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Henry Clay Writes Pres. Taylor Hoping He “may be able to preserve to our country the blessings of peace."" by Henry Clay

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Title: Henry Clay Writes Pres. Taylor Hoping He “may be able to preserve to our country the blessings of peace.""
Author: Henry Clay
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 06/06/1849. The annexation of Texas in 1845 caused the controversy over slavery to heat up, but the Mexican War intervened to deflect attention. When the war ended in early 1848, vast lands in the West were acquired from Mexico, and the question of whether slavery would be allowed in these territories quickly reignited the flames of sectionalism. In 1849, the discovery of gold led to a land rush in California, and the territory filled quickly with people. With partisans on both sides angrily stirring the pot and fears rising that the country might be split asunder, it was apparent that the matter of slavery had become urgent.Europe appears to be in a state of great and general disorder. A war embracing the larger part of it seems to be almost inevitable. England and France can hardly look upon the Russian interference in the affairs of Austria and Hungary with indifference. I sincerely hope that you may be able to preserve to our country the blessings of peace.The United States was not then the sole nation in turmoil. In 1848, a series of political upheavals spread throughout the European continent. Described by some historians as a wave of revolutions, the period of unrest began in France but then propelled itself onward. It lasted well into 1849, ending in August with the defeat of Hungarian insurgents.Henry Clay was three times the Whig candidate for president, and three times he was defeated, the final one being in 1844. He expected to run again in 1848, but many Whigs feared he could not win. Instead, Zachary Taylor, a Mexican War hero, won the Whig nomination, depriving Clay of the prize. As a candidate, Taylor had sidestepped the entire slavery controversy, but now that he was President he began developing what was seen as a pro-Northern solution. One of the leaders in Congress with whom he would have to deal on this and other subjects was Clay, who straddled the fence between the North and South and would not agree with his approach. Thus, Taylor and Clay were two men who saw themselves as political opponents, and many wondered what the relationship would be between the party’s long-time spokesman and its new sitting President, and whether they could work together. This would have national as well as party consequences, considering the issues facing the country. Their relationship was made all the more complicated by men seeking advantage from Tayor by trying to drive wedges between and Clay.Shortly after Taylor was inaugurated President in March 1849, Clay began getting reports that Taylor had ill will towards him and was speaking against him personally. On April 30, 1849, he received a letter from a friend Thomas Stevenson, saying that the reports were true but that he felt that experienced Washington hands would restrain Taylor from any overt actions against Clay. He stated that one Buckner H. Payne had related that this latter supposition was so, that Taylor was now speaking well of Clay. Stevenson added that peace between the two leaders was necessary for the country.On May 12, to test the waters Clay wrote Taylor directly, asking if he might appoint Clay’s son James to a diplomatic post. On May 28, the President responded by saying he was displeased with Payne having reported his conversation, but that he had only positive feelings about Clay, and that “it would afford me great pleasure to comply with your wishes” and appoint James Brown Clay as U.S. Ambassador to Portugal. The following is Clay’s response to Tayor, in which he makes short work of Payne, thanks the President for his friendly manner and for appointing his son, references that “strenuous exertions” were being made to alienate the two leaders, mentions the crises in Europe, and thinking of conflict there, ends by expressing his hope that Taylor can preserve peace in the United States.Autograph Letter signed, Ashland, June 6, 1849, to President Taylor. ""I received your obliging letter of the 28th Ult., and on behalf of my son as well as myself I beg leave to tender an expression of our grateful thanks and great obligations for the prompt and friendly manner in which you have been pleased to accede to our wishes that he might be employed in the public service on a foreign mission. The time indicated by you for his departure on suits him very well as he could not have conveniently left home in a shorter period. He will immediately commence his arrangements for going abroad and will be prepared in due season to obey the orders of Government.""I had known Col. Payne (referred to in our last letter) in Kentucky, and had some business in which he conducted himself with integrity; but not living in the same neighborhood, I rarely saw him, and there was no very good intimacy between us. Last winter, when he approached me in New Orleans, I understood him to be a particular friend of yours. Standing in amiable relations as I supposed, to us both, and being about to go to Washington, I conversed freely with him on public affairs. He wanted me to recommend him for the office of Collector of that city, which I declined to do for several reasons; among others, that I had adopted as a general rule not to interfere in mere local appointments in other and distant states from that of my residence. I must confess that I was surprised that Mr. Payne should be an applicant for that office, and still more at the confidence with which he purposed to anticipate success. In the course of the conversation between us I probably remarked to him that I did not know that a recommendation from me, if I could give him one, would benefit him; for that, whilst my own feelings towards the President and his administration were entirely amicable, and that I should go to Washington with an anxious desire to find himself conscientiously able to support it, I did not know how far strenuous exertions, which had been made to alienate us might have succeeded. He asked if he might mention the purport of that conversion to you on his arrival at Washington; and I replied that I had not the least objection. He did not return to Kentucky, as you supposed, but on his reaching New Orleans he wrote to me, communicating an account of his visit to Washington, and of the friendly purport of his conversation with you about me. I ought to add that Mr. Payne is a member of an extensive and generally respectable connection in this state; but that one of his near relations has recently spoken of him to me in rather unfavorable terms. Personally I know nothing to his disadvantage. ""Europe appears to be in a state of great and general disorder. A war embracing the larger part of it seems to be almost inevitable. England and France can hardly look upon the Russian interference in the affairs of Austria and Hungary with indifference. I sincerely hope that you may be able to preserve to our country the blessings of peace."" He signs the letter “with the highest respect, faithfully your friend...” The letter is not in the “Henry Clay Papers” and appears to be unknown and unpublished.Clay's son James went to Lisbon. Later he served in the House of Representatives from 1857-59. The tattler Payne did not receive the appointment as Collector he craved, and for which he inappropriately manipulated conversations of both Clay and Taylor. After the Civil War, he ignominiously wrote a book claiming that Negroes were not the same species as whites.President Taylor soon developed a policy favoring the immediate admission of California and New Mexico as free states, avoiding the entire territorial process. Many in the South were unwilling to consider this, and Clay opposed the statehood solution in isolation, preferring instead to fashion some kind of game-changing compromise. In January 1850, Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850. Taylor opposed it, but it would pass after his death when Clay supporter Millard Fillmore ascended to the presidency.

