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Gofuku Komon Mihon cho by KIMONO DESIGNS

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Title: Gofuku Komon Mihon cho
Author: KIMONO DESIGNS
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Description: 1870. KIMONO DESIGNS. Gofuku Komon Mihon cho. 836 mounted designs. Folio, 315 x 120 mm., contemporary wrappers, in a new chitsu case. N.p.: [ca. 1870-1890]. A stunning collection of original designs for kimonos with a manuscript title-page. Contrary to the usual collections of kimono designs which tend to dazzle with their opulent use of colour, these designs are all in black and white. A most unusual collection.

Album of Photographs Showing the Pioneer Commercial Company’s Mining Operations in Ophir Creek, Near Golovin Bay, c. 1897-1901 by [Alaska - Mining - Golovin Bay Region] Pioneer Commercial Company

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Title: Album of Photographs Showing the Pioneer Commercial Company’s Mining Operations in Ophir Creek, Near Golovin Bay, c. 1897-1901
Author: [Alaska - Mining - Golovin Bay Region] Pioneer Commercial Company
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Description: Alaska, 1901. Oblong folio, 12 ½ x 9 inches. Twelve leaves with 89 photographs rebound in modern cloth. Binding in fine condition, photographs generally excellent, some leaves with clear tape repairs. A well preserved album of photographs showing mining operations in the Golovin Bay region, about fifty to seventy-five miles northwest of Nome, during the tail end of the Klondike Gold Rush period in 1900-1901. The album shows the operations of the Pioneer Company in Alaska in great detail, including the travel by boat and the camps along Opher Creek, as well as many photographs of the mining operation itself. According to a caption in one of the photographs, $12,000 worth of gold was taken out of the “Discovery Claim” on Ophir Creek. The album also includes several photographs of the indigenous population. The compiler of the book appears to have been a student at a mining college at some point, as some of the photographs show a “Class of ‘04’” sign. The photographs are dated from 1897 to 1901. Interior scenes and a particularly broad portrayal of mining life and operations make this an uncommonly informative photographic document of Alaskan mining operations during this period. Lowny, J.D. The Golovin Bay Region of Northwestern Alaska. In: The Engineering and Mining Journal Vol. 71, pp. 781-782. June 15, 1901. Accessed online, 6/23.

Washington Attorney and Inventor Writes to Arms Manufacturer about Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment by [ANDREW JOHNSON]. CLIFFORD ARRICK

