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By: Adams, John G.
Price: $36.00
Publisher: A. Tompkins: 1856
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20202
360 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, 360 pages, pale yellow endpapers, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving of John Moore, footnotes. ; Amazonbuyers please note: This is an actual hardcover book from 1856, not a flimsy computer-generated reprint. See our image. ; The Rev. John Moore (1797-1855) was a pioneer Universalist preacher in New England and New York, editor-publisher of several denominational papers, founder of several ... View more info
Price: $84.00
Publisher: Universalist Publishing House: 1878
Seller ID: 20346
388 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth over beveled boards, 388 pages, dark green endpapers, gilt lettering on front and spine, footnotes, superb b/w portrait engraving frontispiece with tissue guard. ; Copyright 1877. Title page 1878. ; The Rev. Thomas Whittemore (1800-1861) was one of the most important Universalist of the 19th century. He edited 'Trumpet & Universalist Magazine' for 33 years, helped found Universalist Historical Society and Tufts Univer... View more info
By: Anonymous (Judith Towers Grant and Emily Frederica Grant)
Price: $23.00
Publisher: Ide & Dutton: 1853
Seller ID: 20368
175 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, dark brown endpapers, [viii] + 175 pages, gilt title on spine, all edges red, footnotes, several original poems by Emily, 2 b/w engravings with captions. ; This is an actual book from 1853, not a flimsy overpriced computer-generated reprint. ; Inspirational biography and memoria of Emily Frederica Grant (1835-1851) a devout young poet, written by her mother, Judith Towers Grant, including Emily's poems and many quot... View more info
Price: $22.00
Publisher: Macmillan Company: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20171
387 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, gilt lettering, [xii] + 387 pages, illustrated endpapers, index, b/w frontispiece portrait of Kemble on glossy plate. ; 1st edition, 1938. ; Excellent biography of the great Fanny Kemble (1809-1893) famous English actress who toured extensively in US, considered first truly great actress in US, most famous Lady Macbeth of all time, outspoken Unitarian, rubbed shoulders with all classes from African American slaves to... View more info
By: Baker, Joseph V.
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Scott Paper Company: 1963
Seller ID: 19039
28 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Blue softcover booklet, 28 pages, 12 b/w portrait drawings, brief biographies of 12 noted African American women. ; Promotional item for Scott Paper Company, Philadelphia, 1963. ; Very light sunning and edgewear only. Scarce. View more info
By: Barton, David
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Wallbuilder Press: 1999
Seller ID: 20831
320 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Green softcover, 312 + 8 pages, index, endnotes, 3 appendixes, nearly 400 b/w photos, illustrations and facsimiles. ; Known as "Father of American Medicine," Benjamin Rush pioneered fields of psychiatry, chemistry, alcohol addiction, prison reform, anti-slavery and anti-death penalty activism, and more. He signed the Declaration of Independence for Pennsylvania and was United States Treasurer for 16 years. This book also focuses o... View more info
Price: $85.00
Publisher: Xerox University Microfilms: 1975
Seller ID: 16512
442 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Hardcover, dark gray-blue buckram cloth, gold spine title, 442 pages printed one side only, bibliography, copious footnotes throughout. ; This is a PhD dissertation written in 1975. The original was typed, was then preserved on microfilm, and at a later point was reprinted by mimeograph and bound as a hardcover. ; Russell A. Alger grew up on the midwestern frontier, became General in civil war, wildly successful timber baron, US Senator, ... View more info
By: Black, Joe
Price: $16.00
Publisher: Greyhound Corporation: 1971
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 19040
60 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Black and red softcover booklet, 60 pages, 55 b/w portrait photos, 54 brief bios of successful contemporary African Americans, including men, women, business leaders, university presidents, mayors, etc. Front page SIGNED by author, Joe Black. ; Light wear to covers. Owner name penned on front in very pale ink. Faint crease to front cover. View more info
By: Caldicott, Helen Broinowski
Price: $15.00
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: 1996
Edition: Second Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 12269
366 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Black cloth, tan boards, index, 14 b/w photos with captions. Front free endpaper SIGNED by author. ; Australian physician, founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, single-handedly launched major world campaign against nuclear weapons proliferation. ; Jacket in clear plastic cover neatly taped to boards. No other defects apart from author autograph. View more info
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Acheson Industries: 1965
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20815
63 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, gray-brown cloth, tan endpapers, 63 pages, top edge blue, blue page-marker ribbon, footnotes, appendix list of awards and honors, b/w frontispiece portrait photo of Acheson, with tissue guard. ; Foreword and addendum by Raymond Szymanowitz. ; Brief biography of pioneer of electrochemistry, inventor of silicon carbide or carborundum, electric-furnace graphite, colloidal graphite, etc, and holder of 70 patents. ; Quite scarce in ... View more info
By: Channing, Elizabeth Parsons
Price: $14.00