Elements of Chemistry by Webster, John

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Title: Elements of Chemistry
Author: Webster, John
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Description: London : Published by [Taunton: J. Poole, Printer.] Printed for the author, and sold by Messrs. Johnson and Co. St. Paul's Church-yard; and Messrs. Crosby and Co. Paternoster-Row, 1811. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SCARCE. In original paper covered boards with 20th c. cloth and label reback, Very Good, front and rear end papers with 1" x 2" sections neatly cut from top corners, the boards well worn, number 6 in ink front paste down, a few pages noted with early scholarly marginal pencil notation. xx, 21-245, [1] pages. OCLC locates 15 institutions with a copy, uncommon in commerce. .

Getting Gay In New York by Whitmore, George

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Title: Getting Gay In New York
Author: Whitmore, George
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Condition: Very good -
Description: New York, New York: New York, New York, 1976. Very good -. 10¼” x 3½”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. [30]. Very good minus: center bifolium detached with a moderate crease; wrappers lightly toned, creased and soiled; one corner with a tiny dogear and several with a dash of stray ink. This is a book of deeply moving poetry written by a noted AIDS and LGBTQ+ advocate and writer, George Whitmore. George Whitmore was born in Denver in 1945. A conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, he worked at New York City's Planned Parenthood in lieu of military service, coordinating its national abortion referral unit. In the 1970s he worked for a non-profit focused on low-income housing, and also served as contributing editor and literary critic for the LGBTQ+ magazine The Advocate. The author of three plays, three novels and two books of poetry, all focused on homosexuality and the impact of AIDS on society, Whitmore is perhaps best known for his article in The New York Times Magazine, “Reaching Out to Someone With AIDS.” That article led to his nonfiction work Someone Was Here: Profiles in the AIDS Epidemic, published by New American Library in 1988. Whitmore died of AIDS in 1989. He was 43. This long, slim volume, reminiscent of the image of the Empire State Building adorning its cover, contains 22 poignant poems in two parts. Subtle and moving, the poems include titles like “Tricking,” “Boys In Swimming Pools” and “Roller Queen.” One was dedicated “To A Boy In Kentucky (Who wrote a letter to a magazine about his frustrated attempts to come out)”, and the title poem conveyed a sad, impersonal social life in the gay New York scene: “They've made a career / out of making a travesty / out of your life story / by the river / with a dozen / beautifully dressed men.” The final, heart-rending poem told a tale of a “Raw Adventure In The North Woods”: “The next day he drove me into town / to catch the bus for New York. / I always knew what I was, he said, / since I was old enough to know / . . . I'm only a person, he said, / who wanted some charm in my life.” A deeply moving and fairly scarce collection of LGBTQ+ themed poetry. OCLC shows 22 holdings over three entries.

