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1789010204London: Printed for J. Dodsley vols. 1 and 2 and for W. Strahan T. B 1789. Book. Near Fine. Half Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contains perhaps the first English printing of the U.S. Constitution - "Articles of the New Constitution of the United States of America entered into by a Convention of all the States held at New York " on pages 289-300. Recently rebound in new half leather over marbled boards marbled end papers gilt lettering edges marbled the new binding in keeping with original binding. Near Fine widely scattered faint toning marginal pencil markings noting the Constitution section. 2 ii 320 202 14 pp. A quite handsome copy. Printed for J. Dodsley (vols. 1 and 2) and for W. Strahan, T. B Hardcover
1890010198Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1890. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Title continues;"including A General Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad Maps of the Principal Cities and Other Information of Interest to Shippers". With original wrappers bound in 20th c. black cloth with gilt lettering at spine Near Fine light soiling to wrappers one map detached but laid in and complete a few pages with contemporary pencil notations bottom edge of page block "FRT STAS PRR" in ink . Stiff cardboard wrappers 194 pp. with maps and numerous advertisements. "This book contains an alphabetical list of stations on all lines owned leased or operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company east of Pittsburgh and Erie together with numerous other points on its direct connections and shows at which of the various Freight Stations of the Company in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore shipments for the points named may be delivered; also the stations at which there are no agents or sidings and the junction points with connecting roads." p. 15. RARE not found at OCLC/WorldCat RareBookHub Auction & Book Sales Archive by BIBLIO or in Google search. Pennsylvania Railroad Company Hardcover
20532Germantown PA: Germantown Print Works. Textile. Good. An appealing illustrated broadside on cloth bearing a very early appearance of the famous "I cannot tell a lie" cherry tree story. Collins Threads of History says it was printed by the Germantown Print Works in Pennsylvania ca. 1806. The story itself which was invented by Washington's biographer Mason Locke Weems first appeared in print that same year in the fifth edition of Weems' Life of Washington. Aspiring to present George Washington as an ideal role model for young Americans Weems embellished and invented biographical details to help demonstrate the founding father's honesty and other virtues. Measures approximately 11 x 11.75 inches. Typical staining some fraying at the right edge but entire printed border often found compromised is present. A nice example. [Germantown Print Works] unknown books
184621994Philadelphia: Carey & Hart 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Title continues: "With a Description of the Countries Passed Through Including their Geography Geology Resources Present Condition and the Different Nations Inhabiting Them." 7.5" x 4.5" 303 pp bound in three-quarter leather and marbled boards; rebacked with new endpapers earlier spine laid down. The large folding map is supplied in facsimile. Light foxing to title page stain affecting margin and a small amount of text on last ca. 20 leaves otherwise quite clean. First edition first issue with page numbers 77-88 270-271 and 302 placed in the inner margin of one of the most important overland narratives with considerable detail on the fur trade. Sage 1817-1893 was a self-taught newspaper printer and editor from Ohio with a strong impulse to travel and explore. Eager to learn more about the vast region beyond the Missouri frontier in 1841 he organized a small party and headed west. His travels brought him into close association with trappers traders Indians hunters and soldiers. According to Wheat Wheat Mapping the Transmississippi West 527: "he worked for a fur company on the waters of the Platte and on White River in present-day South Dakota and traveled as far as Taos Fort Uintah and Fort Hall." Field 1345 describes the book witten after Sage returned to Ohio as "crowded with incidents of Indian life legend and adventure." Howes S-16 says it is an "intelligent narrative of extensive travels from the Platte to the Arkansas including the best account of Snively's abortive land pirate expedition." The map again present here in facsimile is "one of the earliest to depict the finally-determined Oregon boundary" and "one of the earliest attempts to show on a map the evermore-heavily traveled emigrant road to California" according to Wheat who also explains that the map "had not been printed when the first copies of the book arrived in Connecticut where Sage and his brother Edmund undertook to market most of them by house-to-house canvas. When the maps were received they were sold for 25 cents extra to purchasers of the book or others who were interested." Thus it is likely that our copy never had an original map. Rader 2870; Cowan pp. 548-9; Field 1345; Graff 3633; Sabin 74892; Streeter 3049. Carey & Hart hardcover
