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Journal of the House of Delegates... Virginia by CONSTITUTION SLAVERY

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books

Title: Journal of the House of Delegates... Virginia
Author: CONSTITUTION SLAVERY
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1865. First Edition. (CONSTITUTION). Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia. for the Session of 18645. Alexandria: D. Turner, 1865. Octavo, original front printed wrapper respined, renewed rear wrapper, original string stitching; pp. (1-3), 4-83 (1). Housed in a custom chemise and clamshell box. $4500.First edition, one of 500 copies, of the momentous Journal featuring its February 9, 1865 entry on the Alexandria, Virginia government's passage of the 13th Amendment mere days after the U.S. Congress, the first of the four Unionist southern states to pass the Amendment, also featuring the governor's Message noting: ""though we have in inherited from our fathers of the revolution the blessings of a great nation, yet they also left to us an inheritance of African slavery which has proved a bitter dreg in our cup of freedom,"" a vital record of forces for constitutional change near the end of the Civil War.Soon after the 1860 election, amidst southern secession, ""the great questions of union or disunion, war or peace, hung in the balance. Probably the crucial weight on the scale was Virginia as long as the federal government did not seek to coerce the states, Virginia secessionists were unable to achieve a majority. When Lincoln responded with force to the attack on Fort Sumter, however, the vote in Virginia went in favor of secession."" Subsequently a Virginia convention ""met in Wheeling on May 13, 1861 [it] elected as Governor Francis Pierpont, a western Virginian and ardent Unionist, and arranged for the creation of a legislature to replace the body sitting in Richmond in July 1861 the new legislature met at the 'Restored Virginia' capital of Wheeling in a special session called by Pierpont."" Against its ""claim to represent a majority of Virginians,"" a new state of West Virginia was created in 1863, and Pierpont's government moved to Alexandria to govern areas of Virginia under Union occupation (Harrison, Lawfulness of the Reconstruction Amendments, 380-83).Scholars observe that the 13th Amendment, its fellow amendments and Reconstruction, as ""both a political process made possible by military successes and constitutional thought, grew from wartime as well as post-Appomattox developments"" (Hyman and Wiecek, Equal Justice, 247). This rare first edition of Journal of the House of Delegates substantiates that in documenting passage of the 13th Amendment by Pierpont's Virginia government mere days after the U.S. Congress passed the Amendment on January 31, 1865. With that, Virginia became the first of the four Unionist southern states that ratified the 13th Amendment. Of those, Louisiana followed on February 17, with Arkansas and Tennessee that April. The 13th Amendment is the focus of the Journal's entry for February 9, 1865, which states: ""Mr. Brownley called up Senate bill No. 12, entitled 'An Act to ratify the joint resolution of Congress, passed January 31, 1865, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States.' The bill was read the first and second time and the rules were suspended, and the bill read the third time and the bill passed."" Also notable herein is the complete printing of Governor Pierpont's opening Message, where he notes: ""though we inherited from our fathers of the revolution the blessings of a great nation, yet they also left to us an inheritance of African slavery which has proved a bitter dreg in our cup of freedom."" He speaks at length of the rights due people of color and the abolition of laws, such as those that prohibit ""negro testimony"" or proscribe a ""different punishment [for] persons of African dissent"" from that of ""white persons.""""The legislature met for its second session on December 5, 1864 The governor's message was a long and important document and indicated the changes of opinion that the war was bringing about. Pierpont gave his views upon the all-important negro question. He congratulated the constitutional convention, which had met in the spring, on the abolition of slavery in Virginia, and advocated sweeping changes in the laws concerning negroes. The act prescribing different punishments for blacks, should, he said, be altered in accordance with the amended constitution, as well as the law for apprenticing them. The law prohibiting the education of negroes should be abolished His language was, on the whole, very moderate. He advised the legalizing of the marital relations of negroes, and, most important, the establishment of public schools Notwithstanding the governor's advice, no acts of great importance passed the legislature On February 9, 1865, the assembly ratified the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. It adjourned on March 7"" (Eckenrode, Political History of Virginia During the Reconstruction). Faint ""U.N.C. Duplicate"" stamp to front wrapper.Text fine; just a bit of faint soiling and a tide line to fragile front wrapper. An excellent copy of this elusive item.

MODERNE BOUWKUNST IN NEDERLAND

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Title: MODERNE BOUWKUNST IN NEDERLAND
Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rotterdam, 1932-35. Paperback. Very Good. 20 vols. in wraps, covering Dutch architecture from 1900 to 1930. Text in Dutch. Well illus. Special slipcase made for this complete set by a previous owner. Rare to find a complete set!

