McInnis, Edgar

Canada: A Political and Social History. Revised and Enlarged

New York/Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc. (1959). (1959). New York/Toronto: Rinehart & Company, Inc. (1959). (1959). Very good. - Octavo, cloth backed boards. xv, [i] & 619 pages. Illustrated in black & white. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 12447

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; CANADIANA; CANADA: A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; EDGAR MCINNIS.

McKelvey, Blake

The Emergence of Metropolitan America 1915-1966

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1968). (1968). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, (1968). (1968). Very good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped with light soiling to the rear panel & with a short tear to the bottom of the rear fold. x, [iii] & 311 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including maps & charts. The front endpaper is slightly soiled. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 17556

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; THE EMERGENCE OF METROPOLITAN AMERICA 1915-1966; BLAKE MCKELVEY; URBANIZATION; URBAN PROBLEMS; URBAN GROWTH; MIGRATION; MUNCIPAL GOVERNMENT; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; CIVIL DISORDERS; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAPS; CHARTS.

McLeod, Donald (1779-1879). Canadian Rebel General & Patriot who was a strong supporter of Canada's independence from Great Britain.

Autograph. Anti-British Canadian Patriot General Donald Mcleod's Signature on a Card Penned at the Age of 99.

West Cleveland, [Ohio], circa [1877]. [1877]. paperback. West Cleveland, [Ohio], circa [1877]. [1877]. Very good. - General Donald McLeod's autograph on a 2-5/8 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide buff white card. Signed "Genl. Donald McLeod, Age Ninety Nine, West Cleveland" in an understandably slightly shaky hand given his advanced age (McLeod was 101 years old when he passed away 2 years later). The edges of the card are slightly darkened with some minor soiling. Very good. Born in Scotland, Donald McLeod (1779-1879) joined the British navy in 1803 and subsequently switched to the infantry in 1808. McLeod came to be regarded as a British War Hero following his participation in several battles against Napoleon's forces, including Waterloo, and subsequent pivotal battles for Colonial Canada. Settling in Prescott, Ontario he became a major in the militia and a school teacher. McLeod published a newspaper which pushed for political reform in Canada. A Tory mob trashed his printing office in retaliation after Mackenzie's attack on Toronto and the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern. An angry McLeod fled to the U.S. to join up with Mackenzie. At 59, he came to the Patriot War with more war experience than any others and soon found himself a general leading over 500 men over 500 miles during the Winter. The U.S. neutrality law forbade attacks on Canada, and McLeod's weapons and supplies were confiscated by U.S. officers. Though it was illegal to attack Canada according to the neutrality law, it was not illegal to plan and prepare to attack the U.S.'s Northern neighbor. So, on February 24, 1838, General McLeod led his troops to Fighting Island in Upper Canada armed with but 6 muskets and a small field cannon. The British, alerted by U.S. General Hugh Brady, met McLeod's forces with 400 well-armed troops. Needless to say McLeod and his men were forced to retreat back over the U.S. border where General Brady waited to arrest them. Although he and most of his men managed to avoid immediate capture, McLeod was eventually arrested but he was soon acquitted by a sympathetic jury. He joined Dr. Charles Duncombe and others in Lockport, NY to form the Canadian Refugee Relief Association which sought to raise funds to conduct warfare against Britain's occupation of Canada. Attending the Hunters Lodge convention in Cleveland, Ohio, the group of Canadian rebels appointed McLeod their Secretary of War and launched two more unsuccessful attacks on Canada. U.S. authorities finally cracked down and, combined with impending reforms in Canada, subdued threats of war along their Northern border. In 1846, Britain pardoned the rebels and McLeod returned to take a Canadian government job. He later returned to Cleveland after his retirement where he lived out the rest of his 101 year life. Donald McLeod is the author of "A Brief Review of the Settlement of Upper Canada by U.E. Loyalists and Scotch Highlanders, in 1783; And of the grievances which Compelled the Canadas to Have Recourse of Arms in Defence of their Rights and Liberties, in the Years 1837 and 1838; Together with a Brief Sketch of the Campaigns of 1812, '13, '14: With an account of the Military Executions, Burnings, and Sackings of Towns and Villages, by the British, in the Upper and Lower Provinces, during the Commotionof 1837 and '38" [Cleveland 1841]. A scarce autograph. Very good .

