Search Results: Titles starting with O from Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)

[Np. Philadelphia?], 1833. viii, 48pp. + fold out table. Pamphlet. 8¼ x 5¼. Removed. Spine expertly re-backed with tissue. Lacking wrappers; brief foxing; very good. Letters on "pestilential cholera" by Dr. Nathaniel Chapman of Philadelphia, reprinted from newspapers and private correspondence. Includes a fold-out statistical table of "Hospital Reports to the Board of Health" during the 1832 outbreak of cholera in Philadelphia, including data on both mortality and its geographical distribution. Chapman was "[t]he leading medical man in Philadelphia after the passing of Benjamin Rush. Founded the Medical Institute of Philadelphia, first postgraduate medical school in America. First president of the American Medical Association (1848)." (DAMB) American Imprints 18183: MB; MBM; NNN; PHi; PPWa.

Philadelphia: Hughes & Gaskeill, Printers, 1850. 67, [2], [1, blank]pp. 3¾ x 2½ inches. Unlettered, black wraps. Foxing, tanning; else very good. Ephemeral and unrecorded mid-19th century mark publication of the By-Laws and Constitution of a benevolent Pennsylvania fraternal organization. A most interesting section within is between pages [54]-67 which detail the members' names, their method to obtain their daily bread, and I.O.O.F. admit dates. The occupations are of the mechanic-variety: printers, laborers, chair makers, varnishers, tobbaconist, mariner, saddle tree maker; the list of occupations is lengthy and diverse. Printed in small type. The name of Harry Norman is stamped inside the front cover, an early stamping; not modern, but we do not find his name listed within as a member. Unlisted in OCLC.

[Cambridge, Mass.:] MIT Press, 1982. 152, [8 (ads)]pp. Serial. 9 x 7 inches. Softcover. Very good with lightly sunned spine. With articles by Annette Michelson, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Robert Burgoyne, Douglas Crimp, Tony Pipolo, and Thomas Elsaesser. With a complete filmography of Fassbinder. Signed and dated by André Giguère, a biographer. See Giguère's "Le désespoir amoureux" in Sequences, Number 112, April, 1983.

New York: Persea Books, (1985). 197pp. Hardcover. Boards are sunned, else very good in a fine dustwrapper. First edition, first printing.

[New York: W.L. Burroughs, 1856]. [1-3], 4-22pp. Self-titled wraps. Stitched, as issued, a later owner has reinforced the spine with tape. Beginning with the front wrap, a pervasive stain is seen throughout the text; fair-only, but a serviceable and completely legible copy. bjcb 352248 Register or handbook for the United States Military Academy at West Point issued in 1856. Includes lists of cadets arranged by class and by "order of merit" or class rank and a separate roll of cadets "arranged according to merit in conduct." With a list of the faculty.

New Orleans: Graham, Print[er], 127 Gravier St., [1879]. Printed in multiple columns. 11 x 17¾ inches.  Folds, as issued, light wear; near fine condition. A rare and ephemeral New Orleans-printed broadside advertising this Reconstruction Era lottery. The commissioners are identified in the broadside as "G.T. Beauregard" and "J.A. Early", i.e., the famed former Confederate Generals P.G.T. Beauregard and Jubal A. Early. As early as 1877 these two men profited from the dubiously-legitimate Louisiana State Lottery. Included with the broadside is an 1883 lottery ticket, The Louisiana State Lottery Co., The Monthly Five Dollar Drawing. This ticket is signed in type by Beauregard and Early. Unrecorded in OCLC.

[Columbus, Ohio: np (1870)]. Broadsheet. Approx. 8¾ x 4¾ inches. Light soil; one soft crease line; tiny perimeter chip; Very Good. 1870 broadsheet issued by the Ohio Colonization Society defending the colonization of African-Americans in Liberia and writing passionately of those "...having been torn from their own land, the greater proportion of them to die in slave ships..." and further proclaiming the "'right'" of those Blacks who wished to "...go to their fatherland, Africa, and to live and labor there for the firmer establishment of a negro nationality..." The text comprises a strongly-worded letter from Rev. B.F. Romaine, Corresponding and Financial Secretary of the Ohio Colonization Society, to George W. Gregg of Circleville, Ohio. The society was founded in 1827 to encourage Black Ohioans to emigrate to Africa. Now in the post-Civil War, "emancipation" era, Romaine is defensive about the continuing use of the term "colonization." He writes: "The old term "Colonization" has been continued in… Read More

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. 176pp. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's cloth binding, dustwrapper, and cloth slipcase. First edition. Number 266 of 350 copies signed by the authors.

Orono, Maine: Puckerbrush Press, (1995). 103pp. Third printing. 9 x 6 inches. Softcover. Illustrations. Spine and portions of spine sunned; very good. Signed by the author on the title page and with drawings by Hartley Ramsay throughout.

Augusta: The Springfield Village Park Foundation, Inc.: [1995]. 140pp. First Edition. Illustrated. Publisher's blue cloth, near fine in very good dust jacket. Jacket with minor foxing. A bright and clean book. From the dust jacket: the author, "expertly blended the Springfield Church History with events which shaped Augusta's history..." (Searles). "As a quiet trail blazer on the western colonial frontier, Springfield became the nucleus from which other black churches in America evolved and sought courage, example, and support..." (Kirby).

