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Philadelphia: Lippincott's Press, 1873. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 31, [1] p.; 18 cm. Red cloth with gilt-stamped cover title: Bonds in the Bank. Gilt-stamped decoration on front board and mirror blind-stamped decoration on back board. Boards have bevelled edges. All page edges gilt. Dark brown endpapers. Pages [3]-31 are printed on recto only. This booklet was probably given to the guests at the celebration of the 10th wedding anniversary of Mary Harris and Wistar Morris. The 10th anniversary is traditionally the tin anniversary, which would be observed by a present of a tin bank containing railroad, government, or other bonds. Instead, in this case, it contained the poem written, presumably by Wistar Morris, to celebrate their anniversary, as well as a shorter poem he had written 10 years earlier to welcome her to Green Hill Farm. Mary Harris Morris (1836-1924) was on the board of managers of the Orphan's Asylum of Philadelphia and the Howard Home for women discharged from prison; she also opened a…
Read More Appeal of Earl Browder to the members of the C.P.U.S.A. by Browder, Earl - 1946
by Browder, Earl
Appeal of Earl Browder to the members of the C.P.U.S.A.
by Browder, Earl
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Yonkers, New York: Self-published, 1946. First Edition.
An appeal by former Communist Party USA General Secretary Earl Browder to the party membership, dated just days after his expulsion from the party. Printed at his own expense (there's even a coupon for sending in a donation),
Browder argues that he has faithfully followed the party line and denies he has engaged in factionalism or attempting to undermine the party's current leadership. He further states that he was given no opportunity to defend himself during a "trial" by the party's national board.
As far as Communists go, Browder (1891-1973) was actually fairly moderate compared with his left-wing nemesis, William Z. Foster. Among other things, Browder advocated cooperation with the Roosevelt and Truman administrations as well as with other progressive groups. But following the end of World War II, the Communist Party, following the Soviet line, adopted a much more confrontational policy toward the U.S. government and became even more radical and insular. Browder found himself odd man out.
OCLC lists only four institutional holdings: Yale, Williams, Hamilton, and Syracuse. No other copies in commerce. SCARCE.
CONDITION: Some darkening to paper, a few small nicks to the margins, old folds. A Very Good copy.
Yonkers, New York: Self-published, 1946. First Edition.
An appeal by former Communist Party USA General Secretary Earl Browder to the party membership, dated just days after his expulsion from the party. Printed at his own expense (there's even a coupon for sending in a donation),
Browder argues that he has faithfully followed the party line and denies he has engaged in factionalism or attempting to undermine the party's current leadership. He further states that he was given no opportunity to defend himself during a "trial" by the party's national board.
As far as Communists go, Browder (1891-1973) was actually fairly moderate compared with his left-wing nemesis, William Z. Foster. Among other things, Browder advocated cooperation with the Roosevelt and Truman administrations as well as with other progressive groups. But following the end of World War II, the Communist Party, following the Soviet line, adopted a much more confrontational policy toward the U.S. government and became even more radical and insular. Browder found himself odd man out.
OCLC lists only four institutional holdings: Yale, Williams, Hamilton, and Syracuse. No other copies in commerce. SCARCE.
CONDITION: Some darkening to paper, a few small nicks to the margins, old folds. A Very Good copy.
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- Date Published 1946
- Keywords Communism; CPUSA; Scarce; Self-Published; Communists; William Z. Foster; USSR; Soviet Union; Radicalism; Social Movements
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Programme for Tableau of Bonds in the Bank, 1st Month 22nd, 1873: Produced on 10th Anniversary of the Wedding-Day of Wistar Morris & Mary Harris Morris
by Morris, Wistar
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Thoughts and Stories on Tobacco, For American Lads; or Uncle Toby's Anti-Tobacco Advice to His Nephew Billy Bruce. (Fourth Thousand)(1852)
by Uncle Toby; John Tuck; Simeon Toby; George Trask; Edward Livermore
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1852 softcover pamphlet discussing the downside of tobacco. When I got this the cover was off. Volume has had some restoration: cover is backed with matching paper and is reattached. Paper and binding are fragile but overall readable with a gentle touch. Primary defect is the corner off the front page. Interior has foxing and stains but no vandalism. I think the author comes out of the same group that published Solomon Spittle (which I also have listed). 1852 is the first year this was published but this is titled "Fourth Thousand" so this is an early printing. Has 8 plates that are included in pagination. 179 pages, complete as issued. An uncommon item generally found in poor condition. This is decent not great (which sometimes is the best you can do). Topic is health problems of tobacco. Discusses addiction, acute toxicity, chronic health problems including heart and lung disease as well as problems of second hand smoke. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will receive.
