![[ARCHITECTURE]. The Best Way to Achieve Low-Cost Housing is to Build Low-Cost Homes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/628/117/1770117628.0.l.jpg)
[ARCHITECTURE]. The Best Way to Achieve Low-Cost Housing is to Build Low-Cost Homes
by National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Washington, DC: National Small Homes Demonstration, Inc, 1939. First Edition. Very good. 4to. 32 pp. Printed in blue, orange and black, color-tinted photo illustrations, blueprint floor plans, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Original color printed wrappers, dramatic typography on black ground and a 2-storey house rendered in negative (i.e. tree foliage in white and the siding of the house in black). Minor dust-soiling but a lovely copy, unmarked and unblemished. NOT ex-library! PRESCIENT AND STILL HIGHLY TOPICAL, THIS FULLY... Read More
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Original Photograph / Albumen print / Carte-de-visite (CDV)
by Stowe Harriet Beecher (attributed)
S.l., 1860. Good. Small photograph (89 x 58 mm), irregularly trimmed; mounted on card (99 x 61 mm), likewise irregularly trimmed. Identified on card verso and recto in two different hands; on verso "Taken at the time UTC written." Print thumb-soiled; on subject's face a small portion of print flaked with loss. If indeed the subject of the present portrait is Harriet Beecher Stowe, then she was certainly a young woman here. Her hair uncharacteristically tied at the... Read More
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![[TEXANA]. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/197/333/797333197.0.l.4.jpg)
[TEXANA]. A Twentieth Century History of Southwest Texas
by [TEXAS]. Various authors
Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 2 volumes, large 8vo. [2], x, [4], 504; [2], iv, [2], 538 pp. With numerous full-page photographic plates. Bound in original publisher's black cloth, rebacked and recornered in very handsome dark brown morocco, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. BEAUTIFUL COPY. ¶ This vast and comprehensive work covers the region of the State of Texas, South and West of the Guadalupe River, with particular emphasis on the Borderlands, with... Read More
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![[THOMAS JOHNSON, SCOTTISH PRINTER IN THE HAGUE]. Sammelband of four English Restoration Plays](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/377/879/1607879377.0.l.0.jpg)
[THOMAS JOHNSON, SCOTTISH PRINTER IN THE HAGUE]. Sammelband of four English Restoration Plays
by [Various authors]
London [i.e. The Hague]: Printed for the Company (i.e. Thomas Johnson), 1720. Good. 8vo. Contemporary (Dutch?) marbled calf, smooth spine gilt in six compartments, red lettering piece "Tragedy" (chipped) in the second (binding worn, significantly at the foot and corners, headcap missing); marbled endpapers, red edges. CLANDESTINELY PUBLISHED BY THE KEY FIGURE IN THE SCOTTISH-DUTCH BOOKTRADE OF THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY. Excellent Sammelband of four English Restoration plays (three tragedies and one comedy). All imprints are... Read More
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![[SUPPRESSION OF THE JESUITS IN FRANCE 1761-1764]. Sammelband of 30 French Anti-Jesuit tracts, mostly rare provincial imprints](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/723/588/1513588723.0.l.0.jpg)
[SUPPRESSION OF THE JESUITS IN FRANCE 1761-1764]. Sammelband of 30 French Anti-Jesuit tracts, mostly rare provincial imprints
by [Various authors]
Paris, Grenoble, and elsewhere, 1764. Very good. Contemporary mottled calf; spine tooled in gold; red edges; marbled endpapers. The first Grenoble imprint lacking the first leaf (half-title?); both Grenoble imprints cropped close, just shaving some text; occasional light foxing. Text block splitting from the bottom between two of the pamphlets, roughly two-thirds into the volume. Modern armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. Later, perhaps early 20th-century, handwritten table of contents tipped in at front. An attractive Sammelband, suitable... Read More
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The Lindisfarne Gospels
by Backhouse, Janet
Oxford: Phaidon, 1986. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Quarto, 96 pages, original cloth with slightly creased dustjacket, trifle wear at head of spine on jacket, ownership inscription inside front cover. ¶ The indispensable monograph on the subject, profusely illustrated in color and black and white.
