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American Indian Education Government Schools and Economic Progress
New York, Arno Press and The New York Times, 1971. Cloth. A pleasing copy of Evelyn C. Adams's scarce history and appraisal of the American Indian education in the United States. This work is part of the 'American Education: Its Men, Ideas, and Institutions' series published by Arno Press and The New York Times. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the text. This work is a 1971 reprint copy of the 1946 first edition published by King's Crown Press. This copy contains the first edition title page, bound after the 1971 title page. With a portrait frontispiece plate, and two full-page maps. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart, with only minor shelfwear to extremities and head and tail of spine. Slight fading to spine, and the odd mark to boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean, with light scattered spots to endpapers and fore edge of pages (only visible to textblock). Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 644M26
GBP 275,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 313.5 US$ 361.58 | JP¥ 55757]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Native American Education Adams Illustarted Education Various
Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1909-1912
Washington, Government Printing Offic, 1910-1913 . First edition. Leather. An impressive set of four consecutive volumes of the 'Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture', offering information on agricultural science, practice, and policy. Four first edition volumes of this publication, which was issued annually between the 1890s and 1920s.Present here are the yearbooks for 1909, 1910, 1911 and 1912, published between 1910 and 1913.These volumes feature articles by experts on crops, livestock, soil management, pest control, forestry, and nutrition, as well as statistical summaries and reviews of government agricultural initiatives. The Yearbooks were widely distributed to farmers, educators, and legislators, acting both as practical guides and as records of the USDA"s work. The 1909 volume is illustrated with thirty-six plates, the 1910 volume with a frontispiece and forty-nine plates, 1911 with a frontispiece and sixty-seven plates, and 1912 with a frontispiece and seventy plates . Including a small number of colour plates.Collated, complete. In full calf bindings. Extensive rubbing to back strips, joints, and board perimeters. Losses to back strip labels of 1909 and 1911 volumes. Tail of front joint of 1909 starting, with board firmly held. Head of 1912 front joint starting, but firmly held. Front hinge of 1911 strained but firmly held. Front hinge of 1910 volume strained and somewhat tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned but clean and bright. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 967F63
GBP 395,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 450.25 US$ 519.36 | JP¥ 80088]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture agriculture US government Department of Agriculture Not Stated
James Lyne&Apos;S Survey: Or, As It Is More Commonly Known the Bradford Map
New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A very smart, scarce copy of this analysis of the James Lyne's Survey, or the Bradford Map, printed on Holland paper on a limited edition printing. One of the scarce 170 copies of this work printed on Holland paper, a limited edition piece. An analytical essay of the Bradford Map, a plan of the city of New York from a survey made by James Lyne. It was printed and published by William Bradford, New York's first established printer, in approximately 1731.Only two impressions were made from the original copper-plate, and controversy exists surrounding the authenticity of circulating Bradford maps. In this work, the author, William Loring Andrews, an avid book collector who owned one of these impressions, analyses the various copies of the Bradford Map and compares them to the originals. Including two facsimiles of the Bradford Map, collated and complete, and in superb condition. Including a chronological list of the various Bradford Maps that have been published since 1834 to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt stamping to the front board. Externally, excellent, with just very minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not stated. Near Fine .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 792J7
GBP 295,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 336.25 US$ 387.87 | JP¥ 59812]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: New York Bradford Map James Lyne Montgomery Charter Bradford Map Not stated
Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England and Braintree, Mass. His English Ancestry and Some of His Descendants
New York, Privately printed, 1927. Cloth. A limited edition copy of this very scarce illustrated work tracing the genealogy of Henry Adams in England and America. A very scarce work in a cloth binding. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 28 further plates, including portraits, maps, and the arms of the Adams family in colour. Collated, complete. A fascinating work of genealogy, in which Charles Edward Banks details the English ancestry of Henry Adams, and J. Gardiner Bartlett provides information on his American descendants. Henry Adams was the English ancestor of two American presidents of the same surname. This work was compiled for the American businessman Edward Dean Adams (1846-1931), by J. Gardiner Bartlett (1872-1927), a prominent American genealogist who focused on New England and the English origins of colonial families. In a cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just a little bumping to the extremities and a small label to the spine. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 859M38
