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FDR's Fireside Chats
by Buhite, Russell D. & Levy, David W. (edited by)
Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press. 1992. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light rubbing to front of dustjacket. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 326 pages. The texts of the thirty-one Fireside Chats with essays which outline the context and the importance of FDR in American political history. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$25.00
At Home with the Presidents
by Blodgett, Bonnie & D.J. Price
New York: Overlook Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 256 pages. 125 black and white photographs and drawings, and fifty-eight color photographs. Index. An architectural and social tour. Bookplate.
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A$54.91
EBEN F. PILLSBURY'S RECORD! AS WRITTEN WITH HIS OWN PEN
by [Maine]
[[Augusta?, 1866. [4] pp. Folded. Caption title, as issued. Printed in two columns per page. Lightly foxed and worn, Good+. Pillsbury, the Democrats' candidate for Governor of Maine, had been editor of the Farmington Patriot during the Civil War. His editorial comments-- expressing "disloyal sentiments during the very crisis of his country's fate"-- disqualify him from public office. Pillsbury "charged Mr. Lincoln with deception and falsehood," called the draft unconstitutional, and otherwise...
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The Hermitage Home of Old Hickory
by Horn, Stanley Fitzgerald
Richmond: Garrett & Massie, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth. Very good in ragged dust wrapper. 225 pp. 8vo, forty-one illustrations and four drawings. Index. KARPEL B960. "According to Talbot Hamlin, this is `an adequate monograph on an important house, largely from the historical point of view,' with good illustrations of the house.
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A$47.06
THE UTICA CONVENTION. VOICE OF NEW-YORK!! PROCEEDINGS OF THE UTICA CONVENTION, FEBRUARY 16, 1848, WITH THE SPEECHES OF JOHN VAN BUREN, GEORGE RATHBUN, &C. "FREE TRADE, FREE LABOR, FREE SOIL, FREE SPEECH AND FREE MEN.
by [Free Soil Party]
Albany: Albany Atlas-Extra-, 1848. 32pp, printed in double columns. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. This historic Convention, precursor to the Free Soil Party's nomination in June of Martin Van Buren, was chaired by his son John. It was a gathering of New York Democrats who opposed the Deep South's domination of their Party, after the Mexican Cession had brought the question of slavery in the territories to the forefront of national politics. Proclaiming that they will no longer...
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MILITARY REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA & MARYLAND, UNDER GENERALS JOHN C. FREMONT, N.P. BANKS, IRWIN MCDOWELL, FRANZ SIGEL, JOHN POPE, JAMES S. WADSWORTH, WM. H. HALLECK AND GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN. IN 1862, BY...A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUTURE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
by Petersen, Fred'k A
New York: Tousey, 1862. 55pp, stitched in original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Lightly foxed, Very Good. [with] MILITARY REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA & MARYLAND...PART II. 1863. 69, [3 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Wraps dusted, else Very Good. Nevins says these two pamphlets are a "passionate, one-sided defense of McClellan; of little use, except as a lawyer's brief reflecting the strong feelings of the times."...
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THE VOTES AND SPEECHES OF MARTIN VAN BUREN, ON THE SUBJECTS OF THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE, THE QUALIFICATIONS OF COLOURED PERSONS TO VOTE, AND THE APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
by [Van Buren, Martin]
Albany: Printed by Thurlow Weed, 1840. 24pp. Disbound without wrappers, bit of minor corner wear, else Very Good. This pamphlet was printed in response to an inquiry from Greer W. Davis of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. A prominent and long-lived member of the Missouri Bar, Davis was "the last of the territorial lawyers," working up to his death in 1878. [III Houck, A History of Missouri 24, 32-33. Chicago: 1908]. Deciding whether to support Van Buren's re-election to the presidency, he asks New York's...
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AN ADDRESS TO THE INDEPENDENT CITIZENS OF MASSACHUSETTS, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE APPROACHING ELECTION. EXHIBITING A VIEW OF THE LEADING MEASURES OF THE JEFFERSON & MADISON ADMINISTRATIONS
by [Massachusetts]
Worcester: Published at the Spy Office, 1810. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed. Scattered foxing. Title page with a closed blank margin tear and chipped blank inner margin [no text affected]. Ownership stamp, "Charles D. Boynton" at blank bottom margin of title page. Good+. The anonymous author hopes to redeem the body politic from its "present corrupted state," and to heal its "political leprosy." The party of Jefferson and Madison, allied with our Massachusetts rulers, "have availed themselves...
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, OCTOBER 29, 1917, TREASURY SECRETARY WILLIAM McADOO: "MY DEAR FRIEND- EVERY ONE IS TALKING OF YOU AND YOUR SUCCESS WITH THE LOAN - IT WAS A GREAT UNDERTAKING, AND ONE THAT WILL LIVE IN HISTORY. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU. WE MUST GET TOGETHER WHEN I RETURN. I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO TELL YOU - AND ALL GOOD. WITH LOVE FOR EACH, I AM YOURS AFFECTIONATELY, E.M. HOUSE. OCTOBER 29TH, 1917.
by House, Edward Mandell
Written on stationery with letterhead, PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM THE ST. LOUISAN THE NEW YORKER ['PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM' is crossed out and 'House' is written above it in blue pencil]. 5" x 6.5". Octavo leaf, folded to four pages, printed on rectos only. Light mark left from paperclip at head of letter. Old horizontal fold. Very Good. House's letter probably refers to the second Liberty Loan Act, passed in early October 1917, after the first such Act in April 1917. It sought to raise three billion dollars...
