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1806184040Philadelphia PA: Wm. Duane 1806. Hardcover. Good- front board nearly split yet firmly held; rattled. boards edge-worn & rubbed; moisture spotted. portion of spine top missing & chipped; tail rubbed torn at edge & flapped. pastedowns & endpapers tanned & foxed w/ pencil notations & names; front pastedown has paper remnants & dampstaining; back pastedown & endpaper has dampstaining to upper edges. pgs 264 to closing have tanned dampstaining to upper edge. leather boards w/ gilt ruled spine & maroon leather gilt printed title plate. 307 pgs. Narrow previous owner's name label to spine. Some instances of dampstaining to lower page edges. Page 166 has black ink spattering to lower text and page edge A few pages darkly tanned with higher concentrations of foxing. Instances of light to moderate foxing throughout; text dark. An uncommon 1806 edition. Wm. Duane hardcover books
1884622541884. The Mexican Constitution in 1884 Mexico. Constitution. Coleccion que Comprende la Constitucion General de la Republica con sus Adiciones Reformas y Leyes Organicas Expedidas Hasta el 30 de Junio de 1884 y las Constituciones Especiales de Cada uno de los Estados de la Federacion. Mexico City: Imprenta del Gobierno en Palacio 1884. ii 451 2; ii 440 1 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-3/4". Later cloth red and black lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed. Some soiling light fading to spine light wear to edges of lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text light foxing in a few places. Ex-library. Location label to spine stamps to title page annotations to verso. A solid copy of a scarce title. $450. Only edition. Mexico's 1857 constitution remained in force until 1917. It received numerous amendments and additions until its repeal which is why annotated editions from different periods are helpful. Coleccion also includes state constitutions. OCLC locates 7 copies in North American law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress LA County St. Louis University University of Michigan University of Minnesota. See Clagett and Valderrama A Revised Guide to the Law & Legal Literature of Mexico 10. unknown books
184137248Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 16-1/4" x 21." 4 pp. A persistent but light circular spot in the center of each page. Untrimmed a bit of crimping. Good.<br/><br/> The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring is adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights.<br/> The New Age a rare newspaper was an organ of the Rhode Island Suffrage Association allied with Thomas Dorr urging universal white male suffrage. unknown books
184137252Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 15-1/4" x 21-1/2." 4 pp. Old folds light foxing. Good.<br/><br/> The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring its adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights. Articles on national and local political affairs plus numerous advertisements are also printed. <br/> In 1843 Thomas Dorr was arrested at the offices of the Republican Herald for high treason. unknown books
1791WRCAM12452London 1791. 84pp. bound with: LA CONSTITUTION FRANCOISE; PRESENTEE AU ROI PAR L'ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE LE 3 SEPTEMBRE 1791. Paris i.e. London. 1791. 77pp. Contemporary paper backed marbled boards printed paper spine label. Somewhat rubbed later endpapers. Very good untrimmed. Noted on the half title as the third edition of the French constitution. Printed herein are the English translation and the original French. The constitution of the French Republic horrified most Englishmen excepting Charles James Fox. hardcover books
1881664891881. Concord NH 1881. Unrecorded. Concord NH 1881. Unrecorded. Are New Hampshire's U.S. Senators Serving Shorter Terms Than Their Fellow Senators Broadside. New Hampshire. U.S. Constitution. Opinion of the Supreme Court. To the Senate of New Hampshire Running Title. Concord NH June 10 1881. 18" x 9-1/2" broadside. Text in parallel columns. Light browning vertical and horizontal fold lines some with clean tears at edges. $350. This broadside records an opinion submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. It states that New Hampshire's election schedule for state offices results in terms for New Hampshire's U.S. Senators that are three months shorter than those of other senators. It questions how to adjust the election cycle to guarantee 6-year terms to New Hampshire's senators which were then elected by the state senate. Signed in type by C. Doe Wm. L. Foster C.W. Stanley W.H.H. Allen Isaac W. Smith Leis W. Clark I.N. Blodgett. This appears to be an unrecorded broadside. unknown books
