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Theodore Roosevelt Seeks to Hold Together the Progressive Party, Meeting With Congressmen and Senators of the Party in the Wake of their 1912 defeat

Theodore Roosevelt Seeks to Hold Together the Progressive Party, Meeting With Congressmen and Senators of the Party in the Wake of their 1912 defeat by Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt Seeks to Hold Together the Progressive Party, Meeting With Congressmen and Senators of the Party in the Wake of their 1912 defeat
Author
Theodore Roosevelt
Seller
The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
1/1/13. This letter was obtained by us directly from the recipient’s family and has never before been offered for saleDuring his campaign for the presidency in 1904, Theodore Roosevelt publicly resolved not to run in 1908; instead, he supported his secretary of war, William Howard Taft, as the Republican nominee. Taft was elected president in 1908, but his conservative politics led to a falling out with Roosevelt, who decided to return to the political arena in order to oppose his former ally. In the 1912 election, therefore, it was Roosevelt who accepted the nomination of the newly formed Progressive Party. Progressives held a convention in Chicago that was populated by dedicated reformers who wanted to radically remake America. Their numbers included suffragettes, social workers, urban planners, conservationists, labor activists, political reformers, and idealists of all strains. Neither the candidate nor the platform let them down. The platform and Roosevelt also called for the reform of political parties to make them more accountable to the people and less beholden to special interests.The Progressive Party platform stated, “This country belongs to the people who inhabit it. Its resources, its business, its institutions and its laws should be utilized, maintained or altered in whatever manner will best promote the general interest…Instead of instruments to promote the general welfare, they have become the tools of corrupt interests which use them impartially to serve their selfish purposes. Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government, owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people…To destroy this invisible government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.”The platform declared for direct primaries for the nomination of state and national officers, for nation-wide preferential primaries for candidates for the presidency, for the direct election of United States senators by the people, and initiative, referendum and recall of officeholders. Further, it called for legislation looking to the prevention of industrial accidents, occupational diseases, overwork, involuntary unemployment, and other injurious effects incident to modern industry; the fixing of minimum safety and health standards for the various occupations, and the exercise of the public authority of state and nation including the federal control over interstate commerce and the taxing power; the prohibition of child labor; minimum wage standards for working women, to provide a living scale in all industrial occupations; the protection of home life against the hazards of sickness, irregular employment and old age through the adoption of a system of social insurance adapted to American use; and establishing continuation schools for industrial education under public control and encouraging agricultural education and demonstration in rural schools. It was in favor the organization of the workers, men and women, as a means of protecting their interests and of promoting their progress, thus favoring unions. It demanded equal suffrage for women, and under TR’s influence, contained trust-busting provisions.In the end, Roosevelt fell far of winning, drawing 27%, of the vote to Wilson's 42%, but ahead of Taft's 23%. Roosevelt received 88 electoral votes compared to 435 for Wilson and 8 for Taft. This was nonetheless the best showing by any third party since the modern two-party system was established in 1864. Roosevelt was the only third-party candidate to out poll a candidate of an established party. This mainly positive showing led Progressive Party leaders to look to the future, and they hoped to do well in the 1914 Congressional elections. It also led TR to exert efforts to retain the unity of the party, and continue building it, in the wake of what was still a defeat. The Progressives would contest 138 Congressional districts, candidates being women as well as men. However, just 5 were elected, and almost half the candidates failed to get more than 10% of the vote. The Progressive Party disappeared into history, and when in 1916 the Republicans nominated the progressive-leaning Charles Evans Hughes, TR supported him. Roosevelt never renounced his progressive credentials, but then turned his attention to advocating American involvement in World War I.William Hinebaugh was chairman of the Republican Party in Illinois, but switched to the [Progressive] Bull Moose Party in 1912 when his friend, Theodore Roosevelt, split with the Republican Party. It was on the Progressive Party ticket that Hinebaugh was elected to the 63rd U.S. Congress from the 12th Illinois District, where he served one term, 1913-1915. Victor Murdock was a Representative from Kansas. He was a loyal Progressive and would be elected as chairman of the Progressive Party in 1914 and 1916. In 1916, when Theodore Roosevelt refused to run, the Progressive Party nominated Murdock for president, but he did not appear on the ballot. Irvine Lenroot, William Kent, and Ira Copley were Republicans supportive of the Progressive agenda.Autograph letter signed, on his Outlook letterhead, no date or place but likely 1913 when TR was trying to hold together the Progressive Party after its 1912 defeat, to Hinebaugh, inviting him to meet with Progressive members of Congress. “At ten Tuesday evening after lecture, will you take me to National Headquarters to meet Progressive Senators and Congressmen for a couple of hours? Tell Davis this is instead of our plan as it will give me more time with them.” The Davis referred to was Oscar King Davis, Secretary of the Progressive Party.This is a rare ALS of TR as head of the Progressive Party, being just the second we have had.Of this letter, Edward F. O'Keefe, CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation wrote, ""Denied the Republican nomination he rightfully won, Theodore Roosevelt bolted the party and ran as the Progressive Party candidate in 1912. The Bull Moose was — and to this day is — the most successful third party independent candidate in U.S. presidential election history. Ahead of the ill-fated but historic race, I write in The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt about how Edith, TR's beloved second wife, leveled him with a hard truth: 'Put it out of your mind, Theodore. You will never be President of the United States again.' She was right (as she often was). The loss was devastating. TR wrote his autobiography, explored the River of Doubt, and tried, as evidenced in this letter, to keep his dimmed electoral prospects alive. He refused to stand as the Progressive Party nominee in 1916, and the Republican Party refused to have him back. By 1920, the year in which TR was favored once again as the Republican nominee, he would be dead long before Election Day.""This letter was obtained by us directly from Congressman Hinebaugh’s descendants and has never before been offered for sale.
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Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery .... by [Rickman, John] - COOK'S LAST VOYAGE

