Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of...
New York: Mahlon Day , 374 Pearl St, 1837. Second edition, much enlarged. An early and important biographical... Read More
Price: $1,250
Social Thought
Rare books and first editions on Social Thought, primarily on law, economics, education, and women such as the works by Susan B. Anthony.
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A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856
Manuscript Account Book of Edward R. Clark, Shoemaker.
Haddam Neck, CT: 1825-1856. A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856. A wonderful look at a craftsman's life in early 19th century Connecticut. Most of Clark's trade came from mending shoes, for which he averaged 40 cents a pair, his steadiest customers being members of the Brainerd family, an old and... Read More
Price: $850
A Letter to American Teachers of History.
Washington: [Privately printed at the Press of J. H. Furst Co., Baltimore.], 1910. First edition. Signed by Adams at the end of the introductory letter, as it seems that most copies were. Adams, historian and a direct descendant of John Quincy Adams, published and disseminated widely this present work. It is... Read More
Price: $750
Autograph letter, signed “J. Adams”.
Garden City, New York: 6 Old Westbury Road, 25 October 1957. Writing to Hartley regarding his education and his writing, “the person who wants to write clearly must work hard and long himself,” citing his literary experiences in high school followed by his college years as an English major. He... Read More
Price: $65
MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER III'S COPY
Twenty Years at Hull-House; With Autobiographical Notes.
New York: The Macmillan Co, 1910. Hamilton, Norah. No. 26 of 210 special copies. MRS. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER III'S COPY. Jane Addams, who is bound to appear on anyone's list of Great American Women, was a pioneer of social work whose establishment of the Hull-House settlement in a dingy area... Read More
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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
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Memoirs of the Court of James the First.
London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822. First edition. Read More
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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 the first... Read More
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Typed letter signed “Martha Albrand”.
Pattenburg, New Jersey: 20 November 1957. Responding to Hartley's letter asking about some biographical details and also about the importance of her education to her writing. “I do want to state quite emphatically that I believe in as good an education as anybody can get. Personally I find knowledge acquired... Read More
Price: $75
IN DUSTJACKET
Wayfarers in the Libyan Desert.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. IN DUSTJACKET. Preface: "For two women to start upon a camping trip in the desert, with only an Arab retinue to protect them seems to some of our friends to show a high sense of adventure..." The two women are our author and her co-author... Read More
Price: $300
The Principles of Population, and their Connection with Human Happiness.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons: and Thomas Cadell, London, 1840. First edition. A critique of Malthus' ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION, which "hinted at a progressive Tory programme of poor relief, diffusion of property, and penal reform (ONDB). Read More
Price: $500
The Ladies Calling In Two Parts [AND] The Art of Contentment [AND] The Government of the Tongue.
Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1705; 1705; 1702. The eighth impression of “The Ladies Calling;”; early impression of “The Art of Contentment;” the sixth impression of “The Government of the Tongue”. Read More
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Autograph note signed “Gloria I. Alley.
N. P: n.d. Inscribed “To Wes Hartley-a bright and dignified Sport-With Adminration… Gloria I. Alley. Read More
Price: $50
"Self-discipline is the professional writer's primary need"
Typed Letter Signed ("Eric Ambler") to Westley S. Hartley, in response to the latter's question regarding the value of Ambler's...
London: 1 November, 1957. "Self-discipline is the professional writer's primary need" Interesting letter from Ambler, in answer to the question, "How important to you was your high school education, and is college experience necessary for creative writing?" Ambler points out that in England "there is no real equivalent of 'high school'... Read More
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The American Ladies' Memorial : an indispensable home book for the wife, mother, daughter : in fact useful to every...
Boston: Published at 60-1/2 Cornhill, 1850. Read More
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Extensive File of Catalogues of Faculty and Students, from 1822 to 1945.
Amherst, Mass: vp, 1822-1945. Edward Dickinson (1803-1874), father of Emily, was a prominent Amherst lawyer, treasurer of Amherst College, and U.S. Congressman. He was the son of Samuel Fowler Dickinson, one of the founders of Amherst College. He graduated from Yale in 1823, and opened a law office in Amherst... Read More
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In Eastern Seas. With a Visit to Insulinde and the Golden Chersonese.
Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc, (1934). First edition. Inscribed to Colonel Donald Shumway Rockwell by the author. Read More
Price: $125
Review Copy
And Still I Rise. A Book of Poems.
New York: Random House, (1978). First edition. With Review Slip. Review Copy. Read More
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Typed letter signed “Katharine Anthony”.
New York: 27 September 1958. Hartley had written to Anthony regarding the biographical information in ‘Twentieth Century Authors” and whether she had some additions which she responds that she does not and that “In a general way it covers the situation…It may interest you to know that I have a.... Read More
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The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and many from her contemporaries during...
Indianapolis & Kansas City: Boen & Merrill Co, 1898. First edition. Presentation copies of the authorized biography of the great suffragette, Susan B. Anthony, with whom Ida Harper collaborated on THE HISTORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Both volumes are fully inscribed in Rochester, New York in the year of publication, to... Read More
Price: $6,500
Though Memory Plays Me False. A Story of Anticosti. The St. Lawrence River Isle of Enchantment, the life of William...
[Southbury, CT: Gretchen E. Engel], 1971. First Edition. Very unusual in hardcover. Inscribed to Bill Wigton by the author. Read More
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Inscribed to Edgar Bronfman
Proxy Contests for Corporate Control.
New York & London: Columbia University Press, 1968. Second edition. Inscribed to Edgar Bronfman. A highly respected and frequently cited reference on proxy contests. The publisher of the third edition (1998) states that it was ‘widely recognized as the attorney's 'bible' for handling contested elections of boards of directors and... Read More
Price: $2,500
Building Code, Paris 1748
Les Loix des Bâtiments, suivant la Coutume de Paris, Traitant de ce qui concerne les Servitudes réelles, les Rapports des...
N.p. [Paris?]: 1748. Building Code, Paris 1748. Read More
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Preserved Leaves of Mull
Two autograph letters signed “Argyll”.
Kensington and N. P: Argyll Lodge and Balmoral (stationery), n.d. and 28 September 1855. Preserved Leaves of Mull. The first stating that he will send specimens of the ores and the [?] Leaves of Mull to Glasgow for the Museum, the leaves only being “furnished on loan as the specimens... Read More
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The Crib 1912.
[ El Rancho Bonito, Arizona: Evans School], 1912. Miscellany of poetry and photographs of school life. Among the 17 students of the Evans School at El Rancho Burrito in this year were Louis Gordon Hamersley, Archibald Bullock Roosevelt, and Thomas Archer Morgan. Read More
Price: $150