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Richmond as a Manufacturing and Trading Centre;: Including a Historical Sketch of the City
by Brock, Esq., R. A.
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Octavo (9 x 6 inches) Richmond, Virginia: Jones & Cook, 1880. 92 pages, six unnumbered leaves of illustrations (one of them a foldout map "Showing Transportation Facilities of Richmond, VA"), numerous local advertisements, an index of the advertisers that includes four booksellers, among tobacco leaf dealers, horse collar manufacturers, and many other trades and services. Good condition (original decorated printed wrappers beginning to separate, but still holding, minor chipping, not affecting contents).A promotional directory of public buildings and landmarks, with a history of the city.
Under "Trade Notes," a paragraph for "Books, Binding &c." states, "The Booksellers of Richmond are all gentlemen of superior intelligence, and of long experience, possessing a critical knowledge of books, and a thorough familiarity with the needs of the scholar, professional man, and the general public."
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2001 A Space Odyssey Souvenir Book
by Kubrick, Stanley & Arthur C. Clarke
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New York: National Publishers, Inc., 1968. Softcover. Good+. 16" x 7" Wraps; 24pp; Minor creasing to covers, translucent pages age-toned with minor creasing & wrinkling, booklet slightly curled, text unmarked, binding is tight, Good condition. Scarce oblong souvenir program from the original 1968 Cinerama screenings of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Pages alternate between slick paper photo illustrations and translucent pages with text. Illustrated with movie stills.
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Five Early Pamphlets by James Burnham: (1) War and the Workers, (2) Why Did They "Confess"? A Study of the Radek-Piatakov Trial, (3) The People's Front: The New Betrayal, (4) How to Fight War: Isolation? Collective Security? Relentless Class Struggle?, and (5) Let the People Vote on the War!
by Burnham, James [John West]
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Workers Party of the U.S., Pioneer Publishers, and Socialist Workers Party, 1938. War and the Workers: Workers Party of the U.S., 1935. Wrappers, 5 x 7.5 inches, 47 pp. Near-fine. Why Did They "Confess"? A Study of the Radek-Piatakov Trial: New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1937. Wrappers, 5.25 x 7.25 inches, 31 pp. Some rubbing and spotting to wrappers. Very good. The People's Front: The New Betrayal: New York: Pioneer Publishers, 1937. Wrappers, 5 x 7.5 inches, 64 pp. Toning to wrappers, very good. How to Fight War: Isolation? Collective Security? Relentless Cass Struggle?: New York: Socialist Workers Party and Young Peoples Socialist League (4th Internationalists), 1938. Wrappers, 5 x 8 inches, 15 pp. Very good. Let the People Vote on War!: New York: Pioneer Publishers, ca. 1938. Wrappers, 5.25 x 8.5 inches, 14 pp. Previous owner's stamp to verso of front wrap, very good. Five pamphlets by James Burnham (1905-1987) published during his Trotskyist years. Prior to Burnham's participation in the…
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World Tobacco Directory: 18 - Eighteenth edition 1964
by Editor
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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A 1st ed. very good hardcover (cloth-bound) in brown, gold embossed cover, minor signs of wear on cov. as in image, text near fine clean tight. Colour maps and numerous color and black and white illustrations, advertising.
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{Lincolniana} Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, Catalogue, 1941 and Book Lists Nos. 1-12, 1944-1946 and Abraham Lincoln and His Era, Part I (over 1500 items), Catalogue No.28, K. J. Crawford
by Newman, Ralph G.; Valentine, John; Crawford, K. J.
