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New York: G. P. Putnam, 1849. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. First Edition; green cloth, embossed with a sleeping Rip van Winkle, no dj; good+ (rebacked with new gilt-stamped black leather spine; original boards soiled and faded; corners heavily worn to boards; occasional foxing and other stains on pages; rfeps heavily stained); 215pp + 16pp ads. Includes first book appearance of 'Rip van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'; both of Irving's pseudonyms appear on title page.
Autograph Letter Signed on Dred Scott Decision by Unknown author - 1857
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Autograph Letter Signed on Dred Scott Decision
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[Slavery] [Law] Autograph Letter Signed. Milwaukee(?): March 12, 1857. One sheet folded into four pages 12.5 x 20 cm. Some discoloration to the first page. Very good with legible handwriting.
Woman writing to her child Francis. Describes her husband as being on an extended trip to New York for five weeks, so far. Mentions she told him to stop in Washington for the Inauguration, but he wanted to wait until after the crowd had left and the "rush attending the change of officers of the incoming administration." Then she mentions "I hope he will see Judge McLean who dissented from the opinion delivered by Chief Justice Taney in the Dred Scott case. It seems to me that opinion is to destroy all that has been done to check the growing evil of slavery." The Inauguration of President Buchanan was on March 4, 1857. The Dred Scott decision came out on March 6, 1857, holding that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States; and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and that the U.S. Congress could not prohibit enslavement in the U.S. territories that had not attained statehood. An interesting letter showing the Northern sentiment about the Supreme Court in this contentious case on human slavery.- Seller Independent bookstores (US)
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A Book of the Hudson: Collected from the Various Works of Diedrich Knickerbocker
by Crayon, Geoffrey (Edited by). Pseudonym of Washington Irving.
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ANCIENT & MODERN ISLES OF SHOALS. From Their First Discovery to the Present Time
by Montegeu M. Tzl.
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Boston: G. Alex Emery. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in soft covers, rebound in marbled boards with leather corners & spine including the original covers. Early Boston imprint. Text tight, clean & intact. Eight islands, 10 miles southeast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Illustrated with 12 full page engravings. Outer covers with spine end wear, have protected the original text well. Interior VG+. New England; Engraved Illustrations; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 35 pages .
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BRATTLEBORO WINDHAM COUNTY; VERMONT, EARLY HISTORY Biographical Sketches of Some of its Citizens
by Burnham, Henry
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Brattleboro, Vermont: D. Leonard. Very Good+. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean mustard color cloth with gilt lettering. Text tight, clean & intact. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated with engraved portraits. Pages printed in two column form. The town derives its name from William Brattle from Massachusetts. Population, almost 6000. Charter by King George the II, 1753. New England ; Portraits; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages .
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Bradford Bungalows
by Bradford Architectural Co.
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A substantial arts and crafts trade catalog for 208 bungalow style homes. Home pictures have been cut from 15 pages presumably for sales. Plans cost from $8 to $15 . estimated construction from $758 to $4000.Near fine, bright copy= good +
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REPORTS OF THE NEW YORK HARBOR COMMISSION
by The Chamber of Commerce of New York
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New York: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 316 pages; Fair; bound in brown cloth, spine has gilt lettering, front and back covers have embossing; binding has significant wear along the sides of the spine, with tearing, cracking, and minor detachment throughout, has severe damage at the top and bottom of the spine, with large chunks missing at both ends, has heavy discoloration, has wear along the top and bottom edges with minor fraying and bumping on the fore edge corners, front cover has pen markings; pages have heavy age toning, have crinkling and minor detachment in several locations, contains several fold out graphs; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1319512. Special Collections.
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History of Prince Edward County, Virginia: From the Earliest Settlements Through Its Establishment in 1754 to its Bicentennial Year
by Bradshaw, Herbert Clarence
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Richmond, CA: Dietz Press, 1955. First edition. Hard cover. Published Richmond: Dietz Press, 1955, first printing. Thick 8vo., xv+934 pp., illustrated with 32 plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Slight spotting to the cloth, mild foxing to edges and pastedowns, name on pastedown. Very good, clean, tight, unworn.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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The Centennial History of the Thirteen Towns (Townships), 1883-1983
by Thirteen Townships Centennial Celebration
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Richards Publishing Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. Limited Edition. Pictorial Hardcover. Limited to 2,000 copies; book has slight toning to page ends, couple tiny soil spots; b/w photos ; 264 pages .
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Washington The National Capital
by Caemmerer, H. Paul
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Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932. First edition. Presentation edition to Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice US Supreme Court, with his name in gold emboss on cover, Washington Post chief diplomatic correspondent Chalmers M. Roberts copy, with his dated signature (1947) on fly leaf. Published Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1932, first printing. Folio, 10" x 11 3/4", 736pp., illustrated with hundreds of b/w plates. Mild foxing along edges and endpapers, several pages with pencil bracketing, one plate removed and reattached with binders tape, spine cloth bit faded, else very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio.
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Glimpses of Fifty Years: The Autobiography of an American Woman
by Willard, Frances E.
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Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H.J. Smith & Co., 1889. First edition. Leather and cloth Salesman's Sample. Published Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H.J. Smith & Co., 1889. 8vo., approximately 100pp., contains sample chapters, b/w and full color illustrations, 3 backstrip and 3 binding style samples - 2 leather, 1 cloth, subscription ledger, 8 page brochure "How To Sell Our Glimpses of Fifty Years" laid in. Leather backstrip chipped, missing center portion, edges rubbed, else very good, with text block and samples near fine. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo. Salesman's Dummy.
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California in 1851 - 1852 The Letters of Dame Shirley; [The Shirley Letters in two volumes] Introduction and notes by Carl I. Wheat
by Clappe, Louise [Dame Shirley]
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San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. limited to 500, in two volumes 1851 [Number 5, Rare America Series] and 1852 [Number 6, Rare American Series], 8vo, [9x6in]; Vol. I - [2], xviii, [1], 142, [6], [2], Vol. II - [2], xviii, [1], 143, [6], [3], 24 black/white and blue toned illustrations and map, Introduction and Retrospective by Carl Wheat; Dark blue cloth backstrip with gray-blue paper boards, dark blue lettering and line designs on front, spine paper label with black lettering for both volumes, top edge trimmed and others untrimmed; Light tan dust jackets with black lettering narrative about the Rare America Series on front; Vol. I & II boards age toned along edges, darken age toning to front and rear end papers of both volumes, bookplate of Frank Howard Abbott, Jr. on front end paper in both volumes with some offset, tipped in illustration of miners in a saloon on pale blue paper with Grabhorn address; Dust jackets age toned and fragile with chips and…
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
by Traven, B
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
by Goodwin, Maud Wilder
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
by John B. Wyeth
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
by Leaf, Munro
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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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