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Unpublished Manuscript, labor themed novel by William Count, early Labor Party candidate, of Bristol, England, circa 1877-1878 by Count, William

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Title: Unpublished Manuscript, labor themed novel by William Count, early Labor Party candidate, of Bristol, England, circa 1877-1878
Author: Count, William
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Description: Small quarto, 307 manuscript pages, bound in ¼ blue cloth, with paper-backed limp boards, possibly a self-made binding, spine chipped, boards worn and stained, some minor staining to preliminary pages, otherwise very good, minor tanning at edges, written in ink, in a legible hand. The volume also includes 15 pages of tipped in manuscript corrections and/or emendations, not dated, however since Count ran for office for the breakaway Liberals as an early Labor Party candidate in 1877 and 1878, we can assume it was written contemporaneously with his political activities. The book's pages are numbered, with pages 291-292 being repeated, but with different text. The work apparently was never published, no work with this title, or anything remotely similar appears in OCLC.On the front cover of this volume the title of the volume is written in ink: "The Representative or an Official Visit to Dublin, being a Series of Photographic Sketches of Life, Character, Scenes, & Utterances." At the bottom of the front cover, the author signs his name and address, "William Count, 18 Waterloo Place, Bristol." Our author, William Count, appears to be one of the early Labor Party candidates that broke away from the Liberal Party in the 1870s and ran as a Labor candidate in the Bristol Municipal Elections of 1877 and 1878 for Saint Philip's Ward. He lost both elections to the Liberal Party candidate, but along with others, he helped pave the way for the rise of the Labor Party in England. William Count (1827-1902)The 1881 English Census shows William Count enumerated with his wife Louisa at St. Philip's Ward, Bristol, England - the same ward from which he ran for elected office. They lived at 18 Waterloo Place, the same address written on the front cover of the manuscript offered here.William Count was born on 29 March 1827, at London and baptized at St. Luke's, Chelsea, London. He was the son of Francis and Mary Count. His father was a shoemaker and William followed him in that profession. William had at least two siblings, sisters Mary and Louisa.William's wife Louisa was born about 1835. The couple had no children living with them in 1881, although an earlier Census of 1871 does show a sixteen year old daughter Jane Count, also born in London. On both the 1871 and 1881 Census, William was listed as a boot maker. Going back to the 1861 Census, William and his wife are found at Cheltenham, England. He had already started his career as a boot and shoemaker. The household also included a twelve year old son Robert Count who was born in Brighton, showing the family had moved from London, to Brighton, to Cheltenham, then to Bristol where they show up on both the 1871 and 1881 Censuses.William Count appears to have died about the year 1902 at the age of seventy-six. Early Labor Party Candidate The Labor Party's origins date from the late 19th century. At the time it had become apparent that there was a need for a new political party to represent the interests and needs of the urban proletariat, a demographic which had increased in number and had recently been given franchise. Some members of the trades' union movement became interested in moving into the political field, and after further extensions of the voting franchise in 1867 and 1885; the Liberal Party endorsed some trade-union sponsored candidates. The first Lib–Lab candidate to stand was George Odger in the Southwark by-election of 1870. In addition, several small socialist groups had formed around this time, with the intention of linking the movement to political policies. Among these were the Independent Labor Party, the intellectual and largely middle-class Fabian Society, the Marxist Social Democratic Federation and the Scottish Labor Party. In the 1895 general election, the Independent Labor Party put up 28 candidates but won only 44,325 votes. Keir Hardie, the leader of the party, believed that to obtain success in parliamentary elections, it would be necessary to join with other left-wing groups. According to a book by David Large, The Municipal Government of Bristol, 1851-19011, William Count was active in the local labor politics of Bristol in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. In the late nineteenth century, the Liberal and Conservative Parties were content to share power on Bristol's council. However, by the 1880s, the Liberal party found it increasingly difficult to retain the allegiance of its working class supporters. In St. Philips ward in 1877, working class elements felt a need for independent representation and challenged Christopher Thomas, a leading Liberal, former Mayor, and head of a major soap manufacturing business, who had represented the ward for the past twenty-nine years. Thomas was not rejected by the ward meeting of Liberal voters "merely for the social sin of being respectable," as the Conservative press approvingly noted. But Thomas was sharply attacked by T. M. Kelly, as an unsuitable candidate since he was a Director of Bristol Water Company and hence had a vested interest at a time when the Council was seriously contemplating