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Morgan Dale Introductions; Powell John Wesley; Powell Walter Clement; Gregory Herbert E.ABAA

Clark Wesley K. William PerryABAA

Waging Modern War: Bosnia Kosovo and the Future of Combat.

2001104733New York: Public Affairs Press 2001. First edition of this essential reading for those who want to know how modern war is fought and won. Octavo original half cloth cartographic endpapers illustrated. Association copy inscribed on the half-title page by the author to Secretary of Defense William Perry "To Secretary Bill Perry Whose brilliant leadership and insightful leadership helped America and NATO stand successfully for democracy and freedom and against ethnic cleansing and tyranny in the Balkans. Thank you for your guidance and support and for showing us what the true measures of statesmanship and vision must be! Wes." Clark was sent to Bosnia by Secretary of Defense William Perry to serve as the military advisor to a diplomatic negotiating team headed by assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke. Holbrooke later described Clark's position as "complicated" because it presented him with future possibilities but "might put him into career-endangering conflicts with more senior officers". While the team was driving along a mountain road during the first week the road gave way and one of the vehicles fell over a cliff carrying passengers including Holbrooke's deputy Robert Frasure a deputy assistant Secretary of Defense Joseph Kruzel and Air Force Colonel Nelson Drew. Clark and Holbrooke attempted to crawl down the mountain but were driven back by sniper fire. Once the fire ceased Clark rappelled down the mountain to collect the bodies of two dead Americans left by Bosnian forces that had taken the remaining wounded to a nearby hospital. Following funeral services in Washington D.C. the negotiations continued and the team eventually reached the Dayton Agreement at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton Ohio and later signed it in Paris on December 14 1995. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. An exceptional association. In Waging Modern War General Wesley K. Clark recounts his experience leading NATO's forces to a hard-fought and ultimately successful victory in Kosovo in 1999. As the American military machine has swung into action in the months following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon it has become clear that the lessons of Kosovo are directly applicable to the war against terrorism and the nations that sponsor it. The problems posed and overcome in the war in Kosovo-how to fight an air war against unconventional forces in rough terrain and how to coordinate U.S. objectives with those of other nations-are the problems that America increasingly faces in the today's world. As the Los Angeles Times noted in late September of 2001 this book's "lessons are highly relevant now. We need to think about exactly what steps will lessen rather than increase the terrorist threat. And we also need innovative commanders willing to improvise to meet a new kind of threat more determined political leadership a more flexible outlook in the Pentagon. Gen. Clark has performed another service by highlighting these problems at a crucial moment in American history." Public Affairs Press hardcover books

Raptis Rare Books · États-Unis750,00 $US≈ 634,57 €

Eckles John WesleyABAA

3-page autograph letter signed from J. W. Eckles of Houston Texas to Major J. R. Lofland concerning a suit against him and the troops at Galveston

186653723Houston TX 1866. 4to 3 pages on integral leaves; approx. 9.75" x 7.75" legibly written with full typescript transcription provided some staining without affecting legibility minor insect damage on edges very good. Includes stamped cover with a Houston postmark. An interesting letter from the early Reconstruction period in the Southwest. J. W. Eckles John Wesley Eckles: 1839-1891 was born in Delaware. At the time of this letter he was a 1st Lieutenant serving in Houston a few months after a proclamation of peace with Texas was issued by President Andrew Johnson in August of 1866. He appears to have remained in Texas thereafter as a rancher until he was shot in a neighborhood dispute. Eckles writes to Major Lofland: "I am truly glad to know you came out number one in your late collision with Col. Mason. Although I never felt any doubt about the matter. I would think the Snub he got from Gen'l Sheridan with charges returned would put him out of the nature of preferring charges against anybody else particularly the Pay Dept. He told Maj. Lathrop that he never forwarded the charges I showed Lathrop a copy of Gen'l S's letter returning them you ought to have seen him laugh." General Philip Sheridan was appointed to supervise federal Reconstruction 1865-77 efforts in Louisiana and Texas; he rapidly earned a reputation as a harsh leader. The reference to "Col. Mason" probably refers to Bvt. Lieut. Col. Julius Wilmot Mason 1835-1882 from Pennsylvania. He participated in the 1863 Battle of Brandy Station where he earned a brevet to major for gallant and meritorious services. Mason served with Grant until August 12 1866 and commanded General Grant's escort until he was inaugurated as President in January of 1868. Mason then served in the same position for Gen. William T. Sherman until March 31 1870 when he was transferred to frontier service. We do not know exactly what the "charges" or the "late collision" with Major Lofland were that Col. Mason brought since they were returned by Sheridan but since they concerned the pay department they might have been related to issues involving the dispensing of soldier pay. Major James Rush Lofland was the recipient of this letter in New Orleans where he was engaged until 1867 in paying off the troops of Mississippi Louisiana and Texas. Lofland 1823-1894 was a Delaware College graduate and a lawyer. Eckles also refers to "about 1000 troops here arrived in Galveston during the last week. Gen'l Heinzleman has made his HdQtrs at Galveston & assumed command of this district . My opinion of the majority of those fellows at Galveston is.that it requires nine of them to make a man. They are all very honorable gentlemen & the d-l for taking up each others' quarrels." He recounts an attempt of "two youngsters" to waylay Lofland at a wharf over a perceived slight that was thwarted by cowardice. unknown books