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Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery ....
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[Rickman, John] - COOK'S LAST VOYAGE
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
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Good; recased at some point; 3-4 inch repaired tear in the map (no loss); some offsetting and spotting; rubbing and chafing to t
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London: E Newberry, 1781. First Edition. State B.. Full contemporary calf.. Good; recased at some point; 3-4 inch repaired tear in the map (no loss); some offsetting and spotting; rubbing and chafing to the binding; snag at head of the spine.. 8vo, [4]. xlvi, 388 [396] pp. + folding frontispiece, folding map, four plates. The first full account of Cook's last voyage by the second lieutenant aboard the Discovery. The text contains reports of many incidents of the voyage that differ from the official record as well as many 'firsts', e.g., the descriptions of Hawaii. An important touchstone in the Pacific bibliography. Hill #1453; Forbes #33, State B (no priority); Beddie #1607; Lada-Mocarski #32 - "Howay's research showed that Rickman's work may have been the first surreptitious issue of the Journal of Cook's last voyage to appear, almost three years before the official, authorized edition of 1784." $5,250
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Über ein selbständiges Darmnervensystem by Remak, Robert - NEUROLOGY

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Über ein selbständiges Darmnervensystem
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Remak, Robert - NEUROLOGY
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good; some spotting throughout.
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Berlin: G Reimer, 1847. First Edition. Original publisher's cloth backed, printed, grey paper boards.. Very good; some spotting throughout.. Folio, [6], 37, [1] pp. + 2 lithographic plates; errata affixed to rear pastedown. In this work Remak first described the autonomic ganglia in the nerves of the stomach (Remak's ganglia). "Among early neurocytologists, Remak was foremost. Most of his publications were epoch making (Haymaker & Schiller, Founders of Neurology, p. 66)." Norman #1822.
The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod by Beston, Henry

