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(Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
Poster The Message of Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York: Thom McAn Shoe Company 1945. Poster. Illus. by Overend W. H. Very Good. One Page. First Printing. SCARCE WWII era poster to commemoorate the death of Franklin Delano Rooselt the 32nd President of the United States. 22' hi x 32" wide Very Good small chips and tears at edges not affecting omage faint crease bottom left corner the paper wavy. In addition to a large portrait and numerous small images is "Chronology of Franklin D. Roosevelt" and twelve of his most memorable quotations - "THE FOUR FREEDOMS: In the future days which we seek to make secure we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression.The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way.The third is freedom from want.The fourth is freedom from fear." Address to Congress Jan. 6 1941. A poster quite suitable for framing it will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. Thom McAn Shoe Company unknown
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(FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIM)
French Spoliation: In the Court of Claims. Petition. Filed January 7 1887
N.p.: N.p. 1887. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 7pp. Very good. Outer wrappers faintly soiled and mildly edgeworn. Probable sole edition of this bibliographically-cryptic pamphlet presenting the case of Lefferts W. Lloyd Catherine W. Mitchell and Samuel F. Engs each the administrator of the estate of a deceased versus the United States in this "French Spoliation Claim" -- claims made by U.S. citizens against France Holland and Spain for ships and goods seized by privateers prior to September 30 1800 at ports controlled by those countries -- a rather sizeable and definitely bizarre category of strange maritime documents with claims made by descendants into the 20th century. This particular claim involves John and Abraham Franklin and their ship "Hunter" commanded by William Whitlock. In 1798 she sailed from New York headed for France and then China but was captured by a Spanish and then a French privateer -- it all gets hairy and convoluted but in the end the ship and goods were damaged and the descendants seek $75000 in damages. N.p. paperback
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(FRESNO COUNTY LOCAL HISTORY).
California Homes and Industries and Representative Citizens. A Serial Showing the Improvements and Progress of the State and containing hundreds of beautiful etchings photogravures artotypes and artistic colored lithographs. This Number is Devoted Exc
Fresno: Fresno City and County Historical Society. Fine. 1982. Facsimile Reprint. Softcover. 94 pp.; folio; color illustrated wrappers; reproductions of the original illustrations albeit not with the original quality. "The original book from which this copy was reproduced is in the Woodward Collection at the California State University Fresno. It is the only known copy to be in existence." This reprint also appears to be a bit scarce. . Fresno City and County Historical Society paperback
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(GALENA, Illinois) McDANIEL, Mary (?-?)
Autograph Letter Signed
Early resident of this important Illinois lead-mining town which for a time produced a high percentage of the world's lead "Galena" is Latin for lead and was supposed to become the great hub of the Midwest before Chicago's natural geographic advantage supplanted it; today's Galena is remembered as the adopted hometown of Ulysses S. Grant. ALS 2pp single leaf 5" X 8" Galena IL 1857 January 1. Addressed to Miss Marcia Floyd of Courville Maine. Writing on pale pink lined stationery McDaniel pens her friend this chatty missive. She describes Illinois: "Well it is a large and fertile state abounding in vast prairies the principle production is wheat maize etc. There are numerous salt springs." Of Galena she notes: "The inhabitants in the vicinity are chiefly farmers and are intelligent and enterprising. Most of them live in log houses. I am attending school at present and like it here very much." Oddly she signs off "Peter Fling / Mary McDaniel." The significance of this pseudonym we have not been able to ascertain -- perhaps "Peter Fling" was a character in popular young women's literature of the day. Even more odd is the original envelope which is present. A typical small 4 3/4" X 2½" in addition to addressing it McDaniel draws a three-cent stamp in the upper right corner and draws a circular "Galena Ill Jan. 1" postal cancellation in the upper left corner! The 1850s was the early days of actual government-issue postage stamps of course but this humorous version surely was contained within another larger second envelope. No "McDaniels" appear in the Galena city directories of this period though with a large and somewhat transient population in a rural area this isn't terribly meaningful. This superb and evocative letter has been handsomely framed the letter in one mat opening and the envelope in another above it double matted in tan and dark brown and framed in a 1¼" burlwood frame overall dimensions 10¼" X 18". It's double sided as well so may be flipped over to read the letter's second page where an attractive typescript of the entire letter is also displayed in a mat opening. Very early and very unusual. unknown
