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24836Washington DC: War Department 1864 September 21. 12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. Townsend announces the President's permanent appointment of Major General Philip H. Sheridan "to the command of the Middle Military Division consisting of the Middle Department the Departments of Washington of the Susquehanna and of West Virginia." Handsome and clean. unknown
22505Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1863 January 9. Handbill. 16mo 4 3/4" X 7". Very good. Binding traces along left edge; bit of age toning. This briefest of General Orders make major announcements: "By direction of the President the Army of the Cumberland under command of Major General Rosecrans is divided into three Army Corps. Major General G.H. Thomas is assigned to the command of the Fourteenth Corps; Major General A. McD. McCook to the command of the Twentieth; and Major General T.L. Crittenden to the command of the Twenty first Corps." Signed in type at the conclusion by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and attractive. unknown
24815Washington DC: War Department 1864 November 14. 16mo. Handbill. Very good. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. Townsend announces the resignation of Major General George B. McClellan on November 8 -- though not stated just after losing the presidential race to Lincoln -- and the appointment of Philip H. Sheridan as Major General: "That for the personal gallantry military skill and just confidence in the courage and patriotism of his troops. on the 19th day of October at Cedar Run whereby. his routed army was reorganized a great national disaster averted and a brilliant victory achieved over the rebels for the third time in pitched battle within thirty days." The acceptance of McClellan's resignation without comment or praise over a job well done speaks volumes about the much-disliked commander's lackluster performance. unknown
22503Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1864 February 26. Handbill. 12mo 5" X 7¼". Very good. Several punch holes along left margin not affecting text; bit of age toning. Announces that "The President directs that the sentences of all deserters who have been condemned by Court Martial to death and that have not been otherwise acted upon by him be mitigated to imprisonment during the war at the Dry Tortugas Florida." Also announces that "The Commanding Generals. are authorized in special cases to restore to duty deserters under sentence when in their judgment the service will be thereby benefited." Signed in type at the conclusion by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and nice. unknown
23858Washington: War Department 1864 October 1. Handbill. 12mo. Very good. File holes at left edge not affecting text. "Regulations in respect to the distribution of election tickets and proxies in the Army" which spells out the rules and regulations for soldiers to vote in absentia -- including the warning: "Any officer or private who may wantonly destroy tickets or prevent their proper distribution among legal voters interfere with the freedom of election or make any false or fraudulent return will be deemed guilty of an offense against good order and military discipline." Obviously issued on the eve of the presidential election. Signed in type by E.D. Townsend Assistant Adjutant General. unknown
186424837Washington DC: War Department 1864. 12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. Titled "Exchange of Prisoners of War" this General Order consists of Townsend's report of a prisoner exchange arranged between Generals William T. Sherman and John Bell Hood that took place in Rough and Ready Georgia on September 19 22 28 and 30 1864. "United States prisoners received -- 146 commissioned officers. 212 non-commissioned officers. 770 privates. In all equivalent to 2047 privates. Confederate prisoners received -- 128 commissioned officers. 225 non-commissioned officers. 979 privates. In all equivalent to 2045 privates." How these numbers add up to 2047 and 2045 privates is beyond us -- must be the Old Math. Accompanied by a fine modern circa 1960 glossy 8" X 10" photograph a superbly done reprint of the well-known head-and-shoulders portrait of John Bell Hood in Confederate uniform. Verso bears red inkstamped "From the / Abraham Lincoln Book Shop / Collection." A superb pair. War Department unknown
24912Washington DC: War Department 1864 December 2. 12mo. Handbill. Very good. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. Townsend announces the Secretary of War's appointment of Major General Grenville M. Dodge "to the command of the Department of Missouri" and of Major General William S. Rosecrans "being relieved" of same and ordered to "repair to Cincinnati Ohio" to await further orders -- which never came. Very attractive. General appointed -- general relieved! unknown
