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1945réf. 168423Oxford: Alden Press 1945. Softcover. Complete set comprising two volumes of the short-lived literary and arts periodical. Vol. 1 Very Good plus in saddle-stapled wrappers with both front and rear wrapper detached from the binding. Vol. 2 Near Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers. Alden Press unknown books
1970réf. 841961970. Senate of the State of California. Fifteenth Report of the Senate Fact-Finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities 1970. Sacramento: Senate of the State of California 1970. 299 pp. illustrations. Original red cloth with stamped spine and front cover. Ex-library with location label to foot of spine bookplate to front pastedown date due slip to rear free endpaper card pocket to rear pastedown. Very good. $20. unknown books
1896réf. 852721896. A Rare Document Relating to the 1898 Bankruptcy Act: OCLC Locates 5 Copies None in Law Libraries Bankruptcy. Senate United States. The Torrey Bankrupt Bill. April 30 1896.- Mr. Mitchell Of Oregon Presented the Following Papers Which were Laid on the Table and Ordered to be Printed. At head of title page: Senate 54th Congress 1st Session. Document No. 237. Washington: Government Printing Office 1896. xiii 1 316 pp. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4"; 22.86 x 14.60 cm. Later cloth calf lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards and edges of lettering piece light toning to interior. A very good copy. $250. Only edition. Preceded by three short-lived federal experiments in 1800 1841 and 1867 the landmark Bankruptcy Act of 1898 endured to become the framework of modern American bankruptcy law. The act was largely based on a bill drafted and relentlessly promoted by Jay Torrey 1852-1920 an energetic corporate lawyer and lobbyist. This substantial volume contains the foundational papers arguments and testimony for the Torrey Bill-the critical legislative predecessor to the 1898 Act. Following decades of chaotic inconsistent state insolvency laws and the repeal of previous federal statutes this document represents the definitive push toward a permanent national bankruptcy system. Produced during the intense legislative process that crafted the final 1898 act this text includes the full proposed bill meticulous comparative analyses with existing laws and petitions from major national commercial bodies. It offers an unparalleled window into the economic anxieties commercial lobbying and legal debates of the late Gilded Age. Distinctly uncommon in commerce and institutions. OCLC locates just 5 copies Johns Hopkins University Newberry Library New York Public Library New York State Library State Library of Iowa. Remarkably none are located in law school or dedicated law libraries. unknown books
1938réf. 811811938. Mason Paul; California State Senate. Constitution of the State of California: The Constitution of the United States Magna charta Declaration of independence the Articles of Confederation. 1938. Sacramento: State Print. Off. 1938. xiii 394 pp. portrait. Stiff paper wrappers spine reinforced with cloth tape. Cloth splitting at spine ends light soiling to wrappers else good. $20. Complied under the direction of Paul Mason California State Senate. unknown books
1865réf. 586Augusta Maine: Head Quarters John L. Hodson Adjutant General's Office 1865. String. Very good. 8vo; 48pp; publisher's tan wrapper string binding; stab hole in upper left corner through wrappers and all leaves 1" chip to rear wrapper light soiling to wrapper scattered foxing light chipping to spine; very good minus. Laws concerning the military in the state of Maine. Detailed review of Chapter 307 and its sections. Interesting in that there was an exemption for Quakers and Shakers. In addition no "idiot lunatic common drunkard vagabond pauper or person convicted of any infamous crime" could be allowed to serve. Head Quarters, John L. Hodson, Adjutant General's Office unknown books
1844réf. 546851844. With 13 Maps and Other Illustrations United States. Senate. Public Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States First Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress Begun and Held at the City of Washington December 4 1843. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton 1844. Volume I of a seven-volume set. 703 pp. 13 fold-out tables diagrams and maps. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary calf blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Some rubbing to extremities and spine a few minor scuffs to boards which are slightly bowed some discoloration to front near head minor wear and small tears to edges of folding leaves. Toning light foxing internally clean. $250. This volume contains reports from the cabinet departments and government agencies. The maps which relate to projects by the US Army Corps of Engineers depict the Harbor of St. Louis the Des Moines Rapids and the Rock Island Rapids. The diagrams depict a cross-section of the USS Union an experimental warship and equipment used to produce thread and cloth from hemp. unknown books
