(Roosevelt, Franklin D.) (King, William H.; McCarran, Patrick; Burke, Edward R.; et al)

Adverse Report of the Committee on the Judiciary on a Bill to Reorganize the Judicial Branch of the Government

Stamford, CT: The Overbrook Press, 1937. 1937. Stamford, CT: The Overbrook Press, 1937. 1937. Very good. - Squarish octavo, tan cloth titled in red on spine with frames stamped in red on both covers. The covers are very lightly soiled & the spine is slightly darkened. 45 pp. plus colophon, beautifully printed with borders in red throughout. Very good.

1/1000 copies.

A nice association copy, from the library of Alva B. Gimbel with her distinctive miniature leather book label. Together with her husband Bernard, she formed the important Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation. A publisher's presentation slip is laid in.

Reprinted from The Senate Calendar: Number 734 Report / Number 711: June 7th MCMXXXVII. The report rejected Roosevelt's "court- packing" plan. Very good .

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Book number: 29858

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; PRESIDENTS; FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT; JUDICIARY; COURT-PACKING; SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; REPORT; ADVERSE REPORT; ALVA B. GIMBEL; OVERBROOK PRESS; FINE PRESS; LMITED EDITION.

(Farrand, Max; and Davies, David)

The Constitution of the United States: An Exhibition on the 150th Anniversary of Its Formation. (Cover Title)

San Marino, CA: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1937. 1937. San Marino, CA: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, 1937. 1937. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light tan wrappers. There is offsetting to the front wrap from another pamphlet. The rear wrap is lightly bumped with its edges slightly darkened. [28] pages, including wraps. 9 illustrations in black & gray, including 7 full-page facsimiles. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.

39 items were exhibited and are discussed in this pamphlet. Very good .

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Book number: 17595

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; EXHIBITION; 150TH ANNIVERSARY; HENRY E. HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY; FACSIMILES; MAX FARRAND; DAVID DAVIES.

[Wentworth, B.; Colden, Cadwallader; and others].

Controversy between New York and New Hampshire, Respecting the Territory Now the State of Vermont.

Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co. [1851]. [1851]. - Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in plain white wrappers with the title penned in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased along the edges and corners with chipping to the front edges and to the head and tail of the spine. There is a small hole to the front cover. 295 pages consisting of the title and pages [331] through 623, illustrated with a full-page engraved plate depicting Governor Jay, Lieutenant Governor V. Rensselaer, and The Hon. Dirk Ten Broeck, New York's Speaker of the House. Most of the pages are slightly darkened along the edges, with some occasional foxing, although a couple of pages are more heavily darkened and foxed.

Extracted from "The Documentary History of the State of New York: Arranged Under Direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State" Volume 4, Number 14.

Papers relating to the controversy regarding grants for lands West of the Connecticut River which were then claimed by both the states of New Hampshire and New York. The dispute led to the establishment of the Vermont Republic, later to become the State of Vermont. Good .

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Book number: 35971

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; CONTROVERSY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, RESPECTING THE TERRITORY NOW THE STATE OF VERMONT; LAND GRANTS; THE DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; ARRANGED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HON. CHRISTOPHER MORGAN, SECRETARY OF STATE; N

(Peirce, Bradford K; and Hale, Charles; Editors)

Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Held in the Year 1788, / and Which Finally Ratified the Constitution of the United States. Printed by Authority of Resolves of the Legislature, 1856

Boston: William White, Printer to the Commonwealth, 1856. 1856. Boston: William White, Printer to the Commonwealth, 1856. 1856. Good. - Octavo, rebound in brown cloth backed with brown calf & titled in gilt on the spine. The covers are lightly bumped & the spine is rubbed & somewhat faded. vii, [vi] & 442 pages. The lower end of the front endpaper is detached with a tiny tear to the bottom edge. The edges of the title & the last leaf are darkened. There is occasional minor foxing & a pencil marking or two. Good. Good .

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Book number: 14705

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MASSACHUSETTS; CONVENTION; CONSTITUTION; RATIFICATION; DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONVENTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSCHUSETTS HELD IN THE YEAR 1788; BRADFORD K. PEIRCE; CHARLES HALE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(Barbour, James; and Macomb, Alexander).

