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19004189c. 1900. Original oil painting measuring 18 by 22 inches handsomely gilt framed entire piece measures 24 by 28 inches. In very good condition. unknown books
187746081877. Large signed photograph of Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States. Boldly signed below the image by Grant. The entire piece measures 14.5 inches by 17 inches. Handsomely matted and framed. Scarce and desirable signed by Grant. Ulysses S. Grant served as president of the United States from March 4 1869 to March 4 1877. On January 29 1877 five days before he left office Grant gave an address to the Senate of the United States regarding a controversial dispute that had arisen over the results of the upcoming presidential election. In the address Grant argued that the people must put their trust in Congress stating: "In all periods of history controversies have arisen as to the succession or choice of the chiefs of states and no party or citizens loving their country and its free institutions can sacrifice too much of mere feeling in preserving through the upright course of law their country from the smallest danger to its peace on such an occasion; and it can not be impressed too firmly in the hearts of all the people that true liberty and real progress can exist only through a cheerful adherence to constitutional law. unknown books
186727894New York: Printed by Order of the Executive Committee George F. Nesbitt & Co. Printers 1867. First edition. Stitched. Title paged foxed at the edges dampstain to upper front corner; a good copy. 40 pp. 8vo. They were all there Astor to Vanderbilt to give the Republican nomination to Grant. Printed by Order of the Executive Committee, George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers unknown books
1887UGRACEN00ZZThe Century Co 1887. Very Good. Grant Ulysses S. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. Volume 12: May 1887 to October 1887. Burnett Frances Hodgson. NY: The Century Co 1887. 960pp. Illustrated. Small 4to. Leather. Book condition: Very good with rubbing and bumping to edges and hinges cracked but holding by cords. Many articles cover issues related to the Civil War including <i>General Grant on the Terms at Vicksburg</i> by General Ulysses S. Grant. Also includes <i>Point d'Alecon</i> by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The Century Co hardcover books
189074898No Place: The American Geologist. Very Good. 1890. Softcover. 9-5/8" X 6-1/4" Ex-Library with a few stamps. This work is soft-bound in tan wrappers with black printing to the upper cover. The covers show some edge-wear with a vertical crease from being folded. The staple binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with a small illustrated map at the front. . The American Geologist paperback books
187227653n.p.: n.p. 1872. First edition. Self-wrappers. An untrimmed unopened uncut single folio leaf edges soiled fore edge with a few small tears rear leaves creased overall still about very good. 16 pp. 8vo. The Grant administration was one of the most corrupt of the 19th century with numerous investigations convened. As it prepared for the elections of 1872 and Grant's run for a second term it issued this piece of campaign literature in an attempt to refute the charges. n.p. unknown books
188534779New York: Charles L. Webster and Co. 1885 1886. 2 volumes. First edition of both volumes in publisher’s deluxe bindings. With 49 maps and illustrations including two steel-engraved frontis-portraits and two etched views all with tissue-guards. Also with fold out printed copy of manuscript and the dedication from Grant in holograph reproduction. Tall thick 8vo publisher’s very scarce deluxe bindings of original three-quarter morocco over boards gilt lettered and finely decorated with gilt emblematic decorations including a General's stars in compartments of the spines separated by raised bands each of the covers featuring large gilt medallions endpapers and all edges marbled. 584; 647 index. An especially fine bright and very pleasing set in the scarce publisher’s deluxe binding state. An unusually well preserved set the text exceptionally clean and fresh the bindings in excellent condition. The text-blocks appear near as pristine the bindings very well preserved indeed the books essentially as handsome as can be expected tight and strong and without evidence of use. RARE FIRST EDITION IN A VERY PLEASING STATE OF PRESERVATION. VERY RARE IN THIS FORMAT CONDITION AND DELUXE BINDING STATE. ‘THE FINEST MEMOIRS OF WAR EVER PENNED’. An important historical memoir of the Civil War arguably the most important and the best thing that Grant ever wrote. General Norman Schwartzkopf has recently called this the finest memoir of war experiences that has ever been penned. Collectible copies of these books are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. Copies in this binding especially so.