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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE HOOKER LETTER: An Address by William E. Barton Delivered before the Pennell Club of Philadelphia at a Dinner Given in the Union League Club.

By: (Lincoln, Abraham; Hooker, General Joseph). Barton, William E.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928.: 1928.

Seller ID: 33710

Condition: Good

New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928.. 1928.. Good. - Octavo, dark blue boards backed with gray cloth with a printed label on the spine. The binding is very lightly rubbed & bumped with the head of the spine slightly frayed. The cloth is a bit darkened. 29 & [1] leaf plus colophon. Illustrated with a facsimile of Lincoln's letter mounted on the rear blank preceding the colophon. The facsimile is detached, leaving glue stains on the rear blank on which it was originally mounted. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Good.

Limited edition of 750 copies printed on handmade paper at the ...
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A BEAUTIFUL BLUNDER: The True Story of Lincoln's Letter to Mrs. Lydia A. Bixby.

By: (Lincoln, President Abraham). Barton, William E.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1926).: (1926).

Seller ID: 33632

Condition: Very good

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1926).. (1926).. Very good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM E. BARTON - Octavo, navy blue cloth with a printed paper label on the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed. The spine & extremities are a bit faded & the label is darkened & lightly chipped. 135 & [1] pages. Illustrated with a black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Lincoln and a double-page facsimile plate of his letter. Very good.

Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Betty Tomlinson / With love of / William E. Barton / August 3, 1929". Barton's "Library of L...
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THE ARTHUR LORD COLLECTION IN THE PILGRIM HALL LIBRARY. Prepared with an Introductory Essay by L. D. Geller, Director, Pilgrim Society

By: (Lord, Arthur). Geller, L. D.; compiler

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Plymouth, MA: Pilgrim Society, 1971.: 1971.

Seller ID: 7216

Condition: Very good

Plymouth, MA: Pilgrim Society, 1971.. 1971.. Very good. - Octavo, stapled printed gray wraps. Slightly darkened. 55 pp. Bottom page corners very slightly creased. Very good.
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THE GREAT QUESTIONS OF THE TIMES DISCUSSED / BRIEF REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS AT THE GREAT INAUGURAL MASS MEETING OF THE LOYAL NATIONAL LEAGUE, in Union Square, New York, on The Anniversary of Sumter, April 11th, 1863. (Cover title)

By: (Loyal National League)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York: Printed for the Loyal National League, 1863.: 1863.

Seller ID: 16545

Condition: Good

New York: Printed for the Loyal National League, 1863.. 1863.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wrappers. The spine & the edges of the wraps are chipped with pieces out. The wraps are darkened along the spine with creasing to their bottom corners. There is an early owner's ink name in the top inner corner of the front wrap & there are some pencil markings on the rear wrap. 32 pages. The page corners are bumped & there is a piece out of the bottom corner of the first leaf. There are pencil markings & underlinings throughout. Ex-library with a library blind stamp on the front wrap...
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LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, / To the Chairman of the Naval Committee, Transmitting Sundry Documents from Captain Macdonough, Relating to the Capture of the British Fleet on Lake Champlain. A Facsimile

By: (Macdonough, Captain T.)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Albany, NY: The National Commercial Bank and Trust Company, 1957.: 1957.

Seller ID: 14142

Condition: Very good

Albany, NY: The National Commercial Bank and Trust Company, 1957.. 1957.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial gray wraps. There are areas of light staining to the wrappers. [2] leaves & 18-page facsimile. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper. Very good.

The letter dated October 3, 1814 was originally printed in 1814 by Roger C. Weightman, Washington, DC., by order of the U.S. Senate,
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Image for "DESCRIPTION OF A MOST EFFECTUAL METHOD OF SECURING BUILDINGS AGAINST FIRE" by CHARLES LORD VISCOUNT MAHON [in THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE. Or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. No. II, Vol. VI - For February, 1794.

"DESCRIPTION OF A MOST EFFECTUAL METHOD OF SECURING BUILDINGS AGAINST FIRE" by CHARLES LORD VISCOUNT MAHON [in THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE. Or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. No. II, Vol. VI - For February, 1794.

By: (Mahon, Charles Lord Viscount; and Murray, Judith Sargent).

