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Letter... on the Proposed Abolition of the African Slave Trade

Letter... on the Proposed Abolition of the African Slave Trade by RANDOLPH Rev. F. RANDOLPH Francis

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Letter... on the Proposed Abolition of the African Slave Trade
Author
RANDOLPH Rev. F. RANDOLPH Francis
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1787. First Edition. RANDOLPH, Rev. F[rancis], M.A. A Letter to the Honourable William Pitt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c. &c. On the Proposed Abolition of the African Slave Trade. London: T. Cadell, 1788. Slim octavo, period-style three-quarter black cloth and marbled boards; pp. 56. $1650.First edition of Randolph’s important 1788 Letter against swift abolition of the slave trade, published the same year Prime Minister Pitt, “substituting for Wilberforce,” raised the subject in House of Commons, with Randolph instead proposing fresh regulations for slave owners and the slave trade, from the collection of the New York Historical Society.At a time when ""the British share of the European slave traffic was higher than ever,"" famed abolitionists Clarkson and Wilberforce worked with Prime Minister Pitt in February 1788 to create a committee of the Privy Council charged with investigating the slave trade. Three months later Pitt, ""substituting for Wilberforce who was ill, introduced the subject of the trade in the House of Commons. That session passed a bill sponsored by William Dolben that regulated the dimensions of slave ships"" (Rodriquez, Historical Encyclopedia I:162). Dolben's bill, known as the ""Middle Passage"" Bill, was passed that same July, and Pitt ordered ""Captain Parrey, a naval surveyor, to take measurements of slaving vessels docked at Liverpool. Parrey came back with surveys of several ships measurements, including those of the slaver called the Brookes (or Brooks). The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade used the measurements of the Brookes and created the now-famous Brookes diagram"" (Encyclopedia of African American History, 285).Randolph's Letter… on the Proposed Abolition of the African Slave Trade, published soon after, is a key document in calling for restraint amidst demands for abolition of the slave trade. While Randolph praises such efforts, his Letter clearly signals the authority of those who opposed to the urgency of Pitt, Clarkson and Wilberforce. Randolph is especially mindful of how ""slavery and the slave trade were tied closely to the rights of private property, the political freedom of colonies and states, and the economic rewards of international competition"" (Davis, Homicide to Slavery, 244-5). He insists we cannot ""pay the Tribute of Mercy without endangering the Treasury."" A sympathetic reviewer observed that Randolph's Letter ""inclines strongly to the cause of freedom… and since a total abolition of Negro-slavery is not likely soon to happen, he proposes a set of very proper regulations for the African trade, and for the better treatment of slaves in the plantations"" (Monthly Review, May 1788, 429). By 1807, however, those who shared Randolph's views were confronted by Parliament's passage of the Slave Trade Act and the next year Clarkson's History, with its folding map of Brookes slave ship. Sabin 67823. Allibone II:1738. Hogg, African Slave Trade:155. With deaccession inkstamp of the New York Historical Society: ""Withdrawn N-YHS."" Faint instamp: ""Bound N.Y.H.S. May 10 1943.""Text very fresh with only lightest scattered foxing. A highly desirable near-fine copy of a major work in the history of slavery.
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Dutch houses & families in northern New Jersey & southern New York by Bailey, R.F.

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books
Title
Dutch houses & families in northern New Jersey & southern New York
Author
Bailey, R.F.
Seller
J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Description
NY, 1936. Hardcover. Ltd. to 234 copies, #159. 171 plates. Thick large 4to. Companion volume to DUTCH HOUSES IN THE HUDSON VALLEY BEFORE 1776
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VILLAS IN THE SUN by Wolgensinger, B.

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books
Title
VILLAS IN THE SUN
Author
Wolgensinger, B.
Seller
J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Description
Multi-lingual. 14 color plates, 169 b/w illus. & 85 plans.
Future shock

