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1876375056Washington D.C. 1876. 44th Congress 1st session Senate Ex. Doc. No. 81. 6pp. 8vo. Modern morocco backed marbled paper boards. 44th Congress 1st session Senate Ex. Doc. No. 81. 6pp. 8vo. Forwarding a report by General Terry this government document was the first official account Custer's defeat at the Little Big Horn. unknown
187610470Washington: Government Printing Office 1876. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. 815 pp. First edition. In publisher cloth. Edgeworn with closed tear to the top of the spine; staining and discoloration to to the rear board as well as to the textblock edges; minor silverfishing to the front pastedown; contents evenly toned throughout. <br /> <br /> A fairly uncommon volume with General Alfred Terry's report of General Custer's defeat at the the Battle of Little Bighorn. Also reprinted is Major Marcus Reno's report. Both reports offer details related to the movement prior to the engagement information on which companies were involved and the losses. A larger than life individual Custer's mystique has been complicated and controversial in relation to the United States government's policies and actions related to the indigenous Americans throughout the 19th century. Government Printing Office unknown
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
1885151234New York: D. Appleton and Company 1885. Finely bound editions of Badeau’s important “eyewitness estimation of Grant’s performance during the war†a continuation of Grant's Personal Memoirs. Octavo Vols. II and III of three volumes original publisher's cloth stamped in gilt and black. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of Vol. III in the year of publication "James C. Hunter Esq with compliments of A Badeau Xmas 1885." In very good. Rare signed by Badeau. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant by Union Brigadier General Adam Badeau—Grant’s aide-de-camp close associate and later literary collaborator—constitutes a substantial posthumous extension of Grant’s own narrative. Having served on Grant’s staff for much of the Civil War Badeau had sustained access to official correspondence operational planning and internal military deliberations. Although Grant’s Personal Memoirs 1885–1886 were completed shortly before his death Badeau assisted in their preparation and subsequently undertook a multi-volume study that expanded the documentary and analytical framework of Grant’s campaigns. Drawing upon wartime dispatches reports and private papers the work presents a detailed operational history while also engaging contemporary debates concerning command decisions and strategic coherence. As a result Military History of Ulysses S. Grant occupies an important position within late nineteenth-century Civil War historiography combining firsthand administrative proximity with retrospective analysis grounded in documentary sources. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1893R320060463FIRMIN DIDOT ET CIE. 1876-1893. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. VI + 397 + 408 + 370 + 388 + 338 + 300 + 369 + 368 pages - Tampon sur la page de titre - 1 etiquette collée en coiffe en pied / titre, collection; tomaison, année dorés au dos -. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.08-XIX ème siècle
1883339682Paris : Firmin Didot 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.Includes previous owner's signature. Provenance; from the library of Reginald Russell Needham Baron and John Napper with the owner's respective bookplates. Physical description; vol. VII only: 369 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Mary Blessed Virgin Saint ; Legends. Mary Blessed Virgin Saint Apparitions and miracles. Mary Mother of Jesus Christ. Mary Blessed Virgin Saint ; Legends Legends. French poetry To 1500. Mystery. Devotional literature French ; Early works to 1800. Mysteries and miracle-plays French. French drama To 1500. Mysteries and miracle-plays French. Devotional literature French To 1500. Mary the Virgin Saint. Genre; Legends. Paris : Firmin Didot hardcover
187117080Montélimar, Imprimerie et lithographie Bourron, "Collection de cartulaires dauphinois", 1871 1 volume In-8 (15,7 x 23,2cm) Reliure d'époque demi-chagrin vert; dos à 5 faux nerfs ornés de filets dorés, 5 caissons de filets dorés, filets dorés aux coiffes, titre doré en encadrement doré; mors des plats bordés d'un filet doré; gardes marbrées. 1feuillet, IV + 35p., 1feuillet. Bon état sauf bords inférieurs frottés, coins légèrement émoussés (rares et pâles rousseurs).
186818060Washington: Government Printing Office 1868. First Edition. 397 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. PRESENTATION BINDING of full green morocco elaborate gilt floral framework on upper and lower covers the former bearing the name "U.S. Grant" blocked in gold t.e.g. gilt inner dentelles slight wear to extremities with bookplate title perforation card pocket due date slip and withdrawl stamp of Stanford University Library with neat shelf mark on spine else fine. First Edition. 397 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy to U.S. Grant. A handsome volume probably prepared for Grant as President as he was elected in 1868 assuming office the following year when America was still largely an agrarian nation and such a work would have had a far greater significance than would be the case today. Grant's own ante-bellum farming efforts were distinctly unsuccessful. Government Printing Office unknown books
187877433Montbéliard: Paul Hoffmann 1878. contemporary half cloth with paper-covered boards leather spine label. large 12mo. contemporary half cloth with paper-covered boards leather spine label. 591. Separately printed reprint from Repertoire des sources historiques du moyen-age: Bio-Bibliographieby Chevalier Besterman 3267. Compact bibliography on the life of Jesus Christ. Titles from the eighteenth-century predominate but occasionally volumes as old as 1642 appear. From the libraries of Martin Bodmer with his shelfmark; and H.P. Kraus with his bookplate. Minor soiling on back page chipped title page. Paul Hoffmann unknown books
1872WRCAM44458Washington 1872. Broadside 26 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. Old folds. Wear and separation at some folds; top left corner torn away not affecting text. Minor soiling but generally quite clean. About very good. Proclamation by President Ulysses S. Grant indicating the sale of public lands in Wisconsin as listed on the broadside. Lots are to be sold on Monday June 17 "at a price of not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre." Lands previously appointed for schools and other such uses are excluded from the sale. A large and interesting broadside concerning the disposal of public lands. unknown books
187012291870 Imprimerie H. Rosier, Romans, 1870. In-8 broché. 166 pages, 1 plan hors-texte.Précédée de recherches sur la lèpre, les lépreux et les léproseries , suivie de 72 pièces justificatives inédites.
