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Martin Luther King Jr. Is Deeply Grateful for the Invitation, Early in the Civil Rights Movement, to Speak at Alpha Phi Alpha, His Old Fraternity and the First Founded by African American Students

Martin Luther King Jr. Is Deeply Grateful for the Invitation, Early in the Civil Rights Movement, to Speak at Alpha Phi Alpha, His Old Fraternity and the First Founded by African American Students by Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Is Deeply Grateful for the Invitation, Early in the Civil Rights Movement, to Speak at Alpha Phi Alpha, His Old Fraternity and the First Founded by African American Students
Author
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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1/12/61. Although he is not able to attend due the ramping up of the Civil Rights movement, ""but for this I would be more than happy to serve you.” We are not aware of another letter having reached the market connecting him with this important African American institution, to which he is so closely tiedWhile the Civil Rights movement had been gaining momentum for several years prior, with key events like the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and the Greensboro sit-ins in 1960, the year 1961 marked a significant escalation and expansion of the movement. Some historians say that 1961 was when the movement truly gained national attention and began to coalesce as a more unified force.In 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. was actively involved in the Movement, delivering speeches, participating in protests, and supporting the cause generally. The was the first year after his return to Atlanta that his activities routinely went beyond his home base there. In May 1961, King's support of the Freedom Rides in Alabama, which aimed to challenge segregation on interstate buses, was crucial. In October, he spoke at Columbia University in New York about the need for an executive order to outlaw segregation in federal programs and other areas of American public life. King visited Seattle in November 1961, and was initially scheduled to speak at First Presbyterian Church, but the invitation was rescinded. He ultimately spoke at the University of Washington, Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Garfield High School, and the Eagles Auditorium.On December 15, King famously spoke at a mass meeting in Albany, Georgia, which began the Albany Movement. That movement aimed to end all forms of racial segregation in the city, making it the first major effort in the modern civil rights era to desegregate an entire community. The next day, King and Ralph Abernathy joined hundreds of black citizens behind bars on charges of parading without a permit and obstructing the sidewalk. King’s involvement attracted national media attention and inspired more people to join the protests. Albany and King entered into an agreement that if King left Albany, the city would release jailed protesters on bail. However, after King left Albany the city failed to uphold the agreement, and protests and subsequent arrests continued into 1962.Thus, with the Albany speech imminent, and many other speaking engagements upcoming, his schedule was full. He had to turn down an invitation to speak at Texas Southern University for April 1962, as there were just too many conflicting obligations. In that month he had arranged a visit to Augusta, Georgia, to speak at Tabernacle Baptist Church alongside other SCLC leaders, and was set to preach a sermon to a large crowd of around 3,500 people in the Princeton University Chapel. His sermon there would focus on the importance of understanding and concern for others in the fight against racial hatred, emphasizing that no race was superior and that both black and white people shared the responsibility to love their fellow humans. In April 1962, King was also involved in the development of the newly formed Gandhi Society for Human Rights, an organization focused on non-violent civil rights activities.Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. is the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African American men.In 1956, Martin Luther King was given the Alpha Award of Honor for “Christian leadership in the cause of first class citizenship for all mankind” at the 50th-anniversary convention of Alpha Phi Alpha. King called the event one of the happiest moments of his life and said that the award gave him “renewed courage to continue in the great and momentous struggle for justice”.Founded in 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Alpha Phi Alpha was the first fraternity created by African American students. Operating under the guiding principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity, the fraternity counts Thurgood Marshall, W. E. B. Du Bois, and King among its notable members. King joined the Boston Sigma chapter of Alpha in June 1952, while a student at Boston University. Fraternity brothers supported King during the Montgomery bus boycott, sitting behind him at his trial and donating money to the Montgomery Improvement Association.Typed letter signed, on his personal letterhead, Atlanta, December 1, 1961, to Willard C. McCleary of Texas Southern University, who had invited King to speak in Houston in April 1962. “This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of recent date inviting me to speak in Houston, Texas under the auspices of Delta Theta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. in April, 1962. First, let me say how deeply grateful I am to you and the men of Delta Theta Chapter for extending this invitation. Unfortunately, however, my calendar reveals that I have accepted as many speaking engagements as my schedule will allow for the 1961-62 academic year. But for this I would be more than happy to serve you. Please know that I deeply regret my inability to come.”Letters of King connecting him to his own fraternity and one with such significance in the African American story are very uncommon.
MÉMOIRES DE MADAME CAMPAN SUR LA VIE PRIVÉE DE MARIE-ANTOINETTE

