Diary of Charles Francis Adams
Cambridge: Harvard Univ.Press, 1964-1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, Indexes in Vols. 2 and 4. The first four volumes cover the years January 1820 - December 1832.Bookplates. More
Politics
In The Assembly of The State of New York In The Matter of The Investigation of The Accusations Against Warren B. Hooker A Justice of the Supreme Court
Albany: Brandow Printing Company, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 1480 pages. 8vo, Fraud proceedings and conviction of Justice Warren B. Hooker. Paper spine labels on front covers and spines. More
The Nicaraguan Research Project Voices Against The State: Nicaraguan Opposition to The FSLN
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1988. First edition. Paperback. 166 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", map of Nicaragua. Foreword by Arturo J. Cruz. Nicaraguan Acronyms. Articles by Nicaraguan liberals on the Nicaraguan experience since the Revolution in an attempt to describe how the Sandinista regime betrayed the..... More
Lettres De Monsieur De Bongars Resident & Ambassadeur sous Le Roy Henry IV. endiverses Negociations importantes
La Haye: Arnout Leers & Andrian Moetjens, 1681. First edition. leather_bound. 497 pages. 16 x 10 cm. First forty letters relate to correspondence with ministries in Germany and Denmark from 1589 to 1610. The next group of 184 are to Monsieur Camerarius, date from May 1588 to October 1598. Covers..... More
Racing Through Paradise A Pacific Passage
New York: Random House, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 344 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 2 of 353, signed by Wm Buckley in red ink. Photographs in color and black and white by Christopher Little. Index. Laid-in at back cover one sheet (Original Manuscript). More
A Second Tale Of A Tub: or, The History of Robert Powell the Puppet-Show-Man
London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1715. First edition. leather_bound. [4] xlii [43] 219 [5] pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. The second edition appeared the same year. A political satire on the statesman Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). It takes the form of an account of Martin Powell (fl.1709-29), the..... More
The Stillborn Panama Congress Power Politics and Chilian-Colombian Relations During the War of the Pacific
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1962. First edition. Paperback. More
Human Rights in Cuba An Experiential Perspective
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1991. First edition. Paperback. 122 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", seventy illustrations. Prologue by Guillermo Estevez. Bibliography. A review and summary of human rights in Cuba since the implementation of the 30 articles of the the Universal Declaration of Rights 1959 by..... More
Boney's threatened invasion brought to bear or taking a View of the English coast from ye Poop of the Bellerophon
London: S.W. Fores, September 10, 1815. First edition. Pictorial Boards. Hand colored engraving 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches in mat 19 x 15 inches. An ironic allusion to Napoleon's invasion of England For Elba as Hell Bay. As Napoleon views the coast Bertrand says, "By gar! mon Emperor. dey..... More
Friends, Guests, and Colleagues The MU-FU System in the Late Ch'ing Period
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Illustrations. Glossary. Genealogyof the Li Family of Ho-fei. Bibliography. Index. An unofficial institution which personalized the bureaucratic central administration and eventually helped China to modernize, especially in the late 19th century. More
Bulletin De La Convention Nationale. Seance du 4 Germinal, l'an troiseme de la Republique francaise une et indivisible; 4 Egalite, Liberte
Paris: Bulletin De La Convention Nationale, (1794). Original Wraps. 8 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Another announcement from the "sans culots." The last page notes individuals: "Dusaulx, president; Bourgain, Rudel, Blanc (de la Marne); Dumont (du Calvades), Lefebvre (de las Seine-Inferieure), secretaire. Ex-library stamps first page, slight paper crinkling, text..... More
Seance du 5 germinal, l'an III de la Republique Francaise une et indivisible; 5 Egalite, Liberte
Paris: Bulletin De La Convention Nationale, (1794). Original Wraps. 8 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Partly unopened. Lettres Des Representans Du Peuple En Mission Dans Les Departemens, A Nice, le 25 ventose, l'an troisieme de la Republique une et indivisible. Turreau, representant du peuple, envoye pres les armees d'Italie et..... More
A Tenant At Will
London: G. Tregear, 1831. Stiff Wraps. 26.5 x 33 cm. Color etching, with two men standing at entry one noting, "It seems we shan't have much to carry." The seated fellow refuses to pay the Crown taxes, stating "Tell his aforesaid Majesty I shant pay a farthing Old cockalorum, [a little..... More
A Dynamic Partnership: Canada's Changing Role in TheAmericas
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1993. First edition. Paperback. 192 pp. 6" x 9", ten essays presented here as a result of a jointly sponsored conferenceby the North-South Center and FOCAL [Canadian-Latin American Forum], held in Miami in 1992. A survey and debate regarding Canada's current and future..... More
Letters Of The Kings Of England, Now First Collected From Royal Archives And Other Authentic Sources, Private As well As Public; Edited, with An Historical Introduction And Notes
London: Henry Colburn, 1848. Hardcover. 403, 477 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Engraved frontispieces. Letters starts 1190 (Richard I, the Lion Hearted), ends 1649 (during the Civil Wars). Raised bands, spine panels richly gilt with arabesques, leather spine labels in brown and black lettered in gilt. Modest surface war. More
Proceedings Of The Senate Of Pennsylvania In Commemoration Of Hon. Thomas B.Harper, Late A Senator From The Twelfth District.
