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Picturesque America by BRYANT William Cullen

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Picturesque America
Author
BRYANT William Cullen
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1872. BRYANT, William Cullen, editor. Picturesque America; Or, The Land We Live In. New York: D. Appleton, circa 1874. Two volumes. Thick folio (10-1/2 by 13 inches), original full brown pebbled morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $2500.Second edition of this treasury of 19th-century American views, illustrated with 49 full-page steel-engraved plates, including title pages and frontispiece engraving of Niagara Falls, together with numerous in-text wood engravings, in handsome publisher’s deluxe morocco-gilt bindings.""One of the great books of American illustrations… The best landscapes engraved in this country are to be found here"" (Hamilton, 216). ""It exemplifies the delight of the American in his own landscape, just as the earlier topographical works do in England"" (David Bland). The superbly-executed steel- and wood-engravings in this work, ""by eminent American artists,"" depict cities and towns (including one of the first images of the City of Cleveland), as well as such rugged natural scenes as Yellowstone Falls, the Smoky Mountains, and Mount Hood. The text was actually written by Oliver B. Bunce, whose phraseology was then edited by Bryant. Second edition (according to BAL) with Bryant's name appearing on both the title page of Volume I and the preface. BAL 1732. Sabin 62692. Owner signature to front flyleaves; owner pencil inscription to letterpress title page of Volume I.Interiors quite clean, just a touch of rubbing to extremities, fine condition. Handsome and desirable in the publisher's morocco.
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Alton Trials by LINCOLN William S. GILMAN Winthrop SOLOMON John

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Title
Alton Trials
Author
LINCOLN William S. GILMAN Winthrop SOLOMON John
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1838. First Edition. (SLAVERY) (CONSTITUTION) (GILMAN, Winthrop S.) (SOLOMON, John) LINCOLN, William S. Alton Trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman, Who Was Indicted with Enoch Long… and Thadeus B. Hurlbut: For the Crime of Riot, Committed on the night of the 7th of November, 1837, while engaged in defending a Printing Press, From an attack made on it at that time, by An Armed Mob, Written out from notes of the trial, taken at the time, By a Member of the Bar of the Alton Municipal Court. Also, The Trial of John Solomon…. and James M. Rock, Indicted with James Jennings, Solomon Morgan, and Frederick Bruchy: For a Riot Committed in Alton, On the night of the 7th of November, 1837, in unlawfully and forcibly entering the Warehouse of Godfrey, Gilman & Co., and breaking up and destroying a Printing Press. Written out from notes taken at the time of trial, by William S. Lincoln, A Member of the Bar of the Alton Municipal Court. New York: John F. Trow, 1838. Small octavo (4-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches) later 19th-Century three-quarter brown calf and marbled boards; pp. (i-ii), (1-5), 6-158 (2). $2200.First edition of the crucial record of the controversial 1838 trials of over 20 defendants, documenting the deadly mob attack on Reverend Lovejoy and his press, a work that swiftly provoked Northern fears that free speech required ""not only protection against governmental suppression, but also protection against private violence aimed at silencing speakers.""The deadly 1837 mob riot that killed the abolitionist publisher and minister, Elijah Lovejoy, and destroyed his printing press had swift national impact. It proved to be ""a climactic event in the larger struggle for free speech"": one that raised fundamental questions on the ""private suppression of speech and the nature and future of republican government."" It also triggered ""an emerging view that free speech and press were rights or 'privileges' and 'immunities' to which all American citizens were entitled everywhere in the U.S."" The murderous riot demonstrated that free speech required ""not only protection against governmental suppression, but also protection against private violence aimed at silencing speakers"" (Curtis, Free Speech, 217-18).Prior to his death Reverend Lovejoy had seen mobs twice destroy his presses in Alton, Illinois but despite no support from the state legislature or local officials, he persisted. On November 7, 1837, the warehouse where his new press was held was set on fire and he was murdered. In January 1838 eleven of Lovejoy's supporters and Gilman, owner of the warehouse, were indicted for attempting to protect Lovejoy and defend his press—a prosecution that outraged many in the North. At the same time eleven of the rioters, ""only a small fraction of those who attacked the warehouse,"" were also indicted (Finkelman, Slavery, 148) The January trial of Gilman and his co-defendants is documented in the nearly 80 first pages of this very elusive first edition, followed by coverage of the same month's trial of the eleven mob participants. Both trial records contain indictments, arguments of counsel and witness testimony. While all in both trials were acquitted, anger remained that defenders of Lovejoy and his press were indicted at all. The trials ""crystallized the fear that slavery would destroy free speech and civil liberty… Lovejoy's death was part of a great transformation"" in a movement that recognized ""states and cities had acted against free speech simply by not acting, by failing to provide protection… free speech, then, required protection to be a meaningful right"" (Curtis, 227, 239-400). To scholar Paul Finkelman, ""the history of speech and anti-slavery is critical for our understanding of how opposition to free speech works"" (Speech, Press and Democracy, 818). First edition, first printing: with engraved frontispiece; rear pre-publication advertisement for Twelve Months in Alton. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 121163. Ex-library, with gilt numbers on otherwise plain spine, and evidence of library label removal.Text fresh with mild occasional soiling, edge-wear to bright boards. A distinctive near-fine copy.
Diamond Lil

