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1894017944Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton 1894. Cloth. Good. Illustrated beige cloth. 107 pp. A work that begins with the long poem "The Story of Portus" a work recalling the life of an enslaved man Portus. While the work reflects on the cruelty of enslaving people transporting them. and selling them it adopts a tone that the enslavers themselves were benevolent and that African-Americans would prefer to remain enslaved as there was nothing for them if they were free. The African-American protagonist Portus lives through the Civil War only to be murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. This work is accompanied by other shorter poetry most reflecting on life and the people of the US South. The poetry is rather conflicted with some celebrating Jefferson Davis while others reflecting on the lives of African-Americans in the South assuming the benefits of spirituality or Christianity in their lives. Overall it would seem much of the poetry whitewashes and glorifies the South while downplaying negative aspects of the region and the legacy of slavery. GOOD condition. Covers foxed and spotted with some soiling toning and minor staining. Text block toned. Owner's inscription on the first endpaper. Charles Wells Moulton unknown
1896025198Longsman Green: 1896. 1168 pages. 2 FINE- HARDCOVERS with the bookplate of William Crowninshield Endicott Nov. 19 1826 - May 6 1900. He was an American politician and the Secretary of War in the Administration of President Grover.". Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jackets Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longsman, Green: Hardcover
1926022182Atlanta GA: VGood Words Publisher 1926. Wraps. Good. Wraps. Approximately 9 ¾ by 7 1/8 inches. 16 pp. A little magazine published at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta Georgia. It began publishing in 1913 soon after the prison opened. Julian Hawthorne wrote for the magazine when he was incarcerated there. The magazine for the most part had a "preachy moralistic" tone and often ignored news from within the prison such as the release of Eugene Debs see Jailhouse Journalism: the Fourth Estate Behind Bars p. 88. The journal was published until 1938 when it was replaced with The Atlantian. This issue does discuss some intramural sports interspersed with moralizing etc. With news on prison happenings events etc. GOOD condition. Moderate toning mostly along the extremities. Minor soiling. Some creasing and curling along the upper and lower edge. Minor rusting to the staples. VGood Words, Publisher unknown
1962009039Montpelier VT: Myrtle Lane presumed Publisher 1962. Wraps. Good. Reproduced printed type 8 ½ by 11 inches. Stapled at the upper left corner. 16 pp. including covers. Devoted to peace as the title indicates this issue of the journal provides lengthy commentary on the then fresh in the news Cuban Missile Crisis. Included is a tally for President Kennedy versus Krushchev Castro and the peace movement grading Kennedy a scorn-filled A for his role in bringing the world closer to war. A several page account of peace rallies and demonstrations is provided with quotes from various speakers including Bayard Rustin and Dagmar Wilson. Statements from various organizations regarding the crisis are printed as well as reports from England Poland and Czechoslovakia. Most work attributed to Myrtle Lane or Marjory Collins with one by Virginia Colter and others. The Peace Concern was a newsletter devoted to promoting peace and seeking an active participation in the peace movement founded by Myrtle Lane and Marjory Collins. Collins was a noted photojournalist as well as a prominent activist in various social and progressive causes including the Civil Rights movement see Library of Congress website. GOOD condition seemingly ex-institution with date stamp and notations present. Handwritten mailing address postage stamp and cancellations on the rear blank page with several dark brown tape burns. Minor toning. Faint horizontal fold crease. Myrtle Lane, presumed Publisher unknown
1878021488Boston: New England Publishing Company 1878. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First edition with 1878 present on title and copyright page. Green cloth decorated in blind and black. 373 pp. Photograph frontis of Bridgman along with two fold out plates of writing in the text. A biography of Laura Bridgman a woman who after being stricken with scarlet fever at the age of two was left deaf and blind. Showing an aptitude for learning Bridgman was enrolled at the Perkins Institute for the Blind successfully learning Braille and sign language as well as general knowledge including arithmetic. She gained some fame in her early teenage years when Charles Dickens wrote about her in 1842 but this fame eventually faded. Her story did inspire the mother of Helen Keller who then hired Anne Sullivan who was a student at the Perkins School. This biography was written by one of Bridgman's teachers. GOOD condition. Minor fading and edgewear to the covers. Faint evidence of dampstaining along the fore edge of the cover with dampstaining affecting the right third of the first 50 or so pages. New England Publishing Company unknown
1905021305Boston: Municipal Printing Office 1905. Pamphlet. Poor. Pamphlet lacking any wraps issued. 18 pp. LACKING the 1645 map ONLY three maps present. A collection of three maps depicting Boston Massachusetts in 1630 1635 and 1640. These were originally found in the Town Records Book of Possessions and other sources. The primarily depict property and owners as well as roads ways. Text with names for references included with each map. POOR condition. EX-LIBRARY. Spine reinforced with black tape. Exterior labels interior pastedown and stamping present. Paper very brittle. Heavy chipping tearing and loss along the fore edge and lower edge. The first map TORN into two pieces neatly along one of the folds. Other maps intact. Last map MISSING. POOR condition as is. Reference copy only. Really we swear. Municipal Printing Office unknown
