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186548398Baltimore Md: J. C. Fuller & Co. Lith of Major & Knapp 449 Broadway New York 1865. 1st Printing. Significant paper loss to image at top with most of the title gone. Staining with some closed tears to sheet. A Good example of this rare survivor which has not been examined out of the frame. Broadside 3 column. Line Officers Companies A - E to left; Field & Staff Officers as well as Non-Commissioned Staff in center; Line Officers Companies F - K to right. Wood engraved border with vignettes depicting war scenes. Large battle scene at bottom 4-1/8" x 11-5/8". Broadside visible: 18" x 15-1/2". Frame: 24" x 20-1/4" <br/><br/>Not found on OCLC though we find many similar such publications by Fuller for other Civil War units. J. C. Fuller & Co. Lith of Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, New York unknown books
1988WRCLIT83609New York: The Grolier Club 1988. Printed wrappers. Illustrated. Fine. A descriptive illustrated catalogue of the exhibition mounted at the Grolier Club by Kenneth Lohf William S. Reese and Terry Halladay featuring over one hundred manuscripts association copies photographs and printed items drawn from personal private and insitutitional collections. The poets memorialized on the Soldier Poet's stone in Westminster Abbey are emphasized supplemented by representative items relating to other poets. The Grolier Club unknown books
1382ALS. 2pg. 8" x 10". March 25 1847. Carlisle. An autograph letter signed "F. C. Stevenson" to Charles L. Heiziman regarding a man who must dispose of his store possessions on the way to the Mexican War: "Mr. Mchaffey having received a commission in the army has sold out his store to Misters I & W. B. Fleming of this place. Before he left he request me to write to you to know what shall be done with your stock of musical instruments a memorandum of which I hereunto annex. He also desired to state to you that he expects soon to be in Reading when he will pay you the balance he owes you $26.97. The Misters Fleming are clever young men if you are disposed to let the instruments remain with them on sale be pleased to send me an order to that effect accompanied with a copy of the annexed bill. Let the order be so worded as to release Mr. Mchaffey from the amount." Follows is the list of music instruments with their approximate value ex: 1 Flute- $1.50; 3 Violins- $3.75; etc. . The letter is in fine condition with light streaks of toning unknown books
19178866baMWashington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1917. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. World War I; 268p. incl. index; 14.3cm; original orange cloth rubbed; spine crimped; corners bumped; illus.; tables; diagrams 2 folded; War Department document #442; owner marks. Government Printing Office Hardcover books
19138873baMNew York: Military Publishing 1913. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. World War I; 250p. incl. index; additional 34p. variously numbered; 14.3cm; original brown cloth rubbed; glue residue on covers; top 1" of fly-leaf lacking; illus.; War Department document #442; owner marks. Military Publishing Hardcover books
194143024Japan 1941. Loose in a black clamshell box. Very good copies with slight curl; some with small edge or corner tears; 23 have the name of the film or featured actors/actresses rubber-stamped on the back in Japanese. 47 b/w photos. Approximately 6 x 4 inches. One duplicate. Most are group scenes from dramas a few portraits a few without characters; subject matter ranges from early historical dramas to contemporary scenes to the war and its effects. The dates have been verified on a few and all fall during the years of the Pacific War including Tadashi Imai's Tanjiko-mura 1940 "Hanagoyomi hasshojin" 1940 based on the 19th century novel "Josei hongan" 1940 made in the same year as the novel by Kan Kikuchi Yasuki Chiba's "Kuso buraku" 1939. The balance of the stills appear to date within approximately the same period. unknown books
