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Rare New York Senate Print of Proposed State Law to Combat the Dred Scott Decision by [SLAVERY AND ABOLITION — NEW YORK STATE]

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Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc.

Title: Rare New York Senate Print of Proposed State Law to Combat the Dred Scott Decision
Author: [SLAVERY AND ABOLITION — NEW YORK STATE]
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Rare New York Senate Print of Proposed State Law to Combat the Dred Scott Decision "Every slave … who shall come or be brought, or be involuntarily in this state shall be free." [SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—NEW YORK STATE.] New York Senate. "An Act To secure Freedom to all persons within this State," Edward M. Madden, April 9, 1857, Passed the Assembly on April 17; failed in the Senate. Printed with numbered lines for the use of the Senate. 1 p., 6.5 x 11.5 in. Excerpts "Neither descent, near or remote, from an African…nor color of skin shall disqualify any person for being, or prevent any person from becoming a citizen of this state; nor deprive such person of the rights and privileges of a citizen thereof...." "Every person who shall hold, or attempt to hold in this state in slavery…under any pretence, or for any time however short, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof shall be confined in the state prison at hard labor for a term not less than two nor more than ten years." Historical Background In 1799, the New York legislature passed "An Act for the gradual abolition of slavery" that indentured and would eventually free slave children born after July 4, 1799. In 1817, it passed a law freeing those slaves in 1827. But non-residents and part-time residents could still bring their slaves into the state temporarily. On March 14, 1857, New York Assemblyman Samuel A. Foot introduced resolutions declaring that the U.S. Supreme Court, through its decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford "has in effect declared slavery to be national," and calling for the creation of a joint committee of three senators and five assemblymen to "consider and report what measures (if any) the Legislature of this State ought to adopt to protect the constitutional rights of her citizens." The resolution passed by a vote of 49-24, and the Senate concurred on April 2. On April 9, Edward M. Madden introduced this bill in the Senate. Simultaneously, Foot introduced this bill (#24129) and three resolutions (#23389.08) in the Assembly. Eight days later, the Assembly (with 81 Republicans, 38 Democrats, and 8 American Party members) passed the bill 72 to 38. In the Senate (with 17 Republicans, 9 American Party members [Know Nothings], and 4 Democrats), attempts to move the bill to the Committee of the Whole were evenly divided. Lacking the two-thirds majority required for this procedure, the bill died. Very similar language appeared in an 1859 bill which also failed; New York passed no new Personal Liberty Law during the decade before the Civil War. The New York Senate had thirty-two members in 1857, so it is likely no more than fifty copies of this bill were printed for Senate consideration. We can find no evidence that any other copies have survived. Edward M. Madden (1818-1885) was born in Orange County, New York, and began work at a cotton factory at age nine. He worked as a merchant and then opened a saw factory in Middletown. He entered politics as a Democrat and was a delegate to the 1852 Democratic state convention. He joined the new Republican Party and served as a member of the New York Senate in 1856-1857, 1872-1873, 1875, and 1880-1881. He also served as a delegate to the 1864 and 1876 Republican National Conventions.

The Prairie Years (in 2 vols.) (Signed limited edition) by [Lincoln, Abraham]; Carl Sandburg

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Title: The Prairie Years (in 2 vols.) (Signed limited edition)
Author: [Lincoln, Abraham]; Carl Sandburg
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1926. First edition. Near Fine. Number 22 of 260 copies, printed on Dutch Charcoal Rag Paper, numbered and signed "Carl Sandburg" by the author. Two octavo volumes (9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 241 x 161 mm.). xvi, 480; vi, 482 pp. Bound in publishers cream buckram over blue boards, spines with printed paper labels, blue endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Spines very slightly darkened otherwise a near fine, partially unopened set complete with the publishers duplicate labels at the end on each volume. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th President of the United States and remains one of the most seminal figures in American History. During his tenure, which was cut short by his assassination in 1865, he saw the country through the Civil War and stewarded Emancipation. Carl August Sandburg's (1878-1967) biography, The Prairie Years, traces the early part of Lincoln's life and the formation of a man who would go on to be president up until his move to Washington. Sandburg would also publish additional volumes covering Lincoln's war years. Hailed as a voice of American, Sanburg would win one of his three Pulitzer Prizes for this compelling biography. Monaghan 2877. Near Fine.

