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1818CORnu[WO85Boston: Joseph T.Buckingham May 25 1818. 1818. 8vo. pp. 24. Uncut & stitched in original printed wrs. spine perished 3 library stamps some foxing. "Issued as an appendix to vol. 1 of Worcester's The Friend of Peace the work concerns a mission from Boston for the relief of the inhabitants of St. John's who had suffered two disastrous fires the 7th and 21st of November 1817." TPL O'Dea 341. TPL 7023. Not in Casey. Hardcover. Boston: Joseph T.Buckingham, May 25, 1818. Hardcover
178630995Newbury-Port: Printed by John Mycall 1786. 61 1 blank pp with the half title. Stitched in contemporary drab wrappers. Untrimmed. A lovely copy with occasional mild foxing. Near Fine. Half title inscribed "Edw. Titcomb". <br /> <br /> The pamphlet is Worcester's argument in his doctrinal dispute with Reverend Murray the founder of Universalism.<br /> FIRST EDITION. Evans 20158. NAIP w003489. Printed by John Mycall unknown
182157146Boston: West & Richardson; Joseph T. Buckingham; & Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1821. Ten issues in all 8vo the first two issues with some worming; all else generally very good in original printed blue wrappers. Worcester 1758-1837 was a fifer in the Revolution and later a clergyman who "came to regard war whether offensive or defensive as unjustifiable" see DAB. A pioneer of the American peace movement in December 1814 he published A Solemn Review of the Custom of War under the pen-name Philo Pacificus "still considered one of the best pieces of anti-war literature ever committed to print and as relevant today as then. In 1815 he founded the Massachusetts Peace Society serving as its secretary until 1828. From 1819 to 1828 he tirelessly edited The Friend of Peace a quarterly periodical of the Society as well as wrote most of its content. In 1828 the Massachusetts Peace Society merged with the newly formed American Peace Society" Wikipedia. Among the contributors besides Worcester himself are Thomas Jefferson and John Jay each contributing letters William Cowper a poem "Pity for Poor Africans"; and extracts from William Penn and Benjamin Franklin etc. Most inside front wrappers and the back wrappers are generally advertising Worcester's text books geographies spellers gazetteers etc. as well as other books published by West & Richardson Joseph T. Buckingham and Cummings & Hilliard. Present in this gathering are: Vol. VIII - XII Boston 1817-1818; Vol. II nos. 3-5 Cambridge 1819; Vol. II no. 12 an Vol. III no. 1 Cambridge 1821. Several of the issues bear the ownership signature of the deacon and sawyer Eleazar Spofford for whom see Wikitree.com. Hilliard & Metcalf unknown
182160035Boston: published by Joseph T. Buckingham; and Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1821. 2 volumes 8vo containing 24 issues for the first two years each separately paginated; contemporary and likely original quarter sheep over marbled boards red morocco label on gilt-paneled spines; ex-Pepperell Public Library with their rubberstamps on the endpaper and front flyleaf of volume I small pressure stamps on the title pages and with old stickers on spines. Issue X with gathering '4' in duplicate and wanting gathering '3'. All else very good and sound. Bound in at the back of the second volume is: A Catalogue of the Officers and Members of the Massachusetts Peace Society Including Nine Branches or Auxiliaries March 1 1819. Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1819 pp. 12 3 1; includes Constitution of the Massachusetts Peace Society second count American Imprints 48638; A Catalogue of the Officers and Members of the Massachusetts Peace Society including Thirteen Branches or Auxiliaries March 1 1820. Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1819 pp. 15 1; American Imprints 2176; Address delivered at the Fifth Anniversary of the Massachusetts Peace Society December 25th 1820 by the Hon. Josiah Quincy Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf 1821 pp. 32; American Imprints 6529; Fifth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Peace Society drop title pp. 8; American Imprints 2178; Sixth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Peace Society drop title pp. 8; American Imprints 9430; Bogue David. Appendix to No. 4 vol. II of the Friend of Peace drop title pp. 8; not found in American Imprints; A Solemn Review of the Custom of War Showing that War is the Effect of Popular Delusion and Proposing a Remedy. By Philo Pacificus i.e. Noah Worcester . Fifth edition Cambridge; printed by Hilliard and Metcalf. Sold by Wells & Lilly No. 97 Court-Street Boston 1816 pp. 32; American Imprints 39872. Worcester 1758-1837 was a fifer in the Revolution and later a clergyman who "came to regard war whether offensive or defensive as unjustifiable" see DAB. A pioneer of the American peace movement in December 1814 he published A Solemn Review of the Custom of War under the pen-name Philo Pacificus "still considered one of the best pieces of anti-war literature ever committed to print and as relevant today as then. In 1815 he founded the Massachusetts Peace Society serving as its secretary until 1828. From 1819 to 1828 he tirelessly edited The Friend of Peace a quarterly periodical of the Society as well as wrote most of its content. In 1828 the Massachusetts Peace Society merged with the newly formed American Peace Society" Wikipedia. Among the contributors besides Worcester himself are Thomas Jefferson and John Jay each contributing letters Thomas Paine and extracts from William Penn and Benjamin Franklin etc. Hilliard & Metcalf unknown