Publisher: American Unitarian Association: 1907
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 14149
304 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark green cloth, gilt lettering, [x] + 304 pages, top edge gilt, appendix, b/w portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. ; Elizabeth P. Channing (1818-19060 was a noted poet, essayist, writer of stories for children, longtime teacher, major benefactor of the American Unitarian Association, notable member of famous Channing family of Boston; her brother was Rev. George G. Channing, her uncle was famous Rev. William Ellery Channing... View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20827
296 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; Brown and black pictorial softcover, [xiv] + 274 + 8 pages, index, bibliography, endnotes, 26 b/w photos on glossy plates. ; 'At last, Harriet Tubman, the great American hero of the Underground Railroad, has received the stunning and major biography that she has so long deserved.' ; Pristine. No sign of use. View more info
Price: $66.00
Publisher: James M. Usher: 1854
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20086
430 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, red cloth ornately decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, 430 pages, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving with tissue guard. ; Dedicated to Second Universalist Society of Providence, Rhode Island. ; The Rev. James Monroe Cook (1818-1850) was well known in upstate New York as a fierce debater in defense of Universalism and was founding editor of the Western Luminary, a Universalist paper. This excellent memoir was written by his br... View more info
By: Cornish, Frances Eliot Foote
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Beacon Press: 1953
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20115
149 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, [xii] + 149 pages, 3 b/w photos on glossy plates. ; The Rev. Louis Craig Cornish (1870-1950) was president of American Unitarian Association 1927 to 1937, president of International Association of Religious Freedom 1937 to 1946, forged ties with Universalist Church of America which led to their closer cooperation and eventual consolidation. This excellent biography was written by his wife. ; Only a touch of edgewea... View more info
By: Custer, George Armstrong (Gen) ; Illustrated by A. Roberts
Price: $750.00
Publisher: Sheldon & Company: 1876
Seller ID: 18600
256 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, pale umber-brown cloth, black decor, gilt lettering and gilt buffalo head on front, 256 pages, footnotes, table of outrages committed by Indians in 1868; 8 full-page b/w plates with captions. ; Copyright 1874. This printing 1876. ; Plates, engraved by A. Roberts, and others, depict: 1) frontispiece portrait of Custer, 2) portrait of Kiowa chief Satanta, 3) Attack on the Wagon Train, 4) the Kidder Murder, 5) Battle of the Washi... View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Superior Publishing Company: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20842
175 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, brown boards, 175 glossy pages, chronology, index, bibliography, over 200 high-quality historical b/w photos with captions, many never before published. ; Wonderful pictorial biography of great inventor. ; Book shows only a touch of shelf wear. Main defect, vintage bookplate on front free endpaper. Jacket clean and intact with small amount ot rubbing to spine, small sticker at heel. View more info
Price: $74.00
Publisher: Abel Tompkins: 1855
Seller ID: 20161
360 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, dark brown blindstamped cloth, 360 pages, appendix of 6 sermons, b/w frontispiece portrait engraving of Woolley, with tissue guard. ; Written by the Rev. Fidelia Woolley Gillett, assisted by the Rev. Aaron B. Grosh. ; The Rev. Edward Mott Woolley (1803-1853) was an early American Universalist preacher in western New York and one of the first in Michigan. His daughter was also a noted pastor in Michigan, one of the earliest or... View more info
By: Gittleman, Edwin
Price: $13.00
Publisher: Columbia University Press: 1967
Seller ID: 20174
436 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, two-toned gray cloth, [xx] + 436 pages, beige endpapers, index, bibliography, endnotes, b/w frontispiece portrait of Very on glossy plate. ; Jones Very (1813-1880) was a well-known poet, mystic and Transcendentalist of mid-19th century America. He was a Unitarian, briefly a minister, and taught Greek at Harvard. In 1840 his literary career came to a screeching halt when he announced he was the Second Coming of Christ. ; Book s... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers: 1950
Seller ID: 14362
376 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, pale gray lettering, 376 pages, index, bibliography, b/w photo portrait on jacket. ; Published in 1950. Biography of one of the most influential individuals of 1830s-1870s America, defender of liberal values, champion of women's rights, staunch supporter of Lincoln, founder and longtime owner of New York Daily Tribune, candidate for president in 1872. ; Book shows no signs of use, only a slight yellowing of pag... View more info
By: Hall, Edward B.
Price: $22.00
Publisher: American Unitarian Association: 1869
Seller ID: 20030
434 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, purple cloth, [x] + 434 pages, frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. ; Copyright 1852. This printing 1869. 12th thousand stated. ; Hailed as one of the best biographies of its era, the life and correspondence of Mary Lovell Pickard Ware, tireless worker for charities and causes, written by the Rev. Edward Brooks Hall, brother-in-law of Mrs. Ware and longtime pastor, Unitarian Church of Providence, Rhode Island. ; Cloth faded f... View more info