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Smith, Jennie Ramblings in Beulah Land A Continuation of Experiences in the Life of Jennie Smith (2 Volumes)
$450.00
Philadelphia: Garrigues Brothers, 1886, 1888. First edition. Two volumes. 158p, 1 leaf ads; 158p, 1 leaf ads. No. 1 with engraved portrait frontispiece, No. 2 with frontispiece of Jennie Smith’s home in Mountain Lake Park, MD. Bound in original publisher’s blind stamped ribbed brown cloth with gilt spine titles and small gilt cover vignette. Both volumes with paper separation to joint at frontispiece, the covers remarkably bright. No. 1 with ORIGINAL DUST JACKET with chips at spine extremes and corners. No jacket on No. 2.
Quite scarce.
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Original letters from Idaho historian Annie Bird
Bird, Annie Laurie CORRESPONDENCE/LETTERS Idaho History
$395.00Gene W. Baade Books on the West
Nampa: Private Correspondence, 1946. Soft cover. Very Good. Item #2206008 Historian Bird of Nampa, Idaho, over a period of many years corresponded with rare book dealer Jerome Peltier of Clarks Old Book Store in Spokane. In this clutch of letters and cards, 23 in all, depending on what you count, but a minimum, Bird tries to answer questions from Peltier. While much of the content is personal (she talks about school teaching – was a high school teacher of history-her cats, a few trips, and even teaching Sunday School) the content discussed some figures of Pacific Northwest History Bird was researching, particularly William Wallace, who was governor of both Idaho and Washington Territories. Bird is trying to add to the data she is compiling, but often comes up on dead ends. A published articles is included, in duplicate, sent at two different times. There are no letters from Peltier, only Bird to Peltier. Most are from 1946-48, but a handful also as late as the 1960s. The letters are original as typed and signed by Bird, and have their accompanying mailing envelopes. Peltier corresponded with countless historians and saved everything they sent him, it seemed. Now there was a rare book dealer who just soaked up history, particular that of the Pacific Northwest. Here is what the Idaho State Archives says of Bird: Annie Laurie Bird was born August 21, 1893 in Billings, Montana. Bird moved with her parents to Idaho in 1905, where they homesteaded in Owyhee County. The family moved to Caldwell in 1906 and to Nampa in 1918. Annie Bird attended the College of Idaho and Columbia University and was awarded a Doctor of Letters Degree from Northwest Nazarene College in 1970. A teacher in Nampa for 35 years, Bird became a regionally-noted historian, writer, and researcher. She was the author of many books and articles. State newspapers also published her poetry. Annie Laurie Bird died on December 26, 1972 in Nampa, Idaho. Books by Annie Laurie Bird: Boise, The Peace Valley. Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, 1934. reprint Nampa, Idaho, Canyon County Historical Society, 1975 >My Home Town. Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, 1968 Old Fort Boise. Parma, Idaho, Old Fort Boise Historical Society, 1971 Thomas McKay. Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers, 1972.
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Scarce 1857 Dred Scott decision, Grolier Club #68
Scott, Dred Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States And the Opinions of the Judges Thereof in the Case of Dred Scott Versus John F. A. Sandford. December Term, 1856
$495.00Gene W. Baade Books on the West
Washington DC: Benjamin C. Howard, 1857. First Thus. Soft cover. Poor. Item #2507047 1857 Washington printing said to be issued at or about the same time as the New York edition. Original string-tied printed wraps. LACKING ORIGINAL PAPER COVERS, TITLE PAGE, AND LAST LEAF (page 239) the last two of which have been replaced by your bookseller as new pages. In this famous and convoluted case Scott, a slave who had also lived in free Wisconsin Territory and Illinois, sued for his freedom (as did his wife). A lower court in Missouri ruled in his favor. This ruling was reversed by the Missouri Supreme Court, whereupon Scott appealed to the US Supreme Court where he lost in a 7-2 decision when the winds of slavery politics blew to smithereens the up-to-then accepted “doctrine” that, “once free” (as in having lived in a free state or territory), “always free.” This decision has come down through US history as one of the biggest failures of the US Supreme Court. As noted above, the title page is missing. I have supplied. cutting to proper dimension, a modern page of the same, which is laid in. This copy is also missing the last page (p.339), but I have supplied the entire text of the last page and also cut it to proper dimension and laid it in. Otherwise the copy, string-tied as noted, has water tidelines upper half of the first leaf, which tideline extends to a decreasing degree into the 63pps. Clarity of readability is not compromised. Quite minor foxing to a few margins. Minor edge chipping to first and last pages. To be obviously handled with care, but a quite serviceable reading copy if you desire this text in its original form pps (3) – 228. Very scarce. This document in book form is #68 in the famed Grolier Club’s One Hundred Influential American Books Printed before 1900 published in 1947.
