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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full number line present. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed by Mr. Achorn directly to the full title page. NOT a tip in. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! A brilliantly conceived and vividly drawn story Washington, D.C. on the eve of Abraham Lincoln's historic second inaugural address as the lens through which to understand all the complexities of the Civil War By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000 Americans and left intractable wounds on the nation. After a morning of rain-drenched fury, tens of thousands crowded Washington's Capitol grounds that day to see Abraham Lincoln take the oath for a second term. As the sun emerged, Lincoln rose to give perhaps the greatest inaugural address in American history, stunning the nation by arguing, in a brief 701 words, that both sides had been wrong, and that the war's unimaginable horrors every drop of blood spilled might well have been God's just verdict on the national sin of slavery. Edward Achorn reveals the nation's capital on that momentous day with its mud, sewage, and saloons, its prostitutes, spies, reporters, social-climbing spouses and power-hungry politicians as a microcosm of all the opposing forces that had driven the country apart. A host of characters, unknown and famous, had converged on Washington from grievously wounded Union colonel Selden Connor in a Washington hospital and the embarrassingly drunk new vice president, Andrew Johnson, to poet-journalist Walt Whitman; from soldiers' advocate Clara Barton and African American leader and Lincoln critic-turned-admirer Frederick Douglass (who called the speech "a sacred effort") to conflicted actor John Wilkes Booth all swirling around the complex figure of Lincoln. In indelible scenes, Achorn vividly captures the frenzy in the nation's capital at this crucial moment in America's history and the tension-filled hope and despair afflicting the country as a whole, soon to be heightened by Lincoln's assassination. His story offers new understanding of our great national crisis and echoes down the decades to resonate in our own time. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition (STATED). Book is tight & square with slight bumping to the superior and inferior spine edges. There is a sticker on the verso of the front board which states "With Compliments of Doubleday & CO" The mylar protected DJ is price-intact ($8.95) with 3 small open tears and some edge wear. This was the author's second book. Book was Signed in my presence at Once Upon A Crime in Minneapolis on June 25, 2012. Signed by Author on Title-Page.

Disbound. Condition: Good binding. Octavo. [2], 207-235, [1] pp. Inscribed by the author. Removed from nonce volume. Minor foxing and chipping to the fore-edge margin of a few leaves. Mathematical essay by the Rev. Robert Harley, "Read January 7, 1851" and inscribed on the preliminary blank, "The Rev. Prof. Green, B. A., with the Author's very respectful compliments." The drop-title header is marked "XV." Perhaps this is an off-print or reprint from a journal? Signed.

Offprint. Octavo (23cm.); self-wrappers; [37]-55pp. A hint of shelf wear, old date rubberstamp to front leaf, else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author: "A Donald et Idella Gallagher, en signe de reconnaissance de leur travail pour l'oeuvre de Jacques et Raissa / avec l'amitié / de Heinz / Epiphanie, 1980." Study in twenty-two parts of the works of the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain, first published in the January, 1978, issue of "Nova et Vetera." Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of December, 2019. Signed.

Small 8vo, single handbill, printed on both sides, with generous margins (albeit chipped at the edges), signed in print by George A. Barker, Grand Secretary. Constitutes a report of the Building Committee. IMPRINTS 4240 (two copies located). WALGREN 777 (four copies located).

First offprint edition. [1], 256-270pp. Later blue cloth. Light shelf-wear. Spotting to endpapers. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of first page: 'With love - Ehrman'. The first offprint edition, reprinted from The Mariner's Mirror (Vol. 34, No. 4, October, 1948), of J. P. W. Ehrman's commentary on two lists compiled by Samuel Pepys upon his retirement from the position of Secretary of the Admiralty in mid-1689 detailing the official papers to be transferred to his successor. The lists (now in the National Maritime Museum) are reproduced in the article. Size: Quarto.

73-78pp. With three photographic plates. Stapled, as issued, into original publisher's plain paper wrappers. Light spotting to extremities. Presentation copy, inked inscription to upper wrapper; 'To Lord Ralph D. Kerr / from the author / Jedburgh 14 Nov. 1906.' A monograph extracted from the proceedings of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club on the discovery of a series of sculptured stones at Jedburgh in the Scottish borders. Size: 8vo.

