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1 BOOKS and PUBLICATIONS ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS NATIONAL PARTY CONVENTIONS, CONVENTION NEWS of the DAY, BOOKS in PRESIDENTIAL YEARS, SEE PAGE 6 and MORE Wood Elves Way / Columbia, MD / / Available by appointment. Terms: Payment by major credit cards, check, money order, or PayPal (to michaeljosbornebooks@verizon.net). All items are subject to prior sale. Institutions may be invoiced. Books may be reserved pending payment. Standard discounts are available. Domestic media mail shipping is included; insurance is additional. Other shipping arrangements may be made. International shipping is billed at cost. Returns are accepted within seven (7) days of receipt. Please contact me prior to making a return for shipping instructions. Maryland residents please add 6% for sales tax.

2 CONTENTS Niles' Register Complete... 1 Proceedings of the National Democratic and Republican Party Conventions to Elect a President and Vice President of the United States Spanning the Years Campaign Literature: A Collection of Pamphlets and Broadsides from Franklin D. Roosevelt s 1932 Campaign Americana...32 Buttons...36 Campaign Memorabilia...37 Conventions...37 Elections...39 George Washington...39 Lincoln...43 Party Platforms...43 Primaries...44 Republican Party...44 State Conventions...45 Voting...46 An Important Research Archive on Voting and Ballots from a Renowned Historian...46

3 1 NILES' REGISTER COMPLETE The Weekly Register; Niles Weekly Register, Niles National Register. A Complete Run in 76 volumes. Hezekiah Niles, William Ogden Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, and George Beatty, editors. Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Volumes, [volume 76 in facsimile as published by Burt Franklin]. Index [ ]. Complete with ALL addenda and supplements. Niles Register was one of the great weekly magazines of the early nineteenth century with a national circulation comparable to today s Newsweek or Time. Hezekiah Niles founded the magazine in 1811 and served as its editor and publisher until He sought to bring a balanced perspective of national and world events to his readers. As a record of early nineteenth century American politics and economics, nothing compares to the over 30,000 pages of reprints of public documents, treaties, statistical data, articles on the War of 1812, the Mexican American War, the expansion of the nation, news from other newspapers, and a continued...

4 2 wealth of other information contained in Niles Register. Thomas Jefferson wrote, I have found it very valuable as a Repository of documents, original papers and the facts of the day, and the ease with which the index enables us to turn to them. The Register was mailed out every Saturday with one rare interruption in circulation during the War of 1812 when all the employees one small boy excepted were engaged in military duties defending Baltimore. Niles Register essentially ceased publication with the June 27th, 1849 issue. Three single issues of volume 76 were published in September of 1849, numbers 13, 14, and 15; numbers 1 to 12 apparently were never published. Of the 76 volumes, 22 are in their original bindings (quarter, half, there quarter, or full leather) and housed in custom clamshell boxes with brown cloth sides and paper labels on the backs; the remaining 53 volumes are re-cased in uniform brown cloth with paper spine labels. The facsimile volume consisting of three issues of volume 76 is bound in blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine. The leather bindings are in very good About Niles' Register Niles republished the prospectus for The Weekly in volume one after his statement The Editor to the Public which appears on page one. He states: [T]he unusual number of subscribers already obtained, convinces the editor that his opinion was just as to the want of a work such as The Weekly Register is intended to be; but while so great success flatters his pride and provokes his exertion, it also alarms his fears, lest, in despite of all he can do, the public expectation may be disappointed, though to guard against this he has made some extensive as well as expensive preparations. The Weekly was published every Saturday at noon printed on a fine sheet of super-royal paper with a nonpariel [sic], or brevier, type, and contain 16 pages octavo at FIVE DOLLARS per annum, payable at the expiration of six months from the commencement of the publication, and annually thereafter. Two volumes were published every year, each containing 26 issues. It was delivered in the city of Baltimore and Precincts on the day of publication and carefully packed up and sent to subscribers at a distance by the first mail thereafter leaving the Post-office. In his history of Nile s Weekly Register, Norval Luxon states: The standard of editorial conduct that Niles set for himself and followed throughout his editorial career and which made the Register so valuable a source to students of the period was based on fairness, impartiality, and accuracy. Niles states in his editorial piece in volume one: Whatever may be our private opinions, we never will make ourselves liable to the charge of suppressing or neglecting to insert, any official paper belonging to a series of them laid off for the Register, All or None, is our motto.

5 3 condition, and there is an occasional lightly inked page, and occasional foxing. Yes, you can find digital copies of Niles Register online, but they do not equal the quality of type on paper in the bound volumes. Niles Register is perhaps the most valuable resource for the history of early nineteenth century America. It is rarely found complete, and it took many years to acquire the volumes that create this set which is beautiful in its shelf presence. (#20761) Price: $35, About Niles' Register / continued from Page 2 As reported in Niles' Register, the Democratic convention of 1840 created the first party platform. There were nine resolutions that affirmed the principles of the Democratic party. The ninth resolution states: That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence and sanctioned in the constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty, and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the democratic faith; and every attempt to abridge the present privilege of becoming citizens, and the owners of soil among us ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our statute book. About Creating this Set of Niles' Register I failed to state in my description that there was a gap in publication that started with the March issue of 1848 when Jeremiah Hughes suspended publication. The Weekly Register reappeared in with the July, 1848 issue published by George Beatty in Philadelphia. Little is known about Beatty, but he apparently was a novice at publishing when the opportunity to acquire the Register arose. However, he made a serious effort to revive the franchise, and ran it for a year but it was too little, too late. Beatty s journalistic inexperience showed too clearly in the paper s pages, and the Register s place in the marketplace disappeared. The last regular issue appeared in June, (W. H. Earle, Niles Register : Window on the World) I accepted the first fifty volumes of Niles Weekly Register on consignment and realized that the volumes were unsalable: a majority of them were disbound. I convinced my client to rebind the set and with the help of Vicki Lee, then head of conservation at the Maryland State Archives, and her dedicated team, and after many months I was in possession of an exceptional set of volumes. Not long afterward the set sold and I shipped them to their new owner, but only then did I realize the set was not complete because several volumes were lacking supplements and addenda, which I hunted down. I asked Vicki Lee to rebind the impacted volumes and add the missing material. Of the original fifty volumes, leather

6 4 bindings that appeared to be in very good condition were kept and protected in custom clamshell boxes that matched the specifications of the existing binding. The client who bought the fifty volumes asked me to complete the entire run of Nile s Register. Over three years I sought the remaining twenty-six volumes, which were difficult to obtain. I often bought volumes with missing issues and cobbled them together with single issues to form complete volumes. Vicki Lee did an outstanding job. 1. Niles, H[ezekiah]. The Agriculture of the U. States. [Wheeling (VA): Curtis, Printer, 1827]. 16p. Disbound. Caption title as issued. First leaf has a corner fox blotch and a small tear at blank lower corner, else scattered mild foxing. A scarce and interesting plea for federal protection from ruinous foreign competition in the production and sale of agricultural products. Absent tariffs, the greatest and most important branch of business, the agricultural, will fail to produce a reasonable profit to land owners and those who till the soil; and a comparative state of want, (in the present condition of society,) become the portion of this chosen and peculiarly valuable people the free cultivators of their own lands the best depository of the morals, the rights and the liberty of their country the class which must mainly defend our institutions at arms. In good condition. (#19999) $ Niles, Hezekiah, ed. The Weekly Register. [Niles Weekly Register, also Niles Register]. Baltimore: Hezekiah Niles, March to February 21, Volumes 12 & 13 bound together. [New series volume 1]. 416p;436p. 26cm. First edition. Quarter calf and marbled boards; titling in gilt on the spine. Edges rubbed; spine ends slightly worn; usual browning; prior owner s neat signature and notes on the front free endpaper; tears in the last two pages of volume 13 with loss; still the volume is in good condition. (#9671) $ Niles, Hezekiah, ed. The Weekly Register. [Niles Weekly Register, also Niles Register]. Baltimore: Hezekiah Niles, September 7, 1822 to March 1, Volume 22 [New series volume

7 5 10]. 368p. 26cm. First edition. Lacking pp Quarter calf and marbled boards; brown morocco spine label; titling in gilt on the spine. Edges rubbed; spine ends worn; usual browning; prior owner s neat signature and notes on the front free endpaper; still the volume is in good condition and the text block is intact, tight and in very good condition. (#9670) $ Niles, Hezekiah. Journal of the Proceedings of the Friends of Domestic Industry, in General Convention Met at the City of New York, October 26, Published by Order of the Convention. Baltimore: Hezekiah Niles, pamphlets relating to the Convention, 16, 44, 197p. Backed in calf and marbled boards. In very good condition. (#16613) $ Niles, William Ogden. The Tippecanoe Text-Book, Compiled from Niles Weekly Register and other Authentic Records. Baltimore and Philadelphia: Published by Duff Green, Editor of the Pilot, and Cushing & Brother, Baltimore; Hogan & Thompson and T.K. & P.G. Collins, Philadelphia, Engraved title page, 95p, illustrations. 21cm. Modern three quarter leather and marbled boards with titling in gilt on the spine. Foxing, damps stain throughout; still in very good condition. (#16619) $600.00

8 6 PROCEEDINGS of the NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC and REPUBLICAN PARTY CONVENTIONS to ELECT a PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES SPANNING the YEARS A Collection of the Official Reports Resulting in the Nomination of Candidates Who Went on to Win, or Lose the White House; A Record of the National Issues Confronting the United States over 176 Years The process for nominating and electing a president has evolved since 1789 and continues to do so today. The caucus system was followed by the convention system starting in Political scientist V.O. Key, Jr. wrote, The new system, the convention, gave, or so it was supposed, the mass of party members an opportunity to participate in nominations. With the national convention came the emergence of the two-party system that we

9 7 know today. The democrats since 1832 and the republicans since 1856 have used the convention system to nominate their candidates for president. You need to look no further than the Presidential election this year to know the importance of national presidential nominating conventions. The proceedings of these conventions are essential to understanding what took place at each convention and yes some of them are available online but there is no substitute for holding the book in your hands. Presented here are reports on the proceedings of 79 national Democratic and Republican conventions that resulted in the nomination of Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates. Most of the proceedings that follow were difficult to obtain, especially those from the 19th and early 20th century. They are ephemeral and so this is not a complete record. A detailed list is available. Price: $10,000