2000036247Rutledge Books/Easton Press: 2000. 196 pages illustrated with Mort Kunstler's paitings in color. Fully bound in genuine leather 22kt gold deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine. Sewn pages. Handsome brown moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker. Gilded page ends. FINE HARDCOVER. Grey Leather binding by Easton Press with the Certificate of Authenicity by Easton Press. By the Author . Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Rutledge Books/Easton Press: Hardcover
1865021368New York: Ferdinand Mayer Lithographer 1865. Unbound. Good. 47 by 30 inches. Black and white only. A large map apparently issued in 1865 that depicted the marches General William Tecumseh Sherman undertook during the Civil War. The map depicts railroads terrain etc. demonstrating the extraordinary lengths Sherman went to in order to dismantle the Confederacy's ability to resupply and fight. This edition was issued by Ferdinand Mayer with two other editions of this map published by two other firms. GOOD condition. Many fold creases present as issued. Large L shaped tear along one of the upper folds affecting the map in that area. Many other tiny tears along the folds fold edges or intersections present along with evidence of repair on the reverse to some of the tears. Map browned along the fold creases. Ferdinand Mayer, Lithographer unknown
1841009470No Place: Notes on Gunpowder Percussion Powder; Cannon and Projectiles 1841. Half Leather. Fair/No Jacket. No place: 1841. Half leather with dark brown pebbled cloth. 75 pp. Black and white illustrations in text throughout. A technical discussion on gunpowder measuring ballistics cannons and their manufacture the use of metals in various projectiles etc. This includes a look at the composition of gunpowder and variations for different applications aspects of different metals and other substances an illustrated look at the manufacturing and testing of cannons ways of measuring ballistics with illustrations etc. Printed via lithograph from handwritten manuscript. Knowlton served as a professor at the United States Military Academy helping to teach mathematics as well as artillery. This particular copy bears pencil corrections pencil brackets and the word 'omit' next to several passages perhaps indicating this was a proof or editor's copy of some sort. FAIR/GOOD condition slightly ex-library bearing a 'torpedo station' stamp in the interior and in gilt on the spine with call numbers at the foot of the spine. Heavy scuffing and some gouging to the leather along the hinges spine and corners with superficial loss. General fading some staining and minor discoloration. Light soiling. Last name in large ink script on the title page with a few other ink notes spots etc. to the first two pages. Leaf 45/46 with heavy ink spots hatches slightly obscuring the text in places. Heavy foxing to the paper with a large dampstain affecting the lower corner. Several pages with tears and chipping along the edges with mostly minor loss. Large rice paper repair to the leaf 71/72 with the fore edge margins of the last 2 pages bearing extensive loss of paper. Notes on Gunpowder, Percussion, Powder; Cannon and Projectiles unknown
1964015841No Place: William Kent Publisher 1964. Unbound. Good. #2 of 20 printed. Signed by William Kent on the lower right corner below illustration. Printed on paper in black red and blue with ink set in relief on the plain background. 36 ½ by 21 ¼ inches. A slate relief print by artist and carver William Kent. Kent adapted newspaper headlines and imagery of political leaders to present a subtle satirical commentary on the United States and its leaders that undercuts the assertions of the leaders. William Kent is credited with the creation of the slate print technique. Considered an outsider artist by his contemporary critics Kent as a self taught artist adopted techniques used by artists in the Pop Art movement to his own ends in an effort to portray upheavals in American society during the 1960s. GOOD condition. Needs restoration/conservation. Faint large dampstain at the lower right corner. Faint foxing present to the whole piece. Paper is wrinkled with some large curls and faint creases presumably from being stored rolled at some point. A few small tears and chips present along the extremities. William Kent, Publisher unknown
1956030052Hamish Hamilton: 1956. Published by Hamish Hamilton/Harper & Brothers: 1956 266 pages. Dust jacket design by Patricia Davey."Senator Kennedy has used wonderful skill in transforming the facts of history into dramatic personal stories. There are suspense colour and inspiration here but first of all there is extraordinary understanding of that intangible thing called courage." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. This rare edition is the U.S. edition then published in UK by Hamish Hamilton. Pblished by Hamish Hamilton/Harper & Brothers: 1956 266 pages. Dust jacket design by Patricia Davey."Senator Kennedy has used wonderful skill in transforming the facts of history into dramatic personal stories. There are suspense colour and inspiration here but first of all there is extraordinary understanding of that intangible thing called courage." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. This rare edition is the U.S. edition then published in UK by Hamish Hamilton. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hamish Hamilton: Hardcover
