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Jefferson-Signed Patent Act of 1793 by THOMAS JEFFERSON

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Title: Jefferson-Signed Patent Act of 1793
Author: THOMAS JEFFERSON
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson signs the second U.S. Patent Act, which played a signal role in the commercial development of the United States. A key difference between this act and the one it replaced was that, in addition to new inventions, patents could be issued for improvements to existing products. The measure helped foster American innovation, successfully ushering the nation into the Industrial Revolution. We locate no other signed copies of this milestone act. THOMAS JEFFERSON. Printed Document Signed as Secretary of State, An act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose, February 21, 1793. Signed in type by George Washington as President, Jonathan Trumbull as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and John Adams as Vice President and President of the Senate. [Philadelphia: Francis Childs and John Swaine?, 1793], 4 pp. Evans 26309 Partial Transcript "… when any person or persons, being a citizen or citizens of the United States, shall allege that he or they have invented any new and useful art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, not known or used before the application, and shall present a petition to the Secretary of State … it shall … be lawful for the said Secretary of State, to cause letters patent to be made out …." Historical Background In August of 1787, well into the proceedings of the Federal Convention, James Madison and Charles Pinckney recommended adding the power to issue patents to the draft U.S. Constitution. The delegates agreed without a dissenting vote. The clause appears in Article 1, Section 8, charging Congress with the promotion of "the progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries." The first Patent Act was passed by Congress on April 10, 1790. It gave complete power to grant patents to a board consisting of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War and the Attorney General. As Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson personally examined all applications. "He was now able to keep his finger on the pulse of American discovery," Jefferson biographer Dumas Malone observed. "No compatriot of his was so well fitted to enjoy and fill such a position." Only 57 patents were granted during Jefferson's tenure, in part because of his strict interpretation of the requirement for originality and practicality. It wasn't long, however, before Jefferson and the other board members realized thatmore pressing duties left them with insufficient time to assess the applications. This 1793 Patent Act specifically addresses the problem, charging the Secretary of State with issuing a patent to any applicant who complied with a set of prescribed formalities, swore his invention was original, and paid a fee. Also, through Jefferson's private influence, it broadened the wording to include any "new and useful improvement" to an existing product, a definition that remains to this day. To reduce the Patent Board's responsibility, however, the 1793 Act left any claims of the novelty and validity of an invention for the courts to decide. This system remained in effect for more than 40 years, by which time patents—many of them for inventions that were not original—were being issued at a rate of 600 per year. To stem the tide of derivative and useless inventions, a revised act was passed in 1836, which returned to the practice of examining an application before the issue of a patent. Legislative measures signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State Following a law passed on September 15, 1789, Thomas Jefferson, as Secretary of State, signed two copies of each law, order, vote, or resolution of Congress for distribution to the executive of every state. (By the same law, a single copy was distributed to each U.S. senator and representative, though these did not require Jefferson's authentication. Surviving copies are unsigned and printed on much smaller paper.) As there were 15 states at the time this act was passed, it is likely that just 30 copies were signed by Jefferson. After checking WorldCat and OCLC FirstSearch, as well as catalogs for the American Antiquarian Society, American Philosophical Society, Huntington Library, Rosenbach Museum and Library, and Library of Congress, we have located no other signed copies of this act or of its predecessor, the 1790 Patent Act. We find no record of either one appearing at auction for at least the last 25 years.

ALLO / TROPES. AN ALCHEMY THRU A GLASS DARKLY -- WITH LINES EXPROPRIATED FROM TENNYSON & WORDSWORTH by (HERMETIC PRESS). GALLO, PHILIP

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Title: ALLO / TROPES. AN ALCHEMY THRU A GLASS DARKLY -- WITH LINES EXPROPRIATED FROM TENNYSON & WORDSWORTH
Author: (HERMETIC PRESS). GALLO, PHILIP
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: [Saint Paul]: The Hermetic Press, 2019. COPY "G" OF 26 LETTERED COPIES on 125 gsm Stardream paper (and five copies on 110 gsm Plike paper). 245 x 143 mm. (9 3/4 x 5 5/8"). [20] leaves. Original card covers wrapped in a shiny orange chemise, upper wrapper with title printed in dark orange. Printed in color throughout. ◆In mint condition. An alchemy of typography, color, words, and design, this is an impeccably printed work that plays on the word "allotropes"--a term used in chemistry that refers to the different states a particular element may take (such as graphite and diamond for carbon). As we admire the vibrant color combinations juxtaposed with shifting letter forms, the printer also invites us to consider the science and experimentation inherent to this work, using diagrams, chemical notations, and images that look as if they were taken from under a microscope to provoke our imaginations. The shimmering paper on which the text is printed here and especially the glistening orange cover make a very pleasing impression. The poet/artist/typographer/printer Phillip Gallo has been printing concrete and visual poetry since he founded his Hermetic Press in 1965. His books are in important collections around the world, including in the Museum of Modern Art and the Walker Art Center..

