[Rarebooks] FS: AMERICANA, &c.

[Norman Kane]

SMITH, Clifford N. & SMITH, Anna P.   ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GERMAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH.  1976.  Quarto, in original pictorial cloth. An excellent copy. Bowker announcement laid in.  Quarto, in original pictorial cloth. $15



IBARRA GRASSO, Dick Edgar.  ARGENTINA INDIGENA & PREHISTORIA AMERICANA.  B.A., 1967. 1st edition. Quarto, approx 11.5 x 9 inches. 685 pp. Profusely illustrated, some plates in color. In d.w. which is a little worn & has a few short closed tears. [An exceptionally thorough work on ancient Argentina. In Spanish.]

$12.50



KIEFFER, Elizabeth Clarke.  LIFE OF HENRY HARBAUGH [1817-1867].  1945.  Volume Ll. In original blue printed wraps. Covers partially browned, but very good. 11 x 7 inches; ix, 365 pages."The Life of Harbaugh" occupies most of this annual Penna. German Society volume. An influential clergyman and author; DAB writes of Harbaugh's poems in the Pa-German dialect, that he was a "genuine folk poet."  "Harbaugh's Harfe" containing 15 of his dialect poems was a best seller for decades among Pa-Germans. The dialect poems are included here, along with translations, illustrations, bibliography &c.  $12.50



[ROSENBACH, A. S. W.].  AN EXHIBITION TO CELEBRATE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, Opening June 9, 1936. The Republican Party, its History Recorded by Original Documents. From the Collection of Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach.  1936.

Duodecimo, approx 7.5 x 4.5 inches; 16 pages. Cover title, self wraps, old vertical fold. Number stamped at top of cover. Lengthy introduction plus 25 items, ranging from Washington's own copy of the Constitution to Hoover's translation of Agricola. Scarce. Not on line; apparently not in OCLC.  $25



WINKLER, Earnest W. & Llerena FRIEND. (Editors).  CHECK LIST OF TEXAS IMPRINTS 1861-1876.  1963.   Red cloth, with black lettering in original color dust wrapper. 9-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches; xii, 734 pages, some pages unopened. A near fine book in an edgeworn dw that has a few small tears. Begun as a WPA project in 1936, this massive project of listing Texas imprints was continued into the 1960's. An  excellent reference.  $10



JACKSON, Joseph.  ICONOGRAPHY OF PHILADELPHIA.  Privately printed, 1934.  Octavo, approx 8.75 x 6.25 inches. 1st edition. Illustrated. 26 pages. Original blue boards with pictorial paper onlay on the front cover, with the original slip-case. Fine copy.  (Phila. Colonial architecture, &c.  This little monograph has apparently become somewhat scarce.)  $20



NELSON, Wm.  CHECK-LIST OF THE ISSUES OF THE PRESS OF NEW JERSEY, 1723, 1728, 1754-1800.  1969.  Approx. 8-1/4 x 5-1/4 inches; 42 pages. In grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Reprint edition of the 1899 checklist purporting to list all of  the books, pamphlets, broadsides and newspapers printed in New Jersey prior to 1801. $5



DEBS, EUGENE.  DEBS: HIS LIFE, WRITINGS AND SPEECHES. WITH A DEPARTMENT OF APPRECIATIONS.  AUTHORIZED.  Kerr, (1910). Octavo, vii, [3], 515 pages. Original blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt, portrait illustration. The Third Edition, with an added Introduction by Mary E. Marcy.  Gold spine-stamping bright.  $17.50



STERNE, Simon.  ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATION.  Phila., 1871.  In original maroon cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 1/8-inch of wear at extremities of spine. Based in part on Thomas Hare's treatise, entitled "The Election of Representatives, Parliamentary and Municipal." This  book helped to introduce the idea of proportionate representation to Americans. (See DAB).  Presentation copy with contemporary  inscription on half-title and owner's signature at top of t.p. Although this appears to be the 1st edition, the author refers to it in his inscription as the "2nd edition with corrections." Author was a prominent reformer and attorney (for, among others, Mark Twain), and active in the defeat of the Tweed Ring, &c.   (Another one that seems to have gotten scarce.)  $20.00



PAUL, Eden & Cedar.  CREATIVE REVOLUTION. A STUDY OF COMMUNIST ERGATOCRACY.  1920.  1st US edition. Dedicated to Lenin.  9 x 6 inches in original red cloth. Spine a little darkened, shelf label neatly removed. Includes Social Solidarity, the Class Struggle, the Shop Stewards' Movement, the Third International, Creative Revolution, &c. Six page bibliography at rear. Faint name stamp on front endpaper and title page.  $10



JAMES, Henry, [Sr.]  THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR INSTITUTIONS: AN ORATION DELIVERED BY REQUEST OF THE CITIZENS AT NEWPORT, R.I. JULY 4TH, 1861. 1966.

Approximately 9-1/2 x 6 inches in stiff printed wraps. This reprint of a lecture by Henry James' father is long out of print. One of 200 copies only. Slight darkening of top edge of covers, otherwise an excellent copy.  (I think this is the last copy.)   $10



ANDERSON, R. B.  AMERICA NOT DISCOVERED BY COLUMBUS. A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA BY THE NORSEMEN IN THE TENTH CENTURY.

Chicago, 1874.  1st edition. Small 8vo in original green cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. Bookplate of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia on front paste-down, and stamp on title page. From the library of James Aitken Meigs, MD with his signature on front blank. Includes an appendix on  the historical linguistic, literary and scientific value of the Scandinavian languages. An excellent copy.

#17.50



FRANCIS, Sir Philip, et al. THE FRANCIS LETTERS... Edited By Beata Francis & Eliza Keary. With a Note On the Junius Controversy By C. F. Keary. With Portraits.  Dutton, n.d., [1901].  2 vols. Octavos, approx 8.5 x 6 inches. Plates. Original smooth buckram, top edge gilt, covers slightly marked, inner joints of vol 1 opening, otherwise an excellent set of this best edition. Francis, 1740-1818, was the reputed author of the "Junius" letters.  $17.50



HILL, Percy A.  ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE IN OLD MANILA.  Manila, 1964.  1/1000 copies. Publications of the Filipiniana Book Guild VII. 1st of this edition.  Lightly rubbed blue cloth with gilt device on front cover and lettering on spine. 9 x 6 inches; xxxvii; 259 pages. Illus. Introduction by Walter Robb.  True and legendary stories of love, intrigue, saintly friars and bold caballeros from the passionate and tempestuous early history of Manila.  $17.50



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