1925ref. 1405855New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xviii 446 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's quarter tan cloth and navy blue paper boards with blue lettering to spine. General shelf wear with moderate to heavy rubbing along extremities. Some sunning and scratching to boards. Fading to red dye on top edge of textblock. With pink pictorial endpapers. Previous bookseller's sticker adhered to rear pastedown. Mild tearing to fore edges of pages xv-xviii. Light age toning with minor penciling scattered throughout. Shelved in Case 1. "The New Negro: An Interpretation" is an anthology of fiction poetry and essays on African-American and African art and literature. The title lent itself to The New Negro Movement a contemporary name for what is now commonly known as the Harlem Renaissance. Editor Alain LeRoy Locke was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance and a professor at HBCU Howard University in Washington DC. 1405855. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Albert and Charles Boni hardcover books
1925ref. 1419214New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1925. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xviii 446 pages. In Good plus condition. Quater-bound in publisher's tan cloth and navy blue paper boards with blue lettering to spine. General shelf wear scratching and scuffing to boards. Light suntoning to top edges of front and back boards. Light staining near top edge of back board. Slight straying to front and rear hinges of spine. Bumping to head and tail of spine and corners of boards. Chipping and edge wear to edges of boards. Lightly cocked spine with discoloration. Sunken textblock. Age toning to all textblock edges. Mild staining and age toning throughout. Shelved in Case 3. "The New Negro: An Interpretation" is an anthology of fiction poetry and essays on African-American and African art and literature. The title lent itself to The New Negro Movement a contemporary name for what is now commonly known as the Harlem Renaissance. Editor Alain LeRoy Locke was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance and a professor at HBCU Howard University in Washington DC. Robert and Ann Doyle met Langston Hughes when Robert was at the Chicago Tribune's radio station WGN and he hosted Hughes for a broadcast hour. Robert Doyle served as the Time Shanghai bureau chief in 1948. One of the last evacuees from Nanking he then established a bureau office in Hong Kong. He was killed in Java in April of 1950 and Hughes' was the first cable to arrive in Hong Kong for Ann. "Two Americans Are Found Slain On Jeep Journey in Central Java; One Victim Is R.J. Doyle of Time Magazine The Other Is Believed to Be Professor Raymond Kennedy of Yale" THE NEW YORK TIMES April 29 1950 Page 3. 1419214. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Albert and Charles Boni hardcover
1925ref. 1405855New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo xviii 446 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's quarter tan cloth and navy blue paper boards with blue lettering to spine. General shelf wear with moderate to heavy rubbing along extremities. Some sunning and scratching to boards. Fading to red dye on top edge of textblock. With pink pictorial endpapers. Previous bookseller's sticker adhered to rear pastedown. Mild tearing to fore edges of pages xv-xviii. Light age toning with minor penciling scattered throughout. Shelved in Case 1. "The New Negro: An Interpretation" is an anthology of fiction poetry and essays on African-American and African art and literature. The title lent itself to The New Negro Movement a contemporary name for what is now commonly known as the Harlem Renaissance. Editor Alain LeRoy Locke was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance and a professor at HBCU Howard University in Washington DC. 1405855. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Albert and Charles Boni hardcover
1707ref. 007735London: Printed by J.H. for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row 1707. This volume is compose of five parts each with its own title page and pagination the whole is proceeded by two volume title pages both dated 1707 and a preface. i-ii iii-xviv Galatians 1706 second edition title page2 publisher's message to the reader and publisher's adverts2pages 43 pages. I Corinthians 1706 advertisment2 title page1-2107 pages 208blank. II Corinthians 1706 : title page123-58 2adverts. Romans 1707 : title page1-23-142 pages. 2adverts. Ephesians 1707 : title page1-23-60 pages. 8 X 9.7 inches. Bound in contemporary full calf with tooled ruled borders and decorations title label to spine with only fragments remaining. externally very rubbed with wear to corners spine ends and edges cracking along outer and inner hinges both boards attached. Inside all complete as described here Initial "P" in ink on corner of front free endpaper and a name and date 1734 at the top of the title page. Browning and offsetting to endpapers Some browning and foxing to the pages of the preface and a water stain on the margin of several pages of the preface. Therafter all quite clean throughout with no further foxing or marking. No annotations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Printed by J.H. for Awnsham and John Churchill, at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row Hardcover
