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[Autograph Letter Signed, from Charles H. Bayles, 43rd Ohio Infantry, Detailing the Violence During the Battle of New Madrid]

[Autograph Letter Signed, from Charles H. Bayles, 43rd Ohio Infantry, Detailing the Violence During the Battle of New Madrid] by [Civil War]: [Missouri]

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[Autograph Letter Signed, from Charles H. Bayles, 43rd Ohio Infantry, Detailing the Violence During the Battle of New Madrid]
Author
[Civil War]: [Missouri]
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The Joe Fay Company LLC (United States)
Description
[Near New Madrid], Missouri: March 16, 1862. [4]pp., on patriotic stationery headed "The War for the Union" with a vignette of McClellan on horseback above his quote, "Stand by me, and I'll stand by you." Old folds, a few small tape repairs to folds, minor dust soiling. Overall about very good. An astounding battle content letter from Ohio Private Charles H. Bayles, describing a fierce altercation in Missouri early during the Civil War. Bayles enlisted on December 9, 1861 in Company H, 43rd Ohio Infantry for a term of three years. Private Bayles wrote this letter shortly after the Battle of New Madrid in March 1862. Here, he gives a stark summary of the artillery duel on March 13 between Pope's army and the Confederate gunners at New Madrid, a duel that lasted most of the day. Meanwhile, Pope's infantry forces were slowly advancing their trenches in the normal pattern for a formal siege, slowly getting closer to the Confederate defensive lines. That night the Confederate defenders of New Madrid abandoned the town and withdrew to Island No. 10. A transcription of Bayles letter is as follows: "I thought that I would write a few lines today. It is Sunday today. We had a fight at New Madrid the 13th of March. We placed our battery on a ridge about a half of a mile from their fort. Our troops entrenched all night of the 12th and early in the morning of the 13th, our battery commenced firing upon the enemy at day break. Our troops marched down at 2 o'clock at night. At morning it commenced. They commenced firing upon us. The firing was kept up all day long. The firing was kept up from daylight till dark and then the firing ceased. Our infantry laid back a half a mile from our battery. The cannon balls struck all round us. We was in a small piece of woods. They steered at us. The cannon balls cut trees a foot through right in two. They throwed shells at us and balls and canister shot. The ground was covered with cannon balls. Our Lieutenant-Colonel's horse was shot through the body with a piece of shell. The Lieutenant stood holding him by the halter. There was not one of our company hurt at all but the cannon balls whizzed through the air like thunder. They dropped on our right and on our left. A cannon ball struck one of the boys in the company to our right in the breast. It cut him in two. The firing ceased at night. Our company was sent out on picket at night. The next morning we calculated to go into them again but that same night they left the town. Everything was left. About 20 cannons was left in the fort. They had a strong fort. They killed eight of our army and wounded 8. They cut part of their town down to get range on us. We throwed shells into the fort. It is thought that we killed 2 or 3 hundred of the Secesh. They throwed them from the gunboats into the river as fast. We killed them. About one hundred was found in their entrenchments. They had some guns 12 feet long, besides four or five gunboats. I should thought that they would never left such a fort as that. I guess the war is about to a close." A great content battle letter. Unfortunately his prediction of the imminent end of the war was very, very premature.
Vintage German Child's Wood Architectural Building Blocks in Wood Case with Sliding top

Vintage German Child's Wood Architectural Building Blocks in Wood Case with Sliding top

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Vintage German Child's Wood Architectural Building Blocks in Wood Case with Sliding top
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
[Germany]: None identified, 1950. Ephemera no binding. Fine. 9 ¼" wide x 13 ¾" long x 2 ½" high; 80 blocks. An interesting vintage German child's woodblock building toy. The wood case measures 9 ¼" wide x 13 ¾" long x 2 ½" high, and contains a total of 80 blocks. It has dovetailed corners and the sliding top has a color printed label of two boys playing with building blocks. There are two layers of building blocks, 50 blocks of different shapes in the top layer, some with decoration to the wood, and 30 plain various-sized blocks in the bottom layer. No maker is noted on the box, although there is a small logo featuring a block-style castle inside a small oval on the label. Many toys of this type were made in the Erzgebirge region of Germany. The blocks are in fine and unused condition, the box is in fine condition with some wrinkling and small stains on the label. This is a heavy wood toy.
State of Maine [Honorable Discharge]