1805WRCAM20263ARichmond 1805. viii477pp. 20th-century tan buckram gilt leather labels. Institutional ink stamp and contemporary ink inscription on titlepage ink signature on first page of main text some toning and foxing. Good. Second edition of the Virginia convention to ratify the federal constitution. An important document in the passing and implementation of the U.S. Constitution. Scarce. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9665 3 copies. hardcover books
1814WRCAM44673Milan: Presso Sonzogno e Compagni 1814. 44pp. 19th-century marbled wrappers. Modern bookplate inside front wrapper. A bit of light foxing. Very good. Untrimmed. In a half morocco and cloth folding case spine gilt. Early Italian printing of the United States Constitution preceded in this volume by the Articles of Confederation. This appears to be one of the earliest Italian printings of the Constitution possibly preceded only by a 1797 "Filadelphia" printing. Presso Sonzogno e Compagni hardcover books
1805WRCAM20263Richmond 1805. viii477pp. Original calf worn hinges broken. Minor staining. A sound copy. Second edition of the Virginia convention to ratify the federal constitution. An important document in the passing and implementation of the U.S. Constitution. Scarce. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9665 3 copies. unknown books
191418607Bogota: Imprenta Nacional 1914. 8vo. 186 pp. plus wrps. <br><br>From 1863 until 1886 the liberals in Colombia held sway but in that latter year the federalist gained ascendancy again and they promulgated a new constitution concentrating power in Bogotá. The new constitution changed the name of the nation to the Republic of Colombia and with modification in 1910 remained in place until the late 20th century.<br>Â Â Â Â This is an "Edicion oficial dirigida y anotada por la Comisión de Abogados Auxiliares de los Ministerios del Despacho Ejecutivo." It is uncommon: We trace no copies via WorldCat and NUC. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Palau. Original printer wrappers tattered with short tears sunned. Ownership inscription on front cover. Dog-earing. Printed on cheap acidic paper. A good copy. Imprenta Nacional unknown books
178830007.048Philadelphia PA 1788. Softcover. Fine. The Columbian Magazine. Magazine. The Columbian Magazine Philadelphia Pa. December 1788. 52 pp. 5 x 8 in. Lacking plates. This title has the honor of being the first successful American magazine having begun in September 1786 and lasting until December 1792. Although many titles existed earlier none enjoyed the success of lasting beyond a few issues or a couple of years.Opens with five pages on ""An Account of the Ancient Colleges at Cambridge in New England."" that being Harvard University. pp. 669-673.A recipe for making artificial Asses milk p. 698.With ""The American Plutarch - Memoirs of Captain John Smith"" pp. 699-703 continued for a previous issue and concluded in the next.A section on ""American Intelligence"" pp. 715-718 with the latest news reports including an item from Edenton North Carolina:""a new convention be recommended for the purpose of reconsidering the new constitution held out by the federal convention as a government for the United States."" p. 716.With a ""List of Senators of the United States Already Chosen"" by state pp. 717-718.Also mention of the officers for the Masonic Lodge at Philadelphia p. 716. paperback books
193512045Washington D. C.: The United States Flag Association 1935. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Full polished tan calf in a cloth slipcase bookplate of Harold Greenhill fine. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. The United States Flag Association unknown books
1870636861870. The Mexican Constitution in 1870 Mexico. Constitution. Constitucion Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Sancionada y Jurada por el Congreso General Constituyente el 5 Dia de Febrero de 1857. Y Coleccion de las Constituciones de los Estados que Forman la Confederacion. Toluca: Tip. del Instituto Literario Dirijida por Pedro Martinez 1870. 657 3 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands lettering pieces blind ornaments and early owner label to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners small scuff to rear board. Moderate toning to text internally clean. Ex-library. Location label to spine small inkstamp to title page. A nice copy. $250. Only edition. Mexico's 1857 constitution remained in force until 1917. It received its first amendment in 1873 and numerous amendments and additions until its repeal which is why annotated editions from are helpful. OCLC locates 8 copies in North American law libraries. See Clagett and Valderrama A Revised Guide to the Law & Legal Literature of Mexico 9-10. unknown books