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Book number: 36219

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; CANADIANA; GENERAL DONALD McLEOD; ANTI-BRITISH CANADIAN PATRIOT; REBEL GENERAL; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; 99 YEARS OLD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; BRITISH WAR HERO; PATRIOT WAR; MACKENZIE; ATTACK ON CANADA; MILITARY; CANADIAN REBELS.

Mead, Margaret; Huston, John, et al. Mencken, H. L.; editor.

The American Mercury. Volume XVI, March 1929, Number 63.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. 1929. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. 1929. Good . - Large octavo [approxiately 10 inches high by 7 inches wide], softcover bound in printed green wraps with a color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes on the rear cover. The binding is rubbed with the edges chipped & creased. lxiv, pages 257-383 & [1] page. Illustrated with pictorial ads. Good. Among the contents of this issue are "Americanization in Samoa" By Margaret Mead; and "Fool", a boxing story by John Huston. Good .

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Book number: 95916

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; LITERATURE; PERIODICAL; AMERICAN MERCURY; H. L. MENCKEN, EDITOR; MARGARET MEAD; THE AMERICANIZATION OF SAMOA; JOHN HUSTON; THE FOOL.

Meriam, Lewis; Metz, Harold W.

Suggested Standards for Determing Un-American Activites. (Cover Title).

Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1945. 1945. - Octavo, softcover laid into printed wraps. The pamphlet is completely disbound. The wraps are lightly soiled & darkened around the edges with the corners of the front wrap slightly bumped. [1] leaf & 14 pages plus inside front wrap. Ex-library with a small rectangle stamped below the title, a numeral stamped at the bottom of the first leaf & a date stamp on the rear wrap. Fair reading copy. Memorandum prepared by Lewis Meriam and Harold W. Metz of the Brooking Institution's staff "at the Request of the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives". Fair .

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Book number: 94621

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MCCARTHYISM; SUGGESTED STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES; THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION; LEWIS MERIAM; HAROLD W. METZ; PAMPHLET; MEMORANDUM; COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; RED SCARE; COMMUNISM.

(Miller, Stephen Franks). Pierce, E.H.; Secretary of the Executive Department of Georgia.

Autograph Letter Signed by the Secretary of the Executive Department of Georgia E.H. Pierce to the Author, Lawyer & Journalist Stephen Franks Miller Regarding the Settlement with the Oconee Navigation Association.

Milledgeville, Georgia: February 17th, 1831. 1831. - Approximately 80 words penned on 10 inch high by 8 inch wide creamy white paper. In his letter, penned in an unknown hand and signed by E.H. Pierce as Secretary of the Executive Department Georgia, Pierce informs Stephen Frank Miller that he has "been instructed by the Governor to transmit to you the enclosed copy of Mr. Hine's Report, a Copy of the Receipts given by the Commissioners of the Oconee Navigation Association, and the Copy of the Report of the Committee of the late Board.." Signed "E.H. Pierce". The letter is folded for mailing with minor chips and tears to the edges, including a slightly longer tear at right above Pierce's signature. There is a tiny hole at the end of the last line of the text. Good. The recipient, Stephen Franks Miller (1805-1873) was an author, lawyer and journalist. Admitted to the bar at 22 years of age, he was elected solicitor general of Georgia's Southern circuit. He went on to become editor of Georgia's "Independent Monitor" and subsequently statistical editor of New Orleans' "De Bow's Review". Miller authored several books including "The Bench and Bar of Georgia" and the "Memoir of the Late General Blackshear". In 1831, Miller was appointed by the Governor as the agent for the State to complete "the settlement with the Commissioners of the Oconee River... Good .

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Book number: 95652

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; E. H. PIERCE; SECRETARY OF TH EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT; GEORGIA; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; SIGNATURE; STEPHEN FRANKS MILLER; OCONEE NAVIGATION ASSOCIATION; COMMISSIONERS OF THE OCONEE RIVER; AGENT FOR THE STATE; MAR

Miller, Nathan Lewis (1868-1953). Governor of New York State.