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston: Ezra W. Weld and William Greenough, 1794.: 1794.

Seller ID: 96264

Condition: Fair

- Octavo, 8 inches high by 5 inches wide. Unbound removed self-wraps. Once bound in with a collection of other pamphlets and subsequently removed with remnants of paper and leather along the spine. 64 pages, consisting of the title leaf and pages numbered [67]-128. This issue is lacking the plate and there are large pieces torn from the corners and front edge of page 67/68 with loss to the "Description of the Plate" (not here present) and the French story "Alexis". There is also a tear and tiny hole in page 79, with loss ot 3 or 4 words and a tear to page 85, partially repaired...
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Image for AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN, WILLIAM HASSETT, MATTHEW J. CONNELLY, CHARLES G. ROSS AND THE PIONEERING WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER JACKIE MARTIN.

AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN, WILLIAM HASSETT, MATTHEW J. CONNELLY, CHARLES G. ROSS AND THE PIONEERING WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER JACKIE MARTIN.

By: (Martin, Jackie); (Truman, Harry S.)

Price: $450.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C.: circa [1949].: [1949].

Seller ID: 33811

Condition: Very good

Washington, D.C.: circa [1949].. [1949].. Very good. - An original black and white photograph measuring approximately 10 inches high by 13 inches wide depicting Harry S. Truman's Correspondence Secretary William D. Hassett, his Appointments Secretary Matthew J. Connelly and Press Secretary Charles G. Ross posing beneath a photograph of President Truman. Mounted, apparently with glue, into its original 20 inch high by 16 inch wide creamy buff mat, the photograph is signed on the mat under the portrait by President Harry S. Truman as well as by the three men William D. Hassett, Matthew J. Connel...
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Image for AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the Secretary of the Executive Department of Georgia E.H. PIERCE to the author, lawyer & journalist STEPHEN FRANKS MILLER regarding the settlement with the OCONEE NAVIGATION ASSOCIATION.

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the Secretary of the Executive Department of Georgia E.H. PIERCE to the author, lawyer & journalist STEPHEN FRANKS MILLER regarding the settlement with the OCONEE NAVIGATION ASSOCIATION.

By: (Miller, Stephen Franks). Pierce, E.H.; Secretary of the Executive Department of Georgia.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Milledgeville, Georgia: February 17th, 1831.: 1831.

Seller ID: 95652

Condition: Good

- Approximately 80 words penned on 10 inch high by 8 inch wide creamy white paper. In his letter, penned in an unknown hand and signed by E.H. Pierce as Secretary of the Executive Department Georgia, Pierce informs Stephen Frank Miller that he has "been instructed by the Governor to transmit to you the enclosed copy of Mr. Hine's Report, a Copy of the Receipts given by the Commissioners of the Oconee Navigation Association, and the Copy of the Report of the Committee of the late Board...." Signed "E.H. Pierce". The letter is folded for mailing with minor chips and tears to the ...
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THE CONTRAST; OR THE TWO SPEECHES. "Look here, upon this Picture". The One Delivered to the Representatives of the United States of America, On December 2d, 1817; "And on this". The Other Delivered to the Boroughmongers of Great Britain and Ireland, On Tuesday January 27th, 1818

By: (Monroe, James)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile, [1818].: [1818].

Seller ID: 12233

Condition: Good

London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile, [1818].. [1818].. Good. - Octavo, softcovers, printed self-wraps, removed. 16 pages. The top front corner of the pages are slightly dampstained. There are a couple of small chips to the edges of the title page and the last page, as well as a tiny tear to the inner edge of the last leaf. A few words on the last 3 pages are underlined in ink. Good.

First edition.

A one-page introduction by the publisher, Richard Carlile (1790-1843) precedes President James Monroe's speech to Congress. Monroe's speech is followed by a 2-page speech by the Lord Com...
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THE MIRROR OF THE INDIAN: An Exhibition of Books and Other Source Materials by Spanish, French, and English Historians and Colonists of North America from the 16th Throughout the 18th Century. With an Address "The American Indian: Incorrigible Individualist" by Edmund S. Morgan

By: (Morgan, Edmund S.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Providence, RI: John Carter Brown Library, 1958.: 1958.

