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An Account of the State Prison or Penitentiary House in the City of New York

An Account of the State Prison or Penitentiary House in the City of New York by [Eddy, Thomas] - SOCIAL REFORM

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Title
An Account of the State Prison or Penitentiary House in the City of New York
Author
[Eddy, Thomas] - SOCIAL REFORM
Seller
Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
Very good; some flaking to the spine of the binding; some offsetting to the plates; otherwise a bright, fresh copy.
Description
New York: I Collins, 1801. First Edition.. Somewhat later full sheep.. Very good; some flaking to the spine of the binding; some offsetting to the plates; otherwise a bright, fresh copy.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 94, [95 - 109 are erroneously numbered 83 - 97]pp. + 2 large folding plates (a floor plan and elevation) and 2 folding tables (included in the pagination). Eddy was a Quaker merchant and reformer who had spent time in prison during the Revolution because of his Tory sympathies. He had befriended Philip Schuyler, the father-in-law of Alexander Hamilton, and hosted a visit of his to Philadelphia to inspect the Walnut Street Jail in 1796. This visit was the impetus for the first penal reform in New York State. Eddy was thus launched upon a career. In 1801 he published the book offered here that is a description of a new prison. The actual design was the work of the Mangin brothers (see DAB) who are best known for the design of New York City Hall. Eddy's report, however, contains all of his stipulations for the building and its appointments as well as a detailed summary of how the inmates were to be treated (menu lists, clothing etc.). A most important book: the first native American work on prisons, written by the country's first prison director. S & S #431; King, Am. Philanthropy, # 817; Sabin #21816; see Lewis for citations to Eddy.
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Letters by DUNCAN, Robert

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
Title
Letters
Author
DUNCAN, Robert
Seller
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Leather spine slightly scuffed as usual, otherwise a fine copy of this handsome book.
Description
Highlands, NC: Jargon Society, 1958. First edition. Published as Jargon 14. One of 60 copies printed on Shogun paper, specially bound & signed by Duncan, including four original pen & ink drawings by Duncan on the endpapers, out of a total edition of 510 copies printed by Claude Fredericks at the Banyan Press. Bertholf A9b. Leather spine slightly scuffed as usual, otherwise a fine copy of this handsome book.. 4to, illustrated with five drawings by the author, quarter leather & marbled boards. Leather spine slightly scuffed as usual, otherwise a fine copy of this handsome book.
Durchbruch der Amerikanischen Landenge. Kanal von Nicaragua

Durchbruch der Amerikanischen Landenge. Kanal von Nicaragua by Belly, Felix

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Title
Durchbruch der Amerikanischen Landenge. Kanal von Nicaragua
Author
Belly, Felix
Seller
McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Good plus.
Description
Paris, 1859. Good plus.. 102,[1]pp., plus three folding maps. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, stitching nearly so. Light wear at edges. Light toning and dust soiling. Extensive proposal and recommendation, translated into German from the French, for a canal route across Nicaragua, one of several 19th-century Central American canal projects that never came to fruition. Félix Belly, French journalist and proponent of the French Empire under Napoleon III, was one of the foremost advocates of the Nicaragua route, which he describes and discusses in all its phases. The present work contains the Convention or Treaty between the presidents of Nicaragua and Costa Rica and Belly, relative to his concession for a canal following the San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua. It also contains an extensive analysis of the subject written by Prince Napoleon (i.e. Louis Bonaparte) in 1846, and other relevant documents to the canal plan. Three folding maps at the rear show the canal route and the global shipping routes it would enable. OCLC locates four copies of this German edition in U.S. institutions.
A DIGEST OF THE NEW MILITIA LAW, WHICH RECEIVED THE ROYAL ASSENT, APR. 8. 1762

A DIGEST OF THE NEW MILITIA LAW, WHICH RECEIVED THE ROYAL ASSENT, APR. 8. 1762 by Burn, Richard

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A DIGEST OF THE NEW MILITIA LAW, WHICH RECEIVED THE ROYAL ASSENT, APR. 8. 1762
Author
Burn, Richard
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan..., 1762. 12mo. [2], 82pp. Two rubberstamps of the Inner Temple Library on blank portions of the title page, and one on the blank verso. Title leaf dusted, else a clean text bound into modern marbled boards. Good+. A scarce Digest, issued during the final two years of the French and Indian Wars. ESTC T151163. OCLC 828582522 [2- British Lib., Oxford] [as of December 2015].
SUBSTANTIVE COLORS ON COTTON YARN

SUBSTANTIVE COLORS ON COTTON YARN by AMERICAN DYEWOOD COMPANY

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SUBSTANTIVE COLORS ON COTTON YARN
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AMERICAN DYEWOOD COMPANY
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Boston Book Company (United States)
Description
AMERICAN DYEWOOD COMPANY. SUBSTANTIVE COLORS ON COTTON YARN. New York: American Dyewood Company [n.d. ca. ] 11 5/8 x 7 inches. red cloth stamped in silver. Cloth soiled, with a large dent to spine. Affixed to inside front cover is an 11 page booklet, "Dyeing Instructions and Remarks." The cover is soiled and slightly nicked at edge. There are two samples, 11 sets to a page, of 99 dyes. The nine stiff card pages are soiled, but the samples are in good condition and have retained their brightness.
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Das Totenschiff by Traven, B.

