Lot 0020

Prison Life of Jefferson Davis - Inscribed

Similar Sale History

View More Items in Books

Sold

1866 1ed Prison Life of Jefferson Davis Civil War Slave: 1866 1ed Prison Life of Jefferson Davis Civil War Slavery Confederate President "A sympathetic account of Davis's confinement at Fortress Monroe; by the physician assigned to attend him; includes seve

20201866 1ed Prison Life of Jefferson Davis Civil War SlaveSee Sold Price

Sold

1866 1ed Jefferson Davis Prison Life Civil War Slavery: 1866 1ed Jefferson Davis Prison Life Civil War Slavery Confederate PROVENANCE "A sympathetic account of Davis's confinement at Fortress Monroe; by the physician assigned to attend him; includes severa

20211866 1ed Jefferson Davis Prison Life Civil War SlaverySee Sold Price

Sold

1890 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis President Civil War: 1890 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis CSA President Civil War Lincoln Assassination “I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not le

20191890 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis President Civil WarSee Sold Price

Sold

Pollard, Life of Jefferson Davis & Secret History of Confederacy, 1869: "Life of Jefferson Davis, with a Secret History of the Southern Confederacy, gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond": containing Curious and Extraordinary Information of the Principal Southern Charac

2023Pollard, Life of Jefferson Davis & Secret History of Confederacy, 1869See Sold Price

Sold

1866 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis & Stonewall Jackson: 1866 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis & Stonewall Jackson Civil War Confederacy Addey This first edition of ‘Life and imprisonment of Jefferson Davis: together with the life and military career of Stonew

20191866 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis & Stonewall JacksonSee Sold Price

Sold

1869 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis SECRETS Civil War: 1869 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis SECRETS Civil War Slavery Confederate President “Several biographies and memoires of [Jefferson] Davis have been published...the best: Pollard’s ‘Life of Jeffers

20191869 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis SECRETS Civil WarSee Sold Price

Sold

1890 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis CSA President Civil: 1890 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis CSA President Civil War Lincoln Assassination “I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not le

20181890 1ed Life of Jefferson Davis CSA President CivilSee Sold Price

Sold

Life and Reminiscences of Jefferson Davis, 1stEd. 1890, illustrated: "Life and Reminiscences of Jefferson Davis" By Distinguished Men of his Time, introduction by Hon. John W. Daniel, U.S. Senator from Virginia, illustrated. Published by Eastern Publishing Company, 189

2023Life and Reminiscences of Jefferson Davis, 1stEd. 1890, illustratedSee Sold Price

Sold

1893 1st ed Richmond Prisons Confederate Civil War POWs: 1893 1st ed Richmond Prisons Confederate Civil War POWs TORTURE Jefferson Davis William Jeffrey’s ‘Richmond Prison’s is a late 19th-century account of the Civil War prisons in the Confederacy. T

20191893 1st ed Richmond Prisons Confederate Civil War POWsSee Sold Price

Sold

1890 Bastiles of Confederacy Jefferson Davis American: 1890 Bastiles of Confederacy Jefferson Davis American Civil War Prisons Battles Frank Moran’s ‘Bastiles of the Confederacy’ is a broad survey of the aftermath of the American Civil War. This wor

20201890 Bastiles of Confederacy Jefferson Davis AmericanSee Sold Price

Sold

1890 Jefferson Davis Memorial Jones America President: 1890 Jefferson Davis Memorial Jones America President Civil War Slavery Racism The ‘Davis Memorial Volume’ is a sourcebook on the Confederate president outlining his life and character and his sic

20201890 Jefferson Davis Memorial Jones America PresidentSee Sold Price

Sold

1890 1ed Jefferson Davis Confederate States President: 1890 1ed Jefferson Davis Confederate States President Civil War Battles SLAVERY "A sentimentalized account, including parts which Davis dictated before his death.” (Nevins) A rare first edition of M

20191890 1ed Jefferson Davis Confederate States PresidentSee Sold Price

Sold

20191890 1ed Jefferson Davis Confederate States PresidentSee Sold Price

Sold

1868 Jefferson Davis CSA War SECRETS Slavery: 1868 Jefferson Davis CSA War SECRETS Slavery Confederate Gettysburg Vicksburg “I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let

