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ANCIENT SOCIETY; or, Researches In the Lines of Human Progress From Savagery, Through Barbarism to Civilization by Morgan, Lewis Henry - 1877

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ANCIENT SOCIETY; or, Researches In the Lines of Human Progress From Savagery, Through Barbarism to Civilization by Morgan, Lewis Henry - 1877

ANCIENT SOCIETY; or, Researches In the Lines of Human Progress From Savagery, Through Barbarism to Civilization

by Morgan, Lewis Henry

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New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1877. First Edition. Cloth. Good +/None: Custom case. SIGNED by the Author & 13 of his colleagues.<br /> <br /> 8vo (9 3/4" x 7 3/4" x 1.8"; 2 pounds, 6.2 ounces), brown cloth with gilt-stamping, xvi + 560 pages. The most important work of the outstanding American anthropologist of his time: "The Father of American Anthropoogy." His theories of social evolution have had a profound influence upon subsequent anthropology and history. Morgan knew and favorably impressed Charles Darwin; was a significant influence on Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; and was cited favorably by Sigmund Freud. <br /> Born near Aurora, New York, Lewis Henry Morgan originally trained as a lawyer and practiced for 18 years in Rochester, often dealing with railroads. The expansion by these railroads through Upstate New York caused massive expropriations of native American lands and dislocations of native residents.<br /> As a result, beginning in the 1840's, Morgan became absorbed with Native Americans and their rights. Such concerns led him to make exhaustive studies of the Iroquois. (See his major ethnographic study: The League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois, 1851). He also formed a social club of men interested in Iroquois affairs. (One suspects that some of the other signatories to this unique volume may have been early members of Morgan's fraternity, but more research in the archives of Rochester and related libraries is necessary.)<br /> Morgan continuously championed the welfare of tribes within the League of the Iroquois whose lands were being expropriated. Further encroachments then caused him to study another of their endangered tribal League, the Seneca. In particular, Morgan researched their kinship patterns and nomenclature. <br /> Another important influence on Morgan's work was Ely S. Parker, a Union Army officer and native American of the Seneca tribe who had remarkable talents, He influenced Morgan in his studies of the Iroquois and Seneca. Parker later became the first native America to be appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs. [See Wikipedia & The Library of Henry Morgan and Mary Elizabeth Morgan, Thomas R. Trautmann and Karl Sanford Kabelac, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, Vol. 84, No. 6/7, (1994).] <br /> So profound was Morgan's knowledge, plus so successful were his efforts to protect the Seneca's ancient tribal rights, that the Seneca adopted him as one of their Sachems or wisemen. <br /> Morgan further pursued the kinship relationships of Amerindians into similar Asiatic forms. He concluded that Amerindians had originated in Asia. (See, Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, 1871, which inaugurated the study of kinship systems as a fundamental organizing principal of preindustrial societies.) His influential studies led to his development of the theory of cultural evolution--in support and convergence with the work of Charles Darwin.<br /> (Darwin was also impressed by Morgan's study of the greatly endangered beaver, which confirmed the British scientist's analysis of the continuities between animals and humans.) <br /> From the beginning of the Civil War, Lewis Morgan served with distinction in the New York State Assembly (1861-68); followed by two years in the NY State Senate. One notes that among the co-signatories of this volume the presence of several former physicians who also served for the Union during the Civil War.<br /> <br /> Lewis Hery Morgan (1818-1881) is regarded as a--if not THE--principal founder of the modern schoool of ethnology, kinship studies, and scientific anthropology. (See also a recent edition of Morgan's work with an Introduction by anthropologist, Robin Fox.) <br /> <br /> In Ancient Society, the author elaborated a social evolutionary scheme which identified three main stages of human history: savagery, barbarism, and civilization. Each stage reflects a close correlation between technology, economic, and cultural achievements. His theory thus became a key foundation for Social Darwinism, though it should hardly be thus delimited.<br /> <br /> Through his comparisons of human institutions and discoveries, Morgan became convinced of mankind's unity of origin and of the similarity of human needs, aspirations, and accomplishments at comparable stages of development. He also did important work on monogenesis and the evolution of the human family.