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1814ref. List3201Birmingham United Kingdom 1814. Copper medal measuring 1 ½ inches in diameter. Appears Very Fine. A copper medal commemorating the passage of the United Kingdom’s Slave Trade Act 1807 produced for distribution in Sierra Leone. One side depicts a European and an African man shaking hands and reads “WE ARE ALL BRETHREN” and exergue: “SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED BY GREAT BRITAIN 1807”. The reverse is inscribed in Arabic and reads translated “Sale of slaves prohibited in 1807 Christian era in the reign of George the Third; verily we are all brothers.” The 1807 act did not abolish slavery but rather criminalized British participation in the African branch of the slave trade; it was enforced by the Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron in the so-called Blockade of Africa. The squadron was based in Freetown Sierra Leone’s capital and would bring freed people from intercepted slave ships to the city. unknown books
1999ref. LFA011d1Un bulletin de 28 pages, format 210 x 135 mm, Académie Delphinale (Grenoble) fondée en 1772
ref. 218757Vienne, Johann Thomas vob Trattnern, 1771 in-4, [2] ff. n. ch. (titre, table des chapitres), 188 pp., basane fauve marbrée, dos lisse cloisonné et fleuronné, pièce de titre verte, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Discrètes restaurations aux coiffes.
1767ref. DZN-702Paris chez Desain (Leiden Luzac) sd.(1767) ,4 volumes in-12, 411+343+331+396 pages. Basane marbrée époque, dos lisses ornés, tranches marbrées. Petite usure des coins, 3 coiffes supérieures arasées.
ref. 218758Leyde, Elie Luzac, 1766 2 tomes en un fort vol. in-4, 6 pp., [2] ff. n. ch. (liste des souscripteurs, table des chapitres), 434 pp., [2] ff. n. ch., 387 pp., demi-veau fauve, dos à faux-nerfs orné de hachurés et caissons dorés, pièce de titre brique (reliure à l'imitation).
1778ref. 1076London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. 1778. First edition. Folio 32 x 20cm. Unbound. 2 1007-1012. Woodcut coat of arms to the title page decorative woodcut initial to the first text page text in black letter. A very good copy with just a little toning slight separation and minor wear to the left-hand margin where once bound within a larger volume. An act restoring Ireland's ability to export goods directly to the colonies in the Americas and Africa issued in the context of the American Revolutionary War and amending what became known as the Navigation Acts. Restricting the freedoms of Britain's colonies with regard to the import and export of goods the Navigation Acts had been a significant factor in fermenting rebellious discontent in America - requiring all of a colony's imports to be either bought from Britain or resold by British merchants in Britain regardless of the price obtainable elsewhere. The acts were also resented in Ireland and damaged its economy as they permitted the importation of English goods into Ireland tariff-free and simultaneously imposed tariffs on Irish exports travelling in the opposite direction. The present act removing some of these barriers demonstrates the changing nature of British mercantilism as the American Revolution progressed. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. unknown
1870ref. 71965Various places circa 1870 - 1900. 12 trade cards in various sizes. Includes: M. C. MILLER Fine Boots & Shoes; 3 7/8 x 2 5/8"; 2 girls one of whom is riding a large dog. PARTRIDGE'S Café and Dining Rooms Philadelphia; 4 3/8 x 2 7/8"; boy and girl carrying various foodstuffs; printer's imprint "Ketterlinus Philada." GRANITE Iron Ware Springfield Mass.; 2 5/8 x 3 7/8"; young girl pushing a cat or a mouse in a large teapot precariously perched on a cart. LAUTZ Bros. & Co. Soaps at W. H. Lathrop Grocer Hartford Conn.; 3 3/4 x 4 1/8"; young girl holding a sign or large envelope above her head. W. F. WHITELSEY & Co. Merchatn Tailors Hartford; 4 1/4 x 3"; boy in chef's garb holding a large knife while trying to wrestle a banner reading "A Bill of Dispute" from a ducks bill; small number "108" bottom left corner. G. B. WOODMAN & Co. Grocers Philadelphia; 4 3/8 x 3"; standing boys in discussion with girl kneeling on blanket surrounded by fruit; printer's imprint "Ketterlinus Philada." SHARPLESS & Sons Philadelphia Importers Jobbers & Retailers of Dry Goods; 4 3/8 x 2 7/8"; kneeling monkey taking aim with a pop gun at fleeing boy; printer's imprint "Testu & Massin Paris." AYER'S Sarsaparilla prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co Lowell Mass. for sale by handwritten "Talcott Frisbe & Co.; 5 