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Finley vs. Walls. Papers in the Case by FINLEY Jesse J. WALLS Josiah T.

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books

Title: Finley vs. Walls. Papers in the Case
Author: FINLEY Jesse J. WALLS Josiah T.
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1876. First Edition. WALLS, Josiah T., FINLEY, Jesse J. Finley vs. Walls. Papers in the Case of Jesse J. Finley vs Josiah T. Walls, Second Congressional District of Florida. (Washington, (D.C.): Government Printing Office, 1876). Octavo, recent full speckled sheep gilt, red morocco spine label; pp. 196. $3800.First edition of the official printing of the House of Representative record in an opponent's dispute over the election of Josiah Walls to the 44th Congress, with Walls, born enslaved and a veteran of Black Civil War regiments, having earlier survived an assassination attempt in his initial election to Congress in 1871, where he declared in his ""first major floor speech 'I believe that the national government is the guardian of the liberties of all its subjects.'""""Black leaders in the early days of Reconstruction were notable precisely for their unwillingness to acquiesce silently to the conservative race policies of the Republican Party. Ranging in background from Robert Brown Elliot, college-educated in England, to Josiah T. Walls, a former slave, the Black elite of Reconstruction generated and sustained a steady flow of criticism aimed at the Republicans' lack of commitment to racial progress"" (Klingman, Geithman, Negro Dissidence, 172). Walls, who served in the Union Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) and as first sergeant in the 35th regiment USCT, began his political career representing Alachua County in the 1868 Florida constitutional convention the following fall, he was elected to the state senate and took his seat as one of five freedmen in the 24man chamber in January 1869."" Walls would then become ""the first African American to serve his state in Congress. The only Black Representative from Florida until the early 1990s, Walls was unseated twice on the recommendation of the House Committee on Elections. When he was not fiercely defending his seat in Congress, Walls fought for internal improvements for Florida compulsory education and economic opportunity for all races"" (U.S. House of Representatives).Amidst escalating KKK violence, southern white Republicans feared ""Democrats would capture the election in the absence of the black votes"" and nominated Wells to face ""former slave owner and Confederate veteran Silas Niblack, who argued a 'former slave was not educated enough to serve in Congress.'"" Walls, who struggled against cautious Republicans and often violent Democrats in his congressional tenure, countered Niblack's racism in debates and at political rallies. ""The campaign was violent; a wouldbe assassin's bullet missed Walls by inches,"" but in 1871 he emerged victorious, to be sworn in as a member of the 42nd Congress as ""the first African American to serve his state in Congress. The only Black Representative from Florida until the early 1990s [he] advocated compulsory education and economic opportunity for all races: 'We demand that our lives, our liberties and our property shall be protected by the strong arm of our government.'"" When Niblack fought the election, claiming voting intimidation, Walls noted he lost more votes due to KKK intimidation, but he was said to lack evidence and Niblack was belatedly named winner. Nevertheless Walls was later elected as one of ""the two At-Large seats in the 43rd Congress"" and returned in 1873.In the 42nd and 43rd Congresses, Walls ""sought funding to improve Florida's harbors and rivers and to create a landgrant state agricultural college."" He made education the issue of ""his first major floor speech on February 3, 1872: 'I believe that the national government is the guardian of the liberties of all its subjects Can [African Americans] protect their liberties without education can this be done without the aid, assistance, and supervision of the General Government? No, sir, it cannot.'"" When he defeated his white opponent Jesse Finley by a slim 51 percent margin to be elected to the 44th Congress, Finley challenged the vote as is documented in Finley vs. Walls. When the debate moved to the House Floor, ""not one of Walls' six Black colleagues was allowed to speak, although Walls briefly took the floor in his own defense."" The year after he was unseated by the Democrat-controlled House Committee on Elections, Reconstruction ended in Florida. Walls subsequently won a seat in the Florida state senate but, increasingly discouraged at the failure of Reconstruction, he took a permanent leave of absence in 1879. Walls would declare: ""I reluctantly confess, after so many years of concessions, that unless partisan and sectional feeling shall lose more of its rancor fundamental law will be disregarded, overthrown and trampled underfoot, and a complete reign of terror and anarchy will rule supreme."" In 1890, at his defeat in another bid for the state senate, Walls ""took charge of the farm at Florida Normal College (now Florida A&M University)"" until his death in 1905 (U.S. House of Representatives). First edition: with stated: ""January 25, 1876Ordered to be printed 44th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 58."" Without fragile original paper wrappers. Not in Blockson. Text very fresh with only small gutter-edge paper repair not affecting text. Handsomely bound.

Comic Almanack by CRUIKSHANK George

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Title: Comic Almanack
Author: CRUIKSHANK George
Seller: Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description: 1871. CRUIKSHANK, George. The Comic Almanack With Many Hundred Illustrations by George Cruikshank and Other Artists. First Series, 1835-1843; Second Series, 1844-1853. London: John Camden Hotten, circa 1871. Two volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter green morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. $1600.Later edition, with hundreds of illustrations, some folding, and humorous pieces by Thackeray, Mayhew, and others. Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf.""Cruikshank attained great celebrity as an artist of rare talents, both in humour and pathos"" (Allibone, 456). ""In 1835 Cruikshank issued the first number of the 'Comic Almanack,' with a dozen 'right merrie' cuts (etchings) 'pertaining to the months' by himself, and a few minor embellishments. Sometimes the letterpress was supplied by distinguished contributors"" (DNB). This two-volume set is the complete run from 1835 to 1853. Cohn 184 (note). Spines evenly toned to brown. A fine pair of volumes.

The Old Devils [Signed Limited Edition] by Kingsley Amis

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Title: The Old Devils [Signed Limited Edition]
Author: Kingsley Amis
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: London: Hutchinson, 1986. Very Good +/Very Good. London: Hutchinson, 1986. Limited First Edition of 250 copies, this being number 87. Octavo (22.2cm); glassine dust jacket; marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine and gilt lettering;[xii],294pp. Jacket chipped at head with rubbing at corners and edges. Boards sturdy and square. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author without inscription on limitation page at front. Winner of the 1986 Booker Prize.

A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron

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Title: A Dog's Purpose
Author: W. Bruce Cameron
Seller: Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN: 9780765326263
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, with only slight rubbing to the jacket edges, else as new and unread. An outstanding copy of this title, the first of many in the series; uncommon in the first printing. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

A Sword of the Old Frontier: A Tale of Fort Chartres and Detroit, Being a plain account of sundry adventures befalling Chevalier Raoul de Coubert, one time Captain in the Hussars of Languedoc, during the year 1763. by Parrish, Randall

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Title: A Sword of the Old Frontier: A Tale of Fort Chartres and Detroit, Being a plain account of sundry adventures befalling Chevalier Raoul de Coubert, one time Captain in the Hussars of Languedoc, during the year 1763.
Author: Parrish, Randall
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: A. L. Burton & Company, 1905 Early reprint. Publisher's decorative mustard yellow cloth with an illustration of three figures framed by a rectangular background stamped in black, orange, and white to front board beneath the title and author lettered in black, ruled in orange, lettered in black to spine, with a black and white frontispiece and six pages of publisher's ads after text. About fine with some light toning to text block edges and a few tiny spots to rear endpapers; lacking dust jacket. This historical fiction novel tells the story of Raoul de Coubert, a former French soldier who is approached by a military leader to come to the country's aid in breaking the pact of peace between France and England. A journalist and author, Parrish began his career working for the Associated Press and related newspapers, later to devote his work to novels, many of which were bestsellers.. Hard Cover. Fine.

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