Autobiography Of an English Soldier In the United States Army Comprising Observations and Adventures In the States and Mexico

NY: Stringer & Townsend. FAIR book. Boards identically edge ruled around floral designs.. 1853. 1st Am ed.. Hardcover. FAIR book. GOOD text block. Brown cloth, Gilt spine lettering & profile of soldier. Frontis & extra engraved tp. 8vo, 288pp. . Clean but very worn. No loose pages. Internally no soiling or damp staining but moderate aging & foxing. Cover edges… Ler mais sobre este item

NY: Stringer & Townsend, 1853. First. Hardcover. First edition. Blindstamped green cloth with spine lettering and decoration of a soldier in gilt. Duo-tone frontis and first title page; 288 pps. Autobiographical account of Englishman George Ballantine, who came to the United States in 1845. Upon arrival, he nearly signed on as a hand on a whaler but rather responded… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Brown cloth gilt. Lithographic frontispiece and title. Small owner label, front fly lacking, scattered stains and foxing, and part of the bottom margin of one leaf lacking, still a handsome and tight near very good copy.