Search Results: Authors starting with I from Classic Books and Ephemera

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/good. xx, [2], 116, [2] p.; 21 cm. Light grey cloth with white and green spine and cover titles. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: closed 1-cm. tear from upper edge of front section; crease along upper edge of front section; lightly rubbed and soiled; slightly sunned along upper edge.

Munich: C. H. Beck, 1985. Paperback. Near Fine. Zweite Auflage (2nd ed.). 247, [1] p.: illustrations, charts; 22 cm. Paperback. In Near Fine Condition: upper page edges slightly soiled; edges lightly rubbed; otherwise, clean and tight.

Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/very good +. xx, [2], 286 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red cloth with black spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Black endpapers. The author "examines key incidents of lynching, kidnapping, flogging, tarring an feathering, and forced deportation" in Tampa from 1882 to 1936, concluding that "Tampa's elite orchestrated the violence against immigrants, blacks, radicals, and union organizers to enforce dominant values and conserve the prevailing distribution of power." -- dust jacket. Book is in Very Good Condition: several page corners creased; ink inderlining on one page; minor marginal notations on a few pages; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: small puncture along back joint; clean and bright.

Albany, NY: Albany News Co, 1877. Pamphlet. Good. 15 p.; 23 cm. Wrapper included in pagination. Wrapper title. This edition of a popular lecture by American lawyer, author, and orator Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) includes interjections reflecting the audience response throughout (for example, "Applause," and "Prolonged laughter and roars"). It also includes a synopsis of a serman by Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), which is discussed by Ingersoll. Very scarce. In Good Condition: lacking stitching; wrapper is lightly soiled, starting to separate, with minor edge chipping; otherwise, clean and solid.

Boston: J. P. Mendum, 1874. Paperback. Very Good. 26 p.; 23 cm. Front wrapper included in pagination. Wrapper title. A popular lecture by American lawyer, author, and orator Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899), which includes: "A believer is a songless bird in a cage, a Freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wings." (p. 18) Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: minor chipping to wrapper edges; closed 1-cm. tear from lower edge of front wrapper; back wrapper is lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and solid.

Philadelphia: s.n., 1850. Pamphlet. Very Good -. 8 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "24" in ink at upper right-hand corner of first page. Caption title. Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862) was a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia. In this opinion he argues that the city of Philadelphia did not have the authority to extend the railroad over the Schuylkill River on the existing Market Street bridge. The city nevertheless used the existing Permanent Bridge to bring the railroad across the river to the city. Very scarce. In Very Good- Condition: disbound; last leaf is partially detached; minimal foxing; otherwise, clean.

East Aurora, N.Y.: Roycrofters, 1906. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 59, [3] p., 2 leaves of plates signed "Schneider"; 22 cm. Olive green suede over card boards with gilt-stamped title on front board within smooth calf decorated rectangle; yapp edges. Light green silk lining inside of each board. Top page edges gilt. Light green ribbon bookmark. Printed on watermarked Roycroft paper. The portrait of Ingersoll is not bound in as a frontispiece but rather precedes the first page of text. Small Roycrofter's label on back free endpaper with handwritten number "3725" inside. In Near Fine- Condition: spine and edges are slightly brown; loss at lower corner of front cover; otherwise, clean and crisp.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. 256, 4 p.: frontispiece and 20 leaves of illustrations included in pagination; 17 cm. Publisher's olive green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; red and black illustration on spine and front cover. Publisher's catalog of books for boys and girls on 4 pages following text. Although known primarily for writing about nature, American naturalist and writer Ernest Ingersoll here presents the adventures of three boys and one girl who travel over the ice of Lake Erie to reach Cleveland. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; slightly cocked; "Library" in red pencil on front free endpaper; title page stained; otherwise, clean and tight.

S.l.: s.n., 1849. Pamphlet. Very Good -. 61 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "23" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. In lower half of title page: "by Charles Ingersoll." No publication information. Charles Ingersoll (1805-1882) was the son of Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), both lawyers in Philadelphia. Charles Ingersoll was the author of several other publications on legal matters. Although opposed by the author of this publication, whether Charles Ingersoll or another, the joint resolution led to an amendment of the Pennsylvania constitution in 1850 introducing the elective judiciary to the state. In the upper right-hand corner of the title page is the partially cropped signature of Craig Biddle (1823-1910), who was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1850 and later a judge. Marginal notations in ink by Biddle, and others in pencil, possibly by another hand. Unfortunately, both the… Read More

London: Freethought Publishing Co, 1899. Paperback. Good +. 47 p.; 18 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Back wrapper has publisher's advertisement for works by Ingersoll. Number stamped in gutter of page [3]. In 1887 American lawyer, author, and orator Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) was involved in a debate on religion with several other authors published in the North American Review. Eventually British statesman William Gladstone (1809-1898) replied to Ingersoll and then Ingersoll replied to Gladstone. Here the Freethought Publishing Co. publishes Ingersoll's response. Very scarce. In Good+ Condition: lacking front wrapper; back wrapper is detached but present; otherwise, clean and solid.

