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183224419Washington: No publisher/printer 1832. 8vo. 23 pp. <br><br>Drop-title. At head of title: 22d Congress 1st session. Doc. No. 104. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. No publisher/printer unknown books
WRCAM55725Philadelphia: John Smith 1865. Lithograph 21 1/4 x 26 1/2 inches. Margins with surface rubbing and soiling. Four-inch closed tear in upper margin descending into the image two-and-one-half- inch closed tear in lower margin ascending into the image no paper loss in either case. Backed by later paper mending tears and a few small chips in edges of sheet. Very nice tone to the image. Good overall. Apparently a rare unrecorded proof of this lithograph commemorating the meeting between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9 1865 at which Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia and the Civil War essentially came to an end. This print is not only important as a proof giving evidence of how the image was reworked for final publication but also as part of a series of prints commemorating Lee's surrender that did so much to bolster the image of Grant as the "savior of the Union." "No single event of Ulysses S. Grant's life inspired more prints than the surrender he accepted at Appomattox." - Neely & Holzer. <br> <br> The present image bears the title SURRENDER OF GEN. LEE only with no publication copyright or artist information. In the image Grant and Lee meet in the open air before a large tree not indoors as was actually the case. Grant standing to the right holds the surrender terms in his right hand extended toward Lee. Lee one gloved hand on his hip and the other on the hilt of his sword stares steadily at Grant but makes no move toward the paper. Grant and Lee are each accompanied by a pair of aides who gaze at each other suspiciously. In the receding background thousands of troops are shown formed in long curving lines while a handful of officers ride horses. In the version of this print as finally published by John Smith of Philadelphia the positions of Grant Lee and their aides have been reversed and Lee extends his hand toward Grant ready to accept the terms of surrender. The configuration of the armies in the background has been modified and a prominent scar has been added to the trunk of the tree between the two leaders. In both this proof and the final version of the print Grant's uniform has been improved from what he actually wore - he still does not match the splendor of Lee but he is not shown wearing the uniform of a private with the straps of a Lieutenant General. "Here" as Neely & Holzer observe "the lithographer's notions of creating a picture for posterity do battle with widely reported truth." The title of the final version was modified to THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL LEE AND HIS ENTIRE ARMY TO LIEUT. GENERAL GRANT APRIL 9th 1865 Library of Congress control number 2015647830. NEELY & HOLZER UNION IMAGE pp.169 & 174. John Smith unknown 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
1970145098N.p.: AVCO Embassy Pictures 1970. Two vintage studio still photographs from the set of the 1970 film. <br/><br/>One photo shown. Please inquire to see the other.<br/><br/>Giovanna Sophia Loren and Antonio Marcello Mastroianni are newly weds torn from each other as Antonio is sent to the Russian front during World War II despite their efforts to avoid the war. When the war is over he is listed as MIA yet Giovanna believes he is alive and journeys to the Soviet Union to find her lover. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Russia Ukraine and Italy. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. AVCO Embassy Pictures unknown books
186242292Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1862. 1st Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Advert eps. Square & tight. Pencil pos. Some foxing & staining to paper. Withal a respectable VG copy. viii 9 - 182 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue concludes volume. Illustrated with 15 maps 5 folding 5 plates & 31 intratextual figures. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>"I have undertaken in this little work to give a clear and precise idea of the great maxims of war. It was written for the citizen soldier and officer. To show the application of the principles I have given several examples fully developed." J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
1929WRCLIT78578New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1929. Small quarto. Gilt black cloth. Pictorial endsheets. Frontis illustrations and plates. Folding map. Non-authorial gift inscription on dedication page trace of foxing to endleaves otherwise near fine in lightly edgeworn and nicked highly pictorial dust jacket with a couple of small surface abrasions. First edition. Beautifully illustrated with photogravures of etchings by Lucien Jonas an "Official French War Artist." A series of semi-fictional sketches based on the author's experiences as a Captain with the 4th Machine Gun Battalion in France somewhat in the tradition of Thomason's FIX BAYONETS! The inscription noted is to a Captain serving at Fort Kamehameha June 12 1929 "with love from 'Your Mary'." FALLS p. 301. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1865WRCAM56082Various locations including Philadelphia New York Salem Cincinnati Baltimore and others 1865. 