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U.S. Camera 1952.
U. S. CAMERA 1952. Edited by Tom Maloney.
400 p. Numerous photographs. Advertisements, some illustrated and in color. Light damp staining. 4to. Original full cloth binding lettered in gold gilt. Binding slightly faded with light damp staining on rear board. Very good. W104LeftStk
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Dodd, Stephen (1777-1865).
THE EAST-HAVEN REGISTER: In Three Parts. Compiled by Stephen Dodd.
200 p. Loss bottom margin corner of title page. Lacks fly leaves. Page 197 torn without loss. Very age stained. Early pencil manuscript ownership of Ms. Eliza Johnson, Derby, CT. 12mo. 185 mm. Original worn leather binding. Title continues: "Part I. Containing A History of The Town Of East Haven. 1644-1800. Part II. Containing An Account Of The Names, Marriages, And Births. 1644-1800. Part III. Containing An Account Of The Deaths In The Families Named In The Second Part From The Year 1647 To The End Of The Year 1823." Includes interesting details about early East Haven Connecticut: boundaries; iron-works and mills; land divisions; controversies with New-Haven and Branford; town charters; ecclesiastisal affairs; schools; population and taxes; losses by war; natural history and curiosities; roads and public lands; etc. Howes D-387; S&S/AI 15987. Hardbound. Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 6
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Goodwin, Philo Ashely (1807-1873).
BIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW JACKSON, President Of The United States, Formerly Major General In The Army Of The United States.
pp. xi, 422 + Portrait Frontis engraved by J. G. Kellogg. First signature loose. Age stain. 12mo. 180 mm. Disbound. Second edition. Not in AI. Published during the the high controversy over Jackson's advocacy for "Indian Removal" to the west of the Mississippi River. AI BX 4
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Rogers, Thomas Jones (1781-1832).
A NEW AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY; Or Remembrancer Of The Departed Heroes, Sages, And Statesmen Of America. Second Edition.
pp. xii, 352. Lightly foxed. 12mo. 180 mm. Handsome original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Spine ruled in gold gilt. Title continues: "Confined Exclusively To Those Who Signalized Themselves In Either Capacity, In The Revolutionary War which obtained the Independence of their country. With Important Alterations And Additions. Compiled by T.J. Rogers." Second edition. Very, very good. S&S/AI 13981. Hardbound.PA IMP BX 6
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DeBow, J.D.B. U.S. Census 1850.
SEVENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1850.
pp. cxxxvi, 1022. Slightly age stained. Large, thick 4to. 320 mm. Original leather backed marbled boards binding. Joints fragile. Mildly ExLib. Fuller title: The Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Embracing a statistical view of each of the states and territories, arranged by counties towns, etc., under the following divisions: 1. Populations by counties - classification of ages and color-aggregates; 2. Population by subdivisions of counties; 3. Nativities of the populations; 4. Births, marriages, deaths, dwellings, and families; 5. Progress of the populations; 6. Deaf and dumb, blind, insane, and idiotic; 7. Colleges, academies, schools, & c; 8. Attending school, during year, as returned by families; 9. Adults in the state who cannot read and write; 10. Professions, occupations, and trades of the male population; 11. Agriculture-farms and implements, stock products, home manufactures, &c.; 12. Newspapers and periodicals; 13. Libraries other than private; 14. Churches, church property, &c., With an Introduction, embracing the aggregate tables for the United States compared with every previous census since 1790 - schedules and laws of congress relating to the census in the same period - ratio tables of increase and decrease of cities and states, etc., by sex and ages, and color - table of population of every county, town, township, etc., in the United States, alphabetically arranged--together with some explanatory remarks and an appendix, embracing notes upon the tables of each of the states, etc. A detailed state by state (and county by county) study of the population of the United States in 1850, including free colored, and slave. James Dunwoody Brownson DeBow (1820-1867) was a resident of New Orleans. He gained great fame and influence as editor of DeBow's Review. His ideas laid a foundation for the Missouri Compromise. He also served as Superintendent of the United States Census (1853-1857). Note: This is a rather large volume and would require shipping costs above the standard.W30 Rt
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Carter, George H. (Compiler).
