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Secretaria de Hacienda... "El Presidente Interino de la Republica Mexicana, a los Habitantes de Ella Sabed: Que el Congreso General Ha Decretado Lo Siguiente. 1o. Durante la Guerra con los Sublevados de Tejas..." [caption title and part of text] by [Mexico]. [Texas Revolution]

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Title: Secretaria de Hacienda... "El Presidente Interino de la Republica Mexicana, a los Habitantes de Ella Sabed: Que el Congreso General Ha Decretado Lo Siguiente. 1o. Durante la Guerra con los Sublevados de Tejas..." [caption title and part of text]
Author: [Mexico]. [Texas Revolution]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: Mexico City: July 16, 1836. Very good.. Broadside, 12.25 x 8.5 inches. One light fold down middle, minor loss to lower corners. A rare broadside that promulgates a decree from the Mexican federal government, ordering that foreign goods be allowed into the port of Matamoros in order to supply the army in the war against Texas. It further states that only foreign provisions imported for the support of the expeditionary force, as well as mules and wagons to convey them, will be exempted from tariff and seizure within the country. The text reads, in part: "1.o Durante la guerra con los sublevados de Tejas, se permitirá la introducción de víveres del extrangero por el puerto de Matamoros. 2.o Los derechos que se causen en dicha introduccion, se pagarán en el acto en víveres recibiéndose estos al precio de aforo, y destinándose exclusivamente à la subsistencia del Ejército espedicionario sobre Tejas. 3.o Los que de lo interior se conduzcan al mismo Ejército, serán libres de todo derecho, y no podrán embargarse las mulas ó carruagas en que se trasporten." The present decree was issued on July 16, 1836, in Mexico City. Perhaps in response to this order, the Texans blockaded Matamoros, which occupies a strategic position at the mouth of the Rio Grande across from Brownsville, from July 21 through the end of October. We locate three copies of this broadside -- the Streeter copy, now at Yale, and two additional examples, at Texas A&M and Penn. Streeter Texas 880.

Elementa matheseos universae . . . editio nova, priori multo auctior et correctior. by WOLFF, Christian, Freiherr von (1679-1754).

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Title: Elementa matheseos universae . . . editio nova, priori multo auctior et correctior.
Author: WOLFF, Christian, Freiherr von (1679-1754).
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description: Geneva:: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1732-41., 1732. 5 volumes. 4to. 246x202 mm. xxiv, 526; viii, 396, [2]; vii, [1], 581, [1]; viii, 374, [2]; [8], 501 pp., including errata leaf at end of Volumes 2 and 4. WITH THE FINE COPPER-ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF WOLFF BY DAUDET AS FRONTISPIECE, AND WITH 164 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES; occasional browning, scattered soiling and stains, some early marginalia. Contemporary vellum boards, marbled edges; somewhat soiled, spines darkened. Preserved in the Robert Honeyman-commissioned quarter red morocco slipcases. Stamps of the Cologne Gymnasium on titles; signatures of E. F. August dated 1822-23; bookplates of Robert Honeyman IV. [The August – Honeyman – Gutzwiller copy]. Later edition, published in Geneva, of the 1713 Latin version of Wolff's 1710 Anfangsgrunde aller mathematischen Wissenschaften, a textbook used as the basis for teaching mathematics through the end of the 18th century. This massive work encompasses all the aspects of mathematics, arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, infinitesimal calculus, mechanics, statics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, aerometry, optics, perspective, catoptrics, astronomy, geography, hydrography, chronology, gnomonics, pyrotechnics, civil and military architecture, and perspective. The fifth volume contains a survey of historical mathematical literature, a guide to the teaching of mathematical disciplines, and indexes. This set is entirely complete and is notably from the Honeyman collection, thus a known provenance. / Christian Wolff (less correctly Wolf, also known as Wolfius; ennobled as Christian Freiherr von Wolff in 1745) was a German philosopher. Wolff was the most eminent German philosopher between Leibniz and Kant. His main achievement was a complete oeuvre on almost every scholarly subject of his time, displayed and unfolded according to his demonstrative-deductive, mathematical method, which perhaps represents the peak of Enlightenment rationality in Germany. / PROVENANCE: Cologne Gymnasium – manuscript signature initials 'E. F. August', dated 1822-23, probable: Ernst Ferdinand August (1795-1870) – Robert B. Honeyman Jr. (Sotheby-London, lot 3135, Honeyman sale, 20 May 1981) – Martin C. Gutzwiller (1925-2014) (Swann, lot 204, Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343). REFERENCES: DSB XIV, p. 483; Houzeau & Lancaster 9344; Sotheran, II Suppl., no. 857.

