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194447251New York: Wickwire Spencer Steel Company 1944. First Edition. Oblong octavo 14cm x 19cm; black and white printed wrappers stapled; 48pp; chiefly illus. A few tiny stains to rear wrapper else very Near Fine. <br/><br/>A corporate paean to the end of the Axis powers reproducing 23 caricatures by Boris Artzybasheff painted expressly for the Wickwire Spencer Steel Company a prominent steel manufacturer during the first half of the 20th century. Artzybasheff cleverly incorporated a different Wickwire Spencer product into each of the caricatures turning the volume into both a catalog for the company as well as a propaganda tool for distribution. Scarce with OCLC showing 10 holdings in member institutions. Wickwire Spencer Steel Company unknown books
1918WRCLIT79145New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1918. Quarto image size 20 x 20 cm. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrations. Dust speckling at margins of wrapper not affecting illustration otherwise very good. A color rendering of a column of still rather tidy-looking infantry in loose formation marching into the fore-ground with a bombed building in the background. Funk & Wagnalls unknown books
199754381Miami: Ediciones Universal 1997. Paperback. 187p. bilingual text in English and Spanish b&w photos very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Ediciones Universal paperback books
1898WRCAM54953Puerto Principe Cuba 1898. Broadside 16 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Toned old folds and creases minor edge chipping short closed tear slight fold separations. Very good. A very rare possibly unique surviving example of a Cuban broadside dating from the month after the conclusion of the Spanish- American War. The war ceased with a truce between the United States and Spain on August 12 1898; the official end of the war came a few months later on December 10 when the two parties signed the historic Treaty of Paris. Here on September 10 in the interim between truce and treaty the outgoing Spanish colonial governor of the south- central Cuban city of Puerto Principe present-day Camagüey Emilio March y Garcia calls for reinforcement of the truce agreement that would ensure free and open commercial trade in the region in the face of continuing interference by Cuban insurgents. March y Garcia claims that the Cuban revolutionaries are illegally detaining people interrupting the cattle trade trampling property rights carrying arms in flagrant disregard for the law and more. The ARIZONA REPUBLICAN published an English translation of this proclamation in its September 26 1898 issue. The translation reads: <br> <br> "I hereby inform the commanders of insurgent bands who are pillaging in the neighborhood of this city; who not observing the agreement between the Spanish and American governments with regard to the freedom of commercial relations are illegally detaining the country people; who are obliging the land owners to procure special passes and permits in order to put in order their plantations and will not allow them either to sell their cattle under the absurd pretext that the estates are the property of the nominal Cuban state and that its government alone can distribute and sell them and turn their products to what uses it sees fit thus trampling under foot the rights of property whereas on the part of this government the most absolute liberty in making contracts has been allowed and will be allowed in the future thus demonstrating the respect it has for the rights of all persons within its jurisdiction. I must call to notice with real sorrow that if these towns are suffering almost the horrors of starvation it is the result of the measures adopted by the chiefs of the insurgent bands who are impeding free traffic by forbidding the entry of all kinds of provisions especially cattle into the towns. In view of what I have already explained I consider it necessary to publish the following warnings: Article 1. I repeat my order of August 23 last permitting free entry and exit to all towns of this province subject to my authority and the most absolute freedom of trade between all the inhabitants of the province. Article 2. The prohibition to enter towns with arms remains in force and whoever is found with arms in his possession will be punished in accordance with the laws." <br> <br> Don Emilio Augusto March y Garcia Mesa was a career Spanish military commander who spent at least three stretches of time in Cuba the last as military governor of Puerto Principe during the Spanish defeat in the Spanish- American War. He also served as the colonial governor of Puerto Rico and general captain of Arago the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. <br> <br> The present broadside is exceedingly rare and quite possibly unique with no copies listed in OCLC and no records at auction. unknown books
200533407Kent: Kent State University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0873388429 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Kent State University Press hardcover books
