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184422542<p><b>JOSEPH S. PITMAN. DORR WAR.</b>Book. <i>Report of the Trial of Thomas Wilson Dorr for Treason; Including the Testimony at Length.Together with the Sentence of the Court and the Speech of Mr. Dorr Before Sentence.</i> Providence R.I. B.F. Moore 1844. 1st ed. 115 pp. 5 1/3 x 8¾ in. </p><p>Based on Rhode Island's colonial charter over half of adult males were disenfranchised. Thomas W. Dorr led the effort to change Rhode Island's political system and expand voting rights. After trying to change the system internally he created the People's Party held an extralegal constitutional convention and set up a competing government. The Rhode Island General Assembly drafted a rival constitution and in 1842 both groups voted on their respective Constitutions. Both Dorr and sitting Governor Samuel Ward King were elected governor but King refused to accept the People's Constitution declared martial law and accused Dorr of treason. While he did not attempt to seize the State House or governmental institutions a few armed clashes did occur. Dorr fled the state but returned and was convicted in 1843 but released for health reasons two years later. Ultimately Rhode Island greatly liberalized voting rights in the aftermath of the rebellion. This trial record prepared by his defense attorneys is especially scarce. R & B 44-2044. Sabin 20649. </p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Very good. Original printed front wrapper bound into old boards. Front board loose but holding. Providence Athenaeum Gift of Deborah H. Philbrick bookplate on front pastedown Providence County Sheriff Hunter Carson White's bookplate on verso of half-title. Deaccessioned.</p> hardcover books
1951L0505861 pages. Octavo 8 1/2" x 6" bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Inscribed by the author. First printing with 'A' on copyright page first issue jacket with authors photo on rear panel rather than reviews found on later issue jackets.<br /><br />Jones' first book basis for the 1953 film starring Montgomery Clift Burt Lancaster and Frank Sinatra.<br /><br />From Here to Eternity is the debut novel of American author James Jones published by Scribner's in 1951. It is loosely based on Jones' experiences in the pre-World War II Hawaiian Division's 27th Infantry and the unit in which he served Company E "The Boxing Company". Fellow company member Hal Gould said that while the novel was based on the company including some depictions of actual persons the characters are fictional and both the harsh conditions and described events are inventions. From Here to Eternity won the National Book Award and was named one of the 100 Best Novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library Board. There were three screen adaptations.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. A stamp on the front free endpaper reading "Book No" with the number 1035 in holograph but this is the trade edition not the "Presentation Edition". Jacket lightly edge worn; small tears to cloth at head of spine; book and jacket very good. Charles Scribner's Sons books
195180667NY: Scribner 1951. First edition first prnt. Signed by Jones on the title page. Lightly bumped upper board corners and a tiny soil scuff on the bottom edge; the dustjacket has two small chips on the spine topedge minimal wear at the spine bottom edge and touched corners and beginning toning on the flap edges. Tight bright and clean copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Jones' first novel. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scribner Hardcover books
197541713NY: Grosset & Dunlap 1975. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Jones on the title page. "To Burt Britton From his old buddy James Jones." Full cloth with gilt spine lettering. Graphics direction by Art Weithas. Color and black and white illustrations maps foldout pages. Credits Index. Spine edge cloth minimally rubbed corners slightly bumped; dustjacket with shelfwear and slight chipping at spine ends short tear on front flap bottom edge fold. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very good dustjacket with an archival cover. The inscriptee Burt Britton operated NYC's Books and Company bookstore and was the author of "Self-Portraits: Book People Picture Themselves" compiled from his collection of impromptu self-caracatures he sought from writers many done at readings in his shop. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Association Copy. Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover books
1942195191London: War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem 1942. Six-panel brochure very good rubricated title and red cross at top. Rules for sending care packages food books and other materials to prisoners held by the Axis. War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem unknown books
