‎Guerre‎

‎[Mexican-American War]‎

‎Ministerio de Guerra y Marina. El Exmo. Sr. Presidente Sustituto Se Ha Servido Dirigirme el Siguiente Decreto. "Pedro Maria Anaya Presidente Sustituto de la Republica Mexicana a Todos Sus Habitantes Sabed." caption title and first line of text‎

‎Mexico City: May 1 1847. Near fine. 1pp. plus integral blank. Minor wear. An exceedingly rare decree from acting President of Mexico Pedro María de Anaya ordering that Mexico City be closed and declared besieged. “That it is in the interest of the defense of this capital and of the Nation as a whole to take the necessary measures to contain the enemy's advances.†Que conviniendo á la defensa de esta capital y á la comun de la Nacion tomar las providencias necesarias para contener los pregresos del enemigo. This decree was issued on the same day that Puebla Mexico’s second-largest city fell to the the American forces under Winfield Scott advancing from Veracruz. Secretary of State and Officer of War and Navy of Mexico José Ignacio Gutierrez issued this decree for circulation. General Winfield Scott paused in Puebla in order to gather supplies and reinforcements and then attacked Mexico City in August of 1847. He eventually broke through the city’s defenses and was declared governor of Mexico City in September of that year. Signed in print by José Ignacio Gutierrez. One copy in OCLC at Yale. May 1 unknown‎

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‎[World War I]. Preston, Richard G.‎

‎Memory Book Compiled by One of the First YMCA Workers Deployed During the First World War Who Later Served as Missionary in North Dakota‎

‎Various locations in Great Britain France North Dakota and Massachusetts 1921. Very good. 19 leaves illustrated with about ninety unique photographs documents vouchers artwork newspaper clippings and other ephemeral items. Large quarto. Contemporary red cloth lettered in gilt on front cover string tied. Minor edge wear corners worn. Album leaves toned but contents generally sound. A unique assemblage of original materials and ephemera documenting the experiences of Richard Greeley Preston a young Princeton student recruited to work for the YMCA in Europe and Mesopotamia. Preston was attending Princeton in 1917 when a senior International YMCA executive secured his service along with twenty-three other Princetonians to support the British Army on the front lines. By the time the students arrived in London the United States had entered the war so instead of working for the British Army Preston was directed to establish YMCA sites at Besancon and Ponsex-les-Forges in France. Preston applied for a military commission in 1918 and was appointed as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army's Sanitation Corps in March and then assigned to the 41st Division. Following the Armistice Preston enrolled in the American School at the University of Paris and completed courses in French History literature thought and politics. After returning to the United States Preston became a missionary in Marion North Dakota for the Congregational Home Missionary Society despite not having any formal theological background. In 1933 he accepted a position of rector at the All Saints Episcopal Church in Worcester Massachusetts which he held until his retirement in 1958.<br /> <br /> The present scrapbook memorializes much of Preston's activities beginning with his YMCA recruitment in 1917 and proceeding through his missionary work in 1921. The scrapbook opens with Preston's YMCA Certificate of Identification dated April 24 1917 illustrated with a photographic portrait of him listing his nationality as "Native American" and his position as "Secretary of the International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America." Thereafter the album includes material documenting Preston's YMCA service in France his brief time at the American School in Paris and then his missionary experience in North Dakota. The YMCA material includes a document assisting Preston with communicating with English students a letter detailing the Princeton students serving for the YMCA event invitations YMCA patches a November 15 1918 memorandum to the Sanitary Department authored by Preston various documents and ephemeral items in French telegrams an American Red Cross travel pass Preston's honorable discharge certificate and more. His educational experiences in Paris include a 1919 certificate listing the classes completed by Preston theater tickets French currency class paperwork and more. Preston's time in North Dakota is documented through a letter from the Congregational Home Missionary Society CHMS five pages of typed documents detailing Preston's travel to North Dakota a page containing six real photo postcards of Marion and Litchville North Dakota and a 1921 document from the CHMS to Preston certifying him as a "licensed minister of the gospel." All but the last leaf of the album relates to Preston's service with the YMCA through his missionary work in North Dakota. The album concludes with a single letter from 1958 as well as a page of material dedicated to Preston's brother James Preston Sr.<br /> <br /> A wonderful record of service related to the activities of a young Princetonian recruited to work for the YMCA in Europe and then felt the call of missionary work in the American West before serving in Massachusetts for the final twenty-five years of his career. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5248

‎Guerra Elisa Puricelli & Gabo Leon Bernstein‎

‎The Forest of Talking Trees‎

‎Capstone Young Readers. Good in Good dust jacket. 2015. Hardcover. 1623701813 . 5.25 X 0.75 X 7.75 inches; 155 pages . Capstone Young Readers hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4736 ISBN : 1623701813 9781623701819