18743390119New York: D. Appleton & Company 1874. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Full morocco leather with blind-stamped border design gilt-stamped title with previous owner's name on Volume I five raised bands on spine gilt page edges all around. Edges and spine worn with light scuffs on covers. Exlibrary spine stickers and minor markings including vintage bookseller sticker foxing endpapers brittle moiré with some chipping and title pages tears with no loss. Volume I: viii 568 pages illustrated plus 24 full-page plates with steel engravings including frontispiece and title. Volume II: vi 576 pp. illustrated plus 25 full-page plates with steel engravings including frontispiece and title. Ex-Library; Engravings; 13" tall; 1144 pages. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
184111902NY: Wiley and Putnam. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1841. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Rebound in three-quarter brown leather. The contents are and bindings are very fine. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 264266 pages . Wiley and Putnam hardcover
1901010377Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1901. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition same date title page and copyright page. Very Good cloth soiled with a larger spot of soiling front and rear covers silver decorations dulled. From the collection and with the ownership printed signature of Henry R.Rutherford Butler M.D. 1862-1931 at front paste down. Dr Rutherford was a highly respected physician and pharmacist who was a pioneer in medicine and health care for African-Americans during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He opened the first Black owned pharmacy in Georgia and was a founding member of several African-American physicians organizations on local state and national levels. An important Association Copy of Charles W. Chesnutt's most important novel. . Houghton Mifflin and Company Hardcover
1879014708Boston: Henry Hoyt 1879 No edition stated presumed first. SIGNATURE OF FIRST LADY FRANCES CLEVELAND Mrs. G. Cleveland with 1 pp of additional ephemera in her hand. 24mo. Paper-covered boards. 188 pp. Front board has chipping around paper including large internal chip. Ephemera in Fine condition. Henry Hoyt hardcover
1841010209Albany NY: Printed by Charles Van Benthuysen 1841. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Volumes I - III April 1841 - April 1844. Bound in contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards tan end papers Very Good 3" chip front end paper wear at edges of boards front board recently professionally reattached marginal dark stain first third of pages not affecting text. The principal contributors to this monthly newspaper included Thomas Cole Romeyn Beck Amos Dean. Noah Webster Willis Gaylord Alonzo Potter Paul de Kock Alfred B. Street Dr E. B. O'Callaghan E. G. Squier Horace Greeley and H. R. Schoolcraft. The contributions include several important historical essays with poems and sketches. RARE last copy seen at auction at RBH was in 1956. Printed by Charles Van Benthuysen Hardcover
184322512London: Royal Geographical Society 1843. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. First appearance of two important articles on Texas extracted from Volume XIII Part 2 of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. 8vo pp 199-226 and 226-244 bound in recent quarter cloth and marbled boards. Fine. Falconer's Journey through Texas and New Mexico pp. 199-226 describes his travels from Galveston to San Antonio and then to Austin in 1841. This is followed by his account of the Texas Santa Fe Expedition which according to Streeter 1496 referencing the 1843 offprint of Falconer's article differs somewhat from the account he published in New Orleans in 1842. In the last four pages Falconer argues that Texas was not part of Louisiana when it was ceded by Spain to France. In Notes on the Coast Region of the Texas Territory Bollaert -- an English chemist geographer and ethnologist -- offers observations on the winds affecting the coastal geography of Texas discusses the errors present in many of the maps and charts of the coast and reports on what he saw during several excursions made from Galveston and Houston between April and June 1842. On one excursion noting good pastures and an abundance of fish and wild game he comments: "I could hardly help imagining when standing on this primeval land--not a dwelling yet to be seen--that the shores of these bays would in time be crowded with habitations; that these waters would afford the easy means of conveyance for the products of these countries to other lands and in return import from other realms." He also comments on existing settlements the native tribes river trade agriculture and natural resources and includes statistics on exports and imports at the Port of Galveston. To the best of our knowledge Bollaert's interesting article has never been reprinted. Royal Geographical Society hardcover