10 CAMPAIGN LITERATURE: A COLLECTION of PAMPHLETS and BROADSIDES from FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT S 1932 CAMPAIGN Twelve Pamphlets: Campaign Book of the Democratic Party Candidates and Issues 1932; The Tragic Folly of the Past Four Years; Franklin D. Roosevelt, Who He Is, What He Has Done; Power Protection of the Public Interest; The Railroads: Republican Mistakes and Democratic Remedies; Tariff: Grundyism Responsible for Ills of the Farmer; Agriculture: What is Wrong and What to DO About It; The Labor Record of Franklin D. Roosevelt; Platform Adopted by The Democratic National Convention 1932; When Do We Eat?; President Hoover Stood For Two Booklets: Everybody s Political P-R-I-M-E-R; What Our Government Should Do For Us, What We Should

11 9 Do For Our Government: The Belief of Franklin Roosevelt As To What Makes Good Government And Good Citizens Ten Broadsides: As to Swapping Horses ; Three Reason Why Every Woman Should Vote for Roosevelt and Garner; Nobody Knows How Dry They Are; Your Electric Bill; The Forgotten Farmer; The Public Pays; Why Wage Earners Want Roosevelt and Garner; The Home Loan Bunk; Half a Million Life Insurance; First to Face the Emergency OCLC records exist for a few of the pamphlets, but they are scarce, and only a few institutional collections have them, and if they do they are in the rare books special collections. There is only one record for one broadside. Everything is in fine condition. One pamphlet has a neat signature on the top margin of the front cover. One broadside top edge is faded and has a very short tear. Price: $ Report on Steam Carriages, by a Select Committee of the House of Commons of Great Britain: with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix. Reprinted by Order of the House of Representatives. Washington DC: Duff Green Printer, p, [1p errata]. 25cm. Rebound in green cloth over boards; green morocco spine label in gilt. Ex library from the Joseph G. Pangborn Baltimore & Ohio Collection with his embossed seal on the title page. The B&O became the first railroad to hire a publicity agent. In 1880, Major Joseph G. Pangborn, a western newspaper publicist and showman, was hired to market and create an advertising program for the Railroad. In the course of promotion, Pangborn saved a number of the B&O s wheezing, ancient, obsolete but historic locomotives for an extensive exhibit planned for the World s Columbian Exposition to be held in Chicago in In addition, he designed and built a series of full-sized wooden replicas of the world s pioneering locomotives and mounted an exhibit documenting the continuum of railroad history heretofore unmatched in size, completeness, and significance. For its creative look backward in history, in the midst of a celebration of modern technology, the B&O received the highest honors awarded. For the most part foxed, short tear at the top edge gutter of the title page; still an important association and an attractive copy in good condition. (#2630) $ Casket. Philadelphia: Samuel C. Atkinson, Hand colored frontispiece, engraved title page, 572p, illustrations, plates, hand colored plates, index, index of poetry. 23cm. Leather covers with gilt borders, gilt spine with black morocco label and title in gilt. Edges rubbed, spine creased, label rubbed; foxed. one page torn at fore edge with loss of text. In good condition. (#19783) $ Congressional Directory, for the First Session of the Twenty- Second Congress of the United States. Washington City: Sold at the Bookstore of Jonathan Elliot, 1832.

12 10 56p. 16.5x10.5cm. Sewn. Blue wrappers damp stained at the top of the spine along the spine and top edge impact the first few and last few pages; fore edge damp stains on the bottom cover. Lists officers for both Houses, committee members; local addresses [many boarding houses], and post offices and counties for their home state address; chief officers; ministers and consuls; foreign envoys; residences of public officers; mail. [1 copy found in OCLC] (#19901) $ # (SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION) Smith, J.C.V. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. Volume XIV, Boston: D. Clapp, Jr, p. 23cm. Bound in sheep; morocco spine label in gilt. Bound by L. Whittemore Binder, Syracuse, NY with his label on the front cover pastedown. Includes an essay by Dr. James Overton, On Spontaneous Combustion, read at the annual meeting of the Medical Society of Tennessee on August 19th, #9 Leather is dry and flaking; foxing. In good condition. (#8066) $175.00

13 Morris, George F. American Melodies; Containing a Single Selection from the Production of Two Hundred Writers. With illustrations designed and engraved by L. P. Clover, Jr. New York: Published by Linen and Fennell, Frontispiece, engraved title page, 286p, illustrations, index. 14cm. Decorative embossed black leather with title in gilt on the spine; all edges gilt. Edges of covers, spine and spine ends rubbed; contemporary prior owner s neat signatures on the front free endpaper and title page. In better than good condition. (#19272) $ Whiteford, James (and others). Manuscript medical copy book and pharmacopoeia. ca [9] leaves; 124 numbered pages; clippings, notes, papers. 20cm. Backed in leather with marbled boards and vellum tips. Leather is rubbed and dry, covers almost detached. In good condition. Contains patient histories, pharmaceutical recipes, folk remedies, newspaper clippings, and notes on pieces of #10 paper. Produced by James Whiteford of Long Green Academy, Baltimore County, Maryland. (#8676) $ # The Child s Own Book of Animals: With Beautifully Coloured Illustrations. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blackiston, [between 1844 and 1849]. 52p, illustrations. 18x27cm. Blind stamped green cloth with titling in gilt on the front cover. Corners skinned, spine taped with binder s

14 12 tape; first few pages detached; still, a complete copy in good condition. Scarce. (#16045) $ Burleigh, Joseph Bartlett. The American Manual; Containing A Brief Outline of the Origin and Progress of Political Power, and the Laws of Nations; A Commentary on the Constitution of The United States of America, and A Lucid Exposition of the Duties and Responsibilities of Voters, Jurors, and Civil Magistrates; with Questions, Definitions, and Marginal Exercises; Designed to Develop and Strengthen the Moral and Intellectual Powers of Youth, and Impart an Accurate Knowledge of the Nature and Necessity of Political Wisdom. Applied to the use of Schools, Academies, and the Public. Philadelphia: Grigg, Elliot & Co., viii, 318, 55p, index. 19cm. Black morocco back and cloth over boards, titling in gilt on the spine decorative embossed panels. Cloth chipped at the corners and covers; spine ends slightly rubbed; contemporary ownership inscription on the front cover pastedown and endpaper; missing the bottom free endpaper; top portion of title page removed with no impact on text; still, in very good condition. (#16643) $ Charter of the City of Washington, being the Act of Incorporation, and the acts supplementary to and amendatory of, and in continuation of the same, passed by the Congress of the United States. Washington DC: John T. Towers, Printer, p. 23cm. Stamped brown cloth with gilt titling. Covers slightly faded, chipping along the spine and edges. In slightly better than good condition. (#10389) $ The Young American s Library of Eminent Statesmen [with] The Young American s Library of Famous Generals (Twelve volumes Complete). Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blackiston, 1845, 1847, 1848, 1851, 1852, Twelve volumes: each with frontispiece and chromolithographed title page by T(homas) Sinclair. 18cm. Uniform binding of stamped brown cloth with titling in gilt on the spine; publisher s advertisements for endpapers. Eminent Statesmen: The Life of William Penn; The Life of Henry Clay; The Life of Daniel Webster; The Life of Benjamin Franklin; The Old Bell of Independence; or, Philadelphia in 1776; The Yankee Tea-Party; or, Boston in Famous Generals: Life of Andrew Jackson; life of Napoleon Bonaparte; Life of General Lafayette; Life of George Washington; Life of General Marion; Life of General Taylor. Thomas Sinclair ( ) was a prominent Philadelphia lithographer and produced all genres of lithographs including maps, advertisements, city and landscape views, sheet music covers, portraiture, political cartoons, certificates and book illustration. His work was recognized at the Franklin Institute Exhibitions of American Manufacturers in 1848 and One of his certificates was described as bringing Lithographic Art to great perfection in this country [Library Company of Philadelphia]. Overall bright spines and covers; few volumes with damp staining to the bottom edge

15 13 corner and base of spine with minimal impact, except for slight discoloration of tissue guards; one volume with a pulled signature. Rarely seen complete, the uniform series is from circa 1855 based on the signature and date of the prior owner on the front fly leaf of each book. Bookplates on the front cover pastedowns. In very good condition. (#17347) $ Olmsted, Frederick Law. Library of Popular Travels. Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England. Complete in One Volume. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1853 (1852). Frontispiece, [1], 247p, 192p. 18cm. Decorative blind stamped blue cloth; titling in gilt on the spine. Appears to be the 1852 edition of 2 volumes bound as one and reissued under the Library of Popular Travels. Corners bumped; spine ends worn; some foxing; still in very good condition. (#9103) $ The General Assembly of Maryland, Senate Document G. Memorial of #17 Citizens of Anne Arundel County Relative to Free Negroes and Mulattoes. [Annapolis], April 8th, p. 24cm. Leaf toned at edges. A petition calling attention to the number of Free Negroes in Maryland causing serious injury which their presence inflicts upon the honest industry of a large portion of our white fellow citizens. The idle and vagrant shall be hired out by the year and their children apprenticed, so that may acquire a knowledge of useful arts and avocations in preparation for their departure to Liberia. [1 copy found in OCLC] (#19913) $ Bache, A.D. Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, the Progress of the Survey during the Year House of Representatives, 34th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 6. Washington DC: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, xx, 420p, 60 fold-out sketches and maps. 30cm. Stamped black cloth with titling in gilt on the front cover and spine. Compliments of Prof. A. D. Bache, Superintendent, U.S. Coast Survey paper label on front cover pastedown. Spine faded, though titling still evident; short tears in the joint cloth, some wear to the spine ends, corners bumped,

16 14 few small pieces of paper adhered to bottom cover; damp stain evident on the front cover paste down and endpapers, and title page, then as a fore edge stain for several pages as well as the bottom cover pastedown, minor impact to maps; small library label and shelf number on the front cover paste down; first two sketches torn at the gutter, but still attached. In very good condition. (#17363) $1, Hawks, Francis L. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to China Seas and Japan, Performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy. (2 of 3 volumes) Senate. 33d Congress, second session, Executive Doc. No. 79. Washington DC: Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, p, illustrations, maps, plates, index; 414p, illustrations, plates, [facsimile of The Treaty of Kanagawa], index, fold out maps. 29cm. Uniform brown cloth with titling in gilt on the spines. Corners bumped, edges rubbed, wear to the spine ends. In very good condition. (#20353) $ Smucker, Samuel M. The Life of Col. John Charles Fremont and his Narrative of Explorations and Adventures, in Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon and California. New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, Frontispiece, 493p, illustrations, ads. 20cm. First edition. Stamped brown cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Bookplate on front free endpaper, prior owner s neat signature on front flyleaf; several pencil checks on first page of text in the margin; Covers faded, spine faded. In very good condition. (#17304) $ Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Dred; a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Volume 1: vi, 329, 6p. ads; volume 2: v, 370p. 19.5cm. First editions, first printings. Spine cloth at the joint tearing on volume 1, wear to spine ends, edges and corners; volume 2 with wear to the spine ends; both copies slightly cocked. Both volumes have good shelf presence with volume one in slight better than good condition, and volume two in very good condition. [BAL 19389] (#13410) $ Messages of the President. 34th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc No. 35. British Recruitment in the United States. Washington DC: A.O.P. Nicholson, Senate Printer, p. 23cm. Stamped black cloth in gilt. Wear to the spine ends, corners bumped; foxing; still, in very god condition. (#10299) $ Alcott, W. A. The Home-Book of Health and Medicine; or, the Laws and Means of Physical Culture Applied to Practical Use. Embracing laws of digestion, breathing, ventilation, uses of the lungs, circulation and renovation, laws and diseases of the skin, bathing, how to prevent consumption, clothing and temperature, food and cooking, poisons, exercise and rest, the right use of physicians, etc. etc. etc. Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, iv, 500p, illustrations, ads. 19cm. First edition. Blue cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Bookplate on front cover pastedown; prior owner s neat signature on the

