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Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone;

Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone; by WINTERBOTTOM, Thomas

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Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC
Title
Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone;
Author
WINTERBOTTOM, Thomas
Seller
Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description
London: C. Whittingham, 1803. Full Description: WINTERBOTTOM, Thomas. An Account of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone; to which is added an account of the present state of medicine among them. London: C. Whittingham, 1803. First edition. Two octavo volumes (8 1/4 x 5 inches; 210 x 130 mm). With the rare second volume, which was partly suppressed. With two folding maps and six engraved plates, two of which are folding, including the frontispiece. Contemporary tree calf, almost invisibly rebacked to style and corners; neatly repaired. Boards with central device, blind stamped coat-of-arms with motto "Honi Soit qui Mal y Pense." Boards double ruled in gilt. Spines with a red and green spine label, lettered in gilt. Gilt board edges. Top edges dyed brown, others speckled brown. Some minor offsetting to pastedowns from glue. Otherwise an very good fresh copy. Thomas Winterbottom was a British physician. "Shortly after graduating [medical school] Winterbottom left for Sierra Leone. He arrived on 1 August 1792, and spent seven years as physician there, during which time he recorded his experiences in two successful works... [His] second book, An account of the native Africans in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone, to which is added an account of the present state of medicine among them (2 vols., 1803), contained his unofficial observations and is the main source of his reputation as a clinical observer. It contains his classic description of sleeping sickness, trypanosomiasis, among local Africans. The enlargement of the cervical lymph glands (on the neck), which he noted, has become known as 'Winterbottom's sign'." (Oxford DNB). Winterbottom noticed that slave dealers would not buy slaves whose neck glands showed signs of enlargement which prompted his research. Garrison and Morton. Norman Library. HBS 68976. $5,750.
Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits (Signed First Edition)

Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits (Signed First Edition) by BEARD, Peter, Peter T. Tunney, Anthony Haden Guest, and David Fahey

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Title
Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits (Signed First Edition)
Author
BEARD, Peter, Peter T. Tunney, Anthony Haden Guest, and David Fahey
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781892041159
Description
Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1999. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 206 pages. Published to accompany a show at the Fahey/Klein Gallery. Features texts by Peter T. Tunney, Anthony Haden Guest, and David Fahey. Includes 175 four-color illustrations of Beard's collages, photographs and drawings. A very near fine copy with a self-portrait of Beard affixed to the front board No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Beard on the title page and with his footprint there as well. A very nice copy of what is still one of the best books on Beard.
A Sense of Where You Are

A Sense of Where You Are by McPhee, John

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Title
A Sense of Where You Are
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McPhee, John
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
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New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Association copy inscribed by Bill Bradley with two handwritten letters by John McPhee. Fine in an about near fine jacket, unclipped ($3.75), faded on the spine, lightly rubbed on the back panel. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean and seemingly unread. A unique copy warmly inscribed on the title page by Bill Bradley to Peter Briggs, an accomplished educator who served as the headmaster at a number of prep schools. McPhee acknowledges that fact in his letter, written on Princeton University letterhead, addressed to Payson Stewart Briggs. McPhee writes in part that Payson was "born very close to the time when I was a visiting writer at Western Reserve Academy and your father was headmaster there." This connection betwen McPhee and Peter Briggs explains the second handwritten letter by McPhee. Written on a folded 8.5x11" piece of paper, McPhee addresses Peter Briggs and writes, "Two of my nephews, now 47 and 55, went to The Potomac school. I hope this inscription is what you had in mind. Sandy sends his best wishes to you. Regards, John." It appears that Peter Briggs sent this copy to John McPhee so McPhee could get it inscribed by Bill Bradley. Perhaps it was Briggs cashing in on a favor earned years ago at the Western Reserve Academy. Regardless, a one-of-a-kind copy of McPhee's debut.
Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card

Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card by Card, Orson Scott

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Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card
Author
Card, Orson Scott
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780312850470
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Tor, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.95), bumped at the edges, toned at the flaps. Blue cloth, pushed at the edges, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, a few stains at the top edge, ownership signature on the title page, clean otherwise. A collection of all of Card's stories from 1977 to the then-present.
Democracy: An American Novel

Democracy: An American Novel by Adams, Henry

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Title
Democracy: An American Novel
Author
Adams, Henry
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1880. First Edition, BAL's State B.. Good. First edition, BAL's State B with date of April 15, 1880, title page stating #112, no mark on p. 65; curiously, though, this seems to be printed on laid paper rather than wove. 374, (6) pp. White linen stamped in black. A Good copy with the head strip worn away with closed tear near head, tail worn as well, linen soiled and darkened with age, a little frayed along edges, front hinge a bit tender, a few small stains to text. An early state of the classic American political novel, originally published anonymously.
Investigation of Senator Herman E. Talmadge: Open Session Hearings Before the Senate Committee on Ethics.... Exhibits -- Volume 3

Investigation of Senator Herman E. Talmadge: Open Session Hearings Before the Senate Committee on Ethics.... Exhibits -- Volume 3 by (TALMADGE, Herman E.)

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Title
Investigation of Senator Herman E. Talmadge: Open Session Hearings Before the Senate Committee on Ethics.... Exhibits -- Volume 3
Author
(TALMADGE, Herman E.)
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (United States)
Description
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering against red, black and green. iii, 847pp. Marbled page edges. Extensive illustrations. Near fine. Talmadge (1913-2002) was a Georgia Democrat who served the peach state as 70th governor (1947-1948-55) and as senator (1957-81); in 1979 he became the eighth U.S. Senator officially censured -- for "Improper financial conduct, accepting reimbursements for official expenses not incurred, and improper reporting of campaign receipts and expenditures." Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III from Illinois (1930-2021) chaired the Committee on Ethics that brought about this rare censure, and this is his personal copy of the "Hearing Exhibits" volume -- the pictorial record, a massive amount of reproduced documents entered into evidence that chronicle Talmadge's financial misdeeds in excruciating detail. Quite unusual and truly scarce, being "Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Ethics" and not for public distribution -- likely only a handful of copies.
Lost Generation Journal. Vol. IV no. 2 (Spring-Summer 1976)

Lost Generation Journal. Vol. IV no. 2 (Spring-Summer 1976) by WOOD, Tom (ed)

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Title
Lost Generation Journal. Vol. IV no. 2 (Spring-Summer 1976)
Author
WOOD, Tom (ed)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Claremore, OK: Literary Enterprises, Inc, 1976. Quarto. Stapled pictorial wrappers; 24pp; illus. Mild external dust and soil; Very Good. Contributions to this issue by Jack Glenn ("Reeling Around the World - A Never Before Published View of the Lindbergh Flight"); Leon Lewis, John Leverence, Robin Kinkead, others.

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