[Manuscript File of Legal Documents Concerning Cuban Manumission Cases in the Late 1870s] by [Cuba]. [Slavery]

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Title: [Manuscript File of Legal Documents Concerning Cuban Manumission Cases in the Late 1870s]
Author: [Cuba]. [Slavery]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Overall good.
Description: [Various places in Cuba, 1878. Overall good.. [29] leaves, varying sizes. In contemporary, ad hoc selfwrappers, loosely stitched. Rear wrap tattered. Varying degrees of toning and wear. Scattered offsetting throughout. Fascinating gathering of documents and letters that present several cases of Cuban slaves applying for their own freedom in 1878. The gradual abolition of slavery on the island was enacted by Spain in 1880, but prior to this, there were several bureaucratic mechanisms by which enslaved people could apply for or purchase their own manumission. The most interesting case amongst the present manuscript documents is the claim of a male slave that states he was born free in Puerto Rico, but was somehow included in an inheritance as a young boy, transported to Cuba, and sold into slavery: "Un individuo que hoy se encuentran en la Cárcel del Alacranes, y que dice nombrase Juhan ó José Julian Quintana, y ser esclavo actualmente de Dn. Serapio Hernandez, dueño de los ingenios Escorial, ubicado en Colon, y Sta. Rosa [?], en Limonar, y vecino de esa Ciudad, calle del Rio, ha solicitado se le restituyan un derechos de libertad por haber nacídolibre en Puerto Rico, de donde á la edad de 5 ó 6 años le trajeron à esta Ysla y vencieron como esclavo." Interesting for the study of manumission in late-colonial Cuba, and certainly worthy of further research.

Autobiographies: Reveries Over Childhood and Youth and The Trembling of the Veil by YEATS, W. B.

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Title: Autobiographies: Reveries Over Childhood and Youth and The Trembling of the Veil
Author: YEATS, W. B.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Preliminary front & back pages & edges very lightly foxed, otherwise a very fine copy
Description: London: Macmillan & Co, 1926. First edition. One of 2820 copies. Wade 151. Preliminary front & back pages & edges very lightly foxed, otherwise a very fine copy. 8vo, frontispiece portrait of Yeats, four illustrations including one tipped-in colorplate, unicorn design on endpapers, blind-stamped decorated green cloth, dust jacket. Preliminary front & back pages & edges very lightly foxed, otherwise a very fine copy.

A Palpable Elysium: Portraits of Genius and Solitude. Introduction by Guy Davenport by WILLIAMS, Jonathan

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Title: A Palpable Elysium: Portraits of Genius and Solitude. Introduction by Guy Davenport
Author: WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: As new
Description: Boston: Godine, (2002). First edition. With essays on Kenneth Rexroth, Thomas Merton, Robert Duncan, Jess, Lorine Niedecker, among others. Signed by Williams on the title-page. As new. 4to, illustrated, photographic wrappers. As new.

Yamataka Noboru 山高登, 橋本興家 by [Bookplates]

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Title: Yamataka Noboru 山高登, 橋本興家
Author: [Bookplates]
Seller: Boston Book Company (United States)
Description: Sekino Junichirō 関野準一郎, Takei Takeo 武井武雄 Hashimoto Okiie et al. Editor unknown. Yamataka Noboru 山高登, 橋本興家. n.p. n.d. String bound fukuro toji 20 x 15cm with title slip in Japanese on front cover. A handmade album with a delightful collection of 52 color and monochrome bookplates and stamps by a range of Japanese artists in a variety of techniques. Most are tipped in, with the stamps laid in. Among the well-known artists represented are Sekino Junichirō 関野準一郎 (1914-1988) (1 bookplate), Takei Takeo 武井武雄 (1894 – 1983) (5 woodblock prints and 3 stamps)、Yamataka Noboru 山高登 (2 bookplates), Hashimoto Okiie 橋本興家 (1899 - 1993) (1 bookplate). Techniques include woodblock printing and etching. Included is a handwritten guide in Japanese to each of the bookplates, with title, artist, name of book owner and some techniques identified, as well as a printed sheet with the artists’ names and the number of bookplates/stamps rendered. Made with great care and in very good condition.