1808008919Raleigh NC: Printed by William Boylan 1808. RARE. No institutional holdings noted at OCLC. A Good copy of the 2nd Edition the 1st Haywood published 1800. Missing 1/2" of calf at top of spine 1/2"-2" at bottom of spine front board with 3" missing outer leather layer rear paste down with scribbles in reddish pencil front blank end page detached front board hanging by a strip of leather at spine blank rear end page missing. All pages with text present. Front paste down and front end page with several early owner names and dates early owner name at title page. Front end page unattached. 414 pages. Laid in one page circa 1904-1908 titled "Important Meetings for Fishermen and Oystermen - Itinereray of Fish Committee" listing a number of meetings with dates and places. On verso is a manuscript in pencil roughly 50 word description of where and how this book was found and who one of its prior owners was said to have been. The writing presumable in the hand of Joseph Hyde Pratt state geologist of North Carolina at the time as noted on the front and from whose estate this book came. For all its flaws. a fascinating copy of this RARE early North Carolina imprint. Cohen 8443 Shaw 34857. . Second Edition. Calf. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed by William Boylan Hardcover books
40474This Union officer served on the staff of Brigadier General James Shields whose troops faced Stonewall Jackson's Confederate troops in the Shenandoah Valley in June 1862 and later commanded the Second Louisiana Regiment Cavalry; he was a good friend of famed Irish soldier Miles W. Keogh 1840-76 killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn who served under him in the Papal Army during the Italian rebellion in 1860 and who fought with him in the Battle of Port Republic; he's reported to have become enamored with famed Southern spy "Belle" Boyd" at one point and to have unwittingly revealed military secrets to her. Outstanding pencilled ANS 2pp recto and verso heavy stock 4" X 2½" card "Conrad's Bridge" Virginia n.d. ca. early June 1862. Addressed to "General" probably James Shields. Very good. Lightly age toned. In this remarkable small report Keily reports in a small tight but fairly legible hand to his commander that "Col. Carroll moves his comm'd. at p.m. and will push on as rapidly as possible some cannonading heard this morning in the direction of Harrisonburg I would respectfully submit that if the Infantry did not move rapidly enough to carry out your views at Wainesborough before Jacksons arrival there a reconnaisance composed of cavalry conducted cautiously might attain the object with a good Guide which we have procured I would be glad to undertake it -- respectfully" and signs off adding his rank "Capt. A.D.C" beneath. A rather light challenging to transcribe postscript reads "P.S. Just received information from a reliable source that Jackson has --- --- --- Train on the --- Pt. Republic Road." It's difficult to precisely date Keily's note but General Shields did write General McDowell on June 4 1862 that "Colonel Carroll. after a forced night's march reached Conrad's Bridge this morning at 5 o'clock which bridge he found burned" -- which likely dates Keily's letter from this date or shortly after. Whether Shields took Keily up on his offer to lead a cavalry reconnaissance is unclear. Shields 1810-79 is perhaps best remembered as the Illinois politician who almost fought a duel with Abraham Lincoln in 1842; he's also the only person in American history to serve as U.S. senator from three different states Illinois Minnesota and Missouri; as a brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War his lackluster performance as commander of the 2nd Division of the V Corps in the Army of the Potomac during the crucial Valley Campaign caused him to resign his commission. On June 9th the Battle of Port Republic took place a costly Confederate victory in which Jackson's 6000 troops faced off 3500 Union troops losing just over 800 men to the Union's loss of just over 1000 men -- a battle at which Keily himself was severely wounded in the face while leading a charge of Ohio cavalry up a hill into a barrage of Confederate artillery fire. The following year after painful recuperation Keily ended up on the staff of General Charles P. Stone in New Orleans recruiting cavalry troops in that occupied state. Late in the war he was court-martialed for "conduct unbecoming an officer" but the charges were shown false and by the end of the war he was brevetted a brigadier general. Keily died from yellow fever in Louisiana at age 38 shortly after the war's end making his autograph material quite scarce -- and a choice war-date item such as this most desirable. This remarkable war-date communication sheds interesting light on Shields as commander during the disastrous Valley Campaign. unknown books