Seller ID: 5856

Condition: Very good

Providence, RI: John Carter Brown Library, 1958.. 1958.. Very good. - Octavo, printed wraps. Very lightly soiled & bumped. 57 pp. 4 full-page B&W illustratons. Very good.

First edition.

Printed by John Anderson at The Pickering Press. First Edition.
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LOAN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS OF THE SIGNERS AND DEPUTIES TO THE CONVENTION OF 1787 AND SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE / Including Their Families and Associates / In Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, City of Washington / November 27, 1937 to February 1, 1938. Assembled By The United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission. (Catalog)

By: (Morgan, John Hill; et al)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1937.: 1937.

Seller ID: 21139

Condition: Very good

Washington, DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1937.. 1937.. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed with some very light soiling. There are pencil & red pencil notations on the top edge of the front wrap. 173 & [3] pages. Full- page black-and-white illustrations. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.

230 items are catalogued.
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Image for NOMINATION OF LAWRENCE QUINCY MUMFORD TO BE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS: Hearing before the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Eighty-Third Congress, Second Session, on The Nomination of Lawrence Quincy Mumford to be Librarian of Congress. July 26, 1954. Printed for the use of the Committee on Rules and Administration.

NOMINATION OF LAWRENCE QUINCY MUMFORD TO BE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS: Hearing before the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Eighty-Third Congress, Second Session, on The Nomination of Lawrence Quincy Mumford to be Librarian of Congress. July 26, 1954. Printed for the use of the Committee on Rules and Administration.

By: (Mumford, Lawrence Quincy).

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1954.: 1954.

Seller ID: 96232

Condition: Good

- Octavo, staple-bound in printed self-wraps. Title & 147 stapled pages. The corners of the first 2 & last 2 pages are creased & chipped. The corners of several pages are creased. Good.
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A SERMON, OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THE REV. PETER S. WYNKOOP, Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church of Bloomingrove, Who Died at Hudson, Nov. 1, 1848, Preached in the Reformed Dutch Church of Hudson, November 3, 1848. By Edwin Holmes, Pastor of Reformed Dutch Church of Nassau

By: (Munsell, Joel). Holmes, Edwin

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Albany, [NY]: Printed by Joel Munsell, 1849.: 1849.

Seller ID: 16839

Condition: Good

Albany, [NY]: Printed by Joel Munsell, 1849.. 1849.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light tan wrappers. The wraps are soiled & lightly bumped with a few small stains & the bottom corner of the front wrap is creased. The spine is chipped with pieces out of the head & tail & the upper & lower sections of the wraps are detached. 31 pages. The contents are clean & bright. Good.

First edition. According to the Munsell bibliography, only 200 copies were printed.

The signature "Robt. McClellan" appears along the top edge of the front wrap. This is probably Robert McClellan [1...
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Image for DR. SPRAGUE'S ADDRESS ON THE CHARACTER OF WILBERFORCE. (Cover title). An Address, Delivered Before the Literary Societies of The Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, July 31, 1848.

DR. SPRAGUE'S ADDRESS ON THE CHARACTER OF WILBERFORCE. (Cover title). An Address, Delivered Before the Literary Societies of The Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, July 31, 1848.

By: (Munsell, Joel). Sprague, William B., D.D.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Albany: Joel Munsell, Printer, 1848.: 1848.

Seller ID: 95114

Condition: Fair

- Octavo, softcover bound in printed light blue wraps. The rear wrap is detached. The wraps are soiled & chipped with the edges darkened. The spine is chipped with pieces out. 56 pages. There is scattered soiling & foxing & a number of page corners are bumped. A good working copy. William Wilberforce [1759-1833] was a British politician and philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.
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SELECT LIST OF MATERIALS RELATING TO AMERICAN STUDIES HELD IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA

By: (National Library of Australia)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1964.: 1964.

Seller ID: 22229

Condition: Good

Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1964.. 1964.. Good. - Small folio, black cloth tape backed printed blue wraps (soiled with small stains; creases to rear wrap) with vignette of eagle in black on front wrap. 58 pp. (top page corners lightly creased) printed on one side only. Good.

Library's compliment slip with inscription laid in.

