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1612406876Antwerp 1612. Tape reinforcements along edge on verso without show-through and not affecting image a few foxmarks overall in very good condition with good color. Hand colored engraved map 12 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches image 16 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches sheet. Crossed arrows watermark. A fine map from Ortelius's atlas showing Lake Constance the Danube and Rhine. Bounded by the Lech Odenwald Alsace and Chur in Switzerland. <br/><br/> unknown books
1979WRCLIT60364Los Angeles: Frank Yablans Presentations in Association with Twentieth Century-Fox 1979. 1156 leaves. Quarto. Mechanically reproduced typescript printed on rectos only. Bradbound in printed production company/studio wrappers. Near fine. A quite early "third" draft of Mayes's adaptation to the screen of Jack-Alain Léger's novel. The script for the 1982 film release directed by Frank Perry was credited on screen to Mayes. In spite of that many many subsequent drafts bear Abraham Polonsky's name exclusively. This draft differs markedly from the several Polonsky drafts that we have examined the earliest dating from October of 1979. This was the last film with which Polonsky was associated as screenwriter though to what degree it was a collaborative effort is unclear. As screenwriter for BODY AND SOUL 1947 and writer/director of FORCE OF EVIL 1948 Polonsky was well on his way toward a distinguished career in film when he was blacklisted and fired by Fox for refusing to cooperate with HUAC. He continued to work during the Blacklist either uncredited or pseudonymously and in 1996 the Writers Guild restored his real name and credits. Frank Yablans Presentations in Association with Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1827304622London: Published by the Author No. 40 Castle Street East 1827. First edition with errata. 12 engraved portraits. 52 4 pp. with tipped-in erratum at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Original drab boards. Rebacked preserving printed spine label chipped and worn extremities worn light foxing some chipping to text at margins. First edition with errata. 12 engraved portraits. 52 4 pp. with tipped-in erratum at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Supplement to Abraham Wivell's Inquiry into the Authenticity of various Pictures and Prints which from the decease of the poet to our own times have been offered to the public as Portraits of Shakespeare London 1824. The portrait painter Abraham Wivell 1786-1849 illustrated editions of Shakespeare's works published in 1833 1846 & 1850. Jaggard p. 695 Published by the Author, No. 40, Castle Street, East unknown books
190339751Santiago de Chile: Imprenta LitografÃa i Encuadernacion Barcelona 1903. First edition. Paper wrappers. A good copy wrappers detached and chipped bookseller's sticker; top edge of leaves professionally repaired. 75 pp. Sm. 4to. Publicado en los Anales de la Universidad Tomo CXIII Julio I Agosto de 1903. Biographies of the thirty-four judges of the Real Audiencia Santiago de Chile in the 17th century. OCLC locates three copies: Harvard Univ. Texas at Austin and BN Chile. Palau 313702. Imprenta, LitografÃa i Encuadernacion Barcelona unknown books
192442386Cleveland: J.H. Jansen 1924. Hardcover. Very good. 173pp. Gilt lettering dulled edges of boards sunned with some wear to the extremities scattered foxing throughout six in chip to top of front free endpaper blindstamp on half title page else an about very good example in publisher's blue cloth. <br/><br/> J.H. Jansen hardcover books
18616230New York: Privately Printed for the Association 1861. Very Good/A selection from the "Tomlinson Collection" manuscripts gathered by Abraham Tomlinson of New York and purchased by the Mercantile Library Association. The historical notes are with few exceptions by H.B. Dawson. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: New York city in 1767 by H.B. Dawson--The Stamp act riot: A letter written the day following Nov. 2 1765.--New York in 1770: The "Sons of liberty" extract from a letter by B.Y. Prime--Col. Marinus Willett's narrative: Seizure of arms from the British troops ordered to Boston 1775.--The Hickey plot: Letters from P.T. Curtenius John Varick jr. and Solomon Drowne M.D.--New York correspondence: Extracts from letters . 1775 and 1776.--The battle of Harlem Plains: A letter written by Gen. George Clinton.--New York loyalists of 1776: Addresses to Lord and General Howe and to Sir William Tryon with the names of nearly one thousand signers.--Preparations for evacuation: Letters from Lieut.-Col. Smith . in 1783.--Statement of William Butler esq.: Account of the occupation of New York city by the British from 1776 to 1783.--Sir Henry Clinton's defence: Reasons for not attacking Washington . near King's Bridge . 1781. 28 cm; 194 2 pages and 1 folding frontispiece map of the city of New York 1766-67. Illustrations and maps in text. Title page printed in red and black. This copy sound and entire in original purple ribbed cloth. Slight blemish to title page otherwise clean bright no sign of foxing and no stains. Upper hing a bit worn apparently treated with an amateur's remedy which has left a white residue. Some other discoloration to cloth and title on spine faded. Yet survives in very good condition! Privately Printed for the Association hardcover books
