Smith, Anthony Wayne (d. 1992). American labor lawyer and leading environmentalist and conservationist.

Typed Letter to Educator Harold Rugg of Teachers College, Columbia University, Signed by Labor Lawyer and Leading Environmentalist Anthony Wayne Smith, Future President of the National Parks and Conservation Association.

Washington, DC: 13 January, 1949. 1949. - Typed letter filling one side of an approximately 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead with a couple of lines on a follow-up sheet. Signed "Tony". The top edge of each sheet is creased & each has a tiny chip, a paper-clip mark & pinholes where a staple has been removed in the top left corner. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good. Smith sends friendly regrets that as he only comes to New York at weekends for events such as CIO conventions he will not be in New York in the near future and cannot accept an invitation to take part in one of Harold Rugg's lunchtime forums at Teachers College. Smith's letterhead has a New York address but he had actually been living in Washington since 1937. Much of the letter concerns the travails of the National Conservation Foundation [NCF], and the impossibility of cooperation between communists and fellow travelers and trade unionists and democratic progressives. He notes that the NCF has now reorganized itself and he has decided to rejoin it. Anthony Wayne Smith [d. 1992] had worked as a labor lawyer in New York and took a variety of labor-related jobs when he moved to Washington. He was attorney for the AFL-CIO Political Action Committee from 1956 to 1958 when he became president and counsel of the National Parks and Conservation Association. The Army Corps of Engineers nicknamed him "Mad Anthony Wayne Smith" for the sharpness of his attacks on their construction plans for the Potomac Basin. He also orchestrated campaigns that led to the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts, Fire Island National Seashore in New York and Point Reyes National Seashore in California, among others. He was outspoken in his warnings against overdevelopment and overuse of National Parks. One of the best-known educators during the Progressive era of education, Harold Rugg [1886-1960] was a professor of education at Teachers College of Columbia University. A civil engineer, he had become interested in how students learn and pursued a doctorate in education. He was responsible for producing the very first series of school textbooks from 1929 until the 1940s. Very good .

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Book number: 96242

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; EDUCATION; LABOR LAWYER; ENVIRONMENTALIST; CONSERVATIONIST; PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL PARKS AND CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION; TYPED LETTER TO EDUCATOR HAROLD RUGG SIGNED BY ANTHONY WAYNE SMITH; TLS; T.L.S.

Leighton, Sir Baldwyn, 8th Baronet (1836-1897). English Conservative Party politician whos served as a member of the House of Commons.

Autograph Letter Signed by the English Politician Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Baronet Addressed to the British Barrister and Historian Edward Pears.

Grosvenor Square, November 30 [19th Century]. Grosvenor Square, November 30 [19th Century]. Good. - Over 50 words penned on 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide "52, Park Street, Grosvenor Square" stationery framed by black mourning borders. Sir Balwyn Leighton writes to the historian Edward Pears that he is sending him a corrected "proof copy" of his pamphlet "Poor Law, out-relief", requesting several copies when printed. He also inquires as to whether his other paper will also be printed. Signed "Baldwyn Leighton". Folded for mailing, the top edge is darkened with a small hole to the top right corner. The letter was likely once mounted into an album as evidenced by glue stains and paper remnants along the top edge of the verso. Good. The English Conservative Party politician Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Baronet (1836-1897) was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He served in the South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry. He was J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Shropshire. Leighton was later elected as a Member of Parliament for South Shropshire. Classifying himself as a liberal Conservative party member, he published several pamphlets on "poor law" and "Labour" as well as the "Letters of the Late Edward Denison, MP". The British barrister Sir Edwin Pears (1835-1919) was a historian and author who, for a period of 40 years, lived in Constantinople. He settled there in 1873, practicing in the consular courts and served as president of the European bar in what is now Istanbul. Pears traveled throughout Turkey and its dominions and studied its history and culture. As a correspondent for The Daily News in 1876, he described Ottoman atrocities and Bulgaria's April Uprising. His book "Turkey and its People" was published in 1911. Good .

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Book number: 96528

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; POLITICS; SIR BALDWYN LEIGHTON, 8TH BARONET; EDWARD PEARS; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; ON POOR LAW, OUT-RELIEF; HISTORIAN; BARRISTER; CONSTANTINOPLE; ISTANBUL.

