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Theodore Roosevelt, As President, Signs A Dramatic Photograph Of Him Atop A Jumping Horse by THEODORE ROOSEVELT

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Title: Theodore Roosevelt, As President, Signs A Dramatic Photograph Of Him Atop A Jumping Horse
Author: THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919). Roosevelt was the Twenty-Sixth President. PS. 9 x 7 . May 2, 1902. No place. A wonderful black and white photograph signed with regards of Theodore Roosevelt May 2nd, 1902 as President. It is inscribed in the upper right corner. The theatrical image shows the behatted President atop a jumping horse that is leaping a fence. The 9 x 7 photograph is matted to an overall size of 13 x 12. The signature is light, in part because the surface of the photograph is not conducive to absorbing ink. Some handwritten letters and numbers are darker than others. It is difficult to imagine a better TR image.

Sir Robert Peel's Address to the Electors of the Borough of Tamworth by Peel, Sir Robert - FOUNDING DOCUMENT OF BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY

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Title: Sir Robert Peel's Address to the Electors of the Borough of Tamworth
Author: Peel, Sir Robert - FOUNDING DOCUMENT OF BRITISH CONSERVATIVE PARTY
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good; old horizontal fold; some modest discoloration along the backstrip.
Description: No place., No date [Dec. 1834].. As Issued.. Very good; old horizontal fold; some modest discoloration along the backstrip. . 4to, [4] pp. A folded sheet producing a bi-folium; page meas. appx. 278 x 220 mm.; unwatermarked paper. Printed as two columns per page. The text is pp. 1 - 2; pages 3 - 4 are an integral blank leaf. The original electioneering pamphlet articulating Peel's political philosophy, now known as the "Tamworth Manifesto", issued prior to the election that immediately followed his initial appointment as Prime Minister. It is regarded as the founding document of British conservatism in the modern era. Unlocated. See the Gash biography of Peel.

[Colored Portrait Photograph of Richard D. Russell] by Russell, Richard D.

