Carter rufus (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Wells, Kristy (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1956. First edition. First printing. A near-fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy in a price-clipped jacket (not book club edition). Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: A small, light stain on lower edge. F1500A. …

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 116 pages. Features: Great Rockwell cover illustration of excavator attempting to dig up kid's baseball field in a vacant lot; Our daughter had polio - Kay Reiten had to be treated in an iron lung; Don't sneer at the catfish - great article on the popular catfish with photo of Leon Bishop and Carl Yarbrough holding huge catfish they hauled out of the Tallahatchie River, near Abbeville, MS, with their bare hands; They Hit Red China Where it Hurt - over 4,000 Chinese Communists surrendered in Korea, allowing them a chance to explain why they swallowed Communism, and how Mao's tyranny can be defeated; The Republicans Muffed the Ball in Dixie - where are the Eisenhower voters now?; TV's Shoestring Surprise - The Johns Hopkins Science Review has rung up one of TV's longest hit runs; Colony of the Outcast Kings - color-photo feature of Estoril, Portugal, now a swanky resort; Never Marry an Actress - they may be delightful on stage, but around the house they're vain, insincere, and obsessed with themselves. Fiction: Shackles for the Groom; The Sitting Duck; The Seeds of Hate; The Hard-Luck Type; The Mask of Alexander (part 2 of 6); Invitation to Murder (part 6 of 8). Ads: Elegant one-page color-photo ad for Packard cars; Nice color-photo ad for a cream-colored Cadillac convertible; Two-page ad for Du Pont's nylon for truck tires features photos of Leonard Bisgrove of Red Star Express in Auburn, NY, and Edward Benkert of Fairmount Foundry in Philadelphia; Gorgeous color-photo ad for the 1954 Chrysler New Yorker De Luxe Newport (blue); Champion Spark Plug ad features photo and endorsement by racer Jim Kimberly; Nice two-page color ad for the Scenicruiser by Greyhound bus lines; Nice color Chevrolet ad features an off-white Bel Air Convertible plus an inset color photo of a Corvette convertible, "First of the Dream Cars to Come True!"; Fascinating one-page photo ad by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau of a trucker enjoying a 'Coffee-break', suggesting this campaign may have introduced this term now used throughout North America; Prest-O-Lite battery ad features photo of footballer Doak Walker of the Detroit Lions; Sweet half-page vintage color ad for Dairy Queen Malts and Shakes; Color ad for the Northern Pacific Railway's Vista Dome/North Coast Limited service; Back page Camel cigarette ad features photos of John W. Fincher of Cairo, GA, A.R. Schneidewind of Upper Montclair, NJ, Mrs. B. Collins Edgar of Lookout Mountain, TN, W.C. Fowler of Dallas, TX, J. Russell Fraser of Detroit, Mrs. Katharine B. Coelsch of The Dalles, OR, and Evelyn Terjesen of New York City. Above-average wear. Unmarked. A worthy reference copy of this great vintage issue. Rockwell, Norman (cover); Whitmore, Coby; Fleming, Bill; Ludekens, Fred; Kritcher, Larry; Meyers, Robert; George, Edwin; (illustrator).…

Boston : George C. Rand & Co., 1849. Choate, Rufus, [1799-1859]. Carter, James G[ordon], [1795-1849]. Merrick, Pliny, [1794-1867]. Withington, George R.M. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives upon the Petition of George R.M. Withington and others: Praying that James G. Carter be Removed from His Office of Justice of the Peace for the County of Worcester: With the Opening Remarks of Hon. Rufus Choate upon the Constitutional Tenure of the Office of Justice of Peace and the Public Character and Services of Mr. Carter: The Answer of Mr. Carter: The answer of Mr. Carter.: The Closing Argument of Hon. Pliny Merrick: Report of the Joint Special Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, Giving the Petitioners Leave to Withdraw Their Petition. Boston: George C. Rand & Co., 1849. 74 pp. Sewn pink printed wrappers. Moderately edgeworn and soiled. Internally clean. A good copy. $250. * a collection of the official proceedings from the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives concerning a petition filed in 1849 by George R.M. Withington and others to have James G. Carter removed from his position as a Justice of the Peace for Worcester County. The volume documents the entire case, including: The opening arguments presented by the Honorable Rufus Choate, which focused on the constitutional tenure of the office of Justice of the Peace and defended the public character and services of Mr. Carter; The answer and defense provided by James G. Carter in response to the specific allegations made by the petitioners; The closing arguments delivered by the Honorable Pliny Merrick, which addressed the petitioners' allegations and the evidence they provided. The final report of the Joint Special Committee, which recommended that the petitioners be given "leave to withdraw their petition," effectively dismissing the attempt to remove Carter from office. Choate, a Massachusetts lawyer, orator and politician, is considered one of 19th-century America's greatest lawyers for his powers of persuasion and innovation in the courtroom. Boston : George C. Rand & Co., 1849. (illustrator).…