<br> The earliest days of the Civil War were a hard lesson in hubris for the Union Army. After the appointment of Grant to overall command of the Union forces the war would quickly turn to their favor. <br> Probably the most important book on the American Civil War and in many respects a masterpiece of American literature. David Eicher"s useful summary includes this fine judgment: "Grant’s MEMOIRS comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history . . . The work is genuinely that of the commander. As such it is valuable in its scope its plain and clear analysis and language and its broad conclusions about the conduct of the war.<br> "In the years following the war Grant would move into the political arena even against his best judgment and would with great public acclaim be elected President of United States for two full terms. Charles L. Webster and Co. hardcover
18782401Rome: Henri Le Lieure 1878. First edition. Framed. Very Good. ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF GRANT IN MILITARY DRESS SIGNED BY GRANT ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S MOUNT. A very handsome bust-length portrait of Grant taken by photographer Henri Le Lieure during Grant's visit to Rome in 1878. Signed "U.S. Grant" in ink on the original mount beneath the photograph.<br /> <br /> A handwritten note on the paper backing of the frame reads:<br /> <br /> "This photograph was autographed by U. S. Grant in April 1878 at the home of Dr. Charles McMillan Counsel General Great Uncle of Eunice in Rome Italy. Dr. McMillan had served as Medical Director on Grant's staff throughout the Vicksburg Campaign." <br /> <br /> The frame with the seal of "The Dayton Company Picture Galleries Minneapolis" on the backing likely dates from early-mid 20th century. The Dayton Company was a celebrated Minneapolis department store in Minneapolis from 1911-1962 ultimately serving as the parent company for Target.<br /> <br /> Grant visited Rome on his hugely successful post-presidential world tour. "Grant traveled aboard a government vessel. as the representative of his country an emerging power in the world." In Rome he was granted an audience with both Pope Leo XIII and King Umberto I. "Grant wasn't fazed that a king and a pope vied for his company." Chernow Grant pp. 871-73.<br /> <br /> With printed credit of the photographer "H. Le Lierue Phot. / Rome Place Mignanelli" printed beneath the photo. Henri Le Lieure 1831-1914 was a French-born photographer based in Italy who took photographic portraits of some of the most famous people of his day. <br /> <br /> Size: Mounted image = 4x5.75 in; with mount = 6.5x8.5 in. Rome: H. Le Lieure 1878. A few stray spots to image beginning of Grant's "U" a little faint probably due to trouble getting the ink to flow. An elegant stately image documenting an important event in Grant's post-presidential career with large three-inches long presentation signature by Grant. Henri Le Lieure unknown
18790010432New York: American News Company 1879 . First Edition. Quarto 631 pages half brown morocco edgeworn marbled endpapers. <br/><br/>With a handsome engraved frontispiece portrait of Grant designed exclusively for this work by Wm. E. Marshall. His previous print of Lincoln drawn engraved and published by William E. Marshall was accepted as soon as it was issued accepted as the finest portrait ever done of Lincoln and in fact was claimed by a number of critics to be one of the finest engravings ever produced. With 20 other full-page illustrations by FennSchell and others with uncounted smaller cuts by A. R. Waud W. H. Gibson Thomas Moran and others there are 800 illustrations claimed for both volumes. This is ONLY VOLUME 1 of 2. American News Company unknown
1884108418Century Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1884. Magazine. Battles & Leaders of the Civil War; 9 x 11; 75 pages; Very nice condition with illustrations . Century Company unknown
188498463Century Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1884. Magazine. ; 8x11; 51 pages . Century Company unknown
1860730631860-1891. A collection of eleven letters and documents signed and hand-written by the 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and eight members of his presidential administration. Contents include a printed warrant for the pardon of John and Jerome Whisonant who were held at the Albany Penitentiary in 1874 signed by Grant an 1860 one page autograph letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Lot M. Morrill discussing misappropriated funds an autograph quotation in the hand of 17th Vice President Schuyler Colfax "Let this be all thy care To stand approved in sight of God Though worlds should judge thee wrong. Schuyler Colfax Feb 8. 