![Beikoku Shakai no Ankokumen: Daitokai no Uraomote [The Dark Side of American Society: The Two Faces of a Great Metropolis]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/548/004/1501004548.0.l.jpg)
Beikoku Shakai no Ankokumen: Daitokai no Uraomote [The Dark Side of American Society: The Two Faces of a Great Metropolis]
by Uno, Kyoji (editor)
Tokyo: Daikosha, 1928. Very good.. [2],6,296,[4]pp. Original color-printed wrappers. Light foxing and dust soiling to wraps. Moderate tanning, heavier at edges. "Analysis of American society in the late 1920s by an anonymous Japanese observer living in the United States. The author comments on a wide range of subjects including housing, food, transport, labor unions, courtship, gender roles, marriage and religion. The author shares candid observations and comparisons between America and Japan." -- Huntington Library. An attractive copy in... Read More
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Catecismo de Historia Natural
by Urcullu, Jose de
London: Ackermann, 1826. Very good.. [2],xi,96pp. 16mo. Original tan printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling. Minor foxing and toning to contents. A scarce work on natural history published for the Spanish-American market. The author, Jose de Urcullu, was a Spaniard who emigrated to London in 1823 where he was employed by Ackermann as a translator for a number of works on a wide variety of subjects. Most were formatted as the present work, as a small catechism. This... Read More
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Manifestacion Dirijida por el Illustrisimo y Reverendisimo Señor Don Rafael Valentin Valdivieso..
by Valdivieso, Rafael Valentín
Paris, 1853. Very good.. 15,4pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Minor soiling to wraps. Even tanning. The Colombian government forced Archbishop Manuel José Mosquera into exile in 1852 because of his vehement opposition to a series of laws he felt to be government encroachments on his authority over benefices and "internal" church administrative matters. This is his publication while in exile in Paris of a letter of support he received from the clergy of Chile, along with... Read More
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![[Partially-Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album and Scrapbook Documenting Airman Michael L. Beeman's Time During the Vietnam War]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/295/854/1486854295.0.l.jpg)
[Partially-Annotated Vernacular Photograph Album and Scrapbook Documenting Airman Michael L. Beeman's Time During the Vietnam War]
by [Vietnam War]. [Beeman, Michael L.]
[Phu Cat, Vietnam, 1969. Very good.. [10] leaves, illustrated with seventy-six color photographs, plus a few pages filled with newspaper clippings, greeting cards, and other ephemera, and with examples of Vietnamese currency and coins laid in. Contemporary spiral bound pictorial green textured paper-covered boards illustrated with an outline map and stamped "Memory of South Viet-Nam." Edges somewhat scuffed, boards lightly soiled. Occasional mild fading to some pictures. A unique collection of photographs and ephemera capturing the exploits of... Read More
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![Executoria de Nobleca de Don Xpoual de Villalobos y Lara [manuscript cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/490/877/1700877490.0.l.jpg)
Executoria de Nobleca de Don Xpoual de Villalobos y Lara [manuscript cover title]
by [Villalobos y Lara, Cristobal]. [Patents of Nobility]
Lima, 1626. Still very good.. 62 [i.e. 61] leaves. Folio. Limp vellum, ruled and lettered in ink; edges sprinkled red and black. Some creasing and staining to vellum. Small tissue repair to first leaf of text. Occasional dampstaining and foxing. Accomplished in a highly legible hand. An outstanding and minutely-detailed colonial Spanish patent of nobility, accomplished in Lima in the early part of the 17th century and illustrated with two full-page coats of arms. This patent was commissioned... Read More
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Question Politica y Legal Que Se Induce del Informe Juridico, Que Se Ha Escritorio por los Padres Españoles de las Provincias de Lima y Chacras de los Reynos del Peru
by Villegas, Manuel Joseph de
Madrid: August 26, 1682. Near fine.. 20 leaves. Folio. Stitched into modern, plain wrappers. Unevenly trimmed at top edge, not affecting text. Minor toning and soiling. This polemical treatise, the work of the Franciscan friar Manuel Joseph de Villegas, was produced at the request of the General Chapter of the Order. The text comprises a commentary on a manifesto issued by Spanish-born friars in Peru concerning the poor attitudes of the creole, i.e. native, friars toward the institution... Read More
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![[Archive of Manuscript Letters and Documents Pertaining to the Family and Business Activities of John O. Collins, a Virginia Lawyer with Dealings in Texas]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/043/671/1699671043.0.l.jpg)
[Archive of Manuscript Letters and Documents Pertaining to the Family and Business Activities of John O. Collins, a Virginia Lawyer with Dealings in Texas]
by [Virginia]. [Texas]. Collins, John O.