Wines; What to Serve. When to Serve. How to Serve by Stringer, Carlton

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Title: Wines; What to Serve. When to Serve. How to Serve
Author: Stringer, Carlton
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: Scarborough, NY: Canape Parade, 1933. First edition. Wraps. Near fine. First edition of Carlton Stringer's Wines: What to Serve, When to Serve, How to Serve.. Octavo, 63pp. Pictorial wrappers, bound at spine with staples, title in silver on cover. Spine rubbed, lower corner and top edge of front cover lightly bumped, light shelf wear to front cover. No notations except for the previous owner's name on title page. A nice example of this Prohibition-era guide to wines.

Famous African-american Journalist Henry Lee Moon Finds Himself At the Historic New York Amsterdam News by HENRY LEE MOON

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Title: Famous African-american Journalist Henry Lee Moon Finds Himself At the Historic New York Amsterdam News
Author: HENRY LEE MOON
Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. (United States)
Description: Archive. Moon was a famous journalist, writer and NAACP executive. He attended Howard University and got his masters from Ohio State University before becoming the Director of Public Relations at Tuskegee Institute. He briefly worked at New York's The Amsterdam News before becoming the NAACP's director of public relations in 1948. He wrote the classic Balance of Power: The Negro Vote and his writing also appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The London Tribune, and The Chicago Defender. He served as The Crisis magazine's editor from 1966 to 1974. THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS. Founded in 1909 in Harlem, NY, it is a news publication geared toward the black community of New York City. At its height in the 1940s, its circulation reached 100,000 and was the fourth largest African-American newspaper in the United States. It published the works of such notables as W.E.B. Du Bois, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Malcolm X. a) TLS. 1pg. 8 " x 11". March 17, 1932. New York, NY. A typed letter signed " Obie McCollum" as city editor of The New York Amsterdam News, to Henry Lee Moon regarding his request for a salary increase: "In reply to your recent inquiries about your requests for salary increases, I am enclosing this memo from Mr. Kelley, the Editor." Typed on the newspaper's letterhead, the memo is in great condition. b) TLS. 1pg. 8 " x 11". March 17, 1932. New York, NY. A typed letter signed " W. M. K. " by William M. Kelley, editor of The New York Amsterdam News, regarding a salary increase for Henry Lee Moon: "You may give assurance to Mr. Poston and Mr. Moon that the matter of an increase in salary for them has been taken up, decided favorably as to merit and now only awaits the necessary improvement in the financial condition of the paper to make them possible." Typed on the newspaper's stationery, the letter is in great condition, with light toning throughout. c) TLS. 1pg. 8 " x 11". June 11, 1932. New York, NY. A typed letter signed " William M. Kelley" certifying Henry Lee Moon as staff into The New York Amsterdam News ranks: "This is to certify that Henry Lee Moon is an accredited member of the staff of The Amsterdam News. He is an authorized news correspondent. Any courtesies that you may extend to him will be greatly appreciated." Typed on the newspaper's stationery, the letter is in great condition. d) TLS. 1pg. 8 " x 11". December 27, 1934. New York, NY. A typed letter signed " Sadie Warren Davis" as treasurer of The New York Amsterdam News, to Henry Lee Moon regarding an important, private meeting: "This is to advise that I would like to see you on a very important matter. I have set aside Friday evening, December 28th, at 9:00 o'clock as the time, at my apartment at 2293 Seventh Avenue. I trust that you will not fail to be there promptly." Typed on the newspaper's stationery, the letter is in great condition, with light toning in the center and a fold separation along the top edge that does not affect legibility. e) TLS. 1pg. 5 " x 8". July 6. 1936. New York, NY. A typed letter signed " Thelma" by Thelma Berlack Boozer, of The New York Amsterdam News, to Henry Lee Moon: "I believe you owe Guild dues for Jun and July ($1.20). In all probability, too, your Guild card has no more room for stamps. Kindly get your dues to me some time on Tuesday and also tell me the number of your present Guild card so that I can get a new one for you. Incidentally, my new home address is 479 West 152nd Street, Apt. 1-East. The telephone is still Edge. 4-1823." Typed on the newspaper's stationery, the letter is in great condition. f) TLS. 1pg. 8 "" x 11". October 13, 1936. New York, NY. A typed letter signed " C. B. Powell" as President of Powell-Savory Corporation, co-publishers of The New York Amsterdam News, to Henry Lee Moon: "I am in receipt of your letter of October 10th and the returned check. I have referred the matter to Mr. Kaufman, and I am enclosing a copy of my letter to him." Typed on the newspaper's stationery, the letter is in great condition

