The Record of Benjamin F. Butler Since His Election As Governor of Massachusetts

Boston, N.p. 1883. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 45pp. Very good. Light soiling to outer wrappers. Stapled (as issued?). A rousing and far-ranging attack against the unpopular former Union general, who finally (after several attempts) won the Massachusetts governorship in 1882 -- only to fail reelection in 1883 in the face of incompetency and ethical charges such as these. .

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Book number: 20875

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Keywords: Civil War

Regulations Concerning Right of Way for Railway Lines (with Telegraph and Telephone) Through Indian Lands

N.p. N.p. 1899. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff grey wrappers. 14pp. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) a bit osiled and edgeworn; several small, discreet, expert archical mends. Probable sole printing of these intriguing Office of Indian Affairs (Department of the Interior) regulations of 18 April 1899 regarding the specifics of running railroad tracks through tribal lands. A delicate little production, thus an uncommon survivor. .

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Book number: 38516

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Keywords: Native American Railroad

Rembrandt Evszazada

Budapest, Nepmuvelesi Propaganda Iroda, 1981. Paperback. 4to. Stiff white pictorial wrappers. (20 unbound pages, as issued, in folder). Near fine. Probable sole edition. Portfolio containing 20 prints by Evszazada, accompanied by a 23pp brochure in Hungarian. .

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Book number: 425

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Keywords: ART ARCHITECTURE Art

A Report of the Trial of the Cause of John Taylor Vs. Edward C. Delavan, Prosecuted for an Alleged Libel...

Albany, Hoffman, White & Visscher, 1840. Paperback. Small 8vo. Wrappers. 48pp. Map. Good. Small stain at top edge of cover up to page 24. Fascinating courtroom transcript of a controversial suit brought against Delavan, an early temperance advocate, by an Albany brewer. Delavan was accused of spreading malicious rumors about unsanitary conditions at the brewery. SABIN 19369. .

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Book number: 18344

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Keywords: AMERICANA "TEMPERANCE Americana

Report of the Commission of Fine Arts: Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the Report of the Commission of Fine Arts of Their Activities During the Period July 1, 1948, to June 30, 1954

Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, 1960. Paperback. 4to. Stiff green wrappers. 113pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Errata sheet tipped in. Near fine. Tight, attractive first edition of this report of this Congressional commission surveying their activities during this 6-year period, with chapters covering "Public Buildings," "Sculpture," "Paintings," etc. The secretary of this commission boldly signs and inscribes the title page in blue ballpoint: "For Mr Carl Tolpo / with all kind wishes / for more and finer / sculpture in the / United States / Linton Wilson / 6 April 1960." Carl Tolpo (1901-76), noted sculptor of Abraham Lincoln and painter, pens a few small ink notes to himself at upper right of front flyleaf. Interesting copy. .

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Book number: 38598

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Report on the Address of a Portion of the Members of the General Assembly of Georgia

Charleston, Evans & Cogswell, 1860. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 6pp. Very good. Although the goal of this report was to urge the state conventions of South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida "that no final separate State action shall be taken upon the question of secession from the Union, until a general Convention of the Southern States can be had," it was not received before South Carolina's withdrawal; therefore, this pamphlet became South Carolina's attempt "briefly to state the causes which induced the passage of the Ordinance" to Georgians. This she does, passionately, and, yes, briefly. A very scarce Confederate imprint. PARRISH 3815. .

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Book number: 18886

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Republican Economy. Paying Off the Democratic Public Debt! $1,611,034,754. 43!!! Great Reduction of Taxes! Important Facts from Official Sources!

Washington, DC, Union Republican Congressional Committee, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 8pp. Very good. Age toning and spotting along bottom ½" only. Fascinating 1868Republican document in which Treasury Department tables are culled to prove the anonymous author's thesis of a "Great Democratic Rebellion" in which it's maintained that "the rebellion was begun for the express purpose of overthrowing Republican Institutions, and establishing upon their ruins a Slaveholding Oligarchy; and, that all the burdens of national taxation, past, present and prospective, are the necessary consequences of the Democratic rebellion." The author's conspiracy charges are vast and sweeping and complex -- but his solution is simple: Vote Republican! First edition. Not in Sabin. .

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Book number: 18354

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The Republican Record? a Slightly Irreverent Mostly-Musical View of Dicky, Dad, and All the Gang

N.p. N.p. 1972. 4to. Stiff pictorial sleeve with album. Fine/near fine. CP-1 in this record producer's "Current Personalities" series, with The Grand Old Party Partygoers singing such songs as "The Ballad of Dicky and Nicky," "When Dick Is Chancellor," "Platform, Pap and Platitudes," The Keynote Address at the $100,000-a-Plate Harding Day Dinner," "Save the Golf Ball for the Hall of Fame," "Bring Back My Checkers to Me" and more. Bibliographically cryptic but quite interesting. .

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Book number: 7476

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Keywords: RICHARD NIXON Presidential

Responsible Citizenship: A Manual of Suggested Class Activities for Teachers Cooperating in the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Observance, 1958

New York, Theodore Roosevelt Association, 1957. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 48pp. Single foldout illustration laid in. Fine. Probable sole edition. .

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Book number: 11036

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Rights of Children

Cambridge, Harvard Educational Review, 1974. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 391pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, tables. Very good/very good. First edition. Collection of scholarly essays on children's rights, including a notable contribution by Hillary Rodham (pre-Clinton). .

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Book number: 1305

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Keywords: ODDS & ENDS Odds & Ends

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine & Program

N.p. Circus Magazine, 1954. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed color pictorial wrappers. 76pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Very good. Single small light crease at lower right corner of both front and rear wrappers, else clean, tight and attractive, with lovely Charles Baskerville front cover illustrations depicting a female bareback horse rider. Handsome 1954 edition, featuring an introduction by John Steinbeck and more by John Ringling North. An unusual Steinbeck item. .

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Book number: 7282

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Keywords: JOHN STEINBECK Film & Theater

Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine & Program: 1952 Edition

N.p. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine, 1952. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pink glazed pictorial wrappers. 76pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good. Tight, clean, bright, attractive copy. .

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Book number: 7527

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Ritual for Local Camps: Royal Neighbors of America

Rock Island, IL, Royal Neighbors of America, 1951. Hardcover. 16mo. Green buckram. 133pp. Line drawings. Very good. Ownership signature/date on front pastedown. Tight, clean, handsome copy of this rule book for this nonprofit fraternal social organization, founded 1888. Odd and interesting. .

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Book number: 5457

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River Road Recipes

Louisiana, The Junior League of Baton Rouge, 1978. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers with black plastic spiral binding. 262pp. Line drawings. Very good. Touch of soiling. Later -- much, MUCH later!! -- printing (48th), tight and decent. .

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Book number: 13045

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The Romance of Tristan & Iseult

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Translation by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld. Introduction by Padraic Colum. Illustrations by Serge Ivanoff. Small 4to. Quarter red morocco with gilt-stamped green paper over boards slipcase with paper spine label. xvi, 172pp. Color frontispiece, full-page color plates. Fine/near fine. Handsome LEC production of the first title in their 29th series, an oft-translated medieval chivalric tale that exists in many versions from many countries. Rear colophon notes limitation of 1500 numbered copies (this #835) signed by illustrator Ivanoff. Laid in is the publisher's printed announcement card. NEWMAN 316. .

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Book number: 49932

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Keywords: World Literature