17 15 #23 front flyleaf; flyleaf torn at the top edge; still, a very bright copy in very good condition. (#17305) $ Davis, Geo. Lynn- Lachlan. A Paper upon the Origin of the Japan Expedition read the 7th of May, 1857 before the Maryland Historical Society. Baltimore: John Murphy & C., p. 23cm. Pink wrappers with black titling. Former library copy with call letter sticker on front cover, bookplate on the verso of the front cover, ink stamp on the last page, short stain on the front cover. In better than good condition. (#19891) $ Hale, Mrs. Sarah J. and Louis A. Godey, eds. Godey s Lady s Book [Volumes LX and LXI]. Philadelphia: Louis A. Godey, Frontispiece, engraved title page, iv, 574p, music, illustrations, plates in color; frontispiece, 570p, music, illustrations, plates in color, fold out. 24cm. Quarter gilt ruled red morocco back and tips with red cloth covers; four raised bands and titling in gilt on the spine. Leather corners rubbed, skinned; spine rubbed; cloth slightly soiled. Contents are exceptional and the book is in very good condition. (#19282) $ Webster, Daniel. The Union Text Book: Containing Selections from the Writings of Daniel Webster; the Declaration of Independence; the Constitution of the United States; and Washington s Farewell Address with Copious Indexes. Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, Frontispiece, 504p, index, 22p. catalog. 19cm. First edition. Stamped red pebbled cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Stained at the bottom of the spine with little or no impact; top of spine slightly worn. Bookplate on #25 front cover pastedown, prior owner s neat signature on the fly leaf. In better than good condition. (#17344) $45.00

18 The Boy s Book of Indian Battles and Adventures, With Anecdotes About Them. New York: James Miller, Frontispiece, pictorial title page with vignette, 252p, illustrations. 17.5cm. First edition. Purple cloth with blind stamped covers and gilt spine. Edges rubbed, some spotting on covers, faded at edges; spine faded; small number pasted to front cover pastedown; neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In good condition. (#15645) $ [Loughborough, Mrs. James]. My Cave Life in Vicksburg with Letters of Trial and Travel. New York: D. Appleton and Company, Illustrated title page, 196p, map, 8p. ad for The New American Cyclopedia. 19cm. Stamped brown cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Corners slightly bumped, edges slightly faded, spine and titling faded. In very good condition. (#19763) $ Richstein, William. The Stranger s #29 Guide-Book to Washington City, and Everybody s Pocket Handy- Book. Washington DC: William Richstein, p, notes section, 31p. ads. 16x10cm. Green textured cloth; titling in gilt on the front cover. Penciled notes from 1872 in notes section, slight fading and in very good condition. (#9496) $ Whittier, John Greenleaf. In War Time. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, p, publisher s catalog. 18cm. First edition in binding A. Beveled green cloth, top edge gilt. Minor wear to the spine ends and corners. In very good condition. [BAL 21846] (#16740) $ The Vacant Chair Beadle s Dime Song Book No. 12. New York: Beadle and Company, p. 16cm. Tied illustrated self-wrappers. Edges chipped, short tears, foxed; prior owner s neat signature; lacking the bottom cover. A good copy with the rare illustrated front cover. (#19776) $ Parton, James. Eminent Women of the Age; Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the Most

19 17 #32 Prominent Women of the Present Generation. Hartford, CT: S. M. Betts & Company, Frontispiece, engraved title page, 628p, portraits. 23cm. Beveled green cloth with gilt titling on the front cover and spine; all edges gilt. Corners bumped; spine ends worn; foxing; paper toned. In better than good condition. (#19083) $ RECORD OF THE NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. TREASON AND DEMOCRACY ONE AND INDIVISIBLE WHO ARE THE LEADERS? Washington DC: Union Republican Congressional Committee. Chronicle Print, [1868]. 7 double column pages. 23cm. Slightly darkened edges, two vertical folds, small spots on verso of last page. In very good condition. In the following summary there will be found a concentrated exhibit of their treason and treachery to American liberty and nationality, which must convince all who read that out of the success of their policy no results can come other than renewal of civil war, and if successful, a restoration of slavery, with, finally, the overthrow of the Republic. (#20883) $ #33

20 Warren, Ira. The Household Physician; for the use of Families, Planters, Seamen, and Travelers. Boston: Ira Bradley & Company, Frontispiece, 893p, illustrations, plates, index. 26cm. Bound in sheep with gilt titling on red and black morocco title labels on the spine. Short tear to the joint of the front cover starting at the head of the spine; creased spine; rubbed; frontispiece foxed. In very good condition. (#19315) $ Bissell, A.H. The Centennial Manual of United States History being a brief Reference to the Leading Events Embraced between the Years Washington DC: A.H. Bissell, [1876]. 74p. 12cm. Cloth wrapper; titling in gilt. Slight fraying at edges; one corner slightly curled; penciled numbers on inside covers; still, a scarce pocket chronology of United States history printed especially for the Centennial in very good condition. [OCLC shows 2 copies] (#8651) $ #35 #36

21 Authorized Visitor s Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia The Only Guide Book Sold on the Exhibition Grounds. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., p, [3], 2 fold-out maps. 17.5cm. Red cloth with titling in black. Slight silver fishing of top cover; otherwise, a very attractive copy with the maps intact, and in better than very good condition. (#14056) $ Howard, George W. The Monumental City: Its History and Present Resources. Baltimore: J.D. Ehlers & Co., 1873 (ca. 1880). Frontispiece, 1002, illustrations, advertisements, bird s eye view, maps, indexed. 23cm. Blue cloth with titling in gilt on the spine, all edges gilt. The most complete edition of this work which Howard first published in 1873 and supplemented until 1880 retaining the 1873 text and title page in all subsequent editions. Re-backed with the original spine laid down. Two corners bumped, rubbed. In very good condition. (#19522) $ Olmsted, Frederick. Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Parks, for the City of Boston, for the Year Document Boston: City of Boston, p, large fold out map. 23cm. Sewn, printed wrappers. Covers somewhat darkened around the edge, pages also. An exceptional copy in very good condition. Compliments of Charles H. Dalton, William Gray Jr, and Henry Lee, Commissioners of Parks. Olmsted was Landscape Architect Advisor to the Board. The Fifth Annual Report is his first report on his design for the first urban park, Back Bay, in what would become Boston s Emerald Necklace of urban parks. The rationale behind the plan was very far from what was commonly understood as a park, as Olmsted painstakingly explained; the design was primarily a sanitary improvement, the main feature of which was a storage basin for the storm waters of Stony Brook. A second aim was to restore the salt marsh to its original condition. [Cynthia Zaitzevsky in Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System]. A seminal work in the history of landscape architecture. (#17401) $ Tourgee, Albion W. The Invisible Empire: Part I. A new, illustrated, and enlarged edition of A Fool s Errand, by one of the fools; the famous historical romance of life in the South since the war. Part II. A concise review of recent events, showing the elements on which the tale is based with many thrilling and personal narratives and other startling facts and considerations, including an account of the rise, extent, purpose, methods, and deeds of the mysterious Ku-Klux Klan; all fully authenticated. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, Frontispiece, 4p, viii, 521p, illustrations. 20cm. Brown cloth with titling and decorations stamped in black; title in gilt on the spine. Very minor wear to corners; very small not too detracting stain on the front cover; small chip in the fore edge of the front free endpaper. In better than very good condition. (#20746) $ Olmsted, Frederick Law, James T. Gardner. Special Report of the New York State Survey on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls, and Fourth Annual

22 20 #39 Report on the Triangulation of the State for the Year Albany, NY: Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, p, 9 heliotype prints, 2 engravings [one after Thomas Moran s View in the Primeval Woods, on Goat Island], facsimile of Hennepin s description and photo lithography reproduction of the first picture of the falls, 1698; 3 maps of Niagara Falls, 2 maps [pocketed of Eastern and Central New York], 1 map of the triangulation along the Hudson River. 25cm. Beveled brown cloth boards; titling in gilt on the front cover and spine. By the 1860s Niagara had become a major tourist attraction with resulting environmental damage. Frederick Law Olmsted frequently visited the Falls while working in Buffalo, and with Frederic Edwin Church, he led a campaign to establish the Niagara Falls Reservation. This report is the single most important document of the campaign. In a spirit of patriotism what remains of Niagara s beauty should be preserved; what is lost should be restored. Only the power of the state can accomplish this [p24]. Olmsted succeeded in his campaign by presenting the governor with petitions signed by many of the intellectuals of the day including, among them, Emerson, Carlyle, Ruskin, Longfellow, Eliot, and Dana. Through his efforts Niagara Falls became the first state park in the United States. Older former library copy with bookplate on #40 front cover paste down; older spine label; library embossed seal on the title page; minor wear to the spine ends and corners; small chip at the fore edge of the front free endpaper. A pioneering document in the history of landscape conservation in better than very good condition. (#5143) $600.00