119 unused postal covers all but one of them illustrated almost all printed in color or hand-colored. Generally minimal wear. Ranging from very good to near fine condition. An interesting and substantial grouping of Civil War-era patriotic covers encompassing a wide variety of themes devoted to the Union cause. A great number of Union officers are celebrated here among them are eight examples depicting General McClellan three of Gen. Fremont and a pair featuring Gen. Rosecrans the "Hero of the West." There are also numerous regimental leaders including Edward Dickinson Baker Commodore Silas H. Stringham Lt. John T Greble Gen. Wool printed with a map of the seat of war in Missouri Col. E.D. Baker Col. H.E. Paine of the Wisconsin Volunteers Col. Max Friedman of the Cameron Dragoons and many others. There are also pictorial covers of Gen. Sherman's Headquarters at Hilton Head; a pair depicting Fort Sumter; four depicting Camp Dennison near Cincinnati; one of the Battle Monument in Baltimore; and one featuring Benton Barracks in St. Louis. Three examples are practically bird's-eye views of Baltimore one a general view another from the perspective of Federal Hill and the third from Fort McHenry. <br> <br> A common visual theme is the use of symbolic iconography of the United States. Numerous examples depict women standing proudly with the American flag and are evocative of Columbia the personification of the United States. One depicts a woman serving with the "Home Guard" and decked out in a dress resembling the flag. Another example shows a "Daughter of the Regiment." Yet another is titled "The Ladies' Envelope" and features Columbia with an American flag-style shield. There are also a plethora of examples featuring the flag itself. One example prints a "History of Our Flag" beginning with its endorsement by Congress on June 14 1777. One prints the flag next to a warning reading "If Any One Attempts to Haul Down the American Flag Shoot Him on the Spot." <br> <br> The American Eagle features prominently here as well. In one example the great bird is tearing apart a Rebel flag with his beak. In another the eagle holds a banner in his mouth reading "Beware" while confronted with a disjointed hand labeled "Jeff. Davis" holding eight snakes labeled with the names of the Confederate states an interesting twist on the famous severed snake image featured in the Revolutionary-era "join or die" illustration. <br> <br> Also a handful of the covers display the type of twisted gallows humor sometimes literally to be expected from patriotic covers. One of these shows Jefferson Davis hanging from a tree; the text around his lifeless body reads "Southern Eagle Jeff. Davis in Suspense Long May He Wave." A similar example shows Davis hanging from a gallows; the caption reads "Jeff. Davis 'President' of Traitors Robbers and Pirates; the Nero of the 19th century. On the Last 'Platform' of the Southern Confeder- ass-y." Yet another cover not gallows humor but featuring Jefferson Davis depicts him as a fox holding two geese one labeled Tennessee and the other Virginia above a caption reading "Jeff. Davis on a Scouting Expedition." <br> <br> A particularly-colorful example depicts a proud Union soldier defending Washington D.C. The soldier holds fast to an American flag as a cannon fires beneath his feet with the Capitol building in the background. Other examples celebrate the New York State Volunteer Militia the Pennsylvania Volunteers the Quartermaster Department of the Anderson Zouaves the Monitor the naval battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack Sherman's Flying Artillery the text of the Army Hymn "Jeff. Davis' Doom" various political cartoon-style illustrations and many more. <br> <br> A significant collection of one of the more ephemeral and visually significant artifacts of life in the North during the Civil War. unknown books
188245520New York: Sharps Publishing Company 1882. First Edition. 12mo 18.5cm.; publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth; 4392pp. Boards a bit rubbed with exposure at corners slight spine lean textblock a bit finger-soiled else Very Good and sound. Novel of the Civil War in which two friends attend a Northern college together before volunteering when hosilities break out each fighting for a different side. WRIGHT III 5314. Sharps Publishing Company 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
1915WRCAM52514Camp Douglas Az 1915. Panoramic silver gelatin photograph 8 x 32 3/4 inches. Matted and framed. Minor dust-soiling some foxing at right a handful of tiny surface abrasions. Overall very good. An intriguing "yard-long" panoramic photograph showing a handful of men and supplies likely belonging to the Sixth Field Artillery at Douglas Arizona around 1915. A pencil notation in the bottom margin identifies the location as "Douglas Ariz." and the supplies are similar to those found in another Camp Douglas encampment photograph held by this firm. The foreground captures about a dozen large gauge artillery guns on wooden wagon wheels likely officer's quarters atop the hill and then hundreds of tents arranged in tight quarters in the valley below for as far as the eye can see. The photograph captures important details on the organization and supplies necessary for training troops in the American army during the early 20th-century. <br> <br> Military records indicate the regiment training at Douglas at this time was the Sixth Field Artillery shortly before they participated in the Mexican Expedition of 1916-17 designed to defeat Pancho Villa in the Mexican Revolution. The regiment would soon after fold into the First Expeditionary Division later the First Infantry Division - known to history as the Big Red One - during World War I. Soldiers who had come from the Sixth Field Artillery to the First Infantry Division would see action in France specifically Lorraine and Picardy in 1917 and 1918. <br> <br> An important view of military organization in the early decades of the last century before mechanized vehicles became the norm in war. unknown books
