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Theodore Roosevelt's Original Manuscript of his Great 1911 ""Peace of Righteousness"" Work: ""The true lovers of peace... have been those who followed, even though afar off, in the footsteps of Washington and Lincoln."" by Theodore Roosevelt

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Title: Theodore Roosevelt's Original Manuscript of his Great 1911 ""Peace of Righteousness"" Work: ""The true lovers of peace... have been those who followed, even though afar off, in the footsteps of Washington and Lincoln.""
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 9/9/11. He wrote “We, the people of the United States, cannot and will not surrender to outsiders the power to determine whether or not we are fit to decide for ourselves what are our vital needs, and what are the policies proper for meeting these needs. Only by acting on these principles, only by following in the footsteps of these great Americans of the past, can we of the present generation effectively work for and secure the peace of righteousness."" His original article from 1911 opposing President Taft, in which he argued that while peace is desirable, it must be a peace based on moral righteousness and justice, not merely the absence of conflict 21 pages, of which 14 entirely handwritten; Entire manuscripts of Roosevelt are very rare, this one having been in a private collection for generationsAs negotiated by U.S. Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, the Taft Arbitration Treaties were signed on August 3, 1911. They contained three significant features. First, they did not exempt matters affecting vital interests or national honor. They applied to “all differences hereafter arising"" between the parties, not settled by diplomatic means, ""relating to international matters in which the contracting parties are concerned by virtue of a claim of right made by one against the other under treaty or otherwise…and which are justiciable in their nature."" Second, the treaties explicitly invoked equity. An international dispute was deemed ""justiciable"" if it was ""susceptible of decision by the application of the principles of law or equity."" A third notable feature of the Taft Arbitration Treaties was their institutional mechanism for settling disagreements over whether a difference was subject to arbitration. If the parties disagreed about the justiciability of a dispute, a Joint High Commission of Inquiry would consider the matter.In other words, it gave power to international arbiters over some aspects of US actions.Theodore Roosevelt opposed the Taft treaties, and instead advocated that a peace must be that of righteousness. Roosevelt and a few other high-profile opponents, including Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, voiced themes like the importance of upholding national prestige and power and of furthering national goals. This disagreement between Taft and Roosevelt over the arbitration treaties was part of the wedge that drove them apart and led to TR’s running for president in 1912.In The Outlook magazine on September 9, 1911, in an article covered at the time by the New York Times, TR assailed the Taft treaties of arbitration as making for peace without righteousness and as being hypocritical in that this country would not observe them in certain contingencies, even though it agreed to them. He repeatedly emphasized his point that righteousness is more important than peace. He wrote, ""It is one of our prime duties as a nation to seek peace. It is even a higher duty to seek righteousness”. So while international peace is important, pursuing moral righteousness and integrity is a superior national duty.This is Roosevelt’s editorial article published in The Outlook. Typed article, with substantial revisions in his hand, 21 pages, being the original draft of the article, signed twice. The text reads, in part:""It is one of our prime duties as a Nation to seek peace. It is an even higher duty to seek righteousness. It is also our duty not to indulge in shams, not to make believe we are getting peace by some patent contrivance which sensible men ought to know cannot work in practice, and which if we sought to make it work might cause irretrievable harm. I sincerely believe in the principle of arbitration; I believe in applying that principle, so far as practicable; but I believe that the effort to apply it where it is not practicable cannot do good and may do serious harm. Confused thinking and a willingness to substitute words for thought, even though inspired by an entirely amiable sentimentality, do not tend toward sound action.""I think that the great majority of those persons who advocate any and every treaty which is called a treaty for peace or for arbitration would be less often drawn into a position that tends to humiliate their country if they would take the trouble to formulate clearly and definitely just what it is that they desire. Of course, there are persons wholly indifferent to the National honor and interest, who in consequence cannot be reached by an appeal to National honor and interest; and there are other persons whose ingrained personal timidity is such that they are more afraid of war than of any dishonor, personal or National.”TR goes on to stress peace only with righteousness. “We, the American people, believe, and ought to believe, in righteousness first and in peace as the handmaid of righteousness. We abhor brutality and wrongdoing, whether exhibited by nations or by individuals. We hold that the same law of righteousness should obtain between nation and nation as between man and man. I, for one, would rather cut off my hand than see the United States adopt the attitude either of cringing before great and powerful nations who wish to wrong us or by bullying small and weak nations who have done us no wrong.”""The American people desire to do justice and to act with frank generosity toward all the other nations of mankind; but I err greatly in my judgment of my countrymen if they are willing to submit to wrong and injustice. Again and again in the past they have shown, and rightly shown, that when the choice lay between righteousness and peace they chose righteousness, just exactly as they also chose righteousness when the choice lay between righteousness and war.""Roosevelt cites the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American war as instances in which we put righteousness above peace. He also cites the existing arbitration treaties between the United States, Great Britain, and France as better than the proposed treaties, because they make no false pretenses and exclude questions affecting our vital interests, independence, or honor. He continues:""Does the proposal in the treaties, if entered into with various nations, bind us to arbitrate the Monroe Doctrine, the Platt amendment with Cuba, the payment of State bonds to European bondholders, the question whether various European countries are entitled to the same concessions that Canada is to receive under the reciprocity agreement, the right of other foreign nations to interfere in Panama, our own right to exclude any immigrants whom we choose to exclude? If these questions arose, I am sure our representatives would, privately or publicly, inform foreign powers (and indeed would have to inform foreign powers) that the American people would never abide by an agreement to arbitrate them; in which case the only proper course to follow is that followed by the Senate Committee, and to say in honest fashion that there are certain questions which this Nation will not arbitrate at the dictation of an outside body.""Most men of knowledge, who are willing to think, know perfectly well that this country would not, as a matter of fact, keep an agreement to arbitrate all questions of vital honor and interest, even though it were so unwise as to make it; and it is a wicked thing to put us in the position of promising what will not, and cannot, be performed. In such a matter the indulgence of false pretense in the present would with absolute certainty be followed by the breaking of faith in the future.""The fatally objectionable feature of the proposed treaty is the clause providing that the Joint High Commission, which may be composed exclusively of 'nationals of the two countries, but which also may be composed exclusively of foreigners, may, by unanimous vote, or by a vote of all but one of its members, determine that any given question whatever must be arbitrated. It is difficult to characterize this provision truthfully without seeming to be offensive. Merely to speak of it as silly comes far short of saying what should be said.""We, the people of the United States, cannot and will not surrender to outsiders the power to determine whether or not we are fit to decide for ourselves what are our vital needs, and what are the policies proper for meeting these needs. In other words, Uncle Sam does not intend to wrong any one, but neither does he intend to bind himself, if his pocket is picked, his house burglarized, or his face slapped, to arbitrate with the wrongdoer, and as long as he does not intend so to bind himself it would be offensive hypocrisy for him to say that he will so bind himself.""The true lovers of peace, the men who have really helped onward the movement for peace, have been those who followed, even though afar off, in the footsteps of Washington and Lincoln, and stood for righteousness as the supreme end of National life. Only by acting on these principles, only by following in the footsteps of these great Americans of the past, can we of the present generation effectively work for and secure the peace of righteousness.""A very important statement in which Roosevelt articulates his philosophy and a foreign policy that demanded high moral standards and strength, rather than pacifism. This perspective, often referred to as the ""peace of righteousness,"" was crucial to his view of America's role on the world stage, ensuring that national honor and international justice were prioritized.Sheets affixed to leaves of the book into which they are bound.

