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As febres intermittentes e a hematuria: memoria sobre as febres palustres de Timor

As febres intermittentes e a hematuria: memoria sobre as febres palustres de Timor by Magalhães, Francisco da Silva - AT THE EQUATOR

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As febres intermittentes e a hematuria: memoria sobre as febres palustres de Timor
Author
Magalhães, Francisco da Silva - AT THE EQUATOR
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good; some modest spotting and scribbling on the front wrapper; one small wear spot on the front wrapper.
Description
Macau: Typ. de J Da Silva, 1874. First (only) Edition.. Original printed publisher's wrappers.. Very good; some modest spotting and scribbling on the front wrapper; one small wear spot on the front wrapper.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 42, [2 - blank] pp. Hematuria is a symptom of a diseased condition; it is blood in the urine. General acute fevers in tropical climates that were accompanied by this symptom (usually the result of an untreated infection by the plasmodium malaria parasite engorging the kidneys and producing a hemorrhage) were relegated to the general category of "intermittant fevers" or "swamp fevers" (here palustres). Prior to 1880, the date when Laveran first announced the discovery of the malaria parasite in Paris (publishing the result in 1881), no cause for the condition was known. Exiled to the wilderness of East Timor, Magalhães undertook a series of case studies (at the military hospital in Dili, the capital of East Timor, from 1869-1873) in an attempt to elucidate the cause(s) of what he identified as an "ailment" and to suggest remedies (it was, in a way, a similar action to that of Anton Chekov, who, two decades later in Siberia, on the island of Sakhalin, would carry out his studies of tuberculosis). Ameliorative at best, his work was careful and indicative of the general ignorance and limits of such a specialized field within tropical medicine of the day - there are citations to Rayer's notable atlas and work on the kidney and to Piorry. Malaria was no secret or rare ailment. Quinine was the generally available palliative - but no cure. One of the rare attempts at serious research in tropical medicine, in situ, prior to WWI. There is but one copy of the pamphlet located (Amsterdam).
TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE

TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE by Baldwin, James

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TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE
Author
Baldwin, James
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good.
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New York: The Dial Press, 1968. Very good.. Uncorrected galleys of the first edition of Baldwin's "criminally underrated" (Weekes) novel about the life of a Black actor. TELL ME is the story of Black actor Leo Proudhammer, his brilliant career shadowed by the condescension, alienation, and physical threats visited on him by a white America that will tolerate him only so far as he entertains, and which exacts heavy penalties for his efforts to live as a free man and artist. The book draws heavily on his own experiences with the Actors Studio during the production of BLUES FOR MISTER CHARLIE, and hides none of its author's bitterness and pain. "TELL ME HOW LONG THE TRAIN'S BEEN GONE is a masterpiece by one of the best living writers in America. Which is not to say, naturally, that it will comfort or cheer you much" (Thompson). 10.5'' x 9.75''. Original plastic comb-bound paper wrappers. Irregular galley pagination, [2], 1-173. Ink notation to front wrapper. Toning to wrappers and leaf margins, some soil, shadow of former paperclip to front wrapper and title page. Comb intact.
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A treatise on etherization in childbirth. Illustrated by five hundred and eighty-one cases by CHANNING, Walter

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A treatise on etherization in childbirth. Illustrated by five hundred and eighty-one cases
Author
CHANNING, Walter
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Boston: William D. Ticknor and Company, 1848. FIRST EDITION. With the 8-page publisher's brochure laid into the front of the book containing excellent reviews. Original green-stamped cloth. A fine, crisp copy with a presentation inscription from the author on the fly-leaf. First edition of an American classic on the earliest use of anaesthesia in obstetrics. Channing was one of the first to use ether anesthesia in maternity cases. The present work was founded on nearly 600 cases in his own practice, and was considered daring to publish at that time. Channing (1786-1876), the first professor of midwifery at Harvard, was one of America's most eminent obstetric teachers. He adopted the use of ether in childbirth after the news of Simpson and Dubois had crossed the Atlantic a year earlier. This work is of vast importance because it contained a critical study and analysis of many cases in his own practice. Therefore, through his influence, the use of ether in childbirth was successfully used in this country.
Frozen sections of a child

