E-List #36

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Item #1306 Slavery and the Domestic Slave-Trade in the United States. In a Series of Letters...

Andrews, E[than]. A[llen]. (1787-1858)

Slavery and the Domestic Slave-Trade in the United States. In a Series of Letters Addressed to the Executive Committee of the American Union for the Relief and Improvement of the Colored Race

Boston: Light & Stearns, 1836. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. xii, [9]-201 pages. An important report on the domestic slave trade from firsthand observations made as Andrews visited Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Most of his letters are from Baltimore and Washington, DC. Published just two..... More

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Item #1297 Increasing Returns and the New World of Business [in Harvard Business Review Vol. 74,...

Arthur, W. Brian [McCarthy, Cormac, editor]

Increasing Returns and the New World of Business [in Harvard Business Review Vol. 74, No. 4]

Boston: Harvard Business Review, 1996. Magazine. Pages 100-109. Theoretical economist W. Brian Arthur's article in this issue of the Harvard Business Review popularized a concept that has forever changed Silicon Valley, and is one of the HBR's most influential articles ever. And it was edited by Arthur's friend, Cormac McCarthy..... More

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Item #1299 A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution; in Thirteen...

Boucher, Jonathan (1738-1804)

A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution; in Thirteen Discourses, Preached in North America between the Years 1763 and 1775: with an Historical Preface

Loncon: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797. First edition. Leather over boards. Octavo. [6], cxiv, [errata leaf], 596 pages. Jonathan Boucher was staunch Loyalist yet a friend of George Washington's, and his is an important perspective on the American Revolution. Boucher came to America from England in 1759..... More

Price: $2,500

Item #1303 A Tangled Tale. Lewis Carroll

Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898)

A Tangled Tale

London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. First edition. Illustrations by Arthur B. Frost. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. [8], 152 pages. Carroll's collection of ten mathematical problems presented as humorous stories. These individual "knots" cover arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Solutions provided at the end. Six illustrations by Frost. A fun..... More

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Item #1292 Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave,...

Douglass, Frederick (c.1817-1895). Introduction by George L. Ruffin

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time...

Hartford, Conn: Park Publishing Co., 1882. 18 engraved plates (2 steel, 16 wood). Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [i-iii], iv-xx, [xxi-xxii], (13)-518 pages. Frederick Douglass's third, final, and most complete autobiography. His earlier books were published prior to the Civil War, while still technically a fugitive slave, and therefore still..... More

Price: $1,250

Item #1308 The Doings of Raffles Haw. . Conan Doyle, rthur

Doyle, A[rthur]. Conan (1859-1930)

The Doings of Raffles Haw

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1892. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [i]-viii, [9]-256 pages, 8 page publisher's catalogue. This Conan Doyle novel concerns alchemy and philanthropy. Raffles Haw has discovered the secret to turning lead into gold. After building himself a fine mansion he uses..... More

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Item #1293 Memoirs of Gilbert Motier La Fayette. . . Villaume Ducoudray Holstein, enri, afayette

Ducoudray Holstein, H[enri]. L[afayette]. Villaume (1772-1839)

Memoirs of Gilbert Motier La Fayette

New-York: Charles Wiley, 1824. First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Half leather. Duodecimo. [v], 305 pages. Biography of Lafayette on the occasion of his grand tour of America in 1824-1825. Gen. Ducoudray Holstein, then living in America, had been an officer in the French Army under Napoleon and was a friend..... More

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Item #1300 Letters from America, Historical and Descriptive; Comprising Occurrences from 1769, to...

Eddis, William (1745-1825)

Letters from America, Historical and Descriptive; Comprising Occurrences from 1769, to 1777, Inclusive

London: Printed for the author, 1792. First edition. Morocco and marbled paper over boards. Octavo. [50], 455 pages. William Eddis arrived in Annapolis in 1769, having secured a position as surveyor of customs through the patronage of Maryland's last Royal Governor, Sir Robert Eden. His letters back to England are..... More

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Item #1307 The Great Gatsby: A Facsimile of the Manuscript. . Scott Fitzgerald, Edited, Matthew...

