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1939ref. BOOKS000283xiv555 pages with maps illustrations and bibliography. Thick royal octavo 9 3/4" x 6 3/4" bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original jacket. signed First edition. Here for the first time is a well-rounded account of every aspect of the region's life and development as far as the War of 1812. Among the more than one hundred illustrations included are reproductions of contemporary pictures maps plans of forts portraits architectural photographs and drawings of equipment and utensils. Previous owner's inscription concerning the author on front end paper pencil notes on back paste down spine ends rubbed corners bumped crease at head front board. Jacket chipped at edges and spine ends with an inch or more loss else very good in good jacket. University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover
1927ref. 019913New York: Joint Committee on Negro Child Study in New York City Publisher 1927. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 48 pp. plus a few fold out tables. A report on the findings of a 1925 study of African American children in New York City who either appeared before the court or were in some other way documented as "delinquent" or "neglected." The report provides statistics on numbers as well as conclusions drawn from the study. Overall it appears the committee found that there were very few resources available institutional and otherwise to African American children. GOOD condition. Ex-library with stamping and stickers present on the upper front cover and title page. General uneven toning some soiling and minor staining to the covers. Paper on the spine chipped torn and peeled at the head and tail. Minor toning to the text block. Joint Committee on Negro Child Study in New York City, Publisher unknown
1885ref. 019894New York: No publisher 1885. Pamphlet. Good. Presumed the New York Bar Association. New York: 1885. Pamphlet side sewn lacking any wrappers or binding originally issued. 69 pp. Reprinted from the West Coast Reporter. A critical look at the Civil Code laws of California asserting that the civil code as written is full of errors uncertainties and inconsistencies with almost all sections needing judicial interpretation before their meanings can be understood. Pomeroy felt that the administration of the law was under threat of deterioration because of this. The New York Bar Association printed this critique because the civil code of California was a copy of a draft reported to the New York legislature in 1865. John Norton Pomeroy was an American lawyer and law professor and wrote many important text books and works on American law. Pomeroy helped develop the newly established Hastings College in California's law curriculum and served as their sole law professor. This helped him gain expertise in California law. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy toning to the front cover with otherwise general toning. Faint dampstaining along the fore edge resulting in some light wrinkling to the text block. No publisher unknown
ref. 019829Newark NJ: Whitehead and Hoag Producer. Unbound. Good. circa 1896 based on patent date on the reverse. Celluloid pinback with paper back. Stickpin style back. Approximately 7/8 inches in diameter. Paper on the reverse reads "F. Ziegfeld Jr. Mgr Anna Held. A pinback promoting Polish-French actress and singer Anna Held. Working in Europe Held was "discovered" by Florenzo Ziegfeld in London in 1896 and was persuaded by him to return to New York with him. Ziegfeld a master promoter and user of media fed American papers semi-lurid or exotic tales of Held creating a public sensation before she even arrived. From 1896 to 1910 she was one of Broadway's most popular actors. Held and Ziegfeld were common law spouses until Ziegfeld began an affair in 1909 with another actress and married yet another performer in 1914. GOOD condition. Image of Held very toned and faded with the words barely visible on the face. Whitehead and Hoag, Producer unknown
1930ref. 019812Hartford CT: Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall presumed Publisher 1930. Pamphlet. Good. no date presumed 1930 1931 Side stapled booklet. 8 pp. A program to an event celebrating the first anniversary of the Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall in Hartford Connecticut an event that featured Paul Robeson performing a song recital. Some online sources indicate that the hall was built in 1930 with Robeson performing in 1931. The booklet features instructions for those taking private cars a biography of Paul Robeson a program for the evening etc. Paul Robeson was a sports figure actor and singer as well as a leading civil rights activist for many years. Due to his perceived support of communism a 1952 performance in Hartford caused a riot of protesters. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Moderate soiling and minor staining. Some wrinkling. Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall, presumed Publisher unknown
