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1865018675Clarion PA: Clarion Extra 1865. Book. Very good- condition. Unbound. First Edition. Quarto 4to. Issued the day President Lincoln died as he succumbed to the assassin's bullet. A one-sheet publication no place of publication listed but thought to be Clarion PA issued in haste as it has numerous typographical errors. Folded into fourths moderately foxed with one corner torn off affecting a few letters of text. It reads: CLARION EXTRA. FROM WASHINGTON. Pres. Lincoln Assassinated! Sec. Seward Assassinated! Seward's Son Dangerously Wounded! THE NATION MOURNS. Curiously the final line of text reads: The latest despatch states that Booth the supposed assassin has been captured. - Ed. Measures 5.5 inches width by 12.75 inches height. . Clarion Extra Paperback books
1862WRCAM54585Washington D.C.: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1862. Three volumes with over 300 individual imprints. 12mo. Uniformly bound in contemporary three- quarter roan and marbled boards gilt leather labels. Wear to leather and edges boards somewhat rubbed front hinges tender. Contemporary ownership inscriptions and binder's tickets on front endpapers of second and third volumes; later bookplate on front pastedown of first volume. Light toning in places otherwise internally clean. Very good. A uniformly-bound set of General Orders issued by the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department in Washington D.C. previously owned by Brig. Gen. John Pope Cook. The orders cover 1861 and 1862 and comprise a nearly complete run of orders for the Union Army during the first two years of the Civil War. Undoubtedly the most significant General Order in this collection is a preliminary printing of the Emancipation Proclamation. <br> <br> A handful of the orders are signed in ink by the various adjutant generals. The Emancipation Proclamation bound in the third volume is as follows: <br> <br> GENERAL ORDERS No. 139. THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT IS PUBLISHED FOR THE INFORMATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMY AND ALL CONCERNED: BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION caption title. Washington D.C.: War Department Adjutant General's Office ca. September 24 1862. 3pp. This work is one of the earliest printings of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued to regimental commanders in the field during the Civil War in the week after President Lincoln's official manuscript version was finished. Here the third paragraph rings out with Lincoln's timeless words: "That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- three all persons held as slaves within any State or designated area of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then thenceforward and forever free." <br> <br> Following the Seven Days Battle and Gen. McClellan's retreat from the Peninsula at the end of June 1862 President Lincoln realized that there would be no early end to the war and found himself "as inconsolable as it was possible for a human to be and yet live." Anxious for news from the army and needing to escape the constant interruptions at the White House he frequently visited the telegraph office in the War Department building to await dispatches. It was during one such visit early in July that he asked the chief of the telegraph staff Maj. Thomas Thompson Eckert for some paper to "write something special" and began the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation completing it in a few weeks. <br> <br> Lincoln had long hoped to resolve the slavery issue through a congressional act of emancipation compensating slave owners for their loss of "property" but that approach was roundly rejected by representatives from the border states leaving the President who had decided upon the necessity of emancipation with a presidential proclamation as the only option. The extraordinary document he conceived would announce the liberation on January 1 1863 of all slaves in those states still in rebellion against the Union and promised compensation to slave owners in those states that returned to the fold before that time if they adopted "immediate or gradual abolishment of slavery." This proclamation would be followed by a final proclamation issued on the 1st of January identifying those states still in rebellion and confirming the liberation of all slaves therein. <br> <br> On Tuesday July 22 Lincoln presented his draft to the Cabinet telling them that he had resolved firmly upon the course of action it specified and asking them not for advice but suggestions. The only observation he had not anticipated came from Secretary of State Seward who proposed that it might be best to wait for a military victory before issuing the Proclamation as it could otherwise seem like "the last measure of an exhausted government." Immediately recognizing the wisdom of the suggestion Lincoln held back. On September 17 after an anxious wait of nearly two months he received the victory he needed at the bloody Battle of Antietam. Completing his final draft Lincoln presented it to his cabinet for refinement on September 22. Following the meeting Seward took the amended draft with him to the State Department where a formal manuscript copy was made then signed by Lincoln and Seward. <br> <br> The first edition of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Eberstadt #1 a small three-page circular intended for