MÉMOIRES DE MADAME CAMPAN SUR LA VIE PRIVÉE DE MARIE-ANTOINETTE by (BINDINGS - CHAMBOLLE-DURU). (MARIE-ANTOINETTE). CAMPAN, HENRIETTE

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MÉMOIRES DE MADAME CAMPAN SUR LA VIE PRIVÉE DE MARIE-ANTOINETTE
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(BINDINGS - CHAMBOLLE-DURU). (MARIE-ANTOINETTE). CAMPAN, HENRIETTE
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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Paris: L. Carteret, 1910. No. 69 OF 100 COPIES printed on Japanese Vellum. 218 x 140 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 1/2"). Two volumes. Preface by René Vallery-Radot. SUPERB CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY CHAMBOLLE-DURU (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers framed by floral roll with shell cornerpieces, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with central floral sprig enclosed by volutes, gilt titling, gilt-framed pastedowns, beige moiré silk endleaves, all edges gilt. With decorative paper wrappers bound in. Housed in suede-lined, morocco-lipped, red marbled slipcases. WITH 63 ILLUSTRATIONS, ALL IN TWO STATES, by Adolphe LaLauze and engraved by Léon Boisson, 21 of these full-page plates. A breath of rubbing to leather, but AN EXTREMELY FINE COPY with virtually no signs of use, inside or out. Printed on luxurious Japanese vellum, charmingly illustrated, and opulently bound, this is an insider's look at the court of Versailles under Louis XVI, authored by a close confidante of the queen. Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Genêt Campan (1752–1822) first came to court as teacher to the daughters of Louis XV, and became a lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette when the young princess first arrived from Austria in 1770. She remained in that position until the storming of the Tuileries Palace by revolutionaries in 1792. Her engaging memoir recounts the glittering life that the Dauphine, then Queen, led at Versailles, as well as the terror of the revolution. Though she lost all her material possessions during the Terror, she held onto her life and was able to rebuild her career under Napoleon I, when she became a leader in the education of French girls, heading up a school founded to educate female relatives of recipients of the Legion of Honor. Our bindings come from one of the finest workshops active in France during the Belle Époque. A rough contemporary of, and certainly the equal in technique to, binders like Trautz, Marius Michel père, Lortic, and Cuzin, the elder Chambolle served his apprenticeship under Hippolyte Duru and later formed a partnership with him. Chambolle's son continued the business when his father retired in 1898, and in "Modern Bookbindings," Sarah Prideaux says of her contemporary, "Chambolle most worthily continues the traditions associated with the name of his father. As an interpreter of the past, he has a place apart and almost untouched by the main revolutionary movement that has penetrated nearly every atelier in Paris, and modified, if not overturned, its inherited traditions. To him are confided the classics of former times, which he clothes in the styles appropriate to them, keeping to a simplicity of ornamentation which reveals great taste and feeling for composition." Chambolle has done just that here, creating bindings that would have looked at home on Madame Campan's bookshelf..
THE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH, IN A SERIES OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY STEEL ENGRAVINGS

THE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH, IN A SERIES OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY STEEL ENGRAVINGS by HOGARTH, WILLIAM, Illustrator. TRUSLER, JOHN, REV

