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Rev. J.W. Loguen, As A Slave by LOGUEN J.W.

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Title: Rev. J.W. Loguen, As A Slave
Author: LOGUEN J.W.
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1859. First Edition. LOGUEN, Rev. J.W. The Rev. J.W. Loguen, As a Slave and as a Freeman. A Narrative of Real Life. Syracuse, N.Y.: J.G.K. Truair, 1859. Octavo, original brown cloth; pp. 454. $1650.First expanded edition, issued same year as the first, of Loguen's seminal autobiography, a core work hailed with Frederick Douglass' slave narrative as ""major touchstones of African American autobiography,"" affirming his ""militant antislavery activism"" as a fugitive slave and leading abolitionist who was viewed as the ""Underground Railroad King,"" issued anonymously with his frontispiece portrait, in original cloth.Reverend Loguen was ""a pioneering figure in early 19th-century abolitionism and African American literature"" (Project MUSE). At the time of publication, both Loguen's and Frederick Douglass' slave narratives were seen as ""major touchstones of African American autobiography."" Born in 1814 to a black woman who had been kidnapped from a free state and enslaved, his white father was his slave owner. Loguen, who added the ""n"" to his last name to differentiate himself from his father, suffered near-crippling beatings and witnessed the brutal sale of his siblings before escaping to Canada and settling in upstate New York, where he was ordained by the AME Zion church. ""He counted among his close friends and colleagues a virtual 'who's who' of American reformers"" that included Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, William Wells Brown, Harriet Tubman and William Still (Williamson, ""Critical Introduction,"" Rev. J.W. Loguen, 1-8).When the Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850, ""Loguen's militant antislavery activism spurred his leadership in the widely reported effort to rescue William 'Jerry' McHenry in 1851."" In addition, as a ""conductor"" for the Syracuse Underground Railroad, he violated rules of secrecy when he ""boldly identified himself on his business cards and letters as an 'Underground Railroad Agent' his audacityespecially given his own fugitive slave status was unprecedented"" (Williamson, 4-5). By 1854 he had joined the Radical Abolition Society and in 1858, ""he worked closely with John Brown in drafting plans to permanently abolish slavery. Loguen, in fact, was one of the few former slaves who influenced Brown's thinking however Loguen did not participate in Brown's seizure of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Although he considered Brown a venerable political hero and martyr, he nonetheless felt that this particular plan was too risky"" (Finkelman, ed. Encyclopedia of African American History).Loguen's autobiography, which ""appeared at a critical moment in abolitionist and slave-narrative history resonates with his fiercely held doctrine of active resistance."" Because it was issued anonymously and written largely in the third person, it was once credited to a white abolitionist, John Thomas. Yet increased research and a letter from Thomas to Gerrit Smith indicate ""Loguen created the original manuscript of his autobiography and then turned it over to his white associate to shape into published form typical of the pre-publication editorial process then and now Loguen was involved with the production of the narrative from its creation to its publication and distribution, and he maintained total financial responsibility for the work, listing his name as the official copyright register to Congress in the text's imprint"" (Williamson, 12-18 ). In the early 1860s he ""recruited black troops for the Union army. After the Civil War he became bishop of the Fifth District of the AMEZ Church On the eve of leaving for a new post as organizer of AMEZ missions on the Pacific coast,"" he died in 1872 (ANB). First expanded edition: with ""Testimony of Rev. E.P. Rogers"" and poem ""Loguen's position"" at rear, not present in the same year's first edition. Containing frontispiece portrait with his facsimile signature below the image. Brigano 445. Porter, Negro in the United States 848. See Johnson IV:22. Not in Blockson. Interior generally fresh with scant foxing mainly to lightly soiled preliminary leaves; inner hinges and original cloth with expert estoration.

Coup de Grace by Yourcenar, Marguerite; Frick, Grace (trans.)

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Title: Coup de Grace
Author: Yourcenar, Marguerite; Frick, Grace (trans.)
Seller: Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Farrar, Strauss, and Cudahy, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. Black cloth spine over black paper-covered boards, under Seymour Chwast dust jacket priced at $3.00, 8-1/4" x 5-1/4", 151 pp. Mild spine slant, tear to top joint corner of front panel of DJ, light wear. Very good in very good jacket. First printing stated.Inscribed by both Yourcenar and Frick: â€œTo Mrs. Georgia Horner, this product of two pens. Marguerite and Grace.â€Yourcenar and Frick met in 1937 and were partners until Frickâ€™s death in 1979. Frick translated other Yourcenar works, although the inscription here might imply more than translation? Yourcenar signatures are surprisingly uncommon, and a double-signature exceedingly so.