purchasing the Company. Kelly, an Irishman and one time building laborer, had been the driving force behind the establishment of a laborer's trade union, The Bristol, West of England, Trade and Provident Society, which was part of the intense trade union activity which characterized the 1870's in Bristol. After being ejected from the ward meeting which readopted Christopher Thomas, Kelly and his union allies, who had formed a Working Man's Reform Association, nominated William Count, a boot and shoemaker who had been adopted at a noisy torchlight meeting of three or four hundred members of the Association. The Association nominated him to run for a candidate "to revolutionize the grand old Tory city of Bristol" as a representative of Labor. The Association worked hard for Count who polled a respectable 520 votes. Christopher Thomas polled three times as many, but the working men believed they had gained a moral victory and Kelly declared that he would sever all ties with the Liberals "because of their attitude to working men." He felt that the events in St. Philips in the following year justified him: the supporters of Lewis Fry, the Liberal candidate, attacked Count for standing again, impugned his character, and accused him of being surrounded by spongers. Kelly, Count and their supporters by provoking electoral contests in the 1870s to secure "direct labor representation" as Kelly called it, set a precedent for others to challenge the existing parties at the polls. In the 1880's and 1890's fifteen candidates calling themselves representatives of Labor stood for election in Redcliff, St. James, District, St. Pauls, St. Philips, both north and south, Easton and St. George. Labor triumphed for the first time in 1887 in St. Pauls when R.G. Tovey, who doubled as secretary of the Trades Council and the Labor League, defeated long serving Liberals. By 1901 Labor had three sitting councilors in Bristol. Besides running for council, William Count was the general secretary of the National Union of Working Women and a member of the Bristol Trades Council. He wrote a pamphlet (20 pp) published in 1880 entitled Electoral Reform, published by George Vickers in London, which went to at least three editions by 1881. Reference: 1. Large, David. The Municipal Government of Bristol, 1851-1901, Bristol: Bristol Record Society, 1999, pp. 7-10. Description and Sample Quotations: The manuscript is written in a fictionalized novel format. The original manuscript title page was used as a paste down against the front board. The author, as the title suggests is traveling on his way to Dublin on official business, presumably as a labor representative. The novel stops with Chapter 11 on the table of contents page and states "To be continued." The novel has labor related themes and dialogues that the author creates centered on certain topics that he introduces. Most of the novel is in the form of dialogue between the author and those he meets while traveling on the train. Those topics introduced in the characters' dialogue are: Trade Unions, Game Laws, Landlords, Farmers, Waste Lands, Allotments, the Radical Party, the Liberal Party, the Tory (Conservative Party), Free Trade, Industrialization in the work place, Political Economy, Reforms, Credit, Debtors, etc. The first two pages of the volume include a table of contents, which reveals the topics and places covered. The table of contents reads as follows: "Contents Chapter the First - Page 5th. The commencement of the Journey; From Bristol to Mangotsfield; Proving how much easier it to reprove the faults of others than to rectify our own. Chapter the Second - Page 22nd. From Mangotsfield to Gloucester - Sundry views propounded regarding Racing, Fox Hunting, Total Abstinence, &c. proving how self interest endeavors to lacquer Vice on purpose to make it appear golden. Chapter the Third - Page 39th. From Gloucester to Cheltenham, with Observations regarding the depression of Trade, Trades Unions, Strikes, & touching upon the Cost of Drink, with certain ideas regarding Entail and Primogeniture, with views suggesting sundry Reforms. Chapter the Fourth - Page 72. From Cheltenham to Ashchurch, with views of rather a pronounced Character upon The Game Laws, also giving an account of a few especial prejudices, with suggest Reforms of great importance. Chapter the Fifth - Page 78th. From Ashchurch to Worcester. Wherein views are promulgated regarding Education; Improvement for Debt; The Laws regarding Creditor and Debtor; - also suggestions of improvement; with a slight glance at Theatres, Dancing, Novels, &c. Chapter the Sixth - Page 146. From Worcester to Broomsgrove - Upon Civil Government -pointing to probable Reforms. Chapter the Seventh - Page 179. From Broomsgrove, to Camp Hill, with one or two views regarding Political Economy. Chapter the Eighth - Page 194. From Camp Hill to Birmingham - Upon Machinery - Free Trade - Reciprocity, &c. Chapter the Ninth - Page 223. A stroll through Birmingham - Upon a Sample of People's Palace - and Divorce. Chapter the Tenth - Page 252. From Birmingham to Wolverhampton - Wherein views are expressed regarding the Tory - The Liberal and the Radical Party. Chapter the Eleventh - page 284. From Wolverton to Stafford. Views regarding Landlords, and Farmers - with certain benefits suggested from allotments - waste lands, &c. (to be continued)" According to the table of contents, the author/narrator never gets to Dublin, rather the novel leaves us off as he travels from Wolverton to Stafford, discussing landlords, farmers, and