186562195Washington D.C.: GPO 1865. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Fair. Original green cloth. Backstrip partially detached and rather shabby. Small stain in margins in upper right corner; contents otherwise sound and clean. 38th Cong. 2d Sess. Senate. Rep. Com. No. 114. <br/><br/> GPO hardcover books
1955WRCAM4759Evanston 1955. 8pp. in printed folder. Quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. Reprint of the only surviving copy of this blast against the large stock interests in the Johnson County War originally issued in Buffalo Wyoming on April 24 1892. Of the greatest interest for the history of the war. ADAMS HERD 1175. unknown books
200323744Cambridge: Da Capo Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0306812460 . First printing. Fine in a very near fine light corner crease to front flap dust jacket. . Da Capo Press hardcover books
199832000Conshohocken: Combined Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0938289888 . Part of the Great Campaigns series. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Combined Publishing hardcover books
19092306598Washington: Government Printing Office 1909. Small Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sticker on front board bookplate on front paste-down endpaper front hinge broken title page loose but included pencil notes on a few pages. 1909 Small Hard Cover. 263 pp. For the United States Army and for the Organized Militia of the United States. Includes fold-out elevational map. CONTENTS: Definitions; General Scheme; Preliminary Instruction and Drills for Rifle; Known-Distance Practice; Field Practice; Revolver Practice; Targets and Ranges; Competitions; Miscellaneous. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1943140940339Washington D.C: War Relocation Authority 1943. First Edition. Fine. First edition. 7 pp. single-sided. Yellow sheets corner staple bound. A Fine copy with faint rusting to staple and typical faint offsetting around mimeographed text. A very rare document in excellent condition. A list of the different types of groups and associations people of Japanese descent might belong to compiled for the War Relocation Authority to aid in their internment of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast. [War Relocation Authority] unknown books
1946140941066Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1946. First Edition. Good. First edition. iv 82 pp. Gray stapled wraps. Good with closed tear to top of front wrap and first page very slightly to following page; wraps toned and lightly worn; former owner's name written on front cover. A rare history of the War Relocation Authority which managed the forced confinement of people of Japanese ancestry in America during World War II as well as their return to civilian life with the commencement of the war. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
1946140941067Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1946. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. iv 59 pp. Gray stapled wraps. Very Good with light wear crease to final page. A rare legal history of the War Relocation Authority which managed the forced confinement of people of Japanese ancestry in America during World War II as well as their return to civilian life with the commencement of the war. It outlines the government response to the Korematsu case as well as the entire program's overall claims to constitutionality. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
16493World War II Original Departure Document from the closing of the camps. Single page typed representing the difference between interment and freedom for forcibly relocated Japanese-American citizens. Has spaces for the Date Time Name of the Family and a checklist before departure. The fact that entire families were forcibly relocated is reflected in the simple question "Will Individual or Family Depart As Scheduled" <br/><br/>About 120000 people were incarcerated and interned in the camps from 1942-1946 of which 30000 were children. Colonel Karl Bendetsen the architect behind the program went so far as saying anyone with "one drop of Japanese blood" qualified. In 1943 Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes wrote "the situation in at least some of the Japanese internment camps is bad and is becoming worse rapidly." Many camps were built quickly by civilian contractors during the summer of 1942 based on designs for military barracks making the buildings poorly equipped for cramped family living. Throughout many camps twenty-five people were forced to live in space built to contain four. Armed guards were posted at the camps which were all in remote desolate areas far from population centers. Medical conditions and in-camp schooling was similarly poor. The phrase "shikata ga nai" loosely translated as "it cannot be helped" was commonly used to summarize the interned families' resignation to their helplessness throughout these conditions an attitude adopted to shield children from the massive trauma experienced by their parents. Provenance: Emily Brown a general's daughter who worked for the camps and wrote reports on their closing. Toning. Two hole punches presumably from original clipboard at top. Clean. In near-fine condition. unknown books
