First edition of this collection carefully selected from Samuels's monumental and authoritative larger six-volume set of Adams's letters.

First UK edition of this famed collection of poker stories and anecdotes from the latter half of the 19th century, told from the Effete East to the Wild and Wooly West of the American continent.

Advertising fan for showman Albert Smith's long-running "lecture" on his ascent of Europe's tallest peak — a sensational example of capitalizing upon the early days of the alpinism craze.

Versatile original sales sample book, front-loaded with the expected popular hit about Ulysses S. Grant's world tour — and followed by a more exciting sexual title.

Lovely chapbook edition of a selection of Isaac Watts's hymns, bound in an attractive vernacular wallpaper wrapper.

Second Dublin edition of this textbook for beginning Latin learners, focusing on vocabulary "from the purest Latin classics."

Scarce first edition of this etymological textbook of English affixes.