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[Transportation] [drop-title] In Senate of the United States. February 6th, 1816. The Committee, to Whom Was Referred so much of the President's Message as Relates to Roads and Canals, Having, in their General Report, Recommended to Congress the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal as an Object of First Importance, Requiring the Aid of the General Government, Beg Leave to Make a Separate Report Concerning the Same
[Transportation] [drop-title] In Senate of the United States. February 6th, 1816. The Committee, to Whom Was Referred so much of the President's Message as Relates to Roads and Canals, Having, in their General Report, Recommended to Congress the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal as an Object of First Importance, Requiring the Aid of the General Government, Beg Leave to Make a Separate Report Concerning the Same
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Roads and Canals
- Publisher: [William A. Davis?]
- Date published: 1816
[Washington]: [William A. Davis?], 1816. Disbound. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 39, [1] pp. First edition. Removed from volume. Toning throughout with occasional early tidelines in a few margins. Generally, a reasonable copy. "Presumably printed by William A. Davis, printer to the Senate during the first session of the Fourteenth Congress. Includes, on p. 7-39, the report of the Senate committee on the memorial of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company dated March 21st, 1806; the memorial of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, dated December 1st, 1805; and 'Observations respecting the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal,' of the same date and also by the president and directors" Shaw & Shoemaker 39394.
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[Drop title] The Politics of Touch
[Drop title] The Politics of Touch
[WOMEN] HENLEY, Nancy M.
- Date published: 1970
Baltimore, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-staplebound self-wrappers; 8pp. printed from typescript. Near Fine condition. "The act of touching, when nonreciprocal, is, I believe, an even more subtle physical threat used to remind persons of their status, and is particularly used by men against women" (p.2). A paper presented at the 1970 meeting of the American Psychological Association "as part of a panel discussion of 'Social Psychology and Women's Liberation.'" The Pittsburgh-based women's liberation association Know, Inc., would reprint this paper the same year. OCLC locates three copies of this edition as of April, 2019, at Central Connecticut, Northwestern, and U. Michigan.
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[drop-title] THE UNION. SPEECH OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD, in the Senate of the United States, on presenting the New York Union petition. January 30, 1861
[drop-title] THE UNION. SPEECH OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD, in the Senate of the United States, on presenting the New York Union petition. January 30, 1861
Seward, William H.
- Publisher: Office of the Congressional Globe
- Date published: 1861
[Washington]: Office of the Congressional Globe, 1861. Very Good binding. 7, [1 (blank)] pp. Folded, uncut, and never bound; light wear to the edges. Seward and Senator James Murray Mason from Virginia, debate on the topic of whether war is inevitable. Sabin 79589.
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[drop-title] Weights, Measures, and Balances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting a Report of F. R. Hassler, Relative to Weights, Measures, Balances, &c. January 31, 1844
[drop-title] Weights, Measures, and Balances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting a Report of F. R. Hassler, Relative to Weights, Measures, Balances, &c. January 31, 1844
Spencer, John C.; F. R. Hassler
- Publisher: Blair & Rives
- Date published: 1844
[Washington]: Blair & Rives, 1844. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 31, [1] pp., folding plates. Removed from volume. Early ink numeral on the top right corner of the title page; some separation of the leaves. There are six folding plates to illustrate the directions for mounting and weighing with balances.
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[drop-title] SPEECH OF JOSIAH QUINCEY [sic], Representative in Congress for the state of Massachusetts, on the joint resolution approving of the conduct of the executive of the United States, in relation to the refusal to receive any farther communication from the British Minister, 28th December, 1809
[drop-title] SPEECH OF JOSIAH QUINCEY [sic], Representative in Congress for the state of Massachusetts, on the joint resolution approving of the conduct of the executive of the United States, in relation to the refusal to receive any farther communication from the British Minister, 28th December, 1809
Quincey [Quincy], Josiah
- Date published: 1810
1810. Disbound. Good binding. 12mo. 24 pp. Removed from binding; side-stapled with outer conjugate leaves mended with Japanese tissue. Six-digit number stamped on title-page. An interesting speech at a time when the United States is navigating the unrest in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars and finding its relationships to France and Britain increasingly strained. Quincy feels the House has gone overboard in the language used in the censure of the British ambassador in his discussions with the President Madison. Very uncommon Quincy item.