1958ref. 019819Springfield MO: The Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Publisher 1958. Wraps. Good. Side stapled wraps. Zine style magazine. 14 pp. A zine issued for personnel of the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners Springfield Missouri discussing employee news items relating to work wages social subjects such as intramural sports etc. GOOD condition. Minor scattered areas of staining with light soiling and general toning. Minor edgewear. The Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Publisher unknown
ref. 019780No Place: Enoch Morgan's Sons Publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No place or date. Presumed early 1900s. Illustrated wraps. 5 ¾ by 3 ½ inches. 12 pp. including covers. Red and black illustrations throughout presumably by James Kenneth Fraser initials present in each. A promotional booklet for Sapolio Soap produced by Enoch Morgan's Sons. Sapolio was known for its very successful ads and jingles some penned by Bret Harte some by James Kenneth Fraser and others. This booklet features a variety of townsfolk with accompanying rhymes all promoting Sapolio. GOOD condition. General wrinkling minor toning and soiling to the covers. Light curling at the corners. Enoch Morgan's Sons, Publisher unknown
1860ref. 019756New York: Anson D.F. Randolph 1860. Cloth. Fair. Dark brown flexible cloth covers. 42 pp. A few black and white illustrations in the interior. A short book for children providing instructions on how to build several kinds of pumps including a suction pump a force pump and a small fire "engine" that can force water 20 feet high. With an inscription dedicating the book to Mariana A. Foster from the author "her affectionate brother." FAIR condition. Covers and first few pages VERY tenuously attached to the binding. Uneven fading and scuffing to the covers. Extremities scuffed and curled with a few minor tears. Heavy foxing to the paper in the interior. Almost all of the cloth missing from the spine. Anson D.F. Randolph unknown
ref. 019708Boston: B. Franklin Edmunds. Quarter Leather. Good. no date perhaps mid 1830s. Most likely appeared in an earlier London edition around 1828 as The Stolen Boy. Quarter leather with blue paper covered boards. Approximately 3 by 2 3/8 inches. Page edges gilt. 63 1 64 pp. With 10 full-page wood engravings including frontispieces. The first 63 pages comprise "Little Manuel" purporting to tell the true story of a young Spanish immigrant to Texas who was kidnapped by Native Americans Comanches and perhaps could be considered to fall into the "Indian Captivity Narrative" genre. Illustrated with 6 engravings. The last 64 pages contain a poem to a birthday boy by Felicia Hemans; one page of "Lines to a Young Lady; and "The Travelling Tin-Man: An American Story" by Eliza Leslie. This appears to be a moral tale for children. The book finishes with another short piece by Hofland "The Deserted Villagers; or the Confiding Boy." Eliza Leslie was perhaps best known as a cookbook author in the 19th century although she did write fiction and nonfiction. Barbara Wreaks Hoole Hofland was an English author primarily writing moral or instructive tales. Given this it is very possible Little Manuel was written as a moral tale. GOOD condition. Leather rather scuffed along the spine and hinges with moderate to heavy scuffing to the extremities. Small area of faint staining to the rear cover. Text block toned with scattered foxing and soiling. B. Franklin Edmunds unknown
1942ref. 019699New York: Peace News Publisher 1942. Wraps. Good. Side folding journal. 8 pp. With a subscription sheet laid in. An obscure journal devoted to peace and social justice presumably started due to World War II. This issue proposes worldwide economic considerations after the war to create circumstances that would lead to lasting peace. Edited by Helen Alfred who was part of the National Housing Conference's women of the century for her work in affordable housing. GOOD condition. Two horizontal fold creases present. General toning minor wrinkling and soiling. Owner's name in ink on the upper front cover. Peace News, Publisher unknown
1939ref. 019685Boston MA: Historical Records Survey Works Progress Administration Publisher 1939. Wraps. Good. Printed blue wraps with blue cloth tape binding. 572 pp. between the two volumes. No illustrations. An annotated survey/inventory of portrait paintings held in various places in Massachusetts arranged alphabetically by subject. Lists artist where held and other information. Typed gift letter from the Works Progress Administration tipped in at the front of the first volume. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a spine label on volume 2. No other treatments present. General toning minor soiling scuffing and creasing to the covers. Some superficial peeling to the paper at a few spots on the covers. Historical Records Survey Works Progress Administration, Publisher unknown