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![["THE VIRGINIA NEGRO" IN 1875]. 'A Rich Treat.' Dr. G.W. Bagby will deliver a lecture, entitled The Virginia Negro, past and present!](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/616/405/1510405616.0.l.0.jpg)
["THE VIRGINIA NEGRO" IN 1875]. 'A Rich Treat.' Dr. G.W. Bagby will deliver a lecture, entitled The Virginia Negro, past and present!
by Bagby, George William
Richmond, VA: Clemmitt & Jones, 1876. Broadside (48 x 31 cm). Abrasions to outer edges in places, overall very good. STRIKING 1875 POSTER ANNOUNCING A "HUMOROUS" LECTURE ON VIRGINIA NEGROES, DELIVERED BY A POPULAR ANTI-NORTHERNER AND FORMER SLAVE-OWNER, GEORGE WILLIAM BAGBY (1828-1883). The editors of "Representative Men of the South" (writing in 1880) state that: "[Bagby's] lecture on 'The Virginia Negro, Past and Present,' was prepared for the North, where he delivered it; but, the general subject... Read More
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![[ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / MEDICAL BOOKS]. Catalogue des livres de fonds qui se trouvent chez J.B. Bailliere, libraire](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/246/734/1078734246.0.l.4.jpg)
[ANTIQUARIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY / MEDICAL BOOKS]. Catalogue des livres de fonds qui se trouvent chez J.B. Bailliere, libraire
by Bailliere, Jean-Baptiste
Paris: J.B. Bailliere, 1824. First Edition. Very good. 8vo. 14 pp. (final page soiled). Recent sympathetic drab wrappers. Unique (?) and early catalogue of medical books belonging to the firm of J.-B. Bailliere (1797-1885) who was to become one of the most important publishers of medical and scientific books in the world. Our Bailliere stock catalogue predates by 40 years any comparable example held by the Grolier Club, and by 12 years any Bailliere auction catalogue.... Read More
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![[HAWKS]. Two original lithographs from the Zoology / Ornithology section of the "Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economic route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/408/301/1563301408.0.l.0.jpg)
[HAWKS]. Two original lithographs from the Zoology / Ornithology section of the "Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economic route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
by Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Washington DC: War Department, 1860. First Edition. Very good. Together two chromolithographs (287 x 212 mm), loose in mylar L-sleeve (plate XVI with short marginal tear at top, not affecting image). Our prints have VERY LITTLE offsetting which almost invarably spoils the illustrations of this publication and is SUITABLE FOR FRAMING. The are original prints, NOT reproductions! AN EXCELLENT PAIR OF AMERICAN HAWK CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS from the famed "Pacific Railroad Surveys" of 1853-1855. "The ornithological studies produced... Read More
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![[AMERICAN SONGBIRDS]. Two framed original chromolithographs from the Zoology / Ornithology section of the "Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economic route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/253/818/1568818253.0.l.0.jpg)
[AMERICAN SONGBIRDS]. Two framed original chromolithographs from the Zoology / Ornithology section of the "Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economic route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
by Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Washington DC: War Department, 1859. First Edition. Very good. Together two matted and framed chromolithographs (visible portion: ca. 245 x 190 mm; frame size: ca. 303 x 274). The are original prints, NOT reproductions! AN EXCELLENT PAIR OF ORNITHOLOGICAL CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS from the famed "Pacific Railroad Surveys" of 1853-1855. "The ornithological studies produced from the Railroad Surveys were of such outstanding quality that they were republished in 1860 under the aegis of the Smithsonian Institution. Entitled 'The... Read More
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![[BINDING - MADRID, FRANCISCO CIFUENTES]. Siglo de oro en las selvas de Erifile. [Bound as issued with]: Grandeza Mejicana [...] dirigida al Ilustrisimo y reverendisimo don Fray Garcia de Mendoza y Zuniga, Arzobispo de Mejico](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/738/303/1443303738.0.l.0.jpg)
[BINDING - MADRID, FRANCISCO CIFUENTES]. Siglo de oro en las selvas de Erifile. [Bound as issued with]: Grandeza Mejicana [...] dirigida al Ilustrisimo y reverendisimo don Fray Garcia de Mendoza y Zuniga, Arzobispo de Mejico