XXIV Short Love Poems by Whiteman, Bruce

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Title: XXIV Short Love Poems
Author: Whiteman, Bruce
Seller: Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: [Sherman Oaks, California: Ninja Press, 2002] One of 135 copies signed by both Campbell and Bruce Whiteman. XXIV Short Love Poems commemorates the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Bruce and Deborah Whiteman. . Accordion binding. Blue-and-gold pastepaper (by Claire Maziarczyk) over boards. Japanese raw silk spine.Bound by Campbell with assistance of Karen Skove Chu. . 5 in. x 5 in. . With three small cyanotype prints (photographed by Carolee Campbell), bordered in navy, and mounted on printed gold rectangles. The prints were sensitized by hand and printed on Velke Losiny paper by Campbell. Type is Eve and Paramount handset and letterpress printed by Campbell in black, gold, gray, and blue on Japanese hangashi paper. A fine copy Bruce Whiteman (b. 1952) is a Canadian poet, essayist, and translator who worked as the director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library between 1996 and 2010. He has written several descriptive and annotated bibliographies, including one of Leonard Cohen, and translated poetry and essays from French and Latin. He writes primarily prose poetry; his most widely known poetic work is the ongoing epic prose poem that he began publishing in 1984. The first six books of the poem were published in 2006 as a collection titled The Invisible World is in Decline by ECW Press in Toronto. Book VII of the epic, Intimate Letters, was published by ECW in 2014.

DNA Researcher James D. Watson Signed First Printing of "A Passion for DNA", 2000 by James Watson

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Title: DNA Researcher James D. Watson Signed First Printing of "A Passion for DNA", 2000
Author: James Watson
Seller: Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description: 2000. Watson, James D. A Passion for DNA, 2000, presents a retrospective account by one of the co-discoverers of the double helix structure of DNA, situating the development of molecular biology within mid-20th-century scientific research and its subsequent expansion into genetics and biotechnology. As a central figure in identifying the structure of DNA, James D. Watson contributed to a foundational shift in biological science that enabled advances in genetic research, medical diagnostics, and genomic sequencing. This signed first edition connects the published narrative of that scientific transformation with the authorship of a principal participant in the discovery, reinforcing the book's relevance to the history of science and the study of molecular biology. Watson, James D. A Passion for DNA. London: Oxford University Press, 2000. First edition, first printing. Softcover. Signed in black ink on the title page "James D. Watson." Approximately 250 pages. The volume presents Watson's reflections on the discovery of DNA structure and the subsequent evolution of genetic science, written for a broad audience while grounded in firsthand experience within the scientific community. Published at a moment when genomic research was rapidly accelerating, including the nearing completion of the Human Genome Project, the book situates Watson's earlier work within a longer trajectory of scientific inquiry into heredity and cellular function. The signed first edition links this retrospective account to the historical figure whose research helped define modern molecular biology, offering a point of intersection between scientific authorship and the institutional development of genetics as a field. Light wear to covers; pages clean; signature bold and legible. Overall very good.

Black and White photo of the couple signed on front by White (:with warm Regards, Walter White") by White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955, and Poppy Cannon, 1905-1975

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Title: Black and White photo of the couple signed on front by White (:with warm Regards, Walter White")
Author: White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955, and Poppy Cannon, 1905-1975
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good. 17 x 11 cm black and white photo. Pencilled note ("Houston post") on back which is stamped twice in red "Do Not Bend" and "1249." Corners round but that seems to be a later amateur trim. White's inscription and signature have a bit of smudging and some of the blue ink ahas migrated to White's white jacket. A This image, sometimes including lower portions of the couple and a wider background but without White's inscription, shows up online where we found the photo identified as having been taken by Rangaswamy Satakopan, an AP photographer in India. It appears to have been taken of the couple in New Delhi, India on July 24, 1949, only 18 days after they married in New York City. Perhaps they were on their honeymoon. Cannon had been married three times before she became White's second wife. The marriage was controversial since Walter White, a light complected African American was head of the NAACP and Cannon was a white woman who had been born in South Africa.

