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Report of the Joint Special Committee to Investigate Chinese Immigration by UNITED STATES CONGRESS

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Report of the Joint Special Committee to Investigate Chinese Immigration
Author
UNITED STATES CONGRESS
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1877. First Edition. (UNITED STATES CONGRESS). Report of the Joint Special Committee to Investigate Chinese Immigration. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1877. Thick octavo, original green cloth. $950.First edition, Senate issue, of the report of the joint congressional committee on Chinese Immigration, a prelude to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.The Joint Committee on Chinese Immigration gathered an exceptionally large amount of testimony, gathered here in this almost 1300-page report. With a focus on the American West, particularly California and the Pacific coast, it concluded that while ""the Pacific coat has been a great gainer"" from the presence of Chinese workers, ""laboring men and artisans, perhaps without exception"" were opposed to ""the influx of Chinese,"" perceiving them as a threat to their jobs. The Committee deemed that the Chinese immigrants, ""an indigestible mass in the community, distinct in language, pagan in religion, inferior in mental and moral qualities, and all peculiarities, [are] an undesirable element in a republic… The Pacific coast must in time become either American or Mongolian."" This virulent anti-Chinese sentiment lead to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act five years later in 1882, effectively barring all Chinese immigration to the United States for over 60 years. Cowan 120. Faint marginal dampstaining to front free endpapers and first few leaves, with related staining to the front board; minor wear to cloth extremities. A very good copy.
QUITTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMISSAIRE-VÉRIFICATEUR | VOUVRAY, FRANCE, 1702 | SALT TAX (GABELLE) ADMINISTRATION UNDER LOUIS XIV

QUITTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMISSAIRE-VÉRIFICATEUR | VOUVRAY, FRANCE, 1702 | SALT TAX (GABELLE) ADMINISTRATION UNDER LOUIS XIV

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QUITTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMISSAIRE-VÉRIFICATEUR | VOUVRAY, FRANCE, 1702 | SALT TAX (GABELLE) ADMINISTRATION UNDER LOUIS XIV
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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Vouvray, 1702. Other. Quarto (w. 13 in. x h. 9.75 in.), 1 page. In Good minus condition. Light uneven soiling and age toning overall, with multiple creases from contemporaneous folding. Some handwriting faded to illegibility. Approximately one-twelfth of the document (along the bottom edge) torn away, affecting one of three subsequent notarial additions. Quittance for the venality of office, issued at Paris, December 1702, confirming the payment of 300 livres for the post of Commissaire-Vérificateur particulier des Rôles et États for the parish of Vouvray (Touraine; here spelled “Voiurar”). Printed form on parchment, with notarial entries, additions, and endorsements; verso with registration at the Contrôle général des finances in Paris. Vouvray, situated in the province of Touraine (modern Indre-et-Loire, within the Généralité de Tours), was subject to the salt tax (or, gabelle). The office carried responsibility for oversight of fiscal rolls in the distribution of salt under the gabelle, one of the most detested imposts of the Ancien Régime. Such offices were routinely sold to raise crown revenues, particularly during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714). A scarce survival illustrating the fiscal administration of Louis XIV’s France and the venality of local offices tied to the gabelle. RW Consignment. Shelved at Rockville, Room A, General Ephemera Part 2. 1402616. Special Collections.
AN ANTHOLOGY OF SOME OF THE PUBLIC UTTERANCES OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, HAILE SELASSIE I.

AN ANTHOLOGY OF SOME OF THE PUBLIC UTTERANCES OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, HAILE SELASSIE I.

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AN ANTHOLOGY OF SOME OF THE PUBLIC UTTERANCES OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY, HAILE SELASSIE I.
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Addis Ababa, 1949. First Edition. Saddle-stitched. Octavo, 78 pages. In Good plus condition. Yellow covers with two staple saddle-stitch binding. Covers have bending to corners, creasing to bottom corner of rear cover, and mild to moderate edge and shelf wear. Textblock has slight creasing to bottom corners and fading to text on some pages. SW Consignment. Shelved in Room G. 1374685. Special Collections.
Arret Du Conseil D'Etat Du Roi, Concernant l'etablissement des Paquebots pour la correspondence avec les Colonies Francoises & les Etat-unis de l'Amerique. Du 20 Decembre 1786. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat.

Arret Du Conseil D'Etat Du Roi, Concernant l'etablissement des Paquebots pour la correspondence avec les Colonies Francoises & les Etat-unis de l'Amerique. Du 20 Decembre 1786. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat.

