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n.p.: n.p., 1856. Hardcover. Fair. This quarto-sized scrapbook, in green cloth over boards, was manufactured c. 1850 by Eayrs & Fairbanks, No. 133 Washington St., Boston. It is about half full of contemporary news clippings, affixed with paste. The scrapbooker did not comment on them, with the exception of one instruction to "See the loose piece."The first 40 pages are from 1856-1857. The majority of articles deal with slavery, especially political events in the Kansas Territory ("Bleeding Kansas"), the Dred Scott Case and President James Buchanan. The first clipping is from Feb. 9, 1856 and details a pro-slavery meeting in Missouri, addressed by David Atchison. The last clipping in this section is from April 24, 1857 and reports on Stanton's speech at Lawrence, Kansas.After a break of three blank pages, the scrapbook resumes with news of Reconstruction from June 30, 1868. There are 6 more pages of eclectica: political news clippings interspersed with a poem by Whittier and advice on How to…
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[OHIO; BLEEDING KANSAS; RECONSTRUCTION]. A contemporary scrapbook of news clippings from 1856, 1857 and 1868.
by [Edward Orton, Sr., or his wife Mary Jennings Orton]?
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On Simple Theories of a Complex World
by Quine, Willard Van Orman [W.V.]
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Dordrecht-Holland: D. Reidel, 1963. Softcover. Very Good. Offprint in original stapled wraps from Synthese XV:1 (March 1963), 103-106. Quine's frequently reprinted and anthrologized critique of those who would oversimplify theories of nature. Very good- with corner and edge wear from having been kept in a book of smaller size. * 000482
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Organon of Homeopathic Medicine
by Hahnemann, Samuel
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Allentown, PA: Academical Bookstore, 1836. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. First American edition, from the British translation of the Fourth German edition, with improvements and additions from the Fifth at the request of Hahnemann. xxiii, 212 p. The German 1st edition is Garrison-Morton #1966. Skilfully rebound in tan cloth with a new hand-letterpressed spine label designed after the original label (the original spine is laid down on a rear endpaper) and original Wesselhoft bookseller's label preserved. Text block is good with light foxing and some top corners have been folded. * 004861
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The Origins of Life on the Earth
by Orgel, Leslie E. and Miller, Stanley
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1974. Paperback. Good. First paperback edition. Good. Pencil annotations, previous owner's name.
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