[Various locations in Virginia and Texas, 1910. Very good.. Ninety-five letters plus numerous business receipts and other documents. A few fold separations, varying levels of toning and wear, but most documents in good or better condition. An informative collection of correspondence and business material documenting the family life and commercial activities of John O. Collins, a Virginia-based lawyer. The collection is comprised of over forty manuscript letters from Collins to his children, a few to other family members,... Read More
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![[Lengthy Manuscript and Typed Document Record of the Formation and Operation of a Chinese Gambling Society in Cuba]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/336/122/1533122336.0.l.jpg)
[Lengthy Manuscript and Typed Document Record of the Formation and Operation of a Chinese Gambling Society in Cuba]
by [Chinese Cubans]. [Casino Chung Wah]
Matanzas, 1967. Very good.. 120 separate original documents, totaling [145]pp., mostly typed but with the earlier documents in manuscript, sewn together along left margin, remnants of wrappers along threads. Minor occasional foxing, varying levels of toning, a few documents chipped or worn along edges. Rare compilation of original documents relating to the formation of an interesting Chinese Society in Cuba, the Casino Chung Wah, comprised of over a hundred manuscript documents, typed documents, letters, partially-printed forms completed in... Read More
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![Address of the Carriers to the Patrons of the Republican Banner. December 25th, 1861 [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/665/222/1716222665.0.l.jpg)
Address of the Carriers to the Patrons of the Republican Banner. December 25th, 1861 [caption title]
by [Carrier's Address]. [Civil War]
[Nashville, 1861. Good plus.. Small broadside, approximately 11 x 7.25 inches. Creased along lower edge; ink burn causing a dime-size paper loss at upper right, slightly affecting border, plus a few additional stray ink marks. Later, faint pencil annotations on blank verso. Moderate tanning and dust soiling. A scarce Confederate carrier's address, published on Christmas in Nashville during the first year of the Civil War. The Republican Banner was formed in 1837 from a merger of two other... Read More
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![[Group of General Orders Issued from Various Offices Stationed at Union Headquarters at New Berne, North Carolina During the Civil War]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/987/685/1610685987.0.l.jpg)
[Group of General Orders Issued from Various Offices Stationed at Union Headquarters at New Berne, North Carolina During the Civil War]
by [Civil War]
New Berne, N.C., 1864. Very good.. Twenty printed general orders, totaling [24]pp. Original plain or lined paper single or folded sheets. Minor overall wear, some dust-soiling, especially to final order. A collection of twenty Union general orders issued in North Carolina during the penultimate year of the Civil War. The orders run from January 25 to May 3, 1864, and were issued by the Sub-District of New Berne, the Forces and Defences, and the District of North Carolina.... Read More
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![[Small Collection of Photographs from Cuba During the Spanish-American War]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/948/940/1663940948.0.l.jpg)
[Small Collection of Photographs from Cuba During the Spanish-American War]
by [Cuba]. [Spanish-American War]
[Puerto Principe, 1898. Good plus.. Thirteen photographs, each approximately 4 x 5 inches, on original card mounts. A few images rather faded. Light edge wear to mounts. Some photo credits in negatives; each with manuscript caption on mount verso. An interesting group of thirteen photographs taken by an amateur military photographer while deployed to Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The photos are centered around Puerto Principe (now Camaguey) in Central Cuba, an unusual location for photos of this... Read More
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![[Manuscript Letter Written by Ramon Adame Warning of the Approach of 10,000 "Perfidious American Enemies" from the North]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/030/182/1622182030.0.l.jpg)
[Manuscript Letter Written by Ramon Adame Warning of the Approach of 10,000 "Perfidious American Enemies" from the North]
