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1851106015<p>8vo pamphlet partially uncut 15 pp. A good deal of foxing some darkening some edge chips and corner folds otherwise good. William Seward served as Secretary of State under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson during the critical Civil War period. He was also a U.S. Senator and Governor of New York. In this speech Seward discuss the merits of disposing of lands held by the Federal government. He also addresses the process of how this should be done which included giving some lands back to the individual states and promoting agriculture. </p> Buell & Blanchard, books
1846WRCAM4671Washington 1846. 14pp. Dbd. Good. Against the war. unknown books
1846WRCAM12576Washington 1846. 16pp. Dbd. Soiled and dampstained else good. Against the war. unknown books
184776724Washington D. C.: Towers Print. Good. 1847. Disbound. This item is disbound removed from a larger binding with lighwearto the spine. The covers show some soiling and foxing. The string from the binding is lacking with the pages loose but present. The contents are bright and legible but with scattered foxing throughout. . (Towers Print.) unknown books
1847WRCAM4384Washington 1847. 16pp. Dbd. Soiled. Good. Against the war. TUTOROW 1315. unknown books
1854106017<p>Pamphlet 8vo removed disbound printed double column 14 pp. Removed dbd some aging and browning; otherwise about very good. Edward Everett 1794-1865 was a Governor and U.S. Senator. In this speech he opposes what would become the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which would overturn the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and allow each new state to decide if would be a free or slave state. Many feel this act would end up moving us toward the Civil War. </p> The Congressional Globe Office, books
18498233SALEM GAZETTE 1849 1849. CREAM PRINTED WRAPPERS FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Soft cover. SALEM, GAZETTE, 1849 paperback books
391Alexandria: Printed by S. Snowden & J. D. Simms 1813. . 8vo disbound spine showing fragments of old pamphlet binding. Stanford duplicate with numerical rubberstamp and blindstamp on final leaf; ownership signature on title Sabin 67250 who does not indicate that the date is not on the title; there are two other 1813 printings: Boston and New York. Sabin does not indicate which is the first but as Washington was the capitol at this time it is logical to suppose that this Alexandria printing came first Alexandria: Printed by S. Snowden & J. D. Simms, 1813. unknown books
1865WRCAM54141Mound City Il 1865. 1p. Two older tape stains else clean. Very good. A rare U.S. Mississippi Squadron Special Order from Rear Admiral Samuel Lee on the Flag Ship Tempest passing along a confidential telegraph order from Gideon Welles Secretary of the Navy. Admiral Lee conveys the order that "the utmost vigilance should be exercised on the Mississippi River especially the lower portion of it to prevent the carrying across of plunder and property in the hands of Jeff Davis and his Cabinet and also to seize their persons." Davis and other Confederate leaders had fled Richmond and the oncoming Union Army; they had hoped to find sanctuary outside the United States. At one point they hoped to cross the South and reach Mexico. Davis his family and entourage were captured in Georgia on May 10. unknown books
WRCLIT70217London: Friends Service Committee nd. 8pp. Printed wrappers. First edition. Wrappers lightly dust soiled but very good. Friends Service Committee unknown books
1929019064Los Angeles CA: Powell Publishing Company 1929. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed . First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xii 413 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Original facsimile/faux leather binding with rubbing to the extremities. Contains 15 black-and-white woodblock illustrations by Franz Geritz specially produced for this work. Signed and inscribed below the facsimile signature" on the "A Spanish Gentleman" page "with admiration for name withheld signed Juan J. de la Guerra." He served in the Civil War. Previous owner's name to whom the inscription is dedicated neatly written on a front endpaper. First edition. Powell Publishing Company Hardcover books
1936WRCLIT25517London: Gollancz 1936. Limp printed cloth wrappers. First Left Book Club edition. Wraps a bit handsoiled but a good copy with ephemera laid in. Gollancz hardcover books
93771Belgium: Privately Printed. hardcover. very good. Rare scrapbook of war memorabilia from the war including 42 photos many of wounded Belgian soldiers as well as poems pressed flowers war hospitals' rubberstamps and numerous autographs. 31 pages oblong 4to 3/4 morocco with hand-painted boards. Belgium circa 1918. Very good .<br/><br/> Privately Printed unknown books
