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Society Of Philadelphia Friends, Philadelphia, PA, 1901; 12mo (3 1/4" x 4 34"); 16 pgs. Quaker peace pamphlet with complete text of a 1901 appeal by 1,200 Phillipine nationals in Manila to the United States Congress in an attempt to dissuade the United States from continuation of the Phillipine-American War. The message was read on the Senate floor at the behest of Henry M. Teller of Colorado, and consists of a detailed Fillipino enumeration of the causes and events leading up to the conflict, followed by an eight point argument purporting to show why the Americans could not possibly win the war. It concludes with a Filipino demand for complete independence, rejecting either autonomy or annexation as acceptable alternatives based on numerous grounds including the Filipinos’ belief in the racial incompatibility of the two peoples. Published here by the Philadelphia Society Of Friends in response to a letter submitted to the Philadelphia Ledger newspaper by prominent Quaker Edward Hicks… Read More

Hatborough Monumental Association/ W.W.H. Davis, Printer, Doylestown, PA, 1862; First Edition; tall 8vo, 12 pages. Address by Rev. Jacob Belville given at the dedication of the Hatborough Monument on December 5, 1861 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to commemorate the Revolutionary War "Battle Of The Crooked Billet," which took place May 1, 1778 when Brigadier General John Lacey’s American detachment was surprised at daybreak and put to flight by Col. Abercrombie’s British regulars and Major Simcoe’s Queen’s Rangers. Twenty-eight Americans were killed, many of them cruelly burned alive as they attempted to hide in haystacks and wheat fields of neighboring farms. A stirring and impassioned speech delivered at the outset of to the Civil War which makes a fervent plea for the preservation of the Union which the Revolutionary War heroes had fought and died for. Also contains a full description of the dedication proceedings, names and titles of all speakers, a detailed description of the… Read More

University of Nevada Press, Reno, 1986; First Edition; 8vo, 255 pages; photo-illustrated. Biography of Robert Hale Merriman, first combat commander of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion and major figure in the Spanish Civil War, upon whom Ernest Hemingway is said to have based the character of Robert Jordan in "For Whom The Bell Tolls." Fine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket that has not been price-clipped. Clean, crisp, bright, and sharp.

C. M. Clark Publishing Co., Boston, 1901; First Edition; 442 pgs. plus 2-page publisher’s catalog at the back; top edges gilt; illustrated blue cloth. Historical novel based upon the life of Aaron Burr, onetime Vice President of the United States who fell from grace after his deadly quarrel with Alexander Hamilton and his subsequent plot to become ruler of a new nation encompassing all the territory from Louisiana to the Western territories and south to Mexico. Fine, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Front board illustration of the infamous duel. Frontispiece plus eleven additional plates depicting various events from the life of Burr. A sparkling and beautiful copy.

The Donning Company, Norfolk VA, 1988; First Edition, limited; 4to, 223 pages. Exhaustive historical study of Clinton County, New York and its residents, profusely illustrated with hundreds of vintage photographs. Copy #1922 of a finely produced limited edition, published on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Clinton County. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket.

Press Of El Paso Vocational School, El Paso, Texas, 1935; First Edition, limited to 200 copies; 7 1/4" x 9 1/2", 15 pages. A look at the Texas Republican, first Texas newspaper, published by the James Long expedition at Nacogdoches August 14, 1819, with Horatio Bigelow as editor and Eli Harris printer. The paper carried information regarding the amount of land available and pay offered to anyone volunteering for Long’s army, plus descriptions of Texas life, terrain, wildlife, and natural resources. The Republican is perhaps the rarest of newspapers, having reportedly gone out of existence before the end of September of the same year. No copy is known to have survived, and all existing excerpts derive solely from segments quoted by other newspapers of the period. Very Good Plus, in illustrated wraps. Clean, crisp, bright, no chips, tears, or soiling, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Authored by noteworthy type designer/ historian/ printing bibliographer Douglas… Read More

The Art Lithographic Publishing Company, New York, 1892; oblong 12mo (5 3/8" x 4 1/4"), 30 pages; illustrated; card wraps. Charming booklet documenting key events in American History, from the landing of Columbus in 1492 to the New South in 1892, each illustrated with beautiful full-page color lithograph by Louis K. Harlow (1850-1913), fourteen in all. Very Good Plus in heavy card covers with embossed color lithographic art and linen tie.