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Chicago and Minneapolis : Abraham Lincoln Bookshop / K. J. Crawford , 1941. A collection of 14 items, Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Book Lists #s 1-12, 1943-1946, each 4-8 pages, with 1941 Abraham Lincoln Book Shop (catalogue], untitled, 7 pages printed one side only with holes punched for three-ring binder, with Abraham Lincoln and His Era, Part I (over 1500 items), Catalogue 28, K. J. Crawford, Minneapolis, 68 pages printed both sides, with 1551 listed items. The lot Very Good, small edge tears, some of the Lists separated at folds. . First Printing. Stapled. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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THE BEDTIME STORY CALENDAR Enchanting Tales of Field and Forest Playmates for Little People
by Burgess, Thornton
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Chicago and New York: P. F. Volland & Co., 1915. SCARCE. 53 pages plus one page ads, printed on recto only. 11" x 5 1/2", each page with a numbered Bedtime Story meant to be read one story per week in the year, with small illustrations bordering titles and a larger illustration across bottom edge. Each bottom illustration signed with printed initial D. Pink corded string-tied pictorial beige wrappers, Very Good, 1/2" triangular chips bottom corners front wrapper, small chip center right side front wrapper, small chip bottom corner rear unprinted wrapper, light soiling to wrappers. Charming and quite scarce in commerce. Worldcat lists only 6 library holdings. . First Printing. String Tied. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Narrow Quarto .
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March 1830 - March 1849 Administrative Record Book for Canterbury, New Hampshire's School District No. 4
by Canterbury, New Hampshire School District No. 4; Whitney, Joseph; Moore, John S.; Emery, Nathan; Wheeler, John; et al
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Canterbury, New Hampshire: S.N, 1830. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed and soiled, ink note from district clerk on front board, ink owner name on front endpaper, evidence that leaves were once pressed between some blank pages. 1830 Hard Cover. Unpaginated, ruled pages as one would expect to see in a ledger. Leather spine, olive paper over boards. A manuscript book detailing board elections, budget votes, and other administrative matters related to the operation of Canterbury, New Hampshire's School District No. 4, written in the hands of several different clerks.
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Co-operative Land and Improvement Company Leroy, Marion County, Florida [8 Page Promotional Tract]
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Leroy, Marion County, Florida : Co-operative Land and Improvement Company SCARCE 8 page promotional newspaper, illustrated. Very Good, light soiling, small tears at fold edges. No date circa 1888-1891, the only copy located at WorldCat at the University of Virginia gives a date of 1888, and last date found in articles in the paper is 1887. However the article on subscribing to the Leroy (Florida) News notes that it started publishing April 15, and Library of Congress shows that the paper was only published in 1891. Adding to the credibility of an 1891 date, the UVA copy notes a map illustration, and the illustrations in this copy are all of buildings. "The former town of Leroy seems to have a checkered past. Some say it was only a "paper town." Others maintain it was a land fraud deal perpetuated by northerners and marketed across the US and abroad. Historical documents point to a thriving community with a post office, businesses, a school, farms and more. The fact is, Leroy was all…
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Selected Poems
by Masefield, John
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New York: Macmillan, 1938. Includes selections from Masefield's books: Salt-Water Ballads; Poems and Ballads; Pompey the Great; The Everlasting Mercy; The Widow in the Bye Street; Dauber; The Daffodil Fields; Philp the King; Good Friday; Lollingdon Downs; Gallipoli; Reynard the Fox; Enslaved; Right Royal; Ester; King Cole and Other Poems; Odtaa; Midsummer Night and Other Tales in Verse; The Wanderer; Minnie Maylow's Story and Other Tales and Scenes; A Letter from Pontus. 271 toned, clean pages. Navy blue cloth with gilt facsimle signature on front cover and dull gilt titles on spine; a dozen or so pages are bumped at top corner; tanned inside covers. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Forgotten Song by Eugene Cowles Oliver Ditson Company Boston
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Forgotten Song by Eugene Cowles Oliver Ditson Company Boston
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Reno, Land of Charm [Nevada]
by Reno Chamber of Commerce
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Reno, Nevada: Reno Chamber of Commerce, 1927. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Includes original sleeve. Light general wear. 1927 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Reno, Nevada. Early travel brochure. Briefly discusses the area surrounding Reno, and touches on each of Nevada's major cities. Numerous black-and-white photo reproductions of Reno and surrounding area, including countryside and Sparks.--Calvello Books
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EDGAR ALLAN POE IN 20 OBJECTS FROM THE SUSAN JAFFE TANE COLLECTION
by Gabrielle Dean and Richard Kopley [eds.]
