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19902310847New York: The Library of America 1990. 8th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Eighth printing. A fine hardcover in a near fine publisher slipcase. 1990 Hard Cover. 1199 pp. Includes publisher slipcase. "Twenty years after Appomattox stricken by cancer and facing financial ruin Ulysses S. Grant wrote his Personal Memoirs to secure his family's future. in doing so the Civil War's greatest general won himself a unique place in American letters. His character intelligence sense of purpose and simple compassion are evident throughout this vivid and deeply moving account which has been acclaimed by readers as diverse asMark Twain Matthew Arnold Gertrude Stein and Edmund Wilson. Annotated and complete with detailed maps battle plans and facsimiles reproduced from the original edition this volume offers an unparalleled vantage on the most terrible moving and inexhaustibly fascinating event in American history. included are 174 letters many of them to his wife Julia which offer an intimate view of their affectionate and enduring marriage. The Library of America hardcover books
1990Embry 191652Library of America 1990. 5th printing. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase. Blue cloth. Library of America, 1990. 5th printing. hardcover books
94709Rare original Mathew Brady photograph of Ulysses S. Grant. Boldly signed by Grant as the 18th President of the United States "U.S. Grant March 18th 1875." One of the earliest photographers in American history Mathew B. Brady brought home the reality of the Civil War to the American public with his innovative use of a mobile studio and darkroom to capture thousands of war scenes throughout the Civil War. Brady was also recognized as one of the premier photographic portraitists of the 19th century taking photographs of numerous celebrities including Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee among others. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 19 inches by 16.5 inches. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable with such a strong signature signed by Grant during his presidency. 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
198122257Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1981. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
198163857Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0395294657 . Translated from the Greek by Athan Anagnostopoulos. First American printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
198110657Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0395294657 . Translated from the Greek by Athan Anagnostopoulos. First American printing. Fine in an about fine trace rubbing to the spine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
198176981Boston:: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0395294657 . Translated from the Greek by Athan Anagnostopoulos. First American printing. Near fine in a near fine old sale price on front flap dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin, hardcover books
7516Large illustrated poster 424 x 300 mm. unfolded offset-printed in violet printed on recto only median horizontal fold. Lund Sweden: 1979.<br /> An iconic poster promoting Ulises Carrion's two lectures at Jean Sellem's Galerie S:t Petri Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art in Lund. It depicts a King Kong-like gorilla facing a city while a bird with a letter secured in its beak flies above.<br /> The first of these lectures "Mail Art and the Big Monster"one of the artist's most celebrated essays was delivered on 14 February 1979. This paper was originally prepared for the April 1978 Artists' Meeting at the Remont Gallery in Warsaw and was eventually republished from Brazil to the United States to Serbia in several languages. The following night Carrión presented "Names and Addresses: Write Clear" related to his 1978 bookwork and exhibition of the same name.<br /> In near fine condition; faint browning to the edges and small creases to the corners. Designed by Tom Gravemaker who collaborated with Carrión on several occasions. Unknown edition size.<br /> ⧠Juan J. Agius Ulises Carrión & the Big Monster 2014 pp. 57-61 where the text of "Mail Art and the Big Monster" is reproduced. A detail from this poster is used for the cover. unknown books
191271295NY:: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good. 1912. Hardcover. B00CMHQB1G . Edited by Jesse Grant Cramer. First edition. Octavo bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear and aging else very good. No dust jacket. ; 182 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons, hardcover books
2005UEPILET00AFBarnes & Noble 2005. Very Good. . Letters and Sayings of Epicurus. Makridis Translator Odysseus. NY: Barnes & Noble 2005. 100pp. Indexed. 8vo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with former owner's name and date on first leaf. Slightly rubbed soiled and bumped wraps. Barnes & Noble paperback books
186828114Philadelphia 1868. 24pp stitched as issued portraits of Grant and Colfax on the title page. "No. 182." printed at upper corner of title leaf. Near Fine.<br/><br/> "Grant and Colfax with Peace and Prosperity. Seymour and Blair with War and Anarchy."<br/>Miles 524. unknown books