Postmaster General Harry New Signs A Photo Of Himself And His Dog by HARRY S. NEW

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Title: Postmaster General Harry New Signs A Photo Of Himself And His Dog
Author: HARRY S. NEW
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Description: HARRY S. NEW (1858-1937). New was a Senator and Postmaster General.PS. 8 x 10. N.d. N.p. A photograph signed Harry S. New as Postmaster General. The black-and-white photo depicts New, wearing a luxurious fur coat, outside in the snow with the blurry image of a black dog next to him. New appears to be tapping a tree for syrup. To Harry Vantine with the best wishes of his friend, the Postmaster General Harry S. New. New seems to have also signed as his dog in the lower right corner. The photo is in fair condition, with several chips.

THE GRAPHIC ARTS, A TREATISE ON THE VARIETIES OF DRAWING, PAINTING, AND ENGRAVING, IN COMPARISON WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH NATURE by HAMERTON, PHILIP GILBERT

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Title: THE GRAPHIC ARTS, A TREATISE ON THE VARIETIES OF DRAWING, PAINTING, AND ENGRAVING, IN COMPARISON WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH NATURE
Author: HAMERTON, PHILIP GILBERT
Seller: L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description: New York, Macmillan and Co.., 1882. Large 4to. First American Edition. Full leather with gilt spine. Deckled edges. 54 prints after artists from the Renaissance through the 19th century. 384 pp. Hamerton offers a comprehensive history of the graphic arts covering everything from silverpoint to lithography. xvi + 384 pages; index; with 54 illustrations, collated complete as per the contents list; many of which are finely-printed on India paper and then laid-down to the sheet, and tissue guarded; A huge compendium of techniques, styles, methods of artistic creation; approx. 15" x 11" in size and weighing nearly 12 pounds: works by Raphael, Leonardo Da Vinci, Turner, Maclise, Lalanne, Poynter, Burne-Jones, Zucchero, Watteau, Holbein, Birket Foster, Titian, Bewick, Rembrandt, Durer, Delaune, Veronese, Holl, Hunt, Chardin, Muller, more; Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894) British artist and essayist studied art in London, resided on the isle of innistrynich, Loch Awe, 1858, art critic to Saturday Review, began the periodical "The Portfolio" and was its director till his death; also published two novels. (DNB); that the MacMillan edition is less common;

A Philosophical Discourse, Addressed to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . . . On the Eighth of November Mdcclxxx by Bowdoin, James

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Title: A Philosophical Discourse, Addressed to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . . . On the Eighth of November Mdcclxxx
Author: Bowdoin, James
Seller: De Simone Company, Booksellers (United States)
Description: Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1780. Small 4to. 185 x 120 mm., [7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches]. 35 pp., including half-title. Old library pamphlet binder. Marked "Withdrawn Bowdoin College Library" pencil mark "Dup" on paper label. First edition. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded in Boston in 1780 during one of the most difficult years of the American Revolution. James Bowdoin was the first president and other founders were John Adams and John Hancock. It is the oldest society of its kind in America and was organized to foster the development of a new nation in the liberal arts, commerce, agriculture, science, and technology. Bowdoin's speech begins with a recitation on the history of nations and their development from classical time to the modern nation states of Europe. He continues by arguing that the United States of America is advancing civilization in a new hemisphere with a new governmental structure created for the well-being of its citizens and prosperity of its people. In keeping with the scholarly nature of the Academy, the final four pages of pamphlet are devoted to the discovery in a quarry in New Hampshire of a valuable stone called "lapis specularis". The natural characteristics of the stone is the thin and transparent plate layer that can be cut and can become a substitute for window glass. "Includes a discussion of newly discovered deposits of talc, and its uses" (Rink). Evans, American Bibliography, Vol. VI, 16720. Sabin, Dictionary of Books Relating to America, 7016. Rink, Technical Americana, 3478.

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Shankum Naggum by WILLIAMS, Jonathan

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Title: Shankum Naggum
Author: WILLIAMS, Jonathan
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine copy.
Description: (Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College), 1979. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by JW, out of a total edition of 550 copies printed. Jaffe A123. Fine copy.. Narrow 4to, pictorial wrappers. Fine copy.

Some Go Up by Tupper, Samuel Jr.

