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The Edwardian Era Dawns as the Victorian Era Closes: A Summons to the Coronation of Victoria's Son, Edward VII, Signed by Him as King by Edward VII

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Title: The Edwardian Era Dawns as the Victorian Era Closes: A Summons to the Coronation of Victoria's Son, Edward VII, Signed by Him as King
Author: Edward VII
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 2/6/02. The Edwardian Era lasted from the Queen Victoria's death on January 22, 1901, to King Edward’s VII’s death in 1910. It has often been described as a golden sunlit afternoon -personified by its genial and self-indulgent King, with the cares of world war still not visible on the horizon. The appeal of the Edwardian Era is wide, and the subject of such tributes as Downton Abbey. Wealth was abundant and nearly income tax-free; society was no longer a small, exclusive circle confined to those of aristocratic birth, but open to more and more people; the arts (theater, opera, ballet, painting, literature, music, etc) produced genius and modern movements; travel was cheap and easy; and the technological advances were thrilling and amazing. Einstein was an Edwardian and promulgated his Special Theory of Relativity in 1905. So were the Wright Brothers, who invented the airplane in 1903. The overall image of the Edwardian age is that of an era of opulence, but it was also an era of change, where the rumble of automobiles and planes, champagne and lavish ocean liners, the frenetic syncopation of ragtime, and the pomp of the aristocracy and royalty, coexisted with civil rights and independence movements, Socialism, immigration, and technological advances .Edward was born at 10:48 in the morning on November 9, 1841 in Buckingham Palace. He was the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was heir apparent during the long reign of his mother, Victoria, who presided over an era that now carries her name from 1837 to 1901, an extraordinary length of time. All in all, Victoria ruled during the reign of 17 American presidents.In 1860, Edward undertook the first tour of North America by a Prince of Wales. Vast crowds greeted him everywhere. He met Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Prayers for the royal family were said in Trinity Church, New York, for the first time since 1776.Document signed, June 2, 1902, King Edward VII, addressed to John Savile, Lord Savile, summoning him to the King's coronation to be held on the 26th day of that month, countersigned by the Duke of Norfolk. Savile was a large landowner, diplomat, and noted sportsman.

Hot Water by Wodehouse, P. G.

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Title: Hot Water
Author: Wodehouse, P. G.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original orange cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with former owner book plate and shelf stamp to front paste down, his name and date to title page. Creasing to rear free endpaper and hinge there slighly over-opened. In a dust jacket correctly priced 7/6 on the spine, Very Good, with several short closed tears, chipping with some loss at the base of the spine, two pencil marks to the rear panel. Scarce in the correct dust jacket.

Separating the Loyal from the Disloyal in Reconstruction North Carolina by CIVIL WAR

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Title: Separating the Loyal from the Disloyal in Reconstruction North Carolina
Author: CIVIL WAR
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: 1865. No binding. Fine. Archive of materials relating to the administering of loyalty oaths in North Carolina after the Civil War during presidential Reconstruction. 1865-1866. 21814.01. William H. Bagley, Autograph Letter Signed, as private secretary of Governor William Holden, to William Barrow, John Odom, and others. Raleigh, N.C., July 10, 1865, 1 p. quarto, on State of North Carolina, Executive Department lettersheet.Excerpt""Your Memorial ... has been received at this office, and the Governor directs me to say, in reply, that the matter therein referred to, will be attended to at the earliest possible moment. This, however, cannot be done until the Enrolling Boards shall have accomplished their work in the different counties, in administering the oath of amnesty to the people - separating the loyal from the disloyal. In the meantime the preservations of the Public peace will devolve upon the Justices of the Peace in the several counties, who have the right, on all occasions to control the Local Police, and posses the power to increase the same to such a number as they may deem necessary to meet any emergency which may arise, in which, they may think, is likely to arise ...""21814.02 W.W. Holden, Printed Letter Signed in Type, as Provisional Governor, to Col. David A. Barnes, with matching cover addressed ""To the Clerk of the County Court of Northampton County, Jackson, N.C."" Entitled, ""Directions for Qualifying Magistrates and Organizing the County Courts."" Raleigh, N.C., July 8, 1865, 1 p. quarto, on State of North Carolina, Executive Department lettersheet.Excerpt""...If necessary, you will call on the officers of the Local Police to notify the Justices to meet at the Courthouse, on a day to be appointed by you. And said officers are hereby commanded to aid you in notifying the Justices to attend. When the Justices shall have assembled you will administer to them, first, the oath of amnesty; secondly, the oath to be found in the Revised Code, chapter 76, page 434, to maintain the Constitution of the State not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States; thirdly, the oath of office, to be found in Revised Code, chapter 76, page 441.... No Justice or other officer who is included in any of the fourteen excluded classes of the President's amnesty proclamation, will be permitted to take the oaths prescribed, or enter on the performance of duty, until a pardon shall have been received by him from the President. And the oath of amnesty is not to be administered to any one who is not disposed to take it willingly and cheerfully. If any Justice named in the commission hesitates to take the oath, it will be your duty to withhold it from him .... The Clerk will make a full and complete record on his books of the proceedings of the Justices, a copy of which you will at once transmit to this office...""21814.03 W.W. Holden, Printed Letter Signed in Type, as Provisional Governor. September 15, 1865, 1 p. quarto, on State of North Carolina, Executive Department lettersheet.Excerpt""You are hereby directed to retain the Amnesty Oath books until further orders, as they will be kept open to allow the people to take said oath up to the time of voting for Governor, members of Congress & c...""21814.04 Manuscript Document, Oath. Northampton County, N.C., August 15, 1865. 1 p.21814.05 Printed Document, Oath of Allegiance, 1865, unissued. 1 p.21814.06 W.W. Holden, Partly Printed Document Signed, appointing twenty-two men (2 of whom are identified as dead) as Justices of the Peace. Raleigh, N.C., June 19, 1865. 1 p.Excerpt""WE, in order to promote the speedy restoration of CIVIL AUTHORITY in the State of North-Carolina, and ensure the perpetuation of a REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, and reposing special trust and confidence in your prudence, integrity and zeal for the preservation of peace and good order, do hereby appoint you JUSTICES OF THE PEACE for the County of Northampton as long as a Provisional Governor shall conti... (See website for full description)