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An act to improve the public health, and establish a sanitary police in the city of New York [drop title]
An act to improve the public health, and establish a sanitary police in the city of New York [drop title]
- Publisher: no publisher given
- Date published: 1858
[New York: no publisher given, 1858. First edition, 8vo, pp. 8; vertical crease, old library rubberstamp at the top of p. [1]; all else near fine. Following the passage of the act, George W. Morton wrote Remonstrance of the City Inspector against the proposed bill entitled "An act to improve the public health and establish a sanitary police in the City of New York" as an act of unnecessary legislation, the present laws being amply sufficient to meet every emergency. New York Historical only in OCLC.
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The Drop
The Drop
LEHANE, DENNIS
- Publisher: William Morrow
- Date published: 2014
William Morrow, 2014. First Edition. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Orange cloth over grey boards with black lettering to spine. Flat-signed by Dennis Lehane on the title page. Appears unread. Basis for the 2014 film starring Tom Hardy.
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[drop-title] Mexico--Texas--Canada. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting the Information Required by a Resolution of the House of Representative of the 5th of January Instant, &c. January 8, 1838
[drop-title] Mexico--Texas--Canada. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting the Information Required by a Resolution of the House of Representative of the 5th of January Instant, &c. January 8, 1838
Van Buren, Martin
- Publisher: Thomas Allen, Printer
- Date published: 1838
Washington: Thomas Allen, Printer, 1838. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 54 pp. First edition. Removed from volume. Holes in inner margin, not touching text; light foxing to the title page and several other pages; inked number "10" in an early hand on the title page. Contains copies of instructions and correspondence "with the Governors of any of the States, and with the Governments and officers of Mexico and Great Britain, concerning the preservation of the neutrality of the United States in teh civil wars and insurrections in Mexico and in any of the British Provinces north of the United States, since the year 1829. . . ." Government document: 25th Congress, 2d Session. Doc. No. 74. House of Reps. Executive.
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[drop-title] Claims Upon Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, upon the Subject of the Claims of the United States upon the United Mexican States
[drop-title] Claims Upon Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, upon the Subject of the Claims of the United States upon the United Mexican States
Jackson, Andrew
- Publisher: Blair & Rives
- Date published: 1837
Washington: Blair & Rives, 1837. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 105, [1] pp. First edition. Removed from binding. Light foxing to first and last pages; title page with number in early ink in the upper corner; two small holes near the inner margin, touching about two or three letters per page, not impacting legibility. Consists of Jackson's letter of transmittal and copies of 81 documents including a list of claims on Mexico (pp. 95-105). Government document: 24th Congress, 2d Session. Doc. No. 139. House of Reps. Executive.
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[drop-title] New England Asylum for the Blind. Memorial of the Trustees of the New England Asylum for the Blind. January 3, 1831
[drop-title] New England Asylum for the Blind. Memorial of the Trustees of the New England Asylum for the Blind. January 3, 1831
Trustees of the New England Asylum for the Blind
- Date published: 1831
[Washington], 1831. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 4 pp. Removed from volume. Inked numeral in the top margin of the title page; light foxing, but generally very good. An overview of pioneering efforts in the education of the blind in both Europe and the United States. The memorialists state, "A few years ago a deaf and dumb person was considered non compos mentis in law, and incapable of exercising the rights or duties of a citizen. The degree of knowledge to which some individuals of this description have lately attained would have been incredible had we not witnessed it. In Europe it has been demonstrated that the blind are capable of still great attainments.
