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1861020153Washington: Government Printing Office 1861. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrappers issued. Disbound from a larger work. 70 pp. A report from a US naval expedition to the Chiriqui Province in what is now Panama providing firsthand descriptions of the land minerals and other aspects of the region presumably with an eye to expand US companies' footholds in the area. Mention of coal and the Chiriqui Improvement company is made as well as harbor surveys. GOOD condition. Minor toning. Remains of binding along the spine. Government Printing Office unknown
1974032844Harbor Hill Books: 1974. This book is a reprint of the original edition published in 1871 570 pages illustrated. FINE HARDCOVER FINE- DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine-. Illus. by Abram Hosier. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harbor Hill Books: Hardcover
1872015600No Place: No publisher 1872. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed Government Printing Office Washington: 1872. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. 180 pp. A lengthy compilation of claims of Texas against the United States primarily for "reimbursement of expenditures alleged to have been made for the payment and support of volunteers or rangers prior to the rebellion. Focusing mostly on the troops used to suppress Native American hostilities along the frontiers of Texas. Drawn from public documents as well as previously unprinted and unpublished manuscript pages. The piece contains testimony from a variety of soldiers of varying ranks describing their duties as well as giving some detail to the various raids and battles conducted against the Comanche and others. The killing of Comanche Chief Iron Jacket is referenced in one account. Names of some of the soldiers in various companies are also printed. GOOD condition. Remains of binding along the spine. Some toning to the paper. Paper slightly brittle. No publisher unknown
019671No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. Collection of 15 invitations to US State dinners wedding invitations and other similar events. All various sizes and pagination. Some include dinner menus seating information. All from the same private collection from an executive of a very large international insurance firm name of owner and firm withheld for privacy. The previous owner saved these items for an apparent planned scrapbook mounting most on paper with either glue or staples. The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities including financing the Flying Tigers in China as well as work for the OSS using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner their ties to those who did are strong. NB: we are starting the process of cataloguing four boxes of material from this individual both personal and business correspondence. More information on the collection available on request. Included in this lot: invitation to a 1966 dinner in honor of Takeo Fukuda Japanese Minister of Finance; invitation to a 1966 dinner in honor of Ferdinand Marcos President of the Philippines; invitation to a 1966 dinner in honor of Makato Usami Governor of the Bank of Japan; Several items relating to a 1967 state dinner with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany including the invitation from President Johnson; a wedding announcement and invitation to the reception of the marriage of Hope Aldrich daughter of John D. Rockefeller; a several page seating list to a 1966 banquet in honor of Ferdinand Marcos and his wife; a program to the preceding event; an invitation sent by Vice President Humphrey to a 1967 luncheon with the President of Mexico; an invitation and two other items to a luncheon in honor of Nikita Khrushchev in New York in 1959; a 1959 invitation to a dinner marking the presentation of the General William J. Donovan Memorial Award one of the founders of the OSS; an invitation to a special US Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Judge Learned Hand; a pamphlet invitation for a 1956 closed circuit telecast featuring Adlai Stevenson Harry S. Truman John F. Kennedy Eleanor Roosevelt and others. All in GOOD or better condition with some fold creases stapling or gluing some ink notations as to whether the invitations were accepted or declined and other minor wear. Most with binder holes punched along one side. No publisher 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
018780No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. No publishers places or dates. All presumed circa 1972. Pieces range in size from 8 1/2 by 11 inches to legal sized paper. Either single sheets or stapled packets. 21 items plus duplicates relating to the 1972 presidential campaign of George McGovern. This includes statements that relay McGovern's thoughts on the economy education foreign aid arms control unemployment senior citizens voting record on labor flyers for events etc. Also included are printings of speeches given by McGovern one from New Hampshire and one from Massachusetts. Several items gather press material either for the media or what the media has said about McGovern. George McGovern was a long time US politician who ran for president in 1968 and 1972. He gained the democratic nomination in 1972 but lost to Nixon. Items range from good to very good condition. Varying amounts of general toning minor soiling creasing and otherwhere to the pieces. A few with ink annotations. No publisher unknown