by Balbuena, Bernardo de
Madrid: Ibarra, Impresor de Camara de S.M., 1821. Very good. 8vo (183 x 125 mm). [1] f., xvi, 240, 99, [1] pp. With an engraved portrait of the author. Title-page with 6 inexplicable pin-sized wormholes, front flyleaf with one (present nowhere else in the volume). Contemporary Madrid binding by Francisco Cifuentes: sheep acid-stained in hues of green and brown, gilt roll border and a center device of Royal arms of Ferdinand VII, spine gilt extra (extremities and joints... Read More
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![[INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and his safe return from captivity, October 19, 1866. After an absence of 29 years](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/321/205/1463205321.0.l.0.jpg)
[INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE 1867]. Life and adventures of William Filley: who was stolen from his home in Jackson, Mich., by the Indians, August 3d, 1837, and his safe return from captivity, October 19, 1866. After an absence of 29 years
by Ballard, J.Z. (editor)
Chicago: [Western Book Manufacturing Co. for] Filley & Ballard, 1867. Second edition. Good. 8vo. 110 pp. (of 112, lacking final leaf which is the end of a poem and also has a small woodcut) including 8 (of 8) plates on pale yellow paper. Stiched, original illustrated front wrapper present, paper along spine and back wrapper perished (this had an illustration of the search party); lower blank portion of p. iv/v (Dedication / Preface) torn away. Edges worn and... Read More
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![[SKATE PUNK ARCHIVE - JFA, 1977-1986]. [JFA and the development of Skateboard Culture]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/696/197/1675197696.0.l.0.jpg)
[SKATE PUNK ARCHIVE - JFA, 1977-1986]. [JFA and the development of Skateboard Culture]
by JFA (Jody Foster's Army - Punk band)
Very good. A quantity of eight flyers promoting JFA concerts in Phoenix, Los Angeles, and elsewhere between 1982 and 1986, photomechanically reproduced on 8.5" x 11" sheets of white, pink, or yellow paper. PLUS: "JFA Songbook" (see below). Overall, the material is very clean, having been stored in a filing cabinet, free from light and handling for forty years. PLUS: five newspaper skateboard mags (1977-1980), newsprint (folded for many years and toned). PLUS: two surfer mags (1973-1974), newsprint... Read More
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![[NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF AND A RABBI]. John Dorn Promoter](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/568/598/1630598568.0.l.0.jpg)
[NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF AND A RABBI]. John Dorn Promoter
by BANKS, Charles Eugene
Chicago: Monarch Book Co, 1906. FIRST EDITION. Very good. 8vo. Illustrations by August Abelmann. Original brick-red publisher's cloth, blocked in gilt, ochre, and black. Some dust-soiling on the top edges and front binder's blank, otherwise unmarked and free from ugly stamps. A lovely copy, the text and binding in crisp and fresh state. NOT ex-library! UNKNOWN CIVIL WAR-ERA WEIRDNESS. "John Dorn Promoter" is quite unlike anything we have encountered hitherto. Briefly, it is proported to be a romance... Read More
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![[SAN FRANCISCO CHILDREN'S BATHS, ca. 1890s]. Sutro Baths, School Children's Day!](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/755/241/1276241755.0.l.0.jpg)
[SAN FRANCISCO CHILDREN'S BATHS, ca. 1890s]. Sutro Baths, School Children's Day!
by [Advertisement]. [Sutro Baths]
San Francisco: Louis Roesch Co, 1890. Very Good. Single leaf, red-brown color, some tears and small chips along the edges. Advertisement for a school children's "Play Day" at the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, which included bell ringing, acrobatic feats, dancing, and a special performance from the London Patomime and Comedy Company. The Sutro Baths (1896-1966) was a public saltwater swimming pool in San Francisco, built and owned by entrepreneur and former mayor of San Francisco Adolph Sutro,... Read More
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A Summary Guide to Western Medieval Renaissance Manuscripts at Princeton University
by Bennett, Adelaide, Jean F. Preston, William P. Stoneman
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Library, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Quarto, 75 pages. Covers a little marked and dusty, but a presentable copy. ¶ The indispensable guide to the subject with detailed descriptions of important manuscripts held by Princeton Library as well as the Princeton Art Museum.