16pp. 8vo. 16pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. Signed: " G.W. Ives 29 E. Brway" Circular stamp on cover.

]. 22p. With 5 figures, incl. 1 mounted, showing the vibration of tongue and voice. Contemp. blue wrappers, loose and frayed at margins. With signed presentation inscription from the author. Offprint Nederlandsch Archief voor Genees- en Natuurkunde, volume 1, p.451-472. First separate edition. The (unraveled) inscription to 'Prof. Brill', most likely Willem Gerard Brill (1811-1896), professor of Dutch language and literature and Donders' colleague at the University of Utrecht. The subject of this short treatise - the role of the tongue in the procreation of speech - seems appropriate to present to a linguist. This is a genuine offprint, not a part of the quoted journal. *Not in NCC.

2nd edition. Cf. ESTC 222510. Pp. [2], 81 - 94 [= 16] pp. First leaf recto a bastard title, with "Price One Shilling and Six-pence" at bottom, indicating this section available separately from the volume itself; verso a sale list for Bickerton. 8vo, signed in 4s. 7-5/8" x 4-1/2" Age-toning. Binding remnants along spine. Very Good. Disbound from a larger volume, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.

Single card sheet, printed on one side only. Engraved vignette to head with caption: 'An emigrant to the Far-west of Canada, or the United States, having partially cleared his land, erected his log-hut & surmounting the first toils of settlement, thinks of his early and pious home, and remembering the lessons learnt at a British mother's knee, sits down with his Bible, and is supposed to sing the following'. Lightly creased, dust-soiled, and spotted. An apparently unrecorded printing of a devotional poem in which an emigrant to North America wistfully recalls the memory of his parents and recitations from the family Bible. In 1867, Musician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria William Christian Sellà (1813-1898) published a piano score composed to accompany the poem. No record of the author of the hymn has survived. Intriguingly, the title page of Sellà 's publication bears an illustration with the same caption as here; that version was lithographed by Thomas Howell Jones, whereas here the engraving is signed 'JW'. The hymn was printed in its entirety in at edition of The Sunday-School Magazine (June, 1850) recording a speech delivered by a well-travelled gentleman who claims to have learnt it whilst in the United States in 1847; remarkably, he sets the scene prior to his recitation with a close approximation of the aforementioned caption. Size: Dimensions 130 x 200 mm.

42pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Armorial bookplate of the Barons Napier to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to verso of front blank fly-leaf: 'To the Lord Napier / from his affectionate cousin / the Author'. An address delivered before the Historical Archaeological Institute in Edinburgh demonstrating the 'remarkable coincidences between the genius, the studies, and the discoveries of Napier of Merchiston, and Sir Isaac Newton'. The present copy was inscribed by the author to Francis Napier, tenth Lord Napier of Merchistoun and first Baron Ettrick (1819-1898), diplomatist and administrator in India.

4pp. Contemporary half-calf, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of the Barons Napier to FEP. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of p[1]: 'To the Right Hon. Lord Napier / From W. Wallace'. An address delivered to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh William Wallace (1768-1843) on the potential burial site of John Napier of Merchiston (1550-1617), the inventor of logarithms. The present copy was inscribed to the author to Lord Napier, likely Francis Napier, tenth Lord Napier of Merchistoun and first Baron Ettrick (1819-1898), diplomatist and sometime administrator in India. Size: Quarto.

Condition: Fine. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by James Merrill. Broadside poem, title printed in red. 1 vols. Folio (31.6 x 22.8 cm.; 12.5 x 9 inches). Broadside poem, title printed in red. 1 vols. Folio (31.6 x 22.8 cm.; 12.5 x 9 inches) One of an unspecified number of copies signed by James Merrill. Signed.

