113142. ALLYN, CHARLES. BATTLE OF GROTON HEIGHTS,
edited by Norman F. Boas, 400pp, Seaport Autographs, 1999
(Released May 2000). The first reprint of this classic account in
120 years. It is the most complete record of the September 6,
1781 attack of Brig. General Benedict Arnold on the towns of
Groton and New London, Connecticut. Added are copies of a number
of original documents relating to the battle, plus a new Foreword
and bibliography. Most of the buildings of New London were burned
to the ground and the defenders of the fort at Groton Heights
were massacred following their surrender. Soft cover. New. $30.00
113140. BOAS, NORMAN F. FRANZ BOAS,
1858-1942, An Illustrated Biography, Seaport Autographs Press, Mystic,
Connecticut, 2004. Anthropologist Franz Boas proved with compelling scientific
evidence "that all men are created equal" and born with the same universal
physical and mental attributes. The premise that "primitive man" was less
endowed than the "highly civilized" white man was thus shown to be a myth. It
was at Columbia University that Boas first established and defined anthropology
as a scientific discipline. He was also intimately associated with the American
Museum of Natural History as curator of anthropology and the Bureau of American
Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution as a contributing research
scientist and honorary philologist. Franz Boas, a passionate believer in the
truth, devoted the last twenty years of his life to a relentless fight against
the forces of racism, not only in Nazi Germany, but in the United States and
throughout the world. Norman Francis Boas, grandson of Franz Boas, is a
physician, teacher, author, and historian and the only person now alive who is
able to write a biography of Franz Boas as a humanitarian and a loving family
man, based on personal recollections and unpublished material. Paper. $25.00 + $3.00 for shipping.
— Mary Maples Dunn & Richard S. Dunn, Co-Executive Officers, American Philosophical Society. Imprimatur on Franz Boas biography. "Dr. Norman Boas is to be congratulated for undertaking to write a biography of his famous grandfather, Franz Boas. Others have written about Franz Boas the pioneering anthropologist and scientist...Norman Boas adds a new dimension. While he discusses Franz Boas's academic career in considerable detail, he places prime focus upon Franz Boas the devoted family man and public citizen who dedicated his life to 'the welfare of mankind.'" He thus brings a very valuable personal touch to his subject. This personal touch is especially helpful to readers in the twenty-first century, since almost all of Franz Boas's colleague and students have now died."
— Elissa Ely, in Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin. "Franz Boas...His was a long and stupendous life, retold factually here, with pages of grainy photographs that become more arresting as their subject becomes more obviously remarkable...in his later years Boas grew into moral as well as scientific greatness. His grandson writes about this with beautiful pride."
— Prof. Ludger Müller-Wille, in bulletin of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association. "The author presents Boas's scientific achievement and a academic career in detail and complements his interpretation with much personal insight...This timely book adds to the wealth of literature on Franz Boas who has kept many anthropologists wondering about him. Norman F. Boas is to be congratulated for the persistence and energy to put out this valuable biography."
—Robert Litzenberger, in The Manuscript Society News. "Norman Francis Boas...has recently published Franz Boas 1858-1942: An Illustrated Biography...recounting the life of Franz Boas as a scientist, humanitarian, and also as a devoted family man...Dr. Boas goes deeper, too, bringing in reminiscences of family gatherings and creating a palpable sense of Franz Boas the man...He shares his grandfather's personal letters, sketches, and family photographs. Finally, he tells of the man's legacy. Of course he tells of the impact of Franz Boas's groundbreaking work, and of the influence of his intellectual heirs. But he also tells of the continuing relationship between the Boas family and the Kwakiutl people, demonstrating one of the anthropologist's more important realizations: when human beings are the subjects of one's research, both the researcher and the subjects are changed forever. Dr. Norman Boas has written a book that amply demonstrates how important and how wonderful those changes can be for both."
— Carol W. Kimball, in The Day, New London, Connecticut. "Recently written by Norman Francis Boas, M. D., this well-illustrated book...has drawn upon many sources, from family archives to the Franz Boas papers housed at American Philosophical Society...Now Norman has written an informative and very readable book about his grandfather...and ...gives a warm, lively account of his grandfather's life."
—Sydel Silverman, in American Anthropologist. "Its main new contribution is the extensive collection of photographs, many of them never before published...The book draws extensively on letters within the family, which also afford some fresh perspective on Boas's life...The book is most informative as it follows Boas's early life before he came to the United States and his early years in his adopted country...Throughout this account he emerges as a devoted family man...The book offers some interesting perspectives on Boas's continuing ties to Germany before and after World War I and then his sorrowful but vigorous opposition to the Hitler regime. More familiar to the modern reader, but well worth repeating, are his early and continuing struggles against racism, and to set the understanding of race on a scientific basis...This is a welcome addition to the surprisingly scant biographical literature on Boas."
