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	Abrege de La Revolution de L'Amerique Angloise, Depuis le Commencement de L'annee 1774 Jusq'au Premier Janvier 1778. Cellot & Jombert. Paris. 1778.. Full contemporary leather. 1st edition. Howes D-528. USD 375.00 [Appr.: EURO 250.25 \| £UK 225.5 \| JP¥ 33097] Book number: 750 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Addresses on the Presentation of the Sword of Gen. Andrew Jackson to the Congress of the United States, Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives February 26, 1855. Washington, Printed By A.O.P. Nicholson. 1855. 40 pages, printed front wrapper, rear lacking, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2". Lightly soiled, lower corners near end creased, light foxing. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 6128 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Alfred Raymond Privately Printed. (Circa 190l).. Cloth. Untrimmed pages. This memorial contains the principal addresses, resolutions, etc. which pay tribute to Alfred Raymond; plus extracts of letters of sympathy received by his parents at the death of their son. Privately printed by the paren ts of Alfred Raymond. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 1747 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	America: Great Crises in Our History Told By Its Makers. A Library of Original Sources. Issued By Americanization Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Chicago, Illinois, Veterans of Foregin Wars of the United States. 1925. 12 volumes in uniform binding by the publisher, guilt edging along the top. Bookplate from former owner "Nancy Balde". I: Discovery and Exploration, 1000-1562 - 320 pages; frontis. II: Colonization, 1562-1753 - 320 pages, frontis. III: Revolution, 1753-1783 - 320 pages. IV: The Critical Period, 1783-1803. 320 pages; frontis, illustrations. V: 1812 - Before and After - 1802-1820 - 320 pages; frontis. VI: The Developing Nation, 1820-1845 - frontis. VII: The Mexican Wr and Slavery, 1845-1861 - 320 pages; frontis. VIII: The Civil War, 1861-1865 - 318 pages; frontis. IX: Reconstruction, 1865-1890; 318 pages; frontis. X: A New World Power, 1890-1914 - 318 pages; frontis. XI: The Great War, 1914-1916 - 318 pages; frontis. XII: America in the Great War-And After, 1916-1925 - 318 pages; frontis; index. Fine. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 \| £UK 75.25 \| JP¥ 11032] Book number: 11247 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Annual Report of the Public Printer, Showing the Condition of The Public Printing, Binding, Etc., For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1881 Washington, (Office of the Public Printer). 1881. Illustrated Wrappers. 73-page booklet. A report pertaining to all costs for public printing such as printing, binding, lithographing and engraving, paper, material, labor, etc. Costs are also tabulated by department. Booklet includes numerous plates depicting the inside of the printing plant. Expenses include reams of paper, leather, parchment, glue, cotton, mucilage, brooms, coal, vinegar, twine, beeswax, washing towels, one hired horse which died while in use of Government Printing Office $250, use of horse 76 days at 75 cents, harness, repairs, names of employees and amounts paid, etc. Small damp stain top edge of front cover and first two pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 4031 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Autograph Document Signed. "Jessie Slack vs. Andrew Spear." . Two signed documents from Windsor County, Vermont 1785 dealing with "Jessie Slack vs. Andrew Spear". The first manuscript (4 x 6 1/2 inch) dated June 28, 1784 states that Andrew Spear agrees to pay Jeesie Slack six pounds in the form of wheat. It is signed by Spear. The second document (7 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch) dated May 12th 1785 the Constable of Reading, Vermont is ordered to summon Spear to Court for nonpayment of his debt. It is signed by Briant Brown, clerk. Also signing on the backside by David Davis, attesting to the fact that he has left a copy of the summons with Spear. David Davis (1748-1796) of Vermont served as a corporal in the Revolutionary War. Very Good. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 9652 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Beautiful Caverns of Luray. Luray - Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley. The Largest Cave in Virginia. The Most Beautiful Cave in the World. "No One Has Traveled Wisely Who Has Not Seen The Beautiful Caverns of Luray" Luray, Virginia, Luray Caverns Corporation. 1945. [24] pages; illustrations, map; illustrated paper wrapper (in color) (7 1/4 x 5 inch), with mailing envelope. Souvenir booklet of the Luray Caverns, a natural cave formation in Virginia. Clean copy. Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 10530 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Bibliotheca Curiosa; Governor Johnston's Speech on American Affairs, on the Address in Answer to the King's Speech; 1776 Edinburgh, Privately Printed. 1885. Parchment Over Wrappers. 350 copies printed. 