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Title: Some Go Up
Author: Tupper, Samuel Jr.
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Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dj
Description: New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear, light soiling to top of text block; jacket somewhat soiled and spotted, mild edgewear, a couple of tiny nicks at bottom of rear panel]. Novel about "white folks of the wide-awake modern South . . . dealing with fortune's universal seesaw, as experienced by two Southern families." The author, a native of Atlanta, presumably knew wherefrom he wrote; he published only two novels, both quite scarce, of which this was the first. .

Extra Special Bargain Bulletin (Green Mountain Distillery) by Reefer, M. C.

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Title: Extra Special Bargain Bulletin (Green Mountain Distillery)
Author: Reefer, M. C.
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Condition: Very good
Description: Kansas City, MO: Max C. Reefer, 1915. Very good. Large circular; 11 3/4 x 9 1/2; single sheet, pp. [2]; illustrated with two engravings; offest to upper margin from stored together with another publication; small creases to corners and a few minor nicks to edges; overall in very good condition.Born in Austria in 1848, Max C. Reefer immigrated to the US in 1861 and worked as a typesetter for the New York Tribune and several other papers in Chicago and St. Louis, before moving with his family to Kansas City in 1863 and opening the Green Mountain Distillery. Being not quite a true distiller, but rather buying whiskeys from other distilleries, mixing his own, proprietary blends, and bottling them under his own label, Reefer was nevertheless very successful in his enterprise. With a business model focused on aggressive, elaborate advertising, free giveaways to customers, and mail order sales, he would also be, allegedly, the only business to ever openly oppose one of the biggest monopolies in the US - the Whiskey Trust. Reefer's current circular began: "The country is going prohibition mad. Kentucky is 98 per cent dry and we don't know when the other 2 per cent will follow...Who can account for fanaticism?..." It listed his wholesale prices on various whiskeys, as well as an offer for 4 gallons of the finest pilgrim whiskey for $9.77. He also offered genuine Waltham or Elgin pocket watches, "The Offer of the Century!," with orders of 10 gallons or more.

In Pursuit of the Golden Dream: Reminiscences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849-1857 by Gardiner, Howard C. Edited by Dale L. Morgan

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Title: In Pursuit of the Golden Dream: Reminiscences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849-1857
Author: Gardiner, Howard C. Edited by Dale L. Morgan
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Description: Stoughton, MA: Western Hemisphere, Inc, 1970. First Edition. 390pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Red cloth with the title gilt stamped on the front board. Near fine. Fold-out map present at the rear. "If those who read Howard Gardiner's account of his experiences in California between 1849 and 1857 will thereafter return to this summary survey, they will be impressed with the immense solidity of his narrative, and the large extent of the canvas on which he has worked. I think it is quite clear that nothing in the existing literature compares with his reminiscences." - Dale Morgan. In addition to reprinting Gardiner's work, Morgan compiled a substantial introduction consisting of a bibliographic essay on the northern mines and correspondence concerning the original publication of the reminiscences. Gardiner rounded the Horn in 1849. The narrative is pleasantly readable with the color of mining life and surroundings painted on the business-like outlines of actual mining. Particularly interesting are the recitations of his activities in the San Francisco supply trade, which fed and clothed those bound for the gold fields. Saunders 62.

THINKING IS FORM: The Drawings of Joseph Beuys by Beuys, Joseph; Temkin, Ann; Rose, Bernice

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Title: THINKING IS FORM: The Drawings of Joseph Beuys
Author: Beuys, Joseph; Temkin, Ann; Rose, Bernice
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ISBN: 9780876330890
Condition: Very good.
Description: Philadelphia / New York: Philadelphia Museum of Art / The Museum of Modern Art, 1993. Very good.. First edition of this companion to the first American retrospective of the German artist's drawings. 11.5'' x 9.75''. In original beige pictorial wrappers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. 280 pages. Wrappers with moderate curling to foredges, sunning to spine. Interior clean and crisp.

Chronicles of Wilkes County, Georgia from Washington's Newspaper 1889-1898 by Warren, Mary Bondurant (transcribed and edited by)

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Title: Chronicles of Wilkes County, Georgia from Washington's Newspaper 1889-1898
Author: Warren, Mary Bondurant (transcribed and edited by)
Seller: Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Danielsville, Georgia: Heritage Papers, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. vi, 511 pages. Frontispiece photograph of Robert Toombs. Illustrated. Black cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and the spine. Map illustrated end sheets. Light shelf wear to the cloth binding. Previous owner's name stamp on the right front flyleaf and his blind stamp on the title page. Light shelf wear to the hardcover.