PROCEEDINGS UPON THE UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF BARON VON STEUBEN. Major General and Inspector General in the Continental Army During the Revolutionary War. In Washington, D.C., December 7, 1910.
234p. + Frontis and full page plates. Some age staining. 4to. Original full cloth binding, decorated and lettered in gilt. Slight wear at extremities. Hardbound. Very Good. L10
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Pen & Pencil Club of Philadelphia.
PEN & PENCIL CLUB. GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 1892-1942.
64 p. Well illustrated. 4to. 310 mm. Original stiff blue wraps, lettered in gilt. The Pen & Pencil Club is a private social club and association of journalists in Philadelphia. It is the oldest continuously operating press club in America, and the second oldest in the world. It was founded in 1892,by reporters and editors at the city's seven morning and six evening newspapers by combining the Stylus Club, the Journalist Club of Philadelphia and the Reporters Club. Most of these newspapers no longer exist - but the club persists. "The club has seen many well-known faces in its history. President William Howard Taft once engaged in bar banter at the P&P until 5 a.m., after giving his bodyguards the lip. George M. Cohan felt at home here. So did past members Red Smith and Damon Runyon" and many others. For this anniversary books, Franklin D. Roosevelt sent his greetings. PAPAMPH Bx4
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Crawford, Samuel J.
KANSAS IN THE SIXTIES.
pp. xvii, 441 + Three photo portraits. 12 mo. 210 mm. Original full cloth binding, lettered in gilt. Mildly XLib. Hardbound. Very Good. Samuel Johnson Crawford (1835-1913) was a Civil War General in the Union army. Very involved in the developing 'Indian Wars' he became the third Governor of Kansas. These are fascinating and detailed "Memoirs of a `War Governor' who served as an officer in the 2nd Kansas (Colored) Infantry (later the 83rd U.S. Colored Troops). Nevins II, p.147; Dornbusch II, 1799. W4 / YORK HS
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Georgia Legislature; Candler, Allen D.
THE CONFEDERATE RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. Volume I. Compiled and Published Under Authority of the Legislature.
773 p. 4to. 255 mm. Original full blue cloth binding. Mildly XLib. Hardbound. Good. Volume one of an important set issued in five volumes between 1909 and 1911. This first volume includes the laws and acts supporting the rebellion and secession. ie: Message of Governor Joseph E. Brown on Federal regulations, November 7, 1860; Resolutions of various counties; Address of Thomas R.R. Cobb; Address of Alexander H. Stephens; Act calling convention; Journal of Secession Convention; Acts relating to public defense; etc. Scarce. OVERSIZE 5/6 / YORK HS
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Lutz, Charles Arthur.
MY FLAG.
pp. 136 + 20 Full-color illustrations. Some very unusual American pennants and flags are shown. Small 12 mo. 185 mm. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering, faint staining of covers. Text very clean. A wonderful guide for American citizens in the World War I era. PA 30L
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Crafts, William August.
THE SOUTHERN REBELLION. Very Rare Original Parts Issue.
Fifty parts (some bound two in one). pp. 648; 652. Highly illustrated. Original paper wraps. 4to. In our set the issue with parts 41 & 42 is missing, as id the paper cover to partt one. This is a set almost never found complete (if at all). The true first edition of this famous history of the Civil War illustrated with numerous steel engraved plates. . Sabin 17349; Dornbusch III:181; Nicholson, 172-73. RARE. A truly remarkable survivor. OVERSIZE 6 / YORK HS
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Fitch, Charles Elliott (Editor).
OFFICIAL NEW YORK FROM CLEVELAND TO HUGHES, In Four Volumes.
Four volumes. 4to. 260 mm. Well illustrated with portraits. Original half leather bindings, over marbled boards. Binding fragile but still very attractive and usable. Top edges gilt. XLib. Hardbound. Very Good. An unusually well done history and 19th century 'Mug Book'. OVERSIZE 6 / YORK HS
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Hale, Selma.
