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1857112005London: John W. Parker & Son 1857. Rather spectacularly "choice" "extra gilt" large paper copy of the Queen's Regs. "Her Majesty has been pleased to give her approbation to the following Regulations and Orders. they are applicable to all stations at which the troops may be serving; and General officers employed on the Staff and commanding officers of regiments are responsible that they are invariably adhered to. every officer in Her Majesty's service is to provide himself with a copy of these Regulations and Orders and to make himself perfectly acquainted with them" Preface. A highly unusual presentation of this basic handbook we have never encountered another similar. Octavo 267 x 175 mm. Tables to the text. Contemporary full crimson hard-grain morocco presentation binding title gilt to the spine low flat bands with gilt dotted roll compartments elaborately gilt concentric panelling in gilt and blind to the boards fleur-de-lys cornerpieces large block of the Royal Arms to the centre of both boards all edges gilt floral roll to edges and turn-ins pale cream surface paper endpapers. A little light shelf-wear corners bumped but overall very good indeed an extremely handsome copy. hardcover
186351386Mobile: S. H. Goetzel 1863. First edition 16mo 3 parts in 1; pp. 2 ii 220; 104; 47 1; 97-108 Bugle Signals; xiv index 2 ads; 38 engraved plates 8 folding; original paper-covered boards rebacked in blue cloth sometime in the 20th century; boards worn text occasionally dampstained and foxed without the front free endpaper and hinges with old archival paper repair; but in all a good sound and compelling copy of a poorly made book. Parrish & Willingham 5116. S. H. Goetzel unknown
1856OVO7712Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird. Good. 1856. Hardcover. Signed by W. Wade who submitted many of the reports as the superintendent of weapons casting and experiments at government foundries at top of title page. He had this book sent to the original owner Easton Hodgkinson whose name he wrote at the top of the title page. A copy of a letter dated from 1856 that is about the book and signed by W. Wade and addressed to Easton Hodgkinson is attached to a string that was run down the spine. Hard cover published by Henry Carey Baird in 1856. No dust jacket. Black covers with embossed designs on front and back and gilt lettering and design on spine. Covers have some scuffing corners are bumped and worn and front cover is torn at top along the spine. Back cover has an indentation and tear along top edge and two tears along side edge. Spine is cocked some and is worn at the ends with some tearing and fraying. Endpapers have some writing in pencil. There are some pencil markings on title page and several other pages. Endpapers have foxing and spotting. Pages have some tanning and some pages have spotting. There are two foldout drawings in middle of book. Side edge of pages has some staining near bottom corner and bottom edge of pages has some soiling by corner. Book is in good condition. 428 pages 5.8 lb.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 428 pages; Signed by Author . Henry Carey Baird hardcover
18352602240007UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. A rare and unique medical manuscript titled "No. 2 Medical Department Orders." This journal was written January 14 1835 - February 7 1838. 154 pages. Hand written in cursive black ink. Bound in contemporary leather-backed boards. Wear / fray with loss to head and tail of spine. Binding shaken. <br> 13 General Orders for the Medical Department. The orders relate to convening an assembly. The manuscript begins with a "Schedule of Particular Orders" from 1835 - 1838. Many of the entries are signed John H. Jones Assistant Inspector of Hospitals Principal Medical Officer or by other Principal Medical Officers. It includes Doctor's signatures and orders. <br> Great Britain occupied the island of Mauritius in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. The islands had been a hotbed of French corsairs and their piracy threatened British shipping from India. Britain continued to control Mauritius until independence in 1968. Port Louis Harbor remained an important port of call until the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT hardcover
1889174435Bombay: Printed at the Times of India Steam Press 1889. Presented by the contingent's commander to his son Sole edition association copy inscribed to his son by Colonel Charles FitzGerald commander of the 3rd Hyderabad Contingent on the front free endpaper "To dearest Arthur from Father 1902." The recipient 1891-1967 was the author's son by his second wife. We have traced only the British Library copy of this account. Charles John Oswald FitzGerald 1840-1912 joined the Indian Army in 1857 and served in the Rebellion. He was appointed Adjutant 3rd Hyderabad in 1862 commanded the contingent during the Second Anglo-Afghan War and was promoted to colonel in 1883. The majority of the text comprises FitzGerald's reports on the course of the Burma campaign during which his cavalry had 27 separate encounters with enemy forces and is accompanied by extracts from brigade orders praising FitzGerald and his contingent: "the names of Colonel FitzGerald and the 3rd Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry will be remembered in Burma and I trust will be written in the history of the country" p. 37. Octavo. With folding 215 x 277 mm albumen group portrait bound in on card as issued. Original red roan boards front cover lettered in gilt. Leather retouched in places a few stains on boards albumen photograph somewhat yellowed: a very good copy. hardcover