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Title: Washington Attorney and Inventor Writes to Arms Manufacturer about Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
Author: [ANDREW JOHNSON]. CLIFFORD ARRICK
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Description: "Our Convention having gone off half cocked, after the nomination of the noble Abraham we had nothing else to do, but endorse what they did, and adopt this modern bogus 'Moses.'" "The infliction of Andy upon us was after all a probable God Send. Mr Lincoln would have adapted himself to events probably, and his noble heart would have stopped far short of what is now, as inevitable as death." Written on March 2, 1868, the day the House of Representatives approved the first nine articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson, this letter reflects on the responsibility for his 1864 nomination as vice presidential candidate and the villainy of his rule, and expresses the hope that African American voters would yet save the nation. Congressman Arrick apparently did not count on Johnson's acquittal. [ANDREW JOHNSON]. CLIFFORD ARRICK. Autograph Letter Signed, to James T. Ames, March 2, 1868, Washington, D.C. On U.S. House of Representatives stationery. 5 pp., 5 x 8 in. Complete Transcript Fortieth Congress, U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. March 2d, 1868. Mr. Jas T. Ames, My Dear Sir, I recd your kind letter of the 28th ult. this morning. So far as "you and I" are concerned, we are in no way responsible for "Moses." To do over again, we would be compelled to the same vote. Our Convention having gone off half cocked, after the nomination of the noble Abraham we had nothing else to do, but endorse what they did, and adopt this modern bogus "Moses." To be disgusted at him, is not to be disgusted at ourselves, or them. Besides, there is evidently a "Divinity that shapes our ends rough" in these days. Too bitterly, I do not complain of the poor instrument through whom our political regeneration was made possible. Very certainly, our best Republicans needed something to bring them up to the noble work. The infliction of Andy upon us was after all a probable God Send. Mr Lincoln would have adapted himself to events probably, and his noble heart would have stopped far short of what is now, as inevitable as death. When by the 14th Article Congress proposed to turn over the freedpeople to rebel domination, on the condition of non representation as an offset to non franchisement, we needed an infliction. Sorely as we had been punished, this demanded another stripe. We have had it, and can we not hope now that the last "vial" has been poured upon us. If the votes of these poor and humble people shall be the means yet of saving the nation from Rebel rule and Democratic Repudiation, we shall verify in our history, that of a truth, "the first shall be last and the last first" in the Providential dispensation of our generation and age. I am hopeful that absolute crime and villainy will in this last move receive a mortal blow. Time does not hurt the Cause of truth. And as the Caucus of Saturday night designated Butler and Logan both as members of the Impeachment Prosecuting Committee, the Ord business will be bereft of their help for some weeks hence. The three Senators being also implicated we have only one left, Mr. Schenk, and he has taken no part in the matter since I came on the Carpet we are really minus a mouth piece. My impressions however are, that even this state of things will prove of advantage, as it will in some measure leave your humble servant "monarch of all he surveys." Matters were approaching that result at any rate, and as I think for the better. I am sorry indeed that I cannot bring greater ability to the work before me. Still I trust and hope that my friends will not be altogether disappointed, and that even the awkward licks I am able to give will be "sufficient for the day" and "the evil thereof." I have made no movement at the other end of the Avenue. I have felt that the Secretarys position did not warrant it, and hence have not visited Mr. Hooper. I have a very elaborate report prepared for the Committee, and can I think, have it adopted just as it is, and sent in, and to the Country, in a few days. Under present excitements this may not be advisable, but we will see. Of course I should much like to have your company and advice at these headquarters, and if you can content yourself, to do so, and fell that to escape the "Rough March Winds" of Massachusetts you would be justified in it, come along and stay with us for a month or so. These are times in American history, and as I think, American business, so who knows how good a thing it might be, to be around just now, besides if your health and comfort would be benefited, as I have little doubt it would, that will be pay enough. I am really glad that you have "lost" Sarah as you call it, the change being in all probability greatly for the better. If she meets with no accident on her journey, it is almost certain that she will return to you with new and bright hopes. Although I was not consulted, she has taken the very tour I would have advised. There is so much in it to animate and excite, and the climate on the Pacific will be very much as she would have it. Glorious is it indeed! If she should venture round, coming home in mid summer through northern Europe, wouldn't it be a big thing? Hoping that I may see you before many days, I am Yours truly Clifford Arrick [In margin between pages 2 and 3:] P.S. Remember me to Mrs. A. tell her I am glad Sarah has gone and done just what she should, what every woman should, but that my best wishes for her return in good health and spirits is uppermost. Historical Background Clifford Arrick, an attorney and armaments inventor, wrote this letter to his partner James T. Ames, head of the Ames Manufacturing Company, in part responding to