State of Maine [Honorable Discharge]

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State of Maine [Honorable Discharge]
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Very good
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1832. Document no binding. Very good. 7 ½" x 12 ½". Printed sheet with hand-written details filling in the spaces. State of Maine Head-Quarters, Augusta Sept. 24, 1832. The Commander in Chief has accepted the RESIDNTAION of Lieutenant John Mayo of the Second Regiment, in the First brigade, and Fourth Division of the Militia of this Stae; and he is hereby HONORABLY DISCHARGED at his own request, from the Office aforesaid. By the Commander in chief: L. [?] G. Ladd, Adjutant General.
Hopalong Cassidy and Lucky at Copper Gulch, Television Book, Starring William Boyd, Based on characters created by Clarence E. Mulford

Hopalong Cassidy and Lucky at Copper Gulch, Television Book, Starring William Boyd, Based on characters created by Clarence E. Mulford

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Hopalong Cassidy and Lucky at Copper Gulch, Television Book, Starring William Boyd, Based on characters created by Clarence E. Mulford
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition
Very good +
Description
Garden City, N.Y.: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc, 1950. Boards. Very good +. Jack CROWE. [MOVABLE BOOK] [JUVENILE]. Jack CROWE, illustrator. 4to; [24]pp; color pictorial boards, photographic illustration of Hopalong and Lucky on the front, movable wheel with a grommet changes the illustration in the front board window, pictorial rear board; color pictorial title page; color illustrations throughout; bowing to boards with light crease to bottom front board; very good plus. Pictorial children's book based on the television show, Hopalong Cassidy. The show was based on the short stories by Clarence E. Mulford.
The Tinies that Live in a Tube

The Tinies that Live in a Tube

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The Tinies that Live in a Tube
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Condition
Near fine
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New York: E. R. Squibb & Sons, 1924. Staplebound. Near fine. 12mo (6 1/8" x 4 1/8"); [14pp]; color pictorial wrapper, 2 staple binding; color illustrations every page; light pencil mark to front wrapper; near fine. Located in 5 WorldCat libraries. Published as a children's story, a dental cream tube is the transport for two children into a forest kingdom of animals who have won a battle over the Germies. Clever story incorporating Squibb's Dental Cream.
Scientific American, New York, November 25, 1899., Volume LXXXL,, No. 22

Scientific American, New York, November 25, 1899., Volume LXXXL,, No. 22

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Scientific American, New York, November 25, 1899., Volume LXXXL,, No. 22
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Very good
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New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1899. Ephemera no binding. Very good. Folio (16 ¼" x 11 ¼"); pp338-352; illustrated wrapper; 4" split at tail of wrapper fold, hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good. Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: Present Condition of the Paris Exposition of 1900: The Future of South Africa, The Vienna Meteorite Collection; Industrial Invasion of Great Britain; The Meteor Display; Bids for 16 ½ knox Cruisers Accepted at the Naval Board of Construction; Railroads in Asia; Wireless Telegraphy Between Balloons; Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences; A Discussion of the Superimposed Turret for Warships; New Letterbox Indicator; Methods of Revolving the Optical Apparatus for Lighthouses; The Scientific Extermination of Locusts [locust fungus]; Automobile News; American Armor Plate for a Russian Battleship; Effect of Heat on Scorpions; the Gypsy Moth; Long-Scale Measuring Instruments; Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; Recording Meteor-Paths by Photography; New Artificial Paving Stone; The Year's Progress in Agriculture; Successful Trials of the Holland Submarine Boat; Hamilton Young Castner (chemist); "Don Coyote" (American Wild Dog of the Far West); Cameron's Branding Instrument; A Simple Slide-Valve for Steam-Engines [Damerell's]; and Index of Inventions.
The Golden Picture Book of Aeroplanes, with Four Colour Plates and Over Sixty Illustrations

The Golden Picture Book of Aeroplanes, with Four Colour Plates and Over Sixty Illustrations

