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186717356Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. Good. 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt title on spine. xi 333pp . Pictorial frontispiece. Violet endpapers. Interior of text is tight clean and intact. Binder's ticket on lower rear pastedown: "Bound by Burn - 37 & 38 Kirby St". Scattered light foxing & edges are lightly rubbed. Inscription by the original owner dated 1867. India Asia ; 8vo; 333 pages . Edmonston and Douglas hardcover
1883060641London: George Routledge and Sons 1883. Re-issue . Hardcover. Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : No date Circa 1880s. First published in 1882. Hardback. Yellow colour pictorial covers paper covered boards. A bright tight and clean copy. Neat owner name to fly-leaf; no internal markings to text however Margaret Tait owner has written under author's name other works he has written. Moderate wear. GOOD. 446 pages. 2pp adverts. Tight and clean. SCARCE. Only 5 copies recorded in the UK: The National Library of Wales and Trinity College Dublin do not hold copies. Book now in an archival quality clear protective jacket. Will pack well. 'Victorian yellow-back novel'. 'Aide-de-camp' series of novels. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Literature Theology and History. JAMES GRANT 1822-1887 was a Scottish author; born in Edinburgh and was a distant relation of Sir Walter Scott. He was a prolific author writing some 90 books including many yellow-backs. Titles included Adventures of an Aide-de-camp One of 'The six hundred' The Scottish musketeers and The Scottish cavalier. Many of his 56 novels are about important characters and events in Scottish history. In 1853 he founded the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights. Grant is known today as an historian primarily because of his thoroughly-researched six-volume Old And New Edinburgh published in 1880 by Cassell. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. London: George Routledge and Sons. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1836113830London: John Macrone 1836. Hardcover. Good. viii 273 xxx p. 20 cm. Cloth hardcover with blank impressing. Gilt print on spine. Corners bumped small dents in fore-edges spine faded. Darkened endpapers. Presentation copy signed by author in year of publication on front free endpaper. Also signed by author at top of title page in 1839. Stains to inner margins pp. 142-143 195-198 and mark on lower corner of p. 193. A few other small spots. In general paper clean and bright. Page torn out after xxx. <br/><br/>General George De Lacy Evans raised a force of British half-pay officers and mainly Irish volunteers to fight on behalf of Queen Christina against the usurper Don Carlos in what has become known as the Carlist Wars. Author Charles William Thompson often wrote home to his parents while serving as an ensign in the 9th Regiment British Legion. As stated in the preface he wrote of "anything new and striking that fell under his observation in the course of his wanderings." These included Andalusian horses soaking rain billets with Spanish families Cathedral bas-reliefs prisoners executed by garrote fever dysentery and digging boots out of the mud while wearing white gloves. The author was wounded in the hip at San Sebastian on May 5 1836 an event graphically described on pages 238-241. Appendix lists officers who died of typhus or in action as well as general orders and copies of letters. John Macrone hardcover
1860070469Richmond VA: West & Johnston 1860. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good -. 6.25" x 4.25" x 0.25. FIRST EDITION 1860. Since this was printed just before the beginning of the Civil War it is NOT a Confederate imprint. "Third Thousand" per the title page. Softcover. Spine is cocked; foxed throughout with some dampstain at the foot yet text has been uncompromised. Curling at the corners with some soiling. Predominantly unmarked except for a previous owner's name "L. J. Lee" dated April 1861 in pencil on the front flyleaf and a couple of markings in the margin on page 65 looking as the soldier was graphing the instruction of "By platoons left wheel. MARCH." and "Forward. March" also in pencil. The wear and soiling invokes a wonder if L. J. Lee carried this handbook with him in battle during the Civil War and what this little book has seen. A fascinating copy. Full refund if not satisfied. West & Johnston paperback
