Authors beginning with A from De Wolfe and Wood (34 items)

Jaffrey. NH: Salmon Wilder, 1814. Paper wraps. A Discourse Delivered at Beverly, Feb. 1812. 24 pp. Roughly cut on bottom, some foxing.

Exeter, 1786. 59 pages in rebound in cloth and marbled boards. Good condition. This work describes a plan in which the poor would contribute small amounts and over time would have insurance to mitigate sickness, injury and old age.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. 270 pp. Dust jacket has some tearing and chipping around the edges. E. C. L. Adams was a physician from South Carolina who "was able to present the black dialect with great precision, and also as a white author who unhesitatingly portrayed the hardships of racial prejudice in the 1920s and 1930s.

1843. A Small manuscript account book kept by Hiram Adams when operating a Wagon shop in Adams Centre, New York. Hiram opened the shop in 1822 and ran it for 40 years. This manuscript documents sales, painting of wagons, and repairs. One of his customers was Joel Dewey, father of Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system. Approximately 75 pages of records.

[n.p.], 1841. [4] pp. Single folded sheet. Unrecorded. The first two and on half pages reprint the poem The Wants of Man and the lower half of the third page publishes a poem by Corolla Hyacynthe Bennet of Arlington House, L.I. entitled To the Hon. John Quincy Adams, On Reading his beautiful poem, The Wants of Man and reprints a 1841 letter printed in the Albany Evening Journal extolling the intellectual abilities of Adams. Folded and some minor soiling, but otherwise in good condition.

New York: Stein and Day, 1970. 247 pp. Hardcover in dust jacket with mylar sleeve. Some light tanning, fading, and marking to the jacket. Small creases(?) at the top of the front of jacket. Back inside flap has some tearing. Light chipping/tearing around the spine. Signed, inscribed and dated, 5-26-70, by the author.

London: Ballantyne Press, 1897. Limited to 210 copies. 57 pp. Boards soiled. The Woodcuts were done by Charles Ricketts and sold by Hacon & Ricketts of London. A finely printed work designed by Charles Ricketts. Ricketts (1861-1931) was an artist, book designer and did design work for Oscar Wild. He and Charles Haselwood founded the Vale Press. Limited to 210 copies.

London: J. Johnson, 1796. 266, 348 pp. 2 titles in matching bindings. Very good with light wear to the bindings with minor loss to the head and tail of the spines. John Aikin was a doctor who devoted much of his life to writing and worked in conjunction with his sister Anna Laetitia Barbauld who a founder of The Blue Stocking who were a British group of women who pushed for education and mutual cooperation among women.

1873. Two pamphlets related to the trial Mrs Wharton who poisoned Ketcham to avoid repaying a debt and also her own son to collect insurance money There is some indication she also poisoned others This lot includes, Aikin, William A Review of Prof Reese's Review of the Wharton Trial New York: D Appleton and Company, 1873 29 pp McDade, 1079 1 copy located Williams, Philip An Examination of Prof Reese's Review of the Trial of Mrs Wharton for the Murder of General Ketcham Baltimore: Turnbull Brothers, 1872 31 pp Not in McDade 7 copies located Ex-library with sold stamps of the Maryland Historical Society on the front wraps and covers a bit tattered and torn.

[London?], 1777. second edition. 94 pp. In a period binding with hinges splitting, boards soiled and worn. The plate of Aitken is lacking. This is the second edition with added content. ESTC and OCLC locate 4 copies at Brown, the National Library of Scotland, British Library and the Bristol Library. Aitken (1755- 1777), aka John the Painter, was born in Scotland and led a life of crime before emigrating to America as an indentured servant. Once in America, he became caught up in patriotic causes and soon returned to England with a plan to sabotage British dockyards. He even traveled to Paris and met with American diplomat Silas Deane who he informed of his plan. Aitken set several fires that were more nuisances than anything but made British officials nervous. He was caught and hung in front of a crowd of 20,000 spectators.

Idlib: Asqar Printing House, 1954. 4 maps, some illustrations in the text. The book tracks Syrian political history from the end of World War I to 1954. Text in Arabic. good condition.

Lowell: Nathaniel Dayton, 1846. Hardcover. 160 pp. Allen was deaf since the age of fifteen. In 1832 she went on a trip to the mid-west. She visited Oberlin College and called it a black and white school. She also visited Kirtland and gives very brief remarks on the Mormons. She says in part, "I proceeded to Kirtland, the then location of the Mormons, when I entered their splendid temple and saw their prophet Joe Smith, surrounded by his deluded followers..." The first outsider to write about visiting the Mormons at Kirtland was Nancy Towle in 1831. Elizabeth Allen was probably the first deaf person to visit the Mormons at this location.

London: T. Garthwait, 1660. In a 18th Century binding with the head of the spine lacking Includes two engraved title pages at the front ESTC R211916 A guide for gentlemen on various callings of life including the advantage of wealth, time, authority, and reputation 175, [1] pp pp.

[Chicago?], 1893. Very good with light wear and toning to the paper Minor tear to the last to pages with no loss Gov Altgeld argued for the release of three men charged in the Haymarket riot 63 pp pp.

Cairo Egypt: Dar Al Maaref, 1960. Fair condition with loss to the front cover and the spine is reinforced with a piece of scotch tape. Al- Quwatli was the first President of Syria and helped end French control of the country.

Faith and Edward Deming Andrews, 1958. Unused 1958 Christmas card published by pioneering Shaker scholars and collectors with a section of the Millennial Laws describing the rules for Believers on Christmas day. Members are counseled to make reconciliation with other members and give items to the poor.

Pittsburgh: Cramer, Pear and Eichbaum, 1816. Paper wraps. 36 pp ex library with blind stamps.

New York: Anthony & Co, 1863. A Civil War stereoview from the battle of Gettysburg showing a mule and an African American man and 3 children. Soiled,

Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company, 1964. 528 pp. Originally published for military use this revised edition was marketed to police officers, special guards, and the individual. Includes instruction on dealing with Mob Violence, Communist Tactics, Chemical Munitions, and more.

Providence, RI: William Simons, Jr., 1833. 3/4 leather hardcover, REBOUND. Front cover off but present. Ex-Library RI Historical Society. With ownership signature of T.W. Dorr of Dorr Rebellion fame. See Mcdade 47.