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Das Totenschiff
Author
Traven, B.
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Berlin: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1926. First edition. Blue cloth, spine faded, otherwise a fine copy. First edition, later state, of "The Death Ship," the first book published under the B. Traven pseudonym. It was the first of the author's books to be translated, and an international best-seller. Wilpert/Gühring 4.
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The passport by Saul Steinberg

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Title
The passport
Author
Saul Steinberg
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Harper, 1954. First edition. [244] p. (chiefly illus. (part col.)) 32 cm.; DJ with slight edge wear.
Columbian Exposition Liberty Bell Visits Atlanta GA

Columbian Exposition Liberty Bell Visits Atlanta GA

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Columbian Exposition Liberty Bell Visits Atlanta GA
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De Wolfe and Wood (United States)
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The Columbian Liberty Bell Arrived here yesterday evening. It came from Chicago. Ovation accorded it all the entire route. The Enterprise of the N.C. and St. L. Judge John W. Akins' eloquent response at Cartersville-Marietta had a big crowd out. From the Constitution, Atlanta, GA September 18, 1895. 4pp on thin aper. This bell was cast in Troy, NY from metal given by thousands of people.
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Third Eye Shining. by ADAM, Helen.

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Third Eye Shining.
Author
ADAM, Helen.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
[San Francisco]: Intersection,, 1980.. First edition.. 20 x 12 1/2 inch broadside. One deckle edge. Fine. Adam’s poem surrounding a tipped-on two-color collage illustration by the poet. Designed and printed at the Arion Press. One of 100 numbered copies on Arches text paper SIGNED by Adam.
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Five Tales by Verhaeren, Emile

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Title
Five Tales
Author
Verhaeren, Emile
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG+
Description
New York: Albert and Charles Boni, Inc, 1924. First Edition. Cloth. VG+/No Dj. Masereel, Frans. Some wear at spine ends. Light rubbing of spine edges. Bottom right corner of front panel and bottom left corner of rear panel slightly worn. Text clean. Masereel woodcut engravings throughout.
Widows Grave And Otherwise

Widows Grave And Otherwise by Wilmarth, Cora D. (Compiler)

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Widows Grave And Otherwise
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Wilmarth, Cora D. (Compiler)
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Orig. cloth decorated in red and black. Near fine
Description
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cloth decorated in red and black. Near fine. Unpaginated. 19.5 x 12 cm. Clever spoof "Widow. Noun. Feminine at times. Singular Always." Bright, clean copy, interior illustrated and decorated in black and red. Bookplate.
SONGS BETWEEN THE STATES

SONGS BETWEEN THE STATES

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SONGS BETWEEN THE STATES
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Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
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Washington, DC: (Judd and Detweiler), 1946. stiff paper wrappers. Douglas, Lester. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 41+(1) pages. A collection of songs sung by North and South during the American Civil War. Designed and directed by Lester Douglas. Illustrations by Charles Dunn and Ralph Patterson. Note by Douglas on front free endpaper notes this copy printed "before corrections." Gift card laid in.
Cecile Wick: America

Cecile Wick: America by WICK, Cecile and Hans Jurgen Balmes

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Cecile Wick: America
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WICK, Cecile and Hans Jurgen Balmes
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Zurich and New York: Edition Patrick Frey, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Text in English and German by Hans Jurgen Balmes. Includes numerous color photographs. A very good plus copy in photo-illustrated boards that are lightly rubbed but internally a clean copy. No dust jacket as issued.
Autobiography of a Family Photo

Autobiography of a Family Photo by WOODSON, Jacqueline

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Autobiography of a Family Photo
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WOODSON, Jacqueline
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
(New York): A Dutton Book, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Bumping at the crown, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with creases at the crown. A coming-of-age novel set in Brooklyn, about an African-American girl, during the American involvement in Vietnam.
Thomas Hardy.

Thomas Hardy. by Tomlinson, H.M.

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Title
Thomas Hardy.
Author
Tomlinson, H.M.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
No. 100 of 761 copies. In gilt lettered embossed boards. Signed by artist. V G in robust slipcase.
Description
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1929. No. 100 of 761 copies. In gilt lettered embossed boards. Signed by artist. V G in robust slipcase.. 23 cm. 30 pp. Lithograph frontispiece.
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The Minstrel and the Mountain: A Tale of Peace. by YOLEN, Jane.

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Title
The Minstrel and the Mountain: A Tale of Peace.
Author
YOLEN, Jane.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description
Cleveland / NY:: World Publishing Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. First edition (library binding - NOT ex-library). Very good in a very good (age darkened, upper corner of front flap is clipped) dust jacket. .

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