1969258000New York: SMC; Mfg. by NG Slater 1969. 1.75 inch pin very good three color varieties. Advertises the nationwide student strike called to protest the Vietnam War. SMC; Mfg. by NG Slater unknown books
1969258633New York: SMC 1969. 1.75 inch pin black text on yellow-green field. Advertises the nationwide student strike called to protest the Vietnam War. SMC unknown books
1969207320New York: SMC 1969. 1.75 inch pin black text on green. Advertises the nationwide student strike called to protest the Vietnam War. SMC unknown books
19192160972George W. King Printing Company Baltimore 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. First edition. Edges rubbed hinges starting last page of text which contains listings for some of the members of the supply company partially absent. 1919 Hard Cover. vi 168 pp. 8vo. An illustrated historical account of the Forty-seventh Coast Artillery Corps. George W. King Printing Company, Baltimore hardcover books
19892816Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 087021991X . A reprint of the 1958 original with new material. The rear board has a patch of abrasion from a large partially removed piece of adhesive tape that runs vertically and inexplicably down its center else very good in an about fine dust jacket. . Naval Institute Press hardcover books
200234070Cambridge:: Harvard University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0674008936 . First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Harvard University Press, hardcover books
010808Washington: Government Printing Office 1946 Wrappers. Good. First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Minor soiling only. Illustrated throughout. This is Technical Manual 38-402. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946 unknown books
1967160114San Francisco: the Committee 1967. Leaflet 8.5x14 inches printed both sides horizontal fold crease top corner dog-eared else very good condition. Handbill issued at a march being held concurrently with a rally in New York. Undated but refers to governors Romney Reagan Rockefeller and Rhodes vowing their continued support of the war if elected president. the Committee unknown books
1972187052San Francisco: the Coalition 1972. 8.5x11 inch leaflet slightly crudely printed depiction at upper right of a smiling Vietnamese guerrilla holding two US army helmets. Mildly worn with a pen notation. Six paragraphs of text; finishes with call to join a demonstration on inauguration day at Mission Dolores Park. the Coalition unknown books
17394Meadville Pennsyvlania: Keystone View Company Stereoview of this WW I scene Keystone # 18098; slight wear; very good condition. Very Good. Keystone View Company unknown books
11111Civil War related stereoview photographs by the Kilburn Brothers Littleton New Hampshire Libby Prison with large sign "LIBBY PRISON". In excellent condition. unknown books
1969253134Columbia SC: GIs United 1969. Two 8.5x11 inch mimeographed sheets stapled together light handling and toning. Press release on the cases of five Black GIs who had been penalized for antiwar activities part of a group that became known as the Fort Jackson Eight. GIs United started as a Black and Puerto Rican club at Fort Jackson for listening to Malcolm X tapes then opened to white members and included Young Socialist Alliance activists. They were put in the stockade resulting in a concerted effort by outside activists to support their case. GIs United unknown books
1846WRCAM48647Augusta Me 1846. 2pp. on bifolium sheet of blue paper. Printed on recto of each leaf only. Early soft creases from folding. Tiny separations at cross-folds. Small bit of discoloration on second page. Very good. Message of Maine governor H.J. Anderson and a general order from Alfred Redington Commander in Chief of the Maine militia calling volunteers to arms in the Mexican- American War. Anderson explains that "the repeated and long continued efforts of the National Government to effect an amicable settlement of the differences with the government of Mexico have unfortunately proved unavailing" resulting in the American declaration of war. Anderson notes that the President has requested one regiment of infantry from Maine and writes that he has no doubt "that the patriotic citizens of this State will promptly respond to the call of the general government for aid in defending any portion of its territory." Redington's general order lists the positions in the infantry volunteer corps being assembled and transmits instructions for volunteers. "Maine although distant from the scene of the conflict will be as prompt as any of her sister States in repelling the forces of the invader. Her patriotic citizens will be as ready to vindicate rights upon the Rio Grande as upon their own immediate territory. Their love of country knows no section but embraces the entire boundaries of the Republic" - Redington. unknown books
2007259662Verlag der Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar 2007. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Near Fine binding. Verlag der Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar unknown books
8206NY MCNALLY 1966. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, MCNALLY, 1966 unknown books