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![[ORNAMENT]. Katalog Der Ornamentstichsammlung Der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin. TOGETHER WITH: Katalog der Architektur- und Ornamentstichsammlung Teil 1 (all published) - Baukunst England (1977)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/887/829/1326829887.0.l.0.jpg)
[ORNAMENT]. Katalog Der Ornamentstichsammlung Der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin. TOGETHER WITH: Katalog der Architektur- und Ornamentstichsammlung Teil 1 (all published) - Baukunst England (1977)
by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Kunstbibliothek Berlin
Berlin: Ad 1: Verlag fur Kunstwissenschaft; Ad 2: Verlag Bruno Hessling, 1939. First Edition. Together 2 vols. Ad 1: xv, [5], 782, [2] pp. With 77 b/w illustrations in the text. Attractively (and very sturdily) bound in contemporary red quarter morocco over glazed red boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, all original wrappers bound in (sic!) -- Ad 2: 183 pp. With 43 illustrations in the text. Original publisher's orange cloth. Original edition. B.H. Breslauer copy of the justly... Read More
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![[AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS - PITTSBURGH 1961]. Application for Charter of the Negro Licensed Beverage Association of Western Pennsylvania](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/202/542/1535542202.0.l.0.jpg)
[AFRICAN AMERICAN BUSINESS - PITTSBURGH 1961]. Application for Charter of the Negro Licensed Beverage Association of Western Pennsylvania
by Negro Licensed Beverage
Pittsburgh: Shields, Watson & Washington, Attorneys at Law, 1961. Very good. Together 4 leaves (7 pp.), the first two legal-size (14" x 8 1/2"), the others slightly shorter; brad bound inside a 14.74 x 9" printed chemise folded to 9" x 3.75". Creases at folds; chemise moderately worn; leaves lightly dust-soiled with one small stain. APPLICATION TO CHARTER AN AFRICAN AMERICAN NON-PROFIT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. IT WAS CREATED IN RESPONSE TO JIM CROW LAWS THAT REMAINED IN FORCE IN... Read More
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![[ENGLISH RESTORATION BY "OWEN"]. Dieu et mon droit. The Holy Bible containing the Old and the New Testament [BOUND WITH]: The Whole Book of Psalms](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/410/473/1534473410.0.l.1.jpg)
[ENGLISH RESTORATION BY "OWEN"]. Dieu et mon droit. The Holy Bible containing the Old and the New Testament [BOUND WITH]: The Whole Book of Psalms
by Bible, English - 1663
London: Ad 1: John Bill and Christopher Barker; Ad 2: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1663. 8vo. Ad 1: Engraved title + A-4K8 [unpaginated]. COMPLETE, with OT ending on 3P2v and NT ending on 4K8v. Ad 2: 102, [2] pp. A-F8 G4, apparently COMPLETE. Some foxing and blemishes throughout the text. Bound by "Owen" in contemporary full black morocco, richly gilt all over with floral and leaf motifs, onlaid red and citron morocco pieces to covers and spines,... Read More
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![[SCOTTISH CHIPPENDALE BINDINGS 1794]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. - WITH: The Psalms of David in Metre... Allowed by the Kirk of Scotland](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/834/355/1534355834.0.l.0.jpg)
[SCOTTISH CHIPPENDALE BINDINGS 1794]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be read in Churches. - WITH: The Psalms of David in Metre... Allowed by the Kirk of Scotland
by Bible, English. 1787
Edinburgh: Assigns of Alexander Kincaid, 1787. Very good. Two works in two volumes. Large Octavo (211 x 130 mm). Collation: BIBLE: A-4A8, complete. PSALMS: A-E8, complete. Contemporary Scottish bindings: red morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt to a "Chippendale" motif, smooth spines gilt; marbled endpapers, a.e.g. (in vol. 1 the front joint expertly repaired and tape removed from inner hinges). Preserved in a protective cloth case. INNOVATIVE AND HIGHLY UNUSUAL SCOTTISH CHIPPENDALE ROCOCO BINDINGS, COMBINING CHINOISERIE AND NEOCLASSICAL ELEMENTS,... Read More
