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1979588988London: Heinemann 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Text in English only. Trade paperback. 112pp. Rear wrapper bottom corner creased light soiling on topedge and spine else a near fine copy. Signed by Henrique Guerra on the contents page under his name. Containing his poems titled "Prison Song" and "Return". Scarce Signed by political activist and poet Henrique Guerra on behalf of MPLA The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola who was imprisoned for a little over eight years in Portugal during the colonial era. Heinemann unknown
189650040Des Moines: F.R. Conaway State Printer 1896. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey blind-ruled cloth with gilt front board lettering and pictorial stamping. 85pp. Frontispiece 5 full-page illustrations. Near fine. Faint handling to binding only else tight and internally near fine. Handsome first edition of this "Report of the Battle Flag Committee Appointed by the Twenty=Fourth General Assembly to Provide Cases and Transfer the Iowa Battle Flags from the Arsenal to the Capitol" being the text of the state governor's proclamation and speechifying from him and other dignitaries as well as an itemized inventory of all 138 flags. Front flyleaf bears a large bold presentation inscription in black ink: "Hyde Clarke Post G.A.R. / Dubuque Ia / Compliments of / Jno. R. Prime." Prime 1847-1923 whose signature also appears in facsimile on the opening text page was a career Army officer who first served as private with Company K of the 27th Iowa Infantry in the Civil War served as adjutant-general and was raised to brigadier general in 1896. Front flyleaf depicts Frank D. Jackson Iowa's Republican governor and title page includes a dramatic red white and blue graphic of a flying American flag with battle-shredded edges. Scarce and quite an exceptional copy. F.R. Conaway, State Printer hardcover
49389Galena IL: M.J. & A.J. Weber n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt front board lettering. 224pp 93pp ads. Numerous illustrations advertisements green decorative endpapers. Very good. Mildly edgeworn only. Tight and attractive probable sole edition of this memorial yearbook of World War I veterans from Jo Daviess county in northwestern Illinois. Of special interest is a sharp WW1-era real photo postcard tipped to front flyleaf showing an unidentified young man in suit and overcoat and distinctive checkered cap standing in the snow -- and on page 189 the very same young man in the same outfit stands in a large group photo captioned "Jo Daviess County Boys Who Departed For Camp Grant February 27 1918." Unique copy of a volume exceptionally difficult to find in acceptable condition -- scotch-taped hinges and duck-taped spine are the norm. This is a scarce clean tight-hinged copy with intriguing addition from the period. M.J. & A.J. Weber hardcover
1951BBO25<p>Korean War<br /></p><p><i>Commemorative Album of Photographs on the Second Year Anniversary of the Korean War</i>.</p><p>Ministry of National Defense Republic of Korea 1951.</p><p>Oblong 4to 31 leaves with protective tissue; with commemorative text: 6.25 Korean War emblem: winged five-point star and anchor 2nd Year D.N.D. R.O.K. flanked by Birds of Paradise executed in mother of pearl woven silver silk tie. </p><p>Containing 77 original photographs documenting the events and players in the war including President Syngman Rhee Douglas MacArthur etc. with typed captions a page of dedication with presentation To Ambassador De Tervarent … Tao-Yong Shinn Minister of National Defense Republic of Korea . </p><p>An official album presented to the Belgian Ambassador and Plenipotentiary Minister in Japan Chevalier Guy de Schoutheete de Tervarent 1891-1969 Belgium being one of the 17 countries which furnished military forces in support of the United Nations Security Council resolution to defend South Korea. Most likely each of the Allied nations received such an album as a souvenir.</p><p><br /></p> Ministry of National Defense hardcover
28011Le Chevalier 1874. In/4 relié reliure pleine toile 1022 pages affiches en couleurs et en noir et blanc tampon de la bibliothèque de Vincent Bertillon. Proclamations affiches avis etc.diffusés lors de la Guerre de 1870 et la Commune à travers les multiples documents donnés ici en fac-similés certains sur papier colorés. unknown
1847383278Washington: Printed by J. and G.S. Gideon 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xxxii 215 24pp. additional lithographic title page and one engraved plate. In the original half morocco and cloth boards. Ex-library copy with spine label bookplate pocket and perforated stamp on the letterpress title page and first text page. The binding is rubbed and scuffed else good. This edition of the Regulations is a revision of the 1841 edition issued because the 1841 edition was exhausted due to increased demand occasioned by the Mexican-American war. The regulations govern all aspects of army life arranged under 57 Articles. Also included is a 24-page appendix that reprints 101 Articles of War and an engraved plate depicting the Order of Encampment for a Regiment of Infantry and for two squadrons of Cavalry. Printed by J. and G.S. Gideon hardcover
