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1787376957Philadelphia: John Dunlap & David Claypoole 1787. 7 1 leaves; the first two leaves in facsimile. Two contemporary manuscript corrections on fol. 3 to Art. VI Sect. 11 striking fifteen words and adding "and Representatives"; and changing the second Art. VI to VII. Folio. Unbound old folds with minor repaired tears restoration to the final leaf. Provenance: James Wilson docketed in his hand "Report of the Committee of five"; to his son Bird Wilson; to his niece Emily Hollingsworth; to her cousin Effingham B. Morris inscribed below Wilson's docketing "Above endorsement is in the handwriting of the Hon. James Wilson-so his granddaughter Miss Emily Hollingsworth tells me-Sept. 1 1886. Effingham B. Morris."; Unnamed consignor Sotheby Parke Bernet Washington D.C. December 5 1970 lot 96; • Property of a Gentleman Sotheby Parke Bernet New York April 29 1980 lot 124; Gilder Lehrman Collection deaccessioned 2026. 7 1 leaves; the first two leaves in facsimile. Two contemporary manuscript corrections on fol. 3 to Art. VI Sect. 11 striking fifteen words and adding "and Representatives"; and changing the second Art. VI to VII. Folio. • THE FIRST PRINTED DRAFT OF THE CONSTITUTION <br /> <br /> • FROM THE PAPERS OF JAMES WILSON AMONG THE PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF DETAIL THAT ISSUED IT<br /> <br /> • ONE OF ONLY SEVENTEEN EXTANT EXAMPLES AND THE ONLY KNOWN IN PRIVATE HANDS<br /> <br /> • PRINTED BY JOHN DUNLAP THE PRINTER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE STRICTLY FOR USE BY DELEGATES AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1787<br /> <br /> <br /> Two hundred and fifty years ago America declared its independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence however did more than simply codify a legal or diplomatic status. In Thomas Jefferson's famous Preamble the Declaration asserted in no uncertain terms that the power of government is derived from the people that the justification for government is the protection of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness and that it is the "Right of the People to alter or to abolish it and to institute new Government laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." While the Revolution began in 1776 it would culminate in 1787 with the drafting of the Constitution the document that truly established the form of government promised by the Declaration and whose own preamble harkened back to the same democratic idea that government begins with the consent of the governed: We the People.<br /> <br /> Soon after the Declaration had been passed in 1776 John Dickinson and other members of the second Continental Congress drafted the Articles of Confederation the first attempt at a government for the new nation. Passed in 1777 the Articles created a single legislative body with equal representation from each state but without a judicial or executive branch and with a weak central government which did not have the ability to tax regulate foreign or interstate commerce or otherwise compel individual states to enforce laws. The "league of friendship" or "perpetual union" it created ensured above all the independence and sovereignty of each state an understandable priority given its passage in the midst of the war to gain independence from a tyrannical king.<br /> <br /> But with the end of the war the decentralized government created by the Articles lacked the ability to pay down its war debts to effectively negotiate international treaties or trade agreements or even ensure the stability or safety of each individual state from powers foreign or domestic. In short it could not hold the fast growing nation together.<br /> <br /> Led by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton by 1786 a Federalist movement had begun calling for a convention to revise the Articles. Meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia in May 1787 with George Washington as the convention's president it did not take long for the delegates to agree that a revision of the Articles would not be sufficient to address its problems and that a new form of government needed to be established. On May 29 Madison and Edmund Randolph presented their plan for the creation of a national government with three branches and a bicameral legislature. Known as the Virginia Plan it outlined in fifteen draft resolutions the basic principles of a new government. Debates revisions and counterproposals ensued and by July 24 the delegates "voted unanimously to submit 'the proceedings of the Convention for the establishment of a national government' to a committee 'for the purpose of reporting a Constitution.'" Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution.<br /> <br /> The committee it created named the Committee of Detail consisted of five members: John Rutledge of South Carolina chairman Edmund Randolph of Virginia James Wilson of Pennsylvania Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut and Nathaniel Gorham of Massachusetts. Two days later the resolutions and various plans were turned over to the Committee of Detail "to arrange and systemize the materials which that honorable body have collected" as the July 28 Pennsylvania Herald reported. With the oppressive Philadelphia summer heat in full force the Convention then adjourned until August 6 leaving the five-member committee the monumental task to actually draft the Constitution.<br /> <br /> The Committee of Detail sometimes referred to as the Committee of Five - like the Committee of Five which drafted the Declaration - represented a geographical cross section of the Convention with members from the south the mid-Atlantic and the northeast. There are no records of their meetings between July 26 and August 6 so the story of how the Constitution was actually drafted relies on a manuscript outline by Randolph with annotations by Rutledge manuscript notes and a manuscript draft by Wilson again with annotations by Rutledge and the final draft as printed and submitted to the convention on August 6. The end result - the first printed draft of the Constitution - laid down for the first time at a granular level the framework for the form of republican government that has survived to this day.<br /> <br /> "The Committee of Detail went considerably beyond the previous resolutions of the Convention in writing the first draft of the Constitution. The Committee incorporated provisions from the Articles of Confederation from some of the state constitutions and from plans submitted to but not accepted by the Convention . Edmund Randolph John Rutledge and James Wilson wrote and annotated successive drafts and then the Committee had the final draft set in type. After correcting the proof the draft was printed in final form the first printed document submitted to the Convention" Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution.<br /> <br /> The Committee of Detail draft proposed much of the language in its earliest form that would eventually become codified in the final Constitution including the supremacy clause the full faith and credit clause and the necessary and proper clause. It would also propose for the first time the idea of an electoral college a feature not found in any of the plans presented to the Convention to that point. And of course the preamble to the draft would begin with the first iteration of the famous opening words "We the People." <br /> <br /> Importantly what followed those words would change over the ensuing weeks. In the Committee of Detail draft the opening words continue: ". of the States of New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia do ordain declare and establish the following Constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity." This would change in the next printed draft by the Committee of Style issued on September 12 to: "We the People of the United States." emphasis added. This notable change served two ends one practical and the other symbolic. Rhode Island had refused to send delegates to the Convention so naming them among the States was perhaps an overreach by the Committee of Detail which needed to be corrected. The change however metaphorically united the individual states toward a common goal of a stronger federal government.<br /> <br /> "The committee of detail had done a remarkable job one that blended faithfulness to orders skill at borrowing and the exercise of discretion in equal amounts with several dashes of inventiveness and one of disobedience thrown in to prove that the members had minds of their own . Many familiar words of the Constitution appeared for the first time in the report of August 6. Major officers and organs of government were designated as the President Speaker Congress Senate House of Representatives and Supreme Court; engaging phrases such as 'We the People' 'state of the Union' 'privileges and immunities' and 'necessary and proper' twinkled here and there in the gloom . The committee had drawn on many sources - the resolutions of the Convention the rules of Congress the crude plans of Paterson and Pinckney the constitutions of the states especially those of Massachusetts and New York and above all the Articles of Confederation as well as various proposals to bolster the Articles - for the phrasing of their draft and the familiarity of its language must have given these reform-minded men a paradoxically comfortable sense of continuity with the past . They had provided for the internal organization of both houses of Congress worked out the exact procedures of the qualified veto defined the jurisdiction of the courts adjusted certain relations among the states and armed the President with powers of guidance of the legislature appointment of his own aides administration command ceremony and mercy. In some instances the committee had decided to make up the Convention's mind: it placed the power to impeach in the House and to convict in the Supreme Court provided that new states be admitted 'on the same terms with the old' on a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress fixed the ratio of representation in the House at one member for every forty thousand 'inhabitants' and covered the constitutions as well as the laws of the states in the supremacy clause" Rossiter.<br /> <br /> By August 4 the Committee had completed its task. One of very few contemporary accounts of the Convention noted on that day "Their report in the hands of Dunlop sic the printer to strike off copies for the members" McHenry quoted in Farrand. The choice of John Dunlap the printer of the Declaration of Independence as the printer to the Convention was no accident. Rapport writes that more important than Dunlap's experience was his discretion: "The Convention members were pledged to strict secrecy - a pledge by and large maintained. With the printing of the Report of the Committee of Detail they were having to risk that secrecy." <br /> <br /> In partnership with David Claypoole Dunlap on August 6 printed approximately 60 copies of the Committee of Detail's draft strictly for the use of the members of the Convention in their debates. Given the importance of the document before printing the run Dunlap produced at least one proof of the document given to Edmund Randolph to correct any errors in typesetting. Not all typesetting errors were caught however most notably the misnumbering of Article VII as a second Article VI and all subsequent numbering.<br /> <br /> After receiving the Committee of Detail draft the delegates at the Convention over the ensuing weeks would debate the language and proposals within the Committee of Detail draft. Ideas like giving the federal government veto power over state laws or the establishment of Council of Revision of Executive and Judiciary representatives to veto legislation would be removed among other changes. On September 8 1787 another five-member committee would be appointed and tasked with revising and re-organizing the Committee of Detail draft. Comprised of Gouverneur Morris Pennsylvania Alexander Hamilton New York James Madison Virginia Rufus King Massachusetts and William Samuel Johnson Connecticut the Committee of Style over the course of four days would reduce the twenty-three articles of the Committee of Detail draft to seven reorganize it by branch sharpen its language and draft changes reflecting the debates. On September 12 a second printed draft would be published by Dunlap and Claypoole on behalf of the Committee of Style and reported to the Convention. It was voted on by the delegates inscribed on parchment by Jacob Shallus and signed by 39 of 55 delegates on September 17. That same day using much of the same setting of type from the Committee of Style printing Dunlap and Claypoole printed the first official edition of the Constitution.