113145. BOAS, NORMAN F.
& BARBARA L. MEYER. ALMA FARM, AN ADIRONDACK
MEETING PLACE, First Edition,134pp, Mystic, CT & Bolton
Landing, NY. Boas & Meyer Publishers, 1999. This is a
narrative of a 1000 acre farm on Lake George, a meeting place of
an extraordinary group of friends and relatives, all
intellectuals and scholars. Included are brief biographies of
statesman Carl Schurz, founder of pediatrics in America, Dr.
Abraham Jacobi and his distinguished wife, Dr. Mary Putnam
Jacobi, founder of anthropology in America, Franz Boas, founder
of Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, Dr. Ernst Krackowizer and many
more. New, soft cover. $18.00
113143. BOAS, NORMAN F. STONINGTON DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, First Edition, 195pp, Stonington, CT, Seaport Autographs, 1990. This book records Stonington's participation in the war at home and on the battlefields and is a chronicle of the experiences of over 300 Stonington soldiers. Included are service records of all of these men as well as 71 illustrations of original war documents, photographs, maps &c. Detailed is the British naval attack on Stonington by Commander James Wallace on August 31, 1775. Cloth, new with dj. $25.00
113163. BOAS, NORMAN F. Colonel Jonathan Palmer's War Diary - Stonington, Connecticut 1775-1775, First Edition, 33pp, Seaport Autographs, Stonington, CT, 1983. This is annotated diary of Col. Palmer covering the early part of the Revolutionary War, including the British naval attack on Stonington. The entire diary is reproduced. Soft cover. New. $6.00
113164. BOAS, NORMAN F. Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer & Nathaniel B. Palmer, 2nd - A Poignant Story, First Edition, 25pp, [Seaport Autographs], Mystic, CT, 1998. Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer is credited with the discovery of the Antarctic Continent in 1820, on a 46 ft. sloop. This is the story of Palmer and his favorite nephew of the same name, and their final trip to China in 1875, following which they both died. Includes copies of original documents of this trip. Soft cover. New. $4.00.
113165.
BOAS, NORMAN F. JANE
M. PIERCE (1806-1863) - THE PIERCE-AIKEN PAPERS, 113pp,
Seaport Autographs, Stonington, CT, 1983. This a calendar of 463
letters of First Lady Jane Pierce, President Franklin Pierce and
members of both of their families. Included is a lengthy
biography of Jane Pierce as well as briefer biographies of
members of the families as well as genealogical charts of both
families, photos, prints and a bibliography of Jane Pierce. Most
of the historically important content of these letters is quoted.
Plus a Supplement of the same title, 58pp, Seaport Autographs,
Mystic, CT, 1989. Includes an additional 110 letters of the
Pierces and family with many facsimiles of these letters and a
locator for other Jane Pierce letters. Soft covers. New. 2
volumes, $20.00
BOAS, NORMAN F., ABRAHAM LINCOLN CHRONOLOGY, THE PRAIRIE YEARS (1809-1860), 36pp, Seaport Autographs Press, Mystic, Connecticut, 2007. The Abraham Lincoln Chronology is a useful quick guide to Lincoln's residences, activities, and travels from the time of his birth until he was sworn in as President of the United States. ISBN 0-9672626-4-X − Price: $9.95 + $3.00 (shipping)
Franz Boas, ESKIMO STORY (Written for my Children) MY ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 1883-1884, 56pp, Seaport Autographs Press, Mystic, Connecticut, 2007. Franz Boas, who chaired the first department of anthropology at Columbia University from 1899 until his retirement in 1936, has been referred to as the founder of American anthropology. As a young man, he was a polar explorer who spent one and one half years living with and as an Eskimo from 1883 to 1884. This extraordinary experience inspired him to devote his lifetime to the study of human races. He emigrated from Germany and settled in America in 1886. He detailed the story of his life in the Arctic in several scientific publications, diaries, and in newspaper stories. About 15 or 16 years after returning from the North, he wrote a story of his Arctic adventure for his five young children. The typescript of this fascinating story has been read by his children, grandchildren and great grand-children. Over the years the original copies of the story have become brittle and yellowed with age.