23 Blaine, James G. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 (2 volumes). Norwich, Connecticut: Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1884 & Frontispiece, 646p, plates, fold out map; 724p, plates, indexed. 27cm. Both volumes in leather [one leather is darker than the other] with tooling in blind and titling in gilt on the front covers and spines; gilt turn-ins; all edges gilt. Spotting on fore edge of volume one, slight rubbing of spine; volume two spine is rubbed; both volumes with slight top edge penetrating stain; some plates foxed; still in very good condition. (#10342) $ Rothrock, Joseph Trimble. Vacation Cruising in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Frontispiece, 262p, illustrations. 19cm. First edition. Brown cloth with an illustration of a sailboat and titling in grey and black; titling in gilt on the spine. Slight soiling; stain on bottom cover; still in very good condition. (#14105) $ Campaign of 84. Biographies of James G. Blaine, the Republican candidate for president, and John A. Logan, the Republican candidate for vice-president. With a description of the leading issued and the proceedings of the national convention. Together with a history of the political parties of the United States: comparisons of platforms on all important questions, and political tables for ready reference. Philadelphia: Fireside Publishing Company, Double frontispiece, 96, 313, 94p, printed double column. 24cm. Covers stamped with black titling, illustration ion black on the front cover, titling in black and gilt on the spine. Minor wear to the spine ends, two corners bumped, one rubbed; prior owner s neat signature on the front cover pastedown. In very good condition. (#20739) $ The Pocket Atlas of the United States containing separate copper-plate maps of each state and territory, with all railroads correctly shown from the latest government and other reliable authorities. Also, a list of places of one hundred inhabitants and upward, arranged by states, according to the United States census of 1880, with other tables of population. Philadelphia: Wm. M. Bradley & Bro., p, maps. 16cm. Publisher s green cloth with gilt titling. Minor wear to the corners and edges. In very good condition. Two copies found in OCLC. (#16672) $ Davis, Richard Harding. The West from a Car Window. New York: Harper & Brothers, Frontispiece, 242p, illustrations. 19cm. First edition. Blue cloth with silver titling. Edges slightly rubbed; very slightly soiled; short scratch on front cover. In very good condition. (#15650) $ Smith, Fanny Morris. A Noble Art: Three Lectures on the Evolution and Construction of the Piano. New York: Printed by The De Vinne Press, for sale by G. Shirmer, p,

24 22 illustrations. 23cm. Bound in card with red titling on Japon wrapper. With Compliments of the Prescott Piano Co., Concord, N. H. 4p. pamphlet taped to the front free endpaper. Spine creased, clear taped, slightly soiled. In good condition. (#19685) $ Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford: American Book Publishing Company and Watson Gill, Syracuse, xvi, (17)-320p, (1)., illustrations. 20cm. First published Bound in brown cloth with titling and illustration in black and red, titling in gilt on the spine. Corners lightly bumped, one skinned; minor wear to spine ends, slightly soiled. In very good condition. (#19787) $ Whittier, John Greenleaf. The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. Household edition. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Frontispiece, xv, [1], 496p, illustrations, index. 20cm. Bound in three quarter leather with marbled paper boards; gilt spine; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Edges rubbed, superficial scratch on the front cover near the bottom edge. In near fine condition. (#19818) $ Birkmire, William H. The Planning and Construction of American Theaters. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Frontispiece, x, 117p, illustrations, plans. First edition. Red cloth; titling in gilt on the spine. An ex library copy with old markings including a perforation stamp to the title page; minor edge wear; front hinge starting. Still a very attractive copy in very good condition. (#9173) $ Frisbie, W.A. The Bandit Mouse and Other Tales. Pictures by Bart. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, Unpaginated. 32cm. Illustrated red card covers. Spine has chipped away, minor edge wear, slight rubbing. In very good condition. (#13633) $ Hearn, Lafcadio. Shadowings. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, p, 5 plates. 19cm. First edition. Bound in blue cloth with floral decorations in lighter and darker blue on the covers and spine; titling in gilt; top edge gilt. One corner bumped, one slightly bumped; prior owner s neat signature on the front free endpaper. Bright covers in near fine condition. [BAL: 7935] (#19274) $ Pepper, Charles M. Everyday Life in Washington with Pen and Camera. Over 200 Illustrations. New York: Christian Herald, Frontispiece, 416p, illustrations. 22cm. Blue cloth bordered with white stars, titling in white, illustrations in white and gilt. Spine titling faded; former library copy with withdrawn stamp; bottom hinge starting; still, in very good condition. (#13373) $ Prescott, Lawrence and James R. Young. Living issues of the campaign of 1900: its men and principles : covering every phase of the vital questions of the day: expansion and our new possessions, trusts and monopolies, imperialism, war

25 23 taxes, etc. : including the platforms of all parties and biographies of the presidential candidates : together with a portrait gallery of national celebrities, comprising phototype and other portraits of all former presidents and leading statesmen of our times: the whole forming a complete handbook of political information, voter s guide, and instructor. Harrisburg: The Minter Company, Frontispiece, 203, 139, 286, 22p, [50 plates]. 21cm. Bound in blue cloth with gilt and blue titling, illustration of the flag of the United States partially covered with a wreath title box in gilt, red and black; spine in gilt, red, and blue; all edges marbled. Not to detracting stain on the bottom cover with smaller splash stains, dripped down the spine near the foot; slightly soiled; some pages have browned, which might be typical for this book. In very good condition. [No copies found in OCLC for this printing] (#20730) $ Stewart, Joseph. The Esoteric Art of Living. New York: The Alliance Publishing Company, p. 21.5cm. Gray cloth with gilt titling. #53 Somewhat soiled; prior owner s name ink stamp on the title page. In very good condition. (#15320) $ Strait, Newton A. Alphabetical List of Battles : War of the Rebellion Spanish American War Philippine Insurrection and All Old Wars. Washington DC: Newton Strait, p, indexed. 24cm. Blue cloth with gilt titling. Inscribed and signed by Newton A. Strait. Three small spots on front cover; corner of front free endpaper torn away. An exceptional copy, almost near fine. (#10490) $ Carrere & Hastings, Consulting Architects. Report to the Joint Commission of the Senate and House of Representatives on the extension and completion of the United States Capitol. New York, December 27th, Fold out frontispiece of the Capitol; fold out of the East front of the Capitol; 9p, plates, estimate of costs. 37cm. Sewn card covers; titling in black on the front cover. Fore edge tears; fading; slight soiling; covers are separating; still, a better than good copy of this rare report. [3 copies found in World Cat] (#9317) $ Olmsted Brothers. Report upon the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore. Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, p, 6

26 24 #57 diagrams, plan, two topographical maps. 24cm. Green cloth with titling in gilt on the front cover and spine. Corners slightly bumped, minor wear to the spine ends, top edge of bottom board bumped. In very good condition. (#17370) $ Washington, Booker T. Working with the Hands. Being a sequel to Up from Slavery covering the author s experiences in industrial training at Tuskegee. Illustrated with photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, Frontispiece, xi, 246p, illustrations. 21cm. First edition. Bound in red cloth with illustrations of tools stamped in black to create a border around white titling, repeated on spine. Stain to the top edge of the front cover and bottom cover top edge corner; spine faded, titling faded; white titling on front cover almost chipped away; stain on bottom cover; prior owner s embossed seal on front free endpapers. In good condition. (#17221) $ Nolen, John. San Diego: A Comprehensive Plan for its Improvement. Boston: Geo. H. Ellis Printers, p, illustrations, plans, maps. 23cm. Brown cloth back and brown paper boards, titling on the front cover and spine. With the signature of Lincoln Steffens on the front free endpaper and Nolen s Landscape Architect business card taped to the front free endpaper. Edges rubbed, skinned, spine ends worn; front free end paper almost loose. In good condition. One of Nolen s early plans. In it he made recommendations for a public square and civic center, a great bay front improvement, small open spaces, streets and boulevards, and a system of parks. (#17384) $ Summerhayes, Martha. Vanished Arizona: Recollections of My Army Life. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, Frontispiece, 269p, illustrations. 20cm. First edition. Blue cloth with titling and borders in lighter blue on the front cover with cross rifles in gilt; titling in gilt on the spine. Spine titling has faded, bookplate, otherwise a very attractive near fine copy. (#15683) $125.00

27 Carrere, John Merven, and Thomas Hastings. A Plan of the City of Hartford. Preliminary Report by Carrere & Hastings, Advisory Architects to the Commission on the City Plan in relation to the rectification of the present plan and the development and extension of the city of Hartford on comprehensive lines of order and harmony with recommendations. Hartford: Hartford Press, The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, p, illustrations, fold out maps. 23cm. Gray wrappers with black titling. Tear at the base of the spine of the front cover. In very good condition. The firm of Carrere & Hastings is perhaps best known as the architects of the New York Public Library. Carrere worked with Daniel Burnham and Arnold Brunner on the Cleveland Group Plan (1903), with Brunner on the Grand Rapids, Michigan Plan (1909), and Brunner and Olmsted on the Baltimore civic center (1910). He died tragically in 1911 after the completion of the Hartford Plan. Hastings continued the firm. (#17400) $ Day, Frank Miles. American Country Houses of Today. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., Frontispiece, 183p, illustrations, plans printed one side only. 32cm. Green cloth, titling in gilt on the front cover and spine; top edge gilt. Cloth faded at edges; spine faded; corners lightly bumped; text block is tight but starting at the center; still in very good condition. (#9235) $ National Democratic Convention. Souvenir Handkerchief. National Democratic Convention held in Baltimore in Silk souvenir handkerchief with a star and title bordered by international flags, and US flags in the corners.16 x 15 1/2 inches. In near fine condition. (#19962) $ TEMPORARY ROLL OF DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES TO THE FIFTEENTH REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 18, AS REPORTED BY THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Chicago: Republican National Committee, [1912]. not paginated. 24cm. Wrappers. Vertical crease; #63 numeric notes throughout. Signed by Maryland delegate J.H. Cunningham. In very good condition. (#8000) $ Robinson, Charles Mulford. A General Plan for the Improvement of Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs: Department of Public Works and Property, May, p, illustrations, fold out map. 24x13cm. Tied brown cloth back and gray paper boards with brown titling. Minor wear to two corners. An exceptional, bright copy

28 26 in near fine condition. In his plan for Colorado Springs, Robinson states: I have endeavored to be practical, concerning myself with the problem of what improvements are desirable and possible in the established city of Colorado Springs. The result cannot be an ideal city plan...but I have endeavored to make it...a sane and rational ideal of what can be and should be done in and for Colorado Springs. He further emphasizes citizen involvement in the plan. (#17385) $ Twitchell, Ralph Emerson. The Leading Facts of New Mexican History. (2 volumes). Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Torch Press, 1911, Full color frontispiece, xx, 506p, over 100 plates [one in color], 2 fold-out maps, index. 25cm; Portrait, xxi, 631p, plates, illustrations, 4 fold-out maps. 25cm. First editions. In an edition of 1500 copies, this set is 884/1500 copies signed by Twitchell. Uniform red cloth bindings with titling in gilt on the spine, top edges gilt. Both volumes signed by [William Sydney] Stallings, noted anthropologist and archaeologist. Bottom hinge of volume #66 one starting; stain on lower portion of spine; volume two front hinge starting, minor wear to spine. In very good condition and the maps are in fine condition. (#16715) $ Baltimore: Its History and Its People. Biographical. (Two Deluxe volumes). New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Frontispiece, [1], 316p; frontispiece, [1], p , index: each volume with tissue guarded portraits, coat-of-arms for Elihu Jackson. Deluxe edition. 31cm. Re-cased in black cloth with paper title label facsimiles of the original spines; top edge gilt. Bottom corner of tissue guard of frontispiece in volume 1 torn away, short tear in the bottom edge of the frontispiece; few tissue guards wrinkled; otherwise a lovely set with great shelf presence in fine condition. (#19989) $ Thoburn: Joseph B. A Standard History of Oklahoma: An Authentic Narrative of its Development from