GBP 175,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 199.5 US$ 230.09 | JP¥ 35482]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Genealogy Henry Adams J. Gardiner Bartlett Henry Adams Not Stated
The Pilgrim Fathers
London , Arthur Hall, Virtue annd Co, 1853 . Cloth. A history of American pilgrims by W.H. Bartlett. Dealing with the founders of New England under the reign of James I, the work contains twenty-eight engravings on steel, and thirty-two woodcuts, including plates. In decorative cloth binding with gilt detailing. Externally quite smart, there is some wear and rubbing to the extremities and joints, as well as slight sunning to backstrip and cocking to spine. The hinges are also somewhat strained. Internally, the pages are firmly bound but there are instances of spotting and foxing throughout. Contains and ink inscription to front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: GEN19-H-18
GBP 195,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 222.25 US$ 256.39 | JP¥ 39537]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: New England Pilgrims Pilgrim Fathers James I Pilgrims None
Belden the White Chief or Twelve Years Among the Wild Indians of the Plains from the Diaries and Manuscripts of George P Belden
Cincinnati and New York, C F Vent, 1870. Cloth. An interesting study on the Native Americans of the plains. Written from George P Belden's manuscripts and diaries as he lived with the 'Plains Indians&apos. This work discusses the culture, experiences, conduct, hierarchy, animals and general day to day life of the Native Americans. This work was written when there was a lot of interest in the lives of the indigenous people. Illustrated throughout. Edited by James Sanks Brisbin, an American educator, lawyer and soldier. In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to the spine and boards. Externally, generally smart with small patches of staining to the rear board. Some minor rubbing to the boards and extremities. Prior owner's signature to the recto of front endpaper, 'To John A Campbell from his Brother January 9th 1871&apos. Campbell's signature is to the title page and the signature of H J Godwin is to the recto of front endpaper. Bibliographical information of this text tipped in to recto of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges and generally clean throughout Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: GEN19-H-20
GBP 300,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 342 US$ 394.45 | JP¥ 60826]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: George P Belden Native American American Plains James Sanks Brisbin Native American None
Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave
New York, H. Dayton, 1860. Cloth. The very scarce abridged edition of Charles Ball's account of his life under slavery in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century America. A very scarce abridged edition of the first hand account of Charles Ball's experiences as an enslaved man, and later fugitive, in America.First published in 1836 under the title 'Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man', prepared by Isaac Fisher from Ball's verbal narration, this provides a fascinating account of life under slavery.This abridged edition was first published in 1858, and at forty or so pages shorter than the original edition, omits some passages including the account of the religion of Ball's African grandfather and all references to Ball's participation in the War of 1812.With the contemporary inscription 'John C Bayley, Myrtle St, Brooklyn 1862' to the title page.A very scarce and incredibly informative narrative of the life of African American slaves in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, published shortly prior to the 13th Amendment. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Fading to back strip and board perimeters. Rear board hinge starting, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Former owner's inscription to title page. Light spotting and handling marks throughout. Neat repairs to closed tears of pages 265-268. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 820F8
GBP 1.400,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 1595.25 US$ 1840.75 | JP¥ 283855]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: slavery slave trade civil rights Slavery in the United States slave trade None
The Olden Time Series
Boston, Ticknor and Company , 1886. First edition. Leather. The complete collection of the first edition 'The Olden Time Series' edited by Henry M. Brooks, in uniform bindings signed Blackwell. The first edition of this work. Complete in six volumes. 'The Olden Time Series,' edited and compiled by Henry M. Brooks with brief comments, composed of gleanings from old newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts. Presenting many historical facts, showing items and comments upon a variety of subjects from old newspapers, often amusing and always interesting. In uniform half morocco bindings signed Blackwell, with marbled boards and endpapers, an attractive set not often found complete on the market. The present collection if comprised of the following titles: Curiosities of the Old Lottery; The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England; Literary Curiosities; Quaint and Curious Advertisements; New England Sunday; Some Strange and Curious Punishments. In uniform half morocco Blackwell signed bindings, gilt to the top edge, marbled boards and endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, a minor rubbing to the spine of the odd volume, a touch of darkening to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Most leaves remain unopened. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 801A60