the benefits of allotments, waste lands, etc. Landlords, Farmers, Waste Lands, Allotments, the Radical Party, the Liberal Party, the Tory (Conservative Party), Free Trade, Industrialization in the work place, Political Economy, Reforms, Credit, Debtors, Etc." The following are some examples of the novel showing the labor related theme of the book: Page 33-35: "As far as liberty with a lot of prejudiced people - they would only allow you the Liberty to do the same as they do. - Now acting upon this principle - suppose the Legislature were to pass a law compelling every man to drink half a pint of Beer a day whether he likes it or no - Oh, what a tirade of Patriotic indignation would it cause? "What outrageous Tyranny" would be the cry! But would it be more tyrannical to compel a man to drink half a pint of beer a day than to compel him to go without against his inclination? Now I have noticed many in the higher Circle of Society those who talk largely and somewhat vehemently upon this question - go to their mansions and what do you see? Draw the curtain there they are indulging in home potations of course in what they term a moderate way, and yet these are the persons who preach and talk and tell the workmen to go without that which they find so beneficial to themselves. Now in my opinion there is too much sentiment engrafted upon this question - a sentiment that won't bear rigid investigation. What are the working men of this country advised to go without? First of all, of course they ought to go without their beer! That great curse of Society! As the stereotype cant of the day is pleased to term it! And then is not another set of shrewd economical Philosophers telling them how advisable it would be to leave off eating meat; - yes, actually Meat! That vegetables being a Natural production of the Earth, it naturally follows that it is a natural article of Food - and as a result easy of digestion, they speak of course of the economy of the thing - how easily procured at lesser cost, but as to meat?" Page 46-48: "Mr. Pipe seemed to have suddenly awakened to the dull realities of life for casting his eyes along the seat he singled out - with that [intentive] feeling for which I can give no explanation - the Workman sitting in the opposite corner 'Plenty of Work Mate?' he exclaimed in a kind of tone that carried its own answer. "Well, not too much o' that" answered the stranger, as suiting his words to the comprehension of the enquirer - Trade depression - Trade depression! I'm sick and tired of it. Strikes and Lock Outs seem all the go, - here have I travelled all round the West of England, and not a ghost of a chance for a stranger, talk about Trades Unions! I wonder what would become of poor fellows like I - if it wasn't for the relief we receive from them? Now I think the two unassuming ladies felt really anxious to obtain genuine information upon most topics, and although one of them was holding a smelling bottle to her nose, nevertheless she vouchsafed to enquire 'Do you not think these Trades Unions are the cause of The depression of Trade? Do you not think they are calculated to cause an infinite amount of mischief?... Well! Answered the Workman assuming a totally different manner of expression and with a sparkle in his eye. 'I know that it's becoming fashionable to consider so; But for my part - I think there are various causes producing it - one of them is no doubt over production! Another is - the Land Laws under which we suffer; - then there is another Wars and the rumors of Wars! Then taking into consideration the unlimited amount of Labour performed by machinery - and the vast and ever growing population, these are the causes I think and not Trades Unions." Count appears to have taken a heavy stance against the land laws of his day, wanting a reform to them to get more land into the hands of more people: Page 93-94:"'What would you advise' echoed the footman. 'First of all' answered Mr. Bowler, 'let me ask ourselves does the present land laws work well in any shape for the benefit of the Nation? What advantage are the results of the present system? Do they in the slightest degree afford compensation for undoubted evils? Even the natural capabilities of the soil which may be under cultivation are not brought forth and why? Through not granting the right of tenure to farmers? What inducements have they to spend their money upon manure, and so on...And as to the poor labourers, God help them! Their system is but an mere principle of Southern slavery without the responsibilities which used to be attached to ownership. Why I would advise the Abolition of the Game Laws! What would I advice? The self same Law that tis carried out in all our colonies. That none should hold possession of Land - after a certain number of years, unless they could show signs of cultivating it! What would I advise? That land should be as easily purchasable without restrictions the same as any other specie of property! Look at the vast success which has attended the numerous little landed proprietors of France, it is to the soundness of their condition that the prosperity may, the very existence of that Nation may be ascribed. They are the mainstay of their country and on them the principle hope of the future depends - how changed from that old condition of wretchedness - when the land was monopolized by a few by the law of hereditary succession to the eldest born and that at the sacrifice of the rest of the family. What would I advise? The abolition of the law of Entail and primogeniture!"

