The Port Folio : New Series Vol. IV, July - December, 1807 by DENNIE, Joseph, as Oliver Oldschool, Esq - 1807

Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, Philadelphia, and Inskeep and Bradford, New-York, 1809. Unbound. Good. First edition. Octavo. 11pp., engraved frontispiece plate. Disbound stitched pamphlet. Scattered foxing, outer leaves and plate neatly detached, very good. A particularly scarce copy with an engraved plate, not found in the four other known copies. Founded in 1801 and edited by Joseph Dennie, the weekly *Port Folio* quickly became the most important magazine devoted to literature and politics in the United States. Dennie and his distinguished circle of mostly pro-Federalist contributors were prized for their "liveliness, urbanity, and wit," and frequent attacks upon the Republicans. Dennie issued this prospectus to announce that his magazine would be changed from a weekly to a monthly in 1809: "On the first vernal month, a Phoenix Port Folio rises from the ashes of its predecessor." Interestingly, the engraved plate depicts an Aurora, not a Phoenix. *BAL* 4640. *OCLC* locates five copies.

Philadelphia: Printed for The Editor & Elizabeth Dickens, 1802. Good. Periodicals. Folios. A set of four weekly issues from June, 1802. (Volume 2, Nos. 22-25). Each weekly issue consists of eight pages, disbound but untrimmed as originally published, and professionally sewn into one set of four consecutive issues. Browning and scattered foxing, with two columns (measuring 3" x 7" and 3" x 2.5") clipped from the last leaf of the first issue (pp. 175-176), else good. Contains the first American appearance of a sensational burlesque version of "Little Red Riding Hood" (pages 173-174). First published anonymously in *Tales of Terror* (London, 1801), a collection of ballads satirizing the gothic writings of Matthew Gregory "Monk" Lewis, this account of the nursery tale is notably grimmer than the 1812 Brothers Grimm version. *The Port Folio* was an important Federalist literary magazine founded in Philadelphia in 1801 and edited by Joseph Dennie under the pen name "Oliver Oldschool, Esq." Also included… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed for The Editor & Elizabeth Dickens, 1802. Good. Periodical. Folio. A collection of 17 weekly issues of *The Port Folio*, containing a series of six satirical poems directed against Thomas Jefferson, specifically concerning his relations with Sally Hemings. Each weekly issue consists of eight pages, untrimmed as originally published, and professionally sewn into four sets of consecutive issues. [Set one]: July 3 - July 31, Nos. 26-30; [set two]: October 2 - October 30, Nos. 39-43; [set three]: November 6 - November 27, Nos. 44-47; [set four]: December 4 - December 18, Nos. 48-50. Overall browning and scattered foxing, the last two issues from December (nos. 49 and 50) are clipped at the bottom right corner (with minimal loss of text), good. Founded by Joseph Dennie and Asbury Dickens in Philadelphia in January 1801, and edited by Dennie, *The Port Folio* quickly became the most important magazine devoted to literature and politics in the United States. During the period of its… Read More

This book is in good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, spine, edges and corner of the cover. There is some dog-earring on the right corner pages of the book. The pages are white, crisp and clear of any markings. "This is a history of the visual arts produced in the geographical area that now constitutes the United States. Such a book is difficult to title. A History of United States Art sounds awkward and logically might even be construed to exclude the arts of the colonial period. Thus, with apologies to our northern and southern neighbors, I use the title A History of American Art, knowing full well that the terms America and the United States are not synonymous...." - Preface from A History of American Art

New York: Wicwas Press, 1984. 8vo size trade paperback; 192 pages with a few illustrations and photographs Contents include: Beeswax Grading and Economics Harvesting Beeswax Commercial Preparation of Beeswax for Market Testing Beeswax Beeswax in Comb Foundation Beeswax in Candles Beeswax in Art and Industry Showing and Judging Beeswax Home Products including Candles and Car and Floor Polishes Moderate wear and edgewear to covers, light soil to top of book and shelf soil to bottom fore-edge. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

