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1846réf. 018912Cincinnati: James R. Albach Publisher 1846. Full Leather. Poor. Full calf leather. Xx 592 pp. Two maps present as called for one depicting Kentucky and the other Louisiana and vicinity. A lengthy historical survey of the settling by white men of what was considered the West in the United States in 1845 focusing on events in Kentucky Illinois and other territories and states in the Midwest. This includes sections on interactions and battles with Native Americans the massacre at Chicago etc. POOR/FAIR condition. Front cover DETACHED along the hinge. Heavy scuffing to the leather especially along the edges resulting in some loss. Scattered foxing in the interior mostly minor a bit heavier to the endpapers. Faint dampstain in the lower margin of the first several pages. Sabin 60954. James R. Albach, Publisher unknown
1858réf. 018840Boston: Little Brown and Company 1858. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First edition. Brown cloth. 436 pages with all illustrations and maps present as called for. Volume one only out of three of this history of early New England with sections on the indigenous inhabitants early explorations by European explorers early European settlements early European colonies in New England etc. GOOD condition. Ex-library with interior pocket and paste down present. No exterior library markings noted. Uneven fading and offsetting to the covers with heavy offsetting along the extremities and spine. Minor soiling. Several small spots of ink staining to the covers. Cloth a bit frayed and worn along the extremities. Minor toning to the text block in the interior. Little, Brown and Company unknown
1909réf. 018815New York: Burr Publishing Co 1909. Wraps. Fair. Color illustrated wraps with a string tied binding. Unpaginated. Black and white photos throughout as well as one apparent painted photo by Karl Moon. Single issue of this monthly magazine this one relying heavily on photographs. Of note are a series of 14 Photographs by Carl moon an American photographer perhaps best known for his photographs of Native Americans. These photos depict Native Americans living in the Taos New Mexico area and are reminiscent of the work by Edward Curtis. While some critics have acclaimed his work for its documentation of Native American life the work seems to mythologize the false concept of the disappearance of Native Americans in the US. The article concludes "we are loath to confess that in the final count it is best that man's progress in the cultivation of land should be unchecked and our reluctance lies in the fact that this change must toll the knell of the Redman's sic day." Among the other photos in the book are photos of celebrities and of the Hudson-Fulton celebration in New York. Included in these photos is one depicting Wilbur Wright flying over Governor's Island in New York. His flight that day included the first over water and the canoe that he mounted underneath the airplane as a precaution against a water landing can be seen in the photo. FAIR condition. Frontispiece illustration haphazardly cut out of the magazine. Very heavy scuffing chipping creasing tearing and loss to the covers along the extremities with most of the spine missing. Some creasing soiling and staining to the covers with superficial paper loss to the rear cover. Large faint pencil circle present to the front cover. A very small old price sticker at the upper right corner of the front cover. Very light scattered foxing in the interior. Burr Publishing Co unknown
1785réf. 018809Hartford: Elisha Babcock Printer 1785. First Edition. Full Leather. Good. First edition. Full calf leather with red title label on the spine. 8 304 pages lacking errata page. First edition of what many consider to be America's first epic poem blending religious allegory with the recent events of the American Revolution and George Washington. Timothy Dwight was an American educator and minister. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the covers with minor soiling and staining. Spine rather darkened. Leather split along the entire front hinge. Covers a bit bowed. Three purple ink stamps on the first end paper and inside front cover belonging to the previous owner William C. Byer a Free-will Baptist minister who apparently really wanted everyone to know this was his book. One stamp on the rear inside cover. Another ownership signature and pencil on the inside front cover. Sabin 21548. Elisha Babcock, Printer unknown
réf. 018780No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. No publishers places or dates. All presumed circa 1972. Pieces range in size from 8 1/2 by 11 inches to legal sized paper. Either single sheets or stapled packets. 21 items plus duplicates relating to the 1972 presidential campaign of George McGovern. This includes statements that relay McGovern's thoughts on the economy education foreign aid arms control unemployment senior citizens voting record on labor flyers for events etc. Also included are printings of speeches given by McGovern one from New Hampshire and one from Massachusetts. Several items gather press material either for the media or what the media has said about McGovern. George McGovern was a long time US politician who ran for president in 1968 and 1972. He gained the democratic nomination in 1972 but lost to Nixon. Items range from good to very good condition. Varying amounts of general toning minor soiling creasing and otherwhere to the pieces. A few with ink annotations. No publisher unknown
