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30877Broadside. Circa 1860s. No publisher. Eight verses with chorus with a simple ornamental border. Measures approximately 12 x 19 cm 4.5 x 7.5". Faint pencil markings on the top edge tiny spot to the left of the last verse. Near fine. unknown
186843994Philadelphia; Cincinnati; Atlanta .: National Publishing Company 1868. 8vo. 23.2cm First Edition in 2 volumes 654 & xii5-827pp. plus engraved frontis view & 15 engraved portrait plates 1 plate being A Sketch of the Battleground of Manassas; And 3 facsimiles letters from Abraham Lincoln to Stephens on 6 page contemporary style half brown polished calf gilt ruled raised bands double crushed morocco black labels gilt titles and tan fine grain linen boards former owner's name of both title pages faint damp stain on the frontis portrait of Stephens otherwise in fine sound condition. fine. A contemporary account of the American Civil War by the former vice president of the Confederate States of America published in book form 1868-1870.Howes S-938: "Most elaborate - and best - argument for the constitutional validity of the doctrine of state sovereignty and the right of secession". ~ The portraits include Jefferson Washington Daniel Webster Andrew Jackson Lincoln Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Ulysses S. Grant. and a frontis view of Liberty Hall. National Publishing Company unknown
18616001<p>Wood-engraved map with contemporary hand coloring engraved by Waters & Son New York with publisher's advertisement above map near contemporary marginal annotation to lower right margin which reads 'Position of Federal Army under General Maclellan sic July 1862 stretching towards the James River'; two closed tears in image carefully restored and barely visible a few other very minor repairs; a little fraying and some light discoloration at an old fold. 55.5 x 32.5 cms. Altogether a very nice example attractive.<br /></p><p>An attractive contemporary hand-colored very rare this edition not in the Library of Congress separately issued US Civil War map focusing on the area of Virginia and Maryland where the earliest battles were fought between the Union and Confederate armies and among the earliest broadside maps to specifically treat the battleground states in the growing conflict. Signaling its impartiality by prominently displaying both the Confederate and Federal flags the map represents the most recent news of the conflict in Virginia and Maryland from a British perspective as it was published in England and intended for a British audience. Britain was officially neutral in the American contest but had ardent sympathizers on both sides. Printed from a woodblock engraved by the New York firm Waters & Son the edition offered here is undated but must have appeared very early on around the time of the Battle of Bull Run the first important battle of the Civil War in July 1861. "Bull Run" the mapmaker states on the spot on the map where the actual battle was fought "is three miles from Manassas Junction between that point and Centreville." Water's engraving or its likeness would appear a number of times over the next several years with each edition or version bringing to the public's attention the most recent and sometimes climactic events of the war. Both American and British newspapers would report these events as they occurred and sometimes used an updated version of the Waters' woodblock as a full-page illustration. It is however particularly rare to find this map as a separately issued broadside printed on special paper such as the present contemporary hand colored example offered here. <br /></p><p>At the top of the sheet is text listing in separate columns the names of the Union and Confederate generals and a separate column for US exports in 1860. Notable is the enormous figure for US cotton which was exported primarily to England before the war nearly $192000 of $373000 of the total exports for the US economy – a statistic which must have reminded the British reader of the great cost the developing war would have on their textile industry. Much of the text is promotional. Bacon was perhaps the most important purveyor of American maps and atlases in England at the time and the representative for J.H. Colton one of the leading map publishers in the United States whose cartographic publications available from Bacon & Co. in England are prominently described and priced in the text.