Frozen sections of a child by DWIGHT, Thomas

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Frozen sections of a child
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DWIGHT, Thomas
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Description
New York: William Wood & Company, 1881. FIRST EDITION. With 15 full-page drawings from nature by H.P. Quincy. Cloth, gilt lettering on front cover. Annotations on plate I and remnants of glue on the inner margin plate III. Ownership signature of Dr. James H. Meldee (?) on front free endpaper and K.L. Duke on front paste-down. First edition of a classical work of great importance in pediatrics, and the first American group of serial sections. This work provided tomographic images a century before the CAT and MRI. Dwight was very interested in the minutiae of human anatomy, and his chief contributions related to his meticulous studies of the anatomical variations of the skeleton and joints. Dwight (1843-1911) grandson of John Collins Warren, graduated from Harvard Medical School. He worked abroad in the laboratory at Ruedinger of Munich where he learned the technique of examining frozen microscopical sections, which he introduced into the United States on his return. He succeeded Oliver Wendell Holmes to the Parkman Professorship of Anatomy, a position he held until his death.
Jonathan Williams - First Superintendent of West Point and First Head of the Army Corps of Engineers - Assesses New York Harbor Defenses

Jonathan Williams - First Superintendent of West Point and First Head of the Army Corps of Engineers - Assesses New York Harbor Defenses by JONATHAN WILLIAMS

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Jonathan Williams - First Superintendent of West Point and First Head of the Army Corps of Engineers - Assesses New York Harbor Defenses
Author
JONATHAN WILLIAMS
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Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
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Fine
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As Commander of the Corps of Engineers, Jonathan Williams planned and supervised the construction of New York Harbor's defenses. In this letter to the commander of Fort Columbus on Governors Island, Williams gives a detailed report on the state of the fortifications and their capacity for additional artillery. JONATHAN WILLIAMS. Autograph Letter Signed, to Richard Whiley, December 1, 1809, New York. 2 pp., 7¾ x 10 in. Excerpts: "In compliance with your verball request I sit down to give you information respecting the Artillery that may be mounted on the different Works in this City & Harbour." "The Platform at Ellis Island has long been ready to receive twenty Pieces of the heaviest metal on Carriages similar to those at Fort Columbus. "The mortar Battery on Bedlows Island is finished in part & might be ready to receive mortars of any Caliber in a short notice, nothing but the removal of Earth & the platform being necessary; but the work itself is not far enough advanced to receive any Guns. "The Castle on the point of Governors Island has eleven french 36s mounted, & Fifteen more have long been expected to arrive from the Columbian Foundery. These 26 may be ready for action as soon as they can be mounted. Although it would be prudent to avoid putting Guns on the second tier until the arches are dry yet upon an emergency 16 thirty two pounders might be placed there immediately. The Force of this Castle when completed may be considered at least 52 heavy Guns under a Bombproof cover, & 48 on the terrasse above making 100 Guns. if it were necessary 26 more might be put in the 3d tier of embrazures intended to serve as Windows to the Barracks under the arches. "Fort Columbus is a finished work, and capable of receiving without delay one hundred and four guns of the heaviest metal, although, about one third of the number, commanding the read of the Island need not be of greater caliber than eighteen or twenty four pounders. "When Bedlows Island shall be finished & the Battery off the City Battery shall be completed, the first will mount about forty & the last thirty Guns. From this View you will see that the ordnance of this Harbour may be actually taken to be one hundred and sixty six Guns, so far as the Fortifications are ready. And the ordnance that may be mounted when finished, will be three hundred and four Guns and ten mortars without taking into acct the State Works at the narrows which are now ready to receive upward of eighty Guns." Jonathan Williams (1750-1815), born in Boston, was the grandnephew of Benjamin Franklin. He attended Harvard College and spent most of the time from 1770 to 1785 in England and France, where he inspected shipments of ammunition and supplies. In February 1801, President John Adams appointed Williams as a major in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers. President Thomas Jefferson made Williams the Army's Inspector of Fortifications, and in December 1801 appointed him the first Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. In 1802, Jefferson appointed Williams to concurrent command of the new Army Corps of Engineers. In 1803, he left his position at West Point but was reappointed in 1805. From 1807 to 1811, he designed and oversaw construction of Castle Williams (the East Battery) and Castle Clinton (the West Battery) in New York Harbor. When Secretary of War William Eustis refused to give him command of Castle Williams, he resigned in July 1812. Right before the start of what became known as the War of 1812, New York state placed him in charge of construction of additional fortifications for New York City. He later moved to Philadelphia and helped build fortifications around that city. In 1814, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives but died before Congress assembled. In 1802, investor Richard Woodhull named his acre tract in north Brooklyn Williamsburg after Williams who had surveyed the land. A member of the American Philosophical Society, Williams also founded the U.S. Military Philosophical Society, and gave it its motto, "Science in War is the Guarantee of Peace." Richard Whiley (1767-1847) was born in London and came to the United States in the 1780s. He served under General Anthony Wayne in the Northwest Indian War (1785-1795) and received a commission as a lieutenant of artillery in 1796. By 1803, he was a captain of artillery, and he commanded Fort Jay on Governors Island in New York Harbor from 1804 to 1806, when it was demolished. He was the commander of Fort Columbus on Governors Island from 1807 to 1809. He resigned from the military in June 1811 and lived for several years on the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie. He served as president of the North River Insurance Company for many years.
Memoirs of Painting, with a Chronological History of the Importation of Pictures by the Great Masters into England since the French Revolution…

