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Elsie Ainslie, A Victim of Social Wrong by [Women and Race] [BIPOC] Mecracken, Sara L.

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Title: Elsie Ainslie, A Victim of Social Wrong
Author: [Women and Race] [BIPOC] Mecracken, Sara L.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Springfield, Mass: Star Publishing Co, 1885. First edition. Near Fine. Two variants of the first edition, both in publisher's printed wraps lettered in red to front. Both exceptional survivors, one in untrimmed wraps with some offsetting to the rear and fore-edges a bit chipped. Preliminary and terminal leaves uniformly toned, else internally fresh. Collating [2], 108 with adverts to interior of wraps. Second copy in trimmed wraps, complete in 108 pages with dedication to verso of front wrap and adverts to recto of rear wrap, issued without title page. Some toning to the first and final leaves, else fresh. A scarce work considering the sexual dangers faced by women, including women of color, in a society that inadequately prepares them for male treachery. OCLC reports 8 first editions at libraries. The present pairing gives researchers a unique opportunity to study the print history of this rare work on gender and race. A contemporary publisher's advertisement for Sara Mecracken's tale of "social wrong" touts it as the story of "a beautiful, pure young girl from New York" who is courted, kidnapped, and forced into marriage; and the publishers market her tragedy as "thrilling, dramatic, and touching...appropriate for the home of every mother who would prepare her daughters to meet the dangers of society." Such an overview, focused on sensational thrills and conservative morality, belie the sharp social critique that Mecracken delivers to white patriarchy. At its opening, the book introduces us to an elderly Elsie. Watching her innocent grandson play, she realizes that she has an opportunity to counteract a violent system in some small way by educating him to value the bodily rights and autonomy of women: "No, he shall not be one to mar the life of the innocent, nor wear the victor's crown of debauchery and wrong; my few remaining days shall be devoted to pluck one brand from the seething hell of social wrong. He shall be taught the true responsibilities which belong to his own soul." As the narrative unfolds, the reader learns that in her youth, Elsie, a white woman, trusted her suitor Albert Ainslie, who would go on to sexually assault her, abduct her, and force her into marriage. Painfully aware now of her own vulnerability within the sexual economy, she further learns that she is not the only woman Albert has victimized: he also assaulted Mira and Dora, women of color, "beautiful creole" girls, who went on to be institutionalized and die by suicide. Women of any race are commodified and devalued by the system Albert operates within. Yet even they have stratified levels of empowerment. That the narrative comes from Elsie's perspective is notable. The suggestion persists throughout that Elsie' racial purity allowed for her survival, her (coerced) marriage rather than abandonment, and the chance to procreate and change the future through her offspring. Preserved by her whiteness, she is freed from patriarchal oversight by the story's end in a way no other women are -- her father is fatally shot by Albert while attempting to free her, and Albert subsequently flees to California and dies of alcoholism. No longer a victim but a survivor and a free woman under the legal system, she can become a savior to future generations of women by preventing at least one boy from growing into violent manhood. In this sense, Mecracken's story is progressive and conservative, placing blame for systemic violence on the patriarchy while placing responsibility for its solution on individual women. Near Fine.

Thieves' Market by Bezzerides, A.I.

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Title: Thieves' Market
Author: Bezzerides, A.I.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 233 pp. Green cloth with crimson lettering. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, spine darkened with some small tears and edge-chips. Best-known as the basis of Jules Dassin's film noir Thieves' Highway. Also a tightly-plotted proletarian novel that managed to make commercial trucking in California the stuff of great drama and suspense, which is no small feat.

ERROL FLYNN, BURT LANCASTER, ROBERT MITCHUM IN DRAG at FRIARS' FROLIC (1950) Photo by Charles Rhodes by Charles Rhodes

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Title: ERROL FLYNN, BURT LANCASTER, ROBERT MITCHUM IN DRAG at FRIARS' FROLIC (1950) Photo by Charles Rhodes
Author: Charles Rhodes
Seller: Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition: About Fine
Description: Fawcett Publications. No binding. About Fine. [Los Angeles]: Fawcett Publications, 1950. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Ink stamp on verso from Fawcett Publications and credited to photographer Charles Rhodes, ink stamp date of April 1950. About fine. Original attached paper blurb claims that Burt Lancaster is ordering Robert Mitchum to keep his hands off Erroll Flynn, at the Friars' Frolic at the Shrine Auditorium. Flynn was one of the masters of ceremonies for this all-male fundraising event. Mitchum and Lancaster were part of a musical number and were two of six Floradora Girls. The 3rd Annual Friars' Frolic was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on April 22, 1950, in which Hollywood's big-name male actors starred. Proceeds were for the Motion Picture Relief Fund and various Friars charities. Famous figures like Jack Benny, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, Red Skelton and Keenan Wynn played girls. Dan Dailey and Mario Lanza did solo acts. George Burns and Broderick Crawford performed together, as well as famous duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Other comedians included Phil Silvers, George Jessel, Harpo Marx, etc. Many other actors, including well-known Ricardo Montalban, Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Errol Flynn, Al Jolson and violinist Isaac Stern played in the sketches and specialty acts. A rather flamboyant evening!