1844réf. 546891844. With Numerous Plates and Several Large Maps Mostly of Places in Michigan Iowa and Wisconsin Senate United States. Public Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States First Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress Begun and Held at the City of Washington December 4 1843. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton 1844. Volume VII of a seven-volume set. Various paginations. Numerous plates and maps some in color several fold-out many quite large. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary calf blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn some discoloration to sections of boards light to moderate wear and some small tears to edges of folding maps. Toning light foxing internally clean. $250. This volume contains reports from the cabinet departments and government agencies. The plates include patent drawings and geological specimens. There are several maps mostly relating to mining surveys. 26 maps depict sections of the Ohio River and canals connected to it. The largest map 45" x 30" depicts the Detroit River and Detroit. There are also several fascinating plates and diagrams relating to geological botanical and anthropological studies in the region encompassing Iowa and Wisconsin. unknown books
2007réf. 530732007. ISBN 1584778083. United States Senate. Reorganization of the Federal Judiciary. Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Seventy-fifth Congress First Session on S. 1392 a Bill to Reorganize the Judicial Branch of the Government. Washington: Government Printing Office 1937. 2040 49 pp. 6 parts in 3 vols. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. Set ISBN-13: 9781584778080. Set ISBN-10: 1584778083. Cloth. Light shelfwear corners bumped light soiling to fore-edge of Volume I internally clean $475. Complete reprint of the sole edition. Includes the Adverse Report and Hearings Part 1 to 6. This set of hearing transcripts and the texts of supporting documents chronicles the history of Franklin D. Roosevelt's court-packing plan and its defeat in the United States Senate. Angered by the Court's hostility to legislation relating to the New Deal Roosevelt proposed a bill to expand the membership of the court on February 5 1937. Presented as a way to increase efficiency it was intended to create seats for justices who would support the New Deal. The resulting struggle was a critical episode in Roosevelt's presidency and one of the nastiest clashes between the executive and judiciary in American history. Roosevelt's plan failed but the debate had a profound effect on the Court's attitude toward the New Deal which lead many to believe that the president was ultimately successful. unknown books
1985réf. 311501985. Law of the Sea. Conventions on the Law of the Sea. Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign Relations. United States Senate. Eighty-Sixth Congress Second Session on Executives J K L M N 86th Congress 2d Session. January 20 1960. Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1960. Reprinted Fred B. Rothman & Co. 1985. iii 129 pp. Red gilt stamped cloth. As new excellent condition. Special $10. Contains a text of a public hearing on four conventions and an optional protocol on the law of the sea. unknown books
1855réf. 55892Philadelphia: John M. Butler and Alfred Long 1855. A Grand Image of the Senate in 1850 Featuring Clay Webster and Calhoun A handsome engraving of an outstanding depiction of the United States Senate debating the Compromise of 1850 one of the most consequential debates and legislative acts of the antebellum period. This copy designated as a "proof" in the lower left margin has excellent tonality with rich black and grey hues. Versions published by Butler and Long are known with copyright dates of 1854 and 1855 as here. The print was engraved on steel by R. Whitechurch after the original painting by Peter F. Rothermel 1817–95 an artist known for portraits and historical scenes. This print was apparently issued in four versions: as an artist's proof as here on India paper plain and colored. This copy of the print is enhanced by the presence of a separate "key" to the illustration published by William Smith of Philadelphia and copyrighted 1854. The key identifies the twenty-seven senators shown in the scene as well as Vice President Millard Fillmore presiding as president of the Senate. Also accompanying this copy of the engraving is a pamphlet promoting the print published by Butler and Long in 1859. Apparently the publishers still had copies of the print for sale five years after it was originally produced. This pamphlet contains a frontispiece similar to the William Smith key but without Smith's imprint and information on the titlepage listing prices for the print in its four iterations. The titlepage states that the print would be available to "subscribers only" implying that a new version was in production but it appears that Butler & Long were actually trying only to sell existing stock. The text of the pamphlet excerpts speeches from Senate notables during the debates of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 was a group of five separate laws relating to the spread of slavery in western territories and how those territories might be formed and eventually become states. It included the Fugitive Slave Law and though it was applauded at the time for saving the Union later assessments have condemned the Compromise's half measures and temporary solutions. In the image Henry Clay is shown dramatically commanding the Senate floor his right arm outstretched. Daniel Webster his head resting in his hand is shown to the left of Clay while South Carolina's John C. Calhoun is shown at the far right standing beside the Speaker's chair. A number of other prominent senators are shown including William Seward Thomas Hart Benton Lewis Cass William Gwin Stephen A. Douglas Salmon Chase and Sam Houston of Texas the borders of