<br /> <br /> "In the two and a half centuries since the first printing press reached the hemisphere there had been nothing comparable" Rapport. <br /> <br /> Provenance<br /> <br /> Born in Scotland in 1742 James Wilson studied at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh under prominent thinkers of the Scottish enlightenment including Francis Hutcheson David Hume and Adam Smith. He emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1765 in the midst of the Stamp Act disturbances and would serve as a legal apprentice to Founding Father John Dickinson. He became the head of a Committee of Correspondence at Carlisle Pennsylvania in 1774 and was a delegate to both the First and Second Continental Congresses becoming a Signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. After serving as a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Constitutional Convention and a member of the Committee of Detail he would go on to serve as the first Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He would be the only person to sign both the Declaration and the Constitution and to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. <br /> <br /> "As much as any man of his day Wilson was involved in the great events out of which this nation was born. In the pre-Revolutionary agitation against Great Britain in the affairs of the Continental Congress in the development of a system of national finances in the framing of the Constitution of the United States in the early decisions of the Supreme Court he played leading roles. He made important and original contributions to American jurisprudence to political thought and to economic theory . James Wilson stood in the front rank of 'founding fathers' and has a legitimate claim to be considered one of the principal architects of our Nation" Smith.<br /> <br /> It is his role in drafting the Constitution however that would be his greatest accomplishment. "Sitting with his colleagues in this first session of the Federal Convention Wilson was certainly aware of the challenge that faced the delegates. If some members were beguiled by the idea that the inept Articles could be reshaped into an effective 'frame of government.' Wilson had no such illusion and indeed no such wish. For ten years he had been fighting in Congress and out for a strong and energetic national government with power to carry out its resolves. The opportunity was now at hand and if it was lost it would hardly come again" Smith.<br /> <br /> Wilson would be credited for the creation of a single executive and the electoral college for proposing the three-fifths compromise and for authoring the enduring first words of the preamble to the Constitution. "Wilson more than any other delegate consistently advocated placing as much power as was feasible with the people themselves-giving them as direct control as was possible over operation of the federal government's machinery.Wilson alone who wielded formidable intellect on behalf of democracy throughout the Convention is a major part of the reason why the Constitution ended up as democratic a document as it did" Pederson.<br /> <br /> James Wilson died penniless in 1798. His papers passed to his son Bird Wilson 1777-1851 a professor of divinity at the General Theological Seminary in New York who used them to publish The Works of James Wilson in 1804. Upon his death in 1851 the Wilson papers were inherited by Bird Wilson's niece Emily Hollingsworth 1815-1895 James Wilson's granddaughter i.e. the daughter of Mary Wilson 1772-1832 James Wilson's only child to marry. In 1876 and 1877 with "the help of Dr. Caspar Morris Hollingsworth selected 'a number of Manuscripts of my Grandfather James Wilson respecting various subjects'" Toler Addendum for donation to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. These are described by Toler and Ewald and included Wilson's original manuscript draft of the Committee of Detail report.<br /> <br /> After Hollingsworth's death in 1895 additional Wilson papers passed to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania via one of her executors a distant relative Israel W. Morris. Other Wilson papers however were scattered descending to her second and third executors Thomas Montgomery and Effingham B. Morris also relatives. Toler writes: "It seems that Wilson's papers those not given to the Historical Society in 1876 and '77 were split among Emily's executors as part of her estate's 'residue.' Each executor preserved the papers in his own way Israel Morris donating his to the Historical Society and Montgomery keeping his in the family. It is unknown whether Eppingham i.e. Effingham a.k.a. Epphingham Morris acquired and disposed of any papers." The existence of the present Committee of Detail printing with the inscription on verso by Effingham B. Morris 1836-1937 would confirm that he did indeed have further Wilson papers in his possession. It is unknown whether the first two pages missing here were missing prior to Morris's possession lost among the Wilson papers inherited by others or if they were separated prior to their inheritance by Emily Hollingsworth or Bird Wilson.<br /> <br /> A collection of Morris family papers belonging to the estate of Effingham B. Morris would be sold at auction by Samuel T. Freeman & Co. on February 19-20 1948 but there is no evidence that the present item was within that group. However the printing would appear at auction twenty-two years later offered by Sotheby Parke Bernet in Washington D.C. December 5 1970 lot 96 and resurface again at Sotheby's New York April 29 1980 lot 124 both times belonging to unnamed consignors. The document has been in the Gilder Lehrman Collection since 1991 until deaccessioned in 2026.<br /> <br /> Census of Known Copies<br /> <br /> Besides the present example belonging to James Wilson twelve other copies of the Committee of Detail printing survive in no particular order: <br /> 1 Edmund Randolph Historical Society of Pennsylvania proof copy<br /> 2 George Washington National Archives<br /> 3 David Brearley National Archives<br /> 4 James Madison Library of Congress<br /> 5 Charles Pinckney Library of Congress<br /> 6 Alexander Hamilton annotated by Hugh Williamson Library of Congress<br /> 7 William Samuel Johnson Library of Congress<br /> 8 Unknown delegate Library of Congress<br /> 9 Unknown delegate Library of Congress<br /> 10 John Dickinson Library Company of Philadelphia<br /> 11 Elbridge Gerry Massachusetts Historical Society<br /> 12 Abraham Baldwin Morgan Library<br /> 13 Pierce Butler without annotations University of Indiana Lilly Library<br /> 14 George Mason Huntington Library lacking the first two leaves<br /> 15 Unknown delegate Huntington Library with the bookplate of Henry F. De Puy lacking leaves five and six<br /> 16 Pierce Butler his second copy this one annotated Gilder Lehrman Collection<br /> 17 James Wilson the present copy deaccessioned by the Gilder Lehrman Collection in 2026<br /> <br /> By way of comparison fifteen examples are known of the Committee of Style printing and thirteen known of the final official version all printed by Dunlap & Claypoole.<br /> <br /> Only three of the seventeen extant copies of the Committee of Detail printing have appeared at auction: the present example as described above; the Pierce Butler annotated copy now located in the Gilder Lehrman Collection number 16 in the above census sold Sotheby Parke Bernet April 15 1969 and offered again at Sotheby's New York in the Harry J. Sonnenborn collection June 5 1980; and the example from an unknown delegate at the Huntington Library number 15 in the above census sold in the first part of the Henry F. De Puy sale in 1920. <br /> <br /> We know of no examples of the Committee of Detail printing in private hands making the present example belonging to James Wilson perhaps the last to appear on the market.<br /> <br /> Works Consulted<br /> <br /> Richard B. Bernstein. Are We to Be a Nation The Making of the Constitution. Cambridge 1987.<br /> <br /> Max Farrand. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. New Haven 1937.<br /> <br /> James H. Hutson ed. Supplement to Max Farrand's The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787. New Haven 1987.<br /> <br /> Merrill Jensen ed. The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. Volume I: Constitutional Documents and Records 1776-1787. Madison 1976.<br /> <br /> Nicholas Pederson. "The Lost Founder: James Wilson in American Memory" Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities 22:2 2010 pp. 257-337.<br /> <br /> Leonard Rapport. "Printing the Constitution: The Convention and Newspaper Imprints August-November 1787" Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives 2:2 Fall 1970 pp. 69-90.<br /> <br /> Charles Rossiter. 1787: The Grand Convention. New York 1987.<br /> <br /> Charles Page Smith. James Wilson Founding Father 1742-1798. Chapel Hill 1956.<br /> <br /> Lorianne Updike Toler and William Ewald. "Early Drafts of the U.S. Constitution." The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography vol. 135 no. 3 2011 pp. 227-38.<br /> <br /> Lorianne Updike Toler. "Addendum." The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography vol. 135 no. 3 2011 pp. 367-74. Evans 20815; ESTC W13935; Ford. Bibliography of the Constitution 8; Ford Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States 20. The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. Vol. 1 pp. 260-269 John Dunlap & David Claypoole unknown
1789334553New York: Francis Childs and John Swaine 1789. First edition one of 700 copies. 164 clxv-clxxvii pages. 1 vols. Folio. Expertly bound full calf covers bordered in gilt spine with raised bands in seven compartments red morocco lettering piece. Minor age toning untrimmed. First edition one of 700 copies. 164 clxv-clxxvii pages. 1 vols. Folio. This rare original printing of the Journal for the first session of the House of Representatives covers the activities of the House from March 4 to September 7 1789 a period in which many important legislative events took place. Foremost among these was the discussion of the proposed Bill of Rights. Pages 102-105 contain some fine tuning of the language of some of the seventeen amendments originally proposed by James Madison in the House. Some of the measures considered by the House include provisions directly in the Constitution itself such as to the length of the President's term. Numerous references to individual parts of the Bill of Rights are made throughout the first volume as well and a preliminary version of the Bill of Rights is printed on pages 107-108. <br /> <br /> The remainder of the Journal for the first session contains much of the important legislative foundation for the machinery of government regulating the Customs Judiciary Post Office Mint and establishing the Executive Office. Also recorded are petitions from individual citizens including one by Hannah Adams "to publish and vend a work she has compiled entitled "An alphabetical compendium of the various sects which have appeared from the beginning of the christian aera to the present day." David Ramsay petitioned Congress to secure copyright for his two histories of the Revolution and objected to the seating of South Carolina's William Loughton Smith in the House. Christopher Colles who was engaged at the time in a vitally important project to map the new nation's roads also petitioned Congress for a patent on the perambulator that he invented and used in his mapping work. Included also is a printing of George Washington's first inaugural address.<br /> <br /> The printing of the first session of the Journal of the House was undertaken by Francis Childs and John Swaine both former apprentices to John Dunlap who had petitioned and won the right to become government printers to the House in New York and subsequently in Philadelphia to print the Acts and the Journal. According to Congressional records 700 copies of the Journal were printed largely for the use of members of the government.<br /> <br /> An important and valuable volume in the history of American government recording all manner of legislative activities from the earliest days of the federal government the record of the crucial start of our new government under the Constitution with one of the earliest official printings of the proposed Bill of Rights. Evans 22208; Sabin 15554; ESTC W27498; cf. Grolier American 100 20 Francis Childs and John Swaine unknown
