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The Strange Career of Mr. Hoover Under Two Flags by [Hemingway, Ernest]. Hamill, John

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Title: The Strange Career of Mr. Hoover Under Two Flags
Author: [Hemingway, Ernest]. Hamill, John
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: William Faro, Inc., 1931 Illustrated with thirteen plates including a frontispiece. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Ernest Hemingway to his cousin Ruth White Lowry on front free endpaper: "To Ruth. - This little monograph on Mr. Hoover's part in the Nurse Cavell scandal - with sidelights on his "relief" of Belgium - His connection with the sinking of the Lusitania and the abduction of Charley Ross are not made clear. … - E. H." Publisher's blue cloth, with paper label to spine lettered in black; lacking dust jacket. Very good or better, with a few light scratches to front board, very light toning to spine and label, rubbing to spine label (affecting "a" in "Strange"), tiny chip to bottom of label (text unaffected), corners slightly bumped, toning to endpapers, and some smudging to Hemingway's inscription. Overall, a unique inscription showing Hemingway's interest in politics. From the personal library of Hemingway's cousin, Ruth White Lowry. The Strange Career of Mr. Hoover Under Two Flags is a survey of Herbert Hoover's pre-presidential career, presented in a decidedly unflattering light and filled with accusations of corruption and other misdeeds. The book was one of a handful of smear books about Hoover published before the 1932 election, geared toward undoing his reputation as "The Great Humanitarian" and "The Great Engineer." The project began when opportunistic ex-policeman James J. O'Brien approached John Hamill with the idea for the book. After Hamill completed it, publisher Samuel Roth, who had been jailed three times for dealing in obscene literature, agreed to publish it under his William Faro imprint. In 1932, James J. O'Brien sued Hamill over profits from the book, and Hamill subsequently repudiated the book and signed an affidavit stating that "while the material gathered…for the book contained statements that were true in themselves, they were used in such a way as to lead to false conclusions concerning the President" (The New York Times, January 5, 1933). In Hemingway's inscription, he mentions the "Nurse Cavell scandal." Edith Cavell was a British nurse who was executed by Germans in German-occupied Belgium for helping Allied soldiers escape. Her execution became a source of outrage for the Allies and was heavily propagandized. In The Strange Career of Mr. Hoover, Hamill suggested that Hoover could have saved Nurse Cavell but failed to do so. This was one of the aspects of the book that Hamill later admitted was not true, with the above-mentioned New York Times article stating, "Hamill swore he learned nothing in Belgium to justify any inference that Miss Cavell's life might have been saved by Mr. Hoover, and said he had caused similar false inferences to be drawn from other statements in the book…". The tenor of the inscription in this copy seems to indicate that Hemingway disliked Hoover. Further proof may lie in Hemingway's incendiary "Who Murdered the Vets?" essay (1935), about the government's callousness toward the Bonus Army: while directed toward the Roosevelt administration, the gross mistreatment of the Bonus Army began under Hoover's leadership.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Streak: Joe DiMaggio and the Summer of '41 by Seidel, Michael

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Title: Streak: Joe DiMaggio and the Summer of '41
Author: Seidel, Michael
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988 With ten pages of black and white photographs. First edition, first printing. Signed by DiMaggio on half-title page. Publisher's blue textured paper-covered boards, with spine lettered in gilt, and erratum slip laid in; in its original cream dust jacket designed by Richard Adelson, with images of newspaper page and a batting DiMaggio to front panel, lettered in black, red, and tan. Fine book; about fine unclipped dust jacket, with a touch of fading to spine and light toning to flaps. With a COA from Certified Authentication Service (CAS). Overall, a fresh copy. In Streak, author Michael Seidel traces Joe DiMaggio's remarkable 56-game hitting streak in 1941. In his preface, Seidel writes, "I am not charting the biography of a man but the rhythms of a legendary sequence, perhaps the most admired sequence in sports history." Joe DiMaggio played all thirteen seasons of his career with the New York Yankees and was selected as an All-Star thirteen times. With his exemplary hitting and fielding (he was nicknamed "The Yankee Clipper" because of how he sailed around the outfield) he helped power the Yankees to nine World Series titles. Outside of baseball, he was known for his high-profile marriage with Marilyn Monroe. DiMaggio was one of the rare athletes that transcended his sport: his association with a bygone era of America was noted in Simon and Garfunkel's Grammy Award-winning song, "Mrs. Robinson." Ted Williams said, "His career cannot be summed up in numbers and awards. It might sound corny, but he had a profound impact on the country.". Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

Les affaires, Qui Sont Aujourd'huy entre Les Maisons, De France et d'Austriche by [French Literature]