Preview of You as a WAC [Cover title]

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Title: Preview of You as a WAC [Cover title]
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Description: [Washington, D.C.]: [United States Army Recruiting Service], 1951. Very good +. 7” x 5”, opens to 7” x 20”. Single sheet, printed both sides and folded accordion style to make an 8-panel pamphlet. Pp. [8]. Very good plus: a touch of corner wear; two small dings to rear panel. This is rare promotional featuring a photographic image of an integrated class of the Women's Army Corps (WAC). While Executive Order 9981, which directed the desegregation of the United States Armed Forces, wasn't issued by President Truman until July 1948, the WAC was at least partially racially mixed from the get-go. Per the United States Army's website, 40 of the first 440 women selected to attend the first WAC Officer Candidate School (OCS) in July 1942 were African American. Once OCS ended, the officers were then segregated. In When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II (Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1992), author (and former WAC) Martha S. Putney reported on other examples, as well as the rampant racism and job discrimination faced by Black WACs. This brochure, which was reprinted from the Army's Recruiting Journal in 1951, is likely one of the earliest uses of integration in the service's marketing. A history on the United States Air Force's website conveyed: “As the United States engaged in the Korean War, manpower was at a premium. By 1951, the Army’s nine training divisions were integrated, and Black recruitment was on the rise.” The pamphlet presents a variety of arguments for women to join the WAC, including a pay scale, examples of “over 140 different jobs” and the “opportunity to show her initiative, her leadership, her alertness.” One of the four large, striking photographic images shows a line of WACs about to receive their graduation certificate, and one of the seven women is African American. Rare marketing material for female military recruitment, with a special nod towards African Americans. No holdings of this brochure were located in OCLC or online. .

Հայրենիքիս համար Hayrenik'is Hamar (For My Homeland) by Aharonian, Avetis (Ավետիս Ահարոնյան)

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Title: Հայրենիքիս համար Hayrenik'is Hamar (For My Homeland)
Author: Aharonian, Avetis (Ավետիս Ահարոնյան)
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Description: Պոսթըն (Boston): Հրատարակութիւն 'Հայրենիք' ("Hayrenik"), 1920. First edition. Hardcover. g- to g+. Octavo. 157pp. Illustrated grey cloth. B/w photographic frontispiece portrait of the author. A first edition of this important work by prominent Armenian political figure and revolutionary Avetis Aharonian (1866-1948). This book is comprised of Aharonian's thoughts and memories from the important and turbulent period for the Armenian people and nation, between 1917-1918. During this period the Aharonian returned to the Caucasus and served as the head of the Armenian National Council, which was tasked with representing Armenian people during the period of the Russian revolution, gaining independence and ultimately establishing the First Republic of Armenia. Cover illustration by Armenian artist Yehia Gasparyan (1893-1848). Text in Armenian. Binding with rubbing to extremities and some light stains and smudges to faded covers. Binding slightly shaken, with book block still relatively tight. Ex-library copy with bookplate pasted on interior front cover. Printed library card pasted on interior front cover. Library ink stamp at the bottom of p.157 and verso of title page as well as top and bottom edges of of the book block. Sporadic minor smudges to the margins of a few page. Closed tear near the bottom of the title page. A few tiny pinhole abrasion to the final few pages, with no loss of text. Closed tear on the rear free endpaper, repaired with tape. Light age toning to the edges of pages throughout. Binding in good-, interior in good+ condition overall. Alternate authors name: Avetis Aharonean, A. Aharonean, A. Aharonian, Ա. Ահարոնեան.