1873" an 1865 autograph letter signed by 18th Vice President Henry Wilson to President Johnson and 1873 autograph note signed by Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont a clipped signature by Postmaster General James W. Marshall an 1875 autograph letter signed on Depart of the Interior letterhead by Secretary of the Interior Zachariah Chandler to Gent. Adam Badeau with a second clipped signature an 1867 autograph note signed by Secretary of the Treasury George S. Boutwell and an 1891 autograph letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin Bristow. An exceptional collection. The presidential administration including the cabinet of Ulysses S. Grant was fraught with scandal and corruption following the Black Friday gold panic in 1869 scandals were discovered in seven federal departments including the Treasury Interior and State. Known to run his cabinet in an unprecedented military style Grant often pardoned whose accused and convicted of government crimes nepotism became prevalent in his appointments with over 40 family members appointed by him to the United States government throughout his two terms. unknown
187423500Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1874. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo 23.5cm/9.25 inches full embossed rose-madder cloth sans dust jacket pp. xxvii 710; xxiii 1456 indexed. Fully Illustrated with aforementioned large folded map Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. Government Printing Office hardcover
187623666Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1876. First Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo 23.5cm/9.25 inches full embossed rose-madder cloth sans dust jacket pp. lvi 648 indexed. Please Feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional snapshots. Government Printing Office hardcover
1885145720New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885-86. Exceedingly rare first edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant the 18th President of the United States which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War entirely singular owned and annotated by Grant's close friend and most esteemed general: William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo 2 volumes bound in the original full deluxe tree calf with gilt titles and elegant tooling to the spine gilt ruled borders to the front and rear panels gilt inner dentelles all edges gilt engraved portrait frontispieces illustrated with numerous facsimile letters 2 folding maps and wood engravings. William Tecumseh Sherman evidently read thes volumes in great detail making marginal notes on at least 18 pages in Vol. I several of them signed with his initials. On the last page of Vol. I Sherman wrote: "Read at St. Louis Mo. Dec 5 6 1885. This account of the Civil War is wonderfully accurate and him. W.T.S." Many of the notes are small corrections and additions by Sherman. On a passage regarding the Yazoo Pass Expedition on page 435 of Vol. I Sherman pointedly writes: "This conforms literally to my memoirs on the point most contested by Grant's pretended friends. W.T.S." He provides further thoughts regarding political interference on the next page: "If Grant had gone ahead living off the country we would have been inside of Vicksburg by Christmas 1862 the distance from Grenada to Vicksburg is little more than the circuit we afterward made from Bruinsberg via Jackson to Vicksburg --- This was my understanding when we parted at Oxford and the intervening country was better supplied with hay hominy. W.T.S." On p. 440-441 Grant wrote about the need to assign politically-connected John McClernand as Corps Commander: "I would have been glad to put Sherman in command to give him an opportunity to accomplish what he had failed in the December before; but there seemed no other way out of he difficulty for he was junior to McClernand. Sherman's failure needs no apology." In the margins Sherman's distinctive hand writes passionately: "because it was no failure at all." There is only one marginal annotation in Vol. II; however an autograph note is laid in at p. 123 supplying Sherman's recollection of Grant's first meeting with Lincoln which corroborates Grant's account. While Sherman was not present at the meeting between Grant and Lincoln he almost certainly heard about what transpired from Grant himself. The note reads in full: "Grants Memoirs Vol 2 Page 123 A good story is very correct. 