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Commentaries on the Laws of England by BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM

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Title: Commentaries on the Laws of England
Author: BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM
Seller: The Manhattan Rare Book Company (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1769. First Edition. three-quarter polished calf over marbled boards. Very Good. FIRST EDITIONS OF ALL FOUR VOLUMES OF THE BOOK THAT FIRST MADE LAW INTELLIGIBLE TO THE ORDINARY PERSON. HEAVILY INFLUENCED THE FOUNDERS OF THE UNITED STATES. First edition set of all four volumes of Sir William Blackstone's classic Commentaries on the Laws of England, "the cornerstone of the legal edifice of the Anglo-American world." (Printing and the Mind of Man). Blackstone's "Commentaries" stands as a seminal work of legal scholarship, its influence extended across the Atlantic, profoundly shaping legal education and practice in the newly formed United States. The Founders of the United States drew heavily upon Blackstone's principles in crafting the nation's legal framework. Provenance: David M. Solinger's copy, with presentation card in envelope affixed to front pastedown of volume 1. Gift for his 50th birthday (1956). Solinger was a lawyer, art collector, and president of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Solinger was the first president of the museum who was not a member of the Whitney family. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1765-1769. Quarto (266 x 208 mm). c.1900 three-quarter tan polished calf over marbled boards by Baynton (Riviere), with their binder's stamp; raised bands, leather spine labels. Some joints cracked, but reinforced and now holding securely, occasional foxing/toning; a few small repaired marginal closed tears. Complete with the two engraved tables (one folding) in volume 2. A handsome wide-margined first edition set, bound by Bayntun.

The Missionary Herald: Containing the Proceedings at Large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - 29 Volumes (348 issues) dating from 1822-1856

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Title: The Missionary Herald: Containing the Proceedings at Large of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions - 29 Volumes (348 issues) dating from 1822-1856
Seller: Walkabout Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1856. Hardcover. Good. A substantial but incomplete 29-volume run, comprised of volumes 18 (1822), 20-21 (1824-25), 23--48 (1827-1852), and 52 (1856). One physical volume containing two years (24 issues), otherwise each ontains a full year (12 issues). Mixed bindings, with some volumes in contemporary calf or paper-covered boards, some in later three-quarter leather or buckram, some only stitched together (no further binding). Most ex-library, some with detached boards or torn wrappers, but all text complete. Some scattered foxing and toning to pages, but generally quite clean. Not pretty, but a good reference set. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions,was founded in 1810 with the aim of spreading Christianity worldwide and grew to be the largest and most important missionary organization in the United States. Although Congregationalist in origin, the organization also included missionaries from Presbyterian and Dutch and German Reformed churches. It sent missionaries to far-flung locations around the world (including India, Ceylon, China, Singapore, Siam, the Sandwich Islands/Hawaii and other Pacific Islands, and many locations in the Middle East and Africa. Men and women were also sent to minister to the native peoples of North America, including the Choctaws, Cherokees, Dakotas, Ojibwas, Senecas, Tuscaroras, and Abenaquis. The reports of these missionaries, as published in The Missionary Herald, offer highly valuable primary source material on the history of the regions and peoples they visited. Due to the size and weight of this set, additional shipping charges may apply (depending on method and distance of shipment). Please inquire for a quote.

[Three Issues of] The Sandpainter

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Title: [Three Issues of] The Sandpainter
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: Tuba City, Arizona: Tuba City Boarding School, 1970. Very good. 10¾” x 8”. Illustrated cloth over boards. Pp. [64]; 64; 72 + copy of letter on Bureau of Indian Affairs letterhead laid in. Very good or better: 1967 issue a bit shaken, cloth and pastedowns moderately stained, tiny corner crease throughout; 1968 with former owner's signature to ffep; 1970 with a few small dings to boards, faint dampstain and waviness to edges of first and last few leaves; else all internally fresh. This is a group of three lovely yearbooks of a Native American K-8 school with a heart-wrenching history, the Tuba City Boarding School (TCBS). TCBS was founded by 1900, one of many schools to remove Native children from their homes, force them to abandon their language, cultural identity and spiritual traditions. It was known for its strict military regimen, forced labor and disciplinary system; one former student noted in a newspaper interview, “If you get into trouble, you have to bend down for about one hour in a corner . . . When you get back up, you blacked out.” These yearbooks are filled with fantastic photographic images, covering TCBS' first through eighth grade classes, as well as staff and teachers, many of whom were people of color. There are shots of dormitories, “classroom activities,” sports teams and student groups like the “Indian Club,” with members in exaggerated Native dress. Images reveal the “Chow line,” “Clean up time,” students at play and the homecoming dance. There are a few examples of striking Native art and a copy of a typed letter on Bureau of Indian Affairs letterhead accompanying the 1970 issue “sent to you by your sponsored child” through the Save the Children Federation. Rare yearbooks of a Native American boarding school. OCLC shows only one institution with three issues of The Sandpainter, and none of the years present here.

