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Best.-Nr. 140948996Tulsa OK: Crux Publications 1992. First edition. Near Fine. First and only edition. Signed by Christa Tilton inside the front cover and inscribed: "To my favorite Bird! Enjoy reading this. I'm sure it will interest you just a tad." iii 75 2 pp. Staple bound in publisher's gray printed wraps. Near Fine with moderate soiling to covers; interior overall clean and bright. A very early expose of the Bennewitz affair in which a successful American businessman with an interest in UFOs was allegedly manipulated by Air Force intelligence agents into spreading disinformation. Bennewitz eventually suffered a mental breakdown and had to be hospitalized. Author and UFO researcher William Moore part of an informal intelligence/UFOlogist group called The Aviary later claimed that he had been recruited to feed Bennewitz false information in order to destabilize him. Bennewitz's descent into madness was profiled in the 2005 book Project Beta and the 2013 documentary Mirage Men which suggested that the government created UFO hoaxes as a smokescreen for classified activity. Illustrations by Martin Cannon whose book The Controllers is featured in an ad at the rear. Rare with a single OCLC holding at Baylor University. Crux Publications unknown books
Best.-Nr. 152444Photograph of the first aircraft to break the sound barrier. Glossy black-and-white photograph of the Bell X-1 rocket-powered aircraft nicknamed "Glamorous Glennis" in flight. Boldly signed by eight of the program's test pilots: Chuck Yeager Frank "Pete" Everest Chalmers "Slick" Goodlin Bob Champine with "NACA X-1 pilot 1950" John H. Griffith Gus Lundquist Joe Cannon and Scott Crossfield. In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches. Rare and desirable. The Bell X-1 was a rocket engine-powered aircraft designated originally as the XS-1 and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics-U.S. Army Air Forces-U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bell Aircraft. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built in 1945 it achieved a speed of nearly 1000 miles per hour 1600 km/h in 1948. A derivative of this same design the Bell X-1A having greater fuel capacity and hence longer rocket burning time exceeded 1600 miles per hour 2600 km/h in 1954. The X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager was the first manned airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes a series of American experimental rocket planes and non-rocket planes designated for testing of new technologies and often kept secret. unknown
1891Best.-Nr. 58469Paris Courtier 1891. Original hcloth-portfolio with ties. The booklets Notices: 22 pp. reprocuced from handwriting 18 pp. handwritten Notices descriptive 21 pp. handwtitten Tir et Manoeuvres. 12 large folded lithographed plates all handcoloured and measuring around 110 x 100 cm. each some smaller one larger. Each plate folded within original wrappers on which calligraphed titles. Some plates with small closed tears. The plates shows all constructions and installations in the scale of 1:10. The plates having the titles: 1. Coupe verticale parallél à l'axe des canons. - 2. Coupe verticale normale à l'axe des canons. - 3. Vues en plan. - 4. Coupe horizontale par l'étage intermédiaire. - 5. Coupe horizontale par l'etage inférieur. - 6. Coupe horizontale au-dessus de la couronne des galets. - 7. Offul à frein hydraulique pour bouches à feu. - 8. Offul à frein hydraulique pour bouches à feu. - 9. Schema de l'ensemble de l'installation. - 10. Tableau des commutateurs. - 11. Détail de l'appareils de contact automatique. 12. Coupe verticale parallele à l'axe des canons.The Compagnie anonyme de Châtillon et Commentry was a French steelmaking company formed as a limited company in 1862 from the Société Bouguéret Martenot et Cie. a creation from the combination of several French iron makers in 1846. hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. 58469Paris, Courtier, 1891. Original hcloth-portfolio with ties. The booklets (Notices): 22 pp. (reprocuced from handwriting), (18) pp. handwritten (Notices descriptive), 21 pp. handwtitten (Tir et Manoeuvres). 12 large folded lithographed plates, all handcoloured and measuring around 110 x 100 cm. each (some smaller, one larger). Each plate folded within original wrappers on which calligraphed titles. Some plates with small closed tears. The plates shows all constructions and installations in the scale of 1:10.
