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Boston: Published for the Author, 1875. First Edition thus. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. 2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo (190 x 120 mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait; offsetting to frontis., scattered thumbsoiling and toning, newspaper clipping of her obituary laid down on rear endpapers with accompanying browning and old adhesive; modern reproduction carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth laid down on front paste-down. Publisher's black cloth with gilt portrait of Truth to upper cover; heavily restored and worn, retaining most of the original covers, and part of the spine.  The present work, a revised and expanded biography of the noted abolitionist Sojourner Truth, belonged to George Gage, a prominent citizen in Reconstruction-era Beaufort, South Carolina. Gage was a civil engineer born in McConnelsville, Ohio who moved to Beaufort to work as a surveyor. While working on the railroad construction project from Augusta to Beaufort, he developed an interest in vocational training for the… Leer más

Paris: J. Hamelle, [1886]. Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Noël pour Ténor ou Soprano avec accompagnement de Piano (et d'Harmonium ad libitum)...Op. 43 No. 1. Upright folio. Lithographic title page (only) of the song publication 1 p.  With his ownership signature in pencil upper right and the name stamp upper left of the remarkable composer Ernest Chausson, student of Massenet and Franck, who died tragically young. Toning, else fine. Though sadly lacking the musical score itself, an interesting association nevertheless. "Noël was initially conceived as an occasional piece, a little Christmas song with harmonium accompaniment. The piano does not quite reproduce the colours of that instrument, but it is clear that Fauré had the festive sound of carillons in mind and the pianist must do his best as a bell-ringer. Fauré sometimes seems to lack the practical touch: here he writes music 'for the people' (simplified to a degree, and seemingly designed for a popular market) and yet the vocal-writing… Leer más