<br /> <br /> According to the author, the human race is "one is source, one in experience and one in progress." Morgan's work was enthusiastically endorsed and used by Mark and Engels--subsequently by Gordon S. Childs and Robin Fox--as supporting a evolutionary, social, and materialist interpretation of history. Howes M-803.<br /> <br /> Previous flourishing ink ownership marks of "Mr. N. [or possibly "H"] Peck / Rochester, N.Y. / Dec. 4, 1879." The Pecks were a well established and prominent family in Rochester. (One suspects, for example, that the 20th century actor, Gregory Peck, may have had distant connections to this owner.) <br /> <br /> Cloth is slightly faded with minor rubbing to extremities (most noticeably a bit of fraying to the upper and lower spine caps). The hefty volume is slightly shaken and the front endpapers and title page are somewhat loose. Internal joints have splits at pastedowns revealing the webbing but Not evidently affecting the sewing, so that the hinges are very good. Internally, very slight age toning to the otherwise clean, unspoiled pages.<br /> <br /> In what follows, I bracket what information I deem most probable for briefly identifying the notable individuals--all from Rochester--who signed with highly legible signatures beneath L[ewis] H[enry] Morgan on the free front endpaper opposite the title page of this first edition of Ancient Society: <br /> <br /> "L.H. Morgan" <br /> <br /> [Dr.] "E.M. Moore" [physician and father of Samuel P. Moore below]<br /> <br /> Robert Matthews [hardware merchant, b. ca.1843, Ireland, m. Elizabeth G., no children.]<br /> <br /> [Dr.] "Charles E.[verts] Rider" [born 26 May 1839 in New Haven, VT; attended Oberlin & Middlebury Colleges, the Univesity at Giessen, Ecole de Médicine, Paris, MD University of Vermont,1863; physician and surgeon. Professor of Pphtalamic and Diseases of the Ear, 1872-80. Pioneering expert of the Rochester Microscopical Society, one of the largest scientific organizations of its kind. The Microscopical Society was later folded into the Rochester Academy of Science in 1881. His son "Wheelock" also signed this important volume.]<br /> <br /> Porter Farley [very active in antislavery efforts and the Underground Railroad; then during the Civil War, a former Union Captain and hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg; married to Susan; see: An Unvarnished Tale: The Public and Private Civilian Writings of Porter Farley, 140th NYVI]<br /> <br /> [Dr.] "M. L. Mallory" [later Chairman of the Committee on the American Microscopical Society]<br /> <br /> "J. H. Hopkins" [John H. Hopkins, b. 1843, married Martha P., daughter Esther A.Quaker lawyer]<br /> <br /> "J. H. Boucher" [Described as a "jobber" of the Rochester firm Mathews [var. "Mathers"] and Boucher. From one of his essays, Boucher appears also to have been a progressive economist profoundly interested in balancing the fruits of production, distribution, labor, and capital for "the Universal Prosperity of All Citizens of this Country." Possibly associated with Harvard University in 1888.]<br /> <br /> "F. P. Smith" [engineer and member of the American Society of Municipal Engineers]<br /> <br /> [Dr.] "S. P. Moore" [Samuel Prescott Moore, b. 3 Jan., 1854, physician son of Dr. E. M. Moore [above]]<br /> <br /> [Dr.] "Wheelock Rider" [born 1 June, 1863, in Vermont; son of Dr. Charles Edward--listed above--& Delia W. Doctor Wheelock, a smoker, died in 1927.]<br /> <br /> [Dr.] "Oscar Craig" [a physician, who with his wife, became very concerned about the welfare of epileptics, which caused him--or them both--to found Craig Colony for their care.]<br /> <br /> "William B. Lee" [attorney and member of the BAR]<br /> <br /> [Dr.] "Richard Curran" [born 1838 in Lenox, New York; a former Union military surgeon; married to Almira J. Craine; son. Arthur, b.1864; became a druggist at Curran & Goler after the Civil War and sold surgical instruments; very active in municipal afffairs.]<br /> <br /> Overall, an extremely remarkable SIGNED & ASSOCIATION copy by this major American scientist.
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L.G. publishers & Distributers. Paperback. New. “There exists an important book on the conditions of primitive society, as important as Darwin is in Biology, and of course it is again Marx who discovered it; Morgan, Ancient Society, 1877.” – Friedrich Engels Ancient Society, a brilliant, significant and best known work of Lewis Morgan, attempts to explain human culture. Morgan’s refutation of the Book of Genesis, his theory of primitive promiscuity, his materialism, and his emphasis upon the role of property in the course of social evolution provoked heated opposition. This controversial classic work of anthropology is believed to be the first modern inquiry into social evolution. Lewis Henry Morgan was a pioneering American anthropologist and social theorist who worked as a railroad lawyer. He is best known for his work on kinship and social structure, his theories of social evolution, and his ethnography of the Iroquois. He was a contemporary of the European social… Read More
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The Guardians of the House
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The Guardians of the House: Inscribed Copy

