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Ford Automobile Supplies 1914. Illustrated.
Oblong 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. J.G. Birdsell, Ossian, Iowa. First Edition.
The catalogue offers parts for any brass Model T 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, etc. In it are all sorts of items including: headlamp, sidelight, spark plug, carburetor, timers, clock, bumper, even a full page ad for a Kellogg air starter. Stamp on inside back cover: Improved Congo Ford Special….
Fine. Scarce.

8vo. Disbound. Worcester, (Mass.) Printed by William Manning (1815). First Edition. Shaw & Shoemaker 33837. Fine.

Elisha B. Perkins. Address Delivered Before the Peace Society of Windham County at Its Annual Meeting in Brooklyn. August 20th, 1828. 8vo. Brooklyn, Con. Advertiser Press - William H. Bigelow, 1828. Second Edition. 32 pages. Original self-cover, disbound.Some light foxing, o/w Very Nice.

Harbor Press, 1930. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Small 8vo. Red cloth, gold lettering on spine. New York, Harbor Press 1930. Limited to 185 copies signed by Moore. This copy # 45. Unopened. Spine and back cover slightly water stained; o/w Fine

Douglas visited Richmond on the invitation of the Central Democratic Association, and spoke in the African Church, "the most capacious building of the place . . . A vast audience collected to hear him – filling to overflow the entire hall and galleries, and blocking up the doors, windows, and aisles." (Richmond Examiner). Douglas spoke in support of the Democratic candidate Franklin Pierce against the Whig, Winfield Scott, in the Presidential Campaign. Douglas argued that a professional Army officer, such as Scott, should not be president of a free Republic and noted the Whigs' nativist policies. The southern Democrats were convinced that Franklin Pierce's administration would secure the future of slavery in the territories, while Northern Democrats were relieved to nominate a candidate that did not have any radical pro- or anti-slavery principles. The First African Baptist Church was founded in 1841. It's members initially included both slaves and freemen. At one point it was one of the largest… Read More

Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, 26pp, with sewn seam. C. Sherman and Sons, printers, Philadelphia 1862. First Edition. Charles Ingersoll, an advocate of the Union in the Civil War, had written a public letter to a Southern friend, urging settlement of differences by giving in to Southern demands. Thayer effectively rebuts Ingersolls argument. He advises the North not to compromise in some unmentioned manner and upon some impossible terms (for you do not venture to hint at them), with bands of armed insurgents, who have plundered the public property. . . Men who have set up a mock government, which they make the agent of the despotism. He mentions the Missouri Compromise, the Lincoln elections, and as he puts it, the mock President of the Confederacy. He cites the struggles of 1776 and the Norths rise to end the secession by force of arms and to end slavery once and for all. Wrappers chipped and incomplete, interior clean. Fine. Rare.

MILLER, HENRY. Mother, China, and the World Beyond. Small 8vo. Original orange decorated cloth. Capra Press, Santa Barbara 1977. First Edition. Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Miller. This is copy No. 72. Mint.

12mo. Contemporary full calf, contrasting black lettering pieces, gilt. Edinburgh, Printed for Peter Hill, 1807. Eighth Edition. Two volumes. It is interesting to note what students in private and public schools in England read at the beginning of the 19th century, compared with what they have read since.Rubbing to spines, joints starting; loss to foot of vol. II; worm trail to front endpapers and title of vol. I, further worming to vol. II margins, affecting some text, o/w Very Nice.

POWELL, COLIN. My American Journey. 8vo. Original cloth, in publisher's slipcase. New York 1995. First Edition. Limited to 2000 numbered copies, signed by Powell. Fine.

WOOLLCOTT, ALEXANDER. While Rome Burns. 8vo. Original tan cloth with vertical purple line and embossed copper-colored circle on front cover; enclosed in edge-worn, faded slipcase, Viking Press. New York 1934. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies signed by the author. This is copy #482. Slipcase has "482" written on the spine in white ink; head and heel of book spine darkened; o/w a bright, clean copy.

1 sheet, 26 by 8¼ inches, folded several times vertically. Signed by General Peck. The report lists 5 officers; plus Number of Companies, Field Officers, Regimental and Battalion Staff Officers, etc.; plus numbers For Duty, Sick, in Arrest or Confinement, Present and Absent, plus Horses; Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, etc. Minor soiling; o/w a fine, clean document. John Peck was born on January 4, 1821 in Manlius, New York. His father, John W. Peck, who had served in the War of 1812, was among the earliest and most active settlers of Onondaga County. Peck entered the United States Military Academy at age 18 and graduated eighth from a class of 39 on July 1, 1843 along with Ulysses S. Grant and many other soon to be famous military officers. With the outbreak of the Civil War Peck accepted a commission as brigadier general of volunteers on August 9, 1861. He was given command of a brigade defending Chain Bridge and the Northern defenses of Washington at Tennallytown. It was an important post, as the… Read More

Original 3-page typescript poem, signed by Nash. The poem begins, "HarK! Hark! The lark at Heaven's gate sings – / Shut up, lark! / "And Phoebus 'grins arise -" / Sit down, Phoebus, before I knock you down!" Fine.

Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. (The 5x8 Press, New Jersey 1942). First Edition. Presentation copy from Paul Goodman to James Laughlin. For James Laughlin / Paul / May 1942. A wonderful association copy from Goodman to the owner of New Directions Press. In 1941 Laughlin published an anthology of five young American poets that included Paul Goodman. Very light water stain to edge of cover, o/w Fine.

Marcet, Jane. Conversations on Political Economy; In which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained By the Author of "Conversations on Chemistry"Mrs. Marcet's most popular work, an early explanation of the "dismal science" for young girls.The work is in the form of a series of dialogues between "Mrs. B" and her precocious young female charges ("Here is a beautiful passage in Adam Smith, the merits of which you will now be able to appreciate…"). No less a critic than Macaulay wrote of it: "Every girl who has read Mrs. Marcet's little dialogues on political economy could teach Montagu or Walpole many lessons in economy and show herself superior even to men." Sections include: On Property; On the Division of Labor; On Capital; On Wages and Population; On Revenue, Money, Foreign Trade, etc. Small 8vo. early/period half calf and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine label. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. Third Edition.Missing half title; modest wear to the binding; spine a… Read More

James Currie. A Letter Commercial and Political, Addressed to The Rt. Honble. William Pitt: in which The Real Interests of Britain, in the Present Crisis, are Considered, and Some Observations Are Offered, on the General State of Europe. / The Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. By Jasper Wilson, Esq. 8vo. Modern paper wrappers. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson. 1793. Second Edition, enlarged and revised, with a new postscript and several additions. Kress Bc2474; Goldsmith 15727. James Currie was a radical and a strong anti-slavery advocate.Composed primarily to argue against a new war with France following the execution of Louis XVI, the pamphlet also defines Britain's place in Europe in the 1790s, and discusses the economic hardships of the time: an "inquiry into the causes of the general calamities which affect the commercial and manufacturing interests, and the connexion which these may have with the measures of government . . ."Book-block weakened, with the final 2 gatherings… Read More

Illustrated with numerous tables and diagrams, engraved vignette and 21 folding engraved plates.Thick 4to. Later ½-backed marbled boards. Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier 1736. Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, tome II. The volume contains Blondel's influential treatise solving four principal problems of architecture: 1. du Contour de l'enflure & dimunition des Collones; 2. L'Apollonius François des Tactions;3. des Joints de tête des Arcs rampans; 4. de la Coupe des Poutres. Also present are four separate mathematical works by Frénicle de Bessy: Methode pour Trouver la Solution des Problemes par les Exclusions; Traité des Triangles Rectangles en Nombres; Abrégé des Combinations; Table Generale des Quarez Magiques de quatre côtez (re. "magic squares"). Binding with light wear and rubbing; spine leather darkened and dried; faint toning/dust-soiling to the top edge of the text block; o/w a clean, bright copy.

Movie booklet for the premier showing of Fantasia.Illustrated in color and black-and-white. Folio. Original colored pictorial wrappers. Walt Disney Productions. (1940.) Some light soiling and edge-wear to covers, with a small closed tear to top edge of the upper cover; interior is bright and clean.

8vo. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Boston: Wm. Parsons Lunt. 1869. First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the cover, "John Bartlett with respect of C. F. A. Jr. " Charles Francis Adams, Jr. was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry on December 28, 1861. He fought with distinction during the Gettysburg Campaign, where his company was heavily engaged at the Battle of Aldie. On September 8, 1864 he was commissioned as the lieutenant colonel of the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (officially designated "5th Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry"). He was promoted to colonel and assumed command of the regiment on March 14, 1865, shortly before the end of the war. At that time regiment was assigned guarding Confederate prisoners of war at Point Lookout, Maryland. Adams had it reassigned to front line duty during the closing days of the campaign against Richmond, an action he wrote about with regret in his autobiography. He led his regiment into Richmond… Read More

Painting and Decorating. Working Methods. A Text Book for Apprentice Journeyman Housepainter Decorator. Produced under the directions of the International Association of Master Painters and Decorators. Illustrated. 8vo. Original black cloth, gold lettering on spine. Theo Audel, New York (1942). Second Edition. With 20 paint samples tipped-in. Very Nice.

Rev. Samuel Hunt. The Uncertainty of Life. A Sermon Preached in Franklin September 18, 1855. First Edition of a sermon by this important abolitionist. Rev. Samuel Hunt was installed as pastor of First Congregational Church, Boston, on December 4, 1850. He resigned in July of 1864. He then joined the American Missionary Association and was instrumental in establishing schools among the freedmen in North Carolina. He became the secretary and then vice president of that association, working with Hon. Henry Wilson and helping helping him to write The Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America.An unusual item of North Carolina interest.Original wrappers. Boston: Printed by C.P. Moody (1855). Some edge wear and chipping, o/w a Very Nice Copy.