Jonathan Troy by Abbey, Edward

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Title: Jonathan Troy
Author: Abbey, Edward
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the front free end paper, inscribed to former owner in "Glen Canyon 1981". Very Good with light rubbing at tips, small indent to spine near bottom, light lean to spine, previous owner book plate to front paste down. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price of $3.50 intact, light rubbing, light fading to spine panel, light chipping at edges and two repairs made from the verso. The author's first published book, which after an initial publication of 5,000 copies he immediately wanted to disown. It has never been reprinted as per Abbey's request, and signed copies are extremely scarce.

Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish: A 20th Century American Ecstatic Narrative Poem (LP Record)

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Title: Allen Ginsberg Reads Kaddish: A 20th Century American Ecstatic Narrative Poem (LP Record)
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Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Atlantic Recording Corportation, 1966. Vinyl. Near Fine. SIGNED BY ALLEN GINSBERG next to his printed text on the inside of the sleeve. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1966 1st pressing of this 33 1/3 LP record. The record itself is very clean and the pictorial sleeve (which was designed by Marvin Israel and whose cover photo of Ginsberg was taken by Richard Avedon) bright and near-pristine. Atlantic #4001.

Le Style Empire (4 Vols.) by -

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Title: Le Style Empire (4 Vols.)
Author: -
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Condition: Collectible; Very Good
Description: Paris: F. Contet, Editeur D'Art, 1920. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1920 3rd edition of this very impressive portfolio, in 4 volumes. Each volume altogether intact, with dozens of clean, loose plates (many gravures, etchings and high-quality line drawings among them). Navy-blue cloth spines (with mostly-bright gilt lettering), attractive marbled boards. Each volume in solid, VG condition, with the original ribbon-ties intact. Each volume has an inoffensive institutional stamp and sticker at its half-title. Vol. I: "Decorations Exterieures et Interieures Mobilier, Bronzes"; Vol. II: "Architecture et Decors D'Interieurs"; Vol.III: "Decorations Exterieures et Interieures"; Vol. IV:"Architecture et Decors D'Interieurs". All 164 plates present and in very nice condition.

