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Signed manuscript report and chart from Hersant, Consul de France a San Luis Potosí and Tampico, to Comte de Rigny, Minister of the Navy by [Mexico] [Pastry War] Hersant, M.

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Title: Signed manuscript report and chart from Hersant, Consul de France a San Luis Potosí and Tampico, to Comte de Rigny, Minister of the Navy
Author: [Mexico] [Pastry War] Hersant, M.
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Mexico, 1833. First Edition. Mexico: May 23, 1833. Letter and chart on watermarked single folio sheets, approx. 13 x 16-½ inches, letter: [3] pp.; chart: [2] pp.;. Near Fine. Rare first-hand documentation of the growing trade tensions that eventually led to the French-Mexican “Pastry War” of 1838. Consul Hersant’s gossipy report surveys the “commercial movement of the port [of Tampico] since it’s opening in 1824 until the end of 1832.” Hersant complains to his superiors that Mexican trade with the US and England far outpaces France; even the Hanseatic League has become a problem. The Consul includes a hand-drawn table tallying foreign ships and the weight of goods by country, a visual aid supporting his claim that French trade lags considerably behind other partners. Ultimately it is civil disorder that most disturbs the Consul; that is, smuggling assisted by the Mexican customs officers themselves: "se fait impunément et avec l'aide des douaniers eux-mêmes et peut porter au double la quantité de marchandises qui entrent du dehors." Indeed, the early years of the Mexican Republic were marked by a notable lack of governmental accountability toward foreign governments or private property owners as various internal parties struggled for power. This disregard eventually led King Louis-Philippe’s government to sue for damages against Mexico on behalf of French citizens doing business there. The most famous claimant was a pastry chef who claimed his shop had been looted. In 1838, when the amount went unpaid, the French invaded Veracruz and blockaded Mexico’s Atlantic ports, beginning the so-called Pastry War. References to Hersant can be found in other histories of the French attempt to gain ground in Mexico, e.g. establishing alternative shipping passages inland to compete with North American traders. Overall a scarce pair of documents, in excellent condition with minimal normal wear.

Emancipation Hymn. Composed and Dedicated by Permission to the Salem Union League by [Music] [Abolition] Fenellosa, Manuel

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Title: Emancipation Hymn. Composed and Dedicated by Permission to the Salem Union League
Author: [Music] [Abolition] Fenellosa, Manuel
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Boston: Oliver Ditson and Company, 1863. First Edition. Fine. Manuel Fenellosa and his brother-in-law Manuel Emilio came to the United States from Spain in 1836 aboard the SS United States. They settled in Salem, Massachussetts, first forming a band and then a music school. They were friends of the publisher John P. Jewett, who published their work and let them perform at his home. Jewett was also the publisher of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Both Fenellosa and Emilio composed works inspired by the abolitionist cause. Emilio composed a companion piece for John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Little Eva: Uncle Tom’s Guardian Angel.” Manuel’s son Luis wrote A Brave Black Regiment, the history of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. Fenellosa composed this piece in 1863, with lyrics written by an unknown “R.T.L.” He held a concert in 1864 after emancipation. A fine example, beautifully preserved in self-wraps. OCLC 180868477, locating five copies.

Old Trail at Acoma. Vintage photogravure. Plate 567 from The North American Indian, Portfolio XVI by Curtis, Edward S.

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Title: Old Trail at Acoma. Vintage photogravure. Plate 567 from The North American Indian, Portfolio XVI
Author: Curtis, Edward S.
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Seattle, 1904. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl., v. 16, pl. 567. Printed on Japanese vellum, van Gelder paper mat. Photogravure by Suffolk Engr. Co., Cambridge Mass., 1924. Image 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Faint small marginal spotting. Framed. Additional shipping required.

