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[Message To Troops Aboard the U.S.S. Dickman] by Patton, Major General G(eorge) S.

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Title: [Message To Troops Aboard the U.S.S. Dickman]
Author: Patton, Major General G(eorge) S.
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: U.S.S. Dickman Near the Coast of Casablanca, 1942. Good. 10¾" x 7 5/8". Single sheet printed one side. Good: old folds and a couple of chips. This is an extraordinary item that's also extraordinarily rare: an inspiring message to troops aboard the U.S.S. Dickman from Major General George S. Patton, printed on ship in advance of Operation Torch. It was found years ago in a collection of documents from a sailor who served on the Dickman. Operation Torch occurred from November 8-16, 1942. It was an invasion of French North Africa which met the British objective of securing victory in Northern Africa while allowing United States troops to begin fighting Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on a limited scale. Patton was in command of the operations Western Task Force which was aimed at Casablanca and stated, "In making our landing, we may be opposed by a limited number of Germans. It is not known whether the French African Army, composed of both white and colored troops, will contest our landing. It is regrettable to contemplate the necessity of fighting the gallant French who are at heart sympathetic towards us, but all resistance by whomever offered must be destroyed." We find nothing similar in institutional libraries or at auction.

Verve The French Review Of Art No. 8; September-November 1940 by Paris. Verve

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Title: Verve The French Review Of Art No. 8; September-November 1940
Author: Paris. Verve
Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Orig. cover by Matisse in color with original glassine lacking a small portion front cover at lower spine. Near fine
Description: Paris: Verve, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cover by Matisse in color with original glassine lacking a small portion front cover at lower spine. Near fine. 35 x 27 cm. No. 8 completed a few days before the occupation of Paris: original front cover colored lithography by Henri Matisse, and double-paged color lithograph by Pierre Bonnard [Sunset Over The Mediterranean], plus eleven color drawings in red by Andre Derain. "Matisse (finished) the covers of this number a say before the war broke out." Text in English.

Scarce Abolitionist Text Recounting Imprisonment for Freeing Slaves, Prison Life & Reflections. First Edition, 1854 by George Thompson

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Title: Scarce Abolitionist Text Recounting Imprisonment for Freeing Slaves, Prison Life & Reflections. First Edition, 1854
Author: George Thompson
Seller: Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description: 1854. [Slavery & Abolition] THOMPSON, George. Prison Life & Reflections; or, a Narrative of the Arrest, Trial, Conviction, Imprisonment, Treatment, Observations, Reflections, and Deliverance of Work, Burr, and Thompson, Who Suffered An Unjust and Cruel Imprisonment in Missouri Penitentiary, for Attempting to Aid Some Slaves to Liberty. Three Parts in One Volume. Hartford: Published by A. Work. First Edition, 1854. Illustrated frontispiece depicting the "Interior of the Jail in Palmyra, Missouri," where the three men were held prior to transfer to the state penitentiary. Original embossed brown cloth board with gilt text to spine. 8vo. 377 pages. This rare 1854 edition of Prison Life and Reflections recounts the harrowing ordeal of George Thompson and his fellow abolitionists, James Burr and Alanson Work, who were arrested in Missouri in 1841 for attempting to assist enslaved individuals in escaping to freedom. The book serves as both a personal prison memoir and a broader abolitionist testament-an eyewitness indictment of slavery, Southern legal systems, and the moral price of resisting injustice under U.S. law. The three men, students at the Mission Institute in Quincy, Illinois-a known abolitionist training ground-crossed into Missouri with the intention of aiding enslaved people to escape. Their arrest and conviction led to a five-year sentence in the Missouri State Penitentiary. Thompson, one of the imprisoned, offers a detailed and deeply spiritual account of their experience: from arrest and trial, to the brutal conditions of confinement, to their eventual release. More than a narrative of punishment, Prison Life and Reflections is a work of moral testimony, filled with reflections on faith, endurance, and the righteousness of antislavery resistance. It circulated widely in abolitionist circles and was used to galvanize Northern sentiment against the Fugitive Slave Act and the legal compromises that upheld slavery. The volume is of critical historical importance for documenting the lived experiences of white abolitionists punished for their solidarity with enslaved Black Americans, and for illustrating the risks faced by those who participated in early iterations of the Underground Railroad. Its emotional tone, religious introspection, and eyewitness testimony provide rare insight into the penitentiary system and conscience-driven protest in pre-Civil War America. Some wear to covers, some penciled inscriptions to free end papers, and foxing throughout. Binding and text remain tight and clean. Overall very good condition. Scarce, at the time of this writing, OCLC states only one first edition is found in institutional library holdings.