1863WRCAM54557Kentucky; Tennessee; Georgia 1863. Fourteen manuscript letters most on small bifolia two to four pages in length. Previously folded. Light wear at folds. Light tanning; an occasional patch of soiling. Very good. A group of fourteen letters written home by Union Pvt. Henry D. Isbell of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery. The letters addressed to his mother and father as well to his sister and brother-in-law date from just after his enlistment in August 1862 to the eve of the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. <br> <br> In August and September 1862 just after Henry Isbell enlisted Battery A of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery was on its way to Louisville Kentucky in pursuit of Confederate General Bragg. Isbell's first letter in this collection is written on September 6 1862 from New Parks Barracks in Louisville to his brother-in-law John Howland. Isbell was very satisfied with his new barracks where he drilled three times per day and averred that his squad "is the best one in the field." Isbell also shared with his brother-in-law the exciting news that Confederate Raider John Hunt Morgan is in the area: <br> <br> "Morgan took a place called Brandon night before last about twenty-five miles south of here on the rail rode so our communications with the boys is cut off for the present.There is a great deal of excitement here Morgan is reported within twenty miles of here and every one thinks he will take the place with in a week. I hope he will. It is full of secesh." <br> <br> After a march to Nashville the 1st Ohio Light Artillery was reviewed by General Rosecrans who Isbell described in a letter of November 15 1862 as "a fine looking man and a fighting one two." Rosecrans and Isbell's 1st LA were just weeks away from a major engagement the Battle of Stones River which was fought December 31 1862 through January 2 1863. It was one of the costliest battles of the Civil War and Isbell experienced fierce fighting. In a letter to his sister from Camp Sill in Murfreesboro on February 15 1863 he described part of the action thus: <br> <br> "Every gun had left the park before we had started our ceysone and then we stopped out in the open field and was going to hitch our horse on but we could not for theywere within six nods of us and we could not hold our horse after my horse was shot I went to the gun but it had gon up for most of the horses was shot and there was no one there but Lieut. C and L. Coe John Whitney and one other canoneer.then I went with Lieut. C. to Dick Rogers brass guns and we went to working it as fast as we could but the horse got shot and the limbe nocked to peaces and we had to leave it." <br> <br> Isbell relocated to Nashville in the summer of 1863 as part of the occupation of middle Tennessee and then moved into Georgia as part of the Chickamauga Campaign. The last letter in this collection was written by Isbell on September 11 1863 to his mother from "Camp between Lookout and Bear Mountain." One week before the Battle of Chickamauga Henry hastily informs her that "We have marched about twenty five miles since I wrote to father and we came twenty of it yesterday the wether is very hot and the dust is about a foot deep. I shall have to write you a short letter this time but I thought you would like to know where we was and that we are all well." <br> <br> A week later during the battle he was mortally wounded and died in another month's time. A small but informative archive of letters from an Ohio artilleryman who saw intense action in the Tennessee campaigns and who was killed after just over one year of service. unknown books
2002268015Garden City: Military Book Club 2002. hardcover. good/very good-. Illus. 512pp. 8vo two-toned boards d.w. lightly dampstained d.w. creased on back inner flap boards soiled. Garden City: Military Book Club 2002.<br/><br/> Military Book Club unknown books
1933WRCLIT57387New York: Macmillan 1933. Large octavo. Gilt decorated cloth. Portrait. First edition of these memoirs of the author's experiences at the Front first as a correspondent then as a combatant. Ink name and bookplate on free endsheet with triangular cut from fore-edge otherwise a very good bright copy in highly pictorial dust jacket with two internally mended tears. Macmillan hardcover books
1949003327No Place: American Federation of Labor 1949. "Slave Labor in Russia; The Case Presented by the American Federation of Labor to the United Nations on the Results of Their Investigation into this Question". Text in German. No Place No Date the report was published in English also in 1949. Very Good page block uniormly browned. SCARCE in the German edition. First German Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good -/Very Good. American Federation of Labor Paperback books
1888752941888. SKETCHES OF WAR HISTORY; 1861-1865. Cincinatti: Robert Clarke 1888. Papers read before the Ohio Commandery of the military order of the loyal legion of The United States. Volume 2 1886-1888. Illustrated with maps. 8vo. blue cloth title gilt-stamped to spine t.e.g. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown and no other library marks. Ink ownership to fly-leaf. Sunned at spine; spine and boards are rubbed and edgeworn. Clean within. Good plus. unknown books