Internal Improvement. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the Information Required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 19th Dec. 1826, in Relation to the Works of Internal Improvement Which Have Been Undertaken or Projected by the General Government from the Year 1824 to the Year 1826, Inclusive, &C. March 4, 1828. Read, and Laid Upon the Table. (20th Congress, 1st Session. Ho. Of Reps. War Dept. [Doc. No. 172. ])

Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1828. 1828. - Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Disbound, removed at some time in the past from a larger collection of pamphlets. Remnants of leather adhere to the pamphlet's spine. 4 pages of text plus a large 16-1/2 inch high by 38-1/4 inch wide folding chart. There is scattered foxing throughout with light faint dampstaining to the bottom edge of the pages and center of the folding chart. There are some short tears to the edges of the text pages. Good. The folding chart is titled: "Statement exhibiting the number and designation of the different works of Internal Improvements comprising routes for Roads and Canals, attempts to improve the Navigation of Rivers, Lakes, Creeks, and Bays, and to protect Coasts and Islands, that have been undertaken or projected by the Federal Government, within the different States and Territories, from the year 1824, to the year 1826, inclusive; shewing, also, the amount intended, or deemed necessary, to be expended, in the execution of each work; and the time which each work will probably require for its completion, from this date. Good .

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Book number: 36726

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; WAR DEPARTMENT; INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR; JAMES BARBOUR; ALEX MACOMB; FOLDING CHART; GRAPH; CANALS; BAYS; NAVIGATION OF RIV

(Beghin, F. X.; Burland, C. A.; Chretien, Pere J.; et al)

Journal de la Societe Des Americanistes. Nouvelle Serie--Tome XLVI. (Cover Title)

Paris: Societe des Americanistes, 1957. 1957. Paris: Societe des Americanistes, 1957. 1957. Good. - Large octavo [11 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed pink wrappers. The spine & extremities are darkened. There is creasing to the wraps. The head of the spine is creased & chipped & there is a tear to the tail. Pages [45]-385, unopened. Illustrated in black & white with plates, textual illustrations & tables, and with a folding map. The text block is partially detached from the wrappers. Good.

A collection of anthropological essays on the native Americans of Peru, Mexico, Central America and Alaska. The volume also contains an extensive bibliography of books on subjects of interest to the Americanistes. The text is in the language of each contributor, i.e. French or English. Good .

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Book number: 21923

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; ANTHROPOLOGY; NATIVE AMERICANS; AMERICAN INDIANS; SOUTH AMERICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; MEXICO; COSTA RICA; CHIAPAS;; ESKIMO MASKS; GRINDING STONES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES AMERICANISTES. Nouvelle Serie--Tome XLVI

(Morgan, John Hill; et al)

Loan Exhibition of Portraits of the Signers and Deputies to the Convention of 1787 and Signers of the Declaration of Independence / Including Their Families and Associates / in Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, City of Washington / November 27, 1937 to February 1, 1938. Assembled by the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission. (Catalog)

Washington, DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1937. 1937. Washington, DC: The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1937. 1937. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed with some very light soiling. There are pencil & red pencil notations on the top edge of the front wrap. 173 & [3] pages. Full- page black-and-white illustrations. The top page corners are lightly bumped. Very good.

230 items are catalogued. Very good .

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Book number: 21139

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION; DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; FOUNDING FATHERS; ART; PORTRAITURE; LOAN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS OF THE SIGNERS AND DEPUTIES TO THE CONVENTION OF 1787 AND SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE; 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF

(Jenkins, Olaf P.; Averill, Charles V.; et al)

The Mother Lode Country: Geologic Guidebook. Along Highway 49--Sierran Gold Belt. Bulletin 141. Prepared Under the Direction of Olaf P. Jenkins

San Francisco: Department of Natural Resources, State of California, September 1948. September 1948. San Francisco: Department of Natural Resources, State of California, September 1948. September 1948. Very good. - Oblong quarto, tan cloth titled in black on the front cover & the spine. The covers show some minor wear at the corners. 164 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white and in color, including geologic maps outlined in color. A previous owner's name is penned on the front endpaper. Very good.

Centennial Edition. Very good .

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Book number: 4472

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; GOLD RUSH; GEOLOGY; MINING; GOLD; SIERRAN GOLD BELT; GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK; AMERICANA; WEST; OLAF P. JENKINS; MAPS; GEOLOGIC MAPS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MOTHER LODE COUNTRY; HISTORY.