Petite Histoire grotesque de Pierrot goulu by CHILDREN's BOOK

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Title: Petite Histoire grotesque de Pierrot goulu
Author: CHILDREN's BOOK
Seller: Ursus Books (United States)
Description: 1836. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Petite Histoire grotesque de Pierrot goulu. Engraved title, 122 pp. and 7 plates. Oblong 12mo, 60 x 70 mm., later pink straight grained morocco. Paris, Marcilly: Typographie de Firmin Didot Frères et Cie., 1836. An extremely rare and delightful children's book in the mode of Roald Dahl. The protagonist is a greedy child who steals, cheats and lies in order to satisfy his greed. Unfortunately, his escapades lead to an extremely grisly ending. OCLC lists a copy at the BN and a copy at Princeton consisting of an original uncut folio sheet for the text and a smaller sheet for the plates.

The Berkeley Cook Book. Four Hundred Practical Receipts Used by Berkeley Women. Compiled by the Women’s Association of the First Congregational Church by [First Congregational Church (Berkeley, Calif.); Women’s Association]

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Title: The Berkeley Cook Book. Four Hundred Practical Receipts Used by Berkeley Women. Compiled by the Women’s Association of the First Congregational Church
Author: [First Congregational Church (Berkeley, Calif.); Women’s Association]
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Berkeley, California: [The Church; Printed by the]Press of Standard Publishing Company, 1903. Octavo (23.25 x 14 cm.), [iv], 171, [i] pages. Advertisements. Index. Evident first edition (but subsequent to an 1884 publication with different subtitle, author statement, and publisher). A generous church cookbook with seven hundred recipes; noteworthy among them: Squash Muffins, Celery Root and Hearts of Artichoke, Mussel Bordelaise, Clam Patties, Spanish Meat Pie, Coffee Fruit Cake, Lemon Cocoanut Cake, Cookies with Sherry, Monterey Pudding, Gooseberry Pudding, Pineapple Blanc-Mange, Strawberry Mousse. ~ Congregationalists answered the call from President Daniel Coit Gilman (1831-1908) of the University of California to build a hall and organize a fellowship of moral vision within reach of the campus community. The “local church” emphasis of Congregationalist governance had already attracted the largest Protestant presence in San Francisco. After ten years of planning, members of Berkeley First Congregational were called to new quarters by a recently cast bell, on 30 September 1884, at the corner of Durant Avenue and Dana Street. Thus the early version of The Berkeley Cook Book (subtitled A Collection of Choice and Tested Recipes) celebrated the dedication of the 1884 church, while its younger sibling of 1903 would have appeared in time to honor the building’s twentieth anniversary. ~ In another twenty years, they would move again, to a grander brick complex on Channing Way (still only a few city blocks from campus), designed by the Bay Area architect Horace Gardner Simpson. It served successive generations for ninety years, but in September 2016 was gutted by fire, and the building’s fate is undetermined as of this writing. ~ Clean and bright. Lightly wear at fore-corners and spine. Stapled, in olive wrappers, titled in brown. Very good. [OCLC locates three copies (also four copies of The Berkeley Cook Book: A Collection of Choice and Tested Recipes, by the Ladies of Berkeley [Oakland: Pacific Press, 1884]); Cook, page 27; Brown 57 (with different pagination); not in Cagle].

