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(FOLK-LORE—VOODOO.) HYATT, HARRY M.
Hoodoo Conjuration,
Witchcraft, Root Work.
Five volumes, averaging 900 pages each. Large 4to’s, original
gray buckram-backed red paper-covered boards; from the original typed copies.
Np, Alma Egan Hyatt Foundation, 1970
[2,500/3,500]
A COMPLETE SET OF HYATT
’
S EXHAUSTIVE WORK
published over a period of decades, self-pub-
lished and limited to a few hundred copies.
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(FOOD AND DRINK.) BIDDLE, NICHOLAS.
An Ode to Bogle . . . July
16, 1829.
8 pages, 8vo, original printed tan wrappers with “Verses by Nicholas Biddle” on
the upper cover; in a specially made clamshell box.
Philadelphia: privately printed for Ferdinand J. Dreer, 1865
[800/1,200]
RARE FIRST PRINTING
,
ISSUED IN VERY SMALL NUMBER FOR PERSONAL DISTRIBUTION
.
Robert Bogle, was an African American caterer and undertaker, and a fixture in Philadelphia’s old
free black community. He was in such demand that it would not be unusual for him to lead a funeral
procession in the afternoon, and officiate at a lavish dinner in the evening. Nicholas Biddle, a scion of
Philadelphia’s high society celebrated Bogle’s talents in this “Ode,” first published in 1865. Featured
in the Library Company of Philadelphia’s 1503-1903 Exhibition catalogue #155 with the follow-
ing comment: “The Gentler nature waits on all/ When parties rage, on you they call.”
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(FOOD AND DRINK.) BIDDLE, NICHOLAS.
An Ode to Bogle.
14 pages.
8vo, original printed tan wrappers with “Verses by Nicholas Biddle” on the upper cover;
two tiny chips to the tips; small closed tear to the fore-edge, going through the text.
Philadelphia: For the author, 1889
[400/600]
SECOND PRINTING
,
PRECEDED BY AN EDITION IN
1865.
All 19th century editions are now rare.
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