(Anderson, James H.; Hinsdale, B.A.; et al)

Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. Vol. VI (Nos. 1-3 & Thirteenth Annual Report for 1897-98)

Columbus, OH: Press of J. L. Trauger, 1898. 1898. Columbus, OH: Press of J. L. Trauger, 1898. 1898. Good. - Octavo, dark green cloth titled in gilt on spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & the covers are bumped. xiii, [ii] & 441 & xxiii pp. The hinges are cracked; there is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper; there are a few pencil markings & the page edges are slightly darkened. Color & B&W frontispieces & B&W plates. Good.

Among the contents are articles on the Ohio Indians, the history of popular education on the Western Reserve, the centennial of Jefferson county with a long piece on the pioneers of Jefferson County, and three articles on Edwin M. Stanton. Good .

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Book number: 17258

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; OHIO; JEFFERSON COUNTY; PIONEERS; SETTLERS; AMERICAN INDIANS; NATIVE AMERICANS; EDWIN M. STANTON; OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; JAMES H. ANDERSON; B. A. HINSDALE; WESTERN

(Johnston, John W.; Chairman; et al)

Report of the Commission Created in Accordance with a Joint Resolution of Congress, Approved March 3, 1881, Providing for the Erection of a Monument at Yorktown, Va. , Commemorative of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883. 1883. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1883. 1883. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The wraps are bumped, soiled & chipped. The backstrip is perished & the spine has been reinforced with gray cloth tape. The tape is split along the rear joint with a large piece out at the tail of the spine, & the lower third of the front wrap is detached. 169 pages. Some bottom page corners are creased & the bottom corner of the last leaf is darkened & chipped. Illustrated with a black-and-white plate depicting the proposed monument. Ex-library with the remnants of a library label on the rear wrap and a numeral & "discarded" stamp on the verso of the title. Good.

First edition.

Among the contents of this report on the celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to American and French forces at Yorktown are a Centennial Ode by Paul H. Hayne of South Carolina, remarks by John W. Johnston, and a number of orations, including one by Robert C. Winthrop of Boston recounting the events surrounding the surrender. Good .

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Book number: 13322

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; REVOLUTIONARY WAR; YORKTOWN; GEORGE WASHINGTON; LAFAYETTE; CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION; MONUMENT; REPORT OF THE COMMISSION CREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS, APPROVED MARCH 3, 1881, PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF A

(Schuyler, Philip; Watson, Elkanah; and Banyar, Goldsbrow).

The Report of a Committee Appointed to Explore the Western Waters in the State of New-York for the Purpose of Prosecuting the Inland Lock Navigation.

Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co. [1850]. [1850]. - Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in plain white wrappers with the title penned in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased along the edges with some chipping to the front edges and a tiny hole to the front cover. 12 pages consisting of the title and pages [661] through 670. The top and front edges of the pages are darkened and there is dampstaining along the inner edges of the pages.

Extracted from "The Documentary History of the State of New York: Arranged Under Direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State" Volume 3, Number 19.

This report of the committee to explore Western Waters was originally printed in Albany by Barber and Southwick in 1792. .

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Book number: 35962

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXPLORE THE WESTERN WATERS IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSECUTING THE INLAND LOCK NAVIGATON; THE DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; ARRANGED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE HON. CHRI

(Jerusalem Lodge Masonic Lodge No. 49).

Souvenir of the Fair Given by Jerusalem Lodge No. 49. F. & A.M. Ridgefield, Connecticut, July 12, 13, 14 Nineteen Hundred Six.

Danbury, Conn.: G.F. Allen, Printer, 1906. 1906. - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, light green wraps titled and decorated in darker green on the front cover. There are two holes along the left edge of the book by which the book was once bound with a cotton cord. The cord now lacking, the covers and pages are now loose. The covers are soiled & stained with creases along the edges and corners and part of the location "field, Conn" stamped in black. There are a few small horizontal tears to the spine and a small piece chipped out from the bottom edge of the rear cover. [48] unnumbered pages, profusely illustrated in black & white throughout, including depictions of the "Bailey Avenue Stables", "Col. Hiram K. Scott", "Main Street, Ridgefield", a full page ad for a drawing of a "Fine Bred Scotch Collie" puppy, "an Ideal Country Home", etc. There is dampstaining to the bottom inner corner of the first few pages with some foxing to those pages, and a small piece chipped from the bottom edge of the last few pages. Fair. RARE. Fair .

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Book number: 97536

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MASONIC LODGE; FREEMASONS; SOUVENIR OF THE FAIR GIVEN BY JERUSALEM LODGE NO. 49. F. & A. M. ; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT; HOUSES; SCOTCH COLLIE; BAILEY AVENUE STABLES.