Cadore or Titian's Country by Gilbert, Josiah

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Title: Cadore or Titian's Country
Author: Gilbert, Josiah
Seller: B Street Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good. Josiah Gilbert's richly illustrated combination of travel book and art history, building upon his previous travels in the Dolomite Mountains. From his preface: 'The charm is due to a touch of Italian softness tempering Alpine severity and Dolomite grandeur. The interest centres in Titian. the scenery of Cadore and its neighbourhood inspired Titian's landscape; its remote villages still treasure in their churches relics of his pictures; its annals supplied him with the subject of one of his greatest, though, as it has long perished, one of his least known compositions; while to us they curiously illustrate the life of a small mountain republic from the earliest times.' [i]-xiv, [1] 332 pages, 2 pages of ads with favorable reviews of Gilbert's previous book. 34 illustrations, including the frontispiece of 'Titian's Bridge' and a folding 'Facsimile of Titian's original Design for his "Battle of Cadore"' printed by Cowell's Anastic Press, Ipswich, as well as woodcuts printed with the text. Green cloth covers with gilt rule and image of a mountain taken from Titian's 'Omnia Vanitas'. Wear to the extremities, with loss to the lower front corner, rear hinge starting. Small bibliographic description from a previous seller on the front pastedown, occasional mild foxing. 10.75 x 8

“Behind the Segregation Curtain” --- In Virginia. An Exposé of Race Prejudice in Operation by [African-Americana - School Segregation - Virginia] N.A.A.C.P.

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Title: “Behind the Segregation Curtain” --- In Virginia. An Exposé of Race Prejudice in Operation
Author: [African-Americana - School Segregation - Virginia] N.A.A.C.P.
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Description: Richmond: N.A.A.C.P., 1957. 8vo, wraps, 30 pp. Some light wear, staple holes to edge, original owner’s address and postage mark on back cover, overall very good plus. An uncommon NAACP publication, published right after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision, with a range of articles on racism and segregation in Virginia and the efforts to desegregate schools there. The pamphlet is made up of several essays, entitled “Behind the Segregation Curtain,” “The N.A.A.C.P. - Defender of Constitutional Freedom,” “The Truch about what led to School Cases,” “Lookng at Work of the NAACP in the Fight for Integrated Schools in Virginia,” “Integration - An Avenue to Liberty for Both Groups,” “The Way to Genuine Good Race Relations in Virginia,” and “Our Way of Life in Virginia.” The essays are all written anonymously. The pamphlet argues for the use of reason in reversing racial prejudice and suggests appealing to the intelligence of people as a means for combating the problem. Uncommon, with four copies held institutionally.

Eleanor Powell scrapbook

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Title: Eleanor Powell scrapbook
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
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Description: n.p.: n.p., n.d.. Very Good. This is a partially completed scrapbook of five publicity photos of the famed actress and dancer from the early 20th century, Eleanor Powell. This is one of several scrapbooks that was compiled over the past several years by a fervent Eleanor Powell fan. This scrapbook still appears brand new, with its glassine cover with a sticker stating it is a washable fabric cover, and a manufacturer's description of the scrapbook as a memory book measuring 12 x 15 inches, with 20 acid free loading pages. The photos appeared in Picturegoer, Film Weekly, a souvenir program for George White's Scandals, an unidentified list of latest song hits, and Radio Guide. In very good condition. FILM/071825.

Changing Always: Poems. by ABBOTT, Franklin.

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Title: Changing Always: Poems.
Author: ABBOTT, Franklin.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: [Atlanta: Franklin Abbott,, 1982].. First edition.. [20 pp]. Very good plus in stapled wrappers with two small spots on the front cover and light soiling to rear. An uncommon collection. Young 2.

THE COLLECTED PLAYS by YEATS, W. B.

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Title: THE COLLECTED PLAYS
Author: YEATS, W. B.
Seller: Second Life Books Inc (United States)
Description: NY: Macmillan, 1953. New edn. with five additional plays. 8vo, pp. 446. Frontis portrait. VG in chpped and faded dj. Twenty-six plays.

Eisenhower: Soldier and President - The Renowned One-Volume Life by Ambrose, Stephen E

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Title: Eisenhower: Soldier and President - The Renowned One-Volume Life
Author: Ambrose, Stephen E
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780671747589
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 1990. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Reprint. Minor wear to corners, pages toned. 1990 Trade Paperback. 635 pp. Black-and-white photographs. A condensed version of Ambrose's two-volume biography of the general who became the 34th President of the United States. "Stephen E. Ambrose draws upon extensive sources, an unprecedented degree of scholarship, and numerous interviews with Eisenhower himself to offer the fullest, richest, most objective rendering yet of the soldier who became president. He gives us a masterly account of the European war theater and Eisenhower's magnificent leadership as Allied Supreme Commander. Ambrose's recounting of Eisenhower's presidency, the first of the Cold War, brings to life a man and a country struggling with issues as diverse as civil rights, atomic weapons, communism, and a new global role. Along the way, Ambrose follows the 34th President's relations with the people closest to him, most of all Mamie, his son John, and Kay Summersby, as well as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Harry Truman, Nixon, Dulles, Khrushchev, Joe McCarthy, and indeed, all the American and world leaders of his time. This superb interpretation of Eisenhower's life confirms Stephen Ambrose's position as one of our finest historians.

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