Oration (80 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 17 pages. Oration At Marx's Grave - 1990 / John Hoffman "Has Marxism A Future?" (SL#133).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gray cloth with bright gilt lettering and trim on front cover, corners and spine ends lightly bumped and worn, cover shows light other edge rubbing and slight staining. Binding beginning to crack at front hinge, otherwise tight. Pages somewhat tanned but very clean, no markings. 44 pages. Packaged carefully for shipment in cardboard with U. S. tracking.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Text and small illustration printed in black ink on front. No lettering on spine. 5 3/4" x 9." Thirty-one pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning. Covesr are clean and intact overall but have light to moderate darkening, a chip in lower-right corner on front, and chipping along spine. A Very Good copy. This pamphlet contains the speech by Joseph W. Winans and the poem by J. G. Severance that were originally given on the occasion of a celebration held on September 9, 1873 in Badger's Park, Oakland, California. That celebration commemorated the 23rd Anniversary of California's admission as a state in the Union. Both Winans's speech and Severance's poem commend the California pioneers. Winans draws upon history and antiquity to convey his message of the feats undertaken by the pioneers. Severance's poem is also narrative in nature and describes the journeys of the pioneers.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Original paper covers. Spine is mostly torn with paper loss. Rear cover is missing the upper outer corner. ; Approx. 5 3/4" wide by 9 1/4". ; 46 pages.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. B&W Frontispiece (illustrator). First Printing (thus). Ex-library copy. Enclosed in archival library carboard med. octavo-12mo-over 6 3/4-7 3/4" tall cover, linen taped spine, taped at hinge, can be removed if so desired. Ex-library copy, minimally stamped or marked. Else exceptionally clean and tight. B&W frontispiece of monument. Other then erased penciled markings on front cover binding is in pristine condition. 34pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library Paperback.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Softcover; stapled wraps. A bit of rubbing at the spine extremities. 1/2" closed tear and a tiny chip on the front cover fore-edge. Else covers clean. 1/2" closed tear at the fore-edge of the first two pages. Else pages a bit age-toned, but clean. ; ART18D; 6-1/2 x 5"; 30 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's beige paper pamphlet with string binding (small piece of string bound about halfway or 2/3 down from top near spine). Black lettering on front cover. 6" x 8 1/2." Forty-seven pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a small closed tear on fore-edge of Page 47, chipping and splitting along spine, two smudges at the bottom of Pages 8-9, a few small chips and smudging on front, occasional small marks or stains, and light age toning. A Very Good copy. This is a commemorative pamphlet that contains the printed text of an oration by Dr. J. D. B. Stillman and a poem by Mrs. James Neall. The pamphlet commemorates the 24th Anniversary of the Corporate Society of California Pioneers, which took place on September 9, 1874, as well as California pioneers in general. In his address, Stillmann gives a brief but sweeping tour of early California history and how the California pioneers arrived. He briefly references how the American West was still relatively unknown to white settlers while the Eastern states became developed; Farnham's Travels in California which documented a still relatively uninhabited California; early Sacramento Valley with its "oak ., ash, covered with wild grape vines ., beautiful glades and savannahs"; Fremont's reconnaissance of California; Mexican treaties; steamers to California; early California life; the California Gold Rush; San Francisco; development of modern technology and transportation in California; and emigration to California. Poem by Mrs. Neall follows. The first stanza from her poem: "O bells of memory, ring your chimes to-day-- / Let your sweet echoes float upon the air / And reach afar, that to your call may come / The miner from his toil; the granger from his ranch / Among the hills; the merchant from his wares; / The student from his dusty tomes of thought. / Ring out with clamorous tongue--invite the wanderers back-- / Omitting not the mother-pioneers, / Who shared the perils of our early day, / With cheerful outlook on the brightest side.".