22506Huntsville AL: Head Quarters Dept. and Army of the Tenn. 1864 January 16. Handbill. 16mo 4 3/4" X 6 3/4". Near fine. Congressional resolution sent to Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge by order of William T. Sherman: ".bounties heretofore paid. to re-enlist in the Regular or Volunteer service. for three years or during the war shall continue to be paid from the Fifth day of Jannary sic 1864 until the First day of March next." Signed in type at the conclusion by R.M. Sawyer as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and nice. Rather crudely printed possibly on a portable field press. Presumably this late in the war there was some unease among re-enlisting soldiers that they would get paid. unknown
34228N.p.: N.p. n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full green calf with gilt spine lettering. Pp. 681-696 rectos only. 12 steel engravings 1 map. Very good. Mildly edgeworn with spine and binding edges irregularlysunned to golden brown. Bibliographically cryptic but clearly relatively recent i.e. post-WW2 facsimile reprint of this 16-page extract from the May 1866 issue of "Harper's New Monthly Magazine" Vol. XXXII No. CXCII -- an article that follows up on U.S. Grant's postwar fame profiling the famed lead mining town in northwest Illinois that had become his home just prior to the Civil War. Front wrapper engraving depicts Galena's Main Street bulging with people assembled to hear the returning hero. A massive banner spans the street proclaiming "Hail to the Chief Who in Triumph Advances." Though an extract it is self-contained and sought after in its own right. This undated reprint circa 1970 is printed on an off-white stock artificially age toned to lend it a period feel. It's also slightly enlarged from the original. Scarce. N.p. hardcover
1916240165Chicago: Munsell Publishing 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Good. map woodcuts. Quarto 621 pages. 3/4 leather corners very worn newer sheep spine <br/><br/>This volume 1 is an alphabetical listing of various persons and places in Illinois history supplemented with photogravures with a concentration on Winnebago County. Munsell Publishing hardcover
198040619Evansville IN: Unigraphic Inc 1980. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. vi pp. 256-648. Illustrations. Very good. A tight attractive facsimile reprint of this 1879 central Iowa county history first published by Union Historical Company in Des Moines. Publishers note "The original book contained an additional 254 pages comprised of the History of the Northwest Territory the History of Iowa statistical information the abstract of the laws of Iowa and the constitution of the state of Iowa." The 1879 first edition is scarce and desireable and even this centennial reprint uncommon. Unigraphic, Inc hardcover
196416537Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fifth printing. Johnson's signature in black marker on front free endpaper. It has the dot partly on top of lower part of the J. The signature in this book looks real but was often by autopen or secretary so we cannot verify. Analysis of LBJ up to his first year as president by his long-time journalist friend. Orange cloth boards with gold stamped printing front and spine. A nick on top board edge and slight rubbing at corners Dust jacket with price intact has a 1" and some smaller tears rubbing of finish. <br/><br/> Houghton Mifflin hardcover
185740445Boston: John Wilson and Son 1857. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 12pp. Very good. Outer wrappers only faintly age toned. Clean attractive first edition of this lengthy diatribe against President James Buchanan's handling of the slavery issue in Kansas which they considered weak and ineffective followed by his reply and their response to it. "They fervently hope "that you may yet see that in this respect one false principle if adhered to must prove a principle of weakness and decay -- a sure prelude to the end of all our greatness happiness and glory -- a death-spot in the tree of liberty whose leaves like those of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations." Signed in type at the conclusion by these Connecticut congressmen in order: Nathaniel W. Taylor Theodore D. Woolsey Henry Dutton Charles L. English John H. Brockway Eli W. Blake Benjamin Stilliman Jr. Thomas A. Thacher J.A. Davenport Worthington Hooker Philos Blake Amos Townsend James Brewster Eli Ives S.G. Hubbard John A. Blake William H. Russell A.N. Skinner Charles Robinson Joel Hawes G.A. Calhoun Leonard Bacon H.C. Kingsley Benjamin Stilliman Sr. Charles Ives Josiah W. Gibbs James F. Babcock and Alfred Walker. OCLC cites 20 copies. SABIN 52997. John Wilson and Son paperback
10187N.p.: William White 1858. 20" X 29". Very good. Normal folds; a few small edge tears. This remarkable broadside charts the state's entire executive and legislative branches. At the top beneath the boldface title given above is "Executive Department" headed by soon-to-be Union general Nathaniel P. Banks and listing his lieutenant governor cabinet members and councillors. Next comes "Senators" listing all state senators by county and city. Finally comprising two-thirds of the broadside is "Representatives" a county-by-county directory of state representatives. A "Special Notice to the Members of the Senate and House" at the bottom makes it clear that this broadside was intended for public display in the state capitol building. A fascinating and attractive piece. unknown