'Si non vero ben trovalo.' Even if it is not true it is well conceived. This is the conversation between Genl. Grant President Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton at the time he was addressed to command all the Armies of the U.S. Grant said in his usual quiet manner 'Mr. Lincoln I am told that several well planned campaigns in Virginia have been marred by interference from Washington viz from the Secretary of War or the President now if I am to command I must insist that no military order be issued to any detachment or part of the Army except through me' Mr. Lincoln in his inimitable way turning to Stanton said 'Stanton you and I have been running this machine for two years and have not made a brilliant success. I guess we had better trust this little man' Grant and then then and there the promise was made. And it is to the credit of Mr. Lincoln to say that he kept his word literally never interfering or making any order even when Washington was in real peril from Early's Army in 1865." Grant's insistence that there would be no political interference was likely particularly important to General Sherman who famously hated politicians. In good condition with detaching of the front boards and spines of each volume detaching of the rear board and separation of the folding facsimile letter at p. 312-313. Copies bound in highly polished gilt tree calf are extremely rare with only three other copies known. The first prospectus of Grant's Memoirs listed only 4 bindings: fine cloth full sheep fine half morocco and full Turkey morocco. The only other copy of Grant's Memoirs bound in tree calf was sold at auction - a copy presented to Mark Twain by Julia Grant and inscribed by both. Only two other known copies are located in private collections. To date no copies bound in the tree calf have been traced to institutional collections. As Grant died before publication was complete the only copy that he saw before his death was a prospectus bound in cloth; the extant tree calf copies suggest that the binding was perhaps reserved exclusively for presentations made by Julia Grant. Even the copies presented by publisher Mark Twain to his friends and colleagues were bound in one of the other available bindings. Though this copy bears no presentation inscription by Julia Grant Mark Twain or anyone else it is plausible that one of these figures would have sent the copy directly to General Sherman. After his second presidential term and world tour President Grant was stripped of nearly all of his life's earnings by conman Ferdinand Ward. Grant had forfeited his and his widow's military pension when he resigned as general to assume the presidency and his recent throat cancer diagnosis brought him deep concern about how his wife and family would manage financially after his death. In this moment of crisis Sherman rushed to Grant's aid and assisted him in restructuring his debt ensuring that Grant was able to keep his most prized possesions. Most importantly Sherman also encouraged Grant to do what he should have done years ago - write his memoirs. By June 1884 Grant had begun publishing articles on his major engagements of the Civil War for 'Century Magazine' which paid him $500 for each submission. The articles were received with great enthusiasm and Grant met with the magazine's representatives in early September to arrange for the publication of his memoirs. However when Samuel Clemens popularly Mark Twain learned of the potential arrangement with 'Century Magazine' he convinced Grant to sign with his own subscription publishing company which was able to offer Grant 70% of the net profit made from the sale of his memoirs. This rate was exorbitantly higher than what 'Century Magazine' had proposed. Grant began writing his memoirs in earnest racing against the illness to finish and ensure his family's financial stability. During this time Grant welcomed Sherman's repeated visits. On December 24 1884 Sherman wrote to his wife Ellen: "Grant says my visits have done him more good than all the doctors" Flood p.395. Grant with the moral support of Sherman lived to finish the memoir dying five days after its completion. Widely considered the finest military narrative ever published the memoirs were a national bestseller and Grant's widow Julia would eventually receive nearly $450000 about ~$14000000 today in royalties from their sale. Charles L. Webster & Company hardcover
187255322Washington D.C.: United States Government Printing Office 1872. First edition. Softcover. vg. Octavo. 14pp. No wrappers with printed text starting on the first page.<br /> <br /> The printed text date May 14th 1872 relays an official Executive Communication from U.S President Ulysses S. Grant granting the United States Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations' previous request for information concerning the ongoing persecution of Jews in Romania and authorizing the transfer of said information from the U.S. State Department. The information here remitted to the Senate consists of a series of 14 pieces of correspondence dated October 6th 1871 - May 13th 1872 between the then U.S Consul to Romania Benjamin F. Piexotto 1834-1890 Second Assistant Secretary of State William Hunter Jr. 1805-1886 and U.S Secretary of State Hamilton Fish 1808-1893. The initial sections include the President's order the Secretary of State's introductory statement and a full list of correspondences included in chronological order.