29 27 the Date of the First European Exploration Down to the Present Time, Including Accounts of the Indian Tribes, both Civilized and Wild, of the Cattle Range, of the Land Openings and the Achievements of the most Recent Period. Illustrated. [5 volumes]. Chicago: The American Historical Society, volumes comprising 2192 pp., a 54p. index at the front of volume one, frontispiece in volume one with illustrations in volumes one and two; volumes three to five with plates. 27cm. Bound in textured green cloth with thick and thin blind stamped borders at the edges of the front covers; raised bands with embossed decorations and titling in gilt on the spines; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Conjoint: volume one has rippled cloth on the bottom board, a short tear at the top edge of the front free endpaper and a small chip in the bottom cover pastedown; volume five has one slightly rubbed corner; one plate is pulled in volumes three and five; all five volumes have a damp stain on the bottom edge corner that is almost indiscernible. Bright covers and spines and in very good condition. (#20753) $ Wharton, Edith, editor. The Book of the Homeless. (Le Livre des Sans- Foyer). New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, p, illustrations, facsimiles. 13 x10. First edition. Bluish green cloth back and gray paper boards; titling in gilt on the front cover and spine. Portfolio of bluish green cloth sides and gray paper board. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. The colophon states: Of this book, in addition to the regular edition, there have been printed and numbered one hundred and seventy-five copies deluxe, of larger format. Numbers 1-50 on French hand-made paper, containing four facsimiles of manuscripts and a second set of illustrations in portfolio. Numbers on Van Gelder paper. This is copy 37/50 copies deluxe on French hand-made paper signed by D.B. Updike, with the facsimiles, and with the portfolio of twenty-two prints. With the introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. With original contributions from many of the leading artists and writers of the day, all solicited by Wharton to create a #69 book to help finance her war efforts on behalf of the French refugees streaming into Paris; including Rupert Brooke, Paul Claudel, Jean Cocteau, Joseph Conrad, John Galsworthy, William Dean Howells, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, W. B. Yeats, George Santayana, Igor Stravinsky, Léon Bakst, Max Beerbohm, Charles Dana Gibson, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Rénoir, Auguste Rodin, and John Singer Sargent. Wharton was disappointed that Rudyard Kipling did not contribute. The book was a success at publicizing her campaign for the homeless. What was an equal success was the auction after publication of the

30 28 original art work and manuscripts. It was undoubtedly the most prestigious of the memorial books produced during the war and received excellent press coverage and reviews. The New York Times Book Review observed that its famous contributors have given their best (from Shari Benstock s Edith Wharton: A Biography). For a fascinating account of the production of the Book of the Homeless, see Alan Price s The Making of Edith Wharton s The Book of the Homeless. A former library copy with marks professionally removed or reduced. Bottom cover rubbed; minor spotting of the end papers; still a very good copy of this rare deluxe printing with the very rare portfolio of prints in occasional foxing in very good condition. Photographs on request. [Garrison: D1.1. a] (#14097) $4, Harper, Captain Paul C. A Guide Book to the American Battlefields in France. [1920]. 54p, illustrations, fold out maps. 18cm. Red cloth, tilting in black. Laid in is a folded map, approximately 31x48cm, entitled The St. Mihiel Salient, Sept , 18. Printed at Base Printing Plant, 29th Engineers, U.S. Army 1919, and a postal card showing Verdun before the War. Prior owner s name on the front cover and endpaper; paper browned. Still, in very good condition. Scarce. (#14662) $ Mencken, H.L. Prejudices: Second Series. New York: Knopf, p, indexed. 19cm. First edition. Blue cloth; gilt spine; red top edge; slipcase. Prior owner s neat signature on the front cover pastedown; one corner bumped. Spine slightly faded. In very good condition. [A 24.1.a] (#9780) $ Mencken, H.L. and George Jean Nathan. The American Credo: A Contribution to the Interpretation of the National Mind. New York: Knopf, p. 19.5cm. Black cloth, titling in gilt. Minor insecting; still in very good condition. [Schrader: A 22.1.a]. (#9827) $ The Centennial Book: One Hundred Years of Christian Civilization in Hawaii, #70 Honolulu: A Symposium published by the Central Committee of the Hawaiian Mission Centennial, p, illustrations. 24cm. Gray cloth back and gray paper boards; title in black on the front cover. Prior owner s neat signature on the front free endpaper. In near fine condition. (#10323) $150.00

31 [American Mercury]. The American Mercury (Volumes 1-30). New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Thirty volumes complete in original wrappers, issues The successor to the Smart Set for Mencken and George Jean Nathan, Knopf gave them editorial control of a magazine that published some of the great authors of the twentieth century: Eugene O Neill, Sherwood Anderson, Carl Sandburg, Theodore Dreiser, James M. McCain, Sinclair Lewis, William Faulkner, Vachal Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, Countee Cullen, James Weldon Johnson, Margaret Mead, Lewis Mumford, Louis Untermeyer and many others. Each issue also included Mencken s biting editorials. As Mencken stated, The editors are committed to nothing save this: to keep to common sense as fast as they can, to belabor sham as agreeably as possible, to give a civilized entertainment. Includes the famous Hatrack issue, April1926, for which Mencken was arrested in Boston, and the US Post Office refused to deliver. #74 Truly the Mencken era of The American Mercury, a complete run in wrappers, with little wear, one loose cover, and in very good condition. (#9634) $1, Eliot, Charles William. Charles Eliot Landscape Architect: A Lover of Nature and Of His Kind Who Trained Himself for A New Profession Practiced It Happily and Through It Wrought Much Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Frontispiece, xxiv, 770p, illustrations [fold outs], indexed, with the two maps in pockets on the paste downs. Green cloth; titling in gilt; top edge gilt. One corner bumped; minor edge wear. In very good condition. (#9162) $ Mencken, H.L. Prejudices: Fourth Series. New York: Knopf, p, indexed. 19cm. First trade edition. Blue cloth; gilt spine; red top edge. Inscribed and signed by H.L. Mencken on the title page. Front hinge starting, spotting on the fore edge, otherwise in very good condition. [Schrader: A 29.1.b] (#14195) $ Olmsted, Frederick Law, Harland Bartholomew, Charles Henry Cheney. A Major Traffic Street Plan for Los Angeles. Los Angeles: Traffic Commission of the City and County of Los Angeles, May, Frontispiece, fold out map, 69p, maps, plans, illustrations, index. 31cm. Brown cloth with

32 30 titling in gilt on the front cover. Corners slightly bumped, wear to spine ends; cloth beginning to split along front joint from head of spine. In very good condition. In 1922 the Commission appointed the Consulting board of Olmsted, Bartholomew and Cheney to produce a practical, comprehensive plan of street development. Its provisions included a traffic loop around the congested core that would sort traffic and divert unnecessary traffic from the city center. Presentation copy to Boyle Workman with his name in gilt on the front cover. Workman ( ) was a Los Angeles politician and businessman who served as President of the Los Angeles City Council, and on occasion as acting Mayor. Typed letter signed from Paul G. Hoffman, President of the Traffic Commission of the City and County of Los Angles, laid in. Uncommon. (#17428) $ Sitwell, Edith. Sleeping Beauty. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, p. 19cm. First edition. Black cloth back and patterned paper boards; spine label. Inscribed and signed by Sitwell on the front free #77 endpaper. Edges darkened, spine label chipped, corners bruised. In very good condition. (#17058) $ [Gift of H.L. Mencken]. Botkin, B.A. The Play-Party in Oklahoma. Reprinted from the Publication of the Texas Folk-Lore Society, Number VII, Austin, TX: Texas Folk Lore Society, p. 22.5cm. Wrappers. Covers chipped, torn, detached. Signed by B.A. Botkin on the front cover. Gift of H.L. Mencken stamp dated Jan (#10142) $ Olmsted Jr., Frederick Law, and Theodora Kimball, Ed. Frederick Law Olmsted: Landscape Architect, ; Early Years and Experiences [together with] Central Park as a Work of Art and as a Great Municipal Enterprise, New York: G.P. Putnam s Sons, 1922 & volumes. Volume 1; frontispiece, xv, 131p, [2p ads], illustrations; volume 2; frontispiece, xviii, 575p, illustrations, appendices, bibliography, fold-out map with glassine overlay. 22cm. Volume 1 with green cloth over boards, volume 2 with blue, titling in gilt on the spines; dust jackets. Volume one jacket is chipped at the spine ends,

33 31 top edge at the spine and corners; volume two with the slightest small area of a totally non-detracting stain on the front cover; jacket edges rubbed, spine ends chipped, otherwise both volume are exceptional copies in very good and somewhat better than good jackets. Uncommon in jackets. (#19848) $ Sitwell, Edith. Popular Song Ariel Poems No. 15. London: Faber & Faber, [1928]. [4p], illustrations by Edward Bawden. 18cm. Sewn card. Inscribed and signed by Edith Sitwell on the free endpaper. Slightly faded. In very good condition. (#17056) $ Bartholomew, Harland. Urban Land Uses: Amounts of Land Used and Needed for Various Purposes by Typical American Cities: An Aid to Scientific Zoning Practice Harvard City Planning Series, IV. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Frontispiece, xvi, 174p, index. 25cm. Maroon cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Stain on the bottom cover, small stain near the top edge of the front cover; minor wear to the spine ends. In very good condition. (#19937) $ Bromfield, Louis. A Modern Hero. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, p. 19cm. In a limited, autograph edition of 250 copies, this is copy 137 signed by Louis Bromfield. White and red cloth covers with titling in gilt; gold foil on paper art deco designed dust jacket with matching illustrated gold endpapers; red top edge. Top edge of jacket has two short tears, short tear on the bottom panel, slightly rubbed. A fine copy in a near fine jacket. (#19537) $ Gershwin, George. George Gershwin s Song Book. Illustrations by Alajalov. New York: Simon & Schuster, p, illustrations. 33cm. Orange and brown cloth covers. Wear to the spine ends and corners, slightly soiled, slightly rubbed. In very good condition. (#16610) $ Hemingway, Ernest. Death in the Afternoon. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, Frontispiece, 515p, illustrations. 24cm. Black cloth, titling in gilt. Spine slightly faded, otherwise a near fine copy. (#14169) $ Mencken, H.L. Making a President. New York: Knopf, p. 19cm. First edition, second printing. Black cloth stamped blue. A fine copy in a very good jacket. [Schrader: A 43.1.b] (#9822) $ Rowland, Henry C. Many Mansions. New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, p. 19cm. First edition. Blue cloth with titling in gilt on the front cover and spine; dust jacket. Cover edges slightly faded, one corner slightly bumped; jacket is backed with brown paper, edges rubbed, spine slightly faded. Art deco designed jacket in blue and white. In very good condition. (#19534) $85.00 Wright, Frank Lloyd. Frank Lloyd Wright: An Autobiography. New York: Longman s Green, p, concluding photographs. 23cm. First edition. Bound in black cloth with Wright s design in gilt and red on the front cover and spine. Corners