188370569Paris: A. Quantin imprimeur-éditeur rue Saint-Benoît 1883. 16mo pp. 4 vi 220; 14 oval cul-de-lampe vignette engravings in the text by Méaulle printed in color after watercolors by Meyeré; text within chromolithograph border contemporary and likely original full blue morocco gilt rules on covers with fleurons in the corners and enclosing a central gilt lozenge gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1; the whole lightly rubbed but overall very good clean and sound. Issued as no. 10 in the publisher's Petits Chefs-d'Oeuvre Antiques series. Mills College Check List 1874a. A. Quantin, imprimeur-éditeur, rue Saint-Benoît unknown
188370888Paris: A. Quantin imprimeur-éditeur rue Saint-Benoît 1883. 16mo pp. 4 vi 220; 14 oval cul-de-lampe vignette engravings in the text by Méaulle printed in color after watercolors by Meyeré; text within chromolithograph border contemporary and likely original full blue morocco by Kauffmann gilt rules on covers with fleurons in the corners smooth gilt-decorated spine laid out in 3 compartments gilt-lettered direct in 1 t.e.g.; fine throughout. Bookplate of B. Franklin and Helen G. Hadduck. Issued as no. 10 in the publisher's Petits Chefs-d'Oeuvre Antiques series. Laid in is a one-page autograph letter signed dated May 7 1911 from Henry C. Folger to "Dear Dr. Furness -- Emily and I hope the little Horace sent in a separate package has escaped your drag-net; or if you have a copy you will keep this for its condition." Mills College Check List 1874a. A. Quantin, imprimeur-éditeur, rue Saint-Benoît unknown
18251198941825 A Paris, chez Masson et Fils / Bossange Frères - 1825 - 2 volumes in-12 (environ 16,5 x 10,5 cm), pleine peau verte, encadrement de filets dorés sur les plats et les tranches des plats , dos lisse avec pièce de titre et d'auteur et décors dorés - 331 pp. + 299 pp.
186618381New York: Beadle and Company 1866. 87 1 blank 4 publ. advts. pp. Original printed wrappers light dusting and spine chipping old tape remnant on spine. Else Very Good. <br/><br/> Despite the title the Report begins "from the date of Grant's appointment to command the operations of the armies of the United States." Grant's appointment occurred in 1864. The first printing issued in 1865 with a title more correctly reflecting its contents. This is the Beadle printing and so noted by Howes. <br/>Howes G311. Sabin 28315. Bartlett 1921-1922 other printings. Not in Eberstadt Decker Nevins. Beadle and Company unknown books
1865WRCAM53987City Point Va 1865. 1p. 6 x 7 3/4 inches. Verso docketed with an 1896 penciled presentation inscription to Chicago manufacturing magnate W.W. Wilcox with a faint ink stamp recording the date of presentation. Old horizontal folds light edge toning one tiny tear at bottom edge else fine condition. An important and revealing original communication from the pen of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant near the close of the Civil War. Here Grant writes a telegram to Major General Edward Ord who was at that time in command of the Army of the James in Virginia. Ord's forces were participating in the Appomattox Campaign and achieved their greatest success at the Breakthrough at Petersburg just about two weeks after this telegram was sent. Ord would later be present for Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. <br> <br> In this letter Grant informs Ord that Sheridan has just brought in thousands of freed African Americans to work as laborers for the Union. Grant sends them to the provost marshal at Fort Monroe in Hampton Roads and informs Ord that he may employ some of the men however he might see fit. The text of the telegram reads: <br> <br> "Gen. Sheridan has brought in with him some two or three thousand negroes. I have directed him to send them to the F.V. at Ft. Monroe. The Chief Ar. Ms. Gen. Ingalls will give directions for the distribution and employment of the able bodied men. The balance you may direct to be sent to such settlement as you may think can best employ them. U.S. Grant Lt. Gen." <br> <br> Ord and his men were instrumental in bringing an end to the Civil War in the weeks that followed this telegram. On April 9 Ord led a forced march to Appomattox Court House that is credited with in part forcing Lee's final surrender. Of this march Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman wrote in an 1880 letter that he "had always understood that Ord's skillful hard march the night before was one of the chief causes of Lee's surrender." It is poetic justice of the highest order to consider that some of the African-American former slaves mentioned in this telegram were likely part of Ord's forces at Appomattox where they could have borne witness to the end of the Confederacy. THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES Washington: Government Printing Office 1894 Series I Vol. XLVI Part III p.41. unknown books
18681146American Publishing Co Hartford Conn 1868. HB NODJ ISSUED 1868 1st edition Brown Leather Calf with Tooled spine & black Label & Gold Gilt most wear where Hinges Starting & small chips pieces along there missing up down spine O/W minor Rub wear Cover NF/NF- AS-IS NODJ Interior Light Water stains Extremities edges pgs O/W nice condition Light Wear Fox. First Edition. Full-Leather. American Publishing Co Hartford, Conn hardcover
