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177325072Philadelphia: James Humphreys Junior 1773. 52pp. A rather ugly disbound pamphlet complete as issued and scarce. Title page dusted spotted with several chips not affecting text and an institutional rubberstamp. 52pp small hole at second leaf does not injure text. Some significant spotting of about half the leaves. Good.<br/><br/> The earlier of only two publications by this Society an adjunct of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Society began in 1767 as a response to the hardships visited upon families of "missionaries in the service of the society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts" who "have too frequently been obliged to leave their families." Its history laws summaries of meetings and benefactors are printed here. William Smith Thomas Bradbury Chandler and Jonathan Odell were its leaders.<br/>Evans 12761. Hildeburn 2841. NAIP w036512 8. James Humphreys Junior unknown books
196846051Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne 1968. 1st Edition. 704/2100 copies. Red cloth stamped in gilt to back strip gilt illustration of two crosses sabers on upper board front end papers has a map of "The Region of the Indian Wars" and the lower end paper have a map of "The Terrain of the Battle of the Little Big Horn". Housed in a plain white dust jacket probably to preserve book. A NF copy red cloth and gilt extremely bright and clean slight age toning to end papers otherwise internally clean and bright spine tight. DJ is slightly chipped and rubbed at corners wrappers are age toned. 86 2 pp. Illustrated. 10-1/2" x 7" <br/><br/> Lewis Osborne hardcover books
1711WRCAM53956London 1711. 888pp. Dbd. Some toning. Very good. An interesting work relating to the actions of French Huguenot soldier and diplomat Henri de Massue Earl of Galway during the War of the Spanish Succession. Galway's failure at the Battle of Almanza led to the defeat of the British and his eventual censure by Parliament. ESTC T18844. GOLDSMITH 4973. unknown books
18322818baCPhiladelphia PA: Henry H. Porter 1832. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First presumed edition. Octavo 8vo. 80 pages of text. Hardcover; brown cloth spine lacking; blue-green paper covered boards nearly detached. Original orange printed paper front cover label intact. Minor foxing scattered throughout text. Medicine; influenza; rhinovirus. Measures 22.9cm height. Henry H. Porter Hardcover books
1794277980Philadelphia: John Fenno 1794. Second. paperback. very good-. Published for the House of Representatives. 4 folding tables. 65pp. 12pp. appendix. Folio original blue wrappers margins uncut backstrip of spine lacking front and back wrapper with some light dampstaining internally very good. Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno 1794. Very Scarce.<br/><br/> Enlarged second edition printed the same year as the first edition. Folding tables show the exact expenditures and receipts of the United States government for the year 1793. The rest of the text are figures of receipts from custom duties duties on alcohol and other revenue sources and payments by the Federal government are delineated item by item and dated. Payments to individuals have each person's name listed. The appendix is titled: Appendix containing statements shewing the operation of the funds for reducing the domestic debt to the close of the year 1793. Also statements of the foreign and domestic debts of the United States and of the expenditure of the proceeds of foreign loans to the same period. In 1793 the revenue for the Federal budget was 4.8 million dollars and the public debt was 80.4 million dollars. John Fenno the printer of this work printed many works for the administration of George Washington and the Congress. He was an ardent Federalist and a protege of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Fenno also was the publisher of the Federalist newspaper Gazette of the United States. Evans 27931<br/><br/> John Fenno unknown books
184230726London: Royal Asiatic Society 1842. First edition. Removed from a larger volume. Disbound else a very good copy with library stamp on edge of drawing. 172-199 pp. Illus. with one folded b/w drawing. 8vo. Khonds Kandhs were an aboriginal tribe of Orissa who provided protection for the Raja of Goomsur during the Goomsur Wars of 1835 to 1837. Royal Asiatic Society unknown books
179063676New York: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine 1790. First published edition of this act establishing the Federal court system in North Carolina. Printed broadside 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches the headline printed bold the text arranged in four paragraphs below the title. Signed in type below the text by Augustus Muhlenberg Speaker of the House of Representatives John Adams Vice-President of the United States and with approval June 4 1790 notes George Washington. The act established one district to be called "North-Carolina district" to be presided over by one judge who was to reside in the district and hold four sessions of the court annually at the town of Newbern as well as two circuit courts. Not in Evans Shipton & Mooney or Bristol. ESTC W14372 American Antiquarian Society South Carolina Archives. OCLC locates three copies American Antiquarian Society Minnesota North Carolina. Some stab holes in the left margin where previously bound with other similar acts a little browning around the edges but a lovely copy in original condition. Original untrimmed edges. 11134. <br/><br/> Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine unknown books
