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1824rif. 72564Concord: Globe Office 1824. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. First Edition. 112pp; Disbound and untrimmed. Lightly soiled else very good. Moore editor and publisher of The New Hampshire Journal was a founder of that State's historical society. Moore explains the "circumstances attending the first settlement the hardships endured by the settles and their frequent exposure to Indian warfare; the massacre by the Indians and their depredations upon the property of the inhabitants; and the tedious and perplexing controversy with the proprietors of Bow." He also treats separately the history of the Penacook Indians. Sabin 50392. Globe Office paperback books
rif. 4243Boston: John P. Jewett and Company 1859. 8vo printed gray wrappers. viii 280 pp. CONDITION: Good moderate stain to the front-cover minor losses to head and foot of spine. First edition. An exhaustive account of the actions and legal proceedings surrounding the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case of 1858 an important event in abolitionist history. On 13 September 1858 a federal marshal in Oberlin Ohio detained the runaway slave John Price from Kentucky in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Seeking to skirt conflict with Oberlin locals-many of whom were abolitionists-the officer transported Price to Wellington Ohio. Oberlin residents learned of the officer's actions and met the men in Wellington in an effort to free Price. After first attempting to liberate him peacefully with the assistance of fellow abolitionists from Wellington the party ultimately seized him by force-first returning him to Oberlin and then escorting him to Canada. Tragically however Price died shortly after his arrival. In the wake of the rescue thirty-seven of those involved in rescuing Price were indicted by a federal grand jury-although only two were actually tried in federal court. Ohio authorities for their part arrested the federal marshal and those who assisted him in apprehending Price. The conviction of the two rescuers occasioned fervent protests among Ohio abolitionists and the divisive effect of the case had a significant impact on Ohio politics in the years immediately following. Boston publisher John P. Jewett 1814-1884 was the original publisher of Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852 as well as various anti-slavery publications such as Kazlitt Arvin's Our Duty to the Fugitive Slave 1850 Henry Chase's The North and the South : A Statistical View of the Condition of the Free and Slave States 1856 and A North-side View of Slavery: The Refugee 1856. Scarce in wrappers. REFERENCES: Howes S419; Blockson 9525 citing the 1969 edition; Afro-Americana 9393; "Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Case" at Ohio History Connection online. Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1859 unknown books
1957rif. 349290New York: Sunrise History Publishing Committee 1957. 255p 5.5x8 inch brown cloth boards; edge rubbing dark marks from paper acidity inside front cover same at rear with 3.5 inch split at the spine hinge and tearing to page 253-54 otherwise good. Sunrise a libertarian collectivist colony in Saginaw Valley Michigan existed from 1933 to the spring of 1938. Sunrise History Publishing Committee unknown books
1951rif. 4769New York: The Macmillan Company 1951. Hardcover. vii 227p. later printing very good condition. No dj. "The story of a special agent of the Department of Justice" immigrant from Russia and newspaperman in Chicago "who for 30 years specialized in uncovering subversive activities. He tells of his work in the deportation cases of 1919 and 1920 of early U.S. communist meetings of the Bridgeman Michigan arrests and of particular communists he knew." Seidman S316. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
2003rif. 2354116Mineola New York: Dover Publications Inc 2003. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. 2025 reprint. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2003 Trade Paperback. xxv 243 pp. These 27 world-famous fairy tales have inspired countless adaptations in many languages and all public media and have for millions of people become an integral part of childhood. Included are such favorites as "Hansel and Gretel" "The Brave Little Tailor" "Cinderella" "Little Red Riding Hood" "Sleeping Beauty" and "Snow White" as well as less familiar ones: "The Danced-Out Shoes" "The Golden Bird" "The Six Swans" "Mother Holle" and "Straw Coal and Bean." Stanley Appelbaum provides excellent English translations on pages facing the original German allowing students to read some of the finest stories of the Brothers Grimm in the original while simultaneously improving their German language skills. Dover Publications, Inc paperback books
1866rif. 2353034New York: Harper & Brothers 1866. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Corners rubbed and exposed parish library bookplate on front endpaper but no other marks fore edge margin of a few pages stained lightly foxed throughout. 1866 Hard Cover. xv 463 pp. Green cloth gilt titles engraved frontispiece portrait of Julius Caesar hand-colored fold-out maps. Volume 1 only. Abbott chronicles the life military campaigns and political rise of Rome's most famous statesman. First published in 1849 as part of the Makers of History series it was specifically written to be a clear distinct and connected account for general readers and younger students. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
2017rif. 2352066Glasgow Scotland: Quality Chess 2017. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 9x6x0. First edition. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2017 Hard Cover. 408 pp. Aagaard describes his chess improvement philosophy developed over more than twenty years of thinking about one question: how do we make better decisions at the chess board The final volume in the award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series. Quality Chess hardcover books
