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[NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF AND A RABBI]. John Dorn Promoter by BANKS, Charles Eugene

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Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC

Title: [NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF AND A RABBI]. John Dorn Promoter
Author: BANKS, Charles Eugene
Seller: Michael Laird Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Chicago: Monarch Book Co, 1906. FIRST EDITION. Very good. 8vo. Illustrations by August Abelmann. Original brick-red publisher's cloth, blocked in gilt, ochre, and black. Some dust-soiling on the top edges and front binder's blank, otherwise unmarked and free from ugly stamps. A lovely copy, the text and binding in crisp and fresh state. NOT ex-library! UNKNOWN CIVIL WAR-ERA WEIRDNESS. "John Dorn Promoter" is quite unlike anything we have encountered hitherto. Briefly, it is proported to be a romance novel but some of the main themes are the timber industry and renewable forestry, the perilous state of Native Americans and their lands, the absence of business opportunities for women, and the plight of American Jews. It features a swindling Count, a heroic Indian Chief (Eagle Wing) and his side-kick (a Rabbi), and -- bizarrly -- miniature "Thought-Elfs" and telepathy. Is this the start of a bad joke? And of course, this couldn't be a "real" romance novel without sexual tensions and a subplot of good vs. evil. The novel commences in the South after the Civil War when a young man returns home to find nothing left, and no one remaining. The once grand Virginia estate is in shambles and the tobacco fields are overgrown; the young man stares at the ruins, turns, and says farewell. The young man goes to Yale, gets married, and decides to return and fix up the estate; the scheme fails of course (how could it be otherwise). The couple and their daughter, Helen Chadbourne, move north to Chicago. Although adept at business, Helen finds few opportunities for women and wants to dedicate her life to helping others. However, she does find the love of of two men: John Dorn and Ned Danvers, and she inspires each of them to have chthonic spiritual experiences (sic). Helen's uncle is negotiating for the lumber rights to Indian lands on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Helen identifies with Chief Eagle Wing's plight of wanting to aid his impoverished tribe, while not wanting to destroy their land. Her uncle believes only clear-cutting timber will be financially viable; Helen convinces Dorn and Danvers not only to aid the Indian tribe with money, but ensure that they will still be able to live in a forest. Dorn comes up with a plan to create the Lumber Securities Company, a syndicate of the leaders of the timber industry, who would agree to a renewable forestry plan. Helen inspires Dorn to help impoverished Jewish immigrants by creating a lending library and a savings bank. She then inspires Danvers to become a writer, and through the aid of Chief Eagle Wing, Danvers is able to reveal his deepest thoughts to Helen telepathically (sic!). But there are evil forces at work in Chicago that seek to destroy the Lumber Securities Company through stock manipulation. At a crucial moment, Eagle Wing and the Rabbi (whom Helen has aided) combine forces to defeat evil men. "The forces of spiritual enlightenment win, Danvers writes a play with a spiritual theme that is a great success, Dorn wins Helen for his bride, and everyone involved with the Lumber Securities Company stands to make a fortune" (SOURCE: James A. Kaser, The Chicago of Fiction: A Resource Guide, no. 86 and pp. 30-31). Our copy is preserved in outstanding condition and is likely to be the finest and freshest in private ownership.

Typed Letter SIGNED, in German, 4to, Vienna, Oct. 28, 1916 by STEKEL, WILHELM

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Title: Typed Letter SIGNED, in German, 4to, Vienna, Oct. 28, 1916
Author: STEKEL, WILHELM
Seller: Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description: Stekel writes to the painter, Ludwig Hessheimer (1872-1956) giving his view of Hessheimer's exhibition. In full. "Dear Mr. Hessheimer, I just returned from your exhibition. It made a deep and lasting impression on me. You have seen everything with the eyes of a poet. I like the mood pictures best. There were quite a few people there, all of whom were full of praise. Even painters...and that means something. The pictures of Ohrida lake are reminiscent of Bocklin. They have depth and grandeur. In the picture 'Longing' I was perturbed by the angel on high. He is not giving a fortunate impression which may be due to the position of his legs. Also the etching in which the images of wife and child appear to the soldier in the snow suffers from the flaw that visions must be expressed more shadowy, like a delicate breath which spreads across the distance. The contrast between the real and the vision must be more pronounced. But these are just trifles. You now have a foothold in Vienna and we hope to greet you as one of our own soon...." He signs, "Dr. Wilhelm Stekel." With full translation. The letter gives insight into Stekel's ability as an art critic. Stekel argued in "Bisexual Love" (1922) that both heterosexuality and homosexuality require repression and sublimation of natural urges.

The History of the Ancient and Royal Foundation, Called The Abbey of St. Alban, in the County of Hereford, from the Founding Thereof, in 793, to its Dissolution , in 1539.; Exhibiting the Life of Each Abbot, and the Principal Events Relating to the Monastery, During its Rule and Government by Newcome, Peter

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Title: The History of the Ancient and Royal Foundation, Called The Abbey of St. Alban, in the County of Hereford, from the Founding Thereof, in 793, to its Dissolution , in 1539.; Exhibiting the Life of Each Abbot, and the Principal Events Relating to the Monastery, During its Rule and Government
Author: Newcome, Peter
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: London: Printed, for the Author, J. Nichols, 1795. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. xiii, (i), 547,(i)pp. Engraved frontispiece of the abbey; folding hand-colored map of Hertford, and two folding plans of the abbey. Contemporary full calf, nicely rebacked to style in matching calf, red leather lettering label, gilt. Frontispiece mounted without loss, some offsetting and light soil, rebacked, else a very good copy. Apparently this is a reissue of the sheets of an edition printed in 1793-95; either way it is the first separate publication relating to St. Alban's. ESTC TS 3399.

A letter from the Secretary of War transmitting ... A report of the number and station of all the military posts in the United States, and of the distribution of the army..

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Title: A letter from the Secretary of War transmitting ... A report of the number and station of all the military posts in the United States, and of the distribution of the army..
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1821. 8vo, pp. [3] plus 4 large folding tables and one smaller folding table; removed. Includes an early mention on the second table of "Cantonment Leavenworth, on the river St. Peter's," under the command of Colonel Snelling, with other particulars given with regard to its detachment of 345 soldiers. Cantonment Leavenworth became, on the death of Snelling, Fort Snelling, which continues to stand at the confluence of the present day Minnesota River and the Mississippi. Another table relates mostly to the forts and outposts along the Mississippi.

I Don’t Know Whether to Laugh or Cry ‘Cause I Lost the Map to Where I Was Going: Poems. by ANDERSDATTER, Karla Margaret.

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Title: I Don’t Know Whether to Laugh or Cry ‘Cause I Lost the Map to Where I Was Going: Poems.
Author: ANDERSDATTER, Karla Margaret.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description: San Francisco: Second Coming, (1978).. First edition.. 39 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers.

The Coast of Amalfi. by Afeltra, Gaetano.

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Title: The Coast of Amalfi.
Author: Afeltra, Gaetano.
Seller: Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description: Salerno (Edition Matonti), 1995.. 112pp. Prof. illus. in color. 4to. Wraps.

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