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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
USD 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 154.25 | £UK 130 | JP¥ 25968]

 
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
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 16 | JP¥ 3148]
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. Light wear and light soil to cover, contents are clean. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page. Bound in at fron are 5 pages of endorsements from prominent individuals of McCoy's speech. Good.
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Book number: 004451
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.75 | £UK 27.75 | JP¥ 5508]
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
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 | £UK 39.5 | JP¥ 7869]
Keywords: Diplomacy "Soviet Union"

 
Clemmer, Mary
Ten Years in Washington: Or, Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman Sees Them.
Hartford, CT, The Hartford Publishing Company, 1882. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 608pp. Marroon cloth, gilt spine lettering and gilt decoration, engraved frontispiece with tissue-guard, 48 full page illustrations. Corners very lightly rubbed, interior is age-toned, clean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Nice copy. Very Good.
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Book number: 003728
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 16 | JP¥ 3148]
Keywords: Washington Cabinet Congress "White House"

 
Cook, Elizur (Compiler)
The Connecticut Register and Manual : A State Calendar of Public Officers and Institutions for 1885
Hartford, Brown and Gross, 1885. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. iv, 302pp, folding diagram of Representatives Hall. Red cloth, gilt lettering and state emblem. Spotting and light soil to covers, 10 cent price on title page, contents evenly age-toned, binding and contents are sound. No map apparently issued with this edition. Good/No Jacket.
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Book number: 001898
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 | £UK 14.25 | JP¥ 2833]
Keywords: Reference Laws Officials Connecticut

 
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
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 2361]
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. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Book number: 004699
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.5 | £UK 31.75 | JP¥ 6295]
Keywords: Almanac Connecticut "New London" Government

 
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
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 2361]
Keywords: "Internationao Relations" Diplomacy "Middle East"

 
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
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 | £UK 14.25 | JP¥ 2833]
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
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.75 | £UK 27.75 | JP¥ 5508]
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
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 2361]
Keywords: Marriage Sexuality Customs Culture Racism

 
Haberman, Maggie
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
New York, Penguin Press, 2022. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 9780593297346. Signed by Author(s). 597pp. Book and dust jacket are in near fine, unworn condition. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Book number: 004741
USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 | £UK 14.25 | JP¥ 2833]
Keywords: Trump Politics "January 6" Election Impeachment 9780593297346

 
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
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 19.75 | JP¥ 3935]
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. Flexible Boards. 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
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 70.25 | £UK 59.25 | JP¥ 11804]
Keywords: Reference "Pay Levels"

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