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Glasgow: James Hedderwick & Son, 1837. From the Fourth Boston Edition. Morocco-backed marbled boards. Duodecimo. 52 pages. Original pamphlet from 1837 in an attractive modern binding. Fine condition overall.. Channing was a prominent Unitarian clergyman and very much opposed to the annexation of Texas, which he believed would in essence amount to a deliberate spreading of slavery in the nation. Channing blamed slavery and speculation for what he saw as the unjust Texas Revolution.<br /> <br /> Ref. SABIN 11912.

Washington: E. A. Waters, 1861. Wrappers. Octavo. 13 pages. Near Fine. President James Buchanan declared January 4, 1861 a national day of fasting and prayer in an effort to calm both sides in the brewing secession crisis. This was the earnest sermon preached by Reverend Chew to his flock in Prince George's County, Maryland on that day. He here argues "that it was God who gave to our forefathers the wisdom to construct this government...[and] that though it may occasionally need repairs, those repairs should be made calmly, dispassionately, with circumspection and with caution; and that it is entirely too sacred a fabric to lightly and needlessly destroyed. Certain it is that if it is once destroyed, its place will never again be supplied. " Bound in printed paper covers over a saddle-stitched binding. Covers have a few chips along spine and edges, top fore corner of rear cover is chipped away.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1932. Early printing. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [i]-[viii], 1-289 pages. Very good in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine titled in gilt. Two prior owner bookplates on front pastedown and front free endpaper, respectively. Minor edge wear to book and jacket. Ink spotch to fore edge of textblock.. A collection of alternative histories of famous events and people, proposed by the likes of G. K. Chesterton, Emil Ludwig, Hilaire Belloc, Harold Nicolson, and, of course, Winston Churchill. <br /> <br /> Contributions include such speculations as: "If Byron had Become King of Greece," "If Drouet's Cart had Stuck," "If Napoleon had Escaped to America," "If Booth had Missed Lincoln," and "If it had been Discovered in 1930 that Bacon Really Did Write Shakespeare." <br /> <br /> Churchill's contribution, titled "If Lee had not Won the… Read More

Fulton: Westminster College, 1946. Stapled wraps. Quarto. [24 pages]. Covers have a few slight extremity rubs, otherwise near fine.. Black and white photographs. Here is the rare first appearance of Winston Churchill's speech "The Sinews of Peace," in which he first used the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the Soviet Union's establishment of control over Eastern Europe immediately following World War II. <br /> <br /> Mr. Churchill had been invited to Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, by its President, Franc Lewis McClure--through President Truman--to deliver the college's John Findley Green Foundation Lecture for 1946. The program of events for the day is covered here, including several photographs. President Truman and Mr. Churchill were both given honorary degrees from Westminster, and their individual remarks in response are also included herein.<br /> <br /> Churchill's "Iron Curtain" phrase brilliantly described the… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First US Edition. Full cloth. Octavo. xvi, 381 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Bound in purple cloth over boards, light rubs to spine ends and fore corner tips, prior owner bookplate on front free endpaper. Jacket is price-clipped, has light soiling, chipping along top and bottom edges of spine and along top edge of rear panel, with the top corner of rear flap clipped away.. Maps and plans, some folding. Winston Churchill's detailed military history of the operations directed by Lord Kitchener on the Upper Nile between April 1896 and November 1899. Churchill was a participant in the decisive battle of Omdurman, and wrote this account while still a young cavalry officer. Originally published in 1899 in two volumes. This new edition has a new Introduction by Churchill. This Scribner's edition is surprisingly uncommon, with only 1,040 copies printed.

New York: Charles Magnus, 1864. Single leaf approximately 5" x 8. Near fine condition with a small chip to top right corner.. Hand-colored lithograph headpiece. Patriotic Union Civil War song sheet with three verses, beginning: <br /> <br /> "Draw comrades draw the bright sabre again,<br /> Let the crack of rifle for ever be heard..."<br /> <br /> The hand-colored headpiece is a view of the City of Richmond from across the James River, with the Confederate Capitol prominently in the center (Magnus 61, per Wolf). <br /> <br /> Charles Magnus was a German immigrant printing entrepreneur who produced city views as well as views of camps and hospitals during the Civil War. He is well known for his postal covers and song sheets as well. <br /> <br /> Ref. WOLF 656.

(baltimore): (Day Printing Company), 1933. First Edition. Original cloth. Octavo. [ii], 107 pages. Near fine. Black and White Photographic Plates. History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the north Baltimore neighborhood of Waverly. The church was founded by Dr. A. W. Rudisill in 1871. This charming narrative is filled with anecdotes about the church and the neighborhood in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many names are mentioned, making it an interesting genealogical reference. Includes a list of pastors, their time at the church, their annual salary, etc. Chapters on the Waverly Spelling Club and the Boy Scout Troop at Waverly. SIGNED by Anna Cole at top edge of front free endpaper. Uncommon Baltimore title. Bound in maroon cloth over boards with upper board titled in gilt. Light rubs to extremities, head of spine has a touch of fraying, spine faintly faded, a few minor spots to upper board. Clean and sound with solid hinges.

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1941. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 351 pages. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Some sections of mild browning to endpapers, slight fading to cloth along spine and top edges of boards, small bookseller tag at lower inner margin of front free endpaper. Jacket has a minor bit of staining to lower edge of rear panel, a rubbed hole along a 1/2" section of lower fore edge fold, and a few other minor rubs. Clean, sound, and bright overall.. Dust jacket art by Eric Fraser. A collection of short stories by John Collier, a master of the weird tale. Here are two dozen "astonishing and memorable accounts of the ways in which the normal individual may run afoul of the bizarre, the occult, and the openly fiendish." This British first edition sports the uncommon and striking dust jacket by Eric Fraser. <br /> <br /> John Collier was an English writer who spent much time in Hollywood writing for film and television. His… Read More

Brooklyn: Theo. Gaus, Ltd, 1977. First Edition. Full cloth. Octavo. xii, 315 pages. Fine. History and reminiscences of sailing, yacht clubs, and yacht racing around Long Island Sound. Anecdotes of the Larchmont, Port Washington, Knickerbocker, American, Riverside, and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht clubs. MORRIS & HOWLAND p. 33. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Cooper on front free endpaper. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board titles. Tiny extremity rubs. . No dust jacket.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. x, 671 pages. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Slight fading to jacket spine and front panel.. Robert Creeley was an important poetic voice in post-World War II American literature. This collection gathers his poetry of thirty years, exhibiting his development and the singular inventiveness that made him a master of modern poetry. <br /> <br /> This copy is signed by Creeley under an inscription dated 2002.

Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. Limited Edition, one of 200 copies. Hardcover. Small octavo. 25 pages. Fine. This is one of 200 copies signed by Crumley. A wonderful fragment, a least some of which went on to become "Mexican Tree Duck. ". Issued without a dust jacket.

Havana: Francisco Rojo Garcia, 1940. Single sheet. 25 1/8" x 35 1/4", folds into 5" x 8 3/4" printed covers. Map and folder show very little wear. There is some light browning to top left margin of the map from its adhesive attachment to the covering folder, which affects the edges of two border vignettes but not the map itself.. Color map, monochrome vignettes. A very attractive map of Havana, printed in blue and yellow, bordered photographic vignettes of important buildings and sites in monochrome. Reverse has a complete road map of the Island of Cuba in black and white. Folder covers printed in color with the seal of the City of Havana, flags of the United States and Cuba, and a welcome message to "Friends from the North." A wonderful souvenir from the heyday of Cuban tourism from the United States.