1 575 résultats
1864691New York: J. Dickson Printer 1864. Broadside in 4to. 310 x 235 mm. 12 x 9 ¼ inches. Caption and ten stanzas of verse in two columns within an ornamental border.  Sheet somewhat dust-soiled with a few minor stains surface wear along folds one corner slightly chipped &c. Still entirely sound and with good margins. The Battle of Cedar Creek was fought in the Shenandoah Valley on October 19 1864. Surprised by the Confederate forces under the command of Jubal Early the Union troops were nearly routed. Riding to the battlefield from Winchester twenty miles away Gen. Philip Sheridan rallied the troops and carried the day. This action occasioned the slightly more famous poem by Thomas Buchanan Read. Private Maynard's poem centers more narrowly on the actions of the 28th Iowa. The regiment was organized in 1862 and mustered out in 1865 having fought campaigns in Mississippi Louisiana and Virginia losing 271 men in the process.  "At dawn October 19 1864 the Confederate Army of the Valley under Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early surprised the Federal army at Cedar Creek and routed the VIII and XIX Army Corps. Commander Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan arrived from Winchester to rally his troops and in the afternoon launched a crushing counterattack which recovered the battlefield. Sheridan's victory at Cedar Creek broke the back of the Confederate army in the Shenandoah Valley. Lincoln rode the momentum of Sheridan's victories in the Valley and Sherman's successes in Georgia to re-election." Horace Maynard born ca. 1821 in Ohio is listed in the 1860 Federal census as a school teacher in Penn Iowa residing there with his wife and three small children.  American Battlefield Trust Website. Kansas Historical Society Enrollment of Civil War Veterans 1889.  Note cited in OCLC. National Park Service Website.  . J. Dickson, Printer unknown books
1866271647Petersburg: Daily Index" Office 1866. First Edition. Very Good binding. With a lengthy inscription on both sides of the first blank beginning "This book belongs to Russel and Dorothy D. Keiley." and Dorothy Keiley nametag on the title page. This is the revised edition of Keiley Prisoner of War which is considered to be "a well-written wartime account based on a diary with good descriptions of Point Lookout and Elmira" Nevins I 195. The blank has considerable edgewear and has almost certainly been reinserted. The title page has minimal edgewear as well. Still a presentable copy of a scarce Confederate item with a family association. Nevins I 195. Very Good binding. Daily Index" Office unknown books
1866608New York: Published by the Tribune Association 1866. Tall 8vo.  260 x 180 mm. 10 ¼ x 7 inches. viii 74 pp. Self-wrappers with printed title-page stitched as issued; some soiling to the first leaves and a few chips to the corners and edges. With the signature of H. Henry Sheldon on the title-page in three places along with the stamp of the Sheldon Art Museum. First edition. The text comprises the "Report of the expedition to Andersonville Georgia July 1865 for the purpose of identifying the graves and enclosing the grounds of a cemetery created there during the occupation of that place as a prison for Union Soldiers in Rebel hands."  Included is a history of the Andersonville Prison its administration and treatment of soldiers under its care. The lists of soldiers is organized by State and is 74 pages long. Published by the Tribune Association unknown books
1875273943Philadelphia: Published by the Author for the Subscribers 1875. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Signed by General Guss. Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson in the Nevins bibiliography considers this "a useful reservoir of personal narratives for the campaigns along the Atlantic coast" Nevins I 149. The Regiment was commanded by Gen. Henry R. Guss and this copy is Signed by Gen. Guss "with his compliments". In publisher's brown gilt decorated cloth with portrait frontispiece of Henry R. Guss illustrated with portraits plates and maps. Quite an attractive bright copy from the personal library of Bud Robertson with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Nevins I 149. Very Good binding. Published by the Author for the Subscribers unknown books
4272July 1863-March 1864. A set of six financial documents relating to two ships. The barque Texas and the barque Alamo were owned by Oliver H. Perry a shipping merchant from Southport Connecticut. The Texas was lost at sea in late 1862 while serving the Union cause during the American Civil War. Five of the six documents report Perry’s earnings on the ships. These are from Connecticut shipping company Wakeman Dimon & Co. who operated Perry’s ships. The sixth letter is from the Atlantic Insurance Company. It concerns Perry’s insurance policies on the ships. The documents are in very good condition overall with folds. unknown books
539608vo. 7 pages approximately 1100 words. "We are feeling very anxious at present about affairs at Richmond. We can get nothing definite in regard to the fighting . they must prepare for a long and bloody war . later we hear the rebels are moving upon Pope with their whole army." Folded for mailing. Very good. For the pair <br/><br/> unknown books