30-page booklet. Parchment over wrappers; top edge parchment front cover partially split. Uncut page edges. From the opening paragraph: "The Americans, Sir, maintain, That the power of giving and granting their own money, by their own free and voluntary consent, is the only security they can retain for the just administration of government, at so great a distance from the seat of empire;..". USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 4849 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Biblitheca Curiousa, Governor Johnston's Speech on Amreican Affairs, on the Address in Answer to the King's Speech, 1776. Privately printed. Edinburgh. 1885.. Parchment wraps. Limited to 350 copies. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 803 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Boston University Year book, Edited By the University Council, Vol. 1 Boston, H.O. Houghton and Company, the Riverside Press. 1874, First Edition. Original printed wrappers. Some slight darkening to spine, but a very nice copy of what is a fragile item. Lists each department, its faculty and students, graduates, university officials, etc. Boston University was founded the year before the publication of this, the first issue of its yearbook. 98 pages, including general index, plus unpaginated advertising section of books, other schools, etc. Very Good. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 8364 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	A Brief History of First Cleveland Cavalry. Composed of Troops A and B 107th Regiment Cavalry, Ohio National Guard. Cleveland, Ohio, 1937, First Edition. # 358 of 500 copies issued. 91 pages + 20 pages of photos, bound in black cloth with emblem on the front cover and title in gilt on the spine. Intended to supplement A. Mewett's 'A Brief History of Troop A' covering the years 1923-1937. Lists charter and active members along with the company constitution and photos of leading officers and the company's activities. Fine clean copy inside and out. Fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 9585 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (Cover Title) (San Francisco), (California Society Sons of the Aemrican Revolution). Illustrated Wrappers. Various years 1893-1903. Six Society pamphlets $50.00. Each pamphlet pertains to a banquet sponsored by the Society and held in San Francisco; banquets commemorated an American historical event or the birth of George Washington. October 19, 1893, Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va; November 15, 1900, 113th Anniversary of the Proposal by the Continental Congress of the Articles of Confederaton; February 22, 190l, 169th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington; February 22, 1902, 170th Anniversary of the Birth of Washington; February 22, 1902 (The Memory of Washington); April 30, 1903, One Hundred and Fourteenth Anniversary of the Birthday of the Nation, and of the Inauguration of George Washington, First President of the United States. One pamphlet secured at spine with fine cord, another secured with ribbon. All have cover titles. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 3950 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; History, Constitution and By-Laws, Membership (San Francisco), California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Illustrated Wrappers. (1897). Instituted at San Francisco October 22nd, 1875 as Sons of Revolutionary Sires. Illustrations. Ink notation front cover. Booklet provides the constitution and by-laws of the Society, lists of the membership and honor rolls, and a brief historical background of the Society. Article II of the Constitution states: "The objects of this Society shall be to unite and promote fellowship among the descendants, and perpetuate the memory of the men who, by their services or sacrifices during the War of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people..". USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 3951 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	California State Notes, January, 1905; Devoted to the Interests of the California Young Men's Christian Associations (cover title) No City, California Young Men's Christian Association. 1905. Illustrated Wrappers. Vol. 1, No. 1. 19-page pamphlet. Illustrations. Pamphlet features articles about the upcoming convention, February 23d--26th in San Jose; Conference of employed Officers; Religious Work Institute; Southern California Boys' Conference; Pacific Grove Conference; New Secretaries; California's Foreign Work; Our State Secretary (Mr. B. B. Wilcox of Chicago); and brief reports from other California communities. USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 3984 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Catalogue of the Trustees, Instructors, and Students of Hanover Academy, Hanover, Mass. 1854- - 5 Hutchinson, Printer. 1855. Salem.. Wrappers. Signature in ink on cover. Slightly foxed. The pamphlet also provides brief descriptions of the School, the Instruction philosophy ("The grand aim is to prepare all for practical life, and not to assist in filling the mind with useless lum ber."), Terms and Vacations, Prices of Tuition, etc. USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 2186 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Capture of the City of Mexico and the Ninety-third Anniversary of the Birth of Our National Song, (continued in Description) (cover title) None, None. 1907. Illustrated Wrappers. Title continued: "..'The Star Spangled Banner,' by Francis Scott Key, At the Presidio of San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, September 14, 1907". Reproduction of General Winfield Scott portrait on front cover. 