Category: Americana

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

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 Commissio...
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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.

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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.Rare. Worldcat locates only one ...
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AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH of Boston's "FIRST CHURCH" after its removal to Chauncy Street.

By: (New South Church).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Circa [1860s]. : [1860s].

Seller ID: 97167

Condition: Fine

- A vintage sepia-toned photograph, approximately 5 inches high by 3-5/8 inches wide, inlaid within a larger sheet of cream stock, 10-5/8 inches high by 7 inches wide. Near fine. The photograph depicts Chauncey Street with Boston's First Church located between buildings along the length of the street.
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Image for AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH of Boston's "NEW SOUTH CHURCH" designed by Charles Bulfinch, which was located at Church Green at the corner of Summer & Bedford Streets.

AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH of Boston's "NEW SOUTH CHURCH" designed by Charles Bulfinch, which was located at Church Green at the corner of Summer & Bedford Streets.

By: (New South Church).

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Circa [1860s]. : [1860s].

Seller ID: 97166

Condition: Very good

- A vintage sepia-toned photograph, approximately 6-1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide, inlaid within a larger sheet of cream stock, 10-5/8 inches high by 7 inches wide. The edges of the mount are slightly darkened. Near fine. Titled within the photograph under the image. The photograph depicts the garden & front of the "New South Church, Church Green, Bedford St." Designed by Charles Bulfinch 1814, the church which was located at the corners of Summer & Bedford Streets was demolished in 1868.
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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 the...
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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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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'Connor [...
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THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF M. P. O'CONNOR. Written and Edited by His Daughter Mary Doline O'Connor

By: (O'Connor, Michael Patrick; 1831-1881). O'Connor, Mary Doline

Price: $95.00

Publisher: New York: Dempsey & Carroll, 1893. : 1893.

Seller ID: 13806

Condition: Good

New York: Dempsey & Carroll, 1893.. 1893.. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorative frames in blind on both covers. The binding is bumped with some heavy rubbing to the spine & extremities. There is a small piece out of the spine near the head. xi & 561 pages. There is a pencil signature dated 1894 on the blank following the flyleaf. The fore-edge is foxed & there is occasional foxing & soiling elsewhere in the book. Several bottom page corners are creased. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. Good. First edition.O'Connor was a member of the ...
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OREGON ALMANAC: Official Pamphlet Published by the State of Oregon for the Information of Homeseekers, Settlers and Investors.

By: (Oregon Development Bureau).

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Portland, Oregon: Oregon Development Bureau, circa [1915]. : [1915].

Seller ID: 97195

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, tan wraps printed in brown and yellow. The covers are soiled with chips out from the front corners of the rear cover. There are tears along the joints and the spine is torn & chipped. 322 pages, including the covers, illustrated with numerous full-page and textual maps. There is a small chip to the top edge of the first page of text. The pages are darkened, but not fragile. Good. First edition. RARE. First Edition.
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INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN CONFERENCE. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND DISCUSSIONS THEREON. (4 volumes)

By: (Pan-American Conference)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890. : 1890.

Seller ID: 23230

Condition: Very good

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890.. 1890.. Very good. - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 9 inches wide. Deep burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the spines. The covers are bumped and rubbed with occasional small stains. There is a tiny split to the cloth at the top of the front joint of the first volume. The volumes are respectively paginated [1]-554; 555-1203; 1-343; and 1-375. Very good. The complete report of the first Pan-American conference which brought together delegates from the U.S.A. with those from the countries of South and Central America, with much detail about the historica...
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BIBLIOTHECA PHILLIPPICA. New Series: Fifth Part. AMERICANA. (Catalogue)

By: (Parke-Bernet Galleries)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., 1969. : 1969.

Seller ID: 23299

Condition: Good

NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., 1969.. 1969.. Good. - Octavo, gray-green boards (rubbed; rear joint worn; owner's name on front cover) titled in black with device in black on front board. 164 pp. Illustrated, with a foldout color frontispiece. Very good.
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ROLLS OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 1844-1891

By: (Peabody, Rev. Andrew P.; Chairman, Membership Committee)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston: Printed for the Society, 1892. : 1892.