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The Golden Picture Book of Aeroplanes, with Four Colour Plates and Over Sixty Illustrations
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Very good
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London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1950. Boards. Very good. 8vo; [70pp]; color pictorial boards, red cloth spine-back; color pictorial endpapers; 4 color pictorial plates; b&w photographic illustrations throughout; scuffing to edges, crack at head and tail of front hinge paper but binding holding tight; very good. History of flying to the present day (1950s), profusely illustrated with photographs.
Joan of Arc and Pride of Illinois Fine Foods

Joan of Arc and Pride of Illinois Fine Foods

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Joan of Arc and Pride of Illinois Fine Foods
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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Very good
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Hoopeston, Illinois: The lllinois Canning Co, 1930. Staplebound. Very good. 12mo; 64pp; glazed illustrated wrapper with Joan of Arc on a white horse on front; red background; color illustrated back wrapper with woman and cartouche announcing "Pride of Illinois"; 2 staple binding; light soiling to wrappers; very good. Scarce, one copy located in WorldCat in Australia.
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER [SIGNED]

THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER [SIGNED] by Benet, Stephen Vincent; Eichenberg, Fritz [Illustrator]

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THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER [SIGNED]
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Benet, Stephen Vincent; Eichenberg, Fritz [Illustrator]
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
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Kingsport: Kingsport Press, 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 33 pages; G+; Quarter bound in red cloth with patterned paper boards; Boards have rubbing to corners, minor splitting along tail edge of spine; Textblock has minor toning along interior hinges; Signed and inscribed by illustrator on title page; Limited Edition of 1475; RWO. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Wegewood Section. 1359114. Special Collections.
GARDENS AND GARDENING IN PAPAL ROME

GARDENS AND GARDENING IN PAPAL ROME by Coffin, David R.

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GARDENS AND GARDENING IN PAPAL ROME
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Coffin, David R.
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780691040899
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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Small Quarto, xiii, 285 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine tan with brown lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Scuffing and light staining to dust jacket with a larger stain on front cover. General shelf wear to boards. Textblock clean. Shelved in Gardening. 1412708. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Funeral Oration Pronounced in the City of St. Louis, October 29, 1852, on the Occasion of the Obsequies of Daniel Webster

Funeral Oration Pronounced in the City of St. Louis, October 29, 1852, on the Occasion of the Obsequies of Daniel Webster by [WEBSTER, Daniel] DRAKE, Charles D.

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Funeral Oration Pronounced in the City of St. Louis, October 29, 1852, on the Occasion of the Obsequies of Daniel Webster
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[WEBSTER, Daniel] DRAKE, Charles D.
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
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St. Louis: Charles & Hammond, 1852. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cream wrappers printed within decorative funereal border; 34pp.; text printed within heavy rule throughout. Extremities chipped and spine ends perished, rather heavy dust-soil though internally fresh and sound. Funeral oration delivered by the St. Louis jurist and future politician on the occasion of the death of statesman Daniel Webster (1782-1852). A rather uncommon St. Louis imprint, missed by Sabin.
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SPEECH...IN REPLY TO MR. HAYNE, OF SOUTH CAROLINA:; The resolution of Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, relative to the public lands, being under consideration. Delivered in the Senate, January 26, 1830 by WEBSTER, Daniel

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SPEECH...IN REPLY TO MR. HAYNE, OF SOUTH CAROLINA:; The resolution of Mr. Foot, of Connecticut, relative to the public lands, being under consideration. Delivered in the Senate, January 26, 1830
Author
WEBSTER, Daniel
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
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NY: Elliott & Palmer, 1830. 8vo, pp. 72. sewn, self wraps, foredge chipped, title page soiled, name on title page, good. S&S 5382 (4).
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SPEECH...ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC LANDS, &c.; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 20, 1830 by WEBSTER, Daniel

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SPEECH...ON THE SUBJECT OF THE PUBLIC LANDS, &c.; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 20, 1830
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WEBSTER, Daniel
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Second Life Books Inc (United States)
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Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1830. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 28. Removed. Title page toned, small worm hole in the upper foredge. Good. S&S 5385 (4).
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Reception of Mr. Webster at Boston, September 30, 1842; With His Speech, Delivered in Faneuil Hall on that Occasion by WEBSTER, Daniel

