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1755 Letter from the Oblong Friends to the Sandwich Friends Commemorating the Death of Nicolas Davis

1755 Letter from the Oblong Friends to the Sandwich Friends Commemorating the Death of Nicolas Davis by [New York – Massachusetts – Quakers] Ferriss, Benjamin; et al.

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Title
1755 Letter from the Oblong Friends to the Sandwich Friends Commemorating the Death of Nicolas Davis
Author
[New York – Massachusetts – Quakers] Ferriss, Benjamin; et al.
Seller
Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition
Folded and quite torn at folds; very good.
Description
Dutchess County, New York, 1755. Single sheet measuring 7 ¾ x 12 ½ inches. Folded and quite torn at folds; very good.. A letter signed by the members of the Oblong Monthly Meeting of Friends in New York to members of the Sandwich one in Massachusetts, on the occasion of the death of Nicolas Davis (1690–1755), a member of the Sandwich meeting. Davis was well-respected in his community and occasionally traveled to minister; he died in Quaker Hill, where the Oblong Meeting House is located, on such a trip. The Oblong Friends remember him: “[H]is visit was well accepted his ministry being attended with the Gospel Life and Power to the Reproof of the Lukewarm & Self Indulgent Professers to the instruction of the weak [and] to the Edification and Comfort of the Sincere & upright”. One of the letter’s signers, Benjamin Ferriss, is likely the same Benjamin Ferris who was one of the first Euro-American settlers of Quaker Hill, arriving in 1728. The letter has eighteen other signatories: John Hoag, Samuel Nothingham, David Hoag, Matthew Franklin, Henry Chase, Zebulon Farriss, James [surname illegible], Abraham Ewing, Wilm Buffett, Allen Moore, Dobson Wheeler, Tim. Dakin, Ebenezer Peaslee, Josiah Akin, Haas Bull., John Ewing, Richard Smith, and Jonathan Hoag. Of interest to scholars of Colonial-era Quaker history and New York State history.
Victor

Victor by Roach, Thomas E.

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Title
Victor
Author
Roach, Thomas E.
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Very good -
Description
Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1943. Very good -. 8” x 5½”. Blue cloth, spine and title gilt, with original dust jacket. Pp. 143. Jacket very good minus due to a large chip, tears reinforced with tape to rear and moderate water stains to backstrip. Book very good plus with minimal wear and former owner's name and note inked to ffep; a few faint soil spots and corner creases; light dust-soiling to edges. This is an uncommon work, part autobiography and part epic fantasy, written by an African American minister, Thomas E. Roach. In the book's preface, Roach shared that the work was, despite fictional names and elements, a: “story of the life and mission of the author . . . The experiences and revelations are dedicated to clergymen of all Creeds and to all earnest and sincere believers in the existence of the life beyond . . . The work is sent forth to weather the gales of adverse criticism in the hope that it shall steam into the harbor of acceptance and inspiration.” Per the book, the author was born in Barbados. He gave a brief history of the Haitian Revolution along with his early life as an itinerant missionary and speaker in the Caribbean Islands, South America and Africa. He was then schooled in Ohio, North Carolina and at Howard, pastoring in Rhode Island and Connecticut before settling in Chicago. Identifying as “Victor,” the author “had one supreme purpose and that was to go down into the slum life of the city . . . to study the multiplicity of character and disposition in high and low society at close range.” He “wanted to make personal observations, to follow the trail of research, to find facts and preserve experiences.” The book involved fantasies of romancing “Salome,” a beautiful socialite and religious scholar, through dance and deep spiritual conversations. “Reason has its limitations,” Salome argued. “Life is filled to the brim with questions and problems. Enigmas, obscure or ambiguous sayings; riddles, puzzling questions; condundrums . . . ” The tale weaved its way through medical and military history, varied scientific and religious pursuits, revealing a journey through space and time that broached topics of race, injustice, the “Master Creator” and “primitive man.” Victor arrived at a mammoth, incomparable Cathedral, intent to “discredit myths, fables and traditions and make Truth the subject of my discourses.” His “observation” revealed that “the world is still pregnant with greed, excessive selfishness, rivalry, prejudice, envy, cruelty, and atrocity” but he believed that “an extensive gold mine of spiritual jewels and lakes of spiritual minerals are available to the clergy.” The book ended with biographical sketches of “a few celebrities of the Christian Church,” including Martin De Porres (per Wikipedia, the “patron saint of mixed-race people and all those seeking racial harmony”) and Mary G. Evans, “a shining star in the Christian stage.” Evans was the “gifted pastor” of Chicago's Cosmopolitan Community Church for 34 years, from 1932 until her death in 1966. She was also the first woman to receive a Doctor of Divinity degree from Wilberforce University. Four pages were dedicated to “notable artist and musician” J. Wesley Jones, longtime director of Chicago's Metropolitan Community Church choir and the Negro Chorus of 1,000 Voices. A scarce and creative journey through history, race and religion by an African American pastor. OCLC shows twelve holdings.
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TRADEMARKS AND SYMBOLS OF THE WORLD by Rand, Paul (preface by). Kamekura, Yusaku