GBP 240,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 273.5 US$ 315.56 | JP¥ 48661]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: the olden time series henry m brooks first editions blackwell henry m brooks None
The American Commonwealth
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1889. Leather. A smartly bound two volume set of this history of the North American colonies and the United States, with a map. Complete in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a folding map. Collated complete. An historical account of the remarkable events in the development of the North American Colonies and the United States, with specific reference to the National Government, the State Governments, and the Party System, as well as public opinions, reflections, and social institutions. Written by James Bryce, a British academic, jurist, historian, and Liberal politician. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Two small punctures to the rear board of volume one. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. The odd pencil mark to volume two. Light age toning to the endpapers. Library Commission bookplate to the front pastedown. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 889T24
GBP 165,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 188 US$ 216.95 | JP¥ 33454]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: American Commonwealth Bryce Commonwealth Not Stated
Escape from America
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of American novelist Struthers Burt's collection of philosophical essays about the state of America in the 1930s. The very scarce first edition, first printing of this work. Scribner's A.In the vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper.The work of American novelist, poet, and short-story writer Maxwell Struthers Burt.Subtitled 'a challenge to citizens who take America for granted', this work offers 'a book of straight thinking on matters of current importance, an invigorating and clear-sighted criticism of contemporary American culture', discussing 'what it means to be American&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with bump and minor instance of fraying to back strip head. Bookseller's label to tail of front free endpaper. Handling marks to dust wrapper wrap perimeters. Light chipping to dust wrapper back strip tail. Loss to back strip head. Closed tear to head of front wrap, minor closed tear to tail of front wrap. Light tide mark to back strip tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 910F4
GBP 175,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 199.5 US$ 230.09 | JP¥ 35482]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Struthers Burt Americanism american history americana Americanism None
Gazetteer and Business Directory of Ulster County, N.Y. For 1871-2
Syracuse, Printed At The Journal Office, 1871. Cloth. A very scarce local directory from the late nineteenth century, once being an important business tool for those living in the American county of Ulster. This work now offers a fascinating insight into commerce in American in the nineteenth century. Very scarce. Compiled and published by Hamilton Child. A work of local interest, being a comprehensive business directory of the county of Ulster, New York for the years 1871 to 1872. With publishers advertisements throughout. Of these advertiser's the author states in the introduction of this work, 'The Advertisers represent some of the leading business men and firms of this and other counties; and we most cheerfully commend them all to the patronage of those under whose observation these pages may come&apos. Collected complete, featuring a large quantity of advertisements from the local area from cancer cures, to sewing machines, to watchmakers. Illustrated with a folding map to the front of the volume, being a map of the county. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, resulting in a small amount of loss to the backstrip. Light bumping to the extremities, with light fraying to the cloth. The front and rear hinges are strained, with the cords visible to the front joints. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light age toning, scattered spots and the odd mark. Complete with the publisher's original advertisements. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 645C25
GBP 245,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 279.25 US$ 322.13 | JP¥ 49675]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Hamilton Child Buisness Publisher's advertisments Scarce Buisness None
![A Clergyman; [William M. Peyton], The Scripture Doctrine with Regard to Slavery](https://bw19.boekwinkeltjes.net/images/AB_images/r/rookeb_1687427884.0.x.jpg "Click to enlarge")
The Scripture Doctrine with Regard to Slavery