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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH, IN A SERIES OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY STEEL ENGRAVINGS
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HOGARTH, WILLIAM, Illustrator. TRUSLER, JOHN, REV
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
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London & New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, [ca. 1860]. 283 x 217 mm. (11 x 8 1/2"). Two volumes.. FINE PUBLISHER'S PEBBLE-GRAIN DARK BROWN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, covers with a thick gilt-tooled medallion encircling an image of Hogarth sitting in a chair and holding a palette and brushes, at the bottom of the medallion a gothic capital with a bust, books, and palette, each corner with a lacy floral garland in the shape of an "L," all this framed by a thick and thin gilt rule, raised bands, spines ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. WITH 150 STEEL ENGRAVINGS (on 145 plates) BY WILLIAM HOGARTH, all with original tissue guards. Front free endpaper of volume I with unmarked ex-libris on a decorative piece of paper; titles with blue ink stamp of J. B. Bennett of Cincinnati, Ohio. One spine band slightly rubbed, trivial wear to the corners, but the bindings otherwise virtually perfect. Volume II with two very small tears to gutter of frontispiece (and its tissue guard), hinges of that same volume with paper covering partly gone, otherwise only trivial imperfections. A REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED SET. This is a very fine copy of a substantial set featuring the art of a man whose name is nearly synonymous with social satire. William Hogarth's persistently fascinating engravings are here accompanied by explanatory text commissioned by the artist's widow Jane in 1766 and supplied by the Rev. John Trusler (1735-1820), described by DNB as "an enthusiastic and fearless compiler of others' works." He provides commentary on some of Hogarth's popular series of engravings, including "The Harlot's Progress," "The Rake's Progress," "Election," "Marriage a-la-Mode," "Industry and Idleness," and "Four Stages of Cruelty," plus a number of single works, among them "Sleeping Congregation" and "Southwark Fair." One of the most popular artists of the period, William Hogarth (1697-1764) is today considered to be the first great English painter. Someone who learned to draw from real life, rather than through copying the masters, he is remembered for group portraits such as "The Wedding," for satirical works such as "The Denunciation," and especially for the popular engravings noted above. In addition to his visual offerings, he also contributed to the profession of artist, pushing through what is still referred to as "Hogarth's Act," a statute that protects the copyright of an artist's original designs. Trusler was one of the most enterprising and eccentric figures in the British publishing world. A former priest, he launched an entrepreneurial career (said to be successful) by advertising ready-made sermons (one shilling each), printed in cursive type to look like manuscripts; later, as a printer and publisher, he issued a wide range of books on everything from etiquette to law to get-rich schemes. Finding one edition or another of Hogarth's engravings is not at all difficult, but finding a glowing copy that seems almost untouched--like the present one--is quite difficult..
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M. Vitrvvii Pollionis de Architectvra libri decem, cvm Commentariis Danielis Barbari, Electi Patriarchae Aqvileniensis: Mvltis Aedificiorvm, Horologiorvm, et Machinarvm Descriptionibvs & figuris, una cum indicibus copiosis, auctis & illustratis by VITRUVIUS, Marcus Pollio (d. 15 BCE) – BARBARO, Daniele (1514–1570)

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M. Vitrvvii Pollionis de Architectvra libri decem, cvm Commentariis Danielis Barbari, Electi Patriarchae Aqvileniensis: Mvltis Aedificiorvm, Horologiorvm, et Machinarvm Descriptionibvs & figuris, una cum indicibus copiosis, auctis & illustratis
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VITRUVIUS, Marcus Pollio (d. 15 BCE) – BARBARO, Daniele (1514–1570)
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
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Venice: Apud Franiscum Franciscium Senensem, & Ioan. Crugher Germanum (Francesco De Franceschi & Johann Criegher), 1567. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (289 x 205mm). Pagination: [20], 375, [1] pages (lacks p. 10). Collation: a(6), b(4), A(5 of 6, lacking A5), B-Z(6), AA-GG(6), HH(8). Title and rear verso leaf with woodcut printer’s device of the virtue of Peace, inscribed Pax, holding olive branch within cartouche border with masks. Title verso with full-page woodcut of the muse of architecture, raising ruler in right hand. The Plantin woodcut device “Labore et Constantia” printed in red ink supplied and mounted on blank verso of b4. Woodcut illustrations throughout of diagrams and geometric graphs of architectural interest (cross-sections of classical buildings, molds, and friezes) and other mathematical lines and planes, also including illustrations for the Vitruvian man (p. 89), the Venetian lagoon (p. 204), laborers at a hydraulic mill (pp. 348-349), parts of an organ (p. 351), and a racing charioteer (p. 353), all after Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). Woodcut four-line chapter initials throughout. Dedicated to Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (1517–1586). Text in Roman, Italic and some Greek. Contemporary limp vellum with manuscript title to spine VITRUVIUS CUM COMMENT BARBARI; (lacking ties, top of spine chipped, book block partly loose in binding; some intermittent foxing and stains, wormhole through text block affecting some text; otherwise good). This copy with a curious addition of a 16th-century doodle of a hybrid bearded man with animal body and long tail to title page. Later inscriptions with names on rear leaf, some smudged, but “Mexico” and “1766” visible. Another Spanish inscription mentioning Mexico again on rear pastedown. Unidentified branded ownership mark on top edges, possibly of a crowned heart. Second Venetian edition of Vitruvius’s ten books De Architectura, with Latin commentary by the Italian humanist Daniele Barbaro (1514–1570) and printed by Francesco de Franceschi in 1567. Barbaro, a well-known Venetian patrician and patron of the arts, made editions of Vitruvius’s works in Italian (Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1556) and Latin, as here, a revised edition in smaller format. According to Barbaro, his commentary took over nine years to complete. The work is a landmark contribution to Vitruvian studies of the Renaissance; many of his peers regarded Barbaro as an “intellectual light” of his time and his architectural treatises useful in current practice. The illustrations in this volume, including the famous Vitruvian man, were the result of a fruitful collaboration with Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580), begun probably in the early 1540s. Together, their development of the illustrated architectural book greatly impacted the study of classic architecture and design aesthetics in the Renaissance. This revised edition is uncommon outside of the usual institutions.
Love Sonnets
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Love Sonnets by Untermeyer, Louis (ed.); Shahn, Ben (illus.)