40474This Union officer served on the staff of Brigadier General James Shields whose troops faced Stonewall Jackson's Confederate troops in the Shenandoah Valley in June 1862 and later commanded the Second Louisiana Regiment Cavalry; he was a good friend of famed Irish soldier Miles W. Keogh 1840-76 killed in the Battle of the Little Bighorn who served under him in the Papal Army during the Italian rebellion in 1860 and who fought with him in the Battle of Port Republic; he's reported to have become enamored with famed Southern spy "Belle" Boyd" at one point and to have unwittingly revealed military secrets to her. Outstanding pencilled ANS 2pp recto and verso heavy stock 4" X 2½" card "Conrad's Bridge" Virginia n.d. ca. early June 1862. Addressed to "General" probably James Shields. Very good. Lightly age toned.In this remarkable small report Keily reports in a small tight but fairly legible hand to his commander that "Col. Carroll moves his comm'd. at p.m. and will push on as rapidly as possible some cannonading heard this morning in the direction of Harrisonburg I would respectfully submit that if the Infantry did not move rapidly enough to carry out your views at Wainesborough before Jacksons arrival there a reconnaisance composed of cavalry conducted cautiously might attain the object with a good Guide which we have procured I would be glad to undertake it -- respectfully" and signs off adding his rank "Capt. A.D.C" beneath. A rather light challenging to transcribe postscript reads "P.S. Just received information from a reliable source that Jackson has --- --- --- Train on the --- Pt. Republic Road." It's difficult to precisely date Keily's note but General Shields did write General McDowell on June 4 1862 that "Colonel Carroll. after a forced night's march reached Conrad's Bridge this morning at 5 o'clock which bridge he found burned" -- which likely dates Keily's letter from this date or shortly after. Whether Shields took Keily up on his offer to lead a cavalry reconnaissance is unclear. Shields 1810-79 is perhaps best remembered as the Illinois politician who almost fought a duel with Abraham Lincoln in 1842; he's also the only person in American history to serve as U.S. senator from three different states Illinois Minnesota and Missouri; as a brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War his lackluster performance as commander of the 2nd Division of the V Corps in the Army of the Potomac during the crucial Valley Campaign caused him to resign his commission. On June 9th the Battle of Port Republic took place a costly Confederate victory in which Jackson's 6000 troops faced off 3500 Union troops losing just over 800 men to the Union's loss of just over 1000 men -- a battle at which Keily himself was severely wounded in the face while leading a charge of Ohio cavalry up a hill into a barrage of Confederate artillery fire. The following year after painful recuperation Keily ended up on the staff of General Charles P. Stone in New Orleans recruiting cavalry troops in that occupied state. Late in the war he was court-martialed for "conduct unbecoming an officer" but the charges were shown false and by the end of the war he was brevetted a brigadier general. Keily died from yellow fever in Louisiana at age 38 shortly after the war's end making his autograph material quite scarce -- and a choice war-date item such as this most desirable. This remarkable war-date communication sheds interesting light on Shields as commander during the disastrous Valley Campaign. unknown
18789108San Francisco: L. M. McKenney 1878. Half leather. Very good condition. 8vo. 1/2 leather original printed paper boards with advertisements 894 pp. front and rear pastedowns with advertisements 2 pp. ads prior to title page. pages 509-624 filled with advertisements. Pages 869-894 have advertisements. Many of these advertisements have graphics. -- The book has been professionally rebacked with the original leather spine laid back down. -- At the bottom of the spine PRINTED / SAN FRANCISO Missing the ed in printed and the cisco in San Francisco. --. L. M. McKenney unknown
18461125558300New York & Philadelphia: E. Ferrett & Co; Copyright 1844 by E. Ferrett & Co 1846. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. cream gilt blind-stamped clothKriss Kringle decorating a Christmas tree stamped in gilt on upper board gilt decorated spine 160 pages illustrations including title page 14 full page plates numerous wood engravings head and tail pieces wood engravings variously signed "Brightly." Abel BowenGeorge Gilbert and Neville Johnson.Storiesproseand verses by various authors intended as a Christmas gift.Some verses by Mrs. M.E. Robbins. "The Village blacksmith " is by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. some light spots to covers two lines in ink on front blank dated September/46. 6 of the illustrations appearing early in the book have been very neatly hand colored. A Very Good copy of a RARE children's juvenile annual. A very early depiction of Kriss Kringle Santa Claus and of a Christmas tree. The trimming of a Christmas tree did not become widely practiced in America until after 1850. E. Ferrett & Co; Copyright 1844 by E. Ferrett & Co Hardcover
