The Marginal Revolution

Gilmore, James R. (who also wrote under the pseudonym "Edmund Kirke"). JOHN SEVIER AS A COMMONWEALTH-BUILDER. A Sequel To "The Rear-Guard Of The Revolution". New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887
Burgundy-colored cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine and front board, pictorial design of a hatchet stamped in black ink on spine, pictorial designs printed in black ink at upper left-hand corner (vignettes of pioneer settlers) and lower right-hand corners (vignettes of Indians) of front board (hardcover binding). Fold-out frontispiece map. CONDITION: Binding slightly rubbed and lightly soiled, two small and faint circular waterspots on rear board, owner's name in pencil on flyleaf, narrow marginal waterstain at top edge and at upper and lower right-hand corners of endpapers and most text pages, scattered foxing to text pages, else Good, sound and tight. The story of John Sevier's life after the American Revolution, concentrating on the efforts to found the "lost state" of Franklin. Sevier's earlier life was covered in Gilmore's THE REAR-GUARD OF THE REVOLUTION. Thornton 4874 ("A Bibliography Of North Carolina, 1589-1956" by Mary Lindsay Thornton).. First edition. 12mo (5 1/2" x 7 3/4"). xvi, 321, [11] pages.

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STONG, PHIL. HORSES AND AMERICANS. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1939.
Tan cloth binding, black tittle panel to front, authors name in script to lower board, title and publisher to spine. Mild soil, three tiny white specks to front, spine ends bumped with few small closed tears to head. Yellow illustrated end papers. Foxing to blank ep, tissue guard of frontispiece, and border of frontispiece. Mild random foxing throughout, various pages have a marginal thin damp stain. Bright text, solidly bound in covers. xx, 333 pp. sm 4 to. First Edition.

First edition A study of horses in American History and their cultural importance, including horse breeds specific to America their habits and uses. With a color Frontispiece by John S. Curry and 103 illustrations throughout by Frederic Remington, Currier & IVes, J.W. Ehninger, E. Forbes, and others. A sample of illustrations include: Wrangling scene on a Wyoming Ranch, Indians Hunting Bison, Unrivaled Express Rider, Ginery Twichell, Good examples of the Purebred Morgan and Percheron, horse coaches, Pennsylvania Connestoga Wagon, Hambletonian 10 and owner William Rysdyk, Hurdle Race Monmouth Park, Justice on the Mexican Border - Arrest and Trial of Horse Thieves, Types of heads of Clydesdale, Belgian, American Saddle Horse, and Standard bred, Horse show jumpers, Western Pony, Polo Mounts, Covered Wagons, ambulance in Central Park, US Cavalry horses, Overland Mail coach leaving San Francisco, Fashionable "Turn-Outs in Central Park, New York, etc. Chapter headings: Ninety Horses with Coats of Mail (first horses in America, DeSoto, Indian acquire mounts, etc.); Cavalier, Deacon and Framer (Virginia plantations, development of Southern Cavalry, Pilgrims, effect of horses early New England life, Dutch draft horses, crossbreeds, etc.); Thirteen Colonies; Eighteenth-Century Travel and Transport: Primitive roads in Colonies, Sara Knights Journey from Boston to New York 104, Quaker and German Horses, Colonial and English Travel compared, etc.; Patriots: American and British Horses in the Revolution, etc.; East and west Thoroughbreds and "thoroughbred", Horses Eastern and Northern Indians, Tribal Horse terms, etc.; Wheels: Post-Revolutionary development, Washington's journey to West in 1784, Concord coach, McAdams' epochal road design, effects on horses, etc.; The Begats: Heritage of American Farm Horses, Possible descendants of Hambletonian and Messenger, Justin Morgan Legend and History, traits, birth, etc.; The Shout of Multitude: Horse racing defies reporters, some great early races. Boston Vs. Fashion 1842, Yankee swappers and swindlers, Goldsmith Maid 1876, Identifying horses, earnings of jockeys, etc.; Cowboys; The Way West; Note On Two Wars: Appraisal of the Mexican War: Mexican and Northern horses and training, etc.; Long Hauls; Part Two- In Our Times - Society: Pantasote and isinglass, buggy and surrey, etc.; Improving Breed; Modern Cavalry; Working Stock; Forecast; Bibliography; Index. An comprehensive study of the History of the Horse in America. Cloth Very Good

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Duane, William. A HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, From its Commencement To the complete Establishment of the Republic. Collected from the Best English and French Authorities, Interspersed with Original Articles Never Before Published; And Containing a Free Examination, Printed by Stewart and Rowson, no. 9, Cherry-Street, Philadelphia: 1798. 1798
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pp. 589 + Philadelphia engraved mezzotint portraits (including two of Napoleon, and one of Lafayette) and maps (including one large folding map). Some offsetting and age stain. Title page repaired at inner margin, without loss. With a few early manuscript marginal critical notes. XLib. 4to. 248 mm. Disbound. "William Duane (1760-1835) was born near Lake Champlain, New York. He was educated in Ireland, learned the business of printing, and in 1784 went to India, where he amassed property rapidly, and became editor of a journal called 'The World'. Having taken sides against the local government in a dispute with some of its troops, he was invited by the governor, Sir John Shaw, to breakfast, and while on the way to meet the appointment was seized by Sepoys, put on board a vessel, carried to England, and his large fortune confiscated. After vainly petitioning parliament and the East India Company for redress, he became editor of the 'General Advertiser' (which was subsequently merged in the 'London Times'). In 1795 he returned to the U.S. and became editor of the 'Philadelphia Aurora'. The Aurora became the leading organ of the Democratic Party. Jefferson attributed his election to the presidency to its vigorous support." - Appleton's Encyclopedia. He published numerous books of importance. His history of the French Revolution was originally published in four volumes, but this scarce re-issued (called: 'Vol. I') is complete in itself, and is very important for its discussion of the burgeoning naval war between the U.S. and France. In this quasi-war the new U.S. Navy received its baptism of fire. The frigate Constellation won two complete victories over French men-of-war; and U.S. naval squadrons, operating principally in West Indian waters, sought out and attacked enemy privateers until France agreed to an honorable settlement. RARE. MOUNT BX10 No Binding

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Wilderson, Paul W. (inscribed by the author): GOVERNOR JOHN WENTWORTH & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE ENGLISH CONNECTION, Hanover, NH Univ. Press of New England (1994) 1st ptg ; fester Einband / hard cover
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very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) MARGINAL PENCIL MKS ISBN 0874516560 "Probably no governor in North America took more genuine interest or greater pride in his colony than John Wentworth. His roots were five generations deep in New Hampshire soil." NOTE - SOME PENCIL MARKS AND NOTES IN MARGINS OF ABOUT 20 PAGES.

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