by Lucy Boston with Diana Boston

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9780905899091
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Inscribed "The Simpson family You saw most of these faces at Green Know on 26 April 2001 Diana Boston" Book in Near Fine condition, Dust Jacket Good/VG. Has very little wear but crinkly with a crease down the back, some dents and a purple stain on back by bar code. See photos.
A souvenir from visiting the manor at Hemingford Grey which stands near the river Ouse. SHIPS FROM CHICAGO, IL.
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Tours of the Black Clock.
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Tours of the Black Clock.

by ERICKSON, Steve. Inscribed to Katherine Dunn (Author of Geek Love)

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9780671649210
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0671649213
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New York: Poseidon Press, 1989. Signed by the author on the half-title page, and inscribed: To Katherine Dunn, best, Steve Erickson. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, black paper-covered boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket with toning to the white parts of the jacket. Katherine Dunn was the author of Geek Love.
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Allen Lucas; the Self-Made Man

Allen Lucas; the Self-Made Man

by Chubbuck, Emily

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New York: Sheldon & Company, 1867. Later edition. Very good with some foxing and prior owner signature to front pastedown.. A scarce printing, which appears to be unrecorded on Worldcat. Part of Sheldon's "Good Boy's Library" as indicated on the spine and which were apparently previously part of Sheldon's "Sunday School Books" library. In publisher's green cloth with gilt stamp decorated spine.
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The Western Maryland Railway Story: A Chronicle of the First Century, 1852-1952
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The Western Maryland Railway Story: A Chronicle of the First Century, 1852-1952

by Williams, Harold A

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Baltimore, Western Maryland Railway Company, 1952, hardcover, xvi-134 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued, Association Copy, Signed and inscribed on the half-title page to Robert B. Murray, Undersecretary of the Department of Commerce for Transportation from 1953-1955 "in appreciation of his outstanding public service" and dated Dec. 17, 1954. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end and corner wear, spine titles worn, a few tiny spots to rear cover. A complete history of the first century of this important transportation system servicing the Eastern seaboard and points further west. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs of historic scenes and vintage locomotives including the Alliance, the Monocacy, and the Conewago.
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The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith;  Written by Himself [Hiester H. Muhlenberg]
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The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith; Written by Himself [Hiester H. Muhlenberg]

by Moir, David Macbeth

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New York: J. & J. Harper, 1828. Hard Cover. Good +. xii, [13]-223 p.; 19 cm. Contemporary calf spine with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Mansie Wauch. Marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Remains of old paper label at head of spine and call number in white at tail. In ink on the title page in an old hand, following the title "By Mr Moir." At head of title page in another hand: "To the UPS from Hiester H. Muhlenberg of Reading Pa." Hiester H. Muhlenberg (1812-1886) graduated from Dickinson College in 1829 and practiced medicine in Reading; later he became a banker. A bookplate and inscriptions on the front fixed endpaper indicate that Muhlenberg gave the book to the Union Philosophical Society of Dickinson College in 1837. Title page also bears the embossed stamp of the Dickinson College Library. The half title page has been altered in ink to read: The Life of John W.… Read More
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ROBERT STONE. A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1962 - 1992
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ROBERT STONE. A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1962 - 1992

