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2000Q-1575667045Kensington 2000-02-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Kensington paperback
198718626Berkeley: Arif Press 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Thin octavo. standard size. Very slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Only 95 copies printed. SIGNED and inscribed by Tanner who was also the printer on limitation page. An attractive work of poetry from a Californian fine press. <br/><br/> Arif Press hardcover
19120008211BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS. Good. 1912. On offer is a small original diary of a young man in the early years of the 20th Century. Measuring 4.75 inches by 3 inches it contains 365 pages. It is approximately 33% complete. The cover binding and pages are all in good condition. The handwriting is legible. EDITOR'S NOTE: While there is nothing in this diary to identify the author the item came from an archive related to Wesley Abell who graduated from the University of Vermont was inducted into their Football Hall of Fame and after graduating built a career in the municipal service of Burlington VT eventually becoming City Clerk. In 1912 he is a young man living with relatives and working in Boston MA in 1912. He has secured work as a driver/conductor for the Boston Elevated Street Railway. This is not his long term future goal for in September of 1912 he leaves home to attend the University of Vermont. The entries are fairly straightforward: "Jan 1 '12 finds me working for the Boston Elevated Street Railroad Co. I am staying with Uncle .wn in morning and done my a/ 521 .45 530 .30 Total .75 Excused until 4 o'clock b/ done a 531 .45 & 525 .30 Total .75 c met cars from 6 o'c til 7 o'c Total for day $1.80" Jan 1 1912; "For my A.M. this morn I had 2 534 .60. Was then excused until 4 o'c when I went and done a half for 4 th consisting of 504 and 520 Pay for the day - $1.75" Feb 24 1912; "Today I had a swing beginning at 8:27. Done four trips and then layed off til 6:07. Earl Sunderl was over to see me. Total $2.30 Paid." Mar 3 1913; "After April 5th there are no entries until June. On June 7th it apears that he is running a union picket line - with expected consequences! This morn I went down to run a trip at 5 o'c. On starting out on trip I was met by a bunch of strikers who threw eggs at me. Worked all day mid yells of scab and all sorts of other names. The strikers tried their best to get me to leave my car but I stuck it out". June 7 1912; This entry is significant because it refers to the Boston Elevated Street Railway strike of 1912. This was a serious labour dispute over the organizing of a union there and the demand for better wages. The strike began on June 7th and soon spiraled into violence. Court crack downs were draconian and the strike seemed poised to spread to other cities. The major turning point in the strike however came as a result of charges filed with the State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration. The Board released a report which upheld the Union's charges and placed the blame for the strike on the Management. The Board found that the Management had discharged employees solely for their Union activities had brought in strike breakers such as our author and convicted felons who were employed as strong-arm men and had coerced employees against joining the Union. After the Board's report The Governor and the Mayor of Boston became actively involved in settling the strike. The Mayor of Boston in 1912 was John F. Fitzgerald affectionately referred to as "Honey Fitz". Fitzgerald was the maternal grandfather of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy and great grandfather of Congressman Joe Kennedy. In September he is off to university: "This morn I packed my trunks and papa carried me to St. A to take train for college. Earle A and F Stevens went down with me. Met lots of nice fellows in B and spent time with Hayden and Wesley Sturgis at Converse Hall". Sept 24. This diary offers an interesting look into one of the urban transport companies from the point of view of an ordinary worker. For a social historian it provides a flavour and a sense of what work was like in industrialized Boston at the turn of the last century. It also touches on a very key time in labour organizing in the United States. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; 20TH CENTURY; 1910S; PROGRESSIVE ERA; UNITED STATES; BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; VERMONT; BOSTON ELEVATED STREET RAILROAD; UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT; CONVERSE HALL; JOHN F. FITZGERALD; HONEY FITZ; JOHN F. KENNEDY; EDWARD M KENNEDY; STRIKES IN BOSTON; CONDUCTORS AND MOTORMEN IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; STRIKES IN 1912; BOSTON ELEVATED COMPANY EMPLOYEES; CARMEN STRIKE IN BOSTON; LABOR ORGANIZATIONS; UNIONS IN 1910S AMERICA; UNION VIOLENCE IN 1910S; UVM ALUMNI; BOULDER SOCIETY MEMBERS; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19580002131New York NY. Very Good. 1958. On offer is a super original relic of the Civil Rights era and the real bitterness and rage felt by some if not many on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement being the personal copy of the 128 page manifesto-autobiography 'Here I Stand' by Paul Robeson published in 1958 by Othello Associates New York owned annotated and underlined throughout by Wesley A. Williams 1897 - 1984. The target of lifelong racism as the third African-American man ever to join in 1919 the New York Fire Service Williams' ownership signature and despairing annotations fill the book from the front pastedown on: almost every page bears Williams' underlining but it is his commentary as it responds to Robeson's text which is revealing and intensely moving. The pages are stained with his holographic bitterness: he writes regarding the chapter 'Love will find out the way' in the aftermath of the assassination of President Kennedy Williams' comments: 'This Paul is your dream. Today I dream no more as I have lived my 66 years against this brutal white American who lives and dies on the blood of all people. A people who assassinate a good man like their President Kennedy - Kill coloured Sunday school children. Will stop at Nothing. They respect nothing but Force.' Underneath Robeson's suggestion that 'We must wait we are told until the hearts of those who persecute us have softened' Williams has jotted: 'That would be Never'. HISTORICAL NOTES: Wesley Williams joined the New York City Fire Department in 1919 and on the same day the Captain of the Engine Company retired and every other man requested reassignment. Williams persevered in the face of discrimination and became the prime mover in the creation of the Vulcan Society which exposed segregation within the Department. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS ERA WESLEY A. WILLIAMS NEW YORK FIRE SERVICE HERE I STAND PAUL ROBESON BLACK CULTURE RACISM RACE RELATIONS AFRICAN AMERICAN AFRO AMERICAN NEGRO STUDIES BLACK STUDIES BLACK CULTURE ICONIC BLACK MEN AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19831002B4London; New York; Toronto; Sydney; Auckland: Macmillan; Bantam Press 1983-1997. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. Lovely collection of seven works from best-selling English novelist Mary Wesley five of which are first editions including one signed copy. Seven works from best-selling English novelist Mary Wesley five of which are first editions including one signed copy.Collection comprised of:1983 Jumping the Queue - first edition;1984 The Camomile Lawn - first edition;1985 Harnessing Peacocks - first edition;1986 The Vacillations of Poppy Carew - first edition;1988 Second Fiddle - first edition signed;1990 A Sensible Life;1997 Part of the Furniture.In publisher's original cloth bindings. With unclipped dust wrapppers.Mary Wesley began her literary career writing children's fiction. Her first adult novel was Jumping the Queue written when she was 71 years old which was followed one year later by her best-known work The Camomile Lawn both included here. She published seven novels throughout her 70s selling three million copies many of which spawned television and film adaptations. In publisher's original cloth bindings. With unclipped dust wrapppers. Externally very smart with slight bumping and rubbing leading to minor loss of cloth to spine head tail and tips of some volumes and the occasional mark. Dust wrappers feature minimal shelf wear including light marking and a few creases. Internally firmly bound. Mild discolouration and a few spots towards the first and last few pages otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan; Bantam Press hardcover
197990-13979Victor Books 1979-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Victor Books paperback
1965597142Austin Texas: University of Texas 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 180pp. Faint foxing on topedge near fine in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with a small tear and a lightly toned spine.<br /> One of 500 copies. University of Texas hardcover
19892290Vancouver B.C.: UBC Press 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 74 pgs. b/w facsimile diagrams. 352 alphabetical listings in this collection. Excellent biographical information after most listings. Very light scuffs to front cover else fine. No names or marks in text. <br/> <br/> UBC Press hardcover
1992258573PN. New. 1992. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
19701206654PN. New. 1970. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Date is copyright date; this is a later reprint edition . PN paperback
