Sann, Paul

Fads, Follies and Delusions of the American People (a Pictorial Story of Madnesses, Crazes and Crowd Phenomena)

NY: Crown Publishers, Inc. (1967). (1967). NY: Crown Publishers, Inc. (1967). (1967). Very good. - 4to, cloth, in dw (price-clipped). [xiv] & 370 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 1060

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; SOCIOLOGY; AMERICAN; FADS; FOLLIES; DELUSIONS; CRAZES; CROWDS; GAMES; PAUL SANN; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Satterfield, Archie

Home Front. An Oral History of the War Years in America 1941-45

Playboy Press, (1981). (1981). Playboy Press, (1981). (1981). Very good. - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The top & bottom edges of the front cover are slightly faded. The spine of the dust jacket is sunned & the top edges of the flaps are slightly darkened with a small crease to the rear flap. ix & 384 pages. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 27819

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR: THE HOME FRONT. An Oral History of the War Years in America 1941-45; ARCHIE SATTERFIELD; PEARL HARBOR; CASUALTIES; RATIONING; WOMEN FACTORY WORKERS; JAPANESE INTERNMENT; CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS; ENTERTAINERS; FIR

Saunders, William L. (1835-1891).

Catalogues of the University of North Carolina and Addresses Delivered Before the Two Societies During the Collegiate Term of the Class of 1854. [Handwritten Title Accomplished and Signed by William L. Saunders]. [10 Pamphlets Bound in One Volume].

[Chapel Hill, NC, 1854]. 1854]. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. A collection of 10 pamphlets bound in three-quarter brown calf & marbled boards. The rubbed & scuffed covers are detached and the spine has perished and is thus lacking. Approximately 379 pages in all. The original title page to the first work is lacking. A manuscript title page for the overall volume, signed by Saunders, has been bound in. There is offsetting to the endpapers and pastedowns. A few pages are creased and there is some some soiling and scattered foxing throughout with some particularly heavy foxing to the pages of a few of the pamphlets. Staining and a hole to the last page with some loss to the first 4 lines of text on that page. The pagination of each pamphlet, listing corrections and manuscript annotations by Saunders, is contained in the list of the pamphlets which follows. The contents are as follows: 1. [Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty and Students of the University of North Carolina. Raleigh, NC: Seaton Gales, 1851]. The title page for this catalog is lacking. Pages [3]-31, [1]. On page 15 of this catalog, Saunders has partially clipped out from the freshman class list three names that most likely were incorrectly entered. He has written the corrections in pencil below. 2). Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty and Students of the University of North Carolina. 1851-'2. Raleigh, NC: Seaton Gales, 1852. Pages [1]-32. 3). Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty and Students of the University of North Carolina. 1852-'3. Raleigh, NC: Seaton Gales, 1853. Pages [1]-32. On page 16 of this catalog Saunders has partially clipped a name from the freshman class list and corrected it in pencil below. The corrected name is William J. Saunders. 4). Catalogue of the Trustees, Faculty and Students of the University of North Carolina. 1853-'4. Raleigh, NC: Seaton Gales, 1854. Pages [1]-39, [1]. In the list of the Senior class of which he is a member Saunders notes on March 31, 1889 that 35 members of the class have died. 5). Catalogus Senatus Academici et Eorum Qui Munera et Officio Academica Gesserunt, Quique Aliquovis Gradu Exornati Sunt, in Universitate Carolinae-Borealis. Ralegae: Gulielmus-Dewey Cooke, Typographo, 1852. Pages [1-5]-43, [1]. 6). Catalogue of the Philanthropic Society, Instituted in the University of North Carolina, August 1st, 1795. Raleigh: Printed at the Office of the "Weekly Post",1852. Pages [1]-47, [1]. 7). Catalogue of the Members of the Dialectic Society, Instituted in the University of North Carolina, June 3rd, 1795. Raleigh: Printed at the Office of the "Weekly Post". 1852. Pages [1]-61, [1]. 8). William Waigstill Avery: Address Delivered Before the Two Literary Societies of the University of North Carolina, June 4, 1851. Published by order of the Dialectic Society. Raleigh: Printed by William W. Holden, 1851. Pages [1]-23, [1]. Here William Saunders inserts the following handwritten note: "1852. The address before the two Societies in the year 1852 was delivered by Hon Thomas S Ashe but at his request was not published." 9). Hon. Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson of Tennessee: Address Delivered Before the Two Literary Societies of the University of North Carolina, June 1, 1853. Raleigh: Printed by W. W. Holden, "Standard" Office, 1853. Pages [1]-31, [1]. The subject of this address is the influence and responsibility of a lawyer. 10). Hon. Aaron V. Brown: Address Delivered Before the Two Literary Societies of the University of North Carolina, May 31st, 1854. Raleigh, N.C.: Published by William C. Doub, 1854. Pages [1]-27, [1]. There is a hole in the last page of this pamphlet with some loss of text. A collection assembled by the chief organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina William L. Saunders (1835-1891). The collection is signed by him on the front pastedown, titled in his hand and signed by him on an inserted leaf and occasionally annotated by him. Saunders graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1854. He was a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War and later was appointed Secretary of State. From 1869-1870 Saunders was the principal organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina. Saunders Hall on the university campus was named to honor him. Over the last two decades pressure was put on the Board of Trustees by students and Saunders Hall was renamed "Carolina Hall" in 2015. The collection at hand is particularly associated with Saunders in view of his role as a historian and editor of the ten-volume "Colonial Records of North Carolina". Above the handwritten title is a light blue ownership stamp, "M. M. Marshall". Matthias Murray Marshall was a Confederate Army lieutenant and chaplain during the Civil War. After the war he became the historiographer of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Fair .