x 3 3/4"; 2 women talking one apparently weak and resting in chair with bottle of sarsaparilla with children and dog playing at their feet. ESTEY Organ Co. Brattleboro VT on front with "write for prices to" Gibbons & Stone Rochester N.Y. on back; 3 x 5"; girl playing harp; printer's imprint "J. Ottmann Lith. N.Y." KASHMANN'S Furnishing House Hartford Conn. John F. Moran Salesman; 4 5/8 x 3 1/8"; girl talking to lamb hatching from large egg; small number "8" bottom left corner. HUYLER'S New York; 4 3/4 x 3 ½"; girl taking flowers from basket to put in upright rabbit's backpack. ANDES Stoves & Ranges manufactured by Phillips & Clark Stove Co. Geneva N. Y. for sale by E. J. Fuller Kendall N. Y.; 4.5 x 6"; wide-eyed young brown-haired girl with scarf draped over shoulders; printer's imprint "J. Ottmann Lith. N.Y." Altogether very good to near fine. unknown
1923ref. 71058New York: Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America 1923. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. orig. dec. cloth viii 396pp. b/w pls. text ills. plans appendix index Covers: Commercial Aircraft in the US; National Airplane races; Airship progress in 1922; Technical progress in aircraft production; Aircraft & Engine design etc. with 56 nice three-view aircraft plans. Memorial bookplate on front paste-down. Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America hardcover
ref. ORD-8410°Année. N°28 (29, 30). Draguignan. Fabre. 1829. In-8 plein parchemin, dos noirci, 161pp.
1870ref. 12108Paris, Armand-Aubrée, sans date (circa 1870) ; in-8, demi-veau glacé havane, dos lisse, faux nerfs dorés, fleurons décoratifs, titre doré ; (2), 451, (1) pp., 1 gravure aquarellée en frontispice.
ref. 72856Strasbourg, Imprimerie Alsacienne, 1924, grand in 4° relié demi-percaline rouge à coins de l'éditeur, dos lisse orné, 488 pages.
ref. 56548Pullman & Seattle WA: Frank A. Golder 1912. Atlas folio. Five leaves sized from 12 x 22 in. up to 22.75 x 28 in. 1st. - Pencil manuscript on hand-ruled graph chart w/ boxes all filled in some additions on thick yellow paper stock two pieces taped together on verso; 2nd - Original typescript w/ some corrections made on typing paper two pieces taped on verso minor tear creasing; 3rd -- Blueprint from typescript; 4 & 5 both typescript copies on thin typing paper couple minor closed tears still VG set. Original manuscript and typescript tables prepared by Golder 1877-1929 for early lectures on Russian economic and diplomatic history and “A Survey of Alaska 1743-1799” 1913. Published in the Washington Historical Quarterly these charts trace the growth and economic impact of the Russian fur trade from the 18th Century into the 19th Century. At the time Golder was unable to find one single source of the information so he created his own charts and they chronicle the growth and impact of the fur trade in Alaska breaking down not only all the vessels navigators and owners but also the types of cargo including beaver fox sea otter otter tails sea bears sea lions whale mustaches walrus tusks blue arctic fox and their values. The two additional typescript tables separate out the furs from the Chelichof and Golikofs Co. i.e. Shelikhov-Golikov Co. from 1786-1797 notorious for their massacres of indigenous Alutiiqs in 1784 on Kodiak Island known as the Awa’uq Massacre allowing the Russian Co. control over the island. Directly afterwards Golder spent the next decade actively working in Russian Archives during the Russian Revolution and eventually produced his Guide to Materials for American History in Russian Archives and built the massive Slavic language collection at the Hoover War History Collection. Frank A. Golder, unknown
1915ref. 46794Alhambra: Alhambra Chamber of Commerce May 1st 1915. 1915. 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" in pictorial brown wrappers bound with staples. 31pp. Illustrations. Descriptive booklet with facts and figures about the city information of it's library schools fire department banks churches manufactories etc. as well as no shortage of booster slogans including "California’s Suburban Home Place" and "Thirty Minutes from Broadway Los Angeles Cal." Includes numerous captioned black and white photographs including images of the Alhambra Fire Department its schools businesses and some of the city's palatial residences. Rear panel missing. Scarce. Alhambra Chamber of Commerce, May 1st, 1915. unknown
ref. 235938Paris, Antoine Bailleul, an VII (1799) in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., 113 pp., 20 pp., broché sous couverture d'attente de papier noir, non coupé. Abondantes mouillures claires.
