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This Is Our Credo // These Are Our Aims
New York, Young Progressives of Ameria, 1949. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Be a '49er. Join YPA." An item apparently unique in the trade, there being currently no copies available on-line or at WorldCat dot org. Young Progressives of America pamphlet titled "This is our Credo" (on the first page), "these are our aims" (on the fourth and final page of this four-page pamphlet). Published in New York by the Young Progressives of America, being the Junior year in high-school of the illustrator, one Betty LaDuke, later Betty LaDuke and who just enjoyed a full-on art gallery opening in Corvallis, Oregon on October 7th, 2022. Measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" when opened, "1949" penciled at bottom rear panel. else clean, not much toned, and unmarked. Betty Bernstein, of the Music and Art High School, graduated from high school and eventually married Vincent ("Sun Bear") LaDuke; she bore the Native American activist Winona LaDuke. This brochure calls for six numbered aims: full academic freedom, 2) a minimum wage of $1.00 for a "decent, secure job," 3) adequate unemployment insurance, 4) an end to Jim Crow in all its forms, 5) free college education for four years; and 6) "an end to all war - cold or hot - an end to all preparations for war against the Soviet Union." Betty LaDuke has been engaged in art and progressive activism in nine decades now, working in and between 35 different countries to which she has traveled and in which she has lived done art while engaging local artists. A unique item.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 353121
USD 128,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 111 | £UK 97.5 | JP¥ 19738]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: socialism Young Progressives of America Betty Bernstein Betty LaDuke Winona LaDuke young progressives
American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, from the Second Session of the Nineteenth to the Second Session of the Twenty-First Congress, Commencing January 12, 1827, and Ending March 1, 1824-1827, Class VI, Volumes II and III, Naval Affairs
Washington, D.C., Gales & Seaton, 1860. . Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Two remarkably attractive ardcover copies, Volume II and Volume III, rebound and with new endpapers and gilt-stamped titles to spines, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; ex-library, but only minimally so, there being an ink-stamp to each volume at title page noting that the volume had once been in the U.S. Congressional Library, but with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Massively heavy, oversized volumes. Occasional smudging to or crimping of pages, else, tightly bound, clean and unmarked of interiors. This volume is given over to "Naval Affairs" mostly from the 1820s, 1830s and 1840s. An incomparable set of primary documents for the scholar of U.S. history, the U.S. Navy, navigation, and military history.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 346717
USD 180,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 156 | £UK 137 | JP¥ 27756]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American State Papers|U.S. Congress|19th Congress|20th Congress|21st Congress
American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, from the Second Session of the Nineteenth to the Second Session of the Twenty-First Congress, Commencing January 12, 1827, and Ending March 1, 1824-1827, Class VI, Volumes II and III, Naval Affairs
Washington, Gales & Seaton, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copies, Volume II, rebound in a creamy black buckram cloth and with new endpapers and gilt-stamped titles to spines, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; ex-library, but only minimally so, there being an ink-stamp to each volume at title page nothing that the volume had once been in the U.S. Congressional Library, but with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Previous owner's ink-stamp at title page, having been once in the library of the House of Representatives. Massively heavy, oversized volume. Occasional smudging to or crimping of pages, else, tightly bound, clean and unmarked of interiors.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 346750
USD 104,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 90.25 | £UK 79.25 | JP¥ 16037]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: American State Papers|U.S. Congress|19th Congress|20th Congress|21st Congress
Some Remarks on the Apparent Circumstances of the War in the Fourth Week of October 1795
London, England, J. Walter, 1795. Second Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy, given that it is disbound from a larger volume. Sewn binding, housed in a stiff plastic sleeve with library reinforcing tape around three edges. Title page with author's name penned (W.E. Auckland), final page torn a bit, else clean and unmarked, easily read. William Eden Auckland's work here is engaging and detailed for students of history of the various factors that contributed to the war in France of the French Revolution that appeared to him in 1795 including weaponry, troop strength, and political allegiances. 68 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 360289
USD 38,40 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 29.25 | JP¥ 5921]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: French history French Revolution
Work Engendered: Toward a New History of American Labor
Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Press, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Ava Baron has edited a fine accounting of U.S. social history through the lens of Labor and Capital, with contributions by her, and by Dolores Janiewski, Mary H. Blewett, Eileen Boris, Nancy A. Hewitt, Angel Kwolek-Folland, Heen A. DeVault, Dorothy Sue Cobble, Jacquelyne Dowd Hall, Dana Frank, Elizabeth Faue, Patricia Cooper and Nancy Gabin. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals but for previous owner's signature, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. viii [4], 2-385 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 358040
USD 14,40 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 12.5 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 2220]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: Ava Baron Labor Capital American history U.S. history Dolores Janiewski Mary H. Blewett Eileen Boris Nancy A. Hewitt Angel Kwolek-Folland Heen A. DeVault Dorothy Sue Cobble Jacquelyne Dowd Hall Dana Frank Elizabeth Faue Patricia Cooper Nancy Gabin
Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book: Designed As a Supplement to Her Treatise on Domestic Economy
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1848. Third Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Extremely scarce in the trade, there being only a single additional copy of this edition available currently on-line, and that, in poor, water-stained condition. Published in New York in 1848 by Harper & Brothers in Third Edition state and in overall Good condition, bound in blue cloth over boards in an octavo hardcover format. Plentifully illustrated throughout. Bound sturdily, same light cracking to hinge though holding, and lightly and uniformly foxed, and also a gift from the same foundation. Bound in original publisher's blue boards. Another bird's-eye look into what the author considered to be the ideal home of the mid-1800s, evincing her expertise if not pioneering status in kitchen planning and labor management including the wife/mother herself, but extending to counter-prep and newfangled sinks and wash-tubs, ranges and ovens, stoves, utensils, refrigerators and gadgets. The author was the eldest of nine children borne by Roxana Foote, her father having been Lyman Beecher. She was the sister of Henry Ward Beecher, and of course Harriet Beecher. Gift bookplate denotes this as having been a gift from the Sontheimer Foundation of Greenwich, Connecticut. xiii, 2-306-pp. plus a Preface to the first edition of the "Treatise" that preceded it, plus eight pages of publisher's back catalogue at rear.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 355835
USD 220,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 190.75 | £UK 167.5 | JP¥ 33924]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: U.S. history American history etiquette domestic ecology domestic economy household management Catherine A. Beecher
A Treatise on Domestic Economy, for the Use of Young Ladies at Home, and at School
Boston, Marsh, Capen, Lyon and Webb, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Exceedingly scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available on-line. Published in Boston by Marsh, Capen, Lyon, and Webb, 1841, in First Edition state and in overall Fair condition because a long oblong shape is missing from the backstrip, with slight cracking to paste-down, else tightly bound, a perfectly serviceable reference copy, bound in brown cloth over boards; nothing fancy, but complete and still pretty sturdy. The interior is tightly bound and clean, the hinges are slightly cracked but still holding firm. The bite of the type is satisfying. Light foxing, mostly at endpapers. Gift bookplate denotes this as having been a gift from the Sontheimer Foundation of Greenwich, Connecticut. The author was the eldest of nine children borne by Roxana Foote, her father having been Lyman Beecher. She was the sister of Henry Ward Beecher, and of course Harriet Beecher. An important early work in "domestic economy" and ecology, it went through over a dozen editions in its life. The Treatise deals with many, if not all aspects of domestic life including standardization of routines and practices and the instillation of particular values. Granted, Beecher believed that a woman's proper role was in the home where she could affect values and morals and behaviors of her charges, but she was also an early proponent of (at least) white girls' education beyond intellectual. In 1823, she and her sister, Mary Foote Beecher Perkins, co-founded a girls school (the Hartford Female Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut). She also taught physical and domestic education there and mentored eventual famous women students. 441 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 355834
USD 260,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 225.5 | £UK 197.75 | JP¥ 40092]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: U.S. history American history etiquette domestic ecology domestic economy household management Catherine A. Beecher
A Declaration Published in Maryland; Captain William Stone's Resignation of the Government; Order for Settling the Government of Maryland
Washington, D.C., Peter Force, . Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: Elephant Folio 23" tall. Virtually certainly a reprint by the Peter Force who published enormous quantities of American and then U.S. historical documents, looking virtually identical to other reprinted documents of his dating to the 1830s. Single elephant folio-sized sheet, folded thrice, one fold about 3/4 split, some foxing thereto, but still completely and easily readable. "Captain William Stone's Resignation of the Government" begins on p. 38 and ends on p. 39, with "Witness my Hand the 20 of July, 1654 In Presence of William Stone, Thomas Gerrad, Thomas Hatton, and Ed. Scarburgh, the latter three (probably) being the three authors. "A Declaration Published in Maryland" is on p. 36 and p. 37, dated at Pauxent, Maryland, dated 15 of July 1654, by Richard Bennet and Will Claiborne.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 349264
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Catalogue: American History
Keywords: William Stone|Maryland|American history|Richard Bennet|William Claiborne
Dear Lady: The Letters of Frederick Jackson Turner and Alice Forbes Perkins Hooper, 1910-1932
San Marino, California, Huntington Library Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Big, tall, Imperial octavo hardcover format, lime-green cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Illustrated paper dust jacket, price-clipped, protected further in Brodart jacket. Previous owner's bookplate at first free endpaper, having been presented to the Zamorano Club of San Marino, California. A compilation of massive missives by Turner and Alice Forbes Perkins Cooper, a wealthy Bostonian benefactress and holder of a salon in the Edwardian Boston. A fairly massive compilation of the extensive collection of letters to and from the American historian and historiographer Frederick Jackson Turner and Alice Forbes Perkins Cooper. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [10], 11-487 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 359919
USD 19,20 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 14.75 | JP¥ 2961]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: Frederick Jackson Turner Alice Forbes Perkins Ray Allen Billington U.S. History Americana historiography