Rulon-Miller Books · États-Unis862,50 $US≈ 729,76 €

Alexander Charles WesleyABAA

Maud of the Mississippi. A Companion to Pauline of the Potomac. By Wesley Bradshaw pseudonym . . . a Thrilling Narrative of the Adventures of Miss Pauline d'Estraye a Young and Beautiful French Lady who after performing the most heroic deeds in Virginia in behalf of the Union was sent officially to the Department of the Mississippi

18642790Philadelphia: C.W. Alexander & Co 1864. First Edition. Original pictorial wrappers printed in blue and black 9.25 x 5.75 inches i-iv 21-30 31-32 39-52 53-54 61-74 75-76 85-100 pages i.e. 64 pages as published. Full-page woodcut illustrations included in the pagination. Copyright date on the title page of 1863; the dated preliminary text dated January 15 1864. Somewhat worn some staining and light foxing especially toward the rear; a good sound copy. Fact or fiction the present account celebrates the covert role of women as gatherers of military intelligence during the Civil War. The spectacular illustrated cover is given a full-page reproduction by Alice Fahs' in her "The Imagined Civil War: Popular Literature of the North and South 1861-1865" p. 243. The text is accompanied by a number of naive woodcuts and presents the account of "Maud Melville" the non-de-guerre of "Pauline D'Estraye" who is herself a fictional character invented by "Wesley Bradshaw" pseudonym of Charles Wesley Alexander. The layers of literary deceipt are appropriate for a spy-thriller such as this. "There is little evidence that the author's Civil War characters were based on real people. However at the beginning of 'Pauline of the Potomac' 1862 Bradshaw hinted at the fact asserting that in the tale he had merged stories from real wartime incidents. Some believe that the character of Pauline D'Estraye was Pauline Cushman 1835-1893 actress and Union spy who was born in New Orleans to a Spanish political refugee and a Frenchwoman. At age 18 she went to New York to earn her living and was recruited there by the manager of the New Orleans Varieties for his show. She and her husband another performer toured throughout the country. When the Civil War erupted he enlisted in the Union army as a musician; she continued to perform until commissioned as a secret agent by the federal government in 1863 with instructions to penetrate as far south as possible. Apprehended by Confederate forces near Tullahoma Tennessee she was tried and sentenced to hang in June 1863. Fortunately for her she was left behind when the advancing army of General William S. Rosecrans forced the Confederates to retreat. Although her usefulness as a spy came to an end she returned to the stage lecturing throughout the North in a federal uniform to great acclaim. Cushman's glamorous but slightly shady profession in addition to her feats of espionage was ideal material for the dime novels of the day. "Maud of the Mississippi" is one of several such novels that appeared during the war years. The heroine Maud Melville gathers intelligence for General Grant as she performs as an actress in towns along the lower Mississippi River. Â¶ Fact or fiction Gen. Grant's woman spy Maud Melville was a coquettish young woman with nerves of steel and a genius for military strategy. She is sent by Grant into Vicksburg as a spy; her efforts help the Union army capture the city. Hints that she has captured the affections of General Pemberton are offset by her evident piety; Maud meets with such success that the present account concludes with the promise "Her daring exploits during General Grant's subsequent campaign and her final discovery and capture by the rebels in Georgia which are far more exciting than her previous adventures will be published immediately in a second volume of the same style and price as this book." Scarce: we have located only one copy in on the market since 2008 namely in M & S Rare Books Catalogue Eighty Four item 16 - this copy REFERENCES: Women in the American Civil War ed. Lisa Tendrich Frank vol. I p. 99. Thomas Ruys Smith River of Dreams: Imagining the Mississippi before Mark Twain p. 188. C.W. Alexander & Co unknown books