Indian Pictures: Facsimiles of Paintings in Water-Colour and Engravings of Drawings in Black and White by Deming, Edwin Willard

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Title: Indian Pictures: Facsimiles of Paintings in Water-Colour and Engravings of Drawings in Black and White
Author: Deming, Edwin Willard
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899. First Edition. Very Good. folio, unpaginated; 6 chromolith plates; publisher's pictorial paper covered boards, brown cloth spine. Beautifully illustrated by E. W. Deming, with "picture-writing" at foot of each plate. "The picture-writing at the bottom of each facsimile of a water-colour painting gives the story of the year, told in the way an Indian would record it on his robe or his lodge lining." Light soiling and staining to boards and spine; short closed tear to fore-edge of ffep and title page. Three small spots on ffep. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Very good indeed.

Buy It and Try It: Hints on Cooking and Living in Japan by The Women's Society, Tokyo Union Church

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Title: Buy It and Try It: Hints on Cooking and Living in Japan
Author: The Women's Society, Tokyo Union Church
Seller: ReadInk (United States)
Condition: Good+
Description: Tokyo: The Women's Society / Tokyo Union Church. Good+. 1963. 3rd English Edition. Spiral bound. [moderately worn, with the kind of general handling wear and occasional light staining that you would expect from a cookbook that had actually been used; the rear endpaper contains an additional handwritten recipe (in English) by a previous owner]. (pen and ink drawings, advertisements) An introductory note reads: "We invite you into the kitchens of our church families. Members and friends of the church, and the missionary community in Japan, have contributed 'favorite' recipes as well as recipes created for the use of many new and unfamiliar foods found in Japanese markets. No attempt has been made to check the source of the recipes as they come from active kitchen practice in Japan." Includes sections on "Household Hints" and "Healthful Living." Almost all the text is in English, although there is a glossary of "English-Japanese Definitions of Cooking Terms." .

HISTORY OF THE PAN-HANDLE : Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock West Virginia 1879 by J. H. Newton | G.G. Nicholas and A. G. Sprankle

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Title: HISTORY OF THE PAN-HANDLE : Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock West Virginia 1879
Author: J. H. Newton | G.G. Nicholas and A. G. Sprankle
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Near Fine binding
Description: Apollo PA: Closson Press, 1999. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. A clean tight copy of the reprint edition which was originally published in 1879. No marks of any kind. A few full page ilustrations. Near Fine binding.

Abraham Cruzvillegas: The Autoconstrucción Suites by CRUZVILLEGES, Abraham (artist); Clara KIM (editor); Olga VISO (introduction by); Patricia FALGUIERES (text by); Sergio GONZALES RODRIGUEZ

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Title: Abraham Cruzvillegas: The Autoconstrucción Suites
Author: CRUZVILLEGES, Abraham (artist); Clara KIM (editor); Olga VISO (introduction by); Patricia FALGUIERES (text by); Sergio GONZALES RODRIGUEZ
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
ISBN: 9781935963059
Condition: Generally a clean copy
Description: Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2013. First edition. Generally a clean copy. 13.5 x 9.75 inches. 240 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial wrappers. "Published on the occasion of the artist's first major survey, this volume explores the rich terrain of Abraham Cruzvillegas' (born 1968) work over the past ten years, rooting his sculptural language within the volcanic landscape of his childhood home in Ajusco, Mexico. The publication elaborates on Cruzvillegas' interest in autoconstrucción, a construction method arising from the constraints of poverty, in which parts are recycled and adapted for new purposes. Developed in collaboration with the artist, the volume features five essays examining autoconstrucción through the lens of art history, politics, architecture and urban migration in Mexico in the 1960s. Along with these texts, the publication includes sculptures by Cruzvillegas; snapshots of Ajusco, Mexico, taken by the artist; archival images of Ajusco from the Cruzvillegas Fuentes family album; titles that inform and inspire the artist's thinking about autoconstrucción; silkscreened posters of liberation movements in Latin America; and the artist's index of concepts and song lyrics written as allegories of his childhood" (the publisher).

The Benedicts Abroad. by Benedict, Clare; Editor.

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Title: The Benedicts Abroad.
Author: Benedict, Clare; Editor.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: London: Ellis, (1930). First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, uncut, xv, 751 pp. Illustrated with photographs. This copy was formerly a part of the Bath, N.H. Free Library, and bears several not-ugly marks accordingly, including an inked spine numeral. It also bears a bookplate stating the book was placed “With the Compliments / of/ Miss Clare Benedict.

Indian Trade Goods by Arthur Woodward

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Title: Indian Trade Goods
Author: Arthur Woodward
Seller: Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Binford & Mort, 1976. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 38 pages. Second Edition.

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