34 32 lightly bumped, slightly skinned; some edge wear; minor wear to spine ends; several dog-eared pages with pencil marks in margins; neat gift inscription on the front cover pastedown. Bright covers. In very good condition. (#17508) $ AMERICANA 88. Duyckinck, Evert A. National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Orators, Statesmen, Naval and military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc. from Original Full Length Paintings by Alonzo Chappel with Biographical and Historical Narrative. (2 volumes). New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, (1861). Double frontispiece, vii, [1], 616p, illustrations; iv, 598p, illustrations. 30cm. Edition deluxe. Beveled maroon morocco, with covers bordered in gilt rules, floriated gilt corners, and centered floriated gilt design; five gilt ruled raised bands comprising two title panels and four gilt panels; gilt turn-ins; marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Covers scuffed, rubbed. In very good condition. (#19301) $ Herring, James and James B. Longacre. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. 4 volumes [Complete]. New York: Monson Bancroft, Each volume with frontispiece and engraved title page; table of contents in each volume; each entry with tissue guarded engraved portrait. 27cm. Uniform period quarter bindings of gilt ruled calf with embossed floriated cloth covers, and five panel gilt spines with black morocco title labels in gilt [volume 4, although uniform in design, has plain title boxes in gilt]; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Wear to spine ends; spine leather wrinkled, portion of label on volume two rubbed; leather of front cover joint separated from spine on volume 4; corners and edges rubbed; foxing, although varying by volume, and for the most part the portraits are free of foxing. The set is in very good condition. (#19267) $1, Rives, John. The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress. Part 1. Washington City: Congressional Globe Office, lxii [index], pp cm. Quarter bound in leather with leather tips and marbled paper boards; title in gilt on the spine. Endpapers foxed; the paper is crisp although there is some browning. In very good condition. The Second Session started December 2, This volume ends with the February 28, 1862, issue. Of interest, on page 909 is a prayer for Lincoln s son, William; the celebration of George Washington s birthday with reading farewell address, bills to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia and the confiscation of rebel property and freeing slaves. And much more. (#19310) $ Rives, John. The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress: Also, of the Special Session of the Senate [37th Congress], [and Appendix], [and Laws of the United States]. Part 2. Washington City: Congressional Globe Office, xxxiv [index], pp , [special session]; [i]

35 33 -xv [index for appendix], [appendix], [Laws of the United States]. 29cm. Quarter bound in leather with leather tips and marbled paper boards; title in gilt on the spine. One corner skinned, endpapers foxed; the paper is crisp although there is some browning. In very good condition. The lame duck Second Session of the 36th Congress ran from the third of December, 1861 to the second of March and was followed on the fourth by the Special Session of the Senate which ended on the twenty-eighth of March. Highlights of this volume include Buchanan s last message to Congress and Lincoln s inaugural address. Of significance, the Morrill Tariff resolution and the many speeches contained in the State of the Union section of the Appendix reflecting the turmoil surrounding the select committee of thirty-three and secession. (#19309) $ Stimson, A. L. History of the Express Companies: And the Origin of American Railroads. Together with some reminiscences of the latter days of the mail coach and baggage wagon business in the United States. New York: For Sale at the Express Offices Throughout the United States, Frontispiece, 287p. illustrations. 23cm. Second edition. Publisher s stamped brown cloth with gilt decoration on front cover, titling in gilt on spine; top and fore edge black. Flecking of front cover and spine, short tear in front cover joint cloth; wear to spine ends; one corner skinned; damp stain along bottom edge; prior owner s neat signature on front cover pastedown and front free endpaper; numerous notes in pencil. In better than good condition. First published in 1858 as a forty-page pamphlet for a few hundred subscribers, this second edition adds a significant amount of new material on the Western express companies, including the American Express Co., the National Express, Thompson and Co., Wells Fargo, the United States Express Co., and others. Howes: S1008; Sabin: Scarce. (#17326) $1, Victor, Orville J. History of American Conspiracies: A Record of Treason, Insurrection, Rebellion, Etc. in the United States of America. #92 New York: James D. Torrey, Publisher, Double frontispieces, xii, 579p, [5p. ads], 8 plates with tissue guards, illustrations. 23cm. Bound in brown

36 34 blind stamped brown leather with the title in gilt on the spine; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Corners bumped, wear to the edges, bottom cover slightly rubbed; hinges reinforced with black binder s tape; front free endpaper chipped at the fore edge; plates are foxed. A solid copy in very good condition. (#20747) $ The Statesman s Manual. The addresses and #93 messages of the presidents of the United States, inaugural, annual, and special, from 1789 to 1849; with a memoir of each of the presidents, and a history of their administrations: also, the Constitution of the United States, and a selection of important documents and statistical information. Embellished with portraits of the Presidents, engraved on steel by Vistus Balch. 4 volumes. New York: Edward Walker, In 4 volumes: 1942p, each with portrait frontispiece and illustrated title page, portraits, with chronological table ( ), table of imports and exports ( ), list of Presidents of the Senate, list of the Supreme Court justices and attorneys-general, index in volume four. 24cm. First editions. Contents: v. 1. Declaration of Independence. Articles of Confederation. Constitution of the United States. Amendments to the Constitution. Washington to James Monroe v. 2. Monroe (cont d.) to Jackson v. 3. Jackson (cont d) to Tyler v. 4. Polk to Taylor. Historical sketch of the American Union. Appendix Suppl. Polk s special messages (cont d) to Taylor s inaugural address (duplication of v. 4, p ). Uniform stamped blue gray cloth with wreathed portraits of three Presidents in gilt on the front covers, in blind on the bottom covers; gilt spines. Spines sunned, gilt titling still evident; one small hole in the joint cloth of volume one; mild foxing; mild bottom corner damp stain, occasional top corner stain; faint remnants of prior owner s neat signature on title pages. Bookplate on front cover pastedowns. In very good condition. (#17315) $ [BOUND VOLUME OF PAMPHLETS AND TRACTS, ]. (1)The Water of Cities, Scientific Tracts, February 15, 1835; (2) Family Lyceum No. 1, Saturday, October 26, 1833; (3) Family Lyceum No. 7, Saturday, October 7, 1833; (4) Striking Fulfillment of Prophecy. No. 310; (5) Letter on the Relief of the Poor. Boston, June, 1847 (6) Tract No. 10. A short treatise on the insufficiency of money...; (7) Tract No. 11. A brief representation of the condition and prospects of a great, learned, and popular man...; (8) Tract No. 13. The following Expostulation with certain men who seem to have crept into the Christian ministry...; (9) Tract No. 14. A description of the present condition, character, and prospects of many of the business and worldly minded men...; (10) Prepare to Meet Thy God! No. 347; (11) Ought I to Become a Missionary

37 35 to the Heathen? By a Member of the Princeton Theological Seminary. Taken form the American Quarterly Register. Missionary Paper, No. 15; (12) A Call to Personal Labor as a Foreign Missinary. By the Rev. William S. Plumer, Petersburg, VA. Missionary Paper, No. 19; (13) The Advantages of Sabbath Schools. A Premium Tract. Published by the American Tract Society, (4p), 12p., No. 272; (14) Address to the Trustees of the Evangelical Missionary Society in Massachusetts. Boston: Printed by R. M. Peck, Congress Street, April 1823; (15) Mistakes Made by Parents. By John Vaughan. 16p, (4p) No All bound in quarter leather and marbled paper boards. Edges of covers rubbed. In very good condition. (#19328) $1, Fowler, William Worthington. Ten Years in Wall Street; Or, Revelations of Inside Life and Experience on Change. Hartford: Worthington, Dustin & Co., Frontispiece and illustrated title page, 536p, [1p. ad]. 23cm. Bound in beveled green cloth with gilt decoration on the front cover, in blind on #95 the bottom cover, gilt decoration and titling on the spine. Corners bumped, rubbed; wear to the spine ends. In very good condition. (#19279) $ (Americana) Olmsted, Frederick Law. What they have to do who stay at home: November, [Washington], p. 22cm. Sewn. Lacking wrappers. A proposal for the Sanitary Commission, by Olmsted, General Secretary. United States Sanitary Commission; no 50. Short tear along spine; #96 Former library copy with embossed seal on the first page top edge corner. In very good condition. (#19869) $ [Taylor, Doulas]. Restoration and peace!... National union celebration at Union Square, Monday, September 17, 1866, the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution. New York: Baptist & Taylor, Book and job Printers, p. 21cm. Wrappers. Compliments of Douglas

38 36 #97 Taylor on the front cover. Slightly soiled; otherwise in very good condition. Rare. (#10565) $ BUTTONS 99. Albert, Alphaeus H. Political Campaign and Commemorative #98 Buttons. Boyertown, PA: By the author, Frontispiece, 76p, illustrations, bibliography. 22cm. First edition. Blue cloth with titling in gilt. Signed and brief gift inscription by Albert. Small non-detracting stain on the top cover at the head of the spine; paper toned; prior owner s address label on the front free endpaper. In very good condition. (#20697) $ Albert, Alphaeus H. Record of American Uniform and Historical Buttons. Boyertown, PA: By the author, p, illustrations, bibliography. 22cm. First edition. Blue cloth with titling in gilt. Spine slightly faded, edges rubbed; paper toned. In very good condition. (#20693) $ Johnson, David F. The American Historical Buttons. New Market, new Jersey: By the author, p, illustrations, index. 23cm. Black cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Signed by David F. Johnson. Corners bumped, edges faded, spine faded, spine ends worn; prior owner s bookplate on the front free endpaper; prior owner s small ink stamp signature on the front free endpaper. With The American Historical Buttons pamphlet by Johnson, dated 1942, laid in. Damp stain on the corner, last pages loose. Both items are in good condition. (#20691) $65.00

