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The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of the Slaves in their Efforts for Freedom, as Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author

The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of the Slaves in their Efforts for Freedom, as Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] STILL, William

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The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-breadth Escapes, and Death Struggles of the Slaves in their Efforts for Freedom, as Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author
Author
[AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] STILL, William
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, Publishers, 1872. First Edition. Thick octavo (24.5cm); variant in the publisher's terracotta fine English cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dark brown clay-coated endpapers; 4pp.ads, [iv],780,[2]pp, with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Still and 43 plates of illustrations. Gently spine-sunned, spine ends pushed and a bit worn, minute board exposure to corners, some light surface wear and dust-soil to cloth, with some partial cracks to front hinge, and a small one to lower rear hinge; some light foxing and occasional finger-soil to margins of plates, with some staining to lower third of pp.50-51 and the plate in between; a solidly Very Good, unrepaired copy. A historically significant document by Still, a free-born Black man who became an author and abolitionist movement leader in Philadelphia, PA. The volume documented the stories of escaped slaves, and remains "the only first-person account of Black activities on the Underground Railroad written and self-published by an African-American...William Still was a major contributor to the success of the Underground Railroad activities in Philadelphia and a part of Philadelphia's free Black community that played an essential role in the Underground Railroad. He personally provided room and board for many African Americans who escaped slavery and stopped in Philadelphia on their way to Canada. Through his work with the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery's Vigilance Committee, he raised funds to assist runaways and arrange their passage to the North. He was instrumental in financing several of Harriet Tubman's trips to the South to liberate enslaved Africans" (Turner, Diane D. "William Still's National Significance." Web blog post. William Still: African American Abolitionist. Temple University, n.d. 18 August, 2016). Still kept meticulous notes concerning the many escaped slaves who passed through the Philadelphia "station;" he took pains to record names, brief biographies, and the destination for each individual, along with any adopted aliases, in hopes of reuniting family members who were separated by slavery. He kept his notes secret, hidden in diaries he kept during those years, and published them after the Civil War. The Underground Rail Road went through three editions, and was displayed at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. SCHOMBURG, p.7, 394; WORK, p.338.
Monografia: Las Obras de José Guadalupe Posada Grabador Mexicano

Monografia: Las Obras de José Guadalupe Posada Grabador Mexicano by Posada, José Guadalupe; Rivera, Diego (intro)

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Monografia: Las Obras de José Guadalupe Posada Grabador Mexicano
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Posada, José Guadalupe; Rivera, Diego (intro)
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Pazzo Books (United States)
Condition
Good Condition
Description
Mexico: Mexican Folkways, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition. Ex-library with spine label, embossed stamp to endpaper, call number written on endpaper, stamp to rear endpaper, small paperlift from something being removed from rear pastedown. Spine worn and hinges cracked, pages more or less uniformly browned, pages a bit fragile, a few with small tears and chipping at edges and in gutter, a few small wormtrails in the gutter, two pages with long repaired tears but not loss. 208pp, index AN important collection, the beginning of Posada's rise in reputation from a beloved and ubiquitous engraver, to an artist inextricably linked to Mexicanness. Rivera, who would repurpose Posada's Catrina in one of his murals almost two decades later, wrote the laudatory intro (in Spanish with English en face) "Posada, as great as Goya or Callot, an inexhaustible and rich creator, produced as copiously as a seething spring. Posada, interpreter of the sorrows, the happiness, and the anguished aspirations of the Mexican people, made more than fifteen thousand engravings. So the publisher, Vanegas Arroyo, assures us." Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 048683.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood; [Bound with] John Jasper's Secret

The Mystery of Edwin Drood; [Bound with] John Jasper's Secret by Dickens, Charles; Henry Morford

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood; [Bound with] John Jasper's Secret
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Dickens, Charles; Henry Morford
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Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
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Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition. First edition in book form. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 208 x 133 mm.). vii, [1, "Illustrations"], 190 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Dickens ("Engraved by J.H. Baker, from a Photograph taken in 1868, by Mason & Co."), wood-engraved vignette title by J. Brown, and twelve wood-engraved plates, two by the firm of Dalziel Brothers, ten by Charles Roberts, all after Samuel Luke Fildes. Occasional marginal staining, wood-engraved plate facing p. 98 with small (1/4 inch) marginal tear. A very good copy. Together with: [Edwin Drood], Morford, Henry, attributed to]. John Jasper's Secret: Being a Narrative of Certain Events Following and Explaining "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." With Twenty Illustrations. London: Publishing Offices, 1872. First English edition in book form. Octavo (7 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 201 x 133 mm.). [iv], 252 pp. Twenty wood-engraved plates. Uniformly bound ca. 1920 by Zaehnsdorf for the Gardenside Bookshop, Boston (stamp-signed in black on verso of front free- endpapers). Full polished tan calf, covers decoratively bordered in gilt. Gilt corner pieces with small floral onlays in black morocco, decorative center pieces stamped in blind. Spines with five raised band decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments with small brown morocco floral onlays. Edwin Drood with two brown morocco labels lettered in gilt, John Jasper's Secret with one brown morocco label lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled board edges, decorative turn-ins, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt. Joints a little rubbed but quite sound. A very attractive example housed together in a felt-lined fitted marbled board slipcase. The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Dickens's final work, left unfinished at the time of his death. "When Dickens died on June 9, 1870, he had completed only enough of his manuscript to make up six instalments, leaving unfinished a work which had commanded the widest attention for its opening numbers, and which promised to be one of his most effective and popular books. Although only three parts had been issued prior to his death, publication of the work continued, and on completion with Part 6 of all available material, the vast army of readers was left high and dry as to 'The Mystery.' The Author during the writing of the story never disclosed the ultimate development of his plot" (Hatton and Cleaver). John Jasper's Secret-written by New York journalist Henry Morford (1823-1881) and his wife-was the first of many literary attempts to solve The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Smith, 16; Gimbel H330; Sadleir 705a; Not in Sadleir.
THE PACIFIC NATION [Complete - Two Issues]