1957Alibris.0042661Viking Press 1957. First edition. . Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. A CROW I KNOW BY WESLEY DENNIS New York: Viking Press 1957. First Edition. -HARDCOVER IN DJ protected by mylar CONDITION GOOD-SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER-BOOK SIZE 8 1/4 X 9 3/4-56 PAGES. 56 p. A CROW I KNOW BY WESLEY DENNIS New York: Viking Press 1957. First Edition. -HARDCOVER IN DJ protected by mylar CONDITION GOOD-SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER-BOOK SIZE 8 1/4 X 9 3/4-56 PAGES A CROW I KNOW BY WESLEY DENNIS New York: Viking Press 1957. First Edition. -HARDCOVER IN DJ protected by mylar CONDITION GOOD-SIGNED BY PREVIOUS OWNER-BOOK SIZE 8 1/4 X 9 3/4-56 PAGES Viking Press hardcover
1993Q-0140173277Penguin Books 1993-11-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
1992Q-0593025377Bantam Press 1992-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam Press hardcover
1992Q-0670846724Viking 1992-11-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Viking hardcover
1992Q-0792713575Chivers North Amer 1992-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Chivers North Amer hardcover
1902232385Cincinnati: Press of Jennings & Pye 1902. First edition first printing. Dark teal cloth. Dark splash stain to front panel very faint foxing text block edges and very sparsely throughout overall near fine. A personal account of a Methodist's experience living the frontier life out west including in Kansas and Nebraska. Press of Jennings & Pye unknown
190616730Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Good with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. Staining and chipping to Part II rear panel edgewear with fraying light tone otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcovers. ; Two of two volumes complete set. Tipped onto front free endpaper: With the Compliments of the Author printed slip through the courtesy of Dr O J Lee ink note. Dr Oliver Justin Lee was a prominent astronomer affiliated with the Yerkes Observatory before joining Dearborn Observatory at Northwestern University in 1928 eventually becoming its Director. Both volumes have the custom bookplate: Private Library - Roy Marshall. Roy Marshall was head of the Fels Planetarium in Philadelphia the first Director of the Morehead Planetarium at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Astronomy Professor at UNC and a television science personality hosting The Nature Of Things on NBC. Rear paste-downs of both Parts have stamp: The American Association of Variable Star Observers : Founded 1911. The Burnham Double Star Catalogue was a groundbreaking and highly influential work that laid the foundation for future double star catalogs. Sherburne Wesley Burnham a court reporter and amateur astronomer compiled the catalog over 36 years. Part I provided coordinates designations and magnitudes for 13665 double star pairs and Part II contained measures notes and references to publications for each pair. This classic astronomy catalog is enhanced by its two associations with prominent astronomers. ; Carnegie Institution Of Washington. Publication; Vol. 5; lv 256 256a-r; viii 259-1086 pages; Signed by Associated . Carnegie Institution of Washington hardcover
1997Q-0281049777The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge 1997-02-27. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! The Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge paperback
1996Q-0785211616Thomas Nelson Inc 1996-11-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Thomas Nelson Inc hardcover
1995231866Provo.: The Charles and Sarah Burr Family Foundation. 1995. First edition. Full number line. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Folio. . Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. "DeEsta Burr Cunningham" in pen on end paper. The Charles and Sarah Burr Family Foundation. hardcover
19711207243PN. New. 1971. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Date is copyright date; this is a later reprint edition . PN paperback
1979758814PN. New. 1979. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
19691112703Rand McNally. Collectible - Good. 1969. First Printing. Stapled Soft Cover. G511 . Rand McNally paperback
1986HVD-59913-A-0Stanford CA: Hoover Inst Pr. Good with no dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hoover Archival Documentaries; 6.25 X 1.5 X 9.25 inches; 579 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. DJ flaps were cut and taped onto the endpapers. Light discoloration on the top exterior edge of textblock. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . Hoover Inst Pr hardcover
1990Q-067083338XViking Adult 1990-07-23. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Viking Adult hardcover