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"The Underground Rail Road" -- First Edition by William Still

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Title: "The Underground Rail Road" -- First Edition
Author: William Still
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Description: The Underground Railroad, by William Still, Who Personally Helped as Many as 800 Slaves on their Dangerous Journey to Freedom When the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society requested that he compile and publish his reminiscences, he drew on his meticulous notes to tell the stories of dozens of escaped slaves and the men and women who helped them, starting with his own brother, who escaped from slavery in Alabama to be reunited with his mother after forty-two years of separation. WILLIAM STILL. The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1872. First edition. 24 plates including frontispiece portrait, plus text illustrations. 4, [4], 780 pages including 2 leaves of publisher's prospectus at beginning. 8vo, publisher's gilt cloth, minor wear; light foxing to title and frontispiece, otherwise minimal foxing and wear to contents. Two early 20th-century collectors' bookplates on front endpapers. Excerpts"Those who come after us seeking for information in regard to the existence, atrocity, struggles and destruction of Slavery, will have no trouble in finding this hydra-headed monster ruling and tyrannizing over Church and State, North and South, white and black … for at least several generations. Nor will posterity have any difficulty in finding the deeds of the brave and invincible opposers of Slavery…'" (p3) "For several years, 'Sam' was hired out by the doctor at blacksmithing; in this situation, daily wearing the yoke of unrequited labor … Harriet Tubman (sometimes called 'Moses')… was herself, a shrewd and fearless agent, and well understood the entire route from that part of the country to Canada. The spring previous, she had paid a visit to the very neighborhood in which 'Sam' lived, expressly to lead her own brothers out of 'Egypt.'" (p247) His father, who had purchased his own freedom, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary in 1857 for the crime of possessing a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin. (p248-249). "Her success was wonderful. Time and again she made successful visits to Maryland on the Underground Rail Road, and would be absent for weeks, at a time, running daily risks while making preparations for herself and passengers. Great fears were entertained for her safety, but she seemed wholly devoid of personal fear…". (p297) "they were all duly cared for, and counselled to go to Canada, where their rights would be protected by a strong and powerful government, and they could enjoy all the rights of citizenship in common with 'all the world and the rest of mankind.' And especially were they advised to get education; to act as men, and remember those still in bonds as bound with them, and that they must not forget to write back, after their arrival in Canada, to inform their friends in Philadelphia of their prospects, and what they thought of the 'goodly land.'" (p317) "It will be difficult to make coming generations understand, not the flaming antagonism to humanity, but the more brutal avoidance of it that ruled the political tone in this latitude, from 1836 to 1861… Conservatism, it was called; and certainly it did conserve the devil admirably. At the South, one race of men were so basely wielding a greater physical power over another race of men, as to crush from them the attributes of self-responsible creatures..." (p725) Historical BackgroundThe Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the early to mid-nineteenth century in the United States. It aided enslaved African Americans to escape into the free states of the North and Canada. By 1850, approximately 100,000 enslaved people had escaped through the network. Houses, barns, churches, and other buildings along the route where slaves could hide were called "stations" or "depots." "Conductors," including free-born African Americans, escaped or manumitted slaves, white abolitionists, and Native Americans guided them from one station to the next. Among the most famous was Harriet Tubman (1822-1913), who escaped from slavery herself before leading 13 separate missions that guided approximately 70 enslaved people to freedom. Primary routes led up the Appalachian range to northeastern Ohio, or Syracuse or Rochester, New York, then by water into Canada. A western route led from Missouri into the free state of Iowa, then east through Chicago and Detroit into Canada. William Still (1821-1902) was born to formerly enslaved parents. Because his mother had escaped from slavery in Maryland, he was a slave under Maryland and federal law, but was free according to New Jersey law where he was born. In 1844, Still moved to Philadelphia, and in 1847 became a clerk for the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery and married Letitia George. They had four children who survived infancy and went on to noted careers as a physician, attorney, journalist, and teacher. Still became the chairman of a Vigilance Committee that directly aided slaves who arrived in Philadelphia. Often called the "Father of the Underground Railroad," he personally helped as many as 800 slaves escape to freedom. He interviewed each, keeping careful records. Conductor Harriet Tubman passed through his office several times in the 1850s with escaped slaves. After John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Still sheltered several of Brown's associates. During the Civil War, he operated the post exchange at Camp William Penn, a training camp for United States Colored Troops. He also opened a stove store and a coal business purchased in 1861. After the war, Still was active in Philadelphia business, social activism, and philanthropy, including the Colored Conventions Movement. Condition: Minor wear; light foxing to title and frontispiece, otherwise minimal foxing and wear to contents; two early twentieth-century collectors' bookplates on front endpapers. References: Afro-Americana #9865; Blockson One Hundred and One #41.Work, page 338