ANNALS OF THE TOWN OF KEENE, From its Settlement, in 1734, to the Year 1790; With Corrections, Additions, and a Continuation, from 1790 To 1815.
pp. 120 + Fold-out Map on light paper of the Village of Keene : From actual Survey by Geo. W. Sturtevant 1850. Also one woodcut map in text of the Village in 1800, with a chart of property owners and shops. Some age stain. Original leather backed boards binding. XLib. Hardbound. Good. Salma Hale (1787-1866) was a politician, author, editor, and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire (1817-1819). He was also the author of a popular early textbook 'History of the United States of America' which was published in several editions between 1820 and 1848. The earlier editions of the book used his pseudonym, 'A Citizen of Massachusetts.' His chronological history of Keene was first published in 1826. This enlarged edition has many points of special interest. Howes H-35. NEW ENGLAND 4 YORK HS
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Rolander, Guy McClellan.
REPUBLICANISM IN AMERICA. A History of the Colonial and Republican Governments of the United States of America, from the year 1607 to the year 1869. To which are added Constitutions, Proclamations, Platforms, Resolutions. Also, a Brief History of All the Existing Republics in the World.
665 p. + Plus 10 powerful portrait engravings (a few from lifetime photographs, including a fine engraving of Lincoln from a Brady photo). Original full cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold gilt. 8vo. 240 mm. Mildly XLib. A handsome piece of post Civil War political and historical propaganda. "Of all the political organizations in America, none has had so hard a struggle for national existence as that known as the Republican Party of today; nor has any political party in any country or age achieved so much for the advance of human liberty and the elevation upon a common platform of the religious and civil equality of all men before the law." - Rolander Guy McClellan. DC16 / YORK. W26
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New York State Freedom Train Commission.
OFFICIAL DOCUMENT BOOK NEW YORK STATE FREEDOM TRAIN.
pp. 72. Highly illustrated. Useful photographic reproductions of the rare and/or unique original documents. Original blue full cloth binding. Mildly XLib. From the introduction: The objective of the New York State Freedom Train was to provide a 'university on wheels' which as it tours the State will give every student, and adult person, the opportunity see and study firsthand the original documents of his heritage. This official book is designed as a "primer" to aid this study; it reproduces faithfully the documents - some yellowed with age; others scarred by fire - as they as shown on the train, and identifies them with a few salient facts and dates. No effort has been made to editorialize or to give opinion. This right is reserved for the reader. OVERSIZE 6 / YORK HS. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Webb, Alexander S.
THE PENINSULA. McClellan's Campaign of 1862. Campaigns of the Civil War - III.
pp. x, 219, (4) [Publisher's catalogue] + Folding map. Text illustrated with maps. XLib. Bookplate of R.E. Chislett. 12mo. 190 mo.Original full dark blue cloth binding, lettered in gold. Front board decorated in blind with rifle, sword and bayonet. Extremities only slightly worn. XLib. Hardbound. Very Good. W25 / YORK HS
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Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars.
MINNESOTA IN THE CIVIL AND INDIAN WARS. 1861-1865. Vol. 2. Second Edition.
pp. xi, 654. Large 8vo. 270 mm. Original half leather binding. Mildly XLib. Hardbound. Very Good. This Volume 2 (of 2) two contains the official reports and correspondence which form the documentry record detail of the battles, campaigns, expeditions, etc. in both the Civil War and the Indian Wars. The Indian War information is rarely encountered. This volume bears an inscription: 'Compliments of C.J. Humanson, Civil War Record Clerk, St. Paul, Minn. May 20, 1911.' He was the Adjutant General's Office Clerk who compiled the lists of volunteers that appeared in the first volume of this important work. OVERSIZE 5/6 / YORK HS
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Ostwald, Wolfgang.
KOLLOID-BEIHEFTE. (Ergnzungshefte zur Kolloid-Zeitschrift). Monographien zur reinen und angewandten Kolloidchemie. Band 50.