SALT-WATER BALLADS by Masefield, John

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Title: SALT-WATER BALLADS
Author: Masefield, John
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Description: 1902. London: Grant Richards, 1902. Original blue cloth. First Edition of Masefield's first book, which consisted of only 500 copies. Encouraged by Yeats and with the title chosen by the publisher, Masefield quit his bank job and decided to try his hand at nautical verse and (later) prose. The title unfortunately led to comparisons with Kipling and his "Barrack-Room Ballads" (whose verse Masefield "hated") -- especially as both poets used the vernacular in their ballads. In Masefield's opening poem "he proclaimed that he had no intention of glorifying heroism or imperialism; his concern was with the outcasts, the despised, the despairing" [Babington Smith]. (Incidentally the publisher went bankrupt just two years later -- though most of the copies were by then sold.) Sadly, though Masefield would live 65 more years, SALT-WATER BALLADS is regarded by most as his best work; it includes his best-known poem, "Sea-Fever" (which in subsequent printings, inserts the word "go" into the famous opening couplet "I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky..."). This copy is about as fine as this book gets (light foxing on a few leaves); atypically, the spine of this copy is not discolored. Simmons 1; Wight 1; Handley-Taylor p. 27. Housed in a simple clamshell case.

THE TORY LOVER by Jewett, Sarah Orne

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Title: THE TORY LOVER
Author: Jewett, Sarah Orne
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Description: 1901. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901. Original green cloth decorated in gilt. First Edition of this historical romance sited around and about Hamilton House, the author's home in South Berwick, Maine. It concerns "a young American officer during the Revolution and his conflicting duty to his king and to his native land" [OCAL]. There were five printings dated 1901, but only the first (as here) has all three points: "Published September, 1901" on the copyright page, 34 lines of text on page 154, and "Lackinge, my love..." on page 278. It is in fine condition (the front free endpaper bears a Christmas 1901 inscription to Maine resident William R. Stevens, and opposite is his wife Emma's bookplate). Blanck 10914.

FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (ca. 1970s) Set of 3 photos by Np

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Title: FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (ca. 1970s) Set of 3 photos
Author: Np
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Description: Np. No binding. Fine. Three borderless vintage original black-and-white photos, fine. - One British 10 x 8" (20 x 25 cm) photo, stamp on back of British music photographer Andre Csillag and of a German photo agency, 1970. - Two German photos, approximately 5 x 7" (13 x 18 cm), one with stamp on back of German photo agency. The group photo was taken in 1968 at the Los Angeles Whiskey a Go Go nightclub. The portrait was publicity for his 2016 live album Little Dots, which consisted of recordings from his 1972 Petit Wazoo tour. (Wikipedia)

Pewter Tobacco Jar with Punch and Toby Relief

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Title: Pewter Tobacco Jar with Punch and Toby Relief
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Description: England, 1880. N.d., mid to late 19th Century. The relief shows three scenes -- one of Toby trying to douse the smoke coming from Punch's pipe as he is reclining and relaxing; and Toby wielding a drumsticks Toby seeks to pacify him; and finally, a small representation of the puppet theatre. There is also a small18 cm tall, from bottom to top of finial on lid. 10 cm in diameter. Quite hefty, with thick side walls, and the relief, substantial -- about one cm in thickness, which for a cup this size, adds the maximum of three dimensionality we could imagine, the figures essentially sculpted on three of their four sides. The weight also tells -- it is about 2 lbs, 10 ounces, or 1.2 KG.

La Mona by Pascoe, Juan

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Title: La Mona
Author: Pascoe, Juan
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Description: Tacámbaro, MIchoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2022. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 156, (4) pp. Engraved vignette on the title page. Color photograph of Adriana Cao Romero tipped onto page (7). Light brown cloth spine, dark brown paper over boards, printed paper labels. One of 100 copies of which this is number 41, A fine copy. This is a complete revision and expansion of the original printings of the previous digital edition of 2002 and the offset edition of 2003. A fine edition printed by hand. The now definitive history of Grupo Mono Blanco, and examines many coplas in detail. In Spanish. .

The Apocalypse in Germany FIRST EDITION by Vondung, Klaus; Ricks, Stephen D. (Trans.)

