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First editions, rare books, and manuscript material from Columbus to the modern era. Specializing in works on African American history, the Civil War, the American Revolution, presidents, the Ivy League, slavery & abolition, Indians and New York City. 

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Item #35157 Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette delivered at the...

Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the...

Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. First edition, a regular paper issue? Said to have been issued in thin, regular and thick paper issue, the first two from same setting imposed on 8vo and thick paper issue imposed as 4to. Type on title slightly larger than other copies that..... Read More about Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette delivered at the Request of Both...

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Item #308978 Address of the American Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures, to...

Address of the American Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures, to the People of the United States.

New York: Van Winkle, Wiley & Co., Printers, 1817. Address prepared in pursuance of a resolution of the Society and presented at its meeting held in New York on Dec. 31, 1816. - Followed by: On motion, resolved, that the foregoing address be approved, and that the corresponding committee cause..... Read More about Address of the American Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures, to the People of...

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Item #26198 Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe. Konrad Adenauer

Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer

Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe.

N. P: [1963]. Contributor's Copy–Honoring Adenauer. From the library of Henry Cabot Lodge who was one on the contributors to this collection. The magazine “Der Spiegel” produced a special issue to honor Chancelor Adenauer on his retirement. This notebook contains facsimiles of the contributions. The contributors are Harold Macmillan, Dwight..... Read More about Abschied Von Konrad Adenauer. 42 Briefe

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Item #338977 Fabulae Graece et Latine, cum aliis opusculis, quorum, index proxima refertur...

With Provenance to a 17th Century Clergyman in New York

Fabulae Graece et Latine, cum aliis opusculis, quorum, index proxima refertur pagella.

Basilae: In officina Heruagiana, 1538. Collection first published by Froben, 1518. With Provenance to a 17th Century Clergyman in New York. With ownership signaure to the title page: "Ex Libris Johannis Miller pret. 1s. 0d Anno Dm 1693", a further ownership signature to the recto of the last leaf "Ex..... Read More about Fabulae Graece et Latine, cum aliis opusculis, quorum, index proxima refertur pagella

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Item #365792 Fabulae Aesopi Selectae, or Select Fables of Aesop; with an English Translation,...

Fabulae Aesopi Selectae, or Select Fables of Aesop; with an English Translation, more literal than any yet extant. Designed For...

Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1789. The Ninth Edition, Corrected and Amended. The first America edition of Aesop was Samuel Croxall's translation published in Philadelphia by Aitken in 1777; the first American editions of Robert Dodsley's translation and that of Robert Burton were published the same year by Robert Bell of Philadelphia..... Read More about Fabulae Aesopi Selectae, or Select Fables of Aesop; with an English Translation, more literal...

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Item #353172 [Four Harmon Foundation catalogues of African American artists, including the...

Includes the 1928 First Exhibition

[Four Harmon Foundation catalogues of African American artists, including the groundbreaking 1928 first exhibition].

New York: Harmon Foundation, 1928-1931-1933-1935. First editions. Includes the 1928 First Exhibition. Four programs for the important early exhibitions of African American art, including the 1928 first exhibition of works created exclusively by African-American artists. Artists from the first exhibition included Sargent Johnson, Aaron Douglas, A. R. Freelon, Helen Smith..... Read More about Four Harmon Foundation catalogues of African American artists, including the groundbreaking 1928...

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Item #365686 Prince Hall Americanism Day. Honoring Prince Hall Our First Negro Grand Master of...

Prince Hall Americanism Day. Honoring Prince Hall Our First Negro Grand Master of African Lodge No. 459 ... Sunday, October...

[Hayti, Missouri]: 1965. Program for Prince Hall Americanism Day, celebrated by the sixth district lodges of Missouri. Speakers included Fred Lee, W.H. Scott, Carl E. Jason and the keynote address by grand master Wilbur Kirkpatrick. Read More about Prince Hall Americanism Day. Honoring Prince Hall Our First Negro Grand Master of African Lodge...

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Item #352786 To Planters and Other Slaveholders [caption title]. Alabama, C. M. Breaker

To Planters and Other Slaveholders [caption title].

Spring Hill, AL [but printed in Marion, Alabama?]: November 13, 1849 [postmarked Feb. 16]. A handbill published by the Bethel Baptist Association, a group of Baptist churches in Alabama whose principal object was "extending to planters and other slave-holders ... the offer of the Association's active co-operation, in the work..... Read More about To Planters and Other Slaveholders [caption title

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Item #354284 The Alaska Homestake Gold Mining Co. [cover title]. Alaska Mining

The Alaska Homestake Gold Mining Co. [cover title].

Seattle: Alaska Homestake Gold Mining Co, 1936. Prospectus of this well-financed Alaskan mining company with numerous statistics regarding cost of operation and potential yield. The map, perfectly traced from the original, illustrates the Bluff Quartz claims region in which the company sought to operate. An interesting overview of this large-scale..... Read More about The Alaska Homestake Gold Mining Co. [cover title

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Item #320787 Information for Prospective Settlers in Alaska. Alaska, C. C. Georgeson

Information for Prospective Settlers in Alaska.

Washington, D.C: GPO, 1916; 1917; 1923. Three copies of the first three issues of the Alaska Agricultural Experiment Station Circular No. 1, published to "give prospective settlers in Alaska, and particularly homesteaders, information on subjects which will be of more or less vital interest to them." Includes sections on climate..... Read More about Information for Prospective Settlers in Alaska

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Item #352864 Manuscript document signed by Storer and others, attesting that Storer had been...

Manuscript document signed by Storer and others, attesting that Storer had been elected councilman of Sitka.

Sitka: November 26, 1867. This must be amongst the earliest U.S. elections in Alaska, with the purchase being finalized in October 1867. Shortly thereafter, with the blessing of the transition military commander, the townspeople of Sitka drew up a charter, elected a governing council, and named Dodge mayor. This document..... Read More about Manuscript document signed by Storer and others, attesting that Storer had been elected...

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