<br /> <br /> In the 1860s and 70s - following newly established autonomy from the Ottoman empire the unification of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia and the ascendancy of the newly elected Prince Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza - Romania saw a new extreme wave of anti-Semitic measures laws and attitudes. At the prompting of their respective Jewish citizens a number of countries in the international community voiced their opposition to these developments and sought to put pressure on the new Romanian government. In 1870 the United States entered the fray with the appointment of Jewish-American lawyer Benjamin F. Piexotto 1834-1890 as the new American consul in Bucharest. <br /> <br /> Piexotto served in Romania from 1871-1876 and was able to improve the conditions for Romania Jews during his tenure. He promoted the ideas of the Haskalah The Jewish Enlightenment and modernization to the community and among his numerous endeavors was responsible for improvements in modern Jewish education through the establishment of the Society for the culture of the Israelites in Roumania Societate Pentra Cultura Israelit Romania. Piexotto also funded the Roumänische Post in an effort to combat anti-Semitism in the Romanian Press. Ultimately his efforts are credited for strengthening Jewish community structures in the country and ultimately laying the groundwork for eventual Jewish emancipation as allowed for in the provisions of the 1878 Treaty of Berlin. <br /> <br /> Minor age toning and smudges to pages throughout. In overall very good condition. Protected in modern mylar. Full title: Message from the President of the United States Communicating In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 28th 1872 correspondence in regard to the persecution and oppression of Isrealites in Roumania.<br /> <br /> Resource: <br /> Gartner Lloyd P. Roumania America and World Jewry: Consul Peixotto in Bucharest 1870–1876. American Jewish Historical Quarterly Vol. 58 No. 1 September 1968 pp. 24-56 59-117. [United States Government Printing Office] unknown
1877101110<p>Washington D.C. Government Printing Office 1877. 1877. Fair. - Octavo 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed self wraps. Once bound in with other pamphlets and removed the pamphlet is disbound with stab marks and remnants of stitching along the left edge. The cover pages are stained with chips along the edges. 49 pages. A fair complete copy of this RARE publication.</p><p>First edition.</p><p>President Ulysses S. Grant's message following the 1872 through 1876 joint boundary survey charting the U.S.-Canada border along the 49th parallel. The survey authorized by Congress was made up of both Canadian and U.S. surveyors who mapped the boundary placing monuments along the frontier line. The official report of the expedition was later compiled by U.S. Commissioner Archibald Campbell and the Chief Astronomer Captain William J. Twining.</p> Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1877. paperback
187649942Washington: Government Printing Office 1876. 1876. First edition. First Edition. Disbound. 8pp. House of Representatives. 44th Congress 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 145. Merritt's report multiple causes starting with an under-allocation of actual needs combined with claims that the deficiency is caused by feeding visiting Indians who belong to other agencies and also some of the "northern wild tribes". Fine. [Government Printing Office], 1876. unknown
1875007280Washington: Government Printing Office 1875. Special Session Senate Ex. Doc. No. 2. March 17 1875.--Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. "Copies of papers relating to proposed emigration to the Black Hills country in the Sioux Indian reservation and measures taken by the military authorities in the matter." Discussion on background to the Little Big Horn massacre. 15 pp. Disbound government document. Spine edge is creased with chipping and small tears. Edges of document are darkened and last pages no text are quite brown and dark. Bottom edge is slightly rippled corners creased. Text is crisp and easily legible. Document in VG- condition. Paperbound. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Native American. Government Printing Office Paperback
1895100887New York NY: Century Co 1895. Second edition Expanded. Hardcover. Fine with minor wear to exterior; very tight and clean. Complete in two quarto volumes in banded and gilt-stamped and gilt-titled leather and marbled paper-backed boards; frontispieces plates some folding portraits maps facsimiles; 24 cm. Approx 500 papges per volume. Index. A beautiful set in a high-quality custom leather tooled binding contemporary to date of publication. "The marginal annotation of this edition has been undertaken with a view to supplementing the personal narrative by references not only to some of the books with which the author refreshed his memory before entering upon and during his autobiographical labors but also to a limited extent to works in which fuller details may be found concerning incidents which were necessarily briefly treated by