This book is in good condition. There is a lot of wear on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. There is also a substantial amount of staining on the cover boards. The pages are yellowed and tanned. There are also markings throughout the book. "The roots of this book reach back to the early 1950s in Paris, where I began my professional career as a journalist. France, supported by the United States, was then fighting to retain its hold in Indochina against the Vietminh, the Communist-led nationalist movement there. As I reported on the French end of the war, I soon became acquainted with the names and places in Vietnam from a distance, But I scarcely imagined that they were to be part of my own experience. Then, in 1959, I was assigned to cover eastern Asia; the region that included Vietnam became my beat for more than two decades. I visited Vietnam most recently in 1981 for seven weeks, the longest permitted an American correspondent since the Communists gained control of the entire… Read More

Top edge of jacket slightly flared but overall in excellent condition. Book itself is clean and free of any markings except for previous owner's name on first page (Jeanne M. Nixon). Book has some light shelf wear to corners and spine is slightly canted. Solid binding. 189 indexed pages. 0.75" X 6.25" X 9.25" 2cm X 16cm X 23.5cm Part of the series "Women's Diaries and Letters of the Nineteenth-Century South". Illustrated by Olivia Jackson McGee with additional black and white photo reproductions. Includes a family tree. The Revised edition includes additional material in the form of letters between Floride and her mother Anna Maria Calhoun Clemson between July-October 1863 at the height of the Civil War. The main body of the book is Floride's journal from January 1863 until 1866. The main sections concern Florida's trip to Niagara in summer 1863, the journey form Beltsville Maryland to Pendleton South Carolina at the end of the 1864, and the last says of Floride's grandmother Mr.s John C. Calhoun in… Read More

USA: L. W. Walter, 1917. Hardcover with no dust jacket, 1917. Book has heavier corner wear to board corners and edges, and spinefoot, and aging and some soiling to cloth. This book has blue cloth with navy and red text and design. Tipped plate of American flag on center of front board. Interior tanning heavily from age and book has light warping from age and moisture. Has small bookworm hole affecting the upper right corner of pages 23- 83, completely out of the way of any text and only about 1/2 inch in depth. Missing page corner as depicted, affecting the first front illustration page, affects a small amount of caption text, and the edges of 2 photos. Book generally lays flat and is readable and is fairly supple, Binding is decent and will permit reading. Fair condition, but not terrible for its age. 100+ illustrations. A peice of history, as this was basically news when this was printed. RARE EDITION: NOT A REPRINT. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read More

Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.

Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, January 2013. Trade Paperback. Fine. Slight reading wear to corners, otherwise pristine. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. Not damaged. Suitable for gifting. 163 pages. The 25 authors of this book were volunteers in the first Peace Corps rural community development project in Africa: Sierra Leone, 1965-67. They are also the first group to tell a collective story of Peace Corps volunteers, anywhere. The Peace Corps was in its infancy then, and memories of John Kennedy were strong among the young volunteers. Sierra Leone was also in its infancy in the first few years after independence, before military coups and tribal warfare became common. The authors forthrightly recount their feelings of loneliness and isolation, and their frightening experiences with secret societies and witchcraft, but their uniquely optimistic "can-do" American attitude brought most through a great life experience.

University of California Press, 1947. 11th. Paperback. Author unstated : The Lick Observatory of the University of California - A Brief Descriptive Account Prepared at the Observatory. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1947. Eleventh Edition. Stapled booklet, size is demy octavo (8vo), 8 1/8"/21cm h. Bound in publisher's dark green wrapper stapled to textblock. [vi] pp prelim material, 47 numbered pp, plus three blank. Glossy paper. In addition to many b&w photos, included is information for visitors, organizational info about the observatory, its Chile station, its students, features it observed, acknowledgments. Condition notes: Staples rusted, but holding, moderate wear and scuffing but no tears to wrappers. No notes or highlighting. The observatory is on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, CA. We learn that the observatory was the gift of James Lick, who also left money to support building of a monument to Francis Scott Key in San Francisco, "...a Home for Old Ladies in San Francisco..." and… Read More

Little, Brown, and Company, 1960. Used-Very Good. Hard Bound