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186535417Washington DC: War Department 1865. Paper. Good. Document. Approx. 10" x 8". 1 page. Document is dated February 18 1865. Contents relate to return of ordinance distributed in 1864. It is signed by Jno R. McGuiness. Below his order is the signature of Lt. Adam F. Cottrell Co "C" 6th E. Tenn Infty 23rd Corps. Document has a chip on the center left edge. War Department unknown
188631749Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 3 pages 821-1143. Brown cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Cloth is shelf worn with light edge wear to the extremities. This supplement includes the folding battle map approx. 22" x 14" titled "Government Exhibit A" showing the towns of Manassas New Market Gainesville Haymarket and other locations. The map is located between pages 1052-1053. Government Printing Office hardcover
18362129glsNew York: Wiley and Long 1836. Octavo string-bound wrappers 30 pp. Top leaf loose neat former-owner signature soiling to wrappers. “Sir:-- / When one charged with the responsible duties of a legislator forgets the nature of the trust which he holds for the Commonwealth and instead of consulting the common interests alone endeavors to procure the enactment of laws of a purely local tendency which whilst they momentarily affect one portion of the country favorable bear at the same time prejudicially upon others and in the end become of permanent disadvantage to the whole -- when one vested with the authority of a statesman narrows down his views to the attainment of some object of petty ambition instead of following out an enlarged and liberal system of policy by “giving up to party what was meant for mankind†-- when one clothed in the invulnerable armor of a representative of the people’s sovereignty becomes so lost to a proper sense of the dignified attitude in which he has been placed by his constituents as under cover of the aegis of their majesty to let fly with an irresponsible and unsparing hand the shafts of personal invective against individuals or classes of his fellow citizens there is a point where neither the exercise of charity which supposes honest motives in all nor the forbearance to which even the prejudices of well meaning ignorance are entitled nor the respect of silence due to those whose power is thus abused and misdirected can longer be classed as virtues; and that point is when wrong-headedness the result at first of ignorance is perservered in through sheer obstinancy in spite of the weight of testimony of the most respectable and impartial witnesses against the errors and folly of such a course. With your career sir as a legislator and a statesman I have nothing to do. That is a subject which must rest of examination in the hands of your legitimate judges your own constituents. Wiley and Long, 1836. hardcover
185633583circa 1856- 57. 1856- 57. Very good. - Signature on a piece of vellum approximately 1-3/4 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide clipped from the close of a document. Signed "George Anson" beside his printed title "General / Commander-in-Chief / East Indies". Together with an engraved portrait of Anson 3-3/4 inches high by 2-1/4 inches wide. There is a tiny area of soiling to the portrait's bottom edge. Very good. <p>British army officer George Anson 1797-1857 was promoted to the rank of C in 1853. The following year he was appointed to the command of the Madras Army and in early 1856 became Commander-in-Chief in India. He caused resentment by his bias against the Indian Army and its sepoys. He was quoted as saying that he could never see a sepoy sentry "without turning away in disgust at his unsoldierlike appearance". Anson's appointment coincided with the tensions leading up to the Indian Mutiny of 1857. In May 1857 he sent troops to secure the arsenals in the Punjab. He intended to join the Meerut Brigade and to press on to retake Delhi but four days into the march he died of cholera at the age of 59. circa [1856- 57]. hardcover
189241878Washington 1892. Original printed title wrappers printed in red and blue inkswith red cross in the center of the front wrapper. 20pp original staples. Vertical fold Very Good.<br /> OCLC 47658074 4- DLC MA Hist. Soc. VA Tech W Res. Hist. Soc. as of March 2026. unknown
186431538Washington DC: Published by the Union Congressional Committee. Printed and Stereotyped by McGill & Witherow 1864. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Stitched wraps. 16 pages. Tiny pinholes on the left margins. Some of the stitching is missing. Light toning and edge wear. <br /> <br /> This is a Presidential campaign pamphlet for 1864. On page 16 is a list of officials of the Union Executive Congressional Committee and a list of 15 more documents to be circulated. This particular pamphlet attacks General McClellan's hesitancy and indecision not to engage in battle with the Rebels.<br /> <br /> Sabin 3483. Published by the Union Congressional Committee. Printed and Stereotyped by McGill & Witherow unknown
188235690New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 1 x 274 pages 5 pages publisher ads 1. Illustrated with maps. Blue cloth embossed hardcover with gilt stamped title on front cover and spine. Light edge wear to cloth extremities. Pages 158 and 159 are toned brown from contact with a news article related to the Civil War laid between the pages. Previous owner name on the front paste down. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
