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H. R. 336 [To accompany report no. 421.]

H. R. 336 [To accompany report no. 421.] by United States. Senate. 32nd Congress, 2nd Session

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Seller: Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc.
Title
H. R. 336 [To accompany report no. 421.]
Author
United States. Senate. 32nd Congress, 2nd Session
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
Description
Washington DC, 1853. United States. Senate. 32nd Congress, 2nd Session. H. R. 336 [To accompany report no. 421.] In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1853 . . . Amendment . . . 3pp. [Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1853.] 297 x 205 mm. Unbound. Some dampstaining, edges a bit frayed but very good. Docketed. First Edition of this rare ether controversy document, with no copies listed in OCLC. In January 1853, responding to renewed debate over who deserved credit for inventing ether anesthesia, the U. S. Senate appointed a select committee to determine whether W. T. G. Morton, Charles Jackson or Horace Wells had the best claim to the discovery. On February 19 Senator Isaac P. Walker, the committee's chairman, submitted an amendment to army appropriations bill H. R. 336, confirming the U. S. government's right to use and benefit from the discovery and proposing an award of $100,000 to "the discoverer." The final version of the amendment, which we are offering here, also proposed that the issue of priority be decided in federal court, with Morton, Jackson and the representatives of Horace Wells appearing as defendants to prove the merits of their respective cases. The Senate ended up rejecting the amendment, leaving the question of priority unsettled for the time. Wolfe, Tarnished Idol, pp. 316-17; 330-335. .
The Negro in America

The Negro in America by [African Americana]: Dobbs, John Wesley

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Title
The Negro in America
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[African Americana]: Dobbs, John Wesley
Seller
The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Condition
Near fine.
Description
Atlanta: Commission on Interracial Cooperation, 1939. Near fine.. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Minimal wear. A small leaflet printing an address by John Wesley Dobbs on the "Wings Over Jordan" radio program on the Columbia Broadcasting System on New Year's Day, 1939. John Wesley Dobbs, an African American activist based in Atlanta, worked for thirty-two years as a railway mail clerk and served for almost as long Grand Master of the Prince Hall Masons of Georgia. He was a founder in the 1930s and 1940s of organizations promoting Black voter registration in Atlanta. Maynard Jackson, the first African-American mayor of Atlanta, was his grandson. According to his entry in the New Georgia Encyclopedia, Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at his funeral and Thurgood Marshall was a pallbearer. In the present address, Dobbs celebrates January 1 as Emancipation Day, mentioning the same day in 1863 when the Emancipation Proclamation was officially issued by President Lincoln. He details the long history of African Americans in the New World, beginning with Alonzo Pietro of the Columbus expedition. He thereafter expounds upon the importance of African Americans in the history of the country, with paragraphs focused on assertions such as "We have helped to build America," "We have bled and died for American Democracy," "We have made progress in education," and more. He also speaks about African-American service in the Civil War, mentions educators such as Booker T. Washington, J.B. Watson, and Fletcher Henderson. Ultimately he answers the question, "What does the Negro want, and deserve?" by referencing the four words carved over the Supreme Court: "Equal Justice Under Law." OCLC reports just two copies of this rare radio speech, at the Bancroft and the University of Georgia.
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Lullabies Twisters Gibbers Drags (a la maniere de M. Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Late of the City of New Orleans). Covers executed by R. B. Kitaj by WILLIAMS, Jonathan

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Lullabies Twisters Gibbers Drags (a la maniere de M. Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Late of the City of New Orleans). Covers executed by R. B. Kitaj
Author
WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy
Description
Highlands: Nantahala Foundation, 1963. First edition. Jargon 61. Jaffe A27. Printed at the Press of Villiers Publications, Ltd. Presentation copy, inscribed by Williams to Kenneth Rexroth: "Kenneth's copy from the happy South land from Jonathan, Highlands 1963. Fine copy. KITAJ, R B. Oblong 16mo, glossy wrappers. Fine copy.
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Wonderful balloon ascents; or the conquest of the skies. A history of balloons and balloon voyages by MARION, F[ulgence]

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Wonderful balloon ascents; or the conquest of the skies. A history of balloons and balloon voyages
Author
MARION, F[ulgence]
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
New York: Charles Scribner & Co, 1870. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With half-title, frontispiece, 16 additional full-page plates, and 20 plates within publisher’s advertisements for the Illustrated Library of Wonders. Half-calf over marbled boards, losses to calf at top right corner of front board, head of spine chipped, marbled edges and end-papers; text is slightly toned. Overall a very good and enjoyable copy. First edition in English of this popular history of balloons and the adventurers who used them to tame the sky.
A Part of Three: Poems 1966-1988

A Part of Three: Poems 1966-1988 by Yeo, Robert

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Title
A Part of Three: Poems 1966-1988
Author
Yeo, Robert
Seller
McBlain Books (United States)
ISBN
9789810010782
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Singapore: Select Books, 1989. Paperback. Near Fine. xiii, 57p. Softcover in original wrapper. INSCRIBED on title-page by Yeo ("For John a wonderful meeting in Boston Robert May 93"). Poetry.
The Bonfire The Siege and Burning of Atlanta

The Bonfire The Siege and Burning of Atlanta by Wortman, Marc

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The Bonfire The Siege and Burning of Atlanta
Author
Wortman, Marc
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Americana Books ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781586484828
Condition
Very good
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New York: Public Affairs, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. viii, [3], 431 pages, [1]. Illustrated. Black hardcover with title on spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed by author on the title page.

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