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Picturesque America by BRYANT William Cullen

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books

Title: Picturesque America
Author: BRYANT William Cullen
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1872. BRYANT, William Cullen, editor. Picturesque America; Or, The Land We Live In. New York: D. Appleton, circa 1874. Two volumes. Thick folio (10-1/2 by 13 inches), original full brown pebbled morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $2500.Second edition of this treasury of 19th-century American views, illustrated with 49 full-page steel-engraved plates, including title pages and frontispiece engraving of Niagara Falls, together with numerous in-text wood engravings, in handsome publishers deluxe morocco-gilt bindings.""One of the great books of American illustrations The best landscapes engraved in this country are to be found here"" (Hamilton, 216). ""It exemplifies the delight of the American in his own landscape, just as the earlier topographical works do in England"" (David Bland). The superbly-executed steel- and wood-engravings in this work, ""by eminent American artists,"" depict cities and towns (including one of the first images of the City of Cleveland), as well as such rugged natural scenes as Yellowstone Falls, the Smoky Mountains, and Mount Hood. The text was actually written by Oliver B. Bunce, whose phraseology was then edited by Bryant. Second edition (according to BAL) with Bryant's name appearing on both the title page of Volume I and the preface. BAL 1732. Sabin 62692. Owner signature to front flyleaves; owner pencil inscription to letterpress title page of Volume I.Interiors quite clean, just a touch of rubbing to extremities, fine condition. Handsome and desirable in the publisher's morocco.

Alton Trials by LINCOLN William S. GILMAN Winthrop SOLOMON John

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Title: Alton Trials
Author: LINCOLN William S. GILMAN Winthrop SOLOMON John
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1838. First Edition. (SLAVERY) (CONSTITUTION) (GILMAN, Winthrop S.) (SOLOMON, John) LINCOLN, William S. Alton Trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman, Who Was Indicted with Enoch Long and Thadeus B. Hurlbut: For the Crime of Riot, Committed on the night of the 7th of November, 1837, while engaged in defending a Printing Press, From an attack made on it at that time, by An Armed Mob, Written out from notes of the trial, taken at the time, By a Member of the Bar of the Alton Municipal Court. Also, The Trial of John Solomon. and James M. Rock, Indicted with James Jennings, Solomon Morgan, and Frederick Bruchy: For a Riot Committed in Alton, On the night of the 7th of November, 1837, in unlawfully and forcibly entering the Warehouse of Godfrey, Gilman & Co., and breaking up and destroying a Printing Press. Written out from notes taken at the time of trial, by William S. Lincoln, A Member of the Bar of the Alton Municipal Court. New York: John F. Trow, 1838. Small octavo (4-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches) later 19th-Century three-quarter brown calf and marbled boards; pp. (i-ii), (1-5), 6-158 (2). $2200.First edition of the crucial record of the controversial 1838 trials of over 20 defendants, documenting the deadly mob attack on Reverend Lovejoy and his press, a work that swiftly provoked Northern fears that free speech required ""not only protection against governmental suppression, but also protection against private violence aimed at silencing speakers.""The deadly 1837 mob riot that killed the abolitionist publisher and minister, Elijah Lovejoy, and destroyed his printing press had swift national impact. It proved to be ""a climactic event in the larger struggle for free speech"": one that raised fundamental questions on the ""private suppression of speech and the nature and future of republican government."" It also triggered ""an emerging view that free speech and press were rights or 'privileges' and 'immunities' to which all American citizens were entitled everywhere in the U.S."" The murderous riot demonstrated that free speech required ""not only protection against governmental suppression, but also protection against private violence aimed at silencing speakers"" (Curtis, Free Speech, 217-18).Prior to his death Reverend Lovejoy had seen mobs twice destroy his presses in Alton, Illinois but despite no support from the state legislature or local officials, he persisted. On November 7, 1837, the warehouse where his new press was held was set on fire and he was murdered. In January 1838 eleven of Lovejoy's supporters and Gilman, owner of the warehouse, were indicted for attempting to protect Lovejoy and defend his pressa prosecution that outraged many in the North. At the same time eleven of the rioters, ""only a small fraction of those who attacked the warehouse,"" were also indicted (Finkelman, Slavery, 148) The January trial of Gilman and his co-defendants is documented in the nearly 80 first pages of this very elusive first edition, followed by coverage of the same month's trial of the eleven mob participants. Both trial records contain indictments, arguments of counsel and witness testimony. While all in both trials were acquitted, anger remained that defenders of Lovejoy and his press were indicted at all. The trials ""crystallized the fear that slavery would destroy free speech and civil liberty Lovejoy's death was part of a great transformation"" in a movement that recognized ""states and cities had acted against free speech simply by not acting, by failing to provide protection free speech, then, required protection to be a meaningful right"" (Curtis, 227, 239-400). To scholar Paul Finkelman, ""the history of speech and anti-slavery is critical for our understanding of how opposition to free speech works"" (Speech, Press and Democracy, 818). First edition, first printing: with engraved frontispiece; rear pre-publication advertisement for Twelve Months in Alton. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 121163. Ex-library, with gilt numbers on otherwise plain spine, and evidence of library label removal.Text fresh with mild occasional soiling, edge-wear to bright boards. A distinctive near-fine copy.

