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Doctrine of Baptisms by BENEZET Anthony FRANKLIN Benjamin DELL William

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Doctrine of Baptisms
Author
BENEZET Anthony FRANKLIN Benjamin DELL William
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1759. (FRANKLIN, Benjamin) DELL, William. The Doctrine of Baptisms, Reduced from its Ancient and Modern Corruptions; And restored to its Primitive Soundness and Integrity… London Printed: Philadelphia, Reprinted, by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1759. Slim octavo, period-style three-quarter mottled brown calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands; pp. (i-ii) iii-iv, 5-43 (1). $2800.1759 Philadelphia edition printed by Franklin and Hall of Dell's Doctrine of Baptisms at the request of the Philadelphia Friends and leading abolitionist Anthony Benezet, early signaling the emergence of a profoundly influential friendship between Franklin and Benezet.This pivotal 1759 edition of Dell's Doctrine of Baptisms, first issued by the prominent English clergyman in 1652, was published by Benjamin Franklin and his partner David Hall, a leading Philadelphia Quaker. Dell's work was particularly important in America to the Society of Friends. ""A key figure in the development of antinomian religion… Dell disliked uniformity in church practice, and made a clear distinction between unity and uniformity, regarding the latter as an inappropriate exercise of power in spiritual matters… Doctrine of Baptisms, for example, argues that any kind of water baptism is irrelevant to the spiritual baptism of Christ; as late as 1832 this was being republished by Quakers"" (ODNB). The publication of Doctrine by Franklin and Hall also, in effect, signals an important friendship between Franklin and abolitionist Anthony Benezet, who ""transformed early Quaker antislavery sentiment into a broad-based transatlantic movement… and in doing so became universally recognized by the leaders of the 18th-century antislavery movement as its founder"" (Jackson, Let This Voice Be Heard, 1). Franklin and Hall published Doctrine at the urging of the Philadelphia Society of Friends and Benezet, who wished to promote works in the American colonies for ""religiously minded persons… written by churchmen in good standing and yet quiet satisfactory to Friends in their emphasis on inward and spiritual religion"" (Bulletin of Friends Historical Association V17, No. 2:65). Benezet was, as well, a proofreader to the Germantown printer Christopher Sauer, who ""had a long-standing friendship with Franklin and surely provided one of the early contacts between Franklin and Benezet… By the early 1770s Franklin and Benezet had cemented their connection. Benezet's brother Daniel had married Deborah Franklin's cousin in 1771."" In their close friendship, Franklin both ""embraced and fostered the work of Benezet."" In 1790, similarly, Benezet's influence was profoundly evident when ""Franklin's last public act was a memorial to Congress, asking its members to abolish the slave trade"" (Jackson, 112-13).At the time of its publication Franklin was abroad, yet maintained close interest in his and David Hall's firm. A December 1759 letter to Franklin from Hall speaks to their partnership, with Hall writing: ""I am glad to know that we shall have the Pleasure of seeing you early in the Spring, when, I hope, we shall get our long standing Accounts brought to some Sort of Settlement. Have sent you Poor Richard's and the Pocket Almanack, and shall be glad if you are pleased with them; and I flatter myself that my Conduct, in general, since you left me, is satisfactory to you"" (Founders Online). Title page with stated ""Fifth Edition."" ESTC W31729. Miller 1759. Evans 8338. Hildeburn 1625. Campbell 634. Bookplate.Interior quite fresh with mere trace of occasional marginal dampstaining not affecting text, scant edge-wear to boards. A handsome near-fine copy.
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Can Abolitionists Vote by SLAVERY PHILLIPS Wendell

