Rare Book Monthly Articles - April - 2003 Issue

The Collaborative Project:Women’s Westward Travels and Narratives

By Julie Carleton Introduction I had decided that my “collection” was going to be of narratives written by women that had traveled west of the Mississippi between 1820 and 1920. I was looking for books and/or manuscripts by pioneers, travelers, tourists and homesteaders. My initial aim was for a solid list of 50 to 100 books to start out with. I began the search strategy by creating a list of possible keywords to search in different fields, a list of relevant AE Categories and a list of Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings. I knew that I could search the AED for a limited...

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The Collaborative Project:Who Says You Can't Go Home Again

By Bruce McKinney I grew up in New Paltz, New York in the 1950’s and 1960’s. New Paltz was a small town that had a deep vein of history running continuously from its founding in the late 17th c...

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The Collaborative Project:How Much For The Oregon Trail ¡V

By Michael Stillman It is a classic and extremely important picture of the Old West I set out to find. Francis Parkman’s The California and Oregon Trail recounts his trip into Indian territory i...

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The Collaborative Project:Building An Anti-Slavery Book Collection Focusing On Women

By Abby Tallmer When we at AE got the idea to pursue The Collaborative Project (hereafter, TCP) requiring us to pick a subject to research and “collect” using the AE Database (or AED), I had li...

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A Collector’s Collection:The Rosenbach Museum & Library

By Abby Tallmer The Rosenbach Museum Library is the former home of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach and his brother Philip, international dealers in books, manuscripts, and works of art during the first ...

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Book Descriptions: The Key To Reselling

By Bruce McKinney Thousands of people collect books. The various book fairs around the country attract essentially local collectors and among the more than fifty serious book fairs each year ...

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Slavery in the United States<br>Chapter 1

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 CHAPTER I. Of the Opposition of Slavery to...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Introduction

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 INTRODUCTION. The subject of slavery, at all times one of extreme delicacy in the United States ha...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Chapter 2

It has been asserted, of late years, by writers so zealous in the cause of emancipation, that they sometimes conflict with all previous authorities, that the custom of buying captives on the coast ...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Chapter 3

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 CHAPTER III. Of Emancipation and its Consequences, admitting its practicability 2,674 words THE emancipation of th...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Chapter 4

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 CHAPTER IV. Of Amalgamation, and a Community of Social and Political Rights. 3,557 WordsTHE advocates of immediate ...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Chapter 5

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 CHAPTER V. Of the Social and Political Relations that would subsist between the Whites and the Blacks, in case of ...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Chapter 6

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 CHAPTER VI. Of the Right of Property in Slaves. 2,958 words "Man cannot hold property in man," is another self-cre...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Chapter 7

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 CHAPTER VII. Of the alleged Disgrace reflected on the People of the United States by the Existence and Continuance o...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Chapter 8

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 CHAPTER VIII. Of the Laws for the Government of Slaves. 7,676 words ALL those who have written on the subject o...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Chapter 9

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 CHAPTER IX. Of the Domestic and Social relations between the Master and Slave in the United States, and of the rel...

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Slavery in the United States <br> Chapter 10

SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES By J. K. Paulding Published in New York in 1836 CHAPTER X. Of the Fanaticism of the Abolitionists, and its hostility to Religion, Morals, Liberty, Patriotism, a...

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  • Fonsie Mealy’s
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    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: U.S. / European Shipping Archive 1800-1814. The Widow Bermingham & Sons Collection. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Bunreacht na hÉireann. Constitution of Ireland. An important copy of the First Printing of De Valera’s new Constitution, approved in 1938. Signed by the Constitution Cabinet. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. Magnificent Hand-Coloured Copy - Only 25 Copies. €3,000 to €5,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Cantillon (Richard). Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Gregory, (Lady Augusta). Spreading the News: The Rising of the Moon: The Poorhouse (with Douglas Hyde). Being Vol. IX of the Abbey Theatre Series. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Lavery (Lady Hazel). A moving series of three A.L.S. and a Telegram to Gen. Eoin O'Duffy, July-August 1927, expressing her grief at the death of Kevin O'Higgins. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Dampier (Wm.) Nouveau Voyage Autour du Monde, ou l'on descrit en particulier l'Isthme de l'Amerique…, 2 vols. in one, Amsterdam, 1698. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Howell (James). Instructions for Forreine Travel Shewing by what Cours, and in what Compasse of Time…, London, 1642. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    July 30-31, 2024
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 8vo, L. (Bloomsbury) 1999, First Edn., First Printing of Deluxe Collectors Edn. Signed. €800 to €1,200.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: James (Wm.) A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of The Late War Between Great Britain and The United States of America. 2 vols. Lond. 1818. €650 to €900.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, July 30-31: The Laws of the United States, Published by Authority, 3 vols. Philadelphia (Richard Folwell) 1796. €600 to €800.

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