The Independent Whig
London: Printed for J. Peele at Locke’s Head in Pater-noster-Row, 1722. Second edition. "The Independent Whig, which appeared... Read More about The Independent Whig
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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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"HATCHING AMERICA'S HITLERS"
Advertisement for a John L. Spivak Lecture in Cleveland at the Engineers Auditorium [February 9th, 1935].
Cleveland, Ohio: 1935. "HATCHING AMERICA'S HITLERS" John L. Spivak (b. 1897 - d. 1981) was an American socialist reporter and author who wrote for various publications about the working class, racism, and labor movements in the United States. During the height of McCarthyism he lived under a false name and..... Read More about Advertisement for a John L. Spivak Lecture in Cleveland at the Engineers Auditorium [February...
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The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem in Three Books.
“London [i.e., Newcastle?]: [s.n.], Printed in the year 1744”. Pirated edition (?). Bound with 3 others: [ANONYMOUS]. Lucius and Celadon: or, a Dialogue on the Existence and Immortality of the Soul. [4], 68 pp. 8vo, Newcastle upon Tyne: Printed by I. Thompson and Company, for Thomas Slack, 1755. ESTCN33841; Apparently..... Read More about The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem in Three Books
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George III
A View of the Several Changes Made in the Administration of Government, since the Acession of his Present Majesty.
London: Printed upon Stamped Paper…by J. Almon, 1767. George III. Covers the years 1761 through 1766. The editor notes “Retrospects of certain Matters are sometimes useful and often entertaining. I which ever Light these lists are viewed it will be Satisfaction sufficient to th Editor, if he has contributed any..... Read More about A View of the Several Changes Made in the Administration of Government, since the Acession of his...
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The General Gazetteer; or a Compendious Geographical Dictionary in Miniature.
London: Published by W. Palmer, From the Press of D. Buchanan, 1806. Read More about The General Gazetteer; or a Compendious Geographical Dictionary in Miniature
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An assortment of Pearl S. Buck ephemera, including two copies of annotated typescript
Pearl S. Buck Collection.
1930s-70s. An assortment of Pearl S. Buck ephemera, including two copies of annotated typescript. Pearl S. Buck (b.1892 - d.1973) was the daughter of American missionaries to China, and an author whose 1931 novel 'The Good Earth' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, Buck won the Nobel Prize..... Read More about Pearl S. Buck Collection
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Stamp Duty Challenged
Political Letters And Pamphlets, Published For The Avowed Purpose Of Trying With The Government The Question Of Law - Whether...
London: Printed and Published by William Carpenter, 1830-31. First editions. Stamp Duty Challenged. RARE. From 1830 to 1831 Carpenter published an unstamped series called “The Political Letters” challenging the stamp duty law as to whether any publication containing news was subject to duty. Carpenter did not feel that these should..... Read More about Political Letters And Pamphlets, Published For The Avowed Purpose Of Trying With The Government...
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Autograph Document, signed, "Rec'd of Mr. James Dodsley Twenty one pounds for half share of Farneworth's Translation of the Works...
[London?]: 9 January 1766. Farneworth's Machiavelli was first published in 1762, and again in 1775, by Davies, Dodsley, and others. Read More about Autograph Document, signed, "Rec'd of Mr. James Dodsley Twenty one pounds for half share of...
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Political Myths and Economic Necessities.
New York: The Viking Press, 1927. First edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: À Monsieur et Madame D[annie] Heineman, avec mes hommages et mes meilleurs souvenirs. F. Delaisi Nov. 1927”. Read More about Political Myths and Economic Necessities
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Portrait photograph of Max Eastman.
New York: 31 October, 1934. Read More about Portrait photograph of Max Eastman
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Stamp Duty Challenged
Political Letters And Pamphlets, Published For The Avowed Purpose Of Trying With The Government The Question Of Law - Whether...
London: Printed and Published by William Carpenter, 1830-31. First editions. Stamp Duty Challenged. RARE. From 1830 to 1831 Carpenter published an unstamped series called “The Political Letters” challenging the stamp duty law as to whether any publication containing news was subject to duty. Carpenter did not feel that these should..... Read More about Political Letters And Pamphlets, Published For The Avowed Purpose Of Trying With The Government...
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Britain's attempt for Peace
Pax in Bello: or, a Few Reflexions on the Prospect of Peace, arising out of the present Circumstances of the...
London: Printed for J. Owen, 1796. Britain's attempt for Peace. Read More about Pax in Bello: or, a Few Reflexions on the Prospect of Peace, arising out of the present...
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Leigh's New Pocket Road-Book of Ireland Containing an Account of All the Direct and Cross Roads; Together with a Description...
London: Printed for Leigh and Son, 1835. Third edition, considerably Enlarged and Improved. Read More about Leigh's New Pocket Road-Book of Ireland Containing an Account of All the Direct and Cross Roads;...