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drop title | ALLEGHANY RIVER--SURVEY. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, Transmitting a report of the Engineer appointed to examine the Alleghany river, from the City of Pittsburg [Pittsburgh] to the mouth of French Creek. June 9, 1832. (Document No. 265; 22d Congress, 1st Session; House of Reps. War Dept.)
drop title | ALLEGHANY RIVER--SURVEY. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, Transmitting a report of the Engineer appointed to examine the Alleghany river, from the City of Pittsburg [Pittsburgh] to the mouth of French Creek. June 9, 1832. (Document No. 265; 22d Congress, 1st Session; House of Reps. War Dept.)
Kearney, James
- Date published: 1832
Washington, 1832. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 12 pp., tables. Removed from a binding. Last two leaves are nearly separated; contemporary ink numeral at the top for the first page; light foxing. Consists of the report of Lieutenant Colonel James Kearney, Corps of Topographical Engineers, and the forwarding letters of Secretary of War John Robb and Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Aberts. An early survey.
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[drop-title] INDIAN SCHOOL FUND. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Second Auditor and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the school fund belonging to each Indian tribe, &c. May 4, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
[drop-title] INDIAN SCHOOL FUND. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of the Second Auditor and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the school fund belonging to each Indian tribe, &c. May 4, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
United States. War Dept
- Publisher: Blair & Rives, printers
- Date published: 1844
[Washington]: Blair & Rives, printers, 1844. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 51, [1 (blank)] pp. Removed from binding; first page with ink numeral in upper margin; small paper loss in inner margin of last leaf, one corner chipped, not affecting text; a few faint spots. Contains letters of the Secretary of War, the Second Auditor of the Treasury, and a statement of expenditures (pp. 3-51) "made under the act of March 3, 1819, making provision for the civilization of the Indian tribes adjoining the frontier settlements, from that period to February 8, 1842, exhibiting the times when, the persons to whom, and the particular purpose for which such expenditures were made." Government document: 28th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. no. 247. Ho. of Reps. War Dept.
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The crisis of the country [drop title]
The crisis of the country [drop title]
Junius [pseud. of Calvin Colton]
- Publisher: publisher not identified
- Date published: 1844
[Philadelphia: publisher not identified, 1844. First edition, 8vo, pp. 16; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; stain and nibbling on upper edge, coming close to but not affecting text; pages otherwise clean and sound. "Writing under the pen name "Junius," [Colton] published a series of widely circulated tracts that assailed Jacksonian fiscal policies, promoted a protective tariff and federally chartered national bank, declared abolitionism 'a sedition,' and portrayed the Whig party as truly democratic and the Jacksonian as demagogic and despotic" (ANB). This tract is concerned specifically with the benefits of the credit system and is critical of its proposed abolition. It ends with an endorsement of William Henry Harrison for president. American Imprints 40-1565. Sabin 14768 for the second edition published in New York.
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[Drop title] Defend the Endangered Chilean Militants! For Proletarian Revolution in Chile!
[Drop title] Defend the Endangered Chilean Militants! For Proletarian Revolution in Chile!
SPARTACIST LEAGUE
- Publisher: Spartacist League
- Date published: 1974]
[Berkeley: Spartacist League, 1974]. First Edition. Quarto (35.5cm.); side-stapled typescript leaves; 3pp. Horizontal fold, small "1974" in ballpoint pen at bottom edge of first page, else Very Good and fresh. Endorsement issued by the Spartacist League and its youth section the Revolutionary Communist Youth for an upcoming demonstration organized by the Committee to Defend the Endangered Chilean Militants, to be held at the Chilean Consulate in San Francisco. Demands made by the Committee and the League included defense for all endangered militants targeted by the Chilean political junta under Pinochet's regime, with special emphasis on members of the MIR (Movimiento de Izquierda Revolutionaria). Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of September, 2019.