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Deerfield, Mass. Bay, Captivity Narrative
John Williams The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion or a Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams
$350.00Greenfield, Mass.: John Dickman, 1800. 6th Edition, with Additions (see note below on printing). Binding: Hardcover (Full Leather). Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Size: 16 mo (6-7″). 248 pages. Rev. Williams was among those captured in an Indian raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Feb. 29, 1703/4. Upon his return, he wrote an autobiographical account of his captivity and return which went through eight printings over the next century (though Dickson labels this ninth printing as the “6th Edition, with Additions”). Although most of the content here was taken from earlier Boston printings, Dickman added Taylor’s chronology in his earlier 1793 “Fourth” edition and Taylor’s new “Historical Sketch of Deerfield” is first published here. Note that the date on the title page is 1800 but Taylor’s note about his appendix is dated as Jan. 1st, 1802 (p. 198). Sabin lists the publication date as “MDCCC [i.e., 1802]” based upon Taylor’s date (Vol. 28, p. 424). Besides Williams’ account (pp. 1-125), this printing includes five additions: 1) A sermon Williams preached at Boston in 1706 upon his return (pp. 127-148); 2) An appendix by Williams’ son Stephen who was also captured, recording the names of those taken, those killed in the raid and a chronology of “this mischief done by the enemy in Deerfield, from the beginning of its settlement to the death of” his father in 1729 (pp. 149-158); 3) An appendix sent to the publisher by Rev. John Taylor of Deerfield who continues the chronology of the “mischief done by the enemy, in Deerfield” from 1729 “to the conclusion of the last French War” (pp. 159-197) as well as his new “Historical Sketch of Deerfield” (pp. 197-220); 4) “Some Observations” by Rev. T[homas] Prince of the Old South Church in Boston, originally published in the 3rd edition providing some biographical information about John Williams (pp. 220-224) and 5) “A Sermon delivered in the first parish in Springfield, on the 16th of October, 1775 just one hundred years from the burning of the town by the Indians” (with the running head of “A Century Sermon”) preached by Rev. Robert Beck of Springfield (225-248). Hardcover bound in leather over boards with red morocco title panel marked “REDEEM’D CAPTIVE” in gilt. Corners are bowed with three worn through to the boards. The leather has lost its finish along the top edges and head and foot and along the hinges of the spine. The front end paper is split at the gutter, exposing the cords, but the binding is tight. The pages are tanned from age but unmarked. There is light foxing scattered throughout and a tide mark in the top quarter of the rear free end papers and last two leaves of the text. The original owner’s inscription is on the front free end paper: “Neh Randalls Property Bought August 25th 1805 at Worthington (Mass)” At the bottom is a more recent ownership inscription in purple pencil: “Fred from Ralph” and what appears to be “O K, Eva.” On the inside front cover is an oval stamp: “Private Library of F. G. Simpson No.” with the number 5 written in.
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First edition with ALS from LeFors' wife laid in
LeFors, Joe Wyoming Peace Officer (with association letter) An Autobiography
$603.00Gene W. Baade Books on the West
Laramie: Laramie Printing, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Item #2009051 1st printing. Gilt-stamped maroon buckram. 200pp. Illus. Index. Laid into this copy is a 3 1/2 page ALS (handwritten) letter (paper size 5″ x 8″) from LeFors’ wife, Nettie, to museum curator (formerly National Cowboy Hall of Fame) and director, Dean Krakel, who assisted Ms. LeFors in publishing her famous husband’s manuscript. Content of the letter has to do with meeting up with Krakel and discussing publication. In one paragraph she writes, “I do not want the meaning of what Joe said changed. I am glad you want all of it. There is some very interesting chapters in his early life in Texas.” Naturally this title is of critical Tom Horn and Wyoming importance. A fine copy with a very slightly chipped, vg to near fine dj.
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