Committee For The Family, West Chester, PA, 1900; First Edition; 8vo, 693 pages; maroon cloth boards; gilt titles; top edges gilt. Detailed genealogy of the Darlington family from 1580 origins in Great Britain to date of publication. An historic American family, the Darlingtons first established themselves in America in 1711 with their arrival from Darnall, Cheshire, England, at Chester County, Pennsylvania, where they soon set about to distinguish themselves. A copious work, comprised of 580 pages of genealogical text plus an exhaustive 113 page alphabetical index of family members by surname and Christian name at the back. Includes a full-page b&w engraved place of the Darlington coat of arms,with guard tissue. Compiled by Gilbert Cope, engaged by the Darlington family in 1894 for the purpose. Former copy of Helen Darlington, great-great granddaughter of Dr. William P. Darlington of West Chester (1782-1863) noted early Pennsylvania physician and Congressman, who was author, among other things, of… Read More

General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York, 1952; Special General Electric Company internal newsletter with full text of the report given by G.E. management during their appearance before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 1952. A reasoned articulation of the dangers of communist control of American labor unions and what is needed to stop it, sadly unheeded by liberal apologists of the time. Size 8 1/2" x 11", 4 pages. Fine condition. Rare.

Dodd, Mead And Company, New York, 1912; First Edition; 8vo, 336 pages; top edge gilt; red cloth boards; gilt titles and decorations; illustrated. Fascinating narrative of over twenty years of travel in the United States Foreign Service as wife of a member of the diplomatic corps in France, Vatican City, Germany, Russia, England, Canada, and Washington, D. C., providing a unique and frequently amusing behind-the-scenes view of the conduct of governments and peoples of all classes. Illustrated with 24 b&w halftone photo plates. Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, corners sharp, binding tight, sound, and square. Minor damp stain on front board cloth at center left, 1 1/4" in size. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A bright and attractive first edition of a unique book.

Printed by E. Guyer, Harrisburg, PA, 1839; First Edition. 8vo, 16 pgs. A special message from Pennsylvania Governor Joseph Ritner (1780-1869) criticizing the rejection of his petition to the state legislature to provide payment to Pennsylvania militiamen for their service in putting down the recent insurrection at Harrisburg, commonly known as the "Buckshot War," giving a detailed chronology of the events leading up to the incident and explaining his reasoning in taking the actions he did, together with complete copies of the correspondence between state and federal officials involved in the matter –William B. Reed, Martin Van Buren, George Douglas Ramsay, A.J. Pleasonton, and J. B. Pointsett. The conflict began over a question of the legitimacy of the electoral vote count subsequent to the election of 1838. Both political parties in the State Legislature refused to seat certain members from the other side, resulting in a bitter fight and riot as onlookers stormed the chamber threatening… Read More

George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., London, 1949; First Edition; 8vo, 409 pages; illustrated. A history of the coal miners’ union of Great Britain at the turn of the century. Signed and dated in year of publication on the front end paper by Sam Watson, longtime General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, Durham area. Very Good, no dust jacket, slight sunning of the spine panel.

Wydawnictwo Lodzkie, Lodz, Poland, 1976; First Edition; 8vo, 356 pages; beige cloth boards; black titles; illustrated. A history of old Lodz, authored by renowned Polish historian Bohdan Baranowski. Text in Polish. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good dust jacket.