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Women and Draft Resistance: Revolution in the Revolution [drop title]
Women and Draft Resistance: Revolution in the Revolution [drop title]
SEVERN, Jill
- Publisher: Radical Women
- Date published: 1968]
[Seattle: Radical Women, 1968]. First Edition. Quarto typescript broadsheet (28x21.5cm.). About Fine. "This publication is on file at the International Women's History Archive [in Berkeley]." Criticism of sexism within the anti-draft movement "since we aren't directly confronting 'the man.'" OCLC locates 4 copies as of April, 2016, at Central Connecticut, Northwestern, Michigan State, and Waterloo (Canada).
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[Drop title] The East Bay International Socialists Present: Pentagon Capitalism ... a talk by Charles Leinenweber
[Drop title] The East Bay International Socialists Present: Pentagon Capitalism ... a talk by Charles Leinenweber
[SOCIALISTS] EAST BAY INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS and Charles Leinenweber
- Publisher: East Bay International Socialists
Oakland: East Bay International Socialists, [1972]. First Edition. Illustrated handflyer (28x21.5cm.) printed in black on goldenrod stock. Old mail folds, some chipping and tiny closed tears along extremities, the whole rather wrinkled, else About Very Good. Postally used on verso, date based on postmark. Flyer advertising a lecture delivered by International Socialist and "specialist in American capitalism" Charles Leinenweber, perhaps inspired by the 1970 book of the same title by Seymour Melman. Flyer illustrated with two simple drawings, of a pentagon with a dollar sign in the middle, and "IS," the "I" a clenched fist. Not separately catalogued in OCLC as of December, 2018.
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[Vinyl Record]: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (The Original Motion Picture Sountrack)
[Vinyl Record]: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (The Original Motion Picture Sountrack)
LEARY, Timothy
- Publisher: Mercury
- Date published: 1967
[No place]: Mercury, 1967. Softcover. Fine. Original stereo 12" 33 1/3 rpm vinyl album. Fine in a near fine illustrated cardboard sleeve with bumping to the corners, opened but in the shrinkwrap with some tears and remnants of a price tag and an old piece of tape on the back. SR 61131.
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The Story of the Sold Out 80th Congress [drop title]
The Story of the Sold Out 80th Congress [drop title]
[NEW REPUBLIC]
- Publisher: New Republic]
- Date published: 1948
[New York: New Republic], 1948. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; [24]pp.; illus. throughout in red and black, including vignettes by Gertrude Goodrich. A bit toned along extremities, faint contemporary ownership rubberstamp of a James H. Andrews to upper cover, else Very Good to Near Fine. "A Liberal Guide to the 1948 Elections," including statistics and a congressional map of the United States. The 80th Congress, with a Republican majority, was nicknamed the "Do Nothing Congress" by President Truman. OCLC locates one copy as of January, 2017, at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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[Drop title] Class Structure in the Women's Movement
[Drop title] Class Structure in the Women's Movement
MEHRHOF, Barbara
- Publisher: The Feminists
New York: The Feminists, [1969]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); tan corner-staplebound self-wrappers; 5pp. printed from typescript. Fine condition. Critique of the hierarchy within the women's liberation movement, especialy in the National Organization for Women, of which The Feminists were a more radical splinter group.
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Solidarity Magazine: Journal of Libertarian Socialism and Official Organ of the Great Conspiracy [drop title]
Solidarity Magazine: Journal of Libertarian Socialism and Official Organ of the Great Conspiracy [drop title]
[ANARCHISM - CANADA]
- Publisher: Solidarity Press
New Westminster, B.C.: Solidarity Press, n.d., ca. 1969. First Edition. Quarto (27.75cm.); original blue pictorial staplebound self-wrappers; 8pp.; illus., mimeographed text printed on blue, white, and yellow stock. About Fine. Presumably not the first issue of this anarchist periodical, though no edition is stated. Includes contributions by George Metesky, J. Ainsley, Greg Calvert's "Jack Kerouac," and L. Gambome and J. Miller's "Revolutionary Unions of Latin America." Opening statement regarding the Montreal police strike, which took place October, 1969. One holding in OCLC as of December, 2015, at Northwestern.
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