1925ref. 140947068New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing of this Harlem Renaissance cornerstone. Bound in publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over buckram spine cloth lettered in blue. Very Good with rubbing through to edges with heavier wear to corners and spine ends covers worn. Contents tanned with several leaves roughly opened. The leading African American poets and writers of the early 20th century are featured in this important anthology which came to define the Harlem Renaissance movement: Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston James Weldon Johnson Countee Cullen Claude McKay Jean Toomer Georgia Douglas Johnson Jessie Fauset and more. Albert and Charles Boni unknown books
1925ref. 140947068New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing of this Harlem Renaissance cornerstone. Bound in publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over buckram spine cloth lettered in blue. Very Good with rubbing through to edges with heavier wear to corners and spine ends covers worn. Contents tanned with several leaves roughly opened. The leading African American poets and writers of the early 20th century are featured in this important anthology which came to define the Harlem Renaissance movement: Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston James Weldon Johnson Countee Cullen Claude McKay Jean Toomer Georgia Douglas Johnson Jessie Fauset and more. Albert and Charles Boni unknown
1691ref. 66937Amsterdam: Chez Abraham Wolfgang 1691. A Founding Document of Democracy The First of John Locke's Works to be Translated from His Native English LOCKE John. Du gouvernement civil ou l'on traitte de l'origine des fondemens de la nature du pouvoir et des fins des societe politiques. Traduit de l'Anglois. Amsterdam: Chez Abraham Wolfgang 1691. First edition in French of Locke's groundbeaking work and the first of his works to be translated from his native English. Twelvemo 5 7/16 x 3 inches; 138 x 75 mm. 12 321 1 blank pp. Title page with printer's woodcut device. Short marginal tears to M7 & 8 repaired and with no loss. Contemporary light salmon paper over boards rebacked at a very early date in similar paper manuscript spine lettering red speckled edges. Small number of upper blank of title and front endpaper. Housed in a quarter morocco clamshell case. Overall an excellent copy; very clean and in a contemporary binding. Originally published in 1690 as 'Two Treatises of Government'. "Locke's anonymous text is here an anonymous translation traditionally attributed to David Mazel. 'One of the Huguenot pastors living in Holland' of the second treatise in its 1R version with the first chapter omitted" Yolton. "The second treatise contains a plain statement of the principles of democracy. In an age and country in which the practice of democracy had just been triumphantly vindicated Locke's theories although anticipated to some degree by the 'Whig' tradition of political thought-Aristotle Aquinas Hooker Grotius-had all the freshness of novelty. Like Hooker Locke presupposes an original and necessary law of reason and bases the constitution of society on it rather than on the de facto existence of a government based on the actual submission of the governed to the rulers. This consent is thus a prior condition of the 'social contract' not a result of it so that the civil rulers hold their power not absolutely but conditionally; government being essentially a moral trust which lapses if the trustees fail to maintain their side of the contract. Locke was to reinforce these liberal opinions by his Letters on Tolerance and they combine with the Treatises on Government to provide a classic example of the empirical approach to the social and political economy which has remained ever since the basis of the principles of democracy" PMM. Its influence on the development of French and American political though cannot be overstated. Graesse IV 243. Printing and the Mind of Man 163. Yolton Locke 46. No copies of this edition have come up at auction in the last thirty years and OCLC only located twelve copies. HBS 66937. $6000. Chez Abraham Wolfgang unknown books
1691ref. 66937Amsterdam: Chez Abraham Wolfgang 1691. A Founding Document of Democracy The First of John Locke's Works to be Translated from His Native English LOCKE John. Du gouvernement civil ou l'on traitte de l'origine des fondemens de la nature du pouvoir et des fins des societe politiques. Traduit de l'Anglois. Amsterdam: Chez Abraham Wolfgang 1691. First edition in French of Locke's groundbeaking work and the first of his works to be translated from his native English. Twelvemo 5 7/16 x 3 inches; 138 x 75 mm. 12 321 1 blank pp. Title page with printer's woodcut device. Short marginal tears to M7 & 8 repaired and with no loss. Contemporary light salmon paper over boards rebacked at a very early date in similar paper manuscript spine lettering red speckled edges. Small number of upper blank of title and front endpaper. Housed in a quarter morocco clamshell case. Overall an excellent copy; very clean and in a contemporary binding. Originally published in 1690 as 'Two Treatises of Government'. "Locke's anonymous text is here an anonymous translation traditionally attributed to David Mazel. 