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2012réf. 73041Somerville:: Candlewick Press. Fine. 2012. Hardcover. 1935179152 . First printing. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Candlewick Press, hardcover books
1890réf. 51049Bridgeport CT: Foster Besse Co. Clothiers & Hatters 1890. Chromolithographic trade card got the company 5 5/8 x 7 inches depicting a brilliantly colored scene of a young couple holding hands in an open boat on a lake a hooked fish at the end of rod and line being ignored; verso prints 17 lines of advertising for the business. Some rubbing and browning but very good. Foster, Besse Co., Clothiers & Hatters unknown books
1984réf. 201717Los Angeles: Camara Mexicano de Comercio 1984. Six panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches text in Spanish information booth prices map of the event emblem of the organization in color on cover mild wear. Brochure publicizing the trade fair. Camara Mexicano de Comercio unknown books
1823réf. BK0184Middletown Rhode Island 1823. Autograph letter signed three pages on a folded sheet with integral address panel to Charles E. Dudley in Albany and Newport postal markings. 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches. Old folds scattered staining and some marginal losses a few affecting text. Good to very good. A letter from Newport mariner John Wood concerning his acrimonious departure from the DeWolf family's Mary Ann plantation in Cuba and the ensuing legal dispute with James DeWolf and Charles Collins. Wood was almost certainly the same John Wood whose signature appears on an 1806 Newport agreement for an illegal voyage transporting enslaved Africans from Cape Coast to Havana now held by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.1 By 1823 he was residing on the Mary Ann plantation one of several Cuban estates belonging to the DeWolfs among the most prominent families involved in the American slave trade. His relationship with DeWolf and Collins had evidently collapsed over his obligations on the estate resulting in what he describes as his forced departure from Cuba under apparently dangerous conditions with his family and a contentious effort to settle their accounts. Writing to his friend Charles E. Dudley then mayor of Albany and a New York state senator Wood reports that three mechanics who had resided with him on the plantation had recently given depositions in Bristol Rhode Island. Two of the three had testified in his favor though all had been called by DeWolf. Wood was particularly incensed by the circumstances surrounding his family's departure from Cuba writing: "I must acknowledge that myself & family have been most shamefully abused & for no provocation we were set adrift liable to be murdered & robbed on Shore My Wife & Daughter exposed at Sea to be captured By pirates and in case of Capture to suffer more than Death; Not content in what they have done but still persevere in wishing to rob me of all I possess a Respectable Character. The assassin will stab you in the dark but the Wretch who will traduce and injure an Innocent family is worse than an assassin." Wood goes on to describe receiving two writs from DeWolf and Collins and transcribes an August 8 letter from James DeWolf explaining his decision to pursue legal action despite their previous discussions of an amicable settlement: "Lest you should think me inconsistent in causing an action to be brought after the last conversation we had I take leave to explain my wishes to come to an amicable settlement by referring to men as we talked remains the same my object is to put the business in a legal and proper train for bringing it to a close . & to enable me to avail of the testimony of the people who were on the Estate with you." Wood expected the Rhode Island Supreme Court meeting at Bristol the following month to appoint referees to settle the accounts. The precise origin of the disagreement is not stated though the depositions of the mechanics and the references to outstanding accounts suggest a dispute over Wood's contractual obligations or activities on the plantation. Wood 1770-1826 was a Newport merchant and captain with longstanding connections to Atlantic commerce. He died at Cape Coast West Africa in 1826 three years after writing the present letter. James DeWolf 1764-1837 then serving in the United States Senate had amassed a substantial fortune through the slave trade and his Cuban plantation interests. Charles Collins his brother-in-law had served as collector of customs at Bristol from 1804 to 1820 an appointment closely connected to the family's slave-trading operations. The Mary Ann plantation is documented in the DeWolf Papers at the Rhode Island Historical Society which include inventories from 1818 and 1820 and contemporary plans of the plantation grounds. The present letter preserves Wood's account of his treatment by the DeWolf family together with his transcription of DeWolf's explanation for pursuing legal action. 1 "Agreement facilitating illegal trade of enslaved Africans" National Museum of African American History & Culture accessed October 12 2026 https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2019.28.1. . unknown books