19511892Girard Kansas: Haldeman-Julius 1951. Paperback. Articles by Ozenfont Van Vechten Venturi et. al. 40pp of drawings. <br/><br/>Signed on the cover. Haldeman-Julius paperback books
19509022853Worcester MA: Achille J. St. Onge 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original full green oasis goatskin with covers and spine stamped in gilt. Miniature book measuring 2 x 3 inches. One of 1500 copies printed from Momotype Plantin type on Barcham Green hand made all rag paper at the Chiswick Press and bound by Sangorski and Sufcliffe. <br/><br/> Achille J. St. Onge hardcover books
1314216th President. Original complete March 22 1861 The Union. Couple articles on Lincoln's inauguration including 2 column news from America with much of it on Lincoln. Quotes Lincoln extensively. Texas secedes from Union. Rare news stand issue that has never been in bound volume. 9.75" x 15" 16 pages. In very good condition with minor edge wear/tear. unknown books
19272237n.p. 1927. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. String tied handmade paper handwritten in handprinted paper wraps the text of Lincoln's Gettysburg address printed calligraphically by Jack Bryan 'Scribe'. A lovely example of the most-quoted most-memorized piece of oratory in American history. <br/><br/> paperback books
1801WRCAM50592New Haven 1801. 1111pp. Dbd. Ink institutional stamp on titlepage light toning a few leaves foxed. Good. A laudatory speech praising the recent election of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency. The author is mainly concerned even consumed by the separation of church and state which he obviously expects from the Jefferson administration. He writes "Church and State always contaminate each other so far as their union extends. The clerical politician is an useless preacher; the political christian is a dangerous statesman. We feel daily the dreadful effects of this union." He then goes on to praise Republicanism as "the form of government for the support of which you once pledged your lives your fortunes and your sacred honor." A scarce book in the market. SABIN 5595. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 199. GOODSPEED 342:168. MIDLAND NOTES 34:27. OCLC 1596438. unknown books
1731WRCLIT61268Dublin: Printed by and For Samuel Fuller 1731. 1351pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. faint old stamps of a defunct mercantile library title neatly detached at gutter with old paper mends at lower blank tips and some early ink spots early ink ownership inscription on verso of title and in blank portion of A2; somewhat tanned with occasional corner creases and small marginal chips; a fair but complete copy quite amenable to conservation and binding. First edition. Not in Bradshaw. ESTC T103086. POLLARD pp. 230-1. Printed by and For Samuel Fuller unknown books
182126063New York: Published by James Eastburn Literary Rooms 1821 1821. First edition. BAL 8512. Boards somewhat stained and slightly worn; very good copy. 8vo original drab boards and printed paper label. ¶ A vision poem about the final day of retribution read by James Hillhouse 1789-1841 at the anniversary of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1812. This was an early work by the New York poet predating his first book by several years but it was not published until this edition in 1821. <br/><br/> New York: Published by James Eastburn, Literary Rooms, 1821 hardcover books
193547922New Rochelle NY: Peter Pauper Press 1935. One of an edition limited to 50 copies this being #14. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. New Rochelle NY: Peter Pauper Press 1935. Introduction by William H. Townsend. One of an edition limited to 50 copies this being #14. 103 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Red Leather. Gilt lettering to spine. Bumped and worn at head heel and corners; chipped at head and front board; interior tight clean and bright; a very nice copy. Very good/No jacket issued. Peter Pauper Press hardcover books
