Antiquarian Books and Public Domain Literature
These antiquarian books are public domain books, and have been digitized from the
original. Unlike other groups who simply transcribe a book, and/or add comments as the
transcriber see fit, These book have been digitized to look as far as possible, like the
original. Misspelling or typographical errors have not been corrected. What you see in
these books is what was in the original work.
From Aleppo to Jerusalem 1695

By Rev.
Maundrell. The original work was written in 1695
and published in 1703. It related how a minister
travelled from Aleppo Syria to Jerusalem. To do
so, he had to travel West to the Mediterranean,
then along the coast, and back east again to
Jerusalem. It is an interesting trip, and tells the
reader many thing they don’t know.
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Discourse Concerning the Precedency; of
Kings

By James Howell. Non-Fiction 1664
edition. Reason and arguments of the Three
greatest monarchs of Christendom who claim a
several right thereunto, are faithfully collected
and render’d. Whereby occasion is taken to make
Great Britain better Understood then some
Forreign Authors (eitherout of Ignorance or
Interest) have represented Her in order to this
Particular. Whereunto is also adjoyn'd A distinct
Treatise of AMBASSADORS, &c. Sounds
confusing, but it is history.
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Farragut and Our Naval Commanders

By J.
T. Headly. Non-Fiction 1867 edition. There is an
old expression the closer the event the more
accurate the telling of that event. This is proven
to be true in this story of the civil war. This is a
great look at one of the real American Hero’s.
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Grant & Sherman

By J.T. Headly. Non-fiction
1965 edition. A true accounting of the civil war,
and the relationship between these two forceful
men.
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Stories from Italian History

By B.
Montgomeire Ranking. Non-Fiction 1877 edition.
The chapter titles are: Robert Guiscard and the
Normans / The Sicilian Vespers / Rienzi / marino
Faliero / The Conspiracy of Fiesco Masaniello /
Castruccio Castracani.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

By Jules
Verne. Fiction, 1873 edition. This is said to be
the first American edition of this Jules Verne
classic work. There are very few people in this
county who have not read or at least heard of this
story.
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Nurse and Spy In the Union Army

By Emma
E Edmonds non-fiction, 1865 edition. The true
story of a nurse who traveled into the south and
acted as a spy for the Union Army.
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Three letters from Italy

Author Burnet. Nonfiction,
1688 edition. The original of this book is a
compilation of the reports send back to the head
of the Church of England on what his
representative found during a scheduled travel
tour of Italy. It is enlightening in many ways. It
will some, it will make other wonder.
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Washington

By Aaron Bancroft, non-fiction
1808 edition. A accurate biography of George
Washington. There are thing the read will not
have known. And to repeat, the closer to the
historical incident the more accurate the
information will be.
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Robber Caves

By A.D.O.C. Fiction, 1862
edition. A very spoiled English child and his
mother are traveling in Italy. He is so self
centered his ego lands him in great trouble, and
he is taken prisoner by a gang of robbers. Will
this be his end, or will he be able to escape?
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I would like to take this oportunity to personally thank you for downloading the antiquarian books on this website. All of these books were digitized by the not-for profit organization; The American Society for Old Book Preservation, Inc. [A.S.O.B.P.]
ASOBP digitizes books with the idea; when possible they should look as much like the orginal book as possible. People and organization do not the right to made changes or modifications to a book. Some organization even allow the digitizers to insert comments into the transcriptions.
I do hope you will enjoy the book you have downloaded, and also hope you will come back to see if some of the other offerings might please you.
Once again, thank you for download my book. I do you you enjoy it.
Gregory R. Gillespie