2013, ISBN: 9780525479512

Samson Low, Son, and Marston 1866. super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration, and blind rule to front board, frontispiece, 47pp, illus, VG (soiling and rubbin… More...

Samson Low, Son, and Marston 1866. super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration, and blind rule to front board, frontispiece, 47pp, illus, VG (soiling and rubbing to boards, bruising to head and tail of spine, front gutter slightly loose, foxing throughout, a couple of plates loose, one with short closed tear, ink inscription to fep, wear to page edges), Samson Low, Son, and Marston 1866, 0, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. 8vo. xxiii, [3], 324 pp. Frontisp. Blue cloth, silver lettering & ruling on spine (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art of Lee by J. Perkins (minor shipping head of spine, couple minor closed tears, edgewear, minor sunning to spine), NF/VG- copy, w/ former ownership signature on ffep. Riverside Edition of this informative biography of General Robert E. Lee., Houghton Mifflin, 1929., 0, New York: St. Martin's Press, 2013. First U. S. Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xi, [7], 523, [1] pages. Illustrations. Dramatic Personae. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Black dot on top edge. Linda Porter was born in Exeter, Devon in 1947. On completing her postgraduate work she moved to New York, where she lived for almost a decade, lecturing at Fordham University and the City University of New York. Three of her books have been published and she is currently doing research and writing on a fourth. Porter has had a varied career. She has worked as a journalist and been a senior adviser on international public relations to a major telecommunications company. She has always stayed close to her roots as an historian. In 2004 she was the winner of the Biographers Club/Daily Mail prize which launched her on a new career as an author. Her first book, Mary Tudor: The First Queen was published in 2007. Derived from a Kirkus review: Porter again draws from her exhaustive knowledge of 16th-century British history to explain the strong ties that eventually united Scotland and England. Beginning with the ascent of Henry VII in 1485 and the start of the Tudor dynasty, the author explains the many threats against his reign, including imposters, uprisings and constant border skirmishes. Henry sent his daughter, Margaret, to marry the future James IV, the first step toward union. Porter clearly shows the ways in which Scotland was used by the English and French against each other, always at the expense of the Scots. Henry VIII reigned and was bent on recovering England's territories in France. Regents ruled for James V until he wed Mary of Guise in 1538. That union produced Mary Queen of Scots, widowed Dauphine of France who, at age 24, was a deposed queen facing 19 years of imprisonment. Her son united Scotland and England in 1603. A wonderfully thorough history of the Scot., St. Martin's Press, 2013, 3, J. Crissy, Philadelphia: ., 1837 pp. 183, 38 [Notes] + Engraved frontis by E.G. Perkins with original tissue guard. Title page clipped at top edge. Small ink stain on fore edge. 24mo. 150 mm. Original red leather binding, worn and rubbed. Boards ruled in gold gilt. Spine perished. Front board detached. Hardbound. Fair. Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) was a Scottish poet chiefly remembered for his sentimental poetry. He seems to have been highly regarded in Pennsylvania for his 'Gertrude of Wyoming; A Pennsylvanian Tale' (1809). It is a romantic epic in Spenserian stanza that is set in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania, and deals with the massacre that occurred there on July 3, 1778. On that day, more than three hundred American Revolutionaries died at the hands of Loyalists and their Iroquois allies. At the time, it was widely believed that the attack was led by Joseph Brant; in the poem, Brant is described as the "Monster Brant" because of the atrocities committed, although it was later determined that Brant had not actually been present. The poem has been criticized for other historical inaccuracies. Nonetheless the poem enjoyed great popularity. PAIMP 25. Hardcover., J. Crissy, Philadelphia: ., 1837, 0, New York: Milky Way Productions, 1970. Tabloid newsprint. Light edgewear. Very good. 32 pp. Illustrated with graphic b/w photos and artwork. Sex in the news and counterculture. Reviews, events in NYC, satire, plus personals and other ads. And Al's acid editorial. Regular features include The Sex Scene (Che! ruled obscene); Fuckbooks, by Michael Perkins (3 Essex House titles: Blown, by Philip Jose Farmer; Thrill City, by Hank Stine, and Gropie, by Barry Luck); Son of Rock 'n Raunch, by Hank Arlecchino (The GTO's; Iggy Stooge; Homosexual Citizen (review of The Homosexual Handbook), by Lige and Jack; Dirty Diversions, by Dan Mouer (Naked Lady, All the Loving Couples, Zabriskie Point); Naked City. Features: Rowlandson's Raunch, by D.A. Latimer (art of Thomas Rowlandson). A Virgin's Guide to Buggery, by Dot Smith. Interview with a Drag Queen, by Roz Bramms (African-American draq queen Nova). The Definitive Piece on the All-American Orgy: Part 1, by Ken Gaul. Pulp from the Past (reviews of Penthouse, Playboy, Rogue, Cavalier, Topper). Cartoons by John F. Caldwell, John Thomas, et al., Milky Way Productions, 1970, 3, Brand New. HARDCOVER,Book Condition New. We Do not Ship APO FPO AND PO BOX.Printing in English language. Quick delivery by USPS/UPS/DHL/FEDEX/ARAMEX ,Customer satisfaction guaranteed. We may ship the books from Asian regions for inventory purpose, 6<