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HOW COLUMBIA RECEIVES McCLELLAN'S SALUTATION FROM THE CHICAGO PLATFORM
by [Election of 1864]
[New York, 1864. Broadside wood engraving, oblong 9-5/8" x 7-7/8". Blank verso uniformly toned, Very Good. "Columbia repudiates Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan's endorsement of the platform devised at the August 1864 Democratic convention in Chicago. The text below the picture provides the dialogue, descriptive notes, and identification of the main characters... Columbia: 'What a shame that a man who was educated at my expense, and whom I have since honored and petted, should...
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THE SOFTS THE TRUE DEMOCRACY OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. MAY 25TH, 1856
by New York Democratic Party
New York, 1856. 72pp. Disbound, light dusting and foxing, light wear. Good+. A scarce explanation of New York's arcane, hard-fought feuds within the Democratic Party: "Hards" vs. "Softs," "Hunkers" vs. "Barnburners." As the slavery crisis heated, New York Democrats who inclined toward the Free Soil policies of Martin Van Buren came to be known as Barnburners, because they allegedly would destroy the Party [burn the barn down] in their zeal to defeat slavery. "Regular" Democrats were "Hunkers," for...
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 9 MARCH 1835, FROM WASHINGTON, TO WILLIAM OR FRANCIS BAYLIES, DISCUSSING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, POLITICAL MATTERS, AND PERSONAL SENTIMENTS
by Wool, John E
Folio sheet, folded to 4pp, about 25 lines of ink manuscript on each pages [1] and [2]. Final leaf is blank. One archivally repaired short closed tear [no loss], Very Good. When he wrote this informative Letter, Brigadier General Wool, the Army's Inspector-General, was on official business in Washington. During the course of Wool's long career-- which included service in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War-- he earned a well-deserved reputation as an extraordinarily capable soldier and...
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The American Presidency A Glorious Burden
by Bunch III, Lonnie G. et al
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 187 pages. 11 x 9 ". Lavishly illustrated in color and black and white: a collective memory of the American presidency.
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A$39.22
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL RELATIONS IN REGARD TO THE CALLING OF A SOVEREIGN CONVENTION
by [Maryland]
Frederick, Md.: E.S. Riley, Printer, 1861. [Document F] BY THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. May 9, 1861. 22, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. This Report is a significant piece on the Civil War's opening in Maryland. The first serious bloodshed of the War occurred when a mob of Baltimoreans attacked Massachusetts troops on their way to defend Washington. Lincoln ordered the arrest of many of that city's leading citizens, who watched the war from the inside of Fort McHenry. Here the Committee deplores...
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ABSTRACT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
by [Harrison, William Henry]
Boston: Engraved by E. Tappan & A.C. Warren, 39 State St., 1840. Broadside, 4-1/2" x 5-3/4". With a head-and-shoulders cut of Harrison in military uniform; another of Harrison at his plow [his famous log cabin in the background]; and two other engravings of Harrison astride his horse with sword in hand, performing valiant military feats. Text [a 40-line biography of Harrison, in small type] surrounded by decorative border. Blank left margin spotted, else Very Good. A rare broadside biography of...
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BANGOR, OCTOBER -- 1848. DEAR SIR: WE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED A COMMITTEE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MAINE, INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF PENOBSCOT, PISCATAQUIS, HANCOCK, WASHINGTON AND AROOSTOK, TO CORRESPOND WITH OUR FRIENDS AND TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ELECTION ON THE SEVENTH OF NOVEMBER..
by [Election of 1848]
[Bangor?, 1848. Folio sheet, folded to 7-3/4" x 10". Printed on first page only; second page blank; third page with a manuscript letter urging the recipient [whose last name is Chandler] to campaign vigorously for the Taylor-Whig ticket. Very Good. A plea to get out the vote for Taylor. "If Gen. Taylor is elected, he will be elected by the free and spontaneous action of the people uninfluenced by money or corruption...The signs are auspicious-- all that is wanted is union, activity and organization."...
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WHEREFORE CHANGE?" MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED REASONS WHY WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON SHOULD AND WILL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRACY, FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN PREFERENCE TO MARTIN VAN BUREN. BY A WORKINGMAN
by Workingman, A
Boston: Printed by Tuttle, Dennett & Chisholm, 1840. 16pp, stitched as issued. Light scattered foxing, Good+. 119 reasons, to be precise. The Jacksonian Era has created an "imperial" presidency; Harrison will restore the office to its proper role. "There is no republicanism in Van Burenism." Corrupt characters populate the Van Buren Administration; Harrison is the ideal of simple republicanism. Cronin & Wise 151 [Harrison]. AI 40-4754 [5]. Not in Miles.