1861305725Virginia 1861. 1 p. pencil on paper. 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches. Very Good. WIlliam H. Wyker. 1 p. pencil on paper. 3-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches. Original Civil War Sketch by a Union Officer. A folksy sketch of an officer's cabin at the outbreak of the war reading: "Camp Big Chestnut Winter Quarters in old Virginia 1861."<br/><br/>A native of Easton Pennsylvania William H. Wyker enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Regiment at the outbreak of the Civil War. After his three-month term of enlistment he reenlisted in the 47th Regiment and was promoted to lieutenant of Company E. He served for three years and four months. After the war he returned to Easton and built several mills. He was later employed by the John T. Noye Manufacturing Company. <br/><br/>In the winter of 1861 the 47th Pennsylvania as part of the 3d Brigade set up winter quarters in Virginia roughly 10 miles from Washington D.C. They christened the encampment "Big Chestnut" for a large chestnut tree located there. The site was later officially designated "Camp Griffin.". unknown books
194410793NY: Reynal & Hitchcock 1944. First edition first prnt. Signed by Miller on the title page. Chipped dustjacket. Very Good condition in a Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Miller's first book describing his experiences researching the war correspondence of Ernie Pyle in preparation for a film script. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reynal & Hitchcock Hardcover books
D4424France early 20th century. WWI ephemera -- aircraft. Silhouettes d'Avions Illustrated manuscript on paper in French. France: c. 1915-1925. 16 leaves pocket-sized: 135 x100mm. 15 hand- colored illustrations depicting three views of planes; two in profile and one birds eye view all are labeled for early French English and German aircraft models. Original paper wrappers titled Silhouettes dAvions with later tape reinforcing hinge; somewhat brittle leaves loose but present. This skillful manuscript perhaps created by a younger person as an admirer of the craft represents sixteen popular models of biplane and monoplane patterns. This interesting piece of ephemera is inextricably linked to the three great European production centers of World War I-era aircraft: representing France England and Germany. World War I was the first walrus in which aircraft were deployed on a large scale. The sky had become another battlefield no less important than the battlefields of land and sea. Initially planes were used mostly for reconnaissance over the North Sea and strategic bombing raids. Then at the onset of war pilots and engineers learned from experience and developed many specialized models; including fighters bombers and ground-attack airplanes. These evolving flying machines were recognized to be not just toys but weapons. In addition fighter pilots were venerated as modern knights and many became popular heroes. All well represented are the French military aviation exercises of 1911 through 1913 that pioneered production of the Farman Caudron Voisin Breguet Nieuport fighter models. Listed for both French and English aircraft are the Bleriot and Morane models. England had started late and had initially relied largely on the French aircraft industry especially for engines. The English planes represented here are the Airco B.E. 2 and Vickers models. Notably the British Vickers was the first experimenting with mounting machine guns. Perhaps best represented by the whimsical drawings are the German planes of the variant Taube models including the Albatros Aviatik D.F.W. Jeannin Stahltaube and Rumpler Taube. The Rumpler Taube was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first mass-produced military plane in Germany and was the most common having two seats. Imperial Germanys first practical military aircraft the Taube dove was used for virtually all military aircraft applications as a fighter bomber surveillance aircraft and trainer from 1910 until the start of World War I in August 1914. At least five versions of the Taube models are named and illustrated in this contemporary manuscript model book. With: French World War I Colonels Ledger an autograph note c. 1899-1904 and transcribed letters of 1914 from a certain E. Henry while stationed in Lorraine. Manuscript booklet on graph paper written in pencil in French 165 x 110mm. France: Sept.-Oct. 1918. Original blue wrappers with paper label no. 10. 