186331425New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. viii 352 pages. Green pebble cloth hardcover with new paper title label on spine. Front and rear hinges repaired. Front joint repaired. A label on the front paste down was removed. Blind embossed stamp of "Robert X. McNeely" located on the copyright page. Old ink inscription from 1913 on the front blank end sheet. This book was first published in London in the same year and included a map and 10 plates. <br /> <br /> Howes E 203 - "This Hungarian imposter claiming to having been a Confederate cavalry colonel was a non-combatant hospital orderly." Nevins I page 86 - "A purported history of the first campaign in the East by a Hungarian soldier of fortune who alledgely joined the Southern forces. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
18655706York: British and Foreign Temperance Society 1865. Hardcover. Good. A good copy of this York imprint compiled by a retired army officer who over the course of 25 years service saw the sad results of moderate Spirit drinking. Bound in the original embossed cloth covered boards with gilt decoration; rubbed to corners and spine with browned edges the text is very good. The original yellow front free endpaper is lacking. A scarce collection including tracts on the "Resources of Ireland""An address to British Females" and "The Queen and the Wounded Soldiers". Good 1865 British and Foreign Temperance Society hardcover
188645466New York: A.R. Hart & Co. Publishers 1886. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and rules. 435pp. Frontispiece illustrations floral endpapers. Very good. Faint binding wear only -- super tight and internally fine with giltstamping a-gleaming. A handsome first edition of this Civil War fiction sometimes attributed to John McElroy simply because it was first serialized between October-July 1885 in the newspaper he edited the "National Tribune" of Washington DC. Intriguing evidence that supports but doesn't prove this comes with this copy in the form of a laid-in heavy stock light red 5½" X 3¼" printed card. Recto titled "For $50 a Month" and consists of a "Personal to My Comrades" plea urging that Congress pass a "$50 a month pension for all honorably discharged veterans of the Union Army who served 90 days or more. the merest justice and recognition from the Government to the aged and deserving men who in their youth saved its existence at the greatest sacrifice to themselves." Signed in type "John McElroy." Verso contains another printed statement signed in type "The National Tribune" requesting "your $5 NOW" because "War work has taken many National Tribune employees. We cannot compete with the Government in wages and maintain the old subscription price. We must install new machinery. Help us by sending your subscription for a five-year period." Did this card come laid into each copy of this Civil War-theme novel A.R. Hart & Co., Publishers hardcover
18901410180Chicago: The Craig Press 1890. Hardcover. Octavo 129 pages. In Fair minus condition. Spine is red with gold print. Boards in red cloth gold print mitred edges; tattering to spine caps and corners blemishes toning shelf wear cocked spine. Text block has cracked hinges front flyleaf loose intermittent spine breaks light age toning to paper. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates photographs with tissue guards. <br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1410180. FP New Rockville Stock. The Craig Press hardcover
1882028674London: HMSO 1882. xvi 287pp index. Amendments 1883 have been laid down over previous paragraphs. Some paras have been crossed through with occasional ink corrections initialled and dated 1883. Prelims and endpages foxed with scattered foxing throughout. Pencil scribble on each side of the ffep. Or dec blind-stamped red cloth boards unevenly faded flecked and heavily toned at the torn spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Poor. 8vo. HMSO Hardcover
189262645Grand Army of the Republic 1892. First Edition. First printing. 12mo 18.5cm. Blue cloth stamped in gilt; green patterned floral endpapers; 6111pp; folding frontispiece in-text illustrations. 1893 pencil inscription from A. J. Holbrook to Herbert Taylor on front flylead. A tight copy with minor rubbing old dampstaining to lower margin throughout partial splits to folds of frontispiece: Good or better. <br /> <br /> Souvenir from the 1892 encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic an influential nineteenth-century fraternal organization of veterans who served in the Union military during the Civil War. It was a powerful lobbyist as well as a social organization. Its encampments peaked in 1890 when 410000 people attended. 62645. [Grand Army of the Republic] unknown
188114605War Office 1881. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full burgundy buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine. NO CHIPPING & NO SPLITTING to CLEAN boards. NO MARKS to boards. Internally CLEAN with NO INSCRIPTIONS. Some tanning to first leaf. Tiny nicks to corners of first leaf. TIGHT textblock. NO LOOSE & NO MISSING leaves. War Office Hardcover
189214353War Office 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original half red calf leather binding with marbled boards. Wear to extremities with slither chipping to head of spine & cracking to hinge joints front and back - boards still held by webbing gutter hinges. Scuffing and dusting to boards. Internally complete with NO MISSING leaves. War Office Hardcover