Manuscript Business Correspondence of broker and wholesale merchant George F. Fuller, of Springfield, Massachusetts, written to fellow merchant, Horace Kellogg Parsons, of Florence, Massachusetts, with other Correspondence written to Parsons, 1870-1888.

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Title: Manuscript Business Correspondence of broker and wholesale merchant George F. Fuller, of Springfield, Massachusetts, written to fellow merchant, Horace Kellogg Parsons, of Florence, Massachusetts, with other Correspondence written to Parsons, 1870-1888.
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Description: 210 letters, 298 manuscript pages, most with retained mailing envelopes, dated 1870-1888, the bulk are written in the1880s. Most of the correspondence consists of business letters that are addressed to Horace Kellogg Parsons, a merchant at Florence, Massachusetts. Of the 210 letters written to Parsons, over half (116 letters, 150 pp) of them are written by George F. Fuller, a merchant of Springfield, Massachusetts. Other merchants like Thomas Halloran writes 7 letters (11 pp) to Parsons, and Norton & Warren write 5 letters (5 pp). A relative, Theodore Parsons, writes 3 letters (3 pp) to Parsons. The rest are from various individuals throughout New England who write business letters to H. K. Parson. There is also one Anna B. Strong who writes 9 letters (42 pp) to Charles O. Parsons, a relative of Horace.Description of Correspondence: George F. Fuller is a wholesale merchant and broker dealing with train car loads, or boat loads, of foodstuffs and similar commodities on the international market as well as the domestic. The correspondence deals mainly with business and offers much details of the foodstuff markets in the 1880s. Early letters from 1885 written by Fuller to Parsons relates the news he is receiving via telegram about conditions in Europe that might be leading to war and how it is affecting the costs of wheat, corn, pork, lard, and other foodstuffs. These events came to be known as the "Bulgarian Crisis," which lasted from 1885-1888. The crisis was a series of events in the Balkans between 1885 and 1888 which affected the balance of power between the Great Powers and conflict between the Austro-Hungarians and the Russians, which eventually culminated in World War One. Fuller appears to be getting his advice from a New York firm Milmine, Bodman & Co., who at one point advise Fuller (who in turn advises Parsons) to buy wheat, corn and oats, as "11 boat loads wheat taken today for export at 1 cent better price than previous transactions." Fuller advises Parsons "The time is soon coming Mr. Parsons when it will do to buy wheat & stand by it." When 1886 begins, Fuller writes to Parsons that: "Cables again very dull six pence lower for California wheat. Large shorts who bought all through yesterday & especially on curb last evening were free buyers again today & the weak shorts frightened & rushed to buy causing sharp advance. Looks now as if strong parties had taken the long side for little bull turn & advance of cent or two not improbable. We think it will be only temporary." In March 1886, Fuller reports: "After higher excited opening on war news in papers, wheat broke closing rather weak our direct cables advices say no fear of political complication. Our strong local powers sold wheat heavily & we see no encouragement for bulls yet. The Azor & Baltic will be open in two weeks & supplies will be liberal so far the foreign miller ignores American wheat as can buy from all other countries relatively much cheaper." Labor and the economy is the topic of Fuller's letter in April 1886 to Parsons: "Wheat very unsettled, weak & strong by spells, Closing firm, with 250,000 br worked here and about 100,000 br at Seaboard for export. Labor question important factor and every time market gets weak, subject is brought up and week holders sell out, and say will await developments of May 1st on the eight hour question and May deliveries position, wheat is strong but speculation is weak..." Fuller's 116 letters (150 pp) are filled with business information, the commodities markets in New York and abroad, with detailed information for the time period. A second, but not as large, section in the collection contains 70 letters written to H. K. Parsons from various merchants and business associates. These associates are mainly from New England and New York and the letters are business related in some capacity. The 7 letters of Thomas Halloran to Parsons concern money owed to Halloran for some rental properties. The 5 letters of Norton & Warren concern business. Norton & Warren are commission merchants at Springfield, Massachusetts, who deal in flour, wool, butter, cheese, lard, beans, &c. Theodore Parsons writes to Parsons, (he may or may not be a relative there is no indication that he is). He simply is asking for Parson to send certain items to him. Anna B. Strong writes 9 letters (42 pp) to Charles O. Parsons, addressing him as "Dearest of all" and "My dear friend." Ms. Strong writes from Northampton, Massachusetts, Charles is living at Florence. The letters while written to Charles are addressed to him "Care of H.K. Parson." H. K. Parsons does have a son Charles Otis Parsons, so it is likely that is the Charles that these letters are addressed to. These letters from Strong to Charles are courtship letters. Horace Kellogg Parsons (1835-1891) Lieut. Horace Kellogg Parsons was born 11 September 1835 at Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut and died 8 June 1891 at Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He was originally buried at Park Street Cemetery in Florence, but later removed. His son, Charles Otis, had a mausoleum built and moved the remains of Lt. Horace, Freddie and probably Florence, to the mausoleum. Florence was a daughter of Horace. She was born about 1868. She died in Northampton and was buried in Park Street Cemetery. Freddie was a son of Parsons who died young. In the Hampshire Gazette, June 9, 1891 (p.1), we find the following biography of Horace K. Parsons: "Horace K Parsons of Florence died yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. He had been in failing health for some time but his death came like a shock to