Edward Bates Against Thomas H Benton. St Louis, 1828 by Bates, Edward

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Title: Edward Bates Against Thomas H Benton. St Louis, 1828
Author: Bates, Edward
Seller: The Lawbook Exchange Ltd (United States)
Description: 1828. St. Louis: Charless & Paschall, 1828. 12 pp.. St. Louis: Charless & Paschall, 1828. 12 pp. An Important Western Americana Tract on Spanish Land Claims in Missouri and Arkansas Bates, Edward [1793-1869]. Edward Bates Against Thomas H. Benton. St. Louis: Charless & Paschall, Printers, 1828. 12 pp. 12mo. (7-1/2" x 4-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet as issued in recent plain wrappers, untrimmed edges. Moderate toning, faint spotting and "(20)" in small early hand to title page. Uncommon in commerce. $1,250. * Only edition. Bates accuses Benton [1782-1858], the important Missouri politician and United States Senator, of political opportunism and corruption and refutes Benton's charge that he failed to protect his constituents against Spanish land claims in Missouri and Arkansas as a member of the U.S. Congress. "Among other things, Benton is accused of being a public defaulter, tainted in every relation of life with peculation and falsehood; his alleged dishonesty as a lawyer, as a director in the Bank of Missouri, and as a United States Senator is painstakingly argued" (Anderson Galleries Auction Catalogue, 1922). Despite the topicality of this pamphlet and its political motivation, it makes a number of useful observations about the nature of land claims and the influence of Spanish law in America. This pamphlet is also notable as an early Missouri imprint by Missouri's first printer, Joseph Charless [1772-1834], who introduced printing there in 1808. He established his partnership with Paschall in 1828. Bates later served as the first attorney general of Missouri after it was admitted as a state and the U.S. attorney general under President Lincoln. The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter 1853. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 7901.50.

The Life and Adventures of Seth Wyman, Embodying the Principal Events of a Life Spent in Robbery, Theft, Gambling, Passing Counterfeit Money, &c., &c by Wyman, Seth

