Books by NATHANIEL P.

Manchester, NH: The Currier Gallery of Art. (1996). PB. fine, wraps (softcover). ISBN 0929710193 This book has been published in conjunction with the exhibition COMMUNITY OF CREATIVITY: A CENTURY OF MACDOWELL COLONY ARTISTS. The catalogue and exhibition celebrate one of the great resources of New Hampshire, the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough. . 103pp ... more information

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. (1993). First. First edition. Octavo. 455pp. Black and white illustrations, maps. Slightly bowed boards, slightly worn boards edges else near fine in a very good dustwrapper with a few tiny scratches on panels and spine, small chips and tears along the edges. Part of the Civil War America series, edited by Gary W. Gallagher. . ... more information

No Place Noted: No Publisher, 1865. CDV photograph of Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894) American politician and soldier, served as a Union general during the American Civil War; with 'Major-General N.P. Banks' printed on back of card; no studio stamp or photographer noted; no date, circa 1865 albumen; approx. 4" x 2 1/2" overall size; some wear to mount; dried paste-glue residue on back; some discoloration and soiling; good condition. . Good. ... more information

NY: Arno Press, 1972. Reprint of the 1850 Sutton & Wentworth edition 8vo, pp. 544. Illustrated with maps, plans and several drawings. (Medicine & society in America.) Green cloth, stamped in silver. Top edge slightly spotted, o/w a nice copy.. An interesting survey of sanitary conditions in various towns in Massachusetts, with history, commentary on practices in Europe and England, statistics on epidemics, details about treatment of workers and their housing, etc. A lot of information. ... more information

0. WILLIS, Nathaniel P. Cabinet Card Engraving. A 5-inch by 7-inch cabinet- size engraving of Willis, with a gold border and a facsimile signature printed beneath the image. Victorian era publication. Original cabinet card- not a reproduction. ... more information

1857. ("N.P. Banks") boldly penned in black ink, Waltham, Mass., November 6, 1857 on small leaf. Together with a vintage lithographed portrait. Very good (old tape on top margin from previous mounting). Signed and inscribed: "N.P. Banks Waltham, Mass. Nov. 6, 1857". Signed by Author(s). No Binding. Very Good. ... more information

Boston. unbound. very good. Autographed letter signed "Nath. P. Banks," probably as governor, thanking the recipient for sending a book. 2 pages, 12mo (docketed on page 4). Boston, Aug. 30, no year. American soldier and politician; speaker of the House (1854-57); governor of Massachusetts (1858-61); Union major general who captured Port Hudson; commander of Department of the Gulf (1862-65). ... more information

PASSAGES FROM HAWTHORNE'S NOTE-BOOKS in Atlantic Monthly for September, 1866, first edition, a vg+ copy or better in wraps. This most uncommon individual issue also contains THE CHIMNEY CORNER by Harriet Beecher Stowe, ON TRANSLATING THE DIVINA COMMEDIA by Henry Wodsworth Longfellow, THE JOHNSON PARTY by E. P. Whipple which is a most important denouncement of President Andrew Johnson, et.al. ... more information

HAND-BOOK OF AMERICAN LITERATURE -HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL & CRITICAL, Chambers, (ca. 1856), first edition, light wear to spine extremities, else a vg copy. An overview of American literature from 1620 to 1855 profiling such writers as Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allan Poe, James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, P. T. Barnum, George Bancroft, Ralph Waldo Emerson, et.al. Fascinating. ... more information

Troy, NY: H.B. Nims, 1885. Early reprint. Slight chipping to protruding fore-edge of 1 plates, else very good, covers and contents quite clean and unworn. Original dark brown cloth stamped in gilt and black; quarto (12.75 x 10 inches); 92 pp. 25 steel-engraved plates 21 of the 25 plates are by W. H. Bartlett ... more information

in purple ink on ruled paper with integral leaf, Washington, D.C., June 1, 1870. 4to. 1 page (recto only). Together with a carte de visite portrait of Banks in military uniform published by E. Anthony, New York City from Brady's negative. Very good, fresh example. To Hon J. Lathrop Motley Minister of the United States, etc. London, England A letter of introduction for Hammond Hall a Massachusetts official representative, who is visiting Europe to study "reformatory institutions." Banks (1816-1... more information

1840. WILLIS, NATHANIEL P. American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Scenery. From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett.... London: George Virtue, 1840. 2 vols., 4to. Port., 2 engraved titles, map, and 118 engraved plates of American scenes from original drawings by William H. Bartlett. Contemporary half morocco (worn at extremities, one cover detached). Most plates with some foxing, chiefly in the blank margins. First edition of one of the most popular mid-nineteenth century works il... more information

The letter, written on plain paper, reads: "Washington DC 10th Jan. 1868 My dear Wife, No letters from you today. I hope your all well. You will be surprised I am sure - Mr. Kelly my tailor from Philadelphia insisted today upon my ordering a suit of clothes saying it was discreditable to the Gov't. that I am not better dressed. His philosophy is that being long in body & short in legs like Douglas & Napoleon I need a dark coat & vest and light pants. I am to wear a mulberry or dahlia co... more information

Colorado Springs: Gazette Printing. Very Good. 1890. First Edition. Cloth. ; Blue cloth. Light rubbing & minor wear at head of spine. Paper spine label eroded. Clean & tight in binding. An interesting examination of these very hot economic issues at the end of the 19th century. . ... more information