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The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
Author
Beston, Henry
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1928. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Henry Beston on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with cloth darkened at spine and toned at edges, worn at spine ends. Newsclippings about Beston affixed to the front endsheets with associated offsetting also affecting Beston's inscription, pages toned and several offset from formerly laid in clippings. A classic of nature writing, chronicling a year of living in the Cape Cod dunes. Signed copies of the first edition are scarce.
POEMS BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: INCLUDING LYRICAL BALLADS, AND THE MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE AUTHOR WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS, A NEW PREFACE, AND A SUPPLEMENTARY ESSAY

POEMS BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: INCLUDING LYRICAL BALLADS, AND THE MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE AUTHOR WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS, A NEW PREFACE, AND A SUPPLEMENTARY ESSAY by WORDSWORTH, William

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POEMS BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH: INCLUDING LYRICAL BALLADS, AND THE MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE AUTHOR WITH ADDITIONAL POEMS, A NEW PREFACE, AND A SUPPLEMENTARY ESSAY
Author
WORDSWORTH, William
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Contents quite clean. Scuffing to covers, edges worn; each volume with front hinges cracked after the title or preliminaries; co
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London: Longman, Hurst et. al, 1815. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents quite clean. Scuffing to covers, edges worn; each volume with front hinges cracked after the title or preliminaries; covers tight. Very Good. Two 5-1/4" x 8-1/4" volumes bound in period calf leather, rebacked with later brown morocco tooled and lettered in gilt, endpapers renewed. With an engraved frontispiece in each volume. The First Collected Edition of Wordsworth's poetry including the contents of LYRICAL BALLADS (1805) and POEMS (1807), often considerably revised, as well as a selection of new poems and a long new preface. With the final revised version of his famous “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” Ink name of Henry Reed on front blank of second volume with several small ink corrections in the first volume. Likely the Henry Reed (1808-1854) who was a professor of English literature and vice provost of the University of Pennsylvania.
THE VENICE NOTEBOOK

THE VENICE NOTEBOOK by WRIGHT, Charles

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THE VENICE NOTEBOOK
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WRIGHT, Charles
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
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(Boston): (Barn Dream Press), (1971). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Stiff pictorial wraps. Copy #76 of 100 (of a total edition of 500 copies) SIGNED by the poet. Photograph of the poet on the rear cover by James Tate.
THE SHORT STORIES OF OSCAR WILDE

THE SHORT STORIES OF OSCAR WILDE by WILDE, Oscar

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THE SHORT STORIES OF OSCAR WILDE
Author
WILDE, Oscar
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Charles Agvent, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Small bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel on the front pastedown. Spine slightly sunned with a small abrasion to the label. Near Fin
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(Burlington, VT): Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Small bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel on the front pastedown. Spine slightly sunned with a small abrasion to the label. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a small nick. James Hill. Small quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/8") bound in full red silk cloth. With an introduction by Robert Gorham Davis and 12 full-page and 2 double-spread color reproductions of paintings by James Hill. Copy #1229 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
Prayer to Persephone" Manuscript Poem, Signed

Prayer to Persephone" Manuscript Poem, Signed by Millay, Edna St. Vincent

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Prayer to Persephone" Manuscript Poem, Signed
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Millay, Edna St. Vincent
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Biblioctopus (United States)
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1918. Holograph poem, signed, 1p., recto only, rough torn on the left edge (likely extracted from a book), offsetting and staining, lightly browned, 4 ¾" x 7 ¾". Signed at bottom "Edna St. Vincent Millay." Written in memory of Dorothy Coleman, Millay's close friend at Vassar who died in 1918 during the influenza pandemic. The poem addresses the Greek goddess Persephone, asking her to comfort Coleman's spirit, likened to a lonely child in the underworld: "Be to her, Persephone, / All the things I might not be: / Take her head upon your knee. / She that was so proud and wild, / Flippant, arrogant and free, / She that had no need of me, / Is a little lonely child, / Lost in Hell; Persephone, / Take her head upon your knee; / Say to her, 'My dear, my dear, / It is not so dreadful here!'" "Prayer to Persephone" forms part of "Memorial to D.C.," five elegies Millay composed at Vassar following Coleman's death. When Millay returned to read at Vassar in 1928, The Miscellany News reported she read "Memorial to D.C." "with an intensity of feeling which gave a sense of their significance." The 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, with young adults disproportionately affected. Millay's invocation of Persephone (the goddess who herself traversed between worlds of life and death) provided classical framework for confronting sudden mortality among her generation. The poem appeared in her 1920 collection A Few Figs from Thistles, which established her reputation for combining traditional lyric forms with modern sensibility.
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A TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES... by Craven, Richard Kappel