SELECTIONS FROM REPERTOIRE OF OPERATIC SONGS AND TERPSICHOREAN MELODIES OF MEI LAN-FANG - by Professor Liu T’ien. Hua 梅兰芳歌曲谱 by Chinese Opera

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Title: SELECTIONS FROM REPERTOIRE OF OPERATIC SONGS AND TERPSICHOREAN MELODIES OF MEI LAN-FANG - by Professor Liu T’ien. Hua 梅兰芳歌曲谱
Author: Chinese Opera
Seller: BATTLEDORE LTD (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: SELECTIONS FROM REPERTOIRE OF OPERATIC SONGS AND TERPSICHOREAN MELODIES OF MEI LAN-FANG - by Professor Liu T'ien. Hua 梅兰芳歌曲谱 Published in 1929, specially edited and printed for Mei Lan-Fang's performance in the United States. Mei Lan-Fang was invited by America in the winter of 1929, to help the people better understand Chinese Opera, the master of Chinese songs Liu Tianhua produced two volumes of books, one in Chinese (126pp.) and the other in English (118pp.), which includes 18 Kunqu Opera with music script and score. Signed and stamped by the Author on the English version, 1050 copies printed and only 50 copies were signed, this is No. 43, on Chinese art paper, 4to, matching red silk sewn thread binding with printed gold paper labels, very fine condition. 本套书印刷于1929年，共分为2册，精装，此书为梅兰芳赴美演出特制，共1050部，其中的50部为成化宣纸印制，列有编号，第一号价格五百美元，二至五十号一百美元，此套为50部中的第43号，有刘天华亲印并英文签名。两套书分别为中英文版，共收录了18条昆曲的唱词、唱腔工尺谱和五线谱，历经数月完成, 品相如新，保存如此完好的非常少见。

Ill Seen Ill Said by Samuel Beckett

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Title: Ill Seen Ill Said
Author: Samuel Beckett
Seller: Bookbid Rare Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780935716191
Condition: Fine
Description: Lord John Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Publisher's copy. Inscribed to the publisher, Herb Yellin, by Beckett on the half-title page. Book in fine condition. There were published: 299 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies specially bound, all signed by the author. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.

Guide to New Faces 1969

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Title: Guide to New Faces 1969
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: (Union City, New Jersey: J. Stuart), 1969. Softcover. Very Good. Quarto. 6pp. Eight side stapled sheets, printed rectos only. Very good with vertical crease, nicks at the edges, some toning and two small ink notations on the rear wrap. An underground guide for gay men new to the Big Apple, along with a smattering of interesting locations in nearby North Jersey. The short introduction boasts the city is the "number one fun spot in the United States for the gay scene" with "excitement around every corner," but also reminds readers that New York can also be "a cruel city with its share of heartbreak and disappointment for the gay guy. It offers many sadistic dangers and entrapments as well as delights." The guide begins with a list of recommended gay bars - their location, how to dress, and the type of clientele, ranging from "Elegantly Gay" to "Leather Jackets, Boots." Next are the locations of gay-friendly saunas, baths, restaurants and cabarets, with particular emphasis on notable "T Rooms" (lavatories) around town, such as Bloomingdale's (on Saturday), the Staten Island Ferry and specific subway stops, along with a short list of theatres with dark inviting balconies and welcoming bathrooms to be investigated. The guide also recommends a few small art galleries, a gay bookstore (Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop), and an animal shelter, as well as a number of clothing stores with vintage and modern fashions, such as The Shed House in the Village where one can buy "human hair wigs for men." The guide ends with a promise vouching for the authenticity of the places in this guide ("confirmed by actual, recent patronization") and with a note from "J. Stewart" and P.O. Box in Jersey City, NJ to inquire about gay guides for other American cities. A compelling and rare Stonewall-era guide to gay life in New York. *OCLC* locates no copies.

A TIDEWATER MORNING. THREE TALES FROM YOUTH by Styron, William

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Title: A TIDEWATER MORNING. THREE TALES FROM YOUTH
Author: Styron, William
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ISBN: 9780679427421
Condition: Fine
Description: NY: Random House, 1993. First edition, limited issue of 200 numbered copies signed by Styron on the limitation page. Copy #62. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase with publisher's paper number tag as issued. Slipcase with few tiny rub spots; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Journey in Brazil by AGASSIZ, LOUIS, and ELIZABETH AGASSIZ

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Title: Journey in Brazil
Author: AGASSIZ, LOUIS, and ELIZABETH AGASSIZ
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description: 1868. AGASSIZ, LOUIS, and ELIZABETH AGASSIZ. A Journey in Brazil. Boston, 1868. xix, 540 p. Illus. Plates. Cloth. Front inner hinge loose. A later printing.