1984réf. 296469Prague: WTFU Publications 1984. Newsletter. 33p. 8.5x11 inches; illustrations one corner slightly bumped else very good. At one time the WFTU was the largest international organization of unions on the planet. Historically the WFTU was dominated by the pro-Moscow Communist Party dominated unions around the world. At the end of WWII the US and Western allied leaders moved to split it to set up an anti-communist formation known as the World Federation of Free Trade Unions. WTFU Publications unknown books
1959réf. 281185London: WTFU Publications 1959. Newsletter. 41p. 8.5x11 inches; illustrations vertical crease in middle edgewear front corners slightly curling else very good. At one time the WFTU was the largest international organization of unions on the planet. Historically the WFTU was dominated by the pro-Moscow Communist Party dominated unions around the world. At the end of WWII the US and Western allied leaders moved to split it to set up an anti-communist formation known as the World Federation of Free Trade Unions. WTFU Publications unknown books
1959réf. 281181London: WTFU Publications 1959. Newsletter. 41p. 8.5x11 inches; illustrations vertical crease in middle edgewear front top corner contains light crease else very good. At one time the WFTU was the largest international organization of unions on the planet. Historically the WFTU was dominated by the pro-Moscow Communist Party dominated unions around the world. At the end of WWII the US and Western allied leaders moved to split it to set up an anti-communist formation known as the World Federation of Free Trade Unions. WTFU Publications unknown books
1861réf. 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
1917réf. 285151Montpelier: Lane 1917. paperback. very good. Illustrations including 2 folding. Oblong 4to printed buff wrappers string tied edgeworn but internally clean. Montpelier Vermont: Lane Manufacturing Company 1917. Foreign edition abridged. Best known for its sawmills the company was founded in 1868. Lane unknown books
1960réf. 560Bath Maine: Times Company 1960. Staplebound. Very good. 8vo; 18pp; color pictorial stiff wrapper two staple binding; b&w illustrations; damp staining to bottom edge; very good. Introduction to the town of Wiscasset including a brief early history and information on the current educational system with a sketch of the new high school and gymnasium c. 1960 churches "Invitation to Business and Industry" town government Lincoln County museum and Old Jail Female Charitable Society public library Yacht Club Lincoln County Courthouse and the Fire Society. Times Company unknown books
réf. 54790Trade card 3 3/4" x 6" The date listed is 1952 however this is most likely a reproduction. unknown books
réf. 2404Rutland Vt.: The Company 1889. . 5 wood-engravings of tents by the Lewis Engraving Company of Boston. Single sheet printed on pink paper accordion-folded into 16 pp.; small chip out of bottom corner of first page first page Dating is based on a 42 star-flag: Washington was the 42nd state admitted in 1889 followed by Idaho in 1890 Rutland, Vt.: The Company, 1889. unknown books
1748réf. 143621748. Bellin Jacques Nicolas. Engraving of Arab and Moorish traders traveling to Senegal 1748 depicts the movement of gum through animal-borne commerce in eighteenth-century West Africa. Published in Histoire générale des voyages the scene identifies its subjects specifically as "Arabes et Mores" bringing gum to Senegal and shows the traders using camels horses and oxen for transport. The caption ties the image directly to the gum trade a commerce connecting inland producers and merchants with markets along the Senegal River and Atlantic coast. Bellin Jacques Nicolas. Arabes et Mores montés sur leurs Chameaux leurs Chevaux et leurs bœufs pour apporter des gommes au Senegal. From Histoire générale des voyages 1748. Overall page size 10 x 7.25 inches; image size 5.5 x 7.5 inches. The engraving shows a group of turbaned men in tunics traveling with camels horses and oxen. Some figures ride while the animals move as a caravan across the landscape. The printed caption below identifies both the travelers and their purpose: "Arabes et Mores montés sur leurs Chameaux leurs Chevaux et leurs bœufs pour apporter des gommes au Senegal" describing Arabs and Moors mounted on their camels horses and oxen to bring gum to Senegal. Published in 1748 the engraving records a European representation of the inland commercial networks supplying Senegal with gum particularly gum arabic during a period of expanding European competition for West African commodities. Its caption is unusually specific about the commodity destination traders and means of transportation connecting the figures and animals to a defined commercial activity rather than presenting them simply as generalized costume types. The combination of caravan transport and explicit reference to the Senegal gum trade provides visual evidence for eighteenth-century European descriptions of commerce between Saharan and Sahelian traders and the Senegal region. Some small markings in the margin. Overall very good condition. unknown books
1940réf. 51143El Paso TX: W.R. Weaver Co 1940. First edition . Narrow 16mo. 7 pp. Illustrated. Instructions on positioning and using the scope. Not located on OCLC. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Very good. W.R. Weaver Co unknown books
