Chase Stephen Introduction (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 1960. Riverside Editions A51 85¢. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 4th Printing by Letter Line on page 119. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light suntoning to spine; light edge wear. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 119 pp 8vo. Told from the point of the ordinary soldier this is considered the first modern war novel. Henry Fleming is going to combat in the Civil War for the first time. In his first battle he turns and flees-a coward- but regains and comes back-the hero. A clean very presentable copy.…

Quarter Leather. Condition: Good. Printed paper covered boards with black leather spine. 164 pp., plus seven diagrams at the end. Provenance: short dedication from the author to M. Clarkson, dated 1853. We believe M. Clarkson to be a relative of mathematician James A. Clarkson, from whose collection this book came. James Clarkson was an American mathematician known for his work in number theory. He served as an operations' analyst during World War II, earning the Medal of Freedom. A treatise on learning the mathematics of geometry. Written by Alpheus Crosby, who attended Dartmouth at the age of 13. He wrote many books, and served as an educator in Newburyport, Massachusetts, among other places. Crosby was an abolitionist, and edited a journal about it during the Civil War, The Right Way. After the war he edited textbooks aimed at educating formerly enslaved people. GOOD condition. Moderate toning, some soiling and minor staining to the covers. Moderate scattered foxing in the interior.…