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Reception of Mr. Webster at Boston, September 30, 1842; With His Speech, Delivered in Faneuil Hall on that Occasion
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WEBSTER, Daniel
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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Boston, Samuel N. Dickinson, 1842., 1842. First edition. 8vo. Original stitched yellow printed wrappers (holograph annotation: "With regards of G.W.M. Gordon" and small clipped section to upper wrapper, light soiling). 31pp. Very good.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.
Le Sex Shop (Two original photographs from the 1972 film)

Le Sex Shop (Two original photographs from the 1972 film) by Claude Berri (director, screenwriter, starring); Jean-Pierre Marielle, Juliet Berto, Francesca Romana Coluzzi (starring)

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Le Sex Shop (Two original photographs from the 1972 film)
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Claude Berri (director, screenwriter, starring); Jean-Pierre Marielle, Juliet Berto, Francesca Romana Coluzzi (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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N.p.: Peppercorn-Wormser, 1973. Two vintage studio still photographs from the US release of the 1972 French film. Claude, a married man and father of two, decides to transform his bookstore into a sex shop. Shot on location in Paris. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Vienna Blood and Other Poems (First Edition, inscribed by the author)

Vienna Blood and Other Poems (First Edition, inscribed by the author) by Jerome Rothenberg

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Vienna Blood and Other Poems (First Edition, inscribed by the author)
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Jerome Rothenberg
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Royal Books (United States)
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9780811207591
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New York: New Directions, 1980. First Edition. First Edition, a trade paperback original. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "for Joyce / in friendship / Jerry / San Diego / 1984." Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers.
Autograph Letter Signed, New York, December 20, 1845, to his uncle, Luther Jewett, and Aunt, Portland, Maine

Autograph Letter Signed, New York, December 20, 1845, to his uncle, Luther Jewett, and Aunt, Portland, Maine by Jewett, James C.