'One of the Huguenot pastors living in Holland' of the second treatise in its 1R version with the first chapter omitted" Yolton. "The second treatise contains a plain statement of the principles of democracy. In an age and country in which the practice of democracy had just been triumphantly vindicated Locke's theories although anticipated to some degree by the 'Whig' tradition of political thought-Aristotle Aquinas Hooker Grotius-had all the freshness of novelty. Like Hooker Locke presupposes an original and necessary law of reason and bases the constitution of society on it rather than on the de facto existence of a government based on the actual submission of the governed to the rulers. This consent is thus a prior condition of the 'social contract' not a result of it so that the civil rulers hold their power not absolutely but conditionally; government being essentially a moral trust which lapses if the trustees fail to maintain their side of the contract. Locke was to reinforce these liberal opinions by his Letters on Tolerance and they combine with the Treatises on Government to provide a classic example of the empirical approach to the social and political economy which has remained ever since the basis of the principles of democracy" PMM. Its influence on the development of French and American political though cannot be overstated. Graesse IV 243. Printing and the Mind of Man 163. Yolton Locke 46. No copies of this edition have come up at auction in the last thirty years and OCLC only located twelve copies. HBS 66937. $6000. Chez Abraham Wolfgang unknown
1808ref. 56263Woodbridge VA ca. 1808-1809. Manuscript Portion of Weems's Biography of Francis Marion A working manuscript draft in the hand of Mason Locke Weems of a section from Chapter XIV of The Life of Gen. Francis Marion. pp.120-22 in the accompanying copy. The section is titled "A Conversation Between General Marion & a Whig Boy" and describes a scene just after Marion and his men have taken a brief rest in Waccamaw. A boy has been sent by his father to warn Marion that Tory forces are gathering up the Little Pedee Pee Dee River. Marion is calm and sanguine in his reply to the news "Very well my son I thank you and your daddy too for letting me know it. I believe I must try to meet the tories there." The boy is almost incredulous at Marion's cool demeanor: "O la sir general try to meet em indeed! yes to be sure! dear me sirs hearts alive that you must sir general! for daddy says as how he is quite sartin if you'll be there tomorrow night you may make a proper smash amoung the tories." The boy goes on to explain that the Tories have heard of Marion and that they're coming after him with "a tarnal nation sight of pistols! and bagonets! and swords! and saddles! and bridles and the dear knows what else besides!" As he goes on the boy grows a bit unsure of Marion: "But to be sure sir general you look like a mighty small man to fight them great big tories there on Pedee. But daddy says as how the heart is all and he says too that though you are a little man you have a monstrous great heart!" The manuscript text is almost identical to the final printed version except for a few minor word changes and some additional punctuation. The manuscript is accompanied by a 1841 copy of the biography published in Philadelphia by Joseph Allen. General Francis Marion nicknamed "The Swamp Fox" was one of the leading American commanders in the Revolution in the South. His brilliant operations in the Carolinas kept thousands of British troops tied down and contributed immensely to ultimate American victory. Plain and unassuming he was widely beloved by his contemporaries and after his death this book began the process of his ascent to legend. Peter Horry his second-in-command for part of the war supplied many of the facts although he was allegedly disgusted by Weems' flowery passages and disclaimed any connection with the book. What he disliked others embraced and the book went through many editions. Surviving manuscripts - even a portion thereof - of American books from the early nineteenth century are quite uncommon. This manuscript is especially notable for being in the hand of Mason Locke Weems examples of whose letters and writings are exceedingly uncommon in the market. Weems not only enhanced the reputation of Francis Marion but famously did the same for the legend of George Washington through his popularization of the "Cherry Tree" story and its central role in shaping Washington's character at a young age. Manuscript: Old folds. Right edge of recto unevenly torn affecting a few letters of text. A few spots of spilled ink some damage to lower margin due to ink burn affecting two letters of text. Book: Contemporary calf spine ruled in gilt brown morocco gilt label. Boards lightly rubbed corners bumped joints starting to split textblock split but holding. Light tanning and foxing throughout. About very good overall. hardcover books
1808ref. 56263Woodbridge VA ca. 1808-1809. Manuscript Portion of Weems's Biography of Francis Marion A working manuscript draft in the hand of Mason Locke Weems of a section from Chapter XIV of The Life of Gen. Francis Marion. pp.120-22 in the accompanying copy. The section is titled "A Conversation Between General Marion & a Whig Boy" and describes a scene just after Marion and his men have taken a brief rest in Waccamaw. A boy has been sent by his father to warn Marion that Tory forces are gathering up the Little Pedee Pee Dee River. Marion is calm and sanguine in his reply to the news "Very well my son I thank you and your daddy too for letting me know it. I believe I must try to meet the tories there." The boy is almost incredulous at Marion's cool demeanor: "O la sir general try to meet em indeed! yes to be sure! dear me sirs hearts alive that you must sir general! for daddy says as how he is quite sartin if you'll be there tomorrow night you may make a proper smash amoung the tories." The boy goes on to explain that the Tories have heard of Marion and that they're coming after him with "a tarnal nation sight of pistols! and bagonets! and swords! and saddles! and