1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the inserted leaf or part of wrapper "Mr. James Hayward from his friend, C. C. " James Hayward, was in the class of 1819. He was a tutor of mathematics at Harvard for the following six years and then a professor until 1829 when he resigned to become a civil engineer where he gained recognition in his field. Cushing was of the Harvard class of 1817 and then tutored in mathematics and natural philosophy, studied law and became a statesman filling several legislative and political posts over the years. S & S 5126. S & S 5126 Half dark green morocco, rubbed, without title as issued, having only captioned title, single leaf of what appears to be part of a drab wrapper bound before first leaf (browned), frontispiece portrait of the author from a daguerrotype by Anthony Edwards & Co., engraved for the "Democratic Review" by T. Doney, printed by J. Neale, some foxing of the portrait, signed and dated by the author on the last page. Signed.

Unbound. Condition: Fine. Pictorial broadside. Illustrated with a woodcut by Jay Bolotin. Prose fragment from *YONNONDIO From the Thirties*. Measuring approximately 12" x 18". Blank verso with a bit of light soil else fine. Copy number 1 of 200 copies Signed by Olsen and Bolotin. Nicely printed at the Logan Elm Press & Papermill on the occasion of Tillie Olsen's residency in the creative writing program at The Ohio State University, Spring 1992. Artist Jay Bolotin is also a noted country musician and songwriter.

Condition: Fine. Scott, Laurence. No. 47 of 60 numbered copies, signed by the artist and author. Broadside, with large lithograph portrait of seated male nude, by Laurence Scott. 1 vols. Folio (56.5 x 25 cm; 22.75 x 9.8 inches). Broadside, with large lithograph portrait of seated male nude, by Laurence Scott. 1 vols. Folio (56.5 x 25 cm; 22.75 x 9.8 inches) No. 47 of 60 numbered copies, signed by the artist and author.

Large 4to [28 x 20 cm]. (7) pp, (1), signed A4. Creased from folding; loosely housed in modern red card covers. Unrecorded, ephemeral pamphlet describing the decision of Fray José Garcia, Prior of the Monastery of San Phelipe el Real in Madrid, to provide a large donation to the Cause of the Beatification of Sor Maria de Ágreda (1602-65). The defence of Ágreda against the denunciations of French and German commentators became a patriotic duty in early 18th century Spain; here, Fray Garcia attempts to justify his monastery's donation of 354 fanegas of wheat (20,000 liters) alongside 3,000 reales, to the Sindico promoting her cause. - Citing the recent case of a malfeasant monk of Tahona known to have sold large quantities of wheat to the public, Fray Garcia lays out the reasons he believes the donated wheat in this case will be milled and consumed 'for the maintenance of the Community' rather than befall a similar fate. - The present pamphlet was evidently separately-issued, probably as an ecclesiastical brief for circulation among nearby monasteries, but is unrecorded in OCLC and REBUIN.

First edition. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Lightly marked and sunned. Presentation copy, ink inscription to head of title: 'With Sir Ronald's compliments'. The first edition of a reproduction of three letters sent to eminent malariologist Sir Ronald Ross (1857-1932) on the subject of the transmission of malaria, two of which from and his mentor, physician and parasitologist and pioneer of tropical medicine, Sir Patrick Manson (1844-1922). In 1902, Ross was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for his research into the propagation of the disease via mosquitoes. Size: Quarto.

Large 4to [28 x 20 cm]. (7) pp, (1), signed A4. Creased from folding; loosely housed in modern red card covers. Unrecorded, ephemeral pamphlet describing the decision of Fray José Garcia, Prior of the Monastery of San Phelipe el Real in Madrid, to provide a large donation to the Cause of the Beatification of Sor Maria de Ágreda (1602-65). The defence of Ágreda against the denunciations of French and German commentators became a patriotic duty in early 18th century Spain; here, Fray Garcia attempts to justify his monastery's donation of 354 fanegas of wheat (20,000 liters) alongside 3,000 reales, to the Sindico promoting her cause. - Citing the recent case of a malfeasant monk of Tahona known to have sold large quantities of wheat to the public, Fray Garcia lays out the reasons he believes the donated wheat in this case will be milled and consumed 'for the maintenance of the Community' rather than befall a similar fate. - The present pamphlet was evidently separately-issued, probably as an ecclesiastical brief for circulation among nearby monasteries, but is unrecorded in OCLC and REBUIN.