Dissertation sur l'education physique des enfants, depuis leur naissance jusqu'a l'age de puberte: ouvrage qui a remporte le Prix, le 21 Mai 1762, a la Societe Hollandoise des Sciences. Nouvelle edition. by BALLEXSERD, Jacques (1726-1774).

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Title: Dissertation sur l'education physique des enfants, depuis leur naissance jusqu'a l'age de puberte: ouvrage qui a remporte le Prix, le 21 Mai 1762, a la Societe Hollandoise des Sciences. Nouvelle edition.
Author: BALLEXSERD, Jacques (1726-1774).
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: Paris:: Chez la Veuve Vallat-la-Chapelle, 1780., 1780. 2 volumes in 1. 8vo. xvi, 230, [10]; [iii-x], 128 pp. Half-title, small title woodcut vignettes for each part. Contemporary full mottled calf, gilt-stamped spine, red leather label; joints cracked, extremities worn, but a very good copy. Third edition. The first paper is a prize-winning essay, from the Academy of Haarlem, on the physical education of children from birth to puberty. The Dissertation sur l'education physique des enfants, was first issued in 1762, with a second edition in 1763. WorldCat shows several issues as well as a German translation in 1776. The main work, here in a printing of 1780, is dedicated to his teacher, Antoine Petit who taught at the Medecine de la Faculte de Paris, and was a member of the Royal Academy of Science, etc. Still states that a large portion of this essay relates to suckling and encouraging mothers to feed their children thus. - Still, pp. 414-5. The second essay, Dissertation sur cette question, according to Still written in 1772, but not issued till 1775 - making this a first edition - is the author's inquiry into the causes of death among children and some proposed remedies for helping to encourage their survival. It was also a prize winning essay. Ballexserd starts with the position that the number one cause of death with children is because of an acquired disability of the parents. He mentions the dangers of persons hired to care for infants [nannies]. Diet is touched on. Improper swaddling of the infant is also given as the third highest cause of death. Fevers are given the fourth rank as a cause of death; with this point the author chooses to mention also that some soup served to children is unhealthy for their teeth. Other ailments are touched on, though at the end of the book, coupled with medication. REFERENCES: Grulee 580 & 581 [pagination differs - seemingly an error in Grulee]; Still, History of Paediatrics, pp. 414-6. [ADDED FULL TITLES: [Bound with the author's]: Dissertation sur cette question: quelles font les causes principales de la mort d'un aussi grand nombre d'enfans, & quels sont les preservatifs les plus efficaces & les plus simples pour leur conserver la vie . . . couronnee par l'Academie Royale des Sciences de Mantoue, en 1772. Geneve: Chez Isac Bardin, 1775.] [FFrye C188]

Congressman Gerald Ford States That Senator Arthur Vandenberg Had The Greatest Influence On His Career by GERALD FORD

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Title: Congressman Gerald Ford States That Senator Arthur Vandenberg Had The Greatest Influence On His Career
Author: GERALD FORD
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: GERALD FORD (1913-2006). Ford was the Thirty-Eighth President.TLS. 1pg. 7 x 9. March 29, 1968. Washington. A typed letter signed Jerry Ford as Congressman. He communicated on House of Representatives letterhead: In answer to your question: Who was the person that you consider to have exercised the greatest influence upon your professional career?, I would reply Senator Arthur Vandenberg. In answer to your second question: Why have you selected this person?, I would state that he was an inspirational leader who was thoughtful, courageous and a statesman who kept up with the times.. The letter is in fine condition.

Modified Prohibition and Dry Thoughts on Election Day by Wm. H. Hudunt, Jr.

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Title: Modified Prohibition and Dry Thoughts on Election Day
Author: Wm. H. Hudunt, Jr.
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: General wear.
Description: Chicago, IL: Christian Century Press, Nov-30. General wear.. An informational pamphlet containing two articles, "Modified Prohibition" and "Dry Thoughts on Election Day" first printed in the November 5, 1930 and the November 12, 1930 issues of The Christian Century respectively. The first article argues for a less stringent approach to alcohol than the current prohibition laws allowed since by the 1930s the public opinion was turning against prohibition. "A great, though by no means a new, dilemma faces our country today. The liquor traffic creates trouble when it is legalized. It also creates trouble when it is outlawed." The second article was written on Nov. 4, 1930, the day of the congressional midterm elections, and declared it the day "that will mark the beginning of a new chapter in the story of the warfare against the liquor traffic. Today a decade of complacency on the part of dry public opinion comes to an end." While prohibition wasn't officially repealed until 1933, the 1930 election had a hand in voting in numerous anti-prohibition congressmen and senators. The article is a rallying cry for the 'dry' troops and laid out a basic plan of attack to ensure prohibition remained the law of the land. 22 pgs. Printed wrappers. Staple binding. OCLC 1 (Oct. 2020). Measures 6" x 3 1/2

PLATTE RIVER by BASS, Rick

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Title: PLATTE RIVER
Author: BASS, Rick
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
Description: Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. A collection of three novellas. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page.

Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History by Abate, Michelle Ann

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Title: Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History
Author: Abate, Michelle Ann
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781592137237
Condition: Very good
Description: Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2008. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 280pp+ index. Very good in publisher's wraps.

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