the village, where he had so long been identified with its interests. He was born at Enfield, Ct. Sept 11, 1835, being a son of Josiah and Lucy Markham Parsons. His ancestors were residents of Enfield for nearly 200 years. Philip, born in 1697; Nathaniel, born in 1736; Josiah, born in 1776, and Josiah, born in 1804. His grandmother was a daughter of Daniel Kellogg, an officer in the revolutionary war. He remained in his native town until he was 18 years of age and was educated at Thompsonville and the Wilbraham academy. At the breaking out of the rebellion he was in the mercantile business in Thompsonville, CT, but with that patriotism which distinguished the sons of these states, he left the store for the battlefield, enlisting in October 1861, in Co C, 10th Regt. Infantry. Lieut Parsons participated in many of the severest battles of the war. He was in the Burnside expedition, battles of Roanoke Island, Newbern, N.C.; siege of Charleston; St. Augustine, Fla.; Walthall Junction, Va.; Drury's Bluff; Bermuda Hundred; Strawberry Plains; Deep Bottom; Deep Run; siege of Petersburg; Hatches Run; Fort Gregg and Appomattox Court House. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant and regimental quartermaster and was detailed for special service on the staff of Gen. J.R. Hawley on the expedition to New York at the re-election of Pres. Lincoln. He served on staffs of Gens. H.M. Plaisted and G.B. Dandy, as brigade commissary, and with Maj. Gen. John Gibbons as assistant quartermaster of the 24th Army Corps. In 1860 he united in marriage with Sarah A Leavitt (1839-1930) at Thompsonville, CT. She was born at West Yorkshire, England and died at Northampton, MA. She was the daughter of William and Agnes (Hurd) Leavitt and came to America with her parents when she was an infant. Her parents originally settled in South Hadley, but moved to Thompsonville. Their family consisted of six children: Horace Lincoln, Charles Otis, Royal Albert, George K, Freddie L., Harry M and Robert. A daughter died young, as did Freddie. Parsons was mustered out with the regiment August 25, 1865. In January, 1867, he moved to Florence, and for ten years (1867-1877) was agent and manager of the Florence Mercantile Co., one of the most successful co-operative stores in the state. In 1877, he retired from the Mercantile Co. and conducted a large coal and wood business. Later he opened the Florence clothing store. He has been justice of the peace for fifteen years. In 1889 he was appointed post master receiving his appointment after the resignation of Maj. J. F. Angell. In political affairs he has been a Republican, taking active interest, and served as alderman from Ward 6. He has been an active member of the Methodist church, a member of Jerusalem Lodge, and also a member of W.L. Baker post 86, G.A.R. Mr. Parsons was a man of clean character, unquestioning integrity, conservative in his opinions, yet progressive enough to keep abreast with the advanced movements of the day. He was never hasty in expressing his views, but he always had opinions on public matters, and was never afraid to express them. He was a valuable man in the community, a sort of balance wheel in conflicting matters. He was just the sort of man that will be greatly missed, because he was useful in more ways than one. He was valuable in all positions, in the family, the church, in social life, in temperance work, in politics, everywhere..." As we can see from Parsons' obituary, the present letters are mainly from the period when he had retired from the Florence Mercantile Company, and was conducting his coal and wood business, and his clothing store. The correspondence ends in 1888, just before he became postmaster. While Parsons' obituary states he had left the mercantile firm by 1877, he obviously was still investing, or trading in foodstuffs during the 1880s The Florence Mercantile Association was a joint stock company for the prosecution of a mercantile business. It was capitalized at $10,000 at $25 a share. Its president was S. B. Fuller, Clerk Sylvester J. Bosworth, Treasurer C. J. L. Otis, and directors Orin Storer, E. C. Davis, and D. H. Bond, with H. K. Parsons acting as its agent. The company erected a 28 x 50 feet store on Main Street in Florence at a cost (including the land) of about $5,000. The object was to sell goods at such a profit as will pay the current expenses and render the investment safe. Goods were sold for cash on delivery. George Francis Fuller (1841-1910) George F. Fuller was born about 1841 at East Medway, Massachusetts, the son of Israel Daniels Fuller and Eliza A. Barber. George was the great grandson of Revolutionary War veteran Asa Fuller who served as a private and marched at the Lexington alarm April 19th, 1775 in the West Medway Co. under the command of Lieut. Moses Adams under Major Fuller in Col John Smith's Regiment. Geo. F. Fuller was listed as a book keeper in the Springfield City Directory of 1876 living at 155 Carew Street. This address would remain his home until his death in 1910. By the time the 1880 Census was taken for Springfield, he was listed as a flour dealer. For the 1887 Springfield City Directory he was identified as the "Eastern Agent, Flour, Grain, Mill Feed and Hay." Several years later the 1894 Springfield City Directory had Fuller listed as a "wholesale grain and commission merchant." This was true in the year 1900 as well. By 1902 he is seen as an insurance agent, later as working in "investments" or as a "broker" with foodstuffs like flour, grains, etc. Fuller married a woman by the name of Lucy E. Emery (1850-?) of Massachusetts, the daughter of Hiram E. and Eliza A. Emery. Like H. K. Parsons, Fuller served in the Civil War, enlisting with the Massachusetts 11th Light Artillery Battery on 25 Aug 1862. He mustered out on 25 May 1863 at Boston after serving one year. At the time of his enlistment he was living at Brighton, Massachusetts and working as a clerk.Geo. F. Fuller died on 3 Apr 1910 at Springfield, Massachusetts and was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery, at Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. His wife Lucy outlived him, dying in 1917. She was buried with her husband. This was also the cemetery where Fuller's parents were buried.

