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200435009Cambridge England: Cambridge University Press 2004. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black cloth/very light blue DJ. xi 289 pp. Several bw illus. This book examines the powerful influence of the biblical Psalms on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature focusing on literature from major writers like Shakespeare and Milton as well as less prominent ones like George Gascoigne Mary Sidney Herbert and George Wither. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1980106034New York: Pathfinder Press 1980. 47p. wraps slightly worn first printing. Pathfinder Press unknown books
194671001Buenos Aires:: Privately Issued. Very Good. 1946. Paperback. Volume II only. Text is in Spanish. Limited edition: this copy is number 17 of 28 copies. SIGNED by Anibal Bargas Nigoul. Fine unbound folio sized sheets in near fine age toning illustrated wraps with glassine cover. Housed in a very good three inch tear at the top of the front joint moderate shelf wear blue cloth slipcase. ; 97 pages . Privately Issued, paperback books
3766HANNIBAL HAMLIN 1809-1891. Hamlin was Abraham Lincoln’s first Vice President. Before and after that he was a Congressman from Maine as well as the Governor of Maine and an ambassador. LS. 1pg. 8†x 10â€. April 23 1874. Senate Chamber Washington. An autograph letter signed “H Hamlin†as Senator from Maine. On “United States Senate Chamber†letterhead the missive is addressed to G.B. Mason Secretary of the Vessel Owners & Captains Co-operative Association of New York. Hamlin informs Mason about a proposed bill concerning the licensing of boat pilots and recommends the association’s presence at the deliberation: “Dear Sir I have to inform you that the Senate ‘Committee on Commerce’ will on Thursday the 30th inst take up S Bill 675 relating to ‘Compulsory Pilotage’. If your association desires to be heard upon that question a Committee from its members had better be present on that day. Their presence will have a good effect. Very Respectfully Yours H Hamlinâ€. The letter is in fine condition though it has a mounting remnant along the left edge. unknown books
185833705Washington D.C. 1858. 16pp. Caption title as issued printed in double columns disbound. Light scattered foxing. Very Good.<br/><br/> Lincoln's Vice Presidential running mate opposes Southern attempts to take Kansas into the ranks of slave states by fraud. unknown books
1901TB31232New York: The Macmillan Company 1901. Reprint of May 1901. Third Printing Near fine in its original brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine and blind embossed borders on the boards. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 3/8 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. The top edge of the text block is gilt. Without a dust jacket. 440 pages including an index and text and followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. The author was a Civil War veteran "a Reconstruction era South Carolina politician and U.S. counsel to Portuguese Southwest Africa Angola. He is most famous however as the author of the 1901 book The American Negro: What He Was What He Is and What He May Become: A Critical and Practical Discussion." BlackPast.org The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1949WRCLIT41638Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press 1949. Quarto. Pictorial cloth. Near fine in good edgeworn and lightly chipped dust jacket. First edition. A superb photo-essay by this FSA and OWI photographer conjoined with Buitrón's text treating the development of outside commerce in native goods by communities in the Otavalo valley. Univ. of Chicago Press hardcover books
199931079Atlanta: Clark Atlanta University Press 1999. Paperback. Very Good. 187pp. Internally fine with clean text that has no underlining highlighting or notes. <br/><br/> Clark Atlanta University Press paperback books
186028774Hannibal Mo.: Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Office 1860. 60pp plus double-page frontis map entitled 'Railway Guide to the Hannibal & St. Joseph Rail Road Lands in Missouri' engraved on wood by W. Mackwitz St. Louis; plus 'Map of Northern Missouri Showing the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Lands'; plus six full-page engraved illustrations including views of Grand Valley and St. Joseph. Original printed yellow wrappers spine and corner wear light contemporary ink stamp of 'General Market Office 21 State St. Boston' on front wrapper stitched. The rear wrapper describes the routes connections and transit times of the Railroad. Very Good plus. <br/><br/> The Road was one of the earliest to reach the Missouri River in northwestern Missouri at St. Joseph the starting point of the Pony Express. Taylor The Transportation Revolution page 86. It traversed Northern Missouri connecting Chicago and St. Louis with Kansas and Nebraska. <br/> The pamphlet describes the route; lands offered for sale; connecting roads; prices and terms of payment; the advantages of the "rolling and healthy" "well-watered" "well- wooded" properties. The location of the Road and lands is "unequaled by any other portion of the country." Agriculture and stock raising are the best in the Nation. Similarly advantaged are markets-- with cheap freight rates-- and cultural and educational opportunities. St. Louis St. Joseph and Hannibal are described. The State Geologist and other experts weigh in with testimonials.<br/>Bureau of Railway Economics 211. Not in Sabin Eberstadt Graff Decker Soliday. A number of institutional locations on OCLC. Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Office unknown books
1969265071Malta: Catholic Institute 1969. Paperback. xv 380p. 17p. index wraps 4.75x7.25 inches small stain on front wrap price penned on rear wrap last 11 pages of index detached but present. Catholic Institute paperback books
1940237825London: The Argus Press Ltd 1940. Pamphlet. 40p. stapled wraps 5.5 x 8.5 inches wraps worn and soiled corners bumped pages lightly toned else good condition. Argues for Free Trade and praises free trade orgainizations The Liberty Restoration League the Free Trade Union the Free Trade Legion and the Cobden Club. The Argus Press, Ltd unknown books
197324352Milwaukee: Morgan Press 1973. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. 4.5'' x 3.5'' oblong manila card wraps in brown photographic jacket. Edition of 400 copies printed in hand-set Centaur type on 90 lb. Vicksburg Briston paper using a 6x9 Sigwant hand press. Unpaginated. Near fine. <br/><br/>Lovely small-press poetry collection from "hannibal". "I am so scared of you / world / that I put you on paper / so I always know / where you are." Morgan Press paperback books
4893HANNIBAL HAMLIN 1809-1891. Hamlin was Abraham Lincoln’s first Vice President. Before and after that he was a Congressman from Maine as well as the Governor of Maine and an ambassador. ALS. 1pg. 5†x 8â€. September 20 1861. Hampden Maine. An autograph letter signed “H Hamlin†as Lincoln’s Vice President. He wrote to Secretary of War Simon Cameron: “Some two weeks since you Telegraphed. me to forward you the name of a man for a clerkship. I did so and sent you the name of John W. Brown of this town a very good man. Since then I have heard nothing from you. Can you give him a place I sincerely hope so – and you will oblige. Yours Truly H. Hamlinâ€. The letter has faint mailing folds dark writing and ink spots to the blank lower edge. unknown books