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1877239161877. No binding. Fine. Autograph Quote Signed from Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech given on February 27 1860. Sept 10 1877. Schuyler Colfax U.S. representative from Indiana and vice president under Ulysses S. Grant pens a famous quote from Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. Transcript""Let us have faith that Right makes Might; and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our Duty."" Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech Feb. '60. Yrs truly Schuyler Colfax / Sept 10 1877Schuyler Colfax 1823-1885 born in New York City moved with his family to Indiana when he was an adolescent. Colfax pursued a career in journalism serving as legislative correspondent for the Indiana State Journal and becoming part-owner of the Whig organ of northern Indiana the South Bend Free Press renamed the St. Joseph Valley Register in 1845. Colfax was a member of the 1850 state constitutional convention and four years later was elected as a Republican to Congress where he served until 1869. An energetic opponent of slavery Colfax's speech attacking the Lecompton Legislature in Kansas became the most widely requested Republican campaign document in the 1858 mid-term election. In 1862 following the electoral defeat of Galusha Grow Colfax was elected Speaker of the House. In that capacity Colfax announced the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment on January 31 1865: ""The constitutional majority of two thirds having voted in the affirmative the Joint Resolution is passed."" Colfax considered February 1 1865 the day he signed the House resolution the happiest day of his life. ""Fourteen years before among a mere handful of kindred spirits in the Constitutional Convention of his State he had said: 'Wherever within my sphere be it narrow or wide oppression treads its iron heel on human rights I will raise my voice in earnest protest.' He had kept his word and well earned his share in the triumph."" Hollister 245. Colfax next served as Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1873. He lost a re-nomination bid in 1872 as a result of his involvement in the Crédit Mobilier of America scandal. Hollister Ovando James. Life of Schuyler Colfax 1886. books
2003160812San Francisco: Chronicle Books 2003. Paperback. 131p. wraps 8.5x11 inches profusely illustrated with color reproductions very good condition. Chronicle Books paperback books
1938WB14641New York: Philip Duschnes 1938. Limited Edition. Paperback. Fair. Scarce printing one of 500 copies privately printed of Lincoln's second inaugural address. Original wraps defective split chipped and loose. Contents good. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Philip Duschnes paperback books
1937126894Rutland VT: The Tuttle Publishing Co 1937. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 411 pages. B1-484. With a map of Wilmington from 1772 reproduced as the endpapers. Bookplate of the Delaware collector Henry I. Law on front pastedown. Jacket is chipped along edges. The Tuttle Publishing Co unknown books
193728369Rutland VT: The Tuttle Publishing Co 1937. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 411 pages. B1-484. With a map of Wilmington from 1772 reproduced as the endpapers. Jacket is torn along front hinge and has small pieces missing. The Tuttle Publishing Co unknown books
193729728Rutland VT: The Tuttle Publishing Co 1937. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 411 pages. B1-484. With a map of Wilmington from 1772 reproduced as the endpapers. Inscribed by the author. Bookplate. Covers show some fading and spotting. The Tuttle Publishing Co unknown books
193729730Rutland VT: The Tuttle Publishing Co 1937. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 411 pages. B1-484. With a map of Wilmington from 1772 reproduced as the endpapers. Spine of dust jacket lightly faded and chipped around the edges. Inscribed by the author to Christopher Ward. The Tuttle Publishing Co unknown books
193765778Rutland VT: The Tuttle Publishing Co 1937. cloth. 8vo. cloth. 411 pages. B1-484. With a map of Wilmington from 1772 reproduced as the endpapers. Presentation "To the Governor Honorable Richard C McMullen this volume is inscribed by the author Anna T. Lincoln Nov. 17 1937." Spine faded. The Tuttle Publishing Co unknown books
193729233Rutland VT: The Tuttle Publishing Co 1937. cloth dust jacket. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. 411 pages. B1-484. First edition. With a map of Wilmington from 1772 reproduced as the endpapers. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. Jacket is torn along front hinge with pieces missing at spine ends. The Tuttle Publishing Co unknown books
1946140638New York: Whitney Museum of American Art 1946. Softbound. VG- Label & few marks from previous gallery owner; book was once folded in half; interior is good. Goldenrod stapled wraps 48 pp. 12 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with several 1946-1947 exhibitions featuring works by American artist William Rimmer. Lengthy essay by Lincoln Kirstein. Catalogue lists 94 works. Chronology and list of reference materials in addition to a Selected Bibliography. Scarce. Whitney Museum of American Art paperback books
19322288774J.B. Lippincott Company 1932. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First thus. Revised and enlarged edition. With Art Deco jacket design. Faint stain to jacket spine head quarter-inch by quarter-inch chip to jacket spine head quarter-inch by quarter-inch chip to top edge of rear jacket panel one inch tear to top edge of front jacket panel pencil name on front jacket panel. 1932 Hard Cover. 307 pp. "Why Worry" is a tonic for depression. First printed in 1908 it has gone through two depressions and twenty printings has sold steadily for twenty years and as now issued has been revised and enlarged. Anyone who is nervous or discouraged or who has had a bad attack of the stock market will find in it a sure cure for the blues. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1957118693New York: Pageant Press 1957. Octavo cloth. First edition. Vanity-published novelette about reincarnation. Not in Reginald 1979; 1992. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with mild edge wear. #118693 Pageant Press unknown books
1985Embry 130489The Mountaineers 1985. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. The Mountaineers, 1985. First edition. unknown books
