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1848282248Boston Cincinnati: T. H. Carter U. P. James 1848. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Collection of children's stories by noted authors of the genre. With hand-colored frontispiece of a flower and five inserted plates. Numerous in-text wood engravings and head- and tail-pieces. With initials surrounded by borders composed of printer's flowers. 128 pp. Marbled boards backed in red cloth with titling in gold. Wear to the board extremities. With the childish signature of Willie Meldrum of Washington. We find less than a dozen copies on OCLC. Very Good binding. T. H. Carter | U. P. James unknown books
19931100145np: Ohio State Univ Press 1993. First edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed by O'Brien. Copy #221. Approx 17 X 12 inches. Printed from Janson types on Rives Heavyweight paper at the Logan Elm Press. Color illustration by Jack Shifman. Distrubuted on the occasion of a reading for the Creative Writing Program at the Ohio State Univ. in the Fall of 1993. "Style" is an excerpt from O'Brien's third Vietnam War book The Things They Carried. Fine condition. The limitation statement & signature at the bottom edge does not appear in this scan. Signed by Author. First Edition. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. Illus. by Jack Shifman. Broadside. Ohio State Univ Press Paperback books
1945011277Okinawa: Headquarters Special Troops US Army 1945. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to self-wrappers illustrated pp 20. First edition of a souvenir compiled by Headquarters Special Troops and reproduced by 3020th Engr. Top. Co. Corp. An account of the surrender of the Ryukus islands to General Joe Stillwell. Mimeographed four photos two maps a list of the 10th Army Staff etc. Wrappers a tad browned. else near fine. Headquarters Special Troops US Army unknown books
1859WRCAM51076Washington 1859. 8pp. Dbd. Lightly toned. Very good. A rare Congressional publication relating to volunteer troops serving in Florida during the Third Seminole War. "Correspondence of Jefferson Davis and John B. Floyd with governors Broome and Perry Col. J. Munroe and Col. Gustavus Loomis on raising volunteers. Notes on troops at the Manatee settlements and in the Big Cypress 1856- 1857" - Servies. Only two copies recorded in OCLC. SERVIES 4435. OCLC 1846050. unknown books
93318First Edition. pamphlet. 36 pages. Slim 8vo printed wrappers; chipped ex- lib. Paris: R. Chapelot 1899.<br/><br/> unknown books
1900208Manila 1900. Very good. Typed letter signed 1p. Typed on thin paper. Folded. A true copy of a typed letter by Gen. J.F. Bell that recommends Sgt. Maj. George J. Oden of the 36th Volunteer Infantry for a Certificate of Merit for gallantry during an engagement with Insurgents native Filipinos who rebelled against American rule after Spain ceded the islands to the United States in the mountains near Mangaterem on November 28 1899 during the Spanish-American War. According to the text of the letter "When the attack was finally made he tore down the mountain side at the head of a half dozen men into the midst of a large number of Insurgents shooting right and left and displaying great fearlessness and gallantry. He was foremost of all and seemingly tireless flew down the rough trail finally winding up at the bottom chasing all he could see alone. His enthusiasm and unconscious fearlessness was something pleasant to see." Certified as a true copy of the letter by a Buffalo Soldier a First Lieutenant in the 10th U.S. Cavalry. unknown books
193450545New York: Libertarian Publishing Society 1934. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 24pp. Text paper tanned and slightly fragile with shallow stains in margins; chipped at corners without loss to text front wrapper partially split at spine-fold but still attached; a complete sound copy no better than Good. Covers the anti-fascist uprisings in Spain in December 1933 and October 1934. The pamphlet was reprinted in 1967 by Son of Coptic Press; the first printing is rarely seen in commerce. Libertarian Publishing Society unknown books
193733100Barcelona: IWMA 1937. Folio 33.5cm.; staplebound self-wrappers printed mimeograph; 14 leaves printed rectos only. Minor wear from handling light toning to extremities else Very Good and sound. Special issue of the Bulletin issued by the IMWA most likely in conjunction with the anarcho-syndicalist Civil War-era libertarian movement headed by the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo and the Federación Anarchista Ibérica. Contents comprised of a single article "Events in Catalonia: Developments in Antifascist Spain Since July 19th 1936. IWMA unknown books
193738496Madrid: Partido Izquierda Republicana 1937. First Edition. Broadside 27.5cm x 21.5cm; printed recto-only in black on purple stock. Paper a bit faded at margins still a clean presentable copy Very Good. Broadside to the citizens of Madrid calling on all Republican forces to join under the banner of the Izquierda Republicana historically the main-line leftist party of pre-Revolutionary Spain. Dated June 30 1937 some ten days after the fall of Bilbao to Nationalist forces. Fragile and scarce; not separately catalogued in OCLC. Partido Izquierda Republicana unknown books