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TRADEMARKS AND SYMBOLS OF THE WORLD
Author
Rand, Paul (preface by). Kamekura, Yusaku
Seller
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
NY: Reinhold, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Square 4to. Worn dustjacket with some large-ish chips, and stained lower edge. The leaves are slightly"buckled" from wetness or dampness, but the pages are not discolored, so this copy has fine utility as a reference copy or as a copy form which to digitalize some of the hundreds of designs. Priced accordingly, too.
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“The autocrat of the breakfast table.” In: The Atlantic Monthly, Volumes I-II, pp. 48-57; 312-320; 457-469; 614-625; 734-744; 871-883 by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

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“The autocrat of the breakfast table.” In: The Atlantic Monthly, Volumes I-II, pp. 48-57; 312-320; 457-469; 614-625; 734-744; 871-883
Author
HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Boston: Philips, Sampson and Company, 1857. FIRST EDITION. Half-morocco and pebbled boards, spine decorated in blind, slightly rubbed at corners and edges of spine. Both volumes inscribed on front paste-down by William Prince, Vol. 2 with his large engraved bookplate. First edition of the first complete year of one of the most important American literary periodicals. It is here that Holmes’ great work was first printed. Ives, 96.
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Affilati attrezzi per i Giardini di Catullo. Con quattro disegni di James McGarrell. Testo a fronte, versione e note a cura di Leda Sartini Mussio by WILLIAMS, Jonathan

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Affilati attrezzi per i Giardini di Catullo. Con quattro disegni di James McGarrell. Testo a fronte, versione e note a cura di Leda Sartini Mussio
Author
WILLIAMS, Jonathan
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Light foxing to covers & fore-edge, otherwise a fine copy.
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(Milano, Italy): Lerici Editori, (1966). First edition. With English & Italian texts. Jaffe A39. One of 1000 copies. With publisher's note tipped on to verso back cover. Presentation copy, inscribed "Tom [George] and LaVerne's from Jonathan, Aspen 1967". Thomas George illustrated Ronald Johnson's A Line Of Poetry, A Row of Trees, published by the Jargon Society in 1964. Light foxing to covers & fore-edge, otherwise a fine copy.. McGARRELL, James. 8vo, wrappers. Light foxing to covers & fore-edge, otherwise a fine copy.
Bibliothecas Americana (1622-1896). A handy book about books which relate to books about America

Bibliothecas Americana (1622-1896). A handy book about books which relate to books about America by Watkins, George

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Bibliothecas Americana (1622-1896). A handy book about books which relate to books about America
Author
Watkins, George
Seller
Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
A very good or better copy, bookplate on free rear endpaper.
Description
Indianapolis: George Watkins, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A very good or better copy, bookplate on free rear endpaper.. xxii pp. Sm. 4to. Includes bibliographies and important bookseller and auction catalogues Palau 374229.
Biographies of Atlanta Baptist Ministers 1846-1966

Biographies of Atlanta Baptist Ministers 1846-1966 by Baggott, James L.

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Biographies of Atlanta Baptist Ministers 1846-1966
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Baggott, James L.
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Kenneth Mallory Bookseller. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Decatur: The Author, nd. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 204pp. very good hardback bound in publisher's pebbled burgundy boards. Inscribed and signed by Baggott on the front free endpaper.
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The Chinese Scholar's Studio; Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period. An Exhibiition from the Shanghai Museum

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The Chinese Scholar's Studio; Artistic Life in the Late Ming Period. An Exhibiition from the Shanghai Museum
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
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New York: Thames and Hudson in Association with the Asia Society Galleries, 1987. Editors: Chu-tsing Li, James C. Y. Watt. xii, 218p., colored and b/w illus., original blue cloth, quaro format.
A Forgotten Friend of India: Sir Charles Forbes 1st Bart

A Forgotten Friend of India: Sir Charles Forbes 1st Bart by Wadia, Ruttonjee Ardeshir

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A Forgotten Friend of India: Sir Charles Forbes 1st Bart
Author
Wadia, Ruttonjee Ardeshir
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The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Baroda: Padmaja Publications, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. SCARCE. Small 8vo. Grey paper coverd boards with black title to front board and to spine. Small spot of browning to front board and to spine. Minor browning to end pages. Else is clean and bright. Green and blue dust jacket with green and white title to front panel and green title to faded spine panel. Wear to dust jacket includes minor creasing, fading, and chipping to edges, small wax stain to front and spine panels that corresponds to the stain on the boards, and minor rubbing to the front and rear panels. 68 pages. IND/092319.
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A Handbook on Chinese Art Symbols by ALEXANDER, Mary and Frances

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A Handbook on Chinese Art Symbols
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ALEXANDER, Mary and Frances
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
very good(-)
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Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1958. paperback. very good(-). Illustrated in color & in black & white. 67 pages. 8vo, spiral bound stiff wrappers, wrappers lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1972.

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