2015rif. 2352060Glasgow Scotland: Quality Chess 2015. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x0x9. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2015 Trade Paperback. 283 5 pp. Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking Boris Gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze space advantage the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advantages. Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero Akiba Rubinstein Gelfand explains how he thinks during the game. Quality Chess paperback books
2004rif. 2352218London: Gloucester Publishers 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2004 Trade Paperback. 192 pp. There are many differing opinions among the top players in the world of chess but there is one thing upon which World Champions Grandmasters and other experts all agree: the art of chess calculation is the absolute key to the success of a player. Master this discipline and chess players can surely expect their results to improve dramatically. And yet there have been very few serious attempts in the past by chess authors to delve into this delicate topic perhaps not surprisingly given its complexity and difficulty. Gloucester Publishers paperback books
2004rif. 2352216London: Gloucester Publishers 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2004 Trade Paperback. 238 pp. Being able to solve puzzles and combinations is one of the principal components of a successful chess player. But how can one improve on such an important skill How can one acquire combinational vision The answer lies within the pages of this book! Experienced chess writer Jacob Aagaard explains how tactical intuition and ability develops and uses pattern recognition to improve the reader's tactical ammunition. It's also no secret that the continued practice of puzzles and combinations helps to sharpen the chess brain and here there is a wealth of exercises and problems to solve accompanied by the full solutions and explanations. This book is a must for the serious competitive player. Gloucester Publishers paperback books
2003rif. 2352217London: Gloucester Publishers 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x0x9. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2003 Trade Paperback. 176 pp. Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet an understanding of the finer points of the game so often makes the difference between two equally matched players. Improve your positional play and you will see chess in a totally new dimension! Gloucester Publishers paperback books
2004rif. 2352215London: Gloucester Publishers 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x9. Minor smudges on bottom edge otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2004 Trade Paperback. 184 pp. "And the rest is a matter of technique" is an annoyingly common phrase used in chess literature. The implication from the author is that the task of converting a typically winning position into a full point or converting a drawing position into half-a-point is relatively straightforward. However as all of us practical players realize it's not always a simple as this and many hard-earned points are wasted through "a lack of technique". Gloucester Publishers paperback books
2008rif. 2352687New York: Metro Books 2008. Reissue. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 10x8x0. Vankin Jonathan; et al. First printing of 2008 reissue. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 189 pp. A visual reimagining of more than fifty traditional fairy tales from the collection compiled by The Brothers Grimm. Jonathan Vankin and dozens of top comic artists have collaborated to bring a fresh version of these classics to modern readers. Metro Books paperback books
2019rif. 2346938London: Flame Tree Publishing 2019. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 6x1x9. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2019 Hard Cover. 478 2 pp. A collection of dozens of fairy tales from The Brothers Grimm translated into English from the original German by Margaret Hunt with a foreword by Jack Zipes. Malevolent and dark the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are not for the faint-hearted. The stories were originally published in 1812 and form a vivid and fascinating body of work that is rich in folkloric significance. Replete with sinister characters and grotesque imagery this collection is the perfect addition to our series of deluxe Gothic Fantasy giftbooks and features some of the lesser-known tales alongside favourites like Snow White Rapunzel Rumpelstiltskin and Hansel and Gretel. Flame Tree Publishing hardcover books
1887rif. 2343511New York: Hurst & Co. Publishers / Argyle Press 1887. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Boards soiled pencil name on first blank and pencil note on title page. 1887 Hard Cover. 128 14 pp. 8vo. Translated into English from the original French by Jacob Abarbanell. The author was a popular feuilleton writer and a follower of Emile Gaboriau whose character Monsieur Lecoq was a major influence on Sherlock Holmes. Hurst & Co., Publishers / Argyle Press hardcover books
