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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1864. First printing. Cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 196, 8 (ads) pages. Near fine. Extra engraved title page, 1 map. An important firsthand account by a woman who experienced the siege of Vicksburg by Union forces in 1863. <br /> <br /> Ref. Nevins vol II, p. 195.

New York: John A. Gray, Printer, 1860. Wrappers. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. 29 pages. Very Good. Small pamphlet with original printed wrappers over a sewn binding. Some light overall soil, covers split along lower 1" of spine.. Correspondence related to accusations of libel made by Gerrit Smith against Royal Phelps and Watts Sherman of the New York Democratic Vigilant Association. The dispute arose from the latter publishing a "Manifesto" in which it was alleged that Gerrit Smith had full prior knowledge of John Brown's plan at Harper's Ferry. That Smith was well acquainted with and had supported Brown was not disputed, but Smith denied knowing Brown's plans for a bloody uprising.

New York: Aero Club of America, 1919. Broadside. 8.5" x 14". Printed both sides. Near fine, with two fold creases and a tiny chip to a lower corner.. Scarce entry form for the $25,000 Ortieg Cross-Atlantic Flight Prize, which was ultimately won by Charles Lindbergh in 1927. Augustus Post of the Aero Club of America approached hotelier Raymond Orteig to sponsor the prize, which he did. The prize was to be awarded to any aviator who completed a non-stop flight between New York and Paris, in either direction, within 5 years of the announcement of the prize in May, 1919. <br /> <br /> When 5 years passed without a serious attempt, Orteig renewed the prize for another 5 years. This time several prominent and well-financed competitors emerged--several of whom were killed, crashed, or lost at sea. None was successful until the obscure and under-funded Lindbergh touched down outside of Paris after a 33 1/2 hour solo flight from New York's Roosevelt Field.<br /> <br… Read More

Skagway: Case & Draper, 1899. Photograph is 4 3/4" x 6 3/4", mounted on thin board of 7" x 9. Very good. Some light rubs and stains to edges of mount, other mild stains on rear of mount, none affecting the image.. Lovely photograph showing a string of 30 trout caught on the Skagway River, April 20, 1899. The fishermen, posing at each end of the string, are F. F. Clark and Charles Walker, with numerous other men standing in the street. Business signs that can be read include beer, dentistry, outfitters, etc. Skagway was a Klondike boom town, though the gold rush stampede had moved to Nome by the time of this image. A contemporaneous newspaper clipping describing the fishing exploit pictured is affixed to the back of the mount.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1870. Early printings. Cloth over boards. Duodecimos. 341 (+ads) and 359 (+ads) pages. Very good condition. Both volumes have been expertly rebacked, retaining the spines, boards, and endpapers. Bound in brick red cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spines and upper boards. Modest extremity rubs. Bindings solid.. Black and white illlustrations. The classic coming-of-age novel about four sisters in New England during the Civil War, by Louisa May Alcott. These are early printings of both volumes, within a year of each one's first printing. The first volume has no statement of "Part One" on the spine, and does have the note regarding publication of "Part Second" on page 341. Second volume has "Part Second" on the spine and the note regarding "Part First" on page iv. A very appealing and sturdy set of this American literary classic. <br /> <br /> Ref. BAL 158 & 159.

New Haven: Connecticut Branch, W. O. N. P. R., 1933. Broadside. 7" x 10 1/4. Single sheet printed on one side. Slight age toning. Fine condition.. This is an original handbill from a major women's group soliciting votes to repeal Prohibition in 1933.<br /> <br /> Women's organizations--particularly the Women's Christian Temperance Union--are strongly associated with passage of the 18th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution and the national ban on alcoholic beverages it brought in 1919. The major role women played in getting Prohibition repealed is not as widely recognized, however.<br /> <br /> This handbill was issued by the Connecticut Branch of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (W.O.N.P.R.). The W.O.N.P.R. was organized in 1929 by women who could no longer ignore the destructive (if unintended) consequences of Prohibition. <br /> <br /> Here voters are asked to vote for ratification of the 21st Amendment, reminding them… Read More

[Chicago]: Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, 1930. Single sheets. 6 1/8" x 9 1/8. Each broadside is mildly age-toned, all have creases from folding along the short dimension, two have light stains, and two have tiny chips at ends of a fold crease. Fine condition overall.. Women in the early 20th century were assumed to favor Prohibition, and indeed had been a powerful force--in the form of the Women's Christian Temperance Union--in getting it passed. By the late 1920s, however, Pauline Morton Sabin could not ignore Prohibition's very destructive (if unintended) consequences. She founded the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform in 1929 to fight for repeal, and within a year had attracted 100,000 members. The WONPR quickly became the nation's largest anti-Prohibition organization. It's goal achieved by passage of the 21st Amendment in December, 1933, the organization disbanded. <br /> <br /> These four data and statistics… Read More

London: Luke Hansard & Sons, 1812. Second edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavos. xxxii, 344 and [iv], 499 pages. Dark brown blind embossed ribbed cloth over boards, with gilt-stamped spine titles, yellow endpapers. Handsome bookplate on each front pastedown (see further description below). Some shallow chipping at spine ends and in a couple of places along joints. Splitting of cloth at top 1 1/2" of both joints on volume II, though boards and hinges remain firmly attached. Interiors bright and clean. A near fine set overall.. Thomas Twining had produced the first useable English translation of Aristotle's Poetics in 1789. This is the second edition of 1812, edited by his nephew. <br /> <br /> This 2-volume set has an attractive armorial bookplate bearing the name "Hoar" on the front pastedown of each volume. According to a pencilled notation on the rear pastedown of volume I, the set was owned by George Frisbie Hoar, Abolitionist, Radical Republican, and… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii, 307, [blank], viii pages. Bound in green cloth over boards with yellow and red title and illustration blocked on spine and upper board, pale yellow topstain. Old adhesive residue on front pastedown, mostly hidden by front jacket flap. Minor extremity rubs, quarter-sized dampstain to top edge of textblock. Jacket has edge chipping up to 1/4" deep at spine ends and edges of front panel. Separation along lower 2 1/2" of front panel fore edge fold. Still an attractive, overall very good copy in a good dust jacket.. Black and white plates. Biography of the Temperance firebrand, Carry Nation, whose signature was attacking liquor kegs with a hatchet.<br /> <br /> This copy is signed by the author and has a printed "Seasons Greetings" card from him and his wife laid in.

(S.l.): (S.n.), 1920. Cloth over boards with vellum spine and fore corners. Folio. 100 pages [and] 127 pages [and] 113 pages. Fine. bound in green cloth over boards with spine and fore corners in vellum; Gitl-stamped spine label has a patch of wear to lower right quadrant, else book and binding fine.. Diagrams, some tipped in photographic illustrations. Three instructive texts, all in Italian, concerning the accurate use of mounted machine guns and the dropping of bombs from airplanes. These are World War I era or shortly after. There are numerous diagrams, graphs, and formulae. The text appears to be produced by mimeography. Some of the illustrations are tipped in photographs of diagrams and calculations.