1778ref. 39128London. 1778. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the House of Commons. In 1660 during the reign of Charles II Parliament passed a bill "for the encouraging and encreasing of Shipping and Navigation" which granted bonding for ships and vessels transporting goods from British plantations in Africa Asia and America directly to another British plantation or to a port in England Ireland or Wales. Three years later Ireland was struck from the list. The present law passed during the American Revolution restores Ireland's bonds privileges allowing her ports to accept goods directly from the colonies in the Americas now mostly limited to Canada and the West Indies Asia and Africa. Not in Kress Goldsmiths' or TPL. OCLC locates three copies at the University of Arizona the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Regina Saskatchewan. A rare example of a law reflecting the changes of British mercantilism at the close of the First Empire. 3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine untrimmed. unknown
1896ref. List2820Sonora and Groveland CA; Portland OR; and Orange NJ 1896. 8 ½ x 13 ½ inch cash book thirty-two pages with nine loose sheets. Fine. A cash book for an unnamed business selling out of California Oregon and New Jersey in 1896. The book records total merchandise value cash and accounts liabilities individual sales and so on. The business sold a variety of items from raw cloth and furniture to food coffee and tea and soap. Most of the entries are from Sonora; located on California’s Mother Lode Sonora was by 1896 a bustling mining town. unknown
ref. 22684Philadelphia: Printed by John Richards No. 130 North Third Street. 1839. The full title is: 'An Address to the Quarterly Monthly and Preparative Meetings and the Members thereof composing the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in Philadelphia By the Committee appointed at the late Yearly Meeting to have charge of the Subject of Slavery.' 12pp 12mo. Pamphlet in original plain brown wraps. In good condition lightly aged and worn. Begins with two pages of extracts from the minutes 17 May 1839 regarding the setting up of the committee on 'the deeply interesting subject of Slavery' with reference to 'Benjamin Price Jr. Clerk' and 'Deborah F. Wharton Clerk.' The address itself 'Signed by direction and on behalf of the Committee by John Jackson Clerk' is eight pages long. Towards the beginning it notes that 'Many of our forefathers were slave-holders and the unrighteous practice of holding our fellow-creatures in bondage was not then forbidden by our discipline.' The change of policy is described with reference to 'Anthony Benezet and John Woolman'. Later the address notes: 'The advancement of this righteous concern and the increase of light upon the subject of human rights are causing this system of iniquity to totter to its base. Hence under the influence of fearful excitement many are putting forth their strength to impede the progress of principles which if ultimately triumphant will break the fetters of the slave. A part of the trading interests at the North is evidently involved with those of the South and an influence is in this way exerted against the onward course of Emancipation; thus light and darkness antagonize each other.' And later still: 'Within a few years great events hae occurred in relation to Slavery and much light has been spread on the subject. The experience derived from Emancipation in the British West Indies has opened a new era. . while we have painful evidence that a great body of slave-holders are influenced by injustice and cruelty . There are many whose consciences are burdened by a system which they derived from their ancestors . the money of the slave-trader is temptingly held up before them; . they cannot separate the tender ties of family connexion among their slaves; they dare not receive the price of blood. . We believe they are fervently desiring the deliverance of master and slave from the bondage to which both are subjected. Their hearts have bounded with joy at the success of Emancipation in the British West Indies; it has opened a door of hope thaty they also may be legally permitted to prove the advantage of requited labour over that which is extorted by the lash of the oppressor. .'. The entries on OCLC WorldCat are not clear but the item is uncommon. Philadelphia: Printed by John Richards, No. 130 North Third Street. 1839. paperback
1806ref. 30424Baltimore: Warner & Hanna 1806. Fraught Anglo-American Relations Prior to 1812 This petition one of many from various merchant organizations lobbies the President of the United States and Congress to defend American commerce with Europe in light of British violation of the "neutral rights" occasioned by the early years of the Napoleonic wars. Baltimore merchants were a hotbed of organization for various American subversive enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Dbd. Light uniform browning old library stamp at head of titlepage. Very good. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 10854. KRESS 5070. SABIN 3045. unknown
