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1870022308New York: Susan B. Anthony Proprietor; R.J. Johnson Publisher 1870. 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 a printing of an interview conducted by Susan B. Anthony in which she interviews "Jennie" Claflin Tennie Claflin sister of Victoria Woodhull about her part in the brokerage firm started by Woodhull and herself. They discuss a variety of subjects relating to brokerage and the skills needed to run a business. Tennie C. Claflin partnered with her activist and suffragist sister Victoria Woodhull to open this firm in 1870. Backed by Cornelius Vanderbilt the firm became quite successful tapping into the needs of women who wanted to invest. Shortly after opening the firm Woodhull and Claflin started to publish a newspaper that was considered radical at the time advocating for equal rights free love and other social movements. GOOD condition. Several faint fold creases present with other general wrinkling and creasing. Chipping and tearing along the edges. Minor toning and scattered foxing and soiling. Several pages unopened along the top edge. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor; R.J. Johnson, Publisher unknown
1942019699New York: Peace News Publisher 1942. Wraps. Good. Side folding journal. 8 pp. With a subscription sheet laid in. An obscure journal devoted to peace and social justice presumably started due to World War II. This issue proposes worldwide economic considerations after the war to create circumstances that would lead to lasting peace. Edited by Helen Alfred who was part of the National Housing Conference's women of the century for her work in affordable housing. GOOD condition. Two horizontal fold creases present. General toning minor wrinkling and soiling. Owner's name in ink on the upper front cover. Peace News, Publisher unknown
1969029365Ira J. Friedman Inc. 1969. Volume I: 1774 - 1832 405 pages. Volume II: 1833 -1861 444 pages. Volume III: 1861 - 1882 561 pages. Volume IV: Four Famous New Yorkers 488 pages. Four volumes complete this set. This is a reprint of the 1909 edition. 4 FINE HARDCOVERS SCARCE. Red cloth covers lettering is bright. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jackets Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ira J. Friedman, Inc. Hardcover
021800No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. World War I Collection of Correspondence. Approximately 15 letters. Some with original envelopes. All circa August 1918 to November 1919. All single sheets 2 to 4 pages long handwritten. With two small cabinet card photos of a young woman. These letters were written by Admiral E.K. Moore from the Hotel Connor in Nice France as well as the American Hospital in France. They were written to the wife of Major John Knowlton no first name for the wife given in the letters unfortunately and regarded the health of Major Knowlton. Major Knowlton served as a doctor in France in World War I and it appears he became ill in the Summer of 1918 eventually being diagnosed with spinal meningitis. This caused him to lose his memory and resulted in a lengthy hospital stay. Because of this his wife was not originally notified. These letters from Admiral Moore describe Knowlton's health and improvement as well as his transfer to another hospital. It appears Knowlton eventually recovered fully and returned home to the US with some of the later letters addressing the gratitude apparently expressed by the Knowltons. All in GOOD condition with fold creases some toning and other general wear. Envelopes very worn. No publisher unknown
55378The signatures are Lloyd Captain Ali Baichan Boyce Fredericks Gibbs Greenidge Holder Holding Julien Kallicharran possibly Murray Richards Rowe and Clive Walcott the Manager. On a conjugate leaf are the signatures of eight members of the Test team for Australia: Gilmour Jenner Lillee Mallett Marsh McCosker Turner and Walker. These were probably collected at the time of the First Test in Brisbane in which case the Australians not to have signed are Ian Chappell Captain Greg Chappell Redpath and Thomson. Leading edges of the leaves slightly silverfish-nibbled; all edges slightly discoloured; two small light marginal spots; in very good condition. unknown
183245990London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1832. Disbound. About very good. Marginal stain along the edges on the first few leaves removed from a larger volume. 31 pp 1141-1171. 4to. Caption title./ "16th August 1832."/ At head of title: Anno Secundo & tertio. Gulielmi IV. Regis. Cap. CXXV. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown
182521618London 1825. Folio. 310pp. Bound in modern blue wrappers with copy of title on front wrapper. Fine. <br /> <br /> A wonderfully detailed report on the structure of the legal system in these colonies with explanations of the courts forms of action and remedies crimes punishments police forces slave codes manumission reform measures fees tables of cases tables with names and races of parties to legal proceedings. <br /> OCLC records nine locations under several accession numbers as of September 2024. unknown