1865851311865. LINCOLN Abraham. ORDER OF SERVICES FOR THE MEETING OF THE PEOPLE OF CONCORD AT THE HOUR OF THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN APRIL 19 1865. n.p. n.p. ca. 1865. 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches pale paper printed in black folded to make a four panel program of services. Annotated in pencil with a quote by Judge Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and some other notes. The program of services: I. Voluntary on the Organ. II. Chant. III. Prayer by the Rev. G. Reynolds. IV. Selections from Scriptures. V. Hymn. VI. Addresses by R. W. Emerson and others. VII. Concluding Prayer by Rev. Thomas Rattray. VIII. Hymn. IX. Benediction. unknown books
1860RLINPOL00LRFollett Foster and Company 1860. Good. Lincoln Abraham and Stephen Douglas. Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois. Columbus Ohio: Follett Foster and Company 1860. Early printing: 2nd 3rd or 4th. 268pp. 8vo. Book condition: Good with moisture damage to covers and endsheets and light soiling to covers. Edges are rubbed slightly exposing boards at corners. Uniform foxing to text block with old library stamps on edges of text block and rear pastedown. Follett, Foster, and Company hardcover books
1947145154Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1947. Vintage linen backed keybook photograph of cinematographer James Wong Howe actress Lilli Palmer and members of the crew on the set of the 1947 film noir. Holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Considered by many to be amongst the best boxing films of all time as well as one of the great 1940s noirs. "Body and Soul" tells the story of a man who became a successful boxer to support himself and his mother after his father is killed but who realizes that he has slowly lost his integrity somewhere along the way. Winner of an Academy Award and nominated for two others. <br/><br/>Shot on location in New York City. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Hardy The BFI Companion to Crime. Selby Canon US. Silver Classic Noir. Spicer US. United Artists unknown books
2005298835Millwood: Haybarn Editions 2005. hardcover. fine. Ed Colker. Translated by Melvin Konner with illustrations by Ed Colker including 1 loose color lithograph titled and initialed by Colker in pencil. 36 pages in white paper wrappers protected in publisher's tan cloth clamshell case. Millwood New York: Haybarn Press 2005. Limited edition.<br/><br/> Published in honor of the 92nd birthday of Sutzkever the foremost living Yiddish poet. One of the 100 portfolios numbered and signed by both the translator & the artist.<br/><br/> Haybarn Editions unknown books
1680LV2130Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfganck; La Haye:: Adriaen Moetjens 1680 1679. 1680. Six parts in four volumes. 12mo. xxviii 363 2 364-781 15; xx 771 21; xii 588 12; xvi 379 2 blank 2 379-750 16 pp. Includes letters and documents in French and in Latin German Spanish Dutch and Italian with French translations. Printer’s device on title armillary sphere 2 engraved folding plates showing scene of negotiation at a table surrounded by fine tapestries vol. I facing p.1 III facing p. 438 indexes; gutter stains in vol. 1. Original mottled calf with gilt-stamped spine and four raised bands red speckled edges; worn joints broken on second and third vols. while the first and last vols. are crudely re-backed in cloth and have new endpapers. Ownership blind embossed stamp on first and last few leaves including titles. As is. Second edition vols. 1-3-4; vol. 2 is a first edition of 1679 vastly expanded as the first two volumes were not a part of the 1679 issue. A rare compilation of 17th century diplomatic texts treatises negotiations and correspondence. This work is about the Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen. These series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Nijmegen between August 1678 and December 1679 ended various interconnected wars among France the Dutch Republic Spain Brandenburg Sweden Denmark the Prince-Bishop of Munster and the Holy Roman Empire. A third edition was issued in 1697 though it is essentially a reprinting of this 1680 issue. Locations: Cambridge Cathedral Libraries Edinburgh National Library of Scotland Oxford.See: Alphonse Willems Les Elzevier: histoire et annales typographiques 1880 p. 523-24 describes this work in 7 parts but six parts as above is correct; Kent McNeil Native Rights and Boundaries of Rupert’s Land and the . . . University of Saskatchewan. Native Law Centre 1982 p. 16. Adriaen Moetjens, 1680, 1679. hardcover books
186841288Cincinnati Ohio: Wrightson & Company Printers 1868. 4th Edition Thirty-Fifth Thousand Wheaton & Kelly 2996. Not found in Axford. Cf. Monaghan 734 for the 1865 1st printing of Biographies. Original publisher's green cloth spine over printed buff paper-wrapped boards. Average wear to binding. Prior owner signature to ffep. A VG copy. 96; 2 46 pp. 2nd title illustrated with 19 bust portrait wood engravings. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>Uncommon recipe book first published in 1865 with this 4th edition adding "a large number of new ones never before made public .". Wrightson & Company, Printers hardcover books
