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Boston, MA: S.G. Simpkins, 1833. 15.5 x 24 cm. Author notes that we regard with horror the customs of ancient heathens,in offering their children in sacrifice to idols. We are shocked by the customs of the Hindoos, in burning woman alive on the funeral pyres of their husbands, and by casting living children into the Ganges in a living sacrifice-- yet Christian nations decide controversy among nations by the edge of a sword, by powder and ball, or the point of a bayonet! The depravity occasioned by war is not confied to the army. Every species of vice gains ground in a nation during war. Author declares that war is a heathenish and savage custom, of the most malignant, most desolating, and most horrible character. Paper booklet, bound by strans of thread. Several pages have never been opened. Fair. . Catalogs: Educational/Religious.

Chicago, IL: T.S. Denison & Co, 1903. 12 x 18 cm. Sensational drama begins in a village home in New Jersey with Lucy the maid and Ike, with a Dutch accent. In comes Blinkey, all bloody from a fight, remarks about the United States ""goin' round de whole world wid a chip on its shoulder."" Philip Templeton is really Philip Brandon, the Bank Cashier. There's a shot, a fire, and a robbery, and an unexpected event. Ike, Blinkey and Lucy end up happy. Paper booklet, some parts in script marked with pencil, name ""Elmer R. Cheney"" written on cover. Cover spine frayed, chi missing, poor. . Catalogs: Fiction/Play.

New York, NY: Mason Brothers, 1855. 12 x 19 cm. Traces life of Greeley from his Scotch-Irish parentage to early days in Amherst, NH. Book is dedicated ""To the young men of the free states."" Brown cloth on board, embossed, and printed with gilt. Minor wear on edges. Text foxed. Includes contemporary newspaper clippings about Greeley, Civil War, and Greeley's death, in 1872. Very good. . Catalogs: Biography/History.

New York, NY: Kwong Yuen & Co., Inc, 1929. 12 x 17.2 cm. Booklet provided with compliments of R.H. Macy & Co. Dept. of Oriental and Occidental Art. Mandarin Squares, Sleeve Bands, Chinese Writing, Various Symbols. Paper booklet, center four pages loose from staple. Inscr. On title page: ""Selma P. Loomis from Mrs. W.R. Stoughton, Oct. 30, 1929."" Very good. . Catalogs: Ephemera/Asian.

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1918. 13 x 23 cm. Compendium of information relative to the war against Austria-Hungary, by Secretaries of State, War, Navy. Facts: France and Italy have abolished absinthe, Russia has prohibited vodka for the War. Hundreds of geographical, historical, political, biographical entries. Fold-out map of War zone. Paper booklet, front cover has 3 x 4 cm chip torn from upper left hand corner, cover soiled, fair. . Catalogs: World War I/History.

Portsmouth, NH: James F. Shores, Jun. & Joseph H. Foster, 1860. 14 x 22 cm. Andrew P. Peabody became famous at the South Church when he stormed against the American victory in the Mexican-American war in 1847. A lifelong pacifist Unitarian preacher, Peabody was a champion of abolition. These three sermons, preached just before the start of the War Between the States, display his eloquence, religious fervor and absolute dedication to the Gospel of Christ. His last sermon is a Vindication of Unitarianism. Paper booklet, cover lightly soiled, very good. . Catalogs: Religious/Unitarian.

Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Co, �1941. 14 x 17 cm. History of U.S. Military aviation. Numbering system. Pictures of Lockheed P-38, Curtiss SO3C-1, Douglas SBD-1, Consolidated B-24, more; Bombing tactics, Pensacola; U.S. Army Air Corps schools, aerobatics. Paper on board, cover lightly worn and soiled, text block very good. Overall very good. . Catalogs: History/World War II.

Washington, DC: Congressional Globe Office, 1866. 15 x 24 cm. Speech on how to deal with the rebel states after the Civil War; discussion of ""treason"" of southerners. Emancipation and what it meant for manhood of colored men. Paper leaflet, two four centimeter tears in pages. Pages uncut. Fair. . Catalogs: History/Reconstruction.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1942. 14 x 9 cm. Little book tells about Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard organization, shows cap and sleeve insignia, Corps devices, specialty and distinguishing marks, aircraft and ship markings, aircraft squadron insignia, Nurse Corps cap insignia, aviation wings and submariner dolphins, more. Decorated paper on board; Cover lightly worn, good. . Catalogs: World War II/Nautical.

Boston, MA: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. 13 x 18 cm. Adventures of Trotty the ubiquitous-- the Doctor, the Reverend, the Husband. Cloth on board, edges, corners, heel and toe of spine all frayed, front inside hinge cracked. Some pencil marks on two pages. Poor. . Catalogs: Children's.