Memoirs of Painting, with a Chronological History of the Importation of Pictures by the Great Masters into England since the French Revolution… by BUCHANAN, William

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Memoirs of Painting, with a Chronological History of the Importation of Pictures by the Great Masters into England since the French Revolution…
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BUCHANAN, William
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
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xvi, 364 pp.; 2 p.l., 397 pp. Two vols. 8vo (220 x 140 mm.), 19th-century polished calf (joints a trifle rubbed), spines gilt, red & green morocco lettering-pieces on spines. London: R. Ackermann, 1824. First edition of an essential firsthand history of the mass British acquisitions of Old Masters in the first decades of the 19th century. “William Buchanan (1777-1864), a Scottish lawyer turned art dealer, was to benefit most from the turmoil caused by the Napoleonic Wars, although he started too late to participate in the Orléans sales. He employed mainly James Irvine of Drum, Aberdeenshire, in Italy and George Augustus Wallis in Spain and Portugal as agents to scour the cities for available works of art and ship them back to London…”–J. Stourton and C. Sebag-Montefiore, The British as Art Collectors, p. 159. Buchanan structures this work around the celebrated collections to which he added or from which he extracted magnificent works. He describes the collections of Michael Bryan, de Calonne, Fagel, Robit, Vitturi, Lebrun, Sebastiani, Lucien Bonaparte, and Talletrand. He cites prices and provides numerous insights into the dispersal of many of the early great 19th-century art collections. The sections beginning “Mr. Buchanan’s Importations…” (Vol. II, pp. 95-180; 203-50; 294-304; 349-77), are perhaps of the greatest interest, due to the author’s candor and to the excerpts of private (and revealing) correspondence between Buchanan and his foreign agents regarding the pursuit of great works. Nice set, internally fine. Presentation inscription on front fly-leaf: “James McDouall from his sincere friend Charles F. Rushout, on his leaving Eton, Election 1857.” Engraved armorial bookplate of “Jacobi McDouall de Logon” on front paste-down. ❧ Oxford Art online (Buchanan). “His book is by far the frankest ever written by any dealer anywhere, and by printing many of the original documents and letters that passed between him and his agents Buchanan conveys much of the profitable excitement of the pursuit — bliss indeed was it to be a collector in that dawn, but to be a dealer was very heaven.”–Francis Haskell, Rediscoveries in Art: Some Aspects of Taste, Fashion & Collecting in England & France (1976), p. 27.
Napoleon with the sick at Jaffa or in Egypt, lithograph by Champion after Gros. c. 1840

