London: John Murray, 1849. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes; xix, 588pp. and XII, 584pp. The author writes of the Justice's lives and how they ruled as Chief Justices, digging deep into their most unsavory power of the law. He dedicates this work to his son stating "Learn that, by... More about The Lives of the Chief Justices of England from the Norman Conquest Till the Death of Lord Mansfield

Altona: Hammerich Und Lesser'schen, 1838. Quarto. 428 pages, register of scholars (p. 421-428) The journal, founded in 1821 by Prof Heinrich Christian Schumacher the famous German-Danish astronomer whose journals highlight astronomical discoveries and papers on astronomy and astrophysics. Altona was the center of international observations with Gauss, Bessel and a.... More about Astronomische Nachrichten..Etatsrathe

University of Texas at El Paso; (1975): Texas Western Press, Oblong Octavo. 93 pages. Boldly signed by Carl Hertzog and inscribed to J. Evetts Haley and his wife, Roz. original unclipped printed clear mylar jacket priced $10. In 1885, at the age of ten, D. D. Parramore studied art with... More about Scenes and Stories of Early West Texas (Inscribed By Carl Hertzog for J. Evetts Haley and His...

Hartford, Connecticut: Columbian Book Company, 1872. First Edition. Octavo. 327 pages, (1)pp. ad. "a vivid narrative of a pedestrian pilgrimage of 3500 miles from Carolina to California". Cowan, II, p. 498 "The author, later famous as a distinguished ethnologist, journeyed from Raleigh to San Francisco, a distance of 3,556 miles... More about Afoot and Alone; a Walk from Sea to Sea By the Southern Route; Illustrated By Numerous Engravings

Chicago; (2013): University of Chicago Press. First Edition. Small Quarto. 304p. index. Nasmim argues that the period from 1820 to 1890 constitutes "a distinct regime of observational practice" (p. 230) in astronomy. In contrast to the pen and ink work of William Herschel, the use of graphite allowed another dimension... More about Observing By Hand; Sketching the Nebulae in the Nineteenth Century