188528594New York:: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885 1886. First Printing of the First US Edition. Two Volumes Complete. A Very Good plus tight set in green cloth bindings stamped in gold on the spine and front covers with light wear to the spine edges and slight discoloration to the front board of Volume 1. This set is complete with the facsimile letter of Grant's original terms for Lee's surrender that is often missing. Mark Twain was the publisher of this monumental memoir as well as its editor and proof reader. Twain was extremely fond of and a close friend of Grant and encouraged the President and war hero to write his memoirs. Grant was dying of throat cancer but completed his two volume opus dictating the second volume to a secretary. Twain noted in a letter to his daughter that the manuscript was not even set yet and 20000 sets had been ordered from only two states. "Wait till you hear from the other 37." Grant finished his memoirs on July 18 1885 and died five days later on July 23rd. Following his death advance orders of the memoirs reached 300000 sets realizing close to $450000 for his family which was otherwise penniless. In a 1992 New York Times book review General Schwarzkopf is quoted as using Grant's two-volume work as his model calling it the finest military history of the Civil War. Charles L. Webster & Company, hardcover
188528635New York:: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885 1886. First Printing of the First US Edition. Two Volumes Complete. A Very Good plus tight set in green cloth bindings stamped in gold on the spine and front covers with light wear to the spine edges and slight discoloration to the front board of Volume 1. This set is complete with the facsimile letter of Grant's original terms for Lee's surrender that is often missing. Mark Twain was the publisher of this monumental memoir as well as its editor and proof reader. Twain was extremely fond of and a close friend of Grant and encouraged the President and war hero to write his memoirs. Grant was dying of throat cancer but completed his two volume opus dictating the second volume to a secretary. Twain noted in a letter to his daughter that the manuscript was not even set yet and 20000 sets had been ordered from only two states. "Wait till you hear from the other 37." Grant finished his memoirs on July 18 1885 and died five days later on July 23rd. Following his death advance orders of the memoirs reached 300000 sets realizing close to $450000 for his family which was otherwise penniless. In a 1992 New York Times book review General Schwarzkopf is quoted as using Grant's two-volume work as his model calling it the finest military history of the Civil War. Charles L. Webster & Company, hardcover
188527459New York:: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885. First Printing of the First US Edition. This is a Near Fine tight set with light wear to the extremities in the publisher's deluxe brown morocco leather over brown cloth boards with gilt circular emblems on the front and rear covers. This set is complete with the facsimile letter of Grant's original terms for Lee's surrender that is often missing. Mark Twain was the publisher of this monumental memoir as well as its editor and proof reader. Twain was extremely fond of and a close friend of Grant and encouraged the President and war hero to write his memoirs. Grant was dying of throat cancer but completed his two volume opus dictating the second volume to a secretary. Twain noted in a letter to his daughter that the manuscript was not even set yet and 20000 sets had been ordered from only two states. "Wait till you hear from the other 37." Grant finished his memoirs on July 18 1885 and died five days later on July 23rd. Following his death advance orders of the memoirs reached 300000 sets realizing close to $450000 for his family which was otherwise penniless. In a 1992 New York Times book review General Schwarzkopf is quoted as using Grant's two-volume work as his model calling it the finest military history of the Civil War. Charles L. Webster & Company, hardcover
188528077New York:: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885. First Printing of the First US Edition. This is a Near Fine tight set with light wear to the extremities in the publisher's full brown calf leather binding with black leather tips. There is slight moisture bleed in Volume 1. The spine title is red leather and the volume label is black. The rear hinges of each volume have been reinforced. This set includes the facsimile letter of Grant's original terms for Lee's surrender laid in. Mark Twain was the publisher of this monumental memoir as well as its editor and proof reader. Twain was extremely fond of and a close friend of Grant and encouraged the President and war hero to write his memoirs. Grant was dying of throat cancer but completed his two volume opus dictating the second volume to a secretary. Twain noted in a letter to his daughter that the manuscript was not even set yet and 20000 sets had been ordered from only two states. "Wait till you hear from the other 37." Grant finished his memoirs on July 18 1885 and died five days later on July 23rd. Following his death advance orders of the memoirs reached 300000 sets realizing close to $450000 for his family which was otherwise penniless. In a 1992 New York Times book review General Schwarzkopf is quoted as using Grant's two-volume work as his model calling it the finest military history of the Civil War. Charles L. Webster & Company, hardcover
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