15 leaves. Text consists of dated entries with brief daily descriptions of regiment activities one poignant line translated beaucoup du cadavres sur le terrain many corpses on the ground. Laid-in is 1 page autograph note listing eight men their death dates and a brief biographical description stained at edges and 4 page autograph manuscript signed E. Henry to Ma cherie femme of three different letters transcribed and docketed by the wife of Henry. Letters all dated August 1914 with content updating his wife on his news while stationed in Lorraine. He writes on 27th August 1914 translated You cannot imagine the suffering I endured at my unfortunate wounds and goes on about his Lieutenants death although Henry finally says Je suis en bonne posture Im in good shape. Madame Henry seemingly transcribed the letters on to one large folding bifolia to maintain their content. Interesting pieces of World War I era ephemera consisting of personal reflections and unofficial recordings of military operations in French regiments. <br/><br/> unknown books
19422194363Air Service Command 1942. Stapled Binding. Good. Light rubbing to wrappers. 1942 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Photographs silhouettes and technical information on military aircraft. Air Service Command unknown books
1818568111818. Calhoun signed the Revolutionary War pension claim of Robert Hamilton of Massachusetts who had been a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution. Some marginal chiping and tears at the fold affecting the "J" in the signature of J.C. Calhoun. A good copy. Wikipedia: "John Caldwell Calhoun:March 18 1782 - March 31 1850 was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who is best remembered for his strong defense of slavery and for advancing the concept of minority rights in politics which he did in the context of defending Southern values from perceived Northern threats. He began his political career as a nationalist modernizer and proponent of a strong national government and protective tariffs. By the late 1820s his views reversed and he became a leading proponent of states' rights limited government nullification and opposition to high tariffs-he saw Northern acceptance of these policies as the only way to keep the South in the Union. His beliefs and warnings heavily influenced the South's secession from the Union in 1860-61. Calhoun began his political career with election to the House of Representatives. As a prominent leader of the war hawk faction Calhoun strongly supported the War of 1812 to defend American honor against Britain. He then served as Secretary of War under President James Monroe and in his position reorganized and modernized the War Department. In the 1824 presidential election he was the overwhelming choice of the electoral college for Vice President of the United States. He served under John Quincy Adams and continued under Andrew Jackson who defeated Adams in 1828. unknown books
1833List508Mexico 1833. First Edition. Mexico: May 23 1833. Letter and chart on watermarked single folio sheets approx. 13 x 16-½ inches letter: 3 pp.; chart: 2 pp.;. Near Fine. Rare first-hand documentation of the growing trade tensions that eventually led to the French-Mexican "Pastry War" of 1838. Consul Hersant's gossipy report surveys the "commercial movement of the port of Tampico since it's opening in 1824 until the end of 1832." Hersant complains to his superiors that Mexican trade with the US and England far outpaces France; even the Hanseatic League has become a problem. The Consul includes a hand-drawn table tallying foreign ships and the weight of goods by country a visual aid supporting his claim that French trade lags considerably behind other partners. <br /> <br /> Ultimately it is civil disorder that most disturbs the Consul; that is smuggling assisted by the Mexican customs officers themselves: "se fait impunément et avec l'aide des douaniers eux-mêmes et peut porter au double la quantité de marchandises qui entrent du dehors." Indeed the early years of the Mexican Republic were marked by a notable lack of governmental accountability toward foreign governments or private property owners as various internal parties struggled for power. This disregard eventually led King Louis-Philippe's government to sue for damages against Mexico on behalf of French citizens doing business there. The most famous claimant was a pastry chef who claimed his shop had been looted. In 1838 when the amount went unpaid the French invaded Veracruz and blockaded Mexico's Atlantic ports beginning the so-called Pastry War.<br /> <br /> References to Hersant can be found in other histories of the French attempt to gain ground in Mexico e.g. establishing alternative shipping passages inland to compete with North American traders. Overall a scarce pair of documents in excellent condition with minimal normal wear. unknown books