Selinsgrove, PA: Joseph F. Ingham, 1953. Pamphlet. Fine. [12] p.; 24 cm. Green wrapper printed in dark green; stapled. Produced by the Selinsgrove Centennial Pageant Committee for the town's centennial. The author, Joseph F. Ingham, was an attorney in Selinsgrove, Pa., and taught law at Dickinson School of Law. The production included music composed by Paul Jones, J. Howard Burns, and Kathryn Mull, performed by Swope's Blue Ribbon Band and various singers. Scarce. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Washington, D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1884. Paperback. Very Good. 25 p.; 23 cm. Disbound from larger volume. Caption title. Letter to the U. S. Senate concerning the distribution of $300,000 appropriated to the Cherokee Nation and the protection of Delaware and Shawnee adopted into the Nation. Includes the text of the July 19, 1866, treaty under President Andrew Johnson. In Very Good Condition: lacking stitching; clean and solid.

New York: Catholic Book Exchange, 1894. Paperback. Good. [2], 12 p.; 24 cm. Red-brown wrapper with wrapper title. Presumably speaking before an organization of Civil War veterans, Bishop John Ireland (1838-1918) reflects on patriotism during and after the American Civil War. He had served as chaplain of the Fifth Minnesota Regiment from 1861 to 1863 and later was Chaplain in Chief of the G.A.R. Very scarce. In Good Condition: chipping at edges of wrapper; light soiling on wrapper; otherwise, clean and solid.

London: Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1824. Hardcover. Very Good -. Published anonymously; attributed to William Henry Ireland, forger of Shakespeare. 2 volumes: frontispiece portraits; 23 cm. 19th-century half calf binding with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled spine title, "Memoirs of Henry the Great," and decoration. Attributed to Lucy Aikin by the owner, as "Aikin" is gilt-tooled on both spines. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers matching boards. Bookdealer's label on front fixed endpaper of each volume for Mawson, Swan, & Morgan of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Former owner's engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper of each volume for Richard Ormond of Tynemouth. This bookplate is #187 in the Grolier Club exhibition catalog of angling book plates (1918), after Thomas Bewick, based on the John Anderson, Jr., plate. Frontispiece portrait of Henry in vol. 1; double frontispiece of song "Charmante… Read More

Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. xi, [1], 436 p.; 24 cm. Blue cloth with with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The cases involving three Japanese Americans seeking justice in the 1980s after suffering interment during World War Two: Minoru Yasui, Fred Korematsu, and Gordon Hirabayashi. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: former owner's name on front free endpaper; 2 leaves in the Introduction are creased; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: price-clipped; edges rubbed; clean and bright.

London: George Routledge & Co, 1850. Hardcover. Very Good -. x, 214 p.; viii, 263, [1] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over board. Five spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled flowers in lower three compartments. All page edges speckled red. Lives of the Successors of Mahomet is the second edition. Inscription dated 1850 on front free endpaper partially erased and then covered with a blank strip of paper (presumably by a later owner). Similar, without a date, at head of title page with the blank strip of paper covering the "The" in the title. In Very Good- Condition: lacking leather from head of spine; lacking leather spine label from second compartment; edges are rubbed; clean and tight.

New York: N. and J. White, 1834. Hardcover. Good +. 4, 218 p., frontispiece and 3 additional leaves of illustrations; 15 cm. Dark green leather spine with gilt-stamped spine title: Irving's Columbus. Green paper over boards printed within decorative board on each board. Publisher's advertisement on back board. First 4 pages contain recommendations and reviews of the book. Includes study questions for each chapter. "T. Pearse" written in an old hand on front free endpaper and at head of title page. In Good+ Condition: rubbed, with loss of paper at corners and along spine; stain along upper edge of front board; light foxing and finger soiling throughout; otherwise clean and tight.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 2 only. iv, 316, [4] p., [1] leaf of photogravure plate with captioned tissue guard: portrait; 14 cm. Full flexible red morocco with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles and decoration; cover title is within a gilt-stamped holly wreath. White ribbon bookmark. Top page edges gilt. Pale yellow endpapers with decoration and series title, Ariel Booklets, in light green. Title page in red and black. Includes index. List of titles in the publisher's Ariel Booklets series on 6 pages following text. This is number 122. No date of publication. This title was first published in 1905; the series list goes through number 124, which was also published in 1905, indicating that this copy was produced that year. In Very Good Condition: spine slightly sunned; head of spine rubbed and corners lightly rubbed; clean and tight.

Harrisburg: J.M.G. Lescure, printer to the state, 1850. Paperback. Good +. 27 p.: sample forms; 22 cm. Lacking wrapper. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "25" in ink at upper right-hand corner of title page. William H. Irwin (d. 1886) was a Mexican-American War veteran who served as Adjutant General of Pennsylvania from 1848 to 1852. He commanded the Juniata Guards in Mifflin County, Pa., and in 1858 became captain of the Logan Guards, a militia company founded in Lewistown. During the Civil War, by 1862 he had become a colonel in the 49th Pennsylvania Infantry, commanding the Third Brigade, in Smith's Division; in 1863 he was with the 33rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Militia. After the war he was breveted brigadier general for gallantry at Antietam. In Good+ Condition: lacking wrapper; minor loss of text along fore-edges of 3 leaves from trimming when bound with other pamphlets; title page foxed; otherwise, clean.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/fine. xxii, 675, [5] pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Hardback with gilt spine title. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.