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James Monroe, New U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France, Predicts the Fall of Western Europe to the French Revolutionary Forces, Writing to U.S. Senator John Langdon, a Signer of the Federal Constitution by James Monroe

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Title: James Monroe, New U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary to France, Predicts the Fall of Western Europe to the French Revolutionary Forces, Writing to U.S. Senator John Langdon, a Signer of the Federal Constitution
Author: James Monroe
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 22/10/1794. Monroe also introduces James Swan, an American living in France and seeking to promote business between the two nations, who can give him details in personHe asks that Langdon and Dr. Elisha Story, father of Justice Joseph Story, assist Swan and his aide in their effortsBy June 1794, France had become weary of the mounting executions (1,300 in June alone) in the Reign of Terror, which was led by Robespierre. On 8 Thermidor (July 26) Robespierre unwisely gave a speech full of threats. The next day, the deputies in the National Convention decreed his arrest, and he was executed on July 28. This was nothing less than a coup. The new French Constitution of 1795 established a liberal republic with a franchise based on the payment of taxes, a bicameral legislature, and a five-man Directory. At the same time, in 1794 and 1795, French armies were extending their influence by invading nearby Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands. The siege of Maastricht in the latter country took place from September 19 - November 4, 1794, and saw the French capture one of the last Austrian-held strongholds close to the Austrian Netherlands, completing the French conquest of the area. They also scored victories over the Spanish that year. Napoleon, already a general, began his rise when he was asked to draw up plans to attack Italian positions in the context of France’s war with Austria.In an attempt to keep relations friendly between the United States and France, James Monroe was sent to Paris in the spring of 1794 as minister plenipotentiary. His task was not an easy one because the United States was also trying to keep peace with Great Britain, France's enemy. Jay's Treaty with Britain frustrated Monroe's determined efforts to retain cordial relations with the French Government, who were angered and offended by it. Monroe would be recalled from France on August 22, 1796 by President Washington, who had been influenced by Gouverneur Morris to believe, wrongly, that Monroe was organizing an anti-Washington conspiracy among Frenchmen.James Swan was a colorful personality based in Boston in the 18th and 19th centuries. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty, participated in the Boston Tea Party, and was twice wounded at Bunker Hill. He next became secretary of the Massachusetts Board of War. During the time he held that office, he drew heavily on his private funds to aid the Continental Army, which was then in dire need of money to arm and equip the soldiers who were arriving in Boston from all parts of New England. After the Revolution Swan privately assumed the entire United States’ French debts, then resold these debts at a profit. But due to Swan, the United States no longer owed money to foreign governments, although it continued to owe money to private investors both in the United States and in Europe. After various ventures in finance and real estate, and years of living in high style, in 1788 the indebted Swan moved to France. En route, he stayed at Mt. Vernon as a guest of George Washington. He also knew John Hancock and in France his social circle included Lafayette. Swan was successful in his business activities while in France, and would return to the U.S. in 1794.In February 1790 he was consulted, along with Gouverneur Morris, by the French Government respecting the tobacco monopoly. On December 4, 1791 he made an offer to the French Assembly, on behalf of a company of merchants, to buy up the French claims for repayment of advances made during the Revolutionary War, by paying a lump sum down in lieu of the installments. The offer was referred to the Finance Committee, but nothing came of it. On January 15, 1793 Swan contracted with the French Government to supply 30,000 barrels of pork from South America, and he received 160,000 francs in payment. On December 27, 1793, Swan contracted with the French Government to supply gunpowder, saltpetre, and potash. On February 24, 1794, he obtained leave to export to America articles of luxury to the amount of 100,000 francs, and then undertook to supply twelve or fifteen cargoes of American corn and pork. On October 5, 1794, to further these activities, he applied for passports for himself and his clerk Ballard to come to the U.S. By 1796, Swan and Dallard were back in Paris as partners in a bank.Dr. Elisha Story was a friend of Swan. Sympathetic to the patriots, he joined the Sons of Liberty, helped destroyed the tea in Boston Harbor, acted as doctor to Colonel Little’s Essex regiment, and fought as a volunteer at Lexington and Bunker Hill. He aided General Washington on his campaigns in Long Island, White Plains, and Trenton. Story was a doctor for the rest of his life at his practice in Marblehead. He had ten children, one of whom was Joseph Story, who became a noted justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Samuel Cabot, a Boston merchant engaging in the China trade, was acquainted with Swan as well.Autograph Letter Signed, as Minister Plenipotentiary to France, two pages, Paris, October 22, 1794, addressed on integral address leaf in Monroe’s hand to ""The Honorable John Langdon of the Senate of the United States, Philadelphia.” Langdon was a Signer of the U.S. Constitution and the first U.S. senator from New Hampshire. In the letter, Monroe reports on the status of the war in Europe as seen from France, and smooths the way for Swan and Dallard as they arrive in the United States to transact business, specifically calling on Langdon, Story, and Cabot to aid them. Monroe writes: ""Dear Sir, permit me to present to your acquaintance the bearer Mr. Dallard of this city, the son of a very respectable citizen here, and who visits our country for the purpose of studying our language and laws in one of our universities. His father was a member of the Constituent Assembly and is one of the remaining few of that body who has survived the horrors of affairs in this country. He will probably commence in Cambridge, and in that case it will be in your power, as well as that of Mr. Story and Mr. Cabot, to make known to him those persons (some one or two characters there) whose advice he ought to respect. You will all I hope do this to oblige me.“This gentleman will inform you of the state of affairs here and the astonishing career of victories which has attended the French army. I really think they will be in Holland before this reaches you: for after Maastricht falls and which it will soon most probably do, there is nothing to oppose them. Upon this subject I refer you to this gentleman and Mr. Swan under whose care he sets out. Be so kind as present our best respects to Mrs. Landgon and daughter who I presume are with you: for tis not possible if the former knows what a rake you are as well as I do, she would let you leave her again at the distance of 4 or 500 miles. Present me also respectfully to my friends of the Senate who really posses my best wishes for their prosperity and welfare. Very sincerely I am, dear sir, your friend and servant, Jas. Monroe''.Not everyone thought Swan was reliable; Gouverneur Morris thought he was a scoundrel. Indeed, Swan’s fortunes rose high and then fell quite low, as he spent his last 22 years in debtors prison in France, where he died in 1830.