which would be settled by this debate. The scene - while powerfully composed and rendered - is a bit ahistorical; John C. Calhoun died on March 31 1850 William Gwin did not become a senator until after California statehood in September 1850 and Millard Fillmore became president on July 9 following the death of Zachary Taylor. Fillmore's support however was important in the passage of the Compromise of 1850. Not in Reilly and a striking depiction of an important moment in American political history enhanced by the presence of the "key" identifying the participants and a separately published pamphlet promoting its sale. Pamphlet: Original plain wrappers. Front wrapper detached but present rear wrapper torn. Old dampstain throughout. Good condition only. Key: Mounted on later board. Tanned. Very good. Large engraving: Small closed tears in the lower edge and left edge of the image small area of abrasion on one face in the middle right of the image. Expertly conserved and backed by tissue. Very good. unknown books
1793réf. 29347Philadelphia: John Fenno 1793. Including Information on the Genet Affair With a notice from George Washington that the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France Edmund Genêt has been recalled. Despite repeated warnings from both Washington and Jefferson Genêt persisted in outfitting private United States ships for naval raids on British vessels ultimately resulting in his being recalled. Other important issues addressed are the increasingly difficult trade environment with England and France at war and frontier Indian relations. Folio. Modern three-quarter calf and boards gilt-stamped spine. Titlepage soiled laid down on archival paper. Scattered foxing. Very good. EVANS 27911. ESTC W20584. hardcover books
1836réf. 45072Boston 1836. First Edition. Octavo 25cm.; single sheet folded into 8-pp. pamphlet; 8pp. Unopened though bottom two-thirds of spine edge split extremities a bit ragged general dust-soil; Good or better overall. Massachusetts senate document no. 57 regarding the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society's denied bid for a full hearing. Report signed in text on p. 8 by Chairman George Lunt local lawyer who opposed any policy that might estrange the South from the Union. DUMOND p. 79. unknown books
1911réf. 335586qmsPort Salerno FL: Florida Classic Library 1998. Facsimile printing of Everglades of Florida published in 1911. Octavo softobound 208 pp. Two fold-out maps photographs. Subtitle of this printing is: How the United States Congress and the State of Florida in cooperation with land speculators turned the River of Grass into a billion dollar sand bar. Fine. Florida Classic Library, (1998). Facsimile printing of Everglades of Florida, published in 1911. unknown books
1853réf. 44417Washington DC 1853. United States. Senate. 32nd Congress 2nd Session. H. R. 336 To accompany report no. 421. In the Senate of the United States. February 19 1853 . . . Amendment . . . 3pp. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1853. 297 x 205 mm. Unbound. Some dampstaining edges a bit frayed but very good. Docketed. First Edition of this rare ether controversy document with no copies listed in OCLC. In January 1853 responding to renewed debate over who deserved credit for inventing ether anesthesia the U. S. Senate appointed a select committee to determine whether W. T. G. Morton Charles Jackson or Horace Wells had the best claim to the discovery. On February 19 Senator Isaac P. Walker the committee's chairman submitted an amendment to army appropriations bill H. R. 336 confirming the U. S. government's right to use and benefit from the discovery and proposing an award of $100000 to "the discoverer." The final version of the amendment which we are offering here also proposed that the issue of priority be decided in federal court with Morton Jackson and the representatives of Horace Wells appearing as defendants to prove the merits of their respective cases. The Senate ended up rejecting the amendment leaving the question of priority unsettled for the time. Wolfe Tarnished Idol pp. 316-17; 330-335. . unknown books
1861réf. 17388scsWashington: Government Printing Office 1861. Octavo paperbound printed pink wrappers 92 pp. Good with worn covers and foxing age darkened spotting. Government Printing Office, 1861. unknown books
réf. 536034to. One page approximately 100 words in part: "I think there must be good and legal reason why you have not paid these taxes. I cannot think that you who has been selected to administer and declare and enforce the law can refuse to pay what the law requires." Folded. A little browned but very good. A native of Fauquier County Virginia Hunton practiced law serving as commonwealth's attorney and gained the upper ranks of the Virginia militia before the war; he commanded the 8th Virginia until gaining a brigade in 1863 fighting in most of the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia being wounded at Gettysburg. In addition to his national political service following the war he wrote an autobiography that was not published until 1933; it is one of the rarest and most sought after of Civil War memoirs. unknown books
1900réf. 23993Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. Hardcover. Very good. Large 4to. vii 3-856 pp. 27 fold-out maps 33 full-page plates numerous in-text illustrations. Contains narratives of many late 19th century explorations of Alaska: The expeditions were led by C.W. Raymond 1869; C.O.O. Howard 1875; Ivan Petroff 1880; F. Schwatka 1883; P.H. Ray 1884 1897 1898; W.R. Abercrombie 1884 1898; H.T. Allen 1897; E.H. Wells 1898; E.F. Glenn 1899; and W.P. Richardson 1899. Later half leather leather lettering label gilt. Old rubber stamp from Angelica Library on title page margin else a fine copy. . Government Printing Office hardcover books