35258Montana resident possibly an attorney. ALS 2pp separate leaves 8½" X 11" Harlem MT 1904 July 21. Addressed to "My dear James & Albert" Smith's brothers. Near fine. Handsomely penned in black ink in a large readable hand this letter largely concerns the claims on "poor Writ's property" for "some of his old time prospect loving friend got around me and did not want Writs mining claims sold that he had held onto for 20 years as they would go for little or nothing. So I paid out on them $500.00 & told the administrator not to sell them. They have to be represented again within a few months it will take between $300 & $400.00 dollars Will you help me represent them If you cannot or do not want to will you let me have your interests On account of your being in Canada & so far away If you will let me have your interests I will send you $25.00 apiece. Should I ever be luckly sic to get any thing out of them I will send you something more." Goes on to explain "the claims are so high up in the mountains and the snow comes there so early the claims must be represented early or else they will be lost. The claims that Writ had in Thunder Mountain have gone by default they were so far away I could do nothing about them." Of some town named Bellevue in Montana he notes "Bellevue is a gone down place very dull there." Invites his brothers to visit: "I'd like to have you both come out and see this country some time do not put it off too long it would be a fine trip for you." Interesting mine settlement content. unknown
1962205N.p.: N.p. 1962. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 337pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Handsome and tight first edition boldly inscribed and signed by Corps president Ann H. Atkins in black ink on an inner front flyleaf facing her head-and-shoulders portrait: "To Grace / with admiration / and affection / Ann." Laid in is the perfect bookmark: Atkins' "Compliments of" card bearing her facsimile signature. Unusually bright example from the noted charitable adjunct to the G.A.R. N.p. hardcover
27617Hand-colored steel-engraved newspaper print ca. 10" X 8" image size 9" X 7" n.p. n.y. 1853 or 1854. Near fine. A clean and attractive example of this charming scene of the tiny west central Illinois city associated with Joseph Smith and the Mormons before their westward flight. No artist's or engravers name appears in the margins. This image first appeared in the July 8 1853 issue of the "New-York Illustrated News" then on July 22 1854 the identical image was published in "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion" in Boston. This particular example has been simply and tastefully hand colored and is framed under a single cream matte in a modern 3/4" wood frame all archival and quite handsome -- overall dimensions 15" X 13". Removal from the framing would of course allow determination which printing this is based on the typeset text on verso but the engraving plate is identical in either case. A beautiful example of this memorable early image of the famed Mormon site elegantly presented. unknown
40711AM unsigned 19pp recto and verso 4 3/4" X 7 3/4" n.p. n.y. ca. 1870s. Very good. Bit of faint age toning and old folds neither strong nor weakened. Quite attractive and frustratingly cryptic unsigned Autograph Manuscript two-punched at top and string-tied with original pink ribbon. Fascinating firsthand recollections of the writer's early education in a New England country school house apparently penned for some kind of commemoration. All told a dense meaty manuscript that must be read in its entirety to be appreciated. Opens with: "It is a difficult thing to describe an old place which you have not seen for years to a company of friends who have never seen it; a ruler and a compass seem indispensable a rough sketch on paper to show its position and its various surroundings but who among us here can fail to describe most accurately and who can fail to comprehend without the aid of riveted compass and finely pencilled drawings a country school house a New England School house with its ragged walls and still raggeder urchins with its four windows with its one door with its rows of old desks long since hacked by the idlers of other days with its ink spots dropped years before with its benches all scratched over with school boy hieroglyphics and last and not least but first with that old that honorable that respected that indispensable institution to Every New England town the village 'School mom'." He then gives a few vague specifics: "In the years 1847 & 1848 there was a small white house in a village north that has since been torn down. If we were to measure off 200 feet in 27th Street on the lower side of the Street West of the Third Avenue should locate there the Old Academy where two short years we studied. Six young zebras sent from the turmoil of the city to the quiet country there by labor of mind and of body to blend beauty with intelligence alas it was a failure from lack of ingredients ." He describes their beloved "School mom" "She was a nice young lady a little above the medium height