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Funding the Wilkes Expedition, Which Played a Major Role in the Development of Science in the United States

Funding the Wilkes Expedition, Which Played a Major Role in the Development of Science in the United States by John Q. Adams

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Funding the Wilkes Expedition, Which Played a Major Role in the Development of Science in the United States
Author
John Q. Adams
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The Raab Collection (United States)
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07/07/1841. The funding request “was presented yesterday to the Secretary of the Navy, and accepted by him.” It was an era of American exploration, one that led to the Mexican War and the westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean. One of the foremost manifestations of this was the famed United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842, which was an exploring and surveying expedition to the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans and surrounding lands. President John Quincy Adams initiated the idea and requested funding of Congress in 1828, however, Congress would not implement funding until eight years later. In May 1836, the oceanic exploration voyage was finally authorized by Congress and created by President Andrew Jackson. Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes was placed in command of the 7-ship exploration. From 1838 to 1842 Wilkes and his expedition explored and surveyed the Antarctic Ocean and along the Antarctic barrier, where he reported land at a number of points in the region subsequently known as Wilkes Land. He visited islands in the Pacific, including Hawaii, Australia, and Tahiti, explored the West Coast of what is now the United States, including California and Oregon, then recrossed the Pacific and reached New York in June 1842, having sailed completely around the world. He was advanced to the rank of commander in 1843. From 1844 to 1861 he prepared reports of his expedition.The expedition is sometimes called the ""U.S. Ex. Ex."" for short, or the ""Wilkes Expedition"". It played a major role in the development of 19th-century science in the U.S., particularly in the growth of the American scientific establishment and in the then-young field of oceanography. Many of the species and other items found by the exploration helped form the basis of collections at the new Smithsonian Institution.Though funding for the exploration was authorized by Congress, the details of paying for it were more complex. Banks advanced the funds to Wilkes, but to be reimbursed the Secretary of the Navy had to approve the bank’s disbursements. To speed up the reimbursements, at least one bank in particular determined to use its representative in Congress - in this case John Quincy Adams, who as president had first advocated the expedition. It involved a bill of exchange - or a check - made out to Wilkes for his expedition by the Navy Department, with the funds laid out by the Old Colony Bank in Massachusetts, Schuyler Sampson, president, and ultimately payable by the government to that bank. Sampson then endorsed the bill to Adams’s order to get it collected, and the Navy Secretary approved the disbursement.Autograph letter signed, Washington, July 7, 1841, to Schuyler Sampson, bank president and Collector of the Port of Plymouth, Mass. “The bill of exchange for 1500 dollars, drawn in favor of Charles Wilkes, Esq. commanding the U.S. exploring expedition, upon the Secretary of the Navy and payable at 30 days sight, and enclosed payable to your order, and by you to mine, enclosed in your letter of the 29th ult. was presented yesterday to the Secretary of the Navy, and accepted by him. He inquired in what manner it was desired it should be paid at its term, and I told him you had suggested a draft upon the Receiver General at Boston. I shall pay due attention to this at the proper time.”This is the first time we have ever seen a letter or document relating to the Wilkes Expedition, which played a key role in the development of science in the United States. That it involves Adams - first proponent of the idea - is all the better. Public records disclose no other.As for Wilkes, the Civil War brought him even more fame. When Wilkes, now an admiral, learned that James M. Mason and John Slidell, two Confederate commissioners to Britain and France, were bound for England on a British ship the Trent, he ordered the steam frigate USS San Jacinto to stop them. On November 8, 1861, San Jacinto met Trent and fired two shots across its bow, forcing the ship to stop. A party from San Jacinto led by its captain then boarded Trent and arrested Mason and Slidell. Wilkes was officially thanked by Congress ""for his brave, adroit and patriotic conduct”, but the British saw the affair as a violation of their neutrality. This almost led to war between the U.S. and Britain, but cooler heads on both sides prevailed, the Confederate diplomats were released to continue on their trip to Britain, and conflict was averted.
Sancti Patris Nostri Cyrilli Archiepiscopi Hierosolymorum Cathecheses Illuminatorum Hierosolymis XVIII & 5 Mystagogicae

