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Bond and Free; A True Tale of Slave Times.
by Howard, [James] H.W
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Harrisburg, [Pennsylvania]: Edwin K. Meyers, 1886 First edition, first state (with the frontisportrait). Publisher's brown cloth titled in gilt. . Octavo. Frontisportrait. Minor edgewear. Pencil ownership signature, dated 1889, to front flyleaf. Light marginal toning. A very good, very clean copy of this antislavery novel by an important Black publisher and politician in Philadelphia. The present novel weaves together the stories of many different people enslaved on Virginia plantations, centering around a woman named Elva and the escape from slavery of her two sons, Henry and Joseph. In the preface, the author writes, "The incidents related are true, while the adventures of the fugitives, in their escape from slavery, are actual facts related by persons well known to me, some of them closely related, and for whose veracity I can safely vouch…[As] one of that race, now struggling for a position in the Nation which once refused to recognize their manhood I trust I shall not be harshly censure for depicting a few of the milder forms of treatment to which the negro was subjected while enslaved," (p. 3).
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Spanish America; or a Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain in the Western Hemisphere, Continental & Insular
by Bonnycastle, R.H.
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An appeal to the impartial public : by the Society of Christian Independents, congregating in Glocester.
by SULLIVAN, James
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1785 1st ed Colonial America TAX Law Boston Sullivan Appeal to Impartial Public James Sullivan's "Appeal to the Impartial Public" is a short pamphlet-like work written on local tax disputes in early Massachusetts. Sullivan sought to plea with Christians, Jews, and Catholics in the Boston area in hopes of gaining more defense against tax changes.
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SULLIVAN, James
An appeal to the impartial public : by the Society of Christian Independents, congregating in Glocester.
Boston : Printed by Benjamin Edes & Son, 1785. First edition.
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Travels through the Interior Parts of America, In a Series of Letters. By an Officer: Thomas Anburey
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2 volumes. xii+414 pages with frontispiece folding map with hand-colored routes and five plates with four folding; [4]+492 pages with tables and one folding plate. octavos (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound contemporary tree calf with black and red labels to spine in gilt lettering. Second edition. In the last half of the eighteenth century, England and Europe were hungry for information concerning america. One of the books which had combinations of personal and borrowed observation and reflection. one of the best know is Lieutenant Thomas Anburey's Travels through the Interior Parts of America printed for William Lane in 1789. It was reckoned a valuable source on the Borgoyne campaign, in which the author served and on America, through which he traveled. Anburey's Travels are for the most part lifted from earlier publications. The work was lifted in large chunks from the accounts and descriptions of more than a dozen earlier travels, histoires and geographies. Anburey was doing only what other did-and… Read More
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Voodoo tales : as told among the Negroes of the Southwest
by OWEN, Mary Alicia
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1893 1ed Voodoo Tales Old Rabbit Black Americana SLAVERY Missouri Indian MAGICMary Alicia Owens was a 19th-century American author best-known for her works on culture of black Americans and slaves in Missouri. Her best work was "Old Rabbit, the Voodoo and other Sorcerers" – a collection of African-American folk tales which was written in traditional, albeit stereotypical, Southern black dialect.
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OWEN, Mary Alicia
Voodoo tales : as told among the Negroes of the Southwest
New York : Putnam, 1893. First edition.
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Ballou's pictorial. Jul-Dec, 1856.
by BALLOU, Maturin M.
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1856 ENORMOUS Ballou Pictorial Magazine Revolutionary War Boston Tea Party Maturin Ballou was a 19th-century American publisher who is known for his work on periodicals, magazines, and journals. He is most famous for his 'Pictorial' which was highly influenced by the Illustrated London News. Ballou himself said of the work that it was to be
"a weekly literary mélange of notable events of the day. Its columns are devoted to original tales, sketches, and poems, by the best American authors and the cream of the domestic and foreign news; the whole well spiced with wit and humor." (issue 1)
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BALLOU, Maturin M.
Ballou's pictorial. Jul-Dec, 1856.