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Title: Les affaires, Qui Sont Aujourd'huy entre Les Maisons, De France et d'Austriche
Author: [French Literature]
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Belgium: Louis Elzebier, 1648 First edition. Finely bound in mid-18th century brown calf, ruled in blind to boards and in gilt to spine with decorative floral tooling and a black leather spine label lettered in gilt, board edges tooled in blind, red text block edges, red marbled endpapers, two blue silk markers present. A very good copy with wear to extremities and front hinge cracked but holding, otherwise a beautiful copy with a clean interior. A non-fiction discourse on the state of relations between France and Austria, this text seeks to highlight the historical events, beginning in 1477, that led to the various wars, conflicts, and periods of peace between what were the two most powerful Christian states in Europe.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Handmade 4" Paper Doll -- c.1920 Little Blonde Girl with Eleven (11) Outfits

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Title: Handmade 4" Paper Doll -- c.1920 Little Blonde Girl with Eleven (11) Outfits
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: Very good. Light dust soiling, a couple repairs to doll.
Description: United States, 1920. Very good. Light dust soiling, a couple repairs to doll.. A charming handmade paper doll depicting a little blonde girl, measuring approx. 4" in height and accompanied by eleven (11) tabbed outfits and one (1) pair of black tights. Includes sailor outfits, day wear, party clothes, and night clothes. The doll's arms can be partially lifted from her body to be threaded through the little sleeves. Hand cut with original pencil and watercolor artwork.

Lansing Company Truck Catalogue - Warehouse Trucks & Much More 1913

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Title: Lansing Company Truck Catalogue - Warehouse Trucks & Much More 1913
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Description: Truck Catalogue No. 11-T Lansing - Company. Formerly Lansing Wheelbarrow Company. Lansing Company. Philadelphia. 1913. Soft cover. 86 pp. with 6 additional pages dedicated to coal cars. Hand trucks and carts. Contains Steel Wheelbarrows, Warehouse Trucks, Russel Paper Truck, Stone Car, Forge Shop Truck, Cotton Trucks and more. Black & white in-text illustrations. Brief narrative descriptions including price lists. Measures 4 1/2" x 6". Good with light fading on cover margin.

The Civil War in Depth; History in 3-D by ZELLER, Bob

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Title: The Civil War in Depth; History in 3-D
Author: ZELLER, Bob
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: fine
Description: San Francisco: Chronicle, 1997. hardcover. fine. Many Illus. 2 Vols. Square 4to, 1/2 cloth. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1997, 2000). Fine Illustrations are reproductions of stereoviews originally taken during the war. Complete with 3-D viewer in back pocket of volume I.

Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art by ADAMS, Henry, Dr.; PLOOG, Randy J., Dr

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Title: Manierre Dawson: American Pioneer of Abstract Art
Author: ADAMS, Henry, Dr.; PLOOG, Randy J., Dr
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: fine
Description: New York: Hollis Taggart, 1999. paperback. fine. DAWSON, Manierre. Black & white and color reproductions throughout. 187 pages. Small 4to, matte pictorial wrappers. New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 1999. A fine copy. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, shown at the Hollis Taggart Galleries from October 1 - 30, 1999.

Reporting India by ZINKIN, Taya

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Title: Reporting India
Author: ZINKIN, Taya
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good
Description: London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. hardcover. very good. 223 pages. 8vo, green cloth. London: Chatto & Windus, 1962. Ex-library copy; sticker residue and ownership inscriptions on front endpapers. A very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper.

Santa Fe and the Far West. Reprinted from Niles' National Register Vol. LXI, p. 209, December 4, 1841

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Title: Santa Fe and the Far West. Reprinted from Niles' National Register Vol. LXI, p. 209, December 4, 1841
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description: Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1949. 16mo, pp. 26; 1/200 copies printed by William Cheney; a fine copy in original brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine.

A Pension Office Document, Related to Bounty Land Grants under the Act of March 3, 1855 by Waldo, L. P., Commissioner; (Mason, Charles)

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Title: A Pension Office Document, Related to Bounty Land Grants under the Act of March 3, 1855
Author: Waldo, L. P., Commissioner; (Mason, Charles)
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: S. l. (Washington, DC): s. n., 1855. Very good. Printed document, partially filled in manuscript; 9 3/4 x 7 1/2; single sheet, text to recto only; two horizontal creases, else minor wear; in very good to near fine condition.From 1775 until 1855, the United States granted bounty-land warrants for military service - both to encourage enlistments and to reward military veterans of the Revolutionary War, the Mexican War, the War of 1812, and so on. There were several Acts of Congress, with the 1855 one being the final one. This specific Act of March 3 also extended the law to Native American veterans of the Revolutionary War and the Indian Wars. The law also encompassed the widows of deceased soldiers and/or their lawful children, only if their mothers would waive their rights in favor of the dependents. The document, on Pension Office letterhead, addressed Charles Mason - lawyer and husband of poet Caroline Atherton Briggs Mason (1823 - 1890) - acting as an agent on behalf of one Joel Cowell of Fitchburgh, Massachusetts - and listed the claimant's name and number and acknowledged receipt of the claim. It also requested that "...every applicant will wait a reasonable time before making application to know what has been done in relation to his or her claim."

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