Sancti Patris Nostri Cyrilli Archiepiscopi Hierosolymorum Cathecheses Illuminatorum Hierosolymis XVIII & 5 Mystagogicae by (Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint)

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Sancti Patris Nostri Cyrilli Archiepiscopi Hierosolymorum Cathecheses Illuminatorum Hierosolymis XVIII & 5 Mystagogicae
Author
(Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint)
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Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Very good
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Cologne: Apud Maternum Cholinum, 1564. First edition in Latin. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. (xx),205pp. Printer's device on title; woodcut initials. First Latin edition translated by John Grodecius. The dedicatory matter is followed by a Life of St Cyril, a discussion of his works and an index. Early 19th century marbled paper boards, later lettering label, gilt; page edges stained yellow. The text block is generally clean and crisp, with an ownership name on the title and two stamps from Domkapital Munchen; the title page is lightly soiled, front free endpaper has been replaced, and with short marginal tears (no loss) to the final 11 leaves. The binding has wear at the spine tips and edges, later free endpapers, else is very good. Originally published in Greek, this is the first edition in Latin of the famous Catechetical Lecturs of Saint Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem. Rare. Obly five copies located in OCLC .
Goodbye, Columbus: and Five Short Stories

Goodbye, Columbus: and Five Short Stories by Roth, Philip

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Title
Goodbye, Columbus: and Five Short Stories
Author
Roth, Philip
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B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956 First edition, first printing. Signed by Roth on front free endpaper. Publisher's black boards with titles in white and yellow lettering to spine; original gray dust jacket designed by Sanford Roth, brother of Philip Roth, with illustration of an orange fruit basket and a naked woman by a window to front panel, photo of the author taken by Sanford to rear panel. Near fine book with slight bump to bottom corner of front board and small patch of discoloration to rear board; very good price-clipped dust jacket with some toning to spine, light wear to edges and spine ends, and a bit of soiling to rear panel. Overall, an attractive copy. Goodbye, Columbus is a collection of short fiction writing by Philip Roth which earned the author literary repute as well as the 1960 National Book Award for Fiction. A humorous and somewhat derisive portrait of the lives of Jewish-Americans, Goodbye, Columbus contains a titular novella along with five short stories: "The Conversion of the Jews," "Defender of the Faith," "Epstein," "You Can't Tell a Man by the Song He Sings," and "Eli, the Fanatic." Each of the included pieces were previously published in The Paris Review, Commentary, and The New Yorker. Like many of his works, Goodbye, Columbus is semi-autobiographical in nature; a first generation American born to Jewish-Galician parents and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Roth's characters are often influenced by his friends and family and his fiction, like this text, is typically set in Newark.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.
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Réalité de la magie et des apparitions, ou contre-poison du Dictionnaire Infernal by [SIMONNET, Abbé]; [COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon]

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Réalité de la magie et des apparitions, ou contre-poison du Dictionnaire Infernal
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[SIMONNET, Abbé]; [COLLIN DE PLANCY, Jacques Albin Simon]
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
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Paris, 1819. FIRST EDITION. Modern boards, uncut. First edition, “excessively rare”- Dorbon. A refutation of Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal, which the author believes trivializes and negates the true existence of the paranormal. Here Simonnet provides anecdotal evidence for ghost sightings, miracles, witchcraft, werewolves, demons, and prophecies. In his conclusion, he asserts that denying the existence of these things is heresy. The text concludes with an alphabetic table of the authors cited. This work was so incendiary to the Catholic Church that the Vatican invested huge sums of money to remove copies from private libraries. Caillet 10217; Yve-Plessis 76; Dorbon 977; Barbier Anon IV: 16.
British Indian Army From the First World War to the Final Years of British Colonial India, Archive of 31 Photographs, 1914-1945

British Indian Army From the First World War to the Final Years of British Colonial India, Archive of 31 Photographs, 1914-1945 by British Indian Army