18931940New York: Scribners 1893 Four uniform bindings written by the following authors: A. W. Greely Noah Brooks W. O. Stoddard P. G. Hubert Jr. A really nice illustrated set! Very minor defects light stain on backstrip very minor bump to corner. Same date on copyright page and title page on all volumes. Scribners hardcover
196782518New York: The Macmillan Company 1967. First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very good/Good. DJ is price clipped. DJ has some wear and soiling. Includes Introduction by Admiral E. M. Eller Director of Naval History. Editor's Note Journal of the First Cruise and Journal of the Second Cruise. Also includes 9 illustrations including two maps. The Journals of Two Cruises Aboard the Privateer Yankee are an exciting historical find. Written by a young ardently romantic ship's clerk who signs himself "A Wanderer" they record the heady adventures of the American privateer Yankee on her first two voyages during the War of 1812. Only recently discovered among the possessions of a New England family they are printed here for the first time. The author was listed on the Yankee manifest as Noah Jones but in all probability his real name was Noah Johnson according to descendants. These historic journals bring vividly to life sea voyages that epitomized Yankee daring and skill dedication to freedom and Christian charity in dealing with conquered enemies. What life was like aboard a privateer and how these warships were manned sailed and deployed against the enemy is nowhere better illustrated than in these superb firsthand accounts. The private fleet of James De Wolf which sailed under the flag of the American government in 1812 was most likely a key factor in the naval campaign of the war. De Wolf's ship the Yankee was possibly the most financially successful ship of the war. Privateers proved to be successful than their US Navy counterparts claiming three-quarters of the 1600 British merchant ships taken during the war although a third of these were recaptured prior to making landfall. A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or delegated authority issued commissions also referred to as a letter of marque during wartime. The commission empowered the holder to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war. This included attacking foreign vessels and taking them as prizes and taking prize crews as prisoners for exchange. Captured ships were subject to condemnation and sale under prize law with the proceeds divided by percentage between the privateer's sponsors shipowners captains and crew. A percentage share usually went to the issuer of the commission i.e. the sovereign. Privateering allowed sovereigns to raise revenue for war by mobilizing privately owned armed ships and sailors to supplement state power. For participants privateering provided the potential for a greater income and profit than obtainable as a merchant seafarer or fisher. However this incentive increased the risk of privateers turning to piracy when war ended. The commission usually protected privateers from accusations of piracy but in practice the historical legality and status of privateers could be vague. It took 150 years for this journal to make it to print but when it did it allowed the world's greatest military power to look back at a time when its European counterparts controlled the seas. The Journals of Two Cruises aboard the American Privateer "Yankee" in the War of 1812 reflects a time when The United States had practically no navy when British outrages on the high seas notably the impressment of American sailors led the two nations to war. The British controlled the seas and America was virtually helpless to defend itself from ocean-based attacks. President Madison turned to America's merchant and other ships for help. Private ships were authorized to engage in "privateering" a polite word for legalized piracy. These privateers were able to harass British shipping in a manner similar to the way the Royal Navy was able to disrupt American shipping. This journal of life on board the "Yankee" sailing out of Bristol Rhode Island gives an inside view of life on a privateering ship during America's first war. The Macmillan Company hardcover
19226523Armand Colin 1922 238 pages in12. 1922. reliure editeur pleine toile. 238 pages. Récit humoristique et fantaisiste des aventures de la famille Noé à bord de l'arche présenté comme un livre de bord où Noé note les événements y compris les tempêtes qui menacent le navire. Ce livre illustré s'adresse à la jeunesse
2002Q-1887953329Alderac Entertainment Group 2002-07-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alderac Entertainment Group paperback
6200081794.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1939R200102820Louis & Jean-Matthieu Doulladoure / Chez l'auteur. 1939. In-8. Broché. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Rousseurs. 124 pages. Pliures. 1er plat désolidarisé. 1er et 2ème plats déchirés et avec quelques manques. Vendu en l'état.. . . . Classification Dewey : 270-Histoire et géographie de l'Eglise
