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Faulkner County Historical Society. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1991. No Edition Stated. Pictorial Hardcover. Page edges very slightly toning, first couple pages have very tiny crease; b/w photos; 128 pages .

Harrisburg: Theo Fenn & Co.. Very Good. 1852. First Edition. Soft covers. Blue soft covers with a white spine. Vol. # 1, 1111pp. Vol. #2, 768pp. Commenced at Harrisburg , Tuesday the sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and of the Commonwealth the Seventy-Sixth. Pennsylvania Govenment, Canals, Railroads, Hospitals, Prisons, Orphans, Finances, Elections ; Thick Large 8vo; 1879 pages .

Macon, Ga.: Macon Mercer. Near Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean blue faux leather protected in a clear acrylic cover. Bright gilt title and design on cover. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact with crisp pages. Signed by former U. S President Jimmy Carter on front endpaper "J Carter". ; Photographs; 8vo; 57 pages; Signed by Author .

1828 American Revolution NAVY 1st ed Andrew Sherburne Memoirs Prison Jersey Ship

"Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne" is the narrative of the author's service in the Continental Navy in 1779 at the age of 14, and his being taken prisoner by the British only to later be released after falling ill. Andrew Sherburne went on to become a Baptist Minister and includes many Christian themes throughout his tale of imprisonment during the American Revolution at Mill prison in Plymouth England. Sherburne includes information on voyages made during the revolution, treatment as a prisoner of war, suffering on the Jersey prison ship, and being discharged at the peace of 1783.


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SHERBURNE, Andrew
Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: a pensioner of the navy of the revolution.
Utica: W. Williams, 1828. First Edition.

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References: Howes S 391; Sabin 80330
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Language: English
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1855 US Documents Constitution Declaration SIGNERS Fugitive Slave Bills Slavery

'Echoes from the Cabinet' is a collection of important American documents including the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, noteworthy slave bills, the Missouri Compromise, and the Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854.
Item number: #17269
Price: $499
United States

Echoes from the cabinet : comprising the Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, Fugitive Slave Bills of 1793 & 1850, Missouri Compromise, the Kansas and Nebraska Bill of 1854, also fac-simile autograph names of the signers of the Declaration of Independence
New York : Dayton and Wentworth, 1855. 1st edition

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 106
· Provenance: Handwritten – John R. Gregg
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Blue cloth
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15.5cm x 10cm)
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1862 RARE 1ed Civil War Prison Life in Tobacco Warehouse Richmond Virginia CSA
"Prison-Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond" is a rare Civil War-era book of sketches and reports on prison life during the American Civil War. Author William Harris was a prisoner at the Richmond Tobacco Warehouse – while there, Harris kept a journal which was later published.
Nevins says of this work:
"Reflects lax, fairly comfortable conditions in early officers' prison; good descriptions of Winder, Wirz, and other officials".

Item number: #17444
Price: $499
HARRIS, William C
Prison-life in the tobacco warehouse at Richmond
Philadelphia, G.W. Childs, 1862. First edition.

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References: not in Eicher; Nevins I, 193
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
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ALS to Hon. J.R. Lewis, Sept 20, 1863, 7.5x10". Declining [Judge] Lewis's invitation to attend a Washington D.C. political event in support President Lincoln. "Our soldiers in the field will look with great anxiety at the endorsement which their friends give at the ballot box, when I and confident Iowa will heartily respond favorably to their cause. /// Hoping that you will cast a united vote for the Union ticket and thereby convince the rebels that we of Iowa stand firmly in favor of our cause and country."
Samuel Ryan Curtis [1805-1866] was the most successful union general west of the Mississippi, remembered mostly as the victor at the battles of Pea Ridge [1862] and Westport [1864]. But Curtis was far more than just a successful general. He played a key role in the opening and exploitation of the American West, as an engineer, politician, railroad advocate. He was also one of the first Republicans elected to Congress, serving three terms the 1st Iowa congressional district In September,… Read More

[Slavery] [Law] Autograph Letter Signed. Milwaukee(?): March 12, 1857. One sheet folded into four pages 12.5 x 20 cm. Some discoloration to the first page. Very good with legible handwriting.
Woman writing to her child Francis. Describes her husband as being on an extended trip to New York for five weeks, so far. Mentions she told him to stop in Washington for the Inauguration, but he wanted to wait until after the crowd had left and the "rush attending the change of officers of the incoming administration." Then she mentions "I hope he will see Judge McLean who dissented from the opinion delivered by Chief Justice Taney in the Dred Scott case. It seems to me that opinion is to destroy all that has been done to check the growing evil of slavery." The Inauguration of President Buchanan was on March 4, 1857. The Dred Scott decision came out on March 6, 1857, holding that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States; and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and… Read More

MILLER, HENRY. Mother, China, and the World Beyond. Small 8vo. Original orange decorated cloth. Capra Press, Santa Barbara 1977. First Edition. Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Miller. This is copy No. 72. Mint.