Autograph Letter from an unidentified sender, New York, July 13, 1863 to his brother and sister

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Title: Autograph Letter from an unidentified sender, New York, July 13, 1863 to his brother and sister
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Description: No Binding. Very Good. octavo, three pages, folded, lacks mailing envelope, folded, ink a trifle faded but legible, foredge of second leaf trimmed close, not affecting text, else very good. ""Dear Brother, Sister and little ones ... ... they have begun to Draft in the city last Saturday and today they are turning things upside down Burning houses, turning over cars, tearing up the tracks stopping stages from running killing policemen hanging negroes in fact having their own way all on account of the Draft and they say the Tribune Herald and evening Post shall all come down to night but it is now eleven o'clock and maybe the next time I shall have more time to write ..."" The New York City draft riots July 13-16, 1863, known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. The riots remain the largest civil and racial insurrection in American history, aside from the Civil War itself. Initially the rioting was intended to express anger at the draft, the protests turned into a race riot, with white rioters, mainly but not exclusively Irish immigrants, attacking blacks wherever they could find them. The official death toll was listed at 119.

Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures by ADAM, Victor

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Title: Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures
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Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. A Rare Book on Coaching Twelve Superb Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. [Panidochème ou Toutes Sortes de Voitures par V. Adam 1830]. Paris: Chez Ch. Motte, 1830. First Charles Motte edition (preceded only by the 1828 Gihaut Frères hand colored issue with 36 plates). Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches; 260 x 346 mm.). Twelve superb lithograph plates. The plates are numbered 1 thru 12 and all have the imprint "V. Adam delt." & "Lith de C. Motte." All plates have the small oval blind-stamp of the publisher on the lower blank margins. Plates 11 & 12 have neatly repaired tears on right blank margin, not affecting image. A few plates with light marginal toning and or minimal foxing. Early twentieth century quarter black morocco over marbled boards, smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt. The quality of the lithography is absolutely stunning - a rare book on the most common method of travel in the early nineteenth century. "A retrospective exhibition of engravings and "lithographes d'attelage" was held in 1900, exhibiting ancient coaches, and included many of Adam's lithographs and engravings both in black and white and in colour." (Menassier). Jean-Victor Adam (1801-1867) was a French painter and lithographer. Born in Paris he was the son of Jean Adam, an esteemed engraver. During the years 1814 to 1818 he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and also in the ateliers of Meynier and Régnault. In 1819 he exhibited 'Herminia succouring Tancred.' He was almost immediately afterwards employed to paint various subjects for the Museum at Versailles, amongst which are, 'The Entry of the French into Mainz,' 'The Battle of Varroux,' 'The Taking of Menin, 'The Battle of Castiglione,' 'The Passage of the Cluse,' 'The Battle of Montebello,' 'The Capitulation of Meiningen;' the last three in association with Alaux. He also exhibited down to the year 1838: 'Henry IV., after the Battle of Coutras,' 'Trait of Kindness in the Duke de Berri,' 'The Postillion,' 'The Vivandiere,' 'The Road to Poissy,' 'The Return from the Chase,' 'Horse-fair at Caen,' and numerous other subjects. He then retired from publicity, till 1846, when he appeared as the exhibitor of some works in lithography, to which branch of art he afterwards restricted himself. In this line he produced a lithographic album, 'Views in the Environs of Paris,' 'Studies of Animals for an edition of Buffon,' &c. He obtained a gold medal in 1824, a second class medal in 1836, besides several others from Lille, Douai, and other cities. He died at Viroflay in 1866. The Plates: 1. Courses. 2. Landau. 3. Coucous. 4. Tilbury. 5. Caleche a la Daumont. 6. Voiture de Roulier. 7. Coupé et Tilbury à Capote. 8. Voiture pour les Environs de Paris. 9. Dormeuse de Voyage. 10. Caisson de la Garde Royale. 11. Berline. 12. Calèche à Capote.

Clinique pour soins tres speciaux [Clinic for Very Special Care] (Seven original photographs from the 1980 French film) by Alain as John Love Payet (director); Barbara Moose, Desire Bastareaud, Jean-Pierre Armand (starring)

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Title: Clinique pour soins tres speciaux [Clinic for Very Special Care] (Seven original photographs from the 1980 French film)
Author: Alain as John Love Payet (director); Barbara Moose, Desire Bastareaud, Jean-Pierre Armand (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: N.p.: N.p., 1980. Seven vintage matte-finish borderless reference photographs from the 1980 French hardcore film. A man injured in a brawl with his lover's husband is taken to an erotic clinic. 5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Bier 318.

Last Year at Marienbad (Original snapshot photograph of Resnais on the set of the 1961 film) by Alain Resnais (director); Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, (starring)

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Title: Last Year at Marienbad (Original snapshot photograph of Resnais on the set of the 1961 film)
Author: Alain Resnais (director); Alain Robbe-Grillet (screenwriter); Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: Paris: Cocinor, 1961. Vintage snapshot size photograph of Alain Resnais on the set of the 1961 film. With manuscript annotations in pencil and a press agency stamp on the verso of each. An enigmatic, dreamlike film, about a man and a woman who meet at a party, where he insists they have met before, and she that they haven't. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Shot on location in Germany and France. 3.5 x 5 inches. Fine. Criterion Collection 478. Ebert I. Godard, Histoire(s) du cinema. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 25. Vogel, Film as Subversive Art.

Stephanorum Historia, vitas ipsorum ac libros complectens by Matitaire, Michel (Mattaire - Maittaire)

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Seller: Sanctuary Books

Title: Stephanorum Historia, vitas ipsorum ac libros complectens
Author: Matitaire, Michel (Mattaire - Maittaire)
Seller: Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Benjamin Motte for Chr. Bateman, 1709. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, ix, 564, (6) 133, 7p. (appendix), with frontispiece portrait (Robert Estienne) and 4p. of facsimiles showing Estienne devices. Later calf with professional restoration. A lovely bright copy. Ownership inscription: Jn. Carter, King's. 1926. Maittaire "was the first bibliographer who treated early printed books from a typographical point of view (Breslauer/Folter 96). In this book - his first - Maittaire gives biographies of the members of the Estienne family and an extensive bibliography (1575 entries) of their publications. Bookplate of Kenneth Rapoport.

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1868. Vol. 158. - Part 1

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Title: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1868. Vol. 158. - Part 1
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Taylor & Francis, 1868. Whole volume, [adverts] iv, x, [1], 369pp.; 21 plates. (230 x 300 mm). Original light green printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled, top of spine is a little rubbed; mostly uncut & unopened. Potential papers of interest in Part 1: II. Computation of the lengths of the waves of light corresponding to the lines in the dispersion spectrum measured by Kirchhoff. By George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal. . . 29 III. An account of the observations on the Great Nebula in Orion, made at Birr Castle, with the 3-feet and 6-feet telescopes, between 1848 and 1867. With a drawing of the Nebula. By Lord Oxmantown. Communicated by the Earl of Rosse, K.P., F.R.S. . . 57 (Plates I. to III.)* IV. On the curves which satisfy given conditions. By professir Cayley, F.R.S. . . 75 V. Second memoir on the curves which satisfy the given conditions; the principle of correspondence. By professpr Cayley, F.R.S. . . 145 VI. Addition to memoir on the resultant of a system of two equations. By professir Cayley, F.R.S. . . 173 IX. Researches on the intimate structure of the brain. - Second series. By J. Lockhart Clarke, F.R.S., &c. . . 233 (Plates VIII. to XIV.) X. Notices of some parts of the surface of the moon. By John Phillips, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of geology in the University of Oxford . . . 333 (Plates XV.-- XVII.) *Laid-in item (p.75): Plate III. The Great Nebula in the sword-handle of Orion as seen with the reflector of six-feet aperature at Parsontown from 1860 to 1867. A large b/w 'map' or drawing, comprising 9 sheets (each sheet = 210 x 280 mm) to be laid out in a (3 x 3) grid, producing the overall larger picture (total size when laid out = 630 x 840 mm). Two of the sheets are rather toned (facing pages 74 & 75).

