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Franklin Library, 1976. Limited edition published exclusively for the members of the Franklin Library. Brown leather binding, three raised bands to spine, gilt titles & decoration, gilded edges, silk moire endsheets, ribbon bookmark. Near fine. 441 pp.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Kenneth Francis Dewey. Book.
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Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press, 1990. Leather Bound, Nautical Library Series. Bound in gilt decorated green leather, still in unopened Publisher's shrink wrap, raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon page marker intact, with Publisher's slips laid-in. NEW. . Hard Cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, 1975. 217 pp. First Hardcover Edition. Brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; wraparound dustjacket painting and interior line drawings by David Ireland. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket with a bit of fading on the spine; previous owner's name - retired radio personality Don Danard - on the front free endpaper; no other interior markings. Something rare from Howard, a full length novel. Earthman Esau Cairn, a fugitive on his native planet, is transported to Almuric, a barbaric and warlike planet of the remote solar system, where he becomes Esau Ironhand. Here, he is beset by apelike humans, winged demons, and a multitude of strange monsters. And his adventures are chronicled in the best Howard manner, full of swift and savage action against an incredible background.. First Printing - First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by David Ireland;. 8vo. Association Copy.
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Published by Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London First UK Edition 2009. 2009., 2009. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original wonderful gilt decorated Farrows cream cloth covers, gilt and black title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 4to 11'' x 8¼''. Contains 156 (+6) printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations, fold-out packet to the rear. In Fine condition, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 139780241144695
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Lugduni Batav (Leiden): Ludovicum Declaustre, 1730. Full Leather. Very Good. 12mo. Bound in contemporary full leather, raised bands, gilt decoration on spine. Pages 1-56, Vida; pages 1-46, Heyra; pages 1-59, Andria; pages 1-60, Adelphi; pages 1-59, Phormio. A little shelf wear at spine ends, owner notes on end papers; overall, very good.
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Oxford: Printed At The University Press. Very Good-; Hinges lightly rubbed.. 1865. Hardcover. 64mo 3" - 4½" tall; Black leather, five panel spine, red leather cross within multi-ruled boards, brass edges and clasp, all edges gilt. .
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Adams' historic fourth Annual Message to Congress—now known as the State of the Union Address—announces the establishment of the District of Columbia as the nation's capital. The second President, who had just been defeated for re-election, optimistically discusses unprecedented economic growth, considers the recently consummated treaty of amity and commerce with Prussia, and focuses on the need for expanded naval forces and coastal fortifications, which he believes to be necessary given the Quasi-War with France.
A rare broadside extra edition: no institutional copies are listed in OCLC, although it is possible they exist in uncatalogued runs. The National Intelligencer, then in its second month in print, had moved to Washington at the behest of President-elect Thomas Jefferson. [JOHN ADAMS].
Broadside, Supplement to the National Intelligencer . [Washington: Samuel Harrison Smith, November 22, 1800].
Excerpts:
" I congratulate the people of the United States on the assembling of Congress at the permanent seat of their Government, and I congratulate you, gentlemen, on the prospect of a residence not to be changed. Although there is cause to apprehend that accommodations are not now so complete as might be wished, yet there is great reason to believe that this inconvenience will cease with the present session… You will consider it as the capital of a great nation advancing with unexampled rapidity in arts, in commerce, in wealth, and in population, and possessing within itself those energies and resources which, if not thrown away or lamentably misdirected, will secure to it a long course of prosperity and self-government....
" We can not, without committing a dangerous imprudence, abandon those measures of self protection which are adapted to our situation and to which, notwithstanding our pacific policy, the violence and injustice of others may again compel us to resort. While our vast extent of sea coast, the commercial and agriculture habits of our people, the great capital they will continue to trust on the ocean, suggest the system of defense which will be most beneficial to ourselves, our distance from Europe and our resources for maritime strength will enable us to employ it with effect. Seasonable and systematic arrangements, so far as our resources will justify, for a navy adapted to defensive war, and which may in case of necessity be quickly brought into use, seem to be as much recommended by a wise and true economy as by a just regard for our future tranquillity, for the safety of our shores, and for the protection of our property committed to the ocean....
