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1918106230<p>Newspaper folio illustrated 8 pp. Paper brittle as expected folded chips and tears with some loss at center fold normal aging and browning; otherwise in fair or better condition. Historically significant newspaper that announces the end of WWI. Several articles about the armistice including the abdication of the Kaiser. While the paper is a little brittle it is still a readable copy. </p> books
183812191Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 21 4 pp. <br><br>Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 278. Ho. of Reps. War Dept. Removed from a nonce volume; two holes in inner margin not touching text. Several pages unopened. Foxed. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
1900183312Washington: G.P.O. 1900. Hardcover. VG covers have normal wear spine has ex-library marking. Ex-library labels on endpaper flyleaf. Text block has some toning but does not extend to inside. Pages clean and tight. Tooled browned cloth gilt leterring on spine. 786 pages frontispiece portrait plates maps diagrams. Director: J.P. Sanger; statistical experts: Henry Gannett Walter F. Willcox. G.P.O. hardcover books
1814WRCAM16837Washington 1814. 15pp. plus folding table. Dbd. Good. A report on the status of the new war ships with a table listing the principal ships in the United State naval force. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 33231. unknown books
20129021862New York: Thames & Hudson 2012. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Boxed set with a facsimile of Cornell's 'Manual of Marvels' bound in hardcover a companion book of illustrated essays in paperback and a DVD of the entire work with pop-up commentaries. <br/><br/> Thames & Hudson hardcover books
19616536Albuquerque. Horn and wallace. 1961. Bound in gilt titled cloth. 8vo. This volume designed and directed by Jack Rittenhouse of the Stagecoach Press. All type and plates were destroyed after the printing of 1000 volumes of which only 900 were for sale. Illustrated with a frontis map and various and various maps en texte. A Fine copy in a Good only heavily chipped dustwrapper. Horn and wallace. hardcover books
50497in a partly printed document 8 x 5 inches completed in manuscript and signed 31 December 1864 by D.W Dyer a captain in the New York Quartermaster's Office on behalf of Quartermaster General Van Vliet. Passage on the U.S. Transport Arago was to be provided for W.D.N. Barnard. Folded; small chip in lower edge small hole in margin but very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
1889WRCAM46786Hartford: Case Lockwood & Brainard 1889. 24711pp. plus errata slip. Folio. Original drab printed wrappers stapled as issued. Front cover detached. Light wear and chipping to covers. Second leaf torn a bit in margin at staples. Good. A history of the Connecticut Cavalry in the Civil War complete with the addenda laid in. Scarce with only five copies located in OCLC. Case, Lockwood & Brainard unknown books
2059ADS. 1pg. 8†x 10â€. June 24 1865. Mobile AL. A document signed “J.R. Groves†and “J. W. Keesco†regarding the opening of a grocery store in Mobile AL shortly after the end of the Civil War: “For and in consideration of services rendered I mail the following agreement with J.R. Groves to wit; I am to furnish a cash capital of not less than $10000 ten thousand dollars to be increased as the business increases to do a commission and grocery business in the City of Mobile Alabama Terms of business; I am neither to advance money nor accept bills unless the produce is in hand or on its way with the bill of lading attached consigning it to me 2nd. After paying interest upon capital stock and expenses and losses the profits if any are to be divided equally between myself and J. R. Groves. Signed in duplicate this 24th June 1865 each retaining copy. This agreement may be set aside by either party.†The document is in good condition with slight fold separations and toning throughout. unknown books
12958Civil War unexploded 1" siege ball from the U.S. Navy. Ball was found October 1970 in the side wall of Confederate Fort Huger near Suffolk Virginia. The fort was built by some 1000 slaves and free blacks in 1861. It took ten months to build and was captured 10 months later. Fort Huger was named after Thomas B. Huger CSN who had served in the US Navy for 20 years before the war. He commanded a battery at Morris Island in Charleston Harbor SC in 1861 and was on the CSS McRae in New Orleans' defense. He was mortally wounded on April 241862. Siege ball most likely fired between April and May of 1963 during the Siege of Suffolk. unknown books
6446Historic Newspaper. Harper's Weekly June 24 1865 New York. Cover has large illustration of General Grant meeting with General Scott at West Point. Inside are numerous Civil War illustrations including a whimsical portrayal of Lincoln as a marble bust with female personifications of liberty justice and victory or possibly the union around him. Liberty has her foot on the back of what appears to be a white slaveholder. To Lincoln's left a slave is in the act of rising up while broken shackles lie at his feet. Great content articles on the civil war throughout. Minor stains and very small tears around the edges. In very good condition and still very strong for a paper of this age. unknown books
5678Vintage newspaper printed during the Civil War. The New York Times December 13 1864 issue New York NY. The entire front page of this historic war-dated paper has stories of the War including "The War in Tennessee." In part: ".Seventy-four shots were fired at it doing however no damage.Our troops attacked and routed the enemy. The Federal loss was four killed and forty wounded. The enemy's loss is unknown." Slight wear and light foxing. Overall in excellent condition. unknown books