18071812290002Boston: Beecher & Armstrong 1807. Hardcover. Acceptable. Boston Massacre Early American Printing Contemporary boards conserved and rebacked on modern spine. Ink and perforated stamps on title page. 120 p. First published in 1770 under the title: The trial of William Wemms James Hartegan etc. Taken in short hand by John Hodgson. <br> Future President John Adams successfully represented the accused British soldiers in the tumultuous trial. <br> "The trial of the British soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot : for the murder of Crispus Attucks Samuel Gray Samuel Maverick James Caldwell and Patrick Carr on Monday evening March 5 1770 before the Honorable Benjamin Lynde John Cushing Peter Oliver and Edmund Trowbridge esquires justices of the Superior court of judicature Court of assize and general gaol delivery held at Boston by adjournment November 27 1770." <br> From the library of Richard Manning Hodges 1827-1896 noted American surgeon Harvard College 1847 Harvard Medical School 1850. Boston: Beecher & Armstrong hardcover
1859048359London: John Murray 1859. Green cloth on boards gilt titles and embossed decoratives. Faint dusting of a little age soiling. Rubbing to extremeties. Spines: mildly faded; head & foot with thin wear. Edges: mild soiling and old foxings. Eps: feps with owners bookplate: The William Charles Comber Collection with Comber Coat-of- Arms. Vol. I: light splitting to front hinge. Frontis: fldg etching of Maori 'The War dance' some white tape repair on the blank side. Coloured fldg map of New Zealand with light old foxings; an 8cm tear to verso edge at guttering. Moderate foxing to many pagesalbeit mostly to the margins. 331p plus 32p of Mr. Murray's General List of Works. Small booksellers sticker to rep foot. Binding is VG. Vol. II: ffep with old English round hand signature January 1865. Frontis with tissue guard: etching of 'Stage for Hakari or Feast to Governor Grey in 1849 at the Bay of Islands to celebrate the Peace between the two races.' Fldg illustration "Sketch of Kororaeka"; with a 14cm tear on the fold line and onto top section. Light foxing to a few pages albeit mostly to the margins. Binding is VG. 368p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None. John Murray Hardcover
186432582Columbia: Evans and Cogswell 1864. Stiff wraps. Good. 12mo. 278 pages. Stiff paper boards with title on the front cover. Black cloth spine. Covers are worn and discolored. It appears the covers are facsimiles. Light to moderate foxing to the contents. Pencil inscription on the right front flyleaf reads "Col. Samuel W Milton from the publishers." <br /> <br /> The author wrote this book during his recovery from wounds in battle. He dedicates this work to Jefferson Davis. Jefferson Davis thanks the author and calls him "a master of the art of war" on page 12. Confederate imprint.<br /> <br /> Parrish & Willingham 4953; Confederate Hundred 60; Sabin 44651. The previous owner served as an Assistant Adjutant General under Samuel Cooper from 1863 to the end of the war. From Find A grave dot com taken from the Biography of Eminent Men of the Carolinas: <br /> <br /> Samuel Wickiff how it is spelled in the obit Melton was born in Yorkville S. C. February 7 183 hard to read. Receiving his early education in Yorkville he graduated from the South Carolina college in the class of 1852. He edited the Chester Standard published in Chester in 1852 and 1854. Then he returned to Yorkville and established the Yorkville Examiner on January 1 1855 running it until 1858 when he sold out to Lewis M. Grist. In the meantime in 1857 he was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law with his brother C. D. Melton at Chester continuing until the war broke out. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 on the staff of Gen. M L. Bonham as aid-de-camp accompanying him to Virginia remaining with him until after the first battle of Bull Run. Subsequently he went on the staff of Maj. Gen. Gustavius W. Smith commanding the Second corps he having the rank of major. He remained with Gen. Smith until February 1863 and was then assigned to duty in the office of the adjutant and inspector general of the Confederate army at Richmond where he remained until the close of the war. He was in the first battle of Bull Run in the Peninsular campaign in the battles around Richmond at Seven Pines the campaign in 1863 in North Carolina and temporarily on the staff of Gen. Beauregard at the battle of Drury's Bluff. The chief duties however from early in 1862 to the close of the war were in the adjutant general's office in Richmond. Evans and Cogswell unknown
