AN APPEAL FROM THE JUDGMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN RESPECTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Second Edition.
by Walsh, Robert
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Printed by William Brown for Mitchell, Ames and White, Philadelphia: ., 1819 512 p. + tipped in errata. Some signatures very browned and brittle. Some pages loose. XLib bookplate of Hanover, PA. XLib blind stamp on title page and elsewhere. Early manuscript ownership on title page. 8vo. 220 mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Front board detached. Spine very worn with loss at head. Title continues: 'Part First, Containing an Historical Outline of Their Merits and Wrongs as Colonies; and Structures Upon the Calumnies of the British Writers'. S&S/AI 50025. Second edition. Robert Walsh, Jr. (1785-1859) was born in Baltimore. He was well known as a publicist and diplomat. His 'Appeal from the Judgment of Great Britain respecting the United States' (1819), was an important contribution to the political literature of the era. In it he attacks the anti-American tone of the British periodicals, especially The Quarterly Review and The Edinburgh Review, and for exposing the hypocritical attitude of the British government towards its critique of slavery in America. PAIMP 22. Hardcover. Good.
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- Title
- AN APPEAL FROM THE JUDGMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN RESPECTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Second Edition.
- Author
- Walsh, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- Publisher
- Printed by William Brown for Mitchell, Ames and White, Philadelphia: .
- Date Published
- 1819
- Keywords
- PENNSYLVANIA IMPRINTS EARLY AMERICAN AMERICANA UNITED STATES COLONIAL PERIOD HISTORY GREAT BRITAIN SLAVERY SLAVE TRADE PHILADELPHIA IMPRINT 1819
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- HISTORY; EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS;
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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