CALDECOTT PICTURE BOOKS: Queen of Hearts, The Farmer's Boy (2 titles) by Caldecott, Randolph

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Title: CALDECOTT PICTURE BOOKS: Queen of Hearts, The Farmer's Boy (2 titles)
Author: Caldecott, Randolph
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: George Routledge & Sons 0. 1st or early editions. Soft cover. Very Good. 2 titles of Caldecott's Picture Books in original editions, presumed firsts, each listing on back cover three sections of other publications of R. Caldecott: Picture Books One Shilling each (8 titles), Picture Books Five Shillings (Vol I 4 titles Vol II 4 titles), and Collection of Pictures and Songs Ten Shillings and Sixpence (8 titles) Uniform cover wear and soiling to both.Rear cover detached from Farmer's Boy. Internals much nicer. nd c 1870.

ABOUT FACE: THE ODYSSEY OF AN AMERICAN WARRIOR by Hackworth, Colonel Davis H. and Julie Sherman. Just, Ward (introduction) (FitzGerald, Frances)

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Title: ABOUT FACE: THE ODYSSEY OF AN AMERICAN WARRIOR
Author: Hackworth, Colonel Davis H. and Julie Sherman. Just, Ward (introduction) (FitzGerald, Frances)
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Autobiography of US Army veteran, Colonel Hacknell, who served as the youngest colonel in Vietnam and is among America's most decorated war heroes. Inscribed by him, to author and journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Frances FitzGerald (b1940) whose watershed 1972 book "Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam" - and winner of 1973 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction - informed so many serious studies of Vietnam that followed. Inscribed on the title page in red ink: "15 April '90 To: Franky, Your book was a great inspiration to me and to spend an evening with you is a great thrill. Warmest regards, Hack" Near fine copy in better than very good dustjacket.

Looking Forward; An Autobiography by Bush, George H.W.

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Title: Looking Forward; An Autobiography
Author: Bush, George H.W.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
ISBN: 9780385141819
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Doubleday, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. First edition of Looking Forward: An Autobiography, signed by President George H.W. Bush.. Octavo, xii, 270pp. Gilt title on spine and signature on cover. Red cloth binding. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $18.95 on the front flap, a fine example. Signed on the title page by President George Bush.

THE DAYS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. by BISHOP, Jim

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Title: THE DAYS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Author: BISHOP, Jim
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First Edition. Signed presentation from well-known and controversial columnist Jack Anderson and his wife on the half-title page: “August 25, 1971. To Livvie and Jack- Dear, dear friends. Jim.” Jack Anderson [1922–2005] was an controversial American newspaper columnist, syndicated by United Features Syndicate, considered one of the fathers of modern investigative journalism. Anderson won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his investigation on secret U.S. policy decision-making between the United States and Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Anderson feuded with FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in the 1950s, when he exposed the scope of the Mafia, a threat that Hoover had long downplayed. In 1972 Anderson was the target of an assassination plot conceived by senior White House staff. Two Nixon administration conspirators admitted under oath that they plotted to poison Anderson on orders from senior White House aide Charles Colson. White House "plumbers" G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt met with a CIA operative to discuss the possibilities, including drugging Anderson with LSD, poisoning his aspirin bottle, or staging a fatal mugging. The plot was aborted when the plotters were arrested for the Watergate break-in. Anderson’s wife was Olivia [nee Farley], aka “Livvie.” Bishop was also a well-known syndicated columnist. A terrific association copy!. 8vo., black cloth in dust jacket; 516 pages. Very Good (minor bumping upper corners of covers, else clean & bright; contents clean & tight); very minor wear (related bumps) d/j.

The sputum: Its examination and clinical significance by Clifford, Randall

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Title: The sputum: Its examination and clinical significance
Author: Clifford, Randall
Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Condition: 167pp
Description: New York: Macmillan, 1932. 167pp. xix, 167pp. Text illustrations. 219 x 144 mm. Original cloth, dust-jacket (light wear). Very good.