Captain George Price Writes To Widowed Wife Of Albert Johnston, A Famed Confederate Officer, About His Bust Engraving by GEORGE PRICE

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Title: Captain George Price Writes To Widowed Wife Of Albert Johnston, A Famed Confederate Officer, About His Bust Engraving
Author: GEORGE PRICE
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: GEORGE PRICE. Price was a Captain that served in the 2nd California Cavalry and the 5th US Cavalry. Price volunteered for President Lincolns call for stronger federal troops and began his service as a first lieutenant in Company M, 2nd Regiment Cavalry, California Volunteers. He was quickly promoted to Captain and saw extensive duty throughout California, Utah, and Wyoming. During his post-Civil War service, he was with the U.S. 5th Cavalry and tasked with a variety of assignments which included participation in many Indian War campaigns.ALS. 4pgs. Cheyenne, Wyoming. March 18, 1880. An autograph letter signed Geo. F. Price to Eliza Johnston, the wife of Albert Sidney Johnston, discussing the engraving of her husband's bust. Dear Madam, Your esteemed favor of the 11th ins. is to hand. The enclosed photograph of Genl Johnston is mailed this day to my publisher for the information and guidance of the engraver. The engraving from Johnstons bust is selected as the model for our engraving, but in accordance with your opinion, as also that of Col. Johnston, the jaw and chin will be slightly advanced so as to show the latter naturally square with a slight cleft, as you say it appeared when in repose. I had, some time ago, submitted the engraving from Johnstons bust to the opinion of Colonel Barnett and Lt Col Royall, both having served in the old 2 Cavalry under Genl Johnston. They pronounced is a fair likeness and doubtful if the jaws and chin were too massive. The face as presented is a markedly striking one indicating growth force of character and nay feeling of regimental pride as strained more from making any change in it. But the judgment of those who are nearest and dearest to him will govern my actions, as I desire to pick such as nearly a perfect likeness as it is possible to secure, and I do not think that your suggestion can mind into effect will cause the face to lose any of its character, although it may not againis so striking an appearance. The photograph will be returned so soon as the engraver no longer requires it. I will take great pleasure in sending you a proof of the engraving and also a copy of the history of the regiment of which your husband was the first colonel and which to the hour of his deathlasting the unfortunate difference of the war. He honored and loved as it had honored and loved him. With the assurance of my respect and esteem, I remain Madam, Your obedient servant, Geo. F. Price. Albert Sidney Johnston was a general officer in the Texian Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army, killed at Shiloh. Price likely fought under Albert Sidney Johnston in the 5th US Cavalry. Price was residing in Wyoming, which at this time, was still a territory. Fort D. A. Russell was established in Cheyenne in 1867, the same year it was granted a permanent city charter. Wyoming would become a state ten years after this letter. The letter is in very good condition and comes with the original mailing envelope showing Mrs. Johnston in San Francisco.

Midnight Scenes and Social Photographs: Being Sketches of Life in the Streets, Wynds, and Dens of the City. By Shadow

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Title: Midnight Scenes and Social Photographs: Being Sketches of Life in the Streets, Wynds, and Dens of the City. By Shadow
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition: Original cloth, top of spine chipped
Description: Glasgow: Thomas Murray, 1858. First edition. Etched frontispiece by George Cruikshank with camera in image (darekened at edges). 1 vols. 145 pp., 8vo. Original cloth, top of spine chipped. Cruikshank, George. First edition. Etched frontispiece by George Cruikshank with camera in image (darekened at edges). 1 vols. 145 pp., 8vo. Signed by George Cruikshank and dated 1858 obn the title-page and with inscription on ffep. Cohn 557

Blacks [Inscribed and Signed by Brooks and her husband Henry Blakely] by Gwendolyn Brooks

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Title: Blacks [Inscribed and Signed by Brooks and her husband Henry Blakely]
Author: Gwendolyn Brooks
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Chicago, IL: David Company, 1987. Very Good. Chicago, IL: David Company, 1987. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's navy blue stiff card wrappers lettered in gilt; 512pp. Wrappers and textblock margins rather dusty, spine a bit cocked, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by Brooks and her then-husband Henry Blakely on dedication page, "For Bob Barker, From Gwendolyn and Henry Blakely / Sincerely! June 6, 1987.

The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712, A Bibliographical Study, Volumes I and II by McKenzie, D. F.