1886397634New York: A.R. Hart & Co 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Decorative blue cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated with drawings. Owner's name inked on blank preliminary extremities lightly worn a very good copy with modest soiling. A.R. Hart & Co hardcover
18640480290War Department United States Army Adjutant General's Office 1864. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 7 pages. A rare account of several Civil War Courts Martials all accused being found guilty generally for Desertion with one case of murder of a superior officer. Accused included Patrick Berrian of the 16th Massachusetts Volunteers; Robert Bartmann 1st New Jersey Volunteers; Edward Brandingham 6th US Cavalry; Andrew Bans 82nd Illinois Volunteers; William H.N. Annis 3rd Vermont Volunteers. War Department, United States Army, Adjutant General's Office unknown
1872biblio35904<p>New York: D. Van Nostrand Publisher; 1st Edition 1872. 219 pages 47 pages of Ads. VeryGood Hardcover Decorated Purple Cloth Gilt lettering no dj. Discoloration of the spine and some spotting of the boards. Light wear to the ends of the spine. Personal Ex Libris inside front cover otherwise Clean throughout. Strong tight binding excellent hinges. 7.6"x5.0"x0.8". be24422</p> D. Van Nostrand, Publisher hardcover
1863mon0003511037Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & 1863. Hardcover. Good. . shows minor wear. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & hardcover
1830176301Paris : G. A. Dentu 1830. First Edition. Paperback. Very good paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Rebound in plain paper wrappers with typed title-slip tipped in to front cover. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Publisher's device to title page. Extensive foxing throughout.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 128 pages; Description: 128p. ; 20cm. Subjects: France - army garde roy. Notes: Includes errata opposite title page. Language: French. Paris : G. A. Dentu paperback
1899005593Paris: Charles Carrington 1899. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. xx 422. Title page printed in red and black. Out of a sequence of 1000 unnumbered copies. Very Good rebound in dark blue cloth gilt. Slight weakness to joints prior owner blind stamp title page slight browning. Charles Carrington Hardcover
1899042A66Press of R. Baur & Son for Conyngham Post 97 G.A.R. Wilkes-Barre PA: . 1899 Oblong folio. Ca. 110p. Great photographs and and local advertisements. Original full blue cloth binding. Soiled. Mildly XLib. No fly leaves. First Edition. Founded in 1866 the G.A.R - Grand Army of the Republic - was the first intergrated national veterans organization. At its peak in 1890 it had almost 500000 members. There were 640 G.A.R. Posts in Pennsylvania. Post 97 was founded in 1880 and named for Col. John Butler Conyngham 1827-1871. One of the scarcest and most interesting pictorial histories of the Spanish American War. This is a piece that collectors in a variety of fields would find very interesting. PA34 0.0. 1st Edition. Hardcover. (Press of R. Baur & Son, for) Conyngham Post 97, G.A.R. Wilkes-Barre, PA: . hardcover
1888010759Columbus OH: Grand Army of the Republic 1888. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 32 pages of text. Stiff paperback binding with minor shelfwear and soiling. Staple-bound. Original edition. Grand Army of the Republic Paperback
187436373London : July 12 1874. 1874. Good. - Letter penned in black ink and filling both sides of a cream-colored 7 inch high by 5 inch wide sheet of letterhead with his address printed in red raised lettering at the top of the recto. Signed "Fred. Hamilton". The left edge of the letter is reinforced with linen tape. Hamilton's name & the title of his book have been noted in another hand below his signature. Folded once for mailing. Together with a newspaper cutting of his obituary. Good. <p>General Hamilton writes to Mrs. Ford: "I leave a copy of the morning's which you can return at your convenience containing a review of my book. I hope you have recovered from the heat of yesterday". The book published in London by John Murray in 1874 is "The Origin and History of the First or Grenadier Guards. From Documents in the State Paper Office War Office Horse Guards Contemporary History Regimental Records Etc.".<p>General Sir Frederick William Hamilton 1815-1890 was a British Army officer who was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1831. He commanded his regiment throughout the Eastern campaign of the Crimean War including the Battle of Alma the Battle of Balaklava the Siege of Sebastopol and the Battle of Inkerman where he was wounded and had his horse shot out from under him. He then served as Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards from 1868 to 1870 before retiring with the rank of full general in July 1881. [London ]: July 12, 1874. unknown
186432790New York: Sheldon & Company 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. 1 480 pages 1. Brown cloth hardcover with embossed decorative stamped boards. Faded title on the spine. Illustrated with folding map frontispiece and 3 in text maps. Light shelf wear to the covers. Map is creased on the far edge. Interior contents in very good condition. Sheldon & Company hardcover