188647058Boston: Printed By John A. Lowell & CO. 1886. 1886. First edition. 11" x 8 3/4" Original plain stapled wrappers 32 pp. introductory maps index. Third edition according to Howes M125 and the only edition with maps. He also notes 300 copies printed but only a few have been on the rare book market. AE locates only the 1960 Houston edition and only one copy of the 1886 edition in 1922. Eberstadt’s had a copy of the 1886 edition in 1954. In our copy there is a long presentation note to Essex Institute Salem Mass.: "With the compliments of the author and request that this narrative be filed among your records of the Civil War for the use not only of the reading public but for the information and benefit of the Historian and future generations." Graff 2621. Nicholson p.586. Nevins I p.126: "Important only because it recounts a singular and unknown event in an isolated region." Tis book includes eye-witness accounts of the battle at Old Mesilla the first clash in the far west between Union and Confederate forces. In July 1861 Texas Confederates hit the Union outpost at Fort Filmore 40 miles north of El Paso. Under the command of Major Isaac Lynde the fort was surrendered after very little resistance and McKee a young Union surgeon privately published this bitter account. The first edition was printed in very small quantities for friends. This edition is the best edition and a well written account. McKee added an index and two maps not found in the first or second editions. All are very rare. A faint library stamp to the top corner of the front cover minor chipping and nicks to the cover fore-edges else a near fine tight copy. Printed By John A. Lowell & CO., 1886. unknown
181400535755Eastburn Kirk and Co 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Brig Gen. Duncan McArthur's Orders to Attend General Hull's Court Martial A remarkable document from the Court Martial Brig. General William Hull following his surrender of Detroit which resulted in a death sentence for cowardice. Although his sentence was later remitted General William Hull is the only U.S. general to be sentenced to death by an American court-martial. This copy of the court martial transcript belonged to Hull's second in command Brig Gen. Duncan McArthur and includes the actual hand-written orders commanding him to attend and testify. McArthur's testimony was an essential and central part of the trial filling the entirety of pages 47 to 73. In it as well as numerous contemporary accounts his outrage against Hull's conduct as Commander of the Army of the Northwest during the War of 1812 including the entire campaign in and around Detroit which ended with Hull's surrender not only of Detrit and the forces directly under his command but for some reason of detached troops under McArthur's command which particularly enraged McArthur. Tipped in is the handwritten order a letter of summons from Inspector General Abimael Youngs Nicoll to Brigadier General Duncan McArthur commanding his appearance at General Hull's court martial letter is dated December 2nd 1813 and includes the folded envelope addressed to McArthur. Duncan McArthur 1772-1839 Brigadier General later Governor of Ohio. 156pp. 177 29pp. appendices. Rebound in black cloth gilt title on spine. Light foxing in places; cloth has light surface wear else a Very Good copy. The President of the Court was Major General Henry Dearborn and the special Judge Advocate was Martin van Buren later President of the United States. There is a signature on the title page somewhat reminiscent of Van Buren's during this period appearing to read 'M.v.B illegible'. Additional provenance: Later the property of Brig. General Thomas McArthur Anderson copy grandson of Brig Gen. Duncan McArthur with his signature to the title page pg. 19 and the last page of text. General Anderson had four decades of decorated service 1861-1900 extending from his rise to brevet rank of Lt. Colonel during the Civil War to command of the Army force sent to Skagway and Dyea Alaska to protect American miners heading to the Klondike Gold Rush to his command of the first 'Philippine Expeditionary Force' during the Spanish-American War. During the Philippine campaign he was promoted to the brevet Major General of U.S. Volunteers two stars and retired as a Brigadier General. Eastburn, Kirk and Co hardcover
183741693Matamoros Mexico: Imprenta del Mercurio a Cargo de Juan Southwell 1837. 4to. 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. 3 4-36 4. 40 pp. Engraved title-page with decorative border Resumen Instructivo Estado Table 1 by Manuel Mendiola Estado 2 by Luis Jose de la Peza and Vicente Daza. Both estados are accounting tables giving the "ingreso" income and the "egreso" expenditure of the operation. The title carries the date of 3.11.1837 while the text sections are dated 3.14.1837. With woodcut printer's device of an eagle and fleurons. Text in Spanish. Bound to style in 19th-century quarter red straight-grained morocco over 19th-century marble paper boards<br/> <br/> Provenance: Hubert Hudson Texas State Senator for Brownsville 1957-1963<br/> <br/> A rare report detailing the failed Mexican mission to rein in the Republic of Texas following the Texan Revolution.<br/> <br/> "In the fall of 1836 the Mexican government attempted with complete lack of success another expedition into Texas." Streeter "Face-saving explanation for Mexico's failure against the despised Texans in 1836-7." Howes This official pamphlet details the failed Mexican expedition into the Republic of Texas over the period of October 21 1836 to March 14 1837. Barreiro an army commissioner in charge of the operation concludes that the "ridiculo" Texan rebels were far less dangerous than the hostile desert terrain. "No es el numero del exercito de Tejas el temible. Bien despreciable y ridiculo es ese peloton de aventureros que piensan que es como andar en cacerias de fieras haberselas con veteranos valientes y aguerridos: es el clima son los desiertos horrorosos son los rios invadeables son los pantanos." It is not the number of the Texas army that is fearsome. Very despicable and ridiculous is that platoon of adventurers who think that it is like going on wild beast hunts dealing with brave and seasoned veterans: it is the climate it is the horrible deserts it is the uncrossable rivers the swamps. Texas had declared its independence on March 2 1836 a culmination of the Texan Revolution which had begun on October 2 1835. The United States did not diplomatically recognize the Republic of Texas until March of 1837 near the publication date of this pamphlet. Texas would remain an independent nation for a decade until it was annexed by the USA on December 29 1845.<br/> <br/> Howes B 170. Palau 24651. Streeter sale I 357. Streeter Texas 918. Imprenta del Mercurio a Cargo de Juan Southwell unknown
