THOUGHTS ON THE LETTER OF EDMUND BURKE, ESQ; TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL, ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA. BY THE EARL OF ABINGTON
by Abington, Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of
Oxford: Printed for W. Jackson..., 1777. 64pp, last leaf clipped at lower corner with loss of 2-3 words. Else clean and Very Good, in modern cloth. "The leading British supporter of colonial rights attacks Burke for temporizing." Howes. Abington discusses the suspension of habeas corpus, the supremacy of Parliament, the establishment of religion, and the American Revolution. He argues that, "if the liberties of our fellow-subjects in America are to be taken from them, it is... Read More
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MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ERIE ACADEMY, PENNSYLVANIA, DECEMBER 19, 1845 TO DECEMBER 6, 1867
by [Erie Academy]
Erie, Pennsylvania, 1867. Folio, 8" x 12-1/4". About [300] manuscript pages. Original three-quarter leather, paper covered boards [some wear and chipping]. Interior with only minor toning and occasional light foxing. Very Good. The Erie Academy was established in the early 1820s. By 1844, under the stewardship of Reid T. Stewart, the Academy flourished with 207 enrolled students. This book of minutes traces the Academy's activities during a 22-year period, including the Civil War. It contains neatly handwritten... Read More
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EARLY ILLINOIS RAILROADS
by Ackerman, Wm. K.
Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1884. Original printed yellow wrappers. 174, [2] pp. Untrimmed. Very Good. Ackerman was President of the Illinois Central Railroad. He presented this as "A Paper Read Before the Chicago Historical Society, Tuesday Evening, February 20, 1883." Notes are by John Wentworth. "Also, An Appendix with the Breese-Douglas Correspondence on the Inception and Origin of the Illinois-Central Railroad, and the Origin of Names of Stations on the Illinois-Central Railroad." This is No. 23 of the... Read More
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HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS. WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS DONE FOR THE POOR MAN
by Homestead Act
[Washington, 1866. 6, [1], [1 blank] pp. A folded folio sheet, lightly worn and untrimmed. Near Very Good. The Republican Party gives itself three cheers for the Homestead Act and, in question and answer format, explains its provisions, including its 1864 and 1866 amendments. Unlike the vast pre-War landholdings in the former Slave States, the Homestead Act enhances the aspirations of the small farmer and explicitly opposes land monopolies. Appropriate forms are included, along with a list... Read More
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THE SPURIOUS KANSAS MEMORIAL. DEBATE IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THE MEMORIAL OF JAMES H. LANE, PRAYING THAT THE SENATE RECEIVE AND GRANT THE PRAYER OF THE MEMORIAL PRESENTED BY GENERAL CASS, AND AFTERWARDS WITHDRAWN; EMBRACING THE SPEECHES OF SENATORS DOUGLAS, PUGH, BUTLER, TOUCEY, RUSK, &C
by Kansas Nebraska Act
Washington: Printed at the Union Office, 1856. 32pp, disbound and loosened. Good+. The debate concerned whether James H. Lane, leader of the Free State forces in Kansas, was a liar. Lane had submitted to Congress a memorial, purportedly by the members of the Kansas General Assembly, requesting Congress to accept the anti-slavery Topeka Constitution. Southerners asked, with obvious contempt, "Who is James H. Lane?" The debate, ostensibly about Lane's honor or lack thereof, became a dispute... Read More
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ILLUSTRATED QUEBEC, (THE GIBRALTER AND TOURISTS' MECCA OF AMERICA) UNDER FRENCH AND ENGLISH OCCUPANCY: THE STORY OF ITS FAMOUS ANNALS; WITH PEN PICTURES DESCRIPTIVE OF THE MATCHLESS BEAUTY AND QUAINT MEDIAEVAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CANADIAN GIBRALTAR WITH A GLANCE AT ITS PICTURESQUE ENVIRONS
by Adam, G. Mercer
[Montreal?, 1892. Large oblong 8vo, with illustrated covers. 87, [5] pp. Printed on glossy paper. Front free endpaper detached but present. A bit shaken. Else Very Good.
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VITAE GERMANORUM THEOLOGORUM QUI SUPERIORI SECULO ECLESIAM CHRISTI VOCE SCRIPTISQUE PROPAGARUNT ET PROPUGNARUNT CONGESTAE ET AD ANNUM USQUE [1518] DEDUCTAE A MELCHIORE ADAMO, CUM INDICE TRIPLICI, PERSONARUM GEMINE, TERTIO RERUM
by Adamo, Melchiore
Haidelbergae, Germany: Impensis Jonae Rosae, Librarij Francofurtenfis, 1620. [28], [2 blank], 880, [40-index] pp. Bound in contemporary vellum with straight tooled borders and spine bands. Front board impressed with supralibros of "Anna Maria Waltherin Geborne Hornigen." [Ann Maria Waltherin born Hornigen] Manuscript title at head of spine, small institutional label at foot. Title page printed in red and black inks. Printer's device at title page with the words "Fataviam Invenient" within the illustration; translates "the fates will find a... Read More
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THOMAS WOLFE, CAROLINA STUDENT. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. [At head: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, LIBRARY EXTENSION PUBLICATION. VOL. XV. JANUARY 1950. NO. 2
by Adams, Agatha Boyd
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Library, 1950. 91, [1], [4 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [minor rubbing at spine]. Light marginal tanning of text, else quite clean. Very Good.