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A TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES...
Author
Craven, Richard Kappel
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London, 1821. Hardcover. Very Good. 14 engraved plates, lacking four plates. Leather bound. Gilt on spine & cover. marbled boards. Light foxing on end papers & plates. Plates engraved by Charles Heath after drawings by the artist/author.
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ARCHITECTURE, ARTS & CRAFTS OF ISLAM TO 1st JAN. 1960 by Creswell, K.A.C.

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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ARCHITECTURE, ARTS & CRAFTS OF ISLAM TO 1st JAN. 1960
Author
Creswell, K.A.C.
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Very Good
Description
Cairo: American Univ., 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Thick tall 4to with dust jacket (stained), with minor foxing & torn. Together with the 1973 supplement. Ltd. ed. No dust jacket on the supplement. Mammoth undertaking of nearly 50 years to complete. 2 vols. complete. Most uncommon!
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books Five-Year Supplement, 1971-1975 (37 Volume Set)
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The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books Five-Year Supplement, 1971-1975 (37 Volume Set)

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The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books Five-Year Supplement, 1971-1975 (37 Volume Set)
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
ISBN
9780714116006
Condition
Fine Condition
Description
New York: Readex Books, 1980. Compact edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Complete set bound in blue cloth with the spines stamped in gilt.
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Tous ceux qui tombent, pièce radiophonique. Traduit de l'anglais par Robert Pinget by Beckett, Samuel; Pinget, Robert

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Tous ceux qui tombent, pièce radiophonique. Traduit de l'anglais par Robert Pinget
Author
Beckett, Samuel; Pinget, Robert
Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1957. First edition. 77 p. 19 cm. Original wrappers, spine slightly faded, else fine, unopened. First French edition of All That Fall, Beckett's first radio play. No. 11 of 80 numbered copies on pur fil (including 10 h.c.), the entire édition originale.
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Life and Habit. New edition, with the author's addenda by Butler, Samuel

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Life and Habit. New edition, with the author's addenda
Author
Butler, Samuel
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Fifield, 1910. Original brown cloth, blocked in red. Near-fine.
[Faux Book] Box with Intricate Marquetry Inlay Work

[Faux Book] Box with Intricate Marquetry Inlay Work

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[Faux Book] Box with Intricate Marquetry Inlay Work
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White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (United States)
Condition
Very Good
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NA. Very Good. A beautiful, exceptional example of folk art applied to a faux book box with a drawer. Dimensions: 27 by 20 by 5.5 cm. While it reads "folk art", with a certain naivete and perhaps rough quality that would distinguish it from the work of a Parisian ebeniste, the inlay work is elaborate, intricate, and well-executed. On both the back and front one finds patterns of diamonds, zigzags and/or chevrons, and corner squares. The spine has alternating light and dark stained wood to mimic compartments divided by raised bands. There are at least three different colorations applied to the wood pieces. Virtually all inlay pieces intact, remarkably so, with only very trivial losses. One narrow edge piece is a later replacement. Some scuffs and edgewear.
The Theory and Practice of Ship Building