</p><p><b>A SHORT HISTORY OF THE MAP TO 1863</b></p><p>The earliest dated edition of Water's engraving which we were able to find appeared in the morning edition of the New York Herald on June 17 1861 Stevenson 451.3. Published a few weeks before the Battle of Bull Run specifically mentioned on our map but not in this newspaper version it notes in anticipation the number of troops amassing at Manassas Junction and on their way by train from the south. This edition was issued twice more on July 27 and September 11 the latter with no reference to the troops at Manassas. Another edition also entitled "Map of the Seat of War…." located at the BPL nearly identical to ours appeared in the London American Newspaper 1861. This version has an additional reference to the Battle of Bull Run below the map. All 3 of these maps found in <i>Stevenson's Civil War Maps</i> were published in newspapers. We find no reference to a separately issued broadside edition. Approximately a year later in an edition dated July 1862 Stevenson 452 the map once again appears this time updated to include Mc Clellan's position on the Peninsula which is shaded red as noted in several printed lines in the lower right corner. This latter is a handcolored broadside. The Library of Congress also has a similar example to ours though significantly modified published 2 years later in 1863 around the time of the invasion of Pennsylvania which replaces the historical and promotional text at the top of our sheet by extending the map north to include part of southern Pennsylvania and a list of Bacon's Shilling maps in the lower left hand corner Stevenson 476.5. This too is a colored broadside. In summary it appears that major battles or impending significant events such as Bull Run noted on ours and Mc Clellan's battle at Manassas may have been treated in a hand colored broadside publication. With the war continuing elsewhere the Waters' woodcut focusing on Virginia and Maryland became irrelevant to ongoing cartographic documentation of the war as battles moved from one locale to another in different parts of the country.</p><p>A handwritten contemporary annotation in the lower margin references a star added to the map by hand that updates it indicating the "Position of Federal Army under General Maclellan in July 1862 stretching towards the James River." Four minor punctures in the blank margins suggest that this copy was affixed to a wall at some point in its earlier history. A rare survival.</p><p>See Stephenson Richard. Civil War Maps An Annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress.</p>
187044001Boston: Wright & Potter Printers to the State 1870. Thick4to. 29cm First Edition in 2 volumes 793 & 10851p. errata page rebound in full dark blue cloth gilt spine titles the paper is toned but sound marginal stain on the last few leaves on volume one the text is otherwise sound and clean a fine set. fine. Subjects<br /> A comprehensive two-volume official publication by the Adjutant General's Office documenting the service of state regiments during the Civil War. It details rosters service dates and histories for thousands of soldiers. ~ Content: contains roster lists battle summaries and records for soldiers in Massachusetts volunteer regiments. Volume I: Covers regiments 1-32 and 1st Heavy Artillery. Volume II: Covers regiments 33-62 2nd Heavy Artillery and various cavalry/light battery units. Wright & Potter, Printers to the State unknown
1870134066Port Elizabeth: Richards Impey & Co 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Port Elizabeth Richards Impey & Co. circa 1870. One leaf 216 × 140 mm printed on both sides; paper tanned and marked with a few small holes and chips; mild signs of use; in decent condition now housed in a custom-made stiffened cloth folder. A rare South African handbill advertising a touring 'Diorama' of the American Civil War. The recto provides the sequence of events from the bombardment of Fort Sumter Bull Run the battle between the 'Kearsarge' and 'Alabama' the main battles from Gettysburg to General Lee's surrender at Appomattox and Lincoln's assassination and funeral. <p>The verso is headed 'For the Children visiting the American War Diorama' and contains a poem by Harry Stanley about an orphan boy at Christmas. This side has the imprint of T.H. Grocott Machine Printer Grahamstown. <p>Provenance: Geoffrey Ingleton with the G. & N. Ingleton bookplate inside the front flap of the portfolio and the Ingleton Collection catalogue inkstamp and number 10492 on the verso of the leaflet. Richards, Impey & Co hardcover
116917First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong folio approximately 245 × 355 mm 12 pages the first one blank followed by five pairs of facing pages ruled paper with printed red and blue columns and black headings with printed certifications on the last page. The column headings across the double-page openings are Name Rank Age Description Married or Single Nativity Place of Residence Date of Enlistment Enlisted For Date of Muster Discharged and Remarks; only the last opening is unused. Thin plain brown paper wrappers a little undersized with a paper title-label mounted on the front cover printed with manuscript insertions; wrappers a little marked chipped and creased with a few light tidemarks affecting also the first leaf; heavy crease down the middle of the entire roll where folded in half resulting in a 50 mm split from the bottom of the crease to all six leaves; minor signs of use and age but overall this unique and fragile manuscript is in very good condition. 