197019694Dau Tieng ca. 1970. Very good. 12mo. Commercial album; turquoise faux-leather boards. 46 gelatin-silver B&W prints most 4.5" by 3.5"; 13 color prints; 3 pieces of various ephemera including an Army library card dated 1970; plus 4 photos apparently sent from home. Very good. Mild exterior wear; light soil to plastic sleeves throughout; but photos remain clean and bright. <br/><br/>Striking collection of photographs showing many carefree recreational moments of wartime: soldiers sitting around at the barracks reading and smoking; many photos of smiling Vietnamese women including girls at the base library. Notably includes two photographs of a Vietnamese all-female rock band performing and three of an African-American soldier rock band likely USO. Plus several exterior shots of the military base one sign noting the headquarters of the 2/28 Infantry the Black Lions. A moving portait particularly of what appear to be at least momentarily jovial relationships between soldiers and local Vietnamese. hardcover books
1915776331915. First World War. CHURCHILL Winston et al. "A SOUVENIR OF THE GREAT WAR." Circa 1914-1915. A piece of linen 19 1/2 by 24 1/2 inches printed with 28 portraits of heads-of-state and political and military leaders mostly from England and Commonwealth countries but also including those from allied countries: France Belgium Serbia Russia and Japan. A central motif representing Britain's pact with Belgium wherein Britain promised to aid Belgium if her neutrality was breached is superimposed over flags of the allied nations. "A scrap of paper" the German Chancellor von Bethman-Hollweg's derisive remark about the pact is printed next to the document with an arrow pointing toward it. But arching above and below the document are the phrases "Liberty & Peace" and "Our Word Our Bond." Portraits of Lord Kitchener General Joffre Grand Duke Nicholas and General French the top British French and Russian military leaders are printed above the pact. The remaining portraits form a border around the cloth; moving clockwise from the right corner they are: King of Servia sic Czar of Russia General Botha Gen. Smith Dorrien Gen. D. Henderson Gen. Allenby Col. Sam Hughes King of Belgium General Le Man Lord Landsdowne Rear Admiral Beatty Hon. Winston Churchill Lord Fisher Admiral Jellicoe Gen. Douglas Haig Sir Edward Grey Pres. Poincare Hon. A. Bonar Law Hon. H. H. Asquith Lord Roberts Maharajah of Behar Viceroy of India King George V Mikado. Printed in sepia red blue and yellow and mounted on mat board; the cloth is lightly age-toned and the blue has faded to light grey but very good overall. unknown books
191846413n. p. 1918. 1st printing presumed. In a mailable wallet-style envelope pack. Used addressed stamped Washington 3¢ & mailed with a 1918 Brooklyn NY Upton Branch postmark. Very Good. 22 images 11 per side of one long sheet 36-1/2" x 5-1/2" folded accordion style. All images in color captions. Envelope pack: 3-3/4" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>Camp Upton located at Yaphank Long Island was named after Emory Upton a Union general of the Civil War. The camp was created in 1917 to house troops as they awaited ships for deployment overseas. The 152nd Depot Brigade was the garrison unit that received new recruits and prepared them for service overseas and then out processed demobilizing soldiers at the end of the war. Irving Berlin the composer and Alvin York the most decorated soldier of the American army in World War I were processed at Camp Upton. The 77th Division was first organized there. During part of the war the 82nd Division was quartered there. At the end of World War I the camp was used to demobilize and inactivate units. This souvenir pack documents the many divers camp activities e.g. "Setting Up Exercise" "Bayonet Exercise" & "Packing Kit". No copies on the market at the time of cataloguing and not recorded by OCLC. Rare. unknown books
1865WRCAM53477Athens Ga 1865. Broadside 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Minor edge wear some toning and spotting two small dark stains old folds. Overall good condition. An interesting broadside newspaper extra concerning the Union occupation of Athens Georgia at the end of the Civil War. The paper was printed nearly a month after the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered and ten days or so after Gen. Joseph Johnston surrendered to Sherman the Confederate forces active in the Carolinas Georgia and Florida. The first two columns include passages on "Teachings of the War" "Armistice" and "Good Advice." Each of these articles struggle to find meaning in the end of the recent conflagration providing an important glimpse into the minds of the Southern sympathizers. The third column begins: <br> <br> "New Arrival! The Federal forces under command of Brig. Genl. Palmer entered our place on the 4th inst. The conduct of the troops since their occupation of the town has been good and reflects great credit upon Genl. Palmer as a strict disciplinarian. We hope that our citizens