Photographic Portrait Inscribed & Signed by New York State Governor Nathan L. Miller.

circa 1920's. circa 1920's. Good. - A 6 inch high by 4 inch wide photographic portrait of Governor Nathan L. Miller, inscribed by him "To Seymour Halpern with my best wishes Nathan L. Miller". The corners are clipped and there is a tiny tear to the bottom edge. Once mounted in an album, there are glue stains and remnants of paper to the top left corner of the verso. Good. The American lawyer and Republican politician Nathan Lewis Miller (1868-1953) was Governor of New York from 1921 to 1922. Practicing corporate law, his political career was helped by his relationship with Andrew Carnegie and the United States Steel Corporation, easing mergers which created a mega-corporation. 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: 96500

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; GOVERNOR; NATHAN L. MILLER; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; PORTRAIT; PHOTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; INSCRIPTION; SEYMOUR HALPERN; POLITICS.

Monaghan, Frank; editor

New York: The World's Fair City: A Comprehensive Collection of Brilliant Photographs of the World's Greatest City at Work and at Play, Newly Taken by Leading American Artists, Together with Official Plans and Photographs of the New York World's Fair of 1939. Introduction by the Hon. Grover a Whalen, President of the New York World's Fair, Inc

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. [1939]. [1939]. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. [1939]. [1939]. Good. - Small quarto, pictorial blue paper covered boards with B&W illustrations on both boards, in dw. The boards are bumped & lightly rubbed; there is a piece out of the head of the spine & the tail is chipped. The dw is rubbed & chipped with tears & pieces out. Unnumbered pages, including profuse B&W photographic illustrations. There is staining to the rear pastedown & the page edges are darkened. Good in a fair dw. Good .

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Book number: 1998

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; WORLD'S FAIR; NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939; PHOTOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATIONS; FRANK MONAGHAN; GROVER A. WHALEN.

(Monroe, James)

The Contrast; or the Two Speeches. "Look Here, Upon This Picture". The One Delivered to the Representatives of the United States of America, on December 2d, 1817; "and on This". The Other Delivered to the Boroughmongers of Great Britain and Ireland, on Tuesday January 27th, 1818

London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile, [1818]. [1818]. London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile, [1818]. [1818]. Good. - Octavo, softcovers, printed self-wraps, removed. 16 pages. The top front corner of the pages are slightly dampstained. There are a couple of small chips to the edges of the title page and the last page, as well as a tiny tear to the inner edge of the last leaf. A few words on the last 3 pages are underlined in ink. Good.

First edition.

A one-page introduction by the publisher, Richard Carlile (1790-1843) precedes President James Monroe's speech to Congress. Monroe's speech is followed by a 2-page speech by the Lord Commissioners.

"Nothing can offer a stronger proof, that the misery and distress which has entailed on the inhabitants of those Kingdoms, originates in the defect of the representation, (or rather the misrepresentation and mockery of the reality;) then [sic] by perusing and comparing the following speeches, considered as issuing from the Chief Magistrate of each Nation; in the one, where the People are fully and fairly, represented we find its Chief Magistrate exulting and congratulating every individual in the state on its flourishing condition, and at the same time acknowledging that all just power and control emanates from the great body of the People;-- in the other we find nothing but dark and ambiguous meanings, complaints of the disaffection of a People.." -- Excerpted from the publisher's note "To the Reader". Good .

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Book number: 12233

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; PRESIDENTS; ADDRESS; CONGRESS; JAMES MONROE; POLITICS; RICHARD CARLILE; AMERICAN HISTORY; ENGLISH HISTORY; GREAT BRITAIN; FOREIGN RELATIONS; ECONOMICS; TRADE LAW; GOVERNMENT; DEMOCRACY; NINTEENTH-CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 19TH CENTURY; 1ST EDITIO

(Morgan, Edmund S.)