Best.-Nr. Z1-C-053-02807Tolley Publishing. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Tolley Publishing unknown
2009Best.-Nr. 88018Kerber. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in English. 76 pages; 49 illus. -- with a bonus offer--; Kerber Edition Young Art; Matrix & Lemniscate a collaboration between the artist Jorinde Voigt and composers Patric Catani and Chris Imler addresses what happens when mortal beings encounter unending movement. Voigt draws structures that evoke infinite loops or processes and Catani and Imler respond to Voigt's drawings by recreating the "8" infinity motif as an acoustic cluster. . 2009. 3866782853 . Kerber paperback
2000Best.-Nr. 101248Ashgate Pub Ltd. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 317 pages. -- with a bonus offer--; This volume of essays explores some of the ways in which art was used to express to celebrate and to promote the political and religious aims and aspirations of those in power in the city states of central Italy in the 13th and 14th centuries. The contributions focus on Siena Arezzo Pisa and Orvieto and range over a number of media: fresco panel painting sculpture metalwork and translucent enamel. Employing a variety of methods and approaches these essays offer insights into some of the key artistic projects of the period. . 2000. 1840146354 . Ashgate Pub Ltd hardcover
2006Best.-Nr. 92686Images Publishing Dist Ac. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 80 pages. -- with a bonus offer--; House Design No.49; The 18 houses featured are all in Thailand and are designed to accommodate three generations together in keeping with the Thai tradition of the extended family. . 2006. 1875498818 . Images Publishing Dist Ac paperback
2003Best.-Nr. 23452New York New York U.S.A.: Public Affairs. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY AVOID WEEKS OF DELAY ELSEWHERE. -- clean and crisp tight and bright pages with no writing or markings to the text. First edition so stated. -- with a bonus offer--; 010431-1; REAGAN RONALD 1911 CALIFORNIA BIOGRAPHY . 2003. 1586480308 . Public Affairs hardcover
2008Best.-Nr. 80626Pomegranate Communications. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 160 pages; 160 color illus. bibliog. 4to. -- with a bonus offer--; Louis H. Sullivan one of America's most influential architects strove to develop a purely American architectural vision and his ideas led his student Frank Lloyd Wright and Wright's contemporaries to develop the Prairie School. Wright's strongly horizontal designs with low-hipped or flat roofs bands of art-glass windows and open interior planning now number among the most respected domestic buildings in the country. The designs of William Drummond John Van Bergen and Walter Burley Griffin had much in common with Wright's but other architects such as George W. Maher Robert Spencer and Tallmadge & Watson developed their own interpretations of the Prairie house adding such decorative elements as columns and mosaic fireplace surrounds or favoring more conventional entrances with clearly defined rooms. The Prairie style fell out of vogue largely before the onset of World War I though John Van Bergen continued to build the houses into the 1920s and Wright's famous Wingspread in Racine Wisconsin was built in 1937. Recently there has been a Prairie revival in keeping with a renewed interest in the Arts and Crafts aesthetic. But the houses conceived by these early-twentieth-century architects stand as icons of American ingenuity. Prairie Metropolis: Chicago and the Birth of a New American Home offers brief biographies of a dozen architects with vivid and inviting color photographs of exteriors and interiors designed by each. The 160 photographs by James Caulfield offer a multi-home tour of exquisite taste while succinct captions by Patrick F. Cannon draw our attention to the details of each home's construction and design. . 2008. 0764945955 . Pomegranate Communications hardcover
2016Best.-Nr. 116757Pomegranate Communications. New. Hardcover. IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer; 12.1 X 1.5 X 9.3 inches; 318 pages . 2016. 0764972057 . Pomegranate Communications hardcover
1963Best.-Nr. 50270Harper & Row. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine pages unmarked - -- with a bonus offer-- . 1963. Harper & Row paperback
1970Best.-Nr. 50269Mcgrath Pub. Co. As New. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine pages unmarked - 404 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . 1970. 0843400781 . Mcgrath Pub. Co unknown
1989Best.-Nr. 50885Birmingham AL: Library. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - Corresponds to ISBN: 0843400781. Genuine pigskin covers and binding with gold embossed lettering. Decorated endpapers and gilt fore-edges. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1989. 0843400781 . Library hardcover
Best.-Nr. 51893New York: D. Appleton & Company. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE CLEAN & UNMARKED TIGHT TO SPINE - 311 pages. Corresponds to ISBN: 0843400781. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1916. 0843400781 . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
2003Best.-Nr. 13773New York New York U.S.A.: Public Affairs. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless -- with a bonus offer--; 013773; UNITED STATES POLITICS GOVERNMENT 2001 . 2003. 1586481924 . Public Affairs paperback