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History of the Early Settlement and Indian Wars of Western Virginia; Embracing an Account of the Various Expeditions in the West, Previous to 1795...
by de Hass, Wills
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Wheeling, [VA]: H. Hoblitzell, 1851. First edition. Full calf, 8vo, 416 pages. Good condition. Frontis + 4 plates, of which 1 folding (complete). Rebacked with the original spine laid down, hinges repaired, signs of removed tape along front joint, covers considerably rubbed, newer flyleaves, newspaper portrait and article about the author tipped in. Contents moderately foxed, two small ink notes on p. 46 and 281. A nice association copy. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "To Hon. Thos. S. Haymond / With the best respects of / His very true friend / Wills De Hass / Sept. 14, 1851." Thomas Sherwood Haymond (1794-1869) was a Congressman representing Virginia, and a lawyer. Born near Fairmont, Virginia (now West Virginia), Haymond attended private schools as a child and went on to attend the College of William and Mary. He served as a private in the War of 1812, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1815, commencing practice in Morgantown, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was president of the county court of…
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Narrativa de serviços no libertar-se o Brazil da dominação portugueza
by Dundonald, Thomas Cochrane, Earl of; (conde de Dundonald). Trad.: A. R. Saraiva
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Londrés: James Ridgway, 1859. First edition. Blue pebbled cloth paneled in blind, gilt titles on spine, yellow endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed, nick to rear edge, else a very good+ unopened (uncut) copy, scattered foxing, bookseller label on rear pastedown, one removed from front pastedown. A beautiful bright copy.. xv, 321 pp. 8vo. (23 cm). The Portuguese translation of the second volume of "Narrative of services on the liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil" by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald (1775-1860), the commander of the Chilean navy from 1818-1823, and of the Brazilian navy from 1823-1825. "Arrogant, ill-tempered, cantankerous, bellicose, Cochrane was one of the most daring and successful front-line frigate captains of his day.... [and he] and other British naval officers, entirely unofficially, had made a not inconsiderable contribution to the cause of Brazilian independence and, more important, Brazilian unity," Leslie Bethell, Brazil: Empire and Republic 1822-1930 (Cambridge Univ…
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The Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land; with Descriptions of Countries, Nations, Incidents and Adventures, as they Appeared to the Author
by Twain, Mark
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Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1870. 1st Edition. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, double frontispieces. Illustrated with 234 B&W reproductions of prints, drawings, etchings qand engravings, many full-page. First edition, third printing: Pages xvii and xviii have their page numbers; the last entry on page xviii ends with the word "conclusion"; the engraved portrait of Napoleon III appears at page129; the heading on page 643 is "CHAPTER LXI"; the third page of the printed ads begins with "Illustrated History of the Bible." [McBride pg. 8]. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of…
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Ein Neues Lied Von der Mord-Geschichte des Joseph Miller, Welcher..
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1822. [N.p.: S.n., 1822]. 12-1/2 x 10. [N.p.: S.n., 1822]. 12-1/2 x 10" Verse Account of a Murder-Suicide in Pennsylvania [Broadside]. [Murder-Suicide]. [Pennsylvania]. [Koppelberger, Johannes]. Ein Neues Lied von der Mord-Geschichte des Joseph Miller, Welcher im Januar 1822, Einer Sonntags Nacht Seine Schwangere Frau unde Zwei Kinder auf eine Grausame Art Ermordete, Und sich Selbst Erhing, Welches Alles, Wie man Glaubt, Aus Armuth Geschah...[Running Title]. [N.p.: S.n., 1822]. 12-1/2" x 10" broadside. Text in three columns printed within woodcut border and separated by black rules. Moderate toning and light foxing, fraying and a few chips to edges, tear to bottom edge with negligible loss to text. $650. * This sixteen-stanza "New Song of the Murder-Story of Joseph Miller" is attributed to Johannes Koppelberger. It tells the sad story of a murder-suicide committed by Miller, a German-American. The verses say he eloped from Poland with the daughter of a nobleman in 1817. The couple made their way to…
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BOSTON TELEGRAPH
by Hallock, Gerard
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Boston Telegraph, 1824. Generally good condition; Spine mostly missing, very worn and frayed; Pages are mostly clean with modest stains; Edges generally worn and frayed, many are partially torn at the center horizontal fold; Some have loss to the edges with a few slightly affecting the text; A few have larger tears but there is no significant loss of text.. Printed by Bannister & Marvin; Complete run of 52 issues of this religious focused weekly; After 1824 it merged with the Boston Recorder to become the Boston Recorder and Telegraph where Hallock stayed on as editor; 21" x 14.5"; Each issue is 4 pages; Last page of the last issue is a complete volume index; Bound in plain paper with leather spine; Each issue has ownership signature of J.P. Dexter.
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Bond and Free
by HOWARD, James H.W
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HOWARD, James H.W. Bond and Free; A True Tale of Slave Times. Original cloth. Harrisburg: Edwin K. Meyers, 1886. Wright III, 2797. Cloth soiled and edgeworn. Front hinge cracking. Overall a good copy of this novel by a former slave.
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
by Goodwin, Maud Wilder
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos
by Anderson, Carilyn M. And Franklin, Harold A. And Nelson, Bonnie K. And Radford, Milene F. And Dollen
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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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