007562No Place: Earl Newman RARE. No place Venice California no date 1963 original and powerful Earl Newman anti-Vietnam War poster. Near Fine faint creasing 2' area of discoloration around "G" in Guns. Well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 23" x 35". Earl Newman books
008912North Carolina: U.S. Forest Service RARE travelogue from the early years of the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina no publisher U.S. Forest Service no date circa 1918-1920 given date of construction of the Inn and date of automobile pictured. Suede over flexible boards oblong with tied leather cord front cover title in gilt with inset original opaque watercolor painting of a view of the trail 2 3/4"h x 1 1/4" w ruled in gilt. 39 light brown heavy cardstock leaves 2 pages with text only 36 pages with black and white or sepia photos mounted directly to rectos only and with text photos ranging in size from 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" to 6 1/2" x 9" and one page mounted map 8" x 11" no date no publisher. Printed in black and red the travelogue in overall Arts & Crafts style. The photos are a mixture of images stressing conservation of the forest and sights encountered on a trip through the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina established 1916 as one of the first National Forests in the eastern U.S. They include photos of Mt. Pisgah Davidson River Looking Glass Falls French Broad River Catawba Falls Bridgewater Lakes The Shark's Head Grandfather Mountain Linville Falls Power Dam at Marshall and River Bluffs at Hot Springs. The photos of conservation and forestry include captions such as Giving the Wildlife a Chance Convenience for the Camper Weeping Willow A Farm Woodlot Near Brevard The Forest Fire patrol The Result of Forest Abuse and The Forest Perpetual. Very Good the corners rubbed of suede and light soiling internally clean and bright. With 4 corrections noted in pencil one changing Big Top to Big Ivy 2 changing Lee Highway to Dixie Highway and one changing 'the' Walton's to Ike Walton's. While these corrections indicate a book that might have been intended for publication no record of any such publication at OCLC and no copies found anywhere online. The map also not found in image searches. A unique historical record of early conservation efforts and of the early days of the Pisgah National Forest. . Suede . Very Good. 15" w x 11 1/4"h. (U.S. Forest Service) Paperback books
189116330Lancaster Pa.: The Society. Very Good. 1891-1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards with leather spines and protective leather front corners. Gilt lettering on spines. Soft cover booklets with most original covers bound into ten hardcover volumes 1891 - 1900. Text's interiors are tight clean & intact. Each booklet has a tissue protected frontispiece. Illustrations: engravings drawings in one color maps photographs. Vol. 1. 94pp published in 1891. Proceedings & addresses: includes Society Constitution Lancaster April 15th 1891. Vol. 2. 182pp. Published in 1891-1892. Proceedings & addresses Harrisburg Oct. 14th 1891. Vol. 3. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceedings & addresses Oct. 12 1892. Vol. 4. 292pp. Published 1893. Proceeding & addresses York Oct. 11 1893. Vol.5. 266pp. Published 1895. Proceedings & addresses Reading Oct. 3 1894. Vol. 6. 283pp. Published 1896. Proceedings & addresses Bethlehem Oct. 22 1895. Vol. 7. 576pp. Published 1897. Proceedings & addresses Philadelphia Oct. 25 1898. Vol. 8. 322pp. Published 1898. Proceedings & Adresses. Lancaster Oct. 22 1897. Vol. 9. 468pp. Published 1900. Proceedings & Addresses Allentown Oct. 20 1899. Vol. 10. 565pp. Published 1900. Proceedings & Addresses Ephrata Oct. 20 1899. Volume #7 spine lightly rubbed. Genealogy Pennsylvania Germans; B/W Portrait illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Society hardcover
1856006302Boston: John P. Jewett & Co. 1856. This was the platform for the first national Presidential election 1856 with a Republican candidate John C. Frémont. A RARE publication in its own right Rare Book Hub notes last copy appearing in a dealer catalog in 1970. This copy rendered unique and historically significant by the original owner's addition of 78 blank pages which he mostly filled with pasted in contemporaneous newspaper clippings including 7 pp. of the Democratic Party Platform of 1856. Other significant clippings are headed: The Sanford Letter Wash. Aug. 21 1848 2 pp.; Kansas Affairs-Official Instructions to Gov. Geary and Gen. Smith Wash. Sept.3 1856; Kansas Slave Code 4 pp.; Who Are the Disunionists ; 4th of July Toasts in South Carolina: The White Man Shall Be a Slave If a Laborer: Slaves Horses and other Cattle a Sale by J.B. Sproull & Co. 1855; and The Buchanan Democracy Hate Freedom. Overall approximately 40 newspaper clippings pasted in with some marginal writings and notations in ink in the handwriting of the original owner who although unnamed appears to have resided in Greene Co. OH and was most definitely a Republican ! Very Good bound in sewn brown leather 78 blank pp. with contemporary newspaper articles pasted onto most of the blank pages; the Republican Party Platform 36 pp.; Declaration and Constitution 32 PP. Whenever any other copy of the 1856 Platform comes to market it is unlikely to be as intriguing to historians and collectors as this copy. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. John P. Jewett & Co. Hardcover books