1875151716London: Nichols and Sons 1875. Founded upon an account of the Regiment commenced by the late Sir J. Maxwell Steele-Graves Bart. Pp. x188 title page printed in red & black frontispiece 1 plate appendix index errata slip; demy 8vo; blue cloth over bevelled boards lettered in gilt and ruled in blind gilt insignia to upper board edges lightly worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown small split in fore-edge of a couple of leaves scattered foxing; printed for the Compiler by Nichols and Sons London 1875. First edition. White p. 150; Sutcliffe 1/p. 178. From the Military Collection of Anne S. K. Brown with her bookplate on upper pastedown and later from the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine with his Militaria book label also on upper pastedown. Inscribed on a preliminary blank: 'E. C. S. Tompson Oxfordshire Militia with the very kind regards of the writer - Minchinhampton Camp July 1876.'. Nichols and Sons unknown
184834406New York: D. Appleton and Company 1848. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 1 557 pages 1 page blank 32 pages publisher catalog 1. Frontispiece and Illustrations. Folding map of lower Florida. Restored. Dark brown cloth hardcover with decorative blind stamped borders and gilt illustration of Oseola on the front cover. Gilt title and publisher name stamped on the newer brown cloth spine. Frontispiece title page prliminary pages folding map and publisher catalog in back have moderate foxing. Light toning to the rest of the text. Map has a very small chip bottom edge and an approx. A 5"-6" closed split on a lower fold below Key Largo with no loss of content. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1877022972Boston: Albert J. Wright Printer. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Four small tears to front free end paper where presumably glue from a bookplate on pastedown has seeped and then stuck the pastedown and ffep together. Tears occured when someone separated them. The tears don't affect the author's inscription although one does slightly affect where he has dated the page. The date is still there the small torn piece is still attached at the spine there is another same sized area not written on just below which is also still attached at the spine. ; Inscribed by Osborne to Hon. Julius Rockwell former U. S. Senator Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Mass. Superior Court Judge. Previous owner - Emery L. Frazier - signature and bookplate on front pastedown. Frazier was a Kentucky politician after a long career in law and politics was Secretary of the U. S. Senate. Within book is a 5 1/4" x 4" wide single sheet of note paper with heading at top of sheet reading "United States Senate - Memorandum" folded vertically someone had used as a bookmark. At upper left of copyright page is a mostly faint ink stamp "Dr. W. W. Rockwell July 12 1943". It's bled just a few small spots to opposite page Preface but above the text. Very bright covers and front cover gilt lettering spine lettering and eagle below is very bright also although spine cloth is a bit darkened compared to the blue of front and back covers; 393 pages; Signed by Author . Albert J. Wright, Printer hardcover
189835744London New York Bombay: Longmans Green and Co 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavos. Two volumes. Red cloth hardcovers with faded gilt titles on the spines. Volume I: xviii 550 pages 32 page publisher catalog. Volume II: 4 641 pages 1. Illustrated with 33 maps and two portraits volume 1. Complete. Black end papers both volumes possibly added later Faint evidence of plate removals on the front paste downs both volumes. A couple of tiny cracks on the front hinge volume 1. Both volumes text blocks are sturdy. Cloth spines are a bit dulled and lightly rubbed. Occasional scattered foxing to both volumes. <br /> <br /> Howes H 408; Nevins II page 62. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover
1854266London: Richard Bentley 1854. First. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth boards were rebacked at some point but retained gilt stamped illustrated spine. Cloth is sunned to brown though and there is some dampstaining along the top edges. Front board illustrated with gilt stamped image of an ibex. Interior is clean save for previous owner's name on the the title page and a book plate on the inside front board. all 8 lithographs and folding map present and well preserved. All woodcut illustrations are intact as well. Richard Bentley hardcover
18901410180Chicago: The Craig Press 1890. Hardcover. Octavo 129 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is red with gold print. Boards in red cloth gold print mitred edges; tattering to spine caps and corners blemishes toning shelf wear cocked spine. Text block has cracked hinges front flyleaf loose intermittent spine breaks light age toning to paper. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates photographs with tissue guards. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1410180. FP New Rockville Stock. The Craig Press hardcover