186410189211 manuscript letters six on official letterheads of Quatermaster's or Assistant Quartermaster's offices. Archive appears to have been saved from a fire at some point as there is a bit of scorching paper a bit dry some staining darkening at some folds writing often faded a few tears at folds with some minor paper loss; otherwise in good condition. Despite the somewhat faded nature of the writing the content appears to relate mostly to transportation matters and supplies. The letters are from Louisville Columbus and Paducah mostly and provide some insight into the behind the scenes activities of the Union Army in this area. books
1862100852Pamphlet 8vo original green printed wrappers 17 pp. Wrappers chipped and torn with a few small pieces missing from the margins back wrapper almost detached vertical tear on cover repaired on verso a few pages with tears at extremities light toning; else very good.This is a scarce and unusual item that gives a different political message from the Civil War period. The author who calls himself Green-Back seems to object to the failures of politicians of his day and in fact this is an open letter to the 37th Congress. Sounds like he has Copperhead leanings but his key message is that it was time for the Representatives and represented come to an understanding. He seems to think that Congress is too busy or distracted with the needs of slaves and related issues to take care of other business. According to Green-Back Congress doesn't seem to have much time for other affairs because of their plans "for the full development of their much admired and more beloved Congo men". He also seems dissatisfied with the press who he suggests instigated or helped cause the war and whom only present a one sided view of the war. books
1718101905Letter sheet 8x10 4 pages 3 1/2 pages of text. Some very minor bends at edges a couple of very minor nicks creased a little slight aging and browning; otherwise in really nice condition. This highly legible letter to a father from his son talks about more than the "usual" life in an army camp. There are certainly routine matters covered like receiving letters from family members and requests for money but he also talks about his legal misfortunes. While it is unclear what issues are involved it is clear he has some military legal problems which he hopes to resolve by the time his regiment is 'mustered." The letter makes it sound like it is something important and probably related to his military standing. His father appears to suggest that he should take his case to Washington but the son decides to wait it out. The son Jon indicates that while he feels badly over his misfortunes he really feels badly for his friends and relatives. This suggests along with a comment about handling the impact on public opinion that this case was a visible one. He also complains about the cost of living in the South which he says is twice what it is in the North and indicates he pays $10 per week for boarding. That would seem to be very high when measured at a soldier's pay during this period. He does throw in a couple of comments about the war including that "Sherman too is still in successful pursuit." he also states that nothing is heard from General Smith "but his safety and success is a thing assured." books
18642833371864. unbound. fine. Union Navy A.L.S. 8vo. 2 pages August 27th 1864 Aboard the USS Elfin. Just three months before she would be destroyed by bombardment while in service on the Tennessee & Cumberland Rivers. Letter from a sailor who is trying to get his Land Grant application to Wisconsin but he can't raise the $11.00 application fee on his ship. In part: "I received the papers alright and I signed an affidavit before my Commanding Officer - and I signed them and sent them off but could not get $11.00 aboard of the boat. The Captain signed them also. Write to my wife and have her send the eleven dollars down to Menasha before the 20th of September. I was transferred from the 18th Wisconsin Infantry Co. into the United States Navy as I suppose they could get Soldiers easier than they could get Sailors. I think I can serve my country better here than I could in the land service as I have formerly been to sea and I am an able seaman at present." Fine condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1892WRCAM52035Rockland Me.: First Maine Cavalry Association 1892. Nine issues several with plates plus two supplements. Original printed wrappers mostly detached and chipping heavily. A few chips to initial leaves of one issue otherwise internally very good. A significant run nine of fourteen total issues with two additional supplements of a periodical for Civil War veterans of the First Maine Cavalry. "Published four times a year and will contain the proceedings of the yearly reunions of the First Maine Cavalry matters of historic value to the regiment and items of personal interest to all the members." The volunteer cavalry regiment served with the Army of the Potomac for the duration of the war and participated in many of the critical battles including Brandy Station the largest cavalry engagement of the entire Civil War. First Maine Cavalry Association unknown books