bridles and the dear knows what else besides!" As he goes on the boy grows a bit unsure of Marion: "But to be sure sir general you look like a mighty small man to fight them great big tories there on Pedee. But daddy says as how the heart is all and he says too that though you are a little man you have a monstrous great heart!" The manuscript text is almost identical to the final printed version except for a few minor word changes and some additional punctuation. The manuscript is accompanied by a 1841 copy of the biography published in Philadelphia by Joseph Allen. General Francis Marion nicknamed "The Swamp Fox" was one of the leading American commanders in the Revolution in the South. His brilliant operations in the Carolinas kept thousands of British troops tied down and contributed immensely to ultimate American victory. Plain and unassuming he was widely beloved by his contemporaries and after his death this book began the process of his ascent to legend. Peter Horry his second-in-command for part of the war supplied many of the facts although he was allegedly disgusted by Weems' flowery passages and disclaimed any connection with the book. What he disliked others embraced and the book went through many editions. Surviving manuscripts - even a portion thereof - of American books from the early nineteenth century are quite uncommon. This manuscript is especially notable for being in the hand of Mason Locke Weems examples of whose letters and writings are exceedingly uncommon in the market. Weems not only enhanced the reputation of Francis Marion but famously did the same for the legend of George Washington through his popularization of the "Cherry Tree" story and its central role in shaping Washington's character at a young age. Manuscript: Old folds. Right edge of recto unevenly torn affecting a few letters of text. A few spots of spilled ink some damage to lower margin due to ink burn affecting two letters of text. Book: Contemporary calf spine ruled in gilt brown morocco gilt label. Boards lightly rubbed corners bumped joints starting to split textblock split but holding. Light tanning and foxing throughout. About very good overall. hardcover
1799ref. 068560London: Printed for Alexander Donaldson 1799. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. respectively. FIRST EDITION 1779. TWO VOLUME COMPLETE SET. The First History of South Carolina. Howes H452. Printed for Alexander Donaldson London 1779. Matching hardcover set. Rebound in black cloth covers are plain. Spines bear orange leather labels stamped in gilt along with the volume numbers. Top edges gilt. Endpapers are gray. Leaves are printed on laid paper. Includes "The first set of the fundamental constitutions of South Carolina / as compiled by Mr. John Locke"/ pages 321-347. Vol. I: xiv 347 pp; Vol II: ix 309 pp. On a shelf this set spans 2.5 inches. ABOUT THIS SET: The "earliest history of the region" Howes H452. "Justin Winsor calls this work the 'earliest account of South Carolina cast in a sustained retrospective spirit'. Hewatt an Englishman who at one time lived at Charleston was a keen collector of historical documents". Streeter II 1133. "In Volume I Hewatt gives a sympathetic and balanced account of Indian life and customs based in part on his own observations. He describes the climate soil natural resources fauna snakes and insects; how to make turpentine tar and pitch; and how to cultivate silk cotton and especially rice. In Volume II he describes and criticizes slavery in the colonies and the treatment of slaves; he maintains that slaves should be given some instruction in morals and religion. He discusses diseases in Carolina and describes the cultivation of indigo in some detail. His factual account of the 'present state and condition of the colony' probably refers to the latter 1760s or early 1770s; he quotes some statistics of 1776." Clark I 225. De Renne 217. Turnbull I 223. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alexander Hewatt came to Charleston in 1763 as minister of the Scots First Presbyterian Church there. Fascinated with the history of South Carolina he soon became a keen collector of historical documents. When the British fleet arrived at Charleston in 1776 Hewatt and other ministers were required to renounce their loyalty to the king. When he refused Hewatt was given sixty days to leave the colony. He sailed for Great Britain where he devoted the next two years to completing his history. In 1780 he was awarded the Doctor of Divinity form the University of Edinburgh an indication of the esteem in which he and his work were held. "Hewatt's account reflects the influence of William Robertson and the Scottish school of historiography. less concerned with a strict chronology of events Hewatt instead focused on the interrelatedness of those events and their various causes and effects. His goal in doing so was to provide moral political and practical instruction to the colonists and to those in England" both of whom he hoped would see the importance of continuing South Carolina's close ties to the Crown" ANB. The work includes detailed descriptions of the climate topography and fauna of South Carolina as well as discussions of slavery there. He warned that the mistreatment of slaves was likely to "fire them with desires of liberty and vengeance." Chapter 5 in the first volume includes a full account of the Yamasee War while chapter 10 is devoted to the war with the Cherokee. CONDITION: This set is overall VG with general shelf wear. Removal of bookplate on the front pastedown on both volumes and clipped rectangular front endpaper removed in both volumes. Leaves are in remarkable condition with extremely minimal foxing. Completely free from marginalia or annotation. Bindings are tight. An incredible set. Additional photographs available upon request. This set will be delivered with "adult signature required". Full refund if not satisfied. Printed for Alexander Donaldson hardcover