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Title: The Life and Adventures of Seth Wyman, Embodying the Principal Events of a Life Spent in Robbery, Theft, Gambling, Passing Counterfeit Money, &c., &c
Author: Wyman, Seth
Seller: Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Manchester, N.H: J.H. Cate, Printer, 1843. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition (Howes W-724). Binding repaired by previous owner, corners exposed, spine label mostly absent, front free endpaper absent, a few pages stained. 1843 Hard Cover. iv, 310 pp. 8vo. A mid-19th century memoir by a career criminal, published after Wyman's death. "Wyman, Seth (04 March 1784 - 02 April 1843), thief and author, was born in Goffstown, New Hampshire, the son of Seth Wyman and Sarah Atwood, farmers. Wyman documented his life and career in his posthumously published autobiography, The Life and Adventures of Seth Wyman, Embodying the Principal Events of a Life Spent in Robbery, Theft, Gambling, Passing Counterfeit Money â€¦ (1843). His earliest attempts at what he would later term 'roguery' began at a very early age, when he stole a silver dollar from a neighbor's house, explaining to his mother that he had found it in the street. Although Wyman later praised both of his parents in print as honest and upright individuals, he soon graduated to more serious crimes, gaining a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment with each theft. He also displayed a streak of misanthropy, killing a neighbor's trees by girdling them for no apparent gain other than the neighbor's distress. Wyman's father, a wealthy and successful farmer, tried to set up his son in farming on a large tract on the Penobscot River in what is now Maine, but honest labor (at which Wyman would make occasional efforts, including stints at farming, shipbuilding, and sledmaking - usually with stolen tools) never held his attention for long. Early in his career Wyman specialized in shoplifting, at which he became quite adept. His normal modus operandi was to enter a store and engage the clerk or shopkeeper in idle conversation. When another customer entered the establishment or the clerk was otherwise sufficiently distracted, Wyman would quickly stuff some item(s) of value under a large cloak that he wore during his escapades. Watches and bolts of cloth held particular appeal for Wyman, but he did not disdain stealing any item of value. He usually worked alone but would occasionally use one or more assistants. Careful always to stash his booty in a meticulously selected hiding place, Wyman thus avoided detection when the inevitable suspicion generated by his activities led to searches of his dwelling place. According to his autobiography, Wyman enjoyed a long string of uninterrupted successful thefts. Usually moving from place to place in order to avoid the detection of his crimes, Wyman generally indulged in life's pleasures. He was no stranger to hard liquor, often fortifying himself for his more daring crimes with brandy. Enjoying fine dining and card playing, he also paid consistent attention to women, often promising various potential mates the moon and the stars regarding his intentions, on which he seldom if ever delivered. A relationship with an unhappily married woman, Welthy Loomis Chandler, eventually culminated in marriage in Boston in 1808. The couple, who had already had a long-standing common-law relationship - Wyman's first stint in jail was on a charge of adultery, not theft - eventually had six children. While Wyman seems to have genuinely cared for his wife (and his parents), he seems to have formed no other lasting relationship with any other person. During his years of activity, Wyman shuttled between Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and what is now Maine. He was incarcerated on several occasions, during which he attempted (several times successfully) to escape. His Autobiography is replete with tales of fistfights with other men (in which Wyman was inevitably triumphant) and woeful descriptions of the harsh conditions under which he was forced to live during his periods of imprisonment. Late in his career, Wyman took up the passing of counterfeit money (manufactured in Canada and drawn from a variety of banks), at which he seems to have been successful. Wyman relocated to Maine about 1815, having finally worn out his welcome in Goffstown. Although he attempted farming one last time, his old habits proved difficult to leave behind. He was convicted of larceny in June 1817 in Augusta, Maine, and received a three-year sentence to the state prison in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Pardoned after a year (which he spent composing verse), Wyman returned to New Hampshire. While the burden of supporting his wife and children (who had been living in a Boston almshouse) was lifted from the commonwealth of Massachusetts (a factor that helped him gain his early release), Wyman proved no more adept at remaining honest in his old surroundings. After once again stealing cloth (and again being caught), he was sent to the New Hampshire State Prison on 20 April 1820, where he served a full three-year sentence. Returning yet again to Goffstown following his release, he managed to live in relative peace (slowed by the effects of years of hard living as well as a serious injury to his back that he received from a fall from the third story of a factory while assisting in its construction). Plagued by poor health in his later years, he died in Goffstown after having apparently undergone an eleventh-hour conversion to religion. While his lifestyle was hardly worthy of emulation, Seth Wyman's autobiography (published as a cautionary tale) provides a fascinating look at the social mores of the criminal element in early nineteenth-century American society." - American National Biography

20th Congress, 1st Session. H. R. 132. As reported from the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. April 4, 1828 by TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS

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Title: 20th Congress, 1st Session. H. R. 132. As reported from the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. April 4, 1828
Author: TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good
Description: Washington, 1828. pamphlet. very good. A Bill, In alteration of the several acts imposing Duties on Imports. 20pp. Folio, sewn, margins uncut, later 19th century corrections to text, mostly in margins, small hole in margin of page 19. (Washington, 1828). Very good Pages 1-10 are the text of the committee's bill for the Tariff of 1828 or the Tariff of Abominations. Pages 10-20 contain rejected amendments to the bill by members of the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. This tariff would be applied to foreign imports in order to protect the domestic agriculture markets in the northern and western United States. The tariff was opposed by the south because it would raise the cost of imported goods. John Quincy Adams signed the tariff bill into law on May 19, 1828, despite the economic harm it would cause merchant's from New England.