LOSING NELSON by Unsworth, Barry

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Title: LOSING NELSON
Author: Unsworth, Barry
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ISBN: 9780241137000
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1999. First edition, first prnt. Signed and dated "5th August 99" by Unsworth on the title page. Spine topedge lightly pushed; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Rabbit Redux by Updike, John

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Title: Rabbit Redux
Author: Updike, John
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Description: Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A fine copy in full brown leather, signed by the author. Previous owner's blindstamp to front endpaper, otherwise fine.

A Flower From Every Meadow. Indian Paintings from American Collections by Welch, Stuart Cary

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Title: A Flower From Every Meadow. Indian Paintings from American Collections
Author: Welch, Stuart Cary
Seller: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Faint darkening to the edges else a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket but for a few small tears on the rear panel.
Description: New York: Asia Society, Inc., 1973. First edition. Cloth. Faint darkening to the edges else a near fine copy in a very good dust jacket but for a few small tears on the rear panel.. 142 pp. Illus. with 82 b/w and color reproductions. Sq. Sm. 4to. Mark Zebrowski, contrib. One of 1,000 copies of a catalogue of an exhibition shown in the Asia House Gallery in the spring of 1973.

From the beginnings: a prologue to a rational attempt to find ways for achieving peace, justice and abundance in a free world which will be presented at the opening of the 6th UAW-CIO International Education Conference, April 8th, 1954, Chicago, Illinois

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Title: From the beginnings: a prologue to a rational attempt to find ways for achieving peace, justice and abundance in a free world which will be presented at the opening of the 6th UAW-CIO International Education Conference, April 8th, 1954, Chicago, Illinois
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description: Detroit: UAW-CIO, 1954. [6p.], staplebound pamphlet, very good. Includes quotes from various historical personages and the Bible.

The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1941 - 1945. by Beschloss, Michael.

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Title: The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1941 - 1945.
Author: Beschloss, Michael.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002). Octavo, blue & black boards (hardcover), gilt letters, xiv + 377 pp. Near-Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: From one of America’s most respected historians, The Conquerors reveals one of the most important stories of World War II. As Allied soldiers fought the Nazis, Franklin Roosevelt and, later, Harry Truman fought in private with Churchill and Stalin over how to ensure that Germany could never threaten the world again. Eleven years in the writing, drawing on newly opened American, Soviet and British documents as well as private diaries, letters and secret audio recordings, Michael Beschloss’s gripping narrative lets us eavesdrop on private conversations and telephone calls among a cast of historical giants. The book casts new light upon Roosevelt’s concealment of what American knew about Hitler’s war against the Jews and his foot-dragging on saving refugees; FDR’s actions so shocked his closest friend in the Cabinet, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., that Morgenthau risked their friendship by accusing the President of “acquiescence” in the murder of the Jews.” After the Normandy invasion, “obsessed” by what he had learned about the Nazis and the Holocaust, Morgenthau drew up a secret blueprint for the Allies to crush Germany by destroying German mines and factories after the European victory. As The Conquerors shows, FDR endorsed most of Morgenthau’s plan, and privately pressured a reluctant Churchill to concur. Horrified, Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Secretary of War Henry Stimson leaked the plan to the press at the zenith of the 1944 campaign. Hitler’s propagandist Joseph Goebbels denounced the Roosevelt-Churchill “Jewish murder plan” and claimed it would kill forty-three million Germans. Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey charged that by stiffening German resistance, publicity about Morgenthau’s plan had cost many U.S. solderis’ lives. The Conquerors explores suspicions that Soviet secret agents manipulated Roosevelt and his officials to do Stalin’s bidding on Germany. It reveals new information on FDR’s hidden illnesses and how they affected his leadership -- and his private talk about quitting his job during his fourth term and letting Harry Truman become President. It shows us FDR’s final dinner, in April 1945, in Warm Springs, Georgia, at which the President and Morgenthau were still arguing over postwar Germany. Finally it shows how the unprepared new President Truman managed to pick up the pieces and push Stalin and Churchill to accede to a bargain that would let the Anglo-Americans block Soviet threats against Western Euorpe and ensure that the world would not have to fear another Adolf Hitler.

A Coin in Nine Hands by Yourcenar, Marguerite

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Title: A Coin in Nine Hands
Author: Yourcenar, Marguerite
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Description: University of Chicago, 1994. Very Good. Yourcenar, Marguerite. A Coin in Nine Hands . Chicago: University of Chicago, 1994. 174pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with rubbing and bumping. Price sticker on rear cover.

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