May 8-10, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/10/2024
Lot consists of: (A) The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution Volumes I & II by Benson J. Lossing, N.Y. 1855, Large 8vo, profusely illustrated. Intact with wear to covers and spine. Some pages exhibit scattered blemishes. (B) The Naval History of the United States, Volumes I & II, by Willis J. Abbot. N.Y. 1890, cover and edge wear with scattered blemishes to pages. (C) Commodore John Barry; Father Of The American Navy by Joseph Gurn, N.Y. 1933. Gilt title on front cover and spine, wear to cover with stained edges on pages. (D) The Civil War in Song and Story by Frank Moore, N.Y. 1889. (E) History of the United States Secret Service by General Lafayette C. Baker, Philadelphia, 1867. Wear to cover with tearing of cloth at spine. Some pages with stained edges. (F) The Life of Ulysses S. Grant: General of the Armies of the United States by Charles Dana and James Wilson, Chicago, 1868. Wear to cloth cover, scattered blemishes on pages. (G) January 1864 Southern Literary Messenger. Cover nearly separated, wear throughout. (H) The Book of the Army of the United States by John Frost, N.Y. 1845, gilt title to spine. pages with edge wear and staining, front page separated. (I) General Israel Putnam: A Biography by George Hill, Boston, 1858. Cover with wear, scattered blemishes to pages. (J) A Confederate Surgeon's Letters to his Wife by Spencer Welch, N.Y. 1911. Gilt title with wear to cover. CONDITION: Fair-good.
Item Dimensions: 25" x 16"