2011Best.-Nr. 94850Gallery. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 424 pages; 560 illustrations including 350 in color. -- with a bonus offer--; L.A. Object offers a historical overview of the Los Angeles assemblage movement of the 1960s and 70s. It focuses on works by primarily African-American artists often omitted from mainstream gallery and museum historical exhibitions who were working during the civil rights movement the 1965 Watts riots and the era's general social and cultural upheaval: Ed Bereal Wallace Berman Nathaniel Bustion Alonzo Davis Dale Brockman Davis Charles Dickson Mel Edwards David Hammons Daniel La Rue Johnson Ed Kienholz Ron Miyashiro Senga Nengudi John Outterbridge Noah Purifoy Joe Ray Betye Saar Kenzi Shiokava and Timothy Washington. Central to this book are the unique body prints of David Hammons--ironic often political commentaries relevant to the African-American experience that are presented for the first time within the context from which they arose. Also included are photographic contributions by Bruce Talamon and Harry Drinkwater. 20111231 . 2011. 1427613745 . Gallery hardcover
2006Best.-Nr. 58177Pomegranate Communications Inc. . New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 144 pp. With 108 ills. 93 col. . 23 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2006. 0764937464 . Pomegranate Communications, Inc. hardcover
2006Best.-Nr. 58178Pomegranate Communications Inc. . New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 144 pp. With 108 ills. 93 col. . 23 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 2006. 0764937464 . Pomegranate Communications, Inc. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 152445Photograph of the first aircraft to break the sound barrier. Glossy black-and-white photograph of the Bell X-1 rocket-powered aircraft nicknamed "Glamorous Glennis" in flight. Boldly signed by nine of the program's test pilots: Chuck Yeager Bob Hoover Frank "Pete" Everest Chalmers "Slick" Goodlin Robert A. Champine with "X-1 pilot NACA Muroc CA 1949" John H. Griffith Gus Lundquist Joe Cannon and Scott Crossfield. In near fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 8 inches. Rare and desirable. The Bell X-1 was a rocket engine-powered aircraft designated originally as the XS-1 and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics-U.S. Army Air Forces-U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bell Aircraft. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built in 1945 it achieved a speed of nearly 1000 miles per hour 1600 km/h in 1948. A derivative of this same design the Bell X-1A having greater fuel capacity and hence longer rocket burning time exceeded 1600 miles per hour 2600 km/h in 1954. The X-1 piloted by Chuck Yeager was the first manned airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes a series of American experimental rocket planes and non-rocket planes designated for testing of new technologies and often kept secret. unknown
Best.-Nr. Z1-M-011-01667Kessinger Publishing. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Kessinger Publishing unknown
1841Best.-Nr. 125526London: John W. Parker 1841. First edition. "Reputedly William IV proposed that a series of regimental histories should be compiled whereby the general public could be apprised of the distinguished services rendered by the regiments of the British army. the work of compilation was entrusted by royal warrant to Cannon. He started immediately and the first volume to be published was a history of the Life Guards in 1837. Cannon's warrant expired on the death of William IV but was renewed on Victoria's accession to the throne. Unfortunately the official funding was not maintained and Cannon endeavoured to finance the project from his own pocket consequently running into serious pecuniary difficulties. Cannon's volumes were authoritative and readable well produced and often well illustrated. If somewhat lacking in the human interest expected of modern historians Cannon nevertheless set a standard for succeeding regimental historians to emulate" ODNB. Subsequent printings were published with 'much inferior' unsigned wood-engraved variants of the original plates. The exact process by which copies of Cannon's histories came to be bound in this style generally termed "presentation" - very occasionally signed by Smith of Long Acre - is not known. This copy with a Fifteenth Hussars gift inscription "J.E.L. XV KH from K.H.L." and loosely inserted autograph note signed from Aimée Lowther dated 24 July 1896 inviting Lord Greenock to dine; the actress Aimée Lowther was the sister of tennis champion Toupie Lowther and the daughter of Francis Lowther at one time flag-lieutenant to vice-admiral Sir Baldwin Walker; she was a friend of Ellen Terry and Oscar Wilde see Val Brown Toupie Lowther: Her Life 2017. This is a particularly attractive copy. Octavo 211 x 136 mm Contemporary red straight-grain morocco "presentation binding" title gilt direct to the spine flat bands crowned lion statant surmounting Imperial crown gilt to the first compartment; title across the second and third lower two with single fillet panel enclosing design of foliate devices both boards with panel of thick and thin gilt fillets enclosing a panel of gilt strapwork linking a series of roundels containing stylised foliate tools centre tool of the Royal arms title above and below foliate edge-roll all edges gilt moderate blue surface-paper endpapers foliate roll to the turn-ins. Engraved series title and a single hand-coloured lithographic plate by Madeley heightened with gum arabic showing a mounted officer. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst retail chemist and bibliophile who alongside his impressive naval library collected books of the 18th and 19th centuries in well-preserved contemporary bindings. Very light rubbing at the extremities pale toning to the text a very good copy. Ogilby 157 23. hardcover