Miro: Oiseau Solaire/Oiseau Lunaire/Etincelles

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Title: Miro: Oiseau Solaire/Oiseau Lunaire/Etincelles
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Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1967. Pictorial wrappers. Fine/Near Fine. Joan Miro. The lovely catalogue based on the November 14th, 1967 exhibition at New York's Pierre Matise Gallery. #110 of 1,200 copies issued of the trade edition. A very sharp copy. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine example of the wonderful die-cut dustjacket, with very mild darkening --and just a touch of light spotting-- along the front panel's edges. Tall quarto, printed on velin d'Arches. "The colored reproductions, including the jacket, the cover and the triptych, are by Daniel Jacomet and the typography by Fequet et Baudier". With 7 original color silkscreens, lithographs, and pochoirs,

Duffy and the Devil by Harve & Margot Zimach

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Title: Duffy and the Devil
Author: Harve & Margot Zimach
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Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Margot Zemach. A superb copy of the 1973 stated 1st edition, all but pristine. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear along the rear panel's bottom-edge. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color by Margot Zorach, who in fact won the 1974 Caldecott Medal for this effort.

[BROADSIDE; FRAMED] THE SOLDIER'S RECORD. 1861

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Title: [BROADSIDE; FRAMED] THE SOLDIER'S RECORD. 1861
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Description: New York: Currier & Ives, 1862. A framed color lithographic broadside, recording the Soldiers mustered into "United States Service, October 15, 1861", comprising the Second Regiment, Company H, N. Y. Volunteer Artillery. Listing as Captain, Charles L. Smith, the officers -- Sergeants, Corporals, Artificers, Musicians and Privates, In an old, chipped gilt frame. 19" x 15". There is a line of "tanning" from the old wood backing, which is still present.

The Comic History of England.; OFFERED WITH: The Comic History of Rome by A'BECKETT, Gilbert A.

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Title: The Comic History of England.; OFFERED WITH: The Comic History of Rome
Author: A'BECKETT, Gilbert A.
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good
Description: London: Punch, 1847. First. hardcover. very good. John Leech. 19 (of 20) hand-colored etchings, 200 woodcuts by John Leech. 2 volumes. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco by Riviere (attractive but spines crudely shellacked, lacking half-titles). London, 1847-1848. OFFERED WITH: The Comic History of Rome. 10 colored plates, 98 text illustrations. 308 pages. 8vo, bound as above. London, no date. (1851). 3 volumes in all. Internally fine. The first editions of both works, of which the Comic History of Rome is rarer. One plate in the History of England is loose, and has evidently been supplied from another copy, while the Royal Oak plate is lacking altogether. Tooley, pp. 161-2.

THE RE-CREATION OF BRIAN KENT by WRIGHT, HAROLD BELL

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Title: THE RE-CREATION OF BRIAN KENT
Author: WRIGHT, HAROLD BELL
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Description: Book Supply, 1919. WRIGHT, Harold Bell. THE RE-CREATION OF BRIAN KENT. Illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Chicago, IL: Book Supply, [1919]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Hard to locate copies in the original dust jacket. Nr. Fine (minor rubbing); few tiny chips & small tears (some soil) d/j. Overall, not a bad copy. $125.00.

HANDEDNESS: RIGHT AND LEFT by WILE, Ira S.

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Title: HANDEDNESS: RIGHT AND LEFT
Author: WILE, Ira S.
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Description: Lothrop, 1934. WILE, Ira S. HANDEDNESS: RIGHT AND LEFT. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard & Co., 1934. 8vo., dark-green cloth, stamped in black. First Edition. Signed presentation by Wile on front endpaper: "To Bert and Joan and right warm good wishes to and for them. Ira S. Wile, Xmas 1934." Good (sunned spine, residue from bookplate removed front pastedown). $75.00.

SELECTED STUDIES OF MIGRATION SINCE WORLD WAR II by NO AUTHOR

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Title: SELECTED STUDIES OF MIGRATION SINCE WORLD WAR II
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Description: Milbank Memorial Fund, 1958. [NO AUTHOR]. SELECTED STUDIES OF MIGRATION SINCE WORLD WAR II. Proceedings Of The Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Milbank Memorial Fund, Held October 30-31, 1957, at the New York Academy of Medicine, Part III. NY: Milbank Memorial Fund, 1958. 8vo, cloth and boards. First Edition. Very Good (some pencil notations). $75.00.

THE LIFE OF ALFRED DE MUSSET by BARINE, Arvede

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Title: THE LIFE OF ALFRED DE MUSSET
Author: BARINE, Arvede
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Description: Edwin C. Hill Co, 1906. BARINE, Arvede. THE LIFE OF ALFRED DE MUSSET. Done into English by Charles Conner Hayden. [No place]: Edwin C. Hill Co., 1906. Sm. 4to., yellow buckram cloth, with paper spine label. Limited Edition of 850 numbered copies, this copy is unnumbered. Good (soiling & darking spine & edges, some wear spine label, text is clean). $25.00.

