Jackson's Elements of penmanship. Practically arranged. In 24 pages
by Jackson, Luther
New York: Samuel Raynor, 1833. 24 leave. Good with soiling of the cover. The last text page indicates L. Jackson did the script P. Maverick cut the plates. An attractive example of a instruction book for penmanship. Nash, R. American penmanship, 1800-1850, 123. Teo copies of this edition located at Columbia and AAS.
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The History of Chivalry
by James, G.P.R.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1857. Hardcover. 342 pp. Some cloth missing from spine. With bookplate Col. Black Library Maine Insane Hospital. In the back is a pocket with all the rules. Black was a wealthy landowner in Ellsworth Maine and made a large donation to purchase books for the library. His son Henry was a patient of the hospital and died there in the 1870's.
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Trial of David F Mayberry, For The Murder Of Andrew Alger; Before the Rock Co. Circuit Court, Judge Doolittle Presiding July 10th and 11th 1855
by Jenks, Ira C.
Janesville, WI: Baker, Bennett & Hall, 1855. 48 pp. Lacking the printed paper cover. Small ink stain affecting some text. Mayberry was a Mormon who was at Nauvoo when Smith was assassinated. Mayberry's family and wife went on to Salt Lake City, but he stayed behind, leading a life of crime, which ended in the murder of Alger. Although Wisconsin had eliminated the death penalty, a mob hung him. While in jail, he told a relative about several murders... Read More
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Snake Pit Attendant
by Jesse Walter Dees, Jr.
New York: Exposition Press, 1950. 144 pp. A first hand account of the brutality and incompetence in mental hospitals faced by patients and attendants alike. Jesse Walter Dees, Jr., was the head of the Sociology department at University of Tampa, Florida and spent much of his time writing about the down-trodden of society. Cracking and wear to the dust jacket.
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Cold Water
by Jewett, Doctor Charles
Lowell, MA, 1845. An unrecorded Temperance broadside. Jewett, 1807-79, was a leader of the Temperance movement for many years. No copies located. Good with foxing.
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Phrenology Exemplified And Illustrated With Upwards of Forty Illustrations Being Scraps No. 7 For The Year 1837
by Johnston, D.C.
Boston, 1837. Second edition. Paper wraps. 20 pp plus plates. Very good condition.
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Why Negroes Should Oppose the War
by Johnson, J.R.
New York: Socialist Workers Party, 1940. Paper wraps. 31pp, some uncut. Johnson was the pen name for C.L.R. James, the noted Trinidadian Marxist historian. Good condition.
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works. A New Edition Corrected
by Johnson, Samuel
London: C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, et al., 1783. Third edition Spines replaced An attractive set Third edition in four volumes.
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A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson Containing an Account of her Sufferings, during Four Years, with the Indians and France
by Johnson, Susannah
Winsor, VT: Alden Spooner, 1807. 144 pp., full calf. About Fair; page 23-24 lacking and supplied in photocopy, pages tanned and worn lacking rear end papers and front and rear pastedowns. McCorison 926, Sabin 36327.
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Prison Life is Different
by James A. Johnston
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. 337 pp. James A. Johnston was the warden of Folsom, San Quentin, and Alcatraz prisons in California. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author.
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Locomotion. A Serio- Comic Stave, Read at the Dinner of the Celebration at Lincoln, July 4th, 1871
by Jordan, Dr. C.A. Jordan
Lincoln, ME., 1871. Broadside. 10 1/2" x 6". Creasing, minor stains and lower left corner lacking. A poem celebrating the 4th of July in a small Maine town. Unrecorded.
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Report on Punishment and Prison Discipline by the Commissioners Appointed to Revise the Penal Code of Pennsylvania
by Judge Shaler, Judge King and T.I. Warton
Philadelphia: John Clarke, 1828. Hardcover. 77 pp in recent cloth and marbled boards binding. Front inside cover remains of a bookplate that has been removed.