by Lopez, Ken and Bev Chaney

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9780963289803
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0963289802
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Hadley: Numinous Press, 1992. First edition, first prnt. Introduction by Mark Levene. Essays by Stone and Charles Michaud. Black and white illustrations. Inscribed by Stone to Chaney on the half-title page. "For Bev in grateful appreciation and with best wishes Bob Stone." Also signed by Stone's wife, Janice, on the page. Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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MAN-FATE. THE SWAN SONG OF BROTHER ANTONINUS
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MAN-FATE. THE SWAN SONG OF BROTHER ANTONINUS

by Everson, William (Brother Antoninus)

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9780811205207
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0811205207
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NY: New Directions, 1974. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Everson on the half-title page to his publisher/bibliographer, the Barlett's of Cayucos Books. "To Peter & Henrietta/once again here at Kingfisher Flat in gratitude for our long friendship Bill Everson Dec 30, 1984 Swanton, CA." Cayucos Books published Everson's Tendril in the Mesh, The Alpine Christ & Other Poems, et al. Very faint beginning toning on the dustjacket topedge (not immediately apparent); otherwise, in Fine condition in a Naer Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Inscribed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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IN THE LOYAL MOUNTAINS
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IN THE LOYAL MOUNTAINS

by Bass, Rick

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9780395716878
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039571687x
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Tom McGuane, to whom the book along with John Graves and Jim Harrison is dedicated, on the dedication page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Unusual as such.. Inscribed By Dedicatee. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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Bloemen Op Tegels in De Gouden Eeuw / Dutch Floral Tiles in the Golden Age and their Botanical Print
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Bloemen Op Tegels in De Gouden Eeuw / Dutch Floral Tiles in the Golden Age and their Botanical Print

by Schaap, Ella B

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Haarlem, Netherlands: Becht, [1994]. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 8vo. 184 pp. Bound in full bright blue cloth, title in silver on spine, in illustrated dust jacket. Text in Dutch and English. Full-color and black and white illustrations. Includes bibliography and index. Erratum slip laid in. Presentation copy from Author to John Michael Montias and his wife:"For/Monsieur et Mme John M. Montias/with much respect + love/Ella Schaap/March-April-1999". Montias was an economist who became a leading scholar of the artist Johannes Vermeer, and one of the first to analyze the economics of art. Very Good+ minor age-toning to margins of pages, some fading to extremities of binding, bump to lower corner of front cover, in Very Good+ dust jacket with bumping and light wear to extremities, some sunning to spine.
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VENDETTA: LUCKY'S REVENGE
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VENDETTA: LUCKY'S REVENGE

by Collins, Jackie

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9780060392093
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NY: HarperCollins, 1997. First edition. ltr. prnt (4th). Inscribed by Collins on the half-title page. "January 1997 To Nikki, Happy Reading! Jackie." A TLS on Collins' letterhead is laid-in. Dated "January, 31, 1997" to Nikki Haskell at her Los Angeles address. "Dear Nikki: Thanks for coming to my book party. You looked sensational, as usual! Here is a signed copy of Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge for your personal library. Fondest love, Jackie." Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The TLS is an 8.5x11" sheet fiolded in half; otherwise, in Fine condittion.. The inscriptee is Nikki Haskell, the Hollywood socialite who hosted parties for A-listers and was the creator of the "StarShape" diet system, by which she became know as "the Diet Queen to the Stars." She was also producer and host of "The Nikki Haskell Show," an early cable TV program. In 2013 Haskell declared bankruptcy amid being sued by New Orleans… Read More
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