1885152433London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1885. to which is prefixed a general account of the Volunteer Forces of the United Kingdom. Compiled from official and private sources from 1794 to 1884. Pp. xvi352 frontispiece tissue guard browned and torn offset onto title page 16 coloured plates appendices index; demy 8vo; brown cloth lightly marked and chipped rebacked with new brown calf spine gilt lettered & ruled skiver label upper board lettered in gilt banded in silver lightly worn and with silver insignia at centre the lower edge of cloth on upper board frayed and missing from dentelle cloth on lower board with some loss due to chipping; a.e.g.; original endpapers upper free endpapers with some slight marginal splits and chips hinge tender at frontispiece leaves browned edges a little brittle top fore-corner of one plate and two leaves lightly chipped Simpkin Marshall & Co. London 1885. First edition. White p. 208; Sutcliffe 1/p. 327. From the library of John Lloyd with his bookplate on upper free endpaper and annotations by two family members on upper endpapers 'L. H. Barclay Lloyd 17 Shaft Crown Mines Johannesburg' and 'F. Gisslen Lloyd Capt. 14 Middlesex R.V. from June 1868 to August 1871. Enrolled June 16 1859' and two newspaper cuttings offset regarding the will of Colonel Sir Joseph Henry Warner The Standard 15 Nov 1897 and the consent of the Duke of Cambridge to formally open the new centenary headquarters of the 3rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers at Hornsey The World 8 Dec. 1897. Later from the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co unknown
190001110712Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley Press 1900. Regimental history of the 94th Ohio Infantry Regiment part of the 14th Army Corps which fought extensively with Sherman's army. Gilt lettering on the front cover with a red acorn the 14th Corps badge on deep blue cloth. 166pp. Moderate wear extremities. Penciled owner's name on second ffep. 1 1/2" edge tears on pages 2 and 165. Ex-library with usual markings. A solid clean example of the original edition of this scarce title. Nd ca. 1900. Hard Cover x-library. VG-/No Jacket as Issued. Large Octavo. Book. The Ohio Valley Press Hardcover
186644820New York 1866. First edition. Very good minor tears along folds light soiling. 1 sheet. 9 x 14.5 inches. "Report of Recruiting Committee" completed and signed July 5th 1866 by Alex Morrison Henry J. Mansfield and by representatives of the Recruiting Committee on August 7th 1866.<br /> <br /> "The 9th Regiment was first formed on June 24 1799 as the "6th Regiment of Infantry N.Y.N.G.The 9th Regiment participated at intervals in the War of 1812. On May 29 1850 the unit became known as the "9th Regiment New York State Militia" and due to the large percentage of Irish soldiers within the regiment it was given the nickname "the Irish Ninth.".Between 1861 and 1864 the 9th Regiment saw combat during the Civil War and fought under the name of the "83rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment.". It was attached to the Army of the Potomac and participated in dozens of actions from 1861 to 1864 including the battles of Antietam Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg the Wilderness Spotsylvania Court House and Cold Harbor to name some of the more famous engagements" See New York State National Guard 9th Regiment Collection MS 3085 New-York Historical Society. unknown
181731527New York 1817. Engraved headpiece. 1 vols. ca. 8 x 8 1/4 inches. Regimental Orders folded and addressed on verso to Lieut. Col. Hatfield at 23 Frankfort Street. Folds oblong holes affecting two words but not legibility some light discoloration else very good. Engraved headpiece. 1 vols. ca. 8 x 8 1/4 inches. Purdy notifying the Regiment that he has been transferred to that Regiment as Colonel Commandant that the officers at to assemble at Jones' Tavern in Fulton Street with the dates of their commission and that Quarter-Master Strong will be acting Adjutant until further orders. 115th Regiment. <br/><br/> unknown
186166<p>Original rubbing for the Stele of Second Opium War Arrow War in China during 1856-1860. Stele erected in 1861 in Canton Guangzhou City in GuangTong Province in China.</p><p>Very big size on a whole thick rice paper 152cm X 98cm The original stone had been demolished long long ago. This rubbing is the only one found in the world. Folded a few wears at edges. Both text and pictures were fine copied and undamaged but had some folds.</p><p>Rubbing is an ancient Chinese method to copy text and pictures on stone or on bronze wares by hand.</p>
1863BOOKS1618New York NY: Frank McElroy Printer. G: spine faded cover stains; p.117-120 chewed p.165 torn fox/No Dustjacket. 1863. 16mo. 281 pp. . Frank McElroy, Printer unknown