Species Algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis & descriptionibus succinctis by AGARDH, Carl Adolf

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Title: Species Algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis & descriptionibus succinctis
Author: AGARDH, Carl Adolf
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good(+)
Description: Lundae: Berlingiana, 1820. First Edition. hardcover. very good(+). 8vo, modern marbled boards. Lundae: Berlingiana, 1820. Very good (+). Vol. 1, Part I only (of 3 parts), complete in itself. First presentation of theories "still considered nodal points in the development of algology. (It) summarized the state of algology at that time with precise groupings and clearly defined descriptions." - (DSB). This is the true and rare first edition of Vol. I, apparently unknown to Eriksson.

Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society; Volume IX

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Title: Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society; Volume IX
Seller: James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
Condition: Very good
Description: St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1901. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Contains "The Ojibways in Minnesota" by Rev. Joseph A. Gilfillan, pgs. 55-128. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Some wear to extremities. 6 x 8 3/4 inches. 694 pages.

Regulations of the War Department governing the Organized Militia under the Constitution and the Laws of the United States

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Title: Regulations of the War Department governing the Organized Militia under the Constitution and the Laws of the United States
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Description: Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. First edition. 1908 US REGULATIONS FOR THE "ORGANIZED MILITIA" SPECIFYING PRESIDENTAL AUTHORITY. 23 x 14.5 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to cover, 115 pages. Handstamp of Missouri Historical Society with deaccession stamp on verso title page, text pages unmarked, wear to corners. Very good in custom archival mylar cover.

The Blue Book; An Operating Manual for the Model A Poem. by ZONKO.

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Title: The Blue Book; An Operating Manual for the Model A Poem.
Author: ZONKO.
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Description: Vancouver: Prose & Verses Press, (nd).. First edition.. [12 pp]. Very good plus in sewn wrappers. One of 200 copies. INSCRIBED by Zonko, “for Robert + Jess / with all love / Zonko” beneath a small tipped-on b&w portrait photograph.

End of the World Speshul: Anthology. by [POETRY ANTHOLOGY].

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Title: End of the World Speshul: Anthology.
Author: [POETRY ANTHOLOGY].
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Description: Vancouver: Blewointmentpress, (1977).. First edition.. Small 4to. [122 pp]. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Contributions by Birney, Bissett, Kearns, Livesay, Marlatt, Page, Wah, and many others.

Oppose U.S. Military Provocations in the Taiwan Straits Area. A Selection of Important Documents

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Title: Oppose U.S. Military Provocations in the Taiwan Straits Area. A Selection of Important Documents
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Description: Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1958. 70p. slender paperback, corner creased, some shelfwear.

On Time (1975 Appointment Calendar) by The Museum of Modern Art

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Title: On Time (1975 Appointment Calendar)
Author: The Museum of Modern Art
Seller: Underground Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9780870702242
Condition: Good
Description: New York: The Junior Council of The Museum of Modern Art, 1974. Spiral_bound. Good. Spiral_bound. 8" X 9". Unpaginated. Wear to paper wraps with rubbing, creasing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Glossy plastic covering is peeling away at covers. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Metal spiral binding is slightly bent in some places. Portions of calendar have been filled out by an unknown previous owner. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The Museum of Modern Art's 1975 Appointment Calendar, entitled On Time, contains reproductions of 54 photographs from the Museum's collection by such artists as Atget, Evans, Brassai, Brandt, Winogrand, and Frank. Marjorie Munsterberg, Intern in the Department of Photography, points out in her introduction that while in one sense any photograph could have been included, the selection was limited to those images where time has become a central concern of the work, rather than simply one aspect of the picture.(Publisher).

Assessing Change in the Edisto River Basin: An Ecological Characterization

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Title: Assessing Change in the Edisto River Basin: An Ecological Characterization
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ISBN: 9781289123147
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Description: BiblioGov. PAPERBACK. Good. 1289123144 1993. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations. Minot wear. Ships from our bookstore in West Columbia, S.C.

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