1964réf. 018728Los Angeles: Muhammad Speaks/Nation of Islam Publisher 1964. Unbound. Good. No place or date Los Angeles 1964. Single sheet 8 ½ by 11 inches. Text repeats twice indicating this was meant to be cut into two small handbills. The flier advertises a discussion held by Harriet Muhammad a columnist for Muhammad Speaks the newspaper for the Nation of Islam. Held at the Salem Baptist Church in Los Angeles on Sunday July 12th the discussion covered topics including: "the Muslim Movement the power structure and the Civil Rights Movement;" "Messenger Elijah Muhammad;" "Separation vs. Integration;" and "Proposals of the Nation of Islam." GOOD condition. Large dampstain diagonally affecting the right half/third of the paper. Minor soiling and edgewear. Muhammad Speaks/Nation of Islam, Publisher unknown
1793réf. 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
1797réf. 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
1859réf. 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
1867réf. 016429Boston: Samuel A. Drake Publisher 1867. Half-Leather. Poor. Half leather with cloth boards. 333 pp. Fold out map tipped in on the title page. A collection of short accounts/histories originally written in the 1600s that chronicled various wars and struggles between Native Americans and early colonists in the New England region. This includes Drake's account of the rise of hostility between Native Americans and colonists asserting that if white settlers had not been haughty and arrogant and considered Native Americans as equals little hostility would have arisen. Reprinted tracts in this include: The Present State of New-England with Respect to the Indian Wars; A continuation of the State of New England being a farther account of the Indian War; A new and farther Narrative of the State of New-England; a True Account of the most Considerable Occurences etc.; The War in New-England visibly Ended King Philip Beheaded etc.; News from New England being a True and last account; A farther brief and true Narration of the late Wars risen in New England. Title pages to each tract reprinted. POOR/FAIR condition. Slightly ex-library with an institutional stamp on the title page. Covers essentially DETACHED hanging by threads which will probably give out with much further handling. Minor fading scuffing and soiling to the covers. Heavy scuffing to the leather along the extremities spine and hinges with tearing and loss to the leather along the backstrip. Interior solid but a bit toned. Map foxed and a bit creased/wrinkled. Sabin 20879. Samuel A. Drake, Publisher unknown
1964réf. 015841No Place: William Kent Publisher 1964. Unbound. Good. #2 of 20 printed. Signed by William Kent on the lower right corner below illustration. Printed on paper in black red and blue with ink set in relief on the plain background. 36 ½ by 21 ¼ inches. A slate relief print by artist and carver William Kent. Kent adapted newspaper headlines and imagery of political leaders to present a subtle satirical commentary on the United States and its leaders that undercuts the assertions of the leaders. William Kent is credited with the creation of the slate print technique. Considered an outsider artist by his contemporary critics Kent as a self taught artist adopted techniques used by artists in the Pop Art movement to his own ends in an effort to portray upheavals in American society during the 1960s. GOOD condition. Needs restoration/conservation. Faint large dampstain at the lower right corner. Faint foxing present to the whole piece. Paper is wrinkled with some large curls and faint creases presumably from being stored rolled at some point. A few small tears and chips present along the extremities. William Kent, Publisher unknown
1819réf. 014277Washington: Gales and Seaton Printer 1819. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrapppers issued. Presumably disbound from a larger work. 96 pp. MISSING the lastleaf or leaves with loss of the last letter extract included in this pamphlet. A lengthy work providing statements speeches and letters by President James Monroe discussing troubles with Spain including an alleged expedition from the United States against the province of Texas. Present is a printing of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 that ceded Florida to the US from Spain as well as established the border between the US and New Spain. This includes many documents and letters from US and Spanish officials in Spanish and translated to English regarding land grants treaties boundaries territories etc. including discussion of Florida the land around Mobile Bay the Red River etc. GOOD condition. Lacking the aforementioned leaf or leaves at the rear. Heavy offsetting and browning to the outer pages with general moderate browning to the paper. Scattered foxing and soiling. Spine curled. Some creasing with some chipping along the extremities. Remains of binding along the spine. Gales and Seaton, Printer unknown
1854réf. biblio2Foxing 13 color plates second binding. Text clean name and number title page. Does not include map. inscription and writing front free fly leaf Wagner camp 235 Book is in good condition Text Unmarked Lippincott, Grambo hardcover
