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MONT SAINT MICHEL AND CHARTRES.

MONT SAINT MICHEL AND CHARTRES. by [Adams, Henry]:

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Title
MONT SAINT MICHEL AND CHARTRES.
Author
[Adams, Henry]:
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William Reese Company (United States)
Description
Washington: [Privately Printed for the Author],, 1904.. First, Privately Published Edition, Inscribed by Adams to a Friend and Neighbor First edition of Henry Adams' important and highly personal meditation on medieval culture and architecture, privately published for distribution initially to family and, eventually, to friends, with this copy bearing a presentation inscription from Adams to his friend and Lafayette Square neighbor Edith Eustis. The size of the edition, while not specified, was quite small, and in both format and intent Mont Saint Michel foreshadows The Education of Henry Adams, published three years later. In 1912, Adams prepared a revised and enlarged edition of this work, again for private distribution, and in 1913 the first public edition appeared, accompanied by an introduction by eminent American architect Ralph Adams Cram. An heir to one of America's most distinguished political families, Henry Adams (1838–1918) was the grandson of U.S. President John Qunicy Adams and the great-grandson of President John Adams. His father, Charles Francis Adams, was a diplomat and during the Civil War served as ambassador to the United Kingdom, with young Henry accompanying him as his private secretary. After the war, Henry went on to work as a journalist, Harvard professor, novelist, and historian. Among his published works were two novels, Democracy (1880) and Esther (1884); a nine-volume History of the United States during the administrations of Jefferson and Madison (1889–1891); and two very personal works, both written in his sixties, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres (1904) and The Education of Henry Adams (1907). According to Adams, the two works were meant to function as companion pieces, with Mont Saint Michel and Chartres serving as a study in "thirteenth-century unity," expressed ultimately in the figure of the Virgin, and The Education as a study in "twentieth-century multiplicity," epitomized by the invention of the Dynamo. In 1872, Adams married Boston socialite Marian "Clover" Hooper, who would later become an accomplished photographer. The couple eventually moved to Washington, D.C., where their Lafayette Square salon became a fashionable gathering place for politicians, authors, artists, scientists, and thinkers. In December 1885, Clover, who had long been given to bouts of depression, took her own life by ingesting a vial of potassium cyanide, a chemical used in developing photographs. Devastated by the loss of his wife, Henry in the decades after her death came increasingly to reject the masculine worlds of politics and business, finding comfort and satisfaction in the social company of women, most notably his nieces and such friends and neighbors as Edith Eustis, to whom the present volume is inscribed. This copy bears Henry Adams' presentation inscription on the front free endpaper: "For Edith Eustis from Henry Adams Washington. December, 1907." The recipient, Edith Livingston Morton Eustis (1874–1964), was Adams' friend and a Lafayette Square neighbor. Writing to author Edith Wharton's sister-in-law, Mary Cadwalader Jones, in 1910, Adams went so far as to describe Eustis as one "[o]f my six most intimate women-friends here." Eustis was the daughter of U.S. Vice President Levi P. Morton. Her husband, William Corcoran Eustis, was the grandson of Washington banker, philanthropist, and art collector William W. Corcoran, who had rented Henry and Clover Adams their first home in Washington, D.C., upon their arrival there in 1877. Laid into the present volume are seven typescript pages of poetry, with four pages reproducing the text of Henry Adams' "Prayer to the Virgin of Chartres" and his "Prayer to the Dynamo," and the remaining three given to Katherine Garrison Chapin's poem, Before Rain, Chartres. The latter bears a presentation inscription from Chapin to Edith Eustis: "For Mrs. Eustis - in the sympathy of our great love of Chartres - Katherine Garrison Chapin. from 'Outside of the World' Duffield 1930." Born to a wealthy New York family, Katherine Garrison Chapin (1890–1977) was a poet, librettist, and playwright. Chapin's husband, Francis Biddle, held various positions in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Eustis was a longtime friend of both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. An altogether fitting association copy of a book that one critic has described as "one of the most eloquent tributes to the power of Woman ever penned by a man....its necessary connection with the author's personal history cannot be overlooked....The book...should not be looked upon, possibly, as an historical study, but rather as a cathedral of words—various, complex, and beautiful, yet designed to give a single impression—a cathedral erected by Henry Adams to the glory of Womankind" (Cargill). Large quarto. Original blue cloth, spine and leather label gilt. Binding and extremities rubbed and a touch worn, leather label worn and chipped at edges. Some thumb soiling to outer margins of a few leaves, otherwise clean internally. Author's ink presentation inscription dated Washington, 1907, to Edith Eustis on front free endpaper. With seven pages of typescript, including three-page typescript poem inscribed from Katherine Garrison Chapin to Edith Eustis laid in. Overall, very good. BAL 31. Henry Adams to Mary Cadwalader Jones, February 3, 1910, in The Letters of Henry Adams, Volume 6, 1906-1918, ed. J.C. Levenson, Ernest Samuels, et al. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1988), p.307. Henry Adams to Edith Morton Eustis, February 28, 1908, ibid., p.122. Oscar Cargill, Intellectual America: Ideas on the March (New York: MacMillan Company, 1941), pp.565-567. Elizabeth Stevenson, Henry Adams: A Biography (New York: Macmillan Company, 1955), p.372.
[MANUSCRIPT WARRANT, SIGNED AND ISSUED BY COLONEL EDMUND FANNING AS COMMANDER OF THE KING'S AMERICAN REGIMENT, AUTHORIZING FRANKLIN GERMINUS ETTER TO RECRUIT TROOPS TO THE NEWLY-FORMED LOYALIST REGIMENT].