Napoleon with the sick at Jaffa or in Egypt, lithograph by Champion after Gros. c. 1840 by Bonaparte, Napoleon

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Napoleon with the sick at Jaffa or in Egypt, lithograph by Champion after Gros. c. 1840
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Bonaparte, Napoleon
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
Paris: C. Motte, 1840.
Free Lecture Illustrated by Over Eighty Beautiful California Views Projected on a Large Screen by a Powerful Lantern... [caption title]

Free Lecture Illustrated by Over Eighty Beautiful California Views Projected on a Large Screen by a Powerful Lantern... [caption title] by [California]. [Laguna de Tache Tract Grant]

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Free Lecture Illustrated by Over Eighty Beautiful California Views Projected on a Large Screen by a Powerful Lantern... [caption title]
Author
[California]. [Laguna de Tache Tract Grant]
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
[N.p., possibly Fresno, 1905. Very good.. Broadside, 13 x 5 inches. A few small nicks to edges, minor even toning, old horizontal folds. Lecture location stamp added in bottom margin, reading "Southport Monday Eve. Aug 28th K.P. Hall." An apparently unrecorded broadside advertising a magic lantern presentation aimed at promoting land in Fresno and King counties "for sale in ten acre tracts or larger at from $25 to $35 per acre, including perpetual water right. Yearly water rental 62 1/2 cents per acre -- the cheapest water in California. If you are thinking of moving you should not miss this lecture. If you are satisfied to stay where you are come anyhow and see the pictures and learn something about California." The Golden State was the site of not one but two Rancho Laguna de Tache land grants. One was granted by the Mexican governor Pio Pico in 1846 to Manuel Castro and included land along the north bank of Kings River for over twenty miles. The other Rancho Laguna de Tache was claimed to have been given to Joseph Yves Limantour by the Mexican governor Manuel Micheltorena in 1843. The latter grant, which was along the south bank of Kings River, was not honored by the Land Commission after the cession of California to the United States. The broadside then most likely relates to the sale of Castro's 48,000-plus acre Rancho Laguna de Tache tract north of the Kings River. Castro sold his land grant to Jeremiah Clark in 1866. Clark's wife, Charlotte had her husband declared mentally incompetent and eventually was allowed to sell the land to Charles A. Laton and Llewellyn A. Nares (the namesakes of the present-day towns of Laton and Lanare). The location of the lecture was a Knights of Pythias Hall in Southport, though the exact location of Southport is unclear. From the text of the broadside, it is not out of the realm of possibility that the developers of the Laguna de Tache Grant tract were marketing their efforts outside California. We could locate no other copies of this informative broadside. However, a map at the California Historical Society of the Laguna de Tache Grant showing a portion subdivided into lots surveyed and platted by order of Nares and Saunders, managers, that was drawn in 1904 by H.L. Ward of Laton, California, helps place the present broadside in its proper context. The involvement of Nares in subdividing the Laguna de Tache tract in 1904 jibes with our proposed date for the broadside, as August 28 was a Monday in 1905.
[Manuscript Document Relating to the Transfer of Shares in the Brazos Iron Bridge Company, Accompanied by Thirteen Receipts for Transfer of Shares]

[Manuscript Document Relating to the Transfer of Shares in the Brazos Iron Bridge Company, Accompanied by Thirteen Receipts for Transfer of Shares] by [Texas]: [Railroads]: [Brazos Iron Bridge Company]