réf. 11304Two nineteenth-century stereoview photographs of Congress Hall Saratoga Springs and the United States Senate Chamber circa 1860s-1870s preserve paired photographic views of two very different public environments: one associated with the federal government in Washington and the other with the expanding resort culture of Saratoga Springs New York. The Senate Chamber image records an interior of the U.S. Capitol during the period in which stereoscopic photography became a widely circulated means of visually experiencing important national sites; the U.S. House notes that Capitol stereoviews were popular souvenirs and common fixtures in middle-class parlors during the second half of the nineteenth century. The Saratoga view belongs to the visual culture of a resort community nationally known for its mineral springs hotels and leisure economy and a related Stereoscopic Gems of Saratoga Congress Hall image is preserved in the Library of Congress record. Together the photographs support research into nineteenth-century tourism architectural photography political space visual culture and the commercial circulation of stereoscopic imagery. Two stereoview cards. Circa 1860s-1870s. One sepia-toned stereoview identified as No. 530 depicts Congress Hall Saratoga Springs New York from the Stereoscopic Gems of Saratoga series; the card bears paired photographic images approximately 6 x 3 inches overall. The second sepia-toned stereoview depicts the United States Senate Chamber and is credited to J. F. Jarvis Stereoscopic Views. A comparable Senate Chamber view in the U.S. Senate Collection is attributed to John F. Jarvis and dated circa 1855-1875 while another Jarvis stereograph of a Senate interior held by the Library of Congress is dated circa 1875. Congress Hall was part of Saratoga Springs' nineteenth-century resort landscape and stereoscopic series devoted to Saratoga circulated views of its hotels springs and associated architecture to visitors and collectors. The pairing is particularly useful for examining how stereography made geographically distant civic and leisure spaces visually accessible to domestic audiences. The Capitol image situates viewers within the architectural environment of federal political power while the Saratoga image records a major resort setting from a period when Saratoga Springs was developing a national reputation as a destination for health recreation and elite social life. Because the precise publication dates of these specific cards are not supplied they should not be described definitively as Civil War-era without further evidence from the mounts or publisher imprints. Some surface soiling; otherwise no significant defects are noted. Very good. A complementary pair of nineteenth-century stereoviews documenting the visual culture of American government and resort tourism. unknown books
1971réf. 91360Washington: GPO 1971. Paperback. Very Good. v 1 2643-3087p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23 cm. Institutional stamp inside front cover "The American Jewish Committee Blaustein Library". GPO paperback books
1904réf. 89651Washington: GPO 1904. Hardcover. Good. index xxv 472p. Original 1/2 leather with brown cloth. 22cm. Cover scuffed. Former owner's name K. D. Sperry" in gilt at base of backstrip. Page edges marbled to match endpapers. 58th Congress 2d. Session. Senate. Document No. 105. GPO hardcover books
1844réf. 36140Washington D.C.: n.p. 1844. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 1 pp. 8vo. The Maine resolution was an attack on the heinous process of re-enslaving freed blacks: "Resolved. That we do most solemnly in behalf of the people of this State protest against the existence of any laws in any of the States of Territories of this Union which subject our free colored citizens to the liability to be arrested and imprisoned and to be sold into slavery for the payment of the costs of such arrest and imprisonment; that we do protest against such laws as unconstitutional and as endangering the Union." Maine approved this on March 22 1843 sent a copy to all members of the House and Senate and to all the governors of States and Territories. OCLC locates no copies. Not in Sabin Blockson Dumont Work LCP. Afro-Americana Clark: New England in U.S. Government Publications 1789-1849: 1145. n.p. unknown books
1941réf. 72764Washington: GPO 1941. Paperback. Good. 382p. No separate wrapper. 24cm. First leaf creased at corner and has a few small chips Backstrip browned. "Printed for the use of the Special Committee." Also included is a folded copy of the separate brief five-page Preliminary Report by the Committee issued on September 11th 77th Congress. 1st Sessions. Senate Report No. 676. GPO paperback books
1922réf. 74865Washington: GPO 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. This volume only of 2. 812p. Contemporary tan buckram. No Jacket. Not a proud chapter in American history. GPO hardcover books
1957réf. 72767Washington: GPO 1957. Paperback. Very Good. Parts I-IV ONLY a total of 29 were published 1957-1963. 194 xxiii 195-672 xii 673-1175 iv 1177-1535p. Green wrappers. 24cm. Some cover spotting. Backstrips quite faded. Contents sound and clean. Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary. Part I outlines the nature of the inquiry with jousting between Senators Kefauver and Dirksen and also contains the statements of five economists; Parts II-IV contain the complete part of the hearings which concerned the U.S. steel industry. GPO paperback books
