johannus Minellii in 1712. Covered and bound in velum. In Latin, by Pliny The Younger. Signed by a previous owner: ” Carl Frid 1734″ This is your chance to own Read more…
PRESENTING an EXTREMELY RARE, TRULY HISTORIC, IMPORTANT and HIGHLY DESIRABLE set of 5 leather bound Volumes of the Fourth Edition 1781 State Trials for High Treason, and other Crimes and Misdemeanors, editorialized by Francis Hargrave Esq. and 2 of which are signed by their owner, John Howes of Grays Inns, Read more…
Set of 9 John Bull Annuals from 1820 to 1829. PRESENTING a Set of 9 leather bound John Bull yearly annuals. All the weekly newspaper publications of John Bull for the years 1820 to 1829 (Inclusive)……….bound together and sold as ‘Annuals’. THIS IS SUCH A RARE FIND ….. YOU WILL Read more…