New York, NY: The Workers Library Publishers, 1933. 11 x 15 cm. Piatnitsky traces history after the Versailles Treaty, when Alsace-Lorraine was taken by France ""for good"". The ""Polish Corridor""� The Saar coalfields. How the Social-Democratic Party betrayed the proletarian revolution of 1918 and paved the way for fascism. The Weimar Coalition reduced the toilers of Germany to complete impoverishment. Will the Hitler Government Maintain itself in power? Why did the Bourgeoisie call Hitler to power? Revolutionary struggle in Fascist Germany. The Communist Party at work. ""The Communist Party of Germany must do all in its power to win the majority of the working class to its side and then organize the revolution, lead it and carry it to complete victory."" Paper booklet pages browned and brittle, and loose. Poor. . Catalogs: World War II/Communism.

Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1913. 14.5 x 22 cm. Collection of speeches made by Congressmen in the House of Representatives in 1913,and Permanent Chairman of the National Democratic Convention in 1912. Culminates with eloquent speech by Illinois Congressman James M. Graham on Lincoln's birthday, Feb. 12, 1913. Congressman James at Democratic Convention berates Republicans, calling their passage of a tariff act a ""base betrayal"", criticizes President Taft. Graham's speech ends with quotation from Walt Whitman: ""O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is won..."" Paper booklet, regular GPO reprints, good. . Catalogs: History/Politics.

Buffalo, NY: World's Dispensary Medical Association, 1883. 8 x 14.5 cm. Little book was widely distributed for use in keeping individual store accounts. Includes pencil accounts of purchases, with many ads for Dr. Pierce's medicine for chronic diseases of liver, blood and lungs. Paper booklet, with pencil entries for purchases throughout. Cover has owner's name on it three times. Fair. . Catalogs: American Originals/Advertising.

Boston, MA: S.N. Dickinson & Co, 1846. 14 x 23 cm. Text from Ezekiel 21:27. Are there grounds for contending nations of the earth to regard themselves as the messengers of Deity to overturn each other? Does part of the job belong to us? Preacher is talking about the current war with Mexico, and also British aggression in China, and French encroachments upon islands of the sea. Our war with Mexico urged on by land speculators, slave-holders and selfish adventurers...""What evidence that the voice of God was calling us beyond the river Nueces? Was admitting Texas to the Union constitutional? Mexico was looking up to us... But we chose the sword... And now they burn with hatred towards us."" Pray for your nation, and the kindred nations....a voice more acceptable to heaven than the roar of your cannon."" Paper leaflet fastened with thread stitching. Chip 2 x 3 cm missing from one page, some soiling, fair. . Catalogs: Religious.

Alexandria, VA: ephemera, 1918. 14 x 9 cm. Card shows soldiers in loose ranks with rifles slung at various angles. Printed text: ""Hello! How goes it with YOU..This gives you some idea Just how we're trained to beat --the Dutch--And use ""cold steel"" up here."" On back of card is message in Italian from J. Pinelli to his brother, Irvin, in Trenton, NJ. Postcard, very good. . Catalogs: Postcard/Ephemera.

Philadelphia, PA: The Wistar Institute Press, 1926. 18 x 26 cm. Chi Ping, of Dept of Biology, Agricultural College, Southeastern University, Nanking, China reports on testis of porpoise (Neomeris phocoenoides].Illustrations. Paper booklet, stain on top 1 cm of cover, pp. 4-5 unopened, good. . Catalogs: Educational/Scientific.

Boston, MA: Unitarian Sunday School Society, 7 Tremont Pl, 1877. 15 x 20 cm. "The Other Girl's Doll"" by Lucretia P. Hale, Part II. ""A Monkey's Instinct"", ""The Snowdrops"" Paper periodical. Owner's name in pencil on cover. Very good. . Catalogs: Children's/Religious.

Boston, MA: James Munroe & Co, 1852. 10 x 16 cm. Walter and his friends the Fairies, and poor Margaret, with her bit of Magic Chintz, and Hugh Ripley, in the days when men married women, only after they had saved up the funds. Softback cloth cover, good. . Catalogs: Fiction/Romance.

Boston, MA: ephemera, 1949. 10 x 17 cm. Daily entries, about weather, expenses, travel about the Boston area, friends-- all in Polish. Leather diary, very good. . Catalogs: Diary/Ephemera.

London, England: Collins, 14 St. James's Place, 1947. 16 x 23 cm. Early history of guilds; growth of trade-guilds; colour illus. Of funeral pall, 1662; colour illustration, Plantation of Ulster; Virginia plantation; colour illus. Lord Nelson's funeral procession. Paper on board, very good, dust jacket plastic covered, very good. . Catalogs: History/England.