183541420London: Published by Edmund Fry 1835. 2 viii 112 pp. Original cloth rebacked. Title stamped in gilt on upper cover. Frontis engraving with tissue guard of black children in school taught by elegantly dressed white teachers; and with several signs: "The Day of Our Freedom August 1st 1834" engraved by J. Crosland; "That Which I See Not Teach Thou Me"; "Shew Me Thy Ways O Lord Teach Me Thy Paths." Occasional foxing Good plus. <br /> <br /> A scarce work issued to celebrate the abolition of slavery in British colonies with the Slavery Abolition Act passed in 1833 and going into effect on 1 August 1834. "On the memorable day when British Colonial Slavery ceased the 'Peckham Negro's Friend and Instruction Society' held a special meeting with a view to 'signalizing the day of Negro Emancipation by some act of Christian benevolence" and accordingly came to the unanimous resolution of undertaking 'the charge of an Adult School to be established in the island of Jamaica. The necessary steps were taken to effect this design; and it is the hope of aiding the the extension of its practical usefulness which has prompted a few individuals who have long felt deeply interested in the Negro's cause to collect into a small volume such poems as may be within their reach written for the most part in special commemoration of the abolition of Slavery and to apply the profit if any to the furtherance of the object before described."<br /> The authors of most of these poems have signed with their initials only. This is the first edition.<br /> LCP 2587. Published by Edmund Fry unknown
1740AQ26617London: Printed for Tho. Cooper 1740. 2 v-viii 9-62pp. Without half-title. Recent marbled paper wrappers. Internally clean and crisp. An essay written during the early stages of the War of Jenkins' Ear 1739-1748 in which conflict between England and Spain mostly took place in the Caribbean sea. The author devotes a large portion of the essay to discussing the present military strength of France and Spain which he deems inferior to the English forces and argues that exerting English strength will be both profitable and inexpensive compared to the previous Anglo-Spanish war. Contains an appendix providing an interesting and detailed description of present Spanish territories in the Caribbean and Americas- including reference to the Spanish galleons and 'Mines of Gold the most famous of which is St Maria'. ESTC T711. First edition. 8vo. Printed for Tho. Cooper unknown
1785143642London: C. Dilly & G. Robinson 1785. Very Good. London C. Dilly & G. Robinson 1785. An engraved map with original hand colouring printed surface 296 × 525 mm sheet size 305 × 540 mm. Vertical folds as issued; remnants of an old guard on the verso; a few light creases; slight tanning around the blue and green colouring; an excellent copy. The headline states that the map was 'Engraved for Guthries new System of Geography'. C. Dilly & G. Robinson unknown
190530136London: Adam and Charles Black 1905. First edition. With 74 very fine and attractive colourplates from the paintings of Archibald Stevenson Forrest each with a captioned guard. Tall thick 8vo in the publisher's original pale blue cloth the upper cover and spine both decorated with ships craps clouds and sunbursts in brown ivory and gilt and with gilt lettering t.e.g. ix 272 4 ads pp. A handsome copy the plates all fine and bright some very occasional and light foxing within the text the lovely decorated binding is solid and firm with very little sign of wear but with a bit of mellowing to the spine front endpaper with cosmetic only spitting at the still-strong hinge. FIRST EDITION AND ONE OF THE MORE ELUSIVE TITLES IN BLACK'S TRAVEL SERIES A LOVELY BOOK IN FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. The blue seas and sun-drenched islands of the West Indies served as wonderful inspiration for both pen and paintbrush in this hard to find gem. Jamaica receives the lion's share of attention but other subjects include Barbadoes St. Lucia Dominica St. Thomas and Martinique. Archibald Forrest wonderfully captures the bright colourful scenery and colourful peoples of these tropic isles. Adam and Charles Black hardcover