1856Best.-Nr. 1254671856. First Edition. SLAVERY WILLIAMSON Passmore. Case of Passmore Williamson. Report of the Proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania In the Case of the United States of America Ex. Rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson Including the Several Opinions Delivered; And The Arguments of Counsel Reported by Arthur Cannon Esq. Phonographer. Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt & Son 1856. Octavo modern half calf-gilt marbled boards; pp. 191. $2200.First edition of ""the most complete record available"" of the controversial Pennsylvania case on fugitive slaves a core work establishing a precedent ""in federal and state courtsÉ and important cause clÂbre for the antislavery movement"" crucial in asserting a clear path for the following year's Dred Scott decision and provoking a ""legal crisisÉ that led to the Civil War.""""During the fugitive slave controversy the abolitionist underground kicked into high gear."" This momentous shift was propelled by Federal District Judge John K. Kane in the Passmore Williamson case involving the rights of fugitive slave Jane Johnson. ""In July 1855 Col. John H. Wheeler the U.S. minister plenipotentiary designate to Nicaragua traveled to Philadelphia with his slave Jane and her two sons."" When she ""managed to get word out of her desire for freedom"" Black abolitionist William Still famed for his 1872 work Underground Railroad heard of her plight and alerted white abolitionist Passmore Williamson. They arranged to meet at the Philadelphia wharf and Williamson who arrived first immediately told Jane ""she was entitled to her freedom and released her from Wheeler's grasp."" As she fled with her two sons ""a heated exchange and scuffle occurred between Still Williamson and Wheeler who was held down by two of the five Black dockworkers present"" Sinha Slave's Cause 527-28.This triggered a series of major court cases when Williamson was presented with a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Kane and indictments were issued charging Williamson and the Black dockworkers for riot assault and robbery for the theft of slave property in transit. Although Williamson stated Jane and her sons were never in his custody Kane charged him with contempt and sentenced him to jail. As Frederick Douglass joined with others in attacking Kane's ""tyrannical position"" and Williamson petitioned for the contempt charge to be dropped Jane who adopted the surname of Johnson played yet another key role. In an affidavit sworn in Massachusetts she affirmed that she had never been in Williamson's custody stating: ""Nobody forced me awayÉ I always wished to be free and meant to be free when I came North"" Sinha 529. Although Jane was likely considered free under Pennsylvania law the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ""refused to interfere with Williamson's incarceration"" after Judge Kane rejected Jane's affidavit Finkelman Slavery in the Courtroom 40-41. In effect Kane's defense of slave-owner rights ""created a new constitutional rightÑ'transit for property and person'Ñbased on a Constitution written to 'establish a more perfect union.'"" Williamson was imprisoned for nearly six months and became a martyr for the abolitionist cause but ""more importantÉ was the precedent set in the federal and state courts by this case."" Judge Kane's insistence ""that Wheeler had a right to bring his slaves into Pennsylvania and capture them there if they escapedÉ despite state law explicitly prohibiting it"" opened the way for the ""high-water mark of this positionÉ in the Dred Scott case 1857 a year after Kane's opinion"" Finkelman Imperfect Union 260-64; emphasis added. The case of Passmore Williamson and Jane Johnson was ""an important cause clÂbre for the antislavery movementÉ an example ofÑand contributor toÑthe legal crisis and the crisis in federalism that led to the Civil War"" Finkelman Slavery 41. First edition: recorded by court reporter Arthur Cannon: ""contains the most complete record available of the proceedings before Judge Kane in the federal district court and the proceedings in this case before the Pennsylvania Supreme CourtÉ of particular interest is the dissent of Justice John C. Knox"" which is not present in the Pennsylvania Reports. ""In addition to the two published opinions of Judge Kane it also includes Kane's opinions and remarks from various hearings not published in Federal Cases"" Finkelman Slavery 41-2. Blockson 2557. Cohen 13767. Dumond 116. Small numerical marginal notation to first text leaf.Text fresh with tiny gutter-edge pinholes from original stitching occasional light toning. A very good copy. hardcover