16-page pamphlet provides historical background of General Scott's campaign in Mexico in 1847, program for the day of celebration, lists of those in attendance representing groups such as Veterans of the Mexican War Division, U. S. Army and U. S. Navy Divisions, Grand Army of the Republic Division, Veterans of the Spanish American War Division, etc. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 4221 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Chicago Society of Ohio Women. 1930. 42 pages; bound in a stiff tan paper wrapper (5 x 7 inch) tied with silk string. Contains material on Ohio, club officers, membership and bylaws. Societry was 'formed to promote patriotism, to inculate loyalty to Ohio, and to honor distinqished visitors from that state'. Society was formed by Mrs D. Harry Hammer. Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 11219 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Civil War Veterans Engravings "Stephen A.Douglas" . Steel engraving of Stephen A. Douglas with facsimile signature (5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch), slight water stain to the lower right corner (1 x 1 1/2 inch). Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) Senator, 1847-61, from Illinois, most famous for the series of Lincoln- Douglas debates in 1858 and lost to Lincoln in 1860 running on the Northern Democratic ticket for President. Very good clean copy. Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 10294 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Civilian Exclusion Order No. 95 (and) Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry: Two Original Posters for the County of Ventura, State of California Presidio of San Francisco, California, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. 1942. The two posters, 14 inches by 22 inches, printed on cream colored thin paper with bold, black ink, inform people of Japanese ancestry that they were going to be excluded from: "All of the County of Ventura, State of California". In the first poster they are told to report to the "Civilian Control Station located at 322 South California Street, Ventura, California" on April 24 and 25, 1942 between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The second poster tells of the criminal penalties for not reporting. There were 110 different locations in California, Oregon and Washington where people of Japanese descent were told to report and two posters were issued for each place. They were printed in a very small run, with only enough for the posting in each area and two sets of file copies and one set for a California library. A fine set of these rare and fragile posters with some creasing, margins only. Fine. USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 500.5 \| £UK 450.75 \| JP¥ 66193] Book number: 9980 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Commercial Relations of the United States; Reports from the Consuls of the United States on the Commerce, Manufactures, Etc., of their Consular Districts; No. 9 -- July, 1881 Washington, Department of State. 1881. Illustrated Wrappers. 210-page booklet. Contents include: Continent of America (Exports from New Brunswick to the United States, Argentine Industrial Exhibition, etc.); Continent of Asia (Opium in China, The Food of the Japanese, etc.); Continent of Europe (The War Against American Pork, Subsidies to German Shipping, British vs. American Cattle, etc.). Small damp stain to front cover and first six pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 4029 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Committee's Report on Gas Explosion at State Capitol. August 13th 1899. To the Honorable Comptroller of the State of Connecticut. Hartford, Conn, 1900. Typed document signed January 23rd, 1900 (2 pages. 8 1/2 x 13 inches). Three person committee reprts the the State Comptroller that based on its examination of evidence, that the gas explosion at the State Capitol on August 23, 1899 was caused by gas escaping from the pipes leading to the gas laterns. The committee report further states that the accident was "Purely and accident". It was signed by Edward Mahl, James ?? . and Geo H. Gilbert. Also included is a 6 pages typed transcript of testimony related to the investion (8 x 13 inch). Very Good. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 10235 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Declaration of Independence (toghether with) The Constitution of the United States of America New York, The Sayre Ross Company. 1976. Two volumes published together, housed in a publisher's marbeled slipcase. Issued for the Bicentennial. Handsomely bound in full blue leather with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Explanatory booklet issued by the publisher, one sheet folded to make four panels included. 3 1/4 x 5 inches. The volume of "The Declaration" also includes "Notes Regarding the Signing of the Declaration, The Typographic Styles and The Travels of the Documents." Limited edition: Number 806 of 1000 copies. 66 and 81 pages. As New. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 8686 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Doc. No. I. Governor's Message and Reports of the Public Officers of the State, of the Boards of Directors, and of the Visitors, Superintendents, and Other Agents of Public Institutions or Interests of Virginia Richmond, William F. Ritchie, Public Printer. 