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17244129London. A. Bettsworth and W. Taylor. 1724. Full gilt ruled calfgilt ruled spine compartments with gilt -tooled embellishments. Raised bands. 16mo. 6th Edition. Illustrated with frontis and in text embellishments. Covers and spine worn front hinge starting else Very Good with clean crisp internals. A. Bettsworth and W. Taylor. hardcover books
1962133263London: Christian Action 1962. Pamphlet. 31p. 5.5x8.5 inches very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Christian Action unknown books
19314931Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission 1931. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1931 reprint of this 1767 travel diary and written record of one man's observations while visiting the Missions of the Province of Texas. Clean and VG in its original stapled wrappers. Octavo 42 pgs. Small neat former owner initials at top-edge of front panel. <br/><br/> Texas Knights of Columbus Historical Commission paperback books
18612287Amherst: Henry A. Marsh 1861. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. 15p. stitched. untrimmed. Stearns 1805-1876 was na American Reformed minister and teacher who served as president of Amherst College from 1854 to 1876. None found in trade at time of this writing April 2020. Here he speaks on the Civil War. Spot to title page. <br/><br/> Henry A. Marsh unknown books
18612284Amherst: Henry A. Marsh 1861. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. 15p. removed. Stearns 1805-1876 was na American Reformed minister and teacher who served as president of Amherst College from 1854 to 1876. None found in trade at time of this writing April 2020. Here he speaks on the Civil War. Spot to title page. <br/><br/> Henry A. Marsh unknown books
18765071First edition in English of the I-Ching the ancient Chinese book of divination sometimes attributed to Confucius but actually much earlier possibly with origins in the second millennium and so the most ancient text of Chinese Civilization. OCLC lists but eight copies worldwide. In McClatchie's view Qian and Kun represented the "God of Heathendom. Qian or his Male portion… and Kun or his Female portion …. These two he goes on to say "are enclosed in the circle or ring… known as the Supreme Ultimate or Great One from which all things are generated." His contemporaries "ridiculed this decidedly sexual view Shchutskii described it as the product of "pseudoscientific delirium" but recent work by other scholars suggests its essential validity. Richard J. Smith "How the Book of Changes arrived in the West". This copy very handsomely bound by Bennett of New York about seventy years ago in grained sienna morocco with title & author in double gilt ruled spine compartments; tooled hubs; top edge gilt. "Shanghai 1876" and owner's name to foot of spine. Preliminaries slightly foxed. xiii vii -xiii of which are platesixvii455 i errata. Chinese and English on opposite pages. "Shanghai Nov. 1876" in light pencil to front fly. Slight loss of paper to front board. Please see images. American Presbyterian Mission Press, Trubner & Co. hardcover books
180447119Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1804. Paperback. Very good. 41pp. Disbound with some residue at spine; foxed throughout else very good. <br/><br/> Cambridge University Press paperback books
187847440Portland: B. Thurston and Company 1878. Paperback. Good. 34pp. Spots of moisture staining to front loss to extremities and spine else a good example in publisher's wraps. <br/><br/> B. Thurston and Company paperback books
1819007090London: Sherwood Neely and Jones 1819. Volume II only of a two volume set containg Discourses XXi - XL. RARE Worldcat lists only 2 institutional holdings. About Very Good boards and leather rubbed moderate foxing throughout top edge soiled prior owner name in pencil front end page. Reverend John Cennick 1718-1755 was an early lay Methodist preacher for John Wesley who then became a Moravian preacher and hymnist. Moravian Church. Sermons. . First Edition Thus. Quarter Leather/Marbled Boards. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones Hardcover books
1915CAT0127New York et al. 1915. Silver gelatin prints roughly 8 x 8 8 x 10 and 5 x 7 inches the last on a larger mount. Very Good. In 1914 Francis Red Fox James now presumed to be related to the Blackfoot tribe rode a horse across the country seeking states' approval for an American Indian national holiday. He delivered endorsements from 24 states to the federal government but a commemoration never materialized. The Washington Herald reported that James rode 4000 miles from a Crow reservation in Montana and was received by President Wilson to discuss the possibility of a "national Indian's Day" in October. Washington Herald 12/16/14 <br /> <br /> Although his mother was probably Blackfoot James claimed Native American heritage only as an adult. He changed his name by adding "Red" and later "Skiuhushu" to Francis Fox James. Two of the images in this collection contain familiar tropes of American Indian portraiture but the third offers an arresting image of James holding the American flag aloft as a kind of offering. This enigmatic gesture could be read as evidence of an optimistic belief in a mutual relationship between the US and American-Indian nations. It is also undoubtedly related to James' interest in legitimizing his Indian heritage as the founder of the Tepee Order a youth organization addressed mainly to white Protestant children. By 1920 the Order had evolved into an adult secret fraternal organization shrouded in mysticism. James was also associated with the Boy Scouts; he is credited with organizing the first All-Indian Boy Scout Troop in 1915. <br /> <br /> In The Search for an American Indian Identity 1970 Hazel Hertzberg writes that James "was deeply troubled by his degree of Indian 'blood.'" In addition to changing his name several times to seem more "Indian" he theorized that his Welsh ancestry was pre-Columbian using the Tepee Order to create a kind of third space a "pan-Indian society" that was neither Indian nor white. <br /> <br /> We find no other examples of these photographs though a US flag does appear on James' saddle in a photo documenting his White House visit. One picture signed by James with "Indian in Prayer "Great Spirit. / Red Fox James. Blackfeet." on recto and the following on verso: "A Gift / To my dear Friend / Eugene Beaton / c/o Burns Studio / Bucyrius sic Ohio. From Red Fox James / Blackfoot Tribe." Generally a very good collection with some fading to images but well preserved overall. unknown books
18082274Boston: Farand Mallory and Co. Suffolk Buildings State Street; Belcher and Armstrong printers 1808. Pamphlet. Very good. 38pp. removed. Dwight 1752-1817 was an American academic and educator a Congregationalist minister theologian and author. Eighth President of Yale College. Shaw and Shoemaker 14904. <br/><br/> Farand, Mallory and Co., Suffolk Buildings State Street; Belcher and Armstrong, printers unknown books
200552238NY:: Random House. Fine. 2005. Hardcover. 0375831754 . Original poems based on The Railway Series by the Reverend W. Awdry. Seventh printing. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Random House, hardcover books
190870366Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company. Good. 1908. Hardcover. 75 pages some unopened green boards with gilt stamping. The covers are soiled the front cover is slightly warped and the bottom edge of the rear cover has a small piece missing from the edge 1". The contents however are bright and complete. Good. . The John C. Winston Company hardcover books
1972133104Austin TX: Pyramid Publishing Company 1972. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by Roky Erickson on the front flyleaf. With the original circular red "Autographed Copy" sticker affixed to the front board. <br/><br/>A book of poems written by Erickson legendary singer and songwriter for the 13th Floor Elevators during his stay at the Rusk Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Rusk Texas. The only physical evidence of his creative endeavors made between electroconvulsive shock therapy treatments which included the formation of a band with fellow inmates called The Missing Links and reportedly writing nearly 100 songs. <br/><br/>Working with his childhood friend George Kinney Erickson published this volume while still institutionalized. A collection of 45 poems nearly all of which are extremely positive and upbeat "Let's Have a Never-Ending Love Contest" "When You Get Delighted" and "Thank God for Civilization" are a few examples. Outside of anthologies perhaps the only volume of poetry ever published with the poems arranged in alphabetical order. <br/><br/>Erickson would take a different turn upon his release forming a hard rock band called Roky Erickson and the Aliens writing almost exclusively about Satanism and riffing on classic horror films. Toward the end of the 1970s he again went into a long period of mental decline and has only recently begun to perform again. A rare title nearly impossible to find with a contemporary signature. <br/><br/>A second collection titled "Openers II" containing Erickson's song lyrics essays and interviews was published 23 years later in 1995. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in moderately soiled white cloth-covered boards a gilt peace/cross symbol design on the front board gilt spine titles and no dust jacket as issued. Pyramid Publishing Company unknown books
198622742Torino: Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth lettered in black. Near fine in fine dust wrapper. 303 pages. 30.4 x 23.5 cm. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white printed on quality glossy stock. Commentaries are chapters by eight scholars. Bibliography. Text in Italian. Small dampstain lower front cover at backstrip. Cassa Di Risparmio Di Torino hardcover books
