Search Results: Titles starting with P from GH Mott Bookseller

Barcelona: Gr, 1977. Hardcover. Very good. Notes on title page. No DJ

[Washington, D.C.], 1876. First edition. Very good. 8vo. 21, blank, [1]pp. Disbound. In 1874, George Cannon defeated Robert Baskin for a seat in Congress from Utah. Baskin, a member of the anti-Mormon Liberal party, challenged the outcome with the U. S. Congress, claiming that Cannon was not a US citizen and that he was also a Mormon and a practicing polygamist. Cannon presented a spirited defense. Congress subsequnetly ordered that the papers surrounding the case be published in 1876. A scarce anti-Mormon document in very nice condition. 44th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 166. Paper slighly browned. Still, a very good copy.

Vancouver: Artspeak Gallery, 1998. Softcover. Very good. Stabled wraps are lightly edge worn. Interior clean and tight. 27 pages. Exhibition catalogue February 7-March 14, 1998 with color reproductions, SA poetry.

1868. Very good. Handwritten, three-page MSS from the County Commissioners of Strafford County to the towns of Stafford, New Durham, Alton and Barnstead, regarding a proposed highway in nearby Farmington. The Commissioners see these towns as receiving benefits from such a highway and propose a hearing to see if they will agree to shoulder some of the costs. (8" x 9 3/4"). A good example of how local internal improvements were implemented in mid-19th century New England. Two horizontal creases, otherwise a clean copy.

Thames, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. (B-12) tan deluxe cloth boards, minimal wear. no tears, rubbing marks or defects. pages have only very slight age tanning on edges. filled with dozens of bright color and bw plates. binding tight. points intact with no fraying. handsome and well preserved vintage condition, gift quality book.

London: Sotheby's, 1991. Softbound. Very good. Auction catalogue. With estimates. Tight, clean. 372 lots.

San Francisco: W. M. Hinton & Co, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Original blue cloth binding decorated in gilt. vii, [1], 677 pp. Front free end paper has an inscription by the author to a friend, dated July 6th, 1882. Wear to the extremities and spine somewhat darkened. Else clean, tight. William White, writing under the pseudonym of William Grey, wrote this account of California and Oregon pioneers as a reaction to journalist accounts that he found to be a "misrepresentation." An immigrant himself to California in 1849, his accounts include gold rush memoirs and descriptions of major West Coast cities. Howes W372.

London: The Fabian Society, January, 1894. First edition. Softcover. Very good. Pamphlet identified as "Fabian Tract No. 49". 8vo. Original printed paper wrappers, 33 pp, 2 pp ads. Housed in a custom-made folder with gilt lettering. Wrappers a bit tanned with small rust marks. Otherwise, a very nice copy of a scarce and fragile item.

Ayuso, 1977. Softcover. Very good. Covers lightly soiled, else clean, tight. 180 pages. In Spanish.

Very good. Newspaper. Folio, 4pp. with 5 columns per page. This includes 5 1/2 columns of text (mostly on the rear page) of an address President Adams made to Congress on December 5, 1825. The wide ranging topics include French claims, Congress at Panama, Revolutionary War claims, the economy, West Point, Indian tribes, a road from Missouri to New Mexico, the post office, the Union and the unexplored West. as reported in the RECORDER & TELEGRAPH. December 16, 1825. Contemporary owner's siganture on top of front page, light foxing and small tears to edges that do not affect text. Folded with evidence of prior binding.

Baltimore: William Wooddy / Wm. Wooddy & Son, 1847 / 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes bound-in-one. 1/2 leather binding with marbled boards. Folded 8 x 10 inch letter from Philip Evan Thomas, dated 1850, pinned to the front free endpaper. First volume: 189, [3] pp including errata page. Second volume: 119 pp. This is a detailed account of the Quaker effort from 1828 to 1850 to provide assistance to the Seneca indians. This copy was also a presentation copy from a Joint Committee member, Philip Thomas, who was also the first president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and a major figure in the early canal enterprises of New England. In a cover letter, pinned to the front free endpaper, Thomas writes to a friend: ". . . I now forward to thee 10 copies of our Report for 1847 to 1850. Having had a copy bound for thee, with the Report of 1847, I also enclose it. This volume embraces the history of our proceedings from 1828 to 1850. " A fascinating… Read More

Cleveland: Sanford A. Hayward, printers, 1867. First edition. Softcover. Very good. 8vo. pamphlet, stitched as issued. 32pp. Mustard-colored printed paper wrappers. A number of manufacturing associations from the North and Midwest gathered in Cleveland to discuss how they might lobby Congress to eliminate or reduce taxes imposed on manufactured items. This record of the proceedings also includes letters from David Wells, Simon Cameron, James Garfield, Stephen Colwell and others on their views of this issue. Light soiling to wrappers with one vertical crease mark. Library stamp on front wrapper and verso to title page. Otherwise a very good + copy.

Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1845. First edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo. pamphlet. 23pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Sabin 111219. Kress C6561. Inscribed to the "Hon. John Quincy Adams with respects from the author" on front wrapper. This is an argument challenging the views of many southern commentators that northern manufacturers derived unfair profits from the tariff on cotton. The Lowell textile mills, in particular, were a target of criticism, due to the high profile of their shareholders who were men of great wealth. Cary argued that the dividend streams of the textile mills in aggregate often compare unfavorably with other industries and pointed to the failure rate of many mills in New England. He also claimed that the superiority of northern textile manufacturers increased international demand for American goods, thereby protecting the market for southern cotton. Wrappers somewhat soiled with spine partially split. One… Read More

Brixinae: Wegerian, 1882. Hardcover. Good. 1882 half leather. Worn at the extremities. Leather is chipped and torn along spine. Monastery library markings. Some toning. Otherwise clean and tight. 722 pages. In Latin.

New York: Christie's, 2002. Softcover. Very good. Lightly edgeworn. Clean and tight. Auction catalogue 195 pages 225 lots. Illustrated.

London / Chicago: Edward Stanford / Bureau Printing Company, 1870. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good. 1870 1st ed. 8vo. 117pp. Original green cloth binding with blind stamped decorations and gilt lettering on front board. Not in Chicago Pre-Fire Imprints. Sir Sullivan was a staunch protectionist who strongly opposed free trade. He examines "unfair" competition, labor, corn, cotton, trade statistics, and treaties with the French to make his arguments. Binding has minor wear and contemporary owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Near fine.

Angwin: Angwin Book Bindery, 1954. Softbound. Very good. National Geographic Magazine. Vol 105, No 5, May, 1954, pp. 577-624. Tight, clean.

Comune Di Padova Ass. Alle Poillitiche Culturau, 2008. softcover. Like New. Padova Jazz Festival 1998-2007";

Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A: M. S. G. Haskell House, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: Max Parrish, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. DJ edgeworn. Else clean, tight. 135 pp. Extracts from contemporary French authors for the student. In French with English notes. Selections by Camus, Sartre, Malraux, Mauriac, Gide, Colette, Saint Euxpery, Bernanos.