175222438London: Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet 1752. First Edition. 8vo pp vi 84 95 with 3 folding maps. Bound in full mottled calf with gilt rules. Small bookplate "Lavington" on front pastwdown and one "From the Wilberforce Library Backsettown" on front free endpaper. Frontis map slightly misfolded but overall a near fine copy. Robson was a former employee of the Hudson's Bay Company who had worked as a surveyor and "Supervisor of the Buildings" i.e. construction superintendent. His experiences convinced him that the Company was mismanaging its holdings so badly that all of northern North America would soon be taken over by the French. Hill 1477 describes this account as one of the earliest and certainly the fullest of works that had hitherto been published on the Hudson Bay Territory" and explains that "Robson with a sound knowledge of the locale and of the personnel of the Hudson's Bay Company condemned the company for its failure to promote enterprise and development in its lands." The first 84 pages are the narrative the remaining portion of the book is an appendix giving an account of the discovery of Hudson's Bay and English activities there. The maps are: "A Draught of Nelson & Hayes's Rivers" Plate I "A Draught of Churchill River" Plate II and "Plans of York and Prince of Wales's Fort" Plate III which also includes an illustration of two snowshoe designs. Field 1312; Graff 3532; Sabin 72259; Smith 8728; Streeter VI 3648 TPL 217 Lande 1418. Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet unknown
1969008560New York: Russell & Russell 1969. Complete thirteen volume set Near Fine top edges lightly foxed. A quite handsome set and a great addition to any FDR collection. This set is heavy and will require additional postage charges than shown for priority and international mail. . Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Russell & Russell Hardcover books
185311183Washington D.C.: Robert Armstrong 1853. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Senate Ex. Doc. 59 32d Congress 2nd Session. First Edition with seventy-nine plates and usual first state numbering problems: 23 Landscape plates numbered 1-13 and 15-21 with three unnumbered plates at end; 6 Mammal plates; 5 Bird plates with no Plate II as usual numbered 1 and then 3-6; 21 Reptile plates with two plates marked Plate 10 Plate 12 marked Plate 11 and Plate 14 marked either Plate 18 or 13; 3 Fish plates and 21 Plant plates with the last being Aploppus Nuttalii. 8vo three-quarter leather by unknown binder with name S.H. Walley presume this is U.S. Representative Samuel H. Walley from Massachusetts stamped at bottom of spine; fair boards loose almost detached and only held in place with new cords by a binder; in other words not completely restored; joints torn; marbled paper on boards heavily rubbed and worn; edges of boards heavily worn and scraped; spine creased scraped and scarred; leather on top third of spine lifting away along torn front joint; triangular piece at spine head threatening to chip off; corners worn to boards; marbled eps do not match marbled boards; hinges broken; endpapers split at hinges; bookplate on front pastedown; pencil writing on verso of ffep; owner's signature pasted note and pasted newspaper article on first blank flyleaf; scattered but minimal foxing to text; plates toning around edges; tears to foreedge and creased upper corners on Plates 13-21; large map is good with toning several repaired tears at hinge and a number of small holes where folds intersect. This copy belonged to Ruthven Deane 1851-1934 famous ornithologist scholar and bookplate collector; his bookplate is on marbled front pastedown. He was an early President of the Illinois Audubon Society which preceded the National Audubon Society. On the first of 2 blank pages is the signature "Ruthven Deane 1.Mch.1849." Beneath this in a different pen he had begun to write "List of birds" but the ink was bleeding so he wrote on a thick card "List of birds by Dr. S.W. Woodhouse on page 58 Also autograph letter of the author. R. Deane." He pasted this card in along with a newspaper notice of Woodhouse's death dated 24 Oct. 1904. Samuel Washington Woodhouse 1821-1904; note that both men lived 83 years lost the use of a finger to a rattlesnake bite on this expedition; apparently his companions advised him that the best treatment was to stay drunk all night. The AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Woodhouse is tipped in at p. 58 where his section on birds begins; he also wrote the section on Mammals and the Medical Report. It was written to Mr. Deane in Philadelphia on May 28th 1900 and concerns an upcoming trip to Boston on the way to Maine. <br/> <br/> Robert Armstrong hardcover