Np: Np, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. 14 pp. More
Philosophical Arrangements
London: John Nourse, 1775. First edition. leather_bound. 485 [30, Inded & Errata]. 21.5 x 14 cm. Engraved frontispiece, An English politician and grammarian, fond of the Greek and Roman classics. Samuel Johnson found Harris uncongenial, saying he was "a sound, solid scholar," but "a prig" and "a coxcomb" who "did..... More
The Conscience of Worms and the Cowardice of Lions: Cuban Politics and Culture in an American Context
Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-South Center, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 81 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", a series of lectures, The 1992 Emilio Bacardi-Moreau Lectures, delivered at the University of Miami. The lectures cover the paradox and paralysis of US foreign policy, the maturation of the Cuban-American community..... More
Don Miguel's First Sight Of The British Squadron
London: C. Motte, ca 1835. Original Wraps. 16.5 x 27 cm. Color engraving during the First Carlist War, 1833-1840 during which the British volunteered to assist Isabella II of Spain against her rival uncle the late king's brother, Carlos de Borbón (or Carlos V). The Carlists supported return to an..... More
Les Ruses de Guerre; or, the General out-generalled: An unpopular Entertainment lately performed at the Theatre Royal, St. Stephens, and d__d the first night
London: S.W. Fores, June 23, 1827. Pictorial Boards. Hand colored engraving 10 x 14 inches in mat 15 x 17 inches. Wellington flourishing a document inscribed "Corn Bill," leads Whig blocks against the Ministry, represented by Canning and Goderich who stand on the left. The Duke kicks at his opponents..... More
Which way Shall I turn me How shall I Decide
London: S.W. Fores, March 25, 1793. Pictorial Boards. Hand colored engraving 10 x 14 inches in mat 15.5 x 20 inches. One of many prints as Fox as a Jacobin. Here the Devil offers Fox a choice of dagger, pistol, halter, poison. His hair rises in horror as he listens..... More
Caught Napping
London: Thos McLean, February 8, 1832. Color lithograph. Hand colored lithograph, 10.5 x 14.8 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the..... More
A Late Scene At Hounslow At The Sign Of The Red Lion
London: Thos McLean, May 16, 1832. Color lithograph, 8 7/16 x 12 1/2 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the new..... More
Parliamentary Eloquence
London: Thos McLean, December 23, 1831. Color lithograph. Hand colored lithograph, 10.5 x 14.8 inches within border frame in matted glass fronted frame wired for hanging. Artist is John Doyle (DB) with his circular embossed seal in lower left corner. Doyle experienced great success with his political cartoons using the..... More
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[ARCHIVE] Russian Communist Propaganda Photographs
(1930's). Forty-two 7 x 9 inch black and white photographs with Russian photographic text and descriptive text in French mounted on versos. Includes images of the great Communist leaders past and present, and their written works with many quoting either Lenin or Engels. Most cite the earlier days of the..... More