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UNITED STATES, 22d JANUARY, 1794. GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE, AND OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I FORWARD TO YOU, EXTRACTS FROM THE LAST ADVICES FROM OUR MINISTER IN LONDON; AS BEING CONNECTED WITH COMMUNICATIONS ALREADY MADE. GO: WASHINGTON
by [Pinckney, Charles]
[Philadelphia: Childs & Swaine?, 1794. 4pp. Disbound a bit roughly, toned, light wear. Good+. Pinckney, America's Minister to London, reports on Britain's responses to American complaints of interference with neutral American vessels during the latest French-English war. Despite British assurances, Pinckney says that "I do not perceive any symptoms of relaxation," a situation which "cannot but create dissatisfaction." Evans 27922. ESTC W29638.
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GEN. DAN. E. SICKLES. MY DEAR COMRADE..
by Republican Club of Massachusetts
[Boston?, 1896. Narrow broadside, printed on card stock, title and text beneath a photo illustration of Civil War General Daniel Sickles, resplendent in his medal-decorated uniform. Very Good. Sickles, who lost a leg at Gettysburg, endorses Republican presidential candidate William McKinley. "I know Major McKinley very well. He is a man of rectitude and honor... I shall give a patriotic vote for my comrade, Major McKinley, believing that in so doing I am repeating what I did in '64, when, as a war...
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GRATITUDE TO HANCOCK- PARDON TO THE CONFEDERATES- OBLIVION TO SECTIONALISM. ADDRESS BY J.W. FORNEY, IN THE FIRST WARD, PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12TH, 1880
by Forney, J.W
[Philadelphia?, 1880. 8pp. Disbound, caption title as issued. Upper blank margin slightly shaves a few page numbers [no text affected]. Good+. Forney says that Hancock is the man to unite the country, after the brutal Civil War and the divisive Reconstruction. "No quick reconstruction of this Union was possible after so dislocating a destruction. We could not attain peace by ordinary legislation. We could not attain it under the policy of Andrew Johnson. We could not attain it under the carpet-bag...
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PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S "LAST PUBLIC ADDRESS," THE EVENING OF 11 APRIL 1865, PRINTED IN THE NEW-YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1865
by Lincoln, Abraham
New York, 1865. Elephant Folio. 8pp. Each page printed in six columns. Uncut at top edge. Very Good. A contemporary hand has written in pencil at the top blank margin, "His last Proclamation. Keep this Paper." This was Lincoln's "Last Public Address" [Abraham Lincoln Online]. This issue of the Times, appearing the following day, is a strong candidate for its earliest printing. His Speech discloses Lincoln's most recent thoughts on Reconstruction, the War having virtually ended by the surrender of Lee's...
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COLLECTION OF FORTY-EIGHT PORTRAIT ENGRAVINGS OF UNION AND CONFEDERATE LEADERS IN CARTE-DE-VISITE FORMAT, INSERTED INTO A PERIOD ALBUM
by [Civil War]
[New York: Elias Dexter; one by L. Prang, 1863. Forty-eight handsome portrait engravings of important Civil War figures, including Lincoln and Cabinet members, Union Army and Navy leaders, Jefferson Davis, and others. Each mounted within a decorative stiff card frame with gilt border. Portraits are clear and clean, most with an identifying slip [the slips are loose and not pasted to the engravings], only one or two with some light wear to picture. They are preceded by a decorative title page. Bound in...
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African Game Trails; An Account Of The African Wanderings Of An American Hunter-Naturalist
by Roosevelt, Theodore
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth lettered in gilt. Very good. 529 pages. 24.5 x 17 cm. First trade edition with Scribner seal verso of title pages. Illustrated from photographs (all with lettered tissue guards) by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and from drawings by Philip P. Goodwin. Appendices. Interior contents fresh, rubbing to backstrip foot and chip to head.
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A$462.80
A TRAITOR'S PEACE!
by [Republican Party] New York Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association
New York: Published by the N.Y. Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association, 1864. Folio broadside, 12-3/8" x 19." Light foxing and minor wear, Very Good. At the bottom: "Printed also for the Loyal Publication Society, 863 Broadway, N.Y. PLEASE POST THIS UP." This dramatic broadside, signed at the end in bold type by "A Democratic Workingman," urges his fellow Workingmen to shun "A Traitor's Peace. . . Let the ballot-box tell the story of your patriotism, and your resolve not to be the 'white...
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LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT "A. LINCOLN | LIKENESS FROM A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH FROM LIFE" BY ALONZO CHAPPEL
by [Lincoln, Abraham]
New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., Publishers, 1862. Broadside, 7-1/4" x 10-1/2", portrait area 5-1/2" x 7-1/2". Handcolored line and stipple lithograph depicting a full length portrait of a bearded Abraham Lincoln seated beside a table in front of a heavy drape, holding a book of the Constitution with both hands in his lap, torn newspapers at his feet with the headlines "Secession" and "Southern Confederacy." "Painted By Alonzo Chappel" directly beneath image followed by facsimile signature and caption,...
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