Ames' view that they had been partially responsible for placing Johnson on the ticket with Lincoln in 1864. During that campaign, Johnson had promised African Americans that he would be their "Moses," leading them out of bondage. When Johnson became president after Lincoln's assassination, most Republicans were appalled at how quickly Johnson pardoned former Confederates and abandoned African American southerners to fend for themselves. Arrick also expressed his belief that the proposed 14th Amendment, rather than protect African American voting rights, would allow white southerners to disfranchise African Americans in exchange for a smaller representation in Congress and the Electoral College, a sacrifice he believed they would be willing to make. At the time he wrote this letter, Arrick was pressing charges against Major General Alexander B. Dyer (1815-1874), the Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps during the Civil War. Arrick testified before a Joint House and Senate Select Committee on Ordnance that Dyer had refused to select Arrick's Eureka projectile, even though it had allegedly come in first in tests, but instead selected the Dyer-Absterdam shell that had come in last. According to the accusations, Dyer purchased nearly fifteen times more of his own shells, collaborating with Absterdam for financial gain. In this letter, Arrick notes that both Benjamin Butler (1818-1893) of Massachusetts and John A. Logan (1826-1896) of Illinois of the Joint Ordnance Committee had been appointed to the seven-member House Impeachment Committee. Since the three Senators from the committee would serve as part of the jury in the impeachment trial, only Congressman Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890) of Ohio remained, so further proceedings against Dyer would have to wait until after the impeachment trial concluded. In May 1868, ten Confederate states had not yet been readmitted to representation in the Senate. With 54 members of the U.S. Senate, representing 27 states, the two-thirds majority required for conviction meant that 36 senators had to vote for Johnson's conviction. Believing that prosecutors had manipulated the presentation of evidence, nine Republicans and nine Democrats voted for acquittal. In a series of votes on three of the articles of impeachment, the Senate voted 35 to 19 in favor of conviction, one short of the necessary two-thirds majority. The Joint Ordnance Committee eventually made a partial report to Congress, which charged Dyer with, in his words, "being corruptly interested in supplying ordnance to the government; with making numerous and costly experiments, since the war; with neglecting and misrepresenting useful inventions; and with mutilating and destroying the records" of his department to conceal his misdeeds. In July 1868, Dyer requested a court martial to clear his name. When that was denied, he asked for a court of inquiry. That court convened in November 1868, composed of Generals George H. Thomas, Winfield Scott Hancock, and Alfred. H. Terry, and Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt. After hearing testimony for six months, reported in a one-thousand-page printed record, the court of inquiry fully exonerated Dyer. Fewer than two weeks before Arrick wrote this letter, Ames' daughter Sarah Tyler Ames (1845-1910) married Albert Charles Woodworth (1841-1905) on February 18, in Chicopee, Massachusetts. He worked for her father at Ames Manufacturing. Albert Woodworth assumed control of the Ames Manufacturing Company after the retirement of his father-in-law, and in 1880, the Woodworths and their two children lived in her parents household. Clifford Arrick (1827-1875) was born in Ohio and became an attorney in eastern Ohio. In 1852, he married Josephine C. Templeton (1832-1910), with whom he had at least three children. In 1860, they moved to Washington, D.C. In October 1864, Arrick received a patent for an improved fuse for artillery projectiles. After the war, he was a lawyer in Washington, D.C. In the spring of 1875, he became the president of the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts. He died suddenly of apoplexy in September 1875, while on a trip to escort his daughter to Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. James T. Ames (1810-1883) was born in Massachusetts and with his brother Nathan P. Ames Jr. (1804-1847) established the Ames Manufacturing Company in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1829. The firm originally manufactured tools and cutlery, but soon began manufacturing swords for the federal government and state militias. They moved their operations to northern Springfield in a mill village called Cabotville, which in 1848 became the separate town of Chicopee. The company made innovations based on research and experimentation and by 1844 was producing a flintlock, breech-loading carbine. In 1845, the company added an iron foundry for creating both statuary and cannon. Up until Congress banned the sale of arms to states threatening secession in January 1861, Ames sold muskets and sabers to southern militias. During the Civil War, the Ames Company supplied almost 160,000 swords to the Union Army and Navy. The company's largest single contract was for one hundred mountain howitzers, and the company was the third largest producer of heavy ordnance for the Union throughout the war. Though likely exempt from military service, Ames purchased a military substitute, a nineteen-year-old African American named Pinckney Jourdan, who served in the 38th U.S. Colored Infantry from 1864 to 1867. After the war, the ordnance division of the Ames Manufacturing Company turned to the manufacture of bicycles, sewing machines, and lighthouse equipment, but went out of business at the turn of the century. The sword division survived until the Great Depression, and eventually an Ohio regalia manufacturer purchased the firm and moved it to Ohio.

