sherman rollin (3 risultati)

Pamphlet. 12p., wraps. 7.5 x 5 in. Very Good. The testimony of an innkeeper who, after accepting a job where alcohol is served, loses his faith, and finds redemption after hitting rock bottom. Not in WorldCat (January 2024).

Original boards. 2nd. Second edition. Small 8vo. [2], 3-74 pp. Illustrations of music chords. Tan cloth with printed green paper covering front and rear boards. Owner name in pencil; handwritten pencil notes on music inside rear cover; wear to extremities; some chipping to green paper; light foxing throughout. A very good copy of a scarce work on teaching the rudiments of music, designed especially for pupils studying the Piano-forte, Organ, or Melodeon.

First edition of this historical collection of travel accounts; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, four volumes, bound in full calf with gilt titles and labels to the spine, frontispiece portrait of Charles Rollin to Vol. I, folding map of the City of Syracuse besieged by the Athenians to Vol II, folding map of the coast of Spria, Phoenice and ot the Holy Land to Vol. III, folding map of Egypt and part of the Holy Land to Vol. IV, pictorial title page to each volume. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P. T. Shermanâs booklates to the front pastedown of each volume. In good condition with some rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels of each volume, a small loss to the spine label of Vol. I, some toning and dampstaining to the textblock of each volume, ownership signature to each volume, small closed tear to the folding map in Vol. IV. This set was inherited by P.T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria âMinnieâ Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, the books were held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania. An exceptional association. Charles Rollin was a French historian and educator who published important works on history and educational reform which discarded the medieval traditions that had been lingering in France and emphasized the study of national history.