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Arret Du Conseil D'Etat Du Roi, Concernant l'etablissement des Paquebots pour la correspondence avec les Colonies Francoises & les Etat-unis de l'Amerique. Du 20 Decembre 1786. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d'Etat.
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1787. No Binding. Near Fine. quarto 6 pp., a very good, clean, bright copy. Wroth & Annan 2042, two copies cited JCB and BM.
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Wilson's New York City Copartnership Directory, 1861-62, The Partners and Special Partners Therein, Obtained from Reliable Sources, also bound with the issues for: 1862-63, 1863-64, and 1864-65

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Wilson's New York City Copartnership Directory, 1861-62, The Partners and Special Partners Therein, Obtained from Reliable Sources, also bound with the issues for: 1862-63, 1863-64, and 1864-65
Seller
Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York:: John F. Trow, publisher, 1861. Hardcover. Good. octavo, 89, 1, 86, 88, 100 pp., four works bound in one, covers the years of the American Civil War, rebound in later cloth, red and black leather spine labels, ex-library, handstamps, call number on spine, some shelf wear and dust soiling, else in good condition.
DOUBLE DISCOVERY: A JOURNEY

DOUBLE DISCOVERY: A JOURNEY by WEST, Jessamyn

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DOUBLE DISCOVERY: A JOURNEY
Author
WEST, Jessamyn
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. First Edition, first printing. Very wonderful and interesting signed presentation from West on the front endpaper: “For Eddie, with loving memories of Hannah and Harold, of his father, Frank who was my Sunday School teacher. Let us meet again as the Milhauses have done for years before us- and be thankful for all that came to us from them. With love and happy days to come, Jessamyn. July 22, 1980.” The presentation is to Edward Milhous Nixon, youngest brother of President Richard Milhous Nixon. Hannah refers to Nixon’s mother and Harold refers to his older brother, who died when he was only 24 years old. Frank is President Nixon’s father- who was a Quaker. Obviously, West and the family had a close relationship- all living in Yorba Linda, California. The presentation is, obviously, after Nixon resigned the Presidency in 1974. A great association copy!!. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 273 pages. Very Good (covers nice & bright; contents clean & tight); little edgewear (few tiny tears) d/j.
Robopaths

Robopaths by Lewis Yablonsky

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Title
Robopaths
Author
Lewis Yablonsky
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1972. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LEWIS YABLONSKY on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1972 stated 1st printing. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light soiling along the rare panel. Octavo, a frightening look at the "modern post-technological society" by the pre-eminent sociologist Lewis Yablonsky.
Von Baum Und Blume Kind Und Tier

Von Baum Und Blume Kind Und Tier by Suse Wintgen

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Von Baum Und Blume Kind Und Tier
Author
Suse Wintgen
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Collectible; Very Good
Description
Oldenburg, Germany: Gerhard Stalling Verlag, 1953. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1953 1st edition of this lovely German children's book. A solid, VG+ quarto in its pictorial boards. Wonderfully illustrated thruout by Elsa Eisgruber.
Music of the Ethiopian Serenaders, Nine Songs and a Set of Cotillions for Twenty-Five Cents. Dandy Jim of Caroline, Miss Lucy Long, Boatman's Dance, Old Dan Tucker, My Old Aunt Sally, Miss Lucy Neal, The Ole Grey Goose, Going Ober de Mountain, 'Twill Neber Do to Gib It Up, Set of Cotillions

Music of the Ethiopian Serenaders, Nine Songs and a Set of Cotillions for Twenty-Five Cents. Dandy Jim of Caroline, Miss Lucy Long, Boatman's Dance, Old Dan Tucker, My Old Aunt Sally, Miss Lucy Neal, The Ole Grey Goose, Going Ober de Mountain, 'Twill Neber Do to Gib It Up, Set of Cotillions

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Music of the Ethiopian Serenaders, Nine Songs and a Set of Cotillions for Twenty-Five Cents. Dandy Jim of Caroline, Miss Lucy Long, Boatman's Dance, Old Dan Tucker, My Old Aunt Sally, Miss Lucy Neal, The Ole Grey Goose, Going Ober de Mountain, 'Twill Neber Do to Gib It Up, Set of Cotillions
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McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Good
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Philadelphia: E. Ferrett & Co. 68 South Fourth Street, 1845. Good. [16]p. Softcover sheet music. 33 cm. Intact but rather soiled and worn, with some foxing and staining. At head of title: Lady's Musical Library Extra. OCLC locates 9 holdings.
0 to 9 and back again: an interview with vito acconci