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(GALENA, ILLINOIS -- LEDGER BOOK)
Business Ledger
N.p.: N.p. 1883. Hardcover. Narrow 4to 8" X 13". Calf spine and pebbled paper over boards. 180pp. Good plus. Quite edgeworn and rubbed with rounded outer corners but calf strong and nice; fairly tight and unrestored fully handleable. This typically cryptic ledger book hails from Ulysses S. Grant's adopted hometown of Galena in Jo Daviess County an important lead mining center at one time thought to become the great hub of Midwest commerce. Consisting of pages lined in blue and red the first 170 pages each bear a large "Trial Balance" and date penned boldly in brown ink -- the largest column beneath consisting of a row of names of individuals businesses and institutions and two columns of numbers to the right of this. All are immaculately penned in the same quite attractive and legible hand. Perusing these pages one finds many a notable citizen of the day -- S.O. Stillman John Nichols B.F. Felt others -- and an array of businesses -- to name a few one finds regular entries for Merchandise National Bank Reynolds & Chapman D. Wilkinson & Co. F.W. Strattman & Co. and other local business. The large and broad array of institutions includes S.S. Mission Fund School Fund Masonic Charity Fund Jo Daviess Chapter Agricultural Society Miners Lodge State Insurance Fund Citizens League and others. Pages 171 through 180 consist of boldly pencilled "Bills Receivable Trial Balance" sheets. Although no business name appears anywhere within this ledger book nor internal clues to identify the business the eclectic nature of the entries and the relatively large sums of money in the credit and debit columns suggests this ledger book originated from a banking institution. An intriguing item worth further research. N.p. hardcover
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR -- WILLIAM S ROSECRANS)
General Orders No. 28
Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1864. Handbill. 12mo. Near fine. Faint age toning; file holes at left margin not affecting text. A bold and handsome General Order recording that "By direction of the President of the United States Major General W.S. Rosecrans. is appointed to the command of the Department of Missouri." Also notes that General Schofield whom Rosecrans was replacing is to report for duty to General Grant in Chattanooga. Signed at the conclusion in type by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. Accompanied by a striking Civil War-era 6" X 9" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Hooker in uniform. Near fine. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR -- SAMUEL P HEINTZELMAN)
General Orders No. 17
Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1864. Handbill. 12mo. Very good. Minor age toning with file holes at left edge. Handsome General Order noting that "By direction of the President of the United States Major General S.P. Heintzelman. is placed in command of the Northern Department which will be composed of the States of Michigan Ohio Indiana and Illinois." Signed at the conclusion in type by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. Small contemporary docket in purple ink at lower right. Accompanied by a Civil War-era 6" X 9" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Heintzelman in uniform. Very good. Mild age toning. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR -- SIGEL, Franz)
General Orders No. 80
Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1864. Handbill. 12mo. Very good. Two small file holes at left margin not affecting text. This brief but quite attractive General Order notes simply that "Major General FRANZ SIGEL U.S. Volunteers is assigned to the command of the Department of West Virginia." Signed at the conclusion in type by Assistant Adjutant General W.A. Nichols. Accompanied by a superb Civil War-era 5½" X 9" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Sigel. Fine. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR). BURNSIDE, Ambrose E
General Orders No. 114
Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1863. Handbill. 16mo. 3pp. Very good. Minor age toning. A handsome and lengthy at three pages General Order containing the trial proceedings conducted by Brigadier General R.B. Potter in Cincinnati Ohio for Confederates William F. Corbin charged with "Recruiting men within the lines of the United States forces for the so-called Confederate Army" in Kentucky and T.G. McGraw same charge same place -- both found guilty and sentenced "To be shot unto death." Signed at the conclusion in type by Adjutant General A.E. Burnside and approved by Lincoln. Accompanied by a Civil War-era 4 3/4" X 8" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of a stern Burnside. Very good. Moderate age toning. A fine pair. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR) SEWARD, William H
General Orders No. 308
Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1864. Handbill. 12mo. Very good. File holes at left margin not affecting text. Bold attractive General Order in which Lincoln's Secretary of State announces that "The President directs that. no traveler shall be allowed to enter the United States from a foreign country without a passport. This regulation is intended to apply especially to persons proposing to come to the United States from the neighboring British provinces." Signed at the conclusion in type by Seward and also by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. Likely this directive was issued to help curb any influx of Confederate sympathizers or supporters from the United Kingdom. Accompanied by a nice Civil War-era 5" X 7" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Seward. Very good. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR -- SHERMAN, William T)
General Orders No. 295
Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1864. Handbill. 12mo. Near fine. Two small file holes at left margin not affecting text. This handsome General Order titled "Exchange of Prisoners of War" announces that "The following prisoners of war received and delivered at Rough and Ready Georgia the 19th 22d 28th and 30th days of September 1864 in pursuance of an agreement between Major General W.T. SHERMAN U.S. Army and General Hood are declared duly exchanged." -- followed by large numbers of Union commissioned officers non-commissioned officers and privates totaling 1128 soldiers and Confederate commissioned officers non-commissioned officers and privates totaling 1332 soldiers. Signed at the conclusion in type by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. Accompanied by a nice Civil War-era 5¼" X 8½" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Sherman. Near fine. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR -- EA HITCHCOCK) E A
General Orders No. 187
Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1862. Handbill. 12mo. Near fine. A superb bright General Order briefly noting that "Major General E.A. Hitchcock. is detailed as Commissioner for the Exchange of Prisoners of War" -- a position he held until the war's end. Signed at the conclusion in type by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. Accompanied by a Civil War-era 6" X 9" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Hitchcock in uniform. Very good. Mild age toning and bit of faint foxing. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR -- JOSEPH HOOKER)
General Orders No. 263
Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1864. Handbill. 12mo. Near fine. File holes at left margin not affecting text. A bright and lovely General Order informing that "By direction of the President of the United States Major General Joseph Hooker is assigned to the command of the Northern Department. He will immediately proceed to Columbus Ohio and relieve Major General Heintzelman." Also notes of course Heintzelman's new marching orders. Signed at the conclusion in type by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. Accompanied by a Civil War-era 4 3/4" X 7¼" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Hooker in uniform. Fine. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR)
General Order No. 1
Bolivar TN: Head-Quarters Com'dr of the Post 1862 November 3. Handbill. Small 8vo 5" X 7 3/4". Very good. Clean and nice though bottom and left margins heavily chipped not affecting text. Mason Brayman announces his taking command of the Post of Bolivar per Major General J.B. McPherson's order and lists the several regiments that will report to this headquarters. Signed in type at the conclusion by M. Brayman as "Brig Gen'l Commanding Post." Brayman 1813-95 was a New York attorney who migrated to Michigan then Illinois -- where in 1848 when Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress and moved to Washington he rented the Lincoln's home. He served with the 29th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and rose to major general during a short but heroic career after the war editing the "Illinois State Journal" and n 1876 appointed Governor of the Idaho Territory. Given the crude typesetting quite possibly printed on a field press. Very scarce. unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR). THOMAS, L
General Orders No. 25
Washington DC: War Department 1863 January 29. 16mo. 2pp single leaf. Handbill. Very good. Binding traces down left edge. Mourning border. Announcement of the death of Colonel John James Abert 1788-1863 chief topographical engineer and head of the Topographical Bureau. A long-time career officer Abert headed this bureau from 1834 until his 1861 retirement. "The Army and the country will not need to be reminded of the vast interest and value attached to the operations of this corps since its organization" Thomas reminds the reader. "The geographical and other information concerning this continent which its officers have collected and published has challenged the admiration of the scientific world." Signed in type at the conclusion by Adjutant General Thomas. unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR)
General Orders No. 186
Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1862 November 15. Handbill. 2pp. 12mo 5" X 7¼". Near fine. Bit of age toning. Intriguing General Court Martial case in which Private John Kessler 103rd Regiment of New York Volunteers is charged with murdering First Lieutenant Fernando Linzy -- that he "did stab with a bayonet. inflicting a wound in the body of the said Lieutenant. which caused his death." Pleaded "Not Guilty" and found "Guilty" Kessler was sentenced to "be hanged by the neck until he be dead." In this case President Lincoln approved the sentence. Signed in type at the conclusion by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and attractive. unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR)