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18 Drawings by Alexis A. Julien, created between 1859 and 1865
by Alexis Anastay Julien
Eighteen Drawings by Alexis Anastay Julien were created between 1859 and 1865. Many have initials. They are sketches that include locations in the Catskills, Massachusetts, and along the Delaware River. Several of the drawings are on the verso of St. Denis Hotel broadsides from the 1850's. Five of the broadsides inform guests that the hotel has limited liability for stolen goods and offers guests the use of the hotel safe. Two other broadsides are in Spanish and are printed... Read More
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And By a Sketch of the Conditions of the Most Degraded Classes in the City
by Mysteries & Miseries of Philadelphia as Exhibited and Illustrated by a Late Presentment of the Grand Jury
Philadelphia, 1853. 20pp, lacking paper wraps. A tour of the city with much prejudice towards the African Americans. Among the people they write about is Crazy Nancy, a negro woman who professes to read stars and makes "lucky bags" for the superstitious.
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Dress and Care of the Feet
by Kahler, Dr. P.
New York, 1919. Hardcover. 48pp. Kahler devotes several pages to talking about shoes he made for Abraham Lincoln and it also includes an illustration of Lincoln's foot. Very good condition.
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On the Rock
by Karpis, Alvin and Livesey, Robert
New York: Beaufort Books, Inc, 1980. Karpis, Alvin and Livesey, Robert. On the Rock: Twenty-Five Years in Alcatraz. New York: Beaufort Books, Inc., 1980. 306 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket with mylar sleeve. Tear on the front of the jacket with a piece missing at the bottom. Some light chipping around spine ends and corners. Faint foxing and tanning to the spine. Smudge marks on back of jacket. Stated first printing. This copy is signed and inscribed... Read More
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Store owners Label. Sold By John Kehew, at His Navigation Store, No. 69 North Water Street, New Bedford
by Kehew, John
[New Bedford?], 1850. 8 1/4" x 5" Good condition. A large label laid down on what is likely a book flyleaf. Kehew supplied equipment, books, charts and periodicals to ships sailing in and out of New Bedford.
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Out of Work, A Study of Unemployment
by Kellor, Frances
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. 569 pp. Nicks to the edges of the binding, book plate, minor light stain to the title page. This copy is inscribed by the author to Ruth Baldwin and has Baldwin's book plate. Frances Kellor (1873-1952) was raised by her mother in poverty but went on to receive a law degree and study sociology at the University of Chicago. She studied immigration, prison conditions, and fought for women's rights. She... Read More
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A Review of Mr. Cambreleng's Report from the Committee of Commerce, in the House of Representatives, at the first session of the Twenty-first Congress, by Mephistopheles
by Kennedy, John
Baltimore: Wm. Ogden Niles, 1830. Baltimore: Wm Ogden Niles, 1830 72 pp Good, pages uncut Soiling and foxing Kennedy argues against free trade and for protections for American manufacturers Midland Book Co copy from an 1951 catalog.
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It's Me O Lord
by Kent, Rockwell
Jacket worn and chipped. Nicely inscribed.
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by Keyes, W.T.
New York: Baker & Godwin, c.187's. A very attractive broadside. Good condition with minor folds and light wear. 19"x 12
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The Touching Tale of Ningret
by King, J.O.
No publisher, 1890. Paper wraps. King, J.O. The Touching Tale of Nonigret. No dated, circa 1890's. Signed by the author. 11pp. Soiling on cover. Ninigret was a member of the Niantic tribe and was noted for joining the colonials to fight the Pequots. He also kept his tribe out of King Phillips War.
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The Book of Weddings
by Kingsland, Mrs. Burton
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. Hardcover. 245 pp. Good condition.
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Extracts from a journal of travels in North America, consisting of an account of Boston and its vicinity
by Knapp, Samuel
Boston: Thomas Badger, Jun, 1818. 124 pp. In a later binding. Page [3]-4 detached. Stains and foxing. An unusual piece of fiction that describes the city of Boston through the eyes of a Moroccan visitor to Boston. A sometimes-sarcastic description of American society. Well represented in libraries but rarely for sale in recent years. Wright 1591.
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