19520000173Tokyo: Shinbun Gekkansha Showa 27 1952. First edition. Good . 4to variously paginated numerous illustrations from photographs facsimiles. Publisher's tan cloth backed in gilt-lettered brown pigskin. Text mostly in Japanese. Small loss at the top of the spine binding lightly soiled & rubbed corners bumped previous owner's name & chop at rear blank page. <br/><br/>A massive volume of over a thousand pages compiled by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is a compendium of mostly Japanese documents relating to the Pacific War. Special attention is focused on the final months focusing on peace feelers in May 1945 through Moscow the Battle of Okinawa the demand for "unconditional surrender" the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the final fateful War Council in the Imperial Presence in which the Emperor spoke for peace and the decision to have the Emperor announce the surrender on radio to his subjects. The work is organized into 60 sections beginning with war plans and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 to the arrival of General MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in Tokyo Bay on the U.S.S. Missouri to officiate at the surrender ceromony on September 2 1945. Changes in war leadership and cabinets as well as in war policy political diplomatic social and economic conditions are covered in intervening sections. Shinbun Gekkansha hardcover books
194143024Japan 1941. Loose in a black clamshell box. Very good copies with slight curl; some with small edge or corner tears; 23 have the name of the film or featured actors/actresses rubber-stamped on the back in Japanese. 47 b/w photos. Approximately 6 x 4 inches. One duplicate. Most are group scenes from dramas a few portraits a few without characters; subject matter ranges from early historical dramas to contemporary scenes to the war and its effects. The dates have been verified on a few and all fall during the years of the Pacific War including Tadashi Imai's Tanjiko-mura 1940 "Hanagoyomi hasshojin" 1940 based on the 19th century novel "Josei hongan" 1940 made in the same year as the novel by Kan Kikuchi Yasuki Chiba's "Kuso buraku" 1939. The balance of the stills appear to date within approximately the same period. unknown books
181954848Washington D.C.: Army Air Forces. 10-18- 1943. Color poster / map 47 x 35 1/2 inches 120 x 90 cm folding as issued now professionally mounted on linen backing. Wear and a little paper loss along the fold lines has been infilled light toning to lower centrefold; the poster presents very well with bright color. Stunning image of a hemispherical view with Japan at the centre encompassing the area from Iran in the west Australia in the south and as far as the west coast of the U.S. at the east of the map. The map maker is F.E. Manning one of the distinguished news illustrators of the war in a style very similar to that of Richard Edes Harrison. There is a scale along the lower edge which was intended to be clipped and used to measure distances of places on the map from Tokyo. Text reads: "This map is a photographic view of the world with the center at Tokyo. Thus with the detachable scale distances can be measured along any line running thru Tokyo. It should be noted that an inch at the center represents less mileage than an inch closer to the edges. The detachable scale has been designed to compensate for this and should be used only with the center at Tokyo. The photographic process used in making this map makes all distances measured with the tape approximate only. Distances are shown in statute miles. Lines between key cities do not represent regular air routes in all cases. They show distances between points that do not fall on a line going thru the center of the projection." The Newsmap posters were displayed in offices and factories to keep the American public updated with news of the war and to encourage their participation in the winning of it. . Army Air Forces. unknown books
