EDGE,Frederick Milnes

Major General Mcclellan and the Campaign of the Yorktown Peninsula

1865. EDGE, Frederick Milnes. MAJOR GENERAL MCCLELLAN AND THE CAMPAIGN OF THE YORKTOWN PENINSULA. With a map of the peninsula drawn expressly for this work by James Wyld, geographer to the Queen. London: Trubner & Co. 1865. First edition. Octavo. iv,203 pp. Maroon cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine, brown coated endpapers. Pencil ownership of H. O. Marcy on t.p. and a bookplate at front pastedown. The fold-out map has some extra creases from careless folding but is whole. A few pages have some browning (probably caused by newspaper clippings that had been laid-in, though they are no longer present), otherwise the text is quite clean. Slight wear to cloth at heel and crown. Front hinge is cracked and the rear hinge is starting. Nonetheless, it is a sound reading copy. (Sabin 21846). The pencil ownership on the t.p. is signed "H. O. Marcy," most likely Henry Orlando Marcy (1837-1924), a surgeon in the Massachusetts militia during various campaigns of the Civil War, especially at the siege of Charleston. In the last year of the war he was appointed medical director of Florida. "His work was characterized by common sense, for he did much to prevent dysentery among the troops by supplying them with fresh and well-cooked food, and at Charleston, his house-to-house cleaning, with a force of five hundred men, made a sanitary city out of one that was pest-ridden." (D.A.B. vol. VI.) After the war, Marcy became the first American pupil of Joseph Lister, the founder of antiseptic surgery, and intoduced his method of antiseptic wound treatment to America. He published a great deal about hernia; however, his most important original contribution to American surgery was the development of animal sutures. .

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ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM

Addresses at the Inauguration of Charles William Eliot As President of

1869. ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM. ADDRESSES AT THE INAUGURATION OF CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT AS PRESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLEGE, Tuesday, October 19, 1869. Cambridge: Sever and Francis, 1869. 65 pp. 8vo. First edition. Stab-stiched pamphlet in printed wrappers, spine reinforced with archival tape. some shelfwear, faint dampstaining to lower margin of lower text block. During his 40 year tenure at Harvard Eliot created the Modern American University. He concentrated all undergraduate studies in the college and around it grouped the professional schools and research centers. Bachelor's degree became a prerequisite for all graduate and professional studies. His most radical reform was the introduction of "the elective system". In 1872 the degrees of Master of Arts, Doctor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy were established. In 1890 Followed the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He transformed the Divinity School from a denominational training school for ministers into a non-sectarian institution of higher learning. Perhaps his most notable contributions were made with the reforms of the Law School (introducing the "case system") and the School of Medicine raising standards and adopting a four year obligatory course, laboratory work, written examinations clinical instruction and internships. A scarce pamphlet. .

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FIGUEROA, Don Jose

The Manifesto to the Mexican Republic

1952. FIGUEROA, Don Jose, with foreword by Jos. A. Sullivan. THE MANIFESTO TO THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC. Oakland, Ca.: Biobooks, 1952. One of 750 copies. 103 pp. 8vo. black cloth. Near fine, minor shelfwear to edges, faint tanning to endpapers. Deckle fore-edge. Originally printed in Alta California during the Spanish occupation, 1835. .

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FOLSOM, Joseph Libbey

Letter of Captain J.L. Folsom

1948. FOLSOM, Joseph Libbey. LETTER OF CAPTAIN J. L. FOLSOM TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE AT WASHINGTON, D.C. Introductory notes by Neal Harlow. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1948. Number 8 of the Letters of the Gold Discovery; limited to 750 copies. A quarto folder produced at the Toyon Press, with a facsimile of the letter (reproduced by the Stanford University Press) tipped-in. Very fine. .