‎Bernstein, Gabo Leon & Elisa Puricelli Guerra‎

‎The Night of the Blue Turtles‎

‎Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 1623701805 . 5.25 X 0.75 X 7.75 inches; 155 pages . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4735 ISBN : 1623701805 9781623701802

‎[Civil War]. [Mississippi]. [Kerr, Thomas B.]‎

‎Manuscript Amnesty Oath from Mississippi Following the Civil War‎

‎Tishomingo County Ms: November 3 1865. Very good. 1p. of manuscript on a folio sheet. Old folds minor wear and soiling. A manuscript true copy of a loyalty oath taken by Thomas B. Kerr of Tishomingo County Mississippi following the end of the Civil War. The oath itself reads: "I do solemnly swear in the presence of almighty God that I will hereafter faithfully support protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the states thereunder and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the Existing Rebellion with reference to the Emancipation of the Slaves. So help me God." The document is signed by Kerr as well as the Justice of the Peace James M. Amis and docketed on the verso "Thos. B. Kerr amnesty oath." Amnesty oaths from Mississippi are increasingly more rare in the market especially those directly referencing the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery. November 3 unknown‎

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‎[Philippine-American War]. [Photography]. Givens, James D.‎

‎Philippines Cuba Porto Rico the Hawaiian Islands and Scenes Relating to Soldiers J.D. Givens Photographer box cover title‎

‎San Francisco: J.D. Givens 1905. Very good. 251 halftone photographs on glossy paper each 5 x 7 inches each with printed caption in lower margin loose in original box. Box rubbed worn and chipped top detached along one flap each corner of box bottom separated. Images in very good or better condition. A notable collection of photographs illustrating various aspects of the Philippine-American War produced by an important San Francisco photographer. James D. Givens operated a studio in the Presidio for many years. He traveled to the Philippines in 1903 on an Army transport ship where he took notable pictures of the current conflict. The present collection with Givens' studio imprint on the top of the box was likely issued around 1905. The collection contains a mixture of his work as well as many photographs produced by Perley Fremont Rockett and some photographs by uncredited photographers all copied and sold by Givens without credit or attribution. According to an article in the Spring 2002 issue of Prologue Givens would later publish several different books claiming credit for other photographers' work. Despite the cover title which claims to show images from four locations the present collection features the Philippines almost exclusively. The numbering system within the images is inconsistent with some of Givens' images employing its own numbering system and Rockett's images with different numbers in the negatives which makes sense given that Givens basically stole them. The images were likely selected by the original purchaser which was a common practice for photographic groups during this time.<br /> <br /> The images contain vital and wide-ranging photographic information regarding the war made especially easy to recognize through the printed captions. The images feature indigenous Filipino armies and various indigenous peoples street and market scenes in various cities a range of views of the rural Philippines notable Filipino buildings and indigenous structures the aftermath of battle scenes scenes during the surrender views inside military hospitals and much much more. Many of the images capture the American presence in the country picturing the U.S Customs House American soldiers on march and in their quarters American teachers and their Filipino students and so forth.<br /> <br /> A sampling of the captions featuring native Filipinos provides further flavor of the overall nature of the images which show: "Filipinos Saluting the American Flag at Laguna Samar Philippine Islands" "General Luna Assassinated by Order of Aguinaldo" "Grass Peddlers P.I." "Igarrotes and their delicious dog feast" "Tagalog Family" "Petty King of the Tinguianes and His Guard Abra Luzon" "Filipino Belles in Native Costume" "Filipino Children" "Types of Filipino Women" "Savages of Northern Luzon" "Luzon Milk Peddlers" "Igarrote Head Hunters" a shot of eight naked Filipino children smoking cigars "Type of Southern Luzon Iggorotte" a group shot of young Filipinos captioned "The Future Civil Authorities in the Philippines" and more. Some of the photographs capture the violence of war including a scene of the gallows in Pardo Ladrones a group of corpses in a trench captioned "War Is Hell" "The Bone Pit of the Manila Cemetery" "Burying a Filipino" a shot of American soldiers "Returning With the Dead and Wounded" more corpses "Found in the Trenches after Battle" and more.<br /> <br /> The present collection does not appear in OCLC under the cover title. A similar assemblage of 229 images with a slightly different title is housed at Stanford though Givens' eclectic numbering system prevents all but in-person comparison. In any case the collection contains rare and informative images of the conflict featuring a wide variety of subjects and scenes during the Philippine-American War. An instant collection of war images for any institution. J.D. Givens unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5186