Population Roads to Peace or War by Burch, Guy Irving and Pendell, Elmer

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Title: Population Roads to Peace or War
Author: Burch, Guy Irving and Pendell, Elmer
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Washington DC: Population Reference Bureau, 1945. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Inscribed first edition of Population Roads to Peace or War by Guy Irving Burch and Dr. Elmer Pendell. This work was reissued in 1947 as Human Breeding and Survival: Population Roads to Peace or War.. Octavo, [iv], 138pp. Red cloth, title printed on cover. No additional printings mentioned on copyright page. In publisher's scarce dust jacket, shelf wear with some archival repairs, previous ownership sticker on front flap. Inscribed by the author: "To my good friend and old colleague, S. Wayne Evans, with best wishes in the "Atomic Era," from the author, Guy I. Burch." "As a voting participant in helping to solve the many intricate problems of our complex civilization, a dull and backward individual is almost as helpless as an idiot. In fact, he may be more dangerous to democratic institutions, because he is easily commanded by demagogues and dictators." The author of this scarce work, Guy Irving Burch, was the head of the Population Reference Bureau until his death in 1951. Through his research and writing he cautioned that the American electorate was declining in educational standards, which threatened the foundations of our democracy. In the 1930s he worked with Margaret Sanger to pass legislation allowing for birth control, but some believe his motives were more about population control than the reproductive rights of women.

Carry Nation. [The Woman with the Hatchet (subtitle from half-title)] by Asbury, Herbert

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Title: Carry Nation. [The Woman with the Hatchet (subtitle from half-title)]
Author: Asbury, Herbert
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Octavo (21 x 14.5 cm.), 307, vii, [1] pages. Illustrated. Index. Top edge yellow. FIRST & SECOND PRINTING BEFORE PUBLICATION. A biography of the radical temperance activist Carrie Nation, by the legendary journalist Herbert Asbury, author of Gangs of New York, The Great Illusion, and Barbary Coast. Carry Nation was published the year following Asbury's edition of Jerry Thomas' Bon Vivant's Companion. In publisher's bright green cloth, decorated and titled in yellow and orange on labels to spine and front board. Fine, in a price-clipped dust jacket, with some rubbing to edges and a few small stains to rear panel. Jacket is near very good. Striking jacket design by "DM"

Ode on the Proclamation of the French Republic. September 4th, 1870 by SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles

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Title: Ode on the Proclamation of the French Republic. September 4th, 1870
Author: SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition: Covers a little dusty, some slight wear at heel of spine and a rear edge
Description: London: F. S. Ellis, 1870. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Covers a little dusty, some slight wear at heel of spine and a rear edge. 8vo. Original printed tan wrappers, unopened. First edition. Tinker 2017; Wise, Swinburne, 52. (BA).

Lily Christine: The Story of a Good Woman by Arlen, Michael

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Title: Lily Christine: The Story of a Good Woman
Author: Arlen, Michael
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Condition: Good+
Description: New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good+. Original cloth in art deco style dust jacket. Book with some light stains to edges of first few leaves; DJ is a bit faded, but intact and still attractive, with original price of $2.50 present.

Historical Truth, Historical Criticism, and Ideology: Chinese Historiography and Historical Culture from a New Comparative Perspective by Schmidt-Glinyzer, Helwig , Achim Mittag, Jorn Rusen

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Title: Historical Truth, Historical Criticism, and Ideology: Chinese Historiography and Historical Culture from a New Comparative Perspective
Author: Schmidt-Glinyzer, Helwig , Achim Mittag, Jorn Rusen
Seller: Brattle Book Shop (United States)
Condition: LikeNew
Description: Leiden/Boston: Brill 2005. Hardcover. 9.5" x 6". xxiii, [3], 489, [1] pp. Publisher's green boards, no DJ as issued. Very minor scuffs to front board, gift inscription on title page. Near Fine. ISBN 978004142374 . LikeNew. Hardcover .

A Cafecito Story by ALVAREZ, Julia and Belkis Ramirez

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Title: A Cafecito Story
Author: ALVAREZ, Julia and Belkis Ramirez
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781931498005
Description: White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Attractively printed story from the author of "How The Garcia Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" and "In The Time of the Butterflies." Includes woodcuts by Belkis Ramirez and an afterword by Bill Eichner. A clean very near fine copy in price clipped dust jacket.

A Nineteenth-Century Gallery of Distiguished Americans

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Title: A Nineteenth-Century Gallery of Distiguished Americans
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Condition: Very Good
Description: National Portrait Gallery, 1969. Very Good. A Nineteenth-Century Gallery of Distiguished Americans. Washington: National Portrait Gallery, 1969. 93pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges..

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