distribution within the government and to the local press was likely printed on September 22. At the time that Charles Eberstadt published his study of the Proclamation 1950 he was able to locate only one copy which he himself owned and as nearly as we have been able to determine no other copies have come to light since then. <br> <br> Eberstadt #2 is a supposed second edition no copy of which Charles Eberstadt was able to locate whose existence he inferred from the standard State Department practice of printing a folio edition consisting solely of the text of the proclamation followed by another printing consisting of the text of a letter of transmittal from the Secretary of State as well as the text of the proclamation. While there may be a copy of Eberstadt #2 in the National Archives as he speculated it is not recorded in their online catalogue nor have we been able to find a copy in any other online catalogue including OCLC the Library of Congress and the Abraham Lincoln Library. <br> <br> Eberstadt's third printing of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is without a doubt the earliest obtainable printing. It consists of Secretary of State Seward's one-page letter of transmittal addressed "To the Diplomatic and Consular Officers of the United States in foreign countries" and the text of the proclamation. Eberstadt located a total of only five copies in institutions at the Library of Congress the National Archives Yale the Clements Library and Brown. OCLC does not record any additional copies nor is it recorded in Monaghan. This firm sold a copy several years ago. <br> <br> The present copy of GENERAL ORDERS No. 139 is Eberstadt's fourth printing of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation dated in print on September 24. Charles Eberstadt surmises that this field order printing could have been accomplished as late as September 29 or 30 and produced in as many as 15000 copies. It is however rather uncommon in the market and this is the first copy of this printing of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation offered by this firm. <br> <br> "From the first days of the Civil War slaves had acted to secure their own liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and politically. As a milestone along the road to slavery's final destruction the Emancipation Proclamation has assumed a place among the great documents of human freedom" - National Archives. "The proclamation has been called by responsible persons one of the three great documents of world history ranking with Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence" - Eberstadt. <br> <br> Besides including about 300 orders on all manner of Union military activity at the outset of the Civil War the present collection also contains the 1861 printing of REGULATIONS FOR THE UNIFORM AND DRESS FOR THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. Set out in GENERAL ORDERS No. 6 this twenty-four-page printing of the Army dress regulations was the first to set out uniform requirements for the Union during the conflict. The first sentence of the first section requires officers to "wear a frock coat of dark blue cloth." Thus the Blue and the Gray begins. <br> <br> This set was collected and bound by John Pope Cook who began the Civil War as a colonel in command of the 7th Illinois Volunteer Regiment. He was promoted to brigadier general after his troops played a key role in the Union victory at Fort Donelson early in 1862. After his promotion he was transferred to a command in the Department of Iowa and Dakota Territory where he remained until early 1863 conducting campaigns against the Sioux from his base in Sioux City Iowa. These orders must have been bound near the end of this period since contemporary labels note the binder one William F. Kiter as being from relatively close by Council Bluffs. <br> <br> A very early printing of one of the most important political acts in the Civil War and indeed in American history contained in a set of General Orders contemporaneously assembled by a significant Union Army commander. EBERSTADT LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 4. War Department, Adjutant General's Office hardcover books
186424202<p>Two tickets to the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia. One admitted a pupil of the public schools of Philadelphia and was used on Saturday June 11 according to the stamp on the verso. The other is an apparently unused "Season Ticket" that admitted the bearer "<i>To All Parts of the Fair</i>" except the Children's Exhibitions but was "<i>Forfeited if Transferred and Not Good unless Endorsed</i>." The verso includes the oath "<i>I hereby promise that this Ticket shall be used to obtain admission to the Fair by myself only</i>" and a blank line for a signature.</p> <b>CIVIL WAR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.</b>Great Central Fair Tickets June 1864. Pair of passes for the Great Central Fair held in Philadelphia June 7-28 1864. One ticket is for one day's admission for a public school student. The other is a season ticket. 1 p. each 3½ x 2¼ and 3½ x 2 in.