1835022270Dover NH: J.T. Gibbs Publisher 1835. Quarter Leather. Poor. Folio. Quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards. Large folio. Bound volume of the Dover New Hampshire newspaper the Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser comprising of every weekly issue spanning from December 2 1834 to November 24 1835. Of particular note is a printing of the Treaty of New Echota a treaty that a small minority of members of the Cherokee Indian Tribe signed and that sold their land east of the Mississippi River to the US government. This treaty led directly to the forced removal of the Cherokee people from their land infamously known as the Trail of Tears. Also present is a lengthy account of the trial of the Prophet Matthais for murder. This trial also accused Sojourner Truth who at the time worked as a servant for Matthais under the name Isabella of murder. Matthias alias of Robert Matthews was a pseudo-religious figure in the early to mid 1800s establishing a cult like following in New York. He even had a meeting with Joseph Smith at one point although both denounced each other as Satanic according to Wikipedia. Another notable articles is present discussing a racially integrated school established in Canaan New Hampshire the Noyes Academy. Established in 1835 by abolitionists the school educated African Americans and admitted women. This school aroused the racist ire of local residents and was destroyed by townspeople in August of 1835. The August 25th issue has an approving article documenting the destruction and writing as if scandalous that African American men and supposedly respectable white women had been seen walking arm in arm in town. Other articles on slavery antislavery and abolition are found throughout. POOR/FAIR condition. Ex-library with exterior spine labels interior pastedowns and minor markings. Both covers DETACHED along with the first several leaves. Last several leaves also detached. Binding essentially perished rendering the whole text block rather fragile. Minor scuffing fading soiling to the covers. Years written on masking tape taped to the spine. Paper a bit browned and brittle. J.T. Gibbs, Publisher unknown
018984No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher place or date. Perhaps circa 1864. Pamphlet. Lacking any wrappers that may have been issued. 16 pages. A work relying heavily on quoted scripture to discuss the will of God and people especially as it relates to politics and government. It appears this was a long-winded way for Mr. Halsted to assert that the New York City politicians associated with Tammany Hall were being victimized by the Albany Regency politicians who were apparently using their positions as politicians to gain personal wealth. Historical perspective suggests this letter now seems somewhat ironic. While not in Sabin the bibliography indicates Halsted wrote then published letters to presidents Pierce and Lincoln. Good condition. Faint dampstain to the lower foredge margin. Alphanumeric pencil notation to the upper front page. Minor soiling and foxing. No publisher unknown
1859017039Washington DC: Gales and Seaton 1859. Tabloid. Good. Side folding large tabloid newspaper. A single issue of this long running newspaper published in Washington DC first published in 1800 and publishing until 1870 with an eventual bias toward conservative Whig policies. Besides the usual ads and political news this issue contains two "Was Committed" notices last page bottom right one pertaining to Mary Norris George Park and Sally King the other pertaining to Lewis West. All four were African-Americans with Mary Norris George Park and Lewis West being enslaved people from enslaver Robert E. Lee. According to the US National Park Service website devoted to Robert E. Lee's Arlington House Memorial Mary Norris George Parks and another man Wesley Norris believed they were free based on a provision in the will of George Washington Custis. Based on this knowledge the three emancipated themselves traveling to Pennsylvania. They were all captured in Maryland. According to contemporary newspaper accounts New York Tribune in June 1859 Lee had the re-captured African-Americans whipped. Wesley Norris himself wrote an article in the Anti-Slavery Standard in 1866 which provides his account of the whipping. Early historians and biographers dismissed both accounts considering them to be accounts used for anti-slavery propaganda. Lee himself was silent on the subject with many of his contemporaries and historians taking his silence as a denial. However modern research suggests the accounts of Wesley Norris and others were true dispelling the myth of Lee as benevolent enslaver perpetuated by earlier historians. The first notice states that Norris Park and West were committed to jail on May 26th and that "George and Mary say they belong to Col. Robert Lee of Fairfax County Virginia." The complexion and height of all three are given as well as descriptions of the clothing they wore. Sally King asserted that she was free living in Washington with a Mrs. D. Bread. According to the piece they all initially left Washington on May 22nd 1859. The second notice contains the same information as the first although it appears Lewis West was jailed on May 27th but also asserted he "belongs to Col. Robert Lee." Both notices request that the "owner or owners" come forward and pay all charges due. Also present is a notice of "young servants for sale" indicating the availability of several girls from ages 11 to 15 as well as young men from 21 to 25 years old. All were apparently located in Georgetown. The newspaper is in GOOD condition. Paper split chipped and deteriorating along the spine with very slight loss of letters to some of the "was committed" ads. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Moderate toning along the spine edge. Small hole worn through at the intersection of the fold creases. Some wrinkling and creasing to the paper. Several small tears along the extremities. Gales and Seaton unknown
