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Adams, John INAUGURAL ADDRESS
s.l. VFW 1920 Memorial Edition Original Wraps Very Good
7pp. A biographical sketch precedes the complete text of Adams's address at his 1797 inauguration as second President of the US. 8.75" x 5.75"
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American "AMERICAN ADVANCE": A National Progressive Prohibition Weekly, Vol. II, No. 9...Chicago, March 2, 1912.
Chicago Charles A. Lederer 1912 First Edition Printed self-wraps Good
16pp; cartoons; spine reinforced, some signs of handling. 13.5" x 10" The large cartoon (5-3/4" x 8-1/4"), by Lederer, shows Uncle Sam on his back like Gulliver, tied down by tiny brewers, etc. The lead article decries Chicago's censorship of the Civic League's book on Chicago vice. Inside pieces include the Democrats' push to throw Alabama Congressman Mark Hobson out of the Party, Prohibition news from various states, "Liquor's Three-fold Alliance with Our National Government," "Friends of Red Men Rally in Boston" [protesting the Indian Bureau's alleged "robberies and outrages" against Native Americans], "Beer and Business," etc.
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American "AMERICAN ADVANCE": A National Progressive Prohibition Weekly, Vol. III, No. 28...Chicago, July 19, 1913.
Charles A. Lederer 1913 First Edition Printed self-wraps Very Good
16pp; cartoon on back page. 13.5" x 10" The full-page cartoon, by Lederer, shows the `American Advance' business manager with a sledge hammer trying to ring the bell. Topics in this issue include: Let Us Take the Pledge; The Slow Death; The Sacrifice of the Innocents; Back to Fundamentals; Arizona for Prohibition; etc. Feature articles are: The Liquor Menace and How to Meet It--Educate and Exterminate, by Daniel A. Poling; Drain the Swamp, by Ada E. Ferris; England's War against Brewers' Tyranny; The Issue--Right or Wrong, by Allen B. Lincoln; etc.
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Barzun, Jacques (1907-2012) Group of four letters to historian and biographer, John Lukacs: TLS, 2 ALsS, ANS
Original manuscripts Very Good
(1) TLS, 1-1/2pp, single-spaced, quarto, from 1170 Fifth Avenue, New York, November 7, 1991. In part: "....Your DUEL is a stunning piece of scholarship....You have done a masterpiece of historical writing. Only someone who has toiled to compose a book can perceive the art with which this extraordinary narrative is shaped....The scope, too, is remarkable....One could extract your judgments, characterizations, estimates, and conclusions and make a small book of aphorisms....Present-day Americans do not understand any politics but their own....On the point of Roosevelt's long uncertainty, I happen to have some information you could not know, because it has not yet been published. In 1941 FDR used Rene de Chambrun as propagandist....Yours with admiration and affection, Jacques." (2) ALS, 1p, octavo, in blue ink, from his Fifth Avenue address, Nov 12 /94. "....This autumn has been a series of ailments....It was good to know that you've finished your extraordinary book. Your rate of production is really splendid, and the quality of the product certainly deserves the recognition that was expressed in the Pennsylvania History Magazine. Doesn't this latest work of yours qualify for the you-know-what prize?...Affectionate regards, Jacques." (3) ALS, 1p, 12mo, in blue ink, Nov 12/95. "The letters are very good indeed. Coming from academics in a hoity-toity university, they are a tribute to your art & scholarship....I hope you can use the approving words to get a publisher....Mississippi is not at all a bad Press....My health & energy are returning slowly....All the best, Jacques." (4) ANS, 1/2p, handwritten note on an engraved announcement, from San Antonio, Mar. 9, 2007. "...Thank you for your fine book about G.K. [George Kennan]. It does him full justice. He was a good & great man. Trust you are well. Ever, Jacques." [This note is especially poignant in that it is handwritten on an announcement titled "Jacques Barzun to his Friends," telling them that a "lack of finger control" prevents him from answering their letters.] Barzun, recently deceased, was a French-born American historian of culture and ideas, winner of America's Presidential Medal of Freedom, and knight of the French Legion of Honor. Along with his friends and correspondent John Lukacs, Barzun helped establish the modern discipline of cultural history.