193743660Barcelona: P.S.U. / U.G.T. n.d. but ca. 1937. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; bifolium printed on newsprint photo-montaged upper panel. A hint of wear and toning else Near Fine. Promotional handbill issued at the height of the Spanish Civil War delineating the platform of the short-lived Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia the Catalan referent of the Communist Party of Spain and its workers' union. The lovely photo-montaged upper panel depicts both military scenes agricultural activities and at the fore-front a young woman working on a piece of heavy machinery. Text entirely in Catalan. UCSD only in North American according to OCLC February 2019. P.S.U. / U.G.T. unknown books
193740843Barcelona: The Spanish Revolution 1937. Paperback. Very good. Single sheet folded twice to make 8pp. Partially unopened. paper tanned with some very minor loss at the extremities else a good example of the final issue of thsi Spanish Communist Partyy organ. <br/><br/>The Workers' Party of Marxist Unification was a Spanish communist party formed during the Second Republic and most active during the Spanish civil war. The Spanish Revolution paperback books
186428010Washington D.C.: n.p. 1864. First edition. Removed. A very good copy leaves clean and bright some sunning on last blank. 48 pp. 8vo. 38th Congress 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc No. 59. The dispatches from the field commanders including descriptions of actions battles lists of those killed in action. Scarce. OCLC shows 5 copies. n.p. unknown books
19131316626Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office 1913. Other. 64 Loose pamphlets and maps in wrappers 6x8; G/no-DJ; cardboard slipcase with black ribbon ties to opening; heavy wear to slipcase exterior with noticeable stains sunfading and other soling; some chips to corners; includes 64 consecutively numbered maps charts and diagrams; each piece has slight age toning and minor edge wear; bindings intact. 1316626. FP New Rockville Stock. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books
1945155716New York: Sylvania Electric Products Inc. 1945. Large octavo 1-2 1-76 77-79 leaves fastened into an Accopress Binder. A proximity fuze is a fuze that detonates an explosive device automatically when the distance to the target becomes smaller than a predetermined value. Proximity fuzes are designed for targets such as planes missiles ships at sea and ground forces. They provide a more sophisticated trigger mechanism than the common contact fuze or timed fuze. The proximity fuze was one of the most important technological innovations of World War II. It was so important that it was a secret guarded to a similar level as the atom bomb project or D-Day invasion. Adm. Lewis L. Strauss wrote that "One of the most original and effective military developments in World War II was the proximity or "VT" fuze. It was of incalculable value to both the Army and Navy . While no one invention won the war the proximity fuze must be listed among the very small group of developments such as radar upon which victory very largely depended." A fine copy. Accompanied by the October 1945 issue of THE SYLVANIA BEAM revealing the existence the weapon which twenty-five Sylvania plants and laboratories had worked on in secret during World War II. #155716 Sylvania Electric Products Inc. unknown books
18446566baWashington D.C.: U. S. Secretary of War 1844. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 34 pages of text. Water transportation; canals Americana; contains 22 folding maps and plans. Dis-bound removed from original binding. Minor bump to lower corner; otherwise excellent condition. U. S. Secretary of War Paperback books
18628311Phildelphia. George W. Childs. 1862. Bound in blind embossed decorative Buckram. 8vo 5.75" x 8.25". Illustrated throughout with charts and tables. This copy has been re-backed with original spine strip laid-on. Corners bumped. Very mild scattered foxing soiling throughout. Fore-edges somewhat abraded. Generally A Very Good tight copy. George W. Childs. hardcover books
182713123Washington: Pr. by Gales & Seaton 1827. 8vo. 142 pp. <br><br>Contents: Letter from the Department of War p. 3 signed in type by James Barbour; a letter from the Board of Officers p. 5 signed in type by Winfield Scott and 7 others including Z. Taylor Wm. H. Sumner and Abrm. Eustis; and A Complete System of Cavalry Tactics pp. 7142. Government document: 19th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 57. Ho. of Reps. War Dept. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shoemaker 31208. Removed from a nonce volume; five holes in inner margin not touching text. Some pages unopened. Ink numeral in outer margin of title-page. Foxing to some leaves. Pr. by Gales & Seaton unknown books