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Title: The Apocalypse in Germany FIRST EDITION
Author: Vondung, Klaus; Ricks, Stephen D. (Trans.)
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ISBN: 9780826212924
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Description: Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2000. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. First English Language Edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 9 3/4" X 6 1/2". vii, 437pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Mild shelfwear to edges and extremities of dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Mild edgewear to binding, with gentle bumping to head and tail of spine. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A highly presentable first English language edition of Klaus Vondung's study of the apocalypse in German culture, delving into the riddles of Germany's turbulent history, from the 18th Century to the 20th. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Originally published in German in 1988, The Apocalypse in Germany is now available for the first time in English. A fitting subject for the dawn of the new millennium, the apocalypse has intrigued humanity for the last two thousand years, serving as both a fascinating vision of redemption and a profound threat. A cross-disciplinary study, The Apocalypse in Germany analyzes fundamental aspects of the apocalypse as a religious, political, and aesthetic phenomenon. Author Klaus Vondung draws from religious, philosophical, and political texts, as well as works of art and literature. Using classic Jewish and Christian apocalyptic texts as symbolic and historical paradigms, Vondung determines the structural characteristics and the typical images of the apocalyptic worldview. He clarifies the relationship between apocalyptic visions and utopian speculations and explores the question of whether modern apocalypses can be viewed as secularizations of the Judeo-Christian models. Examining sources from the eighteenth century to the present, Vondung considers the origins of German nationalism, World War I, National Socialism, and the apocalyptic tendencies in Marxism as well as German literature—from the fin de siècle to postmodernism. His analysis of the existential dimension of the apocalypse explores the circumstances under which particular individuals become apocalyptic visionaries and explains why the apocalyptic tradition is so prevalent in Germany. The Apocalypse in Germany offers an interdisciplinary perspective that will appeal to a broad audience. This book will also be of value to readers with an interest in German studies, as it clarifies the riddles of Germany's turbulent history and examines the profile of German culture, particularly in the past century. (Publisher).

Memories of Youth and Manhood. [2 vols.] by Willard, Sidney

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Title: Memories of Youth and Manhood. [2 vols.]
Author: Willard, Sidney
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Address of the Subject of Peace, Delivered at the Odeon, On Sabbath Evening, February 7, 1836. On the Anniversary of the Bowdoin Street Young Men's Peace Society by Rufus P. Stebbins

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Title: Address of the Subject of Peace, Delivered at the Odeon, On Sabbath Evening, February 7, 1836. On the Anniversary of the Bowdoin Street Young Men's Peace Society
Author: Rufus P. Stebbins
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: General wear. Appears to be missing its blue wrappers.
Description: Boston, MA: William Peirce, 1936. General wear. Appears to be missing its blue wrappers.. The item is a copy of an address given by Rev. Rufus P. Stebbins, (1810-1885), a member of Harvard Divinity School on the society's first anniversary in 1836. His speech was considered to be an attack against the concept of a "defensive war". That term is defined as a war in which one country is mainly just trying to defend themselves from another, versus a war where both sides are attacking, invading, and trying to conquer each other. In this way, according to the "Just War tradition", which is a doctrine on military ethics, a defensive war is considered to be a "moral justifiable" criteria for war by military strategists. After the address is printed the first annual report of the society as well as its constitution and list of its current members. Noted members of the society were Amasa Walker, Charles K. Whipple, Isaac Knapp, and Rev. Henry C. Wright. It is unclear if the society was at the time of its establishment attempting to fight against a particular war, or the idea of war in general. It should be noted though that America had just finished one of its Indian wars (Black Hawk War in 1832), and had just embarked on another Indian War, the Second Seminole War, in 1934 (also known as the Florida War and it would continue until 1842). 32 pg. Missing wrappers. OCLC 5 (July 2020). Measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/4". Below is an excerpt from the address. "... War is not satisfied with this. It demands our lives. The very object of war is to kill. It is murder; 'cool, calculated, money making' murder. It is murder in its worst forms. Crime is stamped as a virtue... [war] originate[s] in the worst passions of the human heart, it produces the most disastrous effects upon man's happiness and virtue. Surely then war is unchristian, and Christians should not engage in it. But I shall be asked, if all war is wrong; if we must not, sometimes, vindicate our rights by sword, and by the same instrument, sometimes maintain our honor? In other words, I shall be asked if defensive war is wrong. It is a just and proper question, and should be answered. I shall answer it in the language of our holy religion. Love you enemies; bless them that curse you; do good to them that hate you; and pray for those that despitefully use you and persecute you... I ask, once more, and ask in solemn earnestness, those who advocate defensive war, to define it. The fact is, in war, might gives right. If you conquer, it is a glorious cause; if you fail, you are hung for treason. Christians, then, I repeat it, never should fight. " The Bowdoin Street Young Men's Peace Society was a pacifism society founded in February 1835 with a ladies branch added in March of the same year. They are perhaps most well known for distributing a pamphlet that is widely considered to be the first attempt at peace education directed at the youth. It featured a conversation between two young brothers, William and Frank, as one attempts to educate the other on the Principles of Peace.