1853005100Philadelphia: John Pennington Henry C. Baird Publishers 1853. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Effectively disbound although the rear cover half-leather with marbled boards is present hanging by one thread. 426 pages plus several pages of what appear to be bound-in wraps at the rear spanning the numbers included in this bound volume. Only volume one in six parts was issued this being all six collected into one book. A collection of essays and historical documents including a "Narrative of a Journey made in the year 1737 by Conrad Weiser from Tulpehocken to Onandago" a copy of a journal of the proceedings of Conrad Weiser in his journey to Ohio a letter from Mr. Rembrandt Peale on the first experiment of Fitch and Fulton in steam navigation an account of the march of the Paxton boys to Philadelphia an essay on Native American affairs state of the Native American nations in 1759 notes on the private character of General Washington extracts of letters written by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Captain Loxley's journal of the Campaign to Amboy 1776 the discovery of North America by the Northmen Indian utensils and implements memoranda of a tour through part of North America in 1774 etc. FAIR/GOOD condition LACKING the front board and spine with the rear cover effectively detached. Heavy scuffing along the extremities of the rear cover. Some chipping along the extremities of the exposed first blank endpaper with some offsetting darkening and minor creasing. Text block solid with scattered foxing throughout moderate to heavy on a few pages. Field 1193. Sabin 60142. John Pennington, Henry C. Baird, Publishers unknown
1796133528c.1796-97. Where gain is the object bring into harbour all the loaded merchantmen you can An outstanding and unusually comprehensive archive documenting the British-built armed brig Swallow a Liverpool privateer operating in the Caribbean under the experienced prize-master John McIver. The papers trace in exceptional detail the purchase fitting out commissioning and deployment of a late 18th-century privateering vessel anchored by impressive original Letters of Marque. Privateering was in essence a form of licensed warfare. As the Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea defines it a privateer was "a privately owned vessel armed with guns commissioned by letters of marque which licensed them to take prizes in time of war" 1979 p. 670. This archive shows the process in action. The owners' letters to McIver convey both urgency and anxiety as they navigate the risks of long-distance operations during wartime revealing the network of merchants agents and seamen supporting the Swallow. Early letters make clear that McIver was the driving force: his kinsmen purchased the vessel "solely with the View to make a profitt by a Resale" yet were "well pleased you have taken the Command." The brig was refitted with 10 new iron cannon and furnished with Letters of Marque against French Dutch and later Spanish vessels. In late 1796 the Liverpool partners press McIver to sail immediately for Caribbean waters "in search of Spanish Prizes" while repeatedly stressing the need for constant intelligence. Their concerns deepen over slow remittances from their agent in Jamaica and uncertainty over whether to continue privateering or sell the ship. Built at East Cowes and bought on the stocks by the Royal Navy in 1781 the Swallow was sold in 1795 to a Liverpool consortium including Samuel McDowall the Twemlow family and the McIvers with McIver himself later taking a one-third share. At his urging the vessel was strengthened rearmed and commissioned. Her first Letter of Marque 12 July 1796 authorized cruising against the French and Dutch; a second January 1797 targeted Spanish shipping prompting an increase to 20 guns and a crew of 80. As Gomer Williams notes the Swallow "was not an ordinary privateer but an armed vessel specially hired by Government." McIver enjoyed some success: off Léogâne he sent into Port-au-Prince a large brig and schooner with French property aboard took other vessels and saved the Fame of Liverpool from capture. The letters also record his ancillary government work transporting governors and army officers. By 1797 however the quasi-peace following Leoben and Campo Formio curtailed her privateering activities. The archive also preserves McIver's account of capturing a small American merchantman in 1793 - a case serious enough to draw the attention of Thomas Jefferson and the British envoy George Hammond. The later history of the McIver/MacIver family forms a notable coda: their descendants became central figures in the creation of the Cunard Line partnering with Samuel Cunard and Robert Napier in the 1830s and 1840s to establish what became the British and North American Royal Steam Packet Company. This archive offers a superlative and unusually granular record of British privateering at a moment when European conflict fuelled an upsurge of activity in the Caribbean - a milieu in which as N. A. M. Rodger observes "the letter of marque was often a slender cover for piracy." A full listing with commentary is available on request. Overall in remarkably good condition. N. A. M. Rodgers The Wooden World 1986; Gomer Williams History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade 1897; Rif Winfield British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design Construction Careers and Fates 2007 p. 314. unknown