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Love Sonnets
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Untermeyer, Louis (ed.); Shahn, Ben (illus.)
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Sanctuary Books (United States)
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9780517513132
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Very Good+
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New York: Harmony Books, Crown, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good+. Glossy pictorial cloth; 4to; pp. [46], illustrated in full-color throughout. Boards lightly rubbed and dust-soiled; spine tips and corners bumped. Internally bright and clean.
TWENTY-TWO PLATES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF VARIOUS INTERESTING SCENES

TWENTY-TWO PLATES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF VARIOUS INTERESTING SCENES by BUNBURY,Henry William

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TWENTY-TWO PLATES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF VARIOUS INTERESTING SCENES
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BUNBURY,Henry William
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Boston Book Company (United States)
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18. BUNBURY, Henry William. TWENTY-TWO PLATES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF VARIOUS INTERESTING SCENES IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKSPEARE, ENGRAVED BY BARTOLOZZI, TOMKINS, CHEESEMAN, MEADOWS, &c &c, FROM THE DESIGNS OF THE LATE HENRY BUNBURY IN THE POSSESSION OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUTCHESS OF YORK. London: Macklin, [ca.1811]. Elephant Folio, 17 1/2" x 21 1/2". Frontis. + 22 plates (dated between 1792 and 1796). Two plates lack captions. Half red leather over marbled paper covered boards. Stamped in gilt to spine and front leather title label. Leather and boards worn. Front and rear endpapers creased. Some offsetting. Light foxing to plates.
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Shinkomon Gappon by HISATOMI, Jun and Gyokujo YOSHIDA

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Shinkomon Gappon
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HISATOMI, Jun and Gyokujo YOSHIDA
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1934. HISATOMI, Jun and Gyokujo YOSHIDA. Shinkomon Gappon. 27 leaves, including 50 colour woodblock plates, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 325 x 220 mm., bound in publisher's decorated paper silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Happodo, 1934. A typical collection of Japanese design plates, with each of the 50 plates having multiple images. Slight wear to the boards, but the plates are immaculate.
Books And Characters; French & English