1783ST18935bPhiladelphia and Paris: Printed for La Rochefoucault and Benjamin Franklin by Philippe-Denys Pierres and Pissot père et fils 1783. The First Collected Edition in French of the Constitutions of the U.S. States. ONE OF 500 COPIES of the regular issue and 100 Large Paper Copies; this apparently one of the 50 regular copies bound in calf. 194 x 122 mm. 7 5/8 x 4 3/4". 2 p.l. 540 pp.With extensive explanatory footnotes by Benjamin Franklin. <br/> Contemporary cat's paw calf raised bands spine gilt in compartments with pomegranate centerpiece volute cornerpieces brown morocco label marbled endpapers. With the Great Seal of the United States on title page. A PRESENTATION COPY: the title page with contemporary ink note in Latin dated 1783 stating that this book was the gift of the Duc de La Rochefoucauld who translated the American documents from "idiomatic English" into French. Livingston "Franklin's Press at Passy" pp. 181-88; Howes C-716; Sabin 16118; Streeter sale II:1035. Thin strip missing from head of spine backstrip rather dried joints edges and corners a bit rubbed leather a little pitted from acid treatment as usual other minor external defects but the binding agreeable as an original unrestored survival. First two and last two leaves a little foxed and soiled minor foxing in a number of other places but the text quite fresh and generally clean and appealing.<br/> <br/> This is an especially desirable copy of a work containing founding documents of the American republic in French an important language for the international community the book apparently being a gift--as indicated on the title page--from the translator. The volume represents a collaboration between compiler Benjamin Franklin the man the U.S. State Department considers "America's first diplomat" and translator Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld 1743-92 an important French aristocrat who was an enthusiastic supporter of the American Revolution. The book contains the state constitutions of the original 13 states the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation precursor to the U.S. Constition and the treaties between the United States and France the Low Countries and Sweden. Printer polymath and Founding Father Franklin 1706-90 explained the motivation behind this work to Thomas Mifflin president of the Confederation Congress in a letter of 25 December 1783: "The extravagant Misrepresentations of our Political State in foreign Countries made it appear necessary to give them better Information which I thought could not be more effectually and authentically done than by publishing a Translation into French now the most general Language in Europe of the Book of Constitutions which had been printed by Order of Congress. This I accordingly got well done. … It has been well taken and has afforded a Matter of Surprise to many who had conceived mean Ideas of the State of Civilization in America and could not have expected so much political Knowledge and Sagacity had existed in our Wilderness. And from all Parts I have the Satisfaction to hear that our Constitutions in general are much admired. I am persuaded that this Step will not only tend to promote the Emigration to our Country of substantial People from all Parts of Europe by the numerous Copies I shall dispense but will facilitate our future Treaties with Foreign Courts who could not before know what kind of Government and People they had to treat with." Franklin called on his friend Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld 1743-92 to translate the documents with Franklin providing corrections and clarifications often included here as footnotes. According to Livingston Franklin had 100 copies of the work printed in quarto for presentation to various European dignitaries and had 50 of the octavo copies bound in calf. As our copy is noted to be the gift of La Rochefoucauld it seems possible that it was one of those 50. This publication had one more distinction noted by Livingston: it contains the first appearance in any printed book of the Great Seal of the United States adopted by Congress in 1782. [Printed for La Rochefoucault and Benjamin Franklin by] Philippe-Denys Pierres [and] Pissot, père et fils unknown
54594Saint Paul: Midnight Paper Sales 2018. Edition limited to 40 copies actually 41 large oblong folio 36 leaves 16 color illustrations mounted on handmade paper with text printed on verso and interleaved with protective translucent blank sheets; printed colophon sheet mounted to final leaf of handmade paper; bound in suminagashi paper over boards sewn on 10 cords with uncovered spine revealing sewing structure. The images were printed using blocks made from material collected along the banks of the Mississippi River where the waterfall traveled up the river gorge. The blocks also include wood cuts wood engravings and the occasional photo polymer plate. Images were printed on Mohawk Superfine paper and text on handmade Cave paper from handset ATF Bernhard Gothic foundry type. The suminagashi cover art was created by Amanda Degener. Issued in a cloth-covered clamshell box 61 x 71 x 6 cm. A text for children but not a children's book about the 12000-year journey of Saint Anthony Falls the only major waterfall on the entire Mississippi River from Saint Paul to its current home in Minneapolis. Midnight Paper Sales unknown
187224393Boston and New York: Alexander Moore and Lee Shepard & Dillingham 1872. Hardcover. Very good. Third edition revised and enlarged; second printing. Small quarto pp. v-x xi-xii 13-98 with two maps and 20 original mounted albumen photographs credited to Boston photographer John Soule. In publisher's green cloth with beveled edges; front board decorated in gilt black and rose; all edges gilt; each text page and each photograph bordered in red. A very good copy with rubbing and fraying to corners and spine ends bookplate of Canadian bookseller and collector G. Ducharme on front pastedown handwritten date of December 15 1872 on front free endpaper evidence of an erased ink stamp on title page. Lacks tissue guard over plate facing p. 35 all others present. Contents sound and clean. This is the rarest and most desirable edition of this work as it is the only one to contain 20 rather than 10 mounted photographs. Kneeland 1821-1888 was a physician naturalist and Professor of Zoology and Physiology at MIT. This book is based on his first visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1870 and includes a narrative of his trip from and return to Boston. "Kneeland made every effort to obtain current and accurate information and each of the later editions of the guide incorporates new material.Weston J. Naef in his book Era of Exploration the Rise of Landscape Photography in the American West 1860-1885.comments that the photographs 'are curious because there is no evidence that Soule a talented landscape photographer was ever in California.which suggests that he might have purchased the negatives from a California photographer not an uncommon transaction'" Currey & Kruska 225. Eadweard Muybridge and Martin Hazeltine are both considered strong candidates to have been the actual photographer. Farqhuar #10; Cowan p. 333. Only two copies of this edition have appeared at auction in the past 30 years and there are no others on the market as of September 2025. Alexander Moore [and] Lee, Shepard & Dillingham hardcover
18092221587<p>RARE MIDSHIPMAN APPOINTMENT</p><p>"Th: Jefferson" Partly-printed vellum DS as president 1 page 10" x 10 1/2" January 16 1809. President Jefferson issues a naval appointment for Henry Pilliam. In part: "That reposing special Trust and Confidence in the Patriotism Valour Fidelity and Abilities of Henry Pilliam I do appoint him a midshipman in the Navy of the United States." Neatly signed at the conclusion by President Jefferson and countersigned by Secretary pf the Navy Robert Smith. The document bears an embossed Navy Department seal to the upper left. Intersecting folds overall wrinkling and light staining otherwise fine condition. Such appointments by Thomas Jefferson are quite scarce as he and the Republican party opposed a strong navy. However as Jefferson's term neared its conclusion the naval forces were beginning to grow out of necessity in order to protect the maritime interests of the United States as merchant vessels were frequently being interfered with during their voyages on the high seas. Ultimately these disputes would culminate in the War of 1812 during President Madison's administration. A desirable and well-preserved example of a Jefferson appointment. Very good.</p> unknown
1804009517New York and Washington City: Printed By C. Wiley Isaac Riley and Daniel Rapine 1804. Book. Fine. Imitation Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The complete set in nine volumes published 1804 1812 1816 and 1817. Recently professionally rebound in full dark brown goat sweps imitation leather spines with two new imitation labels similar to original saving original flysheets and adding new parchment end papers while retaining the original bookplate in Volume One of John H. Peyton John Howe Peyton 1778-1847 a Virginia lawyer and planter who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. Volume One is a First Edition Washington City Published for John Conrad and Co. Volumes Two-Four are Second Editions so stated at title page printed in New York in 1812 by C. Wiley. Volumes Five and Six are First Editions printed in New York in 1812 by Isaac Riley. Volumes Seven - Nine are First Editions printed in Washington City by Daniel Rapine Vols. Seven and Eight in 1816 and Vol. Nine in 1817. Published over a period of fourteen years in three different cities by three different printers RARE in either the First or Second Editions of any of the volumes. Near Fine uniform browning and scattered toning to interiors in lovely new bindings that can be handled for years to come. Front end pages Vols. 2-9 with the small stamp of Brownlee & Brother. Title pages Vols. 2-9 inscribed by D. D. Pratt with his blindstamp. Daniel Darwin Pratt October 26 1813 - June 17 1877 was a United States Senator from Indiana 1869 - 1875 and Commissioner of Internal Revenue holding that office in 1875 and 1876. A complete set with Vol. One added to the Pratt Volumes Two-Nine with good historical provenance. William Cranch was the 2nd Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1802 to 1815. Cranch's Reports contain accounts of over 350 cases from the court of Justice John Marshall including Marbury vs. Madison that are basic to the history of the Supreme Court and helped to form the backbone of our American Constitutional system of law. RARE. Printed By C. Wiley, Isaac Riley and Daniel Rapine Hardcover
1886010275Pittsburgh PA: Thomas Rodd 1886. Paper. Very Good. Unbound. A set of four original architect's plans on translucent white architectural paper for the construction of the Indianapolis Union Railway Station. The plans are 1. Front Elevation North 24 2/8" w x 30 1/4" w. 2. Design A. 1st Floor Plan22" h x 33 5/8" w 3. Design A. 2nd Floor Plan 22" h x 33 1/2" h. and 4. Showing Elevation of Interior Pier 1/2 Elevation 1/2 Section and Plans of A.A. B.B. C.C. D.D. F.F.29 3/4" h x 25" w. The Front Elevation and the 4th plan with "Tho's. Rodd Engr. & Arch.t Pittsburgh PA" lower left the 1st and 2nd Floor Plans unsigned. Overall a Very Good set general soiling and wrinkling small chips at edges. Front Elevation North plan with red ink "Note: The Red Lines Show Corrected Grades Oct. 20th 1886". All four plans with red ink additions the 2nd Floor plan with blue ink additions as well. The Indianapolis Union Railway Station was built in 1888 to replace the 1853 station which was the first "union" station ever built and its red brick and granite Grand Hall is renowned as one of the finest Romanesque Revival-styled structures in America. It was restored beginning in 1983 and today houses the Crowne Plaza Hotel which features thirteen 1920's Pullman cars converted into hotel suites. London-born Pittsburgh architect and engineer Thomas Rodd 1849-1929 later became a Chief Engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad West of Pittsburgh. He was responsible for the design and construction of many buildings in western Pennsylvania and the Midwest. A wonderful set of plans encompassing American architectural railroad and Indiana history. . Thomas Rodd unknown
182119<p>JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1819-1820 IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS HECLA AND GRIPPER UNER THE ORDERS OF WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY R.N. F.R.S. AND COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION. London. John Murray. 1821. 4to. First Volume. The original edition with 14 plates and 9 maps hors-texte. Half Title both works complete with half titles Vol. I 310pp. 179 pages of IX appendix and 132pp. of the North Georgian Gazette and Winter Chronicle. 14 engraved and/or aquatint maps and plates. Toal number of pages 621. Sabin 58860 and 58864; Holland pp. 185-86; Artic Bibliography 13145; Hill p. 225; Stanton and Tremaine 1295. The first volume contains the first edition of Parry's first voyage during which he explored the Strait of Lancaster and discovered the island of Melville and the straits of Wellington. Parry solved the problem of locating the entrance to the Northwest Passage and navigating through half of it and returning with new observations on meteorology and zoological and geological examples. Vol. I contains the original edition of 30 plates and 9 maps hors-text. Sabin 58860 and 58864 Holland pp. 185-86 Artic Bibliography 13145 Hill pp. 225 The first volume contains The North Georgia Gazette was a weekly Arctic newspaper Issued from Nov.1 1819 to March 20 1820 and IX Appendix. RARE with the supplement as here.</p><p>Journal of the Second Voyage of the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23 in his Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla. Ib.Id. 1824. 2nd Volume First edition. Quarto. 2 vol. in-4 4 ff.n.ch.-f. d'errata XXIX 1 f.n.ch.-576 pp. 31 plates in engraving and /or aquatint and 6 maps h.-t. and 2 ff.n.ch. pp. III-CLXXIX for the appendix-XII-132pp. Including . 4 ff.n.ch.-XXX-1 f.n.ch.-576 pp.-2 ff.n.ch. of the catalog Both volumes are bound in half brown morocco calf marbled end papers 2 ornaments and the title on spine in gold.</p><p>This Parry's 2nd of 3 expeditions traveled through Hudson Strait in Hudson Bay and north. This expedition was concerned with the aboriginal life of the Eskimos. Also accounts of a variety of scientific discoveries.</p><p>A beautiful set in fine condition with the original silk ties in both volumes still in fine condition. The exception that some of the illustrations have bled on to the opposite pages even though there are original tissues bound in on most of them.</p><p>Please request a list of the Titles of the IX Appendix in the 1st Volume.</p> John Murray hardcover