1859. Wrappers. Printed under the code of Virginia. Lacks front cover. 48-page booklet. Two small holes punched through pages near spine. Small damp stain rear cover front and back at spine bottom. The Governor's message is not about just the condition of the commonwealth but also how their peace has been disturbed by a rebellion taking place at Harpers Ferry. "..it was an extraordinary and actual invasion, by a sectional organization, specially upon slaveholders and upon their property in negro slaves. The home to be invaded was the home of domestic slavery.." The Governor goes on to describe the state of the State's financial situation, revenues, expenses, banks, insurance, education, lunatic asylums, penitentiary, public buildings, etc. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 4795 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Ebell of Los Angeles, 1719 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles; 1909-1910, 1914-15 and 1915-16 Los Angeles, The Ebell of Los Angeles. Illustrated Wrappers. Three yearbooks for $30.00. Books contain photos of the club house and rooms, Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, club history, standing rules, officers and directors, committee members, president's report, treasurer's report, list of members, report of the recording secretary, report of the general curator, etc. The Ebell Club of Los Angeles owes its plan of organization to the Ebell of Oakland, California, which was founded in 1876 by Dr. Adrian Ebell of Berlin. This eminent educator became convinced that the great need of the feminine mind was the study of science and philosophy. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 4089 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Evening Post Annual, 1888. Memorial Volume. Biographical Sketches [With Portraits] of the State Officers, Representatives in Congress, Governor's Staff, and Senators and Members of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. Published ... (cont.) Harford, Conn. Evening Post Association. 1888. (title cont.) " .. Annually. [Fourteenth Year.]". [10], 275 [13] pages; portraits; index; bound in brown cloth with title in gilt on the cover with black borders, gilt edging to the pages. Local ads in the front and back of the volume. Collection of individuals with portraits of members of the government of Connecticut through 1888. Each page has a brief biography and portrait. Some wear to the top and bottom of the spine. Very Good. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 11080 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.

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	Abrege de La Revolution de L'Amerique Angloise, Depuis le Commencement de L'annee 1774 Jusq'au Premier Janvier 1778. Cellot & Jombert. Paris. 1778.. Full contemporary leather. 1st edition. Howes D-528. USD 375.00 [Appr.: EURO 250.25 \| £UK 225.5 \| JP¥ 33097] Book number: 750 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Addresses on the Presentation of the Sword of Gen. Andrew Jackson to the Congress of the United States, Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives February 26, 1855. Washington, Printed By A.O.P. Nicholson. 1855. 40 pages, printed front wrapper, rear lacking, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2". Lightly soiled, lower corners near end creased, light foxing. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 6128 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Alfred Raymond Privately Printed. (Circa 190l).. Cloth. Untrimmed pages. This memorial contains the principal addresses, resolutions, etc. which pay tribute to Alfred Raymond; plus extracts of letters of sympathy received by his parents at the death of their son. Privately printed by the paren ts of Alfred Raymond. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 1747 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	America: Great Crises in Our History Told By Its Makers. A Library of Original Sources. Issued By Americanization Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Chicago, Illinois, Veterans of Foregin Wars of the United States. 1925. 12 volumes in uniform binding by the publisher, guilt edging along the top. Bookplate from former owner "Nancy Balde". I: Discovery and Exploration, 1000-1562 - 320 pages; frontis. II: Colonization, 1562-1753 - 320 pages, frontis. III: Revolution, 1753-1783 - 320 pages. IV: The Critical Period, 1783-1803. 320 pages; frontis, illustrations. V: 1812 - Before and After - 1802-1820 - 320 pages; frontis. VI: The Developing Nation, 1820-1845 - frontis. VII: The Mexican Wr and Slavery, 1845-1861 - 320 pages; frontis. VIII: The Civil War, 1861-1865 - 318 pages; frontis. IX: Reconstruction, 1865-1890; 318 pages; frontis. X: A New World Power, 1890-1914 - 318 pages; frontis. XI: The Great War, 1914-1916 - 318 pages; frontis. XII: America in the Great War-And After, 1916-1925 - 318 pages; frontis; index. Fine. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 \| £UK 75.25 \| JP¥ 11032] Book number: 11247 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Annual Report of the Public Printer, Showing the Condition of The Public Printing, Binding, Etc., For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1881 Washington, (Office of the Public Printer). 1881. Illustrated Wrappers. 