191634332Pueblo CO: The Franklin Press. 1916. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. This volume written by Jewella Civil War soldier had started the process of becoming a Mason but was interrupted two weeks later by joining the Union army in 1862. After serving in the winter of 1865/66 he became Master Mason. The book contains the stories of soldiers who when captured by the Confederates or the Federal Army once they were known to be a Mason were treated as brothers and well cared for. Cleary Jewell had solicited these stories as they are mostly signed by the former soldier/Mason who experienced these considerations. The book also contains a brief autobiography of Jewell as well as some thoughts on Masonry war and related subjects. The Masonry scholar Michael A Halleran wrote in the journal "Heredom" suggesting the Masonry affiliation aided prisoners on both sides of the conflict. Jewell's book is considered one of the earliest works addressing the Freemasonry's role in the Civil War though Halleran does criticize it for being "anecdotal." See volume 15 2007 of "Heredom." The book is near fine with a few small spots on the front board. Extremely scarce.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 127 pp . The Franklin Press hardcover
1965592728Madison Wisconsin: National Co-ordinating Committee to End the War in Viet Nam 1965. Unbound. Very Good. Inaugural issue. Small quarto. Corner-stapled leaves mimeographed on both sides. 7pp. Folded twice for mailing with three sets of staple holes for closurelabel addressed to Carol McEldowney on final page see below very good with modest tanning and edgewear. A Wisconsin-based anti-Vietnam War newsletter with country-wide updates on the movement. The National Co-ordinating Committee to End the War in Viet Nam had recently formed during the Assembly of Unrepresented People conference in Washington D.C. in early August of 1965; its goal was to coordinate nationwide movements and present a united front to the U.S. government. The recipient of the newsletter Carol McEldowney was according the introduction to her papers at U Mass Boston ".a pioneer in the women's self-defense movement an original contributor to Our Bodies Ourselves and she traveled to Vietnam to interview citizens about their experiences during the war . Her Hanoi Journal was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2007. National Co-ordinating Committee to End the War in Viet Nam unknown
1854307508New York City 1854. 3 pp. pen and ink on bifolium. 8vo. Old folds very minor stain to edge of bottom right corner on first page not affecting text else fine. 3 pp. pen and ink on bifolium. 8vo. Romantic in a style befitting the era Farnum offers a graphic account of a a heart-wrenching scene from battle which he describes as "carelessly written but respectfully dedicated to Maria L. Green." Reading in part:<br /> <br /> ."Where hot and fiercest raged the fight<br /> Where lead came down like rain ~<br /> Where bursting bombshells feeble light<br /> Discovered heaps of slain ~<br /> I saw a little laughing sprite<br /> A joyous little dear<br /> Leading a pet lamb through the fight<br /> Without one though of fear. ~"<br /> <br /> Soldier express rider mercenary adventurer and notoriously hard drinking brawler John Egbert Farnum's 1824-1870 military career began in the Mexican American War where he served as a sgt. major in the 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He would go on to see action in the Crimean War and the jungles of Cuba and Nicaragua before enlisting as a major in the Union Army in 1861. Farnum fought gallantly in some of the bloodiest engagements of the American Civil War including Fredericksburg Chancellorsville and Gettysburg before his wounds forced him to retire from active service Farnum was shot 19 times and suffered two saber wounds. He was promoted to brevet brigadier general for his meritorious service. <br /> Despite his incredible war record Farnum is more often remembered for his involvement in the infamous voyage of the schooner Wanderer. Built as a luxury racing yacht the Wanderer was purchased by William Corrie in 1858 with the assistance of southern "fire eater" Charles A.L. Lamar. Corrie had the schooner refitted as a slave ship and along with Farnum who later claimed ignorance of the scheme and the ship's crew sailed to Africa and loaded 407 slaves aboard. They arrived off Jeckyll Island Georgia in November and were arrested for violating the 1807 Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves. Farnum was charged with piracy. He escaped jail but was recaptured and after a lengthy and sensational trial in which the President of the United States James Buchanan came to his defense he was acquitted of all charges. unknown
