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. + 12 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo. one quarter leather and paper covered boards. Ex-library copy, bookplate and ink note on front pastedown and a barely noticeable label on the spine, ticket on rear pastedown. Hinges weak, but holding. Relatively clean copy. 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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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. quarter cloth with (remnant of) paper spine label and green paper-covered boards, uncut and partially unopened,in custom slipcase with inner chemise. Faint dampstaining to covers with the bottom corner of the first part of the text somewhat affected. Moderate wear, light to moderate foxing throughout. 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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HALL, James, ed

Western Monthly Magazine

1833. HALL, James, ed. THE WESTERN MONTHLY MAGAZINE. A continuation of the Illinois Monthly Magazine. Cincinnati: Published by Corey & Fairbank, 1833 (-1834). 22 issues. A nearly complete run of the first two years of this monthly periodical (January, 1833 - December, 1834), lacking only two issues (#s 13 & 21, January & September 1834) and one leaf (p.617-9 in December 1834). Other publishers include Eli Taylor and Taylor & Tracy. Included are four plates: Portraits of Daniel Boone (February 1833) and R. H. Bishop (December 1833), and two copies of the medal presented to Gen. Gates (October 1833). Ink ownership on front wrap of most issues. All but one issue are side-sewn in the original printed paper wrappers. August 1834 is the exception; it lacks wrappers and is trimmed slightly smaller than the other issues. Most wrappers show some dust-soiling and edgewear; and some others are starting. Text leaves are clean for the most part but with some occasional light foxing, mostly in later issues. The individual condition of each varies from good to fine, with most being very good. (Sabin 102996). The run also includes two early print appearances by Harriet Beecher Stowe: "A New England Sketch. By Miss Harriet E. Beecher." pp. (170)-192, with the running-title "Prize Story." No. XVI. April, 1834. Published the same year as the first book appearance; this periodical appearance is not noted in BAL. It was collected in The Mayflower, 1843, as "Uncle Tim." (See BAL 19324 for book publication.) "Aunt Mary" Signed "H.E.B." at the end. pp.362-367. No. XIX. July, 1834. This periodical appearance is not noted in BAL; it was also collected in The Mayflower, 1843. Included in the June, 1833 issue is an enthuiastic notice (p. 287) of her first book, Primary Geography for Children, written with her sister Catharine. .

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HANNUM, Anna Paschall

Quaker Forty-Niner

1930. HANNUM, Anna Paschall, ed. A QUAKER FORTY-NINER; The Adventures of Charles Edward Pancoast on the American Frontier. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. First edition. Illustrated. 8vo. brown cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine, top-edge stained red. Minor rubbing and outer soil; sunning to spine extremities; spine gilt has faded. Light marginal penciling, else clean and crisp within. About very good to very good, in a worn dust jacket. .

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HANSON, Alexander Contee

Remarks on the Proposed Plan of a Federal Government

1888. HANSON, Alexander Contee. REMARKS ON THE PROPOSED PLAN OF A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ADDRESSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND PARTICULARLY TO THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND. By Aristides. [One of the series PAMPHLETS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,Published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788.] Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. [Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1888]. 39 pp. An octavo-size pamphlet, side-sewn and glued into plain paper wrappers. Fine within but wrappers are soiled and chipped. About very good. Alexander Contee Hanson was a member of the Maryland State Convention, and Chancellor of Maryland from 1789 till his death in 1806. .

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HASTINGS, SALLY

Poems on Different Subjects. .

1808. HASTINGS, Sally. POEMS ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. To Which is Added, A Descriptive Account of a Family Tour to the West; In the Year, 1800. In a Letter to a Lady. Lancaster, Pa.: William Dickson, 1808. Limited edition, "Printed and Sold ..for the Benefit of the Authoress" by subscription. 220 pp. 12mo. rebound in 3/4 green leather, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped title to spine, top-edge gilt. Bookplate to ffep. Spine is sunned to brown. Joints are rubbed and weak, and just starting, but the boards are still attached. Light foxing to one section of text, else clean. It is a very scarce book in a fragile binding. Hastings (1773 - 1812) was a poet of local celebrity in Lancaster, PA at the turn of the 19th century. Her work combines religious sentiment with odes to nature and to acquaintances among her literary circle; her travel diary includes interesting descriptions of what was then the western frontier. (Streeter Sale vol. 2, 834; Howes H-289). .