1919ref. 019692St. Joseph MO: Progressive Numbers presumed Publisher 1919. Unbound. Good. Single sheet folded into 4 pages making a small booklet. Printed on card stock. A program for an event held by what appears to have been an African American fraternal or social organization. The event was held May 15th 1919. The event started at 8:45 pm with food served promptly at 9:30. The invocation was led by Reverend E.M. Cohron and it appears the poem "At the Closed Gates of Justice" by James D. Corrothers was read cited by its first line "To be a Negro on a Day Like This." Another address "Where Ethiopia Should Stretch Forth Her Hands" was also given. Honorary members of Progressive Numbers are listed including Rev. J.A. Gregg Richard B. Harrison and Clarence Cameron White. List of last names and first initials of 12 members also present. While we could find nothing identifying this organization its motto is "Onward Upward" and its colors are lavender and cream. GOOD condition. Moderate toning and minor soiling. Heavy offsetting to the rear panel. Minor edgewear. Progressive Numbers, presumed Publisher unknown
ref. 019622No Place: No Producer. Unbound. Good. Knights of Pythias Triangle Dangle Badge/Medallion. With Image of worried parents in the room of a bedridden child. No producer place or date. Perhaps late 1890s early 1900s. Silver colored metal. Each side approximately 2 ¼ inches in length. Badge has the above mentioned illustration as well as the initials FBC & L at the corners. Reverse blank. The Knights of Pythias is a secret fraternal organization founded in 1864. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy uneven tarnishing rubbing and scuffing to the piece with some soiling. Hanging loop broken off and missing. Slight warping to the metal with a few small dings along the edges. No Producer unknown
ref. 014221No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. Good. Advertising poster style paper for the 1927 Silent Film Wings. Single sheet printed on both sides. 20 by 15 ½ inches. Printed on very thin paper. Dark sepia toned images. One side with large illustrations of planes in dogfights with several smaller inset images of the cast. Reverse with a half page image of planes and Clara Bow with the other half page bearing two smaller images. An advertisement for the silent film Wings a 1927 movie starring Clara Bow Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen as well as a small role for Gary Cooper that according to Wikipedia "helped launch his career in Hollywood." The film was set during World War I and was noted for its aviation cinematography. GOOD condition. Many horizontal and vertical fold creases present with moderate wrinkling. Minor general toning. A few small spots of staining to the piece. Movie theater stamps on the rear side. Several tears along the folds with a small area torn at the center where the folds intersect. No Publisher unknown
1970ref. 016475No Place: No publisher 1970. Unbound. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed Syracuse New York: 1970. Medium paper stock single sheet 11 by 17 inches. Printed on a single side only. Poster for a Friday November 13 1970 rally protesting the Vietnam War that was held at the Syracuse Induction Center. A comply-in followed the rally at the Selective Service Board. With a large peace symbol slightly resembling a skull and outlined in a red omega symbol used by resisters to the Vietnam War. GOOD condition. Minor toning. Some wrinkling and faint creasing to the paper. Minor soiling. Small spot near the lower left corner. One or two tiny tears to the extremities. No publisher unknown
ref. 019557New York: New York State Education Department. Pamphlet. Good. no date late 1942 early 1943. Single sheet 8 ½ by 11 inches folded in half to make four pages. Illustrated front cover and interior. A pamphlet praising women on the front cover for their war work effort in World War II and soliciting in the interior for 3000000 more women to join the war work force. The rear page has information about the local War Production Training Program in Richfield Springs New York. Gives information on class hours types of courses machinist's lathe etc. and transportation information. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scattered foxing to the piece. Minor soiling and staining. Pencil scribble on the front page. Some wrinkling and creasing. New York State Education Department unknown
