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Interesting item titled "Lessons Taught by the Attack of March 21. By the German General Staff". [Printed by 29th Engineers, U.S. Army], 1918. Stapled wrappers. Octavo. 16 pages. Printed paper covers, saddle-stapled binding. This pamphlet contains translations of several captured German documents from the Ludendorff Offensive on the Western Front in World War I, showing how the Germans were dealing with, modern warfare in 1917: airplane and gas attacks. The first document shows what they learned and how they would adjust for future battles. Point number three made by the German General Staff states: "In fighting against hostile artillery a vigorous use of gas shells will obtain complete results. Similarly, against hostile infantry the use of gas (blue-cross gas shell, arsine) will have a moral effect and may have a very considerable material effect." Arsine gas, an arsenic derivative, was one of the forms of chemical warfare that was employed to great and terrible effect in WWI. The pamphlet also… Read More

Aircraft Characteristics Book. Ring bound book of cards with black and white photos of Air Force aircraft and their specifications, such as Engine type, max speed, T.O. dist., combat radius, cruising altitude, mission time, crew, and load capacity. Circa 1960s. Ownership inscription by Colonel H.W. Christian. Covers printed with a "Secret" classification, but Christian has crossed out the "Secret" classification on each card and written "Unclassified" and initialed "H.W." The aircraft inside include fighters, bombers, troop transporters, and helicopters. Contains profiles on planes and helicopters produced from the late 1940s through the mid 1960s, with most being first produced in the 1950s. Notable aircraft included are McDonnell Douglas F-4, Northrop F-5B, Douglas A-26, Douglas A-4E, Lockheed C-130, Boeing KC-135, the UH-10 "Huey" helicopter, and the RF-101, the world's first supersonic observation aircraft. This book is annotated and seems to have been a useful resource for the Colonel. Many of… Read More

[Law] Howard, Benjamin C. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in The Supreme Court of the United States December Term, 1852. Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1853. First Edition Hardcover rebound. 650 pages. Measures 5.75" x 8.75". Includes various Supreme Court decisions from the year 1852 during the December session. Cases cover a wide range of topics including issues over ownership and patents, land disputes with Native Americans, railroad injuries, and slavery, among other issues. Cases include THOMAS MOORE, EXECUTOR OF RICHARD EELS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WHICH FOUND that the power of legislating upon the subject of fugitive slaves, ought to be vested in Congress. also INCLUDED IS tHE Philadelphia AND rEADING rAILROAD cOMPANY V. eLIAS h. dERBY. Title page has stamp stating "Library of Congress Serial Record Jan. 3, 1980." New boards and pastedown, but all original pages are together with textblock tight and only minor foxing on title page. oFFERS A UNIQUE… Read More

[African American] Original sheet music for "Eliza's Flight", a notable scene from Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Written by Miss M.A. Collier. Music by E.J. Loder. Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1852. Measuring 13.25" x 10". 3 pages. The front cover illustrates a momentous scene from the later adaptations of the novel, depicting a lithographic image of Eliza Harris, a maid fleeing her owner with her son, Harry, in her arms. In her "flight", she traverses the frozen Ohio River into the free state of Ohio. She is pursued by a slave-trader named Haley, who is standing on the Kentucky shore holding a whip, accompanied by his two slaves, Andy and Sam. A plantation house looms faintly in the background. The words of Eliza appear below the image: "God helping me, I crossed the river on the ice; for they were behind me-right behind-and there was no other way." Pages 1-3 contain original strophic piano and vocal instrumentation, opening with lyrics conveying her undying desire for… Read More

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin; Or Life Among the Lowly. Cleveland: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. In two volumes. Signed First edition in rare gilt gift binding. This is the second printing of the First edition, marked "Tenth Thousand" on title page. First volume 312 pages, second volume 322 pages. Each measure 5" x 8." Uncle Tom's Cabin was the second best-selling book of the 19th century, only bested by the Bible. These volumes are in green cloth boards with gilt stamping and gilted edges. Gilt still bright and much better than usual for this title. Top and bottom of spine panel professionally repaired. New endpapers. Gift inscription, dated 1852. Comes with small card signed by Stowe herself in 1872: "For For Mr A E Wemple, from Mrs H B Stowe, Mandarin Fla, Feb 2 1872." Book has some wear to corners, light foxing throughout. Gorgeous edition of the abolitionist novel credited as the catalyst for the Civil War by President Lincoln himself. Very good condition.

