{"title":"Featured Items","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-american-claimant","title":"The American Claimant","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst Edition. A Comedy of Mistaken Identities. Original publisher's cloth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York: Charles L. Webster \u0026amp; Co., 1892. W\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eith the publication date on both the title and copyright page. Appendix \u0026amp; 8pp. ads at rear. Bound in the original publisher's cloth, green and stamped with black illustrations and gold lettering, spine slightly darkened and gold lettering a bit faded. Corners and spine ends a bit rubbed. Illustrated throughout. Interior is clean and mostly bright but for some light toning. Octavo. 277pp. Very Good condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with the help of phonographic dictation, Twain was the first author to utilize this medium of recording. The novel is further set apart by Twain's play on setting, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea first in fictitious literature,\u003c\/span\u003e as there is no mention of weather in the novel but for \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe first sentence of the second paragraph: \"fine, breezy morning.\" Twain does, however, provide an Appendix at rear, \"Weather for Use in this Book,\" to be referenced now and again. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Twain, Mark","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42053932613805,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0546\/1308\/2285\/products\/IMG_5230.jpg?v=1673121805"},{"product_id":"journal-of-a-residence-on-a-georgian-plantation-in-1838-1839","title":"Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNew York: Harper \u0026amp; Brothers, 1863. First American Edition. First Issue. Bound in the original patterned-purple cloth with embossed boards and a gilt spine. Exceptionally tight and scarce in this condition. Interior is clean and bright with minimal toning. Octavo. Very Good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA searing firsthand account of slavery in the Deep South. Kemble exposes the brutal realities of life on a Georgia plantation in the late 1830s. Kemble’s \u003ci\u003eJournal \u003c\/i\u003eis recognized as a canonical record of slavery’s harsh realities in the antebellum South.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eKemble, an English-born actress, married Pierce Butler, a Georgia-born Philadelphian, whose extensive holdings in cotton, rice, and tobacco rested on slave labor. The couple visited Georgia in the winter of 1838-9 and stayed at the Butler plantation. Kemble witnessed firsthand the living and working conditions of the slaves. 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With an Appendix on “Abandoned Democratic Principles” along with numerous charts detailing election results and National Treasury records. Illustrated with fronts portraits of Garfield \u0026amp; Arthur. Bound in the original green cloth with gilt spine and gold-star borders on the front cover. 339pp. 12mo. Very Good condition.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eServing as a campaign document and historical summary of the Republican party’s first quarter-century, this book outlines the party’s founding in 1854, details its role in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and economic policies. It was published with aim to bolster support for the 1880\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRepublican ticket. It provides further details on the lives and careers of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur, who ran together in the 1880 election.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smalley, Eugene V. And E. L. 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Bound in the original full speckled sheep with a black leather label on spine having the title brightly gilt and garnished with gold bands. Some scattered foxing\/toning to the margins of interior; largely clean and bright. 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