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Title: [Colored Portrait Photograph of Richard D. Russell]
Author: Russell, Richard D.
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory: N.P., 1865. Very good. 19 7/8” x 15 ¾”. Hand colored photograph with “Stonewall” written in pencil in large script on verso as well as a pasted-on sheet adhered to verso with handwritten ink inscription, “For Ollie E. Russell/Richard D. Russell/taken in Santa Fe. N. M. in 1865.” Very good: lightly bowed at edges; light to moderate edge wear and dust soiling; 2” x 1.5” patch of staining, along with several smaller stains, none of which affect the subject. This is a large portrait of a Colorado frontiersman who died leading a group of homesteaders against a giant land company that attempted to evict them from the town they spent nearly 20 years building. Richard D. Russell was born in Canada in 1839, raised in Illinois, and ran away from home to California at the age of 16 where he became a rancher. He joined the First California Volunteers early in the Civil War, ultimately ending up at Fort Union in New Mexico, serving with the New Mexico Volunteers. While at Fort Union, Russell assisted Colonel Andrew Alexander in his battles against Ute Chief Kaniache and befriended Kit Carson. This portrait was taken when Russell was stationed at Fort Union in 1865. In February that same year, he married Marion Sloan after a six month courtship. Soon after they were married, Russell assisted Kit Carson in setting up Camp Nichols (which was located in what is now Cimarron County, Oklahoma) to protect travelers on the most dangerous part of the Cimarron Cut-off of the Santa Fe Trail from raids by the Kiowa and Comanche Indians. Marion joined him there as the only officer's wife at the camp. In 1871 they moved to the area that was then known as St. John's Valley, Colorado and settled near the Dakota wall. The land was part of the Maxwell Land Grant—an 1841 Mexican grant that was one the largest contiguous private landholdings United States history. Over the next several years Russell and his family established successful businesses including cattle ranching, timber sales, and a general store. Several other families also contributed to area's growth and the locale was renamed “Stonewall,” which is written in large script on the back of the photo. Its post office opened in 1878 with Russell as postmaster and according to one source he was also responsible for the name change. The town grew to include a school and churches, even a literary society, but in the late 1880s title disputes led to bloodshed. There are several accounts of “The Stonewall War” and portions of the stories conflict, but we find the most detailed in an article written by Nancy Christofferson for the World Journal (https://worldjournalnewspaper.com/the-stonewall-war/): “In 1887, [the Maxwell Land Grant and Railway Company (“MLGRC”)], then owned by a Dutch syndicate, had apparently exaggerated its purchase agreement of the original Maxwell Grant, supposedly limited by law to 96,000 acres, by claiming no less than 1,714,764.94 acres, more than 250,000 of them in the Purgatory Valley of Colorado . . . The company began informing settlers they were not homesteaders, but squatters and transients. It offered to allow them to remain on their properties . . . if they agreed to sign over ownership to the company and pay rent. Some did, but many saw this as a fraudulent land grab. In March 1888, Richard Russell faced a jury in Trinidad defending himself against MLGRC claims of theft of cattle and timber. He was found not guilty. MLGRC reacted by informing the settlers they could keep their cattle but would have to pay pasture rent of 75 cents per head, per year. The situation worsened daily. In July 1888, the Dutch owners began sending eviction notices to all 'squatters' on its land. In response, the Stonewall Alliance No. 1 was formed. Russell was elected vice-president. The new group was based on the existing Colfax County alliance that was modeled after, but not identical to, alliances formed elsewhere to defy foreign ownership and huge landholdings . . . To compound difficulties was the formation of the Stonewall Summer Resort syndicate, which obtained 5,220 acres from MLGRC. This included the Stonewall Hotel, a two story frame affair with 16 rooms. The villain of this piece was the MLGRC's general manager, M.P. Pels. Pels had appealed to federal authorities as well as the governors of both New Mexico and Colorado for military assistance to deal with the trouble makers. He received no assurances but continued to bear pressure on the settlers to either pay up or move on. The settlers only became more belligerent. Soon employees preparing the new summer resort began reporting confrontations with the settlers, as well as threats . . . [and] the county sheriff sent six deputies to Stonewall to prevent trouble. He also deputized no fewer than 35 men, who were apparently so gung ho they left for Stonewall immediately. Around August 24th, Russell and others had dispersed throughout the country, warning settlers of the presence of the deputies and possible reinforcements. The deputies meanwhile made themselves comfy in the hotel. On August 25th, some 50 settlers, all armed and masked, converged on the hotel . . . Russell, representing the settlers, with several others, demanded the deputies surrender. They refused. The settlers surrounded the hotel. Someone fired his weapon. When the shot was heard, Richard Russell, standing by the hotel door, took the only shelter available, between the door and a window. As gunfire continued from both sides, he fell to the ground. Bullets were still flying an hour or more later when a flag of truce appeared from the hotel. The employees wanted to leave, and firing ceased. During the lull, the fallen Russell and the body of 18-year-old Rafael Valero, a settler, were removed. Late that afternoon a rider reached Trinidad with news of the bloodshed. Seems those 35 deputies had dwindled to zero, and no one else was volunteering for a posse. Finally, two of the county commissioners . . . declared they would go to restore order. The settlers that night had burned a barn across the road from the hotel, which illuminated the front of the hotel and left the rear in shadow. The deputies escaped out the back and disappeared. Early on August 26, the commissioners arrived by buggy and entered the hotel. Empty. As they were dealing with this surprise, a large group arrived from La Veta with wagon loads of supplies. Now there were 400 or 500 armed gunmen. Russell died of his injuries the next day, leaving his wife and eight children. It was found he had been shot from above, by the deputies. The settlers burned down the hotel in revenge.” Richard's widow, Marion, insisted that Richard was murdered while carrying the white flag of truce. She would live another 48 years and dictated her memoir to her daughter-in-law prior to her death in 1936. It was initially published serially in The Colorado Magazine in 1943 and 1944, and published in book form in 1954 under the title The Land of Enchantment. The portrait on offer, or another copy of it, is shown between pages 82 and 83 of the illustrated facsimile edition of Marion's memoir (Land of Enchantment. Memoirs of Marian Russell Along the Santa Fe Trail As dictated to Mrs. Hal Russell. (University of New Mexico Press, 1981)). A rare survival depicting a lesser known Western frontiersman who lost his life defending the town he built, and whose wife preserved their story in a detailed memoir.

An Island in the Moon. A Facsimile of the Manuscript Introduced, Transcribed, and Annotated By Michael Phillips. With a Preface by Haven O'More by Blake, William

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Title: An Island in the Moon. A Facsimile of the Manuscript Introduced, Transcribed, and Annotated By Michael Phillips. With a Preface by Haven O'More
Author: Blake, William
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1987. Cambridge: 1987. Small folio, viii, 110 pages. Facsimile interleaved. Original cloth, dust-jacket, slipcase. As new. § Finely printed at the Stamperia Valdonega, in a limited edition. Publication financed by the inimitable Haven O'More (see Basbanes, A Gentle Madness, new edition, for much on this enigmatic man), with a foreword by O'More.

Why Not The Best by Carter, Jimmy

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Title: Why Not The Best
Author: Carter, Jimmy
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
ISBN: 9780805455618
Condition: Near fine
Description: Nashville: Broadman Press, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Why Not The Best, signed by President Jimmy Carter.. Octavo, 154pp, [2]. Light brown cloth, title stamped in gilt. Yellow endpapers. No mention of a second printing on copyright page, but this cloth hardcover was preceded by the paperback edition. Light dust along top edge of text block. In the publisher's dust jacket, short closed tear to front panel, chip along back edge, price on label affixed to front free endpaper, bright illustrations. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on the half title with a full signature.

Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers In The Year 1870 by [Yellowstone] Langford, Nathaniel Pitt

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Title: Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers In The Year 1870
Author: [Yellowstone] Langford, Nathaniel Pitt
Seller: Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: n.p.: Self published, 1905. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. xxxii, 122 pages, [3]. Illustrated with Frontispiece portrait of the author, photographs, drawings, and 3 leaves of reproduced sketches. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title and reddish illustration on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Very light wear to the cloth binding. Interior contents are clean. Bookstore small sticker bottom left corner rear paste down.

Aperture Vol 4 No. 4. 1956 by WHITE, Minor, Rose Mandel, Aaron Siskind, et al.

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Title: Aperture Vol 4 No. 4. 1956
Author: WHITE, Minor, Rose Mandel, Aaron Siskind, et al.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Rochester, NY: Aperture, 1956. First edition. Softcover. An early issue of this imporant photography magazine. Features a portfolio of 8 black and white images by Rose Mandel. Includes articles by Myron Martin and part 2 of a symposium on "The Education of Picture Minded Photographers" with texts by William Rohrbach, Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan, and Minor White. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon.

Of Dikes and Windmills by Spier, Peter

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Title: Of Dikes and Windmills
Author: Spier, Peter
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Doubleday & Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). First edition stated. Signed (name only) by Spier on title page, dated 1992. Owner's stamp on front endpaper, price-clipped DJ; else lovely.

THE BODLEY’S AFOOT by Charles Bodley

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Title: THE BODLEY’S AFOOT
Author: Charles Bodley
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good binding
Description: Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co, 1881. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. This edition in the publisher’s attractive pictorial paper-covered boards. From 1881, the distinctive binding reflects both the “bulletin board” style of the period, and the influence of Asia. A bit of wear to the extremities but a clean and sturdy copy. Very Good binding.

In Our Time [Inscribed] by WOLFE, Tom

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Title: In Our Time [Inscribed]
Author: WOLFE, Tom
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (28.5cm); lavender paper-covered boards and purple cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[1]-119,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author with quote a bit of flourish in brown marker on front endpaper: "To Dorothy / Tom Wolfe." Slight forward lean, lower corners bumped (though still sharp), with boards and textblock slightly misaligned, and some offsetting from front panel text onto front cover; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $12.95), edgeworn, with several closed tears and attendant creases; Very Good or better. Collection of short prose vignettes and black & white caricatures. 86345.

God is my life: The story of Our Lady of Gethsemani

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Title: God is my life: The story of Our Lady of Gethsemani
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Reynal, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Photographs by Shirley Burden. Introduction by Thomas Merton. Creases on a few pages, bottom board slightly bowed with soiling on the bottom edge of boards, very good in a very good dust jacket with moderate edgewear, a couple short creased tears, and slight interior foxing.

Heirs by Cannon, Cornelia James

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Title: Heirs
Author: Cannon, Cornelia James
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [bumped at base of spine, very slight wear to front joint, front cover lettering just a touch rubbed; otherwise a nice-looking and exceptionally clean book]. Novel set in a small New Hampshire mill town, in which the native New Englanders are dying out (the principal characters are a young couple who find themselves unwillingly childless) and being supplanted by Polish immigrants. (Perhaps they've forgotten that they themselves came of immigrant stock; well, isn't that pretty much how it generally goes?) Per Wikipedia, the author "was a progressive thinker and an advocate for women's rights, birth control, and public education" whose writings, in addition to her eight novels (of which this was the second), included "numerous essays on controversial topics such as women's rights, birth control, and immigration policy." (She was also, alas, a believer in eugenics. Well, to quote Joe E. Brown, nobody's perfect.) .

ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS by STIVERSON, Cynthia Zignego

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Title: ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS
Author: STIVERSON, Cynthia Zignego
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: STIVERSON, Cynthia Zignego. ARCHITECTURE AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS. West Cornwall: Locust Hill Press, 1989. 8vo. Cloth. xli, (i), 245 pages. Fir edition. An annotated catalogue of the A. Lawrence Kocher Collection of books at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library. Fine, at publication price.

THE ALL-TRUE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF LIDIE NEWTON by Smiley, Jane

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Title: THE ALL-TRUE TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF LIDIE NEWTON
Author: Smiley, Jane
Seller: Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780679450740
Condition: Fine
Description: NY: Knopf, 1998. First edition, first prnt. Spine edges gently pushed; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Smiley's seventh novel. The images are of the book described and not stock photos.

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