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1816217967Georgia 1816. unbound. 4 Pages 13.25 x 8.25 inches Georgia January 23 1816. This exceptional-content letter is a petition for clemency sent to the Governor of Georgia on behalf of a soldier who had been sentenced to death for murdering his senior office. In part: "the deceased and the petitioner were comrades in the army and both got drunk.He is a boy just verging to manhood.who has given five years service in the honorable cause of defending our country. The deeds of this patriot could atone for the errors of youth. The sentence of.death for murder affords ample room for Executive interference.both were drunk in the morning and were strolling without the garrison - without a solitary witness to attest his innocence. He has a record of good conduct." The petitioner James Nixon was illiterate and signed his signature with an "X" after his name. This petition also contains the signatures of thirteen soldiers and officers of the U.S. Artillery as well as the Officers of the Court. Repairs at folds and uniformly toned; otherwise very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1779223744Providence 1779. unbound. 2 pages front and back 4 x 6.5 inches Providence Rhode Island June 23 1779 -- a payment voucher-receipt payable to a physician who had placed a bill for services rendered to the Continental Army possibly rations for a field hospital. In full: "Then personally appeared the within named James Pelliseur and made oath to the truth of the within amount before me Sam. Chase Jus Peace." With an additional endorsement by a semi-illiterate Major Fairchild Rhode Island Militia quote: "Pleas to pay the with in to Major Fairchild. James Polliseor the within contents in full recieved by Major Fairchild 40 dollars and 52 cents." On the back is an autographed document signed "John Cooke" -- Regimental Quartermaster for the First Rhode Island Regiment 1778 - 1780 attesting that the invoice is correct. In part: "UNITED AMERICAN STATES.I do certify the above is due Dr. James Pelliseur to the best of my knowledge." Contains a list of rations received and the price determined in Pounds Sterling. Natural folds; some toning and rough spots along the edges. Very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1846WRCAM4388Washington 1846. 52pp. Dbd. Very good. The committee outlines reasons for the U.S. declaration of war against Mexico in May 1846. unknown books
1862WRCAM52854Boston: L. Prang & Co. 1862. Large lithographic poster 38 x 26 inches. Backed with later paper. Old fold lines some minor soiling and wear. Minor loss at a few folds. Nearly very good. A handsome and large-scale map of Virginia from Norfolk to Lynchburg and north to Baltimore and Harper's Ferry. The explanatory cartouche indicates "The extraordinary large scale on which this map is drawn has been adapted to make it just what we designed it to be namely 1st. The most distinct map ever published of the whole Virginia Territory; 2nd. A Marking Map that is a map to mark the change of positions of the Union Forces in red pencil and the Rebel Forces in blue on the receipt of every telegram from the seat of war; for this latter purpose we want plenty of space and a distinctness combined with enough detail not to crowd but to enable us to follow the march of the army as advised by the telegrams. The pencils which we also furnish should be used with a light hand to enable obliterating the marks with the aid of a little soft bread if found necessary. These peculiarities combined with extreme cheapness will make this Map a welcome companion to every person interested in the pending struggle of our nation." L. Prang & Co. unknown books
179837New London CT: CNVA WRL 196-. Imitation banknote printed both sides with Thoreau portrait and text opposing Vietnam War 3.5x7.5 inches; very good. Denomination given as "1 peace yen." Text on the reverse outlines opposition to taxes paying for the Vietnam War. The CNVA merged with the War Resisters League in 1968 so this was issued sometime between 1966 and 1968. The design was executed by Mark Morris of San Francisco and printed at the Grindstone Press in New London. "This money is as phony as the 'security' the US 'defense' dollar buys. CNVA, WRL unknown books
1918WRCLIT82690Honolulu H.T.: Gurrey's Limited 1918. 631pp. 12mo. Drab wrappers printed label. A very good copy. First edition of the author's first book. After earning a medical degree in Boston and practicing in his native Maine for nine years Woodbury moved with his new bride to Honolulu in 1916 where he maintained a homeopathic practice for three years and was active in amateur literary and dramatic productions. In March 1919 he left the islands for San Francisco and after two years practice there he returned to New England. His war sonnets are interleaved with and often are responses to quotations from political military and literary writers Seeger Hagedorn Kipling Cicero Wells Bridges et al that are printed en face with them. Woodbury was not a combatant during the war but served as an examiner at the Honolulu Naval Station. OCLC locates some 20 copies but at this point one would be hard pressed to locate an actual printed original rather than a blurry p.o.d. [Gurrey's Limited] unknown books
1884WRCLIT59632Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. 1884. 96pp. Large octavo. Gilt cloth. Likely one of a number of printings with music reprinted from a variety of sources. A few pencil notes crack at toe of front inner hinge else very good. Includes works by Root Work Foster and many others. Oliver Ditson & Co. hardcover books
