Author: Edward Eastman

Publisher: Clark Johnson, MD

Year: 1874

Description: Full title: Seven and Nine Years Among the Camanches and Apaches, An Autobiography. Fabricated Indian captivity tale (or, in modern parlance, alternative facts) by "Edwin Eastman". Includes a testimonial for advertisement Dr. Clark Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup which is hawked several times throughout the book.

Author: P.T. Barnum

Publisher: J.B. Burr & Company

Year: 1869

Description: Full title: Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum. First edition of Barnum's chronicles of his early life, start as a showman, foreign travels, and eventual success. Binding is tight and all pages are intact. Brown embossed boards with faded decorative spine, and illustrations throughout.

Author: P.T. Barnum

Publisher: J.B. Burr & Company

Year: 1870

Description: Early illustrated edition with engravings of Bridgeport scenes. A worn reading copy.

Author: P.T. Barnum

Publisher: The Courier Company

Year: 1875

Description: "Revised, enlarged, newly illustrated and written up to April, 1875, by the author"- first edition thus. Original brown embossed cloth with decorative worn gilt lettering on spine.

Author: Harriett Martineau

Publisher: James R. Osgood

Year: 1877

Description: Full title: Harriett Martineau's Autobiography. Two volume set. Marbled paper-covered boards and endpapers in half leather. Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.

Author: Rachel Baker

Publisher: Julian Messner

Year: 1949

Description: Full title: Dr. Morton, Pioneer in the use of ether (signed). 3rd printing. Biography book for young adults. Inscribed and dated by Baker. (Nov 13, 1952)

Author: Elizabeth B. Custer

Publisher: Harper & Brothers

Year: 1885

Description: Libby Custer was a strong advocate for her deceased husband, but her works are also a goldmine of information on daily military life in the Dakota Territory. Front cover features a gilt sunrise over the Black Hills, gilt titling with a bugle and musical score. This is the more desirable 2nd printing with frontispiece of George Armstrong Custer and map of Montana & Dakota and chocolate color endpapers.

Author: H. Montgomery

Publisher: Porter & Coates

Year: c 1885

Description: Full title: The Life of Major-General William H. Harrison. Spectacular period binding heavily decorated with gilt title on front board and spine. Frontis portrait of the 9th president, whose term lasted only 31 days. Tight binding and clean pages.

Author: William Ralston Balch

Publisher: Hubbard Bros.

Year: 1881

Description: Full title: The Life of James Abram Garfield. Salesman sample. Abridged. These books were carried door to door to sell the book. Frontis of Garfield and numerous illustrations, along with sample of spine affixed to back of front board. Partially tallied record of pre-sales bound in rear of book.

Author: George Alfred Townsend and Gen. Lew Wallace

Publisher: S.S. Scranton

Year: 1888

Description: Full title: Life of Gen. Ben Harrison. Also, Life of Hon. Levi P. Morton. Decorated gray cloth with gilt and black lettering on the front cover and spine. This is a campaign biography prepared to introduce the men to the 1888 presidential campaign electorate.

Author: Peter Cartwright

Publisher: Carlton and Porter

Year: 1856

Description: Full title: Autobiography of Peter Cartwright. Early printing of classic frontier life of a Methodist circuit rider. Cartwright, a Methodist missionary, helped start America's Second Great Awakening. Lincoln defeated Cartrwright in 1846 for a US Congressional seat. 1/4 leather binding with marbled endpapers, and gilt title on raised spine.

Author: J.T. Headley

Publisher: M.W. Jones

Year: 1891

Description: Full title: Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa. "A graphic account of the several expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the heart of the dark continent."

Author: S.O.; Smith, Ronald Beeton

Publisher: Adams, Victor & Co.

Year: 1872

Description: Full title: Livingstone and his African Explorations. Scarce title. Brown cloth with gilt title and cover decorations. Frontis of Livingstone. An account of various exploratory expeditions through equatorial Africa, focusing primarily on the exploits of Henry Stanley, who is arguably the most notable 19th century explorer of the Dark Continent.

Author: Frederick Whittaker

Publisher: Sheldon & Company

Date: 1876

Description: Full title: A Complete Life of Gen. George A. Custer. The first edition of this work, published three months after Battle of Little Big Horn. In original red cloth binding with pictorial boards. Frontis of Custer. Total of 17 plates including Native American portraits. Tight binding and clean pages. Some foxing.

Author: Tony Bennett

Publisher: Pocket Books

Year: 1998

Description: Unusual inscription by Bennett to one his fans / stalker?! : "Nancy- Promise you will never come to one of my performances again - Tony"