1825100946<p>Small 8vo 6 3/4x4 1/4 original printed wrappers bound inside late 19th century quarter leather and cloth hinges reinforced map printed inside front cover of the original wrapper 67 pp. Scuffing and wear to leather rubbing and edge wear short tears to wrapper covers 1/2" chip to front cover margin which just about touches the map on the reverse side but doesn't really affect the image a few red pencil marks within some soiling staining and foxing ex Brooklyn Library copy bookplate on front pastedown perforated library stamp on title; still a good copy. A very scarce directory that probably began in the early 1820s. It continued to be published through 1829 but in 1830 it seems to have become The Brooklyn Directory although Spooner was still the publisher in that year. The first 48 pages appear to provide the "names and residence of all the Householders." The occupations of the people that are named are also provided. Additional information ranging from village by-laws to important members of the fire department is included. Spooner also provides a list of churches in Brooklyn and the results of the 1820 census for Kings County. The total population of Brooklyn in 1820 was 11183. This is a fairly rare title which offers a vivid picture about what Brooklyn looked like almost 200 years ago.</p> Alden Spooner, books
1825100946<p>Small 8vo 6 3/4x4 1/4 original printed wrappers bound inside late 19th century quarter leather and cloth hinges reinforced map printed inside front cover of the original wrapper 67 pp. Scuffing and wear to leather rubbing and edge wear short tears to wrapper covers 1/2" chip to front cover margin which just about touches the map on the reverse side but doesn't really affect the image a few red pencil marks within some soiling staining and foxing ex Brooklyn Library copy bookplate on front pastedown perforated library stamp on title; still a good copy. A very scarce directory that probably began in the early 1820s. It continued to be published through 1829 but in 1830 it seems to have become The Brooklyn Directory although Spooner was still the publisher in that year. The first 48 pages appear to provide the "names and residence of all the Householders." The occupations of the people that are named are also provided. Additional information ranging from village by-laws to important members of the fire department is included. Spooner also provides a list of churches in Brooklyn and the results of the 1820 census for Kings County. The total population of Brooklyn in 1820 was 11183. This is a fairly rare title which offers a vivid picture about what Brooklyn looked like almost 200 years ago.</p> Alden Spooner,
1935660021935. Washington DC 1935-1936. 19 items. Washington DC 1935-1936. 19 items. Documentary Record of Owens v. Butler A Supreme Court Case that Invalidated an Important New Deal Program Trial. Supreme Court United States. United States of America Petitioner V. William M Butler Et Al. Receivers of Hoosac Mills Corp. Rickert Rice Mills Inc. Petitioner V. Rufus W. Fontenot Individually and as Acting United States Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Louisiana. Record. Briefs. Oral Argument of George Wharton Pepper. Opinions 1935-1936 spine title. Washington DC 1935-1936. 19 items various paginations. Folding tables. Pamphlets in wrappers bound in cloth gilt title to spine bound-in typewritten table of contents. Some rubbing to extremities with minor wear to corners faint vertical crease through spine. Minor edgewear and a few tears to folding tables internally clean. $1500. Assembled by an unknown attorney or law clerk the 19 items in this volume a 2-part transcript 15 briefs an oral argument and the opinion of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts form a documentary record of Owens v. Butler 297 U.S. 1 1936 the case that brought about the demise of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. Part of Roosevelt's New Deal this was a Federal law that aimed to raise the value of crops by paying farmers and ranchers to reduce production. The money for these subsidies was generated through an exclusive tax on companies that processed farm products. This led to a series of seven suits by processors who believed they were being taxed unfairly. The most important of these was Owens v. Butler. As framed by the plaintiff's lawyers it asserted the right of a taxpayer to question the validity of a Federal tax. The Court decided in favor of Owens ruling that the taxes instituted under the 1933 Agricultural Adjustment Act were unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment. As argued by Justice Roberts the tax was not valid because it was established in conjunction with coercive contracts with proceeds earmarked for the benefit of farmers complying with the prescribed conditions. The court also held that the basic premise of the act paying a farmer to produce less to manipulate prices went beyond the powers of the national government. The issues raised by Owens v. Butler were addressed by the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which continue. unknown books