Future shock by TOFFLER, Alvin; TOFFLER, Heidi

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
Future shock
Author
TOFFLER, Alvin; TOFFLER, Heidi
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Random House, 1970. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth, original dust jacket; interior in excellent condition. Author’s inscription in black marker on first flyleaf. First American edition of a seminal futurist text. For Future shock, the Tofflers initially wrote an article entitled “The Future as a Way of Life” in Horizon magazine in 1965 to try to explain the disorientation people experience in the face of a rapidly changing culture. The book further developed the phenomenon. The simplest definition of “future shock” is a psychological reaction to “too much change in too short period of time.” In the course of the book, Toffler creates a model of civilization based on three different stages of development: agrarian, industrial, and post-industrial. These stages in turn shape perceptions regarding technology, social patterns, information patterns and power patterns. The Tofflers also attempt to use this model to explain the current state of “information overload” arguing that the world was entering new phase as a “super industrial society.” The book was a world-wide bestseller with over six million copies sold and even inspiring a documentary film. Toffler (1928–2016) was an American futurist, businessman, and author. He wrote primarily on modern technology and the effects on global culture. He collaborated with his wife, Heidi, on the majority of his writings.
Storm Music (Bright With Peril)

Storm Music (Bright With Peril) by Yates, Dornford (Cecil William Mercer)

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books
Title
Storm Music (Bright With Peril)
Author
Yates, Dornford (Cecil William Mercer)
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine/Fine
Description
New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine Minus. 8vo., 282pp. Sharp First Edition of this uncommon mystery, originally published as a serial in Women's Home Companion earlier in 1934 under the title Bright With Peril. Also published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton. Bound in light blue cloth with lettering in navy on front board and spine. Square and tight with just a touch of wear at the spine ends but quite minor. Mild toning to edges and some light spotting in the hinge gutters. No toning or foxing to pages. Beautiful unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has mild wear to edges and tips and a couple of tiny closed edge-tears. Some rubbing to hinges and folds. Light soiling to rear panel. Still quite fresh and bright with no chipping and quite scarce in any condition. A very pretty collectable copy and virtually impossible to find in the original American jacket. (Hubin, p.436).
Come to Boston: Freedom march for Human dignity [handbill]

Come to Boston: Freedom march for Human dignity [handbill]

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Title
Come to Boston: Freedom march for Human dignity [handbill]
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Cambridge, MA; New York: Emergency Committee for a National Mobilization Against Racism, 1974. 8.5x11 inch handbill, printed in English one side, Spanish on the other; year added in red pencil. "The eyes of the nation and the world are now focused on Boston. The December 14 demonstration against racist violence will show that the vast majority of Bostonians, black, brown, yellow, and white, stand on the side of human rights and justice and oppose mob violence against all school children.” The Committee was affiliated with the Workers World Party.
Turn the guns around. Vol. 1 no. 1 (October 1979)

Turn the guns around. Vol. 1 no. 1 (October 1979)

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Turn the guns around. Vol. 1 no. 1 (October 1979)
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Chicago: Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1979. 8p. tabloid format newspaper, horizontal fold, some edge foxing. Local contact rubberstamp of the VVAW Bay Area chapter. Affiliated at this time with the Revolutionary Communist Party.
Der grosse Deutsche Bauernkrieg. Volksausgabe. Mit 115 Zeichnungen von Hans Baltzer

Der grosse Deutsche Bauernkrieg. Volksausgabe. Mit 115 Zeichnungen von Hans Baltzer by Zimmermann, Wilhelm

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Der grosse Deutsche Bauernkrieg. Volksausgabe. Mit 115 Zeichnungen von Hans Baltzer
Author
Zimmermann, Wilhelm
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Berlin, East Germany: Dietz, 1982. 810p., edgeworn dj. Folding maps. On the Peasant War in Germany.
An Address on the Occasion of the Opening of the New Town Hall, in Braintree, July 29, 1858

An Address on the Occasion of the Opening of the New Town Hall, in Braintree, July 29, 1858 by ADAMS, Charles Francis

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An Address on the Occasion of the Opening of the New Town Hall, in Braintree, July 29, 1858
Author
ADAMS, Charles Francis
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Boston: William White, 1858. First Edition. Slim octavo (24cm.); publisher's pink wrappers printed within decorative rule; 86pp. Upper cover slightly soiled, spine ends partly perished, lacking rear cover, faint contemporary gift inscription at head of upper cover from an Alee (?) French. Good overall, internally fine. Address by the son of John Quincy Adams providing a sketch of the early history of Braintree, Massachusetts, delivered shortly before he was elected Representative from that state.
[TRAVEL] [MAP] REGNI HIPSANIAE DELINEATIO. (ATLAS PORTALIS)

[TRAVEL] [MAP] REGNI HIPSANIAE DELINEATIO. (ATLAS PORTALIS) by Johann Cristoph Weigel