19422194639Robert M. McBride & Company 1942. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lacks jacket. 1942 Hard Cover. 256 pp. "A complete record--in both text and picture--of the fighting planes of the Axis." Black and white photographs included. Robert M. McBride & Company hardcover books
1942WRCLIT24034London: Oxford University Press 1942. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers. The fourth number in the series. Introduction by Colin Coote. Ardizzone Bawden Freedman et al. Slight tanning to spine else near fine. Oxford University Press unknown books
1929182710His Majesty's Stationery Office 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Red cloth boards have mild wear- title blind stamped to the front board- gilt lettering to spine. Clean has a good binding "Sold by H.M. Stationary Office is stamped on the title page. No marks or notations to the text. Corrigenda paper tipped in at the Contents page. viii 427 pp. HMSO. First Edition. His Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover books
1897288977Washington. : Government Printing Office. 1897. . Hardcover publisher’s black cloth gilt spine titles. Spine title faded on vol II owner’s ink name to pastedowns and first pages of text edges lightly foxed otherwise a very good tight set. . 8vo. Heavy set requires extra postage. Government Printing Office. hardcover books
1945133716Washington.: Government Printing Office. 1945. Softcover stapled wraps. . Upper corner bumped lightly toned otherwise very good. . 12mo. Government Printing Office. paperback books
236194New York. Marked "News Bureau Files. 222 pp. Originals printed in mimeograph this facsimile recto only. With some deletions for Secrecy Reasons. 1 vols. 4to. Tan wrappers. Some minor chipping. Marked "News Bureau Files" 222 pp. Originals printed in mimeograph this facsimile recto only. With some deletions for Secrecy Reasons. 1 vols. 4to. With a TLS to Mrs Lila Tyng/The New York Trust Co./ Income Collection Dept. signed Roy E. Larsen President of Time about the place Time was in the war. and how it affect stockholder. zHere it is the ex-Mrs. Henry Luce<br/><br/>Chronological compilation of news reports as they were received at the News Bureau from reporting staff --- raw source material submitted to Bureau Chief David Hulburd as events happened. unknown books
1926290867New York: George H. Doran 1926. hardcover. very good. Illustrated by Clayton Knight. 8vo blue cloth light shelf-wear and minor soiling to cloth. New York: George H. Doran 1926. Very good.<br/><br/> Based on the correspondence of John Grider an aviator who was killed during World War I.<br/><br/> George H. Doran unknown books
40861Cambridge Mass: Vietnam Summer Committee n. d. Ca. 1967. Grey paper printed in maroon ink. Modest wear to paper horizontal crease some very light age-toning to edges. A VG example. Broadside printed recto only. 17" x 11" <br/><br/>"Tired of Marching Weary of Speeches Turned off by the Peace Corps SSS SS SDS SWP AFL-CIO NSA-CIA WSP WCTU YMCA NAACP ASPCA UCM NCNP NCCEWV SNCC PTA NYMETS IBM NLF NFL LSD.The Vietnam Summer Project is a concerted national effort to reach out to the now silent Americans who are growing more and more worried about the Administration's war in Vietnam." Vietnam Summer Committee unknown books
166746176Graven-Hage: Tongerloo 1667. good. 4 leaves 94pp. rubricated title 4to stitched. Graven-Hage 1667. Good.<br/><br/> A treatise on the dispute between France and Spain over the inheritance rights of Marie Therese daughter of Philip IV of Spain and wife of Louis XIV of France.<br/><br/> Tongerloo unknown books
1766WRCAM47802Paris 1766. 2220pp. plus large folding map. Large folio. Stitched. Minor soiling and foxing. Very good. Defense of the Comte de Lally for his actions in India during the Seven Years' War. This is one of two versions authored by him. Lally head of the French expedition to India reached Pondichery in 1758. Though capable he was incredibly unpopular and fell into a series of events which proved fatal to his career and his person. He was unsuccessful in the Siege of Madras beaten at the Battle of Wandiwash and eventually capitulated from the siege of Pondichery. Taken prisoner by the British he returned to France on parole and was imprisoned for two years before being put on trial and executed. This is his last defence published shortly thereafter or perhaps immediately preceding. A publisher's note is dated April 14 and Lally was executed May 6. The map shows the Indian subcontinent and Madagascar. unknown books
1937WRCLIT69942Madrid & Barcelona: Sindicato de Professionales de la Bellas Artes / Indus Gráficas Seix y Barral 1937. Folded leaflet. 17.5 x 12.5 cm on stiff card with pictorial top panel. Very near fine. A separate printing of Alberti's poem "Vosotros no Caisteis" in facsimile of his ms. with a French translation in type "Vous N'êtes pas Tombés" with a cover illustration signed in the image "Parilla XXXVII." This was published as an element in an interesting set of cards with a series title "Recuerdo de España" distributed for the promotion and defense of the Republic published under the direction of the Fine Arts trade union the alliance charged with some of the most important propaganda efforts during the war. The cards bear illustrations in various media and internally present both in type and in facsimile of manuscript statements in support of the cause both prose and poetry. Sindicato de Professionales de la Bellas Artes / Indus Gráficas Seix y Barral unknown books