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HAUTCHAMP, Barthelemy Marmont du

Histoire Du Systeme Des Finances Sous la Minorite de Louis XV

1739. [HAUTCHAMP, Barthelemy Marmont du]. HISTOIRE DU SYSTEME DES FINANCES SOUS LA MINORITE DE LOUIS XV pendant les annees 1719 & 1720, Precedee d'un Abrege de la Vie du Duc Regent, & du Sr. Law. The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1739. Six 12mo volumes in three. 204[2]312; [2]208,[4]286pp.+[1]ff; [xiv]294[xvii]246pp. Titles in red and black. Tipped in to Volume 4 is a fine satirical engraving of a street vendor with a huge assemblage of varied merchandise ("Admire la Forces"), which was publicly circulated in derision of monopolies. In volume 6, there is one long sheet (14.75 inches) with four numbered tables printed back to back. The Regent (the Duke of Orleans), concerned about the economic state of France, allowed a Scottish financier named John Law to open the Banque Generale (later the Banque Royale) and issue paper currency, new to France. Law created the Compagnie d'Occident, which controlled all trade and financial dealings in the extensive French Holdings along the Mississippi, and later extended to Africa, China, and the East Indies. He purchased the Banque Royale, and became Comptroller of all France's finances. The collapse of the company, due to inflation and excessive stock issues, was disastrous for the French, rich and poor. This detailed contemporary account includes two volumes of relevant documents: letters of patent, arrests, royal decrees, etc. Some slits to folding chart in Vol. 6, and a few marginalia, otherwise internally fine. Leather binding of the period, worn and dried, with externally cracked hinges and some spine losses. Library markings. Complete but needs rebinding.(Kress 4447). .

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HEARTMAN, Charles

Americana: Printed and in Manuscript

1930. HEARTMAN, Charles. AMERICANA: PRINTED AND IN MANUSCRIPT. Metuchen, NJ: Published by the author, 1930. 120 pp. 4to. green marble-pattern paper covered boards with paper label on front board. Bookseller's catalogue with some extraordinary items of Americana (books and ephemera); includes facsimile title pages and a two-color folding facsimile reproduction of the first state of John Filson's Map of Kentucke (1784). Near fine, with minor edgewear to boards. Front board slightly bowed. Minor foxing to endpapers. Scarce. .

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HENSHAW, David

Observations Occasioned by the Remarks, on the Character of Napoleon

1828. [HENSHAW, David] OBSERVATIONS OCCASIONED BY THE REMARKS, ON THE CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, PUBLISHED IN THE CHRISTIAN EXAMINER, VOL. IV. NO. V. BY A CITIZEN OF BOSTON. Boston: True and Greene, 1828. Inscribed by D. Henshaw on title page. 56 pp. + errata slip tipped in. [bound together with] [CHANNING, William Ellery] A CONTINUATION OF REMARKS ON THE CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, OCCASIONED BY THE PUBLIACTION OF SCOTT'S LIFE OF NAPOLEON. FROM THE CHRISTIAN EXAMINER. VOL. V, NO. II. Boston: Bowles and Dearborn, 1828. 23 pp. Rear wrappers of both pamphlets bound in; front wrappers of first (Henshaw) pamphlet missing, present for 2nd pamphlet. 8vo. 20th century library binding of green cloth with no external markings save for gilt lettering on spine (no call numbers). Bookplate to front pastedown, front flyleaf removed. Light foxing to text of both pamphlets, heavy foxing to title page and first few pages of Channing's pamphlet. .