20191868 Jefferson Davis CSA War SECRETS SlaverySee Sold Price

Sold

1866 1st ed Jefferson Davis a Traitor? American Civil: 1866 1st ed Jefferson Davis a Traitor? American Civil War Confederate Secession “I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not l

20201866 1st ed Jefferson Davis a Traitor? American CivilSee Sold Price

Sold

1855 RARE Military Prison Life SLAVERY Abolition: 1855 RARE Military Prison Life SLAVERY Abolition Missouri Underground Railroad George Thompson was a 19th-century British abolitionist who was one of the most important anti-slavery proponents in the

20191855 RARE Military Prison Life SLAVERY AbolitionSee Sold Price

Related Books

Freaks and Marvels of Plant LIfe: or, Curiosities of Vegetation. First edition. Fine binding. Full-leather with gilt armorial crest and gilt lineal borders. Morocco gilt title, decorative gilt raised bands, gilt panel vignettes to spi

4 days LeftFreaks and Marvels of Plant LIfe

The Life of Nelson: First edition thus. Brown leather with gilt vignette and gilt lineal borders. Gilt title, gilt vignette to spine. Decorative endpapers, Silk cloth page-marker. Title vignette. Full-page plates. A very

4 days LeftThe Life of Nelson

Edward Hicks His Life in Art: Edward Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter and a distinguished religious minister of the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers. Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate

5 days LeftEdward Hicks His Life in Art

$40

Wendingen Life Work of Frank Lloyd Wright 1925: Wright, Frank Lloyd, edited and designed by H. Th. Wijdeveld, Wendingen: The Life Work of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1925-1926, seven special numbers bound in a single volume, hardcove

May 22, 2024Wendingen Life Work of Frank Lloyd Wright 1925

$50

Life and Laughter 'midst The Cannibals: SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fourth edition. Publishers red cloth with black lineal borders. Black title to spine. Frontispiece portrait plate. Full-page photographic plates. A very nice copy. Publisher: Hurst &

4 days LeftLife and Laughter 'midst The Cannibals

1836 Paris M. Davis 1st "An Authentic History of the Late War Between the United States and Great: Includes 5 engravings at beginning of book. With a full account of every battle by sea and land: the defection of General Hull, his trial and sentence; the massacre at the river Raisin; the Destructio

5 days Left1836 Paris M. Davis 1st "An Authentic History of the Late War Between the United States and Great

$50

1862 Henry Mayhew and John Binny 1st Edition "The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison: WIth numerous illustrations from photographs

5 days Left1862 Henry Mayhew and John Binny 1st Edition "The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison

$200

Life of Cellini, 2 vols in Stikeman fine bindings 1906: Cellini, Benvenuto, edited and translated by John Addington Symonds, The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, 2 volumes, 1906, Brentano's, in fine leather bindings by Stikeman and co., full cherry red morocco w

May 22, 2024Life of Cellini, 2 vols in Stikeman fine bindings 1906

$150

Theodor Reik Secret Self Psychoanalytic Experiences in Life and Literature VGood: Theodor Reik Secret Self Psychoanalytic Experiences in Life and Literature VGood. Hardcover with dust jacket. Farrar Straus and Young 1952 Book in very good condition, ffep has torn upper edge, pencil

4 days LeftTheodor Reik Secret Self Psychoanalytic Experiences in Life and Literature VGood

$35

The Conduct of Life Nature and Other Essays RW Emerson 1911JM Dent HC 1st/2nd VG: The Conduct of Life Nature and Other Essays RW Emerson 1911JM Dent HC 1st/2nd VG. First issue of this edition, first reprint. Maroon leather binding, gilt decoration to front cover, spine taped. Decor

4 days LeftThe Conduct of Life Nature and Other Essays RW Emerson 1911JM Dent HC 1st/2nd VG

$55

Songs Of Comfort by Annie L. Fisher Antique Book 1910 Davis & Bond Publishers: Songs Of Comfort by Annie L. Fisher Antique Book 1910 Davis & Bond Publishers. Beautiful front cover featuring a bright gilt background with purple flowers. Thick paper/cardboard covers. Very rare. Ve

4 days LeftSongs Of Comfort by Annie L. Fisher Antique Book 1910 Davis & Bond Publishers