478 p. 8vo. 230 mm. Cloth backed marbled boards. On the front paste down is a Nazi registration stamp: 'Dereinnahmt im bestandbuch uber Bucher' dated 1942, and signed by Rosenberg as karteifuehrer. Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald (1883-1943) was a German chemist and biologist famous for his research on colloids. He was born in Riga, the son of the 1909 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Wilhelm Ostwald. 'In the early 20th century, before enzymology was well understood, colloids were thought to be the key to the operation of enzymes; i.e., the addition of small quantities of an enzyme to a quantity of water would, in some fashion yet to be specified, subtly alter the properties of the water so that it would break down the enzyme's specific substrate.' It was proposed that life itself was explainable in terms of the aggregate properties of all the colloidal substances that make up an organism. As more detailed knowledge of biology and biochemistry developed, the colloidal theory was replaced by the macromolecular theory.' The Nazi registration impratur (essentially a license to print or publish) makes this example all the more interesting. DENTISTRY 1
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Sallust (86-34 B.C.); Crespin, Daniel (1640-1716).
C. SALLUSTII CRISPI OPERA OMNIA QUAE EXTANT, Interpretatione et notis illustravit Daniel Crispinus in usum Serenissimi Delphini. In hac 2. editione Americana pleraque Londiniense [sic] errata, diligentissime animadversa, corriguntur.
pp. [2], 260. 8vo. 200 mm. First two leaves worn. Text browned, but not brittle. XLib with a stamp on the title page. Original full leather; worn, with both boards detached. Hardbound. Fair. EARLY MANUSCRIPT COMMENTS on rear flyleaf: 'Vox populi Vox Dei, The voice of the people is the voice of God. (A false saying).' Also: 'Mondacium ab ovo a Mala. A lie from beginning to end.' AI /S&S 32707. Though a poor copy this early Americanm schoolbook is rendered interesting by its little bit of American Latin manuscript. PA IMP 6
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Hale, Sarah Josepha (Editor) [1788-1879].
A COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF POETICAL QUOTATIONS: Comprising The Most Excellent And Appropriate Passages In The Old British Poets; With Choice And Copious Selections From The Best Modern British And American Poets.
576 p. + Frontis and 5 full page engravings with original tissue guards. Slight offsetting onto title page. Double column. Early manuscript Christmas presentation 'Miss Juliaette Wicker, A Christmas present from her father Dec. 25, 1864. Edges marbled. Ruled in black throughout. Large 8vo. 230 mm. Leather binding, worn. Original leather spine label. Rebacked in leather in an earlier period. Boards fragile. Hardbound. Text very good. PALIB 4
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Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851).
HISTORY OF THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Second Edition, With Corrections. In Two Volumes.
Two Volumes. Frontis map in each volumes. Volume I foxed. Volume II damp stain and foxed. Bookplate of Theodore T. (Thomas) Belote, Bridgetown, VA on paste down of both volumes. Theodore Thomas Belote (1881-1953). 225 mm. Original leather spines over cloth covered boards, worn. Leather gilt lettered title pasted on front boards. Spine perished on volume I. Howes #2285. S&S/AI 40-1660. Second edition. Hardbound. Good. PAIMP 10
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Brookes, Richard; Marshall, John (1783-1841).
A NEW UNIVERSAL GAZETTEER, Containing A Description Of The Principal Nations. Brought Down To The Present Period By John Marshall.
816 p. Illustrated with two hundred small engravings. Lacks marbled front fly leaf. Double column. Foxed. All edges marbled **Two Civil War era autograph ownerships. Large 8vo. 250 mm. Disbound. Text Good. Title continues: 'Containing A Brief Dictionary Of Commerce, Giving An Account Of All The Moneys In The Known World.' S&S/AI 40-1033. Disbound. Poor. PAIMP 21
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Trollope, Anthony (1815-1882).
NORTH AMERICA. Two Volumes In One.
Two Volumes In One: pp. 335; 334. Mildly XLib. XLib bookplate of the Library of the Page Literary Society on front paste down. 8vo. 190 mm. Original full embossed cloth binding, faded. Loss at head of spine. XLib call number on spine. Text is clean, but should be resewn. 'Author's Edition'. Hardbound. Good. The Trollope family made a little industry writing about visits to America, and comments on the land and its peoples. Anthony's mother, Frances, visited in the 1820's, and published a book about the trip in 1832. Anthony visited four times. His substantial trip in 1861 was the basis for this 1862 best seller. Anthony's comments on political matters during this contentious Civil War time were insightful and frank. Neither he nor his mother were beloved in the U.S. for many years. PAIMP 23
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Buck, Charles (1771-1815).
A THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY, CONTAINING DEFINITIONS OF ALL RELIGIOUS TERMS. Two Volumes In One. Stereotype Edition.
pp. (3), (1) Blank, (5)-615. Three full page woodcuts, worn with margin loss. Double column. Foxed. Early manuscript ownership of Henry Pleasants on title page. 8vo. 215 mm. Original full leather binding, rubbed. Front board detached. The owner was probably: Henry Clay Pleasants (1833-1880) was a Pottsville, PA coal mining engineer and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War. He is best known for organizing the building of an underground tunnel filled with explosives under the Confederate lines outside Petersburg, Virginia, resulting in the Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864, an opportunity for Union troops to break the defense of Petersburg. S&S/AI 37967. PAIMP 24
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De Foe, Daniel.
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE. In Two Volumes.
Two Volumes bound in one: pp. (1), (i)-viii, 313; 293. Early manuscript ownership of Henry W. Stover, 1864 on first fly leaf; and another by Stover dated 1863 between the two volumes. Foxed. 48mo. 125 mm. Bound in early black homemade oil cloth wraps. The wraps may be made from Civil War knapsack material. Stover was probably a Union soldier who was glad to have Robinson Crusoe as a companion in the Civil War. Softbound. Very Good. PAIMP 25
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McClure, A.K.; Curtin, Andrew G.
THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF ANDREW G. CURTIN. An Address . Delivered in the House of Representatives at Harrisburg, PA, January 20, 1895.
pp. 35 + Frontis. Thin 8vo. 245 mm. Original full cloth binding. Gilt memorial emblem on front cover. Early stamped ownerships and presentations. Hardbound. Very Good. Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815/1817?-1894) was a staunch supporter of the Union and served as the Governor of Pennsylvania throughout the Civil War. Alexander Kelly McClure (1828-1909) was a journalist, editor, writer, politician, and historian, active in PA Republican Party politics. He was prominent supporter, and later biographer of President Abraham Lincoln. PA 33
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Patent Reports.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1854. Arts and Manufactures. In two volumes.
Two volumes. pp. vii, 776; xxxii, 332. Includes a great many technical drawings. 8vo. 240 mm. Original cloth bindings, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Non-uniform. Hardbound. Very Good. NOTE: Early embossed ownership of Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (1816-1892) a career U.S. Army officer and civil engineer, who served as Quartermaster General of the Union Army during and after the American Civil War. Despite his Southern birth, Meigs strongly opposed secession and remained loyal to the Union; his record as Quartermaster General was regarded as outstanding, both in effectiveness and in ethical probity, and Secretary of State William H. Seward viewed it as a key factor in the Union victory. The ownership stamp highlights his favorite pre-war engineering project - the Washington Aqueduct (1852-1860). He supervised the construction of the monumental Union Arch Bridge across Cabin John Creek, designed by Alfred Rives, which for 50 years remained the longest single-span masonry arch in the world. It also mentions his service (1853-1859) supervising the building of the wings and dome of the United States Capitol. A remarkable record of 19th Century American invention and ingenuity, in an example associated with one of the most important figures of the Civil War era. BOX 66 Basement
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Stephens, Robert Neilson.
PHILIP WINWOOD; A SKETCH OF THE DOMESTIC HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. Written by his Enemy in War, Herbert Russell. Presented anew by Robert Neilson Stephens, Illustrated by E.W.D. Hamilton.
pp. 412. 8vo. 200 mm. Original publishers pictorial cloth binding in green, red and black. All plates and frontis present. Spine slightly faded. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
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Cowper, William (1731-1800); Biddle, Chapman.