1861ref. 87508Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1861. Later edition first published 1856. 12mo 18cm. Publisher's full morocco elaborately embossed with gilt titles and matching gilt devices to front and rear boards; all edges gilt; 300pp; frontispiece engraved extra-title and 4 inserted leaves of plates; 4pp publisher's catalog bound in at end of text. Mild overall rubbing with some softness to leather at head and heel; top edge gilt slightly oxidized; still a sound Very Good copy in a quite lovely mid-19th c. gift binding. Early pencil gift inscription to a Mary F. Sisson dated 1854. A religious and temperance miscellany mostly short moral tales with a few verse works interspersed. T.S. Arthur 1809-1885 is best-remembered for his hugely popular temperance trace Ten Nights in A Bar-Room and What I Saw There 1854 but he was an incredibly prolific writer churning out more than 100 titles between 1840 and the early 1880s. For the current work see WRIGHT II:150 recording one copy of an 1856 edition by the current publisher and another the same year from a Chicago publisher. H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss unknown
1806ref. 30424Baltimore: Warner & Hanna 1806. Fraught Anglo-American Relations Prior to 1812 This petition one of many from various merchant organizations lobbies the President of the United States and Congress to defend American commerce with Europe in light of British violation of the "neutral rights" occasioned by the early years of the Napoleonic wars. Baltimore merchants were a hotbed of organization for various American subversive enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Dbd. Light uniform browning old library stamp at head of titlepage. Very good. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 10854. KRESS 5070. SABIN 3045. unknown books
1861ref. 87508Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1861. Later edition first published 1856. 12mo 18cm. Publisher's full morocco elaborately embossed with gilt titles and matching gilt devices to front and rear boards; all edges gilt; 300pp; frontispiece engraved extra-title and 4 inserted leaves of plates; 4pp publisher's catalog bound in at end of text. Mild overall rubbing with some softness to leather at head and heel; top edge gilt slightly oxidized; still a sound Very Good copy in a quite lovely mid-19th c. gift binding. Early pencil gift inscription to a Mary F. Sisson dated 1854. A religious and temperance miscellany mostly short moral tales with a few verse works interspersed. T.S. Arthur 1809-1885 is best-remembered for his hugely popular temperance trace Ten Nights in A Bar-Room and What I Saw There 1854 but he was an incredibly prolific writer churning out more than 100 titles between 1840 and the early 1880s. For the current work see WRIGHT II:150 recording one copy of an 1856 edition by the current publisher and another the same year from a Chicago publisher. H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss unknown books
1778ref. 39128London. 1778. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the House of Commons. In 1660 during the reign of Charles II Parliament passed a bill "for the encouraging and encreasing of Shipping and Navigation" which granted bonding for ships and vessels transporting goods from British plantations in Africa Asia and America directly to another British plantation or to a port in England Ireland or Wales. Three years later Ireland was struck from the list. The present law passed during the American Revolution restores Ireland's bonds privileges allowing her ports to accept goods directly from the colonies in the Americas now mostly limited to Canada and the West Indies Asia and Africa. Not in Kress Goldsmiths' or TPL. OCLC locates three copies at the University of Arizona the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Regina Saskatchewan. A rare example of a law reflecting the changes of British mercantilism at the close of the First Empire. 3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine untrimmed. unknown books
1896ref. List2820Sonora and Groveland CA; Portland OR; and Orange NJ 1896. 8 ½ x 13 ½ inch cash book thirty-two pages with nine loose sheets. Fine. A cash book for an unnamed business selling out of California Oregon and New Jersey in 1896. The book records total merchandise value cash and accounts liabilities individual sales and so on. The business sold a variety of items from raw cloth and furniture to food coffee and tea and soap. Most of the entries are from Sonora; located on California’s Mother Lode Sonora was by 1896 a bustling mining town. unknown books
ref. 1219s.l.: s.n. . . 8vo side-stitched; age-darkened and chipped; uncut and unopened; bottom lower right of all leaves dog-eared not affecting text. Sabin 105462Ñnot differentiating between this 14 pp. printing and one with 8 pp. The American Antiquarian Society's copy of the 14 pp. edition has a contemporary ownership signature dated 12 June 1810" on title. A Federalist pamphlet in the Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign of 1810 s.l.: s.n., . unknown