'Companies A and F were from the village of Kewanee in Henry county Illinois . The exigencies of the struggle and the call had wrought the enthusiasm of the village to its highest pitch when on the morning of August 7th a muster roll was opened in the office of Judge John H. Howe and a meeting called for the night. During the day 29 names were enrolled. At night the rally was immense. Speeches were made by Judge Howe James Elliott and other leading citizens and among them one by R.A. Tenney of Chicago formerly of Kewanee who proposed to enlist. The knowledge that "Ralph" as they loved to call him would go was electrifying and the enlistment was kept up till midnight to be continued the next day and furthered by liberal offers from those who could not go to aid those who could till the morning of the 9th just forty-eight hours from the time the first name was signed when 101 were enrolled. This number was subsequently increased to 111 and the second company was raised immediately. Two as noble companies as ever kept step to the music of the Union in one village raised by themselves and well officered within a week .' R.L. Howard: 'History of the 124th Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers' 1880 page 2. <p>Each opening of the roll contains printed columns with the particulars of enlistees added in ink in at least two hands. The details of 19 officers and NCOs and 80 privates are provided apparently in Captain Tenney's hand all but one with their date of enlistment given as 9 August 1862. A further 25 soldiers with enlistment dates from 1864 and 1865 have been added later in another hand presumably his successor Captain Edmond C. Raymond. The only black enlistees four 'under-cooks' are entered separately at the foot of the final opening. All four are described as residents of Vicksburg Mississippi and all enlisted soon after this important Confederate stronghold fell to Union forces on 4 July 1863 suggesting that they were likely freed slaves. <p>The siege also caused a change in the company's commanding officer. 'Capt. R.A. Tenney of Company A had tried to struggle through the campaign until reduced almost to a skeleton and even his life was despaired of when he felt compelled to resign. It was hard for us to lose the inimitable inspiring once jolly "Ralph" from among us but there was no alternative. His resignation bearing date July 9th and the death of Lieut. Julius A. Pratt caused the promotion of 2d Lieut. E.C. Raymond to the Captaincy' Howard page 136. The 'Remarks' column makes grim reading: almost all of the detailed entries commence with the words 'Deserted' 'Discharged' almost invariably with a disability 'Died' invariably of wounds or sickness or 'Killed' by shell musket ball . paperback
a90652Testimony given to Senate of United States December 1864 pp. 1-272. Offered in one complete volume of Reports of the Committees of the Senate of the United States for 38th Congress 2nd session volume 1 1864. first edition. Hardcover. thick octavo. numerous other reports in volume as well. The Petersburg report is full of detailed information on events around the Battle of Petersburg in the American Civil War. . hardcover
857Albany and New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co. 1896. 1st edition. Pages 1059 pp.8vo. Blue cloth binding. 1st edition. Brief biographies of each soldier who served in these units in alphabetical order. Covers soiled corners bumped and worn. Still in good condition with tight text block. Assembly member�s stamp on front paste down. Albany and New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co. 1896. hardcover
a88715Philadelphia 1863 believed to be first edition A. Winch. 5-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches 16p. Inch and half high engraving of eagle with ribbon imprinted with "Victory" held in his beak on front cover wraps. Fair quite worn cover soiled tips curled splitting at spine fold but complete. Three rubbed areas on rear panel have very very faint blue residue possibly from ink name or stamp since rubbed away but very hard to tell. Contains "37 sections". No tears in text. There is one copy in the Library of Congress but this once hated document is quite Rare. Pictures available on request. . paperback
1985ABE-1548153040186140 PAGES-JEAN-EDERN HALLIER: ALLEZ LES VERTS, 3P, ACADEMIE FRANCAISE-CAROLINE, PHOTOS HELMUT NEWTON, 6P-FRANCIS HUSTER RODRIGUE A DU COEUR.102 PULSATIONS, 2P-ALBERT UDERZO, 4P, 5 PHOTOS-ALLO MOUROUSI? ICI L'ELYSEE, 2P-LE MENSONGE DE SOPHIE, ROLAND CHABERT, 4P-BOUVARD JOURNAL D'UN CONTRIBUABLE EN ENFER, 4P-LA "MAITRESSE" D'APOSTROPHES, JEANNE DE BERG, 2P, PHOTO-LA COUPOLE EN FOLIE, 4P, 2 PHOTOS-LA GUERRE DE SECESSION 2, 16P-ANNONCE POUR BARBARA ET GERARD DEPARDIEU AU ZENITH DE PARIS, LILY PASSION