1925ref. 140945556New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Bound in publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over buckram spine cloth lettered in blue. Very Good with with rubbing to boards especially at edges two indentations to rear cover at spine and a light crease the rear board at the top corner. Former owner bookplate to front free endpaper. Pages tanned with occasional soiling several preliminary hinges slightly over-opened. The leading African American poets and writers of the early 20th century are featured in this important anthology which came to define the Harlem Renaissance movement: Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston James Weldon Johnson Countee Cullen Claude McKay Jean Toomer Georgia Douglas Johnson Jessie Fauset and more. Albert and Charles Boni unknown books
1728ref. 7141London: A. Bettesworth; J. Pemberton; E. Symon 1728. Fifth Edition. Fifth Edition - as stated on the title page. Rare 1700s imprint of Locke's landmark work on government. Originally published in 1689. Measuring approximately 8" x 5" with 308 numbered pages. The book is in good condition. Moderate to heavy wear and staining to the original full leather boards. Spine leather has partially perished. Hinges are cracked but the binding is holding strong. Small half-inch chip missing from the bottom of the front endpaper. Top corner of title page has been clipped. Minor scattered soiling and some dog-eared corners found within the textblock Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # P7-2. A. Bettesworth; J. Pemberton; E. Symon unknown
1925ref. 140945556New York: Albert and Charles Boni 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Bound in publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over buckram spine cloth lettered in blue. Very Good with with rubbing to boards especially at edges two indentations to rear cover at spine and a light crease the rear board at the top corner. Former owner bookplate to front free endpaper. Pages tanned with occasional soiling several preliminary hinges slightly over-opened. The leading African American poets and writers of the early 20th century are featured in this important anthology which came to define the Harlem Renaissance movement: Langston Hughes Zora Neale Hurston James Weldon Johnson Countee Cullen Claude McKay Jean Toomer Georgia Douglas Johnson Jessie Fauset and more. Albert and Charles Boni unknown
1935ref. 607237New York: Allen 1935. Unbound. Fine. Gelatin silver portrait photograph. Measures approximately 5" x 8" mounted in a contemporary mat. Photographer's name embossed in blind in lower margin. Unexamined out of the mat faint toning on mat the photograph appears fine. The seated Locke pictured in a suit holding a book or portfolio. Neatly Inscribed by Locke in the bottom margin to a noted collector and denizen of the Harlem Renaissance: "For Glenn Carrington from his friend Alain Locke. 1935." Locke was the college mentor of the Virginia-born Carrington a gay African-American man who was a noted collector of books particularly by African-Americans and a valued associate of the Harlem Renaissance group that included Langston Hughes Countee Cullen Bruce Nugent Claude McKay and the other gay and bi-sexual black authors who revolved around Locke. Allen unknown books
1696ref. 66981London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill 1696. Several Papers Relating to Money Interest and Trade &c. Writ upon several Occasions and Published at different Times. London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill 1696. First collected edition of Locke's important writings on the fundamentals of economics. Small octavo 6 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches; 159 x 95 mm. 4 4 192; 24; 16 111 1 advertisement 1 eratta 1 blank pp. With general title-page and separate title-pages for Some Considerations and Further Considerations. Contemporary full speckled calf rebacked to style. Boards stamped in blind. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Boards a bit chipped and bumped. Overall a very good copy. Comprised of: The Second edition Corrected of: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament 1691. London: for Awnsham and John Churchill 1696. and Short Observations on a Printed Paper Intituled For encouraging the Coining Silver Money in England and after for keeping it here. 1695 and Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money. Wherein Mr. Lowndes's Arguments for it in his late Report concerning An Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins are particularly Examined. London: Printed for A. and J. Churchil 1695. ESTC lists two variants: one has "By John Locke Esq;" on the title-page 'Further Considerations' dated 1695 and 111 pages. The other issue has "By Mr. John Locke" on the title-page "Further Considerations" dated 1696 and 112 pages. This copy is a combination of the two with 'Further Considerations' dated 1695 and "By Mr. John Locke" on the title-page. "'The Great Recoinage' controversy of the 1690s was the impetus for Locke's writings on mercantile and monetary theory. In the 1660s Sir Josiah Child had argued that the legal rate of interest should be lowered. It was still