39 Johnson, David F. Uniform Buttons. American Armed Forces Vol. I Description & Values; Volume II Illustrations [Bound Together]. Watkins Glenn: Century House, p, illustrations, glossary, firm names and trademarks, index; volume 2: 100p, printed one side only with illustrations. 23cm. Brown cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Corners and spine ends rubbed; spine titling faded. In very good condition. (#20696) $95.00 CAMPAIGN MEMORABILIA 103. Collins, Herbert R. Political campaign torches. Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 45, pages 1-44 from United States National Museum Bulletin 241. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, p, illustrations. 28cm. Wrappers. Dark scuff on the bottom cover bottom edge, slightly soiled. In very good condition. (#20694) $ Wright, Jordan M. Campaigning for President. Memorabilia from the Nation s Finest Private Collection. New York: Collins, ISBN: p, illustrations. 30cm. Laminated covers; dust jacket. Tear in the front panel of the jacket, taped on verso, wear to corners; corners bumped. Remainder copy. In very good condition. (#20719) $25.00 CONVENTIONS 105. David, Paul T. The Politics of National Party Conventions. Washington DC: Brookings Institution, p, index. 25cm. Blue cloth with gilt titling; dust jacket. short tears and edge folds in jacket, spine ends worn, rubbed; corners bumped. A very good copy in a good jacket. (#20705) $ Stoddard, Henry Luther. Presidential Sweepstakes: The Story of Political Conventions and Campaigns. New York: G. P. Putnam s Sons, p, bibliography, election results. 21cm. Red cloth; dust jacket. Sort tears, edge folds, chips in jacket; two corners bumped, minor edge wear. A very good copy in a good jacket. (#20708) $25.00 # Zornow, William Frank. Union Party Convention at Baltimore in Reprinted from Maryland Historical Magazine, XLV, 3, September, pp cm. Stapled card wrappers. Slightly soiled, darkened at the edges. In very good condition. (#19903) $30.00

40 THE BOOK OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, CLEVELAND, OHIO, JUNE 9TH, Cleveland: The Republican Convention Committee of Cleveland, p, illustrations. 36cm. Card self-wrappers. Spine ends bumped, torn, corners bumped, short tear in the top edge of the bottom cover, front cover rubbed and somewhat soiled. A better than good copy. (#20850) $ THE DEMOCRATIC BOOK New York: Democratic National Committee, p, illustrations, full page portraits with tissue guards. Card self-wrappers. Spine ends worn, corners bumped, rubbed, foot of spine bumped, edges rubbed, bottom edge of the bottom cover worn; covers slightly soiled. In better than good condition. (#20851) $ THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 1936, PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia: [The Democratic National Committee], p, illustrations, full page portraits. 36cm. Card self-wrappers, illustration of Independence Hall and Thomas Jefferson on the #110 front cover. Spine ends rubbed, corners rubbed, spine crease, short tear in the bottom edge of the bottom cover; prior owner s silver bordered name label on the front cover. In very good condition. (#20852) $ DEMOCRATIC FACT BOOK. WITH A PREFACE BY JOHN STEINBECK. Washington DC: Democratic National Committee, p. 18cm. Soft cover. Slightly rubbed, slightly soiled, minor edge wear. In very good condition. (#20711) $ DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION [WITH] 1964 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION PROGRAM, AUGUST 24-27, CONVENTION HALL, ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. [LAID IN]. Washington DC: 1964 Democratic Convention Program Committee, p, advertising, illustrations. 34cm. Bound in white cloth with titling in black blue and red, gilt rule border, title on spine in black. Bottom fore edge corners bumped, slightly soiled; three small spots on contents page and facing page. In very good condition. (#20849) $ OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 13TH, Greenwich, Connecticut: Charles Thorp for the San Francisco Citizen s Committee for the Republican National Convention, p, illustrations. 30cm. Card self-wrappers in color. Spine ends slightly bumped,

41 39 bottom fore edge corner bumped, slight rubbing of covers. In very good condition. (#20848) $ RIPON S REPUBLICAN WHO S WHO AT CONVENTION 68. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Ripon Society, p, index. 28cm. Card wrappers with titling in blue on the front cover and spine. Corners bumped, sections of text block loose, spine creased and torn. A fair copy. (#20847) $ PERMANENT ROLL OF DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES. 37TH REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 31-AUGUST 3, p, fold out seating chart. 28cm. Card covers with black binder s tape on the spine. Short portion of tape lifted form bottom cover. In near fine condition. (#20845) $ TEMPORARY ROLL OF DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES. 37TH REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 31-AUGUST 3, p, fold out seating chart. 28cm. Card covers with black binder s tape on the spine. Short portion of tape lifted form bottom cover. In near fine condition. (#20844) $45.00 ELECTIONS 117. Stone, Irving. They Also Ran: The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, and Company, Inc., p, index. 24cm. First edition. Bound in green cloth; dust jacket. Signed and inscribed on Irving Stone on the half title page. Jacket chipped, most of the spine, except for the title, is missing; minor wear to the edges. A very good copy in a fair jacket. (#20731) $85.00 GEORGE WASHINGTON 118. Fitzpatrick, John C. The Diaries of George Washington, [4 volumes]. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company for The Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, Four volumes each with a frontispiece, preface and list of Washington s diaries in volume one, index in volume four: 455, 461, 458, 450pp. 23cm. Uniform bindings of blue cloth with Washington s coat of arms in gilt on the front cover bordered by double gilt rules; titling in gilt on the spine; top edges gilt. Minor wear to the spine ends, spines slightly rubbed, minor wear to the corners. An attractive set with bright covers in very good condition. (#20755) $ Bancroft, Aaron. The Life of George Washington. Commander in Chief of the American Army, through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United States. [Two volumes bound as one]. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, Frontispiece, 223p; frontispiece, 218p. 19cm. Stamped brown cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Spine edges and edges worn; front free endpaper chipped, foxing. In good condition. (#20736) $ Bloom, Sol, Director. History of the George Washington Bicentennial

42 40 Celebration. [5 volumes]. Washington DC: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Volume one: frontispiece after Gilbert Stuart s portrait of Washington, xxiv, 716p, illustrations, maps; volume two: frontispiece after Albert T. Reid s Uncle Sam poster, xx, 734p, illustrations, musical scores, braille; volume three: frontispiece after Rockwell s The Guiding Influence, 739p, illustrations, index; volume four: Frontispiece after Gilbert Stuart s portrait of Washington, 725p, illustrations, plates, fold out of American flags; volume five: 680p, illustrations. 31cm. Uniform bindings of faux morocco blue cloth with titling in gilt on the front cover and spine. Each volume is double column. Typed, signed letter from Sol Bloom, director of the project glued to the front cover pastedown. Corners bumped, a few rubbed; prior owner s neat signature at the top of the front free endpaper; frontispiece guards foxed. In very good condition. (#20757) $ Bolton, Charles Knowles. The Private Soldier Under Washington. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, p, illustrations, index. 21cm. First edition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titling. Older former library copy, spine label removed, bookplate and pocket removed; edges show wear. In good condition. (#20737) $ Bowen, Clarence, ed. The History of the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington as First President of the United States. New York: D. Appleton and Company, Frontispiece, xviii, 673p, illustrations, bibliography, index. 35cm. Bond in tan buckram with titling in gilt on the front cover and spine, medallions in gilt on the covers; all edges gilt. Copy number 563. Older former library copy with darkened spine label and small discard stamp on the title page and verso; Hobart College Library gift bookplate on the front cover paste down. This copy gifted by Clarence A. Seward ( ) who was appointed acting assistant secretary of state to assist his cousin Frederick W. Seward who was wounded by Lewis Powell in the attempted assassination of then secretary of state William H. #122 Seward. Covers somewhat soiled, corners rubbed, cloth on bottom cove joint rubbed. A very good copy with bright titling. (#20758) $300.00

43 Cloud, A. J. and Vierling Kersey. Episodes in the Life of George Washington. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, p, illustrations, index. 20cm. First edition. Orange cloth with blue titling. Signed presentation copy to Kersey s son. Spine slightly faded, front cover silhouette slightly rubbed. In very good condition. (#20740) $ Conkling, Margaret C. Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington. Auburn: Derby & Miller, Frontispiece, 248p. 18cm. New edition, revised and enlarged. Stamped brown cloth wit titling in gilt on the spine. Corners bumped, wear to the spine ends; not too detracting stains on the covers; frontispiece and title page foxed, tissue guard torn; prior owner s neat signature on the front fly leaf; still, in better than good condition. (#20744) $ Custis, George Washington Parke. Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, By His Adopted Son, George Washington Parke Custis, with a Memoir of the Author by His Daughter; and Illustrative and Explanatory Notes by Benson J. Lossing. With illustrations. New York: Published by Derby & Jackson, Frontispiece, 644p, illustrations, fold outs, index. 24cm. Bound in stamped brown cloth with titling in gilt on the spine. Corners bumped and rubbed; spine ends worn, tail of spine chipped, titling slightly faded; bookplate on the front cover pastedown; still, a solid copy in very good condition. (#20749) $ Freeman, Douglas Southall. George Washington: A Biography. (6 volumes). New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, Volume 1-2, Young Washington. Vol. 3, Planter and Patriot. Vol. 4, Leader of the Revolution. Vol. 5. Victory with the help of France. Vol. 6. Patriot and President. Vol. 1: xxvi, 549 pp., 13 illus., including the frontispiece, 5 maps. Vol. 2: vii, 464 pp., 12 illus. including the frontispiece, 3 maps. Vol. 3: xxxviii, 600 pp., 15 illus. including the frontispiece, 6 maps. Vol. 4: viii, 736 pp., many plates and illustrations, including the frontispiece, 4 maps. Vol. 5: xvi, 570 pp., 21 illus. including the frontispiece, 5 maps, 2 musical scores. Vol. 6: xxii, 529 pp., 20 illus. including the frontispiece, 3 maps. 24cm. First edition copies, except for volume 6. Uniform black cloth covers with titling in gilt on the spines; slipcases with paper title labels. A fine set in near fine to very good slipcases. (#18488) $ Lossing, Benson J. The Home of Washington; or Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial. New York: Virtue & Yorston, [triple frontispiece], 446p, illustrations, index. 22cm. For subscribers, only. Beveled red cloth blind stamped on the front cover, illustration in gilt; titling in gilt on the spine; all edges gilt. Slightly bumped corners, minor wear. A bright copy in very good condition. (#20727) $ Lossing, Benson J. Life of Washington; A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political. [volumes 2 and 3]. New York: Virtue and Company, Volume two: double frontispiece, 740p, plates; volume three: double frontispiece, 652p, plates, index. 25cm. Bound in elaborate beveled brown morocco bindings with the title in gilt decoratively framed by floriated