1856Best.-Nr. 1254671856. First Edition. SLAVERY WILLIAMSON Passmore. Case of Passmore Williamson. Report of the Proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania In the Case of the United States of America Ex. Rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson Including the Several Opinions Delivered; And The Arguments of Counsel Reported by Arthur Cannon Esq. Phonographer. Philadelphia: Uriah Hunt & Son 1856. Octavo modern half calf-gilt marbled boards; pp. 191. $2200.First edition of ""the most complete record available"" of the controversial Pennsylvania case on fugitive slaves a core work establishing a precedent ""in federal and state courtsÉ and important cause clÂbre for the antislavery movement"" crucial in asserting a clear path for the following year's Dred Scott decision and provoking a ""legal crisisÉ that led to the Civil War.""""During the fugitive slave controversy the abolitionist underground kicked into high gear."" This momentous shift was propelled by Federal District Judge John K. Kane in the Passmore Williamson case involving the rights of fugitive slave Jane Johnson. ""In July 1855 Col. John H. Wheeler the U.S. minister plenipotentiary designate to Nicaragua traveled to Philadelphia with his slave Jane and her two sons."" When she ""managed to get word out of her desire for freedom"" Black abolitionist William Still famed for his 1872 work Underground Railroad heard of her plight and alerted white abolitionist Passmore Williamson. They arranged to meet at the Philadelphia wharf and Williamson who arrived first immediately told Jane ""she was entitled to her freedom and released her from Wheeler's grasp."" As she fled with her two sons ""a heated exchange and scuffle occurred between Still Williamson and Wheeler who was held down by two of the five Black dockworkers present"" Sinha Slave's Cause 527-28.This triggered a series of major court cases when Williamson was presented with a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Kane and indictments were issued charging Williamson and the Black dockworkers for riot assault and robbery for the theft of slave property in transit. Although Williamson stated Jane and her sons were never in his custody Kane charged him with contempt and sentenced him to jail. As Frederick Douglass joined with others in attacking Kane's ""tyrannical position"" and Williamson petitioned for the contempt charge to be dropped Jane who adopted the surname of Johnson played yet another key role. In an affidavit sworn in Massachusetts she affirmed that she had never been in Williamson's custody stating: ""Nobody forced me awayÉ I always wished to be free and meant to be free when I came North"" Sinha 529. Although Jane was likely considered free under Pennsylvania law the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ""refused to interfere with Williamson's incarceration"" after Judge Kane rejected Jane's affidavit Finkelman Slavery in the Courtroom 40-41. In effect Kane's defense of slave-owner rights ""created a new constitutional rightÑ'transit for property and person'Ñbased on a Constitution written to 'establish a more perfect union.'"" Williamson was imprisoned for nearly six months and became a martyr for the abolitionist cause but ""more importantÉ was the precedent set in the federal and state courts by this case."" Judge Kane's insistence ""that Wheeler had a right to bring his slaves into Pennsylvania and capture them there if they escapedÉ despite state law explicitly prohibiting it"" opened the way for the ""high-water mark of this positionÉ in the Dred Scott case 1857 a year after Kane's opinion"" Finkelman Imperfect Union 260-64; emphasis added. The case of Passmore Williamson and Jane Johnson was ""an important cause clÂbre for the antislavery movementÉ an example ofÑand contributor toÑthe legal crisis and the crisis in federalism that led to the Civil War"" Finkelman Slavery 41. First edition: recorded by court reporter Arthur Cannon: ""contains the most complete record available of the proceedings before Judge Kane in the federal district court and the proceedings in this case before the Pennsylvania Supreme CourtÉ of particular interest is the dissent of Justice John C. Knox"" which is not present in the Pennsylvania Reports. ""In addition to the two published opinions of Judge Kane it also includes Kane's opinions and remarks from various hearings not published in Federal Cases"" Finkelman Slavery 41-2. Blockson 2557. Cohen 13767. Dumond 116. Small numerical marginal notation to first text leaf.Text fresh with tiny gutter-edge pinholes from original stitching occasional light toning. A very good copy. hardcover books
1638Best.-Nr. 11191Paris, Robert Boutonne, 1638 ; in-8 ; plein vélin ivoire de l'époque, titre manuscrit au dos ; (16), 280 pp. ; 106 (Seconde partie avec titre séparé), (9) pp. de table, (1 bl.) ; (1) f. blanc. SUIVI DE : Notes sur les récréations mathématiques ; En la fin de divers problèmes servant à l'intelligence des choses difficiles et obscures, par D.H.P.E.M. (Denis Henrion, Professeur en mathématiques). Paris, Robert Boutonne, 1638 ; 39 pp. ; en tout, plus de 80 bois gravés dans le texte, titre séparé.