Diamond Lil by Mae West

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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA
Title
Diamond Lil
Author
Mae West
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Sheridan House, 1949. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. NICELY INSCRIBED BY MAE WEST on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1949 reprint. Tight and VG (very light, subtle staining along the rear panel's fore-edge) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine ends and along the tips, and very light creasing at the panel edges. Octavo, the novel (written by Mae West herself) upon which the 1928 Broadway play and the 1933 film (retitled "She Done Him Wrong") were based.
Essais Philosophiques

Essais Philosophiques by Adam Smith; Dugald Stewart [precis]; P. Prevost [trans.]

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Title
Essais Philosophiques
Author
Adam Smith; Dugald Stewart [precis]; P. Prevost [trans.]
Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good +
Description
Paris: H. Agasse, 1797. Very Good +. Paris: H. Agasse, 1797. First French Edition. Two volumes bound in one; octavo; 19th-century calf over papier-peint boards, gilt-tooled spine; [4],316; [4],283,[1]pp. (collated complete with half titles). Small abrasions to boards somewhat clumsily repaired, else a Very Good or better, internally clean and exceptionally fresh copy. First appearance in French of Adam Smith's posthumously collected work "Essays on Philosophical Subjects," which includes most notably his "Principles which lead and direct philosophical enquiries, illustrated by the history of astronomy." This edition, as with the first in English, preceded by a lengthy account of Smith's Life by the Scottish philosopher and mathematician Dugald Stewart.
Illustrated Catalogue of an Important Collection of Ancient Chinese Treasures, Comprising Direct Importations and Rare Specimens from the J. Pierpont Morgan and other Famous Private Collections, Being the Property of the Japanese Connoisseur and Expert, Mr. Kano Oshima

Illustrated Catalogue of an Important Collection of Ancient Chinese Treasures, Comprising Direct Importations and Rare Specimens from the J. Pierpont Morgan and other Famous Private Collections, Being the Property of the Japanese Connoisseur and Expert, Mr. Kano Oshima

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Title
Illustrated Catalogue of an Important Collection of Ancient Chinese Treasures, Comprising Direct Importations and Rare Specimens from the J. Pierpont Morgan and other Famous Private Collections, Being the Property of the Japanese Connoisseur and Expert, Mr. Kano Oshima
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
Fair: Contents secure, but back cover is missing, and front cover is chipped, torn, and detaching. Prices written next to many l
Description
New York: American Art Association, 1918. Softcover. Fair: Contents secure, but back cover is missing, and front cover is chipped, torn, and detaching. Prices written next to many listings.. Beige wraps with red lettering/plain cardboard. [100] with occasional bw illustrations. Auction catalogue from the sale at The American Art Galleries, NY, on February 7, 8, and 9th, 1918. 582 works of art are included: jade, snuff bottles, blue/white porcelains, decorated vases, cinnabar and other lacquers, Sung and Ming pottery, carpets, paintings, marbles, cloisonne, and more. Each piece annotated.
1840's Account Ledger from AETNA Fire Insurance Company Representative D. W. Norton

1840's Account Ledger from AETNA Fire Insurance Company Representative D. W. Norton by [Aetna Insurance Company] [D. W. Norton, Agent]