1760WRCAM221London: A. Millar 1760. 56pp. Half title. Later paper wrappers. Very good. The ascription of authorship to John Douglas is suggested by Halkett & Laing; William Pulteney has also been a candidate. An appeal to William Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle that the process of making peace with France must include France's relinquishing all of Canada Guadeloupe and Senegal. The issue is important for having elicited Franklin's noteworthy THE INTEREST OF GREAT BRITAIN CONSIDERED WITH REGARD TO HER COLONIES. TPL 315. JCB 1III:1264. A. Millar unknown books
1760WRCAM35266London: R. Griffiths 1760. 456pp. Half title. Dbd. Early ink inscription on half title. Outer leaves a bit tanned otherwise very good. This work was written in response to Mauduit's CONSIDERATIONS. which argued that Britain should further her war against France in North America and the East Indies while abandoning the war in Continental Europe. The present pamphlet argues that it is impossible for a large commercial nation such as Britain to ignore events in Europe. The author maintains that further attempts at colonial expansion would antagonize other nations especially France. SABIN 15208. R. Griffiths unknown books
171934228New York: Schwäbisches Wochenblatt 1917-1919. First Edition. Ninety-one quarto 29.75cm. issues bound together in contemporary reddish-brown cloth; illus. throughout. Textblock quite toned due to poor paper stock light edge wear to cloth extremities else Very Good and sound. Quite possibly complete set the numbering ends after no. 13 misprinted 31 and a few weeks appear to have been skipped. Humor supplement to the weekly Schwabian-American newspaper Schwäbisches Wochenblatt. Though we find no records for the New York-based newspaper or its supplement we do find a newspaper of the same name published by the Social Democratic Party of Germany. This periodical also appears to be anti-capitalist the cartoon on the first page of the first issue shows a worker slicing open the money-bag gut of Mammon. Most significantly this periodical began publication months after the United States entered World War I with much of the content on the plight of the German-born American citizens another cartoon shows an American citizen of German birth in a muzzle. We find no listings in OCLC as of June 2017. Schwäbisches Wochenblatt unknown books
1848244622New York: Harper and Brothers 1848. First edition. 2 folding maps. 229 2 8 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original red cloth. Very good some wear and small loss at top of spine. Bookplate of James Torr Harmer. First edition. 2 folding maps. 229 2 8 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Sabin 10905 Harper and Brothers unknown books
1873241555Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott & Co 1873. 521 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth decorated in black and gilt. Some wear at joints and head else fine Bookplate of James Torr Harmer. 521 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED. By the act of May 13 1846 the President was authorized to recruit volunteers to serve for a year or during this war Preface. Kenly met Polk volunteered to put together a company of volunteers from Baltimore and after this was accomplished was made a Captain in the Volunteer company known as "Baltimore's Own." The text is from his journal made during the war.<br/><br/>Inscribed "To Edmund Law Rogers/ with the regards of/ John R. Kenly/ Balto. Jan. 18 1873." Rogers was a prominent Baltimorean. Not in Sabin Howes or Streeter J. P. Lippincott & Co unknown books
1937WRCLIT69942Madrid & Barcelona: Sindicato de Professionales de la Bellas Artes / Indus Gráficas Seix y Barral 1937. Folded leaflet. 17.5 x 12.5 cm on stiff card with pictorial top panel. Very near fine. A separate printing of Alberti's poem "Vosotros no Caisteis" in facsimile of his ms. with a French translation in type "Vous N'êtes pas Tombés" with a cover illustration signed in the image "Parilla XXXVII." This was published as an element in an interesting set of cards with a series title "Recuerdo de España" distributed for the promotion and defense of the Republic published under the direction of the Fine Arts trade union the alliance charged with some of the most important propaganda efforts during the war. The cards bear illustrations in various media and internally present both in type and in facsimile of manuscript statements in support of the cause both prose and poetry. Sindicato de Professionales de la Bellas Artes / Indus Gráficas Seix y Barral unknown books
4297SPIRITUALISM. A religious movement centered on communication with the dead. It was very popular in 19th-century Europe and America. MDS. 8pgs. N.d. Civil War era N.p. probably Vermont. A handwritten transcript of a speech given by a Spiritualist minister. In a long and cutting speech Rev. Gibson Smith a minister from South Shaftsbury Vermont criticized the Civil War the Union and many American politicians of the era. Though he seems to have supported the abolitionist cause – as did most Spiritualists – Smith decried the war itself believing that the north was as immoral and self-serving as the south. He speaks frequently of morality versus law considering the former to be more powerful than the latter. Smith also complains about the persecution of Spiritualists by numerous politicians. Smith mentions several times the possibility of Stephen Douglas becoming the next President. The transcript is signed “A. Thompson Rep.