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FOXCROFT, Thomas

Character of Anna, the Prophetess, Consider'd and Apply'd

1723. 1723 BOSTON IMPRINT FROM JOHN CLYDE OSWALD'S COLLECTION: THE FUNERAL SERMON FOR DAME BRIDGET USHER FOXCROFT, Thomas. THE CHARACTER OF ANNA, THE PROPHETESS, CONSIDER'D AND APPLY'D. In a Sermon Preach'd after the Funeral of the Honourable and Devout Gentlewoman, Dame Bridget Usher; who deceas'd at Boston, N. E. May 25th. 1723. Being a Widow of Great Age. With a Preface by the Rev. Mr. (Benjamin) Wadsworth. Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland, 1723. Collation: of I4, a blank. Text leaves are browned with age, with occasional staining, and fore corners rounded. The title leaf has some loss at bottom fore corner, not affecting text. Pp. [2],i-[iv],64. Side-sewn in modern, cloth-backed, stiff brown wrappers, 17.2 x 11 cm. Bookplate of John Clyde Oswald (1872-1938), who wrote books on the history of printing, including the book PRINTING IN THE AMERICAS (1937), and about Benjamin Franklin, and who served as president of the National Arts Club. The "honourable and devout, Dame Bridget Usher" was perhaps more interesting than this tract expresses. Some facts of her biography suggest an engaged and eventful life. Her father was John Lisle (1609/10-1664), MP for Winchester in the Short and Long parliaments, and a regicide who was elevated to Cromwell's upper house in 1657. After the Restoration he fled to Lausanne, where he was murdered by two royalists in 1664. Her mother, Lady Alice Lisle (c.1614-1685), returned to England after her husband's death and lived peacefully for many years, a pious woman who sympathized with dissenters but was not an active sectarian only to be caught up at an advanced age in the aftermath of Monmouth's rebellion, when she was arrested as a traitor and executed. Bridget Usher's first husband was Lionel Hoar (1630-1675), who graduated from Harvard College in 1650 and went to England to pursue a career in the reformed English church. He was a preacher at Wanstead, Essex, until he was ejected following the Restoration. In the 1660s he married Bridget and was active in the dissenting community. His interests in botany and medicine brought him into contact with Robert Boyle and other members of the Royal Society, and he went onto study physic at the University of Cambridge, obtaining a degree 1671. Leonard Hoar returned to New England with Bridget an. .

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FRANKLIN, Benjamin

Melanges de Morale, D'Economie Et de Politique

1824. FRANKLIN, Benjamin. MELANGES DE MORALE, D'ECONOMIE ET DE POLITIQUE, EXTRAITS DES OUVRAGES DE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, et precedes d'une notice sur sa vie, par A. Ch. Renouard. Paris: Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1824. Two volumes. Engraved portrait in Vol. 1. 24mo. Vol. 1: vii,252 pp. Vol. 2: [iv],186 pp. Contemporary paper boards, printed lettering at spine, decorative printed labels to sides. Ex-library; bookplate at front pastedown in each volume and no other marks. Bindings are sunned at spines and moderately soiled overall. Volume 2 has light dampstaining at top edge of one board and in the top margin of some leaves. Text is nicely printed and mostly clean; though each volume has one signature whose leaves are lightly toned. A solid copy; about very good. .

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FREEMAN, Samuel

Town Officer: Or the Power and Duty of Selectmen

1794. FREEMAN, Samuel. THE TOWN OFFICER: OR THE POWER AND DUTY OF SELECTMEN.. AND OTHER TOWN OFFICERS. As contained in the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. With a Variety of Forms, for the Use of such Officers. To which are added, the Power and Duty of Towns, Parishes and Plantations, and a Plain and regular Method to keep Accounts.. Boston: I[saiah]. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1794. Third edition: "corrected, improved, and greatly enlarged." 12mo. 240 pp. Bound in worn and scuffed contemporary sheep, with joints cracked, and sunned at spine, with a chip at heel. Text leaves are age toned and show some light to moderate foxing. The final few leaves (appendix & index) are dog-eared. A necessary reference for a all 18th century civil servants in Massachusetts. Good plus. (Shipton & Mooney 27016). .

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FREMONT, Jessie Benton

Liebgarde. Eine Geschichte Aus Dem Kriege

1863. FREMONT, Jessie Benton. DIE LIEBGARDE. EINE GESCHICHTE AUS DEM KRIEGE. Boston: Ticknor und Fields, 1863. First German-language edition of The Story of the Guard: A Chronicle of the [American Civil] War, issued in the same year and by the same publisher as the first edition. 187 pp. 18mo. publisher's deep green cloth binding, gilt-stamped title to spine, blind-stamped frames and a central device ( a butterfly above a saber) on sides; brown coated endpapers. Book label on front pastedown. Binding shows general light soiling and some wear at heel, crown and corner tips. Text leaves are clean but for some occasional light soiling at fore-margin. Some English-language poetry, written in pencil, on verso of half-title and one of the rear fly-leaves. A very good copy of the rare German-language edition. This book recounts the events leading up to, and Mrs. Fremont's frustration with, her husband's dismissal as the commander of the Department of the West, from July to November 1861. Before being published as a book by Ticknor and Fields in 1863, this story of John Charles Fremont's uncompleted campaign first appeared in a series of articles for the Atlantic Monthly, which was also published by Ticknor and Fields. (Sabin 25835; DAB; NAW v 1, p. 670-1). .

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FROST, John

Pictorial Life of Andrew Jackson

1847. FROST, John. PICTORIAL LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON. Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley/Philadelphia: Martin Bomberger/Cincinnati: Bomberger & Gillis, 1847. Illustrated from engravings. 8vo. calf decorated in blind to upper board and stamped in gilt to spine, raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers. Foxing throughout text; a small tear to bottom edge of one forward blank, one interior leaf carelessly opened. Considerable scuffing, wear and soil to boards, with sun to spine. Some insect damage perforation to upper joint and a 3/4-inch tear to lower joint at crown. Upper board is mildly bowed. Serviceable. .