1916029267Appleton: 1916. 296 pages illustrated. "The Panama Canal was built to shorten the length and time of voyages made by merchant vessels and war ships between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It has been said that for the people of the United States the canal is a commercial convenience and a military necessity." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER scarce. Maroon cloth covers front cover spotted else a nice clean tight copy. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Appleton: Hardcover
1914031643Albany: New York State Education Department 1914. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 120pp. i with frontispiece. Nice association copy. Bound in original burgundy cloth with largely clear and bright gilt lettering to front cover. Several small bumps to extremities of volume with light to medium wear in a few places on exterior and light soiling to cloth. Ink-stamp stamp reads "Compliments of Peter C. Jezewski Member of Assembly" to front free end paper else no markings to interior. Binding slightly shaken though generally firm <br/> <br/> New York State Education Department hardcover
1989029541Cornell University Press: 1989. 266 pages. "Authoritative book in scope and tone the way the arguments are framed here amounts to a powerful and sophisticated whole that deals comprehensively with the nuclear revolution as no other book quite does." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cornell University Press: Hardcover
1871020733New York: Susan B. Anthony Proprietor; R.J. Johnson Publisher 1871. Wraps. Good. Side sewn journal. Approximately 12 ¼ by 9 inches. 16 pp. Early issue of the Revolution a groundbreaking and influential newspaper produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury. The paper was established to provide a voice to activists and suffragists such as Stanton and Anthony whose voices were marginalized by the mainstream press as well as many abolitionist publications with whom they had been previously allied. Anthony and Stanton advocated for an amendment giving suffrage to women along with the amendment sponsored by abolitionists that would give Black men the right to vote. Many abolitionists actively discouraged Stanton and Anthony from pursuing their amendment until the amendment enfranchising Black men passed creating a rift in the abolitionist movement as well as the women's suffrage movement. Feeling betrayed by abolitionists and Republicans who initially supported them they established the Revolution with financial help from George Francis Train a Democrat who supported women's rights but was openly racist. As the name indicates The Revolution adopted a combative radical tone with Stanton and others unafraid to take on critics. The paper openly discussed sexual and physical abuse in marriage and advocated better divorce laws that would offer women a way to escape abusive marriages. In 1869 the paper broke with Train who had supplied very little of the funding he initially offered. It published until 1872 struggling to make expenses along the way. This issue with articles/essays on marriage news on various women a few pages of ads in the rear etc. GOOD condition. Several fold creases present with other general wrinkling. Minor toning and scattered soiling in the interior. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor; R.J. Johnson, Publisher unknown
1935016081New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Poor. First edition with an A on the copyright page. Orange cloth in unclipped jacket. 346 pp. Illustrations by the author. Classic piece of Western literature recalling life on the fiction Seven X ranch presenting a realistic depiction of cowboys their work and the land in which they live. POOR jacket on a GOOD book. Moderate browning some soiling and staining to the covers. Heavy scuffing chipping creasing and tearing along the extremities with a large tear at the lower rear hinge. Several creases to the jacket. Minor fading soiling and edgewear to the book. Gift inscription on the first endpaper. Minor toning and a hint of foxing in the interior. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1767020556Portsmouth: No Publisher 1767. Unbound. Good. Single sheet printed on a single side only. 12 ¼ by 7 ½ inches. Armorial ornament of King George III at the top of the sheet followed by printed text asserting that in pursuance of the Acts passed in the General Assembly of the Province of New Hampshire the town named Dover New Hampshire was required to pay the stated sum of taxes as well as naming the constables or collectors who collected the sums. Signed by George Jaffrey at the bottom with the remains of a wax seal present. George Jaffrey Esquire was part of a prominent New Hampshire family who essentially held an oligarchy in the province. They and a few others sought to separate New Hampshire from the province of Massachusetts and through various machinations and political maneuverings did so. George Jaffrey eventually became treasurer of New Hampshire. In the run up to and during the American Revolutionary War Jaffrey was a staunch Loyalist asserting that it was just a few people causing the turmoil and that eventually the colonies would remain with England. Despite his beliefs and the danger it caused him he held his post and remained in Portsmouth New Hampshire during the war. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present with a few small tears along the folds. A 1 inch triangular area torn off from the upper edge. Uneven toning. Handwriting on the reverse clerical in nature. Many small old paper repairs present along the center fold. No Publisher unknown