Reporting the Infamous XYZ Affair by JOHN ADAMS

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Title: Reporting the Infamous XYZ Affair
Author: JOHN ADAMS
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Description: The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the administration of John Adams, involving the United States and Republican France. Its name derives from the substitution of the letters X, Y, and Z for the names of French diplomats in documents released by the Adams administration. The three American diplomats sent to France were approached through informal channels by agents of the French Foreign Minister Talleyrand, who demanded bribes and a loan before formal negotiations could begin. Although such demands were not uncommon in European diplomacy of the time, the Americans were offended by them, and eventually left France without ever engaging in formal negotiations. When John Adams released the documents regarding the affair, it led to strong anti-French sentiment in the United States, and led to the "Quasi-War," a largely undeclared naval war between the United States and France. With additional articles describing the passage of an act similar to the infamous Stamp Act, an article on President Adams' income, and an advertisement for a play in honor of Thomas Paine. [JOHN ADAMS]. Newspaper. Columbian Centinel. Boston, Mass., April 14, 1798. 4 pp., 12¼ x 20 in. An account of the XYZ Affair, news of which was just released to the public by President Adams: "They had, however, had some conferences with two persons, (whose names are omitted by the President) who informed them that they were commissioned by Talleyrand Perigord... These terms were, that in the first place a douceur [bribe] of Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling should be made to Talleyrand Perigord... X and Y stated that these were the only conditions on which the American Ministers could expect a favorable reception from the Directory..." (p. 2, col. 2). Another article describing the course of the XYZ Affair: "Our Commissioners, soon after their arrival at Paris, addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; informing him of the object of their mission, and requesting an opportunity of delivering their credentials and being presented to the Directory. To this letter they had not any answer…" (p. 2, col. 3). Front page news of an Act passed under Treasury Secretary Oliver Walcott, Jr. that appears similar to the Stamp Act passed by Parliament, which lead to the American Revolution: "'An Act laying duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper,'...For every skin or piece of Vellum or Parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or writings following..." (p. 1, col. 1). The second page contains a defense of the salary received by the Adams family: "In the present case, the illustrious First Magistrate of our country, and one of our most able, faithful and serviceable Foreign Ministers, are charged with receiving too much of the public money..." (p. 2, col. 1). Elbridge Gerry was invited to a ball held in honor of Napoleon and his wife: "We are informed from the most respectable authority that Mr. Gerry was not present… at the Paris Ball, given to Buonaparte and wife. Mr. Gerry was invited, but did not accept…" (p. 2, col. 3). An advertisement for a play held in Thomas Paine's honor: "The Day Market Theatre will be opened (by permission) On Monday next, April 16, 1798, for the Benefit of Mr. T. Paine, When will be presented a New Historical Drama in 5 acts (never performed; entitled Daranzel; Or, The Persian Patriot…" (p. 3, col. 1). Historical Background Despite the Franco-American alliance that had won America its independence, as France's 1789 revolution became more radical and bloody, tensions between the two countries grew. After the monarchy was overthrown in 1792, the new government started to export her revolution by going to war with Britain and much of the rest of Europe. Rather than supporting our former ally, Washington declared American neutrality. America's refusal to pay its Revolutionary War debts to France (arguing that the debt was owed to the now extinct monarchy, not the new government) hadn't helped the relationship. In 1793, the French ambassador to the United States, Citizen Genêt, attempted to circumvent Washington's Neutrality Proclamation by arriving in Charleston, not Philadelphia (the temporary capitol), and directly recruiting American privateers to fight the British on the seas and the Spanish in Florida. President Washington demanded that the French recall their ambassador. John Jay's 1795 treaty with Great Britain cemented America's neutrality, declared friendly diplomatic and trade relations, and ended British seizure of American vessels (at least temporarily). By the time John Adams assumed the presidency in 1797, matters with France were in crisis. That March, the French had refused to accept Charles Cotesworth Pinckney as U.S. minister and began raiding American vessels in the Caribbean. Adams sent John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry to join Pinckney in Paris seeking terms similar to Jay's treaty with Britain. After the envoys met with foreign minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, the French demanded loans and payment of a large bribe before accepting the Americans' diplomatic credentials. Though this was common practice in Europe, the Americans refused. The French threatened war and repeated their demands for money, eventually provoking Pinckney to utter his famous "No, no, not a sixpence." Although the American commissioners officially refused, the three would continue meeting with their French counterparts. By January 1798, Federalists Pinckney and Marshall disagreed with Gerry, who continued informal discussions with Talleyrand in relative secrecy. By March, the three Americans admitted that they were at an impasse. Marshall and Pinckney returned to the United States. Gerry stayed through October after Talleyrand threatened war if he too departed, but to Gerry's credit, he refused any further negotiation with the French. Adams, meanwhile, waited impatiently for news from his commissioners. When it arrived in March of 1798, he opted to keep their mistreatment private, but told Congress of the mission's failure, and sought to take defensive measures in case of open war. Democratic-Republicans, longtime supporters of France, accused Adams of overreacting, and demanded publication of the dispatches. On April 3, one day after a House resolution called for the president to release the correspondence, Adams did so, substituting X, Y, Z for the names of the French emissaries. The content fueled public calls for war against France. As the situation continued to deteriorate, the United States and France fought an undeclared naval war for the next two years. The conflict is often called the Quasi-War, or the Pirate War due to the adversaries' reliance on privateering. Over the next two years, the Americans proved their mettle on the sea, losing only one Navy ship during the conflict, while capturing scores of French vessels. But U.S. commercial losses were high, totaling some 2,000 merchant ships. Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the Directory in November 1799, and the Quasi-War ended in 1800. Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (1760 –1833) was son of Oliver Wolcott, a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a representative of Connecticut, and the grandson of Roger Wolcott, the colonial Governor of Connecticut. Wolcott Jr. served in the continental army from 1777 to 1779 and was appointed Secretary of the Treasury after Alexander Hamilton. Wolcott Jr. was later appointed as one of the "midnight judges" by John Adams prior to Thomas Jefferson's inauguration. Later in life he was elected the Governor of Connecticut. The town of Wolcott, Connecticut is named in his family's honor. Elbridge Thomas Gerry (1744-1814) was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and a delegate from Massachusetts to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. He refused to sign the Constitution without a Bill of Rights. He was part of the delegation sent over to France, but was treated poorly during the XYZ Affair. Later he was elected governor of Massachusetts and then served as vice president under James Madison. Gerry's reputation became tarnished when he engaged in redistricting to favor the political party in power, which coined the term gerrymandering. Thomas Paine (1743-1826) was an English-born intellectual, inventor, and radical pamphleteer who influenced the American and French Revolutions. He lived and worked in England until the age of 37, when he migrated to Philadelphia, joining the radical artisan community there. His powerful pamphlet, Common Sense (1776), was the best-selling original work published in eighteenth-century America and had a pronounced impact on its revolution, making the case for complete independence from Great Britain. He also published a series, The American Crisis, which helped revolutionaries keep faith in their cause – General Washington ordered one number to be read aloud to his men. He later moved to France, published the liberal Enlightenment treatise, Rights of Man (1791), and was elected to the French National Assembly in 1792. A Girondin, he was arrested and narrowly escaped the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. Paine felt that the American ambassador to France – Federalist Gouverneur Morris – somehow pushed his arrest. From this point, Paine turned against George Washington, Morris's boss, and wrote a scathing public letter to Washington in 1796. Paine remained in France until 1802 when, at President Jefferson's invitation, he returned to New York. Condition Some foxing, untrimmed.