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Baltimore: The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, 2017. paperback. 9.2 x 5.2 inches. paperback. xiv, 129 pages. This collection of short, illustrated essays by leading and emerging Poe scholars focuses on twenty Poe-related objects from a private collection, which are closely examined as a means of unpacking Poe's family history, literary preoccupations, and legacy. Published in connection with a public exhibition at Johns Hopkins University, October 2016 through February 2017, "The Enigmatic Edgar A. Poe in Baltimore & Beyond.
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Two Anti-Communist Newsletters
by CHURCH LEAGUE OF AMERICA [ANTI-COMMUNISM] [ANTI-LABOR]
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Evanston, IL: Church League of America, 1950. Pamphlet. Fine. This is a lot of 2 pamphlets from the early 1950s published by the right wing Church League of America based out of the Chicago suburbs from 1937-1984. Both pieces are in fine condition. THOMPSON, Dorothy. "What Is Behind the Immigration Furor?"; News and Views, January 1953, No. 230. Evanston: National Laymen's Council of the Church League of America. Broadsheet. 4 pp. A newsletter decrying the New Deal and the threat of Communist immigrants. RADCLIFFE, Cy. "A little business fights Big Government". Evanston: National Laymen's Council of the Church League of America. Broadsheet. 2 pp. A newsletter describing the writer's efforts to prevent his employees from unionizing and the ensuing lawsuit. Includes a photo of Radcliffe captioned "CRUSADER."
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THE CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA CITRUS STORY
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Redlands, California: Pure Gold, [1955]. Stapled wraps. Very good. [12p.] Small chips to wrap edges. The Mutual Orange Distributors (MOD) was founded in Redlands, California, in 1906 as a cooperative marketing association representing citrus growers in California. Within a few years, the coop included citrus growers in western Arizona. In 1955, MOD changed its name to Pure Gold, originally the brand name for fruit grown by the approximately 2,500 MOD growers. Sunkist took over the Pure Gold trademark when the co-op closed in 1987 due to housing developments replacing the citrus fields and the shrinking number of packing plants. This booklet explains the history of the citrus-growing culture in California and Arizona and provides information on the variety of oranges, lemons, and grapefruit grown and their cultivation and packaging. A map on the back shows the regions represented by the Pure Gold cooperative. Scarce, none located in OCLC. B&w illustrations and halftone photographs. (11"x8-1/2")
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Leopold Von Ranke A Review of his Life
by Adams, Henry Brook
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volumes 22-23 pages 542-558, signed "H. B. A" Leopold Von Ranke a review of his life. by Herbert Baxter Adams;Adams was born to Nathaniel Dickinson Adams and Harriet (Hastings) Adams in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. On his mother's side, he was a descendant of Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634.[1] Adams received his early training in the Amherst, Massachusetts public schools and Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Amherst College in 1872. In 1873 Adams traveled to Europe to study and write. In 1874 he then moved to Heidelberg, Germany to pursue the Ph.D. degree. There he was influenced by Johann Gustav Droysen and Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, the latter also becoming his mentor. Heidelberg did not then require a thesis from its doctoral candidates, instead it required an oral examination, for which he chose political science for his major field (Hauptfach), with two minors… Read More
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Butterflies in gilded frame
by Handmade in Switzerland Reichlin
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handmade exhibit of butterflies gold frame
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Number 30. Shelter Lullaby, by Helen Thomas sheet music Boston Music, drawing by Edwina Dumm
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Number 30. Shelter Lullaby, by Helen Thomas sheet music Boston Music, drawing by Edwina Dumm
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[BOWLING] [WOMEN] Annual Reception Queen Pin League Sat. June 6 1959 9:00 PM Flame Lounge [cover title]
by [Queen Pin League (of Cleveland, OH?]
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[no place, but Cleveland, OH], 1959. Staplebound. Very good. Octavo, 4pp. Side-stapled with decorative ribbon added. Mimeographed cover and contents. Very good, with some creasing to covers. There is pen and pencil writing internally, and with the numerous corrections to dates and times, we presume that this program was used to draft the program for the coming season; that is, the corrections to dates, times, sponsors, and the league officers are indicated so that the new season's program will be updated. We could find no information about the "Queen Pin League," but it clearly seems to have been an all-women bowling league in the Cleveland area (with all Cleveland city businesses as sponsors). A light pencil drawing on the rear cover might be a mock-up for a new cover design. Highly ephemeral piece of Cleveland women's bowling history.
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