1831réf. 000816London: Printed for C.J.G and F. Rivington for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1831. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Volume one: 168 pages. With four illustrations as given in the book. Howes P305 calls for 5 plates but this seems to contradict the book's statement. Volume two: 168 pages with four illustrations. These travels by Philips are imaginary as is Philips but contain previously published accounts tied together with the narrative device of the imaginary traveler. Travels in North America contains most of Lewis and Clark's account of their trip through the American West told in somewhat different form. The Mississippi River New Orleans St. Louis the Ohio River slavery Native Americans and other topics are covered giving again truthful facts about America in the guise of an imaginary narrator. Travels in South America is written in the same manner and the preface to it states as much. In half leather with marbled boards. In GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the marbled boards. Extremities scuffed and worn with the corners bumped and rounded the spine pulled with minor loss of leather to the head. Small chip of leather missing from the center backstrip. Leather scuffed along the hinges. The inner text is clean and tight with very minor foxing to the preliminaries. Nice copy of this rather hard to find work a later edition in GOOD condition. Three copies of this edition found in OCLC Travels in North America. None found for Travels in South America. Photos available upon request. Printed for C.J.G and F. Rivington for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge unknown
1908réf. 017904New Bedford MA: George R. Phillips Publisher 1908. Tabloid. Good. Large tabloid format single sheet. 2 pp. Single issue of this weekly paper devoted to the whaling industry. It was founded in 1843 and published until 1914. This issue with a list of names masters sailing date and destination along with the latest report of approximately 32 whaling ships departing from New Bedford San Francisco and elsewhere. Reverse has a few articles including one describing the fad of oxygen parties in London. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold crease present with a few minor tears along the folds. Minor toning and foxing. George R. Phillips, Publisher unknown
1909réf. 017613New Bedford MA: George R. Phillips Publisher 1909. Tabloid. Good. Large tabloid format single sheet. 2 pp. Single issue of this weekly paper devoted to the whaling industry. It was founded in 1843 and published until 1914. This issue with a list of names masters sailing date and destination along with the latest report of approximately 26 whaling ships. Reverse has a few articles including a lengthy one of three notable con games in cards. GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold crease present with a few minor tears along the folds. Minor toning and foxing. George R. Phillips, Publisher unknown
1865réf. 018556New York: New York Herald Publisher 1865. Tabloid. Poor. Large tabloid newspaper format. 8 pp. A single issue discussing preparations for the funeral of Abraham Lincoln as well as the general state of mourning in the nation; several columns devoted to the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth and the capture of several conspirators; many short pieces on battles of the Civil War including at Mobile and Selma as well as mentioning the march of Sherman. POOR condition. Unopened along the top edge. Paper almost completely separated along the left edge and may detach with much further handling. Several horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Uneven toning to the paper heavier along the folds. Some chipping tearing creasing and loss to the first few pages along the folds with minor loss of text. Heavy chipping tearing and creasing along the extremities with some loss. New York Herald, Publisher unknown
1852réf. 018532Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo and Co 1852. Wraps. Good. illustrated wraps. 68 pages plus a lengthy catalog of books in the rear. a collection of and recollections of the life of Daniel Webster mostly anonymous and reflecting on his political career and life as a speaker. GOOD condition ex-library. Call letters in ink on the upper front cover in library book plate on the inside front cover. Spine repaired with paper tape. Minor soiling and toning to the covers. Some creasing and curling at the corners affecting the pages in the interior as well. Library blindstamp on the title page. scattered toning in the interior. Lippincott, Grambo and Co unknown
réf. 018513No Place: New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. presumed Publisher. Unbound. Good. No place or date. Presumed early 1900s. Single sheet roughly 17 by 10 inches. A map depicting the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket with what appear to be railroad lines in red as well as steamboat lines. Part of Cape Cod and New Bedford also depicted. The rail lines may be the narrow gauge lines that were in operation on the islands from the late 1800s to about 1917. May have been part of a travel booklet at some point GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold crease present with a few other small wrinkles and creases present. Light toning and soiling. A few minor tears along the edges. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co., presumed Publisher unknown
