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Oration delivered at the State-House

Oration delivered at the State-House by AMERICAN REVOLUTION ADAMS Samuel

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Oration delivered at the State-House
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION ADAMS Samuel
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1776. First Edition. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) ADAMS, Samuel. An Oration Delivered at the State-House, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Printed; London, Re-printed for: J.Johnson, 1776. Slim octavo, contemporary three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards; pp.(2), 1-42. $6750.First edition of a fascinating Revolutionary work of deliberate political misdirection, misattributed to Samuel Adams, firebrand of the Boston Tea Party, published in the wake of the Declaration ""to show that the colonies were bent on independence,"" issued in London despite the imprint of a fictional Philadelphia printing.This first edition of a 1776 Revolutionary War pamphlet, with its forged misattribution to Samuel Adams and issued in the wake of the Declaration of Independence, is an intriguing example of a key turning point in political rhetoric. It stands out from similar strategies of misdirection—even at a time when there was a rise in ""the volume of propaganda emitted during the years 1763 to 1776, much of it pseudonymous and anonymous"" (Alden, 530). As such this is an exemplary work of calculated political misdirection.Even in the 1800s, questions lingered about this London printing of an Oration, said to be delivered by Samuel Adams on August 1, 1776, in Philadelphia. There would have been no immediate reason to doubt his authorship, given Adams' stature and evidence that ""the British kept close watch on his activities"" (Stoll, Samuel Adams, 185). As rumors continued to circulate, Adams' grandson, Samuel Adams Wells, wrote to Thomas Jefferson for clarification—for Jefferson himself had once ""emphatically attested that, if there was a helmsman of the American Revolution, 'Samuel Adams was the man'"" (Alexander, Samuel Adams, 156). In Wells' April 14, 1819 letter to Jefferson, he spoke of a planned biography of his famous grandfather and hopes of preserving ""the existing facts… In my investigations,"" he wrote, ""I have met with contradictory accounts… and in some instances with oral narratives entirely at variance with written contemporaneous statements."" In particular, he asks Jefferson if he could confirm: ""that [Adams] delivered an Oration at Philadelphia in 1776. If so what were its merits and effects?"" Jefferson responded to Wells in a May 12, 1819 letter that answered many of Wells' other questions, but with respect to the alleged Oration, simply noted: ""neither memory nor memorandums enable me to give any information"" (Founders Online). Since then, however, historians have provided an answer. ""Of this Oration (never delivered), there was no Philadelphia edition (in spite of its being indicated by title-page); it was, in fact a London forgery designed to show that the colonies were bent on independence"" (Howes A72). The misattribution to Samuel Adams indicates he was viewed as ""the single most important individual in establishing the Revolution's public voice"" (Bradley, xiv-xv). The still-anonymous author of the Oration, clearly versed in revolutionary rhetoric, ""extols the merits of the newly independent colonies, but overtones suggest that it was actually written in England. W.V. Wells, in his Life… of Samuel Adams, points out that this is spurious. None of the recent writers who have dealt with Samuel Adams have included this among his writings' (Adams 76-106a). First edition: ""There is no Philadelphia edition"" (Sabin 344). Without scarce half title. Adams 76-106a. Howes A72. ESTC T83257. Preliminary blank with bibliographic marginalia in an unidentified hand. One page with small bit of early marginalia and several words underlined.Text very fresh and clear, minor rubbing to board edges.
The Celebrated Analysis of the Game of Chess, Translated from the French of A D Philidor; with Notes and Considerable Additions, including Fifty-Six New Chess Problems

The Celebrated Analysis of the Game of Chess, Translated from the French of A D Philidor; with Notes and Considerable Additions, including Fifty-Six New Chess Problems by Walker, George (1803-1879)