73-page booklet. A report pertaining to all costs for public printing such as printing, binding, lithographing and engraving, paper, material, labor, etc. Costs are also tabulated by department. Booklet includes numerous plates depicting the inside of the printing plant. Expenses include reams of paper, leather, parchment, glue, cotton, mucilage, brooms, coal, vinegar, twine, beeswax, washing towels, one hired horse which died while in use of Government Printing Office $250, use of horse 76 days at 75 cents, harness, repairs, names of employees and amounts paid, etc. Small damp stain top edge of front cover and first two pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 4031 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Autograph Document Signed. "Jessie Slack vs. Andrew Spear." . Two signed documents from Windsor County, Vermont 1785 dealing with "Jessie Slack vs. Andrew Spear". The first manuscript (4 x 6 1/2 inch) dated June 28, 1784 states that Andrew Spear agrees to pay Jeesie Slack six pounds in the form of wheat. It is signed by Spear. The second document (7 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch) dated May 12th 1785 the Constable of Reading, Vermont is ordered to summon Spear to Court for nonpayment of his debt. It is signed by Briant Brown, clerk. Also signing on the backside by David Davis, attesting to the fact that he has left a copy of the summons with Spear. David Davis (1748-1796) of Vermont served as a corporal in the Revolutionary War. Very Good. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 9652 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Beautiful Caverns of Luray. Luray - Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley. The Largest Cave in Virginia. The Most Beautiful Cave in the World. "No One Has Traveled Wisely Who Has Not Seen The Beautiful Caverns of Luray" Luray, Virginia, Luray Caverns Corporation. 1945. [24] pages; illustrations, map; illustrated paper wrapper (in color) (7 1/4 x 5 inch), with mailing envelope. Souvenir booklet of the Luray Caverns, a natural cave formation in Virginia. Clean copy. Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 10530 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Bibliotheca Curiosa; Governor Johnston's Speech on American Affairs, on the Address in Answer to the King's Speech; 1776 Edinburgh, Privately Printed. 1885. Parchment Over Wrappers. 350 copies printed. 30-page booklet. Parchment over wrappers; top edge parchment front cover partially split. Uncut page edges. From the opening paragraph: "The Americans, Sir, maintain, That the power of giving and granting their own money, by their own free and voluntary consent, is the only security they can retain for the just administration of government, at so great a distance from the seat of empire;..". USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 4849 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Biblitheca Curiousa, Governor Johnston's Speech on Amreican Affairs, on the Address in Answer to the King's Speech, 1776. Privately printed. Edinburgh. 1885.. Parchment wraps. Limited to 350 copies. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 803 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Boston University Year book, Edited By the University Council, Vol. 1 Boston, H.O. Houghton and Company, the Riverside Press. 1874, First Edition. Original printed wrappers. Some slight darkening to spine, but a very nice copy of what is a fragile item. Lists each department, its faculty and students, graduates, university officials, etc. Boston University was founded the year before the publication of this, the first issue of its yearbook. 98 pages, including general index, plus unpaginated advertising section of books, other schools, etc. Very Good. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 8364 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	A Brief History of First Cleveland Cavalry. Composed of Troops A and B 107th Regiment Cavalry, Ohio National Guard. Cleveland, Ohio, 1937, First Edition. # 358 of 500 copies issued. 91 pages + 20 pages of photos, bound in black cloth with emblem on the front cover and title in gilt on the spine. Intended to supplement A. Mewett's 'A Brief History of Troop A' covering the years 1923-1937. Lists charter and active members along with the company constitution and photos of leading officers and the company's activities. Fine clean copy inside and out. Fine. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 9585 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (Cover Title) (San Francisco), (California Society Sons of the Aemrican Revolution). Illustrated Wrappers. Various years 1893-1903. Six Society pamphlets $50.00. Each pamphlet pertains to a banquet sponsored by the Society and held in San Francisco; banquets commemorated an American historical event or the birth of George Washington. October 19, 1893, Anniversary of the Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va; November 15, 1900, 113th Anniversary of the Proposal by the Continental Congress of the Articles of Confederaton; February 22, 190l, 169th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington; February 22, 1902, 170th Anniversary of the Birth of Washington; February 22, 1902 (The Memory of Washington); April 30, 1903, One Hundred and Fourteenth Anniversary of the Birthday of the Nation, and of the Inauguration of George Washington, First President of the United States. One pamphlet secured at spine with fine cord, another secured with ribbon. All have cover titles. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 3950 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; History, Constitution and By-Laws, Membership (San Francisco), California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Illustrated Wrappers. (1897). Instituted at San Francisco October 22nd, 1875 as Sons of Revolutionary Sires. Illustrations. Ink notation front cover. Booklet provides the constitution and by-laws of the Society, lists of the membership and honor rolls, and a brief historical background of the Society. Article II of the Constitution states: "The objects of this Society shall be to unite and promote fellowship among the descendants, and perpetuate the memory of the men who, by their services or sacrifices during the War of the American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people..". USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 3951 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	California State Notes, January, 1905; Devoted to the Interests of the California Young Men's Christian Associations (cover title) No City, California Young Men's Christian Association. 1905. Illustrated Wrappers. Vol. 1, No. 1. 19-page pamphlet. Illustrations. Pamphlet features articles about the upcoming convention, February 23d--26th in San Jose; Conference of employed Officers; Religious Work Institute; Southern California Boys' Conference; Pacific Grove Conference; New Secretaries; California's Foreign Work; Our State Secretary (Mr. B. B. Wilcox of Chicago); and brief reports from other California communities. USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 3984 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Catalogue of the Trustees, Instructors, and Students of Hanover Academy, Hanover, Mass. 1854- - 5 Hutchinson, Printer. 1855. Salem.. Wrappers. Signature in ink on cover. Slightly foxed. The pamphlet also provides brief descriptions of the School, the Instruction philosophy ("The grand aim is to prepare all for practical life, and not to assist in filling the mind with useless lum ber."), Terms and Vacations, Prices of Tuition, etc. USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 \| £UK 7.75 \| JP¥ 1103] Book number: 2186 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Capture of the City of Mexico and the Ninety-third Anniversary of the Birth of Our National Song, (continued in Description) (cover title) None, None. 1907. Illustrated Wrappers. Title continued: "..'The Star Spangled Banner,' by Francis Scott Key, At the Presidio of San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, September 14, 1907". Reproduction of General Winfield Scott portrait on front cover. 16-page pamphlet provides historical background of General Scott's campaign in Mexico in 1847, program for the day of celebration, lists of those in attendance representing groups such as Veterans of the Mexican War Division, U. S. Army and U. S. Navy Divisions, Grand Army of the Republic Division, Veterans of the Spanish American War Division, etc. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 4221 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Chicago Society of Ohio Women. 1930. 42 pages; bound in a stiff tan paper wrapper (5 x 7 inch) tied with silk string. Contains material on Ohio, club officers, membership and bylaws. Societry was 'formed to promote patriotism, to inculate loyalty to Ohio, and to honor distinqished visitors from that state'. Society was formed by Mrs D. Harry Hammer. Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 11219 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Civil War Veterans Engravings "Stephen A.Douglas" . Steel engraving of Stephen A. Douglas with facsimile signature (5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inch), slight water stain to the lower right corner (1 x 1 1/2 inch). Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) Senator, 1847-61, from Illinois, most famous for the series of Lincoln- Douglas debates in 1858 and lost to Lincoln in 1860 running on the Northern Democratic ticket for President. Very good clean copy. Very Good. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 10294 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Civilian Exclusion Order No. 95 (and) Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry: Two Original Posters for the County of Ventura, State of California Presidio of San Francisco, California, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army. 1942. The two posters, 14 inches by 22 inches, printed on cream colored thin paper with bold, black ink, inform people of Japanese ancestry that they were going to be excluded from: "All of the County of Ventura, State of California". In the first poster they are told to report to the "Civilian Control Station located at 322 South California Street, Ventura, California" on April 24 and 25, 1942 between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. The second poster tells of the criminal penalties for not reporting. There were 110 different locations in California, Oregon and Washington where people of Japanese descent were told to report and two posters were issued for each place. They were printed in a very small run, with only enough for the posting in each area and two sets of file copies and one set for a California library. A fine set of these rare and fragile posters with some creasing, margins only. Fine. USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 500.5 \| £UK 450.75 \| JP¥ 66193] Book number: 9980 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Commercial Relations of the United States; Reports from the Consuls of the United States on the Commerce, Manufactures, Etc., of their Consular Districts; No. 9 -- July, 1881 Washington, Department of State. 