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MINISTERIAL AFFECTION RECOMMENDED, IN A SERMON PREACHED AT READING, OCTOBER 25. 1769. AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. MR. CALEB PRENTICE
by Adams, Amos
Boston, New-England: Thomas and John Fleet, 1769. 32pp, disbound. Title leaf detached but present. Expertly repaired short closed tear to title leaf [no loss]. Good+. For his entire career Adams was pastor of the First Church at Roxbury. "He was secretary of the convention of ministers at Watertown, which in May, 1775, recommended the people to take up arms" [Appleton's]. Evans 11131.
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THE PLEASURES PECULIAR TO THE MINISTERIAL LIFE POINTED OUT; IN A SERMON PREACHED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVD. MR. JONATHAN MOORE, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN ROCHESTER; (COLLEAGUE WITH THE REVD. MR. RUGGLES.)
by Adams, Amos
Boston, New-England: Kneeland and Adams, 1768. 38pp, with the half title [detached; Light rubberstamp on blank portion of half title]. Disbound, Good+. "In a word, we live in an imperfect world, the bad are mingled with the good, and sincerely good men are not without their failings." For his entire career Adams was pastor of the First Church at Roxbury. "He was secretary of the convention of ministers at Watertown, which in May, 1775, recommended the people... Read More
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BEADLE'S HALF DIME LIBRARY...AUGUST 19, 1879. VOL. V. NO. 108. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY BEADLE AND ADAMS, 98 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK. DARING DAVY, THE YOUNG BEAR KILLER; OR, THE TRAIL OF THE BORDER WOLF. BY HARRY ST. GEORGE..
by Beadle and Adams
New York: Beadle and Adams, 1940. Folio, 8"x 11". 15, [1, advts.] pp. Caption title [as issued]. Folded, partly uncut, two staples. Large illustration on front page relating to the story. Printed in triple columns. Tanned, light edgewear. Good+.
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BEADLE'S HALF DIME LIBRARY...SEPTEMBER 11, 1888. VOL. XXIII. NO. 581. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY BEADLE AND ADAMS, 98 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK. DOUBLE CURVE DAN, THE PITCHER DETECTIVE. OR, AGAINST HEAVY ODDS. BY GEO. C. JENKS..
by Beadle and Adams
New York: Beadle and Adams, 1940. Folio, 8"x 11". 15, [1, advts.] pp. Caption title [as issued], folded. Large illustration on front page of "Double Curve Dan" preparing to pitch. Printed in triple columns. Tanned, light edgewear. Rubberstamp at bottom of title page: "Dime Novels Bought & Sold Charles Bragin, 1525 W. 12th St., Brooklyn 4, N.Y." Good+.
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THE DIME DIALOGUES NO. 22. COMPRISING ORIGINAL HUMOROUS EPISODES, COMIC COLLIIONS, COLLOQUIES, DRESS PIECES, FUNNY LITTLE PLAYS, LAUGHABLE FAMILY AFFAIRS, ETC., FOR SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARS OF ALL GRADES AND BOTH SEXES AND PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR THE HOME, SCHOOL AND EXHIBITION STAGE
by Beadle and Adams
New York: Beadle and Adams, Publishers, 1878. Original printed and illustrated salmon wrappers. [3], 10-92, [10 publ advts.] pp. Light wear, Very Good, with about a dozen stories. LeBlanc Dime Novel Bibliography on line.
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THE DIME DIALOGUES NO. 16: NEW, SPIRITED AND "TAKING" COLLOQUIES, FARCES, MINOR DRAMAS, DRESS PIECES, ETC., BY THE BEST WRITERS FOR SCHOOLS, EXHIBITIONS, AND HOME ENTERTAINMENTS. ARRANGED FOR STAGE, PLATFORM AND PARLOR, WITH ADJUNCTS OF SCENERY, "FURNITURE," COSTUMES, ETC., SIMPLIFIED TO ANY SITUATION
by Beadle and Adams
New York: Beadle and Adams, Publishers, 1875. Original printed and illustrated salmon wrappers. [3], 10-92, [10 publ advts.] pp. Light wear, Very Good, with about a dozen stories. LeBlanc Dime Novel Bibliography on line.
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1865-1900. THE CONFEDERACY AND THE TRANSVAAL: A PEOPLE'S OBLIGATION TO ROBERT E. LEE. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 1901
by Adams, Charles Francis
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1901. 25, [1] pp. Stapled as issued. Wrappers absent, otherwise complete and Very Good. An appreciation of General Lee's decision to surrender, and to refrain from guerrilla warfare.