0 to 9 and back again: an interview with vito acconci by Thurston Moore; Vito Acconci

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0 to 9 and back again: an interview with vito acconci
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Thurston Moore; Vito Acconci
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
New York: Ecstatic Peace, 2006. Very Good +. New York: Ecstatic Peace, 2006. First Edition, Limited to 200 copies of which this is no. 140. Slim quarto (28cm); publisher’s stiff pictorial wraps, side-stapled; [18]pp. Wraps a bit worn and smudged. Binding sound. Interior pages clean. Blue peace sign stamped to front cover verso with some ink transfer onto page [1]. Very Good or better.  Transcript of musician Thurston Moore’s interview with multidisciplinary artist Vito Acconci, which took place in 2003. Includes a selected bibliography of Acconci’s work; laid-in at front is a one-page addendum to the bibliography. Published by Moore’s own imprint.  We locate five copies in OCLC as of March, 2026, at MoMA, NYU, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Clark Art Institute, and the National Gallery of Canada. .
Turn Again To Me And Other Poems

Turn Again To Me And Other Poems by ADAM, Helen

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Title
Turn Again To Me And Other Poems
Author
ADAM, Helen
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 120 pages. Includes numerous poems and illustrations by Adam. An about very good copy in pictorial paper covered boards with some darkening to the top of the rear board, some light wear and some tape marks to the endpapers where the fair only acetate dust jacket was affixed and with some large chips and wear. Uncommon.
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Watteau: Sa Vie - Son Oeuvre by ADHEMAR, Helene

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Watteau: Sa Vie - Son Oeuvre
Author
ADHEMAR, Helene
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
very good
Description
Paris: Pierre Tisne, 1950. hardcover. very good. With "L'Universe de Watteau" by Rene Huyghe, and a catalog of paintings and illustrations by Helene Adhemar. 155 plates, including 19 color tipped-in ones, plus many text illustrations. 262pp., 4to, green cloth with gilt lettering and color plate inlaid on front cover; spine ends discolored and chipped. Paris: Pierre Tisne, (1950). Internally near fine, a very good copy.
THE ART OF HUNGARIAN COOKING

THE ART OF HUNGARIAN COOKING by Bennett, Paula Pogany & Velma R. Clark

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THE ART OF HUNGARIAN COOKING
Author
Bennett, Paula Pogany & Velma R. Clark
Seller
lizzyoung bookseller (United States)
Condition
Blue boards. Fine, in very good dust wrapper
Description
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue boards. Fine, in very good dust wrapper. 221 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. In Old Hungary the spirit with which a special dish is cooked is as important as its ingredients and measurements. This warm, flavorful cookbook is full of the zest for good food and wine that is freely expressed in the folk songs and fiery csárdás of the food-loving Magyars. Interior and boards pristine. Dust wrapper lightly rubbed at corners. [BROWN 3483].
The Burglar Who Counted Spoons (Signed Limited Edition)

The Burglar Who Counted Spoons (Signed Limited Edition) by Block, Lawrence

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The Burglar Who Counted Spoons (Signed Limited Edition)
Author
Block, Lawrence
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780991068432
Condition
As New
Description
New York: Lawrence Block, 2013. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket, As Issued. Tall 8vo., 240pp, Beautiful First Limited Edition, self-published by the author. #913 of 1000 numbered copies printed. As New with no discernible flaws without dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on limitation page with special postage stamp. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
The Book Collector. Volume 71 Number 4. Winter 2022

The Book Collector. Volume 71 Number 4. Winter 2022

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The Book Collector. Volume 71 Number 4. Winter 2022
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The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
London: Book Collector, 2022. Paperback. Fine. Paperback. Includes articles on Queen Elizabeth II, Shelley, Graham Pollard, Darwin, and more. Bound in turquoise and black paper wrappers with black title to spine and white title to front panel. Minor wear to edges of wrappers, else fine. Clean interior with color illustrations. Pagination 577 - 768. BOB/102623.
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Ibsen, The Master Builder by ZUCKER, A.E.

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Title
Ibsen, The Master Builder
Author
ZUCKER, A.E.
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Henry Holt, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good Hardcover, no dust jacket. Book has light shelf-rub of spine ends and cover corners, light scratch front cover, part of nameplate inside front cover, name on front endpaper.

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