Aaron Siskind. Vintage Works 1930-1960 by SISKIND, Aaron; ROBERT MANN GALLERY

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Title: Aaron Siskind. Vintage Works 1930-1960
Author: SISKIND, Aaron; ROBERT MANN GALLERY
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Description: New York: Robert Mann Gallery, 1992. Softcover. New. 10 x 8.75 inches. 55 pages. Pictorial wrappers. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Brief texts by Robert Sobieszek, James L. Enyeart, Carl Chiarenza, Henry Holmes Smith, and Harold Rosenberg. Includes over 40 black and white images.

Ladies' indispensable assistant. Being a companion for the sister, mother, and wife. Containing more information for the price than any other work upon the subject. ... best directions for the behavior and etiquette of ladies and gentlemem, ladies' toliette table, directions for managing canary birds, also, safe directions for the management of children; ... a great variety of valuable recipes, forming a complete system of family medicine. Thus enabling each person to become his or her own physician: to which is added one of the best systems of cookery ever published; many of these recipes are entirely new and should be in the possession of every person in the land

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Title: Ladies' indispensable assistant. Being a companion for the sister, mother, and wife. Containing more information for the price than any other work upon the subject. ... best directions for the behavior and etiquette of ladies and gentlemem, ladies' toliette table, directions for managing canary birds, also, safe directions for the management of children; ... a great variety of valuable recipes, forming a complete system of family medicine. Thus enabling each person to become his or her own physician: to which is added one of the best systems of cookery ever published; many of these recipes are entirely new and should be in the possession of every person in the land
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Description: New York: Published at 128 Nassau-Street, 1853. 8vo, pp. [10], 7-72, 7-48, 121-138; original blind-stamped brown cloth; gilt ornament on upper cover; spine cloth missing; extremities rubbed and worn; spine perished; light foxing; otherwise good and sound. Apparently, a composite volume of three different texts from past publications. A large portion of the text is comprised of instructions for homeopathic remedies, as well as an index describing the medicinal properties of various items found in nature.

Ceremony and Other Poems by WILBUR, Richard

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Title: Ceremony and Other Poems
Author: WILBUR, Richard
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Description: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 55 pages. The second of poems from this very well regarded writer who won numerous awards. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear to the base of the spine and some slight sunning to the spine as well. Still, a nicer than usual copy.

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Solomon and Marcolf: Vernacular Traditions. by ZIOLKOWKSI, Jan M. (editor).

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Title: Solomon and Marcolf: Vernacular Traditions.
Author: ZIOLKOWKSI, Jan M. (editor).
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780674271876
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description: Cambridge:: Harvard University Press,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2022. Hardcover. 0674271874 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

ABACUS - Issue Number Twenty-Six by Ganick, Peter; Owen, Maureen

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Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix

Title: ABACUS - Issue Number Twenty-Six
Author: Ganick, Peter; Owen, Maureen
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: Elmwood, CT: Potes and Poets Press, 1987. First Edition. Near fine.. Original issue featuring "Imaginary Income" by Maureen Owen, with a warm inscription from her in the year of publication. Staplebound. 8.5" x 11" approx. Stapled at top left corner. INSCRIBED by Maureen Owen at front: "Terry & Susan/ Thanks for your/ wonderful hospitality &/ good talks!/ Love, Maureen/ June 1987/ Call me for sure/ when you're out this/ way!" Folds for mailing through center and sticker closure. Very minor toning and wear at corners. Near fine.

Like Angels Falling by Adams, Jane

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Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.)

Title: Like Angels Falling
Author: Adams, Jane
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN: 9780333905241
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Macmillan, 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by author on title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine stamped in silver. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. 282 pages.

Spring Mobilization Committee to end the war in Vietnam by Keating, Edward M.

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Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB

Title: Spring Mobilization Committee to end the war in Vietnam
Author: Keating, Edward M.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: San Francisco: Spring Mobilization Committee, 1967. 8.5x11 inch letter with a sponsorship card stapled to the corner; in very good condition. Sponsors include Bob Avakian, Bettina Aptheker, Eldridge Cleaver, and more.

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