réf. 018417St. Louis: No Publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher. St. Louis MO: no date perhaps late 1800s early 1900s. Perhaps fourth edition if old bibliographic library card info is correct. Pamphlet lacking any original wrappers. 54 pp. A promotional piece perhaps issued by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway promoting land for sale along its Cotton Belt Route. The work provides a descriptive list of properties available for sale in Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana. GOOD condition. Ex-library with perforations and number along the lower edge of the first page. Minor toning wrinkling and creasing. No Publisher unknown
1815réf. 017887Hallowell ME: Ezekiel Goodale Printer 1815. Pamphlet. Good. Pamphlet lacking any wrappers issued. 24 pp. A pro-freemasonry speech looking at historical precedent for masonry in the Bible as well as ancient Greece and arguing for its importance in furthering culture in America. GOOD condition. General toning some foxing spotting minor soiling and staining to the pamphlet. Minor wrinkling. Remains of binding on the spine. Owner's signature on the title page. Several bookseller notes in pencil also on title page. Ezekiel Goodale, Printer unknown
1894réf. 017944Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton 1894. Cloth. Good. Illustrated beige cloth. 107 pp. A work that begins with the long poem "The Story of Portus" a work recalling the life of an enslaved man Portus. While the work reflects on the cruelty of enslaving people transporting them. and selling them it adopts a tone that the enslavers themselves were benevolent and that African-Americans would prefer to remain enslaved as there was nothing for them if they were free. The African-American protagonist Portus lives through the Civil War only to be murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. This work is accompanied by other shorter poetry most reflecting on life and the people of the US South. The poetry is rather conflicted with some celebrating Jefferson Davis while others reflecting on the lives of African-Americans in the South assuming the benefits of spirituality or Christianity in their lives. Overall it would seem much of the poetry whitewashes and glorifies the South while downplaying negative aspects of the region and the legacy of slavery. GOOD condition. Covers foxed and spotted with some soiling toning and minor staining. Text block toned. Owner's inscription on the first endpaper. Charles Wells Moulton unknown
1838réf. 017946Washington: Langtree and O'Sullivan 1838. Full Leather. Good. Full leather. 510 pp. With a few illustrated plates. Bound volume of this literary magazine and political journal embracing Jacksonian democracy through political essays written by its editor John O'Sullivan and others. While delving into politics the journal also published American literature historical essays etc. This volume contains three stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne all of which presumably appeared in Twice Told Tales; work by John Greenleaf Whittier; pieces on the life of Aaron Burr; an account of a voyage on the Nile River; an account of American whale ships captured by Chile and freed by Poinsett; an account of the separation of Louisiana territory from the Spanish etc. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing and uneven fading to the covers heavy to the spine. A few small areas of staining and discoloration. Owner's signature present. Doodle on the second blank endpaper. Tick marks in the contents pages with a few sentences underlined in several sections of the book. Scattered foxing throughout. Langtree and O'Sullivan unknown
1849réf. 017978New York: No publisher 1849. Quarter Leather. Good. Quarter leather with brown cloth covers. 650 pp. Illustrated frontispiece portraits at the beginning of each month. Bound volume of this journal originally published to support the candidacy of Henry Clay who was ran for president against James Polk in 1844. The journal published literature politics history and other topics. This volume includes an article on gold hunting in California in the sixteenth century; historical and mythological traditions of the Algonquins which includes a translation of the Walum-Olum and illustrations of symbols used by Native Americans accompanied by definitions; a piece on California pondering its political future in the United States; an article contemplating problems and the future of Native Americans in the United States written by Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bouh a chief of the Ojibwa Nation etc. GOOD condition. Covers a bit bowed. Moderate fading and scuffing to the covers with some soiling minor staining and areas of discoloration. Leather worn along the hinges and the corners. A few areas of minor dampstaining to the page edges throughout. Moderate to heavy scattered foxing throughout. No publisher unknown
réf. 018078No Place: No publisher. Wraps. Good. No publisher place or date perhaps 1890s based on OCLC records. Peach printed wraps. 16 pp. A xenophobic anti-immigrant tract that presents an odd argument in favor women's suffrage. The author subtly asserts that immigrants are prone to criminality and bring their political baggage with them to the United States. To offset their influence in politics and the polls Georgius suggests that women be allowed to vote. Overall a rambling work drawing on references to ancient Rome etc. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a stamp on the front cover. No other markings noted. Faint vertical fold crease present. Minor soiling staining and general fading to the covers. Some loss of wrapper along the front hinge. Interior toned. No publisher unknown