184961254Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co.; Uriah Hunt & Co. Philadelphia; M.W. Dodd New York 1849. Fourth edition. 333 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Beige printed wrappers front wrapper detached. Signed three times by Levi Guptill Esq. Fourth edition. 333 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Sabin 35864; not in Howes or Graff. Sabin 35864; not in Howes or Graff <br/><br/> Benjamin B. Mussey & Co.; Uriah Hunt & Co., Philadelphia; M.W. Dodd, New York unknown
4298MEXICAN WAR. ALS. 2pgs. June 18 1849. place illegible An autograph letter signed by an American soldier on duty during the Mexican-American War. Writing to his brother in college he hopes that the war will end soon enough for him to make it through alive. my neglect in not answering your last letter the fact is I have had so much on my mind for the last 2 months that I hardly know what I am about have recd several dispatches from Mexico since I wrote you last all of which tend to make the prospect than less & less flattering the grand trouble is that their congress will not reach our bill this session owing to business of more information brought on by revolutionary movements in that unsettled country and if the bill does not pass I shall not lose all hope but it places too far in the future to be relied on much I did think I should be present at commencement but feel too hour altogether after my Mexican entity shall however see you on your arrival home as I think I shall spend the month of July at home shall probably go down about the 10th & think it probably stop some time. I have not heard from home in a long time they were all well when last they wrote presume that to be the case now we as a city remain without the cholera at present though there have been or 3 cases which have terminated fatally what do you intend going after you graduate I believe I shall go home to farming or to California I dont know which my time is up here the first of next month and the two opposition lines that are about going into opperation sic here will effectually kill the time so not I am out of business although the first of July you must have your eyes & ears open & not throw away money upon cut honors as it is termed for it is all a humbly yours signature illegible. Some powerful sentiments. The letter is in fair condition with large areas of toning deep folds and a small tear in the lower left-hand corner. unknown
6331BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA. The Battle of Buena Vista fought over February 22 and 23 1847 saw the outmanned American Army under Zachary Taylor defeat the Mexicans under General Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna. The American forces were largely made up of volunteers rather than regular armyArchive. 15 pieces. 1847 mostly April. Buena Vista Mexico. An archive of fourteen receipts and manuscripts written in the wake of the Battle of Buena Vista; most are from April 1847 and a few state that the location of the receipts is Buena Vista. Some of these receipts are addressed to Charles C. Gilbert of Ohio and it is for volunteers from Indiana and Ohio. Some are in pencil and some are in pen. These documents show the American soldiers stuck in rural Mexico trying to find food for themselves and their beasts of burden. Mexican War dated manuscripts written from Mexico are scarce. A few sample documents include:aADS. 1pg. April 17th 1847. No place. An autograph document signed Lt. C.A. Shank AAQM 3 Reg Ina Vol addressing to pay for corn for mule feed.bADS. 1pg. April 17th 1847. Buena Vista. An autograph document signed Jos Napier AQM ordering pleas sic pay this Mexican for 33 Sacks.cADS. 1pg. April 17 1847. No place. An autograph document signed John Caldwell Act. A. Qr. M. 2d R. O.V. stating Return for 3 Horses and 40 Mules in the service of the 2r Regt. O.V. Ohio Volunteers for 2 days.dADS. 1pg. April 18 1847. No place. An autograph document signed Wm Erwin A A Q M ordering: Requisition for forage for fifty mules and seven horses in the service of the United States for two days commencing on the 17th and ending on the 18th April 1847.eADS. 1pg. April 17 1847. No place. An autograph document signed Thomas L. brent 1st Lieut & A.A. Qr Master noting Company B 4th Artillery Forage for two days 50 Bushels and 16 Quarts Corn116 Horses28 Mules. unknown
5755MEXICAN WAR. ALS. 1pg. May 24 1846. On Board the Steamer Diana. An autograph letter signed Tho.s R. Heritage. Heritage had just enlisted in the United States Army as part of the Louisville Light Artillery and was leaving via New Orleans to fight in the Mexican-American War. He wrote home to his wife and daughter. My Dear Wife/ It is with a heart somewhat full that I address you at this time but it is not because I have volunteerd sic in the service of my Country and bound for the seat of war but from the fact that money has not been furnished me according to promise that I might leave you in a better situation Capt E.B. Howe has given me 2 Dols that I send you by Mr Johnson as I shall not need it When at Orleans and Mustered under Genl Gaines I trust I shall do at every opportunity I should have called and seen you again but concluded it was best not I sincerely hope that you will not worry yourself but keep good Heart trusting that we