A Sense of Where You Are by McPhee, John

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Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA

Title: A Sense of Where You Are
Author: McPhee, John
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: 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.

Democracy: An American Novel by Adams, Henry

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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

Title: Democracy: An American Novel
Author: Adams, Henry
Seller: 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 by (TALMADGE, Herman E.)

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Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

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

Exhibition postcard: Ulrich Rückriem Bei Konrad Fischer (16 December 1969-9 January 1970) by (RÜCKRIEM, Ulrich)

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Title: Exhibition postcard: Ulrich Rückriem Bei Konrad Fischer (16 December 1969-9 January 1970)
Author: (RÜCKRIEM, Ulrich)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Black & white illus. on recto. details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1969. Postcard invitation to the artist’s debut exhibition with Konrad Fischer. This collaboration was consequential for Rückriem (b. 1938) and his career, he developed formative relationships with the gallery’s other artists such as Andre, LeWitt, and Long. “[Rückriem] met Carl Andre through Kasper König…Andre had had the first exhibition at Konrad Fischer’s new gallery at the end of 1967. Rückriem was deeply impressed by Andre’s work, and he decided to change his artistic approach. Where before he had been using wood and band iron for his sculptures, now he preferred stone blocks taken directly from the quarry…Through König and Andre, Rückriem also got in touch with Konrad Fischer. In December 1969, he presented his new stone sculptures…”–Cloud & Crystal: The Dorothee and Konrad Fischer Collection (2016 exhib. booklet), p. 64. In fine condition. Mailed to Mr. & Mrs. Karl Heinemann of Mönchengladbach. ❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 28.

REMINISCENCES OF A RANGER OR EARLY TIMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE FOREWORD IS WRITTEN BY ARTHUR M. ELLIS, AND THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE BY JAMES S. BODRERO by Bell, Major Horace

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Title: REMINISCENCES OF A RANGER OR EARLY TIMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE FOREWORD IS WRITTEN BY ARTHUR M. ELLIS, AND THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE BY JAMES S. BODRERO
Author: Bell, Major Horace
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: Santa Barbara, 1927. [16], 499, [1] pp. Bound in publsher's decorative green cloth. Front free endpaper with several old library marks. Else Very Good. Howes catalogues this later edition, and calls the book "The most readable historical narrative of early southern California." Howes B325.

The Sins of the Fathers: The Law and Theology of Illegitimacy Reconsidered by Witte, John

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Title: The Sins of the Fathers: The Law and Theology of Illegitimacy Reconsidered
Author: Witte, John
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780521839419
Condition: Very good
Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. xiv, 203pp+ indices. Very good hardback bound in publisher's boards and issued without a jacket.

A Muckraker's Guide to 1968 & Other Horrors [Ramparts] Volume 7 Number 10, Jan 25-Feb 7, 1969 by Hinckle, Warren III, ed

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Title: A Muckraker's Guide to 1968 & Other Horrors [Ramparts] Volume 7 Number 10, Jan 25-Feb 7, 1969
Author: Hinckle, Warren III, ed
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: San Francisco: Ramparts Magazine, Inc, 1969. magazine. 164p, wraps soiled and worn, some pages toned, address sticker on front wrap, else very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Special collector's issue of the magazine, consisting mainly of reprints of articles from past issues. Articles on civil rights, the CIA, the Vietnam war, Braceros, FBI wiretapping, the assassination of President Kennedy, environmentalism, the Black Panthers, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, the military-industrial complex, Che Guevera, and more.

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