1831000816London: Printed for C.J.G and F. Rivington for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1831. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Volume one: 168 pages. With four illustrations as given in the book. Howes P305 calls for 5 plates but this seems to contradict the book's statement. Volume two: 168 pages with four illustrations. These travels by Philips are imaginary as is Philips but contain previously published accounts tied together with the narrative device of the imaginary traveler. Travels in North America contains most of Lewis and Clark's account of their trip through the American West told in somewhat different form. The Mississippi River New Orleans St. Louis the Ohio River slavery Native Americans and other topics are covered giving again truthful facts about America in the guise of an imaginary narrator. Travels in South America is written in the same manner and the preface to it states as much. In half leather with marbled boards. In GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the marbled boards. Extremities scuffed and worn with the corners bumped and rounded the spine pulled with minor loss of leather to the head. Small chip of leather missing from the center backstrip. Leather scuffed along the hinges. The inner text is clean and tight with very minor foxing to the preliminaries. Nice copy of this rather hard to find work a later edition in GOOD condition. Three copies of this edition found in OCLC Travels in North America. None found for Travels in South America. Photos available upon request. Printed for C.J.G and F. Rivington for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge unknown
019133No Place: Home Literary Association presumed Producer. Unbound. Good. No place or date. Perhaps late 1800s to early 1900s. Approximately 12 ½ by 2 5/8 inches including tassels at the bottom. A rather ornate silk ribbon perhaps issued for a convention or meeting of the Home Literary Association. The piece consists of one large ribbon with two smaller ribbons attached at the top. A silk flower type piece with gold colored sequins in a star formation at the top. Floor Manager patch sewn on. Nothing could be found about the organization. GOOD condition. Some fold creases present with minor general toning and light soiling. Home Literary Association, presumed Producer unknown
1785001268Worcester MA: Isaiah Thomas Printer 1785. Original Wraps. Poor. Stitched together with modern thread. Consists of 44 pages plus cover with ornate printers device and text on the verso of the cover. Evans ascribes this almanac to Ezra Gleason but modern scholarship suggests this was the work of Samuel Stearns see Australian Public Library catalog information. Of note in this work is an early printing of the Massachusetts Bill of Rights and a printing of John Dod's well known Sermon on Malt a text celebrating beer and ale originally published in England in the 1600's. Also included are the usual astronomical predictions for the year 1786 and a table of principle roads on the continent in and around Boston. In POOR condition with heavy tattering to the cover page and heavy loss around the extremities of that page. The bottom inch of the next page is missing apparently trimmed with no loss of text. A few other pages suffer from minor losses but nothing that affects the text. The rag paper is browned and somewhat darkened with uneven dampstaining throughout again not affecting readability. A few very faint notations present in ink in the margins of a few pages. Front cover barely attached. The rest of the almanac is solid and complete. Overall heavy wear to this almanac in POOR condition. Photos available upon request. Isaiah Thomas, Printer unknown
1928018959No Place: C.F.G.E. Publisher 1928. Wraps. Good. No place California: 1928. Illustrated wraps. 16 pp. including covers. Black and white photos made to look like drawings throughout. A work promoting the use of California lemons as a health and beauty product for use on the hair skin hands manicuring teeth and gums. Seemingly aimed at a female audience with the illustrations depicting what could be considered Flapper Girls. Suggestions for application and use of lemons included. What appears to be either an artist's or photographer's monogram visible on the front cover looking like an M with a triangle. GOOD condition. Some fading soiling and toning to the covers with a few tiny stains present. Extremities bumped in a bit scuffed. C.F.G.E., Publisher unknown