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British Indian Army From the First World War to the Final Years of British Colonial India, Archive of 31 Photographs, 1914-1945
Author
British Indian Army
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Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description
1914. British Indian Army photo archive spanning both World Wars, depicting colonial recruitment, military training, the Indian Air Force, military ceremonies, and Burma-front service into the final decades of British rule in India, circa 1914-1945. The British Indian Army was the largest non-conscript force in history: roughly 1.3 million men were recruited during the First World War and 2.5 million during the Second. Indian troops were deployed to the Western Front, Mesopotamia, East Africa, and Egypt during the First World War, and to North Africa, Italy, the Middle East, and Burma during the Second. British power in India had grown from East India Company conquest in the eighteenth century, passed to Crown rule after the 1857 uprising, and was nearing collapse during the time which these press photographs document. The Quit India movement, the 1943 Bengal famine, wartime censorship, and anti-colonial organizing made British authority increasingly untenable even as Indian troops mobilized in record numbers. The archive records the last colonial wartime mobilizations of India before independence in 1947 and Partition remade the subcontinent. Photo archive of 31 silver gelatin photographs and four real-photo postcards, various sizes ranging from 4 x 2" to 10 x 6.5 inches, India, France, and Burma, circa 1914-1945. The four French-printed real photo postcards, date to the First World War and document Indian Expeditionary Force service: "1914 - Soldats anglais et indiens / Indian and English soldiers," showing a horse-drawn carriage driven by an Indian man with three uniformed soldiers seated inside; "1914 Indian Army - Attelage de Guerre / War Team," depicting a military draught team; "Indian Army Conveyer," showing an Indian soldier with four pack donkeys; and a 1919 postcard documenting the arrival of a British detachment at a colonial camp. A formal group portrait of approximately nineteen Sikh soldiers in khaki service dress and regulation dastaars stands before a row of tents at a North-West Frontier camp. Sikh troops fought throughout both World Wars in their turbans, the only major military force to refuse steel helmets on religious grounds. The remaining photographs, 1940-1945, document Sikh, Gurkha, Punjabi, and other Indian troops in khaki drill tunics, shorts, puttees, regulation turbans (dastaars), kullahs, slouch hats, pith helmets, steel helmets, and web belts, carrying rifles at the shoulder or raised in training exercises. The combination of regulation turbans with British-style khaki uniforms was standard British Indian Army dress, formally accommodating Sikh and other religious traditions within Empire military regulation. A vernacular view captioned "Some of our boys at camp, Ksli India" records ten uniformed men wading through a knee-high river with rifles held across their shoulders. Troops march past Buddhist stupas in Burma, kneel in brush with bayoneted rifles, fire from jungle cover, operate a field telescope behind sandbags, and sit beside motorcycles and jeeps on a rough military road. One photograph carries the studio stamp of Mela Ram & Son, Peshawar, a leading early-twentieth-century North-West Frontier military photographer. Press captions identify "Punjab's in India join army," "Gurkhas open fire during a training exercise," "British troops in India prepare for Burma campaign," "Indian troops in Burma," "Burma advance," "Viceroy presents Victoria crosses to Indian heroes," "Tunisia Day celebrated in Calcutta," "Troops on the parapet of Matta Post watching the bombardment" (North-West Frontier, July 1940), "Supreme Commander," and "Services Sweetheart," the last identifying Miss Joy Thompson of Bombay and Sgt. A. Pickles of Leeds. British India entered both world wars by imperial decision. The same years that produced the photographs in this archive also produced the Quit India arrests of 1942, the Bengal famine of 1943, and intensified military recruitment across a country already moving toward independence. The archive preserves official publicity, press distribution, and soldier-level record-making from a colonial army fighting for Britain while British authority in India was approaching its end. Creasing, surface wear, fading, caption-label remnants, press stamps, and occasional abrasions; overall very good condition.
US Magazine. Volume I Number I. [February 1954]

US Magazine. Volume I Number I. [February 1954]