46592Stockholm WI: Midnight Paper Sales 2015. Edition limited to 119 copies this being one of 100 bound in quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards 19 copies remain in sheets; folio approx. 15½" x 10¼" pp. 6 9-11 1 15-25 1 29-31 1 35-37 1 41-43 1 47-66 5; large folding wood-engraved map and 8 multi-color wood engravings on 7 sheets 5 folding depicting pelicans fish and river scenes inserted; 31 other zinc engravings of fish in the text; introduction by Patrick Coleman; title page and box label printed from specially made wood type based on tracings by Russell Maret from Aldus Manutius's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili; the binding is by Craig Jensen Book Lab II using hand-made marbled paper by Jemma Lewis based on photographs of wet stones along the shores of Lake Pepin. As new at the published price in the original leather-backed clamshell box with pelican label on the spine. Seven years in the making this homage to Schanilec's second home Lake Pepin - that great widening of the Mississippi River between St. Paul Minnesota and La Crosse Wisconsin - was his most ambitious project to date. The book is now out-of-print. Midnight Paper Sales unknown
886016 Radio Telegrams including detailed Action Reports Tactical Operation Commands Battle Assessments Damage Reports etc. spanning the full duration of The Battle of Leyte Gulf 24 October - 28 October 1944. Imprinted upon wartime U.S. Communication Service USS Hector - 20M Sets yellow onionskin paper. 8" x 6.5". 7 designated "Secret- Urgent" 4 designated "Operational Priority-Secret" 2 designated "Priority-Secret" 1 designated "Top Secret-Operational Priority" 1 designated "Secret-Op-Op-Op"1 designated "Routine-Confidential". TRANSCRIBED DESPATCHES #240315 10/24/44 06;14 From: CTF 77-Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II Attack Force Action: CTG 77.2 - Rear-Admiral Olendorf - Bombardment & Fire Support Group CTF 78 - Rear Admiral Barbey - Northern Attack Force CTF 79 - Vice-Admiral Wilkinson - Southern Attack Force CTG 77.3 - Rear Admiral Berkey - Close Covering Group CTG 70.1 - Commander S.S. Bowling - MTB Group PREPARE FOR NIGHT ENGAGEMENT X ENEMY FORCE ESTIMATED 2 BB 4 CA 4 CL 10 DD REPORTED UNDER ATTACK BY OUR CARRIER PLANES IN EASTERN SULU SEA AT 09101 24 OCT X ENEMY CAN ARRIVE LEYTE GULF TONIGHT X MAKE ALL PREPARATIONS FOR NIGHT ENGAGEMENT X TG 77.3 ASSIGNED TO CTG. 77.2 AS REINFORCEMENT X CTG 70.1 STATION MAXIMUM NUMBER PT'S LOWER SURIGAO STRAIT TO REMAIN SOUTH OF 10-10N DURING DARKNESS. #240504 10/24/44 06:34 From: CTG 70.1 - Commander S.S. Bowling - MTB Group Action: All TFC 7th Fleet All TGC 7th Fleet AGP 8 Wachapreague EXPECT TOKYO EXPRESS TONIGHT X BEFORE DARK STATION BOATS IN SECTIONS OF 2 OR 3 BOATS EACH AT FOLLOWING POSITIONS X SOUTHWEST TIP PANOAN X SOUTH OF MADILAO POINT X SOUTH OF LIMASAWA ISLAND X 2 SECTIONS PATROL BETWEEN AGIO POINT BOHOL PAST CAMIGUIN ISLAND TO SEPACG POINT MINDANAO X VITAL EASC OSTOKOWSW FILE REPORT CONTACTS AND THAT OTHER SECTION LEADERS AND WACHAPREAGUE RELAY THESE REPORTS TO CODLIVER X 21 BOATS FROM OYSTER BAY STATIONED BY SECTIONS AS FOLLOWS x SOURGDB T TIP PANOAN ISLAND X BILAA POINT MINDANAO X IN SURIGAO STRAIT 5 SECTIONS X 1 OFF SUMILON ISLAND X 1 MEDCHANTRN OFF KANHATID POINT DINAGAT ISLAND X 2 OFF KANIHALN ISLAND X 1 SOUTHEAST AMAGUSAN POINT X WACHAPREAGUE INFORM LCIS LAST STATION X SECTIONS ATTACK INDEPENDENTLY AFTER MAKING CONTACT REPORT X CTG 70.1 SENDS. #240938 10/24/44 From: CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTG 77.4 THE SUPERB AIRMANSHIP AND FIGHTING SPIRIT DISPLAYED TODAY WILL LIVE IN HISTORY X IT IS MY OPINION THAT THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF A RUNNING FIGHT WHICH WILL MARK THE ECLIPSE OF JAPANESE SEA POWER x TO BE EQUAL TO THE TASK IS ONLY TO REPEAT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TODAY X UNIT COMMANDERS PASS TO THOSE UNDER YOUR COMMAND. #242232 10/25/44 From: CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II Attack Force CTF 78 Rear Admiral Barbey - Northern Attack Force CTF 79 Vice-Admiral Wilkinson - Southern Attack Force All CTG's TF 77 King II Attack Force COMPLETE REPORT OF ESCORT CARRIERS OPERATIONS TWENTY FOUR OCTOBER X ENEMY AIR RAIDS IN FORCE CAUSED CANCELLATION OF VISAYAS STRIKES AND SOME REDUCTION OF SUPPORT AIRCRAFT X OUR REINFORCED COMBAT PATROL SHOT DOWN FORTY EIGHT TWIN ENGINE AND EIGHTEEN SINGLE ENGINE JAP PLANES PLUS EIGHT MORE TWIN ENGINE PLANES PROBABLY DESTROYED IN A WILD MELEE OVER LEYTE ISLAND THE BEACHES AND SHIPPING IN LEYTE GULF X PLANES SHOT DOWN INCLUDED TWENTY LILYS EIGHTEEN SALLYS SEVEN FRANCES AND WIDE ASSORTMENT OF OTHER ARMY AND NAVY TYPES X HIGH SCORE FOR THE DAY WAS MADE BY LT CDR FUNK OF SANTEE WITH FIVE KILLS ON A SINGLE FLIGHT WHILE SAWANNEE PILOTS REPORTED KNOCKING DOWN EIGHT OUT OF EIGHT IN ONE GROUP X OUR LOSSES IN COMBAT WERE TWO PILOTS AND EIGHT PLANES WHICH INCLUDED ONE FOX SIX FOX FOUR FOX MIKE TWO TARE BAKER MIKE PLUS ONE FOX MIKE MISSING X OPERATIONAL LOSSES WERE ONE FOX MIKE WHICH SPUN IN JUST AFTER TAKEOFF DURING DARKNESS WITH THE LOSS OF THE PILOT X SPECIAL STRIKE ON BACOLOD FIELD DESTROYED TWO IRVINGS ONE KATE ONE BETTY AND ONE SINGLE ENGINE PLANE ON THE FIELD DAMAGED ONE IRVING AND ONE TOJO AND SANK ONE LUGGER AND FOUR BARGES X ONE JUDY CAME OUT TO FIND OUT WHAT WE WERE DOING OUTSIDE WAS CHASED FROM FIFTEEN THOUSAND TO FIFTY FEET AND SHOT DOWN BY THE LLERT LOCAL CAP X ALL IN ALL A GRAND DAY X FROM COMTASKFBBUP SEVENSEVEN DOT FOUR. #242348 10/25/44 01:07 From: COM 3RD FLT - Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet Action: CTG 38.1 - Vice-Admiral John McCain PROCEED AT BEST POSSIBLE SPEED TO SOUTHWEST STRIKE EARLIEST POSSIBLE ENEMY FORCE REPORTED TO BE 4 BB'S8 CA'S PLUS DD'S IN VICINITY11-20N 127-00E AT 0800 X FROM COM 3RD FLT ACTION CTG 38.1 INFO ALL TGC'S 3RD AND 7TH FLTS CTF 77 ALL TFCS 3RD AND 7TH FLTS. #250615 10/25/44 07:08 From: CTU 77.4.3 - Rear Admiral G.A.F."Ziggy" Sprague -Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv 25 Action: CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 SECOND BATTLE DAMAGE REPORT X KALININ BAY RECEIVED 15 SHELL HOLES IN HULL IN ADDITION TO A FEW SMALL FRAGMENTATION HOLES X MOST HOLES PLUGGED UP AND ONLY LEAKING SLIGHTLY NOW X NUMEROUS HOLES IN FLIGHT DECK BY SUICIDE PLANE BEING REPAIRED X AT01L FLOODED BUT UNDER CONTROL X SMALL FIRE IN FUEL OIL TANK UNDER MACHINE SHOP X GYRO OK BUT HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY STEERING X ELEVATOR LOWERED AND DECOMMISSIONED X ALL COMMUNICATIONS ON BRIDGE OUT X CAN RECEIVE VHF ONE CANNOT TRANSMIT ON ANYTHING NO RADAR X CANNOT STAND ANY INCREASE IN DRAFT XX 1020 HOEL REPORTED STOPPED TO PLUG HOLE 6 FEET IN DIAMETER 2 FEET BELOW WATERLINE X ONE GUN OUT X SOUND GEAR OUT X 200 ROUNDS OF AMMO LEFT NO TORPEDOES X NOT HEARD FROM SINCE X KITKUN BAY DAMAGE TO SHIP NEGLIGIBLE FROM NEAR BOMB HIT AND CRASH OF ENEMY PLANE X ONE KILLED 16 WOUNDED. #260139 10/26/44 06:05 From: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: None Information: CTF 38 - Vice Admiral Mitscher - Fast Carrier Forces COMAF 5 - Lt. General Ennis C Whitehead COMFEAF - General George Kenney ENEMY CRUISER AND FIVE DD PROCEEDING COURSE 300 FROM BULALAOUI POINT NORTH CEBU X SHIPS 1000 POSITIONS FROM 5 TO 45 MILES NORTH CEBU X CRUISER IN VAN X CVE STRIKE NOW IN PROGRESS BUT ADDITIONAL STRIKES NEEDED. #260427 10/26/44 04:55 From: CTF 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force UNDER AIR ATTACK X SUWANNEE HIT BY SUICIDE DIVE FORWARD OF BRIDGE X FIRE UNDER CONTROL. #260551 10/26/44 06:07 From: CTF 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II attack Force RECOMMEND ESCORT CARRIERS BE RETURNED TO MANUS IMMEDIATELY DUE SHORTAGE FUEL BOMBS TORPEDOES AND LOSS YESTERDAY OF ABOUT TOTAL OF 130 PLANES X DETAILS IN MESSAGE FOLLOWING. #260631 10/26/44 16:24 From: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: COMINCH Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet Information: CINCSWPA General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East CINCPOA Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLEET Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet COMA/RPAC Vice-Admiral John Hoover - Task Force 57 - Forward Area Central Pacific COM7THFLEET Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force WITH THE DEEPEST REGRET ITEM REPORT THE LOSS OF 2 CVE'S 2 DD'S AND 1 DE PLUS DAMAGE TO OTHER SHIPS IN A BATTLE FOUGHT TO THE EASTWARD OF SAMAR ON 25 OCT BETWEEN ENEMY AIR AND SURFACE FORCES AND A GROUP OF 16 CVE'S PLUS DD AND DE ESCORTS X THIS GROUP WITH SUPERB DETERMINATION AND SKILL FOUGHT AND DEFEATED A STRONG ENEMY SURFACE FORCE SUPPORTED BY REPEATED ATTACKS BY SHORE BASED ENEMY AIRCRAFT X THEY STRUCK REPEATEDLY WITH ALL MEANS AT THEIR DISPOSAL UNTIL THE ENEMY RETIRED DEFEATED AND CONTINUED TO STRIKE HIS RETREATING FORCES UNTIL DARKNESS X THE REPORT OF THE VALLIANT COMMANDER OF THIS GALLANT GROUP REAR ADMIRAL T.L. SPRAGUE IS TRANSMITTED HEREWITH X QUOTE X CTG 77.4 DESPATCH 25_00 X AS A RESULT OF TODAY SURFACE AND AIR ACTIONS CTU 77.4.3 REPORTS SAINT LO FORMER MIDWAY HIT BY DIVE BOMBER FOLLOWED BY HEAVY EXPLOSION WHICH DESTROYED SHIP X GAMBIER BAY JOHNSON AND ROBERTS MISSING SINCE BOMBARDMENT BY STRONG ENEMY FORCE BELIEVED TO CONTAIN 4 BB 8 CA AND CL 7 OR MORE DD ALL VERY FAST X ALL CARRIER GROUPS WERE UNDER ATTACK THROUGHOUT THE DAY X SANTEE RECEIVED TORPEDO HIT AND SUICIDE CRASH ON DECK WHICH STARTED FIRE AND PENETRATED BOTH FLIGHT AND HANGAR DECK X SANGAMON HAD SUICIDE CRASH ALONGSIDE WHICH PUNCTURED SIDE IN MANY PLACES X FIRES AND DAMAGE WERE BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AND ALL VESSELS CONTINUED TO LAUNCH STRIKES AGAINST ENEMY FORCE TILL SUNDOWN X VESSELS OF TU 77.4.2 WERE UNHIT UP TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS GROUP LAUNCHED A TOTAL OF 6 HEAVY STRIKES ARMED WITH TORPEDOES AND HEAVY BOMBS X NORTHERN GROUP TU 77.4.3 WAS UNDER MORE OR LESS CONTINUOUS FIRE OF ENEMY BATTLESHIPS CRUISERS AND AIRCRAFT THROUGHOUT THE DAY X ALL SURVIVING CARRIERS WERE DAMAGED X WHITE PLAINS FANSHAW BAY AND KITKUN BAY GOT FIRES AND OTHER DAMAGE UNDER CONTROL AND CONTINUED TO LAUNCH ATTACKS UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY X LAST STRIKES FROM ALL SHIPS WERE OVERTAKEN BY DARKNESS AND MANY LANDED ON LEYTE X DAMAGE TO ENEMY CANNOT BE ASSESSED AT PRESENT BUT UNKNOWN DAMAGE INCLUDES 4 TORPEDOES IN BB AND NATORI CLASS CRUISER STOPPED AND SET AFIRE IN MINDANDO SEA X OFF SAMAR 2 BB WERE HIT BY TORPEDOES AND ONE CA STOPPED DEAD X DD AND DE OF SCREEN TU 77.4.3 MADE A GALLANT HEAD ON ATTACK WITH GUNS AND TORPEDOES WHEN THE CARRIERS WERE BROUGHT UNDER FIRE BY THE ENEMY BB X CASUALTIES OF SUNK AND MISSING SHIPS CANNOT BE ESTIMATED X THERE WERE 40 DEAD AND 40 CRITICALLY WOUNDED ON SANTEE X ONE DEAD ON SANGAMON X ONE DEAD ON ROWELL X REPORTS FROM OTHER TASK UNITS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE X RICHARD S BULL AND EVERSOLE WERE ORDERED TO SCENE OF SINKING TO RECOVER SURVIVORS REPORTED IN WATER X REPORT ON SINKING RECEIVED TOO LATE TODAY BUT SEARCH WILL BE CONTINUED ASSISTED BY AIRCRAFT TOMORROW X DURING RETIREMENT COOLBAUGH GOT WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE A SUB 11 GROUPS MISSED X SHE WAS ORDERED TO SIT ON HER CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT X THE SPROSTON ALSO HAD GOOD CONTACT AND HAS SIMILAR ORDERS X SPROSTON SHOT DOWN ONE NIGHT RAIDER WHICH WAS ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK TU 77.4.3 X NO ESTIMATE OF TOTAL AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN CAN BE MADE AT THIS TIME BUT THE NUMBER IS CONSIDERABLE X FIRST STRIKES OF THE DAY WERE WITH THE ENEMY ON A WESTERLY COURSE TO SAN BERNARDINO STRAIT UNQUOTE X THIS ACTION AND THAT OF THE PRECEDING NIGHT IN WHICH STRONG ENEMY SURFACE FORCES WERE OVERWHELMINGLY DEFEATED IN SURIGAO STRAIT BY OTHER SURFACE UNITS OF THE 7TH FLEET UNDER REAR ADMIRAL RALP B OLENDORF ARE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ROAD TO TOKYO X TOGETHER THEY CONSTITUTE THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF. #261131 10/26/44 16:53 From: CTF 77 - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: CTF 77.4 Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Information: All TGC & TFC 3rd and 7th Fleets ESSENTIAL THAT SIX OF YOUR CARRIERS REMAIN THIS AREA IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE FIGHTER COVERAGE REFERRING YOUR 260614 x DESIGNATE SIX THAT ARE IN BEST OPERATING CONDITION TO REMAIN X FILL THEM WITH FIGHTERS RETAINING ONLY SUFFICIENT VT FOR YOUR OWN ASP X SEND REMAINING CVE's TO MANUS WHEN TRANSFER OF PLANES EFFECTED X GROUP REMAINING WILL BE FUELED ACCIPITER 28 OCTOBER X CTF 77 SENDS. REF ATTACHED. #262355 10/27/44 09:43 From: CTU 77.4.3 - Rear Admiral G.A.F."Ziggy" Sprague -Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv 25 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force CTG 77.4 - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Information: COMINCH - COMINCH Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet CINCPAC - Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet COMAIRPAC -Vice Admiral George Murray - Commander Air Force Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLT - Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet COM7THFLT - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force CINCSOWESPAC - General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East NPM PASS TO COMINCH CINCPAC COMAIRPAC FOR INFO X MAIN ENEMY BODY SIGHTED BY ASP AS PER MY CONTACT REPORT AT 0603 ITEM OCT 25 X FOR OVER 2 1/2 HOURS THIS FORCE WAS SUBJECTED TO ENEMY BB CA AND DD GUN AND TORPEDO ATTACK X WE WERE HIT NUMEROUS TIMES X GAMBIER BAY HAD ONE ENGINE PUT OUT OF COMMISSION DROPPED BACK AND MUST HAVE BEEN SUNK BY ENEMY GUNFIRE PLUS HOEL JOHNSTON AND ROBERTS X REMAINING 5 CVE EMERGED FROM THIS DAMAGED BUT ABLE TO MAINTAIN 16 KNOTS X ABOUT 1 HOUR 20 MINUTES LATER 6 SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACKED X ATTACK HAD TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED X 3 PLANES HIT BY AA NARROWLY MISSED SHIPS X 1 HIT PORT CATWALK OF KITKUN BAY X 1 SKIDDED LENGTH OF KALININ BAY FLIGHT DECK OVER BOW X 1 WENT