This is the rating and price for 11V Decorative Antique American History Theodore Parker Unitarianism Kentucky Colonization Of Liberia Slave Trade War Of 1812 Radical Club Boston New Jersey Assembly 1738-75 Charles Pratt, 1775

Description : Book Details: We at National Book Auctions are honored to be handling the inventory of life-long book merchant and ABAA member emeritus, Norman Kane. The books in this lot came from Mr. Kane's considerable holdings and feature titles themed around antique American history. Where possible, we are including his original descriptions as listed below: BLUE-GRASS AND RHODODENDRON. OUT-DOORS IN OLD KENTUCKY by FOX, JOHN, JR., Printing Information: Scribner, N. Y. (1901) - Notes: First edition. Original decorated cloth, former owner's name on end paper, very good copy. Complete with 20 plates. BAL 6249 IN MEMORIAM CHARLES PRATT (1830-1891) by , Printing Information: Printed at the Devinne Press, [1891], N. Y. () - Notes: First edition. Original gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, frontispiece, 134 pages, a very good copy. Black-bordered presentation card from Mrs. Pratt inserted, recipient's penciled signature. (Oil millionaire, founded and endowed the Pratt Institute.) THE NEW JERSEY ASSEMBLY 1738 - 1775 by BATINSKI, MICHAEL C., Printing Information: University Press of America, (1987), Lanham. Notes: Original gold-stamped cloth, bright copy. 9 X 6 inches, xxii, 310 pages, Index. Map and charts. (Includes biographical sketches.) SKETCHES AND REMINISCENCES OF THE RADICAL CLUB OF CHESTNUT STREET, BOSTON by SARGENT, MRS. JOHN T., (MARY ELIZ. FISKE SARGENT], EDITOR, Printing Information: Osgood, Boston (1880) - Notes: 1st edn. BAL 120 (A. B. Alcott), 5284 (Emerson), &c. Original cloth stamped in gold & blind, old signature & name stamp on end paper, a very good copy. Fronts of the exterior of 13 Chestnut St. & another photo of the wonderful Victorian parlor where the discussions were held. (Julia Ward Howe, C. P. Cranch, F. B . Sanborn, T. W. Higginson, Whittier, Holmes & many others.) FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. OBSERVATIONS ON THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, AND ON THE PATRIOTIC NEWSPAPERS OF ENGLAND, WRITTEN FOR THE INFORMATION OF CONGRESS. [in] THE POLITICAL MAGAZINE AND PARLIAMENTARY, NAVAL, MILITARY, AND LITERARY JOURNAL. February 1780. [London]: Franklin's piece occupies 3/4 of page 121. There is also a History and Trade of Carolina on pages 171-3. 8-1/4 x 5-1/4 inches, [115]-1176 pages. Disbound. Report of the Committee on Foreign Relations to Whom Was Referred the Message of the President [Jas.Monroe] of the Twenty-Sixth of September Last Respecting the Unauthorized Mode of Warfare Adopted By the Enemy, on the Plea of Retaliation. March 3, 1815 by WAR OF 1812], Printing Information: Weightman, Washington, DC (1815) - Notes: First edition. Extracted from a bound volume, 9 pages, light soil marks. (Towns, Indian villages, &c, were burned to the ground by both sides in the northern theater of the War of 1812.) THEODORE PARKER, A LECTURE DELIVERED IN THE PARKER FRATERNITY COURSE ... by WEISS, JOHN, Printing Information: Roberts Bros., Boston (1873) - Notes: First edition. Original printed wrappers, 39 pages, a very good copy. (Both men were reformist Unitarian preachers and ardent anti-slavery men. Weiss edited Parker's Life and Correspondence. COLONIZATION] JOSEPH BRYAN ... by , Printing Information: US House of Rep's, Washington (1850) - Notes: 31st Congress, 1st Session, House Report 438 ... Mr. F. P. Stanton from the Committee on Naval Affairs ... the Memorial of Joseph Bryan ... Nicholas Saunders and others ... establishment of a line of steamers ... to the coast of Africa, designed to promote the Colonization of free persons of color, to suppress the African slave trade ... &c. Plain wraps, caption title, 12 pages. (Much on Liberia. The climate is not suited to the whites. The President and all the officials are colored men. There are flourishing towns, churches, schools and printing-presses ... the people are highly moral ...) REV. DR. [JEREMY] BELKNAP'S BIOGRAPHIES OF THE EARLY DISCOVERERS OF AMERICA. New York: C. Collins & Co., [Nd], A reprint of the first edition of 1798. Sm 4t0. (10-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches). Original green cloth with decorative blindstamping and lettering in gold. Covers a bit rubbed, and corners and spine ends bumped and worn. All edges gilt. Frontispiece is an attractive reproduction of a portrait engraving of Christopher Columbus. Illustrated bookplate of William H. Bennett on front decorative endpaper. FOX, Charles. A PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, From an Original Drawing, as He Appeared While Reviewing the Continental Army on Boston Common, in 1776, A History of the Portrait and Documentary Evidence in Proof of the Correctness of the Likeness. Boston: Crocker & Brewster,1851. First edition. Small quarto, approx 10 X 6.75 inches, 37 pages. Engraved frontispiece. Original gray cloth, front cover decorated & lettered in gilt. Edge of spine worn. Prior owner's name stamped on front end paper. [The portrait is by Nathaniel Fullerton] We are providing the above descriptions as written by Mr. Kane when he prepared these books for sale. We have not confirmed nor updated the content but naturally, have considerable confidence in Mr. Kane's cataloging prowess. Please apply your own expertise to verify the information in these descriptions and email us with any questions. This lot also includes an additional booklet: Message from the President of the United States [John Tyler], April 14, 1842. To inspect and acquire more detailed information about this lot, please attend our live preview before the auction. Condition / Notes: These books are typically in functional or better condition with some age/wear indications. We identify any advanced flaws that come to our attention during cataloging. 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