1881. Illustrated Wrappers. 210-page booklet. Contents include: Continent of America (Exports from New Brunswick to the United States, Argentine Industrial Exhibition, etc.); Continent of Asia (Opium in China, The Food of the Japanese, etc.); Continent of Europe (The War Against American Pork, Subsidies to German Shipping, British vs. American Cattle, etc.). Small damp stain to front cover and first six pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1324] Book number: 4029 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Committee's Report on Gas Explosion at State Capitol. August 13th 1899. To the Honorable Comptroller of the State of Connecticut. Hartford, Conn, 1900. Typed document signed January 23rd, 1900 (2 pages. 8 1/2 x 13 inches). Three person committee reprts the the State Comptroller that based on its examination of evidence, that the gas explosion at the State Capitol on August 23, 1899 was caused by gas escaping from the pipes leading to the gas laterns. The committee report further states that the accident was "Purely and accident". It was signed by Edward Mahl, James ?? . and Geo H. Gilbert. Also included is a 6 pages typed transcript of testimony related to the investion (8 x 13 inch). Very Good. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 10235 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Declaration of Independence (toghether with) The Constitution of the United States of America New York, The Sayre Ross Company. 1976. Two volumes published together, housed in a publisher's marbeled slipcase. Issued for the Bicentennial. Handsomely bound in full blue leather with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Explanatory booklet issued by the publisher, one sheet folded to make four panels included. 3 1/4 x 5 inches. The volume of "The Declaration" also includes "Notes Regarding the Signing of the Declaration, The Typographic Styles and The Travels of the Documents." Limited edition: Number 806 of 1000 copies. 66 and 81 pages. As New. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 8686 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Doc. No. I. Governor's Message and Reports of the Public Officers of the State, of the Boards of Directors, and of the Visitors, Superintendents, and Other Agents of Public Institutions or Interests of Virginia Richmond, William F. Ritchie, Public Printer. 1859. Wrappers. Printed under the code of Virginia. Lacks front cover. 48-page booklet. Two small holes punched through pages near spine. Small damp stain rear cover front and back at spine bottom. The Governor's message is not about just the condition of the commonwealth but also how their peace has been disturbed by a rebellion taking place at Harpers Ferry. "..it was an extraordinary and actual invasion, by a sectional organization, specially upon slaveholders and upon their property in negro slaves. The home to be invaded was the home of domestic slavery.." The Governor goes on to describe the state of the State's financial situation, revenues, expenses, banks, insurance, education, lunatic asylums, penitentiary, public buildings, etc. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 4795 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	The Ebell of Los Angeles, 1719 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles; 1909-1910, 1914-15 and 1915-16 Los Angeles, The Ebell of Los Angeles. Illustrated Wrappers. Three yearbooks for $30.00. Books contain photos of the club house and rooms, Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, club history, standing rules, officers and directors, committee members, president's report, treasurer's report, list of members, report of the recording secretary, report of the general curator, etc. The Ebell Club of Los Angeles owes its plan of organization to the Ebell of Oakland, California, which was founded in 1876 by Dr. Adrian Ebell of Berlin. This eminent educator became convinced that the great need of the feminine mind was the study of science and philosophy. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 4089 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.
	Evening Post Annual, 1888. Memorial Volume. Biographical Sketches [With Portraits] of the State Officers, Representatives in Congress, Governor's Staff, and Senators and Members of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. Published ... (cont.) Harford, Conn. Evening Post Association. 1888. (title cont.) " .. Annually. [Fourteenth Year.]". [10], 275 [13] pages; portraits; index; bound in brown cloth with title in gilt on the cover with black borders, gilt edging to the pages. Local ads in the front and back of the volume. Collection of individuals with portraits of members of the government of Connecticut through 1888. Each page has a brief biography and portrait. Some wear to the top and bottom of the spine. Very Good. USD 37.50 [Appr.: EURO 25.25 \| £UK 22.75 \| JP¥ 3310] Book number: 11080 Click here to order or inquire at Barry Cassidy Rare Books.