will endeavor by kind and courteous treatment toward the soldiery to encourage a continuance of the protection which they seem willing to afford." <br> <br> The editors of the SOUTHERN WATCHMAN argue for peaceful acceptance of the Reconstructionist Union forces and mince no words in their harangue on other Southern newspapers calling for the continuation of the War: <br> <br> "Below we give extracts from the SALISBURY WATCHMAN and CAROLINA SPARTAN - two papers that have from the beginning of the war advocated the policy of fighting on until the last man and dollar were exhausted and by their vile traitorous and insidious words exerted a strong influence over the minds of the South and thousands of widows and orphans who are now suffering every privation and horror connected with the war can attribute them to the false and unscrupulous arguments set forth and spread out in these papers. It is an easy thing and one that requires but little valor or manly spirit to cry out 'War to the last!' when comfortably ensconced at home surrounded by every luxury and comfort that civil life affords and where no Yankee bullets can reach. Such has been the position of those who govern the Southern press who keeping their devoted carcasses at a respectable distance in the rear still cry out for more lives to sacrifice and more money to squander to enable them to secure a foundation for their weak and rotten Confederacy to stand upon." <br> <br> The paper then quotes a long passage from each of these other newspapers. The editors of the SALISBURY WATCHMAN call for armed resistance before reporting that they themselves are preparing to "leave you for some spot on earth where Yankees cannot come." The CAROLINA SPARTAN incites the people to lay their lives "on the altar of Southern independence" before insisting in the last sentence that "we advise our friends to refrain from hostilities." <br> <br> A rare broadside relating to the delicate psychological condition and tenuous state of feelings among groups of Southerners who have been forced to realize that the fight for the Confederacy is over and they have lost. unknown books
186327010Washington: Coastal Survey Office 1863. Folding map 24 x 25 1/2 inches mounted in twenty-four sections on linen. Original card covers with printed paper label. Contemporary ownership inscription on label. Light wear. Minor foxing and wear to map. Rare field operations map of Mississippi.<br/> <br/>This rare Civil War map was created by the Coast Survey office the main cartographic arm of the Union Army for use in the Union campaigns into the South. This copy was owned and used by Colonel Joseph Corson Read the Chief Commissary of the Army of the Cumberland. In November 1863 the Union armies captured Chattanooga the "Gateway to the South" enabling them to stage a prolonged offensive into the Southern heartland. Grant moved very quickly to overwhelm the South and immediately ordered Sherman to move against Atlanta and its vital railroad supply lines at the same time as he sent Nathaniel Banks to attack Mobile Alabama. Joseph Corson Read 1831-1889 was one of the first wave of men to take up Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to put down the rebellion in April 1861. He remained continuously in the army serving first on General Jesse Reno's staff and rising to the rank of Chief Commissary for the Army of the Cumberland commanded by George H. Thomas. Thomas was impressed with Read and on May 1 1864 with the spring campaign against Atlanta imminent Thomas named Read Chief Commissary of the Army of the Cumberland in the Field. This meant that although Colonel A.P. Porter was the Army's overall chief Read would serve alongside Thomas in the field and had the responsibility to supply the entire army as it moved South. During the long and arduous Atlanta campaign he was the man on the ground making the supply side work. Read developed a close relationship with Thomas one with both personal and professional aspects. This map scaled at ten miles to the inch shows Mississippi and Alabama from Jackson to Montgomery starting about fifty miles north of those two points and continuing south to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. Rivers roads and rail lines and all the towns they connect are detailed with waterways printed in blue. Two of the railroads the Mobile & Pensacola and the Mobile & Great Northern construction and removal dates during the war. An important map that would have been used by the Union Army in the field specifically by the Chief Commissary of the Army of the Cumberland.<br/> <br/>Library of Congress Civil War Maps 260.1; Library of Congress Railroad Maps 140. Coastal Survey Office unknown books