Topographical Engineer John Abert Writes About Surveys In The State Of MississippiAs Soon As Practicable by JOHN J. ABERT

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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

Title: Topographical Engineer John Abert Writes About Surveys In The State Of MississippiAs Soon As Practicable
Author: JOHN J. ABERT
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: JOHN ABERT (1788-1863). John Abert was born in Virginia in 1788 and graduated from West Point in 1811. He served during the War of 1812 in defense of Washington, and following the war became head of the Topographical Bureau in Washington, DC. As such, he was responsible for many of the expeditions dispatched to explore and map Americas westernmost regions, such as the Fremont Expedition of 1842 to 1844.ALS. 1pg. March 25, 1829. Topographical Bureau. An autograph letter signed J.J. Abert to a member of the United States Corps of Engineers in Washington, DC. Abert penned: You have been assigned to Superintendent certain surveys in the State of Mississippi you will therefore repair to Vicksburg in that State as soon as practicable, &in relation to the duty by the enclosed copy of a series of resolutions from the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, and of a letter from the Honble. Mr. Plumeron. You will furnish this Bureau with an estimate of the necessary expenses, limiting yourself on this subject to your own compensation & To the compensation of an assistant To the requisite instruments and the accessories All other expenses must beby the State or individualized intersession in the Survey. The letter has waterstaining in the upper right corner, is missing some of the upper left (not affecting any text) and some darkening to the lower margin.

THE HISTORICAL AND THE POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF SIR NATHANIEL WILLIAM WRAXALL [Five Volumes] by Wraxall, Nathaniel William [Author]; Wheatley, Henry B. [Editor]

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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA

Title: THE HISTORICAL AND THE POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF SIR NATHANIEL WILLIAM WRAXALL [Five Volumes]
Author: Wraxall, Nathaniel William [Author]; Wheatley, Henry B. [Editor]
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: London: Bickers & Sons, 1884. Hardcover. Octavos, Five Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in three quarter dark blue leather and marbled paper boards with paneling and gilt lettering to spines. General rubbing and shelf wear. Top edges of textblock gilt. With marbled endpapers. Age toning throughout all volumes. Heavier scuffing to rear board of Volume I. Gutter visible between verso of half title page and recto of frontispiece in Volume I. Light staining to interiors of Volumes I & II. Mild tearing to front free endpaper in Volume III. Shelved above Hardcover Fiction. 1407434. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Carl Oscar Borg: Ett konstnarsode

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Seller: Dawson's Book Shop

Title: Carl Oscar Borg: Ett konstnarsode
Seller: Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Description: Nordisk Rotogravyr, Stockholm, (1953). 10 in. x 8 in. x 14 in., 167 pages, Wrappers

Flying Saucers From Outer Space by KEYHOE, Major Donald E.

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Title: Flying Saucers From Outer Space
Author: KEYHOE, Major Donald E.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Henry Holt, 1953. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in red and white to the spine. Dustjacket. 276pp. Clean and strong with some light bumping to spine ends and some minor scuffing to th cloth, in a dustjacket with some shallow creasing and fraying, primarily to the upper margin. A very good copy. Internally clean. One of the earliest and most forceful accounts of the UFO phenomenon, highly dramatised, and ripe with "gotcha" moments as Major Keyhoe struggles with establishment obfuscation.

Highgrade: Doodles, Poems. by WHALEN, Philip.

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Title: Highgrade: Doodles, Poems.
Author: WHALEN, Philip.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: (np): Coyote’s Journal , (1966).. First edition.. 4to. [62 pp]. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Entire text reproduced from Whalen’s original holograph manuscript.

Lawrence Block Bibliography 1958 - 1993 (Signed First Limited Edition) by Block, Lawrence

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books

Title: Lawrence Block Bibliography 1958 - 1993 (Signed First Limited Edition)
Author: Block, Lawrence
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Very Fine
Description: Royal Oak MI / Mission Viejo, CA: Lawrence Block / Airtight Seels Allied Production, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Fine/Slipcase. 8vo., 104pp. Beautiful Unread First Printing, #22 of only 50 copies housed in a clear acrylic slipcase. Bound in original wraps. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. As may be seen in the photos, there are fairly light but certainly noticeable areas of scuffing on the rear of the slipcase. Signed by block and other contributors on the limitation page. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.