2081First edition. Framed photograph. Very Good. MAGNIFICENT LARGE ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF ULYSSES S. GRANT BY ABRAHAM BOGARDUS. An unusually large late c.1880 photograph of Grant post-presidency in formal dress sitting and in partial profile. Mounted on thick card with the photographer's credit and address "A. Bogardus / 872 Broadway NY" on matte below the photo. The photographer Anthony Bogardus was a photographic pioneer described by the New York Times as "the best-known photographer in the United States" in his prime who took "the first photographs of Gen. Grant Gen. Hancock Samuel D. Morse inventor of the telegraph; Horace Greeley Henry Ward Beecher and other equally well-known men." The engravers Currier & Ives produced an engraving based on this photograph calling it "the last and best taken of General Grant". This very large approximately 10x16 inches; 10.5x16.5 with mount photograph also appears to have served as the model for a small carte-de-visit issued at the end of Grant's life. Albumen print. Contemporary or near-contemporary printing 1880-1890. On original thick cardboard mount with gilt edges. Archivally framed to an overall size of 17.25 x 23.5 inches. Light wear around edges of mount. A STUNNING LARGE IMAGE IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION. unknown books
7256Many black & white illus. Two large folded sheets 299 x 212 mm. folded unbound. Purmerend: Museum Waterland 1981.<br /> An uncommon exhibition flyer for a display of bookworks at the Museum Waterland. Co-curated by Ulises Carrion and Agius both included their own works along with those of François Bouillon Axel Heibel Diderick van Kleef Federico Sanguinetti Ben Sleeuwenhoek Ad Gerritsen J. H. Kocman Tom Ockerse Gèza Perneczky and Pawel Petasz. Several examples of each artist's work are pictured. All of the works displayed were drawn from Agius and Carrión's personal collections. This catalogue's text written by Alex A. M. de Vries is in parallel Dutch and English. <br /> De Vries pointedly notes "Two book-artists curated and arranged this exhibition in such a way that you will not see much of the usual mania for conservation which is being practised in most of the musea. This means that you will be able to take the books in your hands.This exhibition proves that artists' books deserve to be shown more often and on large scale. And in an adequate way. The actual treatment like that of conservators in musea who like to take care of books as if they were dealing with radio-active material does not satisfy. A book ought to be in the hand of the reader."<br /> Fine and fresh copy.<br /> ⧠U. Carrión Quant aux Livres 2008 p. 210. unknown books
18791602Cincinnati Ohio 1879. Invitation Card. Fine. A private invitation to a dinner honoring General Ulysses S. Grant at the Grand Hotel of Cincinnati on December 11th 1879. Organizers of the event included Alphonso Taft Nicholas Longworth and Andrew Erkenbrecher. At the reception on December 11th 1879 Grant thanked the people of Cincinnati for their hospitality and was happy to be back in his "native State." An incredibly scarce piece of Cincinnati history and a relic of Ulysses Grant's World Tour. Upon returning from a two year post-presidential World Tour General Ulysses S. Grant was greeted as a returning hero to the United States. With stops at Yosemite Valley Galena Illinois and Chicago General Grant was greeted by thousands of well-wishers. Before this dinner in Cincinnati the Grant's visited Xenia Ohio to visit with Civil War orphans. unknown books
1982046717Athenai: Epitrope Pontiakon Meleton 1982. 495p. original stiff printed wrappers. In Modern Greek including the critical Greek text and Latin translation of this 10th-century Byzantine saint Pegai tes historiae ton Hellenon tou Pontou 4. Epitrope Pontiakon Meleton unknown books
2011149643Washington DC: Renwick Gallery 2011. Softcover. NF. Grey wraps with image of silver vessel. Black lettering on pale blue spine. French flaps. 104 pp. with 59 color figures and additional images. Features the work of four artists whose work explores the deep roots of contemporary American craft and decorative arts. Ubaldo Vitali is a fourth-generation silversmith and conservator of antique silver; Cliff Lee is a neurosurgeon who creates elegant porcelain vessels using medieval Chinese glazes; Judith Schaechter uses traditional stained glass practice to create her works from gothic to punk; and Mattias Pliessnig combines traditional boat-building technology with 3-D design to create innovative seating out of steam-bent oad strips that may have up to 7000 points of contact without the use of hardware. Beautifully-illustrated and unique works. Essays and bios on each artist and with a checklist of the exhibition. Renwick Gallery unknown books
