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197463762Middletown CT: Wesleyan University Press 1974. First Edition. First Printing a review copy with the publisher's typed slip laid in. Octavo 20.75cm; light gray cloth with titles stamped in black and blue on spine; dustjacket; 1011-631pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $6.00 with some light rubbing to spine ends and along the left edge of the front panel. The Newark NJ author's first book-length collection of poems most of which first appeared in the pages of Omega The Emerson Review Plowshares and the Monmouth Review. Wesleyan University Press unknown
1970166395London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1970. Hardcover. First UK Edition. Published in conjunction with a traveling retrospective exhibition of Warhol's work. <br /> <br /> Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Weidenfeld and Nicholson unknown
1818List2715Augusta Georgia 1818. Single letter three 9 x 16 inch pages letters with some tape repairs and stray holes at folds still quite legible. Very good. A letter written by Calvin Barnard to his friend Asa Holman of Bolton Massachusetts describing the former’s trip from Boston to Augusta South Carolina from November 25 to January 1. Barnard first traveled from Boston to Charleston South Carolina by boat from which he notes “almost a continual gagging and vomiting†from the passengers. In Charleston Barnard observes that the city is inelegant the unpaved streets “filled with mud†and views “the breastworks which were thrown up during the last warâ€. This would have been the War of 1812 of which Barnard was likely a veteran. South Carolina had engaged upwards of 5000 soldiers and had put up defenses along the coastline in anticipation of the war but it did not come to the mainland – although South Carolina was under naval blockade and the Sea Islands were targeted by the British.<br /> <br /> Barnard reaches Savannah Georgia on the 25th of December; similarly he finds it “although a place of considerable business†“about as dissatisfactory a place I ever was in.†Augusta which he reaches by foot “is much handsomer built and situated than Savannah but not less dissipated†– he remarks that “Being the first day of the year is in this part of the country another great day for getting drunk.†After spending some time in Augusta he finishes the letter with some pointed observations about its residents:<br /> <br /> “I have had a better opportunity of becoming acquainted with the manners customs and dispositions of the citizens of Augusta . I shall not do them injustice by dividing them into three classes in which the Negroes are excepted. The first class of which are the gentry as they would expect to be called made up of men from all parts who have become rich here mostly by avaricious and unjust means . And this class we cannot expect to see drink more than once a week. The second is mostly the natives of this state and South Carolina who are men of a little property of a little education and very little of an honorable principle of any kind and these are not often seen drunk in the forenoon. The third class appears to me to be made up of the off-scouring of every bad place on earth for I never saw their equal for drunkenness lying stealing fighting swearing from morning till morning again. It is not possible that the continent of America has in any other place their equal. If it had I think the whole world soon be sunk.â€<br /> <br /> He finds Augusta’s African-American residents the only trustworthy ones despite local opinions:<br /> <br /> “If any stealing is done here it is laid to the Negroes but I had my surtout a shirt and handkerchief stolen on Friday night last but have too good an opinion of the blacks to think they have them.â€<br /> <br /> Of interest as an outsider’s views on the early Antebellum South and on drinking – another pressing social issue of the day. unknown
196162280New York: The Macmillan Co. 1961. Tall 8vo. 12 169 1 pp. With photo illustrations text illustrations diagrams floor plans. Green & blue publisher’s cloth minor shelfwear offset toning from clippings on ffep. w/ d.j. slight scuffing shelfwear still VG/VG copy from the library of Charles H. “Brig†Belvin IV b. 1937 w/ ownership markings on ffep. First edition stated of Calvin Rutstrum’s well-illustrated and organized how-to book on building your own cabin in the wilderness with detailed instructions and floor plans for log frame and adobe cabins with advice on location heating units and more. Rutstrum 1895-1982 worked as a Montana cowboy Marine Corps medical corpsman during World War I sold real estate and autos in Minneapolis in the 1920’s and later worked as a bank robbery investigator until World War II. Later while working as the director of wilderness camping at Lake Hubert Camp he developed his passion for writing about camping cabins and canoeing. The Macmillan Co., hardcover
40821showing him head and shoulders in an oval 4" x 2½" no place no date John Calvin was a French theologian pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. unknown