Michael Laird Rare Books LLC · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

Nagle Wesley M.ABAA

Correspondence of E. I. Dupont Company executive & chemical engineer Wesley M. Nagle his wife children and parents all of El Paso and Bryan Texas Woodbury New Jersey and Wilmington Delaware and his father-in-law Rev. Dr. William B. ""Daddy"" Ricks and family of Gallatin and Nashville Tennessee 1928-1973

030231No Binding. Very Good. 609 letters totaling 1979 pages plus over 350 pieces of ephemera and approximately 1000 photographs and negatives all dating from 1928-1973. The correspondence consists mostly of communication between Wesley M. Nagle his wife Mary Elizabeth Ricks Nagle their children William Wesley Nagle and Elizabeth Cameron Nagle plus both the maternal and paternal grandparents of the children the Rev. Dr. William B. ""Daddy"" Ricks and his wife Nora Neal Ricks and Judge Michael Nagle and his wife Leonora Waldrop Nagle. There is also some correspondence of Mrs. Rick's sisters Martha and Lilly Bell Neal as well as from other family friends and business associates of Wesley M. Nagle. The correspondence includes letters from the time that Wesley M. Nagle studied abroad in France and Germany in 1929-1931 and when his daughter studied in France in the 1960s and his son traveled to Germany in the 1970s. The photographs include approximately 800 photographs and 200 negatives mostly of the Nagle family with some of members of the allied families of Waldorp Neal and Ricks of El Paso and Bryan Texas and Gallatin and Nashville Tennessee. The 350 plus ephemeral items include typed and manuscript pages of essays verse memorandum notes reminiscences address book funeral guest book greeting cards calling cards invitations circulars brochures school ephemera receipts newspaper clippings etc. all dealing with the Nagle and allied families. Wesley Michael Nagle 1905-1995 Wesley Michael Nagle was born 12 January 1905 at Bryan Brazos County Texas. He was the son of Judge Michael Nagle and his wife Lenore Waldorp. His father Michael Nagle was born 20 December 1868 at Culpeper County Virginia. Judge Nagle was the son of Irish immigrants Michael Nagle 1833-1903 and his wife Ellen 1833-1908. Judge Nagle's father was a farmer and the Judge spent his young manhood in Bryan Texas where he met and married Lenora Waldorp about 1898. Wesley's father served as county attorney for Brazos County for several terms 1901-1906 before moving to El Paso in 1906 and becoming a member of Kemp Nagle and Smith a leading law firm of El Paso. He was considered prominent in the El Paso legal community at the time of his death and was also the attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad. He was a life-long Episcopalian. Judge Nagle died 12 December 1938 at El Paso Texas and was buried at Bryan City Cemetery. Wesley's mother was Lenore Waldorp. She was born 26 April 1875 at Bryan Texas. Mrs. Nagle was the daughter of Wesley Virgil 1846-1891 and Sarah McLelland 1853-1929 and the sister of Allister McLelland Waldorp 1877-1936. The McLelland and Waldorp families were pioneers of Bryan Texas the McLellands emigrated to Bryan after the Civil War from Macon Mississippi. Mrs. Nagle also had brother Wesley Waldorp of New York City. Mrs. Nagle was a member of the First Baptist Church of El Paso the El Paso Woman's Club the United Daughters of the American Revolution and life member of Society of Colonial Dames. She died 27 February 1969 at Chester Pennsylvania at the age of 93 She was buried at Bryan City Cemetery with her husband. Wesley M. Nagle was a student at the College of Mines and El Paso High School. He decided to specialize in chemical engineering. He left El Paso to study at Stanford University where he graduated in the Class of 1929. After Stanford he went to study in Europe for a year at Berlin Germany here he was a student at Institut fur Auslander. He also studied at Technische Hochschule in Munich. He did post graduate work at M.I.T. 1931 then went to Bayonne New Jersey to the chemical engineering practice school at the refinery of the Tidewater Oil Co Aug 1931. He won scholarship as assistant in the chemical engineering department of Boston Tech. Upon completing his thesis for doctor of science at M.I.T. in chemical engineering he went to work for Dupont as a research engineer at Gibbstown New books

Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC · États-Unis2 500,00 $US≈ 2 115,25 €

de Kay John Wesley. Illustrations by Winifred ElliotABAA

Manuscript The Holy Book of Dreams

1907006192London 1907-1913. Full Morocco. Very Good. A strange lyrical manuscript that celebrates the spiritual the mystical and the beautiful. Oblong 25.5 by 37 cm. 49 pages with content many of which are illustrated with watercolors until the last few unfinished pages which have illustrations sketched in pencil. 21 pages have watercolors not counting painted letters. Two pages have finished well-executed pen-and-ink drawings. Followed by blank leaves constituting half of the album. John de Kay 1872-1938 was an American entrepreneur millionaire author and eccentric. With earnings from publishing ventures he invested in the Mexican meatpacking business becoming in the process the "Sausage King of Mexico". By 1909 his meatpacking business in Mexico had a book value of $22 million which translates to about $500 million in today's dollars although he sold his interest in the business to the Mexican government five years later for just $5 million still over $100 million in today's dollars. With his fortune he produced his own play "Judas" on Broadway with no less a star than Sarah Bernhardt as Mary Magdalen. The play with its depiction of a vampish heroine was shut down by the police after its opening night. It was also banned in Boston and Philadelphia. De Kay reportedly infatuated with Bernhardt showered jewelry and other gifts on her. De Kay went on to pen many other works on a wide range of topics including women's rights the labor movement Mexico and world peace as well as at least one work of poetry. As a man of great wealth de Kay owned substantial properties in both France and England as well as having a lavish apartment in New York. We have not been able to discover anything about the presumed illustrator credited in pencil on the cut out back of the FEP Winifred Elliot whose enchanting work is to us the glory of this manuscript. As far as the manuscript this is an anthology of disparate pieces including poetry prose meditations and apercus some of which might be rightly deemed ruminative essays except the organization tends to be somewhat discursive and the purpose is not so much the setting forth of an argument as much as the gathering of loosely linked insights and observations. The writing style can be epigrammatic but also pompous and pretentious perhaps deliberately so as the tone desired would seem at times to be biblical and prophetic. Topics include the law of beauty the soul on being etc. In one essay entitled "On Civilization" de Kay appears to propound rather radical notions. He writes for instance: "The individual is not to expect any help from a Government so long as that Government is organized upon the theory that it is right that a few men may claim the ownership of the earth. . . " If we wish to flatter de Kay we could say some of his writing prefigures that of Kahlil Gibran. On the other hand it shares some kinship with the fusty belletrists of the Late Victorian period as well. However one might assess the writing on its own we would maintain it has merit in how it complements the artwork which it deserves credit for having inspired. The artwork generally has a strong affinity to the pre-Raphaelite style. Here are opulent floral borders seraphs aplenty Medievalist historicism and fantasy. We especially like a page which abounds with butterflies painted with magnificent detail. Condition: Rebacked with matching navy morocco with most of original spine re-mounted but loss of everything from lowest raised band to below from the original spine. Considerable amount of rubbing of leather along edges with a few minor abrasions to leather elsewhere. One shallow but wide ding on rear upper edge. Silk moire endpapers suffering some edge tattering. The FEP is deliberately scooped out neatly so by edge of turn-ins to reveal on back pencilled information about the book. We have relied on this information for the title and also as solidifying the attribution and dating. The pages have light edge toning and an occasional stray mark or smudge. books

White Fox Rare Books and Antiques · États-Unis3 000,00 $US≈ 2 538,30 €

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