Diamond Lil by Mae West

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Title: Diamond Lil
Author: Mae West
Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Sheridan House, 1949. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. NICELY INSCRIBED BY MAE WEST on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1949 reprint. Tight and VG (very light, subtle staining along the rear panel's fore-edge) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine ends and along the tips, and very light creasing at the panel edges. Octavo, the novel (written by Mae West herself) upon which the 1928 Broadway play and the 1933 film (retitled "She Done Him Wrong") were based.

Essais Philosophiques by Adam Smith; Dugald Stewart [precis]; P. Prevost [trans.]

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Title: Essais Philosophiques
Author: Adam Smith; Dugald Stewart [precis]; P. Prevost [trans.]
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: Paris: H. Agasse, 1797. Very Good +. Paris: H. Agasse, 1797. First French Edition. Two volumes bound in one; octavo; 19th-century calf over papier-peint boards, gilt-tooled spine; [4],316; [4],283,[1]pp. (collated complete with half titles). Small abrasions to boards somewhat clumsily repaired, else a Very Good or better, internally clean and exceptionally fresh copy. First appearance in French of Adam Smith's posthumously collected work "Essays on Philosophical Subjects," which includes most notably his "Principles which lead and direct philosophical enquiries, illustrated by the history of astronomy." This edition, as with the first in English, preceded by a lengthy account of Smith's Life by the Scottish philosopher and mathematician Dugald Stewart.

16th century drawing by Anon.

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books

Title: 16th century drawing
Author: Anon.
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: A good copy; old repaired tear.
Description: unk.: unique, unk. date. single sheet.. A good copy; old repaired tear.. An orig. 16th century ink drawing on a notebook leaf that meas. appx. 6.25 x 8.5 inches. It is a rendering in light brown ink of an elaborate classic Roman style torchiere. The verso of the leaf has what appears to be chariots and shields of various kinds ( the old paper repair goes right through these renderings ). The torchiere is a strikingly elaborate concotion that is similar to those in volume four of Carlo Antonini's, Manuale di vari Ornamenti, [ IV : Candelabri ... Antiche ], Rome, 1781 - see plate # 17. The artist of this rendering is unkown. See Antonini, v. 4.

Benjamin H. Marshall Chicago Architect by ZUKOWSKY, John, Jean Guarino, and Benjamin H. Marshall

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Title: Benjamin H. Marshall Chicago Architect
Author: ZUKOWSKY, John, Jean Guarino, and Benjamin H. Marshall
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780926494893
Description: New York: Benamin Marshall Society in collaboration with Acanthus Press, 2015. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 168 pages. Monograph on Chicago architect Benjamin Marshall. Features a preface by Jane Lepauw, a foreword by Tim Siamuelson, an afterword by Richard H. Driehaus, and with text by John Zukowsky and Jean Guarino. Includes numerous color and black and white photographs along with some architectural drawings as well. A fine copy black cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Surprisingly uncommon.

In honor of His Royal Highness Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Her Royal Highness Louise, Crown Princess of Sweden

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Title: In honor of His Royal Highness Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Her Royal Highness Louise, Crown Princess of Sweden
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Chicago, IL: Henry O. Shepard Co, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. [32 pages.] Program for a banquet in honor of Swedish Royalty who were in the United States in part for the dedication of a statue to celebrate Captain John Ericsson. Includes what the menu was to be, a list of the speakers, program, banquet committee, and a list of guests, A near fine copy in cloth boards. No dust jacket. Scarce, with only 1 copy listed in OCLC.

Independent Student. September 1960

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Title: Independent Student. September 1960
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Los Angeles: Independent Student Union, 1960. 8p., newsletter, 7x8.5 inches, lightly fold-creased else very good. Updates on Civil Rights activism, including sit-ins.

Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian; from the diaries of John H. Watson, MD by Andrews, Val

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Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian; from the diaries of John H. Watson, MD
Author: Andrews, Val
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
Description: Romford (UK): Ian Henry Publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. N.D.. First Edition. Hardcover. [no discernible wear to book, just some light age-toning to the text block, and the previous owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of the front endpaper; the jacket has only some very slight wrinkling at the top edge of the rear panel]. Holmes and Watson are called in to solve the theft of the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London, which delayed the coronation of King Edward VII by over a year. "A Story in the Baker Street tradition that sits within historical facts." The "eminent thespian" of the title was renowed actor William Gillette, who achieved his greatest fame for his stage portrayals of Sherlock Holmes. .

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