Lenglet, E[tienne]. G[ery]. (1757-1834)

Introduction a L'Histoire, Ou Recherches Sur Les Dernieres Revolutions Du Globe, Et Sur Les Plus Anciens Peuples Connus. Par M.E. G. Lenglet, Ex-L

Paris: Verdiere, libraire, 1812. 1812. Paris: Verdiere, libraire, 1812. 1812. Good. - Octavo, gray wraps. The book is nearly disbound; the binding is loose & the front wrap is lacking. x, 341 & [3] pp. Page 207 is skipped in numbering with no loss of text. Illustrated with 2 folding tables, 1 of them a genealogical table, & 1 B&W plate. A good copy, well worth binding.

First edition.

Very scarce. Good .

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Book number: 1465

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; ASTRONOMY; HISTORY; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANCIENT MAN; PREHISTORIC; FRENCH; ETIENNE GERY LENGLET; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; GENEALOGICAL TABLE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Lenman, Bruce P.; Consulting Editor. Anderson, Trevor; Managing Editor

Chambers Dictionary of World History

(Edinburgh, UK): Chambers, (2001). (2001). (Edinburgh, UK): Chambers, (2001). (2001). Fine. - Thick octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped with a small dent to the front edge of the rear cover. There is creasing to the top section of the dust jacket front panel. x, 948 & [2] pages. Illustrated in black & white with maps & genealogical tables. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. Fine .

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Book number: 14183

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; REFERENCE; CHAMBERS DICTIONARY OF WORLD HISTORY; MAPS; GENEALOGICAL TABLES.

Lesberg, Sandy

Assassination in Our Time

(London/New York: Peebles Press International, 1976). 1976). (London/New York: Peebles Press International, 1976). 1976). Good. - Small quarto [12 inches high by 9 inches wide], cloth, in a price- clipped dust wrapper. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with a piece out of the top corner of the rear panel. A tear to the dust jacket spine has been repaired internally with scotch tape. 255 pages. There is light staining to the front edge of the first text page & the page edges are slightly darkened. Profuse black-and- white photographic illustrations. Good.

A textual and pictorial record of twenty assassinations of 20th century figures whose deaths changed the course of history. Most of the photographs, many of which had never appeared in book form, are selected from the archives of United Press International. Good .

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Book number: 8577

Catalogue: History

Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; HISTORY; POLITICS; ASSASSINATION IN OUR TIME; SANDY LESBEG.

(Pierpont Morgan Library)

The Animal Kingdom: Illustrated Catalogue of an Exhibition of Manuscript Illuminations, Book Illustrations, Drawings, Cylinder Seals, and Bindings

NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, [1940]. [1940]. NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, [1940]. [1940]. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial wraps. Very lightly soiled with a short tear. 70 pp. Illustrated with B&W plates. Very good.

Printed at the Plantin Press. Very good .

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Book number: 23219

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; ANIMALS; ILLUMINATIONS; ILLUSTRATIONS; DRAWINGS; CYLINDER SEALS; BINDINGS; EXHIBITION; CATALOGUE; REFERENCE; PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY; PLATES; PLANTIN PRESS. (Natural History). THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: Illustrated Catalogue of an Exhibition of

Limon, Geoffroi de.

Vita E Martirio Di Luigi XVI. Re Di Francia E Di Navarra Immolato LI 21. Gennajo 1793. Coll'Aggiunta Di Un Esame Sui Decreto Di Regicidio Scritti in Francese Da Mr. De Limon E Per la Prima Volta Tradotti in Italiano Da L.M. P.

Milano: Nella stamperia di Giuseppe Galeazzi, 1793. 1793. - sc Octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 5-1/8 inches wide. Disbound, lacking the covers, though the texblock is stitched and complete. 112 pages, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece portrait of King Louis XVI. The frontispiece is detached with a couple of tiny chips to the front edge. A complete bright and internally near fine copy which would be well worth rebinding. One of several editions published throughout Europe within 3 months of de Limon's discourse in Vienna. Geoffroi de Limon was an ardent defender of the monarchy who called for the reinstatement of that institution in France after the French Revolution. King Louis XVI was deposed by the French Revolution in 1789. Seeking to establish a Republic, the Jacobins feared that the antagonistic actions of Prussia and Austria might result in the re-establishment of the monarchy. To forestall such a possibility, the King was tried and executed by guillotine in 1793. Fair .