2000rif. 2344316New York: Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Corp 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Edges lightly foxed. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 2000 Hard Cover. xv 5 538 pp. Translated from the Italian by David Selbourne with 'Remarks on The City of Light' by Wang Lianmao. "In 1270 a scholarly Jewish merchant called Jacob d'Ancona set out on a voyage from Italy. A year later he arrived in China at the coastal metropolis of Zaitun the "City of Light" now known as Quanzhou four years before Marco Polo arrived at Xanadu in 1275. Nothing was known of this epochal journey until 1990 when David Selbourne was shown d'Ancona's account of his travels a remarkable manuscript that had been hidden from public view for more than seven centuries. Eventually translated and edited by Selbourne and published in Great Britain in October 1997 as The City of Light the account was praised as providing an unparalleled insight into life in the medieval world. Controversy followed. Selbourne had pledged to the manuscript's owner that he would not reveal its whereabouts and that raised doubts about its authenticity. As a result of U.S. sinologists' criticism of plans for American publication the first edition was canceled. Now a year later Birch Lane Press happily publishes the controversial work. Criticisms of the textual evidence of d'Ancona's account have been answered by Selbourne. Most notably other academics--particularly and significantly in China--have come to the support of d'Ancona's account. The work is to be published in a Chinese translation. Vivid and insightful this account has great historical significance. It not only describes the adventures of a medieval trader but also comments on Chinese society and manners through the eyes of a European man of learning. The City of Light brings spectacularly to life d'Ancona's encounter with one of the world's great civilizations. Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing Corp hardcover books
1987rif. 2344588Interlaken New York: Empire State Books 1987. Reissue. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. 1987 reissue. An exceptional copy. 203 pp. Incorporating text of 1852 edition and illustrations from 1843 edition. This book is a historical fiction that follows a young boy named Marco Paul on his travels along the Erie Canal during the mid-19th century. It provides interesting insights into the history of the canal and its role in shaping American transportation. Empire State Books paperback books
1793rif. 2340792Boston / Worcester: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews 1793. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. Lacks pp. 81-88 107-112. Boards rubbed with a few abrasions and bookworm holes wooden boards beneath leather splitting along horizontal with some loss from rear endpaper ownership marks of Benjamin Church of Hubbardston Massachusetts on rear endpaper dated 1799. Church was a lieutenant in the United States Army and his tombstone reads "In memory of Lieut. Benjamin Church who died June 23 1806. in the 30 year of his age. His death was occasioned by a fall from a frame.". 1793 Full-Leather. xvi 17-112 pp. ESTC W22054 Evans 25695. Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews hardcover books
2012rif. 2342747New York: Puffin 2012. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 6x1x9. Cruikshank George; Jeffers Oliver; Blake Quentin; Briggs Raymond; Clark Emma Chichester; Scheffler Axel; Oxenbury Helen. New. An exceptional copy. 2012 Hard Cover. 367 pp. Six noted illustrators lend their talents to a definitive Grimms' gift edition This is a beautiful treasury of some of the most famous stories of the Brothers Grimm reproduced in their original form. Among many others the stories include: "The Travelling Musicians" illustrated by Oliver Jeffers "The Golden Bird" illustrated by Quentin Blake "Tom Thumb" illustrated by Raymond Briggs "Snow-Drop" illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark "The Frog-Prince" illustrated by Axel Scheffler and "Ashputtel" illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. With an unjacketed foil-stamped fabric cover six full color plates and colored endpapers this is the perfect edition for gift-giving or for anyone who collects books as art. Puffin hardcover books
1981rif. 2334703Philadelphia: ISHI / Institute for the Study of Human Issues 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9x6x1. Wehnert Edward H. First edition. Jacket spines faded faint sticker ghost on front endpaper of each volume. 1981 Hard Cover. xi 1 431; 477 pp. 8vo. First English translation of the complete stories originally collected in Deutsche Sagen. Edited by Donald Ward with a foreword by Dan Ben-Amos. ISHI / Institute for the Study of Human Issues hardcover books
2017rif. 2337200Lincoln Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press 2017. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2017 Hard Cover. xii 253 pp. Homesteading the Plains offers a bold new look at the history of homesteading overturning what for decades has been the orthodox scholarly view. The authors begin by noting the striking disparity between the public’s perception of homesteading as a cherished part of our national narrative and most scholars’ harshly negative and dismissive treatment. Homesteading the Plains reexamines old data and draws from newly available digitized records to reassess the current interpretation’s four principal tenets: Homesteading was a minor factor in farm formation with most western farmers purchasing their land; most homesteaders failed to prove their claims; the homesteading process was rife with corruption and fraud; and homesteading caused Indian land dispossession. Using data instead of anecdotes and focusing mainly on the nineteenth century Homesteading the Plains demonstrates that the first three tenets are wrong and the fourth only partially true. In short the public’s perception of homesteading is perhaps more accurate than the one scholars have constructed. Homesteading the Plains provides the basis for an understanding of homesteading that is startlingly different from the current scholarly orthodoxy. University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
1949rif. 2322089Washington D.C: Department of the Army 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 9x6x1. First edition. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1949 Hard Cover. 899 pp. Includes: Leadership Drill and Exercise of Command; Hygiene and First Aid; Physical Development Methods; Maps and Aerial Photographs; Military Organization; Individual Weapons and Marksmanship; Small Unit Tactics; Military Teaching Methods; Military History of the United States; Index. Department of the Army hardcover books