15932WWII Poster Original 1945 World War II Poster with full-color image of Iwo Jima Flag Raisers. "7th War Loan Now All Together." Beautiful large 26" x 18.5" color poster. The artwork is by the artist Cecil Calvert Beall and is based on the iconic AP image by Joe Rosenthal of US Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. This poster inspired hope among Americans and enticed them to help fund the final efforts of the war in the Pacific. The 7th War Loan Campaign kicked off in May 1945 and raised an amazing $26 billion for American troops. Original printing information in small font along bottom white margin: "U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945" "Official U.S. Treasury Poster" and "U.S. Marines at Iwo Jima Painted by C.C. Beall from Associated Press Photo". Light creases and wear from original fold lines 1 vertical and 3 horizontal creases. Vibrant colors. Very good condition. unknown books
1981179190New York: Irish Northern Aid 1981. Poster slightly over 11x17 inches very good; black and white photo of Sands with his trademark long hair text in black on white. Datable to a relatively narrow time frame as Sands went on strike on March 1 and died of starvation on May 5. Irish Northern Aid unknown books
1814251150Washington: A. and G. Way 1814. First. hardcover. very good. of the Invasion of the City of Washington by the British Forces in the Month of August 1814. November 29 1814. Folding table. 52pp. 8vo modern 3/4 black morocco. Washington: A. and G. Way 1814. First Edition. Very good<br/><br/> Report of the United States House of Representatives Committee ".to inquire into the causes of the success of the enemy in his recent enterprises against this metropolis and the neighboring town of Alexandria; and into the manner in which the public buildings and property were destroyed and the amount thereof." Preface. Shaw and Shoemaker 33404.<br/><br/> A. and G. Way unknown books
19462114World War II Rýpar Vladimir Editor. <b>Norimberk zloÄin a soud Nuremberg Crime and Trial</b>.Prague: SvÄ›ta obrazech s.s.r.o. vydavatelstva ministerstva informacà 1946. <br /><br />Octavo 8 5/8 x 8 inches; 220 x 200 mm 64 pages in photo-illustrated wrappers. <br /><br /><b>INSCRIBED</b> by photographer Karel Hájek on the title page. A photographic documentation of the Nuremberg war trials showing various Nazi criminals in the dock such as Goering Jodl and Hess. The black-and-white photos are juxtaposed with photos showing these criminals in happier times for them -- as well as German concentration camps and other evidence of their crimes. Explanatory text in Czech by Vladimir Rýpar. <b>SCARCE SIGNED</b>. <br /><br />CONDITION: Some edge wear and rubbing to the wrappers internally light toning but clean and unmarked. Very Good or better. SvÄ›ta obrazech, s.s.r.o., vydavatelstva ministerstva informacà books
18681453740th Cong. 2d Sess.: HED194. 1868. 2pp Disbound. Very Good. HED194. unknown books
18872733781887. unbound. Excellent group of four signed cards each measuring approximately 2 x 3.5 inches circa 1887 by orators who distinguished themselves as opponents of slavery during the War Between the States including George William Curtis 1824 - 1892 who in 1862 delivered his "Doctrine of Liberty" address in support of the Emancipation Proclamation; Lyman Trumbull 1813 - 1896 a U.S. Senator who co-authored the 13th Amendment forever outlawing slavery; Robert Green Ingersoll 1833 - 1899 aka "The Great Agnostic" who delivered fiery speeches as his father did condemning slavery as a filthy sin; and Edward Everett Hale 1822 - 1909 a Unitarian Minister who toured the New England States speaking in hundreds of venues disavowing "the evil institution." All items are boldly signed and in fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
171934228New York: Schwäbisches Wochenblatt 1917-1919. First Edition. Ninety-one quarto 29.75cm. issues bound together in contemporary reddish-brown cloth; illus. throughout. Textblock quite toned due to poor paper stock light edge wear to cloth extremities else Very Good and sound. Quite possibly complete set the numbering ends after no. 13 misprinted 31 and a few weeks appear to have been skipped. Humor supplement to the weekly Schwabian-American newspaper Schwäbisches Wochenblatt. Though we find no records for the New York-based newspaper or its supplement we do find a newspaper of the same name published by the Social Democratic Party of Germany. This periodical also appears to be anti-capitalist the cartoon on the first page of the first issue shows a worker slicing open the money-bag gut of Mammon. Most significantly this periodical began publication months after the United States entered World War I with much of the content on the plight of the German-born American citizens another cartoon shows an American citizen of German birth in a muzzle. We find no listings in OCLC as of June 2017. Schwäbisches Wochenblatt unknown books
2194662Hutchinson and Co. Stapled Binding. Fair. Spine reinforced with clear tape. 64 pp. Photographs illustrations and technical information on U.S. military aircraft. Hutchinson and Co unknown books