Writings of Oscar Wilde. [The University Edition of the Uniform Edition] by WILDE, Oscar

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Title: Writings of Oscar Wilde. [The University Edition of the Uniform Edition]
Author: WILDE, Oscar
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description: London and New York: A. R. Keller & Co, 1907. Full Description: WILDE, Oscar. The Writings of Oscar Wilde. London and New York: A. R. Keller & Co., 1907. The University Edition of the Uniform Edition. One of 800 numbered copies, this being number 15. Complete in fifteen octavo volumes (8 x 5 1/2 inches; 205 x 140 mm). Illustrated with plates in black and white, each with a descriptive tissue guard. Title and limitation pages on Japanese vellum, printed in black and red, with additional engraved title pages in each volume. Half red morocco over green cloth. Spines stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spines uniformly a bit darkened. Some minor occasional rubbing, the worst of it to the top edge of "Lady Windemere's Fan." Still a near fine set. The Uniform Edition comprises the Edition De Luxe of 200 copies. the Oxford edition of 250 copies, and the University Edition (present copy) of 800 copies. This very early edition precedes the 1908 Ross edition of Wilde's works, often described as the first collected edition. HBS 68900. $4,250.

Two Contact Sheets from a 1963 John Updike Photo Shoot, printing 60 different photographs of John Updike by [UPDIKE, John]. Ivan Massar