1859rif. 2310187Boston: John P. Jewett and Company 1859. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition Sabin 80503. Corners rubbed with a few tape repairs to spine library bookplate and stamp on front endpapers a few pages lightly foxed. 1859 Hard Cover. vii 1 280 pp. 8vo. Two-column format. Engraved illustration of Cleveland Ohio jail where the prisoners were confined on title page. An account of escape recapture and rescue of a 'fugitive slave' and subsequent indictment of the rescuers. From Sabin: "An extraordinary case under the Fugitive Slave Act. Wellington is located thirty-six miles southwest of Cleveland; Oberlin is nine miles north of Wellington. In January 1856 a negro slave called John was missing from a plantation in Mason county Kentucky. In August 1856 a friend of the owner recognized John at Oberlin and with the aid of friends from Kentucky arrested him with the intention of taking him back. They took him to Wellington where he was rescued by a large body of persons from Oberlin and Wellington---hence the title. Thirty-seven of the rescuers were indicted by the State and confined for many months in the Cleveland jail while the trial progressed. They were finally acquitted and great was the rejoicing. The account of the affair is contained in 280 double column solidly printed pages."---THOMSON'S Bibliography of Ohio. John P. Jewett and Company hardcover books
1861rif. 2307958Stuttgart / Bonn / Berlin / Gotha. / Hamburg: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag / Adolph Marcus / Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung / C.F. Thienemann / Agentur des Kauhen Hauses 1861. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Former library copy College of St. Scholastica and likely bound together by them with just a few marks on new end sheets. Marginalia throughout Grimm's work with a few instances of underlining. 1861 Half-Leather. 64; 81 1; 56; 23 1; 142; 8; 29; 22 pp. German text. A sammelband of seven pamphlets by German philologists including an essay by Jacob Grimm of The Brothers Grimm on the origins of language. While he is best known for his work with folklore and fairy tales he also wrote several important works regarding language with very detailed research about the history of the German language and its grammar and 'Grimm's law' is a set of statements about Germanic Sound Shift named after him. The scarce Dummler catalogue includes entries with brief prospectuses for 34 titles by Grimm Bopp Von Humboldt Steinthal and other notable German philologists; a similar Auszug of linguistic works published by Dummler caption title 8 pp. c. 1858 is present between pamphlets 5 and 6. Titles include: Goethe und die Erzahlungskunst; Chaucer in seinen Beziehungen zur italienischen Literatur.; Uber den Ursprung der Sprache; Verzeichniss von Werken aus dem Gebiete der Sprachforschung Erschienen in Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung in Berlin. December 1852; Der Ursprung der Sprache in Zusammenhange mit den Letzten Fragen alles Wissens. Eine Darstellung Kritik und Fortentwickelung der Vorzuglichsten Ansichten; Auszug aus dem Linguistischen Verlagskataloge von Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung in Berlin.; Schleiermacher seine Personlichkeit und seine Theologie.; Licht und Schattenseiten der gegenwartigen Culturentwicklung. J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag / Adolph Marcus / Ferd. Dummler's Verlagsbuchhandlung / C.F. Thienemann / Agentur des Kauhen Hauses hardcover books
1748rif. 2304868Augustae Vindelicorum Typis et Impensis Haeredum Ioannis Iacobi Lotteri 1748. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Boards lightly soiled and stained. 1748 Hard Cover. xvi 608 13 pp. 8vo. Vellum binding hand lettered spine sprinkled edges. An extensive history of philosophy by the author whose five-volume Historia Critica Philosophiae formed the basis of William Enfield's The History of Philosophy the first English language history of philosophy to treat thinkers beyond ancient history Locke Newton Hobbes Leibniz Descartes etc. Brucker is known primarily for his massive Historia Critica Philosophiae 5 volumes 1742-44 with an Appendix 1767. Passmore calls that work "the standard history of philosophy in the 18th century to which both Kant and the Encyclopaedists for example were very considerably indebted." 'The Idea of a History of Philosophy' in The Historiography of the History of Philosophy 'S-Gravenhage 1965. The present work contains 28 papers divided into three sections: Historico-Philosophica pp. 1-257; Historico-Literaria pp. 258-552; and Philologico-Critica pp. 553-608. The nine "observations" of the first part deal mainly with ancient philosophy with papers on: "number" in Plato and Pythagorian philosophy Brucker's dissertation; Pyrrhonism; Stoicism; the Alexandrian School et al.; as well as "Supplementa ad historiam de ideis exhibens" pp. 110-147 a supplement to Brucker's first book 1723. The second part opens pp. 258-290 with a paper that contains the first printing of six letters from Leibniz to Spizel Ravier 435. This section many of whose subjects appear to have connections with Augsburg also includes observations on Melanchthon's Hypotyposes theologicae 1521 sketches of the lives of Brucker's mentor Philipp Jakob Crophius the humanist Hieronymous Wolf and his student David Hoeschel as well as biographical sketches of several physicians. Osler 6614: "Bought 29.X.18 for the 3 medical lives i.e. J. Martius A.P. Gasser and L. Schroeck." To these three one might add a fourth "De Vita Matthiae Schenckii" pp. 334-351. Augustae Vindelicorum, Typis et Impensis Haeredum Ioannis Iacobi Lotteri hardcover books
