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200047936Albany NY: State University of NY 2000. First printing. 8vo pp. xvii 217. Notes bibliography index. Illustrated with several portraits. Paper wraps. About as new. Gibbons 1801-1893 was an abolitionist/feminist who was especially concerned with the treatment and rehabilitation of women prisoners. She also served as a nurse during the Civil War and protected escaping slaves. State University of NY unknown books
76424hardcover. illus. 8vo cloth. Univ. of PA Pr. 1987. vg<br/><br/> unknown books
198633710Philadelphia: Friends General Conference 1986. Second edn. 8vo pp. 273. Illustrated mostly with portraits. Paper wraps. A very nice copy. An account of the impact that Quaker women and Quaker attitudes about women have had on American society. Friends General Conference unknown books
197551361NY: Crown 1975. First Edition. 8vo pp. viii 216. Bibliography index. Green cloth. Cover slightly scuffed at edges o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat chipped and soiled dj. A rebellion led by William Parker that took place in Lancaster County PA as a Maryland slaveholder pursued his runaway slaves under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Crown unknown books
197519426NY: Crown Publishers 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. viii 209pp index. Very good hardback in a darkened jacket. <br/><br/> Crown Publishers hardcover books
1980023326New York: Walker & Company 1980. x 265p. b/w front. port. b/w illus. dj. Walker & Company unknown books
200122441Cambridge: MIT Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0262024799 . Illustrated. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . MIT Press hardcover books
1922132461Salem Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss printers 1922. Hardcover. Good ex-library with typical markings including stamps and back card pocket. Binding strong. Green buckram boards viii 117 pp. 28 bw illustrations. Includes an appendix of "my mother's old songs" with words and score. Newcomb & Gauss, printers hardcover books
1922833751922. BACON Louisa Crowninshield. REMINISCENCES. Salem MA: Privately Printed 1922. 117 pp. 8vo. black cloth gilt lettered sunned to brown at spine brown paper covered boards with printed cover label. A few scrapes to boards light soil to label. Minor shelfwear. Hinges starting. Deckle edges. Printed on laid paper with plates in black and white: photo reproductions illustrations. Massachsetts family memoirs. unknown books
2004112419Sun Valley California: American Historical Press 2004. Hardbound. VG/VG. Blue cloth with gold lettering; white dj with color illustration and blue lettering; 367 pp. with nearly 600 bw and color illustrations. A history of Virginia from its beginning to present day focusing on its re-emergence as a business and industrial giant. Includes a timeline of Virginia history and list of governors. American Historical Press hardcover books
197979351Woking:: Alpine Garden Society. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 090004831X . Color and black and white photographs. First British edition. Near fine in a near fine some light creasing on rear panel dust jacket. . Alpine Garden Society, hardcover books
184510008New Haven: Pr. by B. L. Hamlen for the Foreign Evangelical Society 1845. 8vo. 43 1 blank pp. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly age-toned. Pencilled presentation inscription on title-page partially cut off by binder's trimming. Pr. by B. L. Hamlen for the Foreign Evangelical Society unknown books
194347203NY:: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1943. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press, hardcover books
184037422New York: Office of the American Biblical Repository 1840. 8vo. 25 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in American Imprints. Removed from a nonce volume. Foxing throughout. Office of the American Biblical Repository unknown books
10806pamphlet. 40 pages. Slim 8vo original green printed wrappers; chipped. New Haven 1901.<br/><br/> Author's presentation copy.<br/><br/> unknown books
1927WRCLIT83233New Haven: Yale Univ. Press 1927. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. First edition. Fine. Prints Bacon's extended "Quincibald in Mediocria" and Tinker's "The Idea of a College." Yale Univ. Press unknown books
1927WRCLIT83234New Haven: Yale Univ. Press 1927. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. First edition. Fine. Prints Bacon's extended "Quincibald in Mediocria" and Tinker's "The Idea of a College." Yale Univ. Press unknown books
183985009New Haven: Durrie & Peck; NY: Gould. Newman & Saxton 1839. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis viii 400p. Original green cloth. 23 cm. Extensive but mostly moderate foxing. MInor bubbling of cover cloth. <br/><br/> Durrie & Peck; NY: Gould. Newman & Saxton hardcover books
183981549New Haven: Durrie & Peck; NY: Gould. Newman & Saxton 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis viii 400p. Hardcover in recent quarterbinding. 23 cm. Moderate foxing. An autograph Letter signed by Bacon mounted on back of frontis in which Bacon asks someone for aid with a Wethersfield-related genealogical problem. <br/><br/> Durrie & Peck; NY: Gould. Newman & Saxton hardcover books
182856557New Haven: Hezekiah Howe 1828. First edition 8vo pp. 36; removed from binding wrappers wanting; last couple leaves lightly foxed otherwise clean and sound. Jehudi Ashmun a caucasian was a member of the American Colonialization Society which founded the colony of Liberia. Ashmun moved there and served as the de facto governor and supported a constitution that gave black citizens the ability to serve in government. He grew ill shortly after his second term and died soon after returning to the States. Leonard Bacon was an influential anti-slavery advocate. His work Slavery Discussed in Occasional Essays from 1833 to 1846 was an influence on Lincoln. American Imprints 32060; not in Afro-Americana. <br/><br/> Hezekiah Howe unknown books
192614240New York: Harper and Brothers 1926. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. Green cloth title labels affixed to front spine. INSCRIBED by the author: "Helen Thompson / with L.B.'s warmest / wishes" Mild exterior handling wear small spot of discolor to front. Endpapers age toned trace foxing else sound clean. <br/><br/> Harper and Brothers hardcover books
17756BACON Leonard. Autograph Letter Signed. Two pages on personalized stationery to Leonard Kennedy no year but dated Feb. 9. "Thanks for your learned but brief epistle. The great Sir John certainly left nothing to be desired." Discusses forwarding a signed book and seeing Kennedy soon. Also urges him to read Parker's "A Thousand Years of the Tartars". "It will give you new ideas about China if you haven't." Also "What a remarkable record the city of Buffalo has achieved." $75.00. <br/><br/> unknown books
193814237New York: Harper and Brothers 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good . 8vo. Plain black cloth gilt title lettering to spine. In original unclipped jacket $2.00. INSCRIBED by the author: "Owen Wister Esq. / from his friend / the author." Jacket substantially edgeworn with area of paper loss to rear center. Corners bumped spot of discolor at upper end of spine moderate handling wear about exterior. <br/><br/>Association copy inscribed to Wister author the Western classic "The Virginians." Harper and Brothers hardcover books
1848WRCLIT40920New Haven: Printed by B.L. Hamlen Printer to Yale College 1848. Printed salmon wrappers. First edition. Very light foxing early and late faint dust soiling to wrappers tiny nick to toe of spine else a fine copy as usual. Printed by B.L. Hamlen, Printer to Yale College unknown books
1943140477London: Oxford University Press 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 86 pages. A collection of poems. A tight near fine copy in a close to near fine price clipped dust jacket with some minor wear. Oxford University Press unknown books