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Title: The Cambridge University Press 1696-1712, A Bibliographical Study, Volumes I and II
Author: McKenzie, D. F.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 842 pp., with (unsigned) note by the author. The Cambridge University Press began in 1534 when it was granted letters patent by King Henry VIII, and since then the publishing house, part of Cambridge University, has printed titles from numerous authors ranging from John Milton and Isaac Newton to Noam Chomsky and Stephen Hawking. This bibliography of the Press includes publications from 1696 to 1712, and also details the financial side of the business, with many facsimiles of material printed by the Press; the set forms an extensive picture of just a small part of the work produced by the world's oldest publishing house. Loosely laid into the book is a small single sheet "With the compliments of D.F. McKenzie" printed at the top, and a short note in manuscript beneath, "And with renewed Thanks for a most enjoyable morning last January". This obviously a note from the author and presumably in his hand, althought neither signed nor dated. ___DESCRIPTION: Both volumes of full blue cloth, red stamped spine label with gilt lettering and ruled borders, oval red stamped spine label with gilt ruled border and volume number, top edge stained teal, title page with emblem of the University in black, Volume I with black-and-white facsimiles of printed material from the Press and four three-colour charts of "work done by compositors and pressmen"; quarto size (11" by 7.5"), pagination: Volume I: [i-vi] vii-xv [xvi] 1-432 [433-435]; Volume II: [i-iv] v-ix [x] 1-381. In orange dust jackets with white and black lettering, the coat of arms of Cambridge University in black and title in white on the front panel, white and black lettering on the spine, the address of the Press on the rear panel, and a description of the book on the front flap with the original price of $55.00 ("in U.S.A."); note the lower left corner is clipped (we presume by the publisher, since the printed price is still present), the rear flaps are blank. Loosely laid in is the short note referred to above, measuring 6.75" by 4.25", written on brown paper, the printed words in dark brown. ___CONDITION: Both volumes fine overall, with clean boards, straight corners without any rubbing, strong, square text blocks with solid hinges, the interiors are clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; Volume I with the rear corners gently bumped and Volume II with an extremely small spot on the spine, else fine. The dust jackets near fine overall, not price-clipped, clean, with only a few spots of light edgewear; the spines are lightly sunned and the jacket for Volume II has a small area which caught and wrinkled (no missing pieces, but the wrinkled area is obvious). The autograph note is near fine, clean, free of edgewear, with a single horizontal fold (presumably the original fold from mailing). ___POSTAGE: Please note that this set is unusually heavy and extra postage will apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.

THE BRITISH TREATY. WITH AN APPENDIX OF STATE PAPERS; WHICH ARE NOW FIRST PUBLISHED by [Brown, Charles Brockden]

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Title: THE BRITISH TREATY. WITH AN APPENDIX OF STATE PAPERS; WHICH ARE NOW FIRST PUBLISHED
Author: [Brown, Charles Brockden]
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: America: Printed, unknown where, or by whom sold. London: Re-Printed for John Joseph Stockdale, 1808. 147, [1] pp. Disbound, Scattered light fox and soil, Good+. On the Treaty of 1806, negotiated by Pinkney and Madison but rejected by President Jefferson. Brown dedicates it "To Those Members of Congress Who Have the Sense to Perceive and the Spirit to Pursue the True Interests of their Country," the pamphlet attacks English invasions of American sovereignty. Referring to the British ship Leopard's assault on the Chesapeake, the author says that, "The attempt to search a public ship of war appears to us unjustifiable; and more especially so on our own coast." The author predicts, correctly, that the British would offer reparations and thus avoid war over the incident; and offers unflattering opinions on Jefferson-- "a schemer, perpetually occupied with some strange out-of-the-way project"-- and Madison, "a man of feeble mind." The appendix, beginning on page 93, prints Jay's Treaty of 1794; Letter from T. Jefferson, Sept. 5, 1793; His Majesty's Explanatory Notes of the new Treaty; and Mr. Merry's Letter. Sabin 8127.

Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development: The Development and Consequences of Symbolic Communication by Amsel, Eric and James P. Byrnes (editors)

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Title: Language, Literacy, and Cognitive Development: The Development and Consequences of Symbolic Communication
Author: Amsel, Eric and James P. Byrnes (editors)
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
ISBN: 9780805834949
Condition: Very Good+
Description: Mahwah, NJ And London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. Very Good+. 2002. Hardcover. 080583494x . Very Good+ condition, minor scuffing and edge-wear; Amsel and Byrnes take a fresh perspective on symbolic communication; 8vo; 270 pages .

Mr. Pickwick: A Comedy Freely Drawn from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers by Young, Stanley

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Title: Mr. Pickwick: A Comedy Freely Drawn from Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers
Author: Young, Stanley
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 8vo. Blue paper covered boards with gilt and red title to spine. Red and white illustration to front board. Minor browning to edges and minor bumping to spine ends. Inscription from the author on the front free end page reads: "For my good friend, Teddie Latouche - with love, Stanley Young." Else is clean and bright. Red and white illustrated, price clipped dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Spine is faded to beige. Minor rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket. 181 pages. DRA/080416.

Scan by ALLSOP, Kenneth

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Title: Scan
Author: ALLSOP, Kenneth
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Description: hardcover. 230pp. Slim 8vo, cloth, d.w. London, (1965).

The bulletin of Buddha Heart Village / Fo xin cun. Vol. 8 no. 3 佛心村：第八卷，第三期

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Title: The bulletin of Buddha Heart Village / Fo xin cun. Vol. 8 no. 3 佛心村：第八卷，第三期
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Auburn, Alabama: Buddha Heart Buddhaology Institute 佛心禪院, 1989. 24p., staplebound booklet format, very good. Text mostly in Chinese. Publication of the Ch'an (Zen) institute in Alabama.

The Uncivil War: Washington During the Reconstruction, 1865 - 1878. by Whyte, James H.

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Title: The Uncivil War: Washington During the Reconstruction, 1865 - 1878.
Author: Whyte, James H.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Twayne Publishers, 1958. Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), silver lettering, 316 pp.

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