1869020389Washington: Government Printing Office 1869. Disbound. Good. Disbound government document lacking any wrappers or spine holding it together. 239 pp. all loose but complete. It appears all pages were slightly cropped along the left edge and perhaps the other edges as well. A US government document providing lengthy testimony on the voter suppression disenfranchisement and violence encountered by African Americans in the state of Georgia when trying to vote or serve in office. Governor Rufus Bullock opens the testimony recalling several incidents of violence and intimidation and discusses the expulsion from state congress of 29 African Americans elected to office. Following his testimony Henry McNeal Turner testifies as to his experiences as a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church working in Georgia. Bullock worked to establish equal rights for African Americans in Georgia becoming the "most hated man in the state." He left Georgia in 1871 due to threats made by the Ku Klux Klan. GOOD condition. Disbound with wear as noted above. Presumably ex-library with a faint library name stamped on the page edges. Uneven toning to the pages heavy to several. Government Printing Office unknown
1955021736Boston Athenaeum: 1955. 920 pages with an Introduction by Walter Muir Whitehill. 2 FINE- HARDCOVERS. Blue cloth covers lettering is bright on spines and covers. . Hard Cover. Fine-/No Dust Jackets Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston Athenaeum: Hardcover
39747London: Printed for J. Roberts 1744. First edition 8vo 4 iv 30pp. with half-title short tear on inner blank margin nineteenth century half calf head of spine chipped. Sometimes attributed to C. A. Heath. The variant with the 'Price six-pence' on the half-title. Sabin 15940; Kress 4708; Goldsmith 8071; Hanson 5819. London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1744 unknown
1803021266Boston: Manning and Loring 1803. Hard Cover. Good. Paper covered boards. 222 pp. Volume two only of this history of Massachusetts with a heavy focus on events leading up to and during the French and Indian War. This includes mention of various Native American tribes as well as some description of military battles etc. GOOD condition. Ex library. Exterior label and interior pastedowns/treatments present. Spine completely covered/repaired with black cloth binding tape. Minor fading. Extremities bumped and scuffed. Interior front hinge of volume one also repaired with tape. Minor scattered foxing in the interior. Text block cracked but intact at page 221. Sabin 49321. Manning and Loring 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
007120No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher or place perhaps Montgomery Alabama. 1870. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. 16 pp. A printing of a short letter undersigned by Thomas M. Peters and Alex. White and addressed to William H. Smith then governor of Alabama followed with a lengthy response to the letter by Smith. The first letter questions the governor's efforts in Alabama including that he had 'been indifferent or inert in your efforts to enforce the laws in punishing Ku-Klux outrages murders and assassinations' as well as mentioning that 'Union men dare not speak their sentiments in Alabama.' Smith answers the letter by citing his efforts to adhere to the policies of Reconstruction as well as the struggles to get Alabama citizens and delegates to go along with the US government stipulations. He also contradicts the claims of indifference to Ku-Klux Klan crimes as well as pointing out that he and other Republicans feel safe in Alabama and are under no threat of assassination. The letters are dated July 6 and July 9th of 1870. William H. Smith was the first Republican governor of Alabama and was considered a pro-Union advocate despite being a former owner of enslaved persons. One of the letter writers Thomas M. Peters may have been the pro-Union politician and State Supreme Court judge nominated by the Republican party Alabama Government Archives website. GOOD condition. Minor browning and very light foxing to the piece. A few faint fold creases present. No publisher unknown
020797No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. A blank form commanding the recipient to appear at the next Interior Court of Common Pleas in Essex County Salem Massachusetts with the date 175-. Signature of Joseph Bowditch at the bottom right corner. Bowditch was a merchant and sailor from Salem Massachusetts who served as sheriff justice of the peace and town clerk in Salem. GOOD. Fold creases present. Minor foxing and wrinkling. No publisher unknown