18647193New York: Charles B. Richardson 1864. 8vo. 2 blank 578 2 pp. lacks frontis. <br><br>Added title-page: "Official reports of battles. Published by order of Congress Richmond Enquirer book and job press 1862." Pages 131 "Report of General Beauregard of the battle of Manassas" is a reprint of pp. 1745 "Official reports of General Johnston and Beauregard of the battle of Manassas" Richmond 1862. The remainder of the volume is a reprint of "Official reports of battles. Published by order of Congress" Richmond: Enquirer Press 1862. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 15411. Full textured brown cloth title gilt-stamped on spine. Gilt faded. Front hinge cracked cover a bit shaky. Lightly waterstained in lower outer corners. Occasional spots in margins. Pencilling on front free endpaper. Lacks the frontispiece. Very good in mylar. Charles B. Richardson hardcover books
1945566New Caledonia 1945. Very good. Two issues 16pp. total. Old horizontal fold. Light tanning. Two Spring 1945 issues of this rare U.S. armed forces newspaper published in New Caledonia in the South Pacific Ocean both full of momentous war news. The first dated April 15 leads with the headline "F.D.R. Makes Last Trip to Washington" and provides an account of the return of Roosevelt's body from New York to the White House. A second sizable article reports on major Allied advances in Europe and a large map printed on the third page shows American British and Russian forces closing in on Berlin. Several other articles provide accounts of American victories against the Japanese in the Philippines and Okinawa and of bombing raids on Tokyo. The second issue dated may 5 is headlined "Allies Mop Up In Reich" and documents the collapse of the German armies in the days before the final surrender and is further highlighted by a cartoon depicting Hitler being stuck outside the gates of Hell until his death is confirmed by the Allied command. This issue also contains items of local interest such as scheduled social events for that Saturday night and the program for Sunday church services. OCLC locates only a scattered run of the periodical at the U.S. Army War College Library and copies of the May 8 1945 V-E Day issue at UC Davis Western Michigan and the University of Georgia as well as single issues at four Australian and New Zealand institutions. unknown books
1919WRCLIT84383Portland ME: The Mosher Press 1919. Sq. octavo. Paper boards paper spine label. Portrait frontis. Spine and label rubbed closed crack in upper 6cm of lower joint internally very good or better. First edition. One of 450 copies printed. Rickard a native of Colorado transplanted to Maine led his unit in the fighting at Belleau Woods 11-14 July 1918 and in the subsequent offensive near Chäteau-Thierry was killed on the 19th of July. This tribute edited by his mother and bearing her December 1919 presentation inscription collects selections of his poetry and prose and a few of his letters from the Front accompanied by tributes from family fellow soldiers teachers and friends. OCLC locates an abundance of institutionalized copies but they are not particularly common in commerce. BISHOP 372. OCLC: 5429468. The Mosher Press hardcover books
1927WRCLIT71841London: Macmillan and Co. 1927. Quarto. Parchment and boards t.e.g. Color plates and monochrome text illustrations. Foretips bumped endsheets show usual slight offsetting and a few small spots binding very slightly tanned and soiled; about very good though without dust jacket or slipcase. First edition limited issue for the UK. One of 500 copies printed on large paper specially bound and signed by the author. REILLY WWI p.190. RICHARDS a369. STEWART 527n. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
194249724Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1942. Color poster 40 x 27 3/4 inches originally folded now mounted on linen. 3 inch split to upper left fold with staining from old adhesive now removed not very noticeable in image proper; otherwise very good condition. Dramatic image by Frederick Siebel to remind the public of the dangers to the military of careless talk - don't accidently give away information to the enemy - along the lines of "Loose Lips Sink Ships." A man drowning accuses with his pointing finger. A security poster issued by the Office of War Information: "OWI Poster No. 18. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries Office of War Information Washington D. C." . U.S. Government Printing Office. unknown books
1930WRCLIT77393Middlesex: War Resister's International 1930. 4pp. Octavo leaflet. Photographs and illus. Old folds from mailing otherwise very good. Accompanied by a mimeographed letter signed in type by H. Runham Brown August 1930 indicating there will not be a summer issue of THE WAR RESISTER due to lack of funds and forwarding the leaflet which summarizes the situations of Andrej Poliszczuk Arndt Pekurinen Eugène Guillot Boris Peskoff and Willy Otter. War Resister's International unknown books
1988137421Polstead Suffolk.: J. B Hayward & Son. 1988. Facsimile of 1921 Edition. Hardcover red cloth gilt spine title. . Fine in a fine dust jacket. . 4to. J. B Hayward & Son. hardcover books