by [Mexican-American War]
San Luis Potosi: May 8, 1847. About very good.. [2]pp. Previously folded. Short closed tear and minor loss at edges of old horizontal fold. Small area of light staining. Accomplished in a neat secretarial script. A fascinating letter from the governor of San Luis Potosí, Ramon Adame, that relates reports on the northern front of the Mexican-American War, written two months after the Battle of Saltillo and just days after the American invaders had captured Puebla to the... Read More
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La Legislatura del Estado Libre y Soberano de Mexico a los Habitantes del Mismo
by [Mexican-American War]
Toluca: Impreso por Quijano y Gallo, 1847. Very good plus.. 11pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Small ink notation to title page, minor scattered foxing. A rare monograph from the Mexican Congress to its people in the midst of the Mexican-American War. Here, the Mexican government implores the populace for an end internal bickering and instead to concentrate on defeating the American forces who intend to subjugate not only Mexico but all of the Americas. The Mexican legislature also argues... Read More
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![Juan Soto, Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz, Considerando: Que la Justicia, el Honor Nacional y la Conveniencia Publica, Demandan Imperiosamente Que Sostengamos con Teson y a Todo Trance, la Guerra Que Ha Provocado la Desleal Republica Vecina... [caption title and first lines of text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/274/854/1486854274.0.l.jpg)
Juan Soto, Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz, Considerando: Que la Justicia, el Honor Nacional y la Conveniencia Publica, Demandan Imperiosamente Que Sostengamos con Teson y a Todo Trance, la Guerra Que Ha Provocado la Desleal Republica Vecina... [caption title and first lines of text]
by [Mexican-American War]
Huatusco: May 31, 1847. Very good.. Broadside decree, 17.5 x 11 inches. Printed on lined paper. Previously folded, with a couple of very small losses at central fold. Minor wear at edges. Light dust soiling and toning. A rare broadside decree that establishes guidelines for the collection of funds and donations for guerillas and their families continuing the fight against the American invasion around Veracruz in 1847. The important port city had fallen two months prior, and Santa... Read More
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![El C.L. Francisco M. de Olaguibel, Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Mexico, a Todos Sus Habitantes, Sabed: Que el Congreso del Estado, Ha Decretado Lo Que Sigue... [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/614/615/1484615614.0.l.jpg)
El C.L. Francisco M. de Olaguibel, Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Mexico, a Todos Sus Habitantes, Sabed: Que el Congreso del Estado, Ha Decretado Lo Que Sigue... [caption title]
by [Mexican-American War]
Toluca: February 11, 1847. Very good.. Broadside, 16.75 x 12 inches. Previously folded. Faint dampstaining at left corners. Two small wormholes, affecting one letter of text. Otherwise, minor edge wear and light dust soiling. Unrecorded printings of two decrees by the legislature of the State of Mexico at Toluca that sought to raise emergency funds to defend the country against American invasion during the Mexican-American War. Passed on February 8 & February 11, 1847, these acts authorized the... Read More
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![[Death Notice of Don Juan Morales, Commander of Mexican Forces at the Alamo and Mexican-American War Veteran]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/102/578/1680578102.0.l.jpg)
[Death Notice of Don Juan Morales, Commander of Mexican Forces at the Alamo and Mexican-American War Veteran]
by [Mexican-American War]
Jalapa: January 10, 1848. Near fine.. Mourning card, printed in gilt on black cardstock, with an elaborate ornamental border, 3.25 x 5 inches. Minor wear. An elaborate death notice honoring a decorated Mexican military commander in 1848. As a colonel under Santa Anna, Don Juan Morales (1802-1847) served as field commander for Mexican forces at the Alamo and Coleto in 1836, and as a Major General in the Mexican-American War. He served as commandant of Veracruz, abandoning the... Read More