186726541Boston: Lea & Shepard 1867. 1st edition Wright II 1006. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. VG sq & tight/some shelfwear/period pos to preliminary front blank/usual light foxing. IX 10 - 333 pp. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5" <br/><br/>A novelistic effort focusing on Col. Garfield's campaign in eastern Kentucky. Lea & Shepard hardcover books
144339paperback. illus. 450pp. 8vo pr. wrs. Inman SC: B&B Historical Research 1985. Limited Edn.<br/><br/> Facsimile of the Philadephia 1862 edition. Previous owner's notations on margin of preface otherwise very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
186529616New York 1865. Small broadside 5" x 7.5". Printed using different typesettings completed in ink manuscript. Two very small holes no text loss a few small spots old folds. Good to Very Good. unknown books
33370Cincinnati / Philadelphia: Geo. P. Jenkins / Wm. A. Stephens n. d. Ca late-1860s. Cf. Wolf AMERICAN SONG SHEETS 748k. Crinkled & stained with small 1cm triangular hole just under 4th verse affecting Stephens advert verbiage. 4" horizontal closed tear from left edge along fold-line. A Good copy. Single sheet folded once vertically 4 pp. Printed p. 1 only on plain paper. 4 verses of song lyrics. Hand-colored woodcut image 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" at top of sheet depicting woman reclining on blue divan. 8-3/8" x 5-7/16" <br/><br/>P. 3 & 4 with some lines of faded handwriting. Geo. P. Jenkins / Wm. A. Stephens unknown books
190015672.1Washington DC: The National Tribune 1900. Early reprint cf Nevins II 125. Yellow printed 'aligator' leatherette wrappers. Some wear & soiling to wrappers. Vertical crease to rear wrapper. Paper age-toned as usual. VG. 179 13 pp. 12 pages of publisher adverts "Great War Books" conclude volume. Illustrated. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>Described by Nevins as "A sensational account." The National Tribune hardcover books
501001holograph copies of text for 4 telegrams Boston February 15-18 1864. Small 4to sheet 2pp. recto and verso. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1932197555New York Minton Balch & Company 1932. 1932. First edition. 8vo. Author's foreword. Frontispiece and 7 b/w illustrations. Original black stamped brick red cloth. Dust jacket unclipped; few small chips. Very good. Bookplate of Edna Spennetta on the front free endpaper. F. Hardcover. New York, Minton, Balch & Company, 1932. hardcover books
193732039Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 1937. 1st edition thus Broadfoot p. 634 incorrectly listing this edtion as 2 vols; Howes W-598; Kurutz 691b; Mintz 501; cf Cowan II p. 692 & Graff 4724 for the 2v 1914 edition. Blue buckram cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Printed blue paper dust jacket. NF/VG spine sunned a bit/pc. vii 1 blank 528 pp including Index. Unopened. Fronts portrait. 8 internal illustrations/plates. Folding map at rear. Royal 8vo. <br/><br/>An affordable alternative to the 2v limited edition issued in 1914 also by the Wistar Institute. The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology hardcover books
1942287301London: War Office 1942. First Edition. Very Good binding. A stated First Edition Africa Road Map for the northern coast of Africa Morocco Algeria and Tunisia. Text in French and English prepared by the U.K. War Office in 1942. Late that same year British and American troops would land in Morocco and Algeria beginning a new phase of WWII in Africa. A large road map of the region measuring 49 x 108 cm on a 67 x 115 cm folding sheet. A 'Carte Michelin' revised in 1939 and photolithographically copied for use by the Army and Navy Departments. Notation at the top in pencil mentioning Herbert Casey the Director of the American Red Cross Club in Bizerte Tunisia in 1943. Beginning of separation at some of the folds though generally in Very Good condition. Very Good binding. War Office unknown books
195344464México: Abastecedora de Impresos 1953. First edition. Full tree calf four raised bands red and black morocco labels title in gilt marbled endpapers. A fine copy. vi 322 pp. Sm. 4to. No. 3 of 500 copies. Study on the medical sciences in the era of colonial in Hispano-America which covers topics such as the health organization with the first doctors the hygiene measures that were used in the epidemics the aspects of the professional practice the statistics of the institutions medical as much in the teaching as in the service etc. Includes bibliography. Garrison-Morton 5th ed. 6603. Abastecedora de Impresos hardcover books
1955M2318D. F. Mexico:: Imprenta Del Diario Espanol 1955. 1955. 293 x 227 mm. Tall 8vo. xvi ccclxxiii pp. Illus. Loose as issued in original printed wrappers. Unopened. Fine. FIRST EDITION. Dr. Guerra b. 1916 medical historian has compiled an impressive catalogue of medical works with Mexican imprints in chronological order and profusely illustrated with facsimiles of title pages plates charts and illustrations. There is also an extensive bibliographical section. Imprenta Del Diario Espanol, 1955. unknown books
192025660New York: D. Appleton & Company 1920. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo. 298 pp. Scarce first printing with 1 printed at bottom of rear page of text. Map endpapers. a brief history of a small part of the Three Hundred & Seventh and its role in World War I. Photo frontis. With quite a bit of rubbing and wear to spine area. Binding is lightly shaken but still holding together well. An uncommon volume in the first edition. D. Appleton & Company unknown books
1891289763Washington NY: Government Printing Office Julius Bien & Co. Litho 1891. Five folded lithographic sheets 46.5 cm x 72 cm. These with some dampstaining to the bottom edge; chipping to the edges of the rear cover and plates not affecting the illustrations. Measuring about 48 x 40 cm folded. With descriptive title lacking. Government Printing Office | Julius Bien & Co. Litho unknown books
