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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed "with compliments of the author" and SIGNED by the author on the flyleaf. 160 pages on the possible consequences of forceps delivery for the neonate; text is in German, with a summary in English, French and German. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (NAP; Henry Holt And Company first editions identified up until 1944 by NAP--no additional printings). From the Studies In Religion And Culture, American Religion Series VI. This book is interesting for a number of reasons other than its content. Firstly, once listed it will be the Only original copy for sale anywhere on the Internet, actually the only copy from any period of time. Secondly, it is Signed by the author. And thirdly, and for me most compellingly, it is inscribed to Baruch Charney Vladeck. The inscription reads 'To B. C. Vladeck with the compliments of George Lawton.' Mr. Vladeck 'was a Belarusian-born Jewish American labor leader, journalist and politician who was general manager of The Jewish Daily Forward from 1918 until his death in 1938. He was a member of the New York City Board of Aldermen and later the New York City Council, serving as the first majority leader of that body from January to September 1938 when he died. He was also a co-founder of the American Labor Party, serving as its leader on the City Council during his tenure.' And he 'laid the groundwork for the Jewish Labor Committee in 1933, bringing together Jewish trade unionists (especially the garment trades), socialists, and kindred groups and individuals opposed to the Nazis. Together, they successfully convinced the American Federation of Labor to support a national boycott of German goods at the federation's 1933 convention.' I purchased this book a good number of years ago from the home of the labor leader's grandson, Charney V. Bromberg, in Tarrytown, New York. His grandson was on the KKK's hit list in the 1960s-70s for his civil rights work. You can read a lot more about Baruch Charney Vladeck in a lengthy Wikipedia profile. I'll add lastly that his funeral procession through the Lower East Side and ending outside the Jewish Daily Forward building drew 500,000 mourners (not a typo). Among the speakers at the service were Governor Herbert Lehman, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, Senator Robert F. Wagner and Socialist leader Norman Thomas. Quite a life. The book is in very solid condition. You can see the covers the photos, not bad given the book's age. There is some handling soiling and some toning. The spine is toned. However, the gilt lettering there is still fairly bright (second photo). There's a little bit of wear at the top edge of the spine. The cover edges are in solid shape, no rubbing. The front top corner has a speck-sized spot of rub-through. The page edges are mostly clean, one or two spots in total. The book is square and the spine looks pretty straight. The binding is very solid from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in very good condition. The pages are exceptionally clean. Scrolling through, I haven't found any instances of conspicuous soiling. I have noticed some very light amber coloring at the blank outer margin of text pages that face illustrations that are on semi-glossy paper. There is also a thin crease along the bottom corner of six consecutive pages, far from the print. I'm not finding any other conspicuous creasing, no placeholder creases. There are no markings in the book. No attachments of any kind. And the author's signed inscription represents the only writing to be found anywhere. In the Acknowledgments section the author thanks Sigmund Freud 'for help in clearing up a disputed point concerning his relationship to psychical research, and to Carl Jung for explaining his attitude toward psychical phenomena.' The frontispiece presents photographs of Margaretta Fox Kane and Kate Fox Jencken, 'The Founders of the Spiritualist Religion.' There are twenty other illustrations in the book. All are in excellent condition. The book concludes with eight Appendixes (33 pages), a Bibliography (22 pages), and an Index (11 pages). Inscribed by Author(s).