Abbot, Charles Greeley. (1872-1973). American astrophysicist. Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1928 to 1944.

Typed Letter to Future Congressman Seymour Halpern Signed by American Astrophysicist and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Charles Greeley Abbot.

Washington, DC: January 14, 1931. 1931. - 88 words typed on a sheet of 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide cream-colored Smithsonian Institution letterhead with an engraved vignette of the Institution and a list of its departments at the top. Signed "C G Abbot". There is light creasing to the letter. The bottom left corner is creased with a glue stain. Folded twice for mailing. Good. Abbot writes to the young Seymour Halpern who has evidently asked which are the most interesting exhibits at the Institution: "The exhibit in the National Museum which attracts the most attention is Colonel Lindbergh 'Spirit of St. Louis' but there are hundreds of others which are also of very great interest. For instance..the animals collected for the Institution by Colonel Roosevelt in Africa after his Presidency; the Ward Collection of African weapons and sculptures; the exhibit of the dresses of the wives of the Presidents.." Charles Greeley Abbot [1872-1973] was an American astrophysicist and the fifth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. As an astrophysicist he researched the solar constant--research that led him to invent the solar cooker, solar boiler, solar still and other patented solar energy inventions. The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. Good .

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Book number: 36351

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MUSEUMS; SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, DC; EXHIBITS; AMERICAN SCIENTIST; TYPED LETTER TO FUTURE CONGRESSMAN SEYMOUR HALPERN SIGNED BY AMERICAN ASTROPHYSICIST AND SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION CHARLES GREELEY ABBOT; TLS; T.L.S

Adams, James Truslow; Editor in Chief

Album of American History. Volume I: Colonial Period. Vollume II: 1783-1853. Volume III: 1853-1893. Volume IV: End of an Era. (4 Volumes)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1944-1948). (1944-1948). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1944-1948). (1944-1948). Fine. - Large octavo [11-1/4 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide], blue buckram titled in gilt within red rectangles with decorations in white on the spines & with devices stamped in gilt on the front covers, in dust wrappers. The volumes are housed in a blue paper covered slipcase with pictorial labels mounted on the front panel & spine & a printed label on the rear panel. There is a white stain to the rear cover of Vol. 1 . The dust jackets are chipped & lightly rubbed & soiled with their spines slightly sunned. The spine of the Vol. 1 dust jacket is chipped with tears repaired with brown tape internally. The tail of the Vol. 2 dust jacket spine is torn with a piece out. The flaps of the Vol. 3 dust jacket are detached & there is a piece out of the head of the Vol. 4 dust jacket spine. The slipcase is rubbed & chipped with small tears to the corners & the labels are lightly soiled & stained. xiii, [1] leaf & 409 pages; xi & 418 pages; xi & 435 pages; and xiii & 385 pages. Profuse black-and-white textual illustrations. The books are very good to near fine, in good dust wrappers & a good slipcase. Fine .

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Book number: 8737

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; HISTORY; PICTORIAL HISTORY; ALBUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY; ILLUSTRATED; JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS.

Adams, Charles Francis, III. (1866-1954). American politician, a member of the prominent Adams family. He served as United States Secretary of the Navy under Herbert Hoover (1929-1933).

Card Signed by American Politician Charles Francis Adams, III, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Under Herbert Hoover.

Circa [1920s]. [1920s]. - A 3-inch high by 5-inch wide lined index card is signed in black ink "C F Adams". The edges of the card are darkened. Good. Charles Francis Adams, III [1866-1954] was a member of the prominent Adams family, the great-grandson of President John Quincy Adams and the great-great grandson of the second U.S. President John Adams. After graduating from Harvard Law School and being admitted to the Bar in 1893, Adams held the office of Mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts from 1896-1897. In 1917 he was elected as a member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. From 1929 until his retirement in 1933 Adams served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover. While in office he vigorously promoted public understanding of the Navy's indispensable role in international affairs and worked strenuously to maintain naval strength and efficiency during a period of severe economic depression. Adams was a well-known yachtsman and was posthumously inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 1993. Good .

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Book number: 36322

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; POLITICIAN; MAYOR OF BOSTON; YACHTSMAN; CARD SIGNED BY AMERICAN POLITICIAN CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, III, U.S. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY UNDER HERBERT HOOVER; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED CARD.