THE PACIFIC NATION [Complete - Two Issues] by Blaser, Robin

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THE PACIFIC NATION [Complete - Two Issues]
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Blaser, Robin
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Very good +.
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(Vancouver): (The Pacific Nation), 1969. First Edition. Very good +.. Magazine published by the San Francisco Renaissance poet Robin Blaser, while he was teaching at Simon Fraser University in Britsh Columbia. First issue includes contributions by Jack Spicer, Michael McClure, Richard Brautigan, Antonin Artaud, Charles Olson, Stan Persky, and others; second features work by Allen Ginsberg, Robin Blaser, Keith Jones, Charles Olson, and translations of Morgenstern's "Galgenlieder" by Jess Collins. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Both about very good plus. First issue lightly toned inside and out, but clean overall; second shows touches of exterior soil to wraps. 114pp. (no. 1); 106pp. (no. 2). Second issue includes fold-out broadside poem by Charles Olson.
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NIGHT BUS by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

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NIGHT BUS
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Adams, Samuel Hopkins
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THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY (United States)
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NIGHT BUS, Dell, 1951, first edition, several light creases mostly to the spine area, else a bright vg+ copy in full color pictorial wraps. The first separate printing and first book edition of this short story filmed by Columbia Pictures in 1934 as IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, with Oscars going to the film itself for best film of the year, director Frank Capra, actor Clark Gable and actress Claudette Colbert.
Dancing the Gay Lib Blues; A Year in the Homosexual Liberation Movement

Dancing the Gay Lib Blues; A Year in the Homosexual Liberation Movement by Bell, Arthur

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Dancing the Gay Lib Blues; A Year in the Homosexual Liberation Movement
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Bell, Arthur
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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Good
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good jacket, clipped, generally worn and soiled, bumped and with creases at the edges and corners. Black cloth, faded at the bottom of the boards, with white ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, faintly foxed at the edges, clean internally. A history of the Gay Activists Alliance by one of its co-founders, a work that discusses protest rallies, Gay Pride Week, sit-ins, and other activities.
Arrival of the Gods; Revealing the Alien Landing Sites of Nazca

Arrival of the Gods; Revealing the Alien Landing Sites of Nazca by von Daniken, Erich

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Arrival of the Gods; Revealing the Alien Landing Sites of Nazca
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von Daniken, Erich
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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9781862043534
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Dorset: Element Books Limited, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Translated by Michael Heron. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (£14.99), bumped at the edges. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, some rubbing. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Here, von Daniken gives his explanation of the mysterious Nazca lines. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
Grandmother Goose's Series: Nursery Jingles

Grandmother Goose's Series: Nursery Jingles

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Grandmother Goose's Series: Nursery Jingles
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New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1882. 16 pp (including covers) The book contains several nursery rhymes as well as corresponding imagery. Some of the rhymes included are Little Tom Tucker, Hot Cross Buns, and Peter White. Six full-page and one double color illustrations. Many of the illustrations are novelties (having several subjects in one picture). Dated through advertisements on back that were new items in the McLoughlin 1882 catalogue. A part of the Grandmother Goose Series. Measures 10 1/2" x 7 1/2" Covers partially detached. Moderate cover wear. Toning. Missing surface litho on bottom of some pages along backstrip due to the fact that they were stuck together (one still is). Inscription on front cover from previous owner. Toning and soiling due to age.
List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to the Mormons

List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to the Mormons

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List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to the Mormons
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9781578982974
Description
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2002. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. 239pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark green cloth over boards with the title in gilt on the spine. Near fine condition. Compiled by the Staff of The New York Public Library. Facsimile edition of Bulletin of the New York Public Library Volume XIII, Number 3, March, 1909.
Dziesiec Kostek (Ten Blocks) [Polish Text]

Dziesiec Kostek (Ten Blocks) [Polish Text] by Adams, Pam (Illust.)

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Dziesiec Kostek (Ten Blocks) [Polish Text]
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Adams, Pam (Illust.)
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9788385324447
Condition
Very good
Description
Child's Play, 1988. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 6 3/4". Unpaginated. Very mild shelf wear to pictorial paper over boards with light rubbing to covers and bumps to head and tail of spine. Spots of light rubbing to pages. Pages are clean and unmarked. All 10 blocks are present, clean, and un-worn. Binding is sound. A presentable copy of this Polish-language children's book about measuring objects with blocks.

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