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![Ministerio de Guerra y Marina. El Exmo. Sr. Presidente Sustituto, Se Ha Servido Dirigirme el Siguiente Decreto. "Pedro Maria Anaya, Presidente Sustituto de la Republica Mexicana, a Todos Sus Habitantes, Sabed..." [caption title and first line of text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/454/295/1631295454.0.l.jpg)
Ministerio de Guerra y Marina. El Exmo. Sr. Presidente Sustituto, Se Ha Servido Dirigirme el Siguiente Decreto. "Pedro Maria Anaya, Presidente Sustituto de la Republica Mexicana, a Todos Sus Habitantes, Sabed..." [caption title and first line of text]
by [Mexican-American War]
Mexico City: May 1, 1847. Near fine.. [1]pp. plus integral blank. Minor wear. An exceedingly rare decree from acting President of Mexico, Pedro María de Anaya, ordering that Mexico City be closed and declared besieged. “That it is in the interest of the defense of this capital and of the Nation as a whole, to take the necessary measures to contain the enemy's advances.” (Que conviniendo á la defensa de esta capital y á la comun de la... Read More
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![Ministerio de Relaciones Interiores y Esteriores. El Exmo. Sr. Vice-Presidente Interino de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos, Se Ha Servido Dirigirme el Decreto Que Sigue: "Valentin Gomez Farias, Vice-Presidente Interino de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos..." [caption title and first line of text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/621/632/1630632621.0.l.jpg)
Ministerio de Relaciones Interiores y Esteriores. El Exmo. Sr. Vice-Presidente Interino de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos, Se Ha Servido Dirigirme el Decreto Que Sigue: "Valentin Gomez Farias, Vice-Presidente Interino de los Estados-Unidos Mexicanos..." [caption title and first line of text]
by [Mexican-American War]
Mexico City: February 15, 1847. Near fine.. [1]pp. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. A rare Mexican decree in which the acting Vice President of Mexico, Valentin Gomez Farías gives President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna permission to leave office and fight the Mexican-American War in person. Shortly following the date that this announcement was made, Santa Anna gathered roughly 14,000 troops to fight General Zachary Taylor’s army of 5,000 men at the Battle of Buena Vista. The... Read More
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![[Extensive Group of Over One Hundred Real Photo Postcards of the Mexican Revolution and the Border War]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/794/322/1728322794.0.l.jpg)
[Extensive Group of Over One Hundred Real Photo Postcards of the Mexican Revolution and the Border War]
by [Mexican Revolution]. [Border War]
[Various places in Mexico, Texas, and Arizona, 1921. Overall, about very good.. 106 real photo postcards, including six duplicates. Varying sizes, but most approximately 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Scattered contemporary and later manuscript annotations. Light wear at edges, occasionally a bit heavier. Some scattered damp and dust soiling. A substantial collection of over 100 real photo postcards that depict scenes from the Mexican Revolution and the related border war interventions of the United States Army. The images included... Read More
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Ley para Castigar los Delitos Contra la Nacion, Contra el Orden y la Paz Publica
by [Mexico]. [Reform War]
Mexico City: Imprenta de Ignacio Cumplido, 1856. Still very good.. 17pp. Original printed wrappers, bound into full calf, front board gilt lettered. Some toning and scattered, light foxing. This law was promulgated at the end of 1856 by the new liberal government of Mexico following its ascendancy in the mid-1850s, and preceded the reform Constitution of 1857 by two months. Its statutes defined "crimes against the independence and security of the nation," including various forms of treason, rebellion,... Read More
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![Protesta Que Dirigio el Ecsmo. Sr. Gobernador del Estado, al Mayor General en Gefe del Ejercito Americano, por la Orden de 4 de Presente Mes... [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/231/815/1535815231.0.l.jpg)
Protesta Que Dirigio el Ecsmo. Sr. Gobernador del Estado, al Mayor General en Gefe del Ejercito Americano, por la Orden de 4 de Presente Mes... [cover title]
by [Mexican American War]