‎Spanish American War. Shipboard Printing‎

‎Squadron Bulletin. U.S. Flagship New York June 23 & July 21 1898‎

‎Santiago de Cuba & Guantanamo Bay: June 23 July 21-22 1898. Very good. Two broadsides each about 8 x 5 inches. Old folds minor wear unevenly trimmed likely at time of production. A pair of unit bulletins produced aboard the U.S. Flagship New York while anchored off the coast of Cuba during two slightly different moments of the Spanish-American War. The earlier bulletin is dated June 23 1898 and the second follows almost a month later; the Battle of Santiago took place between these dates during which the New York played a major role. The ship served as the flagship of Admiral Sampson of the combined "North Atlantic" and "Flying" squadrons dedicated to destroying Spanish naval vessels in the Caribbean. The present bulletins were prepared by the squad's captain French E. Chadwick and report on numerous movements of American military forces mainly of other ships as well as other war news. The earlier bulletin also reports on the recent landing of 7000 soldiers at Santiago de Cuba advancing towards Ensenada de los Altares. These bulletins are rare survivals of wartime printing and also even rarer examples of wartime printing aboard an American seagoing vessel. They also serve as a valuable record of the reporting of events and strategies employed by the American military during this period. The bulletins were apparently reprinted not long after the war ended but were greatly augmented; the present examples offer the opportunity to read the original content printed on board the New York during the conflict. Institutional holdings of the original bulletins are rare with scattered quantities reported at five places -- the Library of Congress Newberry Harvard the Pennsylvania Office of Commonwealth Libraries and the Huntington. June 23, July 21-22 unknown‎

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‎[Mexico]. [Reform War]‎

‎Ley para Castigar los Delitos Contra la Nacion Contra el Orden y la Paz Publica‎

‎Mexico City: Imprenta de Ignacio Cumplido 1856. Still very good. 17pp. Original printed wrappers bound into full calf front board gilt lettered. Some toning and scattered light foxing. This law was promulgated at the end of 1856 by the new liberal government of Mexico following its ascendancy in the mid-1850s and preceded the reform Constitution of 1857 by two months. Its statutes defined "crimes against the independence and security of the nation" including various forms of treason rebellion and foreign military service or assistance and made them punishable by death. The law anticipated conservative resistance and revolt against the new policies of the liberal faction that aimed to strip power and influence from the church and traditional aristocracy of the country. Their efforts indeed led to full-scale civil war in 1858 and the second French intervention in the early 1860s. OCLC locates a small handful of institutional copies and we locate just one in available sales records. Scarce and in attractive original wrappers. Imprenta de Ignacio Cumplido unknown‎

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‎[Mexican-American War]. Lamb, John‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed from John Lamb to a Friend in North Carolina Discussing His Impressions of Saltillo During the Mexican-American War‎

‎Saltillo Mexico: September 9 1847. Very good. 2pp. on a single folded sheet addressed on verso of integral blank. Minor soiling damp stain along one vertical fold line some paper remnants from previous mounting. A manuscript letter embodying a unique view of the Mexican-American War and Mexico itself by John Lamb a soldier from North Carolina writing from a military hospital in Saltillo. Lamb reports that his regiment of North Carolina volunteers has been decimated by the war and disease the latter of which "has reduced me to a perfect skeleton." He reports briefly on the activities and impact of the war but the majority of the letter is consumed with Lamb's description of Mexico and its people architecture produce and more: "I have been in Mexico now nearly six months & am perfectly satisfied to return home if I could. The country does agree with me atall. They say Scott has whipped Santiana & we will have peace in a short time. There is many of our brave boys that came out with us will never see their native land parents & relations more for they are now lying in silent slumber beneath the clods of Mexico. We have lost over two hundred men & a great many discharged. I will now tell you something about Mexico. It is a very fine country and has some of the richest lands & finest buildings as any I ever saw. All the Mexicans lack is proper farming tools & timber to fence in their land & if they were industrious they could make independent fortunes. They use wooden plows mostly drawn by two oxen which they make but poor speed with owing to the hardness of the earth. As to fencing they use the brush that is taken off of the land which they say lasts many years. The principal pursuit in which they are engaged are gardening & the raising of stock which they sell. The gardens and vineyards in this country are not to be equaled by any in America and they raise all kinds of fruit & that the finest kind. You can go to the market any morning & see hundreds of bushels of fruit of the finest kind of grapes figs peaches & every thing you can call for but all very high. The Mexicans are a peculiar people to themselves the most of them are a copper colour with strait black hair. There are some however that are white & more refined & dress very tasty. They think more of their churches than any thing else. There is in this town six or eight & they have the bells ringing every hour which makes a tremendous noise. The workmanship of these Churches can't be beat by no workman & the inside work is magnificent the alters and all around is ornamented with gold. All the buildings here are fine made chiefly of brick & stone & have flat tops but lower down about the banks of the Rio Grande they live in miserable huts composed of cains palmetto &c. September 9 unknown‎

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‎World War II. Joyce Fred N.‎

‎Collection of Photographs and a Few Documents Relating to the Military Service of Fred N. Joyce During World War II‎