1837009320Ship Burgundy to Middletown Connecticut 1837. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page folded letter measures 16" x 10" unfolded. It bears a circular red New York "Ship" postmark dated August 16 and is in nice shape. The ship Burgundy regularly brought immigrants from Europe to the United States. On this voyage which began at Le Havre in April it transported 41 U.S. citizens and 79 immigrant farmers from Prussia and Bavaria to New York see the Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild On-Line where Ms. Gibbs reports in her letter to Dr. Jarvis that it was quarantined for three days: "Tho' there has been no sickness on board except measles - they are obliged to cleance the ship at Staten Island and then land strange passengers and our baggage cannot be taken out until the ship comes up unless we consent to it being examined by an inferior officer." Ms. Gibbs also informs the Reverend Jarvis that "I saw Mrs J and daughter a few days before I left Paris they were all well very much occupied in preparation for their return to America It was their intention to sail the 8th of this month.". No doubt Ms. Gibbs would have no idea that this information would be something that Jarvis simply did not want to hear as Sarah was returning to the United States to begin divorce proceedings. In 1810 Samuel Jarvis then a young minister recently graduated from Yale married Sarah McCurdy Hart one of the "seven graces" the most beautiful women in New England at the time. Although Jarvis became quite wealthy as one of the most prominent pastors in New England and the couple had five children together their marriage was miserable from the start. It eventually ended in one of the most notorious divorces of 18th century America and was chronicled in newspapers and pamphlets of the day. Samuel was a serious humorless and stubborn man while Sarah was high strung tempestuous and easily angered. Soon after the wedding they began to annoy anger and infuriate each other. Samuel was also physically abusive not only to Sarah but to at least one of his daughters. During the divorce proceedings which were initiated soon after Sarah returned from her mutually agreed upon exile in Europe it came to light that Jarvis had repeatedly punched her in the head seized and wrung her nose dragged her across floors held her captive in a small apartment forced her to remain silent at all times limited her food and attempted to commit her to an insane asylum. A remarkable and scarce first-hand account of the arrival of an immigrant ship in New York made even more compelling by its connection to the infamous Jarvis-Hart divorce. At the time of listing no similar accounts of an immigrant ship's arrival in New York are for sale in the trade. There are no records at the Rare Book Hub or OCLC of similar accounts being held by institutions or sold at auction. Collections of Jarvis papers are held by the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut and the New York Public Library. unknown books
1972103258San Francisco: self-published 1972. 13p. mimeographed on 8.5x11 inch sheets folded to 5.5x8.5 inches and stapled in upper corner footnotes original green cover sheet. self-published unknown books
1965103257San Francisco: Self-published by the author 1965. 10p. mimeographed on 8.5x11 inch sheets folded to 5.5x8.5 inches and stapled in upper corner footnotes original orange cover sheet. Self-published by the author unknown books
146380San Francisco: Self-published no date. Five pamphlets with sermons by the Minister of the First Unitarian Church of San Francisco various pagination 5.5x8.5 inches each stapled top-left corner and folded into tan wraps. Self-published unknown books
193337685New York: William Abbatt 1933. 1st printing thus. Blue paper wrappers with black lettering printed to spine and cover. Sunning around spine and wrapper edges. Chipping along spine and wrapper edges. A VG copy. 3 -63 3 blank pp. Intratextual illustrations. 10-1/4" x 7-3/4" <br/><br/> William Abbatt unknown books
2001105399Venice 2001. Softbound. VG. Color illustrated wraps. 458 pp. profusely illustrated with 381 mostly in bw one section of color plates. Reviewed in Burlington Magazine Vol. 145 whole issue 1209 Dec. 2003 pp. 863-864 by Dr. Flavio Boggi. Contains fifteen enlightening essays all in Italian that examine the art of Lucca from the times of the Middle ages up to the 1900s. a unique examination of a geographical location nnot often written about in art circles. Profuse illustrations back up the lengthy and extensive essays. paperback books