Toluca: Juan Quijano, 1848. Very good.. 8pp. Quarto. Original printed wrappers. Minor soiling and rumpling. A scarce Mexican protest pamphlet, railing against actions taken by United States occupation forces in redistricting Mexican state entities. The author here writes that even though war is barbarous, the victor should respect the rights of the occupied and "pay homage to justice." They discuss the impact of occupation on treaty negotiations, the historical use of authority in Mexico, the impact of American... Read More
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![[Small Group of Circulars and Ephemera Published and Circulated by the National Council for the Prevention of War]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/046/906/1592906046.0.l.jpg)
[Small Group of Circulars and Ephemera Published and Circulated by the National Council for the Prevention of War]
by [National Council for the Prevention of War]
[Washington DC, 1945. Very good.. Thirteen items, plus three duplicates. Light toning; minor wear and dust soiling. Interesting group of just over a dozen leaflets, pamphlets and circulars created and disseminated by the National Council for the Prevention of War (NCPW) before and during World War II. The organization was founded in 1921 by Congregational and Quaker minister Frederick J. Libby after he worked for the American Red Cross in France following World War I. The NCPW pushed... Read More
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![[Typed Letter of Commendation for Sergeant Major George J. Oden of the 36th Infantry]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/503/843/1256843503.0.l.jpg)
[Typed Letter of Commendation for Sergeant Major George J. Oden of the 36th Infantry]
by [Spanish-American War]
Manila, 1900. Very good.. Typed letter signed, [1]p. Typed on thin paper. Folded. A true copy of a typed letter by Gen. J.F. Bell that recommends Sgt. Maj. George J. Oden of the 36th Volunteer Infantry for a Certificate of Merit for gallantry during an engagement with Insurgents (native Filipinos who rebelled against American rule after Spain ceded the islands to the United States) in the mountains near Mangaterem on November 28, 1899, during the Spanish-American War. According... Read More
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![Declaration of the Causes Which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union -- Also the Ordinance of Secession [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/821/750/1742750821.0.l.jpg)
Declaration of the Causes Which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union -- Also the Ordinance of Secession [caption title]
by [Texas]. [Civil War]
[San Antonio]: February 2, 1861. Good.. Broadside on silk, 19.5 x 14 inches. Expertly cleaned and restored. Previously folded, with some creasing still visible. Moderate staining and a few small holes and separations aided by conservation. Scattered contemporary manuscript notations. An exceptionally rare Texas secession broadside, executed on silk satin in San Antonio in 1861. Printed in five columns with an ornamental border, the broadside features both the Ordinance of Secession and the Declaration of Causes, two of the three principal documents... Read More
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![[Autograph Draft Letter by Booker T. Washington, Addressed to Hon. John Knox, Pertaining to the "Grandfather Clause" and Other Issues Limiting African-American Suffrage Being Discussed During the Alabama State Constitutional Convention of 1901]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/513/877/1700877513.0.l.jpg)
[Autograph Draft Letter by Booker T. Washington, Addressed to Hon. John Knox, Pertaining to the "Grandfather Clause" and Other Issues Limiting African-American Suffrage Being Discussed During the Alabama State Constitutional Convention of 1901]
by Washington, Booker T.
[Tuskegee, Al.]: July 23, 1901. Very good.. [2]pp. on plain paper. Minor wear and creasing. An unsigned and apparently unsent letter draft by Booker T. Washington expressing his disapproval of the Alabama Constitutional Convention's consideration of a "grandfather clause" and the employment of county "board of registrars" which sought to severely limit voting rights of the African-American population. Washington's draft was written in the midst of the convention, which took place between May and September of 1901. Washington... Read More
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