183334458v.p. including Antwerp London Havana Pensacola New York 1833. Folio. 12 3/4 x 8 inches. 21 leaves plus two additional manuscript leaves laid in. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards manuscript label on front board. Bookseller's label on front pastedown.<br/> <br/> Account book of Atlantic trading voyages.<br/> <br/> An interesting manuscript ship's log containing financial accounts for the brigs Nimrod and Jasper for an eight year period from 1826 to 1833 while they were under the command of a Captain John Hill. The two ships made numerous voyages between the United States Europe and the Caribbean. The present log book contains line accounts of expenditures for journeys from London and Marseilles to New York and Norfolk in 1827; from Antwerp to London in 1828; from Philadelphia to the West Indies in 1829; from Madeira to the Turks Islands in 1831; from the West Indies to Pensacola to Havana in 1832; from the Indies to New York in 1833; and other similar voyages. The log also contains two copies of an 1832 letter written in Havana by Hill to merchants there inquiring about the price of molasses and a list of port charges at several major way points. A fascinating artifact of trans-Atlantic trade in the 1820s and 1830s. unknown
020423St. Louis MO: Paramount Progressive Order of Moose Publisher. Unbound. Good. no date perhaps circa 1922. Single sheet 6 by 4 inches. Small piece that looks like it was to have been folded into a 4 page booklet although this is unfolded. A promotional piece issued by the Paramount Progressive Order of Moose an African American fraternal organization very similar to the Loyal Order of Moose. The Loyal Order of Moose did not allow African Americans into their organization so this and other similar organizations were founded to serve the needs of African Americans. The Paramount Progressive Order of Moose appears to have ceased operations by the early 1930s perhaps partly due to lawsuits it faced from the Loyal Order of Moose for its use of their imagery. This piece discusses mentions the building of a tabernacle for parentless children as well as the Moose's goals of feeding and educating the children. With a list of dues. GOOD condition. Minor fading staining and creasing. Paramount Progressive Order of Moose, Publisher unknown
020173New York: American Anti-Slavery Society Publisher. Pamphlet. Good. no date presumed circa late 1850s due to the mention of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Pamphlet. 8 pp. An antislavery tract using the words of various ministers and preachers against themselves to cite the hypocrisy in preaching Christianity to enslaved people using those words to rebut the notion that slavery enlightened enslaved people through religion. Higginson also cites the sermons of Rev. Meade of Virginia who told enslaved people that god put them on Earth to serve their masters. Thomas Wentworth Higginson was a militant abolitionist being a member of the disunion abolitionists and arguing for the disobeying of the Fugitive Slave Law. He was a colonel in the 1st South Carolina Volunteers the first authorized African American regiment and continued to fight for the rights of freed enslaved people after the war. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a stamp on the front and rear cover. Moderate toning and minor soiling. See Sabin 31755 for this and other works by Higginson. American Anti-Slavery Society, Publisher unknown
170664859Leyden 1706. Folio. Nyere marmorert kartonasjebind med pergamentrygg. Kobberstukket vignet på tittelbladet. 27 2 s. Med et kobberstukket kart over Vest-India.Folio. Recent marbled boards with vellum spine. Engraved vignette on titlepage. 27 2 pp. With one folding map showing the West Indies. By Pieter van der Aa Nederlandsk. hardcover
a7170London 1773 Charles Eyre and William Strahan. Upon the security of freehold or Leasehold Estates in many of His Majesty's Colonies in the West Indies; and to render the Securities granted to such Aliens effectual for recovering payment of the money to be lent by sale of such freehold or leashold estates. 4to. pp.299-306 removed from volume and rebound in later plain wraps. Three binding holes in left margin. VG. . paperback
1938z08233New York: Swedish-American Line 1938. Paperback. Very Good. Lot of information and souvenirs from a 1938 cruise aboard Swedish-American Line's Kunsholm motor liner from New York City to the Caribbean and West Indies. Includes several menus invitations to cocktails of liner stationary addressed to the passenger a passenger list a list of shore excursions a letter of welcome from the Swedish-American Line director and a souvenir booklet of "reminiscences" from the cruise. Illustrated wraps 8vo. Varying paginations with illustrations. Very good. Bending and some edgewear to items predominately clean and unmarked. A nice lot of materials for the cruise and travel enthusiast. Digital images available upon request. Swedish-American Line paperback
250556New York: Carlton & Lanahan nd. Reminiscences of the West India Islands Second Series.-No. II. Frontis. 159 pp. 12mo. Contemp cloth. Very Good. Reminiscences of the West India Islands Second Series.-No. II. Frontis. 159 pp. 12mo. Carlton & Lanahan unknown