1813WRCAM1059Troy 1813. 1781pp. Original paper boards. Spine chipped front board detached. Scattered foxing else internally quite good untrimmed. Covers nine points including impressment of sailors outrages committed by Indians in British service pillaging by British soldiers landed at Chesapeake Bay etc. Two other editions followed in 1814. HOWES B112. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 30022. SABIN 3296. GREENLY MICHIGAN 49. hardcover books
1915009796Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Co/ The Geographical Institute 1915. Hardcover. NF. Rare World War I map undated but circa 1915 showing Italy and Switzerland plus all nations and nation-states in the Balkans before post war treaties: Austria hungary Roumania Russia just the part around Odessa on rthe Black Sea Bulgaria Serbia Montenegro Albania Greece Turkey just the west side of the Bosphorus and Asia Minor what is now Turkey to the west of the Bosphorus. Insets around perimeter of map are the Dardenelles Constantinople Odessa Trieste and the Bosphorus. The cloth /canvasssed-backed map printed in color is in 32 folds unfolded measures 29.5" x 39.5" folds to 5"x 9" tipped onto paper covers. Map is in fine condition. Paper covers are shallowly split at edges with the paper over spine being repaired with archival tape for a short space. Cover verso has pastedown of pictorial description of Bartholomew's half-inch mile map of England and Wales the t verso of the front panel of the folded map a pastedown for Bartholomew's Road Map of England and Wales. Verso of paper cover advertises Bartholomew's Citizen's Atlas of the World described as "an indispensable work of reference during the present crisis John Bartholomew & Co/ The Geographical Institute hardcover books
001896Washington Government Ptg Office 1941. Brown wrappers. Minor soiling. A bit of water staining. Replete with figures and drawings. Color fold-out map at the rear. Westover Field stamp on front cover. Washington Government Ptg Office 1941. unknown books
001372Washington Government Printing Office 1941. In brown wrappers minor soiling. This is FM 21-105. Printed March 12 1941. Illustrated throughout. Large sections on tools knots and rigging explosives and demolition. Washington Government Printing Office 1941. unknown books
001807Washington Government Printing Office 1940. In brown wrappers. Minor soiling. This is FM 26-5. Changes No. 1 laid-in. Includes sections on guarding prisoners special guards. Washington Government Printing Office 1940. unknown books
001858Washington Government Ptg Office 1941. Brown wrappers with plasic binder. Bottom of front cover bumped. Reference source for aircraft identificaation with standard silhouette features photographs sections on sounds. Washington Government Ptg Office 1941. unknown books
002024Washington Government Ptg Office 1940. Manilla wrappers. Minor soiling. Illustrated with charts line drawings and photographs. Excellent section on mosquito and vermin control. Washington Government Ptg Office 1940. unknown books
002022Washington Government Ptg Office 1940. Manilla wrappers. Minor soiling. Illustrated with charts line drawings and photographs. Excellent section on mosquito and vermin control. Washington Government Ptg Office 1940. unknown books
002023Washington Government Ptg Office 1940. Manilla wrappers. Minor soiling. Illustrated with charts line drawings and photographs. Excellent section on mosquito and vermin control. Washington Government Ptg Office 1940. unknown books
002021Washington Government Ptg Office 1940. Manilla wrappers. Minor soiling. Illustrated with charts line drawings and photographs. Excellent section on mosquito and vermin control. Washington Government Ptg Office 1940. unknown books
000889Washington Government Ptg Office 1939. Tan wrappers. Minor soiling. Numerous diagrams charts and drawings. Washington Government Ptg Office 1939. unknown books
1939000438Washington: Government Printing Office 1939. In brown wrappers minor soiling. Illustrated throughout. Government Printing Office unknown books
193848063Washington D.C.: War Department 1938. Paperback. Very good. v 96pp. Slightly rubbed and edgeworn edge chip to the top of the spine pen and pencil markings and stamps on the front else very good paperback. <br/><br/> War Department paperback books
1949003323Bonn: Federal Republic of Germany 1949. Near Fine wrappers lightly age toned. Formally approved on May 81949 and with the signature of the Allies came into effect on May 23 1949 as the constitution of West Germany. SCARCE this document marked the ending of the time of Germany as a legal nonentity as the new West German state the Federal Republic of Germany came into being. . First Printing. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Federal Republic of Germany Paperback books