1868009701Saratoga Springs to Clinton New York 1868. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page handbill measures 6" x 9.75" and is illustrated with an image of the Congress and Columbian Springs in Saratoga Springs New York. An addendum identifying the "Discounts for 1869" is attached to the reverse. The handbill is enclosed in its original envelope sent by the Reverend Charles F. Dowd from Saratoga Springs to Professor Edward North of Hamilton College in Clinton New York. The envelope is franked with a black two-cent Jackson stamp Scott #73 that has been canceled with a fancy "P" carved cork handstamp. Both the handbill and envelope are in nice shape. The alleged benefits of Saratoga Springs naturally-carbonated mineral water can be traced by to the Mohawk and Iroquois tribes that are said to have drank and bathed in the waters for its supposed healing and curative powers. <br /> Early settlers were convinced and over time incredible claims about their power exploded in early America. They were said to cure kidney and liver disease rheumatism diabetes scrofula cancer malaria and "weakness of women" in addition to numerous other conditions and diseases. By the mid-1850s Saratoga was the pre-eminent vacation destination for the uber-wealthy including the Vanderbilts Whitneys J.P. Morgan Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian Russell. Soon thereafter resort proprietors expanded their operations to include bottling their waters for shipment especially within New York state. <br /> <br /> <p>This circular was produced in the early days of Saratoga water shipping by the suppliers Hotchkiss Sons who promise to deliver bottled water from the Empire Congress and Columbian Springs "safely and securely packed in boxes suitable for shipment to any part of the world." <br /> <br /> <p>Reverend Dowd and his wife were co-principals of Temple Grove Ladies Seminary now Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs. Dowd however is most famous for inventing the system of U.S. time zones that was eventually adopted world-wide to improve railroad scheduling. <br /> <br /> <p>Professor North served as the Professor of Greek and ancient languages at Hamilton College for over 58 years. He also served as the president of the New York State Teacher's Association and on the board of trustees for the Clinton Grammar School. <br /> <br /> <p>For more information see "Saratoga Mineral Springs Legend & History" at Saratoga.com CDC's "History of Drinking Water Treatment" "The Man Who Made Time Workable" from the Jul/Aug 2017 issue of Yale Alumni Magazine and "A Memoir of Edward North" from the 14 Oct 1905 issue of the New York Times all available online. unknown books
1960197251Los Angeles: One Inc 1960. Magazine. 32p. including covers 5.5x8.5 inches very good digest size magazine in stapled pictorial wraps with mild foxing and stains. Cover story "Homosexual Servant of God" One Inc. which took its name from Thomas Carlyle's statement that "A mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one" was founded in LA in 1952 as a homophile organization with connections to the Mattachine Society. As the first pro-gay journal of its kind it serves as an important source for pre-Stonewall homophile studies. In 1954 the US Post Office declared it obscene leading to a four-year legal battle chronicled in its pages that concluded with a favorable decision as part of Roth vs. United States. Aside from its articles covering topics ranging from the Beatniks and Gay marriage to homosexuality and national security One Magazine also featured poetry and short fiction by numerous prominent authors. One, Inc unknown books
1983266000San Francisco: TD Prods. & Stephen Dubov 1983. 36p 6.75x8.5 inches introductions 9 solo pieces illustrated with production photos very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. William Talen is an actor/writer from Grand Rapids MI who established himself as a street performer in San Francisco in the 1980s and in the late 1990s NYC as Reverend Billy. This collection of monologues is from a much earlier show. Includes "The Church of Eternal Life Through Mutation" with Billy as a preacher on the tube a foreshadowing if ever there was one! One holding located in OCLC as of 5/2021. TD Prods. & Stephen Dubov unknown books
168628626Padoua: Cadorino 1686. Quarto. 32 298 10 Indexpp. including a portrait of the author. Half title. Contemporary vellum manuscript spine title<br/> <br/>First issue of Terra Rossa's famous account detailing discoveries in the New World as denoted by the 1686 date and the privilege below the imprint reading "Et Privilegio del Serenissimo Principe."<br/> <br/>Includes much information on Venetian explorers going so far as to credit Marco Polo with discovering Australia and attempts to rename Terra Australis as Terra Australe Magallanica to honor Magellan. In this work Terra Rossa "attempted to prove that Venetians had discovered all lands unknown to the ancients including America and Terra Australis." Hiatt p. 261. He also defends the claims of the Zeno brothers to have made a northern discovery of America prior to Columbus. A rare and surprisingly little-known work focused on early exploration of the Southern Hemisphere.<br/> <br/>Sabin 94858; European Americana 686/157. Cadorino unknown books
