568ADAMS, Charles Francis

Charles Francis Adams 1835-1915: An Autobiography

1916. ADAMS, Charles Francis. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS 1835-1915: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WITH A MEMORIAL ADDRESS DELIVERED NOVEMBER 17, 1915, BY HENRY CABOT LODGE. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company/The Riverside Press, 1916. 4th printing. 224 pp. 8vo. black cloth stamped in gilt with embossed cover vignette. Ex-library with no external markings. Adams' ink signature is tipped in to frontispiece page (below facsimile signature). Faint ring stain to front board, otherwise a very presentable copy. .

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Book number: 80499

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ADAMS, Henry

Documents Relating to New England Federalism 1800-1815

1877. ADAMS, Henry, editor. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO NEW-ENGLAND FEDERALISM 1800-1815. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1877. First edition. xii, 437 pp. Preface by Adams on pages [v]-viii. Octavo, red cloth, gilt title on spine. Bookplate of Moorfield Storey (American, 1845-1929), an attorney and an important civil rights activist who served as the first president of the NAACP. A near fine copy, slightly darkened on spine, with a touch of wear at heel and crown, else clean and crisp. (BAL 8). .

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Book number: 86568

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AMERICANA

American Cow Milker Machine Poster, Original, 19th Century Ephemera

[AMERICANA - 19th CENTURY EPHEMERA] AMERICAN COW MILKER MACHINE POSTER, ORIGINAL. Buffalo, NY: Express Printing Company for the American Cow Milking Machine Co. [n.d. ca. 1865]. 42 x 26 3/4 inches. Woodblock printing: Boldest typeface measures 10 inches tall. L. O. Colvin's "American Cow Milker" was patented in 1860 as the first use of teat cups with a vacuum. The milker was used in England, but the constant vacuum pressure caused problems with the cows' teats. He sold the patent in England for about $5,000, after selling over 1,500 machines. He continued to make improvements and was more successful in America where this undated broadside was published. "Triumphant Success | The Most Important and Valuable Invention of the 19th Century" proclaims the headline; the company is seeking business men to invest/sell the machines; the farmer is being courted. "A sure cure for aching hands & kicking cows." Several archival tape repairs to reverse with no loss of text. Heavy newsprint stock, printed in black. A few small closed tears to edges, and some light foxing. Very good overall. We have located a smaller version of this advertisement, but none this size. .

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Book number: 84384

Catalogue: Americana

AMERICANA

The CIVIL Officer, or the Whole Duty of Sheriffs, Coroners, Constables

1809. [AMERICANA] THE CIVIL OFFICER, OR THE WHOLE DUTY OF SHERIFFS, CORONERS, CONSTABLES AND COLLECTORS OF TAXES. Boston: Thomas B. Wait and Company, 1809. First edition. 164 pp. + 16 pp. appendix and two folding charts. Together with: THE MASSACHUSETTS SHERIFF: BEING A DIGEST OF THE PRINCIPAL DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, RELATIVE TO THE POWER, DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF SHERIFFS, THEIR DEPUTIES, CORONERS AND CONSTABLES, IN THE EXECUTION OF CIVIL PRECEPTS. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, SEVRAL IMPORTANT STATUTES, DEFINING THE DUTIES OF THOSE OFFICERS. Boston: R. P. and C. Williams, 1814. 79 pp. 16mo. calf with gilt ruled spine and red gilt morocco spine label. Leather worn, label dulled, scraped. Closed tear to front flyleaf. Some dampstaining to endpapers. Moderate foxing throughout. Good. .

