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200527953NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 019517903X . Illustrated. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
1968262391Shannon Ireland: Irish University Prees 1968. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Contains "Report from the Select Committee on Negro Apprenticeship in the Colonies. House of Commons 13 August 1836. Quarter green morocco over green cloth boards. Very Good binding. Irish University Prees unknown books
1830005220Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1830. Disbound only parts of spine remaining from original 3/4 leather with red and black spine labels original string tiescomplete. 293 pgs with light scattered foxing and toning. "The committee to whom were referred the memorial of the African Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States; also sundry memorials from the inhabitants of the State of Kentucky and a memorial from certain free people of color of the State of Ohio report:". SCARCE. A fascinating document. . First Edition. Disbound. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Government Printing Office Paperback books
183021128New York: Ludwig & Tolefree 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8.5 x 5.25 inches 151 pp with engraved frontispiece and four additional illustrations. In original boards with what appears to be later but not recent cloth over the original cloth spine. Boards worn front board only just attached some losses to spine cloth; good. Early ownership signature Joshua Hodsdon Yarmouth on front free endpaper printed label on rear pastedown admonishing the reader to "Never wet your thumb or finger to turn over a leaf in this or any other book." Little is known about John Skillman but he evidently frequented the regular morning court hearings in Lower Manhattan for people who had been arrested the previous day for relatively minor crimes such as drunkenness lewd behavior vagrancy petty theft and prostitution. His reports on these crimes which were probably modeled on those that had recently begun appearing regularly in London newspapers take the form of brief pun-filled comic vignettes or dialogues between the accused and the magistrate. For example "James G----- was sent by his employer with 10 shillings to buy screws---bought 5 shillings worth and expended the rest of the money in his own way. Is put in poetical language under the screws" and "Mary Stevenson entertains the opinion that 'time is money;' and having no instrument or machine whereby she might keep proper 'note of time' thought proper to obtain one at all hazards. She is now in close confinement for a time." Beneath the humor however are characterizations of male and female defendants of different races classes ethnic backgrounds -- some flattering some not. Scholar Brian Baaki has argued that by placing "an overwhelming volley of black malefactors" at the beginning of the text Skillman "tries to manufacture an association between African-Americans and crime." There may be room for a more nuanced reading but without doubt the book is of interest in the broader context of the social and cultural history of early nineteenth century New York. Sabin 81589 American Imprints 3498. Ludwig & Tolefree hardcover books
1822WRCAM40168Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1822. 2viii230pp. Original boards with paper label. Dampstained lightly mildewed and slightly warped. Paper spine chipped. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Some foxing and dampstaining to text. Fair in original binding. Reprinted from the British edition. SHOEMAKER 10288. Carey & Lea hardcover books
1846007087New York: Robert Carter 1846. Handsomely bound in quarter red leather over maroon cloth boards gilt title and 4 raised bands at spine small label front paste down "S.C. Toof & Co. Printers Lithographers Binders Memphis". Prior owner name front end page a 2nd prior owner name 3rd end page that of J.O. Stedman. James Owen Stedman 1811-1882 was a noted Presbyterian minister in Memphis. Very Good light rubbing to leather at tips creases top corner front end pages moderate foxing throughout. A quite handsome copy of this early history of the Presbyterian Church in North Carolina. . First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert Carter Hardcover books
1894007095Culler NC : C. Phillips Printer 1894. SCARCE. Very Good in original purple cloth spine sunned to white lightening to front board wear to cloth at spine ends hinges starting yet binding sound. 247 pp. with floral end pages. "With an Appendix in which The Papacy is shown from the Scriptures to be the great Anti-Christ; and the false and corrupt system is exposed." Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Protestant authors. North Carolina -- Social life and customs. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. C. Phillips, Printer Hardcover books
181914884London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1819. Hardcover. Very good. Third edition. 8vo. pp. xv 454. Rebound in green buckram with gilt titles on spine. Old bookseller's description affixed to front free endpaper; pages a bit wavy from storage in a humid environment but quite clean and sound. Very good. Fearon had a favorable impression of America when he set out in search of a suitable location for a group of English families to settle. But as he explored he "became disillusioned by slavery the high cost of property and the lack of cleanliness generosity liberality and comprehension of liberty or honor.and advocated emigration for few Englishmen other than mechanics small farmers and poor people" Hubach p. 49. He provides much interesting detail and commentary on social conditions wages and trades rents taxes natural resources and the cost of clothes and other goods in the various locales he visited which included New York Boston Philadelphia Washington Ohio Kentucky the Illinois Territory and New Orleans. Sabin 23956; Howes F-65. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown hardcover books
1894213366Parish of the Advent 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Very nice copy; light stain to edge of text-block and at the bottom of the last two blank pages and the bottom of the front flyleaf; doesn't afftect any text; Maroon Cloth. Very Good binding. Parish of the Advent unknown books