1940133711Washington.: Government Printing Office. 1940. Softcover printed wraps. . Small dampstain to foredge otherwisel very good. . 12mo. Government Printing Office. paperback books
1847WRCAM48455Washington D.C. 1847. Engraved map 16 x 25 1/4 inches with hand- coloring on a 19 1/2 x 27 inch sheet. Worn around the edges with chips and loss not affecting the map imagery itself. Two closed tears in the left edge do intrude into the map. Paper tanned upper portion stained. About good. A scarce and detailed map of the Siege of Vera Cruz a turning point in the Mexican- American War. Winfield Scott with ten thousand American troops and a siege train landed on the beach near Vera Cruz on March 9 1847. The American forces outnumbered the Mexican defenders of the city by a two-to-one margin and the American guns were especially devastating. The city's castle was undamaged but the terrified citizenry implored Gen. Juan Morales to capitulate which was done at the end of March. The map notes American casualties as twelve killed and sixty-one wounded the actual numbers were slightly higher; the casualty rate among Mexican soldiers and civilians outnumbered that of the Americans. Vera Cruz would become an important port base for the American forces. This map shows the coastline from the road to Jalapa to the landing point of the American troops. The city and its main defenses are shown in detail and the headquarters of American commanders Scott Worth Patterson and Twigg are also shown. The Line of Investment is colored in red as is the location of the American hospital. Text on the map describes the make-up of the divisions led by Patterson Worth and Twigg. This 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. OCLC records some sixteen institutional copies but in our experience this map is scarce in the market. unknown books
19520000173Tokyo: Shinbun Gekkansha Showa 27 1952. First edition. Good . 4to variously paginated numerous illustrations from photographs facsimiles. Publisher's tan cloth backed in gilt-lettered brown pigskin. Text mostly in Japanese. Small loss at the top of the spine binding lightly soiled & rubbed corners bumped previous owner's name & chop at rear blank page. <br/><br/>A massive volume of over a thousand pages compiled by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is a compendium of mostly Japanese documents relating to the Pacific War. Special attention is focused on the final months focusing on peace feelers in May 1945 through Moscow the Battle of Okinawa the demand for "unconditional surrender" the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the final fateful War Council in the Imperial Presence in which the Emperor spoke for peace and the decision to have the Emperor announce the surrender on radio to his subjects. The work is organized into 60 sections beginning with war plans and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 to the arrival of General MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in Tokyo Bay on the U.S.S. Missouri to officiate at the surrender ceromony on September 2 1945. Changes in war leadership and cabinets as well as in war policy political diplomatic social and economic conditions are covered in intervening sections. Shinbun Gekkansha hardcover books
5052MINNESOTA IN THE CIVIL WAR. DS. 2pg. 7 ¼†x 9 ½â€. 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…â€. 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 Minnesota’s 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 books
1900014630Washington D.C: Government Printing Office 1900. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Spanish-American War; Philippines; 7 pages; 22.3cm; disbound; U. S. Senate document #439.Very minor discoloration at the bottom edge about an eighth of an inch. Government Printing Office Paperback books
207491New York: SMC n.d. 1.75 inch pin sketch of a ship. SMC unknown books
6432Historic Civil War newspaper . The New York Times October 7 1864 issue New York NY. The first front-page story is on a clash between rebel forces and Sherman's garrison at Allatoona. In part: "At 6 o'clock yesterday morning the enemy attacked with artillery and infantry . every move of the enemy was handsomely repulsed with severe loss to the rebels. leaving their dead and 400 to 600 wounded in our possession." Front page is war-related. Slight wear small tears and stains around the edges. In very good condition. unknown books
197156389Parsons WV: McClain Printing Company 1971. Reprint Edition. 8vo. printed wraps; 62 pages. Illustrated. Very Good covers nice but with little soil; contents clean & tight. <br/><br/> McClain Printing Company paperback books