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Book number: 97274

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; SOUTHERN STATES; AMERICAN SOUTH; NORTH CAROLINA; CATALOGUES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED BEFORE THE TWO SOCIETIES DURING THE COLLEGIATE TERM OF THE CLASS OF 1854; CATALOGS; WILLIAM L. SAUNDERS; MANUSCRIPT CONTRIBU

(Schuyler, Major General Philip; Howe, Major General Robert; Rainsford, Charles

Revolutionary Papers Vol. II. (in Collections of the New-York State Historical Society for the Year 1879)

New York: Printed for the New-York Historical Society, 1880. 1880. New York: Printed for the New-York Historical Society, 1880. 1880. Good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed with some small dents to the front cover. There is dampstaining to the front edge of the front cover with chipping to the cloth at the top & bottom corners. A small section of the front edge of the rear cover is also dampstained. The head & tail of the spine are chipped. [ii], [5] leaves & 558 pages, mostly unopened. The page edges are darkened. There is light foxing to the front endpaper, flyleaf & rear blank. 1 page of the preliminaries is chipped with a tear & small pieces out. The bottom corner of page 97 is miscut & creased. Good.

New York Historical Society Publication Fund XII.

Three works are published in this volume: The Trial of Major General Schuyler, October, 1778; The Trial of Major General Howe, December 1781; and Commissioner Rainsford's Journal of Transactions, Etc. 1776-1778. Both the trials are court martial proceedings. Good .

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Book number: 31900

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAPERS; COURT MARTIAL; PHILIP SCHUYLER; ROBERT HOWE; THE TRIAL OF MAJOR GENERAL SCHUYLER; THE TRIAL OF MAJOR GENERAL HOWE; Commissioner Rainsford's Journal of Transactions, Etc. 1776-1778; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY

(Government of Nova Scotia)

Nova Scotia: Canada's Ocean Playground

(Halifax, Nova Scotia: Bureau of Information & Publicity, Government of Nova Scotia, [1937]. [1937]. (Halifax, Nova Scotia: Bureau of Information & Publicity, Government of Nova Scotia, [1937]. [1937]. Very good. - Quarto, 10-5/8 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in color pictorial wraps. The front wrap is lightly chipped & soiled. 42 unnumbered pages. including the covers, with profuse black & white photographic illustrations & a double-page map of the province printed in black & red. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 19410

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: CANADIANA; CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA; PROMOTION; TOURISM; VISITORS; BUREAU OF INFORMATION & PUBLICITY; PROMOTIONAL PAMPHLET; ILLUSTRATIONS; MAP; MARITIME; YACHTING; FISHING.

Scudder, H. E

Men and Manners in America One Hundred Years Ago

New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1876. 1876. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1876. 1876. Good. - Small octavo, decorative tan, black & red cloth. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with uneven fading to the rear cover. The spine is heavily rubbed with small pieces of the cloth worn away & the head of the spine is chipped. 320 pages plus 8-page publisher's catalog. Illustrated with 4 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. The front pastedown is rubbed & a small piece of the surface of the rear pastedown has been rubbed away. There is an owner's ink name on the flyleaf. The bottom corners of the prelims & of the first few pages of the text are lightly creased. Good.

First edition.

A title in the San-Souci Series edited by Richard Henry Stoddard. Good .

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Book number: 12873

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; HISTORY; COLONIAL AMERICA; REVOLUTIONARY WAR; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; MEN AND MANNERS IN AMERICA ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO; NEW ENGLAND; NEW YORK; NEW JERSEY; PENNSYLVANIA; SOUTHERN COLONIES; H. E. SCUDDER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; CENTURY; FI

Fish, Hamilton. (1808-1893). U.S. Senator and Governor of New York. U.S. Secretary of State from 1869 to 1877.

Free Frank of U.S. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish on the Front Cover of an Envelope Addressed to Vermont Senator George F. Edmunds. With Wax Seal.

