Search Results: Government Of the Thoughts by James Walker

2012. ISBN-13: 9781584771272; ISBN-10: 1584771275. Calhoun, John C. A Disquisition on Government and a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States. Edited by Richard K. Cralle. Originally published: Charleston, S.C.: Steam Power-Press of Walker and James, 1851. viii, 406 pp. Reprinted 2002, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771272; ISBN-10: 1584771275. Hardcover. New. $31.95 * AN INFLUENTIAL THEORY OF MINORITY RIGHTS "In Calhoun's last years he drafted two essays that set forth his ideas on political theory. The first and shorter essay, `The Disquisition on Government,' is the more significant in that Calhoun sought to develop a consistent theory of minority rights within the context of majority rule. He urged universal recognition of the inequality of mankind and the differentiation of social and economic concerns. For an organized society to work in a harmonious and practical sense, these differences, Calhoun contended, had to be recognized and then… Read More

Charleston, SC, 1848. Very good, tiny tears and light browning, particularly around folds, minor ink bleed through, contents clean.. [4] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 10.5 inches. A wonderful letter filled with descriptions and anecdotes of prominent military and political figures including Andrew Jackson. Dated Feb. 28th, 1848, just as the Mexican American War was concluding (the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo occurred less than four weeks before this letter was written, and Polk's message to Congress concerning the Treaty a scant six days prior). Burns tells his cousin Anson of his visit to Washington, D.C., to attend the celebrations, hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Clifford (Nathan Clifford was Attorney General). Burns was introduced to President Polk, and presented the respects of his uncle, Dr. Burns, to which Polk replied, "'Are you a relative of Dr. Burns? I am glad to see you' and 'How is the doctor? I have a great regard for him. I always know where to find him. We fought shoulder to shoulder through… Read More

Mexico, Beirut & New York, 1955 through 1959. [1959]., [1959].. Very good. - A correspondence between the American producer Jean Dalrymple, co-ordinator of the U.S. Performing Arts Program for the 1958 Brussels World Fair, and Mexican playwright Rodolfo Usigli regarding productions of his Spanish translation of John Patrick's play "The Teahouse of the August Moon". Included are 12 typed letters signed by Rodolfo Usigli, 5 retained copies of Jean Dalrymple's letters as well as 2 signed letters by Usigli's agent Claire Leonard, a signed letter by Mary Mignione regarding the play and 2 programs for performances of the play "La Casa de Te de la Luna de Agosto", including one performed by Mexico's "Teatro de los Insurgentes".In a two page letter from Mexico dated September 14th, 1955, Usigli apologizes for the delay in replying "Unfortunately, on the 5th I had a call from Guadalajara informing me that my brother was critically ill and on the verge of a fatal operation...." He goes on to state that:… Read More

"ANOTHER MULE JOB": THE FIRST AMERICAN SURVEY OF THE ISTHMUS OF CHIRIQUI: THE MANUSCRIPT TOPOGRAPHICAL REPORT OF THE CHIRIQUI COMMISSION EXPEDITION (1860), THE RESULT OF A LAND SPECULATION SCHEME OF AN AREA WHICH LINCOLN WOULD SOON PROMOTE AS A HOME FOR COLONIZED FREE NEGROES FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.: FIVE SCROLLS TOTALING OVER 80 FEET IN LENGTH
[CHIRIQUI COMMISSION EXPEDITION, PANAMA ]. [MORTON, Lt. James St. Clair (1829-1864) U.S. Army Topographical Engineer]. Long, legible AMs by Lt. Morton, heavily corrected, being a preliminary report of his topographical survey for the Chiriqui Commission for the purpose of establishing coaling stations for the U. S. Navy. 5 scrolls of sheets joined end-to-end totaling over 70 feet in length, the equivalent of approx. 80pp. Foolscap, and over 22,000 words in substance. N.p., [1860? or Jan. 1861?].

A wonderfully descriptive and important mid-19th century manuscript of exploration concerned with American national security. Being a new country, the United States… Read More

Various places: Delhi, Baghdad, Asolo, Aden, Cairo, London, Cyrenaica, etc., 1979. 4to and smaller. Generally very good. 4to and smaller. A substantial archive of unpublished letters of Freya Stark (1893-1993), author and intrepid traveller in the greater Middle East who moved in military and intelligence circles during the war years. Stark wrote a multi-volume autobiography and an edition of her collected letters was published in eight volumes, 1974-82. The letters to long time family friend LUCY BEACH were only discovered in September 1994, postdating publication of the collected letters and also Molly Izzard's revisionist biography. Jane Geniesse made highly selective use of some of these letters in Passionate Nomad (1999), and also accumulated other notable groups of correspondence during her researches, from Peggy Drower and her mother, from Minnie Granville, and material from Sir Sydney Cockerell (including letters from Flora Stark to him; and from Lucy Beach to him), as well as biographer… Read More