190947042Philadelphia: Reformed Church Publication House 1909. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm.; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; 4208pp. Some minor shelf wear title page starting to separate but holding else Very Good and sound. Collection of essays first published in the "Reformed Church Review" April 1909. Reformed Church Publication House unknown
1997505828Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies 1997. Trade Paperback. VERY GOOD. 333pp. Very clean sharp copy. Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies paperback
183312932London: Frederic Westley and A.H. Davis 1833 First edition. Original cloth with printed paper spine label. Twelvemo. Binding lightly spotted binding extremities worn label rubbed back hinge cracked but cords sound. A decent copy of a fragile book very clean internally. This is a defense of America against the criticisms of Captain Basil Hall and Mrs. Frances Trollope. The author 1789-1857 was a prolific journalist. He was London correspondent for the New York Observer from 1831 to 1835. He wrote political tracts for the Whig party under the name of "Junius" and edited the works of Henry Clay. He also wrote biographies of Clay. Frederic Westley and A.H. Davis, hardcover
183363790London:: Frederic Westley and A. H. Davis 1833. First edition. old half sheep over marbled paper-covered sides. Ex-private library with old 1868 blind-embossed stamp on title page and endsheet; old accession numbers; joints cracked; 3 of four cords holding; one spine label absent; general wear and tear to binding; contents sound. . 12mo. Frederic Westley and A. H. Davis, unknown
18445703New York: Greely & Mcelrath. Good. 1844. Softcover. This is the first edition of the collected numbers of Calvin Colton's letters written with his "Junius" pseudonymn of and contains Tracts No. I - VIII; each tract paged separately at the top and about 16 pages each but book is also continuously paged at bottom. These tracts explore Whig philosophy in relation to the political climate of the day: slavery abolition Texas annexation public lands tariffs etc. Each tract about 16 pages and cover various topics: The Test The Currency The Tariff Life of Henry clay Political Abolition Democracy Labor and Captial The Public Lands etc. Colton began his career as a Presbyterian pastor in New York in the 1820's and became an accomplished writer first writing on religious topics but later on wrote a guide for immigrants Great Lakes travel and Indians politics history and is still noted for his biographical works on Henry Clay. The original publisher's covers are salmon and printed on rather thin & fragile paper. Corners of cover chipped with some loss of text on rear cover and last two pages are chipped at lower corner with minor loss of text. Ref: see Sabin 14775 for individual tracts ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages . Greely & Mcelrath paperback
184436139New York: Greeley & McElrath 1844. Later printing. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else very good copies occasional browning damp stain or soiled spot. 128 pp.; 16 pp. I-VIII each 16 pp. but paged continuously on in lower margin; X 8 pp. without continuous pagination. 8vo. Published every second month. Includes: The Test; or Parties Tried by their Acts; The Currency; The Tariff; Life of Henry Clay; Political Abolition; Democracy; Labor and Capital; The Public Lands; and The Tariff Triumphant. No. 1 March 1843-no. 10 July 1844. Lacking No.9. Sabin 14775n. Greeley & McElrath unknown
184416317New York: Greeley & McElrath. 1844. 16pp disbound caption title as issued. Light foxing Good or so. Supporting the Whigs Junius argues that the proceeds from sales of public lands should be returned to the States for funding their internal improvements. He provides a scholarly discussion of the cession by the States of public lands to the United States government. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 14775n. AI 44-1573 5. Greeley & McElrath. unknown
1972Q-0809402076Time - Life Books 1972-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Time - Life Books hardcover
18489627np 1848. 16pp disbound and stitched minor scattered spotting. Very Good. <br /> <br /> NUC attributes authorship to Adams identified here only as "a Whig of the Free States." He is appalled at his Party's impending nomination of Zachary Taylor for the presidency. Taylor a Louisiana slaveholder had never voted or participated in civil affairs. His military career most recently in the Mexican War which northern Whigs had generally opposed as an unconstitutional land-grab for slavery was his only public activity. <br /> "He is a Military Chieftain-- and he is a Slave owner and in favor of the Extension of Slavery over new territories." Webster deserves the nomination: "Let there be no wavering none of the contemptible expediency doctrine which leads men to declare in one breath that Mr. Webster is their first choice and to say the next moment that they are ready to vote for General Taylor." <br /> FIRST EDITION. Sabin 55816. 3 NUC 0062491. Not in Miles LCP Eberstadt Decker Dumond. unknown