The Great Ziegfeld (Original photograph of Harriet Hoctor from the 1936 film) by William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer (starring); Robert Z. Leonard (director); William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter)

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Title: The Great Ziegfeld (Original photograph of Harriet Hoctor from the 1936 film)
Author: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer (starring); Robert Z. Leonard (director); William Anthony McGuire (screenwriter)
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Description: N.p.: N.p., 1936. Vintage borderless reference photograph from the 1936 film, showing actress and ballerina Harriet Hoctor dancing between two lions. A dramatization of the rise to fame of Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. An extravagant, runaway production, with a massive budget, lavish sets, and costumes by noted designer Adrian. At the time of its release the film was the longest talking film of the time, running just over three hours. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning three, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Luise Rainer. 11 x 8.25 inches. Very Good plus, with light wear to the corners and right edge.

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Title: Wholphin, Issue 9
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Description: McSweeney's. Very Good. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. 1934781371 . Case and magazine: Acceptable / Near Fine. The DVD case is broken the full length of the right side, with some of the edge of the case missing. Text-block of magazine is NOT pulling at the staples at rear paste-down, an extremely common defect due to Wholphin's design. DVD: Very Good. Minor surface scratches; tested. Subscription card is NOT present. .

Practical Business Administration

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Title: Practical Business Administration
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Description: Chicago, U. S. A.: American Technical Society. Near Fine. 1934. Cloth. A Near Fine edition that is shelfworn ; Vol. 4; 8vo .

Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himself; including his Golden Rules for Money-Making; brought up to 1888 by Barnum, Phineas T.

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Title: Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himself; including his Golden Rules for Money-Making; brought up to 1888
Author: Barnum, Phineas T.
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Description: Buffalo NY: The Courier Company, Printers. Good. 1888. Updated edition. Hardcover. (brown embossed boards, gilt and black lettering & decoration on spine; no dust jacket) [a decent copy, the front hinge cracked but still holding, modest bumping at most corners with occasional slight fraying]. (B&W engraved illus., incl. frontis. portrait) An updating of Barnum's autobiography, originally published in 1869, bringing it to 1888 (three years before his death). .

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone by Williams, Tennessee

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Title: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Author: Williams, Tennessee
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Description: New York: New Directions, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo; original black cloth, lettered in yellow, with yellow design (from the DJ design by Alvin Lustig) stamped into front panel. A very good copy in DJ with tape repair to inner front flap; slight soiling as usual to the jacket; not price-clipped. Displays nicely in mylar.

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Bulletins 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370 - call for specific titles and authors

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Title: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Bulletins 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370 - call for specific titles and authors
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Description: Government Printing Office, 1909. Very Good. United States Geological Survey (USGS) Bulletins 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370 - call for specific titles and authors. Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1909. Paginated by bulletinpp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's inkstamp to front flyleaf, series title, and Contents..