Loose Woman, Poems, Sandra Cisneros. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Uncorrected proof signed by the author. The collection is a reflection on female love and sexuality through the lens of Cisneros' distinctly Chicana style. Her work is poetic social commentary on misogyny, assimilation culture and gender identity in American life. Negligible toning on spine and slight bend to upper right hand of text block not obscuring the text. A gorgeous collection by an important contemporary American poet. Very minor rubbing to spine . Otherwise in very good condition.

[Woman Suffrage] [WILLARD, Frances] BABCOCK, Bernie. An Uncrowned Queen: The Story of The Life of Frances E. Willard Told For Young People. New York, Chicago, Toronto, London, Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1902. Measures 5" x 7" inches, 270 pages. Original decorated green cloth boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine. An overview of American Suffragist and reformer Frances E. Willard's life, divided into "Play-Days" "School-Days" The Teacher" "The Traveler" and "The Reformer". Each sectuion begins with a quote from Willard. Spine and back cover sunned. Slight discoloration to cover. Light dampstain to margins, not affecting text. Overall very clean, textblock tight. A good copy to very good copy. Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1879 and remained president until her death in 1898. Her influence continued in the next decades, as the… Read More

Extensive archive from Methodist minister and revivalist preacher Irving R. Lovejoy from 1860-1888. This archive of over 250 handwritten pages includes 19 handwritten and hand bound sermons, most tied with blue string, totaling 247 pages on subjects ranging from Judgment day to building fraternity between Methodist ministries, and 237 pages of handwritten notes and thoughts for later sermons. Reverend Lovejoy was born in Kansas to ardent abolitionists in the violent years leading up to the Civil War. Multiple attempts were made on his parents' lives and his uncle was murdered for publishing abolitionist materials. Young Lovejoy grew to embrace the ministry like his father before him. Lovejoy was known for his fierce prose, evident throughout the handwritten sermons. "If they are not upon the side of Christ, they are opposed to him," he writes in one, "It is plainly taught that we cannot serve God and Mammon...Listen to Christ calling. Cease persecuting Christ by coming to his call." His sermons… Read More

[African American Film] Unique cult classic with strong Black hero. The Last Dragon, A Tri-Star Picture, 1985. Archive of 3 original vintage silver gelatin photos used as lobby cards in movie theaters. All measure 8" x 10" and are in glossy black and white. The Last Dragon is considered a cult classic martial arts comedy starring Taimak and Vanity and directed by black filmmaker Michael Schultz. In 1991, Schultz was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame for his work on the film. The plot follows a young man in New York City who searches for a Master to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the Glow. Notable real-life film locations include the Harlem Karate Institute of Grandmaster Ernest Hyman, Japanese Goju-Ryu, in Harlem, New York City where the Dojo and workout scenes were filmed. The diverse cast reflected the multicultural nature of New York City. The soundtrack worked to the same effect, combining R&B, hip-hop and pop. Photos feature Taimak during his training, and… Read More

The Importance of Female Education" in The Unitarian Advocate, Vol. IV- No. III. Boston: Leonard C. Bowles, 1829. Original pamphlet, in original printed wrappers. 5" x 8" inches. 6 pages, 144 total. "It is conceded by all parties that women have an extensive influence in the affairs of the world. It is not alone those who are willing to admit that women enjoy an equal proportion of the gifts of God in their intellectual and physical nature [who admit it] [...] Those who deny equality in every sense, and even those who disbelieve that women have souls, if there are any such, will yet admit their power over mankind to be great and important..." An early argument for the importance of educating women. Only three years earlier, the very first American public high schools for girls were opened in New York and Boston; and the year this was published, the first public examination of an American girl in geometry was held. An interesting argument on the necessity of educating women from a Unitarian… Read More