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US Magazine. Volume I Number I. [February 1954]
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Description
Memphis, Tennessee: US, Incorporated, 1954. 12" x 9". Stapled wrappers. Pp. 32. Very good plus with minimal wear and light toning. This is the first, and only, issue of US Magazine, published by a group of noteworthy African Americans in Memphis, Tennessee. It's filled with well-written articles, features and over 80 images covering important African American individuals and accomplishments in the 1950s. As this was its inaugural issue, the editors dedicated an entire page to sharing the goals of the magazine. US wanted to "portray the achievements of the Southern Negro in pictorial format" and to "spotlight the efforts of persons of good-will who seek America's greatest destiny in improving race relations and establishing greater understanding among all her citizens." It touted itself as "the authentic voice that will tell the thrilling story of the New South" and promised to be "wholesome, educational, inspirational, entertaining, and, always, a synonym for human dignity." Importantly, the magazine brought together prominent African Americans as writers, advertisers and other positions. One of US' two associate editors, Nat D. Williams, likely wrote this issue's main photo essay, "Beale Street, U.S.A.," about Black Memphis. Williams, known as "Nat D," became the first African American disc jockey in Memphis, in 1948, when he went on the air for WDIA. Known for his "jive" patter on the air, Williams is credited with heralding the change of radio to appeal to the Black community. He is in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame, and the National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame. He was also the first city editor of the Black Memphis newspaper, the Tri-State Defender. The other associate editor, Mae Jones Street Kidd, was a biracial businesswoman, civic leader, and a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1968 to 1984. She was also hired by the National Negro Insurance Association to create a public relations plan for all of its member companies. Kidd organized the first Louisville Urban League Guild, served as President of the Lincoln Foundation, and was a frequent presence in civil rights marches and events. Another important contributor to the magazine was A.A. Latting, listed as its Counselor. Augustus Arvis Latting was one of Tennessee's first Black lawyers. He went on to become a judge, and was known as the "Dean of Black lawyers." Other photos and features in the magazine highlighted Jacques A. Beauchamp, who "blazed the trail for Negro Boy Scouts in the South" and Hollis F. Price, an educator at LeMoyne College in Memphis. Entertainment and sports were also featured including an article on Memphis's Melrose high school football team, who came in first in the 1953 Negro Prep football competition. A number of profiles were also included, such as one on Lelia O'Neal Walker, a "prominent Negro church and club woman." Rare, well produced, and documenting the efforts Black leaders hoping to share both the mundane and extraordinary aspects of African American life in the South in the 1950s. OCLC shows one holding.
PICKLES

PICKLES by Aldin, Cecil

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PICKLES
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Aldin, Cecil
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
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Good, with rear flyleaf supplied in facsimile.
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London and New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Good, with rear flyleaf supplied in facsimile.. First US edition, written by Aldin for his daughter and told from Pickles the puppy's point of view, an energetically illustrated story of the trouble Pickles causes when his owners are out. 11.5'' x 10''. Original cloth backed color pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers of puppies. 24 full-page color illustrations on heavy green paper.[104] pages. Tidemark to the margins of some leaves. Repairs to spine and hinges, rear flyleaf supplied in facsimile, edges a bit worn.
MARIONETTES: Easy to Make! Fun to Use!

MARIONETTES: Easy to Make! Fun to Use! by Ackley, Edith Flack; Flack, Marjorie

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MARIONETTES: Easy to Make! Fun to Use!
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Ackley, Edith Flack; Flack, Marjorie
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Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Fine in very good jacket.
Description
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1929. Fine in very good jacket.. Children's activity book with instructions on making marionettes, including pattern sheets for faces and costumes. Quarto. Original cloth. In original dust jacket. Illustrated by Flack in black and white. Inserted into a pocket in the back are full size pattern sheets. 115, [1] pages. Dust jacket soiled.
BEN WARMAN

BEN WARMAN by WINTER, Charles E.