" I observe with much satisfaction that the product of the revenue during the present year has been more considerable than during any former equal period. This result affords conclusive evidence of the great resources of this country and of the wisdom and efficiency of the measures which have been adopted by Congress for the protection of commerce and preservation of public credit.... "
Complete Transcript
Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
Immediately after the adjournment of Congress at their last session in Philadelphia I gave directions, in compliance with the laws, for the removal of the public offices, records, and property. These directions have been executed, and the public officers have since resided and conducted the ordinary business of the Government in this place.
I congratulate the people of the United States on the assembling of Congress at the permanent seat of their Government, and I congratulate you, gentlemen, on the prospect of a residence not to be changed. Although there is cause to apprehend that accommodations are not now so complete as might be wished, yet there is great reason to believe that this inconvenience will cease with the present session.
It would be unbecoming the representatives of this nation to assemble for the first time in this solemn temple without looking up to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe and imploring His blessing.
May this territory be the residence of virtue and happiness! In this city may that piety and virtue, that wisdom and magnanimity, that constancy and self-government, which adorned the great character whose name it bears be forever held in veneration! Here and throughout our country may simple manners, pure morals, and true religion flourish forever!
It is with you, gentlemen, to consider whether the local powers over the District of Columbia vested by the Constitution in the Congress of the United States shall be immediately exercised. If in your opinion this important trust ought now to be executed, you can not fail while performing it to take into view the future probable situation of the territory for the happiness of which you are about to provide. You will consider it as the capital of a great nation advancing with unexampled rapidity in arts, in commerce, in wealth, and in population, and possessing within itself those energies and resources which, if not thrown away or lamentably misdirected, will secure to it a long course of prosperity and self-government.
In compliance with a law of the last session of Congress, the officers and soldiers of the temporary army have been discharged. It affords real pleasure to recollect the honorable testimony they gave of the patriotic motives which brought them into the service of their country, by the readiness and regularity with which they returned to the station of private citizens.
It is in every point of view of such primary importance to carry the laws into prompt and faithful execution, and to render that part of the administration of justice which the Constitution and laws devolve on the Federal courts as convenient to the people as may consist with their present circumstances, that I can not omit once more to recommend to your serious consideration the judiciary system of the United States. No subject is more interesting than this to the public happiness, and to none can those improvements which may have been suggested by experience be more beneficially applied.
A treaty of amity and commerce with the King of Prussia has been concluded and ratified. The ratifications have been exchanged, and I have directed the treaty to be promulgated by proclamation.
The difficulties which suspended the execution of the 6th article of our treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation with Great Britain have not yet been removed. The negotiation on this subject is still depending. As it must be for the interest and honor of both nations to adjust this difference with good faith, I indulge confidently the expectation that the sincere endeavors of the Government of the United States to bring it to an amicable termination will not be disappointed.
The envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary from the United States to France were received by the First Consul with the respect due to their character, and 3 persons with equal powers were appointed to treat with them. Although at the date of the last official intelligence the negotiation had not terminated, yet it is to be hoped that our efforts to effect an accommodation will at length meet with a success proportioned to the sincerity with which they have been so often repeated.
While our best endeavors for the preservation of harmony with all nations will continue to be used, the experience of the world and our own experience admonish us of the insecurity of trusting too confidently to their success. We can not, without committing a dangerous imprudence, abandon those measures of self protection which are adapted to our situation and to which, notwithstanding our pacific policy, the violence and injustice of others may again compel us to resort. While our vast extent of sea coast, the commercial and agriculture habits of our people, the great capital they will continue to trust on the ocean, suggest the system of defense which will be most beneficial to ourselves, our distance from Europe and our resources for maritime strength will enable us to employ it with effect. Seasonable and systematic arrangements, so far as our resources will justify, for a navy adapted to defensive war, and which may in case of necessity be quickly brought into use, seem to be as much recommended by a wise and true economy as by a just regard for our future tranquillity, for the safety of our shores, and for the protection of our property committed to the ocean.
The present Navy of the United States, called suddenly into existence by a great national exigency, has raised us in our own esteem, and by the protection afforded to our commerce has effected to the extent of our expectations the objects for which it was created.
In connection with a navy ought to be contemplated the fortification of some of our principal sea ports and harbors. A variety of considerations, which will readily suggest themselves, urge an attention to this measure of precaution. To give security to our principal ports considerable sums have already been expended, but the works remain incomplete. It is for Congress to determine whether additional appropriations shall be made in order to render competent to the intended purposes the fortifications which have been commenced.