General Orders No. 121
Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1863 May 13. Handbill. 16mo 4½" X 6 3/4". Very good. Slight bit of age toning. Announces that "Major General J.M. Schofield is by direction of the President assigned to command the Department of the Missouri" and that "Major General S.R. Curtis is being relieved from his command." Signed in type at the conclusion by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and attractive. unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR). TOWNSEND, ED E D
General Orders No. 211
Washington DC: War Department 1864 June 15. 12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Lightly soiled and a tad edgeworn with two file holes at left not affecting text. Townsend announces a "Public Resolution -- No. 34" being "A Resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Lieutenant Joseph Bailey of the 4th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. for distinguished services in the recent campaign on the Red river by which the gunboat flotilla under Rear Admiral David D. Porter was rescued from imminent peril." Bailey 1825-67 was one of only 15 men voted the "Thanks of Congress" -- and the only one who wasn't a corps or division commander. General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign was saved from a disastrous loss of life by this Wisconsin engineer who devised a plan to raise the level of a river at Alexandria by constructing a winged dam. For ten days about 10000 soldiers slaved away to build it. The river did indeed raise and Admiral Porter's stranded fleet of ten gunboats floated safely past. Remnants of "Bailey's Dam" can still be seen today. An intriguing relic of this famed event. unknown
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR). TOWNSEND, ED E D
General Orders No. 259
Washington 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
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR)
General Orders No. 9
Washington 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
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR). TOWNSEND, ED E D
General Orders No. 282
Washington 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
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR)
General Orders No. 76
Washington 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
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR). TOWNSEND, ED E D
General Orders No. 265
Washington: 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
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR -- HOOD, John Bell). TOWNSEND, ED E D
General Orders No. 295
Washington 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
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR). TOWNSEND, ED E D
General Orders No. 294
Washington 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
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR)
Head Quarters Dept. and Army of the Tenn
Huntsville 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
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(GRANT, Ulysses S)
Galena and Its Lead Mines
N.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
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(Higbee, Elnathan Elisha)[1830-1889].
TRIBUTES OF LOVING MEMORY TO ELNATHAN ELISHA HIGBEE, For Nearly Nine Years State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania, With Biographical Sketch And Selections From His Writings In Prose And Verse.
160p. Obituaries printed on inside front and rear covers and outside rear wrap. Tall 8vo. Original pale green printed wraps, chipped with small loss at top of front cover and head and tail of spine. This version, in orignial wraps, of the Higbee Memorial Volume is rather scarce. PA PAMPH 19_16 BX1
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(ILLINOIS). BATEMAN, Newton & Paul SELBY, editors
HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. & A HISTORY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
Chicago: 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
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(IOWA / DALLAS COUNTY)
The History of Dallas County Iowa Containing a History of the County its Cities Towns &c.
Evansville 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
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(IRVING, Washington; pseud.:) Diedrich Knickerbocker)
A humourous history of New York from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty; containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disasterous projects of William the Testy and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong, the three Dutch Governors of Amsterdam etc. 2nd edition.
London, W. Wright, 1821. 2 Bl., XVI, 495 S. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz. Interimspappband d. Zeit (berieben u. bestoßen, Vorderdeckel lose, Rückenbezug mit Fehlstellen). [2 Warenabbildungen]
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(Johnson) White, William S
The Professional: Lyndon B. Johnson
Boston: 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
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(Johnson, Andrew) [1808-1875].