†at the bottom presumably by the man who recorded it. “Rev. Gibson Smith Spritualist. The speakers began by saying that though Religion & politics out not to go together but he thought differently that political were the purest principles next to religion there is extant. Stated he was no scheming politician & was not ‘as had been asserted’ hired by C K Smart & went on to prove it by stating that he had only 10 cts in his pocket & that he had lived on one meal per day so much was he devoted to his principles. Went on to speak of Burlingame & stated afterwards that the Constitution was adopted in 1781 and when it was adopted it found the Colonies all slave states & stated that Massachusetts abolished slavery because they could not make it profitable & would not have done so if they could & that the people of Mass had no sympathy for niggers & never will have. Stated that the northern people were greater slaves than the southern niggers because they were made subservient to domineering churches & sectarian…That the south were honest and believed slavery a divine institution & prove it from the Bible & you regard it a moral evil ‘They have as much right to their opinion as you & it is none of your business to interfere with it. Want you to call your ministers in I want to talk to them you have got mad at this thing of slavery & this quarrel is a monstrous thing between the north & south. You talk about a Higher Law what is your higher law it causes you to trample upon the constitution & laws of your country. You never knew a legal enactment to do away with a moral evil. Cited the Maine Law as an instance & said there was as much liquor drank now as there ever was before Cheers Moral suasion is the only way to abrogate slavery & there is no others. How did your churches regard the higher laws let us see when the Washingtonion movement came up they opposed it to the last end! When this ramrod law came up how did they to They went in for it to a man! The Democrats are for moral suasion in all things. A word to spiritualists you believe in progression & that progression is from wrong to right. Now slavery has steadily advanced under your doctrine of intervention. Your doctrine has caused you to repudiate your higher law. If you oppose slavery as having its equal share of the territories the south will dissolve the Union! & justly to! Douglass will be the next president & he will prevent this. The South drove slavery into Kansas & the north drove it out. Washburn endorsed Helpers Book & 11 other republican members of the House of Representatives. Slavery must have more territory or this great increase will overflow the south & you will have to cut their throats to make room for the others to live. Fessenden is an abolitionist. Speaking of the taxes in Maine he said there was $20000000 worth of church property in maine not taxed & said all property ought to be taxed. So you the people have to pay the taxes that should be levied upon this property. Some rich men buy $5000 dollars worth of pews in your churches & sent them at a money making rate & it is all clear of taxation. This is no donation they do it to speculate! The ministerial exemption law was smuggled through the legislature and there is no report other than the law itself upon record no report in the newspapers the law itself is a disgrace to the state for it helps only the rich & poor Methodist ministers get nothing by it. They abuse & persecute me & I have to help pay their taxes for them by the force of your statue law. Nothing to say about Peck the Rep. Leaders are dishonest but the voters are not & the speaker goes on to advise them to vote for smart and Douglass if they want to be honest & they certainly will be elected for all the boys are for them. Rust of the Progressive Age tried to put me down & came in and disturbed my meeting & threatened to call the police before he would be quiet. Simonton of Camden tried to stamp me down when I spoke in opposition to Grimes but I stood until they got tired of for I would have stood all might but I would have spoken & then he saved me the next day when I went into his shop & that is gods truth. The speakers said he stumped the state of Vermont for Fremont in ’56 and he should not have turned democrat if they had not drove him to it. Luke P Rand & G.W. Brown turned when they were driven to it by the Republicans. Remmings of Boston donated a printing press worth $5’00 to the spiritualists of Maine & G.W. Brown was to conduct the paper & Remmings was informed that Brown calculated to blow for the democracy & he came to get the press away but Brown would not give it up & Remmings put the law to it & stopped it while it was running off its edition before the papers were half printed. He persecuted Brown & put his wife & remaining child for one lay dead in the house when they seized the press in a common pest house pretending that they were going to have the small pox & when Brown was gone from home & they had no protestors they kept them there 4 weeks & Brown had to threaten to prosecut sic to get them out. The names of the men that did this as Frost Straw & Snow. Speaker goes on to tell the spiritualists to vote against them because they have done it & tells them they are no spiritualists if they do not for their dessenent saith not. A. Thompson Rep.†In fair condition with some toning on each page. This is quite a speech and it must have been quite something to hear it in person. It’s difficult to know what the man who copied it down thought of it. The thread binding that once held the sheets together has come apart so all leaves are now separate. unknown books