a topic for political discussion in the early 1690s: Child was still pressing the argument and was supported by London merchants. Locke however defended a legal rate of interest but refused to fix it below the current rates. This was the occasion for his publishing Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money in 1692. When William Lowndes Secretary of the Treasury proposed in 1695 to raise the nominal value of coins Locke slightly revised Some Considerations and also published two further pamphlets Short Considerations and Further Considerations. At that time gold and silver coins had a value equivalent to their metal content representing nothing but their silver or gold quantity. Locke rejected devaluation basing his argument on this 'commodity theory' of money. He considered 'raising of the denomination or the increase of alloy' to be debasement and fraud" Yolton. "Locke's second major essay Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money 1695 while it reiterated many of his earlier arguments was mostly concerned with the issue of recoinage. Locke took issue with a proposal to devalue the official coinage by 20 per cent and argued strongly for recoining at the old standard the currently circulating coins debased by clipping and normal wear and tear. Money Locke argued was equivalent to gold and silver. People contracted for gold and silver and a government stamp was simply an assurance of the specie content of official coins. Hence a devaluation would only confuse trade and cause an increase in prices denominated in terms of pounds and shillings" The New Palgrave. Einaudi. Goldsmiths'. Kress. HBS 66981. $9500. Printed for A. and J. Churchill unknown books
1935ref. 607237New York: Allen 1935. Unbound. Fine. Gelatin silver portrait photograph. Measures approximately 5" x 8" mounted in a contemporary mat. Photographer's name embossed in blind in lower margin. Unexamined out of the mat faint toning on mat the photograph appears fine. The seated Locke pictured in a suit holding a book or portfolio. Neatly Inscribed by Locke in the bottom margin to a noted collector and denizen of the Harlem Renaissance: "For Glenn Carrington from his friend Alain Locke. 1935." Locke was the college mentor of the Virginia-born Carrington a gay African-American man who was a noted collector of books particularly by African-Americans and a valued associate of the Harlem Renaissance group that included Langston Hughes Countee Cullen Bruce Nugent Claude McKay and the other gay and bi-sexual black authors who revolved around Locke. Allen unknown
1696ref. 66981London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill 1696. Several Papers Relating to Money Interest and Trade &c. Writ upon several Occasions and Published at different Times. London: Printed for A. and J. Churchill 1696. First collected edition of Locke's important writings on the fundamentals of economics. Small octavo 6 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches; 159 x 95 mm. 4 4 192; 24; 16 111 1 advertisement 1 eratta 1 blank pp. With general title-page and separate title-pages for Some Considerations and Further Considerations. Contemporary full speckled calf rebacked to style. Boards stamped in blind. Red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Boards a bit chipped and bumped. Overall a very good copy. Comprised of: The Second edition Corrected of: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament 1691. London: for Awnsham and John Churchill 1696. and Short Observations on a Printed Paper Intituled For encouraging the Coining Silver Money in England and after for keeping it here. 1695 and Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money. Wherein Mr. Lowndes's Arguments for it in his late Report concerning An Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins are particularly Examined. London: Printed for A. and J. Churchil 1695. ESTC lists two variants: one has "By John Locke Esq;" on the title-page 'Further Considerations' dated 1695 and 111 pages. The other issue has "By Mr. John Locke" on the title-page "Further Considerations" dated 1696 and 112 pages. This copy is a combination of the two with 'Further Considerations' dated 1695 and "By Mr. John Locke" on the title-page. "'The Great Recoinage' controversy of the 1690s was the impetus for Locke's writings on mercantile and monetary theory. In the 1660s Sir Josiah Child had argued that the legal rate of interest should be lowered. It was still a topic for political discussion in the early 1690s: Child was still pressing the argument and was supported by London merchants. Locke however defended a legal rate of interest but refused to fix it below the current rates. This was the occasion for his publishing Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money in 1692. When William Lowndes Secretary of the Treasury proposed in 1695 to raise the nominal value of coins Locke slightly revised Some Considerations and also published two further pamphlets Short Considerations and Further Considerations. At that time gold and silver coins had a value equivalent to their metal content representing nothing but their silver or gold quantity. Locke rejected devaluation basing his argument on this 'commodity theory' of money. He considered 'raising of the denomination or the increase of alloy' to be debasement and fraud" Yolton. "Locke's second major essay Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money 1695 while it reiterated many of his earlier arguments was mostly concerned with the issue of recoinage. Locke took issue with a proposal to devalue the official coinage by 20 per cent and argued strongly for recoining at the old standard the currently circulating coins debased by clipping and normal wear and tear. Money Locke argued was equivalent to gold and silver. People contracted for gold and silver and a government stamp was simply an assurance of the specie content of official coins. Hence a devaluation would only confuse trade and cause an increase in prices denominated in terms of pounds and shillings" The New Palgrave. Einaudi. Goldsmiths'. Kress. HBS 66981. $9500. Printed for A. and J. Churchill unknown