[Oracle, Arizona and London:] Synergetic Press, (1986). 142pp. 8½ x 5¾ inches. Softcover. Touch of fore-edge soil; light wear overall; very good. First edition. Signed by Ira Cohen and with his cypher.

Topeka, Kansas: Crane & Company, Printers, 1896. First Edition. Port. frontis., [4], 5-240pp + [1] plate. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Spine sunned; contents tight and clean; Very Good. Adams: A chapter on ranching in New Mexico. Graff: "In the 1850's and 1860's, Brake drifted from Minnesota to New Mexico and back to Kansas, where he settled." Adams notes a chapter on ranching in New Mexico. Howes B-718. Adams, Herd, 304. Graff 389. Rader 462. Rittenhouse, Santa Fe Trail, 80.

[Chicago: Willkie War Veterans National Committee, [1940]. 16½ x 11½ inches. Half tone illustration. Typographical Union "bug" at lower left. Folds and faint creasing; small tears in margins at one seam line; very good. A 1940 presidential campaign poster for Wendell Willkie, the Democrat-turned-Republican activist and lawyer from Indiana. Here, American war veteran supporters of Willkie back his European interventionist policies, specifically in aid of France which had been invaded and subjugated by Nazi Germany in May and June 1940. The poster depicts a French soldier speaking about the power of voting and its necessity for freedom: "Once, I could vote, too! Once, like you, I was a free man! A Frenchman! Politicians made speeches to me, too! They spoke about our impregnable democracy. They told me what they were doing to protect my standard of living and my working conditions. They promised my family safety through preparedness. But they weren't honest with me! They let me down!... I was one of a… Read More

Flemington, New Jersey: Published by the Church 1898. Frontis., 175pp. + numerous portrait plates. First Edition. Privately Printed. Original blue gilt-lettered cloth. Binding slightly soiled; a very good copy. Rare book documenting the centennial history of this baptist church in Flemington, New Jersey. Amply illustrated.

Oxford, Pennsylvania: Oxford Printing Press, 1896. Privately Printed. Slim octavo, 70pp. Publisher's dark maroon cloth. Very good or better. First and only edition. Scarce history of this Pennsylvania Presbyterian congregation in Chester County. Thumbnail sketches of prominent members are given, many Scotch-Irish extraction.

New York and Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, (1955). 223pp. Publisher's cloth. Near fine in lightly-soiled dustwrapper in like condition and designed by Charles John. First edition, first printing and very scarce. Wholesome juvenile novel for girls by prolific writer Jane D. Abbott. Publisher's file copy with their rubber stamp on endpaper and dust jacket's front panel.

[America or England. Early 20th century.] Broadside. 11¼ x 6½ inches. Printed on newsprint; large half-tone portrait of Simon Smith. Folds, one closed tear, light creases; very good. Smiling Methodist evangelist Gipsy Simon Smith (1875-1943) looks out benevolently from this tall narrow broadside which advertises a performance to hear him give the good word ("Good Singing -Large Choir") at a Methodist Episcopal church in Coventryville. The attendance must have been substantial as "Churches, Societies, Lodges and Industrial Establishments" were requested to make advance reservations. An Englander, Smith came from humble beginnings, life in a gypsy camp in England, which led to a string of small petty crime. His conversion to Methodism came at aged 16 and, from that moment forward, taught himself to read and write. He began to practice preaching and became known as the singing gypsy boy when he began singing hymns. Smith's trajectory led to a close relationship with the Salvation Army and eventually to… Read More

New-York: Printed by M'Lean & Lang, 1798. First edition. 22, [2(blank)]pp. 7¾ x 5 inches. Removed; light foxing; expert tissue mend to spine; very good. "The wounds are scarcely healed which were acquired in the establishment of our liberties... It shall never be said that the YOUTH OF AMERICA are so far sunk slothful degeneracy..." (pp17 and 19) Stirring Federalist Independence Day oration opposing hostile French actions and diplomacy in the XYZ Affair, written by John Wells, prominent New York City commercial law attorney. Wells "revised for publication the collected papers known as The Federalist, bringing out the fifth edition in 1802. He frequently crossed swords with Hamilton's opponent, James Cheetham." (DAB). An ardent patriot, Wells' rousing address reminds his fellow citizens that holding to their independence and civil liberties will protect them from becoming vassals of the French whom he refers to as "rapacious monsters." (p20) The existence of the United States as a nation is imperiled,… Read More

Lowville [New York]: Ambrose W. Clark, Printer, 1841. 16pp. Pamphlet; removed; without wrappers; mild foxing; else Very Good. Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary was an outgrowth of Gouverneur High School incorporated in 1828 in St. Lawrence County, New York. The seminary was conducted by the Black River Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The theme of the Oration was the cultivation of the skill of oratory. It was delivered by Rev. William Ward Ninde, a prominent Methodist preacher in New York State and the father of Bishop William X. Ninde (1832-1901). Rare, OCLC recording one copy (U. Rochester).

Boston: School of Printing of the North End Union, 1907. 10 pages. 32mo. Stiff, sewn covers. Lower cover with soft and unobtrusive vertical crease line; Very Good. OCLC reports one copy at Harvard and one in Switzerland. A modest effort.