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![[NEW TESTAMENT IN MODERN PERSIAN - BRUCE TRANSLATION]. Ahd-i Jadid](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/543/056/1500056543.0.l.0.jpg)
[NEW TESTAMENT IN MODERN PERSIAN - BRUCE TRANSLATION]. Ahd-i Jadid
by [Bible, New Testament. Persian, 1895]. Bruce, Robert (translator)
London: [Printed in Leipzig for] The British and Foreign Bible Society, 1895. First Edition. Fair. 8vo. 421 pp. Original green cloth embossed in black and blind, gilt lettering in Persian on front cover (some foxing and age toning, minor water-staining on the edges and endpapers, endpapers with old annotations in Ottoman inside front cover, bookseller's stamp on rear endleaf, lower hinge cracked; binding stained, worn and shaken). A rough-looking but complete copy, priced accordingly. Preserved in a fitted... Read More
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![[HUMAN ANATOMY]. Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/208/333/797333208.0.l.3.jpg)
[HUMAN ANATOMY]. Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams..
by Bidloo, Govard (anatomist) and Gerard de Lairesse (artist)
Amsterdam: By de weduwe van Joannes van Someren, de erfgenaamen van Joannes van Dyk, Hendrik en de weduwe van Dirk Boom, 1690. Very good. Double folio broadsheet engraving, 305 x 470 mm (visible image size), matted (matte protected by clear perspex). THIS HUGE, AND QUITE STRIKING 17TH-CENTURY ANATOMICAL ENGRAVING HAS BEEN JUSTLY CELEBRATED BY PHYSICIANS AND ARTISTS FOR OVER 300 YEARS. For obvious reasons the Surrealists found it particularly fascinating. ¶ "This stark dissection -- with ragged... Read More
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Illuminated Manuscripts: Tristan and Isolde from a manuscript of "The Romance of Tristan" (15th century)
by Bise, Gabriel
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Quarto, 123 number pages, original cloth with original dustjacket. Some water damage to jacket. Ownership inscription on verso of front flyleaf. Exceptionally vibrant color illustrations on every page. ¶ The first reproduction of an exquisite manuscript held by the Austrian National Library, and a description of the famous love story contained within. This is a celebration of the outstanding artistry of the original work, and the first to trace... Read More
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![[MEDICINE - WOMEN PHYSICIANS]. The Laws of Life, with special Reference to the physical Education of Girls](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/364/879/1607879364.0.l.0.jpg)
[MEDICINE - WOMEN PHYSICIANS]. The Laws of Life, with special Reference to the physical Education of Girls
by Blackwell, Dr. Elizabeth
New York: George P. Putnam, 1852. First Edition. Very good. 12mo. 180 pp. (text with usual blemishes and signs of age and use, some top corners at one time folded by one or more readers). Original publisher's black cloth, blocked in blind, spine gilt, pale brown endpapers (corners bumped and worn, endcaps chipped off, binding a little skewed). Early ownership inscriptions in ink on front flyleaf (see below), Working Men's College bookplate with library regulations on front pastedown,... Read More
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![[NATIVE AMERICANS]. [METHODISM]. Typescripts of Two Speeches Given About Native Americans](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/198/542/1535542198.0.l.0.jpg)
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. [METHODISM]. Typescripts of Two Speeches Given About Native Americans
by Blackie, William Reid
[New York], 1922. Good. Two typewritten speeches (15 pp. + 6 pp.), both measure 8.5" x 5.5" and both with manuscript corrections. Leaves toned and dust soiled, some wrinkling, paper-clip remnants and evidence of stapling. TWO TYPESCRIPT SPEECHES DOCUMENTING A METHODIST MINISTER'S EXPLORATIONS INTO THE HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE NEW YORK REGION, AND DECRYING THE ACTIONS THAT LED TO THEIR DISAPPEARANCE. Ad 1: Typewritten draft of an inspiring address entitled "The Indians of New... Read More
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