ALL THAT FALL by BECKETT, Samuel

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Title: ALL THAT FALL
Author: BECKETT, Samuel
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with light edgewear
Description: New York: Grove Press, (1957). First Edition. cloth. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with light edgewear.

Alfred Stieglitz: Photographer by Bry, Doris

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Title: Alfred Stieglitz: Photographer
Author: Bry, Doris
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Condition: Fine
Description: Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Alfred Stieglitz. No additional printings listed. Fine in an about near fine jacket, unclipped ($15.00), lightly toned and edgeworn with a closed tear at the top edge. Black cloth with silver lettering, fine. Square and tight, a fresh and clean copy. Illustrated with sixty-two actual-size plates, including the portrait of O'Keeffe.

A Concert of Choral Music in Memoriam Martin Luther King, Jr. Washington Cathedral, Saturday March 13, 1971, at 8:00 o'clock by The Choral Arts Society of Washington

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Title: A Concert of Choral Music in Memoriam Martin Luther King, Jr. Washington Cathedral, Saturday March 13, 1971, at 8:00 o'clock
Author: The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Washington, DC, 1971. Very Good. 12p. No separate wrapper. 28 cm. Concert program.The first pasrt of the program featured "Once (In Memorian Martin Luther King, Jr.)" written in 1968 by Thomas Beveridge and first performed by The Choral Arts Society of Washington in 1969. This was the society's third performance of "Once.

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Confucianism and Phenomenology: An Exploration of Feeling, Value and Virtue Modern Chinese Philosophy 22 by Lu, Yinghua

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Title: Confucianism and Phenomenology: An Exploration of Feeling, Value and Virtue Modern Chinese Philosophy 22
Author: Lu, Yinghua
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ISBN: 9789004319080
Condition: Fine
Description: Leiden/Boston: Brill [2022]. Hardcover. 9.25" x 6". xiii, 251pp. Publisher's brown and white boards, no DJ as issued. Fine. ISBN 9789004319080. . Fine. Hardcover .

The Amazing Discoveries of Ibn Sina by Fatima Sharafeddine and Intelaq Mohammed Ali

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Title: The Amazing Discoveries of Ibn Sina
Author: Fatima Sharafeddine and Intelaq Mohammed Ali
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781554987108
Condition: Very good
Description: Toronto: Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press, 2013. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

The Kestrel by WOODCOCK, George

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Title: The Kestrel
Author: WOODCOCK, George
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Sunderland: Ceolfrith Press, 1978. First Edition. First printing, limited issue. No. 39 of 50 signed copies. Printed stiff card wrappers in pictorial dustwrapper; 54pp. Faint crease to front wrapper, else Fine in dustwrapper. Anglo-Canadian poet and anarchist philosopher.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ABOUT BLACK AMERICANS by [African Americans]

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Title: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ABOUT BLACK AMERICANS
Author: [African Americans]
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: [Hyattsville, Maryland: Prince George's County Memorial Library System, 1981. 4to. Original staples and printed and decorative yellow title wrappers. iii, [1 blank], 21, [1 blank] pp. Wraps dusted, Very Good.

Building Design: Improving Commercial Spaces by Umlauf, Elyse, and Phil Schreiner

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Title: Building Design: Improving Commercial Spaces
Author: Umlauf, Elyse, and Phil Schreiner
Seller: Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: [New York:] The Library of Applied Design, [1990] First edition. Boards. Quarto. Color illustrations throughout. Light shelfwear. Very good in very good dust jacket with one tear near top of spine.

Strike Strike Strike / Nov. 14 / SMC [pinback button] by [Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam]

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Title: Strike Strike Strike / Nov. 14 / SMC [pinback button]
Author: [Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam]
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: New York: SMC, 1969. 1.75 inch pin, black text on green. Advertises the nationwide student strike called to protest the Vietnam War.

The Clothing of the King: 1517 Advent Devotional

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Title: The Clothing of the King: 1517 Advent Devotional
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: 1517 Publishing, 2023. Fine. . The Clothing of the King: 1517 Advent Devotional. Irvine, California: 1517 Publishing, 2023. 71pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine.

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