1885152Frankfort KY: Capital Office John D. Woods Public Printer 1885. Hardcover. Very good. 476 with two color folding maps one geological tables. December 31 1885. An in-depth and fascinating report from the state of Kentucky. Includes sections on Kentucky thoroughbred and trotting horses Kentucky tobacco report the whisky industry in Kentucky bee-keeping forestry and many more topics. Includes statistical tables at the end. Standard map of the state and also a Geological Survey map. Boards and endpapers lightly soiled some wear to edges of boards; contents clean and sound. Capital Office, John D. Woods, Public Printer hardcover books
1971222560Bombay: Popular Prakashan 1971. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Bottom edge of front board near and at spine is bumped. Shelf-wear to bottom spine. Bottom corners bumped. Top corners lightly bumped.upon request. Very small closed tears at top and bottom DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Popular Prakashan unknown books
1926006221San Francisco: John Howell 1926. Near Fine small tear 3/8" top edge title page near gutter tidy prior owner gift inscription front end page. In original red cloth with gilt titles most pages are uncut. A quite handsome copy of this classic study. 541 pp. with illustrations fold-out maps all Fine and index. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. John Howell Hardcover books
19928381Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0674808258 . First printing. Fine in a very near fine short closed tear at the top of the front panel dust jacket. . Harvard University Press hardcover books
200441443New Haven:: Yale University Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0300103891 . Color and black and white illustrations throughout. First edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Yale University Press, hardcover books
1985208421985. Softcover. Very good. Printed in an edition of 750 copies by Typecraft Inc. Pasadena Califoria. 98 pp 8.25 x 10.75 inches. Light shelf wear; tight and clean. Photographs of and transcripts of interviews with "native-born Asians American-born Asians or part Asian and part Caucasian" offering "a sampling of emotions and experiences about being a part of the American culture as subjects of the cultural melting pot." After talking with many subjects for many hours the author concludes that "not only was there overwhelmingly and expression of racism towards Asians as an American minority but also the question of discrimination regarding one another--a battle about which is the proudest Asian culture.Silent Stories becomes a recognition that there is still an unfulfilled need for the acceptance and validation of Asian-American experience." paperback books
186111609Mexico City 1861. Manuscript. 10.50" x 8.25. Very Good. Single page letter by Mexican revolutionary and her first constitutionally elected President. Written on laid paper with horizontal fold lines. Loss of lower left corner of sheet not affecting any content. Lightly pencilled translation attempts by a prior owner above several words. The Juarez government had recaptured Mexico City on January 1 1861 and he was elected President in the month following this letter. His declaration of a 2-year suspension of interest payments on international debts related to the Mexican Revolution led to an invasion by the French in 1862. The Juarez government's initial defeat of this force at the Battle of Puebla on May 5 1862 is commemorated annually as Cinco de Mayo. The content of this letter has not been fully translated but discusses emigration into Mexico. The paper is embossed in upper left corner "Secretaria Particular del Presidente de la Republica" Private Secretary of the President of the Republic. An early signature of Juarez acting in the role of President. unknown books
500935<p>6 1/4" x 3 1/2" n.d. aka Charles Herbert Best.</p><p>Best 1899-1978 Canadian physiologist born in Maine; head of the physiology department 1929-65 and director of medical research 1941-67 at the University of Toronto; associated with F.G. Banting and others in the discovery of insulin 1921; later discovered choline and histaminase.</p> unknown books
1902501024<p>"January 31 1902 Yours Truly - Chauncey M. Depew." 3 3/4" x 2 1/4" with holograph envelope postmarked Washington D.C. February 1 1902. Very good.</p><p>Depew 1834-1928 American lawyer; attorney for the Vanderbilt railroad interests from 1866; president of New York Central Railroad 1885-99 and chairman of the board 1899-1928; U.S. senator 1899-1911.</p> unknown books
199224096Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 1560981512 . First printing of this revised edition. Previous owner's blind-stamp on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Smithsonian Institution Press hardcover books
1818227178<p>First edition. 8vo. Folding frontispiece diagram of a forcing house and a succession pit; nine pineapple. Half title: Culture of the Ananas. Original blue marbled boards with plain red spine. Original title label on the upper cover. 33 pages 1 page index. Very good. Rare. Signature of L.W. Jongenel on the front free endpaper.</p> Henry Sharpe hardcover books
199532983NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 019509347X . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
199722690NY:: Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0679450882 . An abridgement of the author's three volume work. Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
192526191North Truro: Privately Printed 1925. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Small bound wrappers. 58 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs and one drawn map. A handsome very good copy with just some light age wear to the page edges. Photograph of a sailing ship in peril is tipped on the front cover. Privately Printed paperback books
19101084Jerome H. Remick & Co. 1910. Sheet_music. Color illustrated stitched wraps. Good. John Frew. 5 pages. 13 in. x 10.5 in. Stamp to inside page. Rubbing to cover. <br/><br/> Jerome H. Remick & Co. paperback books
2006221644Leiden - Boston: Brill 2006. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Wrappers. Very Good binding. Brill unknown books