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BEN WARMAN
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WINTER, Charles E.
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
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J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1917. WINTER, Charles E. BEN WARMAN. [NY]: J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1917. Small 8vo., green cloth stamped in gilt, with pictorial paper panel on front cover in original dust jacket; 331 pages. First Edition. Winter was a Wyoming Congressman and this title is the basis for the 1920 silent western film "Dangerous Love." Signed presentation from Winter on the front endpaper: "To Mrs. Sara L. Stock with the compliments and best wishes of Charles E. Winter, Washington, DC., April 5, 1925." Very Good (covers nice with gilt on spine dull; contents clean & tight with little browning endpapers); very nice (minor wear & soil) d/j. $125.00.
ASCENDING PECULIARITY: EDWARD GOREY ON EDWARD GOREY

ASCENDING PECULIARITY: EDWARD GOREY ON EDWARD GOREY by WILKIN, Karen

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ASCENDING PECULIARITY: EDWARD GOREY ON EDWARD GOREY
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WILKIN, Karen
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
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NY: Harcourt, Inc., 2001. First Edition, first printing. Signed on the title by Wilkin. Uncommon to find signed copies. 8vo., yellow boards in dust jacket; 292 pages. Illustrated.. Fine (covers nice; contents clean & tight); very nice d/j.
Pastorela para celebrar el nacimiento del niño Dios, en la Noche Buena, dividida en dos actos

Pastorela para celebrar el nacimiento del niño Dios, en la Noche Buena, dividida en dos actos

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Pastorela para celebrar el nacimiento del niño Dios, en la Noche Buena, dividida en dos actos
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Puebla: Alberto M. Angulo, n.d.. 18p. pamphlet bound with thread, minor chipping and a closed tear to front cover. One holding for an 1863 edition published by José María Rivera found in OCLC as of April 2026. We find a different publication published by Alberto M. Angulo from 1892, so this is probably a later reprint. Script for a Nativity folk drama.
National Labor Law Center

National Labor Law Center

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National Labor Law Center
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Washington DC: the Center, n.d.. Six-panel brochure, 3.5x8.5 inches, very good, introducing the Center, which was a project of the National Lawyers Guild. It offered support to workers who were trying to form unions or to democratize their unions.
The Kourier Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8 (July, 1927)

The Kourier Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8 (July, 1927)

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The Kourier Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 8 (July, 1927)
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Near Fine
Description
Atlanta: KKK, 1927. Paperback. Near Fine. (KKK) 66p. Softcover in original wrapper. 26cm. Minor chipping and wear on right edge of front cover; otherwise as new. Special Catholic Number. This issue seems to be entirely focused on the Klan's anti-Catholic views. Pages 48-54 contain a lengthy essay/letter from Al Smith, the Catholic Governor of New York and soon to become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. Smith sought to refute the argument that there was an inherent conflict between religious loyalty to the Catholic faith and patriotic loyalty to the United States. The religious issue dogged Smith throughout the 1928 campaign and he lost in a landslide to Herbert Hoover.
The Book of Ruth: From the Translation Prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I.

The Book of Ruth: From the Translation Prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I.

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The Book of Ruth: From the Translation Prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I.
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
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Very Good -
Description
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1947. 1/4 leather. Very Good -. Arthur Szyk. The 1947 Limited Editions Club, #1,193 of 1,950 copies signed (at the limitation) and illustrated by the great Arthur Szyk. Solid and VG- in its 1/4 leather over off-white, gilt-decorated boards. Chipping along the spine (especially at its ends) and light soiling to the rear panel. Lavishly printed by the Aldus Printers.
[Business Card] H. B. Fargo, Representing Fine Tailoring... Office, 158 E. 2nd So. Room 4. Salt Lake City, Utah

[Business Card] H. B. Fargo, Representing Fine Tailoring... Office, 158 E. 2nd So. Room 4. Salt Lake City, Utah

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[Business Card] H. B. Fargo, Representing Fine Tailoring... Office, 158 E. 2nd So. Room 4. Salt Lake City, Utah
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
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Ephemera. Card [10 cm x 6 cm] Light ink staining in red. Contemporary name and address in pencil on the reverse.
Advertisement for the Community Church Of the Air