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Bay State THE BAY STATE: A Campaign Paper, Devoted to the uplifting of humanity, Vol I, No 2, Oct. 14, 1876: The Advocate of Prohibition, and total suppression of the Liquor Traffic....
Boston s.n. No. 298 Washington Street, Room 7 1876 First Edition Printed self-wraps Very Good
4pp, four columns per page. 14.75" x 11" The candidates were: John I. Baker of Beverly, for Governor; Daniel C. Eddy of Boston, for Lieut. Governor. The lead article is the Prohibitory Platform as adopted in Convention at Tremont Temple, July 6, 1876. Other articles include: Daniel C. Eddy, D.D.; The Foe We Have to Meet; Don't Throw Away Your Vote; The State and National Ticket; &c.
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Beamish, Richard J. EUROPE PREPARES TO INVADE UNITED STATES MARKETS AND CAPTURE OUR FOREIGN TRADE
Washington Republican National Committee 1928 First Edition Self-wraps Very Good
12 leaves. Comprises a series of 10 articles from "The Philadelphia Inquirer" re Herbert Hoover's campaign for President of U.S. The title sheet states, in part: "The attached series of articles. graphically describe America's reliance upon the Republican protective tariff for future prosperity. They show the need for the election of Herbert Hoover, if we are to keep our leadership in foreign trade, which with his help as Secretary of Commerce has been built to the point where it means the livelihood of 3,000,000 families on the farms and in the cities." 11" x 7.75"
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Bryan, William Jennings, editor "THE COMMONER," Vol. 4, Nos. 15 & 16, Whole Nos. 171 & 172, April 29 & May 6, 1904.
Lincoln, Nebraska William J. Bryan 1904 Original editions Original self-wraps Very Good
Two issues of Bryan's weekly tabloid, 16 pages each, containing his political views and news of the day that supported his political views. 14.5" x 10.75"
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Bryce, Viscount James EVIDENCE AND DOCUMENTS LAID BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ALLEGED GERMAN OUTRAGES
NY Macmillan 1915 First US Edition Original Wraps Very Good
296pp, including 11pp illus from documents. 9.75" x 6" Contents: Details of outrages on civil population in Belgium and France; The use of civilians as a screen; Offences against combatants; Firing on hospitals, stretcher bearers, etc.; Extracts from diaries and papers of German soldiers; Proclamations by German Army authorities; Some articles of the Hague Convention concerning the laws and customs of war; Facsimiles of papers found on German soldiers.
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Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850) LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE SIXTH ULTO: A Statement of Balances now due, respectively, from such persons, now, or heretofore, acting in the Quartermasters and Paymaster's department....
Washington DC Printed by E. De Krafft 1818 First Edition Printed self-wraps Good
47pp. Spine reinforced with white paper; slight foxing and offsetting of text. 8.25" x 5.25" Calhoun's extensive table of findings lists persons with balances due by name, rank, amount received, and remarks.
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Coburn, Abner MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR COBURN IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MAINE, JANUARY 8, 1863: "Negroes make good Soldiers."
Augusta, Maine Stevens & Sayward, Printers 1863 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good
pp: 19, (1). 9" x 5.75" Coburn served as Governor of Maine during the Civil War years. In this message, he praises the men of Maine who enlisted in the Union cause rather than waiting to be drafted. In part: "It may be said with truth that every soldier from Maine is a volunteer." Coburn also speaks of Maine's legislative act "to aid the families of those who are in the ranks of the Union army." He goes on to address education in the state of Maine: "It is one of our chief glories that we provide, at the public expense, for the education of all the children of the State." Coburn calls for the conscription of Black soldiers: "It is now deemed necessary, as a means of speedily and permanently regaining the ascendancy of national authority, to detach the slaves from the service of those who use them to promote rebellion, whoever disputes the right of the Government to do this, raises to the extent of his influence, a potent defense for the Rebels .... It is on this ground that loyal men can rally with enthusiasm to the support of the President .... The testimony of our revolutionary Generals, and of Jackson and Harrison in the last war with Great Britain, conclusively establishes the fact that under good discipline negroes make good soldiers...," &c. [WorldCat finds only the Princeton and Harvard copies of this pamphlet.]
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