[MANUSCRIPT WARRANT, SIGNED AND ISSUED BY COLONEL EDMUND FANNING AS COMMANDER OF THE KING'S AMERICAN REGIMENT, AUTHORIZING FRANKLIN GERMINUS ETTER TO RECRUIT TROOPS TO THE NEWLY-FORMED LOYALIST REGIMENT]. by [American Revolution]: Fanning, Edmund:

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[MANUSCRIPT WARRANT, SIGNED AND ISSUED BY COLONEL EDMUND FANNING AS COMMANDER OF THE KING'S AMERICAN REGIMENT, AUTHORIZING FRANKLIN GERMINUS ETTER TO RECRUIT TROOPS TO THE NEWLY-FORMED LOYALIST REGIMENT].
Author
[American Revolution]: Fanning, Edmund:
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William Reese Company (United States)
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Jamaica, Long Island, NY. , April 15, 1777.. Recruiting American Loyalist Troops A manuscript warrant, signed and issued by Colonel Edmund Fanning, authorizing Franklin Germinus Etter to recruit men to serve in the newly-formed King's American Regiment under Fanning's command. The warrant stipulates that, in exchange for enlisting twelve or more men, Etter will receive recommendation for an ensign's commission. The document is dated April 15, 1777, at Jamaica, the regiment's headquarters on Long Island, New York. The King's Regiment of Foot, also known as the Associated Refugees, had been established just over four months earlier. On December 11, 1776, Colonel Fanning received a warrant from General Howe authorizing him to raise a regiment of American Loyalists at Flat Bush, New York. The regiment would consist of American recruits, drawn primarily from New York, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, who had chosen to remain loyal to the Crown. Throughout the American Revolution, these American-born British subjects, fighting alongside British Regulars, faced their own rebellious countryman in battle. Born in Southold, Long Island, Edmund Fanning (1739–1818) attended Yale, graduating in 1757 before relocating to Hillsborough, North Carolina. There he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1762, serving in various positions, as register of deeds, colonel of the local militia, and in successive judicial posts. Fanning soon found favor with North Carolina's royal governor, William Tryon, and the two became close political allies. Later in the decade, Fanning ran afoul of North Carolina's Regulator movement, a group of disaffected backcountry farmers and frontier settlers who, in protesting their treatment at the hands of the political leadership and the planter elite, made Fanning one of their primary targets. Fanning was subjected to a violent beating and the burning of his house before the movement was put down. In 1771, when William Tryon was appointed governor of New York, Fanning followed as his private secretary, and when the Revolution broke out, he offered to serve on behalf of the Crown. Under Fanning's command, the King's American Regiment saw action in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York, where they led a series of coastal raids. During the raid on New Haven, Fanning famously forbade the burning of the town and his alma mater, an action for which Yale later recognized him with an honorary degree. After the war, Fanning fled with other American Loyalists to Nova Scotia, where he served as lieutenant governor and then as governor of the Island of St. John (later Prince Edward Island) before finally moving to London in 1813. Franklin Germinus Etter (1752–1828), the warrant's recipient, was the son of Peter Etter, a Swiss-born stocking weaver who had immigrated to America in the late 1730s. Having taken an oath of allegiance to the king of England, Peter settled in Philadelphia where he established himself in his trade. During King George's War, Peter served as an officer in the militia organized by Benjamin Franklin to defend Philadelphia. He became close friends with the Franklins, so much so that he likely named his son in their honor. About the time Franklin Germinus Etter was born, Peter moved to Braintree, Massachusetts, where he, John Franklin (Benjamin's older brother), Joseph Crellius, and Norton Quincy sought to establish a community of German artisans. In addition to Etter's stocking weaver's shop, the partners set up a glass works, chocolate mills, a spermaceti factory, and salt manufacturing. Etter became good friends, too, with fellow Braintree resident John