Circa [1870s]. [1870s]. Circa [1870s]. [1870s]. Good. - A 3 inch high by 5-3/4 inch wide front cover of a Department of State envelope with the free frank of Hamilton Fish. Signed "H. Fish". Marked "Personal" and addressed to Vermont Senator George F. Edmunds. The red wax seal from the flap of the envelope has been excised & mounted on the cover at bottom left. The cover is somewhat darkened with the top right corner chipped. Several chips & tears have been repaired with document tape on the verso. Only the address side of the envelope is present. Good.

Hamilton Fish [1808-1893] was an American statesman and politician. After serving as the 16th Governor of New York [1849-50] and U.S. Senator from New York [1851-57}, he was appointed U.S. Secretary of State, a position he held from March 1869 to March 1877. Fish is regarded as the "pillar" of the Grant Administration and is considered one of best U.S. Secretaries of State, known for his judiciousness and his promotion of reform and diplomatic moderation. Good .

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Book number: 34857

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; SECRETARIES OF STATE; FREE FRANK OF U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HAMILTON FISH ON THE FRONT COVER OF AN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO VERMONT SENATOR GEORGE F. EDMUNDS. WITH WAX SEAL; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK; U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW YORK; G

Edge, Walter E. (1873-1956). Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator and U.S. Ambassador to France.

Magazine Portrait Inscribed and Signed by Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Senator and U.S. Ambassador to France Walter E. Edge.

October 9, 1929. 1929. October 9, 1929. 1929. Good. - A sepia-toned, octagonal, 4-1/2 inch high by 3-3/4 inch wide portrait has been clipped from a magazine and mounted on a piece of cream-colored card, 5-1/2 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide, and then on a slightly larger green card. Inscribed and signed in black ink on the cream mount below the portrait: "To my young friend / Walter E. Edge". The date has been penned at bottom left in another hand, probably the recipient's. There is a vertical ripple to the portrait from the mounting. There is some light foxing to the mounts. On the verso there are glue marks, areas of the surface rubbed away & a remnant of tape & black paper where the item has been removed from an album. Good.

Walter Evans Edge [1873-1956] was an American politician. A Republican, he was twice Governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and from 1944 to 1947, serving during both world wars. He also served as U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1919 to 1929. From 1929 to 1933 he was United States Ambassador to France. Good .

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Book number: 34854

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW JERSEY; AMERICAN POLITICIAN; REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN; MAGAZINE PORTRAIT INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, U.S. SENATOR AND U.S. AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE WALTER E. EDGE; SIGNED PORTRAIT; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH.

Seward, William H

Speech of William H. Seward, on the Resolutions Concerning the Removal of the Government Deposites. In the Senate of New-York, January 1834

Albany, NY: Printed by Hoffman & White, 1834. 1834. Albany, NY: Printed by Hoffman & White, 1834. 1834. Good. - sc Octavo, printed self-wraps bound with cream cord. 42 pages, unopened. The page corners are bumped & the edges of a number of pages are darkened. The front edge of page 29 is soiled & the front edges of 2 rear leaves are lightly chipped. There is scattered light foxing. Good.

First edition.

The speech concerns a dispute about state revenues being withdrawn from the Bank of the United States. Good .

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Book number: 28357

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; STATES' RIGHTS; STATE REVENUES; BANK OF THE UNITED STATES; SPEECH OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD, ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING TO REMOVAL OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPOSITES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Seward, William H

Speech of William H. Seward on the Resolution Against Renewing the Charter of the United States Bank, in the Senate of New-York

Albany, NY: Printed by Packard, Hoffman & White, 71 State Street. 1832. 1832. Albany, NY: Printed by Packard, Hoffman & White, 71 State Street. 1832. 1832. Good. - Octavo, softcover. Printed cream self-wraps sewn with tan cord. 14 pages, unopened. The title & the last page are soiled & foxed. There is a small stain to the middle of each page. The bottom page corners are bumped & creased & the front edges of the overlapping pages are lightly chipped. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 28993

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; BANKING; NEW YORK STATE SENATOR; SPEECH OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD ON THE RESOLUTION AGAINST RENEWING THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED STATES BANK, in the Senate of New-York; PAMPHLET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Goodspeed's Book Shop.

Rare Americana. Catalog 321.

Boston, MA: Goodspeed's Book Shop, Inc. circa [1940]. [1940]. - Quarto [11 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial tan wrappers. The corners of the front cover are lightly creased. Title, ii & 56 pages. Illustrated with textual & full-page facsimiles. The page corners are very slightly creased. Very good. This catalog lists and describes 219 items including books, manuscripts, ephemera and artworks. Very good .

