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The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer; who Was Tried and Acquitted, for Printing and Publishing a Libel against the Government. With The Pleadings and Arguments on both Sides by Zenger, John Peter

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Title: The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer; who Was Tried and Acquitted, for Printing and Publishing a Libel against the Government. With The Pleadings and Arguments on both Sides
Author: Zenger, John Peter
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Expertly bound in quarter calf and marbled paper boards. Very good
Description: London: P. Brown, 1752. Third London edition. [4], 74, [2]pp. 8vo. Expertly bound in quarter calf and marbled paper boards. Very good. Third London edition. [4], 74, [2]pp. 8vo. Zenger's trial represented the first case involving freedom of the press in America: "One of the famous decisions in legal history, establishing the epochal doctrine of the freedom of the press" (Howes). In 1733, John Peter Zenger published articles critical of the New York colonial Governor William Cosby in his newspaper, the New York Weekly Journal and was charged with libel. Represented by Andrew Hamilton and William Smith, Sr., the trial is particularly notable as the first use of truth as a defense against libel. The account of the trial was first published in New York in 1736, with various editions published in America and Great Britain beginning in 1738. ESTC T877; Howes Z6; Sabin 106309

Cryptic 1885 Letter of Poet James Russell Lowell to an English Editor by James Russell Lowell

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Title: Cryptic 1885 Letter of Poet James Russell Lowell to an English Editor
Author: James Russell Lowell
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 13/05/1885. James Russell Lowell was an American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. Lowell had been U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James since 1880 but Grover Cleveland appointed someone else after he became president in March of 1885. Lowell’s term as ambassador officially ended just 6 days after this letter and he returned to the U.S. almost immediately. A lawyer by profession, he had gained notoriety in 1848 with the publication of A Fable for Critics, a book-length poem satirizing contemporary critics and poets. The same year, he published The Biglow Papers, which increased his fame. He went on to publish several other poetry collections and essay collections throughout his literary career. Lowell believed that the poet played an important role as a prophet and critic of society. He used poetry for reform, particularly in abolitionism. His poem ""The Present Crisis” addressed the national crisis over slavery leading up to the Civil War and has had an impact in the modern civil rights movement.Autograph Letter Signed, London, May 13, 1885 to British author and editor Henry B. Wheatley. “Many thanks for your kind note & for your patience with me. I have done the best I could after so long an interval & have brought it nearer to what I meant to say, at any rate. I was suffocated by the Rector to tell the truth.” On black bordered stationery as his wife had died several months earlier, with the original envelope addressed in his hand. What the letter concerns and who the “Rector” was and what he did is unknown.

Catalogue du Cabinet de Feu… Par F. L. Regnault Delalande…[18-20 January 1809] by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BELLE, Clément Louis Marie Anne)

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Title: Catalogue du Cabinet de Feu… Par F. L. Regnault Delalande…[18-20 January 1809]
Author: (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BELLE, Clément Louis Marie Anne)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Imperial coat-of-arms vignette on title. xii, 28 pp. 8vo (215 x 132 mm.), late 19th-century blue sheep backed-marbled boards (upper & lower joints split but holding), title on spine. Paris: L’Auteur, 1809. The large-paper version of this unusually finely printed auction catalogue detailing the personal collection of a history painter who was reçu by the Académie Royale in 1761. Belle (1722-1806), a pupil of François Lemoyne, worked at the Gobelins manufactory from 1755, where he adapted pictures by his contemporaries as well as his own designs into painted tapestry cartoons. His lengthy career saw him commissioned by the Comte d’Angiviller to design a tapestry triptych in celebration of the Palais de Justice; subsequently, Revolutionary officials requested that he transform the triptych into Republican allegories. The resulting canvases, Allegory of the Republic and Allegory of the Revolution (now Louvre), “display the classicizing yet dynamic characteristics that Belle could achieve in his compositions”–Oxford Art Online. Regnault-Delalande (1762-1824), this auction’s expert, provides an insightful biographical notice for Belle at the beginning of the catalogue. Most collectors whose collections were entrusted to Regnault-Delalande at this time did not have the honor of such lengthy biographies in auction catalogues. The present catalogue is also well-printed on large and fine wove paper. Another edition of this catalogue, on mediocre paper, was issued without the title-page vignette and opening biography. 181 lots of paintings, drawings, prints, books, and curiosities. It describes paintings by A. S. Belle (the artist’s father), Belle himself, Chardin, Guercino, C. de la Fosse, La Hyre, Le Brun, F. Lemoyne, Mignard, J. & C. Parrocel, Subleyras, Vien, etc. We also find drawings by Michelangelo, Drouais, L. Giordano, Maratti, Raphael, Parmigianino, etc.; and prints by Piranesi, Peyron, S. Bourdon, Edelinck, Earlom, Ingouf, Jordaens, Lairesse, Le Clerc, Strange, etc. Among the books, there is Piranesi’s Opere Varie (1750), the important works on perspective and art history, and the 1561 French edition of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. A fine copy of this exceptionally well-produced auction catalogue. With the engraved bookplate of G[eorges] P[annier] (1853-1944), art dealer and collector of early art auction catalogues with his twin Henry, on the inside of the upper cover, and the stamp of the Bbliothèque Heim on verso of title. ❧ Lugt 7504. Oxford Art Online. C. Blanc, Le Trésor de la curiositè… (1857-8), Vol. II, pp. 249-50.

