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The Constitution of the United States of America

The Constitution of the United States of America by [Fine Binding - Riviere & Son]

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
The Constitution of the United States of America
Author
[Fine Binding - Riviere & Son]
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
New Rochelle: The Peter Pauper Press, 1934. First thus. First Peter Pauper Press edition, one of 950 copies produced at the Walpole Printing Office in New Rochelle, New York. Finely bound by Riviere & Son (stamp-signed on upper flyleaf) in full dark blue polished calf with elaborate gilt spine, lavish gilt turn-ins, and blue marbled endpapers. 43 pp. Text in black with red rule, red page numbers, and decorations designed by Ervin Metzl in blue. A bright, Fine copy in a Riviere & Son blue cloth slipcase. The Peter Pauper Press has been producing fine books in New York since 1928. They published this edition of the Constitution in the midst of the Depression and followed it up with a wartime edition of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, bound together, in 1943.
Constitution and Meeting Minutes

Constitution and Meeting Minutes by [Women's Social History] Ladies of the Union Benevolent Society

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Constitution and Meeting Minutes
Author
[Women's Social History] Ladies of the Union Benevolent Society
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
Walesville [NY], 1854. Contemporary quarter roan over marbled boards. Spine and boards worn, with loss to foot of spine and evidence of label removal to front board. Internally foxed and soiled, but remaining legible throughout. Comprised of 53 handwritten pages in various hands. Documenting the founding of the women's group focused on local philanthropy, which allowed men entry only as silent, "honorary" members, the manuscript outlines the group's goals and structure in addition to recording officers, participants, and meetings during its first eight years. At its founding on December 31, 1846 the Union Benevolent Society laid down its Constitution, consisting of 9 articles. In addition to naming itself, the group set out a mission to "relieve the wants of the poor of our own vicinity" and articulated that it would be run by women. "Gentlemen may become honorary members" through financial contribution, but they would have no governing say. At this meeting, the women elected their eight officers and recorded 52 members and 39 honorary gentlemen (many sharing surnames with the married and unmarried members). It becomes clear that the organization will be embedded in the community's families, and that the women in charge managed to get significant financial support from local men. The minutes in the first few years are succinct and lacking in detail about the "much work" that the secretary reports being done. These early entries simply report on the location of meetings -- usually gentlemen's homes -- and whether there was high or low attendance. As new secretaries take on the role, the minutes change in structure. We begin to learn more about the men invited to speak, the topics on which they lecture, and the financial contributions raised at the end of each meeting. Still, we get no strong sense of the group's real work; and there is increasing evidence that the men use the meetings as an opportunity to reinforce domestic, feminine values for the group's members. The present manuscript is an opportunity for genealogical study, and potential work to discover whether and the Society accomplished within its community. It also offers a chance for scholars to consider how the founders' and members' good intentions were watered down by such a broadly articulated mission, and whether by opening the door to men's financial contributions such groups came under the governance of those men.
VIETNAM COMBAT CLASSICS: DISPATCHES ; A RUMOR OF WAR ; CHICKENHAWK ; WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE ... AND YOUNG ; IF I DIE IN A COMBAT ZONE ; PLATOON LEADER [Six volumes]

VIETNAM COMBAT CLASSICS: DISPATCHES ; A RUMOR OF WAR ; CHICKENHAWK ; WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE ... AND YOUNG ; IF I DIE IN A COMBAT ZONE ; PLATOON LEADER [Six volumes] by Herr, Michael, 1940-2016; Caputo, Philip; Mason, Robert, 1942- ; Moore, Harold G., 1922-2017; Galloway, Joseph L.; O'Brien, Tim, 1946- ; McDonough, James R., 1946-

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VIETNAM COMBAT CLASSICS: DISPATCHES ; A RUMOR OF WAR ; CHICKENHAWK ; WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE ... AND YOUNG ; IF I DIE IN A COMBAT ZONE ; PLATOON LEADER [Six volumes]
Author
Herr, Michael, 1940-2016; Caputo, Philip; Mason, Robert, 1942- ; Moore, Harold G., 1922-2017; Galloway, Joseph L.; O'Brien, Tim, 1946- ; McDonough, James R., 1946-
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2008. Collector's edition. Hardcover. Octavo, Six volumes. In Very Good minus condition, last volume in Fair plus condition. Spines are grey with gold print. Boards in grey cloth, gilt map; slight warping. Text block has gilt edges, tan moire endpapers, gold ribbon markers; last volume has annotation in ink on front and rear pages. CONTENTS: Dispatches / Michael Herr (260 pages) — A Rumor of War / Philip Caputo (xix, 346 pages) — Chickenhawk / Robert Mason (328 pages) — We Were Soldiers Once … and Young : Ia Drang, the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam / Harold G, Moore, Joseph L. Galloway (xx, 412 pages) — If I Die In a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home / Time O’Brien (199 pages) — Platoon Leader / James R. McDonough (184 pages; notes in ink on title page, preliminary page, last pages) Shelved above case 9. 1407377. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Autograph letter signed ("A. W. Tourgee") to "My Dear Little Friend"; n.p., n.d. by TOURGÉE, A[lbion] W[inegar] (1838-1905)