Books And Characters; French & English by Strachey, Lytton

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Books And Characters; French & English
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Strachey, Lytton
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1922. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition of Books and Characters by Lytton Strachey, in the publisher's scarce dust jacket.. Octavo, [8], 306pp, [2]. Green cloth, title on label affixed to spine. No additional printings noted. Foxing and dust along top edge of text block, internally clean. Solid text block. Booksellers label on rear paste down. Bookplate and ownership inscription on front endpapers. Complete with five full page lithographs, including the frontispiece portrait. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, bright illustrations, text in green over paper boards, archival repair to verso at spine, a near fine example. Signed on the front free endpaper by Lytton Strachey. Lytton Strachey (1880-1932), was a founding member of the Bloomsbury Group, and is remembered for his groundbreaking works in biography and literary criticism. His seminal biographies, including "Eminent Victorians" (1918) and "Queen Victoria" (1921), revolutionized the genre by introducing a novel style characterized by wit, irreverence, and psychological insight. "Eminent Victorians" dissected the lives of notable figures from the Victorian era, offering a candid and often satirical portrayal that shattered prevailing myths and exposed the complexities of their characters. Similarly, "Queen Victoria" provided a nuanced examination of the iconic monarch, challenging conventional perceptions and shedding light on her personal struggles and political influence. This work, Books and Characters, is an in-depth history of English and French literature, with an emphasis on Racine, Shakespeare, and Rousseau.
[SAMMELBAND] SENATE PAMPHLETS. MARCH-APRIL, 1818

[SAMMELBAND] SENATE PAMPHLETS. MARCH-APRIL, 1818 by United States Senate

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[SAMMELBAND] SENATE PAMPHLETS. MARCH-APRIL, 1818
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United States Senate
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[Washington, D.C.], 1818. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. A sammelband of sixty pamphlets printed for the Senate of the United States, March through April of 1818. Most are petitions to the Committee of Claims, as well as a 358 pp. list of pensioners, and an index at the rear. Also with ten folding tables depicting the provisioning of the Northwest Army during the War of 1812, folding table of the funding of the U.S. debt, and one additional folding table. Union Library Co. nameplate and librarian’s name on the front pastedown. Quarter brown leather over marbled paper, with a ‘2’ blindstamped on the spine. Very Good. ~~Memorial of Thomas Tenant and George Stiles, of the city of Baltimore, merchants, and ship owners, praying that certificates of registry may be granted to their vessels. ~20 pp.~In Senate of the United States, March 11, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 11, 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States, March 11, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 10, 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, respecting the requisitions that were made on the contractors… on the frontiers of Georgia… Washington, 1818. 26 pp. ~Folding table~In Senate of the United States, March 12, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 12, 1818 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 12, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 13, 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the Third of February last, a Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting the progress made under the act to provide for surveying the coast of the United States. 21 pp.~Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Statement of the Proceedings which may have been had under the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, 1817, entitled “An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands, for the encouragement and cultivation of the Vine and Olive.” 10 pp.~In Senate of the United States, March 16, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 16, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 20, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 20, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 20, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 20, 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States, March 23, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 23, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 24, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 24, 1818. 2 pp.~In Senate of the United States, March 20, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 24, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 25, 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States, March 25, 1818 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States, March 25, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 25, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 25, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 25, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 26, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 26, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 27, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 27, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 27, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 27, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 30, 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States, March 31, 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of War, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, …a list of all the Pensioners… March 28, 1818. Washington, 1818. 358 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, March 31, 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States, March 31, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April, 1 1818 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States, April 1, 1818. 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April 3, 1818. 3 pp.~In Senate of the United States, April 3, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April 6, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April 4, 1814 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April 4, 1818. 1 pp. ~Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee of Finance of the Senate, in Relation to the Application of the Board of Directors, to the Congress, for permission to issue Bills and Notes signed by other persons than the President and Cashier of the Bank. April 9, 1818. 1818. 7 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Report from the Secretary of War, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, containing a list of the names of the several agents of Indian Affairs, and of the Agents of Indian Trading Houses, with the pay and emoluments of the Agents respectively. April 10, 1818. 8 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, respecting the Supplies of the Northwestern Army, within certain periods therein specified, by Contractors, Commissaries, and Agents, and the expense thereby incurred. April 10, 1818. Washington, 1818. 11 pp. ten folding tables.~In Senate of the United States, April 10, 1818. 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April 14, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April 14, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April 15, 1818. 1 pp. ~Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the senate of the fourth instant the amount of the funded debt of the United States, bearing an interest at seven, six, and three per cent, which has been paid by the subscribers towards the capital of the bank of the united states, distinguishing the amount of each, which has been paid upon the several installments; stating the sums and species of funded debt sold by the bank; how much thereof was redeemed by the united states; how much has been sold without the united states; and how much is now held by the bank. April 15, 1818. 9 pp. Folding table.~In Senate of the United States, April 16, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April 16, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States. April 17, 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States, April 18, 1818. 1 pp. ~Index. 9 pp. ~. Very Good binding.
De Cyril Institution libri octo ... Ex recensione, et cum notis, Thomae Hutchinson