Adams, but when the Revolution broke out, the two found themselves on opposite sides of the struggle. On March 17, 1776, Etter and his family, including his son Franklin, fled Boston, joining the evacuation of British troops to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Whether Franklin returned to the rebellious colonies to receive Fanning's warrant or was expected to recruit among the Loyalist refugees in Nova Scotia is unclear. What is clear, though, is that he did not join the King's American Regiment but served instead in Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Herlihy's Independent Company and, later, as a lieutenant in the Nova Scotia Volunteers. The present document reads in full as follows: "His Excellency General Howe, His Majesty's Commander in Chief, having been pleased to authorize and impower me to raise for His Majesty's Service a Regiment of able bodied Men, to serve in North America for Two years, or, during the continuance of the present Rebellion; These are to authorize you Francklin Germinar Ettor to inlist as many able bodied Men as you can procure to serve in the said Regiment, not less in number than Twelve which if inlisted and Marched by such ways and in such numbers as you shall think proper to Jamaica on Long Island, the Head Quarters of the Regiment, within Twenty days from the date hereof you shall be recommended to His Excellency General Howe for an Ensigns Commission in the said Regiment. Five Dollars Bounty will be allowed for each Man inlisted and approved and both Officers and Privates will receive the same pay and be under the same Discipline as His Majesty's Regular Troops. Each private will be furnished with Arms, Accoutrements and many other necessaries fitting for a Gentleman Soldier and equal to the reasonable expectations of every Loyal Subject. And when the Regiment shall be reduced they will have a claim to the same encouragement that may be allowed to any Provincials who shall inlist into His Majesty's Service during the present Rebellion. By command of His Excellency The Commander in Chief Alex: Innes, Inspr. Genl. of Provincial Forces. Given under my Hand and Seal at Jamaica on Long Island the 15th day of April 1777 Edmd. Fanning." An interesting document that sheds light on British efforts to raise troops from among the ranks of American Loyalists in the fight to put down the American colonial rebellion. Old folds. Lightly tanned, scattered foxing and staining. Silked. Expertly repaired on verso. Wax seal to lower right edge. Very good. ANB 7, pp.703-04.
EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ABBOTT'S HYDRAULIC ENGINE. WITH TABLES & ENGRAVINGS. TOGETHER WITH AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE POWER OF WHEELS, HERETOFORE USED.

EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ABBOTT'S HYDRAULIC ENGINE. WITH TABLES & ENGRAVINGS. TOGETHER WITH AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE POWER OF WHEELS, HERETOFORE USED. by Abbott, John:

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EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ABBOTT'S HYDRAULIC ENGINE. WITH TABLES & ENGRAVINGS. TOGETHER WITH AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE POWER OF WHEELS, HERETOFORE USED.
Author
Abbott, John:
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William Reese Company (United States)
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Boston: S. Rowland Hart, Printer,, 1835.. Presentation Copy, with Interesting Illustrations A presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "East Cambridge / May 12 1837 / J. Abbotts present to J. Ferguson." Abbott, a resident of South Reading, Massachusetts, designed a water-powered engine which is described in detail herein. The handsome engravings illustrate how the author's engine worked. Contains a glossary of mechanical terms at the rear. A quite elaborate work of American technology for the time. Quite scarce. The NUC locates only three copies (KEmT, IaAS, MiU). Original cloth-backed boards, paper label on front cover. Corners worn, some old dampstaining on front board. Scattered foxing. Overall very good, in unsophisticated condition.
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THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF ABYSSINIA, AND THE SWORD HUNTERS OF THE HAMRAN ARABS. by Baker, Samuel W.:

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THE NILE TRIBUTARIES OF ABYSSINIA, AND THE SWORD HUNTERS OF THE HAMRAN ARABS.
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Baker, Samuel W.:
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William Reese Company (United States)
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London. , 1868.. Second edition of this account of travel and hunting adventures along the Nile tributaries, a sort of sequel to the author's THE ALBERT N'YANZA BASIN OF THE NILE (1866). Baker, one of the great explorers of central Africa in search of the source of the Nile, offers observations on the natural history, topography, and inhabitants of Abyssinia (Ethiopia). Hunting episodes with the crocodile, hippopotamus, giraffe, elephant, rhinoceros and gazelle. The author had earlier toured Ceylon in 1845 and settled there for a time. One map depicts Sir Baker's routes and discoveries along the Nile, and the other shows his routes on the Nile tributaries of Abyssinia. Contemporary morocco, expertly rebacked with gilt spine in matching style. Insect damage to face of back cover. Internally clean and very good.
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Men Against the Rule. A Century of Progress in Yacht Design by (Yachting) Poor, Charles Lane

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Men Against the Rule. A Century of Progress in Yacht Design
Author
(Yachting) Poor, Charles Lane
Seller
James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Original blue cloth with dark blue cloth spine. Very good plus
Description
New York: Derrydale Press, 1937. First edition, no. 143 of 950 copies. Illustrated with half-tones. xvi, [ii], 157 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth with dark blue cloth spine. Very good plus. First edition, no. 143 of 950 copies. Illustrated with half-tones. xvi, [ii], 157 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 120; Frazier P-12-a; Morris & Howland p. 111
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Loom Supply Parts

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Loom Supply Parts
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
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VG. General aging and light wear to wraps, otherwise a solid clean copy.
Description
Worcester, MA: Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, 1924. Softcover. VG. General aging and light wear to wraps, otherwise a solid clean copy.. Ocatavo. Softcover. Maroon cloth spine with embossed titles. xxviii, 539 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Frank Ryan: The Search for the Republic [Signed and Inscribed by Cronin]

Frank Ryan: The Search for the Republic [Signed and Inscribed by Cronin] by Séan Cronin; Readar O'Donnell [foreword]

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Frank Ryan: The Search for the Republic [Signed and Inscribed by Cronin]
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Séan Cronin; Readar O'Donnell [foreword]
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
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9780860640189
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Very Good
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Dublin: Repsol Publishing / Skelling Press, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. Dublin: Repsol Publishing / Skelling Press, 1980. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); 284pp. Publisher's photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining £9.90 price; boards bound in green cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Eight (8) pages of glossy black-and-white photographs. Dust jacket a bit bumped and toned. Boards lightly bumped; spine cocked. Binding sound. Textblock toned; endsheets and interior pages clean. Very Good. Inscribed and dated by the author to his wife at title page. Cronin was journalist and former officer in the Irish Army who twice served as the Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army. He was imprisoned for his involvement with the IRA and left the group after his release.
Photo of African Americans in front of General Store

Photo of African Americans in front of General Store

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Photo of African Americans in front of General Store
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Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
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Very good. This listing is for a photo of two African American men in front of a general store in the West. There is a horse and carriage in front of the store along with a man standing in the doorway of the store. The photo measures 3 " x 5 ".
Critique of Rationality; Judgment and creativity from Benjamin to Merleau-Ponty

Critique of Rationality; Judgment and creativity from Benjamin to Merleau-Ponty by O'Brien, John Eustice

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Critique of Rationality; Judgment and creativity from Benjamin to Merleau-Ponty
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O'Brien, John Eustice
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Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2017. xvi, 300p., paperback; in very good condition. As new.
Brownies (Peter Possum Paperback)

Brownies (Peter Possum Paperback) by Cox, Palmer

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Brownies (Peter Possum Paperback)
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Cox, Palmer
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New York: Mulberry Press / Grolier Society, 1967 Pictorial card covers, with illustration to front cover, original price sticker intact ($.95), spine ends and corner worn, clean text and images. Verse and images taken from the original Brownie books by Palmer Cox. . Reprint. Pictorial Wraps. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Palmer Cox. 12mo.

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