STÁLE JESTE VÝSTAVA…(STILL AGAIN AND AGAIN), CATALOG FROM THE EXHIBITION JOHN HEARTFIELD - PHOTOMONTAGES by HEARTFIELD, JOHN

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Title: STÁLE JESTE VÝSTAVA…(STILL AGAIN AND AGAIN), CATALOG FROM THE EXHIBITION JOHN HEARTFIELD - PHOTOMONTAGES
Author: HEARTFIELD, JOHN
Seller: L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description: Prague., Ministerstvo skolstvi CSSR., No date (c. 1965). 4to. 31(1)pp. of text and 32 unnumbered pages with numerous b&w and colored reproductions of Heartfield's work. Orig. stiff wrappers, with orig. photo-pictorial d.j. D.j. with minor tears and small chips at edges, otherwise a very good copy. Fine catalog commemorating international exhibition of caricatures in Prague in 1934. Contributions by A. Hoffmeister, J. Heartfield, W. Klemke, et. al.

White Male Power : Senators, Game Show Hosts, National Monuments, Clergy, etc. by Glier, Mike

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Seller: Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare

Title: White Male Power : Senators, Game Show Hosts, National Monuments, Clergy, etc.
Author: Glier, Mike
Seller: Arthur Fournier Fine & Rare (United States)
Description: Twelve offset lithographic poster prints on commercial stock, each one showing a darkly satirical vision of white male privilege and its abuses as reflected by American popular culture of the era. Folio. Near fine. Loose as issued in a folded cardstock portfolio. [465] Glier's portfolio featured in The Ritz Hotel Project, a collaborative exhibition organized by COLAB group in conjunction with the D.C.-based Washington Project for the Arts. The groups hoped to produce an event similar to COLAB's notorious Times Square Show (1980), meaning to provoke a greater consciousness of the political potentials of visual art in the nation's capital. Participating artists broke into a dilapidated building at 920 F St. where they turned the abandoned hotel into a temporary museum. After a two-week run, District officials succeeded in closing the show for safety violations, and condemned the property.

Building for the Children in the South by Rev A.D. Mayo

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Title: Building for the Children in the South
Author: Rev A.D. Mayo
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Description: Washington D.C.: Bureau of Education, 1884. 16 pages, paper wrappings. Mayo's main topic in this booklet is about providing the structural needs and means for establishing quality education for all. He believes that taxation should be used in order to truly support public schools, and that it is a priority. Teachers also should be of good quality and educated in the profession in order to make schooling effective. In this address he makes it very clear that he truly believes that a good, solid education for everyone could improve not only the children's future, but the future of the country as a whole. As soon as the south started to implement his teachings that they would find their region becomes better for it. It is broken up into several subjects, such as "The Awakening of the People", "Local Taxation for Education" "National Aid for Education" and "The Free Library". Addressing aspects of his vision of a better American education system, Mayo believes he found the solution for the south. Although in segregated schools the need for higher education for African American children was emphasized as well. Measures 9" x 5 3/4". The Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Education felt that the information that Rev A.D. Mayo was both gathering and discussing, especially with his concentration of education in south, this publication would be a beneficial read and a useful resource.