The Theory and Practice of Ship Building by White, Thomas

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The Theory and Practice of Ship Building
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White, Thomas
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Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description
London, 1848. b/w ills. in text. xi, 101 pp. Scarce 19th century work on naval architecture and shipyard practice. The author claims to be from a long line of ship builders and writes familiarly of earlier authors such as Stalkart, Chapman. He cites Creuze and Fincham and addresses experiments and design changes that have come about since the publication of these works. The practical sections are very specific, dealing mostly with the fabrication of specific timbers in the hull. There is also a chapter on steam navigation. The text refers to 6 plates which are not present in this work. Scott makes no reference to plates but according to Worldcat, they do exist. See Scott, 680. Laid into this copy is a two page autograph letter, signed, from one H. Smith regarding the steam vessels accompanying the Experimental Squadron in 1846. The letter notes the progress of the squadron and the behavior of each of the six ships composing it. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine label chipped
Democracy at Work: The Salon of the Future (Announcement)

Democracy at Work: The Salon of the Future (Announcement) by HAMMONS, David, A One, Daze, Lorna Simpson, Martin Wong, et al.

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Democracy at Work: The Salon of the Future (Announcement)
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HAMMONS, David, A One, Daze, Lorna Simpson, Martin Wong, et al.
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Harper's Books (United States)
Condition
Ghosting from mailing label to verso, with foldlines and faint offsetting from seal; near fine.
Description
Bron, NYx: The Bronx Council on the Arts / P.S. 39 Longwood Arts Project, 1986. Ghosting from mailing label to verso, with foldlines and faint offsetting from seal; near fine.. Poster-mailer printed to glossy sheet (14 x 8.5 inches) announcing a dynamic exhibition of political art curated by Thomas Corn and Longwood Arts Project at P.S. 39 in the Bronx (Apr. 26 - May 24, 1986): "A multi-media, interdisciplinarian, anti-sexist, anti-racist, anti-elitist, pro-exchange, pro-growth, intercultural extravaganza based upon romantic notion and steely determination." Featuring a long list of both visual artists and graffiti writers, including A One, Mike Bidlo, Dawoud Bey, Daze, David Hammons, John "Crash" Matos, Willoughby Sharp, Lorna Simpson, and Martin Wong; Hammons also listed as headlining the opening reception, along with Lewis and Lewis, The Ray Vega Quartet, and Tom Warren's Mobile Photo Studio.
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If I Were Four-And-Twenty by YEATS, W. B.

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Title
If I Were Four-And-Twenty
Author
YEATS, W. B.
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Fine copy in torn glassine dust jacket
Description
Dublin, Ireland: Cuala Press, 1940. First edition. One of 450 copies. Wade 205. Fine copy in torn glassine dust jacket. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, glassine dust jacket. Fine copy in torn glassine dust jacket.
BABBITT: A MARRIAGE (1987) Theatre window card

BABBITT: A MARRIAGE (1987) Theatre window card by Mark Taper Forum

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BABBITT: A MARRIAGE (1987) Theatre window card
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Mark Taper Forum
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Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
No binding. Very Good. Fine Art Print Sinclair Lewis (source) Vintage original 22 x 14"" (56 x 36 cm.) theatre window card poster, USA. One mended tear at bottom, VERY GOOD+. Very scarce poster for a musical adaptation by Ron Hutchinson. It was designed as a drama, but with two alternating barber shop quartets who commented on the story.
Journal of the Printing-Office at Strawberry Hill. Now first printed from the MS. of Horace Walpole. With notes by Paget Toynbee

Journal of the Printing-Office at Strawberry Hill. Now first printed from the MS. of Horace Walpole. With notes by Paget Toynbee by Walpole, Horace

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Journal of the Printing-Office at Strawberry Hill. Now first printed from the MS. of Horace Walpole. With notes by Paget Toynbee
Author
Walpole, Horace
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
[London:] Printed at The Chiswick Press for Constable and Company and Houghton Mifflin, 1923 Deluxe edition, limited to 650 copies. Original tan calf with gilt black morocco label. . Quarto. Photogravure frontispiece, and eleven other plates in heliotype or photogravure, including tipped in facsimile plates. Spine a trifle faded, but a very good, clean copy.
A PATCHWORK PLANET