1925ref. 202261New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1925. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good bound in publisher's original blue paper-covered boards over buckram spine cloth lettered in blue. Rubbing along panel edges. Book decoration and illustrations by Winold Reiss. Albert & Charles Boni hardcover
1714ref. Bv1205FIRST EDITION of Locke's collected works including his canonical Essay Concerning Human Understanding. This First printing further includes works by Locke acknowledged only in his will and the earliest to put his name to: Two Treatises on Government as well as the letters on Toleration and The Reasonableness of Christianity. "Locke was the first to take up the challenge of Bacon and to attempt to estimate critically the certainty and the adequacy of human knowledge when confronted with God and the universe" PMM 164. A landmark in Enlightenment thought encapsulated in "the first modern attempt" to analyze human knowledge PMM 193 194 Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding: "To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world and the seed-plot of all other virtues." The influence Locke exerted upon Jefferson and other Founding Fathers cannot be overestimated. Indeed some of Jefferson's contemporaries claimed that he borrowed central ideas in the Declaration of Independence directly from the writings of John Locke. Doubtless the political philosophy Locke bequeathed to America's Founding Fathers gave rise to the spread of freedom across the civilized world and the birth of the freest country in history the United States of America. London: for John Churchill and Sam. Manshhip 1714. Folio contemporary full calf rebacked in period style by Bernard Middleton. Complete with and exquisite copper-engraved frontispiece portrait by George Vertue in Volume I and full-page memorial plate engraved plate of Locke's funeral monument. General light wear to bindings; text extremely clean with large margins. A very handsome set. Book #Bv1205. $10000. We specialize in rare Ayn Rand and other legends and landmarks. John Churchill and Sam Manship hardcover
1714ref. 9032182London: John Churchill/Sam. Manship 1714. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of the Collected Works. "Printed for John Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row and Sam. Manship at the Ship in Cornhil." Beautifully rebacked to style with original calf covers spines stamped in gilt. Engraved frontispieces in volumes I and II. Text blocks are near fine clean and bright with sharp edges. Calf covers are rich and glossy. Some wear to extremities through cloth at some points of outer edges on all volumes. 7 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches. Images available upon request. John Churchill/Sam. Manship hardcover books
1714ref. 9032182London: John Churchill/Sam. Manship 1714. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition of the Collected Works. "Printed for John Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater-noster-Row and Sam. Manship at the Ship in Cornhil." Beautifully rebacked to style with original calf covers spines stamped in gilt. Engraved frontispieces in volumes I and II. Text blocks are near fine clean and bright with sharp edges. Calf covers are rich and glossy. Some wear to extremities through cloth at some points of outer edges on all volumes. 7 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches. Images available upon request. John Churchill/Sam. Manship hardcover
1693ref. POCme[LO61London: Printed for A. and J.Churchill 1693. 1693. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l. 262 2. contemporary mottled calf front joint cracked short split in upper rear joint spine ends bit chipped lacking front flyleaf discolouration to outer margin in some gatherings outer margin of last few leaves with slight fraying. a few old manuscript marginal notes. First Edition First Issue with with slightly skewed woodcut ornament on title catchword I my on A2v and misprint Patronnge on A3v Yolton reversing priority given in Wing. Lockes treatise grew out of a correspondence dating from 1684 between himself and his friend Edward Clarke whom he was advising on the education of his son. Locke was in Holland at the time. "His thought was marked by a ready understanding of and sympathy with children. Three main thoughts dominate the work. First the individual aptitudes capacities and idiosyncrasies of the child should govern learning not arbitrary curricular or rote learning taught by the rod. Second Locke placed the health of the body and the development of a sound character ahead of intellectual learning. In the third place he saw that play high spirits and the "gamesome humor" natural to children should govern the business of learning wherever possible. Compulsory learning is irksome; where there is play in learning there is also joy in it. Throughout he placed emphasis on good example practice and use rather than on precepts rules and punishment. The work was an implicit criticism of his own education at Westminster and Oxford which he found unpleasant and largely useless." James Gordon Clapp Encyc. of Philosophy p. 500 Wing 2762A. Yolton 165. Christophersen p. 57. Pforzheimer 612. 1st Edition. London: Printed for A. and J.Churchill, 1693. unknown