The manufacture of arms within the United States still invites the attention of the National Legislature. At a considerable expense to the public this manufacture has been brought to such a state of maturity as, with continued encouragement, will supersede the necessity of future importations from foreign countries.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
I shall direct the estimates of the appropriations necessary for the ensuing year, together with an account of the public revenue and expenditure to a late period, to be laid before you. I observe with much satisfaction that the product of the revenue during the present year has been more considerable than during any former equal period. This result affords conclusive evidence of the great resources of this country and of the wisdom and efficiency of the measures which have been adopted by Congress for the protection of commerce and preservation of public credit.
Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives:
As one of the grand community of nations, our attention is irresistibly drawn to the important scenes which surround us. If they have exhibited an uncommon portion of calamity, it is the province of humanity to deplore and of wisdom to avoid the causes which may have produced it. If, turning our eyes homeward, we find reason to rejoice at the prospect which presents itself; if we perceive the interior of our country prosperous, free, and happy; if all enjoy in safety, under the protection of laws emanating only from the general will, the fruits of their own labor, we ought to fortify and cling to those institutions which have been the source of such real felicity and resist with unabating perseverance the progress of those dangerous innovations which may diminish their influence.
To your patriotism, gentlemen, has been confided the honorable duty of guarding the public interests; and while the past is to your country a sure pledge that it will be faithfully discharged, permit me to assure you that your labors to promote the general happiness will receive from me the most zealous cooperation.
Condition
Expected folds, light creates, library stamp at top right, else fine overall.
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Book is in NF condition. Spine is straight and binding is tight. DJ is GOOD condition with some shelf wear. No bookstore stamps, tags, or markings. Non-smoking & Non-pet enviroment. All orders shipped next business day USPS Priority Mail.
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UK: Websters, 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. More Educated Evans by Edgar Wallace First Edition Websters September 1926. No inscriptions, covers fine in original pictorial dust jacket. A VG+ copy.
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Middletown, CT: Isaac Riley, 1808. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. First American edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xx, [viii] diagram, 160 pages of text, [iv] index. Full calf binding, tape repaired at spine but otherwise boards would detach; usable as-is and holding together but likely in need of a rebinding. Minor foxing scattered throughout text. With notes and additions by Charles Barton of the Inner Temple. Published from the seventh London edition..
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London: Printed for M. Cooper, 1744. Collation,[2], 152, 145-150pp. Bound in full calf. Professionally rebacked retaining the original paneled boards, raised bands, leather title label. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, some occasional light browing, minor abrasion wear and repair on title page, with loss of a couple of letters. Pages in very good clean condition throughout. A very good clean copy, in a very attractive binding. A6. Full Leather. Very Good Plus. 8vo.
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China Map Publishing House, 2014-01-01. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pub Date :2014-01-01 Pages: 1 Language: Chinese. English Publisher: The second installment of hot countries world map China Map Publishing House newly published. covering most of the world's hotspots countries and regions. Content expressed administrative divisions of the various countries and regions. boundaries. transportation. tourism and other information. is needed to understand the world. the people engaged in international affairs. as well as study abroad. visit. tourism rea... Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.
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London: A. Ward, 1778. Collation,vol 1:frontispiece+168pp, vol 2:xv+161pp, vol 3:xii+166pp, vol 4:xiv+239pp, contemporary or early signature of ( Elizabeth Eamorson ) on title page of each volume. Bound in full period calf, flat gilt bands, leather title labels, decorative gilt edges to boards. Calf lightly rubbed with minor wear loss, hinge joints showing signs of wear but all boards firmly attched. Generally bindings in very good condition. Internally, minor worming to inner margin of aout 20 pages in one volume. Pages in very good condition throughout. A very nice work, in very attractive period bindings.A47. Full Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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New York: Doubleday and Company, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A perfect copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 218 pp.
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Friends of the Fitzgerald/Hemingway Annual, 1970. LIMITED EDITION. Original Wraps. Fine. Octavo. LIMITED EDITION OF 125 COPIES. THIS IS No. 49. Printed for Friends of the Fitzgerald/Hemingway Annual in 1970. Hemingway wrote for The Co-Operative Commonwealth in Chicago from Dec. 1920 into the fall of 1921. 2 pp. reproduced from a Christmas time article for Co-operative Grocery Stores. Bound in printed brown stiff wraps.