1858WRCAM49772Washington D.C. 1858. 8pp. Folded quarto sheet. Two soft horizontal creases some dust-soiling and edge wear minor fold separations. Good. A decidedly anti-Mormon speech delivered in the midst of the Utah War on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman John Thompson who concludes by arguing the absolute necessity of increasing the size of the army to suppress the Mormon conflict. Thompson is clearly no fan of the Mormons. He presents polygamy as a threat to America and argues for harsh treatment of the Mormons in Utah. Thompson categorizes the founder of Mormonism Joseph Smith as possessing "that singular compound of genius and folly of cunning and absurdity of indolence and energy of craft and earnestness which distinguished him to the end of his career." Thompson accuses Smith of attempting "to introduce communism" through his "spiritual despotism." But he reserves his most vicious rhetoric for Brigham Young and the Mormons currently fighting U.S. forces in Utah: <br> <br> "What will you do with Utah.I would send an army there sufficient to apprehend Young and his co-conspirators against the authority of the General Government - who will be found to include every lord of the seraglio - try them for treason and hang every one without distinction who should be found guilty; excluding every Mormon from any participation in the legal processes of the court." <br> <br> A rare official screed against the Utah Mormons whose ultimate surrender to the U.S. government in mid-1858 resulted in Brigham Young's removal as territorial governor. The conflict and its aftermath left a rift between the Utah Mormons and the U.S. government that delayed Utah statehood for almost forty years. OCLC records only eighteen copies. FLAKE 8939. unknown books
181212948np Boston 1812. Caption title as issued 8pp. Untrimmed and uncut lightly foxed and worn. Very Good. A meeting at Concord Mass. on July 15 1812 protesting "the momentous and calamitous state of our country" and denouncing the national government for having "unnecessarily declared an offensive war." Congress has "trifled away our dearest privileges and annihilated our fondest hopes." President Madison has sought to shore up his "sinking" popularity by a war policy; he and his allies seeking to stigmatize their opponents as "tories" and traitors have "an ambitious design to continue the power in the hands of our present rulers." FIRST EDITION. AI 26074 2. Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker. unknown books
18172309011817. unbound. 1 page 10 x 7.75 inches Auditor's Office Treasury Department September 29 1817. Written to a petitioner who has filed a claim for a deceased soldier's back pay in part: " I have to inform you that your claim for the pay of Hiram Pool late a private of Capt. Heslemans Company of Artillery has been taken up for examination but it appears that the pay due him is for services rendered during the Peace Establishment." Two-inch closed tear on the left side small chip near the upper right and staining on the lower right; good condition.<br/><br/> In this particular case Private Pool was killed after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent Dec. 24 1814. The government therefore is attempting to imply that he lost his life during the Peace Establishment and the petitioner is entitled to far less monies than if a determination were made that he died during the war.<br/><br/> unknown books
1815WRCAM37896Washington: Printed by William A. Davis 1815. 60pp. Folio. Dbd. Near fine untrimmed. An extensive set of tables recording imports to the U.S. by kind and quantity during one year of the War of of 1812. The chief exporting countries include Russia China Turkey with Egypt and the Levant and the various nations of western Europe and their New World dependencies. Shaw & Shoemaker locate three copies. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 36310. Printed by William A. Davis unknown books
1814WRCAM9583Washington 1814. 1151114pp. plus folding table. Modern cloth leather label. Tanned else very good. This government document attempts to explain away the reversals in the northern branch of the war. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 33307. HOWES M556. hardcover books
1812WRCAM45164Boston 1812. 32pp. Modern cloth. Light foxing and wear internally. Very good. A protest of the War of 1812 signed by thirty-four members of Congress. One of several printings others appearing the same year in Alexandria Hartford New Haven New York Baltimore etc. HOWES A77. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 24537 26832. hardcover books
166746176Graven-Hage: Tongerloo 1667. good. 4 leaves 94pp. rubricated title 4to stitched. Graven-Hage 1667. Good.<br/><br/> A treatise on the dispute between France and Spain over the inheritance rights of Marie Therese daughter of Philip IV of Spain and wife of Louis XIV of France.<br/><br/> Tongerloo unknown books
2007120736NY: Knopf 2007. First edition first prnt. Signed by Ward and Burns on the dedication page. Introduction by Burns. Illustrated. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Companion book to the Ken Burns & Lynn Novick PBS series of the same title. Uncommon signed by both Ward & Burns. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