$60

Alcatraz Prison Original Scrapbook with 58 Photo's from 1974: Title: Alcatraz Prison Original Scrapbook with 58 Photo's from 1974 Author: N/A Date/Period: 1974 Publisher: N/A Edition: N/A Additional Information: This original 1974 album from Alcatraz Prison in S

4 days LeftAlcatraz Prison Original Scrapbook with 58 Photo's from 1974

$120

2004 President Bill Clinton 1st Edition "My Life" Signed: Signed Bill Clinton on Title Page, no dustjacket,

5 days Left2004 President Bill Clinton 1st Edition "My Life" Signed

$50

Joe Louis My Life Story Autographed with partial DJ: Louis, Joe, My Life Story, signed by Joe Louis and editor Chester Washington on a front blank page, 1947, stated first edition, hardcover, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, includes piece of the original dust

May 22, 2024Joe Louis My Life Story Autographed with partial DJ

$10

A Day in the Life of America Photographed by 200 of the World's Lea 1986: Very Good Condition Reserve: $40.00 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rate of $20.00 to anywhere within the contiguous U.S. International: Foreign shipping rates are determined by destination. International sh

4 days LeftA Day in the Life of America Photographed by 200 of the World's Lea 1986

$30

Henry Howard HARPER Bob Hardwick The Story of His Life and Experiences 1911 1st: Henry Howard HARPER Bob Hardwick The Story of His Life and Experiences 1911 1st Ed/1st Print. HC. Issued by the DeVinnes Press only to subscribers of The Bibliophile Society. 303 pages. Gilt upper edg

4 days LeftHenry Howard HARPER Bob Hardwick The Story of His Life and Experiences 1911 1st

$35

More Items in Books

1960s &1970s Vintage Playboy Mags: Large lot of 1960s and 1970s Playboy Magazines. Includes 1970s Penthouse Magazines and The Playboy's Hanbook Hard cover. We are a veteran owned company. Please look at the pictures carefully to determ

May 18, 20241960s &1970s Vintage Playboy Mags

$41

George Orwell, "Animal Farm", 1st American: edition. Published by Harcourt and Brace, 1946. 118 pages with original dust jacket. 8vo. Dust jacket shows wear to the edges and slight chipping at the top and bottom of the spine. Inside corners are

Live NowGeorge Orwell, "Animal Farm", 1st American

$250

Typee or A Narrative of a Four Months Residence: among the natives of the Marquesas Islands or a Peep at Polynesian Life by Herman Melville, London, 1847. First Edition, 12 vo, 301 pages, original maroon cloth binding, spine fading. Good to very goo

Live NowTypee or A Narrative of a Four Months Residence

$150

(4) volumes to include Pen Drawing and Pen: Draughtsmen by Joseph Pennell N.A., quarto, 1921, London, First Edition, beige buckram binding, cracked front hinge, overall very good condition. A copy of The Adventures of an Illustrator by Joseph P

Live Now(4) volumes to include Pen Drawing and Pen

$150

Omoo, A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas: by Herman Melville, London, 1847, First Edition, original maroon cloth binding, 321 pages, very good condition, some spine fading. Provenance: Weld family library.

Live NowOmoo, A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

$200

1959 Shirley Jackson 1st Edition "The Haunting of Hill House": WIth pictorial jacket, Basis for "The Haunting" films in 1963 and 1999.

5 days Left1959 Shirley Jackson 1st Edition "The Haunting of Hill House"

$220

(4) volumes to include First Edition Sporting: Prints by F. Gordon Roe, 1927, Connoisseur Ltd, quarto, London, half red leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, in slipcase. A second volume of Sporting Prints, very good condition, by Roe, regul

Live Now(4) volumes to include First Edition Sporting

$200

North American Indians by George Catlin, octavo,: 2 volumes, London, 1841, second edition, full leather with 400 illustrations and maps. All edges gilt. Very good overall condition with some wear on edges of bindings. Handwritten dedication to Adora

Live NowNorth American Indians by George Catlin, octavo,

$250

1608 edition of The English Martyrologue,: extremely rare and important, small octavo in original vellum binding, complete on 356 pages including the Alphabetical Table of Martyred Saints. Very good condition. This copy is from the famous Weld