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Book number: 84779

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ANDREWS, Lorrin

Grammar of the Hawaiian Language

1854. ANDREWS, L[orrin]. GRAMMAR OF THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. Honolulu: Printed at the Mission Press, 1854. [2],156 pp. 8vo. side-sewn, brown cloth back with flexible textured-paper sides. Ink ownership at ffep. This copy is without the folding table, which was apparently not issued in all copies. Leaves are increasingly browned within the text block as they progress toward the center of the volume, though they are all easily readable, with light to heavy foxing in margins throughout, and some slightly bent corners. The cloth has largely worn away at spine; the sides are rubbed and creased at fore-corners. Nonetheless, this is a very good copy of a rare early Hawaiian grammar and imprint. (Judd 324). Andrews (American, 1795-1865) arrived in Hawaii as a missionary in 1828 and he remained there the rest of his life. Within a few years, he was appointed as the first principal of the "mission seminary," where he established a press and printed the first Hawaiian newspaper. Along with his work as a teacher and industrialist, he gave attention to translation of the entire Bible into the Hawaiian language and, for a time (1837), acted as a teacher and interpreter for certain Hawaiian chiefs. Andrews resigned from the Mission in 1841 and entered government service. After his retirement in 1859, he devoted his last years to the study and research of the ancient songs and traditions of the Hawaiian people. Besides the Grammar of the Hawaiian Language, he published a Hawaiian dictionary of some 17,000 words in 1865, on which he had begun work in 1835. (D.A.B.). .

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Book number: 70659

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ANGLE, Paul M.

Lincoln

1926. ANGLE, Paul M. Lincoln In The Year 1854 [-1860]. Each volume of this 7 volume set is devoted to a year of Lincoln's life from 1854-1860. Springfield, Illinois: The Lincoln Centennial Association, (1926-1930). Volumes contain on average 60 pp. each and are 8vo. uniformly bound in white wrappers. Occasional creasing to top opening fore-corners. Clean and crisp within. An uncommon set. Very good. .

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Book number: 74999

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APPLEGATE, Jesse A. & Lavinia Honeyman Porter

Westward Journeys

1989. APPLEGATE, Jesse A. & Lavinia Honeyman Porter. WESTWARD JOURNEYS: Memoirs of Jesse A. Applegate and Lavinia Honeyman Porter Who Traveled the Overland Trail. Edited by Martin Ridge. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1989. The Lakeside Classics: Christmas, 1989. Illustrated, some color. lxiii,416 pp. 12mo. brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and publisher's device to upper board, t.e.g. Fine. .

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Book number: 77065

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[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]

Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1785. [American Academy of Arts and Sciences]. MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: TO THE END OF THE YEAR MDCCLXXXIII. Vol. 1: Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1785. [i-iii] - xxxii, 568pp. + [1] f.errata. 4to 10 1/2" x 8 1/2". Six folding plates. Contemporary calf binding. Front and rear hinges cracked but attached. Vol. 2: pt.1 Isaiah Thomas & Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1793. [i-v]- 200. pt.2 Charlestown: Samuel Etheridge , 1804. [i-iii] - 24. [1]- -168. Bound as one in contemporary calf. Contains 3 plates including one folding plate of a reproduction of James Winthrop's sketch of the Deighton Rock petroglyphs.Front board detached; rear hinge cracked. Ex-library copy previously owned by noted Boston physician Buckminster Brown. Text is mostly clean with some mild foxing and ink staining . First two volumes of the series published by one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the country. Created during the Revolution it included John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and John Hancock among other luminaries. Volume 2, which includes an obituary of George Washington, published in 1804 is quite scarce. $3250.00. .

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Book number: 87633

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Medicine and Science

Western Publishing Association

Western: A Journal of Literature, Education and Art. New Series

1875. Western Publishing Association. THE WESTERN: A Journal of Literature, Education and Art. Edited by H. H. Morgan. Saint Louis, MO: Western Publishing Association, January 1875(-December 1876). New Series. Vol. I. No. 1. - Vol. II. No. 12. but lacking nos. 5 & 7 (May and July 1876) in Vol. II. 22 issues in original printed paper wrappers. Vol. I. No. 1. (only) has a library seal embossed in blind on the front wrap. Most issues show some dust-soiling and/or light edgewear to wrappers but are clean within; their condition ranges from very good to near fine. .

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Book number: 78070

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BARRON, William

History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity, Applied T.