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[TRAVEL] [MAP] REGNI HIPSANIAE DELINEATIO. (ATLAS PORTALIS)
Creator
Johann Cristoph Weigel
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Description
[Nürnberg], 1720. A hand colored plate of Spain and Portugal, from either the First or Second Edition of Johann Cristoph Weigel’s Atlas Portalis. Some separation along the crease. Two small spots of worming. About 20 x 17 cm.
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MAGIC QUIZ BOOK

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Title
MAGIC QUIZ BOOK
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Light wear to corners & spine. Very Good
Description
(New York): (Playmore), (1942). First Edition. Pict. boards, spiral bound. Light wear to corners & spine. Very Good. Folio, [16] pages. Unusual book with 9 quizzes & answers on opposing pages, each page with the center cut out to reveal a pictorial pastedown. While the front cover makes a promise with its crystal ball & turban-wearing magician, the contents and rear cover give a technological response with plenty of microphones and a radio tower depicted.
The Benthall Peanut Picker

The Benthall Peanut Picker by [Benthall Machine Company] [Agriculture]

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The Benthall Peanut Picker
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[Benthall Machine Company] [Agriculture]
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Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Suffolk, Virginia: Benthall Machine Company, Inc, 1920. Wraps. Good. Staple, color illustrated wraps. [16] pages. Color illustrated covers with title on the front cover. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. There are (2), exact same, tri-folding illustrated "Recent Improvements Benthall Peanut Packers" inserts in this promotional advertisement. Some light occasional foxing to the contents. No date given for publication. A date of 1927 listed under the "General Description
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"Gay Victorian" Gift Wrapping Paper, Nos. 5, 7, 8 by Anonymous

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"Gay Victorian" Gift Wrapping Paper, Nos. 5, 7, 8
Author
Anonymous
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Santa Cruz, CA: Heirloom Press, 1950. Very good. Three sheets of wrapping paper, n. d. (1950s); 11 x 24; rolled; small creases to edges; one with foxing to upper half; overall in very good condition. An adorable set of mid-century wrapping paper by a small printing house in Santa Cruz, California, each one featured a page from 19th-century issues of Harper's Bazaar - resplendent with fashionable ladies and fancy accessories.
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NEUER DEUTSCHES GESCHICHTS UND KULTURATLAS [NEW GERMAN HISTORY AND CULTURAL ATLAS]

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NEUER DEUTSCHES GESCHICHTS UND KULTURATLAS [NEW GERMAN HISTORY AND CULTURAL ATLAS]
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Leipzig: Verlagsanstalt List und von Bressendorf, 1937. Hardcover. Quarto, 90 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth bearing dark brown lettering to the front. Boards protected with a mylar covering showing mild soiling and tape remnants. Exterior shows moderate wear including modest age toning and rubbing wear to the head/tail edges. Mild tilt to the spine. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Minor cracking to the hinges. Gift inscription to the title page. Slight foxing and offsetting interiorly. Illustrated. Text in German. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Netdesk Column QD (ND-QD). 1387405. FP New Rockville Stock.
Days Without Weather

Days Without Weather by Brown, Cecil

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Title
Days Without Weather
Author
Brown, Cecil
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1983. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Top corner of half title page clipped, else a very good hardback in a slightly tanned and edgeworn jacket. Inscribed and signed by Brown on the front free endpaper.
Talbot Mundy: Messenger of Destiny
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Talbot Mundy: Messenger of Destiny by Talbot) [pseudonym of William Lancaster Gribbon] Grant, Donald M. (compiler) [with essays by Peter Berresford Ellis, Dawn Mundy Provost, Darrel Crombie and Fritz Leiber] [Dust Wrapper artwork by Ned Dameron] (Mundy

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Talbot Mundy: Messenger of Destiny
Author
Talbot) [pseudonym of William Lancaster Gribbon] Grant, Donald M. (compiler) [with essays by Peter Berresford Ellis, Dawn Mundy Provost, Darrel Crombie and Fritz Leiber] [Dust Wrapper artwork by Ned Dameron] (Mundy
Seller
Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780937986462
Condition
Near Fine
Description
First edition; A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. This volume is in near fine condition with moderate bumping to the spine ends; housed in a very good dust jacket that shows rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and a few small closed tears to the top edges. Overall, a clean, bright, and tight copy protected in a mylar cover.
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The WPA Guide to New York City

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Title
The WPA Guide to New York City
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Pantheon, 1982. Very Good. The WPA Guide to New York City. NY: Pantheon, 1982. 700pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing.

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