De Cyril Institution libri octo ... Ex recensione, et cum notis, Thomae Hutchinson by Xenophon

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De Cyril Institution libri octo ... Ex recensione, et cum notis, Thomae Hutchinson
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Xenophon
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Glasgow: excudebat Andreas Duncan, academiae typographus. Veneunt apud R. Priestley, T. Hamilton, et G. Cowie et Soc., Londini; Bell & Bradfute, et Doig & Stirling, Edinburgh; et Andream Duncan, Glasguae, 1814. 8vo, pp. [4], 566, [2] ads; engraved frontispiece map of Persia and Asia Minor; text entirely in Greek, with Latin notes; original blue paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; joints and extremities rubbed, label with slightest chipping, but in all, a pleasing copy. Early ownership signature of H. D. Forbes on title page. Hutchinson (1698-1769) edited Xenophon's Cyropaedia, London, 1727, and his Anabasis, London, 1735, each of which passed through numerous editions.
Reply to Dr. James Carmichael Smyth ... and a further account of the discovery of the power of mineral acids in a state of gas to Destroy Contagion

Reply to Dr. James Carmichael Smyth ... and a further account of the discovery of the power of mineral acids in a state of gas to Destroy Contagion by Johnstone, J

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Reply to Dr. James Carmichael Smyth ... and a further account of the discovery of the power of mineral acids in a state of gas to Destroy Contagion
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Johnstone, J
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Very good; some spotting; untrimmed.
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London: J Mawman, 1805. First Edition.. Original paste paper boards and paper label.. Very good; some spotting; untrimmed.. 8vo, vii, [1 - errata], 275, [1 - advert] + an inserted printed errata slip. "From the author" scrawled on the half-title. Johnstone's reply to Smyth in a debate over the priority of Johnstone's claims of the antiseptic effects of various acid vapors in 1758. This is a lengthy reply clearly intended to overwhelm the opposition with scientific evidence supporting Johnstone. DNB X, 969.
Livre D'Esperance, La Joie Francaise Vaincra Les Temps Sans Joie

Livre D'Esperance, La Joie Francaise Vaincra Les Temps Sans Joie by Fort, Paul (SIGNED)

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Title
Livre D'Esperance, La Joie Francaise Vaincra Les Temps Sans Joie
Author
Fort, Paul (SIGNED)
Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Paris (c. 1932): Armand Jules Klein. Original Wraps. Near Fine. Dernier. Folio. Unpaginated, original pictorial wrappers, printed in black and green; Dernier portrait by Paul Fort. Number 11 of 300 copies printed for friends of the author. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY PAUL FORT TO MADAME CHRISTIAN SHRAM JUNIOR, with a warm 5 line inscription, in French. A near fine copy.
Carpenter's Gothic (Advance Uncorrected Proof)

Carpenter's Gothic (Advance Uncorrected Proof) by Gaddis, William

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Title
Carpenter's Gothic (Advance Uncorrected Proof)
Author
Gaddis, William
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780670697939
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: The Viking Press, 1985. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 262 pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
Her Mother's Daughter (Advance Uncorrected Proof)

Her Mother's Daughter (Advance Uncorrected Proof) by French, Marilyn

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Her Mother's Daughter (Advance Uncorrected Proof)
Author
French, Marilyn
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN
9780671630515
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Summit Books, 1987. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 1115 pp.. Beautiful Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
[Flyer] Standard Theatre. First Production in This City of an Entirely New and Original Nautical Comic Opera, H.M.S. Pinafore

[Flyer] Standard Theatre. First Production in This City of an Entirely New and Original Nautical Comic Opera, H.M.S. Pinafore by [Gilbert & Sullivan] Arthur Sullivan [composer]; W.S. Gilbert [book]