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Can Abolitionists Vote
Author
SLAVERY PHILLIPS Wendell
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1845. First Edition. (PHILLIPS, Wendell). Can Abolitionists Vote or Take Office under the United States Constitution? New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1845. Octavo, half calf-gilt, marbled boards; pp. (1-3), 4-39 (1). $1500.First edition of the provocative abolitionist's fierce attack on the Constitution—proclaiming it ""an irredeemably proslavery document""—declaring its legacy implicates ""all Americans in the crimes of slaveholding,"" and caused the American flag to be weighed ""heavy with blood.""An eloquent writer and orator, abolitionist Wendell Phillips was the ""most important ally"" of William Lloyd Garrison, who famously contended the Constitution was a ""covenant with death"" and ""an agreement with Hell."" As Garrison's ""deepest source of inspiration,"" Phillips saw the ""abolitionist as the catalyst for revolution."" In this seminal work, he contends ""that the U.S. Constitution was an irredeemably proslavery document… [and] abolitionists must withdraw support from the political system because it implicated all Americans in the crimes of slaveholding"" (ANB). He notes herein that since the ratification of the Constitution, Americans witnessed ""slaves trebling in numbers—slaveholders monopolizing the offices and dictating the policy of the Government… making the courts of the country their tools.""A citizen's vote, Phillips declares, is ""an oath to support the Constitution—the whole of it… a contract with the whole nation"" (emphasis in original). He cites key clauses, quotes statements made by James Madison and others during its ratification, and counters a series of 16 objections to the Garrisonian/Phillips position. In answering ""the question of slavery,"" he states: ""we are not dealing with extreme cases… every sixth man is a slave… the national banner clings to the flag-staff heavy with blood… If the Constitution is not what history, unbroken practice, and the courts prove that our fathers intended to make it, and what too, their descendants… say they did make it and agree to uphold—who shall decide what the Constitution is?"" Scholar Paul Finkelman points out that while there now seems certain failure in the Garrisonian/Phillips position that the Constitution ""logically led to the conclusion that the free states should secede from the union… in the 1830s and 40s, the idea of a northern secession, as a way of destroying slavery, made some sense… what would happen if the Garrisonians accomplished their goal, and the North left the Union to form a nation based on freedom instead of slavery? It would be like moving the Canadian border to the Mason-Dixon line. Suddenly, slavery would be threatened in Kentucky and Virginia because slaves could now escape to a free country just by crossing the Ohio River"" (Making a Covenant). Phillips is widely esteemed as ""a commanding presence in the history of the nation's struggles to overcome racial and economic injustice"" (ANB). First edition, first printing: No. 13, The Anti-Slavery Examiner. '""Introduction"" signed in print, ""Wendell Phillips. Boston, Jan. 15, 1845."" With ""Extracts from J.Q. Adams"" at rear. Sabin 81919. Text very fresh, tiny gutter-edge-pinholes from original stitching, handsomely bound.
Young Colebrook CT Man Goes to the California Gold Rush 1849

Young Colebrook CT Man Goes to the California Gold Rush 1849

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Young Colebrook CT Man Goes to the California Gold Rush 1849
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
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Two letters from S. Seymour regarding his impending trip to California. First is a two page letter dated Merchants Hotel NYC March 9th, 1849 to his friends. In the letter he talks of his group waiting for the ship to be ready, also the cost and the at he has obtained a passport. The second letter dated Merchants Hotel NYC March 15, 1849 to his father. He writes that he will be boarding the ship Monday, says "A new era is beginning" and " the city is chock full of strangers for California." There is a tear, hole with loss of text. We are also including an earlier letter when he was at school during an outbreak of measles. Samuel Seymour is the son of Erastus Seymour of Colebrook, CT.
Annual Reports [Rockingham County] of the County Commissioners Supr. Of Count Farm and House of Corrections Physician Chaplain Sheriff and Jailer Solicitor

Annual Reports [Rockingham County] of the County Commissioners Supr. Of Count Farm and House of Corrections Physician Chaplain Sheriff and Jailer Solicitor

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Annual Reports [Rockingham County] of the County Commissioners Supr. Of Count Farm and House of Corrections Physician Chaplain Sheriff and Jailer Solicitor
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
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Portsmouth, NH: Penny Post Publishing Company, 1887. Paper wraps. Annual Reports [Rockingham County] of the County Commissioners Supr. Of Count Farm and House of Corrections Physician Chaplain Sheriff and Jailer Solicitor...1887. Portsmouth, N.H.: Printed by Penny Post Publishing Company, 1887. 62 pages. Chipping on covers. Also includes information on their Insane Asylum. $75.00.
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Internal Secretions from a Physiological and Therapeutical Standpoint by Ott, I

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Internal Secretions from a Physiological and Therapeutical Standpoint
Author
Ott, I
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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A very good copy.
Description
Easton [ PA ]: E D Vogel, 1910. First Edition.. Original printed wrappers.. A very good copy.. 8vo. There are 12 plates and large foldout charts. A private printing of three of the author's lectures (probably undertaken at his own expense - there is a typed errata inserted) to satisfy continued requests for copies of the lectures. The second lecture is devoted to the pituitary gland. See G - M for the author's neurological work.
Chinese Whispers (First UK Edition, inscribed by the author)