1915302030Boston Little Brown and Company 1915. 1915. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait after Brady of Lincoln and Tad. First edition Sept. 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine fresh. 102 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1915. hardcover books
186424899<p>"<i>The will of the people is supreme.</i>"</p><p>"<i>The vital principle of</i> Lincoln's <i>whole administration has been his recognition of the fact that our Government is simply a machine for carrying into effect THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.</i>"</p> <b>ABRAHAM LINCOLN. HENRY CHARLES LEA.</b>Printed Pamphlet. <i>No. 18: The Will of the People</i> January – April 1864. 8 pp. 5½ x 8½ in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Excerpts:</b></p><p>"<i>It has been generally assumed that the acts of the President have been the exponents of his own individual convictions. Democrats have censured him for converting the 'war against disunion' into a 'war against slavery.' Radical Republicans have been equally prone to condemn him as a half-hearted Abolitionist who required perpetual stimulation to perform his duty and who is not to be trusted because he did not immediately on his inauguration carry out the views which he had previously expressed of opposition to slavery.</i></p><p>"<i>Both parties seem to have forgotten that our form of government is as purely democratic as can be reduced to a practical system. Our whole political machinery is devised for the purpose of allowing the people to regulate the national policy. The will of the people is supreme.</i>" p3</p><p>"<i>For twenty years prior to his election he had on all fitting occasions expressed his disapprobation of slavery and his desire that it could be constitutionally done away with. Yet in the popular vote which made him President he saw the expression simply of a determination to resist the aggressions of slavery and not the condemnation of the system itself.</i>" p4</p><p>"<i>As the nation changed its views so he was ready to change his policy. When therefore the Emancipation Proclamation made its appearance the people was prepared to welcome that which a year earlier would have aroused a tempest of disapprobation.</i>" p5</p><p>"<i>The next step was the arming of negro troops. In July 1862 Congress authorized the employment of 'persons of African descent' in our armies. The public mind was not yet prepared to accept the assistance of the despised race. The administration accordingly did not press the matter.</i>" p5-6</p><p>"<i>Those who have witnessed the marvellous revolution in public opinion on this subject cannot but admire the manner in which Mr. Lincoln's honest deference to public opinion has produced results which the tact of the cunning statesman might have failed to secure. Taking each step as the voice of the people demanded it he has never been forced to retrace his position. Supported by and supporting the popular feeling he has moved onward in unison with it and each new development has afforded sure foothold for further progress.</i>" p6</p><p>"<i>His Proclamation of Amnesty puts into practical shape the wishes which have long been silently forming themselves in every loyal heart. Again has he divined the will of the people and at the fitting time his acts have responded making as far as his competence extends that will the law of the land. To this intuitive perception of public opinion and this skill in translating it into action Mr. Lincoln owes much of the success of his administration. He is at once the leader and the led.</i>" p7</p><p>"<i>The transitory passions of the multitude are very different from the slowly formed convictions of the people. The President has known to distinguish between them and he has at times shown as lofty a firmness to resist the former as he has ever manifested alacrity to respect the latter. The vital principle of his whole administration has been his recognition of the fact that our Government is simply a machine for carrying into effect THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.</i>" p8</p><p><b>Excerpts from Resolutions Passed January 11 1864:</b></p><p>"<i>And Whereas The Union League of Philadelphia composed as it is of those who having formerly belonged to various parties in this juncture recognize no party but their country; and representing as it does all the industrial mechanical manufacturing commercial financial and professional interests of the city is especially qualified to give in this behalf an unbiased authentic utterance to the public sentiment. Therefore</i>" p2</p><p>"<i>Resolved That we cordially approve of the policy which Mr. Lincoln has adopted and pursued as well as the principles he has announced as the acts he has performed: and that we shall continue to give an earnest and energetic support to the doctrines and measures by which his administration has thus far been directed and illustrated.