will meet again at least one year but probably sooner for it certainly will not take 30.000 men long to make Mexico sue for peace on any terms we are now hauling out into the stream. Now my Dear Martha I sincerely trust that you will be a comfort to your mother by being dutiful and obedient to her during my absence and rest assured that I shall never disgrace the stars and stripes under which I rally in thought word or action believing that our cause is just and that we shall be protected by the God of Battles. Now my pet you must love Mamma by a good girl and kiss her very often for your papa and when you go to school try to learn so fast that you will be able to read my letters. P.S please file all the letters you receive during my absence. Your affectionate Husband Tho.s R. Heritage Sergant Johnson sends his best respects. Heritage was from Philadelphia; he was disabled in the war and sent home the following year. The letter is in very good condition with an uneven left edge other wear and a mild ink stain near the center. unknown
1847373693New York 1847. Two hand colored lithographs. 13-3/4x18-3/4 inches. Minor toning and minor marginal foxing. Two hand colored lithographs. 13-3/4x18-3/4 inches. unknown
1848375649Np 1848. First and only edition. 64pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's brown wrappers stained and toned. Internally very good. First and only edition. 64pp. 1 vols. 8vo. General Winfield Scott charged Pillow with the authorship of a pseudonymously signed letter - the so-called Leonidas Letter - published in the NEW ORLEANS DAILY DELTA on Sept. 10 1847 in which Pillow's military activities at Contreras and Churubusco were applauded and those of Gen. Scott were belittled. The two quarreled violently and two successive courts of inquiry decided that no action should be taken against Pillow. The present pamphlet defends Pillow's position. Sabin 62853; Eberstadt 104:198 unknown
1474ALS. 1786-1857. Marcy was a New York Governor and Senator and Secretary of War during the Mexican War. ALS. 1pg. 7 " x 9 ". Novr 24th 1846. Philada. An autograph letter signed "Thos Oliver Goldsmith M.D." two times to Secretary of War William Marcy. After the start of the Mexican War Goldsmith appeals to be sent to Mexico: "As a Regt of Volunteers is called from Pennsylvania and as many of my friends will be in said Regt I desire the appointment of Surgeon for Regt. I do not know whether the Col will appoint or the appointment reserved by the War office. In either case I would most anxiously be a candidate for the post. I can produce the best of qualifications as to character and capability references to Drs. McClellan and Wm. C.C. Barton of Philada. I would state I have lived in the S. West of Louisiana on the lakes a country similar to Mexico. I know its Geography climate and the nature of its diseases and if such an appointment could be made by you you will confer a favor. I am a graduate of Medicine and have been practicing Medicine for 14 years a part of the time in Louisiana near Texas the balance in Kensington Phila Co Pa." The letter has the usual mailing folds with two toning bands on the integral address leaf unknown
184615425New York NY 1846. 1 vols. 6 x 6-1/2 inches framed to 7-3/4 x 9-3/4. Old folds and some soiling but overall attractive with pink embossed seal and engraved eagle vignette at top. 1 vols. 6 x 6-1/2 inches framed to 7-3/4 x 9-3/4. An interesting document done under "An Act for the Relief and Protection of American Seaman" and executed three months after the start of the Mexican War. <br/><br/> unknown
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
1896241565Philadelphia 1896. First edition with compliments slip tipped in. 83 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Purple cloth. Fine bookplate of James Torr Harmer. Signed "Sam W. Very Boston Navy Yard 1897. First edition with compliments slip tipped in. 83 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. unknown
1850241569New York: F.J. Dow & Co. 139 Nassau St 1850. First edition. Illustrated with 15 beautiful engravings. 128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt spine spine chipped. Bookplate internally fine. First edition. Illustrated with 15 beautiful engravings. 128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Howes M564 F.J. Dow & Co., 139 Nassau St unknown
1848247009Mexico: American Star Print 1848. 24pp. plus map. Errata pasted to verso of title leaf. Obling 4to. Original printed wrappers stitched as issued. Contemporary ownership inscription on front wrapper. Wrappers lightly soiled and chipped; small paper loss to front wrapper affecting two letters in the third line of the title. Slight paper loss to same area on title page minutely affecting text; likewise the map and first leaf of text with loss becoming progressively smaller. Light soiling and wear. Still a good copy of a scarce work. In a folding cloth case. 24pp. plus map. Errata pasted to verso of title leaf. Obling 4to. The text in the form of detailed tables lists the officers with Scott where they were employed and whether they were killed or wounded or distinguished themselves. "Printed on the occupying army's own press" - Howes. This copy includes the plan of the battles in the vicinity of Mexico City which is often lacking and it include the extra two lines of errata. This copy has the ownership inscription of Mexican War veteran J.R. Smith of Sackett's Harbor N.Y. Smith is listed on page fourteen of this work; he participated in the battles at San Geronimo and Contreras & Churubusco on August 19th and 20th where he was severely wounded and disabled for the remainder of the campaign.<br /> <br /> A scarce work in original condition made particularly nice through interesting provenance. Howes S243 "aa." Garrett p.131. Haferkorn pp. 53-54 American Star Print unknown