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Book number: 37382

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: RARE AMERICANA; GOODSPEED'S BOOK SHOP CATALOG 321; BOSTON BOOK SHOP; BOOKS; MANUSCRIPTS; EPHEMERA; ARTWORKS.

Slafter, Edmund F.

The Discovery of America by the Northmen. 985 -- 1015. Original Edition.

Concord, NH: Privately printed, 1891. 1891. - Octavo, softcover. Cream self-wraps, disbound, removed. 24 pages. The spine, the bottom edges of the title & last page & the front edges of 4 leaves are chipped. The bottom edge of the title is darkened & there is an area of staining to its top edge with progessively lighter staining to the following 4 leaves. Good only.

A Discourse Delivered Before the New Hampshire Historical Society, April 24, 1888. By The Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, D.D.

Reprinted from the Proceedings of the New Hampshire Historical Society. Fair .

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Book number: 35173

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY THE NORTHMEN 985-1015; SCANDINAVIANS; LEIF, SON OF ERIK; REV . EDMUND F. SLAFTER; LECTURE; ADDRESS; NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Sloane, Eric

Eric Sloane's Americana: American Barns and Covered Bridges. Our Vanishing Landscape. American Yesterday. 3 Books Boxed Together

New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc. 1954-1956. 1954-1956. New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc. 1954-1956. 1954-1956. Fine. - Small quarto [9-3/4 inches high by 7-3/8 inches wide]; tan, green & blue cloth in pictorial dust wrappers. The books are housed in a tan paper covered slipcase titled in black with a large square keyhole in the front panel revealing the dust wrapper illustration of the first book. "Our Vanishing Landscape" is slightly bumped & the extremities of the 3 dust jackets are rubbed. The front edge of the front panel of the slipcase is warped. 112 pages; 107 pages; and 123 pages. There is an owner's ink name on the front endpaper of each book with a gift inscription on the front endpaper of one of the books. Black-and-white illustrations. Near fine in a very good box. Fine .

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Book number: 14068

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; ERIC SLOANE'S AMERICANA; AMERICAN BARNS AND COVERED BRIDGES; OUR VANISHING LANDSCAPE; AMERICAN YESTERDAY; ILLUSTRATIONS; BUILDING; ARCHITECTURE; PIONEERS; FARMING; TRADES; CRAFTS.

(Smith, Hermon Dunlap). Karrow, Robert W., Jr.; Buisseret, David

Gardens of Delight: Maps and Travel Accounts of Illinois and the Great Lakes from the Collection of Hermon Dunlap Smtih. An Exhibition at the Newberry Library / 29 October 1984 -- 31 January 1985. Catalog Prepared by Robert W. Karrow, Jr. And David Buisseret with a Foreword by Lawrence W. Towner. (Catalog)

Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1984. 1984. Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1984. 1984. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wraps. There are some small, minor stains to the rear wrap & its top corner is lightly bumped. The head of the spine is slightly chipped. 39 & [1] pages. Illustrated with facsimiles in black, white & gray. Very good. Very good .

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Book number: 14123

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; TRAVEL; ILLINOIS; GREAT LAKES; MAPS; TRAVEL ACCOUNTS; GARDENS OF DELIGHT; COLLECTION; COLLECTOR; HERMON DUNLAP SMITH; ROBERT W. KARROW, JR.; DAVID BUISSERET; LAWRENCE W. TOWNER; EXHIBITION; CATALOG; FACSIMILES; CHICAGO PORTAGE; ILLINOIS AND MIC

Smith, Worthington C.

Impeachment of the President: Speech of Hon. Worthington C. Smith of Vermont, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 24, 1868.

Washington, DC: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Baiiley, 1868. 1868. - Octavo, 8 unbound pages including a title page & 4-1/4 pages of text. The pages are very lightly foxed. The overlapping edges of 1 leaf are chipped. Good. Worthington C. Smith supports the resolution to impeach President Andrew Johnson: "The great executive Officer of the American people--the representative embodiment of national honor, of national justice, and of national power, the sworn defender of the Constitution and the executor of the laws, is solemnly charged with such contempt and disobedience of law, such disregard and violation of the provisions and limitations of the Constitution, as, within the meaning and intent of that instrument, constitute high crimes and misdemeanors. It is incumbent on us, therefore, as Representatives of the people, watchful of their interests and jealous of their honor, to consider this great question with that candor and caution, that thoroughness and impartiality, which shall insure a wise and just decision..Liberty and Justice, law and order, present peace and future security, the welfare of the nation, and the safety and glory of the Republic, all and alike require it." Scarce. Good .

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Book number: 94748

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; U.S. CONSTITUTION; PRESIDENTS; ANDREW JOHNSON; IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT: SPEECH OF HON. WORTHINGTON C. SMITH OF VERMONT, DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 24,1868; 19TH CENTURY; NINETEENTH CENTURY