Archive of various promotional materials pertaining to the United Negro College Fund. Includes 6 unused bumper stickers, each 12 1/2" x 4". Also includes 10 3/8" x 13 1/4" tabletop placard with easel backing that states, "Give to the United Negro College Fund...Share Your Opportunities." The United Negro College Fund was founded in 1944 by Frederick Patterson with the belief that education is crucial to Black mobility. The original aim of the UNCF was to fight impoverishment among Black students by unifying various HBCUs to appeal for more funds. What began as an alliance between twenty-seven small private Black schools has since grown into a philanthropic powerhouse. Today, the UNCF provides over $100 million in financial assistance every year to over 65,000 scholars. This archive is in very good condition, with some minor scuffing on the stickers. Very rare; no other copies located at the time of this writing as per OCLC Worldcat.

A Manual of Clinical Laboratory Methods by William Pepper, MD and Fred H. Klaer, MD. Hardcover in red cloth and black lettering. Title on cover is Clinical Pathology. Interior subtitle states: For the Use of Third and Fourth Year Students of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. This medical student's manual is annotated throughout and has several tipped in clippings. Annotations are in pencil and include clues on the various tests and chemicals mentioned in the book. One annotation on the Occult Blood Test remarks: "Meat, iron, and watermelon (a.m.a.) interfere with O.B. tests and hence should be excluded from diet." Student's name appears to be "G.L. Howf" of the University of Pennsylvania. The manual has instructions for testing the levels of sugar, acidity, ammonia, and other chemicals in fluids such as water, blood, and urine. One tipped-in note is titled "An accurate method for the quantitative estimation of chlorides." The student has taken extensive but neat and legible… Read More

University of Michigan Medical School, Class Portrait, includes 4 Women, one Indian doctors in 1928. A large photo Measures 22" x 17.5" inches. The large image is made of smaller portraits of students and faculty, each measuring 1.5" x 1" inches with students names below each one. Of the over 150 medical students, 4 are women, 3 of them white and one Indian. The medical faculty is entirely male. Aside from the Indian female student, the entire class is white. The group all together highlight the slow diversification of the medical field to incorporate women and minorities. The photo has a small tear to one margin, but not affect class images or text. Overall very good condition.

[Ralph Waldo Emerson] Estes, J. Worth. Draft of unpublished biography on Ralph W. Emerson. Circa 1950s. This work in its present state consist of 166 typed pages. Measures 9.5" x 11.5." Typescript manuscript draft consisting of partial introduction, and chapters 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, and also includes book 2 chapters 1,3, 4, and 9. This unpublished and incomplete biography of Emerson was the work of Estes J. Worth, a Boston University pharmacology professor whose wide-spread scholarly work mostly focused on medical history. here he writes an Emerson biography. Here, Worth writes on Emerson, based mainly on his own journals. Chapter six, the first of this document, covers the influence of the Channing brother's on Emerson while at Harvard. Chapter eight covers his early career as clergy and his brief marriage to Ellen Walker. Chapter ten through thirteen covers Emerson's travels through Europe including his visits to the Jardin de Plantes and Emerson's ideas on evolution before Darwin and his meetings with… Read More

[African American] Haskin, Sara Estelle. The Upward Climb: A Course in Negro Achievement. New York: Council of Women For Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement of the United States, 1927. First Edition. No Dust Jacket. 144 pages. Measures 5.25" x 7.5". Book contains a course on the achievements of Black historical figures and provides stories as well as session programs on their contributions. Subjects include: Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Willliam DeBerry, Mary McLeod Bethune, and many others. Text states that Sara Estelle Haskin was one of the group that established a cooperative settlement work in Nashville called the Bethlehem Center, adding "she was also one of the pioneers in the interracial work carried on by the women of the South." Very bright copy in red clothboards In very good condition.