19045042New York: Dodge Publishing Company 1904. Octavo 244 pages. First edition. A full treatment of the luncheon from the author of The Boston Cook Book. If luncheons like this existed today I would certainly attend: reed birds venison in blazer Scotch broth and sautéed bananas! In brown cloth stamped in green and gold. Some light soiling throughout hinges shaken sun fading and a bit of light staining to cloth boards otherwise near very good. Bitting page 288; Brown 2590; Wheaton & Kelly 3720; Cagle 483. Dodge Publishing Company hardcover books
19042999New York: Dodge Publishing Company 23 East 20th Street 1904. Octavo 19 x 14 cm. 244 pages. FIRST EDITION. A full treatment of the luncheon from the author of The Boston Cook Book. In two parts the first an overview of the idea of the event both formal and informal and of the mechanics of giving a luncheon. The second part is the author's idea of appropriate recipes for a luncheon and if luncheons like this existed today I would most certainly try to attend: reed birds venison in blazer Scotch broth and sautéed bananas! In publishers brown cloth stamped in green and gold. Ink stamped number to rear pastedown. Tiny tide-line to the foot of some leaves. Still as fine a copy as we have encountered. Bitting page 288; Brown 2590; Wheaton & Kelly 3720; Cagle 483. Dodge Publishing Company, 23 East 20th Street hardcover books
200531679New York: Doubleday 2005. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. A Fine copy in a similar dust jacket. 10 358 pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
1959WRCLIT73033Brooklyn 1959. 80pp. Pictorial wrappers. Photographs. Faint rubbing to black wrapper but very close to fine. The first issue of this serial edited by A.J. Pischl. Apart from the editor's prefatory note and a supplement of photographs by Martha Swope the entirety of the issue is turned over to Kirstein's monograph. unknown books
1865WRCAM48848Olympia 1865. 4; 4pp. Large folio. Folded with some loss at folds. Chipping and small tears at edges light soiling and wear. Good. Washington state newspaper issue reporting on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The interior two pages are both column-edged in black the lead headline reading: "President Lincoln Murdered!! Mr. Seward Stabbed." The newspaper likewise reports on the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox and the end of the Civil War. The issue for April 1st reports a small column on the unconstitutionality of the Emancipation Proclamation. The WASHINGTON DEMOCRAT was published from Oct. 17 1864 to July 15 1865. Scarce. unknown books
198351404NY:: Delacorte Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0440096421 . First printing. Foxing on top edge else very good in a very good vertical crease to front flap dust jacket. . Delacorte Press, hardcover books
198350275NY:: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 038529235X . Third printing. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Delacorte Press, hardcover books
19422195106Simon and Schuster 1942. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lacks jacket. Publisher's insert laid in. Spine faded hinges just starting. 1942 Hard Cover. lxi 1370 pp. 8 1/2 x 6. 8vo. Color maps on endpapers two tone illustration on title page. Includes publisher's note by M. Lincoln Schuster foreword by Clifton Fadiman. 'Reader's Guide and Bookmark for the Inner Sanctum Edition of War and Peace' contains: A list of characters arranged in family groups; A chronological table of principal historical events 1805 to 1812 the period covered by War and Peace; A map of the Campaign of 1805; A map showing the Napoleonic Invasion of Russia and a Plan of Moscow in 1812; A list of characters arranged in order of their appearance with full identifications and a note on Russian names and titles. Translated with a preface and introductory notes by Aylmer Maude. Includes detailed Table of Contents various famous authors' praises of War and Peace a list of dates of principal historical events and 7 maps throughout text as well as maps on the front & rear paste-down endpapers. An epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy originally published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This panoramic study of early 19th-century Russian society noted for its mastery of realistic detail and variety of psychological analysis is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is primarily concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families -- particularly the Bezukhovs the Bolkonskys and the Rostovs -- the members of which are portrayed against a vivid background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon 1805-14. The theme of war however is subordinate to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting pattern of human existence. The heroine Natasha Rostova for example reaches her greatest fulfillment through her marriage to Pierre Bezukhov and her motherhood. The novel also sets forth a theory of history concluding that there is a minimum of free choice; all is ruled by an inexorable historical determinism. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
198827195New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1988. Softcover. VG. Off-white wraps with black lettering 205 pp profusely illustrated in bw. 50th anniversary edition with new plates from original prints. Photos of architecture cityscapes landcapes and the human situations for which Walker is so well known emphasize his timelessness. The Museum of Modern Art paperback books
27195.1New York New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1938. Hardcover. VG- Minor wear to cloth at extremities; A few pages slightly sticking together at edges. Black cloth over boards; 198 pp. 87 bw plates. Photos of architecture cityscapes landcapes and the human situations for which Walker is so well known emphasize his timelessness. Includes an essay by Lincoln Kirstein. The Museum of Modern Art hardcover books
1938D12803The Museum of Modern Art 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Black cloth paper spine label; dust jacket; square 8vo; pp. 200 with 87 b/w photo-illustrated plates bound-in errata slip. Spine tips and corners just a little frayed; a little faint soiling on paper spine label; otherwise a nice tight internally clean copy of the book. Dust jacket chipped and torn at head of spine and along edges of front panel affecting a portion of the lettering. <br/><br/> The Museum of Modern Art hardcover books
1969180225New York: Aperture 1969. Softcover. VG. scuffs & scratches to covers; worn speckling to back cover; small round chip to spine. light speckled foxing to textlbock edges; instances of light foxing to pg edges otherwise pgs clean & bright. tight binding. square glossy grey wraps w/ bw illustration; white printing. approx 148 unpaginated pgs w/ bw illustrations. Closing essay by Lincoln Kirstein. A beautiful collection of Smith's photographs. Aperture unknown books