1777. [BARRON, William]. HISTORY OF THE COLONIZATION OF THE FREE STATES OF ANTIQUITY, APPLIED TO THE PRESENT CONTEST BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND HER AMERICAN COLONIES. WITH REFLECTIONS CONCERNING THE SETTLEMENT OF THESE COLONIES. London: Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand, 1777. i-[viii],151 pp. Quarto, side-sewn in (contemporary?) plain paper wrappers, with title supplied by hand on top wrapper. Half-title leaf is detached and edge-chipped. Top-edge of one leaf is cut away, but without loss of text, and the final leaf has a pinky-shaped peninsula of loss affecting just one word. A few text pages are browned but most are clean, though several have dog-eared corners. Wrappers, plus intital and closing leaves are soiled. The text justifies colonial taxation as an ancient practice. Offered as is. (Howes B179, Kress B.9, Sabin 3644a). .

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Book number: 75252

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New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields

Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg

1902. New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. FINAL REPORT ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF GETTYSBURG. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1902. Three quarto volumes in original decorated-cloth bindings, continuously paginated: 1462 pp. Illustrated throughout, including 5 fold-out pocket maps. Paper is lightly age-toned, but the text is clean. It is a serviceable set which is offered with all faults due to the worn and generally soiled bindings with hinges broken. .

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Book number: 77080

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BAYARD, Samuel J.

Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. Stockton

1856. [BAYARD, Samuel J.] A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM. ROBERT F. STOCKTON; with an appendix, comprising his correspondence with the Navy Department respecting his conquest of California; and extracts from the defence of Col. J. C. Fremont, in relation to the same subject; together with his speeches in the Senate of the United States, and his political letters. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. First edition; inscribed on the front fly-leaf "Miss Caroline Bayard, with respects of [the] Author." Frontispiece portrait. 210,131,[2] pp. Brown cloth, blocked in blind, gilt-stamped title on spine, pink endpapers. Lightly sunned on spine and rubbed on sides, with a couple small soiled spots. Text leaves show light to moderate foxing, with a slightly musty smell, and some dog-eared corners. Very good. (Howes B254). .

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Book number: 77847

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BEECHER, Catharine

Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book: Designed As a Supplement to Her

1849. BEECHER, [Catharine]. MISS BEECHER'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK: DESIGNED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HER TREATISE ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Third edition. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. Early printing of the third edition. Wood-engraved text illustrations. [2],xiii,306,[2],24 pp. + 8 pp. ads. 12mo. publisher's brown cloth, gilt-stamped title at spine, sides blocked in blind. Ink ownership ffep. Binding is generally worn and skewed, being edgeworn and rubbed all over, and chipped at crown. The cloth along the top joint is worn though most of the length; also, the spine has a horizontal closed-tear. Occasional light foxing within, mostly to end leaves, but clean overall. A good reading copy of a scarce title. .

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Book number: 75280

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Keywords: Women

BELKNAP, Jeremy

Rev. Dr. Belknap's Biographies of the Early Discoverers of America

1866. BELKNAP, Jeremy. REV. DR. BELKNAP'S BIOGRAPHIES OF THE EARLY DISCOVERERS OF AMERICA - A REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 1798. New York: C. Collins & Co. [1866]. 253 pp. 4to. green cloth stamped in gilt and blind, edges gilt. Moderate shelfwear to corners and spine; spine slightly dulled. Frontispiece engraving (Columbus) in excellent condition. A very nice copy. .

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Book number: 80841

Catalogue: Americana

BOOKS

John Carter Brown Library

1975. CATALOGUE OF THE JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY IN BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, Rhode Island. Bibliotheca Americana. 7 volumes. Reprint edition. Volumes 1-3 are uniformly bound, tall 8vo. black cloth, gilt, published in Millwood, New York by Kraus Reprint Co. 1975. Volumes 4-5 are uniformly bound, tall 8vo. black cloth, gilt, published by Kraus Reprint Co. 1963. Volumes 6-7 are uniformly bound, square 4to. black cloth, gilt, published in Providence by Brown University Press, 1973. All volumes are clean and fresh, in near fine to fine condition. With thousands of collations, this is an invaluable bibliography. Americana. .

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Book number: 76739

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