‎Camp Lee Va. and various locations in and around Fukuoka Japan 1947. Very good. Sixty-four vernacular photographs and five professional photographic postcards between 2.25 x 2 inches and 8.75 x 11 inches plus two documents and a canceled check. Minor occasional wear to images. A small but informative archive of photographs and documents pertaining to Private Fred N. Joyce's service in Occupied Japan at the conclusion of the Second World War. Joyce served in the Third Platoon of the 93rd Quartermaster Training Company stationed at Camp Hakata in Kyushu Japan. The two documents present here include a "Letter of Merit" given to Joyce while in training at Camp Lee Virginia in August 1946 and his "Honorable Discharge" granted in November 1947. Between those dates Joyce spent his short career in Japan documented with over sixty candid shots some of which are captioned in manuscript on the verso. The vernacular shots show a variety of subjects and settings including American serviceman on base at work and play in both Virginia and Japan portraits of Joyce's fellow soldiers numerous street scenes in Japan one manuscript caption reads "One of the modern Jap theatres on Main Street in Fukuoka" elevated views of the city of Fukuoka one taken from the Red Cross Building a shot of three Japanese "Janitors that work here in Battalion Headquarters" and other locals an image of Joyce with several Japanese children captioned on the verso "'Me' and some other little 'Japs'" and more. Three of the largest images present here are aerial photographs of Camp Hakata one with numerous buildings captioned in manuscript in the image area and keyed to a printed list on the verso. The other larger photograph is a professional group photograph of Joyce's Third Platoon with all members identified. Six commercial photographic postcards round out the collection which depict scenes in Japan with English printed captions beneath the images. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2580

‎[World War I Photographica]. Tolman, William H.‎

‎Large Group of Over 200 Images Taken and Collected by an American Aid Worker During World War I‎

‎Various locations in Europe mostly France 1918. Very good. 206 original black-and-white photographs between 3.5 x 2.5 inches and 5 x 7 inches. Occasional minor wear light chipping or short tears to images but most are in very good or better condition. An informative collection of contemporary photographs detailing the impact of the First World War in France. The images include numerous images showing the destruction of the war across France some casualties of the war group portraits of military officers and politicians street scenes and parade shots picturing dignitaries and military figures often in motorized vehicles but sometimes on horseback or on foot scenes along railroad lines scenes in factories both functional and bombed out numerous shots featuring the architecture and statuary in France street scenes in numerous French towns and villages and much more. A handful of small groups of images are held within a single sheet of paper identifying a common location or shared subject matter such as a pair of images from Saint-Quentin including a photo of a group of German prisoners at a rail station there seven images of flowers in Toulouse several images in Amiens including street scenes and a few with military content numerous images in Reims and Verdun three images documenting the destruction in Noyon and so forth. In addition to the war content the collection provides a broad view of the urban architecture and variety of landscape in World War I-era France among other research-worthy topics. <br /> <br /> Particularly interesting images feature a group of women busily writing dispatches a larger group of women working in a textile factory the statue of Joan of Arc in Reims soldiers cutting vegetables outside the citadel at Verdun the ruins of Sainte-Genevieve a town scene in the village of St. Martin a large group of men repairing the railroad an elderly woman standing below a bombed-out elevated railroad in Charleville and a crowded street scene and parade in Reichshoffen. Two images feature soldiers and resident of Reims rescuing large framed paintings from the Hôtel de Ville; both images feature men carrying a single large painting down the cobblestoned streets of the city.<br /> <br /> In addition to the images featuring human subjects and scenery four photographs memorialize signage the photographer came across in his time in Europe. One concerns the evacuation of a town in France in April 1916 another informs the French public that German soldiers are only allowed to pay for goods with certain vouchers the third sign lists the officials responsible for railway security in Noyon dated October 8 1916 and the last pictures a British Red Cross poster. The collection is rounded out by a handful of images in Sweden England and Egypt. The photographs are occasionally annotated on the verso in pencil identifying the subject location and/or the setting of the images. Several of the images include a personal stamp on the verso belonging to William H. Tolman Ph.D. of Pawtucket Rhode Island and New York City. According to newspaper records Dr. William H. Tolman 1861-1958 was a "social economist" and "social service expert lecturer and writer" who graduated from Brown University was an active citizen of Pawtucket was decorated by the regent of Hungary for creating a chapter of the YMCA in that country and while in New York City founded and served as the director of the American Museum of Safety and Sanitation from which he resigned in 1916. From about that year to 1920 Tolman engaged in welfare work in Europe and served as director of the YMCA in Bordeaux France spurring his personal interest in France and the First World War. A fascinating group of photographs documenting numerous scenes during the First World War. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4184

‎Unforgiven: The Story of How America has Exchanged Parity Agriculture for Parity War‎

‎Charles Walters Jr.‎

‎Economics Library 1971. Mass Market Paperback. Good. light shelfwear to edges of cover pages age toned <br/> <br/> Economics Library paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 006413

‎[Border War]. [Oregon]‎

‎The Third Oregon Infantry on the Mexican Border Mobilized Under the President's Call of June 18 1916‎