182230750Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton 1822. pp. 44 four folding tables browned portion of lower margin of one cut away. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound browning and foxing first and last leaves very soiled else very good. pp. 44 four folding tables browned portion of lower margin of one cut away. 1 vols. 8vo. Reports of the Quartermaster's Department and the Ordnance Department including a statement of the progress made in the establishment of military depots in the United States also the expenses of the Court martial "convened for the trial of militia delinquents during the late war in the state of New York" <br/><br/> Printed by Gales & Seaton unknown
190079307Paris Berger-Levrault & Cie 1900. 4to. xxxvii782pp. Illustrated with 35 plates and other text illustrations. A history of the French army from 1569 to 1900. unknown
5052MINNESOTA IN THE CIVIL WAR. DS. 2pg. 7 x 9 . No date circa late January 1861. Belle Plaine Minnesota. A Civil War petition signed by thirteen residents of Belle Plaine. It is entitled Memorial to the Senate & House of Representatives of the United States and states in part: The undersigned citizens of the town of Belle Plaine Minnesota representing the nationalities of the new & old world fraternally united in devotion to the Constitution of the Federal Union and the principles of free government thereby secured look with anxiety & alarm upon the increase in public dissension evidently arising from the perturbed state of political affairs now threatening the disruption & overthrow of the most perfect system of civil government ever devised by the wisdom of men. The petition was signed by Alex Pace Peter S. MacDonald Newton Southworth Patrick Griffin Eli Southworth Joe Guion David Musser and others. The 1860 Presidential election was Minnesotas first and the state went overwhelmingly for Lincoln. Based on the wording this was likely written in late January 1861 between the secession of Louisiana the sixth such state and Texas the seventh. It is in very good condition with short splits and an ink smear. unknown
3201DS. 1pg. 7 x 10 . May 1 1778. Portsmouth New Hampshire. A document signed Joseph Leigh and co-signed Samuel Emerson. The important document states Know all Men by these Presents that I Joseph Leigh of Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire are holden and stand bound unto the Honble Henry Laurens Esq. President of the Continental Congress or his Successor in Office in the Sum of Five Thousand Dollars to which payment well & truly be made and done I the said Joseph Leigh do bind myself my Heirs Executors & Administrators firmly by these presents. Signed with my hand and sealed with my seals: Dated at Portsmouth May first Anno Dom: one Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight. The Condition of this obligation is such that the above bounden Joseph Leigh shall well & truly execute the Office & Trust of an Assistant Commissary Officer in the American Army According to the Resolutions of Congress regulating that Department then this present obligation to be void and of none effect but in default thereof shall stand remain & abide in full force strength power & virtue. A few weeks later the New Hampshire Committee of Safety wrote to Leigh stating that You are hereby appointed Commissary to proceed immediately to that post of the Continental Army where the regiments from this state are stationed - to take charge of & Issue such stores as may be sent there from this state - and you are to observe such orders and instructions as you may from time to time receive from the General Assembly of this state or in the recess thereof from their Committee of Safety - or at any time from the board of war for this State in regard to any matters or things deliver to your care & charge - and you are to render a particular account of your Conduct in and about yr premises and make remittances for the stores delivered to your charge as aforesaid agreeable to the instructions from time to time sent you as aforesaid - and you are to be allowed and paid for your time & expense while in said service such wages as the issuing Commissarys for the other New England States have & receive for similar services. There is a paper seal to the right of the Leigh autograph and a small label on the top margin. An unusual Revolutionary War financial document. unknown