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Book number: 95923

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; FRENCH; REVOLUTION; ROYALTY; MONARCHY; BIOGRAPHICAL; LIFE OF LOUIS XVI; KING OF FRANCE; DEPOSED; GUILLOTINED; FRENCH; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 18TH CENTURY; PORTRAIT; ILLUSTRATION; PLATE; GEOFFROI DE LIMON; ITALIAN; MILAN; VITA E MARTIRIO DI LUIGI XVI

Lindsay, Robert O.; and Neu, John; compilers.

French Political Pamphlets 1547-1648: A Catalog of Major Collections in American Libraries.

Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1969. 1969. - Octavo, tan cloth titled in brown. A trifle soiled. 510 pp. Very good.

First edition. Very good .

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Book number: 5792

Catalogue: History

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; CATALOGUE; HISTORY; FRENCH; FRANCE; POLITICS; PAMPHLETS; POLITICAL PAMPHLETS; ROBERT O. LINDSAY; JOHN NEU; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (History). (French History). FRENCH POLITICAL PAMPHLETS 1547-1648: A Catalog of Major Collect

Lockhart, J. G

Here Are Mysteries

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, (1927). (1927). New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, Publishers, (1927). (1927). Good. - Octavo, cloth, in the remnants of a dust wrapper. The spine is faded & the covers are bumped with tiny tears to the cloth. The panels of the dust jacket are detached, darkened & heavily chipped with pieces out & soiling to the front panel. The flaps are partially detached & what is left of the jacket spine is laid in. Half-title, title, [1] leaf, 250 & [1] pages. 8 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. Good, in the remnants of the dust wrapper.

First edition.

Accounts of such historical mysteries as the disappearance of Austrian Archduke John Orth, the identity of the foundling of Nuremberg and the fate of the "Maine". Good .

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Book number: 32276

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; MYSTERIES; HERE ARE MYSTERIES; J. G. LOCKHART; JOHN ORTH; FOUNDLING OF NUREMBERG; THE MAINE; LORD KITCHENER; TEMPLE PRISON; DAUPHIN OF FRANCE; EMPEROR ALEXANDER I; MONTROSE; JAMES GRAHAM; MARQUIS OF MONTROSE; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; FIRST EDITION;

Lockhart, John Gibson.

The History of Napoleon Buonaparte. By J.G. Lockhart, Esq. With Copperplate Engravings. (2 Volumes).

New York: Published by J. & J. Harper, 1830. 1830. - 16mo, 6-1/4 inches high by 4 inches wide. Original buff cloth titled in black on the front covers and spine and with advertisement for "Harper's Family Library" books on the rear covers. The spines are darkened and the covers are rubbed & stained with wear to the corners. 288 pages; and 330 pages, with the publisher's catalog bound at the front of the first volume and included in the pagination. The set is illustrated with 5 copperplate portraits. A piece is out from the top corner of the front endpaper of the first volume. There is some scattered foxing throughout. Good. First American edition. Volumes IV & V of "Harper's Family Library" series. Good .

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Book number: 95822

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; FRENCH; NAPOLEONIC; THE HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; 1ST U.S. EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; PORTRAITS; COPPERPLATE ENGRAVINGS; HARPER'S FAMILY L

Luckow, Ulrik; and Fisker, Jorgen; editors.

Arsukfjorden: Ivigtut Gronnedal Arsuk.

(Umanak): Nordiske Landes Bogforlag, (1977). (1977). - Small quarto [9-1/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in teal pictorial wrappers. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. 151 pages. Numerous black-and-white illustrations, including maps. Very good.

First edition.

An account of the history, geology, natural history, fisheries and way of life of Arsukfjorden in southwest Greenland.

The text is in Danish. Very good .

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Book number: 35208

Catalogue: Travel & History

Keywords: TRAVEL & HISTORY; GREENLAND; ARSUKFJORDEN: IVIGTUT GRONNEDAL ARSUK; JORGEN FISKER, EDITOR; ULRIK LUCKOW, EDITOR; MAPS; ILLUSTRATIONS; GEOLOGY; NATURAL HISTORY; FISHERIES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Luthy, Werner). Petersen, Hjalmar

Groenland

Zurich [Switzerland]: Editions Silva, (1967). (1967). Zurich [Switzerland]: Editions Silva, (1967). (1967). Very good. - Quarto [11-5/8 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with the top edges of the covers slightly faded. The extremities of the dust jacket are a bit darkened, the head of its spine is creased and the top & bottom of its front fold are chipped. 131 pages. Illustrated with numerous tipped-in color plates from photographs by Werner Luthy. Very good.