‎N.p. probably Portland 1916. Near fine. 36pp. plus two multi-panel folding panoramic photographic plates. Original tan wrappers printed in brown accompanied by original printed mailing envelope reading "A Souvenir of The Third Oregon Infantry on the Mexican Border." Very light wear. A scarce work featuring the officers staff and soldiers of the Third Oregon Infantry while stationed on the Mexican border near San Diego during the conflict with Mexico just before World War I. The work includes field and staff lists rosters organized by company and a list of "men who have enlisted at Clackamas since the Regiment left" in the summer of 1916. The work is profusely illustrated with photographs of each company within the text usually on the recto facing the roster lists. Each inside cover includes a folding panoramic photographic plate - the first titled "First Battalion at San Diego Exposition July 9 1916" and the second featuring the "Third Battalion on the Border - Mexico in the Background." Both panoramic images were produced from photographs by O.A. Tunnell. unknown‎

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‎Mexican American War‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed from Lieutenant Arthur Breese Lansing a Quartermaster Officer Serving During the Mexican-American War To His Father Barent Bleeker Lansing in Utica New York Regarding the Climate and His Activities After Arriving at the Principal Gulf Coast Supply Depot at Brazos Santiago Texas Illustrated with a Hand-drawn Map of the Area‎

‎Brazos Santiago: February 18 1847. Very good. 2pp. plus integral blank second leaf addressed on verso. Old folds. Small hole in address leaf from removed wax seal. An original wartime correspondence from Lieutenant Arthur Lansing a quartermaster officer recently arrived at the principal Mexican-American War Gulf Coast supply depot and transportation hub at Brazos Santiago Texas illustrated with a hand-drawn map showing the sand bar that impeded offloading of transports and slowed the movement of supplies and personnel up the Rio Grande. The first page contains Lansing’s letter the second his hand-drawn map. The text of the letter reads in part: "I have been ordered to report to.the QM Dept at this place - the most humid place in Christendom worse by far that Fort Brown. I have been sick since here the water is bad - my old complaint the Diarrhea. I am living on board a steamboat fitted up & called the 'Greenwood Hotel' - $10.00 a week - Astor house prices in all things. Gen Jesup the Chief of the QM Dept. is daily expected here. On his arrival I shall try to procure orders to go North. I have been so long in the country that my constitution is more or less affected by the climate. That you may understand the location of Brazos I add a sketch on the opposite side. The troops are being Embarked as fast as possible but still slowly. The elements are more to be contended against. What is their destination I cannot say with certainty. I have not recd any letter yet by the last mail. I suppose they have gone to Matamoros. They may be here in a day or two. Brazos is a sandy island - all sand up to your ancles."<br /> <br /> Lansing’s map shows the Mexico-Texas coast the Rio Grande Fort Brown and Matamoros Point Isabel Laguna del Madre Padre Island Brazos Santiago and the sand “Bar of Brazos†that hampered shipping. Lansing shows large ships anchored outside the sand bar and smaller vessels around Brazos Santiago. This first-person illustration of this specific area of the Texas-Mexico region is a unique contemporary view of an important location during the Mexican-American War.<br /> <br /> During the Mexican War General Zachary Taylor established a supply depot and transportation hub at Brazos Santiago where supplies and personnel were offloaded because seagoing ships could not cross over the sand bar. Supplies were then transported to Fort Brown and Matamoros by smaller vessels or oxcarts to Fort Brown and Matamoros. During the war several thousand American troops moved through the port. Brown’s mention of the Greenwood Hotel is interesting. Other army travelers mention it as well reporting that the wreck of a beached steamboat “was firmly wedged in the sand. It had been repaired and rendered weather-proof by the mud and mortar generally made use of for building purposes in these primitive regions. A bar-room and eating-room formed the principal apartments with several sleeping rooms of limited area adjoining which were the accommodations of the boarders. It was kept by an old woman and her pretty little granddaughter about twelve years old who was receiving an education to fit her for the responsible position of bar-maid to this ‘Hotel Texian.’†Another source a tongue-in-cheek article in the United States Magazine and Democrat Review reported a room at the Greenwood cost "four dollars a day with no extra charge for fleas mosquitoes and dirt!"<br /> <br /> Lansing was an artillery lieutenant when he was detailed to quartermaster duties at Brazos Santiago. Prior to that he served on the Northern Frontier near Buffalo New York during the border disturbances with Canada in the military occupation of Texas and at the defense of Fort Brown. Later he served as the Assistant Quartermaster at forts in Texas Louisiana Ohio Arkansas and the Indian Territory before leaving the service in 1851.<br /> <br /> Communications from Brazos Santiago are incredibly scarce both institutionally and in the trade. No printed or manuscript maps of Brazos Santiago and only one Brazos Santiago letter have appeared at auction per Rare Book Hub. OCLC shows only one institution holding of a printed map of the Brazos Santiago region and no institutions hold hand-drawn maps. OCLC reports just two institutions holding letters from Brazos Santiago. February 18 unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3542