019512New York: Sackett and Wilhelms. Spiral Bound. Good. no date circa 1940. Illustrated wraps spiral bound. Unpaginated perhaps 100-150 pp. Printed on single sides only. A promotional work issued by Sackett and Wilhelms Lithograph Company highlighting the work of commercial and graphic artists and photographers. A few entries with brief biographies. Each artist with one full page sample of work. Index to artists in the rear. GOOD condition. Moderate fading and scuffing to the covers with some soiling and a few small stains. Heavy scuffing and wear along the extremities. Paper toned in the interior with a few pages bearing small tears in the center. Sackett and Wilhelms unknown
022477Cincinnati: VThe Crosley Corporation Publisher. Unbound. Very Good. no date circa 1939. Roughly 3 by 6 inch booklet unfolding into 6 panels. Black and white photos of a Crosley car included as well as a blue colorized one on the front. A brochure issued presumably for the 1939 World's Fair touting the as of yet produced Crosley car. Production for consumers would start in 1939. Crosley known for its manufacturing of radios and car accessories began this venture to offer sub-compact cars to US consumers. Cars and other vehicles were produced from 1939 to 1952 with production suspended during World War II. Crosley included many innovations on its vehicles that were well ahead of the larger auto manufacturers. While initially popular especially during gas rationing sales declined by 1952 because of competition from larger auto makers. Brochure includes descriptions of the vehicles specifications etc. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning and edgewear. VThe Crosley Corporation, Publisher unknown
1898112787Philadelphia: Globe Bible Publishing 1898. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 in to 9 in Tall. Two great boks in one volume. Decorated hardcover no dust jacket. 569 pages. Illustrated. THE HISTORY of the world is largely a history of wars. Whether or not it is true that civilization gets forward upon a powder-cart it is undeniable that the powder-cart keeps well up with the procession. The present work is a record of two wars closely associated together and both making especially direct appeal to the sympathies of the American people. It was in a war that our own freedom and in- dependence were won. We cannot then regard with indifference the much longer and not less heroic struggles of Cuba for the same great bless- ings. They have been conducted almost within sight of our own shores and have materially affected our own interests. They cannot be forgotten while liberty is loved or valor appre- ciated. Neither can the story of them told as it is in this volume in hot blood directly from the field of suffering and strife and triumph be other than fascinating to the student or to the patriot. It had been the lot of this country to wage three great wars before the present. The first was for independence. The second was for sovereign rights in equality with all other nations. The third was for the preservation of the Union. All three were gloriously successful both in the triumph of our arms and in the establishment of the principles for which they were waged. <br/> <br/> Globe Bible Publishing hardcover
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
021204No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. Single sheet of paper roughly 5 ½ by 3 ½ inches. A piece of paper bearing the signature of Daniel Webster at the upper right with the name of George Wadleigh Esquire below. Dover NH written below that. No provenance given with this although it was originally from Dover and George Wadleigh was a somewhat notable name in the 19th century history of the town. We have not independently verified the signature of Daniel Webster but it does match known examples of his signature that we have seen. GOOD condition. Some wrinkling and creasing to the paper with minor toning and soiling. Edges a bit uneven presumably from being cut at some point. No publisher 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
184954750Madrid La Imprenta Nacional 1849. Small 4to. Contemp. hcloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Stamp on title-page. 2468 pp. 1 folded table. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>This edition not in Sabin. Sabin 19679 for other editions. </em> hardcover
181055475Madrid La Imprenta Real 1810. Small 4to. Clothbacked marbled boards. Uncut. VIII455 pp. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First edition. - Sabin 19678. </em> hardcover
184956698Madrid La Imprenta Nacional 1849. Small 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. 4421 pp. 1 folded table. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>This edition not in Sabin. Sabin 19679 for other editions. </em> unknown
1901014341Washington: Government Printing Office 1901. Pamphlet. Poor. Printed wraps. MISSING rear wrapper and ALL pages after page 256. A collection of rulings on laws and other legal decisions relating to Native Americans in the United States and their treatment in the legal sense by the US government. This includes specific claims lawsuits and rulings under territorial and state affairs civil actions and claims etc. giving names of tribes and/or persons mentioned in each case or ruling/law. POOR condition. MISSING rear cover and all pages after 256. Heavy browning to the front cover with tape burns near the spine. Heavy chipping and tattering to the backstrip with some chipping along the fore edge. Some toning in the interior. Government Printing Office unknown