Georgia's Fabulous Treasure Hoards by Andrews, Ernest M.

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Title: Georgia's Fabulous Treasure Hoards
Author: Andrews, Ernest M.
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Hapeville: Ernest M. Andrews, 1966. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 106pp. Light foxing to prelims, else a very good hardback in a price clipped, internally tape repaired, darkened and rubbed jacket that is separated at the front joint. 'Georgia's Fabulous Treasure Hoards' map laid in.

Tarzan at the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs; Frank Frazetta Cover Art

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Title: Tarzan at the Earth's Core
Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs; Frank Frazetta Cover Art
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: NY: Ace Books, 1973. Mass market paperback. Very good. Mass market paperback. Third printing. Previous owner's ink stamp on inside of front, slightly tanned, else a very good, tightly bound example with a flat, uncreased spine.

The Secret World; A History of Intelligence by Andrew, Christopher

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Title: The Secret World; A History of Intelligence
Author: Andrew, Christopher
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN: 9780300238440
Condition: Fine
Description: New Haven: Yale University Press. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original red paper with spine stamped in black. Illustrated. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. 948 pages.

Instructor Poster Patterns. Child and Animal Subjects and Mother Goose Subjects. Book 1 and Book 2 by Bess Bruce Cleveland

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Title: Instructor Poster Patterns. Child and Animal Subjects and Mother Goose Subjects. Book 1 and Book 2
Author: Bess Bruce Cleveland
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Dansville, NY: F. A. Owen Publishing Company, 1922. Early edition. Very good. Early edition, n. d. (ca 1922); 12 x 17 3/4; pp. [20], brown wraps, printed in red and black; large leaves, stapled at fore-edge and folded to resemble a book; light creasing to edges and corners; first leaves in both books with offset to fore-edge from staples and small nicks, else minor wear; very good condition. A wonderfully-preserved set of pattern books, its art was created by Bess Bruce Cleveland (1876 - 1966) - a well-known artist, educator, and illustrator in the early 20th century. It was known that children and animals were her favorite subjects. The current posters were intended for many and various uses, such as tracing, copying, coloring, mounting, and so on. The images included Peter Pan, The Three Bears, Humpty Dumpty, etc.

ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS by WELTY, Eudora

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Title: ONE WRITER'S BEGINNINGS
Author: WELTY, Eudora
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Some foxing to bulked text edges; tiny tear at head of spine and front panel of dustwrapper. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
Description: Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Some foxing to bulked text edges; tiny tear at head of spine and front panel of dustwrapper. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Welty's memoir, illustrated with black and white photographs.

A WRITER'S EYE. COLLECTED BOOK REVIEWS by WELTY, Eudora

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Title: A WRITER'S EYE. COLLECTED BOOK REVIEWS
Author: WELTY, Eudora
Seller: Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
Description: Jackson [MS]: University Press Mississippi, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Edited by Pearl Amelia McHaney.

Kill or Cure by Fleming, Joan

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Title: Kill or Cure
Author: Fleming, Joan
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Collins, The Crime Club, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Small 8vo., 224pp. Sharp First Edition. Bound in red cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A few spots of foxing on top and fore-edges but no interior toning or foxing. Equally attractive Very pretty unclipped dust-jacket, (16s. net), has a tiny faint spot on the rear panel and a hint of toning to the top edge. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy and surprisingly uncommon, particularly in nice condition and on this side of the Atlantic. (Hubin, p.144).

Elephant Hide Paper and Elephant Hide Patterns by SCHLOSSER PAPER CORPORATION

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Title: Elephant Hide Paper and Elephant Hide Patterns
Author: SCHLOSSER PAPER CORPORATION
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition: Light foxing to the second, generally in very good condition
Description: New York: Schlosser Paper Corporation, 1960. Light foxing to the second, generally in very good condition. Two swatchbooks, 13.5 x 8.7 cm. Printed wrappers, stapled to containg 13 and 8 swatches respectively.

Robert Schumann: Eine Bildnisstudie by [SCHUMANN, Robert]. Müller, Ernst

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Title: Robert Schumann: Eine Bildnisstudie
Author: [SCHUMANN, Robert]. Müller, Ernst
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Olten: Otto Walter, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Boards. 209 pp. Occasional illustrations. Minor staining.

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Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives

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Title: Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN: 9780060934231
Condition: Very Good
Description: Perennial, 2002, c1999. Very Good. . Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives. NY: Perennial, 2002, c1999. 321pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with remainder mark on bottom edge. Small crease in front cover..

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