A PATCHWORK PLANET by Tyler, Anne

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A PATCHWORK PLANET
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Tyler, Anne
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
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Fine
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Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1998. First edition. Precedes the trade edition. Signed by Tyler as issued. "Special Message" by Tyler for this edition. Gilt-stamped leather covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Unread copy in publisher's original unopened shrinkwrap with all inserts included. Not commonly available as such.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Excellent Original publicity Photograph Signed, oblong 4to, n.p., 1980 by HUSTON, JOHN

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Excellent Original publicity Photograph Signed, oblong 4to, n.p., 1980
Author
HUSTON, JOHN
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Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description
Huston is standing behind a panavision camera, wearing a winter coat, sporting his grey beard. It is a publicity portrait for his movie, "Phobia" On verso is a pasted sheet from Paramount discussing Huston and the movie. Signed, on his grey coat, "John Huston.
Antiworlds

Antiworlds by Voznesensky, Andrei; Edited by Patricia Blake and Max Hayward; Foreword by W. H. Auden

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Title
Antiworlds
Author
Voznesensky, Andrei; Edited by Patricia Blake and Max Hayward; Foreword by W. H. Auden
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Basic Books, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page -"For Pfingston from Andrei Voznesentsky 1 Nov. , 1977". Association Copy, inscribed to noted Indiana poet and photographer Roger Pfingston. Near Fine, thin lines of sunning at top and bottom edges of spine, in Near Fine dust jacket, small chips at head of spine and small rubs at fore edge of front of jacket..
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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SPRINGFIELD, APRIL 23, 1861. TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS by Yates, Richard

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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, SPRINGFIELD, APRIL 23, 1861. TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
Author
Yates, Richard
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
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[Springfield, 1861. 8pp, stitched into modern plain wraps. Lacks the original wrappers, which contain the imprint. Light wear and fox, Good+. Responding angrily to the assault on Fort Sumter, Yates rallies the people of Illinois to resist the South's "ambitious and restless leaders, to the great peril of our noble Union, of our Democratic institutions and of our public and private property." He observes, "The attack upon Fort Sumter produced a most startling transformation on the Northern mind, and awakened a sleeping giant." He urges the Legislature to take the necessary steps to prepare for an arduous conflict. Sabin 34298.
[MINIATURE] A CALENDAR OF HAIKU: A SEASONAL DIALOGUE

[MINIATURE] A CALENDAR OF HAIKU: A SEASONAL DIALOGUE by Ankenbrand, Jr.; Frank

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[MINIATURE] A CALENDAR OF HAIKU: A SEASONAL DIALOGUE
Author
Ankenbrand, Jr.; Frank
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
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Near Fine binding
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New Britain, Connecticut: Robert E. Massmann, 1970. Limited, numbered edition. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. Signed. 2-1/8" x 2-1/4" miniature in wrappers with paper slipcase; Signed by Robert E. Massmann and hand-numbered 51/150; tiny stain on the slipcase label else the fold-out calendar and introduction are in beautiful shape;. Near Fine binding.
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Association of Ex-Members of Squadron A 1932

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Association of Ex-Members of Squadron A 1932
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
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G+. Some toning / sunning to wraps, and penciling in the margins where someone was noting club member deaths.
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1932. Staplebound. G+. Some toning / sunning to wraps, and penciling in the margins where someone was noting club member deaths.. Staplebound booklet. 63 pages. Club yearbook.
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A lei francesca" (Sainte Foy, v. 20). Étude sur les chansons de saints gallo-romanes du XIe Siècle by Zaal, J. W. B.

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A lei francesca" (Sainte Foy, v. 20). Étude sur les chansons de saints gallo-romanes du XIe Siècle
Author
Zaal, J. W. B.
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
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Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1962. xj, 161p., original burgundy cloth, pages 1 and 2 separated by two blank pages (but all text present).
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Conduct of the Earl of Nottingham by AIKEN, William A

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Conduct of the Earl of Nottingham
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AIKEN, William A
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very Good
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New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good. 1941. Hardcover. First edition thus. Light shelf wear, else very good in brown paper covered boards. No dust jacket. .
Body Language of Horses.
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Body Language of Horses. by AINSLIE, Tom and LEDBETTER, Bonnie.