Advertisement for the Community Church Of the Air

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Advertisement for the Community Church Of the Air
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Eclectibles (United States)
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General wear. Letter folds.
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Harrisburg, PA: Community Church Of the Air, 1933. General wear. Letter folds.. This flyer is for three different musical groups: the Community Church of the Air, The Swalm Brothers Quartette, and the Boys Orchestra. However the flyer supplies little information beyond the performers names and the black and white printed photograph of each group. All three groups were scheduled to perform together on Tuesday, February 28, 1933 according to an article in the Harrisburg Telegraph on February 23, 1933. It is therefore likely that this flyer was simply given out at the performance as an advertisement for the three groups. Half of the flyer is promoting The Community Church of the Air, who seemed to be hosting the event. Harrisburg, PA is misspelled on the flyer as Harrisburgh, PA. Single page, one-sided. Measures 12" x 9" The Community Church of the Air was run by Rev. Roy O. Musser (1892-1981) and his first wife Clara Alberta Messerschmidt (1891-1953), and featured their three children in various parts: Iva Mae Musser Cook (1913-1996) as the alto singer, James Isaac Musser (1915-1970) as the Telephone Messenger, and Clara Ruthannah Musser Cook (1919-1995) as the soprano singer. The flyer provides information on the group's regular radio broadcasts which occurred on the second and fourth Sundays of the month from 3:30 to 4:30 PM on the radio station 249.9 WCOD. The Community Church of the Air shows up throughout the newspaper printings of the radio schedule between 1932-1933, but otherwise little information on the group can be found. The Swalm Brothers Quartette (aka Swalm Brothers Quartet or the Swalm Brothers Male Quartet), features the brothers Roy Swalm (1901-1962), Edgar Swalm (1905-1957), Harold Swalm (1907-1969), and Roosevelt Swalm (1913-1990). They were popular in the 1930s in and around Harrisburg, but did continue performing into the 1940s. The last group, the Boy's Orchestra, was made up of five boys named Bill, Earl, Ivan, Clyde, and Albert, who played on guitars and banjos. Little else is known about them.
BANK OF THE FUTURE. OPENNESS, SIMPLICITY, CARE

BANK OF THE FUTURE. OPENNESS, SIMPLICITY, CARE

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BANK OF THE FUTURE. OPENNESS, SIMPLICITY, CARE
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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9789187543142
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Stockholm: Arvinius+Orfeus, 2014. First edition. Quarto in orange cloth with brown and grey DJ in brodart; VG/VG; spine white with black letters; end pages slightly soiled; DJ, boards, paper and text in good condition; pp. 216; contains series of interviews and photographs in color and black and white; shelved in Architecture (Theory) section. 1257798. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
The Summer of Black Widows (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)

The Summer of Black Widows (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt) by Sherman Alexie

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The Summer of Black Widows (First Edition, inscribed to author Chris Offutt)
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Sherman Alexie
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Royal Books (United States)
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9781882413348
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Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1996. First Edition. First Edition, softcover issue, issued simultaneously with the hardcover. Association Copy, playfully INSCRIBED to fellow author Chris Offutt on the title page: "For Chris 'Little Hack' Offutt / In friendship / Sherman Alexie." Alexie's fourth book of poetry. From the collection of Chris Offutt. Offutt is the author of "Kentucky Straight" and other short story collections, novels, nonfiction, and memoirs. In 1996, he was named one of the twenty Best Young American Novelists by "Granta" magazine. He has also written for popular television shows and national publications, has been visiting faculty at numerous institutions including the Iowa Writer's Workshop, and has received awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and others. Slight lean, overall Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers.
Brown's New Plan of Hull

Brown's New Plan of Hull by A. Brown & Sons, Ltd

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Brown's New Plan of Hull
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A. Brown & Sons, Ltd
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Hull and London: A. Brown & Sons, Ltd. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Large fold-out map repaired at one seam with tissue. Showing at a glance the extended city boundary, parliamentary divisions, municipal wards and new streets.
The Summer of Black Widows