1970réf. 10302Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1970. 16p. 8.5x11 inches bilingual texts in Spanish and English profusely illustrated with b&w photos maps and tables very good booklet in stapled wraps. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
1968réf. 133934Washington: GPO 1968. Eight-panel illus. brochure printed both sides. GPO unknown books
1976réf. 93912Washington: GPO 1976. 14p. illus. 8x10 inches stapled wraps very good condition. 1970 census reports #2. GPO unknown books
1880réf. 707301880. 6.5 x 10.5 cm. Illustration of the hotel on one side brief text including proprietor's name on verso printed on off-white stiff card stock. Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in Norwich in 1860 and stayed in the Wauregan. unknown books
1903réf. 224108Watsonville Chamber of Commerce 1903. 1903. 8vo. 13 illustrations; map. Original color pictorial wrappers with design of four apples. Very good. 16 pages. Printed by Sunset Press San Francisco. Rocq 14417 - locates only the Bancroft copy. Soft cover. [Watsonville, Chamber of Commerce, 1903]. paperback books
1922réf. 10954WATSONVILLE CC 1922 1922. COLOR PICTORIAL WRAPPERS VERY GOOD. Soft cover. WATSONVILLE, CC, 1922 paperback books
1873réf. 002874Washington DC: Published by Order of the Secretary of War 1873. First Edition. Good. Six maps for: Monday February 17 1873 - 11 P. M.; Tuesday February 18 1873 - 7:35 A. M.; Tuesday February 18 1873 - 4:35 P. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 7:35 A. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 4:35 P. M.; Wednesday February 19 1873 - 11 P. M.; 8 3/4 x 11 1/2; relief shown by hachures and gradient tints; small reference table in the lower half of the image; edges brittle with small chips and cuts; overall in good to very good condition. A scarce collection of maps their publication began in January of 1871 with no less than 3 maps being published every day. Samuel Morse's invention of the telegraph had made it possible to easily observe gather and transmit data from different points over the entire country. A small note at the head read: "All observations made at the same moment of actual not local time." Released by the US Army's Signal Service the maps were intented to be primarily used by farmers and merchants. They were published in at least three different sizes and formats the current being one of the smaller ones. These particular maps showed precipitation and wind velocity at various elevation points. Published by Order of the Secretary of War unknown books
1885réf. 60768Rugby England: Walding 1885. Trade card. 16mo 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. 3 pp. the two interior pages advertise the fox hunting clothier Walding with short testimonial statements all dated 1879 and the rear wrapper advertises and solicits subscriptions for the Hunt Servant's Benevolent Society." "Walding begs to inform Masters of Hounds and Gentlemen much in the saddle that he makes Hunting and Riding Garments his special study and supplies over fifty of the principal Hunts in the Kingdom." Very good. Original chromolithographic illustrated wrapper picturing vignettes from the hunt. #7955. Walding unknown books
1897réf. 505Dover Kent England: W. J. George 1897. 4to. 285 x 225 mm. 11 x 8 ¾ inches. 24 pp. Illustrated throughout with lithographic images of sporting rifles and equipment. Original green coated paper wrappers title information and images I gold ink on front cover; wrapper edges rubbed with minor tears paper spine rubbed away wrappers nearly detached. Attractively produced gun catalogue issued by one of Great Britain's most storied rifle manufacturers and gunsmith to the Queen. The illustration are highly detailed especially for the various shot guns offered for sale. Jonathan Ulhman. Bibliography of Books on Cartridges or Ammunition International Ammunition Association Inc. p.1. https://cartridgecollectors.org/. W. J. George unknown books
1802réf. 55719New York: Printed and Sold by G. F. Hopkins 1802. First American edition. Leather bound. Very good. 296pp. Octavo 22 cm In a later 3/4 leather binding with brown cloth over boards. New endsheets and flyleaves. The boards are a bit warped. Repair to title and dedication pages. With map present at the front. Wright-Howes M 133. "First crossing of the continent from ocean to ocean by a white man. The narrative portion was prepared for publication by William Combe from Makenzie's notes." - Wright-Howes p. 362. Printed and Sold by G. F. Hopkins unknown books
1788réf. 41603London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols. 1788. Folio. Pages 253-265 1 blank pp as issued. Caption title as issued. Disbound with some loosening else Very Good. "Numb. 29." printed in left corner at head of title. The matters include "A Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Helstgon in the County Cornwall; and also A Petition of the Mayor Aldermen Burgesses and other Inhabitants of the Town of Shrewsbury: Were severally presented to the House and read; representing the present State of the African Slave Trade as being sent State of the African Slave Trade as being contrary to the Principles of Justice Humanity good Policy and Religion; and submitting the same to the Consideration of the House." This is an early protest against the continuation of the African Slave Trade. Printed and Sold by John Nichols... unknown books