‎[World War I]. [American Expeditionary Force, Siberia]‎

‎Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting the Allied North Russian Intervention in Vladivostok Just After World War I‎

‎Mainly Vladivostok 1922. Very good. 261 images about half real photo postcards and half vernacular photographs between 2.5 x 1.5 inches and 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Oblong folio. Contemporary brown leather photograph album string-tied. Lacking fore-edge flap spine chipped moderate rubbing and scuffing to boards. Minor occasional wear to photographs. A unique collection of photographs documenting the joint military expedition by Allied Forces into Vladivostok in southeastern Russia after the conclusion of World War I the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War most likely assembled by an American soldier serving there at the time. The American contingent of the incursion was called the American Expeditionary Force Siberia which partnered with nine other countries to attempt to bring stability to the region rescue 40000 members of the Czechoslovakian Legion being held up by Bolsheviks outside Vladivostok protect and retrieve American supplies in eastern Russia and stem the early spread of Communism. A similar expedition to northern Russia now known as the Polar Bear Expedition was attempted in Archangel. By practically every standard the joint missions failed and in fact damaged relations between the Allied Forces and Russia especially for the United States for decades to come. <br /> <br /> The present collection of photographs and real-photo postcards opens with several photo postcards with printed captions showing parades of the military forces of the various Allied countries who participated in the expedition to Vladivostok as they arrived in the city. These include the British Army landing in Vladivostok the Imperial Japanese Expedition marching in front of the Czech Headquarters the Japanese Vanguard relieving the Imperial Japanese Naval Party the French Army landing in the city the Allied Naval Fleet in the Vladivostok harbor and two views of the landing of the American Army. Two additional captioned postcards show the Czech forces joining the French Army and a rather shocking image of about ten dead Czech soldiers with the image captioned "Czech victims in vicinity of Nicholoske former Bolshevik Head-quarters at Vladivostok." <br /> <br /> The remainder of the photo postcards and photographs capture additional parades numerous street scenes but also scores of images showing the outskirts and countryside around Vladivostok ships from various countries anchored in the harbor or trying to navigate the icy conditions military patrols often carrying weapons American and other soldiers interacting with the locals scenes along the railway views of refugees fleeing the region and much more. Upon arriving in Vladivostok American soldiers were tasked with guarding segments of the rail lines of the Trans-Siberian Railroad running into and out of Vladivostok. American forces are seen here performing those duties but also overseeing a temporary dormitory of beds in an evacuation hospital patrolling the area around the city as well as the refugees along the railway hanging out in their makeshift barracks and more with one image even showing a group of American soldiers posing in baseball uniforms.<br /> <br /> Particularly striking are the images of the indigenous refugees posed near the railroad and in other locations. Some of the subjects appear to be Siberian nomads but others traveling along the rail line are almost certainly Czech refugees fleeing Russia after their role in fighting for their own freedom against the new Russian regime. Several photos here capture groups of people obviously en route to somewhere else along the railroad at train depots and resting in makeshift encampments or tent cities overseen by military personnel.<br /> <br /> Historical material from the Vladivostok expedition is exceedingly rare especially images of soldiers with boots on the ground. The present collection provides a fascinating glimpse of life in Vladivostok during this volatile moment in Russian history as well as a notable instance when American and Allied gunboat diplomacy utterly failed. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3735

‎[Mexican-American War]‎

‎El Gobernador del Estado a Sus Habitantes Sabed: Que por el Ministerio de Relaciones Interiores y Esteriores Se Me Ha Comunicado el Decreto Que Sigue. caption title‎

‎San Luis Potosi: September 18 1847. About very good. Broadside approximately 12 x 8.5 inches. Three small staples at left margin. Light wear and toning. Unrecorded bando printing of this emergency decree originally issued September 14 1847 stating that under the circumstances of the war with the United States Santa Anna and the Mexican government can establish the capital wherever it so pleases them:<br /> <br /> "Durante las actuales circunstacias de la guerra con los Estados-Unidos de America puede el Supremo Gobierno general de la Republica fijar su residencia en qualquiera lugar de ella.--- Por tanto mando se imprima publique circule y se le de el debido cumplimiento --- Guadalupe de Hidalgo Setiembre 14 de 1847."<br /> <br /> The decree was originally issued on the same day that Winfield Scott and American forces entered Mexico City. Santa Anna and the Mexican government had fled north to Guadalupe Hidalgo where the treaty ending the war was eventually negotiated and signed and issued this proclamation regarding the capital. OCLC two copies of this decree printed in Guadalajara; none of the original printing or of the present Potosi bando. September 18 unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2379

‎[Mexican-American War]‎

‎El C.L. Francisco M. de Olaguibel Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de Mexico a Todos Sus Habitantes Sabed: Que el Congreso del Estado Ha Decretado Lo Que Sigue. caption title‎