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GLADSTONE, Thomas H.

Englishman in Kansas

1857. GLADSTONE, T[homas]. H. THE ENGLISHMAN IN KANSAS: OR, SQUATTER LIFE AND BORDER WARFARE. With an introduction, by Fred. Law Olmsted. New York: Miller & Company, 1857. First American edition. 12mo. lv,328 pp. In a worn publisher's binding of blue cloth which is sunned at spine, chipped at heel, crown and top joint. The bookblock is overopened at either end and a bit loose in binding. Pencil bracketing of text throughout, and with numerous pencil notes on endpapers and blanks. An acceptable reading copy, it is offered as is. (Howes G199, Sabin 27528). Gladstone, a journalist for the London Times, presents a contemporary picture of life and politics in Kansas in 1856 based upon his own experience and observations, as well as other newspaper accounts. According to Larned (Literature of American History, no. 2038), it is accurate, well-written and Free-Soil in its sympathies. Olmsted's intorduction deals with the condition of southern slavery. .

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GOVERNMENT

Biographical Congressional Directory

1913. A BIOGRAPHICAL CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY, With an Outline History of the National Congress, 1774-1911. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913. 1136pp. Large 8vo. black cloth, gilt. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown and no other library marks. Some bumping to corners and spine tips. Minor exterior dust soil. Clean and crisp text; several leaves towards the end of the volume are dog-eared at the bottom opening corner. Very good. .

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GRANT, Anne

Memoirs of an American Lady

1809. GRANT, [Anne] Mrs. MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY: with sketches of manners and scenery in America, as they existed previous to the revolution. New York: Printed for Samuel Campbell, by D. & G. Bruce, 1809. Same year as the two-volume first American edition published at Boston. viii,344 pp. 12mo. full-bound in contemporary sheep with a black spine label. Leather is rubbed along edges and scuffed on surfaces, with shallow loss at heel and crown. Paper is age toned with some occasional light foxing and just a couple of spots of marginal soiling. Nonetheless, it is a very good copy. The author, commonly known as "Mrs. Grant of Laggan," was the daughter of a British army officer. She spent her early years, until the age of thirteen, in Albany, NY with the subject of this book, Mrs. Philip (Catherine) Schuyler, aunt of Gen. Philip Schuyler. It contains information about the Schuyler family and Albany customs, travel in the northeast colonies, and Native Americans, particularly the Mohawk tribes in New York state. (Howes G303, Larned 1101, Sabin 28296). .

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GRISWOLD, Rufus Wilmot

Republican Court

1856. GRISWOLD, Rufus Wilmot. THE REPUBLICAN COURT, or American Society in the Days of Washington. With Twenty-one Original Portraits of Distinguished Women, Engraved from Orginal Pictures by Woolaston, Copley, Gainsborough, Stuart, Trumbull, Pine, Malbone, and Other Contemporary Painters. New and Revised Edition. New York; D. Appleton and Co. 1856. Small 4to. brown morocco, spine in gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Some rubbing to leather at edges, slight scuffing, hinges a little tender; but overall a clean, sound copy; very good. Women's studies. .

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HALL, S. R.

Child's Assistant to a Knowledge of... Vermont

1831. HALL, S[amuel] R[ead]. THE CHILD'S ASSISTANT TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF VERMONT. Third edition, with plates. Montpelier, VT.: Published by J. S, Walton, 1831. Folding frontispiece map of Vermont with hand-coloring, twelve wood-engraved text illustrations. 75 pp. 12mo. cloth back, illustrated paper over thin wooden boards, edges stained pale green. Patches of light to moderate foxing throughout, and heavy foxing to endleaves; one leaf (pp. 55-56) has a 2 1/4" closed tear. The binding is edgeworn, sunned and soiled, with a large damp spot to upper board at the spine. Nonetheless, this is still a very good copy, having nice impressions of the plates, with only superficial flaws common to books of that time. (Bruntjen, American Imprints, 7409; not in Howes or Sabin). .

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HALL, Samuel R.

Lectures on School-Keeping

1829. HALL, Samuel R. LECTURES ON SCHOOL-KEEPING. Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1829. First edition. xi + 135 pp. + 10 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo. one quarter leather and paper covered boards. Ex-library copy the only mark being a bookplate on the front pastedown and a barely noticeable label on the spine. Contemporary ink ownership dated 1830 on front flyleaf. Dampstaining from the front cover to the first lecture along the bottom. An sturdy copy with moderate wear with a small nick at the bottom of the leather spine. Thirteen lectures, with questions to consider for each. The first American book on pedagogy. The nature of teaching; children and their behavior; emulation vs. ambition; government of students; appropriate material; more. A scarce and uncommon book. .

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