18922604120009Woman's temperance Pub. Association Chicago 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Civil War Regimental 13th Illinois Vols Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. 672 pages : illustrations maps portraits ; 24 cm. Lacks title page. Sold with all faults. Refs: Dornbusch I IL-109. Nevins I p.110. This unit fought in the trans-Mississippi theater in the Civil War. Woman's temperance Pub. Association, Chicago hardcover
18926205Chicago: Women's Temperance Publishing Association 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo 672 pages embossed cloth hinges cracked edgeworn <br/><br/>The "Old Thirteenth" was raised at Dixon Illinois in May 1861. It took 25 years after the War before the comrades organized to collect letters and diaries and oral accounts for this work. Plates portraits maps. Women's Temperance Publishing Association hardcover
18909999_05018's Bosch Teulings Regiment Infanterie 1890. Hardcover. . ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. 44 4 2. Numerous entries in contemporary hand. Original wrappers within original vellum. Bit creased at margins trifle edge worn at extremities. In a very good condition. ~ Contains a wealth of information regarding the service of a soldier at the time. Numerous lists detailing his army life in detail. ADDED: Nationale Militie: Bewijs van Inschrijving 1889. In which the young De Vries is officially entered in the register. A single sheet dated 7 Januari 1889. Printed and hand written. Split into two parts edge worn. I-4 IN <br/> <br/> 's Bosch, Teulings, Regiment Infanterie hardcover
1900304367New York 1900. 2 pp. illuminated manuscript on vellum signed by Captain Morton B. Steele and Benj. H. Plattt Secretary. Reversed calf. Fine. 2 pp. illuminated manuscript on vellum signed by Captain Morton B. Steele and Benj. H. Plattt Secretary. "At a meeting of Company F Seventh Regiment N.C. N.Y. held April fifth nineteen hundred it was unanimously Resolved that the officers and members of the Sixth Company tender their sincere thanks to Edward Kemp. Esq. for the delightful entertainments which they owe to his kind and generous thoughtfulness ." The Seventh Regiment Armory is now more commonly called the Park Avenue Armory. unknown
186554442Hartford Connecticut: L. Stebbins 1865. 1865. CIVIL WAR. First edition.12 mo. Decorated cloth titles and decorations on front cover and spine stamped in gilt viii - 11 - 400 pp. frontispiece preface the eleven steel engraved illustrations are present includes the frontispiece two pages of advertisements. Also included is a list and location of principal Confederate prisons. "A sergeant’s journal of captivity reworked by the editor; very bitter over deliberate cruelty to prisoners but also gives facts tending to show the opposite." -- Nevins Civil War Books page 195. The author a Sergeant-Major in the 16th Connecticut Volunteers recounts his experiences at Andersonville Georgia and Florence South Carolina. He describes brutal conditions frequent deaths challenges to daily survival escape attempts and moments of humanity. This colorful detailed account is one of the best first-person descriptions of captivity in a Confederate pow camp. Front cover has three small colored spots gilt flaked off the spine but readable small label removed from the front pastedown sheet light wear to the fore-edge of the title page else internally clean and tight. Overall a good copy of a seldom offered book. L. Stebbins, 1865. hardcover
1865Alibris.0040555L. STEBBINS 1865. Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. Life and Death in Rebel Prisons Giving a complete history of the inhuman and barbararous treatment of our brave soldiers by rebel authorities inflicting terrible suffering and frightful mortality at Andersonville GA. and. 400 p. Includes illustrations. Life and Death in Rebel Prisons Giving a complete history of the inhuman and barbararous treatment of our brave soldiers by rebel authorities inflicting terrible suffering and frightful mortality at Andersonville GA. and Florence SC describing pla Life and Death in Rebel Prisons Giving a complete history of the inhuman and barbararous treatment of our brave soldiers by rebel authorities inflicting terrible suffering and frightful mortality at Andersonville GA. and Florence SC describing plans of escape arrival of prisoners with numerous and valued incidents and anecdotes of prison life by Sgt. Maj. 16th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Robert H. Kellogg. prepared from his daily journal-TO WHICH IS ADDED AS FULL SKETCH'S OF OTHER PRISONS AS CAN BE GIVREN WITHOUT REPETITION OF THE ABOVE BY PARTIES WHO HAVE BEEN CONFINED THEREIN.L. Stebbins Hartford CT 1865. The book was prepared from Kellogg s daily journal. Illustrated Size 5 x 7 1/2 399 pages. There are 9 b w illustrations-CONDITION FAIR SPINE HAS SOME CLOTH WEAR-399 PAGES--PUBLISHED BY L. STEBBINS HARTFORD CONN L. STEBBINS hardcover