Among the areas included are early imprints, newspapers, publications on American Indians, economics, geography, history, Civil War monographs, literature, law, philosophy and religion.
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EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE / Assembled at Lime. September 6, 1825

By: (New Hampshire Association)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Concord [NH]: Printed by Shepard and Bannister, 1825.: 1825.

Seller ID: 22338

Condition: Fair

Concord [NH]: Printed by Shepard and Bannister, 1825.. 1825.. Fair. - Octavo, printed cream self-wraps. 11 pages plus 1 blank. The leaves are detached with their front & bottom edges chipped with several short tears. There are areas of light staining to the inner edges of the pages with light staining to the bottom edges of some pages. The title & the last page are soiled & a bit darkened. Fair working copy.

The Minutes include a three-page report, "The State of Religion", lamenting that few churches have been added and that a number are without pastors.

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CIRCULAR OF THE NEW-YORK STATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, TO THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE.

By: (New York State Temperance Society).

Price: $150.00

Publisher: [Albany, NY]: New-York State Temperance Society, circa [1830].: [1830].

Seller ID: 33520

Condition: Good

[Albany, NY]: New-York State Temperance Society, circa [1830].. [1830].. Good. - Quarto, 9-7/8 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover self-wraps. 3 pages with the banner title printed at the head of the first page. The pages are toned and slightly creased along the corners. The edges are darkened and foxed. Good.

The text following the banner title reads: "Fellow citizens, We want your aid in a great work. Not your money nor your time, nor the sacrifice of any real interest. We want your names with the pledge and the influence which is attached to them...." Stated on page three is ...
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THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. SUPPLEMENT TO APRIL NUMBER, 1904. Proceedings of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting, 13 January, 1904, with Memoirs of Deceased Members, 1903

By: (New-England Genealogical Society)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston: Published by the Society, 1904.: 1904.

Seller ID: 23240

Condition: Good

Boston: Published by the Society, 1904.. 1904.. Good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed gray paper wraps. The covers are soiled and chipped along the edges with a small piece out from the top left corner of the front cover. Pieces are chipped from the head and tail of the spine and a small piece is out from the inner edge of the nearly detached rear cover. 114 deckle-edged pages, numbered [i] to cxiv. The overlapping edges of a few leaves are vey slightly chipped. An internally very good unopened copy.
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TRANSCRIPTS OF EIGHT RECORDED PRESIDENTIAL CONVERSATIONS. Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress,Second Session. Pursuant to H. Res. 803: A Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Committee on the Judiciary to Investigate Whether Sufficient Grounds Exist for the House of Representatives to Exercise its Constitutional Power to Impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America. May-June 1974

By: (Nixon, Richard M.; Haldeman, H. R.; Dean, John)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974.: 1974.

Seller ID: 11651

Condition: Fine

Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974.. 1974.. Fine. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The wraps are slightly faded along the spine & there is a light crease to the bottom corner of the rear wrap. v & 218 pages. Near fine.

These transcripts record 8 conversations between President Nixon and John Dean between September 1972 and April 1973. H. R. Haldeman was sometimes included.
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UNDERSTANDING. Not tolerance, but understanding / By Julius Marks, D.D., LL.D., Senior Rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York. Bigotry is Un-American / By His Eminence Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. Understanding...a source of strength / By Norman Vincent Peale, D.D., LL.D., Minister, Marble Collegiate Church, New York City

By: (O'Connor, Basil). Mark, Julius; Spellman, Francis, Cardinal; Peale, Norman Vincent

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York: Privately printed by Kurt H. Volk, Inc., (1954).: (1954).

Seller ID: 18249

Condition: Fine

New York: Privately printed by Kurt H. Volk, Inc., (1954).. (1954).. Fine. - Octavo, blue marbled boards backed with black morocco, titled & decorated in gilt on the spine. The top edge is gilt & the endpapers are marbled. The slipcase is lacking. The head & tail of the spine are lightly rubbed. Half-title & 51 pages. There is some light foxing to the prelims, else near fine.

Limited edition of 1,000 copies.

From the library of Basil O'Connor with his bookplate on the front pastedown and with the library stamp of his second wife, Hazel Royall, on the verso of the front endpaper.

Basil O...
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Category: Americana