1818réf. 287444Washington D.C. 1818. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. A sammelband of sixty pamphlets printed for the Senate of the United States March through April of 1818. Most are petitions to the Committee of Claims as well as a 358 pp. list of pensioners and an index at the rear. Also with ten folding tables depicting the provisioning of the Northwest Army during the War of 1812 folding table of the funding of the U.S. debt and one additional folding table. Union Library Co. nameplate and librarian’s name on the front pastedown. Quarter brown leather over marbled paper with a ‘2’ blindstamped on the spine. Very Good. ~~Memorial of Thomas Tenant and George Stiles of the city of Baltimore merchants and ship owners praying that certificates of registry may be granted to their vessels. ~20 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 11 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 11 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 11 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 10 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report from the Secretary of War respecting the requisitions that were made on the contractors… on the frontiers of Georgia… Washington 1818. 26 pp. ~Folding table~In Senate of the United States March 12 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 12 1818 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 12 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 13 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the Third of February last a Report from the Secretary of the Treasury respecting the progress made under the act to provide for surveying the coast of the United States. 21 pp.~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a Statement of the Proceedings which may have been had under the Act of Congress passed on the 3d of March 1817 entitled “An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement and cultivation of the Vine and Olive.” 10 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 23 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 23 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 24 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 24 1818. 2 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 24 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 26 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 26 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 30 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 31 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of War in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate …a list of all the Pensioners… March 28 1818. Washington 1818. 358 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 31 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 31 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 1 1818 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States April 1 1818. 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 3 1818. 3 pp.~In Senate of the United States April 3 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 6 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 4 1814 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 4 1818. 1 pp. ~Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee of Finance of the Senate in Relation to the Application of the Board of Directors to the Congress for permission to issue Bills and Notes signed by other persons than the President and Cashier of the Bank. April 9 1818. 1818. 7 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a Report from the Secretary of War in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate containing a list of the names of the several agents of Indian Affairs and of the Agents of Indian Trading Houses with the pay and emoluments of the Agents respectively. April 10 1818. 8 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report from the Secretary of War in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate respecting the Supplies of the Northwestern Army within certain periods therein specified by Contractors Commissaries and Agents and the expense thereby incurred. April 10 1818. Washington 1818. 11 pp. ten folding tables.~In Senate of the United States April 10 1818. 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 14 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 14 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 15 1818. 1 pp. ~Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the senate of the fourth instant the amount of the funded debt of the United States bearing an interest at seven six and three per cent which has been paid by the subscribers towards the capital of the bank of the united states distinguishing the amount of each which has been paid upon the several installments; stating the sums and species of funded debt sold by the bank; how much thereof was redeemed by the united states; how much has been sold without the united states; and how much is now held by the bank. April 15 1818. 9 pp. Folding table.~In Senate of the United States April 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States. April 17 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 18 1818. 1 pp. ~Index. 9 pp. ~. Very Good binding. unknown books