General Grant either by reason of his own connections with the action being limited to a small details as in some of the Mexican War scenes or on account of the haste with which the first edition of the book was perforce completed." --Frederick D. Grant Preface to the Second Edition.Frederick Dent Grant 1850-1912 was the eldest son of Ulysses S. Grant. / "Books reviews pamphlets etc. cited in the marginal annotation to this edition": v. 1 p. xviii-xix. ¶ Ulysses S. Grant 1822-1885 stands as a pivotal figure in American history known for his roles as a Union general during the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. Born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Ohio he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served with distinction in the Mexican-American War. During the Civil War Grant's strategic acumen and tenacity led to key victories including the capture of Vicksburg a turning point in the war. His success on the battlefield led to his appointment as Commanding General in 1864 and he accepted the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox in 1865 effectively ending the Civil War. Grant's presidency 1869-1877 was marked by efforts to ensure civil rights for newly freed African Americans including the enforcement of Radical Reconstruction in the South and the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment granting African American men the right to vote. His administration faced challenges including an economic depression and accusations of corruption. In his later years Grant penned his memoirs which have been praised for their insight and literary style. Despite the controversies of his presidency Grant is often celebrated for his unwavering commitment to equality and his military leadership during one of the most tumultuous periods in American history." --Bing. ¶ Guerre du Mexique 1846-1848 -- Récits personnels. Military campaigns. Personal narratives. Time: 1846-1865 Geographic: United States -- History -- Civil War 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. United States -- History -- War with Mexico 1845-1848 -- Personal narratives. États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 Guerre de Sécession -- Campagnes et batailles. United States. Century Co hardcover
188518082New York: Charles Webster 1885 & 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes in dark green cloth covered boards with gold medallion on front and back and gold titles. On volume II the gold is somewhat worn on the medallions and on the stars on the spine. Tissue guard on the frontis portraits and illustrations in both books. Light wear on board edges. Not available for international shipping. <br/><br/> Charles Webster hardcover
1885118088Charles L. Webster 1885. Book. Very Good. Hard Covers. First Edition. Two volumes in green cloth. Both volumes with tiny bit of wear to cloth spine ends. Volume I has a couple nicks to cloth on rear board. Both volumes are tight with sound hinges. A couple faint name stamps to blank front end paper of volume I. Charles L. Webster Hardcover
1885520189New York: Charles L. Webster. Good. 1885. Hardcover. Covers are water stained dulled spotting. Some light water staining to the margins on the text blocks. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Charles L. Webster hardcover
1886195522Charles L. Webster & Co. 1886. fair. Hardcover. Complete 2 vol. set. Vol. 1 pub'd 1885 Vol. 2 in 1886; marbled paper eps; b/w frontis with tissue guard in each; previous owner name & book plate on front eps; facsimile note & signature by Grant in vol. 1; b/w maps facsimile documents & illustrations some fold-out; hinges starting; marbled edges; front cover of vol.1 & back cover of vol. 2 disbound; 9" tall; old tape residue scuffs tears & wear to leather covers & spines; large chips to spine of vol 2; chipped red & black leather title bands & 4 raised bands on spines . Charles L. Webster & Co. hardcover
1885146691New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885-86. First edition of the memoirs of one of the most recognized figures in American military history illustrated with tissue-guarded portrait frontispieces numerous steel engravings facsimiles and 43 maps in deluxe publisher's full sheep. Octavo 2 volumes publisher's full tan sheep with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised bands red and navy morocco spine labels marbled endpapers and edges illustrated with numerous steel engravings facsimiles and 43 maps. In very good condition. "The best memoirs of any general's since Caesar" Mark Twain. "A unique expression of the national character.Grant has conveyed the suspense which was felt by himself and his army and by all who believed in the Union cause. The reader finds himself.on edge to know how the Civil War is coming out" Edmund Wilson. “Grant’s memoirs comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history†Eicher 492. Charles L. Webster & Company hardcover
