[Rarebooks] FOR SALE: AMERICANA

[Norman Kane]

EL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA E HISTORIA.  SU CONTRIBUCION A LA BIBLIOGRAFIA NACIONAL.
Mexico, 1962. Quarto, original wrappers, excellent copy, viii, [4], 338, [5] pages, partly unopened. (Articles on a wide variety of subjects relating to Mexican history and culture.)  $40

WEYGANDT,  CORNELIUS].THE PLENTY OF PENNSYLVANIA: SAMPLES OF SEVEN CULTURES PERSISTING FROM COLONIAL DAYS.  NY, 1942. First edition. Original cloth, excellent copy, in lightly chipped dust wrapper, one corner creased. Initialled INSCRIPTION by Weygandt to a fellow faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania:"For A[thur] H[obson] Q[uinn] from CW, X - 29 - 1942." Fronts & illus: Pheasant in Fractur, York Market,, Shad Fishing, Log Cabin on the Brandywine, Gathering for the Hunt, Moravian Church, Oil City, Bridges, &c. (Fish Weirs, Of Plain Clothes and Pride in Horseflesh, Bibles Spoons and Carrots, Stiegel Glass, Hearthstones, &c.)  $70

[GORDON, PATRICK  ?]  THE HISTORY OF THE WAR IN AMERICA, BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES ... ORIGIN, PROGRESS & OPERATIONS ... ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERS ... PERSONAGES IN CONGRESS ..IN 2 VOLUMES [SIC], VOLUME 2.  Dublin, 1779.  VOL. 2 ONLY. First edition.  New USiana G-252 (dd). Old calf, joints cracked but firm, 427, blank, [4 ] pages. A third volume was added later.  This volume contains "Interesting and Authentic Papers, Relative to the Contest Between Gt. Britain & Her Colonies."  Listed anonymously by ESTC. SCARCE !  $350

MORGENTHAU, Henry, [Sr.]  AMBASSADOR MORGENTHAU'S STORY.  ILLUSTRATED.  N. Y., 1926.  Later printing. Original cloth, just slight wear. SIGNED inscription to Mrs. [Georgine] Shillard-Smith "with the best compliments of Henry Morgenthau, April 11, [1 9] 31."  German-born Morgenthau Sr. was best known as the U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War One, when he came to be identified as the most prominent American to speak out against the massacre of Armenians, which he discussed in 4  chapters of this book. .  He was the father of F.D.R's Secy of the Treasury and grandfather of the author/historian Barbara Tuchman. Mrs.Shillard-Smith, an artist and philanthropist, studied under Cecelia Beaux & Henri. Her portrait by H. H. Breckenridge is owned by the Phila. Museum of Art.  $75

PERKINS, FRANCES.  THE ROOSEVELT I KNEW.  N. Y. 1946.  2nd printing.  Original gilt-stamped cloth, very good, in the lightly worn dust wrapper. SIGNED on the end paper by  Secretary Perkins, the first woman in U. S. history to be appointed to the Cabinet.  She was Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945. In that position she championed the CCC, the PWA, the Federal Works Agency, the NRA, and, with the Social Security Act, established unemployment benefits. She was largely responsible for the U. S. adoption of social security, unemployment insurance, federal laws regulating child labor and the federal minimum wage law. $40

THE 146th TACTICAL AIRLIFT WING FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 1924 – 1974.  1974. First edition. Quarto, original faux leather printed in blind and gold with an embossed  gold unit shield, pictorial end papers, excellent copy.  Profusely illustrated with photos, some in color.  $40

ROGERS, KENNY.  KENNY ROGERS' AMERICA. [WITH A] FOREWORD BY YOUSUF KARSH.  Boston, (1986).  First edition. Quarto, original gilt-stamped cloth, nice copy in a lightly worn dust wrapper. SIGNED inscription by Rogers on the free end paper. (Photos of America picturesque, down home, and nitty-gritty.)  $50

SMITH, Charles W.  THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: THIRTY TWO WOODCUTS. INTRODUCTION BY VIRGINIUS DABNEY.
Charlottesville, 1955.  Quarto, original cloth, very good, in lightly worn box, gift inscription, SIGNED BY SMITH. $50

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