‎Toluca: February 11 1847. Very good. Broadside 16.75 x 12 inches. Previously folded. Faint dampstaining at left corners. Two small wormholes affecting one letter of text. Otherwise minor edge wear and light dust soiling. Unrecorded printings of two decrees by the legislature of the State of Mexico at Toluca that sought to raise emergency funds to defend the country against American invasion during the Mexican-American War. Passed on February 8 & February 11 1847 these acts authorized the state legislature to borrow 300000 pesos with one third of this money allocated to the army and the remainder to equip the national guard. This expenditure would be covered by a salary tax on government employees and additional taxes on alcohol including pulque and aguardiente sugar and lumber. The second decree provides guidance and stipulations for the collection of these taxes. At this point in time Santa Anna's army was rushing north to meet Zachary Taylor's forces at Buena Vista. Not in OCLC. February 11 unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2633

‎[World War II]. [Propaganda]‎

‎Meiguo ren zai Riben / Americans in Japan‎

‎Beijing 1950. About very good. 22109pp. Original printed wrappers. Illustrated. Text in Chinese. Minor spotting and soiling to wrappers backstrip reinforced with plain paper circular ink stamp on front wrapper title page and one text leaf. Occasional light marginal soiling. Rare Chinese translation of an anti-American propaganda pamphlet written by Soviet author journalist and screenwriter Oskar Ieremeevich Kurganov. The work first published in Moscow in 1947 argues that Americans invaded Japan during the Allied Occupation following the Second World War committed numerous crimes against the Japanese people including the sexual assault of women and that readers should resist the United States at all costs. OCLC locates three copies of this Chinese edition at Stanford Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2876

‎Mexican American War. Miles Dixon Stansbury‎

‎Headquarters of the Army Mexico February 4 1848. General Orders - No. 45. Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry Convened at Tacubaya Mexico by Virtue of the Following Order. To Examine into the Facts and Circumstances Connected with the Loss of Certain Pack Mules on the 4th Inst. While Under the Escort of a Column of Troops Commanded by Lieut. Colonel Miles. caption title‎

‎Mexico City 1848. Very good. 3pp. Printed on a single folded sheet. Dbd. Old vertical fold minor foxing. A rare United States Army field printing pertaining to a notable incident that occurred during the Mexican-American War. In early January 1848 Lt. Col. Miles was ordered by Brig. Gen. Twiggs to take command of a wagon train and a small cadre of troops and then conduct them from northern Mexico to Mexico City. Mexican merchants availed themselves of the escort for safe conduct of their merchandise to the capital city and other destinations in the interior of the country. The wagon train consisted of 316 government wagons which stretched to three miles in length with 1700 pack mules adding another nine miles to the procession. Col. Miles had 1300 troops under his command but only 150 of them were cavalry. Mexican guerillas under the command of Zenobia attacked the train between Santa Fe and Rio San Juan resulting in the loss of 300 pack mules along with the goods belonging to the Mexican merchants. Col. Miles was then brought up on charges in a military Court of Inquiry at Tacubaya Mexico the details and results of which are recorded in the present work. In short Col. Miles was exonerated of any misconduct especially considering that he only had "a small number of troops" at his command. The heart of the judgement states that "Lieut. Col. Miles exercised unusual prudence and foresight in his precautionary measures and that his entire arrangements upon the march were most judicious and officer-like and that instead of meriting censure or even animadversion the conduct of Lieut. Col. Miles entitles him to high commendation."<br /> <br /> The incident was described in a contemporary account recorded by American soldier Orlando B. Wilcox: "July 19. New acquaintance named Clark a sutler who was at Buena Vista.saw Zenobia's attack on Col. Miles' train. The Mexican merchants &c. whose pack mules the escort was protecting stood on a hill & saw Walker whipt & gave no assistance though they were numerous together & well armed. Zenobia made a dash at the pack mules. Clark was driven along with the crowd. Saw a volunteer try to cut the girth to save his pack; a lancer cut his head off at a clip. Zenobia left Clark as a prisoner charge of two men to 'whip the yankees.' Charge in deep files cavalry toward Walker's whose forty men dismounted. Walker was at their head; they gave way. Mex's dashed forward & on coming up wheeled to right & left" - Willcox.<br /> <br /> Dixon Stansbury Miles 1804-1862 served a wide-ranging career in the American Army. He fought in the Indian Wars the Seminole Wars and with particular distinction during the Mexican-American War before losing his life early in the Civil War. While commander of the Union garrison at Harper's Ferry in 1862 a time in his career when he had been censured by the Army for drunkenness he was mortally wounded while surrendering to Stonewall Jackson's forces during the Confederate invasion of Maryland.<br /> Willcox Orlando B. Forgotten Valor: The Memoirs Journals & Civil War Letters of Orlando B. Willcox Kent Ohio & London: Kent State University 1999 p.117. unknown‎