1797 Noah Webster American READER Speller Dictionary Grammar Americana FAMOUS
The name Webster has become synonymous with dictionary and American language over the last century. Noah Webster sought to create a purely 'American' culture that was independent of British claim; he achieved this by creating his dictionary – a work that helped distance American grammar and linguistics from that of Britain.
Webster's American "Reader" went through numerous editions, titles, and versions, including this 1797 printing of "An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking".
Item number: #20158
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WEBSTER, Noah
An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking Calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth
Printed at Boston by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1797.
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Bishop, California: Spotted Dog Press, Inc, 2002. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Inscribed on the title page by Sue Kunitomi Embrey, who contributed an introduction to this work. An influential Japanese-American activist from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles to her grim experiences at Manzanar and her postwar struggle to raise awareness of the internment camps, Embrey (1923-2006) played a major role in bringing this dark chapter of American history into the light of congressional acknowledgement and a presidential apology. A new and expanded edition of the book first published by U.S. Camera in 1944 with photographs and text by Ansel Adams. Includes an introduction by Archie Miyatake, the son of photographer and Manzanar internee Toyo Miyatake, who collaborated with Adams on the collaborative exhibit Two Views of Manzanar after the war. Also features contributions by Sue Kunitomi Embrey and William H. Michael. Edited by Wynne Benti. Quarto: 128 p. with numerous photographic… Read More

Rare first edition, first printing, signed copy in Good + condition. Stated first edition. Number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". The covers have wear at edges and corners. Otherwise, the book is in Fine condition with tight binding, clear unmarked pages and no foxing or age toning. The author's signature and inscription (to Professor James Hill of Howard university) on the first endpaper reads "To Jim, Thanks for your support with best regards Merry Xmas." Its date 12-21 -86.

From the unclipped dj ($16.95): "Born as a sharecropper's son, [Robert parker] was befriended by Lyndon Johnson....For thirty-five years, Robert Parker had a uniquely intimate view of wheeling, dealing (and sometime sinning) on power-hungry Capital Hill. ...He saw and heard a lot (and a lot of what he wasn't supposed ot) and it's all in this remarkable book."

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Dail, Hubert. THE SINGING FOOL AND THE STORY OF SUNNY BOY. 1928 copyright, Novel Magazine Corp., 1929 copyright Grosset & Dunlap. AL JOLSON COVER. Novelized from the 1928 Warner Bros. Motion Picture with this same title. A Lloyd Bacon Production. Illustrated with scenes from the Photoplay starring AL JOLSON, star of THE JAZZ SINGER, first talking film ever produced, this being a sequel. Please excuse our batch of books photos. The Singing Fool is the only title available here. USED. VG/Good Original RARE dust jacket. Protected in a mylar wrap. Red boards, black titling. 218 pages, 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. A nice find for motion picture buffs/historians.

NY : E.J. Hale & Son, 1878 Alexander Means was an inventor, physicist, poet and a past Emory College president at the original campus in Oxford GA. Many say he was the father of modern electricity. His famous light bulb experiment preceded Tesla and Edison by decades. This is a very rare first edition (1878). The book is in sound condition. Blue cloth cover intact as well as binding. Minor cloth fray on spine and damp stain on rear cover. What is most remarkable about this book is that it is inscribed by one of his former slaves after his freedom. The inscription reads " Susie , Accept this cluster of Poems by one of my old masters from your affecionate husband A.F.P Decatur Ga, Apr 1878. A most precious inscription to a valuable 19th C book.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.

London: William Pickering, 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. x, 264; 334 pages. TWO VOLUME SET.Volume one is 1848, volume two is 1852. Hardcovers bound in original brown cloth with white paper title labels on the spines. The bindings are rubbed and bumped, and the spine ends are fraying. There is also some splitting on the outer rear hinge of Vol. I. The labels are toned, rubbed and chipped. Damping on the rear board of volume one and the front board of volume two. There is a prior owner's 20th century bookplate on the front pastedown of both volumes. Hinges are secure. Some slight damping at the lower right corner of the text block on both volumes, not affecting the text. Text is toned. Publisher's four-page catalogue at the front of each volume.