Histoire Militaire de Charles XII Roi De Suede, Depuis l'an 1700, jusqu'a la Bataille de Pultowa en 1709, ecrite par ordre expres de Sa Majeste by Adlerfeld, Gustave

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Title: Histoire Militaire de Charles XII Roi De Suede, Depuis l'an 1700, jusqu'a la Bataille de Pultowa en 1709, ecrite par ordre expres de Sa Majeste
Author: Adlerfeld, Gustave
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Description: Amsterdam: Chez J. Wetstein & G. Smith, 1740. Full calf. Good. 12mo. [2], 240 pages, [1]. Leather bound with gilt stamped red leather title label and 5 raised bands on the spine. Reddish marbled end sheets. Folding "Plan de La Bataille de Pultowa 1709" (approximately 16.5" x 19.5") is present. Small cracks and a small piece of paper lower spine. Back cover has a dent lower section. About a 3" closed tear to the map on the left edge. Interior contents clean. This is a single volume. Text in French.

The Moral Causes of the Welfare of Nations: An Oration, Delivered 1st November, 1834, In the Chapel, Before The Society of Graduates of the College of Charleston by Adams, Rev. J. [College of Chalreston] [Education]

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Title: The Moral Causes of the Welfare of Nations: An Oration, Delivered 1st November, 1834, In the Chapel, Before The Society of Graduates of the College of Charleston
Author: Adams, Rev. J. [College of Chalreston] [Education]
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Condition: Fair
Description: Charleston: Printed by J. S. Burges, 1834. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Disbound wraps. 40 pages. Original outer wraps removed. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the contents. Author discusses ancient history and the early history of America.

Yanping Yang by YANG, Yanping, Michael Sullivan, James Cahill, et al.

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Title: Yanping Yang
Author: YANG, Yanping, Michael Sullivan, James Cahill, et al.
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Description: np: Palettle, 2004. Hardcover. 242 pages. Attractive monograph on this Chinese artist. Features text in English and Chinese with contributions by Michael Sullivan, James Cahill, and others. Includes numerous color illustrations, list of previous exhibitions, and a list of selected public collections. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon.

Beautiful Dreamer: The Completed Works and Unfulfilled Plans of Sculptor Lorado (Signed First Edition) by YOUNG, Lynn Allyn and Lorado Taft

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Title: Beautiful Dreamer: The Completed Works and Unfulfilled Plans of Sculptor Lorado (Signed First Edition)
Author: YOUNG, Lynn Allyn and Lorado Taft
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ISBN: 9780615656328
Description: Chicago, IL: Artistic License Limited, 2012. First edition. Softcover. 126 pages. Text by Lynn Allyn Young. Includes numerous illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers and with laid in promotional card. Signed and inscribed by Young on the front free endpaper. Uncommon signed.

Preludes Selected Poems from the Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest 1924-1973

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Title: Preludes Selected Poems from the Kathryn Irene Glascock Intercollegiate Poetry Contest 1924-1973
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Description: South Hadley, MA: Mount Holyoke College, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 72 pages. Introduction by Joyce Horner. Includes poems by James Agee, Muriel Rukeyser, Robert Lowell, James Merrill, Frederick Buchner, Donald Hall, Syliva Plath, Mark Halperin, and numerous others. A near fine copy in close to near fine dust jacket that is lightly soiled and with a laid in publisher complimentary slip.

Domela by ZERVOS, Christian - Cesar Domela

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Title: Domela
Author: ZERVOS, Christian - Cesar Domela
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Description: Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, 1966. First edition. Softcover. Text in English. Includes 28 illustrations with 4 in color. A very good copy in wrappers and from the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library with their stamp to the front cover. Otherwise, a clean copy.

Closing Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings (Original catalog for the 1955 exhibition)

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Title: Closing Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, and Drawings (Original catalog for the 1955 exhibition)
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Description: New York: Curt Valentin, 1955. Vintage catalog for an exhibition held in June of 1955 at Curt Valentin Gallery. Illustrated in black-and-white. Near Fine in saddle-stapled wrappers.

Revolution: organ of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party (USA). Vol. 4, no. 5 May 1979

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Title: Revolution: organ of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communist Party (USA). Vol. 4, no. 5 May 1979
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Description: Chicago: RCP Publications, 1979. Magazine. Single issue of the journal, text in English (34p.) and Spanish (18p.), lightly worn else very good in stapled wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Includes coverage of the the Moody Park 3, who had been arrested for their activities during the Chicano Houston Rebellion of 1978.

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