185823739.02Washington 1858. No binding. Very Good. Pamphlet. Kansas-Lecompton Convention. Speech of Senator Douglas of Illinois on the President's Message. Delivered in the Senate of the United States December 9 1858. Washington: Buell & Blanchard. 1858. 16 pp. Inscribed in period ink ""From Hon. John Sherman."" ConditionDisbound; toned overall but very good. books
1716WRCLIT65972London: Printed for John Baker at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster Row 1716. 4351pp. Octavo. Extracted from pamphlet volume untrimmed. Somewhat dusty and lightly foxed upper blank fore-margin of half-title torn away otherwise a good copy. First edition. ESTC locates a single edition but with the date inferential 1716. The present copy is explicitly dated. The occasional attribution to Ayliffe is noted by ESTC but is problematic as the issues herein pertain to charges of disturbing the peace and political rowdiness while at a tavern rather than to the issues that preoccupied Ayliffe at the time. ESTC locates 9 copies in North America. ESTC N24401. Printed for John Baker, at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster Row unknown books
187416168Atlanta 1874. Broadsheet 10" x 13" and printed in four columns. Light wear Very Good. The Report provides analyses "of most of the leading guanos and phosphates that are sold in this State." Included also are articlues by Mark W. Johnson of Atlanta on Cheap Corn Culture using the Thomas Patent Smoothing Harrow and Broadcast Reaper; and advice to every Georgia planter to "plant at least one to five acres of millet. unknown books
1953020402Washington: Government Printing Office 1953. xxxiv 1361p. original blue cloth large quarto format. U.S. Congres. 82d 2d Session. Senate document 170. Government Printing Office unknown books
186434502Baltimore: Pr. & Pub. byJohn Murphy & Co. 1864. 8vo. 107 1 pp. <br><br>With Marginal Notes and References to Acts of the General Assembly and Decisions of the Court of Appeals and an Appendix and Index by Edward Otis Hinkley."<br>Â Â Â Â A short-lived document: the third of the four constitutions of the state of Maryland. Born of the Civil War it outlawed slavery and disenfranchised Southern sympathizers; it was in effect only until 1867.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: "Stinnecke Maryland Episcopal Library. Contemporary law sheep covers detached spine leather mostly perished. Ex-library with stamps. Only a good copy. Pr. & Pub. byJohn Murphy & Co. hardcover books
1935496501935. Constitution United States. Emphasizing Americanism: The Constitution of the United States of America. Chicago: The Americana Corporation 1935. 563-578 pp. Pamphlet worn and slightly soiled. Internally clean. $25. unknown books
197065517Johannesburg: Black Sash 1970. Paperback. Very Good. 20p. Wrapper. 25cm. A few red ink underlinings & notes. James Michener's ownership stamp. <br/><br/> Black Sash paperback books
199574592Atlanta:: Longstreet Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 1563522349 . Color photographs throughout. First printing. Bumped along the top board edges else near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Longstreet Press, hardcover books
199517656Atlanta: Longstreet Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 1563522349 . Color photographs throughout. First printing. Lower corner of rear board is slightly bumped else fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Longstreet Press hardcover books
199522498Atlanta: Longstreet Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 1563522349 . Color photographs throughout. First printing. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Longstreet Press hardcover books
188721542Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson & Co. 1887. 8vo. 46 pp. <br><br>Original wrappers are missing; stapled. Ownership inscription on title-page. Ex-library with rubber-stamp of six-digit inventory number on page 1. T. & J. W. Johnson & Co. unknown books
1986201643Washington: Congressional Quarterly 1986. hardcover. very good-. Illus. 8vo decorated boards back cover lightly soiled. Washington: Congressional Quarterly 1986.<br/><br/> Collection of essays chosen from This Constitution magazine.<br/><br/> Congressional Quarterly unknown books