294719New York: J.H. Tooker Print Co. Original poster mounted on linen. Color lithograph. 40 1/2" x 27 3/4" inches.<br/><br/> A World War I poster featuring a sketch portrait of actress Bessie Barriscale urging the public to buy war bonds. Publishing sponsored by Paralta Plays. In very good condition with minor tears to margin. Image unaffected.<br/><br/> J.H. Tooker Print Co unknown books
1943260151Washington D.C.: US War Department 1943. Original double-sided poster. Offset lithograph in both color and black and white. 35" x 47".<br/><br/> Newsmap was a weekly educational and propaganda poster published by the US War Department during and immediately after World War II. It ran in four volumes from April 1942 to March 1946 after which an additional eight issues were published. Newsmaps were not issued for general distribution the posters were distributed to military installations as well as government and civilian groups working on War Department projects. Along with text denoting the progress of the war across the various fronts this poster includes maps and photographs from the campaigns in Italy and New Guinea. September 1943 had seen both Italy's surrender and the Allied landings on the Italian mainland at Salerno. This poster shows an aerial view of Naples American troops unloading at Salerno and a series of four photographs of an Allied smokescreen covering Palermo Sicily. The reverse shows an educational cartoon informing of the danger of unexploded ammunition. Some wear along original folds as issued. Good condition.<br/><br/> US War Department unknown books
1943260144Washington D.C.: US War Department 1943. Original double-sided poster. Offset lithograph in both color and black and white. 35" x 47".<br/><br/> Newsmap was a weekly educational and propaganda poster published by the US War Department during and immediately after World War II. It ran in four volumes from April 1942 to March 1946 after which an additional eight issues were published. Newsmaps were not issued for general distribution the posters were distributed to military installations as well as government and civilian groups working on War Department projects. Along with text denoting the progress of the war across the various fronts this poster includes photographs from the recent Tehran Conference - the first of the 'Big Three' conferences between Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin - and and image of USAAF Flying Fortresses in formation on a raid. To bottom right is a map of the European theater of operations where Germany and 'Nazi Dominated Areas' are marked grey. Territories unoccupied are in green. The reverse shows an educational cartoon informing soldiers of the importance of saluting. Some wear along original folds as issued. Good condition.<br/><br/> US War Department unknown books
1964144494New South Wales: Embassy Pictures 1964. Vintage borderless photograph of Sophia Loren Marcello Mastroianni and Vittorio De Sica on the set of the 1964 film. With holograph annotations on the verso. <br/><br/>Based on the 1964 play by Eduardo De Filippo titled "Filumena Marturano." Set during and immediately after World War II in Naples Italy. Filumena Sophia Loren is a prostitute who eventually moves in with Domenico Marcello Mastroianni a wealthy businessman and one of her long time johns. She is expected to care for his aging mother but after he plans to marry a younger woman Filumena feigns her own illness to persuade him to marry her and father her children one of which she had by him but he does not know which one. Nominated for two Academy Awards. <br/><br/>5 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Embassy Pictures unknown books
1832WRCAM28600Washington 1832. Broadside 10 x 8 inches. Folded vertically in half printed on recto of resultant half sheet. Slight dust soiling otherwise very good. The orders of Maj. Gen. John Macomb providing for the protection of Indian agents in service on the frontier. Macomb asserts that without military protection the efforts of the agents to "conciliate" the Indians will fail. Demonstrates the role of the army in U.S.-Indian relations. unknown books
1812WRCAM31360Bologne & Dunkerque 1812. 2; 2; 2pp. each docketed on verso of integral leaf. In English and French. Light fold lines. Clean and bright. Very good. Three letters two from Capt. Gorham Coffin and one from Murel Dufaeux on the treatment of Coffin and his men imprisoned in Bologne. Coffin was evidently detained by the Commissioner of Police and was anxious to secure both his release and better treatment for his men. He writes regarding the efforts of the American consul on his behalf and about his eagerness to return to Dunkerque. Typical of the problems encountered by American shipping throughout this period. unknown books
187634022Erie Pa.: Ashby and Vincent 1876. First Edition. 96pp. illus.Port. of Lawrence. Original 16mo grey printed wrapperssmall nick at lower spine Not in Howes. This is an account of Perry's Victory. It was prepared with consultations with his father who was a Sailing Master. He served on the Upper Lakes during the War of 1812. It is also a comparison with the accounts by MacKenzie Cooper and Lossing. He compiled his work based on these accounts. Very scarce No copies on the internet. Ashby and Vincent unknown books