002479Publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth with upper board ornamental scrolling in blind octavo pp. xi 207. Patterned endpapers. Previous owner small neat ownership stamp near top of free front endpaper. Gilt on spine has faded. A good bit of foxing on the free front endpaper and the frontis portrait illustrations see photo. Very little foxing internally after these preliminary leaves. Spine ends board edges and tips rubbed considerably. GOOD and sound withal. See Dumond's influential "Anti-Slavery: The Crusade for Freedom in America" page 314 for an account of prison sentences and resulting hardships faced by a Calvin Fairbanks sic that align with Fairbank's autobiographical reminiscences herein. See also WORK page 306. CHICAGO: R. R. McCabe and Co., PUBLISHERS, 1890. hardcover
185462698New York: J.H. Colton 86 Cedar Street 1854. 16mo. 3.5 x 5.75 in. With hand-coloured 3 colour map which folds out into 26.5 x 21.5 in. map printed on thin onionskin paper engraved ornamental border tipped-in to original embossed red publisher’s portfolio pocket binding peach-coloured printed front pastedown minor toning creasing to fore-edges a few small short closed tear separations at folds one closed tear at gutter margin spine plit still VG- fresh copy w/ Gray Sprague & Co. Booksellers Albany NY label on front pastedown corner. Early edition of this wonderful pocket map from J.H. Colton depicting cities towns villages post hamlets canals stage and railroads. Including Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Iowa Missouri Illinois Indiana & Ohio this map details not only the settled regions but also the largely unsettled Indian Territory in Minnesota Territory. A small engraved vignette depicts Maiden Rock on Lake Pepin and the Mississippi. Colton 1800-1893 produced his first maps in 1833 based on earlier maps by Burr and then through 1855 produced a large number of pocket railroad maps guidebooks and popular travel guides. J.H. Colton, 86 Cedar Street, unknown
185155399New York: Edward O. Jenkins 1851. Reprint edition. Octavo 19.5cm. Stab-sewn pamphlet in white printed paper wraps; 30pp. Spine reinforced; ownership markings at top of title page in ink and pencil; rubbed at edges overall: Good. With a list of 18 existing Shaker communities. First written to contest a bill in the New York legislature but later published as a way to introduce Shakers "in their proper character as citizens of the Commonwealth and under the influence and operation of its laws" and to "solve the many questions proposed by the religious world concerning these singular people as a religious community" 2. First edition published in 1830 SABIN 79696 and frequently reprinted; this edition revised by Calvin Green before publication. RICHMOND 740. Edward O. Jenkins unknown
184855837Albany: C. van Benthuysen 1848. Second Edition. 12mo 19cm. Brown leather titled in gilt on spine all edges sprinkled; plain endpapers; viii 384pp. A straight tight copy spine and board edges sunned spine rubbed with worming to base internally clean: Good. <br /> <br /> "A summary view of the rise progress and present state of the Society together with a plain illustration of its faith and principles" iv. SABIN 79722. C. van Benthuysen unknown
182358303Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen 1823. First edition 12mo pp. xvi 320; text block only spine perished front cover missing blindstamp on title page; text block sound; good. Published by order of the ministry in union with the Church. A correction of the record on the part of the Shakers who identify in the preface that many contradictory and incorrect statements have made about them due to a general curiousness about them from the general public. American Imprints 14086; MacLean 96. Packard & Van Benthuysen unknown
182310086712mo leather spine label xvi 320 pp. Binding a bit worn and hinges are tender some staining and foxing throughout; otherwise very good. Published about 50 years after the sect arrived in New York this work is an effort to set the record straight about the Shakers. In the preface the authors suggest the considerable interest in the Shakers along with the sometimes prejudiced view of these people which even included charges of drunkenness of Ann Lee and her associates was the reason for writing this book. According to them they didn't want to inspire controversy but merely to present the facts as they saw them which includes a history of this group. Sabin 79721. Packard & Van Benthuysen,
187052647Shanghai: NP 1870. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg-. 1/500. Octavo. ix 64pp. Rebound in 3/4 green buckram over marbled paper boards. Missing the original blue printed wrappers as issued. This extremely rare work is an English translation of a collection of scandalous anti-missionary and anticlerical polemics and statements originally issued in Chinese and circulated throughout the previous centuries with the aim of rallying support against the growing Christian influence in the country. Although predominantly aimed at Catholics the texts here are anti-Christian in general. The work contains a number of odd and interesting Chinese perspectives on Christianity as well as opinions of the Pope and includes bizarre and detailed references to supposed sexual practices of the clergy and lay people p.10-11.