Murdoch press (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcovers, two volume set three quarter bound in leather with marbled paper on boards, all page sides also marbled. Leather is scuffed and edges and corners are worn. The internal bindings are good, no hinge issues. Marbled end pages and front and rear. This is a special hardbound edition containing all six original reports (with covers) for the years 1898-1903 and made for the Smithsonian Institution National Museum Library. Both volumes contain bookplates stating: " Gift of Otis T. Mason, Curator of the Division of Ethnology". Both books are considered ex-library and bear the stamps and embossed seals from the Smithsonian Institution Library. Usually ex-library editions devalue the books but with this set being quality bound hardcovers and presented by Professor Mason and from the research library of the Smithsonian Institution makes this a rather unique set.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Hardcover. 8vo. Murdoch-Kerr Press, Pittsburgh, PA. 1905. 95 pgs. Signed and inscribed by the author on the reverse of the half-title page. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in green paper over boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "The majority of the verses in this volume appeared some years ago in the 'Pittsburgh dispatch'"--Preamble. E-192; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, signed on the title page by the society member Dr. William M. Sweet (Philadelphia PA). His name is listed on page 13 as being a member since 1903. Green cloth board shows some scuffing and soiling along with edge and corner bumps/wear. Floral end pages in front and rear are free of any and writing her bookplates, no library markings etc. The only handwriting found in the book is on the title page which bears the doctor's signature. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight. Pages are very mildly toned but are overall clean. This book still contains the name correction tab inserted on the officers page. There's also a small one on the right outside edge. This affects pages 33 through 43 and measures about 1/4 inch. The rear the book contains six pages of advertisements. Signed by Other.…

First edition of this semi-historical civil rights narrative by Jane S. Collins, whose husband ran the first racially-integrated school in Indiana during the Civil War. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with frontispiece and 15 plates. In very good condition. Ownership inscription. Rare. A semi-historical narrative of civil rights, the hero of Free at Last is the well-educated son of formerly enslaved parents who demands admission to the White House to meet President Chester Arthur and General Grant. The wife of a Presbyterian clergyman who directed the first racially-integrated school in Indiana during the Civil War, Jane Collins gained notoriety as an anti-liquor crusader in the 1870s. She was arrested twice for leading âsit-insâ in saloons during which she and her white female followers knelt in prayer on bar-room floors â" an early form of civil disobedience which foreshadowed the passive resistance of Martin Luther Kingâs civil rights movement a hundred years later. …

Zustand: Fine. limited to 275 copies; [20] pp., string-tied paper wrappers, fine. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.…