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Title: Two Contact Sheets from a 1963 John Updike Photo Shoot, printing 60 different photographs of John Updike
Author: [UPDIKE, John]. Ivan Massar
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: [Crane Beach, near Ipswich]: (Ivan Massar from Black Star), 1963. Unbound. Fine. Two vintage gelatin silver contact sheets of John Updike photographs, each measuring 8 5/8 by 11 inches. Rubberstamped on blank verso: "Credit: Ivan Massar from Black Star" and with pencil notation stating: "John Updike" and with printed notation in red ink at lower edge: "File: Updike, John" in an unknown hand. A few of the photographic images on this contact sheet were over-exposed where the photographer was experimenting with bright background lighting in an attempt to create a strong profile of Updike standing in foreground, else fine. A close variant image from this photo shoot was published on the rear flap of the dust jacket for the first edition of John Updike's novel *The Centaur* in 1963. The contact sheet depicts John Updike, dressed in a dark sport coat and light pants, standing outdoors, in various rural settings in 60 different poses, all in portrait mode. Some of the images have slight differences in background or focus, reflecting the photographers experimentation with a particular pose for the photo shoot; in some instances the portraits have poor focus or lighting. An anecdotal discussion of photographs from this photo shoot states that the photographs were taken near Crane Beach, in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Updike lived in Ipswich from 1957 until 1974. Massar, an American photographer and photojournalist, was born in Warren Ohio. He studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena is the author of two books: *The Illustrated World of Thoreau* (1974) and *Take up the Song* (1986). After joining the navy in 1942, and serving three years, he became a conscientious objector and a pacifist. He pursued a career in photojournalism, working with the photo agency Black Star, documenting the Civil Rights Movement, including the March on Washington, the Vietnam War, and other historical events. He also photographed various authors (Robert Frost and John Updike), artists (Andrew Wyeth) et al.

Omdurman by ZIEGLER, Philip

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Title: Omdurman
Author: ZIEGLER, Philip
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Dorset Press, 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Later. Near fine in an about near fine dust jacket. Book is a nice clean copy, almost new. Dustwrapper is lightly browned at edges.

1956 Color Photography Annual by DOWNES, Bruce-Editor

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Title: 1956 Color Photography Annual
Author: DOWNES, Bruce-Editor
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Ziff-Davis Pub. Co, 1956. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers; Book shows rubbing of spine/panels, bumping of corners-edges, foxing.

The Gentleman's Magazine (May 1773) by [Wheatley, Phillis, 1753?-1784]

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Title: The Gentleman's Magazine (May 1773)
Author: [Wheatley, Phillis, 1753?-1784]
Seller: McBlain Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Printed for D. Henry, 1773. Paperback. Very Good. 2 plates (1 folding), 52p. ([205]-256).Disbound (removed from a bound volume). 22 cm. Library stamp ("Providence Public Library") embossed on right side of one leaf (creating one small hole in that leaf). Of special interest is a short article of four paragraphs on page 226. The first paragraph reports plans to print by subscription a book of poems "by Phillis, a negro servant of Mr. Wheatley of Boston, in New England." This is followed by a three-paragraph letter about Phillis from Mr. Wheatley. Her book ("Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects") was published in London later that year. We were quite unhappy when we bought this issue sight unseen from a seller who neglected to mention the library stamp. Upon further reflection, we realized that almost all copies of this issue would come from ex library sets of this periodical. We decided not to be unhappy about the discreet notice that this periodical had resided in a public library in Rhode Island available for many to read. We were also happy that it was in nice condition, suggesting that it was not often read. [Website Only].

Autograph Letter, signed ("P. Kropotkin"), to Mr. Casenove [sic.] by Kropotkin, Peter

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Title: Autograph Letter, signed ("P. Kropotkin"), to Mr. Casenove [sic.]
Author: Kropotkin, Peter
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Old fold, stamp from recipient with X in pencil
Description: Viola, 1911. 2 pp. 8vo. Old fold, stamp from recipient with X in pencil. 2 pp. 8vo. Written to the literary agent Charles Francis Cazenove (1870-1915), with whom Kropotkin worked. He writes: Will you be in town on Monday in the morning? I should call upon you to exchange a few words about the proposed agreement with Nelson. Best thanks for it! - There is only one print I do not quite like - the 100,000 copies of the 2 vols. Perhaps we may find something else. With kind regards Your friend P. Kropotnik.

Seattle by Beatty, Terry A.

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Title: Seattle
Creator: Beatty, Terry A.
Seller: Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description: Creative Marketing Alternatives, 1983. Color pictorial map [61 cm x 91 cm] / [24" x 36"] Folds (as issued?) otherwise bright. Chamber of Commerce type map, with business, parks, and institutions located. View of Seattle before the tech and cultural boom of the 1990s. We are unable to locate another example of this map in any resource known to us. Seattle's history begins with the Denny Party's arrival at Alki Point in 1851, followed by the relocation to the eastern shore of Elliott Bay in 1852 and the official founding of the 'Town of Seattle' in 1853. The city grew rapidly, becoming a crucial shipping and trade hub, and today, a tech and cultural hub of the Pacific Northwest.