Live Now1608 edition of The English Martyrologue,

$1,000

Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird 1960 First Book Club Edition: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (American, 1926 - 2016). First Book Club Edition by J. B. Lippincott, NY, 1960. The 1960 J.P. Lippincott First Book Club Edition with a First State Book Club Dust J

May 16, 2024Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird 1960 First Book Club Edition

$160

Harpers Weekly, vol. 5, 1861, Civil War January: 5, 1861- December 28, 1861. Numerous interesting illustrations. Front page, February 2, has Homer illustration, also M. Nevin, Chapin, Homer, May 26, 1861. Homer, June 29, 1861, front page, etc. 439 p

Live NowHarpers Weekly, vol. 5, 1861, Civil War January

$30

(2) leather bound books, to include: The Current: Gold and Silver Coins of All Countries: with Facsimiles of the Coins and their Value in English Money by Leopold C. Martin & Charles Trubner, published by Trubner & C0., London, 1863. 8vo, 140 numbere

Live Now(2) leather bound books, to include: The Current

$50

Wallace Nutting, (26) books to include: "England: Beautiful" with dust jacket (tears), "Ireland Beautiful" with dust jacket, "New York Beautiful" with dust jacket, "New Hampshire Beautiful" with dust jacket, two "Vermont Beautiful" with dust jackets,

Live NowWallace Nutting, (26) books to include: "England

$100

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving,: illustrated by Arthur Rackham, London. George Harrap & Company, 1928, 1/2 leather, pictural end papers and 8 color illustrations and numerous black and white designs. Large octavo, very good overall c

Live NowThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving,

$100

The Works of William Shakespeare, 1844, 8: volumes, London, 1/2 maroon leather octavo, marbled edges and end papers. Very good condition with an additional letter that describes getting the dean of Harvard College drunk. Provenance: Weld famil

Live NowThe Works of William Shakespeare, 1844, 8

$175

Rare History and Antiquities of the County of: Dorset by John Hutchins, 2 volumes, London, 1774, First edition with all maps and engravings, published by Bowyer and Nichols. Full leather folio size, loose boards, contents complete and in very good

Live NowRare History and Antiquities of the County of

$400

Recommended Books, Magazines & Papers

May 18, 20241960s &1970s Vintage Playboy Mags

$41

1400s 1500s GOLD Illuminated Handwritten Medieval Manuscript Catholic Missal Latin: 1400s 1500s GOLD Illuminated Handwritten Medieval Manuscript Catholic Missal Latin An exquisite 16th-century illuminated, handwritten manuscript. This impressive piece features gold leaf illuminated i

May 12, 20241400s 1500s GOLD Illuminated Handwritten Medieval Manuscript Catholic Missal Latin

$155

Battle of Saratoga Account in Ledger-Scrapbook: The stars of hope burned bright and yet brighter... Ledger and Scrapbook. N.p., 179?-mid-19th century. 67 pages. Folio. One quarter calf, with early red morocco spine repair. A late 18th century ledge

May 14, 2024Battle of Saratoga Account in Ledger-Scrapbook

$100

Collection of approximately 75 indenture: documents on vellum, to include: 1) two 1865 land leases to Ebenezer Evans from the Ball family. 2) 1859 assignment lease for Mr. Wimbush & John Allen to Henry Lownds, Parish of Westminster, Middlesex

Live NowCollection of approximately 75 indenture

$100

Large lot of Risque adult Magazines: Large lot of adult magazines. Mostly Penthouse from various years. Includes other titles as well. We are a veteran owned company. Please look at the pictures carefully to determine what you believe th

May 18, 2024Large lot of Risque adult Magazines

$23

Live NowGeorge Orwell, "Animal Farm", 1st American

$250

1840 RARE Edgar Allan Poe 1ed Fall of House Usher Literature Bentley Miscellany: 1840 RARE Edgar Allan Poe 1ed Fall of House Usher Literature Bentley Miscellany “I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as

May 12, 20241840 RARE Edgar Allan Poe 1ed Fall of House Usher Literature Bentley Miscellany

$110

4 albums, "Pictures of Peking" by Donald Mennie, three volumes with early photographs of Peking,: 4 albums, "Pictures of Peking" by Donald Mennie, three volumes with early photographs of Peking, China, plus a photo album with various Peking scenes..