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Title
1840's Account Ledger from AETNA Fire Insurance Company Representative D. W. Norton
Author
[Aetna Insurance Company] [D. W. Norton, Agent]
Seller
Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
[Connecticut]: n.p., 1850. Ledger. Good. Ledger. Approx. 8.25" x 13". 87 plus pages of handwritten contents. One folded leave (2 pages) laid inside. Marbled paper soft covers with visible stitched repairs to the spine. A small tear repair upper edge inside back cover. Covers are starting to detach. Interior contents clean. Ledger contains names of insured customers, premiums, dates, and items covered. Insured items includes homes, wagons, tools, cotton, clothing, foods, wood, barn structures, tobacco, and much more. Business and customer account names include Col. Jabez King; Congressman Charles Pomeroy; Enfield School House; Eagle Mills Company; Charles Dexter Company; Hazard Powder Company; Southworth Company; Agaman Canal Company and more. Personal accounts last names include Adams, Loomis, Clark, Brough, Austin, Clapp, Brown, Sanford, Holmes, Holcomb, Morgan, Cornwell, Ellis, Butler, Woodruff, Alexander, Thomas, Flagg, Smith, Butler, Bright, Mather, Bonnell, Moseley, and more. Ledger is almost completely filled. A good source of primary information. This ledger predates the Aetna Life Insurance Company founded in Hartford, 1853. Some early information obtained from wikipedia regarding the Aetna Fire Insurance Company starts out with the year 1819 - "Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, Yale graduate and attorney, became the second president of Aetna (Fire) Insurance Company, succeeding Thomas Kimberly Brace. Ellsworth, who later became the first U.S. Patent Commissioner, served as Aetna's president until 1821, when he resigned. He continued as a director at the company for another 16 years. Ellsworth's brother, William Wolcott Ellsworth, also served as a director, as well as the company's first general counsel.[8] On May 28, 1853, the Annuity department separated from Aetna Insurance to be incorporated as the Aetna Life Insurance Company, with Eliphalet Bulkeley as president.[7][9][10] The fire insurance company went on to become part of Connecticut General, which merged into Cigna.
Tentative Description of a Dinner Given to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower

Tentative Description of a Dinner Given to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower by [American Presidents] Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

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Tentative Description of a Dinner Given to Promote the Impeachment of President Eisenhower
Author
[American Presidents] Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Seller
Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
San Francisco: Golden Mountain Press, 1958. Later printing. Wraps. Very good. Stapled wraps. [16] pages. Title and author's signature on the front cover. List of works and publication information printed on the back cover. First read at the Poets' Follies of 1958 San Francisco, Sunday 11 May 1958.
16th century drawing

16th century drawing by Anon.

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books
Title
16th century drawing
Author
Anon.
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Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition
A good copy; old repaired tear.
Description
unk.: unique, unk. date. single sheet.. A good copy; old repaired tear.. An orig. 16th century ink drawing on a notebook leaf that meas. appx. 6.25 x 8.5 inches. It is a rendering in light brown ink of an elaborate classic Roman style torchiere. The verso of the leaf has what appears to be chariots and shields of various kinds ( the old paper repair goes right through these renderings ). The torchiere is a strikingly elaborate concotion that is similar to those in volume four of Carlo Antonini's, Manuale di vari Ornamenti, [ IV : Candelabri ... Antiche ], Rome, 1781 - see plate # 17. The artist of this rendering is unkown. See Antonini, v. 4.
Benjamin H. Marshall Chicago Architect

Benjamin H. Marshall Chicago Architect by ZUKOWSKY, John, Jean Guarino, and Benjamin H. Marshall

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Title
Benjamin H. Marshall Chicago Architect
Author
ZUKOWSKY, John, Jean Guarino, and Benjamin H. Marshall
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780926494893
Description
New York: Benamin Marshall Society in collaboration with Acanthus Press, 2015. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 168 pages. Monograph on Chicago architect Benjamin Marshall. Features a preface by Jane Lepauw, a foreword by Tim Siamuelson, an afterword by Richard H. Driehaus, and with text by John Zukowsky and Jean Guarino. Includes numerous color and black and white photographs along with some architectural drawings as well. A fine copy black cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Surprisingly uncommon.
In honor of His Royal Highness Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Her Royal Highness Louise, Crown Princess of Sweden

In honor of His Royal Highness Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Her Royal Highness Louise, Crown Princess of Sweden

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Title
In honor of His Royal Highness Gustaf Adolf, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Her Royal Highness Louise, Crown Princess of Sweden
Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Chicago, IL: Henry O. Shepard Co, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. [32 pages.] Program for a banquet in honor of Swedish Royalty who were in the United States in part for the dedication of a statue to celebrate Captain John Ericsson. Includes what the menu was to be, a list of the speakers, program, banquet committee, and a list of guests, A near fine copy in cloth boards. No dust jacket. Scarce, with only 1 copy listed in OCLC.
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Pooh Ideas (Original treatment script for the 1989 television season)

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Pooh Ideas (Original treatment script for the 1989 television season) by A.A. Milne, E.H. Shepard (characters); Jim Cummings, Peter Cullen, John Fiedler, Paul Winchell, Ken Sansom (starring); Stephen Sustarsic (screenwriter)