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Autograph Letter Signed, New York, December 20, 1845, to his uncle, Luther Jewett, and Aunt, Portland, Maine
Author
Jewett, James C.
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Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
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Quarto, 2 ½ pages, plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, in very good, clean and legible condition. Jointly written to his uncle and aunt in Portland. Letter from young Maine sea captain who became a "salor of fortune" ad nearly drove Daniel Webster into War. "My dear Uncle, The wind now being fair, my crew all on board, in a few hours more, I shall be once more afloat. I am awaiting turn of the tide to get out. Would to heaven I have but this one voyage to make and then quite for ever the vexation and anxiety, the disappointments and hardships of such a life as this Sailors life…it comes hard to me but what can I do. It is this or nothing. My freight list is still open, the shippers being…numerous… negligent … it cannot be closed until the last moment and as yet I cannot tall the amount. My expenses are as little as I could make them, still too large, why could not Mr. Moulton have sold this small vessel and give me one if I am to go freighting…I shall drive on and get back as soon as possible for this voyage will not amount to much I now foresee…But what can I do in a butter box freighting…what suffering in a little ship all under water but he who puts his hand to the plough must never look back. one thing the mild and balmy air of the tropics will fan our brows, that must be the offset to the cold northerly winds of the coast…I would like to hear from you in New Orleans you must write me soon as I hope in twenty days to be there and twenty more to be away. Business rather dull… and money scarce… [To his aunt:] I am now ready for sea. I feel low spirited as I suppose all do who are about to go where they cannot foresee what the day or the hour may bring forth. This the time of year is that when I should have good weather but I am a Jonah on the deep, or the [ship] Floyd is, I can't tell which. I must now forewarn you that you must expect to hear on my arrival the old story of Gales and Storms…You ask how I have spent my evenings? [in New York]… I have been sick…I some time wobbled into Broadway and looked into the windows and walked for miles, tired I went to bed and read myself to sleep…I never have felt so homesick since I first left Portland, mind to turn back and stay longer. I am tired of going to sea, the novelty has worn away and now I only think when will I be able to stay at home again. That will be a long day to that time I fear…. I hope my present voyage will soon be ended. I shall try hard to be back here…I may possibly go to Cuba before I return but I shall come north if possible as I want to go home again very much. I want another vessel and must try and get one under way then, to be ready for me in the fall. I shall write Mr. [Albert?] Averill what I want perhaps I may succeed in buying the one he speaks of…" Jewett did sail to Cuba in the ship Floyd, but it was only the beginning of his seafaring career. He found a bigger vessel, the Bark Philomela, began making regular runs from Mobile to Cuba and the West Indies during the Mexican-American War – and soon ran afoul of US authorities, being indicted in Boston in 1849 for having one of his sailors jailed for a week in Curacao "without cause". He may have escaped punishment because he was soon busy ferrying adventurers "around the Horn" from Maine to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush. Then, two years later, he began an escapade that nearly caused a war. It began when Jewett, captain of the Bark Philomela, wrote to Secretary of State Daniel Webster, asking if some tiny islands, small barren rocks in the ocean lying off Peru's coastline, were open to "exploitation" by US citizens. The islands were rich with guano – the nitrogen-rich dung of sea birds used extensively as fertilizer by American farmers, especially southern cotton growers. Peru had a treaty agreement with the US guaranteeing its monopoly of the guano exports to America, worth more than their weight in gold. Thousands of American farmers had vocally complained to Washington about the monopolistic cost of the fertilizer, but Peru had refused to budge on lowering the price. That was when Jewett, in partnership with a New York entrepreneur, made his inquiry, which seemed innocent enough, merely asking if American citizens had a right to take guano from the few "uninhabited and unoccupied" islands which were not the principal source of Peruvian guano - but held the potential of many millions of dollars for anyone who could exploit the resource. Webster, misinformed, believing that those islands had originally been "discovered" long before by an American sea captain, and were not, therefore, Peruvian territory, decided that it was the "duty" of the Government to use US Naval force to protect American citizens who wanted to exploit the islands. With the approval of President Fillmore, he so informed Jewett. With Webster's official assurances in hand, Jewett and his partner assembled a flotilla of forty ships, armed with cannon, to take possession of the islands, land a work party of a hundred men, and, if necessary, solicit US Naval support. The President, informed of these plans, remarked that it would take a "miracle" to avoid war with Peru. Webster, alarmed, quickly countermanded orders to the Navy to support Jewett's filibustering expedition, and, through slow diplomacy, eventually contradicted his own letter to Jewett, officially conceding Peru's sovereignty over the islands. Meanwhile, he informed Jewett (who, he insisted, had misled him) that he would receive no US military support for any adventure he might launch off the Peruvian coast. The crisis ended, with Webster later confiding to a friend that no other diplomatic snafu, during his years at the State Department, had given him so much trouble. There is no historical record of the personal consequences of this crisis for Jewett or the fate of his maritime expedition, but it was not his last appearance on the historical stage. In 1858, Mexico, being quietly eyed by France's Napoleon III for future conquest, was thrown into a three- year civil war. Jewett was hired by the Mexican Government to help suppress a conservative insurrection, using a steamer he owned to convey troops to Vera Cruz, in return for the opportunity to buy thousands of tons of scrap iron from the Government at bargain prices. He carried out his mission, capturing two rebel vessels and the noblemen who had led the revolt. But when he came to take the iron, he had been promised it had already been sold. Not until thirty years later did Jewett receive recompense after filing a court suit. Meanwhile, he had other plans. When the American Civil War began, he sold some of the ships he owned, which had been carrying cargoes to China, to the US Navy. As he also owned a New York shipyard, he then contracted with the Imperial Chinese Government to build gunboats, on the American model, for the Chinese Navy – the first Chinese warships ever constructed on American soil Some of these actually made it to China; others were snapped up by the US Navy to use in battle with the Confederacy. After the War ended, Jewett had enough wealth to form a Steamship Navigation Company which intended building vessels to sail the world over – to China, Egypt and Africa. There is no record of whether Jewett died a rich man in 1900. But it was certainly clear that the young Captain who had complained to his uncle fifty years earlier that he had tired of going to sea, overcame those youthful reservations.
Journey to Gorakhpur; An Encounter with Christ Beyond Christianity