1865ref. 019501New York: Mrs. Grundy Publisher 1865. Wraps. Poor. Side folding journal. Pagination runs 33-42. Front cover illustration by Thomas Nast. Political cartoons throughout. Fourth issue of this short lived periodical attempting to pick up where Vanity Fair left off. Some of those associated with the journal had worked on Vanity Fair. Mrs. Grundy played a critical observer on the American political scene and supported the Reconstruction as envisioned by Andrew Johnson. The journal ran for a total of 12 issues before closing due to a lack of subscribers. Political satire and commentary throughout including a poem written in dialect from the point of view of an African-American who feels abandoned by the US government. Also present is a full page illustration by Thomas Nast titled "Death on the Rails." POOR condition. Slightly ex-library with faint blindstamp on the front cover. The whole journal is very fragile and brittle with all pages DETACHED from each other. Moderate toning some soiling and moderate to heavy chipping and tearing along the edges. Pencil note on the upper front cover. Mrs. Grundy, Publisher unknown
ref. 019512New York: Sackett and Wilhelms. Spiral Bound. Good. no date circa 1940. Illustrated wraps spiral bound. Unpaginated perhaps 100-150 pp. Printed on single sides only. A promotional work issued by Sackett and Wilhelms Lithograph Company highlighting the work of commercial and graphic artists and photographers. A few entries with brief biographies. Each artist with one full page sample of work. Index to artists in the rear. GOOD condition. Moderate fading and scuffing to the covers with some soiling and a few small stains. Heavy scuffing and wear along the extremities. Paper toned in the interior with a few pages bearing small tears in the center. Sackett and Wilhelms unknown
1874ref. 019486Boston: White Smith and Company 1874. Wraps. Good. Folio. Appears to have been disbound from a larger work. Sheet music to a song sung by Charles B. Hicks and his troupe the Georgia Minstrels. Hicks was an African-American performer and minstrel troupe manager and publicist being one of the few to be successful in the white dominated genre. Top of the cover dedicates this "To Charles B. Hicks." The cover itself is a lithograph by John H. Bufford drawing on stereotypes and idealizations of what the white US public imagined Black life to be like using imagery to portray an older Black gentleman theoretically reflecting wistfully back on life in slavery. GOOD condition. Spine edge rough from extraction. Minor soiling and toning with a few small stains. White, Smith and Company unknown
1804ref. 019430Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin Printers 1804. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet side folding in two separate sections. Pagination runs 659-672 plus a blank rear leaf. A descriptive printing of various laws and acts passed in Connecticut including those relating to surveyors courts gaolers and sheriffs the New Haven Aqueduct Company etc. GOOD condition. Two sections held together with a paper clip. Minor toning and foxing. Some chipping tearing and tattering along the fore edge. Pages unopened along the top edge. Hudson and Goodwin, Printers unknown
1888ref. 019424Rhode Island: WCTU Rhode Island Publisher 1888. Unbound. Good. Cream colored silk ribbon with purple printing and fringed ends. With a sewn fold over flap at the top. About 6 ½ by 2 1/8 inches. A ribbon issued by the Women's Christian Temperance Union WCTU of Rhode Island reading "W.C.T.U. of Rhode Island. State Convention at Providence Sept. 18-19-20 1888.Greetings Remembrance. Compliments of Providence Union" Presumably issued for its annual convention. The Women's Christian Temperance Union was founded in Ohio in 1874 with the principal goal of promoting temperance through religious moral and other methods. It eventually expanded its mission to include social reform such as suffrage child labor etc. The Rhode Island chapter was successful in helping to pass a prohibition law in the state in 1886 although it was repealed in 1889. GOOD condition. Minor toning and curling with light soiling and staining. WCTU Rhode Island, Publisher unknown
1822ref. 014338New-Ipswich NH: Salmon Wilder Publisher 1822. Wraps. Fair. Plain wraps. A collection of speeches from various politicians and people from a variety of towns from New England and beyond with responses made by President James Monroe. This includes towns such as Kittery Maine Newburyport Massachusetts women from the Windsor Female Academy Plattsburg Portsmouth New Hampshire etc. FAIR condition. Front cover almost detached. Moderate faint staining soiling and spotting to the wrappers with general fading. Upper front wrapper with chipping and loss along its entire length. Wrappers almost completely missing from the spine. Moderate uneven browning in the interior with scattered foxing soiling and staining. Not in Sabin. Salmon Wilder, Publisher unknown