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Title
[Flyer] Standard Theatre. First Production in This City of an Entirely New and Original Nautical Comic Opera, H.M.S. Pinafore
Author
[Gilbert & Sullivan] Arthur Sullivan [composer]; W.S. Gilbert [book]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Standard Theatre / A.S. Seer, 1879. Very Good. New York: Standard Theatre / A.S. Seer, Theatrical Printer, [1879]. First Edition. Pictorial broadsheet (28.5x18cm), printed offset with woodcut illustration of a ship on recto. Previous folds, light dust-soil and wear from handling, else Very Good. Rare flyer to the first American production of H.M.S. Pinafore, which originally appeared in London in 1878, playing "nearly Three Hundred Consecutive Nights." This production, which opened February 15, 1879, started with the light Comedietta "My Uncle's Will." Only one example separately catalogued in OCLC as of March, 2026, at Library of Congress.
The Eagle Heist - 1st Edition/1st Printing

The Eagle Heist - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Austin, Raymond

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Title
The Eagle Heist - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Austin, Raymond
Seller
Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780967652818
Condition
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Description
Greensboro, NC: Harlan Publishing Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0967652812 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in equally unblemished dust-jacket, signed and dated by author Raymond Austin; Raymond Austin's The Eagle Heist is the story of Eddie, a young man who finds himself in over his head when he is asked to help steal an eagle from a museum. With the help of his friends, Eddie must outwit the security guards and steal the eagle in one piece.; 8vo; [i-viii, 1], 2-,264 pages; Signed by Author .
A World the Color of Salt: A Smokey Brandon Mystery - 1st Edition/1st Printing

A World the Color of Salt: A Smokey Brandon Mystery - 1st Edition/1st Printing by Ayres, Noreen

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A World the Color of Salt: A Smokey Brandon Mystery - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author
Ayres, Noreen
Seller
Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN
9780688108243
Condition
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Description
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0688108245 . First edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition in alike dust-jacket with light edgewear and chipping to upper and lower spine; Author's first book; 8vo; FSA .
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A Narrative of the Proceedings of the British Fleet, Commanded by Admiral Sir John Jervis in the Late Action with the Spanish Fleet, on the fourteenth of February, 1797, off Ca;pe St. Vincent's by ANON

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Title
A Narrative of the Proceedings of the British Fleet, Commanded by Admiral Sir John Jervis in the Late Action with the Spanish Fleet, on the fourteenth of February, 1797, off Ca;pe St. Vincent's
Author
ANON
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
near fine
Description
London: Cornmarket Press, 1971. Reprint. hardcover. near fine. 8 folding plans. Short thin 4to, blue cloth, London: Cornmarklet Press, 1971. Facsimile reprint. Covers slightly scuffed and dust-soiled, still near fine.
Map of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Map of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. by Williams, J. David.

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Map of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
Author
Williams, J. David.
Seller
Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (United States)
Description
Large (14" x 19 1/2") colored map, margins are ample. Normal browning and aging, a little finger soiling, a couple of minor folds and chips at the extremities; otherwise very good. This is an attractive colored map of what would become Western States from The People' Pictorial Atlas published in 1873. While Oregon is a state, Idaho and Washington are presented as territories.
Post-Cold War

Post-Cold War by Bourque, Stephen A.

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Post-Cold War
Author
Bourque, Stephen A.
Seller
The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
ISBN
9780313332906
Condition
Fine
Description
Westport, Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Part of the Daily Life Through History Series / American Soldiers' Lives. "Military history is usually about history's great captains or campaigns ... What is often lost in the great stories of battles and generals is the daily life of the soldiers and junior officers who occupied, in the words common at the end of the cold war, 'the tip of the spear.' What was war like from their perspective? What did they think of their military service? What was their training like? How did they and their families live? ... These and many more questions, often overlooked, are essential to understanding the experience of war. This book looks at this period and asks the simple question, What was the soldier's experience at the end of the cold war?" (preface). Size: 8vo. Green illustrated glossy paper covered boards with beige title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior with illustrations. Index, 191 pages. Military History. Fine.MIL/042508.
Typed Letter Signed

Typed Letter Signed by Unsworth, Barry

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Title
Typed Letter Signed
Author
Unsworth, Barry
Seller
Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Agello: (np), 1998. TLS on Unsworth's personalized letterhead. Aprx 8.25x11.50 sheet. Aprx forty-five words. Unsworth thanks his correspondent for his letter. "I was glad to learn you enjoy my work - it was kind of you to... tell me so." Unsworth also notes that he has enclosed a signed photograph. Signed "Barry Unsworth" in ink. With Unsworth's holograph envelope postmarked "Agello 7'1'1998." Envelope cleanly opened; letter folded twice for mailing; otherwise, both in Fine condition. Unbound. Typed Letter Signed.
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Arnaldo Pomodoro at the Belvedere Fort by Argan, Giulio Carlo; Italo Mussa

