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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 A collection of essays and historical documents including a "Narrative of a Journey made in the year 1737 by Conrad Weiser from Tulpehocken to Onandago" a copy of a journal of the proceedings of Conrad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
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
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
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
1855003615New York: Leavitt and Allen 1855. Original Wraps. Fair. Lacking the original wraps. Each 16pp long. With hand colored illustrations throughout. OCLC records indicate these should have come with publisher's printed wrappers but none are present. These works may have been bound together at some point. Two short works for children with the stories book discussing Fort Stephenson General John Laurens Major Ringold General Zachary Taylor the death of General Pike General Jackson and General Howard. The book of generals mentions generals William Worth John Cadwalader Charles Lee Arthur St. Clair General Brown William Eaton and General Macomb. Both in FAIR/GOOD condition with moderate browning uneven darkening and a few areas of foxing. Faint dampstain on the lower portion of the title page of the book of stories. A number in pen also atop that page. Minor creasing and soiling throughout the works. A few stray faint pencil lines present. Leavitt and Allen unknown
1880015144New York: Chic Publishing Company 1880. Wraps. Poor. Color illustrated wraps. Folio. 16 pp. including covers. Black and white photos throughout with a color centerfold. An issue of this short lived American humor/satire journal. Mott in his History of American Magazines states "An ambitious New York weekly was Chic 1880-81." Volume III p. 267. Mott attributes most of the illustrations to Charles Kendrick. This number focusing on New Year celebrations and politics skewering apparent alcohol consumption by the President and the White House. With other political and social satire comics and drawings. Front cover depicts an Uncle Sam talking to Father Time and Baby New Year saying "Say Old Man don't waste your time calling. Nothing here but Ice Water." Rear cover with derogatory/racist imagery depicting New Year's celebrations in various parts of the world. POOR condition. Whole piece very fragile with many pages DETACHED from one another although present. Heavy chipping tearing and loss along the extremities. Some soiling minor staining and general toning. VERY WORN as is. Chic Publishing Company unknown
1854biblio2<p>Foxing 13 color plates second binding. Text clean name and number title page. Does not include map.<br /></p><p>inscription and writing front free fly leaf</p><p>Wagner camp 235</p><p>Book is in good condition</p><p>Text Unmarked<br /></p> Lippincott, Grambo hardcover
1972BB1064Chicago: Caxton Club 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New. Tall slim 8vo: 4126pp including full-page reproductions from photographs plus the Bewick wood-block print. Decorated gold-and-tan paper-backed boards black linen spine printed paper label medium-brown laid end papers. Pristine. One of five variant bindings collect them all! deposited in the Newberry Library. Limited to 500 unnumbered copies designed by Greer Allen composed in Monotype Bell letterpress printed at Press of A. Colish Mount Vernon NY; binding by Publishers Book Binding Long Island City NY; text on Curtis Rag of the Curtis Paper Co. of Newark Delaware; paper by the John A. Manning Co. of Troy NY; decorated cover papers by Birgitte Cramer of Copenhagen Denmark; end papers are Miliani Ingres from Fabriano Italy. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Caxton Club hardcover
1860012222Columbus: Follett Foster and Company 1860. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrappers or binding originally issued. 232 pp. A detailed report and account of the 1860 presidential campaign recalling the events leading to the eventual nomination of Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln as well some speculation at the time that Seward would be nominated over Lincoln. Some mention of slavery slave states and their political demands is found throughout. This includes reports from the Charleston Convention the Baltimore National Constitutional Union Convention the Chicago Convention the Constitutional Democratic Convention at Richmond The National Democratic Convention at Baltimore Institute Hall "Seceders" Convention and the Second Richmond Convention. Written by Murat Halstead a 19th century newspaper editor and writer. FAIR/GOOD condition. Lacking any binding or covers. Moderate scattered foxing throughout. Some curling and creasing at the corners. Minor scattered soiling. Sabin 29924. Follett, Foster and Company unknown
1940022267New York: The American Historical Company 1940. Half Leather. Fair. Half morocco leather with blue cloth. 237 pp. Color illustrated plates throughout depicting various family crests. A genealogy and history of members of the Carpenter family including some of the Rehoboth branch. FAIR/GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine label interior pastedowns stamping and markings. Heavy scuffing to the leather along the hinges and extremities. Minor scuffing and fading to the covers. Second and third front endpapers DETACHED and laid in. The American Historical Company unknown