Fitzgerald, F[rancis]. Scott (1896-1940). Edited with and Introduction by Matthew J. Bruccoli

The Great Gatsby: A Facsimile of the Manuscript

Washington: Microcard Editions Books, 1973. First edition thus. Cloth over boards. Quarto. xxxviii, 336 pages. A detailed photographic facsimile of Fitzgerald's handwritten manuscript of "The Great Gatsby" located in the Princeton University Library. The Introduction by Bruccoli sets the stage for this visual exploration of Fitzgerald's composition process. Includes sample..... More

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Item #1301 Narrative of the Mission to Russia, in 1866, of the Hon. Gustavus Vasa Fox,...

Fox, Gustavus Vasa (1821-1883)

Narrative of the Mission to Russia, in 1866, of the Hon. Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant-Secretary of the Navy. From the Journal and Notes of J. F. Loubat

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. First edition. Engraved plates. Original cloth over boards. Quarto. viii, [2], 10-444 pages. Detailed report which is inscribed and signed by Gustavus Fox on a preliminary blank leaf. The inscription reads: "Miss S. L. Tucker / with the regards of / G. V...... More

Price: $450

Item #1304 Mr. Brawner's Substitute (As amended by Mr. Johnson,) for the Bill reported by Mr....

[Maryland Elections] Brawner, Henry

Mr. Brawner's Substitute (As amended by Mr. Johnson,) for the Bill reported by Mr. Hunt

[Annapolis?]: (S.n.), [1832]. Single sheet, folded in half to 7 5/8" x 12 1/4" Typeset and printed draft of a substitute bill which was adopted by the Maryland General Assembly on March 8, 1832. The bill was to supplement to Maryland's law regarding elections, originally enacted in 1812... More

Price: $125

Item #1291 Le Citoyen d'une République: Conférence faite à la Sorbonne, 23 Avril 1910...

Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)

Le Citoyen d'une République: Conférence faite à la Sorbonne, 23 Avril 1910 (Citizenship in a Republic)

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1910. First edition. Wrappers. Duodecimo. 31 pages. This is the first separate printing of Theodore Roosevelt's address at the Sorbonne on April 23, 1910, now popularly known as the "Man in the Arena" speech. Printed in Paris just days after its delivery. There..... More

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Item #1295 The Independent, Volume LXVIII [Duties of a Citizen]. Theodore Roosevelt

[Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)]

The Independent, Volume LXVIII [Duties of a Citizen]

New York: The Independent, 1910. Hardcover. Octavo. xvi, 1462 pages. This is a bound volume of The Independent, which contains the first magazine appearance of Theodore Roosevelt's speech at the Sorbonne on April 23, 1910. This speech is officially titled "Citizenship in a Republic," and is popularly known as the..... More

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Item #1305 Men of Mark in Maryland: Biographies of Leading Men in the State (complete in 4...

Steiner, Bernard C[hristian].; Lynne R. Meekins; David H[enry]. Carroll and Thomas G. Boggs

Men of Mark in Maryland: Biographies of Leading Men in the State (complete in 4 volumes)

Baltimore and Washington: Johnson-Wynne Company / B. F. Johnson, Inc., 1907-1912. Numerous full page engraved plates. 3/4 leather. Octavos. Biographies of nearly 350 prominent men of Maryland at the turn of the 20th century. Many with full page portraits. There is introductory material on the history of Maryland and the..... More

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Item #1298 The History of Annapolis, the Capital of Maryland...Together with a full History and...

Taylor, Owen M[itchell]. (1819-1886), Compiler and Editor

The History of Annapolis, the Capital of Maryland...Together with a full History and Description of the United States Naval Academy, from Its Origin to the Present Time...

Baltimore: Turnbull Brothers, 1872. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 54 pages. One of the classic 19th century histories of Annapolis. The full title (take a deep breath), is: "The History of Annapolis, The Capital of Maryland: the State House, its various public buildings, including the Senate..... More

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