<br /> <br /> The translator/publisher of the work is not named but has since been attributed to the influential American Presbyterian missionary and minister Calvin Wilson Mateer 1836-1908. As stated in the preface the idea of this publication in English was to expose westerners to the degree to which Christianity in China was treated with suspicion and hostility. The preface text is dated to August 18th 1870 in Tungchow now Penglai District Yantai Shandong Province China and is one of a number of telling aspects linking the work to Mateer who famously founded Tengchow College the predecessor to Shandong University and presided over the translation of the bible into Chinese Chinese Union Version.<br /> <br /> Texts translated in this publication are: "Extracts from the Amplified Instructions on the "Sacred Edict" originally issued by the Yongzheng Emperor in 1724 "Authorities Consulted" a list of outlawed Christian work to be banned with the inclusion of the original Chinese text "A Collection of Facts Respecting the False Religion of Tien-chu" "Miscellaneous Quotations" "Evidence from Public Records" "A Death Blow to False Doctrines" and "Petition from Human for the Expulsion of non-Human Species".<br /> <br /> Upon its publication this work caused such a scandal in China and within the international Christian community that according to late 19th century sources most of the original Chinese texts mentioned in this work as well as a majority of remaining copies of this work itself already limited in its publication were destroyed by mutual agreement of the Chinese authorities and the publisher. This fascinating work has largely been forgotten since the end of the 19th century. It is believed that no more than 100 copies of this text have survived from an original edition of only 500 copies.<br /> <br /> Text throughout in English with some occasional Chinese text.<br /> <br /> Ex-library binding with residue from a library sticker on the spine and covers. Spine with some rubbing abrasions and chips. Corners with some light rubbing and bumping. Covers with some light scratches and abrasions. Interior with some light sporadic water stains and age toning to pages. Library ink stamps and blind stamps on a few pages throughout including the interior covers and the title page. Interior back cover with library pocket pasted on. Page one with a repaired tear resulting in no loss of text. Gutters reinforced from the title page through the end of the preface section. Book block relatively tight overall. Wrappers in good- interior in very good- condition overall. Subtitle: "Published by the Gentry and People. Translated from the Chinese".<br /> <br /> Bibliographic source: Fraxi Pisanus Henry Spencer Ashbee 'Bibliography of Prohibited Books. Catena liborrum tacendorum; bio-biblio-icono-graphical and critical notes on curious uncommon and erotic books Vol.3'. 1885. p.434-440. NP hardcover
184745585Salem Indiana: Washington Republican / Calvin Frary 1847. Very Good -. Salem IN: Washington Republican 1847. Folio 55cm; removed; 4pp. Stain to upper corner; general wear staining and smudging; Good to Very Good. <br /> <br /> Uncommon Indiana newspaper here celebrating the return of veterans of the Mexican War including the Washington Rifles Posey Guards Hoosier Boys Lawrence Greys Lanesville Legion Spencer Grays and the Charlestown Guards. The public "without regard to age sex or condition" are invited to a "Free Barbecue" to celebrate their return. Includes regular ads and news with particular attention paid to the War. Advertisement for "Mrs. D. Curry's Tavern" to final page. OCLC shows five holdings of various issues and mentions the newspaper began in 1845 and shuttered in late 1847. . Washington Republican / Calvin Frary unknown
19989412New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery 1998. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine/Fine. 4to. Pp. 87. Illustrated mostly color. Blue boards lettered in red. Slightest wear to corners else Fine in Fine dust jacket. Fine examples of the artist's courageous work drawing on African American caricatures of yore and stereotypes that were once mainstays of American commercial culture. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve. Tony Shafrazi Gallery hardcover
193460638New York: Macmillan 1934. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Tan cloth hardcover devoratively titled in red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiii354pp. Slight darkening to cloth at hinges and spine else a tight Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper price-clipped lightly soiled slightly frayed at extremities Very Good. <br /> <br /> Calvin's highly-praised and oft-reprinted first book an historical ecological and cultural exploration of his native New Mexico. POWELL Southwest Classics p.150ff. Macmillan unknown
197128623New York:: Viking Press 1971. Second Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. This biographic portrait of Sara and Gerald Murphy paints the picture of the perfect couple to express the the joie de vivre that represented Paris in the 1920s. The Murphy's entertained the Fitzgeralds Hemingway Picasso Leger Cole Porter and served as the models for Fitzgeralds Dick and Nicole Diver in his novel Tender is the Night. Gerald was also an accomplished painter in his own right and they both exuded the idealism of the most extraordinary decade in Paris and on the Riviera. Illustrated with sixty-seven photographs. Viking Press, unknown