</i>" p2</p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>Loyal Leagues also often known as Union Leagues were men's clubs established during the Civil War largely to support the war effort and the policies of the Lincoln administration. They usually consisted of the professional merchant and artisan classes in northern cities. The first such club formed in Philadelphia in 1862.</p><p>This pamphlet written by Henry C. Lea as director of the Union League of Philadelphia's Board of Publication insisted that Lincoln's policies reflected the will of the people. Six years earlier in his first debate with Stephen A. Douglas in August 1858 Lincoln famously said "In this and like communities public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who moulds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed."</p><p>On April 15 1864 Lea met with Lincoln in Washington and three days later he wrote to Lincoln including two pamphlets he had recently written including this one. He informed Lincoln "I was much gratified to find from your remarks that in one of them—'The Will of the People'—I had to some extent indirectly appreciated the motives which have guided your policy. It appeared to me to present a line of argument likely to be effective before the people & I confess to surprise that it should not have been long since brought more prominently into notice to repel the attacks of radicals & Copperheads." <br /></p><p><b>Henry Charles Lea</b> 1825-1909 was born in Philadelphia and received a classical education from Irish American tutor Eugenius Nulty. Lea showed particular promise in natural history. He joined his father in the publishing business in 1843 but had a nervous breakdown in 1847. While recuperating he read medieval French history and decided to become a historian rather than a scientist. In 1850 he married his first cousin Anna Caroline Jaudon 1824-1912 who was of French Huguenot descent and they had four children between 1851 and 1859. Over the next fifty years Lea produced ten books and numerous articles on medieval institutional legal and ecclesiastical history. During the Civil War Lea was a member of the Union League of Philadelphia and led its Board of Publication. In that role he wrote many of the League's published pamphlets. From 1863 to 1865 he served as a Bounty Commissioner and aided the provost marshal in recruiting soldiers including African Americans. He continued in the publishing business until 1880 when his sons took over the firm. He continued to write and assemble an extensive medieval manuscript collection. He received honorary degrees from both American universities like Harvard Princeton and Pennsylvania and foreign universities in Giessen and Moscow.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Good with light foxing and toning.</p> books
180025051Newark: Pennington and Gould 1800. 71 1 blank pp. Pages 61-68 are misnumbered 53-60 as issued. Disbound with moderate spotting. Good.<br/><br/> One of six contemporary printings this is the only one which does not begin with the phrase 'Connecticut Republicanism.' Bishop was a Jeffersonian and outspoken anti- Federalist which made him an unusual figure in Connecticut politics. "Learning that he would give this Republican campaign speech as the Phi Beta Kappa orator the Yale Corporation withdrew Bishop's invitation. Speaking to 1500 people at a local meeting-house Bishop in rousing rhetoric denounced the state and national Federalist party for its leadership social assumptions and class prejudices. He argued that the Federalists were deluding the people in order to enslave them under a monarchy and castigated the union of church and state in Connecticut charging the clergy with preaching Federalist propaganda. The two-hour harangue ended with a call for the election of Republicans to preserve the liberty so dearly and recently won." Sheidley. <br/>Evans 36980. Felcone 18. Sheidley 132. Pennington and Gould unknown books
1809WRCAM35310New York: Printed by Frank White & Co. 1809. xxiii105pp. Printed self-wrappers stitched. Portion of outer margin of rear wrapper a blank leaf torn away else very good untrimmed and partially unopened. A lengthy and detailed defense of the Jefferson and Madison administrations' international policies. Includes numerous pieces of correspondence and a table of commercial figures. SABIN 5982. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 17376. Printed by Frank, White & Co. unknown books
178819834Philadelphia: Dobson 1788. 12mo. 179 1 printer's ad pp. Untrimmed partly uncut. In unusual contemporary decorated-paper wrappers front wrap detached but present. Scattered dust Good. Booth's Preface is written from Goodman's Fields March 3 1778. <br/>FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 20976. Not in Jenkins. Dobson unknown books