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Title
Arnaldo Pomodoro at the Belvedere Fort
Author
Argan, Giulio Carlo; Italo Mussa
Seller
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
De Luca Editore, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in white. Illustrated slipcase. Inscribed and signed by Arnaldo Pomodoro. Photographs by Carlo Orsi. 11 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches.
Delicious Seafood Recipes

Delicious Seafood Recipes by GARRISON, Louis

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Title
Delicious Seafood Recipes
Author
GARRISON, Louis
Seller
Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Near fine
Description
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1953. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. Dust jacket title: Delicious Seafood Recipes, Over 250 dishes using fresh-and salt-water fish. 8vo; xi, [iii], 204+ [6]pp blank Notes; turquoise cloth over board, white stamped lettering on spine; ownership on ffep dated "1953"; small srubs to bottom edge; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket signed "P. & J. Chollick," light sunning to dj spine, and a spot on rear panel, small closed tear on bottom front edge; near fine in nf dj. A clean and bright copy of this wonderful seafood recipe book. The preface is written by Frank W. Wilkisson, President of The Fishery Council, a group dedicated to promoting fish in the diet. The endorsement states, "...we are pleased to see this book make its appearance. It embodies much of what we believe and it must be regarded as a major contribution to the art of cooking-and enjoying-fish. It should prove mutually beneficial to the consumer and to the fishing industry.".
Bibliografia Española de Lenguas Indigenas de America por el Conde de la Viñaza

Bibliografia Española de Lenguas Indigenas de America por el Conde de la Viñaza by Viñaza, Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la. Sáenz de Santa Maria, Carmelo

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Title
Bibliografia Española de Lenguas Indigenas de America por el Conde de la Viñaza
Author
Viñaza, Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano, conde de la. Sáenz de Santa Maria, Carmelo
Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
A very good copy with foxing on the wrappers and fore edge.
Description
Madrid: Ediciones Atlas, 1977. Edición facsímil. Paper wrappers. A very good copy with foxing on the wrappers and fore edge.. lxiv, xxv, [1], 427 pp. Sm. 4to. Originally published in 1892 by Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, Madrid. Indispensable. Jones 516.
Two pages from a Flemish Getiden Boek, executed probably at Ghent about 1490

Two pages from a Flemish Getiden Boek, executed probably at Ghent about 1490 by Horae Beatae Mariae. Flemish. Facsimile leaf.

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Two pages from a Flemish Getiden Boek, executed probably at Ghent about 1490
Author
Horae Beatae Mariae. Flemish. Facsimile leaf.
Seller
Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio (United States)
Description
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1900. 1 leaf. Two images. 275 x 375 mm. Image 265 x 210 mm. Color lithograph facsimile. Matted in archival board with mylar overlay. Paper slightly yellowed. A saint at prayer, facing 20 lines of Flemish text, both within elaborate naturalistic borders of birds, flowers and scrolls.
Collecting Edgar Rice Burroughs

Collecting Edgar Rice Burroughs by Erardi, Glenn

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Title
Collecting Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author
Erardi, Glenn
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780764311017
Condition
Fine
Description
Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Inscribed on the title page by Erardi to ERB collector Joan Bledig. Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A nicely illustrated collector's guide with prices.
ZEHNTER JAHRESBERICHT

ZEHNTER JAHRESBERICHT

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Title
ZEHNTER JAHRESBERICHT
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
Mainz: Buhdruckerei H. Prickarts, 1911. paper wrappers. Gutenberg-Gesellschaft. 8vo. paper wrappers. 59 pages. Yearly report of the Gutenberg-Gesellschaft for 1911. Includes a chapter on the first 100 years of German book illustration. Inscription on front wrapper.
Path of the Eclipse

Path of the Eclipse by Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn

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Path of the Eclipse
Author
Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn
Seller
Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
NY: Tom Doherty, 1981. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Very good hardback in a slightly tanned jacket.

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