A book about the people, culture, history and geography of Greenland. The text is in French. Very good .

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Book number: 30973

Catalogue: Travel & History

Keywords: TRAVEL & HISTORY; GEOGRAPHY; ANTHROPOLOGY; GREENLAND; GROENLAND; ESKIMOS; HJALMAR PETERSEN; PHOTOGRAPHER; WERNER LUTHY; TIPPED-IN PLATES.

Lynge, Hans; Lund, Lars Moller; and Westermann, Hans; editors.

Godthab--Nuk 1728-1978 I Tekst Og Billeder.

Nuk [Greenland]: Nuk kommune, 1978. 1978. - Small quarto [9-3/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial color wrappers. The top corner of the rear wrap is bumped. 175 pages. Illustrated with several color plates and with profuse black-and-white illustrations. The top corners of a few rear pages are lightly bumped. Very good.

First edition, limited to 2,500 copies.

Published for the Nuk kommune by the Kommission hos Det Gronlandske forlag. Godthab is the capital and the largest city of Greenland. Nuk contains almost a quarter of Greenland's population and is the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. Nuk is the Kalaallisut word for "cape". It is so named because of its position at the end of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord on the eastern shore of the Labrador Sea.

The text is in Danish. Very good .

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Book number: 35289

Catalogue: Travel & History

Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; CULTURE; GREENLAND; GODTHAB--NUK 1728-1978 I TEKST OG BILLEDER; UVDLORIANGUAK KRISTIANSEN; HANS LYNGE; LARS MOLLER LUND; HANS WESTERMANN; NUK KOMMUNE; PLATES; CAPITAL OF GREENLAND; SERMERSOOQ MUNICIPALITY; ILLUSTRAT

(Maggs)

Autograph Letters and Historical Documents (Including Some Remarkable Napoleonic Items from the Collection of the Late Earl of Rosebery). No. 593. Spring, 1934. (Catalog)

London: Maggs Bros. 1934. 1934. London: Maggs Bros. 1934. 1934. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed light tan wraps. The spine & extremities are darkened & the spine is rubbed with pieces out of the head & tail. The wraps are soiled & lightly bumped with some small stains. There is pencil scribbling to the rear wrap & there is a tiny chip out of its front edge. Title & 116 pages. The page corners are lightly bumped. There is staining to the front margins of a few pages & light foxing to the fore-edge & to the last page. Illustrated with a facsimile frontispiece & several full-page facsimiles. Good.

259 items are catalogued, with prices.

Laid in is an appeal for funds to purchase the Sinai manuscript of the Bible for the British Museum with a picture postcard facsimile of a page from the Bible. Also laid in is a leaflet about the Maggs Bros. monthly bulletin "Mercurius Britanicus". Good .

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Book number: 22743

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; AUTOGRAPHS; MANUSCRIPTS; SALE CATALOG; MAGGS BROS.; NAPOLEONIC ITEMS; LORD ROSEBERY'S COLLECTION; FACSIMILES.

Maheux, G.; Caesar, L.; Ross, W. A.; Robinson, W.; et al.

Fifty-Third Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario 1922. Ontario Department of Agriculture.

Toronto, Canada: Printed by Clarkson W. James, 1923. 1923. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. There is a light crease to the top corner of the rear wrap. 92 pages. Illustrated with tables & textual illustrations in black & white. The top corners of a few rear pages are lightly creased. Very good.

Printed by Order of The Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Among the contents of this report are "Provancher, The Canadian Linnaeus--His Life and Works" by G. Maheux; The Feather Mite-- A New Pest of Poultry" by L. Caesar; and "The Grape Leaf-Hopper" by W. A. Ross and W. Robinson. Very good .

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Book number: 95878

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; ENTOMOLOGY; INSECTS; AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURAL PESTS; ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 1922; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; PROVANCHER, THE CANADIAN LINNAEUS - HIS LIFE AND WORKS