1696ref. 166327London: A. and J. Churchill 1696. Locke's gospel of sound money First edition thus. Several Papers comprises an issue under a collective title page of the second editions of three of John Locke's economic tracts all relating to the recoinage controversy of the 1690s in which the government attempted to replace the country's clipped worn and widely forged coinage with a new devalued currency. Though Locke was writing in response to a specific crisis his works had a lasting impact on monetary theory. He soon gained and retained well into the 19th century the reputation as a defender of an honest commercial society free from currency manipulation by governments. "Locke's writings on money and his arguments against devaluation have almost been regarded as gospels for 'sound money' men" Ming-Hsun Li pp. 104. The tracts included are Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money first edition 1692 Short Observations. on Coining Silver Money first edition 1695 and Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money first edition 1695. The book is bibliographically complicated composed from existing sheets of the three works with a collective title page in two states. This copy has Yolton's second issue of the collective title page cancelled to read "By Mr. John Locke" rather than the original "By John Locke Esq;". The third work can be present in sheets of either its second or third edition here the second edition and retaining the distinguishing errata slip. Octavo 162 x 94 mm. Recent quarter calf marbled sides vellum tips. Housed in custom black cloth solander box. Contemporary ownership signature of one "Walter John Stone" to title page. Light browning and a few stains. A very good copy. ESTC R19558; Goldsmiths' 3315; Kress 1980; Wing L2757; Yolton 163B. Ming-Hsun Li The Great Recoinage of 1696-9 1963. hardcover
2004ref. 91671Thoemmes Continuum. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 3168 pages. EIGHT 8 VOLUME SET. Description: "John Locke 1632-1704 the father of British empiricism is also famous for his writings on politics education and religion. During his lifetime he had a great influence on the major thinkers in Britain and mainland Europe. In Germany his works on tolerance and on the limits of human knowledge were especially important. They supplied central arguments against the prevailing scholasticism of German school metaphysics. Since most German authors of the 18th century lacked a good command of the English language there was a great need for translations. Through these translations Wolff Endelssohn and the Neologians around Reimarus and Lessing were just as much influenced by Locke as by Immanuel Kant. Indeed the German Enlightenment is not intelligible without taking note of the early translations of Locke reprinted here. This eight-volume collection contains the most significant and widely disseminated 18th-century German translations of Locke's main works: his 'Epistola de Tolerantia' 'Of the Conduct of the Understanding' 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding' 'Two Treatises of Government' 'Some Thoughts Concerning Education' and 'The Reasonableness of Christianity'. Also included is the first Latin translation of Locke's Essay 'Concerning Human Understanding' the edition very likely read and used by Kant. Most of these books include informative and prefaces or commentaries by the translators. This set introduced in German by Konstantin Pollok should be a useful resource for scholars of the German Enlightenment and those interested in the development and influence of British empiricism." -- with a bonus offer--; John Locke 1632-1704 the father of British empiricism is also famous for his writings on politics education and religion. During his lifetime he had a great influence on the major thinkers in Britain and mainland Europe. In Germany his works on tolerance and on the limits of human knowledge were especially important. They supplied central arguments against the prevailing scholasticism of German school metaphysics. Since most German authors of the 18th century lacked a good command of the English language there was a great need for translations. Through these translations Wolff Endelssohn and the Neologians around Reimarus and Lessing were just as much influenced by Locke as by Immanuel Kant. Indeed the German Enlightenment is not intelligible without taking note of the early translations of Locke reprinted here. This eight-volume collection contains the most significant and widely disseminated 18th-century German translations of Locke's main works: his "Epistola de Tolerantia" "Of the Conduct of the Understanding" "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" "Two Treatises of Government" "Some Thoughts Concerning Education" and "The Reasonableness of Christianity". Also included is the first Latin translation of Locke's Essay "Concerning Human Understanding" the edition very likely read and used by Kant. Most of these books include informative and prefaces or commentaries by the translators. This set introduced in German by Konstantin Pollok should be a useful resource for scholars of the German Enlightenment and those interested in the development and influence of British empiricism. . 2004. 1843710927 . Thoemmes Continuum hardcover