The Little Sister by Chandler, Raymond

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Title: The Little Sister
Author: Chandler, Raymond
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Very Good-
Description: London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good-. 1949. First British Edition. Hardcover. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [edgewear to covers, light damp-staining to front cover, spine moderately turned, spine cloth faded, light dust-soiling to top of text block, one-time owner's signature on front pastedown]. The first British edition of Chandler's "Hollywood novel." Issued in June 1949, it actually preceded the American (Houghton Mifflin) edition, published in September. Basis for the 1969 film MARLOWE, with James Garner in the title role. NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing. .

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666 - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Anson, Jay

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Title: 666 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Anson, Jay
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN: 9780671251444
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description: New York: Simon and Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0671251449 . A Fine first Edition/First Printing with bumped corners in a dust-jacket that is also Fine; is a dark and suspenseful novel set in the near future.In 666, the world is on the brink of disaster. A powerful group of religious extremists has declared war on the world, and they are determined to achieve their goal of returning Jesus to Earth. As the world teeters on the edge of a devastating conflict, Jay Anson gives readers a story of suspense and danger.; 8vo; 283 pages .

THE AMERICANIZATION OF GERMANY, 1945-1949 by Willett, Ralph

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Title: THE AMERICANIZATION OF GERMANY, 1945-1949
Author: Willett, Ralph
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780415077101
Description: London and New York: Routlledge, 1992. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Octavo, vii, ix, x, xi, 151 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Paperback binding. Spine black with white lettering. Covers have slight wear including mild, scuffs, faint soiling and minor edge wear. Text block has slight wear including faint foxing to the edges. Map frontispiece. Illustrated. First paperback edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column X. 1406017. FP New Rockville Stock.

The Bible Hand-Book; for Sunday-Schools and Bible-Readers. With One Hundred and Fifty Engravings, and Twenty-Five Maps and Plans. Third Edition by Albert L. Rawson

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Title: The Bible Hand-Book; for Sunday-Schools and Bible-Readers. With One Hundred and Fifty Engravings, and Twenty-Five Maps and Plans. Third Edition
Author: Albert L. Rawson
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: R. B. Thompson & Co, 1870. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo, publishers' brown linen, blind- ruled and stamped. Front cover just holding on, requires recasing, minor loss to cloth over spine. Internals near fine.

The Homestead Bill - Its Friends and Its Foes. Speech of Hon. William Windom, of Minn. Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 14, 1860 by Windom, William

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Title: The Homestead Bill - Its Friends and Its Foes. Speech of Hon. William Windom, of Minn. Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 14, 1860
Author: Windom, William
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: A very good copy with very light scattered foxing on a few leaves.
Description: Washington, D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1860. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with very light scattered foxing on a few leaves.. 8 pp. 8vo.

BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR ( 13TH ANNUAL COLLECTION ) by ANTHOLOGY Cooke, D. Stuart Palmer, John D. MacDonald, Gault, Leigh Brackett, Craig Rice

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Title: BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR ( 13TH ANNUAL COLLECTION )
Author: ANTHOLOGY Cooke, D. Stuart Palmer, John D. MacDonald, Gault, Leigh Brackett, Craig Rice
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description: BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR ( 13TH ANNUAL COLLECTION ), Dutton, 1958, first edition, near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper. Contributions by Palmer, MacDonald, Gault, Brackett, Rice, et.al.

KINGDOM OF ALL-SOULS, AND TWO OTHER POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS.|THE by Woodberry, George Edward

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Title: KINGDOM OF ALL-SOULS, AND TWO OTHER POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS.|THE
Author: Woodberry, George Edward
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: N.P.: Woodberry Society, 1912. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. Merrymount Press. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. 32, (1) pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by the author. (Smith no.449). Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. Original cloth over paper boards with original paper spine label. Extremities very slightly worn.

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