185054948Boston: Jonathan Howe 1850. Unusually large broadsheet printed on blue paper approx. 21" x 17"; manuscript docket in the margin previous folds one or two short tears; very good. With a wood-engraved eagle approx. 2" x 6" at the top of the recto and a slightly smaller wood engraving of a sailing vessel at the top of the verso. The recto contains the pertinent acts regarding seamen the verso containing a ship's manifest: "No ardent spirits allowed on board . It is agreed between the master seamen or mariners of the in manuscript: ship Ariel of Bath whereof Reed is at present master or whoever shall go for master now bound from the port of Bath to New Orleans or Mobile Al. That in consideration of the monthly or other wages." The recto prints the full text of the law passed in 1790 together with the 1840 amendment. At the bottom is a small "Custom House" form blank to be signed by the collector certifying "that these shipping articles are a true copy of the original." The recto also includes a printed advertisement for Jonathan Howe Book and Job Printer of Boston. Below the printed contract on the verso there is a tabular form containing the signatures of ten seamen and 1 carpenter all from Boston with their wages filled in all witnessed by one L. E. Keyes and dated in manuscript in the margin "Bost. Nov. 1852." The positions of Master Mate 2nd Mate Steward and Cook are listed in manuscript but have no signatures next to them. At the conclusion of the text above the signatories is a small form stating that the ship is to depart on Saturday the twentieth of November and a second signed "Patten" stating that if the ship does not sail the seamen will refund any "advance money." The recto includes a printed ad for William Sawyer's Shipping Office No. 84 Commercial St. Boston. Apparently rare. OCLC locates a single copy of a variant printing which they date 1840 likely based on the approved amendment apparently the same document contents and dimensions at AAS but attributed to the printer Thomas Groom no. 82 and 84 State St. Boston on the basis of an ad. That space is apparently occupied by the ad for Jonathan Howe in the present copy. <br/><br/> Jonathan Howe unknown books
186157403N.p. Montgomery: neither publisher nor printer identified May 21 1861. Broadside approx.10" x 8"; previous fold small break in the right margin; very good. The document has been stamped on verso by the Record Department of the War Department. "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact That all prisoners of war taken whether on land or at sea during the pending hostilities with the United States shall be transferred by the captors from time to time and as often as convenient to the Department of War; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War with the approval of the President to issue such instructions to the Quartermaster General and his subordiÂÂnates as shall provide for the safe custody and sustenance of prisoners of war; and the rations furnished prisoners of war shall be the same in quantity and quality as those furnished to enlisted men in the army of the Confederacy." Crandall Confederate Imprints; 43; Parrish & Willingham Confederate Imprints 59. <br/><br/> neither publisher nor printer identified], May 21 unknown books
1937956571937. hardcover. Transl. by L. Galantiere. d.w. NY 1937.<br/><br/> unknown books
193725680NY: Scribner 1937. First Edition. 8vo. 304pp. Translated from the French by Lewis Galantiere. A nice copy in little worn dj. A fictionized biography. Scribner unknown books
184357841Easton: printed at the Sentinel Office 1843. 8vo pp. 37 3; removed from binding wrappers wanting; all else very good. American Imprints 43-4139; Sabin 64317. <br/><br/> printed at the Sentinel Office unknown books
196816126Providence RI: Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design 1968. Hardcover. Very good /very good . 4to. Publisher's cloth in original dust jacket. Very good plus. Jacket suffers several small tears and resulting creases at top edge and a spot of soil at rear panel. Interior clean and bright. <br/><br/>Catalog of the exhibition of the Roy Neuberger collection of American Art exhibited at RISD Museum of Art in Providence and the National Collection of Fine Arts Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. Illustrated in black and white and some color. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design hardcover books
4410WORLD WAR II IN THE PHILIPPINES. ALS. 3pg. 6†x 10 ½â€. June 6 1945. Philippine Islands. An autograph letter signed “Claude†an American GI stationed in the Philippines. He wrote on “United States Army†stationery to his friend John about fighting the Japanese: “Dear John Was sure glad to hear from you again Thanks for writing. A lot has happened since I last wrote - but I won't bore you with very much of them - Have seen quite a bit of action. Mostly fighting n razor back mountains either covered with grass or off on another part of the island covered with jungle - It seemed we moved from one land to another - such a change in terrain - I mean like thick jungles vines & dampness at one place & the other so open one could see for miles and miles - even watch the japs digging in miles away with our binoculars. We’ve had casualties but one has to expect some especially when fighting an offensive war - The japs being dug in so well it was almost a superhumanjob to clear out them - Rough going - guess I'm a lucky guy to be in the 60MM Mortar and light Machine Gun platoon - although we were hit some too. Lucky though just wounded were the boys. Well my Platoon Sgt. Went home with a bad ear - got infected someway or other and it really made life miserable for him - so now I'm acting in his compacity - I don't care much for the job but guess I'll have to string along until the end is over which I hope soon. Guess old Nick here was lucky - Had a few close one's too close for comfort. just hope my luck holds on. Guess as far as the point system goes - I'll be in the Army quite awhile yet. Only can figure out 69 points - Quite a jump to dig up 16 more And I've been in this Army 38 months already - Seems like half my life - When I get home I won't know how to act like a civilian - ha - I know one thing I'll have to learn to control my Army slang or else - I'm writing this in our rest area - although we aren't resting as yet - A lot of hard work to build it up & get it in shape first - Haven’t been her long - but it's a nice area - About like Fort Lewis. Pine trees - cold at night need three blankets still my pups get cold and now that the rainy season has set in it reminds me of Fort Lewis more so as we had so much rain there. Have one camp on a golf course - Been quite some time since I played golf - last tie in the Hawaiian Is. on the isle of Moloka! - More or less pasture. I'd send you a v-mail but as far as I know yet they go straight home with out being photographed and I don't think you'd want that kind. So am using the borderless airmail variety - No two cent overprints have showed up in this area as but if they do I'll remember you - Some of my other friends were asking about them too. Mr. Weltack has been sending me a first day cover now and then and I really appreciate it - as I have no way or time to bother with them. Hope I can continue after the war as I really get a kick out of FD. 