Woodbury, NJ, 1932; 8vo; 102 pages; illustrated; printed gray wraps. A history of the participation of Salem County in the War Of Independence, detailed from primary sources in the form of military correspondence, diaries, enlistment rolls, etc., reprinted verbatim. Describes Salem and Gloucester counties’ contributions to the supplying of Washington’s soldiers at Valley Forge, the action at Quinton’s Bridge, Hancock’s Bridge Massacre, and the writings of Col. R.G. Johnson. Authored by historian Frank H. Stewart, President of Gloucester County Historical Society, and collected here in 1932 from his weekly series appearing in the Salem Standard and Jerseyman from February 25 to July 14 that same year. Illustrated with photos of numerous historic structures, plus two small in-text battle maps. Very Good. Clean and bright, no chips, stains, or tears. Small name stamp in top right blank margin of the front wrap. A single small bracket in the margin of three various pages, a thin underscore of… Read More

Time Incorported / Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1959; First Edition, first printing; two folio volumes; leatherette boards; gilt titles and decorations; illustrated. Magnificent Time Inc. condensed version of Winston Churchill’s epic six-volume WWII memoir, profusely illustrated with hundreds of historic wartime photos in black and white and color, taken by both Allied and Axis photographers, many seen here for the first time. Two beautifully bound volumes complete with 10" vinyl LP record of Churchill’s most notable wartime addresses in original protective glassine sleeve. Both volumes Fine, encased in the original publisher’s slipcase, also Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, sharp, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Extensive photo credit index at the back. A sparkling set.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1950; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 903 pages; red cloth; yellow topstain; illustrated. Third volume in Winston Churchill’s monumental history of the Second World War, illustrated with numerous charts and maps. Near Fine, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, slight concavity of the text block at top. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. In a Very Good Plus dust jacket with a single 3/16" corner chip and a few miniscule closed edge tears, no price clipping, no fading, and with all original sheen preserved.

Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1950; First Edition, first printing; 8vo, 1,000 pages; red cloth; yellow topstain; illustrated. Fourth volume in Churchill’s series on the history of the Second World War, illustrated with numerous maps and diagrams. Near Fine, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, slight concavity of the text block at top. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. In a Very Good dust jacket with small chipping at the extremities of the spine panel and a three short closed edge tears of 1", 1" and 1/2" respectively. Not price clipped, no fading. Photo of Churchill with Joseph Stalin on back panel.

University Of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburg, PA, 1944; 8vo, 131 pages; illustrated. Forty-one popular American songs, lyrics and musical notation, by legendary composer and songwriter Stephen C. Foster, all first editions collected in the early part of the twentieth century by Josiah K. Lilly of Indianapolis, Indiana, who subsequently bequeathed them to the people of the United States and are now preserved at the Stephen Collins Foster Memorial at the University of Pittsburgh. Fine condition, in printed blue wraps. Frontispiece portrait photo of the composer.

Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, 1952; tall 4to, 63 pages; printed paper wraps. Catalog #147 of notable booksellers Edward Eberstadt & Sons, featuring 211 exceedingly rare books and manuscripts on the subject of Spanish exploration and colonization of the Southwest, with detailed descriptions for each of the entries. A scarce and valuable bibliographical resource, with a substantial number of items not recorded by Wagner. Very Good, with light peripheral edge wear and tanning of the wraps margins. Internally Fine.

Ocean County Principals’ Council, Tom’s River, NJ, 1940; First Edition; 8 5/8" x 11 1/8", 192 pages plus 8 pages of prefatory material and 4 page index; blue cloth boards; illustrated. A history of Ocean County, NJ, from Indian times to date, the result of a nine-year guided project of the Ocean County Principals’ Council. Text organized by district: Barnegat, Lakewood, Point Pleasant, Tom’s River, and Tuckerton. Generously illustrated with period photos. Front and rear paste downs illustrated with Ocean County Map. Very Good, in a Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner signature and date (1940) on front blank end paper, Vineland Historical Society ink stamp at bottom margin of front paste down. Dust jacket has a small chip at the top extremity of the spine panel and a 3/8" closed edge tear on the back panel at the upper left corner. True first edition, not a reprint or ex-library, with no pockets, blind stamps, or any other appurtenances of the kind.