The Summer of Black Widows by Sherman Alexie

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The Summer of Black Widows
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Sherman Alexie
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
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9781882413355
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Fine
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.
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Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean, chap. 1-14 by Martin, Victor

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Papyrus Bodmer II: Evangile de Jean, chap. 1-14
Author
Martin, Victor
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
Description
Cologny-Genève: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, 1956. 152p., 3 colored facs., original stiff printed wrappers, ex libris (Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, 5).
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Irving Ramsey Wiles, 1861-1948 by Wiles, Irving Ramsay ; Nelson C White

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Irving Ramsey Wiles, 1861-1948
Author
Wiles, Irving Ramsay ; Nelson C White
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good- (some wear to edges of wraps, pages tanned, some staining on few pages at edges, content unmarred)
Description
New York, NY: Chapellier Galleries, 1967. Softcover. Good- (some wear to edges of wraps, pages tanned, some staining on few pages at edges, content unmarred). Stapled wraps with color illustration and black text. 51 unnumbered pages. 70 plates, mostly bw. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Chapellier Galleries, New York.
La suite à l'écran: entretiens

La suite à l'écran: entretiens by Aurenche, Jean

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La suite à l'écran: entretiens
Author
Aurenche, Jean
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Arles (France): Institut Lumiére / Actes Sud. Near Fine. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. [minor edgewear to covers, a nice tight clean copy]. Trade PB A compilation of interviews with the noted French screenwriter and sometime director (1903-1992), covering his long career (which stretched from the 1920s into the 1980s) and containing commentary and insights on most of his 80 films and many of his collaborators, including directors René Clément, Bertrand Tavernier, Marcel Carné, Jean Delannoy and Claude Autant-Lara, as well as his frequent screenwriting partner Pierre Bost. All text is in French. .
SWING: "The Bold One" - Vol. 1 No. 9

SWING: "The Bold One" - Vol. 1 No. 9

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SWING: "The Bold One" - Vol. 1 No. 9
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good plus.
Description
np: np, 1972. Very good plus.. Pornographic newspaper focused primarily on swinging and swingers, but also orgies and BDSM. Includes a lengthy personals section. Folded newspaper (15" by 11.5" approx). Mild toning as usual near edges. Small closed tears to several pages, but no losses. Clean, crisp throughout. 23pp.
Bing Wright: Encyclopedic Pictures

Bing Wright: Encyclopedic Pictures by WRIGHT, Bing and Hal Foster

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Bing Wright: Encyclopedic Pictures
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WRIGHT, Bing and Hal Foster
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Lucas Schoormans Gallery, 2002. First edition. Softcover. 19 pages. Exhibition catalog. Essay by Hal Foster. Includes 7 color illustrations of works by Wright along with 3 additional images of works by others that serve as reference/influence. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers.
Het Zoone Lied van Achnaton

Het Zoone Lied van Achnaton by Achnaton [Akhenaton]

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Het Zoone Lied van Achnaton
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Achnaton [Akhenaton]
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The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
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Haarlem, The Netherlands: Carlinaper, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. [IN DUTCH] Akhenaten was the heretic of Akhet-Aton, rebelling against powerful priests. This is a limited edition of the Dutch translation of Akhenaton's Song of the Sun by Professor A. de Buck, first published in 1938 by the World Library to Amsterdam. This booklet was hand-set, printed and bound by the Carlinaper in Haarlem, using Janson type for the text and Romanee Italics for the introduction. It is printed on Unicorn paper by Van Gelder. The 175 numbered copies were intended for the members of the "de Roos" Foundation in Utrecht. A number of copies were also printed for employees and the archive. This is copy #149. Octavo. Brown paper wrappers. Sunning to top of front wrapper and to spine. Pages are bright and clean. 17 pages, plus colophon. DUTCHLANG/022924.

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