018076New York: Top Rank Publisher. Unbound. Good. no date presumed 1978. Single sheet thin card stock. 8 ½ by 5 ½ inches. A promotional postcard for the boxing match/title fight between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks. The postcard has an illustration of Leon Spinks jabbing butterfly net in hand. Two smaller images of Muhammad Ali fly around Spinks one depicting Ali as a butterfly the other as a bee. The boxing match occurred on February 15 1978 with Spinks having won a gold medal in the 1976 Olympics billed as the underdog. Spinks won a split decision making him the Heavyweight Champion and the only boxer to take the title away from Ali in the ring. GOOD condition. Heavy uneven toning with some creasing and soiling. Mailing machine stamp and handwritten address on the reverse. Top Rank, Publisher unknown
1932021730Calvert TX: Calvert Colored High School Publisher 1932. Wraps. Good. Single sheet folded into four pages 8 ½ by 5 ½ inches. Cover mentions day and location of the commencement May 23rd at the WW.O.W. Temple. Interior lists the names of the senior class students as well as class officers Board of Education members and faculty members. The Calvert Colored High School was built in 1929 with aid from the Rosenwald School Fund. It was originally named Calvert County Training School. This school was a step toward providing real education to Black students in the area as most of the students at that time attended "plantation" schools until they were old enough to work in the fields. The school offered vocational training although apparently focusing on skills that would not conflict with occupations commonly held by white people Texas State Historical Landmark text. The school changed its name to the W.D. Spigner High School in 1961 named after its long time headmaster. GOOD condition. Appears to have been removed from a scrapbook or photobook as there are large areas of black paper adhered to the blank rear page. Horizontal fold crease present. Minor toning wrinkling and creasing. Calvert Colored High School, Publisher unknown
19701714<p>One of the Classic Nineenth Century Accounts Of The American Far West with an indepth insight into frontier society. 8vo White Boards HB with Dec Frontier Design No DJ. Ex-libris copy with usual spine stickers plus endpapers and title page markings. Pages marked but contents tight. Rare volume. 409pp with index ~ 99.50 ~ American Explorers Frontiersmen Sacramento San Francisco Kansas Trappers ~ American History</p> Peregrine Press hardcover
1792021030Dover NH: Printed for and Sold by Eliphalet Ladd 1792. Leather. Poor. Full calf leather at one point at least. Now missing both covers. Viii 484 1 pp. A legal treatise by British legal scholar Richard Burns adapted to laws in the United States especially pertaining to justices of the peace. This includes sections on homocide rape riots prison escapes etc. POOR condition. MISSING both covers. Heavy scuffing flaking and wear to the leather along the spine. Rear blank endpaper almost detached from the text block. All front endpaper up to the title page MISSING. Heavy browning to the text block with minor scattered soiling foxing and spotting. Printed for and Sold by Eliphalet Ladd unknown
1891020605Buffalo NY: George E. Matthews and Co. Publisher 1891. Unbound. Fair. Single sheet thin card stock. 6 3/8 by 4 ¼ inches. Black and white photo on one side with advertising copy on the reverse along with a small illustration of the printing press. A promotional trade card for the newspaper the Buffalo Morning Express asserting it was the "biggest cheapest best." The reverse touts their typesetting machinery and maps that come with subscriptions. Of note is the front side photo depicting three African-American boys sitting on a wall giggling and laughing rendering this somewhat of an anomaly unfortunately of a 19th century trade card where racist stereotypes were more often than not the norm. FAIR condition. Upper left corner torn off on the diagonal. Moderate dampstaining to the whole piece. Some creasing minor soiling and edgewear. George E. Matthews and Co., Publisher unknown
1999biblio650<p>This is a new hardback copy enclosed in original shrink wrap obtained from UNC Press at publication of this stunning Puerto Rican countryside chronicle. Drawing on an impressive range of primary sources Guillermo Baralt portrays the estate's history as a series of overlapping changes: from slavery to salaried labor from primitive processing techniques to the latest in mill technology from Spanish rule to American control and from hard-scrabble country life to life as part of the world marketplace. Richly illustrated and written in a lively narrative style <em>Buena Vista</em> paints a compelling portrait of an era an island a family and an estate bringing a period in Caribbean history to vivid life.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> UNC Press hardcover