Our Own Confidence Man: A Study of His Origins and Development in Our National Literature [Signed Limited Edition] by William Goldhurst; Erskine Caldwell [intro.]

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Title: Our Own Confidence Man: A Study of His Origins and Development in Our National Literature [Signed Limited Edition]
Author: William Goldhurst; Erskine Caldwell [intro.]
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Description: Gainesville, FL: Mister Print, 1979. Near Fine. Gainesville, FL: Mister Print, 1979. Limited Edition of 400 copies, of which this is numbered 383. Octavo (21.2cm); 24pp. Side-stapled illustrated card wraps. Covers are crisp with light fading down spine and rubbing at ends, and a few stray inkspots to rear panel. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Essay delivered to a University of Florida faculty forum in 1975, focused on the figure of the con-man in American literature.

Primitive Art Masterworks

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Title: Primitive Art Masterworks
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Description: New York: American Federation of Arts, 1974. 1st. Softcover. Fine. An exhibition jointly organized by The Museum of Primitive Art and The American Federation of Arts, New York." Bound in publisher's original illustrated wrappers. Designed by Kathleen Haven. Texts by Nelson Rockefeller, Wilder Green, Douglas Newton, Susan Vogel, and Julie Jones. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Fine except for very minor wear to rear corner of spine head. Sharp edges and corners. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Not paginated.

Lincoln in Caricature: 165 Poster Cartoons and Drawings for the Press by Wilson, Rufus Rockwell, assembled and described

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Title: Lincoln in Caricature: 165 Poster Cartoons and Drawings for the Press
Author: Wilson, Rufus Rockwell, assembled and described
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Description: Elmira, N.Y,: The Primavera Press, Inc, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. illustrations, xv, (5), 331p. Original cloth. 31 cm. Copy 129 of 600 copies signed by the author. Backstrip faded. Minor cover wear. No jacket.

Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy: a Biography by Du Pont, H.A.

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Title: Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy: a Biography
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Seller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition: VG+/Good with tears
Description: New York: National Americana Society, 1926. Hardcover. VG+/Good with tears. Bright blue embossed cloth with tattered dustjacket that mimics cloth design. Contents: Birth, Parentage, Youth and marriage, Service in the Navy until 1838 -- Cruise of the Ohio, 1838-1841: Service afloat up to the time of the Mexican War -- The Mexican War: Organization of the United States Naval Academy ; The Light-House Board -- The Naval Efficiency Board -- The cruise of the Minnesota -- In command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard: The Civil War begins ; Member of Commission to prepare plans for naval operations ; In command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron -- The Battle of Port Royal -- Operations immediately following the Battle of Port Royal -- Secretary Welles orders and independent naval attack upon Charleston -- The Naval attack on Charleston, continued -- The sequel to the naval attack on Charleston -- Congressional inquiry in regard to the attack on Charleston and the Secretary of the Navy's reply -- Admiral Du Pont asks to be relieved by any officer who in the opinion of the Navy Department had the ability to take Charleston: Capture of the Confederate armored vessel Atlanta by the monitor Weehawken ; Admiral Du Pont's relief from active duty, his closing years in Delaware, and his death.

The Restless Decade: John Gutmann's Photographs Of The Thirties by Gutmann, John

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Seller: Dawson's Book Shop

Title: The Restless Decade: John Gutmann's Photographs Of The Thirties
Author: Gutmann, John
Seller: Dawson's Book Shop (United States)
Description: Harry Abrams, Inc., New York, 1984. 11 in. x 9 in., 160 pages, Cloth, Dust Jacket, Inscribed in felt pen on half-title page, "From Lew Thomas for John Gutmann" and dated 1986., Fading to dust jacket at top edge and spine. Edited by Lew Thomas withh an essay by Max Kosloff

Agression, Subversion, Seduction: Young German Painters by KUSPIT, Donald B. and Steven S. High

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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA

Title: Agression, Subversion, Seduction: Young German Painters
Author: KUSPIT, Donald B. and Steven S. High
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Portland, ME: Baxter Gallery, Portland School of Art, 1986. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 16, 1986 through January 4, 1987. Features essays by Donald B. Kuspit and Steven S. High. Includes information about and illustrations of works by Hans-Peter Adamski, Peter Bommels, Werner Buttner, Peter Chevalier, Walter Dahn, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Rainer Fetting, Albert Oehlen, and Thomas Schindler. An about very good copy in wrappers with some minor wear and from the library of the Marlborough Gallery with their marks.

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