1832004862Concord New Hampshire: No Publisher 1832. Disbound. Fair. Proclamation Regarding Nullification December 10 1832. Published in the New Hampshire Statesman and State Journal Saturday December 22 1832. Concord New Hampshire: 1832. Vol. II-No.32. Single sheet Page 1 and 2 ONLY of this newspaper printing on the front page almost the entire proclamation by Andrew Jackson lacking the last 1 and ½ paragraphs which would have appeared on the last page of this paper now LACKING. An early printing of this important speech by Jackson declaring that one any one state did not have the authority to annul any federal law of the United States and declaring that South Carolina "stood on the brink of insurrection and treason." Jackson asserted in the speech that no state had the right to secede. This conflict arose from South Carolina's efforts to nullify federal tariffs that it considered were hurting its economy. Both the state and federal government prepared for possible military action to enforce their cause with a compromise eventually reached in 1833. In FAIR condition lacking the aforementioned last paragraphs. Upper left of the sheet torn with LOSS of text along the left margin of the first few paragraphs. Small area torn from the lower left margin not affecting text. General wrinkling and creasing to the paper with a horizontal fold crease present. Minor foxing staining and soiling. Some creasing and minor tearing along the upper edge. Small hole in the center of the paper at the title. No Publisher unknown
1855033421G. P. Putnam & Co. 1855. 504 pages. GOOD HARDCOVER with the original brown bind-stamped covers. Foxing title page illustration. Else a nice clean tight copy moderate wear at the spine edges and lower corners of book. Lettering bright on the spine edge. Hard Cover. Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G. P. Putnam & Co. Hardcover
1855033420G. P. Putnam & Co. 1855. 518 pages with Error Correction Page regarding an error in the editions of Volume I. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER with the original brown bind-stamped covers. Foxing title page illustration. Else a nice clean tight copy light wear to spine edges. Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G. P. Putnam & Co. Hardcover
1828016594London: John Murray 1828. First Edition. Half-Leather. Good. First edition. Half leather with marbled boards. Gilt compartments on the spine. Xx 551 pp. Third volumes of this history of Massachusetts published posthumously and partially covering events during Hutchinson's tenure as governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony with a focus on political events leading to the Revolutionary War. Thomas Hutchinson was an American politician and historian being a Loyalist. This allegiance to Great Britain forced him into exile prior to the American Revolution. GOOD condition. General fading and scuffing to the covers. Minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Armorial bookplate on the inside front cover. Sabin 34082. John Murray unknown
1991009436Bowie MD: Heritage Books 1991. Wraps. Near Fine. Glossy pale yellow wraps. Quarto. 615 total pages between the two books plus an index of beneficiaries and executors at the end of volume 2. An abstract list of 15126 wills from Hamilton County Ohio from 1791-1900 providing testator location of will in the UC collection residence of the testator date filed executioner and beneficiaries. Perhaps useful for the genealogist or genealogy. NEAR FINE condition. Light bumping and edgewear. Owner's name and perhaps purchase date on the inside of each volume. Heritage Books unknown
1913021809Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1913. Cloth. Good. Red cloth. 583 pp. With illustrations. Volume one ONLY of a town history of Lexington Massachusetts from its settlement by colonists to the mid 1800s. GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine label interior markings pockets and pastedowns. Uneven fading minor soiling and edgewear. Houghton Mifflin unknown
1929033786Stanford University Press: 1929. First published Dec. 1928 this book is the second edition from Jan. 1929 230 pages. FINE- HARDCOVER Signed by John Richardson to Charles H. Wright. Lettering is bright on the spine and cover. "Richardson worked for Herbert Hoover's nomination for President of the United States at the 1920 1924 and 1928 Republican National Conventions. When White House Press Secretary George E. Akerson resigned in 1931 Richardson was considered a likely successor for the position however he chose to work for Hoover's reelection campaign instead.". Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jacket Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stanford University Press: Hardcover
019708Boston: B. Franklin Edmunds. Quarter Leather. Good. no date perhaps mid 1830s. Most likely appeared in an earlier London edition around 1828 as The Stolen Boy. Quarter leather with blue paper covered boards. Approximately 3 by 2 3/8 inches. Page edges gilt. 63 1 64 pp. With 10 full-page wood engravings including frontispieces. The first 63 pages comprise "Little Manuel" purporting to tell the true story of a young Spanish immigrant to Texas who was kidnapped by Native Americans Comanches and perhaps could be considered to fall into the "Indian Captivity Narrative" genre. Illustrated with 6 engravings. The last 64 pages contain a poem to a birthday boy by Felicia Hemans; one page of "Lines to a Young Lady; and "The Travelling Tin-Man: An American Story" by Eliza Leslie. This appears to be a moral tale for children. The book finishes with another short piece by Hofland "The Deserted Villagers; or the Confiding Boy." Eliza Leslie was perhaps best known as a cookbook author in the 19th century although she did write fiction and nonfiction. Barbara Wreaks Hoole Hofland was an English author primarily writing moral or instructive tales. Given this it is very possible Little Manuel was written as a moral tale. GOOD condition. Leather rather scuffed along the spine and hinges with moderate to heavy scuffing to the extremities. Small area of faint staining to the rear cover. Text block toned with scattered foxing and soiling. B. Franklin Edmunds unknown