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HILL, Sarah Jane Full

Mrs. Hill's Journal - CIVIL War Reminiscences

1980. HILL, Sarah Jane Full. MRS. HILL'S JOURNAL - CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCES. Edited by Mark M. Krug. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1980. The Lakeside Classics: Christmas, 1980. First edition. Illustrated. xlvii,350 pp. 12mo. brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and publisher's device to upper board, t.e.g. Fine. .

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Keywords: Women

HISLOP, Codman

Albany: Dutch, English, and American

1936. HISLOP, Codman. Albany: Dutch, English, and American. Albany, NY: The Argus Press, 1936. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt stamped. Presentation copy, inscribed by author. Spine is slightly worn and faded. Bookplate on rear paste-down; a very nice copy. .

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HOLMES, Oliver Wendell

Soundings from the Atlantic

1864. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. SOUNDINGS FROM THE ATLANTIC. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864. First edition. [viii] 1-468 pp. + 22 pp. publisher's advertisement dated November, 1863. Octavo, bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and blind-stamped boards. An attractive near-fine copy, it is clean inside and out, showing only a bit of negligible wear to cloth. Early gift inscription - within weeks of publication, dated 25 December 1863, to Moorfield Storey (American, 1845-1929), an attorney and an important civil rights activist who served as the first president of the NAACP, with his bookplate on front pastedown. All but one of the articles in this compilation first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, from 1868 to 1864. Included are some of Holmes' essays on photography, including "Stereoscope and the Stereograph." (BAL 8829; Currier & Tilton, pp. 123-124). .

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HUMPHREYS, David

The Life and Heroic Exploits of Israel Putnam, Major-General in the

1834. HUMPHREYS, Colonel David. THE LIFE AND HEROIC EXPLOITS OF ISRAEL PUTNAM, MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. New York: Ezra Strong, 1834. 190 pp. Small 8vo. leather spine and illustrated paper covered boards printed in black. Spine worn with several wormholes. Covers rubbed, moderately soiled, edgeworn. Worming to p. 86 at bottom in margin, not affecting text. Front and rear flyleaves missing. Occasional light soil and foxing in the text, complete. Engravings: Frontispiece and title vignette, with the rest in the text. Uncommon. As is. Sabin 33806. .

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IREDELL, James

Observations on George Mason's Objections to the Federal Constitution

1888. IREDELL, James. OBSERVATIONS ON GEORGE MASON'S OBJECTIONS TO THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. By Marcus. [One of the series PAMPHLETS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, Published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788.] Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. [Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1888]. 38 pp. An octavo-size pamphlet, side-sewn and glued into plain paper wrappers. Fine within but wrappers are chipping at spine and show light edgewear. Very good overall. Iredell was a member of the first North Carolina Convention. Iredell's "Answers" was originally published in 1788, first in the State Gazette of North Carolina and then as a pamphlet. .

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JACKSON, James

Memoir of James Jackson, Jr. M.D. , Written by His Father, with Extrac

1836. JACKSON, James. MEMOIR OF JAMES JACKSON, JR. M.D. WRITTEN BY HIS FATHER, WITH EXTRACTS FROM HIS LETTERS, AND REMINISCENCES OF HIM, BY A FELLOW STUDENT. For the Warren Street Chapel. Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Co. 1836. First edition. [v]-xi,[4],228 pp. 16mo. brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, sides blocked in blind with a cathedral-style motif within a decorative border. Negligible rubbing to cloth, scattered light foxing within, but neat, trim and very good plus overall. James Jackson Jr. (1810-1834) had a remarkable, though brief, career. After graduating from Harvard, Jackson Jr. studied in Paris under Louis and while there made an important study of a cholera epidemic. It was published on his return to the United States (1832), but he died shortly thereafter of tuberculosis pericarditis. His father, James Jackson, also a physician, taught at Harvard Medical School and was largely responsible for the foundation of Massachusetts General Hospital, never recovered from the loss and resigned his post at the medical school in consequence. (D.N.B. Sabin 35427). .

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