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National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans, Complete 2 Volume Set
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National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans, Complete 2 Volume Set

by Duyckinck, Evert

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New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Quarter black calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt titles and spine decoration. Marbled endpapers. Unmarked except for early previous owner's inscription (see photo). Virually no foxing at all. First tissue guard is torn at bottom but others are intact. Biographical and historical narratives with many full-page engravings. 9" x 11". Some scuffing to leather and light wear to extremities, and light chipping to top of spine of volume 2. A very good plus copy of this beautifully produced work.
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Harper's Weekly Vol. XLVII, Jan-Jun, 1903

Harper's Weekly Vol. XLVII, Jan-Jun, 1903

by Harper's Weekly

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New York: Harper & Brothers 1903. (Folio) 1082pp. Good to very good. Bound in 3 / 4 leather. The 19 double-page spreads have been bound such that pages have been bound between each half of the image, also one two-leaf section escaped the binding but is present. The covers are a bit worn and there is minor dampstaining to the page edges. (Literature, Harper's Weekly, Magazines).
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The Microcosm: Volume 28 1887; published by the Secret Fraternities and Literary Societies of the...
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The Microcosm: Volume 28 1887; published by the Secret Fraternities and Literary Societies of the College of the City of New York

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New York: Vanden Houten & Co. printers, 1887. Hardcover. Good -. 113 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped cover title; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. The chairman of the board of editors was Floy McEwen, later a well-known doctor. Includes illustrations by William H. Johns, later president of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. The advertisements include a 2-page chromolithographed ad for Gordon & Dilworth, producers of preserves, jellies, mince meat, plum pudding, salad dressing, olives, capers, brandy fruits, and "New Process Catsup," and an engraved ad in red and green for A.E. Chasmar & Co., art stationers and engravers. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Delta, compliments of [pi squared]. Please exchange." Very scarce. In Good- Condition: cover is rubbed and soiled; hinges are weak; p. 13-14 is detached but present; the center of the engraving accompanying the Delta Kappa Epsilon section has been removed;… Read More
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Executive Papers. A Publication of The Hereditary Order of the Families of  the Presidents and...
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Executive Papers. A Publication of The Hereditary Order of the Families of the Presidents and First Ladies of America

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America. Very Good. First Edition. Paperback. 9 stapled wraps. Issues 3 - 11, years 2006 - 2015. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .
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California in 1851 - 1852 The Letters of Dame Shirley; [The Shirley Letters in two volumes]...
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California in 1851 - 1852 The Letters of Dame Shirley; [The Shirley Letters in two volumes] Introduction and notes by Carl I. Wheat

by Clappe, Louise [Dame Shirley]

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San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. limited to 500, in two volumes 1851 [Number 5, Rare America Series] and 1852 [Number 6, Rare American Series], 8vo, [9x6in]; Vol. I - [2], xviii, [1], 142, [6], [2], Vol. II - [2], xviii, [1], 143, [6], [3], 24 black/white and blue toned illustrations and map, Introduction and Retrospective by Carl Wheat; Dark blue cloth backstrip with gray-blue paper boards, dark blue lettering and line designs on front, spine paper label with black lettering for both volumes, top edge trimmed and others untrimmed; Light tan dust jackets with black lettering narrative about the Rare America Series on front; Vol. I & II boards age toned along edges, darken age toning to front and rear end papers of both volumes, bookplate of Frank Howard Abbott, Jr. on front end paper in both volumes with some offset, tipped in illustration of miners in a saloon on pale blue paper with Grabhorn address; Dust jackets age toned and fragile with chips and… Read More
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Freddy And The Clockwork Twin
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Freddy And The Clockwork Twin

by Brooks, Walter R.

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Freddy And The Clockwork Twin, Hardcover. Brooks, Walter. Alfred A. Knopf, 1933, 1st Ed. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. USED/ Decorated yellow boards, Gibraltar Library Binding. Good/ No DJ included. A clean, bright solid copy. Please enjoy browsing all of our Freddy The Pig titles. RARE
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The Foresters, an American Tale:  Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier.  In a...
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The Foresters, an American Tale: Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier. In a Series of Letters to a Friend

by Belknap, Jeremy

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First Edition First Printing
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Greensboro, North Carolina
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Boston: I. Thomas (Isaiah Thomas) and E. T. Andrews, 1792. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 216 pages. Hardcover bound in original paper-covered wooden boards. The binding is very worn, and the spine has perished, exposing the gatherings and stitching. The wooden boards are chipped, especially at the fore edges and along the bottom of the front cover. Much of the paper on the rear board is peeled or chipped off. The binding is still holding. Untrimmed. Complete with the copperplate engraved frontis and the footnote at page 77. Some foxing to the text. The title page and frontis are especially foxed and soiled. Early signature at the top edge of the front flyleaf appears to read "N. Pike," but there is some chipping right along the top edge at the signature. Rare.
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Birdman Of Alcatraz
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Birdman Of Alcatraz

by Gaddis, Thomas E.