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Body Language of Horses.
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AINSLIE, Tom and LEDBETTER, Bonnie.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780688036201
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
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NY: William Morrow. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 0688036201 . A later printing. Fine in a very near fine (tiny stain at the top of the rear panel) dust jacket. .
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A DAY WITH A TRAMP AND OTHER DAYS by WYCKOFF, Walter A.

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A DAY WITH A TRAMP AND OTHER DAYS
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WYCKOFF, Walter A.
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
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NY: Charles Scribner's, 1901. 8vo, pp. 191. Ex library, cover slightly worn, o/w a nice tight copy. Memoir of a young man, newly out of college, who worked his way across the U.S. as a day-laborer.
FIRST EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE TOGETHER WITH SOME MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS AND PORTRAITS EXHIBITED AT THE GROLIER CLUB FROM DECEMBER 8 TO DECEMBER 24, 1904

FIRST EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE TOGETHER WITH SOME MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS AND PORTRAITS EXHIBITED AT THE GROLIER CLUB FROM DECEMBER 8 TO DECEMBER 24, 1904

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FIRST EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE TOGETHER WITH SOME MANUSCRIPTS, LETTERS AND PORTRAITS EXHIBITED AT THE GROLIER CLUB FROM DECEMBER 8 TO DECEMBER 24, 1904
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New York: The Grolier Club, 1904. red cloth. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. 12mo. red cloth. vii, 69 pages. Asaf Handlist 52. Introductory preface. Rebound in later cloth. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.
This Next New Year

This Next New Year by Wong, Janet S.

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This Next New Year
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Wong, Janet S.
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
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9780374355036
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Very good
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New York: Frances Foster Books, 2010. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpaginated. Very good hardback in a very good dust jacket.
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Valhalla at the OK. by ALLEN, Robert.

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Valhalla at the OK.
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ALLEN, Robert.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
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Ithaca: Ithaca House, (1971).. First edition.. 53 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers; a trade paperback original. British-born Allen’s first book, a collection of poems.
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Lady of Asolo: A Pictorial HIstory of the Life and Times of Caterina Cornaro. by Antinoro-Polizzi, Joseph.

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Lady of Asolo: A Pictorial HIstory of the Life and Times of Caterina Cornaro.
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Antinoro-Polizzi, Joseph.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
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Rochester, New York: Published by the Author, (1985). First Edition. Quarto, softbound (stiff, stapled, gilt-illustrated green wrappers), v, 55 pp. Fine. From Introductoin: We in this modern age can still find particular fascination and delight in the chronicles of the lives of the illustrious women of the Renaissance. From such excursions into biography, history and art, the appealing attributes of these long-gone figures can come alive and be vibrant once more ---- the diving beauty of Simonetta Cattaneo Vespucci whom Botticelli immortalized as “Flora” in his painting, “Primavera” or “Springtime”: the exquisite artistic taste and the avid love of collecting of Isabella d’Este, the Marchioness of Mantua, whose beautiful profile Leonardo da Vinci captured in a delicate drawing; the savoir faire of Caterina de Medici, the descendant of Lorenzo the Magnificent, who brouth many of the fine (As well as culinary!) arts of Florentine fame to the French Court; the gaiety and sprightliness of Bona Storza, her Milanese counterpart, who contributed similarly to a welcoming Polish royal house; the spirituality and intellectual brilliance of Vittoria Colonna who exchanged sonnets with the incomparable Michelangelo in his twilight years; Leonora d’Este, gentle muse of Torquato Tasso’s ill-starred poetical genius... And on and on one could go, to the many other ladies of the splendid courts of Italy. Yet, perhaps no one of these could ever come to capture our imagination and, in certain ways, our sympathy, as does Caterina Cornaro, the “girl-queen” of Cyrpus and “Lady of Asolo,” a lovelyk delicate and fragile flower of the High Renaissance as it bloomed in the sumptuous and colorful splendor of Venice. The life of Caterina was but a brief moment -- a footnote in Venetian history -- as one commentator put it. Still, her memory lives on. Caterina’s era -- the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- was the period of triumphant early commercial captialism as well as prodigious and unparalleled artistic vitality in Italy, and many of her contemporaries are everlastingly enshrined as the luminaries of all time, among them: da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Columbus, Lorenzo the Mangificent, Palladio, Politian, Titian. Caterina’s life bridged the period of the Republic’s glittering zenith as a sovereign maritime power in the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean seas as well as the dawn of its decline from greatness.
Growing Up in an Inhospitable World: Female Bildungsroman in Spain