2003160677Madison Wisconsin: GUILD Publishing 2003. Signed. Hardcover. NF/VG light rubbing to dj; signed by the author on the half title 2003. Black boards; silver lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. 208 pp.; Profusely illustrated with over 200 color plates and figures. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name which featured contemporary pottery from the collection held at The Newark Museum; Includes pottery from the 1930s through to the twenty-first century from America Europe Asia and Africa; Wonderful photos and extensive annotations. "Despite the enormous interest in the works of contemporary studio potters worldwide surprisingly few books explore the best of these works in a large full-color format. Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy does exactly that. With a focus on The Newark Museum's collection it is both a feast for the eyes and a testament to the power of the pot. Striking images and fascinating commentary demonstrate how a small pot can be a masterpiece and how even the most outrageous sculptural vessels of the 1990s share fundamental meanings with the craft pots of the 1950s. Two hundred color photographs taken especially for this book invite the reader to explore and relish this collection of truly great pots."--BOOK JACKET. GUILD Publishing hardcover books
2003160676Madison Wisconsin: GUILD Publishing 2003. Hardcover. NF/VG- light wear to top front edge of dj. Black boards; silver lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. 208 pp.; Profusely illustrated with over 200 color plates and figures. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name which featured contemporary pottery from the collection held at The Newark Museum; Includes pottery from the 1930s through to the twenty-first century from America Europe Asia and Africa; Wonderful photos and extensive annotations. "Despite the enormous interest in the works of contemporary studio potters worldwide surprisingly few books explore the best of these works in a large full-color format. Great Pots: Contemporary Ceramics from Function to Fantasy does exactly that. With a focus on The Newark Museum's collection it is both a feast for the eyes and a testament to the power of the pot. Striking images and fascinating commentary demonstrate how a small pot can be a masterpiece and how even the most outrageous sculptural vessels of the 1990s share fundamental meanings with the craft pots of the 1950s. Two hundred color photographs taken especially for this book invite the reader to explore and relish this collection of truly great pots."--BOOK JACKET. GUILD Publishing hardcover books
18652285Petersburg VA: Eden & McCreery 1865. First edition. framed. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST ISSUE OF "GRANT'S PETERSBURG PROGRESS" PRINTED BY UNION SOLDIERS ON A CONFEDERATE PRESS THE DAY PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND WERE SEIZED SIX DAYS BEFORE LEE'S SURRENDER. "When on that famous Monday the third of April 1865 the advance line of attack on Petersburg found the city evacuated by the Confederate troops almost the first Federal soldiers to enter her doors took possession of the office of the Express and before the day was over from its presses there issued number one volume one of Grant's Petersburg Progress. It was a single sheet twelve by twenty inches in size printed on one side of the paper. Its cry was 'We are here!' Major Eden 37th Wisconsin Volunteers was editor assisted by Captain Charles H. McCreery 8th Michigan Veteran Volunteers and Chaplain D. Heagle. They proposed 'to publish a live paper as ling as circumstances will permit; that is as long as we can steal the paper and get men detailed to set the type.' Ten cents was the price. 'We are not particular as to the medium of exchange; and will take Hardtack Greenbacks Cigars postage stamps and in fact most any available currency Confederate Bonds and Contrabands always excepted.'" Nellie P. Dunn "General Lee in Grant's Petersburg Progress" South Atlantic Quarterly vol. 12. This first issue from the day of the fall of Petersburg was followed by only four other issues April 5 7 10. <br /> <br /> The paper is full of joy and wit providing a wonderful window into the mood of the soldiers now that the end of the war was near. <br /> <br /> Some highlights from the text:<br /> <br /> "For nearly six months the army of the United States has kept watch and ward over the City of Petersburg. Since last June the roar of shells and the whistle of bullets have disturbed the silence of the woods in the vicinity and today the old flag waves from the Court House. The United States armies and U.S. Grant have foreclosed and entered in possession and Petersburg is ours. And throughout the length and breadth of the land the joyful tidings will spread that another deadly blow has been struck at the fast dying Southern Confederacy. Slowly and miserably it yet drags on a lingering existence but its days are numbered and the end is at hand. The bright rays of the sun and the pleasant fresh breeze of this fair spring morning kiss the folds of the stars and stripes as it waves from the tower and hill the streets wear a lovely and animated appearance thronged with soldiers and citizens the cause of Liberty and truth is triumphant."<br /> <br /> Under the heading "LATEST NEWS":<br /> <br /> "RICHMOND TAKEN. -Just as we are about going to press we are reliably informed that the city of Richmond came into the possession of the Union forces at a quarter past eight o'clock this morning."<br /> <br /> Under "WE US AND CO":<br /> <br /> "We believe in the UNITED STATES one and indivisible; in Abraham Lincoln our adopted Father; in U.S. GRANT Captain of the Host; and ourselves as the principle sojourners in the Army of the Potomac and the Freedom of the Contraband the speedy extinction of the Rebellion and the perdition of Jeff. Davis here and here after."