Seven Historical Works. Grant, U.S., Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885, two volumes bound i

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  Seven Historical Works. Grant, U.S., Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885, two volumes bound in forest green cloth, gilt-lettered and gilt-stamped on front cover, gilt-stamped on back cover, frontispiece portrait engraving of Grant, 9 1/4 x 6 in.; Kane, Elisha Kent, Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853, '54, '55, Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1856, two volumes bound in dark brown cloth, blind stamped on front and back covers, illustrated engravings throughout, frontispiece portrait of Kane, some toning and foxing, 9 x 6 in.; Andrews, William Loring, New Amsterdam New Orange New York, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1897, part of a limited edition printing, bound in orange cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine, with engraved illustrations, colored frontispiece map of Long Island, 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.; De Foe, The History of the Union between England and Scotland, with a Collection of Original Papers Relating Thereto, London: John Stockdale, 1786, fully bound in light-brown leather, gilt-stamped on front and back covers, red morocco title label on spine, some rubbing on fore-edge of covers, separation of leather between covers and spine, frontispiece portrait of De Foe, 11 x 8 3/4 in.; Van Hall, M.C., Het Leven En Karakter van den Admiraal JHR Jan Hendrik Van Kinsbergen, Amsterdam: Johannes Muller, 1841, fully bound in paneled dark-green leather with marbled endpapers, red morocco title label on spine, gilt-stamped on spine, full gilt edges, leather chipped at tail of spine, frontispiece portrait, 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.; The History of the Campaigns in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, and 1799, in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, &c., London: T. Gardiner, 1812, four volumes fully bound in paneled tan leather with marbled endpapers, gilt-stamped on spine with green morocco spine labels, full marbled edges, illustrated with foldout maps, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.; The London Magazine or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, London: R. Baldwin, 1763, vol. thirty-two, collection of all monthly publications in 1763, bound in white cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, illustrated throughout, with foldout maps and engravings, 9 x 5 1/2 in.
  
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