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Philadelphia Bookseller's label
The Letters of Junius.
London: Printed for J. Mundell & Co, Edinburgh; and for J. Mundell, Glasgow, 1798. Philadelphia Bookseller's label. With the contemporary rectangular lavender printed label reading “John Penington/& Son/ Importers & Booksellers/ 127 S. 7th St./ Philadelphia” on front pastedown. This firm not noted in Brown & Brown's “Directory of the..... Read More about The Letters of Junius
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The Letters of Junius.
London: Vernor and Hood, 1798. A new edition. Originally published in the London PUBLIC ADVERTISER from Jan. 21, 1769 to Jan. 21, 1772, under the pseudonym of "Junius" (possibly Sir Philip Francis). "...'Junius' poured brilliantly slanderous invective upon Tory-minded English ministers, especially the Duke of Grafton, for a series of..... Read More about The Letters of Junius
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A Revision of the Treaty. Being a Sequel to The Economic Consequences of the Peace.
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1922. First edition. First edition of Keynes' supplement to his Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919). Both works condemned the Allied demands for heavy reparations from Germany in the Paris Peace Conference. Read More about A Revision of the Treaty. Being a Sequel to The Economic Consequences of the Peace
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Inscribed to Gay Vance
Does America Need a Foreign Policy? Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First edition. Inscribed to Gay Vance. INSCRIBED "To / Gay Vance / With friendship, / admiration and affection / Henry A. Kissinger." Gay Vance was the wife of Cyrus Vance (1917-2002), who succeeded Kissinger as Secretary of State, occupying the post from 1977-1980. The..... Read More about Does America Need a Foreign Policy? Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century
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Director of Finance
Two manuscript documents, one signed “Barillon” the other “Barillon de Moragnes”.
N. P: 16 February 1656, 15 July 1661. In French. Director of Finance. Acknowledging receipt of a sum from Madame de Bouilloy, the second also a receipt for payment received. Barillon was Director of Finances and also was apparently a friend of St. Vincent de Paul. He was the brother..... Read More about Two manuscript documents, one signed “Barillon” the other “Barillon de Moragnes”
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Louis XIV's General
Manuscript document signed “Le Marquis de Larray” with his seal.
Valentiennes: 10 December 1680. In French. Louis XIV's General. As Colonel of the Regiment and giving release to the Sergent after 12 years of good service (and the loss of his hand). With notations on verso of “Dug. aout 1681, Simon Mollu Sr. des Tourr.” Larrey ultimately became Lieutenant General..... Read More about Manuscript document signed “Le Marquis de Larray” with his seal
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De Re Publica ... Libri III ... ex Italici Latini facti.
Leiden: Apud Hieronymum de Vogel, 1643. "Editio nova prioribus emendatior" Latin translation by J.N. Stupanus of Machiavelli's Discorsi sopra la prima deca de Tito Livio. Read More about De Re Publica ... Libri III ... ex Italici Latini facti
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Birth of the Physiocratic School
L'Ami des Hommes ou Traité de la Population.
[Paris]: 1758-1760. First complete edition. Birth of the Physiocratic School. The first three parts, constituting L'Ami des Hommes, were first published by Mirabeau in 1756, before his meeting with Quesnay and his conversion to the physiocratic theses. In 1758 the work was reissued as a new edition with a fourth..... Read More about L'Ami des Hommes ou Traité de la Population
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The Founder of the Physiocratic School
L’Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population Nouvelle Edition, Augmentée d’une quatrième Partie & de Sommaires.
[Paris: 1758]. Second Edition of parts I-III, first Edition of part IV. The Founder of the Physiocratic School. A work of fundamental importance, whose appearance created a sensation throughout Europe, was widely translated and reprinted, and earned its author an international reputation “greater than that of any other economist before..... Read More about L’Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population Nouvelle Edition, Augmentée d’une quatrième...
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Morison's Own Copy
Freedom in Contemporary Society.
Boston: Little Brown, 1956. Morison's Own Copy. Taken from a series of lectures in which Morison discusses Political, Economic and Academic Freedoms in a lively and picturesque way. Morison has excised some pages and made some notes concerning the text on the rear paste-down; laid in is a 1954 newspaper..... Read More about Freedom in Contemporary Society
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Utrum Horum? The Government; or, the Country.
London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1796. Third edition, published the same year as the first. O'Bryen was a well-known political pamphleteer and dramatist. Born in Ireland and trained as a surgeon, he left Ireland for London where he commenced his writing career. He was a close associate of Fox and..... Read More about Utrum Horum? The Government; or, the Country
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Four volumes from the “Collection des Anciennes Descriptions de Paris” series including: Jean-Paul Marana’s “Lettre d'un Sicilien a un de...
Paris: A. Quantin, 1878-83. One of 330 copies. Read More about Four volumes from the “Collection des Anciennes Descriptions de Paris” series including:...
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