[nu] Magazine: Attitudini Morbose / Morbid Attitudes, Issues 1-16 [Set of Sixteen Issues] by Andrei, Silvio (Ed.); Trentini, Stefano

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Title: [nu] Magazine: Attitudini Morbose / Morbid Attitudes, Issues 1-16 [Set of Sixteen Issues]
Author: Andrei, Silvio (Ed.); Trentini, Stefano
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good +
Description: Argenta, Ferrara; Padovo Centro, Italy: Edizioni 3ntini&C; Sotto Mondo Edizioni, 2003. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 11" X 8 3/8". 80pp. Text in Italian and English. Pictorial textured paper wraps. Moderate edgewear to bindings, with occasional small tears to heads and tails of spines and bumping to extremities. Rear hinges a touch tender. Bindings are sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very nice run of the first 16 issues of [nu], a magazine devoted to erotic images, writings, and reportage, illustrated throughout in erotic and fetish photography, with contributions by Masaaki Toyoura, Tanino Liberatore, Rosangela Betti, Ryoko Kitagawa, Tom Porta, Roberto Gligorov, Leone Frollo, Tiziano Scarpa, Mark Edward Smith, Kazuki Suzuki, Luca Varani, Marco Nizzoli, Gigi Bon, Roberto Gualtiero Moggio, Trevor Watson, G. K. Bodanza, Roberto Bastianoni, Luca Tarlazzi, Tiziano Zanella, Ennio Demarin, Ralf Vulis, Serge Chabas, Roberto Gamba, Eric Keller, Fernando Caretta, Igo Podolchak, Stephen Cirillo, Nicola Casamassima, Wen-Chi Chen, Roberto Gamba, Renato Roverato, Wolfgang Eichler, Adriana Milio, Helmut Wolech, Charles Sayer, Gianni Lanza, H. H. Capor, Antonio Catellan, Daniel Bauer, Riccardo Vezzosi, Roberto Casasola, Saburo Murakami, Simon Pocklington, Michael A. Rosen, Rino Gropuzzo, Antonio Concolato, Jacopo Tassi Giardini, J. de Merlin, Bob Gallozzi, Tamayo Tsubaki, Sebastiano Pavia, Otaku Z, Tony Ward, Daniel Cerny, Nicola Casamassima, Saturno Butto, Guy Lemaire, Carmine Piccolo, Michaelangelo Abonico, Sebastiano Pavia, Jan Kevit, Fabiano di Cocco, Roberto Kusterle, Piero Conestabo, Riccardo Vezzosi, and more.

Memories of the Lakes. by Bowen, Dana Thomas.

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Title: Memories of the Lakes.
Author: Bowen, Dana Thomas.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition: Great Lakes and vessels, including Marie Celeste. Very good condition in publisher's cloth.
Description: Cleveland: Freshwater Press, 1969. Great Lakes and vessels, including Marie Celeste. Very good condition in publisher's cloth.. 23 cm., 292 pp. b/w plates.

Truth in Philosophy by Allen, Barry

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Title: Truth in Philosophy
Author: Allen, Barry
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780674910911
Condition: Very Good
Description: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 226pp+ index. Very good in publisher's wraps.

LOUIS XVI FURNITURE by WATSON, F.J.B.

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Title: LOUIS XVI FURNITURE
Author: WATSON, F.J.B.
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: Philosophical Library, 1960. WATSON, F.J.B. LOUIS XVI FURNITURE. NY: Philosophical Library, [1960]. 12mo., cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Very Good (pencil notations throughout some of text); many large chips & tears d/j. $17.50.

The struggle for black equality, 1954-1980 by Sitkoff, Harvard

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Title: The struggle for black equality, 1954-1980
Author: Sitkoff, Harvard
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780809001446
Description: New York: Hill and Wang, 1984. Trade Paperback. ix, 259p., later wraps printing, a clean, sound, unmarked copy.

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