Journey to Gorakhpur; An Encounter with Christ Beyond Christianity by Moffitt, John

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Journey to Gorakhpur; An Encounter with Christ Beyond Christianity
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Moffitt, John
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9780030865770
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Fine
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New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1972. 1sr. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Presentation to the former owner signed by Moffitt.
Lightning Joe; An Autobiography

Lightning Joe; An Autobiography by Collins, General J. Lawton

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Lightning Joe; An Autobiography
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Collins, General J. Lawton
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Very good
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in silver and red. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear to extremities and head and heel of spine, wear to dust jacket. 6 x 9 inches. 462 pages.
Despotism in America: The Nature, Results, and Legal Basis of the Slave-Holding System in the United States

Despotism in America: The Nature, Results, and Legal Basis of the Slave-Holding System in the United States by Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865

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Despotism in America: The Nature, Results, and Legal Basis of the Slave-Holding System in the United States
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Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865
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McBlain Books (United States)
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Very Good
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Boston: John P. Jewett and Company; Cleveland: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington; NY: Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis, title vignette, 6 plates, 302p. Original brown cloth. 20cm. Some chipping at ends of backstrip. Loss of cloth at corner tips. Lacks front free endpaper. Upper right corner neatly clipped on title-leaf. "Despotism in America was first published in 1840 with the author identified only as the author of "Archy Moore," a white-authored novel purporting to be the memoir of a slave which went through seven editions between 1836 and 1848 and which seems generally regarded as the first anti-slavery novel. This 1854 edition of "Despotism in America is almost twice the length of the 1840 edition thanks to the addition of a lengthy fifth chapter titled "Legal Basis of the Slave-Holding System" (pages 169-303) followed by a brief (four-page) Appendix quoting important language from Daniel Webster and ending with the fact that the author of that language voted for the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
The Formalist: A Journal of Metrical Poetry – Volume 2, Issue 1, 1991

The Formalist: A Journal of Metrical Poetry – Volume 2, Issue 1, 1991 by BAER, William, edited by

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The Formalist: A Journal of Metrical Poetry – Volume 2, Issue 1, 1991
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BAER, William, edited by
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Fine
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(Evansville, Indiana): The Formalist, 1991. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Wrappers (variant for a contributor). 128pp. Fine with poet Daniel Hoffman's penciled notation on front wrapper. A contributor's copy with a typed letter and Inscribed by Baer to poet Daniel Hoffman. Contributions by Robert Richman, Annie Finch, John J. Brugaletta, Lawrence Minet, Victor A. Peterson, X.J. Kennedy, Francois Villon, Samuel Maio, May Swenson, Daniel Hoffman, Francois Coppee, Lewis Turco, G.P. Skratz, Phillip B. Anderson, J. Weintraub, Paul Verlaine, Judson Jerome, Louise Labe, C. Webster Wheelock, Howard Nemerov, John Updike, Samuel Johnson, and many more. Scarce.
Post-Prison Writings and Speeches

Post-Prison Writings and Speeches by Cleaver, Eldridge

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Post-Prison Writings and Speeches
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Cleaver, Eldridge
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Very good
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NY: Random House, 1969. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xxxiii, 211pp. Light foxing to the edges of the textblock, else a very good hardback in a slightly tanned jacket.
Cruel and Unusual: Bush / Cheney's New World Order

Cruel and Unusual: Bush / Cheney's New World Order by MILLER, Mark Crispin

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Cruel and Unusual: Bush / Cheney's New World Order
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MILLER, Mark Crispin
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near fine
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New York: Norton, 2004. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. 343 pages. 8vo, two-toned boards (barely sunned along edges), pictorial d.w. New York: Norton, (2004). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
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Logan Canyon Climbing by Monsell, Tim

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Logan Canyon Climbing
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Monsell, Tim
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Very Good
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The Trailhead, 1998. Very Good. Monsell, Tim. Logan Canyon Climbing. Logan, Utah: The Trailhead, 1998. 72pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and rubbing.

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