Barnaby Horace (33 results)

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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First thus. Former library copy with usual marks. First gathering slightly sprung, indicating it may have been repaired at the binding at some point. 1910 Hard Cover. 325 pp. A novel about political corruption, originally published under a different title in 1908 (see below), and inspired by the author's experiences with Michigan government. The original title still appears as the header on the text pages of this edition. "Horace T. Barnaby was born in North Star Township, Gratiot County, Michigan. He worked as a schoolteacher before graduating from the University of Michigan Law School in 1902. After graduation, he worked as school inspector, township clerk and supervisor of Kent County. He also dabbled in creative writing, and in 1908, Barnaby published a book entitled 'The Decade: A Story of Political and Municipal Corruption.' Set at the turn of the century, the book details the story of how a man was falsely accused of being involved in the Grand Rapids 'Water Scandal.' A staunch Republican, Barnaby entered into politics as a member of the Michigan state house of representatives from Kent County 2nd District from 1901 to 1904. From 1907-1908, he continued his career as a delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention of the 17th District. Barnaby was a State Senator from 1909 to 1913. In addition, he was a candidate in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan in 1938 and 1940." (Michigan official directory and legislative manual, 1903, pg. 789) "As Grand Rapids, Michigan neared the end of the nineteenth century, the growing city looked for a new water supply. The personal interests of the city's leaders quickly overwhelmed the common good. Corrupt schemes quickly developed. As backroom deals came to the city's attention, the Grand Rapids water scandal blossomed. The water scandal was not the city's first instance of corruption, but rather the first genuine scandal. Previous scandals had left few lasting marks. Connected socially and financially, the city's elite became caught in the middle of the scandal as business partners, political rivals, and neighbors landed on opposite sides. These complications slowed the pace of reform. Even after years of occupying headlines and courtrooms only two men ever served prison time for their involvement. Most of the men involved remained politically and socially active after the scandal. However, the water scandal began the transition between Gilded Age politics rooted in personal connections and Progressive politics centered around impartial administration. The water scandal provided the necessary atmosphere for reform-oriented movements to grow, reaching a height in 1917 with the creation of the city's commisioner-manager system. In 1898, new Mayor George Perry pushed for a new source of fresh water. Early in his second term, two years later, the city's Common Council, its legislative body, took concrete steps towards securing a new water supply. The city's leaders debated a variety of methods, but one quickly gained popularity. A plan to build a pipeline from Lake Michigan to Grand Rapids (roughly forty miles of pipe) became the choice of many of the city's leadership, despite the millions of dollars necessary to complete the project. By October of 1900, the city's Common Council seemed ready to award a contract for the pipeline to one of two bids. To demonstrate the ability to build the multimillion dollar water system, the bids submitted checks for $100,000. At the meeting, however, Perry dramatically revealed both bids were forgeries. Despite the dramatic news, city leaders decided to simply reopen the bidding process. Phony bids were just part of the process. Before the city could award the contract, more shadowy actions came to light. In February of 1901, Chicago police arrested city attorney Lant Salsbury for stealing $50,000 dollars from an Omaha capitalist. The money was allegedly for Salsbury to bribe politicians and secure the water contract. Though Cook County dropped the charges shortly after Salsbury returned the money, the foundation of the water scandal had been laid. Seeing a political opportunity, Grand Rapids Republicans ran a campaign touting their trustworthiness in juxtaposition to the Democratic Salsbury. While effective in adding a couple of Republican seats on the Common Council, the legislative body voted to retain Salsbury along partisan lines. When Salsbury escaped political punishment, the need for legal action became urgent. A Kent County grand jury investigated the rumors of other bribery schemes and indicted five men in June 1901. In addition to Salsbury, the grand jury also indicted Henry Taylor, a young New York millionaire who provided the money, Stilson MacLeod, a local banker who moved the cash, and Thomas McGarry, a local attorney who had put Salsbury in contact with the men running the scheme. The main organizers, con-men Frederick Garman and Robert Cameron, however, did not face any charges after cooperating with the grand jury. The scandal stayed small until 1903, when Salsbury completed a sentence for a federal banking violation and faced additional prison time for bribery. Given limited options, Salsbury became the prosecution's star witness. The legal system, however, struggled to implement reform as many early trials including Salsbury's and the then-former mayor George Perry faced procedural issues. Several defendants' appeals reached the state supreme court. The legal system was admittedly rusty in pursuing punishment. Five years after the water scandal emerged, the prosecution no longer believed they could convict anyone. The water scandal ended quietly. In February 1906, the prosecuting attorneys dropped all open cases, including the case against George Perry. The city's residents had become, as historian Z. Z. Lydens phrased it in The Story of Grand Rapids (1966), "weary if not yet quite bored." Despite the pervasiveness of the water scandal's bribery, only Salsbury and McGarry ser.