A Pocket Almanack For the Year of our Lord 1794. Being the Second after Leap Year,...Calculated chiefly for the Use of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bound with The Massachusetts Register for 1794 By T. and J. Fleet

Boston , T. & J. Fleet, 1794. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. 148pp. Marbled boards, leather spine and leather backing. Rear board detached but present, front board barely holding, first 5 leaves separated (including title age), contents age-toned but clean and unmarked. A fascinating journal of a day's activities, by a former owner, is written on a blank leaf and is titled "A Journal.", all clearly legible. The first portion of the book is the almanack, and the latter portion is The Massachusetts Register for 1794, which includes much information about Massachusetts, its government, its institutions, including its military, judiciary, religious institutions, schools etc. Drake 3517. Fair.

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Book number: 004759

Catalogue: Reference, Government and Politics, History

The Republican Club of the City of New York

New York, Republican of the City of New York, 1908. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 132pp. Light soil and spotting to covers, small tear to head of spine, contents are toned and clean and unmarked. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003127

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics

Keywords: "By-Laws" Membership Incorporation

McCoy Amasa

Funeral Orration on the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster, Delivered at a Commeroation in the Presbyterian Church, Ballston Spa, N.Y., Monday Evening, November 8, 1852.

Boston, C.C.P. Moody, 1856. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 39pp. Grey printed wraps. Rear cover taped with archival tape, light wear and light soil to cover, contents are clean. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. Bound in at front are 5 pages of endorsements from prominent individuals of McCoy's speech. Good.

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Book number: 004451

Catalogue: American History, Biography, Government and Politics

Keywords: Speech Oratory Autograph

de Cicco, Andres

Un año en Moscu

Buenos Aires, Editorial Difusion, 1950. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 220pp. Stiff card stock cover. Text in Spanish. Cover very lightly worn, text is tanned, dampstain to top edges and foredges, text is unharmed. Inscribed and signed illegibly on half-title page, possibly by author. Dust jacket is also dampstained and spine is faded. Laid-in is a promotional brochure of the book by the publisher. Fair/Good.

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Book number: 004494

Catalogue: History, Government and Politics, Social History

Keywords: Diplomacy "Soviet Union"

Cummings, Thomas Harrison

The Webster Centennial. Proceedings of the Webster Historical Society at Marshfield, Mass., October 12, 1882. With an Account of Other Celebrations on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Daniel Webster

Boston, Webster Historical Society, 1883. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 272pp + index. Brown embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Abrasion and chipping along front joint, faint staining to front board, corners rubbed, text is age-toned but clean and the binding is tight and sound. Portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard and 2 photographs, one of the Home of Webster and the other of the Reception of the President and Guests by Mrs. Fletcher Webster. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002691

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Celebration Statesman Marshfield Massachusetts

Daboll, Nathan

The Connecticut Register, and United States Calendar, for the Year of our Lord 1814: Being the Thirty-eighth of the Independence of the United States.

New London, Samuel Green, 1814. 1st Edition, 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Soft cover. 160pp. Marbled paper wraps. Spine is worn and missing piece at bottom, contents age-toned and very occasionally foxed, binding is tight, and book has held p very well since 1814. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004699

Catalogue: History, Reference, Government and Politics

Keywords: Almanac Connecticut "New London" Government

Dallek, Robert

Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953

New York, Times Books, 2008. 1st Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 0805069380. 208pp. A very good copy with a very good dust jacket. Near Fine.

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Book number: 004828

Catalogue: Biography, Government and Politics, American History

Keywords: Democrat "Korean War" China President Eisenhower Hiroshima 0805069380

Davis, Moshe (Editor)

World Jewry and the State of Israel

New York, Arno Press, 1977. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed By Editor. 372pp. Blue cloth. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Editor on front free endpaper. Book is clean and sound. Dust jacket is mildly age-toned. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003613

Catalogue: Government and Politics, History

Keywords: "Internationao Relations" Diplomacy "Middle East"

Defoe, Daniel (Attributed to)

Rogues on Both Sides...Characters of Some Rogues not yet Describ'd...An Old Whig, and a Modern Whig; an Old Tory....

London, Samuel Whiting, 1711. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 36pp. Original pamphlet published in 1711 disbound from book. Light wear and age-toning, overall sound and complete. Title page reads: " R____'s on both Sides. In which are the Characters of Some R____'s not yet describ'd; With a true Description of An Old Whig, and a Modern Whig; an Old Tory, and A Modern Tory; High-flyer, or Motly; As also of a Minister of State." Pamphlet has been attributed to Daniel Defoe. Good.

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Book number: 004790

Catalogue: Government and Politics, European History

Keywords: Whigs Tories Pamphlets "Church of England" Parliament

U.S. Treasury Department

Letter from the Register of the Treasury, Transmitting Statements in Relation to the Trade of the United States with the West Indies and the British American Colonies, For the For Years Preceding the 1st October, 1818.

Washington, Gales & Seaton (Printers), 1820. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 8pp, folding chart of importations. Age-toned, foxed and lightly soiled. Good.

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Book number: 002780

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics, Ephemera

Keywords: Navigation Imports Commerce

Dittenhoefer, Abram

How We Elected Lncoln

New York and London, Harper & Brothers, 1916. 1st Edition, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Alice B. Woodward. 95pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to front board. Cover is in unworn condition, contents are age-toned, slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust jacket is worn and soiled, separated along spine, now protected in mylar cover, and no large pieces missing. Good/Poor.

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Book number: 004542

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: President "Civil War" Nomination Reelection 1864

Gauba, K.L.

Uncle Sham; Being the Strange Tale of Civilisation Run Amuck (Amok)

Lahore, India, The Lion Press, 1944. 31st Impression, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 182pp. Paper over boards. Light soil and 3 small ink spots on front cover, chipping to spine cover including 1 inch from foot of spine, text is mildly toned but otherwise clean, owner's name and date (New Delhi 1945) on front free endpaper. A vicious attack on American culture in rebuttal to Katherine Mayo's book on India. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002480

Catalogue: Social History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Marriage Sexuality Customs Culture Racism

Herrick, Arnold and Askwith, Herbert (Editors)

This Way to Unity

New York, Oxford Book Company, 1945. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed By Editor. 462pp. Blue cloth, orange lettering. Covers are clean and unbldmished, text has one marginal notation and is otherwise clean. Dust jacket is crisp and clean , spine and rear panel mildly toned. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Herbert Askwith on front free endpaper. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 002569

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics, Short Stories

Keywords: Anthology Editorials

Houghtaling, C.E.

Houghtaling's Salary List of United States Officials.

Albany, NY, Chas. E. Houghtaling, 1885. First Edition, 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Soft cover. 128pp. Maroon leatherette stiff wraps, gilt lettering. Light wear to cover, occasional light foxing to interior, and book is in very good condition. A very comprehensive listing of United States officials and their salaries, from the President and Cabinet members, to mid-level and lower ranking positions including inspectors, collectors, clerks, railway messengers, millers, sawyers, blacksmiths and lighthouse keepers. A highly diverse collection of occupations and their incomes in the 1880s. Very Good.

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Book number: 004220

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics, Collectible

Keywords: Reference "Pay Levels"

Kingdon, Frank

"That Man" in the White House; You and Your President

New York, Arco Publishing Company, 1944. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft cover. 77pp. Stapled stiff wraps. Light edgewear, contents mildly toned but clean. A series of essays on World War II dealing with many of the issues current today. Includes a message by Rex Stout. Very Good.

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Book number: 003508

Catalogue: American History, Government and Politics

Keywords: Roosevelt "WW II"