THROUGH DECK OF SAINT LO WHICH SHORTLY BLEW UP X PRELIMINARY REPORTS FROM SUCH OF OUR PILOTS AS ARE IN COMPANY SHOW FOLLOWING DEFINITE DAMAGE BY OUR PLANES X 1 CA SEEN TO BLOW UP AND SINK X 1 CA HIT BY 2 TORPEDOES AND 20 MINUTES LATER OBSERVED ON ITS SIDE X 3 MORE CA TORPEDOED X 1 BB DAMAGED X THE REST GOT AWAY X THIS UNIT TOGETHER WITH PLANES OF TU 77.4.1 AND 77.4.2 TURNED BACK ENEMY FLEET BEFORE ANY OTHER OFRENBURCPNAO COUOD ATTACK X 3 REMAINING SHIPS OF MY DIVISION REQUIRE EXTENSIVE NAVY YARD REPAIRS BEFORE COMBAT DUTY X PRELIMINARY REPORT OF CASUALTIES OF SHIPS NOW WITH ME X 10 KILLED 59 WOUNDED X I UNDERSTAND 800 SANIT LO SURVIVORS HAVE BEEN PICKED UP X DETAILED REPORT LATER. #270122 10/27/44 03:45 From: CTG 77.4. - Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force FOR ADMIRAL KINKAID x I DEEPLY REGRET THE EMBARRASSMENT WHICH MY 260614 MUST HAVE CAUSED YOU X YOUR 261328 HAS RELIEVED MY ANXIETY FOR MY SHIPS WHICH HAVE DEMONSTRATED A HOPELESS DEFENSE AGAINST THE CURRENT TECHNIQUE OF SUICIDE DIVES X MY RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON ERRONEOUS INFORMATION THAT THE AIR CORPS HAD ARRIVED X SPRAGUE #271147 10/28/44 00:40 From: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Action: COMINCH - Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet Information: CINCSWPA - General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East CINCPAC - Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet COM3RDFLT - Admiral Halsey -Commander 3rd Fleet COM7THFLT - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force All TFC & TGC 3rd and 7th Fleets ON THE 26TH CVE COVERING GROUP TG 77.4 DESPITE BATTLE LOSSES SUFFERED FROM THE PRECEDING DAY CONTINUED TO COVER OUR FORCES IN THE LEYTE GULF AREA AND LAUNCHED STRIKES IN THE CAMOTES SEA X 1 ENEMY CL WAS HIT WITH 4-500 POUND BOMBS AND 1 TORPEDO AND 1 DD CONFIRMED SUNK AFTER STRAFING ATTACK BELIEVE IT OR NOT X OTHER ATTACKS AS YET UNREPORTED X ABOUT 1100 OUR CVES WERE ATTACKED BY ENEMY PLANES X AFTER COMBAT PATROL HAD SHOT DOWN 4 OF GROUP 8-12 PLANES NIPS BEGAN A SERIES OF SUICIDE DIVES X 3 SHOT DOWN BY SHIPS GUNFIRE X 1 LANDED ON FLIGHT DECK SUWANNEE AMONG PARKED PLANES X SEVERE DAMAGE TO SHIP AND PLANES X MANY PERSONNEL CASUALTIES NUMBER UNDETERMINED X DE ROWELL OF CVE GROUP ABOUT 0900 SIGHTED PERISCOPE AND ATTACKED X MUCH OIL AND DEBRIS KEPT RISING DURING THE DAY X CLAIMS SUNK X CTF 77 SENDS ACTION COMINCH INFO CINCSWPA CINCPAC COM3RDFLT COM7THFLT ALL TFC AND TGC 3RD AND 7TH FLEETS X CRUISER AND DESTROYER GROUP HAVING REPLENISHED FUEL AND AMMUNITION AFTER THE SURIGAO STRAIT ACTION IS NOW WITH CVE COVERING GROUP X FAST CARRIERS OF 3RD FLEET ARE NOW PROVIDING CLOSE SUPPORT OF LEYTE AREA X ENEMY AIR RAIDS CONTINUED TODAY BUT WITH REDUCED EFFECTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE EFFECTIVENESS 3RD FLEET FAST CARRIERS AGAINST THE ENEMY AIR FIELDS X MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE RESULTS OF THE NIGHT BATTLE OF SURIGAO STRAIT STARTING EARLY MORNING OF 25 OCTOBER X 05 THE ENEMY FORCE WHICH ATTEMPTED TO FORCE INTO LEYTE GULF VIA THE SURIGAO STRAIT 2 BB 2CA 2 CL AND 10 DD ONLY 1 CA 1 CL AND 4 DD GOT OUT THE WAY THEY CAME IN X 2 BB IDENTIFIED AS YAMASHIRO AND BUSO 1 CA 1 CL AND 6 DD WERE DEFINITELY SUNK BY THE COMBINED TORPEDO ATTACKS OF OUR PT'S SNF DD'S AND THE NOTE: REMAINDER OF MESSAGE ABOUT 25 GROUPS MISSED ON BOTH MANUS AND BELLS TRANSMISSIONS. #272207 10/28/44 01:08 From: CTF 77.4 Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague - Escort Carrier Group - CarDiv22 Action: CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force Information: TO WELCOME THE AIR CORPS CTF 78 Rear Admiral Barbey - Northern Attack Force CTF 79 Vice-Admiral Wilkinson - Southern Attack Force ALL TGC OF TF 77 OPERATIONS 27 OCTOBER X COMTASKGROUP 77.4 SENDS X BOTH OPERATING GROUPS WERE REINFORCED BY CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS TODAY AND ALL HANDS BREATHED EASIER TO SEE THE BRISTLING GUNS WHICH SPELL THE ONLY KNOWN REMEDY FOR THE REPEATED SUICIDE DIVES WHICH THE ESCORT CARRIERS HAVE EXPERIENCED X ONE FORMATION OF JAPS ATTACKED IN THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE THE RENDEZVOUS WITH THE CRUISERS BUT WERE BEATEN OFF BY SHIPS GUNFIRE X LATER ANOTHER GROUP OF BOGIES APPROACHED BUT WERE DRIVEN OFF WITH ONE SHOT DOWN BY CAP X SUWANNEE WAS SENT TO KOSSOL TO EVACUATE WOUNDED AND PROCEED MANUS X SANTEE WAS ORDERED TO PROCEED TO MANUS DIRECT X A REDUCED CAP OVER THE LANDING AREA SHOT DOWN 6 ENEMY PLANES AND PROBABLY GOT 3 MORE X 3 WERE SHOT DOWN BY THE CAP OVER THE FORCE WHILE 1 BETTY WAS DESTROYED AND 6 WERE DAMAGED ON LAHUG FIELD X THE LAST FLYABLE PLANES FROM THE LANDINGS OF THE NIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF WERE RECEIVED ABOARD X PLANES OF TU 77.4.3 HELPED TO REPLACE LOSSES OF THE OTHER GROUPS X ALL HANDS WERE DELIGHTED. #272351 10/28/44 02:00 From: COMPHIBGROUP 8 Rear Adm. W. M. Fechteler Action: COMINCH - COMINCH Admiral Ernest King - Commander-In-Chief U.S. Fleet CINCSWPA - General Douglas Macarthur - Commander U.S. Forces Far East COM7THFLT - Vice-Admiral Kinkaid -7th Fleet - King II Attack Force CTF 77 Vice-Admiral Kinkaid--7th Fleet - King II attack Force COMCARDIVS 23 25& 26 - Commander Carrier Divisions 23 25 - Rear Admiral G.A.F. Sprague 26 - Rear Admiral Ofstie CINCPAC - Admiral Chester Nimitz - Commander-In-Chief Pacific Fleet SENIOR SURVIVOR CAPT VIEWIG NOW IN FREMONT REPORTS GAMBIER BAY SANK ABOUT 0900/I 25 OCTOBER IN LAT 12-30N LONG 126-30E AS RESULT ABOUT 20 8-INCH HITS FROM NIP HEAVY CRUISERS FINAL RANGE 2000 YARDS X COMPHIB GROUP 8 THROWS ACTION TO COMINCH CINCSWPA COM7THFLT CTF 77 COMCARDIVS 23 25 AND 26 CINCPAC X NO COMPROMISE CLASSIFIED MATTER X 18 FIGHTERS AND 8 AVENGERS AIRBORNE AND PRESENT STATUS UNKNOWN X ABOUT 650 OFFICERS AND MEN RESCUED. Cataloguers Note - No designation for CARDIV 23 appears in "Command Communication Manual for King II" ADDITIONALLY - 1. Communication Manual for King II. 86pps.4.5" x 5.5".Designated TOP SECRET with admonition - " THIS BOOKLET WILL NOT BE TAKEN ASHORE NOR CARRIED IN AIRCRAFT". Copy # 0157 and marked Flag Bridge this is presumably Rear Admiral T. L. Sprague's copy whilst Commanding Taffy 1 Task Group aboard USS Sangamon during the Battle of Leyte gulf. 2. Propaganda Leaflet 2-J-1 - Japanese Soldier In A Rowboat.1944. 8.25" x 5.25". One of the earliest Army leaflets dropped on Japanese troops is 2-J-1 entitled Japanese soldier sitting in a rowboat. The U.S. did not want to antagonize the Japanese so they used a technique they call soft-soaping to point out their predicament without appearing to gloat. The leaflet depicts an unhappy Japanese soldier alone in a rowboat near a barren island. It appears that the 6th Army liked the leaflet so much that they reprinted it and used it in their section of the Philippines. The text on the front translates to: "Left Behind With Only Small Boats an Army Chokes With Grief!" The back is all text and says in part: "Soldiers and Officers of Japan. We wish neither to insult nor make fun of you. Because at Bataan and Corregidor we faced the same miserable conditions you are now facing we cannot but sympathize with you Where are the ships that brought you and your supplies here Where is the Navy which escorted your transportsWhen ships can no longer reach an island garrison do you not realize for the first time that the island has been abandoned" 3. Propaganda Leaflet - 2-F-1 MacArthur Has Returned.1944. 10.5" x 8" Notice that it is MacArthur that has returned and not thousands of American soldiers and sailors. Still the General apparently believed that the Filipinos reacted to his own charisma and personality and perhaps he was correct. The two page bi-fold above shows MacArthur saluting on the front and debarking from an aircraft on the back. There are three black and white pictures of him inside the booklet. It appears that all the F leaflets were to the Filipinos after the American landing. The front of the leaflet depicts General MacArthur saluting. The back of the leaflet depicts the general stepping off an aircraft with the text: "General MacArthur steps out of a plane at an advance airbase somewhere in New Guinea." When the bi-fold is opened there are three black and white photographs inside the leaflet with MacArthur on a warship walking down a Philippine road and in a landing craft. The text is: "General MacArthur keeps his pledge. When General MacArthur left Corregidor under orders from President Roosevelt to proceed to Australia and organize the offensive against Japan his last words were I shall return. From that moment his one driving ambition has been to get back to the Philippines to drive out the Japanese and to restore the legitimate government of the Philippines. Today General MacArthur is back in the Philippines. He has returned as he promised. His great task is now entering its final phase. The forces under his command are assaulting the Japanese invaders throughout the Philippines. With these forces General MacArthur will accomplish the liberation of the Filipino people. But that liberation can be accomplished more quickly and at smaller cost to American and Filipino lives with your help and co-operation. General MacArthur will tell you over the radio in proclamation and by leaflet exactly how and when you can help. Watch closely for these instructions." 4. Propaganda Leaflet 3-F-1 - A Message to Every Filipino.1944. 8" x 5.5" This leaflet bears a Philippine seal on the front and a picture of the president on the back. This leaflet bears no code but my files show that it was 3F1. Some of the text is: President Osmena elected to high office by the Filipino people at the last popular elections held in this country has returned to the Philippines with General MacArthur. He and the members of his government with the complete support and backing of the American government come to assist in the restoration of your freedom. There is a photograph of President Osmena on the back in front of a CBS microphone addressing the Philippine people. The title is: "The Need for Unity". 5. Propaganda Leaflet 4-F-6 - The Yanks Have Landed On your Island.1944. "8.5" x 5.25". Leaflet depicts American soldiers walking ashore. It was prepared on 23 September 1944 to be used on islands where the Americans land from D-Day to D plus 5. The back text is in English and warns the Filipinos to stay away from Japanese military objectives and ends with: "Remember: Planes bombs and shells cannot tell a friend from a foe." 6. Propaganda Leaflet 3-J-1 - Island Hopping.1944. 8.25" x 5.25". Army Psychological Warfare Branch leaflet 3-J-1 seems to be the first in a series of leaflets that depicts Japanese soldiers left behind as General MacArthur advanced using his "Island-Hopping" campaign. Other similar leaflets depicted a lone Japanese soldier standing on an island 6-J-1 or a lone Japanese soldier watching a battle take place on a nearby island 22-J-1. These leaflets all had the basic same message. You are cut off and there will be no resupply. There will be no food no water no ammunition and no reinforcements. Some of the text on this leaflet is: "Before you reach this miserable state which is more than men ought to endure so far from home we want you to keep something in mind. Those who choose to come to an honorable understanding with us will find that we treat them as human beings not as enemies. We shall hold it a duty to see that they gave clothing food shelter and medical care." This leaflet does not ask the Japanese soldier to surrender. To save face it simply asks that he reach an "honorable understanding" with the Americans. 7. Propaganda Leaflet 1bJ1 - I Surrender.1944. 9.5" x 13" Leaflet with English text on front and Japanese text on reverse. Some of the message is: "Officers and Soldiers of Japan The battle you have put up has our sincere respect. We are quite confident however that victory will be ours as in past operations. We have this confidence because of our officers and men our superior scientific equipment our artillery and our bombing. When you left home many thousands of miles away you thought the Japanese would win. You have since learned that your planes and equipment are no match for those of the Allied forces. Through the operations of our Air Force and navy air and sea supremacy on the Pacific south of Taiwan belongs to us. Because of this it is impossible to move raw materials of military importance from the South Seas to Japan. Therefore what is needed on the front line is lacking. For the same reason the very moving of supplies to the front line is difficult. We take it for granted therefore that you know you have no hope of winning. It is clear that your plight is not your fault but the fault of the army and navy staffs. With the battle hopeless what can you do You can come to an understanding with our forces and preserve yourself for the rebuilding of Japan. That was what Japanese officers and men on Guadalcanal and New Guinea did. They realized the futility of bloodshed and came to an understanding with us for the sake of their country after the war ." Propaganda leaflet research and cataloging by- SGM Herbert A. Friedman Ret. The United States PSYOP Organization in the Pacific during World War II. 8. Plan of the Day-U.S.S. Sangamon- for Tuesday 31 October 1944.Marked "Restricted".1 page Ship's Schedule listing activities 0435 - 1800 hours to front page. Reprinting of 3 congratulatory Radio despatches from Battle Commanders CINCPAC Nimitz Kinkaid Sprague to men participating in the Leyte Gulf Battle. 9. Radio Manus NTF Frequency Employment. Official Photograph. Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.15 August 1944.Chart depicting tree of radio frequencies disseminated throughout Radio Manus Control. Stamped "Confidential" to front and rear. Marked "CVE. 26" USS Sangamon in ink to rear. 8" x 10.5". 10. Aircraft Radio Frequency Tables and Air Ground Liaison. Official Photograph. Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics.15 August 1944.Stamped "Confidential" to rear.Stamped USS Sangamon to rear.8" x 10.5". 11. Frequency Chart Task Force 78. Associated Ships and Commands. Appendix I Annex C. n.d. 1944.Stamped "Confidential" to rear. Chart detailing frequency distributions to ships and commands of Task Force 78 Northern Attack Force commanded by RearAdmiral Daniel Barbey at the Leyte Gulf Battle. 8" x 10.5". 12. Army Air Force Cloth Chart - Philippine Series.No. C-40 Luzon Island.Army Air Force Cloth Map - Asiatic Series. No. 34 Southeast China. Folding 2 sided limp cloth.1944. 20.5" x 27". 2 copies. 13. Army Air Force Cloth Map. No. 20 Ambonia. No.21 Halmahera. Folding 2 sided limp cloth. 1944. 28" x 34" . Sporadic Light Foxing. 14. Royal Australian Air Force Silk Map.Halmahera. n.d. c.1944. 31" x 23" Radiograms are beyond Very Good with crisp texture and highly legible text. King II Communication Manual presents wear and soiling to covers as expected. Staples rusted. Some sporadic usual soiling to internals. A Very Good nicely preserved copy. Very Good "I Surrender" propaganda leaflet presents a 1 inch nonintrusive split along mid-line fold crease. All other leaflets Near Fine. Radio Frequency Tables all Near Fine. Cloth and Silk maps present standard creasing from folding. All Fine and bright. Ship's schedule presents repairs to chipped and folded edges with polyethylene adhesive tape. Delicate but Very Good. Radiograms are beyond Very Good with crisp texture and highly legible text. King II Communication Manual presents wear and soiling to covers as expected. Staples rusted.Some sporadic usual soiling to internals. A Very Good nicely preserved copy. Very Good "I Surrender" propaganda leaflet presents a 1 inch nonintrusive split along mid-line fold crease. All other leaflets Near Fine. Radio Frequency Tables all Near Fine. Cloth and Silk maps present standard creasing from folding. All Fine and bright. Ship's schedule presents repairs to chipped and folded edges with polyethylene adhesive tape. Delicate but Very Good. Full Photos of this collection may be found at: http://www.heldfond.com/pages/books/8860/the-battle-of-leyte-gulf-a-gathering-of-original-combat-despatches-and-various-original-ephemera hardcover
1776M1486London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1776. Original Issue First Printing . paper wrappers. Fine. Folio. 'PROHIBITORY ACT' 215-244pp; Cap.V 1776. AN IMPORTANT ACT IN THE STORY OF AMERICA AND THE REVOLUTION. A fine example with clean fresh paper wide margins and a strong dark type impression. "It throws thirteen colonies out of the royal protection levels all distinctions and makes us independent in spite of our supplications and entreaties. It may be fortunate that the act of independency should come from the British Parliament rather than the American Congress" John Adams 'Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae and Hiberniae Vicesimo. Decimo Secto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster .Anno Dom. 1775 in the fifteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & c. being the first session of this present parliament'. Attractive general title-page with the Royal Crest. Decorative initial to the black letter with a drop title to the head of the page. A fine crisp fresh and clean complete copy. . .from an incomplete nonce volume. The final acts to crush the American Revolution by acts of Parliament sanctions. <br/> <br/> Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1932W2805<p>Redlands California: Unpublished 1932. Original watercolor and color pencil drawing on artist board. SIGNED. Near Fine. 9 inches by 18 Inches.</p><p>Dean Cornwell 1892-1960 studied under Howard Pyle's student Harvey Dunn and the influence of the Brandywine School in much of Cornwell's work. Nicknamed "The Dean of Illustrators" by his peers Cornwell completed more than 1000 paintings as illustrations for stories and advertisements in books and magazines such as <em>Cosmopolitan Life Redbook</em> and many others.</p><p>Although he was very successful as an illustrator Cornwell decided to become a muralist; so in the late 1920s he spent 3 years in England studying mural painting with Frank Brangwyn. His first commission was to create his now famous murals for the Los Angeles Public Library. In 1932 he completed murals for the Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands California. Although the study offered here was not selected for inclusion it may well have been the inspiration for the 2 allegorical murals he completed for the project because it includes both of the elements that were the focus of each of the selected murals: "He Freed the Slaves" and "He Preserved the Union." Included with the watercolor are 2 vintage postcards picturing the murals. Also the scene in this study is placed atop a plinth that is quite similar to those in the murals. The study also includes the muralist technique of surrounding figures with strong outlines which Cornwell adopted both in his own murals and in his later illustration work.</p><p>Paintings by Cornwell have been exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art The Art Institute of Chicago the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1959 he was inducted into the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame.</p> Unpublished
193058880Saint Paul: Brown & Bigelow 1930. Large heavy 50 lbs. oblong folio approx. 18" x 24" containing approx. 718 samples of color lithographs on approx. 115 linen-coated leaves including trade cards advertising cards calendar specimens etc. each primarily measuring 10" x 4.5" some slightly varied; a few instances of items being removed some miscreased some loose but an extraordinary array of commercial color lithography featuring a number of themes including camping fishing baseball golf polo architecture the American west scenic landscapes Indian maidens movie stars Aesop's Fables Boy Scouts anthropomorphic animals stained glass cars fashion cowboys and Indians beautiful women etc. While there is much to be said about the stereotyping of men children and women especially Native American women there remains a remarkable beauty to the artwork much of it done by known artists and illustrators of the day. Among the artists represented are: Henry Hintermeister 1897-1970 a painter and illustrator who painted in the Golden Age of Illustration under the signature Hy Hintermeister. He painted as team with his father John Henry Hintermeister and together they created more than 1000 works. He is best known today for his "American themed paintings." Henry's earliest published works featured family images of women and children dogs horses and recreation. He also painted fantastic scenes with Indian maidens and scantily clad Romans and Egyptians. In later years he created ionic and semi-comical works with subjects including the multiple dangers of crossing the street children and grandparents fishermen policemen boy scouts and hunters. Hal Runyon 1907-1993 was active in Hollywood during the early 1930s as a portraitist for the movie colony. His forte was nudes of beautiful young women. He lived in San Francisco for many years before his death in Sonoma CA on July 11 1993. William Herman Schmedtgen 1862-1936 an American illustrator and painter known as a pioneer in Chicago newspaper illustrating. Born in Chicago he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. His first work was with the Chicago Mail in 1883 he then spent two years in St. Louis and New York doing commercial art. He was chief of the art department at the Chicago Record from 1886 to 1901; and later on staff of the Chicago Record-Herald. He was a field artist for the Record during the Spanish-American War stationed with U.S. troops in Cuba. He died at his home in Wilmette aged 74. Milo Winter 1888-1956 was an American book illustrator who trained at Chicago's School of the Art Institute. He lived in Chicago until the early 1950s when he moved to New York City. From 1947 to 1949 he was the art editor of Childcraft books and from 1949 was the art editor in the film strip division of Silver Burdett Company. John G. Scott 1887-1975 who designed over 2500 juvenile valentines during his 30 year career with the Gibson Company from 1924 to 1953. These efforts are meticulously recorded in his work journal which covers his entire commercial artwork career from 1910 to 1953. Robert Bernard Robinson 1886-1952 American illustrator and originator of the Saturday Evening Post's "Slice of Life" style of cover art later popularized by Norman Rockwell shared his talents with the Hearst Corporation and their Motor Magazine monthly publication from 1926 to 1952. Clara Miller Burd 1873-1933 was an American stained glass designer and children's book and magazine cover illustrator. Robert Atkinson Fox 1860-1935 an American-Canadian illustrator and naturalist painter best known for his paintings of rural subjects especially cattle in pastures. As a commercial artist Fox was commissioned by calendar companies and print publishers to make work for posters postcards and advertisements. Florence Mary Anderson 1874-1930 was an English artist book illustrator wood engraver and children's author who flourished between 1914 and 1930. She also illustrated under her maiden name of Molly MacArthur or Florence Mary MacArthur. Her work was influenced by the British school of Fairy Art. Philip R. Goodwin 1881-1935 was an American painter and illustrator who specialized in depictions of wildlife the outdoors fishing hunting and the Old American West. He provided illustrations for numerous books and magazines as well as for commercial items such as posters advertisements and calendars. He is perhaps best known for illustrating Jack London's The Call of the Wild and for providing the cover art for many issues of Outdoor Recreation / Outdoor Life Magazine during the 1920s and early 1930s. Charles Marion Russell 1864-1926 also known as C. M. Russell Charlie Russell and "Kid" Russell was an American artist of the American Old West. He created more than 2000 paintings of cowboys Native Americans and landscapes set in the western United States and in Alberta Canada in addition to bronze sculptures. He is known as "the cowboy artist" and was also a storyteller and author. Also Alfred Davenport Cookson 1888-1963; John D. Waters; William Steeple Davis American 1884-1961 Tod Hart 20th century was active/lived in Minnesota and many others. While many of the examples are pro-forma printed art work and design but without company names or details added others represent a broad swath of American business from Los Angeles to Boston Gulfport Mississippi to Saskatchewan. Among the Twin Cities' businesses represented are Holm & Olsen Florists; Brantjen Motor Car Co.; Day's Prest-o-Service Co.; Security Mercantile Agency; A. E. Dale Auto Painting Co.; St. Paul Milling Co.; Pearson-Wilcox Electric Co.; S. Hoffman Tailors; St. Paul Cadillac Co.; Northland Milk & Ice Cream Co.; St. Paul Battery Co.; Minnesota Phonograph Co.; Chaix Co.; Field Schleck Co.; Wood & Gille Co.; Rice Street Motor Car Co.; and the Wells-Dickey Trust Co. Many other representative businesses from Iowa Wisconsin and the Dakotas as well. Brown & Bigelow unknown
194348523N.p. Minneapolis 1943. Original corrected 229-page typescript of Manfred's first novel likely used as the setting copy by the publishers Webb Publishing Company of Saint Paul with numerous typographical notes as to typesize fonts picas etc. and also containing many of what we assume to be last minute corrections to the text proper by Manfred himself - a couple of hundred instances where the typescript differs from the work as published. Also a 6-page corrected typescript of the copy used for the dust jacket also a setting copy but with no corrections by Manfred. Also page proofs for the same tall 8vo 129 leaves printed on rectos only with extensive annotations throughout by the editior and printer including the amending of a number of words and phrases in the text. Also a first edition of the book 8vo pp. 8 226; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. This copy inscribed "For Paul C. Hillestad 'our' first book together. Frederick Feikema Manfred." Hillestad was Manfred's editor at Webb. unknown
18231396999Washington D.C.: Gales & Seaton 1823. First Thus. Hardcover. Octavo 11 16 15 206 4 5 3 3 8 4 4 4 3 4 25 5 24 pages. In Good minus condition. Full brown calf with chipped gilt-lettered spine label. Front board detached but present. Boards show moderate plus wear overall with significant age toning and chipping to leather on spine. Text block has light plus age toning to untrimmed edges light to moderate age toning to pages throughout varying degrees of foxing to folding tables and occasional off-setting. <br> <br> Contains all 16 numbers appearing in Volume I of the U.S. House-ordered printing. Appears to contain all folding tables 41 in total.<br> <br> Shelved Room A. The printing ordered by the U.S. House of Representatives containing one of the earliest printings of Message from the President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress in which President James Monroe first elaborated the “Monroe Doctrineâ€. Monroe guided by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams articulated a policy obligating European powers to treat the western hemisphere as the United States' exclusive sphere of influence. The eponymous doctrine has been a cornerstone of American foreign policy ever since. <br /> In his State of the Union Monroe declared that ". the American continents by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for further colonization by any European powers." 1396999. Special Collections. Gales & Seaton hardcover