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‎[Texas]. [World War I]‎

‎Birds Eye View of Camp Travis. San Antonio Texas. Oct. 1917‎

‎San Antonio 1917. Very good. Large panoramic photograph 8 x 92 inches. Rolled. Minor wear at edges with one very short closed tear at top edge. Light blemish in negative at center of image. Light dust soiling and toning. An outstanding and extremely long panoramic photograph measuring well over 7.5 feet in length that depicts Camp Travis in San Antonio following its recent opening. Although the camp was open and housing an entire division-in-training at the time of this image the camp was still under construction as evidenced by the organized piles of lumber at the far right of the image and the incomplete barracks building in the center foreground. The panorama nevertheless gives a sense of the scope and size of the training camp with barracks and outbuildings stretching almost as far as the eye can see in the center and left sections of the photograph. Structures are sparser in the right-hand side of the image both because they as yet unbuilt and because some of the training fields were located in this part of the camp. The photographers Mayhart Studio of Chicago were responsible for a number of military and patriotic views during the United States' involvement in the Great War including the well-known "Living Flag" image of thousands of servicemen composing an American flag. <br /> <br /> "On July 15 1917 after its selection as the training site for the Ninetieth Texas-Oklahoma Division of the army Camp Wilson was renamed Camp Travis in honor of Alamo hero William B. Travis. The camp was ready for occupancy on August 25 1917. Additional land was subsequently acquired for vital training facilities and numerous structures were erected by the soldier welfare agencies. Camp Travis comprised 18290 acres of which 5730 were on the main campsite adjoining Fort Sam Houston. The Ninetieth Division was organized at Camp Travis in September and October of 1917. During the summer of 1918 Camp Travis served as an induction and replacement center with an average strength in July of about 34000 White and Black troops. On December 3 Camp Travis was named as a demobilization center. The facility was also designated a local recruiting station and a regional recruit depot in March 1919. Some 62500 troops were discharged at Camp Travis in about eight months. The camp then became the home station of the Second Division. Its service as a separate entity was terminated however upon its absorption by Fort Sam Houston in 1922" -- Handbook of Texas Online.<br /> <br /> A quite fascinating view of this enormous World War I-era training camp in San Antonio now a part of the even larger Fort Sam Houston military base on the east side of the city. We locate no other copies of this large and remarkable panorama. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 1992

‎[Spanish-American War]. [Nebraska]‎

‎Roster of the 2d Nebraska Volunteer Infantry‎

‎Chattanooga: Times Print 1898. Very good. 29pp. Narrow 12mo. Original red cloth cover gilt. Spine heavily chipped corners worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown contemporary notations to several leaves. Regimental roster for the Second Nebraska Volunteers mustered into service for the Spanish American War at Lincoln in May 1898. The regiment consisted of forty-six officers and 975 enlisted men each detailed herein by company. The regiment never saw active duty spending time training at Chickamauga before being transferred to Omaha and then mustered out in October of the same year. This copy with the ownership inscription of Irene G. Courtnay dated September 2 1898. Irene has made notations about several of the men -- presumably friends or acquaintances -- in the Remarks section of some pages. On the page for Company B she has written "Ernest G. Briggs drowned in Chickamauga Creek. 1st death in 2nd Neb. Regiment." Rare and likely produced in limited numbers for friends and family. Only a single photocopy reproduction located in OCLC. An interesting piece of Western Americana from this mostly-forgotten episode in American history. Times Print unknown‎

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‎Bradley, James; Powers, Ron‎

‎Flags of Our Fathers‎

‎Bantam Books 2000. very good hardcover w/ dust jacket. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bantam Books Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 160824-MG11 ISBN : 0553111337 9780553111330

‎Carmen Guerra‎

‎Coco se lava los dientes‎

‎Madrid: Susaeta 1990. Encuadernación de tapa dura. Bien. Carmen Guerra. CAJA 348 Tapa dura. Buen estado. Forro plástico. Ilustraciones color. Colección Dormilón. Literatura infantil Susaeta hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 021457

‎Diaz Guerra, Eduardo‎

‎Cinco letras‎

‎Santo Domingo: Taller 1985. Book. Illus. by . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Premio Poesia Casa de Teatro 1984. Generally aging; foxing. Taller Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : C02892

‎Ford, Corey‎

‎Short Cut to Tokyo the Battle for the Aleutians SIGNED‎

‎New York: Charles Scriber's Sons 1943. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 141 pages. Hardcover with a black dust jacket now in mylar. The jacket is worn and has some edge tears and chips especially at the bottom corner of the front cover There is a small blue "Signed" label inside the mylar at the foot of the spine. The book is sound with secure inner hinges. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on the half title by the author "For Captain Leland Lovette- with gratitude / Corey Ford". Leland Pearson Lovette 1897-1967 was Captain in the U.S. Navy and was Commander of the U.S.S. Guam in WWII. He eventually made rear Admiral. He was also the author of a book on Naval Customs. The bottom of the jacket's front panel reads "An Eye Witness Account of our Least-Known and Loneliest Front". First Edition with the Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. <br/> <br/> Charles Scriber's Sons hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 054302