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First Printing Thus
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Salem, Oregon
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Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Edition. BIOGRAPHY. True crime, Ornithology. Stated First Printing Thus Exlib. Good- condition. Spine is a bit cocked. No Dust jacket is included. "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. Will ship from Oregon.
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The Congo, and Other Poems.
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The Congo, and Other Poems.

by VACHEL LINDSAY (Inscribed)

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Later edition
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Great Barrington, Massachusetts
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8vo. Decorated cloth, gilt letters on spine. New York, Macmillan Company 1922. Later edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Lindsay on the front endpaper, "With good wishes to Harry Strong. Nicholas Vachel Lindsay." Offsetting to front and back endpapers, o/w Fine.
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HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF AMERICA. From the...
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HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF AMERICA. From the earliest period to the present time. With descriptive sketches of the natural history of the north American regions. By James Wilson

by TYTLER. PATRICK FRASER

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Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh. 1833. SECOND EDITION. 8vo. (6.9 x 4.5 inches). Folding map and nine engravings by Jackson. A clean copy in original publishers brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Yellow coated endpapers. Inner hinges cracking. Some gatherings still unopened. Spine a bit rubbed and with some chipping to the cloth at the top and bottom of the spine but still overall a near to very good copy. Scarce in original cloth.
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The Presidential Election, Written for the Benefit of the People of the United States, But...
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The Presidential Election, Written for the Benefit of the People of the United States, But Particularly for Those of the State of Kentucky, Fourth Series (First Edition)

by Philo-Jackson; [Andrew Jackson]; Mitchill, Samuel L.;

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Frankfort: Printed for the Author, 1824. Hardcover. Good. Frankfort: Printed for the Author, 1824. FIRST EDITION. 54 pages. Samuel L. Mitchill's copy with his signature on title page - Mitchill was a well-known physician, naturalist and politician who was connected with Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, and other notable personalities of the time. Good. Rebound; tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; Samuel L. Mitchill's signature on title page; some wear. A very scarce pro-Andrew Jackson campaign book. Jackson would lose this election to John Quincy Adams but defeated Mr. Adams in the 1828 election. .
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Strange Fruit

Strange Fruit

by Smith, Lillian

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23rd Printing Thus
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Smith, Lillian. Strange Fruit. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944 1st. Edition, Stated 23rd Printing Thus. BANNED BOOK. USED. VG/VG Dust jacket. Author photo back panel. Now protected in a mylar wrap. About this book: Strange Fruit is a 1944 bestselling novel debut by American author Lillian Smith that dealt with the then-forbidden and controversial theme of interracial romance. The title was originally "Jordan is so Chilly", with Smith later changing the title to Strange Fruit.
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The Scrapbook of a Haight Ashbury Pilgrim: Spirit, Sacraments, & Sex in 1967-68
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The Scrapbook of a Haight Ashbury Pilgrim: Spirit, Sacraments, & Sex in 1967-68

by Elizabeth Gips

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Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
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Scrapbook is an insider's description of the psychedelic movement in the late sixties. Gips has compiled a scrapbook of poems, drawings and diary excerpts from her life experiences during the "Summer of Love." What Scrapbook does best is present an honest look at what it was like to be part of the spiritual questioning which blossomed during this time. It presents this information in an easy to read manner, making the flavor of the sixties available to the younger generations of today.
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Without Sanctuary

Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America

by Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack

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Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 2000. Second edition. Limited edition of 6000. Hardcover. Fine in NF DJ. Dust jacket shows shelf and handling wear overall but is not torn or chipped. Interior is clean, tight, bright, and unmarked. Photo is of the copy here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Official Souvenir Book: New York World's Fair 1939
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Official Souvenir Book: New York World's Fair 1939

by Monaghan, Frank (Ed.); Donald Deskey (Design)

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NY: Exposition Publications, 1939. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Exposition Publications, 1939. Oblong 4to., 14" x 10 3/8", unpaginated, illustrated throughout in black and white and color, color endpaper maps. Orange, blue and black paper covered boards with black and white reverse titles. Wear at the edges and spine ends, small skinned spot on rear cover, else very good. Very good internally. Scarce in hardcover. Laid in ephemera includes: "Railroads At Work, Souvenir Program," 12pp. booklet, illustrated in color and b/w; 2 copies of "Map Of Transportation Within The Grounds, Around The Grounds"; plus 2 blank glossy postcards: "Lagoon of Nations", Mural on Foods Bldg." Ephemera all very good to fine. . 1st. Hard. Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to.
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