THE AMERICAN CYCLOPS, the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons.
by Volck, Adalbert; McLaughlin, James Fairfax
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
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Kelly & Piet, Baltimore: 1868., 1868 27 p. + [12] leaves of etched satiric plates by Volck. Lightly foxed. 20 x 16 cm. Original cloth binding, stamped in gilt and blind; slightly discolored. Written by James Fairfax McLaughlin (1839-1903), this is a caustic poetic satire on the "Black Republican" Union Civil War General and notorious carpet-bagger - Ben Butler (who was widely reviled for years after the war by Southern whites, who gave him the nickname "Beast Butler". It is most famous for its biting etched illustrations by the powerful artist and Confederate sympathizer A. J. Volck. Adalbert John Volck (1828-1912) emigrated to America from Bavaria in 1849, and became a successful dentist in Baltimore. He is principally remembered for "Confederate War Etchings", a series of caricatures favorable to the Southern cause, issued in 1862 & 1863 under the pseudonym "V. Blada." VERY SCARCE. W20 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE AMERICAN CYCLOPS, the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons.
- Author
- Volck, Adalbert; McLaughlin, James Fairfax
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Kelly & Piet, Baltimore: 1868.
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- AMERICANA; CIVIL WAR; BALTIMORE; POETRY; RECONSTRUCTION; BEN BUTLER; NEW OR LEANS; CONFEDERATE; VOLCK; ETCHINGS; SATIRE; HUMOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED; CIVIL WAR;
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Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
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- Gilt
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