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Paris: Goujon Fils, 1799. Troisieme Edition. Portrait engraved by L.J. Cathelin. This excellent work represents the third and final edition of Dupont's respected treatise aimed at stating a philosophy of life. Here its core concept of providential laws that govern the entire universe is in keeping with the natural law underpinnings of Physiocratic doctrine, of which Du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) was a major proponent. One of the central tenets of this ideology is that nothing is done by chance. Rather, providential laws direct the whole universe. This would prove impactful as in 1799 (the year of this work's publication) that Du Pont de Nemours would flee to America, finding comfort in the friendship of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson, as we know, had adopted a similar view regarding natural rights leading to his famed approach to the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson also owned a copy of this work, given to him by Du Pont de Nemours. This fine copy belonged to direct a descendant, Dr. Alexis…
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PHILOSOPHIE DE L'UNIVERS
by Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel
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A Party of Baccarat
by Donn Byrne
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New York/London: The Century Company, 1930. First Edition. Modern First, Dust Jacket is in fair condition with soiling and front flap torn with a corner lacking. Minor tear to inside cover. 212 pp.
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The Peace Manual: Or, War and It's Remedies
by Beckwith, George C.
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Boston: American Peace Society. Hardcover. Beckwith, George C. The Peace Manual: Or, War and It's Remedies. Boston: American Peace Society, 1847. 252pp. Some wear to spine. A presentation copy from the Society to William Freame Johnston, Governor of Pennsylvania, who has signed the title page.
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Personae Gratae; Pictures from a Fading Past plus 3 Christmas Cards and A Signed Letter
by Howe, M.A. DeWolfe
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Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1953. Very good with minor rubbing to the spine Tipped into the book is a tls on Howes' letterhead to Skipper who was Llewellyn Howland II discussing his sailing trips with artist Holker Abbot and architect Charles Cumming back around 1905 Also included in the lot are 3 signed Christmas cards from Howe MA DeWolfe Howe (1860-1964) was an editor and author The book has poetry and also brief descriptions of his closest friends 80 pp pp.
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Persons in Hiding
by J. Edgar Hoover
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. 325 pp. First edition. Thomas McDade, author of The Annals of Murder, personal copy with bookplate on inside cover.
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Phelps' Strangers and Citizens' Guide to New York City. With Maps and Engravings
by Phelps
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Gaylord Watson: Gaylord Watson, 1857. 70, [2] pp. Embossed boards with folding map. Ex-library with bookplate.
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Philosophy of Health; or Health without medicine
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Boston: William Ticknor, 1848. Second edition. 119 pp. Good condition with light wear to the covers and minor foxing. A guide to good health arguing for a simple vegetable based diet.
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Photograph of the 1889-90 Dartmouth Track and Field Team
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A very attractive 10"x 7 1/2" photograph. The mount is trimmed and there is a small flake lacking in the lower right corner. Ex-Dartmouth College Collection duplicate.
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The Pi Xi Chi Fraternity Presents its First Annual Swing Cotillion....Featuring Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb
by Webb, Chick and Ella Fitzgerald
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Baltimore, 1937. Broadsheet. 6"x 9". Lightly soiled and faded. Chick Web (1905-1939) was an African American band leader, drummer and jazz musician. A young Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) was featured alongside Webb.
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Pioneer Sunday School Work Delivered Before the Congregational Association of Illinois At Moline
by Bell, David C.
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Congregational Association of Illinois, 1886. Paper wraps. Bell, David C. Pioneer Sunday School Work Delivered Before the Congregational Association of Illinois At Moline, May 26, 1886. 15 pages. Minor chipping on covers. Talks about work in Minnesota and Dakota with two folding maps of both places. $150.00.
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A Plan For Rendering The Poor Independent On Public Contribution, Founded on the Basis of The Friendly Societies, Commonly called Clubs. To Which Is Added A Letter From Dr. Price
by Acland, Rev. John
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Exeter, 1786. 59 pages in rebound in cloth and marbled boards. Good condition. This work describes a plan in which the poor would contribute small amounts and over time would have insurance to mitigate sickness, injury and old age.
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A Plantation Christmas
by Peterkin, Julia
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An attractive copy of this book on the holiday traditions in the south.
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Poems
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Cambridge: Hillard and Metcalf, 1823. Fair condition with much of the spine gone, boards almost detached, and a book plate has been removed from the front pastedown Housed in a box with leather spine First edition While Bancroft is best known as a historian, this is his first book and his only volume of poetry With signature of Caleb Cushing on the front free end paper- a wonderful association as Cushing and Bancroft graduated from Harvard together in 1817 Scarce with no other copies currently available [iv], [1]-77 pp pp.
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Police Report of May, 1817, Relative to Public House Licences. Report of the Committee on the State of the Police of The Metropolis, with the Minutes of Evidence
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London: C. Clement, 1817. 360 pp. Boards detached, spine worn, rear endpaper lacking. This includes very good and detailed information on the liquor trade in England.
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Polka Siberia, Composed by D. Bokoff. (Nihilist Prisoner) Formerly Leader of the Czar's Ball Orchestra
by Bokoff, D.
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Philadelphia: M.D. Swisher, Publisher, 1880. 4 pp. Below the imprint: "Kurzenknaube & Songs' Music Room. 2308 N. Third St., Harrisburg, Pa. Two page piano score. Good condition with light wear and soiling to the edges. Apparently unrecorded. With a striking lithographic pictorial cover depicting costumed Siberian peasants, two gossiping, one returning from the hunt, another in a sled pulled by a reindeer bedecked with an ornate blanket. The composer calls himself a nihilist prisoner but we can find no record of him. Unrecorded.
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Port of New York, Essays on Fourteen American Moderns with Camera Portraits by Alfred Stieglitz, Alice Boughton, Paul Strand, and Dana Desboro. inscribed by Maine artist Marsden Hartley: Inscribed by Artist Marsden Hartley to his Nephew
by Rosenfeld, Paul
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311 pp. Jachet in poor condition with some of the edges and much of the spine lacking. Bound in black cloth with light wear and a few small dents to the front board. This copy is inscribed by Maine artist Marsden Hartley to his nephew Theodore Newell in New York City in 1924. 14 artists, critics and writers are profiled in the book including Hartley, Wiliam Carlos Williams, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe and Stiegliz.
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Portraits. The Face of a Century in Faith. The Israelite House of David, 1903 and the Reorganization by Mary Purnell, 1930
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Benton Harbor, MI: City of David, 2005. 157 pp. Good in stiff paper wraps. Signed by the author. Members of House of David and Mary's City of David are pictured, and biographical information given by City of David member Ron Taylor. Ex- Wertkin Collection.
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Practical Sanitary and Economic Cooking Adapted to Persons of Moderate and Small Means. The Lomb Prize Essay
by Abel, Mary Hinman
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Rochester: American Public Health Association, 1890. 190 pp. Binding moderately faded, corners bumped and most of the rear free end paper has been removed.
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Practical Treatise on Landscape Painting and Sketching from Nature in Watercolours: Also Hints on Perspective and Architecture
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London: J. Barnard and Son, 1873. Second edition iv, 84 pp The last 26 pages consist of an art supply catalog Includes 4 color plates Scarce 3/4 morocco with marbled paper boards 84 pp pp.
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Pre-Alphabet Days
by Ege, Otto F.
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Baltimore: Norman T.A. Munder & Company, Inc, 1923. Hardcover.
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