Growing Up in an Inhospitable World: Female Bildungsroman in Spain by Bezhanova, Olga

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Growing Up in an Inhospitable World: Female Bildungsroman in Spain
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Bezhanova, Olga
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Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780979448034
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Very good
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AILCFH, 2013. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". x, 228pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of blue cloth over boards. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. This work focuses on the works of women writers who hail from different geographic locations. Despite their diverse backgrounds, these authors share a common theme in their novels. Specifically, the protagonists in their respective works undergo psychological growth and development. Initially portrayed as innocent, psychologically fragile, and immature, the female characters evolve over the course of the narrative, experiencing growth as they navigate life's challenges and hardships. The environment, situations, problems, and oppression they face collectively contribute to their psychological resilience, aligning with the principles of the Bildungsroman literary genre.
Authorized to Heal. Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia, 1880-1930.

Authorized to Heal. Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia, 1880-1930. by BARNEY, Sandra Lee.

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Authorized to Heal. Gender, Class, and the Transformation of Medicine in Appalachia, 1880-1930.
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BARNEY, Sandra Lee.
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Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
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9780807848340
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Chapel Hill:: University of North Carolina Press, 2000., 2000. 8vo. xiii, [3], 222 pp. Figs., index. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. ISBN-13: 9780807848340 "In this book, Sandra Barney examines the transformation of medical care in Central Appalachia during the Progressive Era and analyzes the influence of women volunteers in promoting the acceptance of professional medicine in the region. By highlighting the critical role played by nurses, clubwomen, ladies' auxiliaries, and other female constituencies in bringing modern medicine to the mountains, she fills a significant gap in gender and regional history. / Barney explores both the differences that divided women in the reform effort and the common ground that connected them to one another and to the male physicians who profited from their voluntary activity. Held together at first by a shared goal of improving the public welfare, the coalition between women volunteers and medical professionals began to fracture when the reform agendas of women's groups challenged physicians' sovereignty over the form of health care delivery. By examining the professionalization of male medical practitioners, the gendered nature of the campaign to promote their authority, and their displacement of community healers, especially female midwives, Barney uncovers some of the tensions that evolved within Appalachian society as the region was fundamentally reshaped during the era of industrial development." – Publisher. REVIEWS: "The sophisticated analysis, clear and direct prose style, organization, and brevity make the paperbound version of Authorized to Heal ideal for upper-level undergraduate courses in southern history, women's history, and the history of medicine and public health.. .. Authorized to Heal is one of the finest monographs in the past decade to combine women's and southern history."--Journal of Southern History. "[A] rich and graceful volume that combines the historical literature of women, medicine, and Appalachian history.. .. Barney has filled an important void in Appalachian history and at the same time helps to demonstrate that Appalachian history is American history."--American Historical Review.
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Be Happy. Remember to Live, Love, Laugh and Learn by Zadra, Dan

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Be Happy. Remember to Live, Love, Laugh and Learn
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Zadra, Dan
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Compendium, 2001. Very Good. Zadra, Dan. Be Happy. Remember to Live, Love, Laugh and Learn. Lynnwood: Compendium, 2001. 127pp. Square 16mo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good.

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