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The Celebrated Analysis of the Game of Chess, Translated from the French of A D Philidor; with Notes and Considerable Additions, including Fifty-Six New Chess Problems
Author
Walker, George (1803-1879)
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The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
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Very Good
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xxxiii+[2]+251 pages with diagrams. Small octavo (7" 4 1/2") bound in original pebbled cloth with gilt lettering to spine. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:495) First edition.George Walker (13 March 1803 – 23 April 1879) was an English chess player and author of The Celebrated Analysis of A D Philidor (London, 1832), The Art of Chess-Play: A New Treatise on the Game of Chess (London, 1832), A Selection of Games at Chess played by Philidor (London, 1835), Chess Made Easy (London, 1836), and Chess Studies (London, 1844). In 1839 visited Paris and the Café de la Régence, where he lost (+1-2) a short match to Boncourt. In 1845, he teamed up with Henry Thomas Buckle, William Davies Evans, George Perigal, and William Josiah Tuckett in London in two telegraph games (one win and one draw) against a team of Howard Staunton and Hugh Alexander Kennedy in Portsmouth. He won a match against Daniel Harrwitz (7-5) at London 1846. Walker used his column in Bell's Life to propagate organizing the international London 1851 chess tournament, the first international chess tournament. Adolf Anderssen won, leading many to consider him the world's strongest player.Condition:Spine professionally repaired by Octavaye Studios. Corners gently bumped, some light foxing, previous owner's name neatly penned to front paste down else a very good copy.
Baron von Steuben and His Regulations, Including a Complete Facsimile of the Original Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States

Baron von Steuben and His Regulations, Including a Complete Facsimile of the Original Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States by von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin; Riling, Joseph R.; Todd, Frederick P

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Baron von Steuben and His Regulations, Including a Complete Facsimile of the Original Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States
Author
von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin; Riling, Joseph R.; Todd, Frederick P
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Philadelphia: Ray Riling Arms Books Co, 1966. Facsimile. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Near fine in good slipcase. Slipcase soiled and a bit rubbed with corners slightly exposed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1966 Hard Cover. xii, 154, [9] pp. Frontispiece portrait of von Steuben, 8 fold-out plates illustrating troop movement protocols, endpapers reproduced from 'The Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum' for July 1776, foreword by Frederick P. Todd; introduction by Joseph R. Riling, bibliography of sources cited and checklist of known editions of von Steuben's work precede text. Baron von Steuben, a Prussian-born military officer, is credited with shaping with Continental Army into an organized and disciplined fighting force during the American Revolution. This facsimile of the original regulations, known as the 'Blue Book' by Contintental officers, and later simply as the 'Regulations' or the 'Manual,'is bound 'with some attempt to add a quality reminiscent of the original production... 'half-bound,' using a blue paper as close as obtainable to the original 'blue paper boards' mentioned in binder Aitken's 'waste' book [a facsimile page of which is included in the text].
Cryptozoic!

Cryptozoic! by Aldiss, Brian W

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Cryptozoic!
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Aldiss, Brian W
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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Good
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Book club edition. Jacket front and reverse foxed. Boards and page ridges foxed. 1967 Hard Cover. 224 pp. He roamed through the dim reaches of the remote past and like a phantom, the Dark Woman haunted him at every turn. Was she a hallucination produced by the stresses of his bizarre existence' Or was she a ghost from a future more distant than his own' Bush had been called into a totalitarian world, trained to kill, and then sent back in time - as an assassin. And still the Dark Woman pursued him, posing new questions, new possibilities, new terrors… Don Punchatz
CREDENCES 4

CREDENCES 4 by Bertholf, Robert

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CREDENCES 4
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Bertholf, Robert
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good plus.
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(Kent, Ohio): (The Credences Press), 1977. Very good plus.. Volume 2, No. 1 of the literary magazine, including work by Robert Duncan, Michael Palmer, Joel Oppenheimer, Ed Dorn, Joanne Kyger, and several others. 8.5'' x 7''. Original saddle-stapled yellow pictorial wrappers. 111, [1] pages. Minor soil to last leaf. Moderate edgewear, spine sunned.
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EL APERO CRIOLLO: ARTE Y TRADICIÓN

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EL APERO CRIOLLO: ARTE Y TRADICIÓN
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Buenos Aires: Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, 2000. b/w and color plates, color pictorial wrappers. Brief catalogue for exhibition on Argentine decorative tack and other gaucho items, with historical detail on ponchos, saddlery, spurs and accessories. Abbreviated catalogue of full catalogue.

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