The Mirror of the Indian: An Exhibition of Books and Other Source Materials by Spanish, French, and English Historians and Colonists of North America from the 16th Throughout the 18th Century. With an Address "the American Indian: Incorrigible Individualist" by Edmund S. Morgan

Providence, RI: John Carter Brown Library, 1958. 1958. Providence, RI: John Carter Brown Library, 1958. 1958. Very good. - Octavo, printed wraps. Very lightly soiled & bumped. 57 pp. 4 full-page B&W illustratons. Very good.

First edition.

Printed by John Anderson at The Pickering Press. Very good .

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Book number: 5856

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; AMERICAN INDIANS; NATIVE AMERICANS; BOOKS-0N-BOOKS; REFERENCE; EXHIBITION; EDMUND S. MORGAN; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Americana). (Native Americans). THE MIRROR OF THE INDIAN: An Exhibition of Books and Other Source Materials

Morton, Eleanor

Josiah White: Prince of Pioneers

New York: Stephen Daye Press, (1946). (1946). New York: Stephen Daye Press, (1946). (1946). Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The binding is very slightly bumped. There are a few light stains to the front cover & its top edge is rubbed at the top corner. The dust jacket is lightly soiled & chipped & a bit darkened with some small stains. 300 pages. There is light foxing to the pastedowns, endpapers & half-title & the page edges are slightly darkened. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

Josiah White was a Quaker and a pioneer industrialist who worked tirelessly to exploit the rivers and mines of Pennsylvania and to improve commerce and transportation. Very good .

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Book number: 12914

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; QUAKER; JOSIAH WHITE: PRINCE OF PIONEERS; BIOGRAPHY; ELEANOR MORTON; PIONEER INDUSTRALIST; PENNSYLVANIA; LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION; RIVER TRANSPORTATION; MINING; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Moyers, Bill

Listening to America. A Traveler Rediscovers His Country. By Bill Moyers

New York: A Harper's Magazine Press Book published in Association with Harper & Row, (1971). (1971). New York: A Harper's Magazine Press Book published in Association with Harper & Row, (1971). (1971). Good. SIGNED BY BILL MOYERS - Octavo, light blue cloth titled in dark blue on the spine in a printed white dust wrapper. The edges of the covers are stained. The dust jacket is slightly soiled and chipped along the edges. 342 pages. Good.

Second printing. Inscribed and signed by Bill Moyers in pencil on the front endpaper. Good .

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Book number: 18739

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; TRAVEL; LISTENING TO AMERICA; BILL MOYERS; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; A TRAVELER REDISCOVERS HIS COUNTRY; MODERN; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

Moynihan, A. W

The Old Fifth Street School and the Association Which Bears Its Name

New-York: Published by the Author, 1887. 1887. New-York: Published by the Author, 1887. 1887. Good. - Small octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on spine & in gilt & in brown within a gilt banner on front cover. The binding is rubbed. The covers are bumped. The head of the spine is torn with a small piece out & the tail is chipped. Title, [1] leaf & 176 pages. There is light foxing & soiling to the prelims & the page edges are slightly darkened. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 28964

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; EDUCATION; SCHOOL; FIFTH STREET SCHOOL; HISTORY; A. W. MOYNIHAN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Murray, W. H. H

The Adirondack Tales. Vol. I. The Story of the Man Who Didn't Know Much

(Springfield, MA: Springfield Printing and Binding Company), 1897. 1897. (Springfield, MA: Springfield Printing and Binding Company), 1897. 1897. Good. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on spine & front cover. The covers are rubbed & heavily bumped & the spine is slightly faded. xiii, [iii] & 420 pp. partially unopened. There is a tear to the front edge of the title. Double-page B&W frontispiece. Good.

A novel about John Norton the Trapper. Good .

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Book number: 30631

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; UPSTATE NEW YORK; ADIRONDACKS; LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; JOHN NORTON THE TRAPPER; SPORTING; SHOOTING; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING; W. H. H. MURRAY.

Nebenzahl, Kenneth

A Bibliography of Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, (1975). (1975). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, (1975). (1975). Very good. - Octavo, purple cloth titled in silver, in a dust wrapper. xiv & 159 pages. Near fine.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 22005

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; AMERICAN REVOLUTION; MILITARY; BATTLES; BATTLE PLANS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFEERENCE; KENNETH NEBENZAHL; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.