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TEXAS AND THE MASSACHUSETTS RESOLUTIONS
by Adams, Charles Francis
Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1844. 54pp, stitched into modern marbled wrappers. Light dusting, else Very Good. Originally printed in nine issues of the Boston Courier in opposition to annexation, this essay "discusses temperately the various arguments for and against annexation, especially those in Robert J. Walker's Letter of January, 1844. Adams states that although annexation would justify dissolution of the Union, the immediate policy of the Free States should be to continue their struggle against slavery. It appears from... Read More
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THE SIFTED GRAIN AND THE GRAIN SIFTERS. AN ADDRESS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE BUILDING OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN AT MADISON, OCTOBER 19, 1900. BY CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, LL. D., PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
by Adams, Charles Francis
[Massachusetts, 1900. 67, [1 blank] pp, partly uncut. Original printed wrappers [light sunning], two staples as issued. Near Fine.
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THE PHILANTHROPIC ELEMENT IN LITERATURE. INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF THE REV. E.E. ADAMS, D.D., DODGE PROFESSOR OF SACRED RHETORIC IN LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
by Adams, E.E.
Philadelphia: Printed by Alfred Martien, 1868. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 22 + 2 blanks pp. Light wrapper chipping and wear, Very Good. Chartered in 1854, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania was the first institution founded for the purpose of offering higher education to African American males. President Adams asserts that the greatest literature embodies "the noble sentiments of freedom and of universal charity." He advocates, "as a work of noble philanthropy, the education of the African." Of the... Read More
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THE POLITICAL CHARACTER OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS DELINEATED. BEING A REPLY TO CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS IN THE ADDRESS OF GEN. PETER PORTER AND OTHERS
by [Adams, John Quincy]
Albany: Printed for the Albany Argus, by D. M'Glashan, 1828. 30pp. Disbound and moderately spotted, offsetting on title page from contemporary annotations. Good+. Ownership signature, "Josiah J. Lively" at head of title. The anonymous author, an ally of Andrew Jackson and foe of President Adams, summarizes his "investigation" into Adams's character and conduct. "I have established these positions: You was not politically educated in the school of Jefferson. You was a federalist. You have no attachment to republicans... Read More
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT AND SUNDRY DOCUMENTS, FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OF THE DEPREDATIONS COMMITTED ON THE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, 1796; IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE, ON THE TENTH INSTANT. JUNE 22, 1797. ORDERED TO LIE ON THE TABLE. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
by [Adams, John]
Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross, near Congress-Hall, 1797. 10, [148] pp, as issued. Bound in later quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, contemporary spine label. Folding table at the end of Document No. 4. Very Good. Secretary of State Pickering, whose report runs through page 10, discloses that "armed vessels of Spain, Great-Britain and France" have captured American vessels since 1 October 1796. Spanish ships have done so "almost daily." British captures "have not been numerous."... Read More
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TOKEN OF A NATION'S SORROW. ADDRESSES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES ON THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, WHO DIED IN THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1848
by [Adams, John Quincy]
Washington, 1848. 40pp. Disbound, else Very Good. A Fine portrait frontis of Adams. After his presidency, Adams served as a Congressman, and became a leader of the anti-slavery movement. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 324.
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TOKEN OF A NATION'S SORROW. ADDRESSES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES ON THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, WHO DIED IN THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1848
by [Adams, John Quincy]
Washington, 1848. 40pp. Stitched, lacking the portrait. Disbound, small bookplate in upper blank margin and 'Deaccessioned' rubberstamp. Good.
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING COPIES OF TWO ACTS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF GREAT-BRITAIN, PASSED ON THE 4TH AND 19TH OF JULY 1797, RELATIVE TO THE CARRYING INTO EXECUTION THE TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, CONCLUDED BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AND REGULATING THE TRADE TO BE CARRIED ON WITH THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN INDIA, BY THE SHIPS OF NATIONS IN AMITY WITH HIS MAJESTY. 2D FEBRUARY, 1798. REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
by Adams, John
[Philadelphia: William Ross?, 1798. 29 pp. Later plain wraps, light foxing, Very Good. Adams transmits the two Acts, implementing the free trade provisions of the Jay Treaty, because they "have such connections with the commercial and political interests of the United States, that it is proper they should be communicated to Congress." FIRST EDITION. Evans 34802. NAIP w006089 [7].
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WITH A LETTER TO HIM, FROM MATTHEW CLARKSON, ESQ. AND A LIST OF THE CLAIMS ADJUSTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE 21ST ARTICLE OF OUR TREATY WITH SPAIN. 23D JANUARY, 1800. ORDERED TO LIE ON THE TABLE. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.]
by Adams, John
[Philadelphia, 1800. 8pp, disbound. Very Good to Near Fine. The Report lists a variety of claims involving American ships and the amounts due. Evans 38779. NAIP w000983 [7].
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ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE
by Adams, John Quincy
Washington, 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946.
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