The Americans: The Colonial Experience
Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press, 1987. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. As fine condition an exemplar of Boorstin's fine and accessible work of American history as one will find. Sterling condition hardcover copy, handsomely produced as per usual Easton Press Collector's Edition standards, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only the slightest shelf- and edge-wear. Featuring moire endpapers, bound-in silk ribbon bookmark, four raised bands, all edges gilt, rich, red, colorful leather covers, classy gilt decoration to cover and spine. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 434 pp. and including full notes, bibliography and index.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 358441
USD 28,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 24.5 | £UK 21.5 | JP¥ 4318]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: The Easton Press Daniel J. Boorstin American history American culture
Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine: The Illustrious American Orator, Diplomat and Statesman
Chicago, Publishers' Union, for the Monarch Book Company, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Cracking to front pastedown, else sturdy, clean and unmarked. Bound in burgundy cloth over boards, no lettering to spine, but blind-stamped illustrations and flourishes to front cover in burgundy, gilt and black, quite fine. Replete with black-and-white illustrations and period photographs. With an Introduction by Honorable John Russell Young. An accessible illustrated biography of James G. Blaine, a Senator from Maine and Secretary of State under Presidents Garfield and Harrison. Protected by plastic sleeve.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 352072
USD 9,60 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.5 | JP¥ 1480]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: James G. Blaine James P. Boyd John Russell Young orators U.S. history American history rhetoric
The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
New York, Doubleday & Company, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. A spellbinding narrative of California's Gold Rush of 1848 near Sutter's Fort, California. Range of black-and-white illustrations and photographs, printed on high-gloss paper. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Frontis matter, 2-547 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 360296
USD 19,20 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 14.75 | JP¥ 2961]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: Gold Rush gold mining Alaska California gold rush H.W. Brands
The Old Northwest Pioneer Period, 1815-1840
Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Press, 1951. Second Printing. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Stated Second Printing of the second volume of the classic study by (Roscoe Carlyle) Buley (July 8, 1893 - April 25, 1968), an American historian and who won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for History for the two-volume work and later prizes for later works. This study, The Old Northwest Pioneer Period, 1815-1850 tells the tale of the Westward, Ho! movement in the "settling" and colonization of the "western" portions of the U.S., namely, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana. Big, heavy, Imperial octavo hardcover, bound handsomely in oatmeal buckram cloth over boards, with gilt lettering to spine including over burgundy label. Original publisher's glassine wrapper present, but chipped and torn a bit. 20 illustrations including a fine photograph at frontis, and with another set of five maps. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. viii [1], 1-686 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 360185
USD 12,80 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 11.25 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1974]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: R. Carlyle Buley The Old Northwest Pioneer Period
Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois, Convened at the City of Springfield, Tuesday, December 13, 1869, Volume I
Springfield, Illinois, E.L. Merritt & Brother, 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A First Edition, Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois, convened at the City of Springfield, Tuesday, December 13, 1869, Volume I, having been recorded by the stenographers Ely, Burnham and Bartlett. Marbled paper over boards, brown cloth tips-backed, original boards present but scuffed and worn and with backstrip missing. Some predictable waffling to text-block, but with signs of neither mildew nor odor. Some soiling to and foxing of edges and endpapers, else clean and unmarked. Perfect candidate for rebinding. Triple-column text makes for easy reading. An indispensable item for students of Illinois. 1,076 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 346712
USD 72,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 62.5 | £UK 55 | JP¥ 11102]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: Constitutional Convention|Illinois|U.S. history|U.S. government|Springfield Illinois
The District School As It Was
London, Carter, Hendee and Col, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. An apparent First Edition, from 1833 (Howes), with multiple editions published again 1838, 1850, 1852, 1897, and 1928, at least. Bound in mottled, wrinkled thin leather over boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, rubbed and abraded paper label to spine, light chipping to spine head. Quite a didactic novel, in 156 pp., published anonymously, meant to point out shortcomings in public education in the rural hinterlands of early America. The author, Warren Burton, was a Harvard-educated Unitarian minister, mostly "at-large" but well thought of. The biographer of a Christian church-respite, Brook Farm, Lindsay Swift, notes that he spent about three years there, then left without notice in 1844 and disappeared. No front endpaper, previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair
Structure, Verses, Agency Books Professional sellerBook no.: 356610
USD 60,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 52 | £UK 45.75 | JP¥ 9252]
Catalogue: American History
Keywords: The School District American history Warren Burton U.S. history American education