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Boston: Benj. H. Sanborn & Co., copyright, 1898. 241 pages. 9 portraits, 4 building views. Texts: deed, covenant, admission forms, lists: pastors, officers, members. 8.5 x 6", gold lettered red cloth. Tips worn, inner hinges loose, 1 plate loose, genealogical notes on blanks, G.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1877. 95 pages. 9.5 x 6", printed wrapper bound into half cloth, marbled paper boards. 'Robert Vose' on wrap, 'Compliments of Asa French' on titlepage. Committee for a New England Bibliography 6040. Historical oration, poem, exercises, appendices: population, name of town, early records, resolutions. Creased, toned, scuffed, VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1889, First Edition, Good to Very Good/no dj, thin quarto, 72pp., blue pebbled boards hardcover, bright gold lettering on cover, beveled cover edges, light wear, corners frayed, top corners of pages just a bit bumped, binding tight, text unmarked.

20pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, a little faded, ink marking to cover, otherwise a very good copy.

18pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, a very good copy.

22pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, b&w plates, a very good copy.

28pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, a little faded, graphs and tables, a very good copy.

Pamphlet. Condition: Used - Very Good. San Francisco, 1876. 34 pages. 8.5 x 5.75", printed wrapper. State origins, calls for constitutional convention. Wrap bit soiled, splitting, edge wear, text VG.

20pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, a very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Black lettering on front cover. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2." Forty-seven pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, a shallow vertical crease at center throughout, small occasional marks, and occasional chipping limited to edges or corners. Covers are clean and intact overall but have browning and darkening, several small chips along spine and at edges and corners, and shallow vertical creases at center on front and back. A Very Good copy. This is a commemorative pamphlet containing transcriptions of an oration given by J. D. B. Stillman and a poem recited by Mrs. James Neall on the occasion of the 24th Anniversary of the Corporate Society of California Pioneers. Also included herein is a brief Welcome Address by Vice President Staples in front and a list of passenger arrivals at the Port of San Francisco in 1849 in back. Stillman's oration is on Pages 9-27. Neall's poem is on Pages 31-34. In his address, Stillman discusses the history of California in the 1840s and earlier when the region was not yet extensively explored by white American settlers. He refers to the Mexican-American War of that decade and contemporary world events which he describes as forwarding democratic governance. He notes Farnham's early account of California as well as John C. Fremont's early travels to California. He proceeds to describe the onset of "gold fever" when the first widespread report of the discovery of gold in California in October 1848 was published. Stillman says that the report was met with skepticism and even ridicule at first, but then as credibility of the reports was confirmed, people flocked from all over the U.S. and even abroad to try and strike it rich. He describes contemporary reactions to the California Gold Rush ranging from doubting editors who initially cautioned against the gamble of gold mining but got swept up in gold fever, ministers' warnings about the moral dangers of thirsting for gold, and physicians, deep in debt, who left their homes and tried to strike it rich. He cites contemporary poetry and accounts including descriptions of people traveling by various modes of transportation including ship, wagon, horseback, and on foot. Stillman discusses the hardships and dangers the emigrants and travelers faced such as cholera, precarious terrain, river crossings, and attacks by Indigenous people. He notes how many of them, discouraged, turned around and headed back home. He highlights the torturous passage through the desert between the Great Salt Lake and the Sierra Nevada where there was little food or water. He then says for those fortunate enough to reach Sacramento Valley, they still had to contend with a derth of food provisions and an abundance of diseases. Stillman says the hardships endured by these early California pioneers formed the basis of the friendship and union between members of the Society of California Pioneers. Stillman closes with some information about the increasing California population in the subsequent years and California's statehood and words of tribute to California pioneers. Neall's poem also pays tribute to the California pioneers.

36pp. 8vo. Original cloth boards, backstripfaded, a very good copy.

20pp. 8vo. Original cloth boards. a very good copy.

24pp. 8vo. Original cloth boards. a very good copy.

20pp. 8vo. Original cloth boards, a very good copy. First edition, inscribed by Author. "Graeme from Mac. With kindest regards".

24pp. 8vo. Original cloth, faded. Some foxing throughout, otherwise a very good copy.

28pp. 8vo. Original boards, some markings to lower board, otherwise a very good copy.

22pp. 8vo. Original cloth, a very good copy.

16pp. 8vo. Original cloth, a little faded, otherwise a very good copy.

24pp. 8vo. Original cloth, slightly bumped, a very good copy.