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Smith's Trial by MACNALLY Leonard SMITH Edward

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Smith's Trial
Author
MACNALLY Leonard SMITH Edward
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1800. First Edition. (MACNALLY, Leonard). SMITH, Edward. Smith's Trial. A Full and Authentic Report of the Trial… for a Rape Alleged to Have Been Committed on the Body of Miss Sarah Rawson. Dublin: Printed for W. Wilson, 1800. Octavo, later half red morocco, marbled boards. $1500.Scarce first edition of the detailed transcript of the trial of Edward Smith, accused of assaulting Sarah Rawson and holding her captive in the officers' barracks for three days; with MacNally's cross-examination, and an engraved plate depicting Smith pulling Rawson into the bushes.In the question of whether Miss Rawson was ravished by Ensign Smith of the Durham Fencibles or enjoyed a three-day-long consensual interlude with him in his quarters, Smith was defended by Leonard MacNally—the infamous barrister, playwright and founding member of the United Irishmen turned informant for the British government. The DNB called MacNally ""an astute and eloquent advocate and a powerful cross-examiner,"" and his implacable questioning of the testimony given by Rawson and others, as recorded here, contributed substantially to the verdict of ""not guilty."" A Cork printing appeared in the same year. ESTC N23571. Interior generally clean, an excellent copy of a very uncommon item.
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Efforts for Social Betterment among Negro Americans by DU BOIS W. E. B. DU BOIS W. E. BURGHARDT

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Title
Efforts for Social Betterment among Negro Americans
Author
DU BOIS W. E. B. DU BOIS W. E. BURGHARDT
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1909. First Edition. DU BOIS, W. E. Burghardt, ed. Efforts for Social Betterment among Negro Americans. A Social Study made by Atlanta University, under the patronage of the Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund. Atlanta: Atlanta University Press, 1909 (i.e. 1910). Octavo, original printed gray self-wrappers; pp. 136. $1500.First edition of a major work edited by Du Bois in the landmark Atlanta University Publication Series directed by him, central to his creation of ""the first American school of sociology,"" here documenting the importance of Black churches, women's clubs and Black newspapers, and highlighting the disenfranchisement of Black voters, calling it a form of ""political serfdom,"" with many full-page and in-text illustrations, charts and graphs, very elusive in fragile original wrappers.Du Bois gave ""voice to Black people's historical travail in powerful and mythic ways"" (New York Times). On the night he died, in exile in Ghana, 250,000 Americans were gathering at the Lincoln Memorial in the 1963 March on Washington. The next day, a deep silence fell over the crowd when Roy Wilkins announced the death of Du Bois, declaring ""his was the voice calling you to gather here today in this cause."" When he had arrived in Georgia to join the Atlanta University faculty, the 29-year-old Du Bois was already the first African American to earn a PhD from Harvard, and had ""completed a pioneering sociological investigation,"" The Philadelphia Negro (1898). His years in Atlanta ""were, by his own admission, decisive ones… he attracted national achievements that placed him on the frontier of social science scholarship… although he was ignored by white Atlanta, he organized a frontal assault on all efforts to deny African Americans first-class citizenship. In a real sense his tenure at Atlanta University was the final preparation for a career that ultimately touched several continents"" (Gatewood, W.E.B. Du Bois, 206-8). It was there that Du Bois created ""the first American school of sociology"" and demonstrated how an ""all-Back institution located in the heart of the Jim Crow American south… pushed back against individual and institutional forces demanding that it conform to racist policies that were implemented at most institutions."" He edited the yearly Atlanta University Publications (1898-1909) and co-edited four issues with Augustus Granville Dill (1910-1913). Edited by Du Bois, this very elusive first edition of No. 14, in that series, Efforts for Social Betterment among Negro Americans, is based on detailed ""questionnaires, census data and reports"" that covered the complexity of Black life. It documents the work of Black churches, ""the only African institution to survive the institution of slavery,"" as well the importance of women's clubs, ""artistic training for Black youth,"" child care for working parents, and the vitality of Black newspapers. Efforts for Social Betterment particularly notes ""the discrepancy in the level of funding for Black and White public schools"" and the disenfranchisement of Black voters, calling it a form of ""political serfdom"" (Wright, First American School of Sociology, 81-89, 52-4). Its concluding pages plainly state: ""the darkest spot on our national escutcheon is race prejudice… the civilized world stands aghast at the crimes committed almost daily by race hatred in this country."" First edition: Atlanta University Publications, No. 14. Title page imprint: ""1909""; ""Copyright, 1910, by Atlanta University"" on copyright page. Containing numerous illustrations, graphs and charts. Work, 529. Partington 2339. Not in Blockson. Interior fine, expert restoration to fragile original wrappers.
The interpretation of the atom

The interpretation of the atom by SODDY, F.