Chinese Whispers (First UK Edition, inscribed by the author) by Peter May

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Chinese Whispers (First UK Edition, inscribed by the author)
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Peter May
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Royal Books (United States)
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9780340823750
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2004. First UK Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "With best wishes / Peter May." The penultimate novel in May's China Thrillers series. Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
Der lustige Krieg. [Piano-vocal score]

Der lustige Krieg. [Piano-vocal score] by STRAUSS, Johann, Jr. 1825-1899

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Der lustige Krieg. [Piano-vocal score]
Author
STRAUSS, Johann, Jr. 1825-1899
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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[Leipzig ..: Aug. Cranz [PN C. 46865], 1930. Quarto. Full dark green cloth with titling in manuscript to spine, light green endpapers. 1f. (recto series title, verso cast list and contents), 3-123, [i] (blank) pp. Performance markings in lead, dark blue, and red pencil Binding slightly worn. Some internal wear; several pages with additional text in pencil; a few leaves creased. Der lustige Krieg was first performed in Vienna at the Theater an der Wien on 25 Nov 1881.
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Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, 1836-1875. Volume I: Resonances, 1836-1850 by [STRONG]. Lawrence, Vera Brodsky

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Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, 1836-1875. Volume I: Resonances, 1836-1850
Author
[STRONG]. Lawrence, Vera Brodsky
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J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full blue cloth. 686 pp. With occasional illustrations. In dustjacket.
Milestones in Optical History

Milestones in Optical History

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Milestones in Optical History
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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Near Fine
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Rochester, N.Y.: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co, 1940. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Large quarto. 31, [2]pp. Stapled illustrated card wrappers. Illustrated in color. Owner's stamp and signature on front fly, a touch of foxing, very near fine. Important moments in optical history illustrated.
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Terrible Trail: the Meek Cutoff, 1845. by Clark, Keith and Lowell Tiller

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Terrible Trail: the Meek Cutoff, 1845.
Author
Clark, Keith and Lowell Tiller
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Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
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Fine
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Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers Ltd., 1968 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second printing. Octavo. 9¼ x 6 inches. 244 pp. Frontis plus 32 pages of photographs, 3 maps, bibliography, index, roster of names, endpaper maps. Brown cloth lettered in black. Library stamps on endpapers (no other library markings), else a very fine copy with dust jacket. Dust jacket price-clipped and the spine is lightly faded. A fine work detailing the families that followed Stephen Meek on his supposed shortcut across the Central Oregon desert and Cascades. They suffered more deaths than the Donner Party and their finding of gold gave rise to the Blue Bucket gold mystery. Includes a 70 page roster of names of the pioneers. .
Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms. A Guide to 817 Items in 2 Hours 56 Minutes

Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms. A Guide to 817 Items in 2 Hours 56 Minutes by WARHOL, Andy; Eva Meyer-Hermann (editor)

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Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms. A Guide to 817 Items in 2 Hours 56 Minutes
Author
WARHOL, Andy; Eva Meyer-Hermann (editor)
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Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN
9789056626020
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A fine copy
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Rotterdam: NAI010 Publishers, 2008. A fine copy. 10.5 x 8 inches. 176 pages. 135 color and 160 black-and-white illustrations. Printed wrappers. Text by Eva Meyer-Hermann, Matt Wrbican, Geralyn Huxley, Greg Pierce, Hal Foster. "Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms, published on the occasion of the major exhibition by the same name at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum, provides some new insight, digging into Warhol’s lesser-known film, video and audio tape works. Important--and just a little scandalous--films like Blow Job and Kiss, audio tapes of celebrities, friends and anonymous hangers-on talking and other marginalia are considered alongside a selection of key photographs, drawings, screen prints and spatial installations, such as the spectacular “Silver Clouds,” originally shown in 1966. Edited by Eva Meyer-Hermann and with contributions by Geralyn Huxley, Greg Pierce and Warhol Museum Archivist, Matt Wrbican, who is currently unpacking hundreds of never-before-seen Warhol Time Capsules in Pittsburgh, this volume brings readers up to date with the most recent developments in the way we see the late artist’s oeuvre.

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