Seller ID: 13836

Condition: Good

Boston: Printed for the Society, 1892.. 1892.. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed gray wraps. The wraps are soiled with the front edges chipped & with small stains to the front wrap. The spine is soiled & stained with tears to & pieces out of the head & tail. xv & 155 pages, partially unopened. The front edges of some leaves are chipped & there is occasional soiling. There is staining to the inside front wrap with light offfsetting to the title page. Good.
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DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVENTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS HELD IN THE YEAR 1788, / And Which Finally Ratified the Constitution of the United States. Printed by Authority of Resolves of the Legislature, 1856

By: (Peirce, Bradford K; and Hale, Charles; Editors)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Boston: William White, Printer to the Commonwealth, 1856. : 1856.

Seller ID: 14705

Condition: Good

Boston: William White, Printer to the Commonwealth, 1856.. 1856.. Good. - Octavo, rebound in brown cloth backed with brown calf & titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are lightly bumped & the spine is rubbed & somewhat faded. vii, [vi] & 442 pages. The lower end of the front endpaper is detached with a tiny tear to the bottom edge. The edges of the title & the last leaf are darkened. There is occasional minor foxing & a pencil marking or two. Good.
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Image for JAMES B. POND PRESENTS ESCOTT NORTH F.R.G.S. IN HIS FASCINATING MOTION-PICTURE LECTURES DEPICTING THE AMERICAN COWBOY AND THE ROMANCE OF THE GOLDEN WEST. A promotional brochure advertising a series of lectures offered by North under the aegis of The Pond Bureau.

JAMES B. POND PRESENTS ESCOTT NORTH F.R.G.S. IN HIS FASCINATING MOTION-PICTURE LECTURES DEPICTING THE AMERICAN COWBOY AND THE ROMANCE OF THE GOLDEN WEST. A promotional brochure advertising a series of lectures offered by North under the aegis of The Pond Bureau.

By: (Pond, James B.); North, Escott.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York: The Pond Bureau, circa [1927]. : [1927].

Seller ID: 94683

Condition: Very good

- Quarto, a 4-page pictorial brochure measuring 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide advertising a series of lectures on the American cowboy and the romance of the old West by Escott North. The cover illustration, in blue & white, depicts Escott North seated on a saddle attired in cowboy gear with hat and suspenders holding up fur covered leather chaps. A silhouette of a cowboy on a horse illustrates the top of the page. The rear cover is illustrated with 4 vignettes framing the text: Follow the Trail with Escott North through the Sweeping Glory of the Far West. A brief biography printed on the...
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Image for [SMOKE SIGNALS OVER THE DAKOTAS]. SMOKE SIGNALS: A VISUAL HISTORY OF DAKOTA - PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE. Exploration, Pioneer Life, Military, Mining, Indian Warfare, Outdoor Life. OVER THE DAKOTAS.

[SMOKE SIGNALS OVER THE DAKOTAS]. SMOKE SIGNALS: A VISUAL HISTORY OF DAKOTA - PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE. Exploration, Pioneer Life, Military, Mining, Indian Warfare, Outdoor Life. OVER THE DAKOTAS.

By: (Price, S. Goodale).

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Deadwood, South Dakota: Seaton Publishing Company, 1960. : 1960.

Seller ID: 96883

Condition: Very good

- Duodecimo, 6-3/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcovers, bound in pictorial peach wraps titled and decorated in black & red. There are a couple of tiny stains to the covers. [ii], 105 & [2] pages, profusely illustrated throughout. Very good. "A Worthwhile Souvenir of your Visit to South Dakota".
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JOHN RANDOLPH

By: (Randolph, John). Adams, Henry

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1887. : 1887.

Seller ID: 19308

Condition: Very good

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1887.. 1887.. Very good. - Octavo, three quarters gilt-ruled black calf & black & blue marbled boards titled in gilt between raised bands on the spine. The top edge is gilt; marbled endpapers. The joints & the extremities of the binding are rubbed. vi & 313 pages. Very good.

Tenth edition. A title in the series American Statesmen.
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THE AMERICAN FRONTIER from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Volume II: From Lewis and Clark through the Mexican War. (Catalog)

By: (Redwells)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Newton, MA: The Rendells, Inc., 1981. : 1981.

Seller ID: 23180

Condition: Very good

Newton, MA: The Rendells, Inc., 1981.. 1981.. Very good. - Quarto, printed cream wraps with a portrait in dark brown & cream on each wrap. The wraps are lightly soiled with the corners very lightly creased & a small pink stain to the rear wrap.. There is a tiny tear to the head of the spine. 189 pages. Illustrated with facsimiles in dark brown & cream. Very good.

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Category: Americana