<p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>During the Civil War several northern cities hosted sanitary fairs between 1863 and 1865 to raise money for the care of wounded soldiers. The Great Central Fair held at Logan Square in Philadelphia in June 1864 was a fundraiser for the United States Sanitary Commission and was one of the largest fairs. The main exhibit building constructed in forty working days by local volunteer skilled labor enclosed 200000 square feet. It featured nearly one hundred departments offering a broad range of displays from Arms and Trophies to Fine Arts to Umbrellas and Canes. Curiosities included a $1000 doll house a recreated parlor of William Penn with Penn artifacts the boat used by Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane and George Washington's carriage.</p><p>Over three weeks the fair welcomed more than 400000 visitors. The season ticket offered here cost $5 a week's pay for a day laborer or a domestic and several days' wages for skilled workers. The fair served more than 9000 meals per day in its restaurant and had a daily newspaper with descriptions of the various departments. During its existence the fair raised approximately $1 million for the Sanitary Commission second only to New York City in money raised.</p><p>President Abraham Lincoln attended the fair with his family on June 16. He also donated forty-eight signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation printed under the auspices of George Boker of the Union League which were sold for $10 each.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Both have glue discolored on the reverse sides. The smaller card has a 1" edge tear on the right side neatly repaired with archival tape.</p><br /> books
2019171163Zurich Switzerland: Galerie Haas 2019. First edition. Softcover. 51 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 26 through June 15 2019. Text in English and German by Erika Schlessinger-Koltzsch. Includes a few color and numerous black and white illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers. Uncommon. Galerie Haas unknown books
2018161910Zurich Switzerland: Galerie Haas 2018. First edition. Softcover. 57 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 2018. Printed in an edition of 1350 copies. Text in English and German. Includes numerous illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers. Uncommon. Galerie Haas unknown books
292160hardcover. near fine. 67pp. 8vo cloth. Hartford: Privately Printed 1922. Near Fine.<br/><br/> unknown books
198060059NY:: Sepher-Hermon Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0872030768 . Third corrected printing. Very good in a very good a bit faded along the spine price clipped dust jacket. . Sepher-Hermon Press, hardcover books
171925722Amsterdam 1719. Engraving with 8 maps on one sheet. An attractive combination of text and illustration and an important record of the French perception of British holdings in the Americas. This charming plate is typical of the work that makes Chatelain's atlas one of the great works of its era.<br/> <br/>The engraved sheet here combines informative text mostly about Jamaica with small-scale but accurate maps of eight different locations: Barbadoes; New England New York; Bermuda; Jamaica; the Caribbean; the Carolinas with Virginia and Maryland; Maryland Pennsylvania and New England; south east Canada with a part of New England. This charming grouping is characteristic of the marvelous engraving work which distinguishes the Atlas Historique with maps by Chatelain and text by Nicholas Gueudeville.<br/> <br/>JCB 'Archive of Early American Images' record number 12376-2; cf. van Waning "Chatelain's Atlas Historique" in Journal of the International Map Collectors' Society Spring 2010. unknown books
171025803Amsterdam 1710. Copper-engraved map period hand-colouring in outline. Tables upper left and along the right side. Attractive map of North America based upon De L'Isle's highly influential map of North America published in 1700.<br/> <br/>By combining a wealth of information and geographical observation with delicate engraving and an uncomplicated composition this elegant map is a superb example from the golden age of French mapmaking and was published in Chatelain's Atlas Historique an important encyclopaedic historical atlas. California is shown as a peninsula with a number of villages and mountains; the Mississippi River extends far north of its true source. The table along the right side details the various native tribes from each region with lettered references for locating on the map.<br/> <br/>Lowery 263; Phillips 579. unknown books
1719225955Amsterdam: Henri Abraham Chatelain 1719. unbound. very good. View. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 14 3/4" x 17".<br/><br/> Beautiful double page landscape view of a bridge bordered by eleven examples of Chinese dress from different provinces. The ethnographic studies show various types of people including physicians religious figures royalty soliders farmers and commoners from Hunan Sichuan Shanxi Huqueng Chekiang Tartary Quansi Quicheu Fokien and Nankin regions. French text describes the Xensi province bridge. A few minor creases. Full original margins.<br/><br/> Henri Abraham Chatelain unknown books
196648363Oshkosh: Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English 1966. 135p. wraps. Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English unknown books
19682309637Mentor 1968. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Front wrapper creased wrappers rubbed ink stamp on front wrapper verso pencil name on blurb page. 1968 Mass Market Paperback. 718 pp. Fiction poetry autobiography and criticism reflecting a potent force in American writing today. Authors include: Richard Wright James Baldwin Malcolm X LeRoi Jones Langston Hughes Ralph Ellison Arna Bontemps W.E.B. DuBois Gwendolyn Brooks Margaret Walker. Mentor paperback books