This rare and important broadside is the first printed ceremonial protocol of independent Mexico for receiving a new government. Issued just months after the country's independence from Spain, it outlines in detail how the newly formed Regency was to be formally received by Congress, including the order of procession, a seating plan, the conduct expected of deputies, and the speech to be delivered by the president of Congress. The Regency was Mexico's first executive body that was not appointed by Spain, but by and for the Mexican people. The present broadside shows how the government's reception was meticulously planned and choreographed to highlight this shift in power.Signed by Juan Maria de Azcárate at the bottom. The top edge is somewhat frayed and water stained, three horizontal fold lines, the one in the middle with a small tear on the left, the work has been unevenly printed, making some words difficult to read. Otherwise in good condition.l Not in WorldCat. Pages: [1] l.

Important, but unrecorded, decree, establishing the Second Regency of the Mexican Empire on the 11th of April 1822. The decree, signed by the Mexican politician José Luis de Quintanar (1772-1837) and effective immediately, names the members of the Second Regency, and asks them to go to the Congress Hall to take their oath. This transition set the stage for the president of the Regency, Agustín the Iturbide (1783-1824) to rise to power and become the first emperor of Mexico a few weeks later. Despite its importance, however, we have not been able to find other copies of the present decree in either sales records or any of the prominent Mexican pamphlet collections.Mexico gained independence from Spain after it won its War of Independence (1810-1821). One of the first goals was to establish a constitutional monarchy, with an emperor at the head, but since no European royal was willing to accept the Mexican crown, a regency was put in place as a temporary government. The five members of the First Regency were installed on 28 September 1821, with Iturbide unanimously elected as president. On April 11 1822, however, the Constituent Congress replaced three of its members, resulting in the Second Regency. This was likely done with the goal to reign in Iturbide's growing power. Nevertheless, this Regency remained in place for only a few weeks, as Iturbide was declared emperor on 18 May 1822. The Regency thus played a key role in facilitating the shift from republican ideals to the establishment of the empire.With two signatures at the bottom, a short printed text on the back, as well as a contemporary inscription (a summary of the decree in Spanish), and six tax stamps (two different ones from King Ferdinand VII of Spain, and one from the first Mexican Empire, all included twice). The edges are slightly frayed, the corners are slightly creased and stained, a horizontal and vertical fold line, with a small hole in the middle where they meet, affecting one letter. Otherwise in good condition.l Not in Catalogue of Mexican pamphlets in the Sutro Collection (1623-1888); Steele, C. and Costeloe, M. (eds.), Independent Mexico: a collection of Mexican pamphlets in the Bodleian library; WorldCat. The work is folded in half, and kept in a clear plastic cover. Pages: [1] l.

A Paris, Chez Desenne, 1792. Ten works bound in one volume. (2), 16 pp.; 30, 121, (1) pp.; 31, (1) pp.; 64 pp.; 16 pp.; 70 pp.; 240 pp.; 8 pp.; 7, (1) pp.; 61, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, corners, spine with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering reading 'Mémoire pour Louis XVI', corners somewhat bumped. First work: Not in Tourneux; not in Martin & Walter. Second work: Martin and Walter 29637.Original edition.The work by Roederer contains 'un important dossier de 38 pièces justificatives' (Martin & Walter) covering the last 121 pages. Third work: Martin & Walter 26720.Fourth work: Cf.: Martin & Walter 25706 (other issue).One of two issues from the year of original publication.Fifth work: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17358.Sixth work: Martin & Walter 16038.Original edition.Seventh work: Martin & Walter 11671.Original edition.Eighth work: Martin & Walter 22494 & Anonymes, 10990.Original edition.Also signed by Tronchet and De Sèze.Ninth work: Not in Martin & Walter.Tenth work: Martin & Walter 17543.Original issue, including a warning against counterfeit editions.- Interesting collection from the library of M.J.E. Faivre du Bouvot, with his bookplate.