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Eugene: Author's Choice / Pulphouse Publishing Inc. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. This version is one of 50 leather bound copies signed by the author. 86 pages collecting two stories plus the author's introduction. Spine head bumped else Fine copy [this version was not issued in Dust Wrapper].; Signed by Author .
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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Book. Illus. by Rogers, Howard. Near Fine. Full-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 499 pp. Genuine leather, brown with gold accents. Moire fabric end sheets. Gilded page-ends. Slight sunning to spine, small scrape to leather at hinge. Satin ribbon page marker. B&W illustrations. Heavy, may need additional postage..
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Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, 1809. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 400 pages of text. Original unresotred mottled full calf (leather) binding with minimal shelfwear. Original maroon gilt-lettered spine label is intact. Moderate foxing scattered throughout the text, with heavy browning and foxing to several pages. Contemporary previous owner's name neatly on the front endpaper: E. M. Drinker. Besides the foxing and browning, the text is clean and unmarked, and the binding is attractive and well preserved. The title continues "...Wherein the Principles are Demonstrated, and Applied in many useful and interesting inquiries, and in the resolution of a great variety of problems of different kinds. To which is added, the geometrical construction of a great number of linear and plane problems, with the method of resolving the same numerically." This book was recommended by Thomas Jefferson and was among the 149 titles retained for his personal library..
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New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. Humorous if implausible spy thriller. Stated first edition (first printing). Hardcover, full blue cloth, green titling. Light wear, corners bumped, endsheets foxed, pencil initials, minor page cockling; jacket rubbed & torn, foxed, chipped, ½" by 3" chunk missing from lower rear panel, no loss of text.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 5½" by 7¾".
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Pasadena: Published by Karen Dawson and Susan Dawson, 1966.. A Very Good clean tight copy. Previous owner's initials and date at lower corner of front flyleaf. . Red leather hardcover. Black leather label with gilt lettering on spine.
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Paris: Chez Firmin Didot Freres, 1853. Complete in 4 volumes. Books measure 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Collation, iii,848pp, 976pp,[1]pp errata, 1008pp, 1110pp, with half titles. Bound in period quarter calf, marble boards, flat gilt bands and lettering, marble endpapers. Calf lightly rubbed, slightly wear loss on head and tail of spine on volume four, a few short splits to joints. Generally all bindings in good clean firm condition. Internally, some light spotting or browning. Pages in good clean condition. A nice set, in attractive period bindings. . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good Plus. 8vo.
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Liaoning Science and Technology Press Pub. Date :2, 2011-02-01. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pages Number: 189 Publisher : Liaoning Science and Technology Press Pub. Date :2011-02-01. watches Forum: New Form 2011 album. including: watch window; cover story; two-pronged full invincible; ring array; deconstruction; current album ; enamel color; Tao that can be extremely Road; auction review; shutter slowly tours; Reviewing the past eventful years thick; Come and learn the whole table; name Jimmy perspective; internally and externally; time photo and more. Contents: Watch ful... Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.
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UK: Scope Books Ltd., 1991. Revised for 1991-1992. Confidential Registered Copy No. 8699. Dr. William G. Hill J.D. - Investigator and Consultant. The Table of Contents contain twelve parts each giving numerous chapters on the subject. Part I; Why You Need a Second Passport - Part II: How To Get Your Second Passport - Part III: Vital Statistics - Part IV: Specific Countries Examined in Detail - Part V: New Countries, Oddball Situations, Tax Havens - Part VI: Back Doors, etc. An informative body of work. Impressive padded leather boards. Gilt title print remains extremely bright. An immaculate copy.. ISBN: 0-906619-19-X. Sixth Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Passports + Tax Havens + Case Histories + Travel Diocuments + Duel Nationality + Fraud + Vital Statistics.
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Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 2016-04-01. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pub Date: 2016-04-01 Pages: 44 Language: Chinese Publisher: Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House cicada mountain stone turned edition more ancient. Xi'an Forest of Stone Tablets. Changan this Year * early * inscription fine. calligraphy is recognized as a good copy. Qing Sun retreat Valley Boxer Summer in mind. said a commentary: Xu Xuan G Mountain Ming ...... Spirit Yi Feng Attendants since that was thought at the occasion of Heaven. benign and non-too also formerly known as Xu... Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.