194955468New York: New Century Publishers 1949. 16p. wraps. Seidman C139. New Century Publishers unknown books
18197594London 1819. 12mo. 1 192208 pp. <br><br>Essay concerning the currency question. Extracted from the periodical "The Pamphleteer" vol. 14. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2C13872; Goldsmiths'-Kress 22416. Removed. Creased across middle section of pamphlet. Clean free of chipping. Very good. unknown books
19841310846New York: Croom Helm St. Martin's Press 1984. Hardcover. Small Octavo; VG/Hardcover; Black spine with gold gilt text; Boards are strong and clean binding solid; Text block clean; 297 pp. 1310846. FP New Rockville Stock. Croom Helm, St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1950S4346Offprint from:: The Physical Review Vol. 79 No. 1 July 1 1950. 1950. 268 x 119 mm. 4to. Page 185. 1 leaf. Fine. "My . . . collaborator and squash partner Kenneth Case is a member of my own generation. In 1950 we published work on nuclear forces." Pais A tale of two continents p. 252. The Physical Review, Vol. 79, No. 1, July 1, 1950. unknown books
194444278NY: Tudor 1944. Reprint. 8vo pp. 511. Chronology bibliography index. Brown cloth. VG. Biographies of fourteen Russian composers from Glinka to Scriabin. Tudor unknown books
1898241437Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1898. Hardcover. 256p. first edition spine lettering obliterated worn and soiled binding hinges cracked. A poor copy of a scarce first edition. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1931233868New York: Forverts 1931. Five-volume autobiographical work in Yiddish by the Jewish socialist and longtime editor of the Forward. Two volumes have internal rubberstamps of a Yiddish club with the author's initial on the spine as if for shelving in the club's library; another volume has a private ownership stamp two others are unmarked. Forverts unknown books
18345037Half brown morocco; ruled raised bands marbled boards. Mouradgea d'Ohsson was a Swedish historian and diplomat of Armenian descent. This important work is a large expansion of his 1824 publication which was the first serious study of Genghis Khan. Kenneth Meyer Setton A History of the Crusades notes "among the general histories of the Mongols d'Ohsson remains unequaled. Avowedly or tacitly most later works rely on it." Two folding genealogical charts; large 1824 folding map of Asia in the thirteenth century to rear of volume four. Previous owner's bookplates removed from front pastedowns. A nice wide-margined set many pages yet uncut in a sound period binding.; lxviii452; 651; 6241; 774.; 8vo 22 x 15 cm; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. Freres van Cleff hardcover books
1954132689Burbank CA: Warner-Pathe / Warner Brothers 1954. Collection of 8 vintage British front-of-house cards and 2 black-and-white double weight still photographs from the 1954 UK release of the 1954 US film. Distributor rubber-stamps on the versos of 2 stills black-and-white. <br/><br/>A Yankee sea captain Lancaster finds himself stranded after a mutiny on an island where the financial potential of cocoanut excites him and the mysterious wealth of the island beguiles him. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes at the top edge color stills 2 color stills roughly trimmed at the top edge staple holes to 2 black-and-white stills and light creasing to the extremities. Warner-Pathe / Warner Brothers unknown books
1942018465NY: Hebrew Publishing. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscription otherwise near fine in very good chipped dust jacket. Young adult title. . Hebrew Publishing hardcover books
50208in an autograph letter signed 26 July 1818 from Scott County Kentucky to Simeon Kirtley in Harrison County Kentucky. 8vo. Two pages approximately 135 words; addressed on the verso of the blank integral leaf. In part: "Having heard that Mr. Sims has returned from selling your drove of horses I am induced to hope it will be quite as convenient for you to pay me the $1000 with interest now . with promise that you would give me a Kentucky Frankfort note gain for it . I hope the sales of your drove of Horses has been very good." After the war Buford emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky where he served for a time as deputy surveyor see DAB for a detailed account of his estimable Revolutionary War service especially against Tarleton. Folded; some browning but very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
197135299New York: Association Press 1971. First edition 16mo pp. 127 2; near fine in original pictorial wrappers. "The war in Vietnam is 'impossible to justify'. An appeal of moral urgency rallying Catholic Jew and Protestant to join in blood steps to end the conflict." upper cover. <br/><br/> Association Press unknown books
19761334666New York: Harper & Row 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition; Signed and inscribed by author; Octavo; VG-/VG-; Hardcover w/ DJ and mylar cover; White spine with black and red text; DJ has shelfwear; Boards are sunned and have foxing to edges; Textblock has slight staining on page edges; Author signature and inscription on front free endpaper; Text is clean; pp 453.<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in bookcase next to Ephemera section. 1334666. FP New Rockville Stock. Harper & Row hardcover books