TRIAL OF ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Before the Senate of the United States, On, Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Published by Order of the Senate. Three Volumes.
Three Volumes. XLib. Sm. 4to. Original full cloth bindings. Volume One rebound in library buckram. Binding extremities worn. Hardbound set. First edition. The report of the historic trial made by the regular stenographers of the Senate, and prepared for the use of that body. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHELF W22
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(KANSAS / SLAVERY)
The New-Haven Memorial to the President Protesting Against the Use of the United-States Army to Enforce the Bogus Laws of Kansas; The Answer of President Buchanan; and the Reply to the Memorialists
Boston: 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
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(MASSACHUSETTS)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. / 1858
N.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
Référence libraire : 10187
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(MONTANA -- Mine Claim) SMITH, Alonzo (1832-1912)
Autograph Letter Signed
Montana 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
Référence libraire : 35258
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(Monuments Historiques)
MONUMENTS HISTORIQUES
N° 173 - Mars-avril 1991 : Revue de l'ex Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historiques. 128 pages, format 215 x 270 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
Référence libraire : LFA-126740063
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(NABOKOV) - Collectif, sous la direction de Maurice COUTURIER
LOLITA
1998 Paris, éditions Autrement, collection Figures mythiques, 1998. In-8 broché de 131 pp. Couverture illustrée. Très bon état.
Référence libraire : 14695
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(NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS)
Journal of the Eightieth Convention of the National Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic Inc. September 2-6 1962 Springfield Illinois
N.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
Référence libraire : 205
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(NAUVOO, Illinois -- MORMONS)
Nauvoo from the Mississippi Looking Down the River
Hand-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
Référence libraire : 27617
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(NEW ENGLAND / EDUCATION)
Autograph Manuscript unsigned
AM 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
Référence libraire : 40711
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(NEW ORLEANS -- CARGO MANIFEST)
Partly-Printed Autograph Document
Partly-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
Référence libraire : 17454
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(New York City). Smith, Geo(rge) D (publisher)
IN OLD NEW YORK
NY: 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
Référence libraire : 009969
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(PEORIA AND HANNIBAL RAILROAD COMPANY)
Certificate of Stock. Peoria and Hannibal Railroad Company
N.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
Référence libraire : 18165
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(POUND Ezra) / RACHEWILTZ (de) Mary
Ezra Pound éducateur et père. Discrétions
Paris, Pierre-Guillaume de Roux, 2017, 14 x 22,5, 428 pages sous couverture souple illustrée. Traduit de l'anglais par Claire Vajou.
Référence libraire : LITTAMERIC4400623
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(RAILROAD -- TIMETABLE)
Chicago & North-Western Railway -- Madison Division. Between Milwaukee and Madison.
N.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
Référence libraire : 15285
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(Richard Baldwin; George Montagu-Dunk Halifax, Earl of; William Petty Lansdowne, Marquis of; Walter Yonge; Fabian Philipps).
A True Relation of the Manner of the Deposing of King Edward II. together with the Articles which were Exhibited against him in Parliament. As also an exact account of the proceedings and articles against King Richard II: and the manner of his deposition
London: 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
Référence libraire : 10130
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(Robert Leighton and Clifford Truesdell interest]
The Big T: Yearbook of the California Institute of Technology 1941
Pasadena: 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
Référence libraire : 008205
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(Robinson, Jackie )(in)
La Reata Yearbook with Text on Jackie Robinson 1939
Glendale 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
Référence libraire : 005151
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(ROCHEFORT):
Retour de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. De Nouméa en Europe. 200 illustrations contenant 700 sujets.
Paris, (Motteroz pour) Ancienne librairie Martinon, F. Jeanmaire successeur, s.d. (1880), in-4to, 4 ff. + 364 p., avec de nombreuses illustrations partiel. à pleine page + 24 p. (Note sur les Etats-Unis, et 2 tables), dédicace ms. ‘A Alph. Vuij’, reliure en demi-toile (bibl.), extrémités des coiffes très lég. abîmées, rousseurs sur les tranches.
Référence libraire : 39629aaf
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