18471307Mexico City 1847. Good plus. 202pp. Large folio. Original printed wrappers bound in contemporary marbled boards rebacked and recornered in recent morocco gilt leather spine label all edges marbled. Numerous additional blank leaves bound in. Rubbing and scuffing to boards moderate edge wear; wraps with repaired chips and tears. Early 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown small ink stamps scattered throughout. A couple of short repaired edge tears internally; light tanning and foxing. A rare Mexican view of the defeat suffered by forces under the command of Santa Anna in the Battle of Buena Vista at the hands of Zachary Taylor during the Mexican-American War. The battle occurred in late February 1847 when Santa Anna freshly recalled from exile in Cuba rushed his new army north to halt the southern advance of Taylor's forces from Texas. Taylor had already been victorious at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and had captured Monterrey and Saltillo before much of his army was sent to assist in the invasion of Veracruz being prepared by Winfield Scott. When Santa Anna attacked the American forces dug in at Buena Vista south of Saltillo on February 22nd he did so with an army far superior numerically but also one far less trained and experienced and was driven back with heavy losses. Taylor's enhanced reputation and legend that grew out of the battle took him to the White House in 1848.<br /><br />Both sides claimed victory in the battle. Santa Anna did so on the perhaps dubious grounds that although his own army suffered numerous casualties and withdrew from the field Taylor with his now limited forces halted his advance after the conclusion of the engagement. The present work provides a detailed account of the battle from the Mexican point of view printed as five consecutive issues of their official military periodical but published separately with its own wrappers and a sheet with two large woodcut maps. The report as the introduction from the editor makes clear was intended as a defense against criticism from parties within Mexico concerning the conduct of the brief campaign: <br /><br />"Despues de terminar los partes oficiales nos encargaremos de refutar un cuaderno que se ha impreso recientemente con el solo objecto de eclipsar el brillo que las armas mexicanas adquierieron el mes de Febrero ultimo en el estado de Coahuila y que parece escrito si no por Taylor mismo si bajo su influencia y por el poder del oro americano. El ilustre general Santa-Anna nunca ha sido mas digno del amor y reconocimiento de sus conciudadanos y nunca tampocoha debido considerarsele come general y como mexicano mas digno de elogio que en la epoca actual."<br /><br />The work first contains a lengthy report by Santa Anna and several shorter ones from his lieutenants that present the performance of the Mexican army and the results of the battle in the most positive possible light. The majority of the work comprises a unit-by-unit account of Mexican action during the battle with detailed descriptions of the participation of each regiment including lists of soldiers killed wounded and missing in action. The two woodcut maps delineate the geography and trails of the area surrounding Saltillo and the initial order of battle on the field. As a result the work serves not only as a brisk defense of Mexican military conduct but also as an important and comprehensive record of the Mexican side of the engagement.<br /><br />Very rare -- we locate only three copies at Yale Harvard and the University of Texas and none in auction records. books
199832000Conshohocken: Combined Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0938289888 . Part of the Great Campaigns series. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Combined Publishing hardcover books
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
1847WRCAM43715Washington D.C. 1847. Engraved map 12 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches with hand- coloring on a 19 1/2 x 23 3/4 inch sheet. Old folds. Small splits at four cross-folds. Foxing. Good. A scarce and detailed map of the Battle of Cerro Gordo one of the important battles of the Mexican-American War. General Winfield Scott's victory at Cerro Gordo over a much larger force commanded by Santa Anna allowed the Americans to move closer to Mexico City. The map shows the location of the Mexican battery at the pass as well as an additional Mexican battery of seventeen guns. Most dynamically it shows the location of several American forces including those commanded by Shields Riley Twiggs Worth and Pillow as well as the location of the American dragoons and light artillery. A printed note below the map records that Scott commanded some 8325 men while Santa Anna had twice that under his command. A further note records a total of sixty-three Americans killed and 367 wounded. The Mexican forces took some 1000 in killed and wounded. The map was drawn by George B. McClellan then a captain under Winfield Scott and a participant in the battle some fifteen years before he achieved notoriety as a commander in the Civil War and as the Democratic nominee for president in 1864. unknown books
188840277Chicago: Kurz & Allison Art Publishers 76 & 78 Wabash Ave 1888. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers 76 & 78 Wabash Ave unknown books
189140278Chicago: Kurz & Allison Art Publishers 76 & 78 Wabash Ave 1891. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers 76 & 78 Wabash Ave unknown books