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[Manuscript Document Relating to the Transfer of Shares in the Brazos Iron Bridge Company, Accompanied by Thirteen Receipts for Transfer of Shares]
Author
[Texas]: [Railroads]: [Brazos Iron Bridge Company]
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The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Galveston, Tx, 1869. Very good.. [2]pp., on a single folded folio sheet of lined paper, with integral blank plus fourteen partially-printed receipts completed in manuscript. Minor dust-soiling, creasing, and edge wear. A post-Civil War manuscript agreement from Texas, with the signatures of twenty-six investors, transferring their stock in the Brazos Iron Bridge Company to John Sealy of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company. Additionally the document is noted and signed on the verso by Sealy, transferring those same shares to Thomas W. Peirce. The document is accompanied by fourteen receipts for installment payments on capital stock purchased in the Brazos Iron Bridge Company, some of which relates directly to the larger transfer agreement. The Brazos Iron Bridge Company was organized in 1867. Its mission was to construct a railway bridge across the Brazos River. The bridge, completed in July 1869, was purchased by the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway, later known as the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company. When the dust settled on the various transactions among the shareholders, John Sealy owned a one-eighth interest in the railway company. Sealy moved from Pennsylvania to Galveston in 1846 and became an important early Galveston merchant, real estate investor, and railroad magnate.
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing... Lite Beer from Miller Pays Tribute to the Heritage and Traditions of Black America

Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing... Lite Beer from Miller Pays Tribute to the Heritage and Traditions of Black America by [Johnson, James Weldon]: [Miller Brewing Company]

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Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing... Lite Beer from Miller Pays Tribute to the Heritage and Traditions of Black America
Author
[Johnson, James Weldon]: [Miller Brewing Company]
Seller
The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
[Milwaukee, Wi, 1985. Very good.. 45 rpm record in printed sleeve. Minor edge wear. A rare music single, with instrumental B-side, issued by the Miller Brewing Company in celebration of Black History Month in 1985. The front side prints the title and first verse of the lyrics of the song; the verso explains the motivation behind the record's release: "'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing' was written by the noted Black poet and civil rights leader, James Weldon Johnson and was set to music by his brother, Jay R. Johnson, actor-musician. Originally intended for use in a program given by a group of Jacksonville, Florida schoolchildren to celebrate Lincoln's birthday, its words convey a sense of birthright and heritage. Often referred to as the 'Black National Anthem,' it is sung at various public gatherings." The artists who recorded the present version of the song are a veritable Hall of Fame of soul and rhythm-and-blues music in the latter 20th century: Al Green, Deniece Williams, Patti Austin, Roberta Flack, Melba Moore, and Deborah McDuffie, who also produced the song at the Mingo-Jones advertising agency.
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Le Crime de Lord Arthur Savile et Autres Histoires by Oscar Wilde

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Le Crime de Lord Arthur Savile et Autres Histoires
Author
Oscar Wilde
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Paris: Calmann-Levy, Editeurs, 1921. An elegant copy of the 1921 1st French edition, complete unto itself. Professionally bound in a handsome 3/4 morocco over marbled boards (with the binder's stamp at the first blank endpaper). Solid and VG+, with very light offsetting along the top-edges and just a touch of light wear at the spine crown. 5 raised bands, fine gilt-tooling within the compartments, offsetting dark-leather title label in gilt. 12mo, top-edge gilt as well. Lovely matching marbled endpapers, lacking the original wrappers.
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways -- Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-1978

Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways -- Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-1978 by Essay by Ellen R. Goheen; Photographs by Wolfgang Volz

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Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways -- Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-1978
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Essay by Ellen R. Goheen; Photographs by Wolfgang Volz
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Abrams, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1978 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket with 2 small closed tears along the top edge of the back panel. Quarto, oblong, unpaginated. A nice copy of this early monograph on Christo.
SKETCHES OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF PATRICK HENRY. BY WILLIAM WIRT, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA

SKETCHES OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF PATRICK HENRY. BY WILLIAM WIRT, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA by Wirt, William