2 days Left4 albums, "Pictures of Peking" by Donald Mennie, three volumes with early photographs of Peking,

$425

Live NowTypee or A Narrative of a Four Months Residence

$150

1916 MAGIC 1ed Alexander Herrmann Wizards Manual Tricks Black Arts Mind Reading: 1916 MAGIC 1ed Alexander Herrmann Wizards Manual Tricks Black Arts Mind Reading Alexander Herrmann, often known as Hermann the Great, was a 19th-century French magician who was known for his magic sho

May 12, 20241916 MAGIC 1ed Alexander Herrmann Wizards Manual Tricks Black Arts Mind Reading

$54

1844 Harper Library United States Poland Navigation MAPS 14v Voyages RARE LOT: 1844 Harper Library United States Poland Navigation MAPS 14v Voyages RARE LOT The Harper Family Library consists of hundreds of volumes of iconic and important history books – a set designed for sch

May 12, 20241844 Harper Library United States Poland Navigation MAPS 14v Voyages RARE LOT

$56

Playboy Magazines Lot, Pam Anderson: Large Lot of Playboy Magazines. Include Naomi Campbell, The Girls of KISS, Pamela Anderson, Anna Nicole Smith, and Charlize Therone. We are a veteran owned company. Please look at the pictures careful

May 18, 2024Playboy Magazines Lot, Pam Anderson

$16

1884 DANTE Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory Hell DORE Art Famed DRAGON Binding: 1884 DANTE Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory Hell DORE Art Famed DRAGON Binding “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” ? Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy Dantes “Divine Comedy” is one

May 12, 20241884 DANTE Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory Hell DORE Art Famed DRAGON Binding

$215

1859 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Underground World Geology Volcanoes CAVES Coal Fossils: 1859 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Underground World Geology Volcanoes CAVES Coal Fossils A rare historical book in an exquisite, decorative binding! The Subterranean World is a geological treatise by 19th-centur

May 12, 20241859 BEAUTIFUL BINDING Underground World Geology Volcanoes CAVES Coal Fossils

$56

Cold Spring photo album, various portraits of the Snook family, and other local families: Cold Spring photo album, various portraits of the Snook family, and other local families

2 days LeftCold Spring photo album, various portraits of the Snook family, and other local families

$30

White Star and Cunard Line, 37 page scrap book,: ca. 1905, with approximately 170 black and white photographs taken by F. W. Davis on a European trip from NY to Constantinople, September 9, 1905 to November 7, 1905. The book contains the White Star

Live NowWhite Star and Cunard Line, 37 page scrap book,

$100

Prison Life of Jefferson Davis - Inscribed

Item Details

Description

Title: Prison Life of Jefferson Davis - Inscribed

Author: John J. Craven

Date: 1867

Publisher: Carleton, Publisher NY

Edition: ---

Additional Information: 1867. 'Prison Life of Jefferson Davis' - Inscribed by John J. Craven, MD (personal physician to Confederate Pres. Jefferson Davis).
'Embracing details and incidents in his captivity, particulars concerning his health and habits together with many conversations on topics of great public interest'.
377 pages - with tight binding and frontispiece illustration of Confederate Pres. Jefferson Davis in prison.
At Fortress Monroe, Virginia, Dr. John J. Craven served as personal physician to Jefferson Davis for 7 months of his imprisonment. Dr. Craven's first person account of Confederate President Jefferson Davis' imprisonment following the Civil War - inscribed by Craven on front free endpaper to Anthony H. Ryden.
Nice overall condition- clean, square & tight. Rear board has slight top edge loss. Approx. 7.5"x5.25". [civil war, confederacy, U.S. politics, prison, memoirs, black interest]

Reserve: $350.00

Shipping:

Domestic: Flat-rate of $15.00 to anywhere within the contiguous U.S.

International: Foreign shipping rates are determined by destination. International shipping may be subject to VAT.

Combined shipping: Please ask about combined shipping for multiple lots before bidding.

Location: This item ships from New York.

Your purchase is protected:
Photos, descriptions, and estimates were prepared with the utmost care by a fully certified expert and appraiser. All items in this sale are guaranteed authentic.

In the rare event that the item did not conform to the lot description in the sale, Jasper52 specialists are here to help. Buyers may return the item for a full refund provided you notify Jasper52 within 5 days of receiving the item.