1795184555Boston Massachusetts: Printed at the State-Press by Adams and Larkin Printers to the General Court 1795. In original boards with evidence of contemporary official use First folio edition of any collection of American Congressional statutes issued by the state of Massachusetts. The book is uncut in boards as issued; a contemporary inscription on the front cover and the title page record this copy was deposited in the town clerk's office at Newburyport Massachusetts. The volume compiles laws passed by the first and second congresses through 1793 all bearing George Washington's signature in type and includes the Constitution and treaties with various European and Native American nations. From the First Congress of 1789 it was customary to print the acts passed in each session. In 1791 octavo compilations of the statutes were published in Philadelphia and New York. That year Congress resolved to publish its own edition but it did not appear until 1796 published by Folwell in three volumes. Folio pp. 8 5-519. Uncut in the original boards printed paper label. Joints split with cords reattached a little worn front free endpaper loosening endpapers browned else contents clean. A very good copy. ESTC W14326; Evans 29725. hardcover
1943009548Pacific Theater World War II: Self-published 1943. Book. Very Good. Ring Bound. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. A superb World War II archive featuring a significant manuscript photograph album oblong 17" x 12" containing 147 photographs on 46 pages 17 pages blank at rear service records citations orders medals patches bars newspaper clippings ID card dog tags and additional loose photographs and negatives all belonging to Edwin Oscar Ahbe 1916-1995 . Ahbe was inducted on Dec. 1 1943 reporting to Camp Peekskill NY and serving as a Cameraman Motion Picture 043 and Combat Photographer in the 3374th Signal Photographic Service Company. After stops at Fort Sheridan and Camps Smith and Crowder his first overseas photographs in the album begin in Ceylon. A small manuscript list shows he left NY early on Oct. 20 1944 and records him being in Newfoundland Azores Cashblanca sic Tripoli Cairo Aboudan Iran Karachi India Kandy Ceylon Burma and China. His citation for the Bronze Star for meritorious service 16 Jan 1945 to 10 June 1945 as a combat motion picture cameraman 5322nd US Army Section Prov. SE Asia Command attached to British 14th Army in Central Burma reads "During this period Tech. 5th Grade Ahbe under arduous combat conditions photographed several phases of battle preceeding the fall of Mandalay an assault crossing of the Irrawaddy River at Mitchie Burma and complete and excellent coverage of the Battle at Meiktila . he carried out his duties under the throes of a severe case of dysentery and living under bitter field conditions". He received his Purple Heart "for wounds received on 9 May 1945 from enemy action near Meiktila Burma". On 20 Sept 1945 Ahbe received orders authorizing him to take photos of Japanese and American installations in Canton China. Ahbe was an excellent cameraman and the photos in the album bear captions from Kandy Ceylon Imphal Shweba Burma Meiktila Mongwa Toungoo a gruesome photo of a dead Japanese pilot next to his crashed plane Rangoon Calcutta HQ Ceylon Kunming China Nanning Kaliakunda Canton and Kanehrapara India. They vary in size from 2 1/2" x 3" 3" x 4" 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" up to 5 1/2" x 7" 6 3/4" x 8" 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" and 8" x10". His Honorable Discharge Cert. dated 17 Jan 1946 lists two Overseas Service Bars Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with three Bronze Battle Stars Good Conduct Medal Purple Heart WWII Victory Medal and China War Memorial Badge all of which are included. The photo album Very Good a few pages and a few pictures loose. An extensive collection detailing the service record of a true American hero and an excellent combat photographer. Self-published Hardcover
1851008968Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo & Company 1851. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. "Collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per Act of Congress of March 3d 1847." Presentation Copies of Parts I III and IV only each part a First Edition 1851 1853 and 1854 published by Lippincott Grambo & Company Philadelphia . Part I SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "Prof. George Howe with respect of H.R. Schoolcraft" at front paste down in tidy secretatial hand. Parts III and IV SIGNED AND INSCRIBED alike "Rev. George Howe with respects of H.R. Schoolcraft". George Howe 1802-1883 was an ordained minister and professor at Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Columbia S.C. and the author of History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina published 1870-1883. Provenance: Part I additionally SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front paste down "Presented to Joseph Hyde Pratt by Prof. George Howe University of North Carolina". Prof. George Howe 1876-1936 was the grandson of George Howe and was a longtime professor of Latin and the Classics at UNC. He was also the nephew of President Woodrow Wilson. Joseph Hyde Pratt 1870-1942 was State Mineralogist and State Geologist of North Carolina a longtime professor at UNC and a WWI hero. Parts III and IV with Pratt's ownership signature at front end page. The three volumes are complete with all plates. Part I xviii 13-568 p. 76 plates; Part III xviii 19-635 p. 45 plates 3 of which are listed as appearing in Vol. IV; Part IV xxvi 19-668 p. 41 plates. A good set in unsophisticated original decorative cloth bindings Part I with damping at fore edge margins worn at corners cloth at spine torn and separating from front joint cloth chipped at head of spine. Part III cloth torn and peeling from top and bottom of spine corners worn; Part IV rear hinge starting corners worn holes in cloth along top half of front joint 1/4" loss of cloth at head of spine. Scattered toning and end papers soiled throughout the set Presentation Copy with distinguished provenance. of three of the first four volumes of Schoolcraft's six volume massive contribution to the history of Native Americans. Lippincott, Grambo & Company Hardcover
1930010937NY. Unpublished notebook 9" x 11 1/4" containing original artwork and designs official documents orders and correspondence pertaining to regimental coats of arms and distinctive insignia for the period 1922-1930. Notebook opens with three pages of formal guidelines for regimental colors and devices then begins in earnest with original signed Adjutant General order No. 244 October 1922 calling Falls "to active duty without pay or allowances for service in connection with submission of coats of arms for colors distinctive badges insignia etc." The notebook contains 2 full-page original watercolors and 16 original crest and shield drawings in color pencil State National Guard Headquarters and 7 regiments - 10th 14th 71st 105th 106th 107th 108th Infantry along with correspondence blueprints design approval documents and finely printed samples for some designs. There is detailed correspondence on Falls' New York State "Half Moon" design when the Quartermaster Corp of the War Department in Washington severely altered his original conception. Author artist military general and New York City socialite DeWitt Clinton Falls 1864-1937 was an authority on military heraldry and uniforms and a designer of military insignia. His papers are held by the New York Public Library and the American Numismatic Society. This Notebook includes: Original watercolor "Half Moon" Nov 1922; 2 letters Dec 1922; Memorandum from the Secretary of War Dec 1922 approving the design; Original watercolor "Regimental Colors for New York National Guard" 1922; Correspondence with Adjutant General's Office and the War Department with 2 blueprints; Copy of "First Design submitted by War Department for emblem of State of New York. Disapproved by Adjutant General Oct 1922"; 2 letters to Falls from Adjutant General's Office Apr 1923 with a proof copy of the QM's altered "Half Moon" crest; Reply by Falls Apr 1923 that the Quartermaster' altered design "is awful and under no circumstances should be accepted"; 2 page detailed letter from Adjutant General's Office to Quartermaster General War Department Apr 1923 noting QM's five major and several minor deviations from Falls' original which had been approved by the General Staff; Reply by War Department May 1923 that the Quartermaster Corps drawing was done in accordance with what was shown and described in "The Hudson Fulton Celebration 1909" submitted in a report to the NY State legislature in 1910 and that revisions to the drawing would be made if the State of New York "does not consider the report as being historically correct and will so state and furnish evidence which it considers authentic"; AG letter May 1923 to Falls requesting he draft a second endorsement; Falls' June 1923 reply that "it was not so much the historical points that he criticized about the QM design "as the faulty drawing and bad proportions of many of the details." He points out technical and aesthetic weaknesses with the eye of an artist of the Quartermaster drawing that can be easily resolved.; Letter and enclosures to Falls from Adjutant General's Office June 25 that they are in receipt of Quartermaster revisions and asking him to review; Falls June 28 reply "it is about as near right as we can get it and same can be returned approved"; Original color pencil drawing "Headquarters Device" with 1 page description. Undated; Original color pencil drawing "10th Infantry" Approved Nov 1923 War Department with letter of approval. Notation: "This design not being satisfactory to the regiment permission was given Jan 1926 to submit new design"; 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield with a printed sample of shield in use "10th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. June 1926 with letters of approval for each. 2 original color pencil drawings - one for crest and one for shield "14th Infantry" with 1 page description. Approved W.D. May 1925 with 2 letters of app . Very Good. Hard. 1st. 1930. unknown
191244902New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co 1912. First edition of the author's first book 8vo pp. 12 275; 4 duotone plates by Arthur Hutchins; small piece of the corner missing on the last page of text 1912 Xmas inscription in ink on front free endpaper very light scratch on the front cover illustration otherwise fine and bright and unusual thus. Sinclair Lewis's pseudonymous debut novel. In a new quarter morocco clamshell box green morocco label lettered in gilt on spine. Frederick A. Stokes Co unknown
195530198Stockholm: Albert Bonniers 1955. First Swedish edition printed in a limited but unspecified number this is copy no. 155 signed by Lindbergh 8vo pp. 8 483 1 10; photographic portrait frontispiece 11 illustrations on rectos and versos of 3 plates 7 pages of maps and graphs at the back; fine copy in original full blue morocco by Nylén & Co. gilt-stamped upper cover and spine publisher's slipcase. This copy additionally inscribed to "Lucile Wright from the Royal Swedish Aero Club in appreciation of her contribution to aviation. Stockholm 6.9.1957 Nils Stirnberg." Lucile M. Wright was a famous American woman aviator one of the original Ninety-Nines pioneer women aviatrixes as assembled by Amelia Earhart in 1929 and the Lucile M. Wright Air Museum in Jamestown New York is named after her. This book an account of the first solo nonstop flight between the United States and Europe in 1927 won for Lindbergh the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography. This is the only limited signed edition published outside the United States. Albert Bonniers unknown