<br /> <br /> Under "FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS":<br /> <br /> "April 3d Gen. Grant and Staff and the Army of the Potomac generally."<br /> <br /> Under "AUCTION SALES":<br /> <br /> "To be sold very cheap if not badly sold already all the singularly ineligible and worthless property known as THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. For particulars apply to Jefferson Davis Richmond Va. N.B. Liberal terms to agents of Maximillian Louis Napoleon or Victoria."<br /> <br /> Petersburg VA: Eden & McCreery April 3 1865. Broadside printed on recto only approx. 12x19.5 inches. Framed to an overall size of 17x24 inches. Some small holes at folds and edges; a few words of bleed-through from hand-written ink on verso. A wonderfully evocative piece of Civil War history. SCARCE. Eden & McCreery 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
1907RGRAGEO01RJBUnited States Geological Survey 1907. Fine. Grant Ulysses S. Geologic Atlas of The United States Lancaster - Mineral Point Folio Wisconsin - Iowa - Illinois United States Geological Survey USGS Atlas Folio Number 148. Burchard Ernest F. Washington D. C.: United States Geological Survey 1907. 14 platespp. Illustrated. Elephant folio. Wraps. Book condition: Near fine. United States Geological Survey paperback books
1907RGRAGEO00RJBUnited States Geological Survey 1907. Very Good. Grant Ulysses S. Geologic Atlas of The United States Lancaster - Mineral Point Folio Wisconsin - Iowa - Illinois United States Geological Survey USGS Atlas Folio Number 148. Burchard Ernest F. Washington D. C.: United States Geological Survey 1907. 14 platespp. Illustrated. Elephant folio. Wraps. Book condition: Very good with a very small closed tear in upper edge of rear cover. United States Geological Survey paperback books
7210Five black & white illus. 18 pp. incl. inside of both wrappers. 8vo 210 x 150 mm. orig. semi-stiff pictorial wrappers staple-bound. From inside of lower wrapper: Amsterdam: Stichting de Appel 1984.<br /> The very rare program for Ulises Carrion's film festival celebrating the Mexican movie star Lilia Prado a famous actor from his childhood. Prado 1928-2006 starred in a number of Mexican films as well as several directed by Luis Buñuel in the 1950s. Carrión organized a festival screening four of her movies in four Dutch cities in 1984 which was attended by Prado herself. He conceived of this film festival as an "opportunity for viewers to examine their own cultural values and to reflect upon assumptions about the mythology created by the mass media in this case the film industry and its cultural-economic implications. In Carrión's eyes for example Prado could have been marketed as well as Marilyn had if post-World War II Mexico had been more economically dominant."-Ulises Carrión: ¿Mundos personales o estrategias culturales 2003 p. 76.<br /> This volume contains text in Dutch about Carrión by the curator Saskia Bos and the four movies to be shown and an interview between Prado and Carrión that took place earlier that year in Mexico City. Carrión's curriculum vitae is printed on the inside of the lower wrapper. This became one of the artist's most well-known projects. Pages 11-12 reproduce excerpts from the travel journal of "S.C. Macfarlane" who followed Carrión on his journey to Mexico in the spring of 1984.<br /> In fine condition. With a pictorial postcard listing the schedule and other events.<br /> ⧠U. Carrión Quant aux Livres 2008 p. 204. Ulises Carrión: ¿Mundos personales o estrategias culturales 2003 pp. 74-77. Ulises Carrión "We have won! Haven't we" ed. Guy Schraenen pp. 78-79 depicting the upper wrapper of the present work. unknown books
1867231088Washington 1867. unbound. 1 page on "War Department" letterhead 9.75 x 7.75 inches Washington November 6 1867 -- an uncommon partly printed document signed "U.S. Grant" as ad interim Secretary of War a post he held for only eight weeks informing Thomas J. Greggs: "You are hereby notified that the President of the United States has appointed you for gallant and meritorious services during the war a Captain by Brevet. Should the Senate at their next session advise and consent thereto you will be commissioned accordingly." Beautifully framed to 15.5 x 17.5 inches with a 4.5 x 3.75-inch copperplate portrait along with a tan matte and black-and-gold frame. The letter has horizontal folds and a small smudge in the left margin; overall a magnificent item in near fine condition.<br/><br/> At the time that this document was signed President Andrew Johnson was undergoing Impeachment proceedings. A week earlier he compounded his problems by firing Secretary of War Stanton and convincing Grant to fill the Cabinet position. Two months later both houses of Congress determined that it was illegal to fire Stanton and that he should be reinstated immediately. Grant rather than to get caught up with the political controversy walked away from President Johnson - both men refusing to speak to one another for the rest of their lives.<br/><br/> unknown books
198549416NY:: Schocken Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0805239731 . With 60 black and white photographs. First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