1943WRCLIT71230Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office / Office of War Information Poster 64 1943. Vintage color offset lithographed poster 28 x 20". Previously folded neat pinpricks in each of the top corners one panel on verso dust smudged short split at lower edge of midpoint margin else very good or better. One of the canonical WWII posters presenting a visual metaphor for the Allied nations executed by the Austrian-American artist 1915 - 1991 after his 1938 emigration to the US in the wake of Hitler's annexation of his home country. The image depicts a battery of artillery gun barrels decorated with the flags of the Allies all firing in unison into a tumultuous sky. Koerner later gained wide recognition for his portrait commissions for the covers of TIME magazine. This particular poster was produced in several sizes for different uses. U.S. Government Printing Office / Office of War Information Poster 64 unknown books
1942WRCLIT70141Washington DC: GPO / War Production Board 1942. Folio photolithographed broadside 40 x 28"; 102 x 72 cm. Folded as issued. Short closed tear at lower edge a few minor wrinkles at edges of folds minor breaks at apexes of a couple of folds with a slight trace of tanning along folds otherwise a near fine fresh unused example. A bold image by Riggs promoting increased homefront production dominated by a large waist-up figure of an American airman raising his goggles with his right hand and gesturing "thumbs up" with his left. Robert Riggs 1896-1970 was in his heyday one of the best- known artists and illustrators in the United States. After studies at the Art Students League and service during World War I Riggs settled in Philadelphia his home base for the rest of his life. In the 1930s and '40s he rose to national prominence as an illustrator lithographer and commercial artist producing well-known images of boxers and circuses two life-long obsessions and of soldiers during World War II. In 1940 around the peak of his career as an illustrator his drawings commanded $750- $1500 each and his name was as well-known in the trade as that of Norman Rockwell. Curiously at a recent auction of African American printed manuscript and visual material an example of this poster was offered quite tenuously making the assertion that the image is of a Tuskegee airman. On the basis of that assertion the example offered there realized $2400. GPO / War Production Board unknown books
1942WRCLIT70193Washington DC: Office for Emergency Management / GPO 1942. Oblong folio photolithographed broadside 28 x 40"; 72 x 102 cm. Folded as issued Very slight tanning at the folds on the blank verso a couple of minuscule breaks at junctions of folds but a very near fine bright unused example. A famous WWII home front poster from the Office of Emergency Management promoting the production effort featuring an American worker front and center flanked by a GI and a sailor. An original example of a poster which has been reproduced countless times in various media. Office for Emergency Management / GPO unknown books
WRCLIT70196Washington DC War Production Board / GPO. 1942. Folio color photolithographic broadside 40 x 28" 102 x 72 cm. Folded as issued. Faint tanning to folds on blank verso a bit of foxing to verso a few minuscule breaks at junctions of folds otherwise a very near fine fresh unused copy. One of at least two War Production Board posters captioned thus in this case produced after a drawing by "Moxon" of a helmeted combat soldier leaning forward into the poster from the left with his M1 with bayonet mounted. The original drawing on which it is based appears to have been executed in reddish brown conte crayon. Full identification of the artist seems to have eluded references including OCLC etc. Washington, DC unknown books
1943WRCLIT70154Washington DC: GPO 1943. Folio color photolithographed broadside 40 x 28"; 102 x 72 cm. Folded as issued. Minuscule breaks at junctions of four folds otherwise a very near fine brilliant unused example. The larger of two formats in which this poster was issued as a forceful reminder about the need for security. The poster is dominated by the image of a serviceman shot in the face during a beach assault dropping his M1 clutching his face with streaming blood trailing to his chest as he falls to his knees. Another design by another artist with the same caption featured a dying paratrooper aloft over land. Prohaska moved in 1908 from his native Yugoslavia to the San Francisco Bay area where he received his formal art education. In 1930 he moved to NYC where he worked as an illustrator for a number of major periodicals and commercial accounts and eventually settled in the east end of Long Island. GPO unknown books
1943WRCLIT70153Washington DC: GPO 1943. Folio color photolithographed broadside 40 x 28"; 102 x 72 cm. Folded as issued. A very near fine unused example. The larger of two formats in which this poster was issued. It features a fair-haired US 2nd Lt. with his head bandaged and with some stains to his uniform cast against a backdrop of a desolate battlefield with armaments a shattered tree and barbed wire receding into the distance. Sloan b. 1915 began his career in commercial art in 1940 including commissions for covers and illustrations for such publications as Time Coronet and Collier's. After he was drafted the same year this poster was issued he did illustrative work for military manuals as well as larger commissions such as the 1944 watercolor "Station Hospital." One of his most widely exhibited works is the 1944 "Negro Soldier" now at the Fogg Museum at Harvard. GPO unknown books
48848Boston: Boston War Camp Community Service. 12mo pp. 32. Paper wraps. VG. Patriotic songs. Boston War Camp Community Service unknown books
