Isaac Disraeli Curiosities & Miscellanies of Literature, LTHR, William M Johnson

Description: Isaac Disraeli Curiosities & Miscellanies of Literature, LTHR, William M Johnson Two works by Isaac D?Israeli: 1.Curiosities of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli Edward Moxon, London, 1854, "A New Edition". Full calf leather over boards with gilt titles and decoration, raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges, illustrated title page, engraved frontispiece portrait of Isaac D'Israeli, 578 pages including index, gilt initials of original owner W. M. J. (William M. Johnson) on front of cover. CONDITION: Covers in Good condition. (Some soiling, rubbing, wear to leather, spine leather somewhat dried and chipped.) Contents are in Very Good- condition (Name of original owner on blank front endpaper. Minor age tanning of paper. Foxing on frontispiece and title page. Text is clean. Binding is tight with repair at gutter of rear board.) 2.Miscellanies of Literature by Isaac D'Israeli Edward Moxon, London, 1856, "A New Edition, Revised and Corrected". Full calf leather over boards with gilt titles and decoration, raised bands on spine, marbled endpapers, marbled page edges, illustrated title page, engraved frontispiece portrait of Isaac D?Israeli, 578 pages including index, gilt initials of original owner W. M. J. (William M. Johnson) on front of cover. CONDITION: Covers in Good condition (Some soiling, rubbing, wear to leather. spine leather somewhat dried and chipped. And label is missing) Contents are in Very Good condition ( Minor age tanning of paper. Light foxing on title page. Text is clean. Binding is tight with repair at gutter of front board.) The original owner of these volumes who had them bound with his initials was William M Johnson who was the son of Bradish Johnson and grandson and namesake of William M. Johnson - the Louisiana river captain who, with George Bradish, built Magnolia (c. 1795), a large plantation in Louisiana that had one of its first sugar and molasses mills. By the middle of the 19? century, Johnson was operating the Johnson & Lazarus Distillery and Sugar Refinery on West 15? Street in New York City, under the firm name William M. Johnson & Sons. His son Bradish Johnson (c.1810 -l 892), continued the business as Bradish Johnson & Sons, Captain William Johnson and his partner, George Bradish, "were sea captains/pirates from Nova Scotia who had come down to the Deep Delta in the late 1700s and worked for river pilot Juan Ronquillo... William was also in partnership with the famous pirate, Jean Lafitte. Lafitte would pirate ships off shore then bring the slaves up Grand Bayou, which was a short cut to the Gulf of Mexico from Woodland, and hold then at 4 large two-story brick slave quarters" until their sale. (History. Woodland Plantation & Spirits Hall) Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items. Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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