198850801Stuttgart, Steinkopf Verlag, 1988. Erste Auflage, 8°, mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, 167 S., kartoniert
1975Q-0827600763University of Nebraska Press 1975-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University of Nebraska Press paperback
19052309200073G. P. Putnam's Sons 1905 1905. Constitutional Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 7 volume set. Bound in publisher's light blue cloth with leather spine labels. Some chipping to spine labels. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Very good binding and cover. Clean unmarked pages. Contents: V. 1. 1832-1843. --v. 2. 1843-1858. --v. 3. The Lincoln-Douglas debates I. --v. 4. The Lincoln-Douglas debates II. --v. 5. 1858-1862. --v. 6. 1862-1863. --v. 7. 1863-1865. 7 of 8 volume set. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1905 hardcover
2002Q-1588462234White Wolf Publishing 2002-03-18. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! White Wolf Publishing hardcover
2001UADAFAR00MWDelacorte 2001. Fine. Adams Noah. Far Appalachia: Following the New River North. NY: Delacorte 2001. 238pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with light bumping to spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light bumping to edges and faint soiling to rear panel. Delacorte hardcover books
20042308309New York: Three Rivers Press 2004. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Ink name on endpaper. 2004 Trade Paperback. In Adams Three Rivers Press paperback books
1992612182Norton. Collectible - Very Good/Good. 1992. First Editiion First Printing. Hard Cover. Signed by Author E492 . Norton hardcover
2002Q-0385320132Delta 2002-03-26. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Delta paperback
2001Q-0385320108Delacorte Press 2001-04-10. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Delacorte Press hardcover
199282194New York: W. W. Norton & Company 1992. First Edition Stated First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 332 4 pages. Foreword by Susan Stamberg Inscribed on the half-title page by the author. Inscription reads For Lynn Fondly Noah October 1 1992 Washington. Noah Adams is an American broadcast journalist and author known primarily since 1987 from National Public Radio. A former co-host of the daily All Things Considered program Adams has also been a contributing correspondent at the network's National Desk. His books tend to document a full year in his life specifically as that year relates to a particular passion or research project. He wrote and narrated a documentary called Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown in 1981 which earned him the Prix Italia the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Major Armstrong Award. Adams was the host of the nationally syndicated Minnesota Public Radio variety show Good Evening created in 1987 to replace A Prairie Home Companion after that show left the air. The host of National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" provides a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of this landmark radio show; the team of reporters announcers and technicians that work on the show; and anecdotes about key programs. All Things Considered ATC is the flagship news program on the American network National Public Radio NPR. It was the first news program on NPR premiering on May 3 1971. It is broadcast live on NPR affiliated stations in the United States and worldwide through several different outlets formerly including the NPR Berlin station in Germany. All Things Considered and Morning Edition were the highest rated public radio programs in the United States in 2002 and 2005. The show combines news analysis commentary interviews and special features and its segments vary in length and style. ATC airs weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time live or Pacific Standard Time recorded with some updates; in Hawaii it airs as a fully recorded program or from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time. A weekend version of ATC Weekend All Things Considered airs on Saturdays and Sundays. Major awards won by the show include the Ohio State Award the Peabody Award the Overseas Press Club Award the DuPont Award the American Women in Radio and Television Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Award. In 1993 the show was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame the first public radio program to be given that honor. In 2017 the first broadcast episode from 1971 of All Things Considered was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. Recordings in the collection are considered "culturally historically or artistically significant." Derived from a Kirkus review: The story behind National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" stories. Adams longtime co-host for "All Things Considered" offers his journal for 1989--the year the Berlin Wall came down Communism began crumbling in Eastern Europe Tiananmen Square erupted and the Ayatollah died. To provide a firsthand feel for his job the author who develops many NPR stories on his own intersperses radio interviews with travel notes and entries from his personal diary. The author tells of his background--rock 'n' roll DJ; program director; sales manager--and his worst moment in radio: While announcing for a small station lightning struck the station's antenna putting the broadcast off the air for an hour--and no one called up to complain. Adams relates many interesting stories and his writing is strong and involving. W. W. Norton & Company hardcover