Presented here is the story as Franz Boas originally wrote it – a story never published. It records the details of a culture that, in many aspects, no longer exists. It is a fascinating narrative of his experiences during most of his stay in the Arctic including a death-defying trek in the sub-zero frozen North. He never completed the children’s story, ending it in Cumberland Sound, before his mapping trek across the mountains of Baffin Island. We have added a brief summary of the remaining portion of his expedition. Included are a few photographs and sketches relating to Baffin Island that were not part of the children’s story, but have been used to illustrate other books by and about Franz Boas. As one of six grandchildren of Franz Boas, it has been my pleasure to make this story available for the first time to those outside of our family. Norman F. Boas, M.D. ISBN 096726231 — Price: $6.00 + $3.00 (shipping)
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REFERENCE & BIOGRAPHY
113161.
(Washington, George). FACSIMILE OF
WASHINGTON'S ACCOUNTS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FROM THE ORIGINAL PAPERS IN
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES.
74pp, folio, edition limited to 1783 copies, each bearing a number, prepared by
William Coleman for the Manuscript Society, 1981. A number of facsimiles have
been made since the first one was printed in 1833. This is the latest and a fine
edition. Soft cover. New. $15.00
113146. Duyckinck, E.A. & G.L. Cyclopedia of American Literature. In two volumes, 1st Edition. Scribner. 1855. Good. Binding worn with small breaks. $85.00
113162. Spears,
John R..
CAPTAIN NATHANIEL BROWN PALMER, An Old-Time Sailor of the Sea,
2nd printing, 269pp, The Stonington Historical Society, Inc.,
Stonington, CT, 1996. First printing since 1922 and the only
definitive biography of Palmer. It was Palmer who discovered
the Antarctic Continent in 1820, at the age of 21, commanding a
46 ft. sloop on a sealing expedition. Additions made to this
edition include a new Foreword, an index and bibliography. Soft
cover. New. All proceeds from the sale of this book will go to
The Stonington Historical Society, Inc., headquarters of which
are in the Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House in Stonington, a
National Historic Landmark. $16.00
BOOKS ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN
113158. Donald, David Herbert. Pulitzer Prize-winning author. His book, Lincoln, 714pp, Jonathan Cape, London, 1995. Very fine with dj. There area few pencil annotation marks and some small dog-eared pages. Used. Phebe A. Hanaford, Abraham Lincoln, His Life and Public Services, The Saalfield Publishing Company, New York, Akron, OH, Chicago, 1910. Cloth with minor wear of cover. The front end paper and frontispiece are separated from the spine. It is fine internally. 2 books. $10.00
113159. Lincoln Biography 1839-1939, Complied by Jay Monaghan. Edited by Paul M. Angle. Two volumes. Collections of the Illinois Sate Historical Library, Springfield, IL, 1943. The most complete bibliography of Lincoln for the period cited. Invaluable reference publication. Cloth. Some fading of spines. Otherwise fine. $85.00
The Gettysburg Edition of the Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln by Nicolay & Hay
114059.
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln.
Edited by
John G. Nicolay & John Hay, 12 volumes, (8vo) 9”x6”, over 4000pp with many
photographs, facsimiles, &c, New and Enlarged Edition, The Gettysburg
Edition, No. 432 of a limited edition of 700 copies. Each volume bears this
imprint. Maroon cloth with gilded letters on spine and gilded top edges.
Published by Francis D. Tandy Co., New York, 1905. Very good. The spines are
slightly faded. There is slight wear at the top of the spine of Volume I.
Internally they are fine. Although many reprints of this set have been
published, this particular edition is quite scarce. $1800.00
114060. Keckley, Elizabeth (Hobbs)
(1824-1907). Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the
White House, First Edition, 7”x5”, 271pp plus publisher’s advertisements,
G.E. Carleton & Company, Publishers, New York, 1868. This first edition always
has defects, primarily because of the inferior materials used by the populist
printer. Virtually all copies have cocked (slanted) spines, foxing primarily on
the edges and slight age-toning of the pages. Such is the case here. It has a
brown cloth hard cover, moderately faded with the publisher’s logo embossed on
the front. The spine is moderately cocked, the lettering is gilded and there is
wear and slight separation of the ends of the spine. There is spotty foxing of
some of the pages. Not attempt has been made to restore this volume, as is often
done by others.
Keckley, a talented seamstress and dress maker, was born a slave
in Virginia and after hard times in living in North Carolina, she and her son
were emancipated in 1855. This was made possible when white clients loaned her
$1200 to purchase her freedom. She was able to repay her loan in full. In 1860
she was employed as a dressmaker by Varina, the wife of Jefferson Davis. She
subsequently became a dressmaker and friend of Mary Todd Lincoln. It is that
relationship which is recounted in this book, very popular in reprint form, but
very scarce in its first edition. $1250.00
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