The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History by Andrade, Tonio

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Title: The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History
Author: Andrade, Tonio
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780691135977
Condition: Good +
Description: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Hardcover. Good +/Very Good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". ix, 432pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Slight warp to rear board. Gentle bump to tail of spine. Faint dust-spotting to text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was easily defeated by Britain in the Opium War of 1839–42. What happened? In The Gunpowder Age, Tonio Andrade offers a compelling new answer, opening a fresh perspective on a key question of world history: why did the countries of western Europe surge to global importance starting in the 1500s while China slipped behind? Historians have long argued that gunpowder weapons helped Europeans establish global hegemony. Yet the inhabitants of what is today China not only invented guns and bombs but also, as Andrade shows, continued to innovate in gunpowder technology through the early 1700s much longer than previously thought. Why, then, did China become so vulnerable? Andrade argues that one significant reason is that it was out of practice fighting wars, having enjoyed nearly a century of relative peace, since 1760. Indeed, he demonstrates that China like Europe was a powerful military innovator, particularly during times of great warfare, such as the violent century starting after the Opium War, when the Chinese once again quickly modernized their forces. Today, China is simply returning to its old position as one of the world's great military powers. By showing that China’s military dynamism was deeper, longer lasting, and more quickly recovered than previously understood, The Gunpowder Age challenges long-standing explanations of the so-called Great Divergence between the West and Asia.(Publisher).

A Social History of Engineering by Armytage, W.H.G.

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Title: A Social History of Engineering
Author: Armytage, W.H.G.
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: London: Faber and Faber, 1961. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 378pp. Mild rubbing, toning, and wear to covers, corners, and edges of price-clipped dust jacket. Rubbing and toning to edges of blue cloth over boards. Gentle bumps to corners of boards. Stamp from the Department of Physiological Hygene to front free endpaper. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: "A Social History of Engineering" shows how social and economic conditions in each age have precipitated advances in engineering. There are, in short, economic, political, and philosophical implications in changing technologies. While the book begins with the Stone Age, the Greeks, and the Romans, the bulk of the volume concentrates on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. "A Social History of Engineering" reflects Professor Armytage's special subject area interests, namely nineteenth-century industrial society, radical and socialist movements, the history of professional organization, and the study of higher and technical education.(Publisher).

Atlanta and Its Lawyers: A Century of Vision: 1888-1988 by Agnew, Lea; Haden-Miller, Ann

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Title: Atlanta and Its Lawyers: A Century of Vision: 1888-1988
Author: Agnew, Lea; Haden-Miller, Ann
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780962144301
Condition: Good +
Description: Atlanta: Atlanta Bar Association, Inc, 1988. Hardcover. Good +/good. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". v, 196pp. Mild wear to unclipped dust jacket with Light rubbing to covers and creasing to edges. Light foxing to inside of jacket. Blue cloth over boards with spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in ink to front free end paper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Black-and-white photographs throughout. A solid copy of this history on the Lawyers of Atlanta, Georgia.

Handsome Embossed 12mo Valentine with Victorian Scrap, Fine Jungle-themed Embossed Pictorial Bifolium

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Title: Handsome Embossed 12mo Valentine with Victorian Scrap, Fine Jungle-themed Embossed Pictorial Bifolium
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Very good to near-fine. Pinhole at head, a couple small stains or abrasions. Putto beginning to lift.
Description: England, 1860. Very good to near-fine. Pinhole at head, a couple small stains or abrasions. Putto beginning to lift.. A handsome 12mo valentine made from Victorian scrap adhered to an embossed pictorial bifolium. The three small scraps include a winged putto holding a horn filled with flowers. a winged putto and lamb among flowers labeled "simplicity" below, and a small round scrap depicting a water well/fountain in a bucolic setting. The paper itself is most attractive, and the embossing is pictorial; it depicts a jungle scene complete with tall palm tree, ferns and flora. Measures approx. 4.75" by 3.5", blank inside except for a small pencil marking.

Whaler's Eye. by Ash, Christopher.

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Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co.

Title: Whaler's Eye.
Author: Ash, Christopher.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: Photos of modern whaling operations. From a model maker's point of view, excellent detail of machinery and fittings of a factory
Description: New York: Macmillan Company, (1962). Photos of modern whaling operations. From a model maker's point of view, excellent detail of machinery and fittings of a factory ship. First edition. VG, dj.. 25 cm. viii, 245 pp. b/w plates

P.T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman. by Kunhardt, Philip B. Jr.

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Title: P.T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman.
Author: Kunhardt, Philip B. Jr.
Seller: Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description: 4to, hardcover, dust jacket, illustrated, 358 pp. Advertising sticker on front cove; otherwise in mint condition. Get covergae of one of America's greeatest showman.

The Wonder Book of the Air by Allen, C.B.; Lyman, Lauren D

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Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books

Title: The Wonder Book of the Air
Author: Allen, C.B.; Lyman, Lauren D
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1936. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 9x7x1. First edition. Gilt rubbed, front hinge loosening, ink name on front endpaper, smudges on front endpapers. 1936 Large Hardcover. xi, 339 pp. Includes: An Air Trip Across America; South America; Around the World; A World in Quest of Wings; Man Flies; Why an Airplane Flies; Early Flights; The Golden Age of Flying; Airships; The Air Explorers; The Heart of the Airplane; In the Pilot's Cabin; Motorless Flight; Women in Aviation; Military Aviation; The Plane in Peace; The Air Mail; The Marvels of Aircraft Radio; Flying Phraseology and Sky Slang; The Future; Chronology of Famous Events in the Story of Flight.

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