1992Q-0393030431W W Norton & Co Inc 1992-10-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
1997Q-0385318219Delta 1997-03-10. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Delta paperback
1996Q-0385314043Delacorte Press 1996-03-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Delacorte Press hardcover
1990Q-0393029050W W Norton & Co Inc 1990-11-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
200388191New York: Crown Publishers a Division of Random House 2003. First Edition Stated First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Neenah Ellis Author photograph. The format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. xiv 4 221 1 pages. Illustrations. Author's Note. Bibliography. Index. Signed by the author sticker on the front of the dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page; inscription reads: "For Dick-- Noah Adams". Noah Adams is an American broadcast journalist and author known primarily since 1987 from National Public Radio. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Adams cohost of NPR's All Things Considered sets out to learn about the Wright Brothers their family and why they loved to fly so much. Adams visits all the spots important to the brothers from the Outer Banks of North Carolina where they flew gliders to France; Dayton Ohio; and New York. The most appealing part of the book is the look at the close relationship between Orville Wilbur and their sister Katherine. The three were devoted to one another and planned on living together. In fact when Katherine announced her plans to marry Orville was devastated and ended up not seeing his sister until she was on her deathbed years later. Adams uses letters and diaries to describe the lives of the Wrights; some of these details are not widely included in other books that focus on their inventions and accomplishments. Adams re-creates the travels of the Wrights. In the end he's a personable guide into the Wright Brothers' world offering a refreshing look at these aviation pioneers. "It takes only nineteen seconds to walk the distance of the first powered flight. But when I was there the wind was up and cold on my face and I felt as if I'd entered the black-and-white photograph I'd been seeing all my life. The sand is light gray there's a spill of surf in the distance. Wilbur running at the right of the plane and Orville the pilot are in dark suits. The propellers blur against the sky as the machine rises. . . ." So begins Noah Adams's adventure in search of Wilbur and Orville Wright a journey that takes him across the country as he follows in the footsteps of the famous brothers in an attempt to know them more deeply not just as inventors and pilots but as individuals as well. Adams one of our most distinctive and talented storytellers traveled thousands of miles and interviewed scores of experts and individuals to piece together his story. He finds a local boat captain to ferry him to Kitty Hawk along the same route that Wilbur took in 1900 and spends several days talking with descendants of the families who first welcomed the Wright brothers a century ago and helped them conduct their gliding experiments. To experience first-hand the thrill of being in the air Adams himself goes hang-gliding in the Outer Banks. To understand the aerodynamics of lift and drag and how the famous 1903 plane was constructed he visits Ken Hyde a Virginia pilot and vintage aircraft builder who is creating the world's most accurate reproduction of the 1903 Wright Flyer. Adams goes to the prop shop and handles the tools and materials that the Wrights used to build their gliders and planes and later he visits the wind tunnel at Langley Air Force Base where Hyde's reproduction was tested for the first time. He also travels to France to visit the old racetrack at Le Mans where Wilbur startled the European aviation community with his demonstration flights in 1908 and he spends a few days at Wisconsin's Oshkosh Fly-in where builders of experimental aircraft and owners of vintage planes gather every year to dazzle the crowds. Adams himself takes to the air in a restored Ford Tri-Motor America's first airliner which took its maiden flight seventy years ago. In Adams's book we encounter the Wright brothers in a way that no writer has introduced them before. Through the lens of his own experiences as well as original reporting letters diaries and other primary source material he helps us understand the talent and intensity of the brothers and their family including the fascinating deeply complex and at times tragic bond between Orville and Katharine his younger sister. The Flyers is a wonderfully rich narrative that brings an unprecedented spirit of immediacy to one of history's most dramatic stories. Crown Publishers [a Division of Random House] hardcover