1793ref. 012721Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews Printers 1793. Leather. Good. Full Calf leather. 696 552 pp. Eight fold out plates/maps in volume one three in volume two all present as called for. 1793 edition of this early geographical survey of the United States as well as the world containing maps relating to the United States at the time North America and the world. This work served to heavily influence the teaching of geography and education in the US. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the leather covers and extremities with a few deep scrapes and scratches present. Minor soiling and staining. Interiors solid with moderate toning scattered foxing staining and soiling. Dampstaining present to the endpapers. Ownership signatures present. A few pages creased including dog ear creases. The Virginia map is very tattered torn and misfolded with a few other American maps also bearing tears ranging from small to long along the folds. Some creasing to the maps. Sabin 50926. Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, Printers unknown
1797ref. 017595Boston: Printed at the Presses of S. Hall and Thomas and Andrews 1797. Leather. Poor. Full calf leather. Pagination runs A-QQQ 4. Only four out of seven maps called for are present MISSING the following three maps: the map of Northern States map of the Southern States and the map of South America. Maps of the Pacific Islands North America West Indies and Georgia present. An alphabetically arranged encyclopedia style work on the geography settlements and people of North and South America as well as islands in the Caribbean and South Pacific. This includes the east coast of Australia then termed New Holland. POOR condition. Front cover DETACHED with any front endpapers up to the frontis map MISSING frontis map is present. Leather scuffed frayed and worn along the extremities and hinges. A few small spots of staining to the covers. Previous owner's bookplate present. Text block solid and a bit toned. Howes M839. Sabin 50923. Printed at the Presses of S. Hall and Thomas and Andrews unknown
1859ref. 017039Washington DC: Gales and Seaton 1859. Tabloid. Good. Side folding large tabloid newspaper. A single issue of this long running newspaper published in Washington DC first published in 1800 and publishing until 1870 with an eventual bias toward conservative Whig policies. Besides the usual ads and political news this issue contains two "Was Committed" notices last page bottom right one pertaining to Mary Norris George Park and Sally King the other pertaining to Lewis West. All four were African-Americans with Mary Norris George Park and Lewis West being enslaved people from enslaver Robert E. Lee. According to the US National Park Service website devoted to Robert E. Lee's Arlington House Memorial Mary Norris George Parks and another man Wesley Norris believed they were free based on a provision in the will of George Washington Custis. Based on this knowledge the three emancipated themselves traveling to Pennsylvania. They were all captured in Maryland. According to contemporary newspaper accounts New York Tribune in June 1859 Lee had the re-captured African-Americans whipped. Wesley Norris himself wrote an article in the Anti-Slavery Standard in 1866 which provides his account of the whipping. Early historians and biographers dismissed both accounts considering them to be accounts used for anti-slavery propaganda. Lee himself was silent on the subject with many of his contemporaries and historians taking his silence as a denial. However modern research suggests the accounts of Wesley Norris and others were true dispelling the myth of Lee as benevolent enslaver perpetuated by earlier historians. The first notice states that Norris Park and West were committed to jail on May 26th and that "George and Mary say they belong to Col. Robert Lee of Fairfax County Virginia." The complexion and height of all three are given as well as descriptions of the clothing they wore. Sally King asserted that she was free living in Washington with a Mrs. D. Bread. According to the piece they all initially left Washington on May 22nd 1859. The second notice contains the same information as the first although it appears Lewis West was jailed on May 27th but also asserted he "belongs to Col. Robert Lee." Both notices request that the "owner or owners" come forward and pay all charges due. Also present is a notice of "young servants for sale" indicating the availability of several girls from ages 11 to 15 as well as young men from 21 to 25 years old. All were apparently located in Georgetown. The newspaper is in GOOD condition. Paper split chipped and deteriorating along the spine with very slight loss of letters to some of the "was committed" ads. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Moderate toning along the spine edge. Small hole worn through at the intersection of the fold creases. Some wrinkling and creasing to the paper. Several small tears along the extremities. Gales and Seaton unknown