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Autograph letter signed ("A. W. Tourgee") to "My Dear Little Friend"; n.p., n.d.
Author
TOURGÉE, A[lbion] W[inegar] (1838-1905)
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
Trace of mounting on verso
Description
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Trace of mounting on verso. One page, 12mo. Tourgée was a carpet-bagger judge and a best-selling author of sensational political novels, including 'A Fool's Errand'. Here (in about 155 words) he writes a playful response to a girl's request for an autograph: "My publisher handed me your request for an autograph which I send only wishing it were a nicer one for your sake. I would send a kiss too only I can't find out what the postage on the article is..." (BA) Tourgée was an early civil rights activist; he founded the National Citizens' Rights Association, and founded Bennett College as a normal school for freedmen in North Carolina.
[ALS] Dear Elliot

[ALS] Dear Elliot by Spillane, Mickey

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Title
[ALS] Dear Elliot
Author
Spillane, Mickey
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
1951. Very Good. Very Good. One sheet, toned at the edges, two creases running horizontally, and with some minor handling wear. A typed letter signed by Spillane and with a few pencil manuscript additions in the margins. Here Spillane writes to Elliot [?] about his ambivalence regarding appearing in Newsweek. In the second paragraph, Spillane voices his dissatisfaction with his agent, who apparently never forwards Spillane his mail. Spillane then closes the letter with a reference to working on new material, possibly Kiss Me, Deadly given the date of this letter.
Murder Through the Looking Glass

Murder Through the Looking Glass by Dean, Robert George

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Murder Through the Looking Glass
Author
Dean, Robert George
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: The Crime Club - Doubleday & Co, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good/Very Good. 8vo., 277pp. Quite presentable Stated First Edition bound in peach-colored cloth with titles and Crime Club logo in black on spine. Square and solid with some off-setting to end-papers and paste-downs though no toning or foxing to interior pages. Small bookseller price and ticket on the rear paste-down. Bumping to spine ends and tips. Attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has chips to the spine ends and tips. Rubbing to hinges and folds. Light soiling to rear panel. Still bright and complete and very uncommon in any condition.. Overall, a respectable collectable copy.
The Journal of Samuel Curwen, Loyalist: Volumes 1 & 2 (Loyalist Papers)

The Journal of Samuel Curwen, Loyalist: Volumes 1 & 2 (Loyalist Papers) by Curwen, Samuel; Andrew Oliver, Editor

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The Journal of Samuel Curwen, Loyalist: Volumes 1 & 2 (Loyalist Papers)
Author
Curwen, Samuel; Andrew Oliver, Editor
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780674483804
Condition
Fine
Description
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Two volumes. 516, 517-1083pp. Beautiful First Edition bound in blue cloth with titles in silver on spine and decoration in silver on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jackets have some light toning and a couple of tiny closed tears but are fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. A very handsome collectable set.
The Novels of Elinor Wylie

The Novels of Elinor Wylie by [WYLIE, Elinor] VECHTEN, Carl van; Carl van Doren; Stephen Vincent Benét; Isabel Paterson (preface)

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Title
The Novels of Elinor Wylie
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[WYLIE, Elinor] VECHTEN, Carl van; Carl van Doren; Stephen Vincent Benét; Isabel Paterson (preface)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Martin Secker Ltd, [1934]. First Combined Printing of Wylie's four novels. Octavo (22cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; 774pp. Modest shelf-wear to crown and corners, with rubbing to spine and board edges, and occasional pencilled marks to interior; Very Good. Dustwrapper (priced 10s. 6d) tanned, with shelf-soil, two 0.5" tears to lower rear spine fold and rear flap fold, and tiny chips and creases to extremities; Very Good. Text includes four novels: Jennifer Lorn, with preface by Carl van Vechten, The Venetian Glass Nephew, with preface by Carl van Doren, The Orphan Angel, with preface by Stephen Vincent Benét, and Mr. Hodge and Mr. Hazard, with preface by Isabel Paterson. [84651].
Aloha: Western Maryland College: 1901

Aloha: Western Maryland College: 1901

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Aloha: Western Maryland College: 1901
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
MD: Western Maryland College, 1901. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. Light water stain on bottom edges of pages. A couple pages are loose but with book. Rear hinge cracked. Blue cloth cover soiled. Spine faded. Spine ends are bumped. Gold gilt Aloha on front cover.
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Punch: Vol. CLVI., January-June, 1919

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Punch: Vol. CLVI., January-June, 1919
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
10, Bouverie Str: Pub. @ The Office, 1919. Good. First edition. Good. Corners and edges bumped, rubbed and slightly soiled w. Minor fraying/text and binding becoming loose/front free endpaper foxing/pgs. Yellow.
Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Toqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism
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Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Toqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism by Carrese, Paul O.

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Title
Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Toqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism
Author
Carrese, Paul O.
Seller
Brattle Book Shop (United States)
ISBN
9781107121058
Condition
LikeNew
Description
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2016. Hardcover. 9" x 6". xiv, 230 pp. Publisher's illustrated boards, no DJ as issued. Inscribed by author on title page. Fine. ISBN 9781107121058 . LikeNew. Hardcover .
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The Source Book: an International Encyclopedic Authority Written from the New World Viewpoint, Prepared by over Two Hundred Authorities in the Fields of Literature, Art, and Science

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The Source Book: an International Encyclopedic Authority Written from the New World Viewpoint, Prepared by over Two Hundred Authorities in the Fields of Literature, Art, and Science
Seller
Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
Chicago: Perpetual Encyclopedia Corporation. Very Good+. 1931. Hardcover. A shelfworn Very Good+ edition with tanning to the pages ; Vol. 1; 8vo; 488 pages .

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