Date Published: 1888-1942 Binding: No binding & hard cover Gertrude Atherton was a prominent and prolific American author. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. Atherton was an early feminist well acquainted with the..... More
Date Published: 1957 to 1978 Binding: No binding & hard cover Daniel Berrigan was American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, professor, playwright, poet, and author. In May 1968, he and his brother, Philip, along with seven other Catholic protesters, burned the records of the Catonsville, Maryland, draft board with homemade napalm. Their arrest, trial, and..... More
[London]: British Government. Place Published: [London] Publisher: British Government Date Published: [1780] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding EARLY BRITISH LEGAL ACT RELATING TO THE POOR [MASSACHUSETTS?] 11 x 7 -1/4 inches, 2 original pages [ 1 leaf], with a complete Act and Law regarding how those found to be..... More
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. Place Published: London Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode Date Published: 1843 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding SCARCE BRITISH LEGAL ACT RELATING TO USA AND CANADA Victoriae Reginae Anno Sexto and Septimo Cap LXXVI An act for giving effect to a treaty between her majesty and the..... More
Date Published: [1829] Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding HE, TOGETHER WITH HIS BROTHERS, FOUNDED BROWN UNIVERSITY 7-1/2 x 10 inch autograph manuscript signed, no place or date but 1829. Folds with minor tears and one small hole near signature but not affecting. Overall condition very good “…it is now..... More
Date Published: 1879 to 1910 Binding: No binding & hard cover George Washington Cable was an American novelist and reformer being notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called “the most important southern artist working in the late..... More
NP. Place Published: NP Date Published: ND Binding: No binding SCARCE SIGNATURE OF IMPORTANT AMERICAN 19TH CENTURY WOMEN Cut signature "L Maria Child" on small piece of paper 3-3/4 x 3/4 inches. Near fine condition. Lydia Maria Child was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, opponent of American expansionism, Indian..... More
Date Published: 1909 to 1912 Binding: 3-Ring Binder The William Telfair Daugherty collection contains 42 items dating from 1909 to 1912 specifically, approximately 40 letters, 2 postcards, and several pieces of ephemera written to his parents between 1909 and 1912 when Daughterty lived in Ann Arbor and attended the University..... More
Philadelphia: Port Folio magazine. Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: Port Folio magazine Date Published: 1814 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding SCARCE ENGRAVING OF WAR OF 1812 NAVAL COMMANDER December 1814, p.3, Port Folio magazine black stipple engraved print. Engraved by [David] Edwin. Paper: 5” x 8 1/2”. Image: 3 1/4”..... More
Philadelphia: Port Folio magazine. Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: Port Folio magazine Date Published: 1814 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding SCARCE ENGRAVING OF WAR OF 1812 NAVAL COMMANDER July 1814 , p.399, Port Folio magazine black stipple engraved print. Engraving by Edwin from the portrait painting of James Wood. Paper..... More
Date Published: 1935 to 1990 Binding: No binding & hard cover Walter D. Edmonds was an American novelist and author of children’s and historical novels, including his best-selling work, Drums Along the Mohawk in 1936. In 1942 he won a Newberry Medal for ''The Matchlock Gun,'' about a boy in..... More
Date Published: 1923 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) Engineer. Goethals is best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal. 4 ½”x 3 inch sheet of paper, signed and dated Nov. 16, 1923. Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as chief engineer for..... More
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Boston: Goodspeed's Book Shop. Place Published: Boston Publisher: Goodspeed's Book Shop Date Published: 1903 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Self-cover First edition. 5-7/8 x 9-1/8 inches. 16pp. self cover, stapled. Compliments of ???? hand-written on top left corner. Very early and thus quite scarce Autographs catalogue, #16, June 1903, published by..... More
New York City: Mason Morton Lodge No. 20. Place Published: New York City Publisher: Mason Morton Lodge No. 20 Date Published: 1809 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding SCARCE 1809 MASTER MASON MASONIC VELLUM CERTIFICATE. This original, 9.75" x 11" ornately Engraved and Printed on Vellum. August 12, 1809 (1809)..... More
Date Published: 1898 Binding: No binding SIGNATURE OF THE 24TH VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Signed and dated card "Yours very sincerely /Garret A. Hobart / Vice President / March 24/[18]98". Very good condition. Garret Augustus Hobart (1844 -1899) 24th Vice President of the United States, 1897 to 1899, serving..... More
Battle Creek: Review & Herald. Place Published: Battle Creek Publisher: Review & Herald Date Published: 1888 Edition: 3rd Edition Binding: Hard Cover 3rd Edition. 8 x 5 inches, xxv (1), [1]-508 pp.(appendix to page 508) Illustrated, 16 plates including a portrait frontispiece. Blank page after 508 has been removed with..... More
Date Published: 1917 to 1966 Binding: No binding Frances Parkinson Keyes was a prolific American biographer and novelist whose novels were set in New England, Louisiana, and Europe. In 1904 she married Henry Wilder Keyes (1863-1938), a Republican politician who served as Governor of New Hampshire (1917-1919) and as a United States..... More
Baltimore: Niles' The Weekly Register. Place Published: Baltimore Publisher: Niles' The Weekly Register Date Published: 1813 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding Captain James Lawrence died June 4, 1813 on the USS Chesapeake. This original 6-1/8 x 9-3/4 inches and complete 16 page page [297] to 312 issue of Niles'..... More
Date Published: [1940] Binding: No binding Gypsy Rose Lee was an actress, author, playwright and ecdysiast, famous for her burlesque act (she featured the tease in striptease). Gypsy had something about her, an approachable, self-deprecating demeanor aligned with a quiet self-certainty. She was perhaps the most singularly likeable stripper in..... More
Date Published: 1850 to 1911 Binding: No binding & hard cover INTERESTING COLLECTION OF AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN AUTHOR Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the author of Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, and many poetry collections, Longfellow (1807-1882) was America’s greatest poet of the nineteenth century. He was also a translator, educator..... More
Date Published: 1948 to 1997 Binding: Hard & Soft cover Norman Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, playwright, and political candidate. His novel The Naked and the Dead (1948) brought him early and wide renown. The collection has 8 items dating from 1948 to 1997, specifically 6 letters, 1 signed..... More
Loudon: John Moore, Samuel Piper and Nathaniel Hill. Place Published: Loudon Publisher: John Moore, Samuel Piper and Nathaniel Hill Date Published: 1801 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding UNUSUAL AND MOST INTERESTING HISTORICAL LEGAL DOCUMENT Unusual document of agreement between Trueworthy Palmer, father of Polly and Lieut. Richard Batchelder, father..... More
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Packet. Place Published: Philadelphia Publisher: Pennsylvania Packet Date Published: 1786 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATED BY PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI 4pp newspaper, 11-3/4 x 19 inches, folded to 11-3/4 x 9-1/2 inches. Inside on page three, 2 column long and very detailed report of..... More
Florida: The Norman Film Studios. Place Published: Florida Publisher: The Norman Film Studios Date Published: 1928 Edition: 1st Edition Binding: No binding BLACK GOLD WAS AN "ALL COLORED CAST" SILENT FILM PRODUCED IN 1928. First US edition. 14 x 22 inches opened flat, (folded size 11 inches long and 3-1/2..... More
Date Published: 1903 to 1936 Binding: No binding & hard cover COLLECTION CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 220 ITEMS Frank Allen Peake was born at Wayno Co., Ohio. Peake was primarily an inspirational platform entertainer for the Chautauqau Association and the Lyceum Bureau as a lecturer, Shakespearian reader, impersonator, humorist, cornetist, ventriloquist, vocal..... More