1999biblio1005<p>This is a new copy obtained from UNC Press at publication of this stunning Puerto Rican countryside chronicle. Drawing on an impressive range of rimary sources Guillermo Baralt portrays the estate's history as a series of overlapping changes: from .</p><p>primitive processing techniques to the latest in mill technology from Spanish rule to American control and from hard-scrabble country life to life as part of the world marketplace. Richly illustrated and written in a lively narrative style <em>Buena Vista</em> paints a compelling portrait of an era an island a family and an estate bringing a period in Caribbean history to vivid life.</p><p>Photos on request</p> UNC Press hardcover
1916021410Brockton: Published by the School Children of Brockton Massachusetts 1916. Unbound. Very Good. Oblong trifold piece of paper with twelve loose blotters inside. Each measures 6 ¼ by 3 inches. Printed on thick card stock of varying colors. A collection of twelve ink blotters featuring art created by grade school children in Brockton Massachusetts. Each card features two small black and white silhouette style illustrations with the name and grade of the artist. Quite impressive art for children who were in grades 1 through 6. Blotters themselves in VERY GOOD condition with minor toning and edgewear. Wrapper holding them with some toning fading wrinkling creasing and minor soiling. Published by the School Children of Brockton, Massachusetts unknown
2011020458Orono ME: Maine Folklife Center Publisher 2011. Wraps. Near Fine. Glossy blue wraps. CD present in inside rear cover. 327 pp. Short examples of musical notation throughout. A continuation of a work originally published in 1929. It further continues the work of the first providing origins recreations textual patterns and singing styles along with discussion of the importance of the folk songs gathered. NEAR FINE condition. In original shrinkwrap with little visible wear. Maine Folklife Center, Publisher unknown
1920010803No Place: No Publisher 1920. Unbound. Good. No Publisher. Perhaps Tyrone PA: 1920. Black clothbound slipcase containing seven of eight maps called for. MISSING the Johnstown-Somerset Region map. A collection of seven very large fold out maps depicting various bituminous coal producing regions in Pennsylvania with roads and rail lines serving the region also labeled and depicted. Pennsylvania Railroad logo on the map keys so it is presumed these maps may have been issued by the company. No accompanying text. Maps present are: the Pittsburg Region the Indiana-Butler Region the Clearfield Region the Broad Top Mountain Region the Renovo-Cook's Run Region the Snow Shoe-Tangascootac Region and the English Center-Ralston Region. Maps in GOOD to VERY GOOD condition with a few minor tears along the folds minor toning and scattered soiling. Slipcase soiled faded and somewhat worn with heavy fraying to the cloth along the opening edge. No Publisher unknown
1912011492New York: C.S. Hammond and Company 1912. Wraps. Very Good. Mustard yellow card stock covers 7 ½ by 3 ½ inches. Fold out color illustrated map measuring 23 ½ by 18 inches. Single sided. A bird's eye view map of the New York region of Long Island Sound and the East and North Rivers. VERY GOOD condition. Minor wrinkling and toning to the covers with some wrinkling and browning to the map. C.S. Hammond and Company unknown
1792020796No Place: No publisher 1792. Unbound. Very Good. Includes wool cards linen cloth paper etc. Captain James Libbey led a company of men from New Hampshire in Colonel Evans' Regiment in 1777 during the Revolutionary War where they marched and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga. VERY GOOD. Minor toning and foxing with a few wrinkles. No publisher unknown
1849006627No Place: No publisher 1849. Pamphlet. Good. Full titles: In the Senate of the United States. January 9 1849. Submitted read and Ordered to be Printed. Mr. Berrien made the following Report. 30th Congress 2d Session. Rep. Com. No. 256. Senate. With: In the Senate of the United States. January 15 1849. Submitted read and Ordered to be Printed. Mr. Downs made the following Report. 30th Congress 2d Session. Rep. Com. No. 256. Part II. Senate. No publisher or place. Presumed Washington DC: 1849. Two pamphlets. 6 pp with a blank rear endpaper; 10 pp with a blank rear endpaper. Both disbound from larger works with a single thread binding part II. Side folded. Two US government pamphlets regarding California and its potential admission to the Union as well as the minority report part II against the admission of California as a state. The first part proposes to make territory acquired with the treaty of peace with Mexico one state California although outlining potential land disputes with the state of Texas and its claims. Part II continues reports and debates on the recent land acquisitions alluding to potential problems but also containing the bill at the end that proposes to make California a state. It also describes in brief the vast dimensions of the proposed state. Much of this report derives from the then recent conclusion of the U.S.-Mexican War 1846-1848 and the territory gained at the end of the War. California officially gained statehood in September of 1850. Both in GOOD condition. Paper splitting along the spines in danger of becoming separated. General browning to the paper. Fore edges a bit rough with minor chipping. Minor wrinkling. A few pages unopened. No publisher unknown