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Uncover the dirty secrets of political corruption with The Decade. This thrilling story takes place in the 1880s and follows the lives of two young men caught up in an era of political turmoil and scandal. With its vivid descriptions of life in New York City during the gilded age, The Decade is as informative as it is exciting.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a nostalgic recollection of childhood, a snapshot of simpler times where days were spent exploring nature and playing outdoors. The author, who grew up on a farm in a small town in the early 20th century, paints a vivid picture of their idyllic life in the countryside. Through a series of anecdotes, the book examines themes of family, friendship, and longing for the past, and explores the process of looking back on life with fondness and learning from the experiences that shaped us. The book offers a fascinating insight into the social history of the American Midwest during this period, and will resonate with anyone who has ever felt a sense of nostalgia for their own childhood or wondered what life was like in a bygone era. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Uncover the dirty secrets of political corruption with The Decade. This thrilling story takes place in the 1880s and follows the lives of two young men caught up in an era of political turmoil and scandal. With its vivid descriptions of life in New York City during the gilded age, The Decade is as informative as it is exciting.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover, VG+ in original patterned boards, black cloth spine, corners and edges rubbed, boards have slight bend, 64 pgs. Interior tight and square with each pages text encased by b&w illustrations by Peat; including four full-page color illustrations. A nice copy. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition .. Unpaginated. Tips are heavily rubbed. Spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Boards have a slight bend. Front board has a 1/2" warp. Former owner bookplate inside front board. One signature is starting to open. Four full page color illustrations. Top edge of front board is bumped. Text is clean and unmarked. Peat, Fern Bisel (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. (1929). . Hardcover. 4to., unpaginated, cover rubbed, bumped, frayed, frontispiece loose . Black & White Illustrations, color frontispiece (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: with no dust jacket. No Dust Jacket. Good; Color illustrated paper over boards with black cloth spine, corners bumped and worn, end papers discolored from age, birthday gift inscription on front end papeper, frontise piece partially detached, text all clean and bright, might be x-library with library pocket and blank checkout list in back but no labels or stamps. ; Ex-Library; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Unpaged. Some internal thumb-soiling, three small drawings toward the end neatly crayoned (no flaws to the Peat color plates), else a clean, tight, VG copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fern Bisel Peat (illustrator). Book.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. I got started selling old books on eBay with illustrated children s books (following the lead of my then mentor DBRareBooks a well-known expert seller of this genre) and still have many listed. I am very pleased to offer one of the nicest and scarcest I have seen in a while. Please find: The Tale of the Long-Eared Bat with verse by Horace T. Barnaby and illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat. This largish hard cover book (9 x 11 inches unpaginated but about 64 pages) was published by the Saalfield Publishing Company of Akron Ohio dated 1929 and I believe the First Edition. The book is bound in nicely patterned and color paper boards with a black cloth quarter spine and a title panel on the front cover. The book is amply illustrated by the Artist with four magnificent full-page color plates (please see the photos) and her b&w decorations on every page. Condition: This book is in very good condition better than any of the four on offer online. The hard covers show edge wear and bumping to the corners and spine tips. The cover decorations are still bright and very attractive. Inside a former child owner has left his penciled name on the front endpaper but that is the only mark I found in the book (and probably can be erased). The pages and plates are all clean and bright and the color plates especially presentable. There is no real toning or foxing at all in this vintage book. Both hinges are intact and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Akron: The Saalfield Publishing Co., 1929. 8vo, unpaginated, bound in publisher's 1/4 cloth over patterned boards reproducing dust jacket art. First edition, first printing of this charming children's book about a mischievous bat with four color illustrations by Fern Bisel Peat. Rubbing and minor chipping to lower board edges; offsetting to endpapers, with a few faint smudges to title page and to margins of a few pages throughout; a few small faint stains internally, but a clean sharp copy otherwise in a VG example of the rare jacket, with a chip to upper front spine joint and to top corner; minor chipping to spine tips, with a 2" square closed tear to upper edge of rear panel, otherwise a nice example overall of an uncommon children's book. Scarce in jacket.…

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LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 348. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1908 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 348.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 366. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1910 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 366.…

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Hardback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.