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
The interpretation of the atom
Author
SODDY, F.
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
London: John Murray, 1932. FIRST EDITION. With 20 plates of photographic images, numerous text illustrations, and 2 folding plates. Original cloth, dust jacket in good condition with some soiling, nicks, and minor loss to upper and lower spine and back cover, plus pencil markings on the back cover and back flap; interior very good, with a few notes in pencil by a previous owner. With the bookplate of Arnold Thackray on the paste-down. First edition of one of the author’s most important works. This book was intended to appeal to the general reading public as well as students of science and discusses radioactive elements and isotopes in addition to the “wider application of these fundamental discoveries.” Soddy (1877-1956) was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes.
Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley; in Two Volumes

Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley; in Two Volumes by Abraham Cowley; Richard Hurd [ed.]

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Title
Select Works of Mr. A. Cowley; in Two Volumes
Author
Abraham Cowley; Richard Hurd [ed.]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1772. Very Good. London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1772. Second Edition. Octavos (20 cm); xi, 244pp; vii, 276pp +1ad. Both volumes full bound in contemporary mottled calf with red and brown spine labels and gilt stamping. Marbled endsheets. Both bindings generally scuffed and rubbed at all edges and spine ends with lightly foxed pages softly rippled from humidity. First volume hinges cracked completely at front and partially at back, but threads holding well. Loss to volume label on spine. Shelf worn and dust-soiled. Endsheets toned and discolored lightly at edges with previous owner's bookplate pasted to first pastedown. Back inside hinge starting. Some pages unopened. Second volume hinges cracked only partially at both front and back. Minor loss to head of spine. Endsheets toned and discolored lightly at edges. Inside hinges starting. Green ribbon has left offsetting at pages 148-149. A handsome pair of volumes on the life and work of Abraham Cowley, 17th century English poet and essayist. Bowyer ledgers 4937.
The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion Exhibited. In two parts

The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion Exhibited. In two parts by Hannah Adams

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Title
The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion Exhibited. In two parts
Author
Hannah Adams
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Boston: David Carlisle for John West, 1804. Very Good. Boston: Printed by David Carlisle, for John West, No. 75, Cornhill, 1804. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); contemporary flame calf, red gilt spine label; 384pp. (collated complete). Light rubbing to leather margins, small chip at spine crown, textblock a bit unevenly foxed and toned, else a Very Good, sound copy. Small compendium by the religious historian Hannah Adams (1755-1831) divided into two parts, the first "containing sketches of the lives of the eminent laymen, who have written in defence of the Christian religion"; the second "containing extracts from their writings." The work concludes with five pages of subscribers, among them the author's distant cousins former and future presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, as well as Abigail Adams. Approximately half of the subscribers listed are women. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 5658.
Adventures of Tim Tyler. Adapted from the famous newspaper strip by Lyman Young [Little Big Book]

Adventures of Tim Tyler. Adapted from the famous newspaper strip by Lyman Young [Little Big Book] by Young, Lyman

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Title
Adventures of Tim Tyler. Adapted from the famous newspaper strip by Lyman Young [Little Big Book]
Author
Young, Lyman
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Akron, OH; New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1934. First Saalfield Publishing Company edition. Hardcover. [9 1/2 cm tall by 20 cm wide] Pictorial paper over boards. The boards are mildly soiled, the backstrip has almost completely come away from the spine, and the text block is cracked about a third of the way in. Little Big Book Number 1053.
Ranch: Portrait of a Surviving Dream

Ranch: Portrait of a Surviving Dream by Witney, Dudley (Photographs); Text by Moira Johnston

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Title
Ranch: Portrait of a Surviving Dream
Author
Witney, Dudley (Photographs); Text by Moira Johnston
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780385189163
Description
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 237pp. Quarto [30 cm] Tan cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip, and an embossed title on the front board. Very good. The covers are slightly cocked, and there is a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. In a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. There are numerous light scratches on the surface, and there are a handful short chips and closed tears in the edges. With a selection of 100 color and 111 duotone photographs produced during Witney's three-year odyssey through America's western ranch lands.
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: ART IN DESIGN by ( Wright, Frank Lloyd ) Hanks, David A. & Ostergard, Derek E.

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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: ART IN DESIGN
Author
( Wright, Frank Lloyd ) Hanks, David A. & Ostergard, Derek E.
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
Description
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT: ART IN DESIGN, Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1983, first edition, fine in wraps as issued. Illustrated with 28 photos.
Skyways – Vol. 7, No. 3, March 1948

Skyways – Vol. 7, No. 3, March 1948

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Title
Skyways – Vol. 7, No. 3, March 1948
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: The Henry Publishing Company, 1948. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. 7, No. 3, March 1948. Quarto. 64pp. Illustrated from black and white photos and drawings. Printed wrappers. Very good with light wear to the wrappers. Features "Our Defenses are Down" by Ivin M. Wise, "Why We Need a Strong Air Force" by Rep. Carl Hinshaw, and more.
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Mary Frank: Sculpture and Works on Paper by Zabriskie, NY: Nov. 11 to Dec. 13, 1986

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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
Title
Mary Frank: Sculpture and Works on Paper
Author
Zabriskie, NY: Nov. 11 to Dec. 13, 1986
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG
Description
1986. Softcover. VG. White wraps. Unpaginated. 3 bw, 5 color plates. Includes a brief essay by the artist and a biography.

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