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181911163London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown et al. 1819. First edition large paper issue 8vo two volumes in one iv-vi & 199pp. and 4 & 176pp. folding engraved frontis. map engraved titles 95 engraved plates & 1 folding engraved map of Colchester not listed in "Directions to Binder;" later nineteenth-century diced calf gilt black morocco label on spine covers slightly bowed joints cracking but sturdy light wear to extremities covers with scattered light rubbing else very good. This copy with a few newspaper clippings and autograph notes discreetly tipped-in. <br/><br/> Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, [et al.] unknown books
306235London William Heinemann Ltd. 1935. First edition so stated. Thick 8vo. Frontispiece; folding chart. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt spine evenly faded to tan. Very good. 356 pages. Bookplate of Irish prelate Vincent Lloyd Russell on the front pastedown. No dust jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, William Heinemann Ltd. [1935]. hardcover books
30931London: Printed for H. Woodgate and S. Brooks 1760. 12mo 2 166pp. ownership inscription on front fly-leaf "E. Libris J: Dunston. 1768. pre: 8d." outer blank margins of title and a few leaves at end browned from the binding contemporary sheep hinges cracked head and tail of spine chipped paper label. London: Printed for H. Woodgate and S. Brooks, 1760 unknown
12mo, [2], 166pp., ownership inscription on front fly-leaf, "E. Libris J: Dunston. 1768. pre: 8d.", outer blank margins of title and a few leaves at end browned from the binding, contemporary sheep, hinges cracked, head and tail of spine chipped, paper label.
18657964Leipzig 1865. Cont.hcalf. 416 pp. Engr.portrait. unknown
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1936169429New York: David Kemp 1936. First Edition. First Edition. <br /> <br /> Spine lean topstain faded a couple small splashes to the bottom page and board edges overall Very Good in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket with a vertical crease to the spine light and even fading to same and some light rubbing to the rear panel and flap folds. David Kemp unknown
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6870pamphlet. Illustrated. 40 pages. 16mo with original green & gilt decorative wrappers. N.Y. ca. 1908.<br/><br/> unknown books
19141239221914. Signed. CROMWELL Adelaide CROMWELL John Wesley. The Negro in American History. Men and Women Eminent in the Evolution of the American of African Descent. Washington: American Negro Academy 1914. Octavo original gilt-lettered green cloth. $3200.First edition of Cromwell's paramount African American history that ""broke fresh ground"" in its defining biographies of leaders such as Frederick Douglass and Phillis Wheatley a major biography of Reconstruction congressman Robert B. Elliot who crafted a core argument against the 1873 decision in the Slaughter-House Cases along with accounts of the lives and influence of Henry Highland Garnet Denmark Vesey Nat Turner and many more. This important association copy stands within that tradition in its owner signature of Cromwell's granddaughter historian and scholar Dr. Adelaide Cromwell co-founder of the African Studies program at Boston University.Born enslaved in 1846 Cromwell became a teacher before enrolling in Howard University's law school. Admitted to the bar in 1874 in 1876 he founded the newspaper People's Advocate and became a voice for Black education in all-Black schools founding the Bethel Literary and Historical Association and playing a vital role in establishing the American Negro Academy. Cromwell's early writings and leadership were quickly seen as crucial and in 1887 he was profiled in Simmons' Men of Mark alongside Frederick Douglass and Crispus Attucks. Simmons asserted: ""If you ask me for the best English scholar in the United States I would unhesitatingly refer you to John Wesley Cromwell"" Smithsonian. Cromwell's Negro in American History his ""first full-length monograph"" documents the ""history of African Americans from the slave trade through Reconstruction and its aftermath"" ANB. Early recognized as a ""very important work"" it features lengthy biographies of Phillis Wheatley Sojourner Truth Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington as well as figures such as Reconstruction attorney Robert B. Elliott ""who helped draft legislation to fight the KKK in the South"" Smithsonian. Negro in American History is especially significant in its attention to slave revolts as ""a constant menace to the safety and security of slavery."" Cromwell saw Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner as folk heroes and ""maintained that before the American Revolution along approximately 25 insurrections had occurred."" The work of Black historians such as Cromwell ""broke fresh ground by focusing on the slaves' responses to captivity"" and by evincing pride for a Black past that ""laid the foundation for Black protest"": raising questions and ""themes that did not become popular among historians until the 1960s"" Smith Different View of Slavery 303-4. In his life and writings Cromwell combined ""advocacy for the collective uplift of African Americans with a belief in educational advancement and intellectual achievement. His historical work placed him at the nexus of the pre-professional and professional milieus in African American scholarship"" ANB. First edition first printing. With frontispiece and eleven full-page illustrations. This distinctive association copy possesses the owner signature of Adelaide M. Cromwell the granddaughter of its author John Wesley Cromwell and the niece of Dr. Otelia Cromwell the first African American woman to earn a doctorate from Yale. Following in their footsteps Dr. Adelaide Cromwell also broke ground in African American history serving as a distinguished professor at Boston University and pivotal co-founder of its African Studies Programonly the second in the country. In addition to authoring major works on Black history she also became the first African American appointed Library Commissioner in Massachusetts.Interior quite fresh expert repair to rear inner hinge and a sopt at top of rear board. hardcover
1991172821Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center 1991. Paperback. VG. Blue wraps with white lettering. 44 pp. Illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from September 28 to November 17 1991 at the Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines Art Center paperback books
1946023979David McKay 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Murray Cromwell Morgan 1916-2000 was an author and historian of the Puget Sound region. Throughout his life he was also a writer journalist and political activist. He was a history teacher at Tacoma Community College. This is a very nice copy of this Armchair Mystery with some rubbing and a bit of soiling to the dust jacket mostly the white back cover. Uncommon in such nice condition. David McKay Hardcover
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