JOHN SHERMAN, AND DHOYA by [Yeats, W.B.] Ganconagh [pseudonym]

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Title: JOHN SHERMAN, AND DHOYA
Author: [Yeats, W.B.] Ganconagh [pseudonym]
Seller: Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description: 1891. [Yeats's first book in the US] New York: Cassell Publishing Company, (1891). 2 pp undated ads. Original light lavender linen-grain cloth on flexible boards, lettered in darker lavender. First American Edition of Yeats's third book -- and Yeats's first book to be printed and published in America. Yeats's first two books were MOSADA (Dublin 1886 in wrappers, 14 copies extant), and THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN (Kegan Paul in London 1889, 500 copies). Comprising a novella and a short story, JOHN SHERMAN AND DHOYA (no comma) earned Yeats forty pounds at a time when he really needed it. Thirteen years later Yeats wrote that this book was "written when I was very young & knew no better." The UK edition was issued (both in wrappers and in yapped cloth) as the tenth volume in T. Fisher Unwin's "Pseudonym Library"; the US edition, as here, was printed in New Jersey and issued as the tenth volume in Cassell's similarly-sized and similarly-themed "Unknown" Library. The UK and US editions are similar in size and typography, and both editions of this title were issued in November 1891. This is an attractive copy of this fragile, flexible-boards volume; there is essentially no external wear nor soil, and it would be FINE except that the front endpaper is cracked. Very scarce: there are currently ten copies of the first UK edition on the market, but NO other first US edition. Wade 5 (the earliest American edition cited in the Wade bibliography).

The Tower by Yeats, W.B.

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Title: The Tower
Author: Yeats, W.B.
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1928. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing, one of 2,000 copies of the first printing. Near Fine, tiny rubs at bottom corners, the decorative gilt cover and spine, by artist Thomas Sturge Moore. are fresh and bright. Lacking the dust wrapper, although original flaps of wrapper are present and laid in. A lovely copy..

Glees, Swarthy Monotonies, Rince Cochon & Chozzerai For Simon. Poems 1979 by WILLIAMS, Jonathan

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Title: Glees, Swarthy Monotonies, Rince Cochon & Chozzerai For Simon. Poems 1979
Author: WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Covers slightly darkened, acetate torn, otherwise a fine copy.
Description: Roswell, NM: DBA Editions, 1980. First edition. One of 128 copies numbered & inscribed by JW, this one: "for Lord and Lady Rooksmoor with love from Stodge of Dent, Highlands, April 1980". Jaffe A124. Covers slightly darkened, acetate torn, otherwise a fine copy.. 4to, illustrations by R. B. Kitaj & David Hockney, pictorial card covers by John Furnival, spiral bound acetate wrappers. Covers slightly darkened, acetate torn, otherwise a fine copy.

Sent For You Yesterday by WIDEMAN, John Edgar

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Title: Sent For You Yesterday
Author: WIDEMAN, John Edgar
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780380826445
Description: New York: Avon Books, 1983. First edition. Small softcover. A paperback original. A very good copy in wrappers with a chip to the top of the rear corner, a crease to the top corner of one page, and some toning to the pages.

Susan Wides: The Hudson Valley, From Mannahatta to Kaaterskill by WIDES, Susan, Bartholomew F. Bland and Roger Panetta

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Title: Susan Wides: The Hudson Valley, From Mannahatta to Kaaterskill
Author: WIDES, Susan, Bartholomew F. Bland and Roger Panetta
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780943651392
Description: Yonkers, NY: Hudson River Museum, 2011. First edition. Softcover. 103 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 28 through September 11, 2011. Foreword by Director Michael Botwinick. Essays by Bartholomew F. Bland and Roger Panetta. Includes numerous color imags. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers.

Address, Delivered before The Columbian Institute, at Washington, on the Thirty-First December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven by Southard, Samuel L.,

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Title: Address, Delivered before The Columbian Institute, at Washington, on the Thirty-First December, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven
Author: Southard, Samuel L.,
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: Washington: 1828, octavo, 29, [1] pp., removed from bound volume of pamphlets, lacking wrappers, text moderately foxed, contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage, else a good copy. American Imprints 35367 25.00

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