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Title
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Pooh Ideas (Original treatment script for the 1989 television season)
Author
A.A. Milne, E.H. Shepard (characters); Jim Cummings, Peter Cullen, John Fiedler, Paul Winchell, Ken Sansom (starring); Stephen Sustarsic (screenwriter)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: N.p., 1988. Script wherein series creator notes several different story ideas for the second season of the 1988-1991 television series. Season 2 originally aired from September 9, 1989 to December 2, 1989 on ABC. Based on the books by A.A. Milne and E. H. Shepard, this children's series taught important lessons through stories about the characters in the Hundred Acre Woods. The series won two daytime Emmys in 1989 and 1990 for Outstanding Animated Program and sparked a revival of Winnie-the-Pooh media. Set in the fictional Hundred Acre Woods. Title page integral with first page of narrative text, dated 12/21/88, with credits for screenwriter Stephen Sustarsic. 12 leaves, with last page of text numbered 12. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Near Fine, bound with a staple at the top left corner.
Lang soll er leben [More Than One Life] (Original screenplay for the 1987 film)

Lang soll er leben [More Than One Life] (Original screenplay for the 1987 film) by Wolf Dietrich (director); Anita Mally (screenwriter); Carl-Heinz Schroth, Anita Lochner, Ursula Heyer, Inge Wolffberg (starring)

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Title
Lang soll er leben [More Than One Life] (Original screenplay for the 1987 film)
Author
Wolf Dietrich (director); Anita Mally (screenwriter); Carl-Heinz Schroth, Anita Lochner, Ursula Heyer, Inge Wolffberg (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: Paul Kohner, 1982. Draft script for the 1987 West German film, "Lang soll er leben," here under the English working title, "More Than One Life." Agency copy, in Paul Kohner, Inc., wrappers. Screenwriter Mally was an actress in the 1970s, starring in several German films, and starred in German television throughout the 1980s and 1990s. A comedy set in Los Angeles in the mid 1970s, with flashback scenarios to Prague during WWII, and subplots involving theater and romance. White wrappers. Title page present, dated 1982, with credits for screenwriter Mally and translator Dr. Harald O. Durenforth. 140 leaves, with last page of text numbered 139. Mechanical duplication. Pages and wrapper Near Fine, bound internally with three gold brads.
Babes in the Woods (Original photograph from the 1962 film)

Babes in the Woods (Original photograph from the 1962 film) by A.A. Krovek (director); Edmund Kerwin (screenwriter); Louise Downe, Marge London, Karen Moore (starring)

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Babes in the Woods (Original photograph from the 1962 film)
Author
A.A. Krovek (director); Edmund Kerwin (screenwriter); Louise Downe, Marge London, Karen Moore (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: Aurora Productions, 1962. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1962 film, with a provenance stamp on the verso. Three young women are stranded on the roadside in the woods, and encounter plenty of mischief before ending up at a nudist camp. Lost for 40 years before being rediscovered and restored by Independent International Films. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with some light splashing, faint creasing, and several pinholes.
PEACE AT LAMBETH BRIDGE

PEACE AT LAMBETH BRIDGE by BAIR, Robert Dean

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Title
PEACE AT LAMBETH BRIDGE
Author
BAIR, Robert Dean
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
iUniverse, 2008. BAIR, Robert Dean. PEACE AT LAMBETH BRIDGE. NY: iUniverse, [2008]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket; 291 pages. First Edition. Signed presenation by Bair on front endpaper. Scarce in hardcover format and uncommon signed. Fine in fine d/j. $45.00.
Independent Student. September 1960

Independent Student. September 1960

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Title
Independent Student. September 1960
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: Independent Student Union, 1960. 8p., newsletter, 7x8.5 inches, lightly fold-creased else very good. Updates on Civil Rights activism, including sit-ins.
Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian; from the diaries of John H. Watson, MD

Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian; from the diaries of John H. Watson, MD by Andrews, Val

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Sherlock Holmes and the Eminent Thespian; from the diaries of John H. Watson, MD
Author
Andrews, Val
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ReadInk (United States)
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dj
Description
Romford (UK): Ian Henry Publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. N.D.. First Edition. Hardcover. [no discernible wear to book, just some light age-toning to the text block, and the previous owner's name plus date & place of purchase in ink at top of the front endpaper; the jacket has only some very slight wrinkling at the top edge of the rear panel]. Holmes and Watson are called in to solve the theft of the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London, which delayed the coronation of King Edward VII by over a year. "A Story in the Baker Street tradition that sits within historical facts." The "eminent thespian" of the title was renowed actor William Gillette, who achieved his greatest fame for his stage portrayals of Sherlock Holmes. .
Pellucidar

Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

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Title
Pellucidar
Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Seller
Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: Ace, 1962. 1st Paperback Edition Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Roy G. Krenkel. Vintage Paperback. F-158. Sharp Unread First Paperback Printing. Only original A.C. McClurg 1923 publication date listed but actually 1962, (ISFDB) $.40 cover price. Square, tight, and clean throughout with just a hint of wear to the upper spine and a small dog-ear on the bottom rear corner. Page edges and inside of covers moderately toning. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.

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