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SKETCHES OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF PATRICK HENRY. BY WILLIAM WIRT, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
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Wirt, William
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David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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Philadelphia: Published by James Webster, 1817. [2], xv, [1 blank], 427, [1 blank], xii, [1 errata], [1 blank] pp. Frontis portrait of Paine, with original tissue guard [some foxing]. Mild and widely scattered foxing. Bound in original sheep [front cover detached but present]. Good+. William Wirt [1772-1834] was the ninth U.S. Attorney General from 1817-1829. He also served as clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1800, was chancellor of the Eastern District of Virginia in 1802, was appointed by President Jefferson as prosecuting attorney in the trial of Aaron Burr in 1807, and served in the cabinet of President John Quincy Adams. Cohen notes that Wirt, "who did not know Henry, acknowledges extensive help from Nathaniel Pope, a friend of Henry's. Wirt's work on Henry is known for its excessive praise. As Appleton's points out, it has been ". . . severely criticized both for its hero-worship and its style'." FIRST EDITION. Howes W586. Cohen 2005.
Mechanical Valentine - Kitten Jumps through Hoop - To My Sweetheart with Love

Mechanical Valentine - Kitten Jumps through Hoop - To My Sweetheart with Love

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Mechanical Valentine - Kitten Jumps through Hoop - To My Sweetheart with Love
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Eclectibles (United States)
Condition
Light wear.
Description
London & New York: Nister & Dutton, 1910. Light wear.. A heavy card stock chromolithograph die-cut card with two (2) circus cats - one standing on a block with a hinged arm holding a hop. When the tab at base is pulled downward, the arm moves the hoop up and down as the cat appears to jump. Captioned "To My Sweetheart, with Love". Printed in Bavaria. 772. Measures 4/5" by 5/5
5 Fine Snow Angel Scraps - White Winter Wear Toys & Holly

5 Fine Snow Angel Scraps - White Winter Wear Toys & Holly

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5 Fine Snow Angel Scraps - White Winter Wear Toys & Holly
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Eclectibles (United States)
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Five (5) different 6 1/2" x 3 1/4" embossed die-cut Victorian scraps. All are snow angels in white fur trimmed coats and hats, with white leggings or boots, standing in the snow. Each with a different object or group of objects. Two with toys and presents, one with a French horn, one with a basket of holly and the final holding a book of carols with a single lit candle. Condition: overall excellent. The last described angel, is missing a small portion of the base; otherwise fine.
In Memoriam, Edwin Grabhorn, 1889-1968 [Roxburghe Club Keepsake]

In Memoriam, Edwin Grabhorn, 1889-1968 [Roxburghe Club Keepsake] by [Grabhorn Press]; [Magee, David]

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In Memoriam, Edwin Grabhorn, 1889-1968 [Roxburghe Club Keepsake]
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[Grabhorn Press]; [Magee, David]
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Swan's Fine Books (United States)
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Near fine
Description
[San Francisco]: [Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1969], 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. One of 150 copies, elephant folio size, 22 pp. A tribute to the incomparable Edwin Grabhorn, who, with his brother Robert, created some of the loveliest of American private press books during the first half of the twentieth century. This tribute was printed for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, and the essay by David Magee focuses on the contribution to the Club by the Grabhorns, as well as sharing something of the spirit of the man. "Ed was a modest man. He once described himself to an interviewer as 'just another job printer trying to get by'. Even when the American Institute of Graphic Arts invited him to New York to receive its gold medal, he declined" (from David Magee's essay). Embellished with two tipped-in black and white photographic images (by Marjorie Farquhar) of Edwin Grabhorn at the Press, and eight tipped-in original leaves from various books printed at the Grabhorn Press. ___DESCRIPTION: Quarter green linen cloth with tan laid paper boards, paper spine label with brown lettering, decorative flourish at the beginning of the essay, photographs and leaves tipped in as indicated above, two-page list of important dates in the life of Edwin Grabhorn; elephant folio size (16" by 11.5"), 22 unnumbered pages, one of 150 copies, unnumbered. ___CONDITION: Near fine, with a strong text block, solid hinges, the boards clean other than a minute speck or two, and entirely free of prior owner markings; a few hints of glue residue to the green cloth, the top front corner bumped and slightly rubbed and the top rear corner slightly bumped but unrubbed; even with its few faults still a near fine copy. ___CITATION: Grabhorn-Hoyem Bibliography, no. 22. ___POSTAGE: Please note that due to the large size of this volume additional postage may apply; we are happy to ship to both domestic and international addresses at cost, please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
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Trial of Oscar T. Caldwell, late a conductor on the Chicago and Burlington Railroad Line, for Embezzlement: Before the Recorder’s Court of the City of Chicago, At the September Term, 1855. Reported by J. Victor Smith by Smith, Victor J., Reporter,