with light hair and very mild blue eyes her dress was always plain and becoming. and she was loved by us all young and old thought Miss B. was perfection and how could we help it we fresh from the Schools of Gotham." going at length into her benevolent teaching style and her mysterious personal life. He addresses the family who lived in the house Dominis the appearance of the school and its grounds the pupils' pastimes and pranks the owner of the house "an old Jesuit. always prowling round inserting his long lean crooked nose in the School house. the wealthiest & the meanest" etc. All very Dickensian very Norman Rockwell -- sentimental and charming viewed from perhaps a half century or more later. Penned in brown ink in a handsome easily legible small hand. Although some clues do crop up that may help identify this academy and perhaps the writer we have been unable to do so despite all efforts. unknown
17454Partly-printed AD 1p 8½" X 6" New Orleans LA 1842 July 1. Fine. Partly-printed "Manifest of the Cargo of the Flat Boat No. 47" listing a cargo of 14 casks of bacon 75 kegs of lard and 5 tons of bacon being taxed by the city $2.34. On the verso is a printed "Extract from an Ordinance passed by the Council of the Second Municipality of New-Orleans June 21 1842." Interesting bit of pre-Civil War Louisiana maritime history. unknown
1890009969NY: G. D. Smith 1890. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Hollyer Samuel etchings. nd - c.1890. 85 copies on paper in 12 parts complte 4to one engraving per folio each signed by Hollyer. Each printed folio signed and numbered by publisher Smith this numbered 65 of 85 on India paper. Wraps slightly browned at edges etching fine. Uncommon in this condition seldom found complete. G. D. Smith hardcover
18165N.p.: Peoria and Hannibal Railroad Company n.y. 1850s. Handbill. Small 8vo 7 3/4" X 5¼". Near fine. Very slight age toning. Handsome printed "Certificate of Stock" for shares in this Midwest locomotive concern with standard boilerplate text with blanks none filled in for shareholder's name number of shares amount paid date etc. as well as blank areas for the usual secretary and president's signatures. Some elaborate borders and elaborate typefaces. Altogether an attractive and evocative item of railroad ephemera. unknown
15285N.p. Chicago: Chicago & North-Western Railway 1882. Broadside. 14½" X 9". Very good. Bit of sporadic soiling but overall remarkably clean and attractive -- given it's printed on a thin tissue paper a rare survivor. Timetable "No. 4" which "Takes Effect Sunday May 7th 1882 at 12 o'clock Noon" and is meant "For the Government and Information of Employes only" containing two columns headed "Trains Going West" and "Trains Going East" showing all stops for both freight and passenger trains between Milwaukee and Madison Wisconsin. Signed in large type at the bottom by J.D. Layng as General Superintendent C.A. Swineford as Superintendent and Wm. F. Fitch as Assistant Superintendent. Rare to find in ANY condition given its inherent fragility much less this attractive condition. Newly and archivally framed under UV-filtering glass with a single archival cream matte and 3/4" thick dark wood and antiqued gold frame overall dimensions 18" X 12½" -- giving it a superb period feel. unknown
168910130London: Richard Baldwin. Very Good. 1689. Softcover. 36pp.; square 12mo; in later black marbled paper wrappers with slight creasing and wear at edges. Pages 4 & 5 with some tanning in the gutter near lower edge off of the text; p. 6 thru 8 with a few spots of foxing; the rest of the text shows only light foxing at edges. . Richard Baldwin paperback
1941008205Pasadena: California Institute of Technology 1941. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine. Nice Photos Of The Physics Faculty Including Robert A. Millikan Earnest C. Watson Theodore Von Karman Etc.; Chemistry Faculty Including Linus Pauling Then Division Chairman; E. T. Bell; Carl Anderson; And Biology Faculty Including Division Chairman Thomas Hunt Morgan. Graduating Class Photo Of Robert Leighton Later Professor At Caltech And Co-Author Of Physics Books With Richard Feynman And Graduating Photo And Information For Clifford Truesdell. <br/> <br/> California Institute of Technology hardcover
1939005151Glendale California: Glendale Junior College 1939. First Edition . Ochre Boards. Good. Photographs Throughout. Interesting for the contemporary citation of only Jackie Robinson amongst the opposing Pasadena teams: Football: " Sparked by the dusky Jackie Robinson the Pasadena Bulldogs waxed the local boys 33-6 before a crowd of 32000 spectators in the Rose Bowl. Glendale scored after a pass interference penalty was ruled against Pasadena." Basketball: " Both tilts were lost when Glendale played Jackie Robinson's Pasadena Bulldogs the first 45-37 and the second 43-34." Robinson was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in October 2003 the second major leagyue baseball player to earn the medal after Roberto Clemente in 1973. Unusual small-format annual. All photographs in sepia. Spine worn and cloth split along one entire edge. <br/> <br/> Glendale Junior College hardcover
