CELEBRATED SPEECHES OF CHATHAM, BURKE, AND ERSKINE. To Which Is Added, THE ARGUMENT OF MR. MACKINTOSH, In The Case Of Peltier. Selected By A Member Of The Philadelphia Bar.
by Pitt, William; Burke, Edmund; Erskine, Thomas; Black, Jeremiah Sullivan
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Key & Biddle, Philadelphia: ., 1834 540 p. Foxed. **Early autograph ownerships of Jeremiah Sullivan Black, Somerset Penn. on first fly leaf, title page and leather binding. XLib bookplate of the Historical Society of York County on front paste down. Small printed Bookseller's label, Conrad & Parsons, Philadelphia. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed. Original leather spine label, rubbed and worn. Raised bands. Hardbound. Good. Pennsylvania Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1810-1883) was an important statesman and lawyer. He served as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania (1851-1854), Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice (1851-1856), Attorney General (1857-1860) and the U.S. Secretary of State (1860-1861) under President James Buchanan. He denied the constitutionality of secession, and urged that Fort Sumter be properly reinforced and defended. However, he also argued that a state could not be legally coerced by the Federal government. Black was also briefly Counsel for President Johnson in his Impeachment trial before the United States Senate, and for William W. Belknap; United States Secretary of War from 1869 to 1876, who in 1876 was impeached on a charge of corruption; he also represented Samuel J. Tilden during the contest for the presidency between Tilden and Rutherford B. Hayes.S&S/AI 26289. Hardbound. Good. PAIMP 22. Hardcover.
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- Title
- CELEBRATED SPEECHES OF CHATHAM, BURKE, AND ERSKINE. To Which Is Added, THE ARGUMENT OF MR. MACKINTOSH, In The Case Of Peltier. Selected By A Member Of The Philadelphia Bar.
- Author
- Pitt, William; Burke, Edmund; Erskine, Thomas; Black, Jeremiah Sullivan
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- Key & Biddle, Philadelphia: .
- Date Published
- 1834
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY ENGLISH LAW HOUSE OF LORDS GOVERNMENT SPEECHES REVOLUTION THOMAS PAINE HARDING WILLIAM PITT CHATHAM ERSKINE BURKE M'INTOSH PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT 1834
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About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine Label
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...