Letter. This 21 August 1704 autograph letter is signed by John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough and Captain-General of English and allied forces in the War of the Spanish Succession, eight days after the battle of Blenheim, from his field camp in Germany to Thomas Coningsby, later first Earl of Coningsby.The letter is written entirely in Marlborough's hand on the first panel of a single sheet of watermarked laid paper measuring 13.1 x 8.6 inches folded once to form four 8.6 x 6.6 inch panels. The letter is dated at the upper left "Camp at Sefelingben Aug. 21 1704" and addressed "My Lord". The letter reads in full: "Your Lord will excuse me that I had not time to thank you for your kind congratulation on our success at Schellinberg, before we had gain'd a second, and much greater victory, which I hope will soon make an end of the War in the Country, it is a particular pleasure to me that my friends are satisfied in my endeavors to serve the Publick, and I shall be always glad of any opertunity to assure you that I am with truth." The letter closes with the valediction "My Lord. your Lordships most obedient humbler servant" and his signature, "Marlborough".Condition is very good, the letter complete, the paper substantially clean, the ink still distinct. Evidenced by faint creases, the letter was subsequently folded three times horizontally and twice vertically. Two notations, plausibly those of the recipient, appear at the upper left corner and just below the date and location, respectively "Duke of Marlborough to Ld. Coningsby" and "after the Battle of Blenheim". It is inked on the fourth and final panel in three lines "Duke of | Marlborough | Aug 1704" with an original ink stain partially extending down from the "u" in "Duke" to blot the "l" in "Marlborough". The letter is protected within a clear, removable, archival sleeve housed within a rigid crimson cloth folder.Sindelfingen, the location of Marlborough's field camp where this letter was written, is a city in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, near Stuttgart, at the headwaters of the Schwippe.In July Marlborough captured the Franco-Bavarian garrison at Schellenberg Heights. This allowed him to cross the Danube into Bavaria, where his 52,000-man force vanquished the 56,000-man Franco-Bavarian army at Blenheim on 13 August 1704. Some 30,000 French troops were killed, wounded or captured. Even the French commander, Marshal Tallard, became a prisoner. Blenheim cemented Marlborough's place among England's greatest generals. "For a symbolic quitrent" for the lands and incomes with which he was rewarded by Queen Anne,"Marlboroughand his descendants were required to present annually to the sovereign at Windsor Castle, on the anniversary of the battle, a facsimile of the silk standard of the French royal household troops, thecorps du roi, whichMarlborough'stroops had taken during the battle."The recipient of this letter, Thomas Coningsby, first Earl of Coningsby (1657-1729) was a Whig politician, and Member of the House of Commons continuously from 1679-1710. "In the latter part ofWilliam'sreignConingsbyseems to have followedGodolphinin establishing connections withJohn Churchill,earl and later duke of Marlborough The alliance helped maintain Coningsby's position as a leader of the government side in the Commons following the accession ofQueen Annein 1702 Coningsbywas reckoned one of the foremost 'lord treasurer's whigs', working for Godolphin, Anne's lord treasurer, by managing parliamentary business." Coningsby was forced from power in 1708 and left Parliament in 1710, but "returned from the political wilderness at the accession ofGeorge I" in 1714 "and was rewarded for his services to the whig cause on 18 June 1716 when he was createdBaron Coningsby of Coningsby, Lincolnshire. He was created Earl of Coningsby in 1719. When "he published a pamphlet maligning lord chancellorMacclesfield, and as a result in January 1721 was stripped of his lieutenancies and imprisoned in the Tower of London for six months, he was visited by theMarlboroughs." After Marlborough died in 1722, Coningsby proposed marriage to the widowed duchess on 20 November, but was rejected.Sources: ODNB; Winston S Churchill: Marlborough: His Life and Times.

FREDERIC THE GREAT OF PRUSSIA (1712-1786). Frederic ascended to the throne in 1740 and promptly started the War of Austrian Succession, which he won. In the Seven Years War, he defeated France and Austria after the Russians withdrew from the conflict. Domestically, Frederic established many legal reforms and religious tolerance.LS. 1pg. 7 x 9 . November 11, 1760. Meissen [Germany]. A letter signed Frederic addressed to Margrave Henry: I am delighted to see from your letter, dated the 6th of this month that you are taking part in the great victory over my enemies that Providence kindly granted me on the 3rd of this month. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. The Battle of Torgau took place on November 3, 1760. During the Seven Years War, it pitted Frederic the Great with 44,000 men against an Austrian army of 65,000 soldier led by Marshal von Daun. In a costly and bloody battle, Frederics forces emerged victorious. The letter is inlaid and is in very fine condition with dark ink.