44 42 embossed designs and rules on the covers; gilt edged raised bands and titling in gilt on the spine; all edges gilt; doublures of simple, short rules in blind. This set for Annie Post with her name in gilt on the front covers. Corners rubbed, spines slightly rubbed, edges rubbed. In very good condition. [Volume one is included, with the same bindings as described, but cracked at the center and lacking pages ] (#20756) $ Mace, William H. Little Lives of Great Men: Washington A Virginia Cavalier. New York: Rand McNally & Co., Frontispiece, 179p, illustrations. 16cm. First edition. Yellow cloth with brown titling. Review copy. Two corners slightly bumped, not to0 distracting small stain on the front cover. Still a bright copy in very good condition. (#20742) $ Paulding, James K. A Life of Washington. Aberdeen: Published by George Clark and Son, p, index. 17cm. Quarter red morocco with red morocco tips lined with gilt rules and marbled paper covers, gilt spine with five raised bands; all edges red; marbled paper endpapers. All edges slightly rubbed; last page torn along the fore edge with small loss of text; foxing; still, in very good condition. (#20743) $ Schroeder, John Frederick & Lossing, Benjamin J. & Cohan, George M. The Life and Times of George Washington. [2 volumes] Compliments of the Yankee Doodle Comedian, Colonial Theater. New York: M. M. Belcher Publishing, Volume 1: Frontispiece, x, [2], 1016p, illustrations; volume 2: iv, [1], pp , illustrations. 24cm. Uniform bindings of maroon cloth with titling in gilt, red, and blue, and with oval photographic portrait of Cohan framed in gilt on the front covers; titling and illustration in gilt on the spine. Wear to the spine ends, with the joint cloth torn at the head of the spine of volume 2; corners bumped, rubbed; flecking of cloth especially in the bottom edges; front hinge of volume 1 starting to crack; fore edge damp stain seen mostly on the frontispiece, title page and following pages, slightly less noticeable on the succeeding page and plate fore edges; tear in the fore edge of one plate in volume two. An uncommon set in better than good condition. (#20748) $ Sparks, Jared. The Life of Washington. Boston: Published by Ferdinand Andrews, Frontispiece, xix, 562p, plates. 25cm. First edition. Bound in stamped brown cloth with an illustration of Robert Mill s Washington Monument in gilt on the front cover; titling in gilt on the spine; all edges gilt. Corners are bumped, wear to the spine ends; front free endpaper and next pages pulled, but not cracked; the binder s stamp of B. Bradley of Boston on the front cover pastedown. A solid copy in very good condition. (#20751) $ Wilson, Woodrow. George Washington. Illustrated by Howard Pyle, Henry Fenn and others. New York: Harper Brothers, Frontispiece, 333p, illustrations, indexed. 22cm. Later printing. Yellow cloth; decorative border, titling in gilt; crest in black, gilt, red and silver; titling in gilt on the spine; top edge gilt. Spine faded, though the gilt titling is still sharp; covers

45 43 faded at edges; brief neat inscription on the front free endpaper. A handsome, very good copy. (#9519) $ Winthrop, Robert C. and John W. Daniel. The Dedication of the Washington National Monument. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, Frontispiece, 122p. 27cm. Red cloth over boards, titling in gilt on the front cover. Minor flecking of covers; spine ends worn; corners bumped; penciled name on frontispiece, signatures on front cover pastedown and front free endpaper; still, in very good copy. (#20745) $ Marshall, John. The Life of George Washington. [2 volumes]. Philadelphia: Printed by James Crissy and Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co., Volume one: frontispiece with tissue guard, iv, 460p, 42p, notes, 7-page index; volume two: 448p, 32p, notes, 5-page index. 23cm. Second edition, revised and corrected by the author. Bound in leather with gilt fore edges; black morocco spine labels in gilt and gilt rules; all edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Joints are starting to crack, corners bumped and rubbed, small stain on the front cover of volume one and slightly noticeable damp stain at the joint and top edge of volume one, edges rubbed and surface scratches on volume two; damp stain in the first few pages of volume one, prior owner s signature on the front free endpapers, smudged in volume one; both volumes foxed. In good condition. (#20754) $ LINCOLN 136. Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln. The Sangamon Edition. [6 volumes]. New York: Charles Scribner s Sons, One: frontispiece, 480p, illustrations, maps; two: frontispiece, 482p, illustrations, index; three: 660p, illustrations, maps; four: 650p, illustrations; five: 673p, illustrations; six: 515p, illustrations, index. 24cm. Uniform red cloth bindings with titling in black and gilt on the spines. Minor edge wear; top edge of first few pages of volume one stained, top edge of the last few pages of volume six bumped. A very good, bright set. (#20733) $ PARTY PLATFORMS 137. McKee, Thomas Hudson. THE NATIONAL PLATFORMS OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES WITH THE NAMES OF ALL CANDIDATES AT EACH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FROM 1789 TO 1892 SHOWING THE VOTE FOR EACH CANDIDATE BOTH ELECTORAL AND POPULAR WITH THE RECORDS OF THE ELECTORS CHOSEN, AND COMPARISON OF THE POLITICAL DIVISIONS IN EACH HOUSE OF CONGRESS FOR EACH QUADRENNIAL PERIOD. Washington DC: The Statistical Publishing Company, p, tabbed by date. 18cm. Card wrappers, stapled. Front cover detached, bottom edge corners missing, bottom cover shipped. In good condition. (#20860) $ Rosenblatt, Adolph. The Platforms: 22 Drawings of America Selecting a President. [New York?]: By the author, [1960]. 23 leaves of handmade paper printed one side, comb wire bound. 25x33cm. One of a possible production of 50 copies. A portrayal of the political process during the campaign for the 1960 presidential election. Adolph Rosenblatt (b.

46 ), studied art at Yale under Josef Albers. His ceramic sculpture has shown throughout the United States. His work is held in private and public collections including the Library of Congress, the Williamstown Museum and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Covers slightly faded, slightly soiled. In very good condition. (#15957) $ PRIMARIES 139. Bartels, Larry M. Presidential Primaries: Dynamics of Public Choice. Princeton: Princeton University Press, ISBN: p, references, index. 23cm. Soft cover. In fine condition. (#20703) $ Davis, James. Presidential Primaries: Road to the White House. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, ISBN: p, bibliography, index. 24cm. Blue cloth; dust jacket. Short tears, folds in jacket edges, verso has taped repairs; minor edge wear; prior owner s neat signature on the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in a good jacket. (#20704) $ Lengle, James. Representation and Presidential Primaries: The Democratic Party in the Post-Reform Era. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, ISBN: x. 131p, bibliography, index. 24cm. Blue cloth with red titling. Former library copy with markings; otherwise, in very good condition. (#20710) $45.00 REPUBLICAN PARTY 142. Gustafson, Melanie Susan. Women and the Republican Party, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, ISBN: ix, [1], 288p, bibliography, index. 23cm. Blue cloth; dust jacket. An unread copy, as new. (#20716) $ Myers, William Starr. The Republican Party: A History. New York: The Century Co., Frontispiece, xii, 487p, illustrations, index. 23cm. First edition. Blue cloth with gilt titling. Spine slightly faded, rubbed, corners slightly rubbed; prior owner s neat signature on the front free endpaper, paper slightly toned. In very good condition. (#20725) $ Curtis, Francis. The Republican Party. A History of its Fifty Years Existence and a Record of its Measures and Leaders ; With a Foreword by President Theodore Roosevelt, and Introductions by William P. Frye, President pro tempore U. S. Senate, and J. G. Cannon, Speaker U. S. House of Representatives [2 volumes]. New York: G. P. Putnam s Sons (The Knickerbocker Press), Volume one: Frontispiece of Lincoln, titled tissue guard, title page in red and black, xxi, 531p; volume two: frontispiece of Theodore Roosevelt, titled tissue guard; title page in red and black, v, 566p, index, [1]. 23cm. First edition. Uniformly bound in black cloth with titling in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt; dust jacket. Jacket of volume two has two small chips; two corners bumped on volume one, one corner bumped on volume two; slight jacket offset on the pastedowns; prior owner s neat signature on the front free endpapers, bookplate on the front cover pastedowns. An exceptional, bright set in near fine condition. (#20729) $300.00

47 45 # Tweedy, John. A HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS FROM 1856 TO Danbury, Connecticut: Published by the author, Frontispiece, 408p, index. 23cm. Newly rebound in three quarter black morocco with red morocco covers. Copy 292 signed by John Tweedy on the limitation slip. Original front free endpaper slightly foxed, last few pages chipped along the fore edge. In fine condition. (#20861) $ STATE CONVENTIONS 146. [Democratic Party of Pennsylvania]. Proceedings of the Democratic state convention, which assembled at Lewistown, on Wednesday, May 6th, Harrisburg: Printed by Crabb & Barrett, p. Disbound. Toned, foxing. Good condition. Includes participants, delegates, addresses and #147 proceedings. (#19873) $ [Indiana Democratic Party]. Proceedings of the Democratic Convention, Held at Indianapolis, January 8, Richmond, Ia: #148 Printed at the Jeffersonian Office, p. Disbound, Spine reinforced, foxing. In good condition. Includes a list of delegates by county

48 46 and calls upon the people of Indiana to return to Jeffersonian principles, and denouncing the Whigs for EXTRAVAGANT SPECULATION with state funds causing a RECKLESSLY EXTENDED SYSTEM OF CREDIT. [No record found] (#19872) $ VOTING 148. Benton, Josiah Henry. Voting in The Field: A Forgotten Chapter of The Civil War. Boston: Privately Printed, Frontispiece map, 332p, illustrations, index. 25cm. Black cloth back and maroon paper boards, top edge gilt. Corners rubbed. A very bright copy in very good condition. (#20738) $ AN IMPORTANT RESEARCH ARCHIVE on VOTING and BALLOTS from a RENOWNED HISTORIAN The research files of Albert Bushnell Hart ( ), consisting of four manila folders: The Short Ballot Absent Voting Ballot Principles Australian Ballot Each folder is stuffed with articles and clippings: some removed from journals; many pasted on paper with written citations; pamphlets; bulletins, sample ballots. All dating from the late nineteenth century to Albert Bushnell Hart was particularly distinguished as a teacher and editor. After receiving his PhD from the University of Freiburg in 1883, he returned to America to teach at Harvard, where he was a professor of history and government until His students included Franklin D. Roosevelt and W.E.B. Dubois. His most distinguished editing project was the 28 volume The American Nation: A History from Original Sources by Associated Scholars ( ), a landmark in the writing of U.S. history by professional historians that would remain the standard in the field for decades thereafter. From the American Historical Association. Detailed list available. Price: $500.00