A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, Février 1825. 15 works bound in one volume. (4), 120 (misnumbered 119) pp.; one dedication leaf, 38 pp.; 20 pp.; 28 pp.; 119, (1) pp.; (2) pp.; 4 pp.; 23, (1) pp.; 55, (1) pp.; 31, (1) pp.; 24 pp.; (2), xvi, 236, 96 (Appendice) pp. + 4 leaves with tables numbered 111-117; 8 pp.; 15, (1) pp.; 86 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, blue label to spine reading 'Chambres des Députés, session 1825. Objects DIV Tom II', and red label reading 'Réduction de la Rente par Armand Seguin', at foot of spine the number '12' gilt stamped. I: Kress C.1553; Goldsmiths 24599; not in Einaudi. II: Kress C.1554; Goldsmiths 24600; not in Einaudi. III: Kress C.1551; Goldsmiths 24598; not in Einaudi.IV: Kress C.1550; Goldsmiths 24597; not in Einaudi.V: Kress S.5636; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.VI: Kress C.1548; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.VII: Kress C.1557; not Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.VIII: Kress C.1547; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.IX: Kress C.1549; Goldsmiths 24596; not in Einaudi.X: Kress C.1552; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.XI: Kress C.1556; Goldsmiths 24602; not in Einaudi.XII: Kress C.1788; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.XIII: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.XIV: Kress C.1583; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.XV: Kress C.1407; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.All first or only editions with the exception of number 11.Armand Séguin made a fortune by winning the contract to supply the French revolutionary armies with boot leather. Napoleon, who had no love for profiteers, tried to reduce his fortune through taxes and fines but failed. Séguin survived the Empire and the Restoration and lived thereafter the life of an eccentric, Balzacian rentier, devoting most of his intellectual energies after 1815 to the composition of pamphlets on government finance. He is best known for his memoirs on heat and respiration and as Lavoisier's assistant from 1789 to the latter's death in 1794. - Second work with a printed dedication leaf, the fifth work with a handwritten and signed dedication, the work by Delon (number 13) has a somewhat larger size and has been folded to fit into the volume.

(Paris, de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791). With 4 large (folio-plano) folding tables. Three works in 1 volume. 25, (1) pp.; 3, (1) pp.; 4 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1969, 1647; not in Schelle; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14791 (all three parts); not in Einaudi; not in INED. Rare original editions. Complete collection of the published pieces including the 4 large folding tables, nearly always lacking, which were distributed with the text. The texts and the tables have been signed by the members of the Committee: La Rochefoucauld, Defermon, Roederer, d'Allarde, Dauchy, Dupont de Nemours. - The last large folding table present twice, a very nice copy of this scarce work.

Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Lachevardiere, (1828). With one table. 4 pp. 4to. Modern boards. The table is entitled 'Tableau de trente Écoles élémentaires gratuites de Paris, dressé d'après les états trimestriels et mensuels, adressés à la Préfecture du département, pour avril et mai 1828'. Deals with "Société pour l'Instruction élémentaire and the laws of 13 & 14 September 1791 and the law of 1 Mai 1802 concerning public education and the fact that not much has come of it. The text is signed by 'Un membre de la société pour l'Instruction publique'. The Dictionnaire de Pédagogie contains a long article on this society (pp. 2792-2796).

(Paris, 1649). 8 pp. Small 4to. Disbound. Moreau, Mazarinades, i, 677; not in Welsh. Original edition. Three letters, dated 3, 6 and 7 May; the second one signed d'Alincourt and the third, Gervaise. - Browned, slightly waterstained.

(Paris), Imprimerie de Chassaignon, 1830. 2 pp. 4to. ''Français! La France est libre.'' Announcing the Duc d'Orléans as the new King after the fall of the Bourbons and the triomph of the Charte Constitutionelle. The Charter of 1814 and the slightly revised Charter of 1830 provided the basis of the French political and legal structure even today (Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Republic, vol. i, pp. 192-199). Signed 31 juillet 1830 and followed by a declaration of the Commisison Municipale de Paris of 4 articles concerning the creation of a Garde nationale.