63116V.p. 1996. All first editions unless noted; all 8vo or 12mo unless noted. All dust jackets present unless noted. Condition ranges from good to fine. Marya was not a book collector. She was the youngest child of a popular novelist and the books show the casual wear and tear of a childhood gathering. Marya Manfred 1949-2022 grew up and attended elementary school in Bloomington Minnesota. With her parents she moved to Luverne at age 10 and graduated from Luverne High School on 1967. She later moved to Colorado for a year to study singing music composition and piano performance. She then finished her bachelor's degree majoring in Art at the University of Minnesota. She later worked for the Consumer Survivor Network at Marshall before becoming a Certified Peer Specialist at Southwestern Mental Health Center in Worthington and Luverne where she taught art therapy. Marya is survived by her sister the poet Freya Manfred and her husband the screenwriter Thomas Pope both of Stillwater Minnesota and two nephews Nicholas Bly Pope and Ethan Rowan Pope both of the Twin Cities. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Frederick Manfred Jr. 1. Mulder Rodney J. & John H. Timmerman. Frederick Manfred: A bibliography and Publishing History. Sioux Falls: Center for Western Studies 1981. "For Marya on her birthday December 5 with love from Dad." 2. The Golden Bowl. Saint Paul: The Webb Publishing Company 1944. First edition of the author's first book. Inscribed "8-3-1966 Dear Marya daughter - This book fresh from a package I moved for you is still as green as this ink. I remember the day when I got the very first one from the bindery - Your Dad Frederick Manfred. Mulder & Timmerman A-1. 3. The Golden Bowl . Introduction by John R. Milton. Vermillion: University of South Dakota 1969. First published in 1944 this is the 25th Anniversary Edition. Signed by Manfred on the front free endpaper. Mulder & Timmerman A-1e. 4. Boy Almighty. Saint Paul: Itasca Press 1945. First edition "To yet another queen one named Marya Feikema Manfred who is already doing on her piano what Eric only dreamed of doing while lying on his back. Your father Frederick Feikema Manfred 8-17-1963." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Mulder & Timmerman A-2. 5. This is the Year. Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc 1947. Dust jacket worn with tears but complete. "Christmas 1968 My dear daughter Marya This new first edition I've saved for you all these years as you truly would learn about Siouxland. Love Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Mulder & Timmerman A-3. 6. This is the Year . With a new introduction by Max Westbrook. Boston: Gregg Press 1979. Originally published in 1947. "Dear Marya This tells of an old triumph as well as an old lament - the loss of love and the subsequent search for it. Dad. 12-31-1983." Mulder & Timmerman A-3c. 7. The Chokecherry Tree. Denver: Alan Swallow 1961. Revised edition. Corner bumped boards bowed. "Given to my daughter Marya Manfred this day 4-7-1966 with all love for her flowering spirit- Frederick Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-4d. 8. The Chokecherry Tree . Introduction by Delbert E. Wylder. Albuquerque: University of Mexico Press 1975. Trade paperback. Short tear at the bottom of the front wrapper. Mulder & Timmerman A-4f. 9. Lord Grizzly. New York Toronto London: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. 1954. Dust jacket worn. "To my lovely daughter Marya Manfred who has straight-seeing eyes and who has fingertips that speak- your father - Frederick Manfred 3-4-1962 The year of the great snow." "With love - Frederick F. Manfred 9-6-1954" on dedication page. Mulder & Timmerman A-8. 10. Lord Grizzly. New York: Signet Classics 1964. No inscriptions. 11. Lord Grizzly . With a new introduction by Joseph M. Flora. Boston: Gregg Press 1980. First published in 1954. Issued as vol. 2 in The Buckskin Man Tales. Signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 12. Lord Grizzly. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press 1983. Trade paperback. First Bison Book printing. Corners curled. "12-5-1983 For Marya from Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 13. Morning Red. Denver: Alan Swallow 1956. Dust Jacket lacks front flap and is worn with tears. "Christmas 1968 my dear daughter Marya A small story of not so small people. Or it is more a not so simple a story about simple people Love Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the half-title. Mulder & Timmerman A-9. 14. Riders of Judgement. New York: Random House 1957. "Christmas 1968 My darling Marya daughter- When I was a boy I dreamed of the day when I'd write the "really real" story about cowboys - since I wasn't allowed to "go west" and become one myself - Love Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the half-title page. Mulder & Timmerman A-10. 15. Riders of Judgement . With a new introduction by Priscilla Oaks. Boston: Gregg Press 1980. First published in 1957. Issued as vol. 5 in The Buckskin Man Tales. Signed by Manfred on the title page. 16. Riders of Judgement. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press 1982. Trade paperback. First Bison Book printing. Corner bumped. "12-5-1983 For Marya from Dad." 17. Conquering Horse. New York: McDowell Obolensky 1959. " To my darling daughter Marya Manfred who has her own priceless utterly distinct reactions to life around her. Your father Frederick Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-11. 18. Conquering Horse. New York: Signet Classics 1965. Trade paperback fifth printing. Signed by Marya with underlining and annotations by her throughout. 19. Conquering Horse . With a new introduction by John R. Milton. Boston: Gregg Press 1980. First published in 1959. Issued as vol. 1 in The Buckskin Man Tales. Signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 20. Conquering Horse. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press 1983. Trade paperback. First Bison Book printing. "12-5-1983 For Marya from Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 21. Arrow of Love. Denver: Alan Swallow n.d. "8-3-1966 Marya Manfred little daughter here are three little cakes for your dessert some evening your dad Frederick Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-12. 22. Wanderlust. Denver: Alan Swallow 1962. Binding skewed; dust jacket wrinkled. "8-12-1967 Dear daughter Marya At last you are ready to read about Thurs The Composer since You are a beginning one yourself. There is your brother in spirit if not quite in fact Have a good time reading it - and a deep time in life. Love Dad Frederick Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-13 23. Scarlet Plume. New York: Trident Press 1964. "Christmas 1968 Dear Marya girl This book is 'all about Blue Mound' which you as a little girl explored in all directions including ponds with slippery edges. If you read this carefully you will ever after in quotes 'ha'uts' on the mounds especially in the evening after the sun sets. Love Fred." Also signed by Manfred on the half title. Mulder & Timmerman A-14. 24. Scarlet Plume . With a new introduction by Ted N. Weissbuch. Boston: Gregg Press 1980. First published in 1964. Issued as volume 3 in the Buckskin Man Tales. Signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 25. Scarlet Plume. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press 1983. Trade paperback. First Bison Book printing."12-5-1983 For Marya from Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 26. The Man Who Looked Like the Prince of Wales. New York: Trident Press 1965. "12-5-1965 This little book I give to my queenly daughter Marya Manfred on her sixteenth birthday with the added suggestion that she accept most things from her father cum gratis solis so that she may strike out on her own a free spirit of the arts and thus a free child of God. Frederick Feikema Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-15. 27. Winter Count. Minneapolis: James D. Thueson 1966. Edition limited to 250 copies signed by Manfred this no. 7. "To Marya Manfred my daughter and my Valentine. Frederick Manfred 2--14-1969." Mulder & Timmerman A-13a sic. 28. Winter Count. Berkeley: Thorp Springs Press 1977. Second edition trade paperback; corner bumped and creased. "For my darling daughter Marya for all she's done for me heart & Love Dad. Old year tonight 1983." Mulder & Timmerman A-13b sic. 29. King of Spades. New York: Trident Press 1966. "Christmas 1968 Dear Darling Marya - This was the book I was working on when you were at Rocky Ridge and I was writing pages 144-208 when you asked me to come and get you - and I said I couldn't. I hope these pages will help me to be forgiven. Love Dad." Also signed on the title page by Manfred. Mulder & Timmerman A-17. 30. King of Spades . With a new introduction by the author. Boston: Gregg Press 1980. Corner bumped slightly skewed. Signed by Manfred on title page. First published in 1966. This edition issued as volume 4 in The Buckskin Man Tales. 31. Apples of Paradise and Other Stories. New York: Trident Press 1968. Dust jacket with a couple of short tears. "6-5-1965 My dear Marya- May I have the privilege of someday exploring your musical landscape as you herein explore Siouxland Love Dad. Frederick Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-18. 32. Eden Prairie. New York: Trident Press 1968. "11/13/1965 To Marya Manfred Sweet daughter who already knows she has 'a perfect right to be just what she is' Love Dad. Frederick Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-19. 33. "Sinclair Lewis' Funeral." As contained in South Dakota Review Vermillion 1970. Winter 1969-70 Vol 7 No 4. Special Issue: Sinclair Lewis / Frederick Manfred. Inscribed by Manfred at his contribution on p. 54: "South Dakota Review / Winter 1969-70. Vol. 7 no. 4. Special issue: Sinclair Lewis / Frederick Manfred." Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 34. "Sinclair Lewis' Funeral." Vermillion: South Dakota Review 1970. Another copy of the above. Spine faded and chipped. Signed by Marya Manfred. Not in Mulder & Timmerman. 35. "The Voice of the Turtle" as contained in the South Dakota Review Vermillion 1973. Some underlining but not on Manfred's submission. Not inscribed. 36. Conversations with Frederick Manfred. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press 1974. "12-5-1974 For my lovely daughter Marya all sweetness and light for the rest of your life- Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the half title. Mulder & Timmerman A-20. 37. The Manly-Hearted Woman. New York: Crown Publishers Inc. 1975. "1-25-76 For my daughter Marya Manfred who drew a map of our The Blue Mounds which helped me much in the making of this book. Love Dad. Frederick Feikema Manfred." Mulder & Timmerman A-21. 38. Milk of Wolves a novel. Boston: Avenue Victor Hugo 1976. Trade paperback. Covers a little worn and spine chipped. "Hope you are busy making music and poetry these days. Hope to see you soon. With much love Dad. 4-13-1976." Mulder & Timmerman A-22. 39. Wright Robert C. Frederick Manfred. Boston: Twayne Publishers 1979. "For Marya from dad on her birthday." Mulder & Timmerman p. 91. 40. The Wind Blows Free. Sioux Falls: The Center for Western Studies 1979. Dust jacket torn at the top of the spine no loss. Signed by Manfred on the front free endpaper. Mulder & Timmerman A-24 41. The Wind Blows Free. Sioux Falls: The Center for Western Studies 1979. "To Marya My darling daughter who gets the very first book out of the box with much love Dad 1979." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. Mulder & Timmerman A-24. 42. Sons of Adam. New York: Crown Publishers Inc 1980. Back flap of dust jacket missing. "1980 For my wonderful prescient daughter Marya with love from Dad." Mulder & Timmerman A-25. 43. King of Spades. Foreword by Max Westbrook. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press 1983. Trade paperback. First Bison Book edition. "12-5-1983 For Marya from Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. 44. Dinkytown. Minneapolis: Dinkytown Antiquarian Bookstore 1984. Edition limited to 500 copies printed by Allan Kornblum at the Toothpaste Press. "For my beloved daughter Marya Manfred from Dad Easter 4-22-1989." Laid in is a to-do list for going to Minneapolis likely Marya's. 45. Winter Count II. Minneapolis: James D. Thueson 1987. Edition limited to 300 copies signed by Manfred this no. 79."For Marya who is valiant and most gifted and my daughter Dad." 46. Prime Fathers. Salt Lake City: Howe Brothers 1988. First edition wrapper issue. "For Marya who is climbing over one obstacle after another. Dad 5-4-1988." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. 47. Flowers of Desire. Salt Lake City: Dancing Badger Press 1989. First edition wrapper issue. Corners curled. "For Marya daughter for her birthday 12-5-1989." Laid in is a note from Marya "For Bob Deb Whoever would like to read it. I'll loan it to you. I've got to get it back because it's a signed copy and signed for me by my Dad. Thanks Marya." 48. No Fun on Sunday. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press 1990. "For Marya- gifted and volatile daughter - much love - Fred." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. 49. Of Lizards and Angels. A Saga of Siouxland. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press 1993. First edition wrapper issue. "For Marya- Love Dad." Also signed by Manfred on the title page. 50. Duke's Mixture. Sioux Falls: The Center for Western Studies 1994. Trade paperback. Coffee stain on fore-edge. Signed by Manfred on the title page. 51. The Frederick Manfred Reader. Duluth: Holy Cow! Press 1996. Wrappers. No inscription. unknown
188610165Huron Dakota: Huronite publishing house 1886. Second Edition. Very good. 12mo 88 1 pages. original pictorial wrappers portrait and plates. -- Light wear to tips of the spine corners bumped bottom lightly top corner has a diagonal crease corners of pages themselves top lightly bumped bottom hardly at all. Internally clean and tight. A few pages with small foxed spots to the extremities. --- Overall condition for this fragile & rare book. "Not in Allen's Dakota Imprints. Wilkins had an adventurous time after leaving Fort Snelling. He gives some interesting anecdotes of the Sioux Uprising and the mass hanging of the thirty-eight Sioux at Mankato".-rarebookhub: Rare Book Transaction History one listing found in a dealers catalog @$125.00; source year 1953. Huronite publishing house unknown
186952169N.p. Saint Paul 1869. Large plate albumen photograph approx. 12" x 21" mounted on a printed card approx. 16" x 21"; slight toning; very good. A large and unusual photograph by an unnamed photographer showing the steamer Buckeye towing what was at the time the largest raft ever run on the Mississippi River from Read's Landing in Minnesota to St. Louis Missouri. unknown