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Trial of Oscar T. Caldwell, late a conductor on the Chicago and Burlington Railroad Line, for Embezzlement: Before the Recorder’s Court of the City of Chicago, At the September Term, 1855. Reported by J. Victor Smith
Author
Smith, Victor J., Reporter,
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
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first edition, octavo, 35 page pamphlet, text in double columns, original printed wrappers, ex-library, handstamps on front wrap, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, stab holes along spine, where sewn into binding, else a good copy. Caldwell was accused of stealing fares paid in cash on his run to Burlington. Pinkerton agents used marked money and rode train to gather evidence. Caldwell was found guilty by jury. The rear wrapper carries an advertisement for Pinkerton's. Byrd, Illinois Imprints, 2351, Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 117, 123
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Night unto Night by Wylie, Philip

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Night unto Night
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Wylie, Philip
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
Night unto Night, Farrar & Rinehart, 1944, first edition, some minor silverfish to the front spine gutter, else just about fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. Signed by the author.
77 SUNSET STRIP - "The Space Caper" (Jan 11, 1961) TV script

77 SUNSET STRIP - "The Space Caper" (Jan 11, 1961) TV script by Np

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77 SUNSET STRIP - "The Space Caper" (Jan 11, 1961) TV script
Author
Np
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Warner Brothers. Softcover/Paperback. Near Fine. [Los Angeles]; Warner Brothers, 1961. Vintage original 11 x 8 1/2" (28 x 22 cm) television script, printed studio wrappers, 77 pp., brad bound, mimeograph. Designated as FINAL with 1/11/61 date but with many pages of revisions on blue and pink paper dated up through 1/16/61. Near fine. Actress Coleen Gray's script for the television series 77 Sunset Strip. She has circled and underlined her dialogue and also made notes in pencil of changes to her lines. This was episode 26 of season 3 and aired on Fri, Mar 10, 1961. (IMDb)
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The Neugents. Close To Home. Photographs By David M. Spear. Introduction, Texts, and Chronology by David M. Spear. Afterword by Jonathan Williams by SPEAR, David M.

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The Neugents. Close To Home. Photographs By David M. Spear. Introduction, Texts, and Chronology by David M. Spear. Afterword by Jonathan Williams
Author
SPEAR, David M.
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Published as Jargon 111. Out of print. As new.
Description
(Winston-Salem, NC): Jargon Society, (1993). First edition of these extraordinary photographs of a poor tenant-farmer family. Published as Jargon 111. Out of print. As new.. Large square 4to, illustrated in black & white, cloth, dust jacket. Published as Jargon 111. Out of print. As new.
A Bachelor Abroad: A Mediterranean Journal

A Bachelor Abroad: A Mediterranean Journal by Evelyn Waugh

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A Bachelor Abroad: A Mediterranean Journal
Author
Evelyn Waugh
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good -
Description
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Very Good -. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First American Edition, published the same year in the UK as "Labels." Octavo. 279 pp. Yellow cloth boards; reddish-brown topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards rather worn with brief exposure and minor fraying to extremities, general soiling, and staining to rear. Binding sound and interior unmarked. Still a Good to Very Good copy of Waugh's first travel book.
The Sky Below