Pottsville, Benj. Bannan, 1856. Cloth. A very scarce essay on the doctrines in regard in slavery, purported to have been penned by William Madison Peyton. A very scarce work.The second edition.An essay "by a clergyman", in which the author uses the scripture to try and defend slavery in the United States. This work questions "is slavery a sin?" with the answer "the Bible teaches duties concerning it, but nowhere intimate its sinfulness".Authorship is attributed to William Madison Peyton. Peyton was a Virginian lawyer, politician, and slave-owner, known for helping to develop the coal country of Virginia and West Virginia. On his maternal side he was related to President James Madison.An interesting piece of Americana published during the tumultuous years leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. Rebound in quarter cloth with plain wraps. Externally, front wrap is working loose. A little light rubbing to the spine. Light handling marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean, with a small tidemark to the head of the text. Ink to the head of the title page, and an institutional stamp. Light edge wear to the text, with small chips, and tears, requiring careful handling. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 960P3
GBP 290,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 330.5 US$ 381.3 | JP¥ 58798]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: The Scripture Doctrine With Regard to Slavery william m. peyton slavery americana william m. peyton None
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-Fourth Congress Part IV Illustrations Belonging to Reports Accompanying This Message
Washington, A C F Nicholson, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A work published relating to the first session of the thirty-fourth congress. This volume is a collection of maps and plans to accompany the reports from the meeting at congress. The first edition of this work. Collated, complete with all maps and plans. The illustrations include those accompanying 'The Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office', 'The Report of the Government Hospital for the Insane', 'The Report form the Bureau of Topographical Engineers', 'Report of the Quartermaster General', 'Report of Doctor E K Kane to the Secretary of the Navy' and 'Report of the Board of Examiners of the Naval Academy&apos. In full cloth binding with blind stamping and gilt stamping to front board. Externally, loss to the spine and to the extremities loss to spine is more severe. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned. A few chips to the bottom of the first map as well as to map 13 from Report from the Bureau of Topographical Engineers. The same map also is quite creased and has several small closed tears. Other maps with small closed tears at the folds include 'Map of Public Surbery in California', 'Survey of Entrance of Little Sodus Bay.' and 'Plat exhibiting the State of surveys in the State of Florida&apos. Small amount of loss at the outer edge (when unfolded) of 'Diagram of Tampa Land District, Florida&apos. In general maps are in a very good condition with a small amount of spots. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: GEN38-B-12
GBP 600,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 683.75 US$ 788.89 | JP¥ 121652]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Americana First Edition Thirty-Fourth Congress American Politics First Edition None
Journals of the Military Expedition of Major General John Sullivan Against the Six Nations of Indians in 1778 with Records of Centennial Celebrations
New York, Knapp Peck and Thomson Printers, Auburn. 1887. First edition. Cloth. The journals of the 1779 Sullivan-Clinton Expedition. This military expedition was a campaign during the American Revolutionary War against Loyalists and the four Amerindian nations of Iroquois which had sided with the British. This historical and somewhat biographical work was prepared by Frederick Cook, the secretary of state at the time of publication. With five maps to the folding pockets at the pastedowns. Numerous folding plans and plates throughout. Collated, complete. The first edition of this work. Scarce in a complete condition. As well as an account of the expedition itself, this work has a section devoted to centennial celebrations of the campaign. In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Externally, sound with slight rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Patches of damp staining to the boards and spine. Hinges are extremely tender with cords showing. front endpapers have detached. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned to edges and clean throughout. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: GEN24-G-15
GBP 300,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 342 US$ 394.45 | JP¥ 60826]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Sullivan-Clinton Expedition American Revolutionary War Iroquois Frederick Cook American Revolutionary War None
History of the Origin, Formation and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States with Notes of Its Principal Framers
London , Sampson Low, Son and Co, 1854. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first UK edition of this notable work on the origin of the constitution of the United States Complete in two volumes. George Ticknor Curtis (November 28, 1812 Â March 28, 1894) was an American author, writer, historian and lawyer. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume of Sidney Edward Bouverie Bouverie-Pusey. With publisher's catalogues to the rear of both volumes. In cloth covered bindings. Externally, sound with wear to extremities, slight splitting to one rear joint and straining to three hinges. Slight marks to rear boards. Internally, binding of volume I loosening slightly in places, otherwise generally firmly bound. Bright with the odd spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: GEN26-F-17
GBP 625,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 712.25 US$ 821.77 | JP¥ 126721]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Constitution United States USA George Ticknor Curtis United States Sidney Edward Bouverie Bouverie-Pusey None