's F.Fs F.AM's & all the other better covers. I belonged to the AAMS at one time and have been thinking about joining the MACC in the future. Its been a long time since I saw a good game of baseball- Was in 1939 I guess - In Chicago at the Cub park - The Cubs were playing the Giants at the time. My dad & cousin are great Cub fans but me I like to see a good game - The best men win - I used to play a little too. You know how young guys are - getting up a team & trying to lick the neighboring town teams a log of good clean fun. Well John write when you have time. I enjoy hearing from you. Best of Wishes Sincerely Claudeâ€. The letter is in fine condition. unknown books
1896139203Boston: The Arena Publishing Company 1896. Octavo pp. 1-6 xv-xvii xviii 19-244 note: text complete despite gap in pagination inserted frontispiece numerous illustrations in the text original purple cloth front panel stamped in gold and black spine panel stamped in gold. First edition. Presentation copy with 1896 Christmas gift inscription to "Miss Sims" by Slocomb signed "the author." "Ethnographic romance set in Southern Arizona about the relationship between a white gentleman-scholar 'the Scientist' who visits the region to learn about its flora and fauna including the local Indians and the young maiden Ampharita who waits on him and becomes infatuated with him and his tales of the wonders of the civilized world beyond her pueblo. Things end tragically but with a final redemptive note afforded by his vision of the perished maiden urging him to value Love over Knowledge. Of interest mainly for the careful ethnographic research that went into the writing forty pages of "explanatory notes" and "glossary of Indian and Mexican Terms" follow the story and the many detailed drawings." - Robert Eldridge. Wright III 4963. Cloth stained hinges cracked still a sound good internally clean copy of an uncommon book. #139203 The Arena Publishing Company unknown books
1932271710Madison New Jersey: The Golden Hind Press 1932. Near Fine binding. Quarter-buckram over paper-covered boards with paper title label to the spine. A one-cent George Washington stamp as frontispiece. A Christmas Keepsake from one of the great American presses operating in the period between the World Wars. Near Fine binding. The Golden Hind Press unknown books
296246London: J.S. Jordan. Second. paperback. very good. 119 pages. 12mo recased in new blue paper wrapper; some light foxing throughout. London: J.S. Jordan 1792 as indicated in advertisement at back page. Second edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> J.S. Jordan unknown books
191366682New York: DCCCNY 1913. 48p. illustrated with political cartoons; 5.75 x 3 inch stapled wraps spine fold has burst along lowest 1.25 inches otherwise slight handling soil crimping. Tammany Hall defends itself. DCCCNY unknown books
1973150682Billings MT: Planning Support Group 1973. iii 14 p. 8.5x11 inches spiralbound. Rubberstamp on cover indicates rejection as a duplicate by Harvard's Tozzer Library. Report #212. Planning Support Group unknown books
226An unengrossed stock certificate for the Boston Rubber Company. Black on white paper. Uncancelled and in extremely fine condition. unknown books
19216699Brussels Belgium 1921. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>This "Easter greetings to all Americans" contains a brief description of the research interests of the Society and an appeal for support. Includes a duplicate and a handwritten letter dated 1921 from Louis Piers De Boer agent for the Society in America to the librarian of the New Jersey Historical Society. Broadsheet folded and printed on each side. Near fine. unknown books
192295482Chicago: Department of Education Agricultural Workers Industrial Union no. 110 IWW 1922. Pamphlet. 61p. wraps paper browned else very good condition first edition 6x9 inches. Miles 4084. Department of Education, Agricultural Workers Industrial Union no. 110, IWW unknown books
1991261031991. Softcover. VG except call sticker on spine and library ink stamp on half title. Ill. wraps. 133 pp. 119 bw and sepia plates. This exhibit marked the first retrospective of Gardner's work. Many impressive photographs of the Civil War and its soldiers. Also photographs of Presidents Lincoln and Grant Charles Sumner and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Major Henry Tyler General Robert E. Lee - among many other photographs. Essays by Brooks Johnson Donald McCoo William F. Stapp Lloyd Ostendorf Susan Danly and Paula Richardson Fleming. Section on selections from Gardner's photographic studio. paperback books
2001248202001. Softcover. VG. Purple wraps. 168 pp. 145 color plates. Essays by Mark Scala and Susan W. Knowles accompany an illustrated and annotated catalogue of 145 works and an alphabetical index to the artists. unknown books
19694361New York: Greenwood Press 1969. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. 1969 facsimile reproduction of this 1815 classic of economics. Clean and Near Fine in its light-blue cloth with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. Octavo 61 pgs. <br/><br/> Greenwood Press hardcover books