The Sky Below by AMENOFF, Gregory

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The Sky Below
Author
AMENOFF, Gregory
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9781889097060
Condition
fine
Description
West Stockbridge: Hard Press, 1997. hardcover. fine/fine. Gregory Amenoff. Introduction by William Corbett. Essays by Donald Kuspit. 20 full-page color plates. Slim 4to, blue boards, d.w. West Stockbridge: Hard Press, (1997). A fine copy as new in original shrink wrap.
Time's Arrow

Time's Arrow by AMIS, Martin

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Time's Arrow
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AMIS, Martin
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1991. First edition. Broadside printed and designed at Okeanos Press. An excerpt from Amis' chilling novel. Done for a reading at Black Oak Books. A fine copy.
John Willenbecher: Constructions, Paintings and Works on Paper

John Willenbecher: Constructions, Paintings and Works on Paper by WILLENBECHER, John

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John Willenbecher: Constructions, Paintings and Works on Paper
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WILLENBECHER, John
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Chicago, IL: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1976. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran January 14 through February 12, 1976. Single sheet folded once to create 4 pages. Includes 2 black and white illustrations, checklist and brief information abou the artist. A fine copy of this scarce piece of ephemera.
They Represent You in Washington Albany New York City: Information on Who Represent You, What Committees They Serve on, Where You Reach Them, How You Address Them

They Represent You in Washington Albany New York City: Information on Who Represent You, What Committees They Serve on, Where You Reach Them, How You Address Them by New York City League of Women Voters

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They Represent You in Washington Albany New York City: Information on Who Represent You, What Committees They Serve on, Where You Reach Them, How You Address Them
Author
New York City League of Women Voters
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: New York City League of Women Voters, 1946. Paperback. Very Good. maps, 27p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Minor cover soil. Portions of two of the maps browned from a newspaper clipping (now separated from the pamphlet). Similarly titled pamphllets appear to have been issued annually (or perhaps less frequently) by the League in the mid-20th century.
World History Atlas: Mapping the Human Journey
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World History Atlas: Mapping the Human Journey

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World History Atlas: Mapping the Human Journey
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780756609672
Condition
Very Good
Description
Dorling Kindersley, 2005. Very Good. . World History Atlas: Mapping the Human Journey. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2005. Second edition. 352pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Folio. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Foot of spine lightly bumped. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edges bumped and short tear with long creases on back cover.
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Theories of Rain and Other Poems. by ZAVATSKY, Bill.

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Theories of Rain and Other Poems.
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ZAVATSKY, Bill.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
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NY: Sun,, 1975.. First trade paperback printing.. 91 pp. Corner crease to front cover, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Press promotional flyers laid in.
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THE ESSAY: THE ART AND CRAFT OF LETTERS by Williams, Orlo

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THE ESSAY: THE ART AND CRAFT OF LETTERS
Author
Williams, Orlo
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Martin Secker, 1977. Hardcover. Octavo, 63 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's burgundy cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show mild wear with extremely faint, sparse moisture spots, slight tilt to the spine and lightly rubbed edges. Text block has modest age toning. Mild crease to head fore corner to page forty one. 1372359. FP New Rockville Stock.
Quartet (Original photograph from the US re-release of the 1948 British film)

Quartet (Original photograph from the US re-release of the 1948 British film) by W. Somerset Maugham (stories); Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart (directors); Lawrence Turner (photographer); R. C. Sherrif (screenwriter); Basil Radford, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Angela Baddeley (starring)

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Quartet (Original photograph from the US re-release of the 1948 British film)
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W. Somerset Maugham (stories); Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart (directors); Lawrence Turner (photographer); R. C. Sherrif (screenwriter); Basil Radford, Jack Watling, Mai Zetterling, Angela Baddeley (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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N.p.: Fine Arts Films, 1960. Vintage studio still photograph from the US re-release of the 1948 British film, showing actors Jack Watling and Mai Zetterling. A British anthology film based on several stories by W. Somerset Maugham, including "The Colonel's Lady," "The Kite," and "The Facts of Life." Zetterling and Watling appear in "The Facts of Life," a segment following a beautiful, mysterious woman who seduces a wealthy young tennis player. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.

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