THE TASK, A POEM. The Sixth Edition.
pp. (8), (1)-221, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. May lack one page of Publisher's catalogue. Ownership clipped from top edge of title page. Lightly foxed. **Early manuscript ownership of Chapman Biddle on first fly leaf. Chapman Biddle (1822-1880) was a member of the prominent Biddle family of Philadelphia. He served as an officer in the Union Army in the Civil War. He was Colonel of the 121st PA Regiment. The unit served at the Battle of Fredericksburg alongside the PA Reserves, losing 149 casualties in an attack on the Confederate right flank. Biddle participated in the Battle of Chancellorsville in the Third Division of I Corps. Biddle assumed command of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division before the Battle of Gettysburg began on July 1, 1863. The assignment of Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds as commander of the army's left wing led to acting promotion of brigade commander Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley to command of the division while Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday led the corps. Colonel Biddle led the four regiments of the brigade in the first day's fighting on McPherson's Ridge and the subsequent withdrawal to Cemetery Ridge. His report on the first day's fighting describes the brigade's fighting as taking place under heavy artillery fire. When the brigade was flanked by Confederate infantry, Biddle led an unsuccessful counterattack. Later he received a head wound from a spent Minie ball when Col. Abner Perrin's brigade attacked the brigade's fall-back position on Seminary Ridge. Biddle had his head bandaged, and then returned to his troops. Returning to his regiment on July 2, after Rowley resumed brigade command, Biddle participated in the repulse of Pickett's Charge. By the end of the battle, only 84 of 263 soldiers were left in the ranks. Biddle played no role in the court-martial of General Rowley for being drunk on the field at Gettysburg. In fact, he never referred to Rowley's role in the battle in anything he wrote during or after the war. Biddle led the 121st Pennsylvania though most of the summer and autumn of 1863, including most of the Bristoe Campaign and the Mine Run Campaign, before being discharged on December 10, 1863. His head wound, received at Gettysburg, eventually led to Biddle's departure from active service. His old regiment remained in service to the end of the war, being mustered out on June 2, 1865. 12mo. 185 mm. Original full leather binding. Original leather spine label. Front board fragile. Hardbound. Good. Evans 28497. EVANS1
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Mitchell, S. Weir.
A VENTURE IN 1777. Illustrated by J.J. Gould, Jr.
pp. 120 +Plus 4 plates of color illustrations and marginal illustrations in blue-green. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full yellow cloth binding with black lettering and green, white, and gilt candle decoration. Spine lettered in black. Cover color is good. Gilt is bright. Spine mildly faded. Corners slightly bumped. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf of 'Alexander Hamilton'(?) Contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) was an American physician and author who excelled in novels of psychology and historical romance. NW60
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De Leon, T.C.
JOHN HOLDEN, UNIONIST: A Romance of the days of Forrest's Ride with Emma Sanson. Illustrations by Charles A. Corwin and Charles Edward Boutwood.
pp. 338 +Plus 10 leaves of plates. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's pictorial full grayish-green cloth binding decorated with a color illustration and lettered in blue. Illustration is of a severe looking man wearing work clothes and standing with his arms crossed. Cover colors are bright and illustration is crisp. Spine color bright. Corners sharp. Dust jacket present and is decorated similarly to the binding with the same illustration of the severe man. DJ mildly soiled with some loss at base and head or spine. Contents clean. Second printing of first edition. Manuscript ownership on inside flyleaf of 'J.A. Munson' Hardbound. Very Good. Thomas Cooper De Leon (1839-1914) was an American journalist, author, and playwright. NW62
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Civil War; Fort Pillow.
REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR
Description: Two reports in one volume. pp. 128; 38 + ** 8 p. of illustrations showing emaciated white soldiers with identifications and details. 8vo. 230 mm. Original full cloth binding. XLib. "On April 12, 1864, some 3,000 rebels under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest overran Fort Pillow, a former Confederate stronghold situated on a bluff on the Tennessee bank of the Mississippi, some 40 miles north of Memphis. The garrison consisted of about 600 Union soldiers, roughly evenly divided between runaway slaves-turned-artillerists from nearby Tennessee communities and white Southern Unionist cavalry mostly from East Tennessee. Under a flag of truce which his men violated by creeping up on the fort, Forrest demanded the garrison's surrender, threatening that if it refused he would not be responsible for the actions of his men. Believing Forrest was bluffing, Bradford refused, whereupon the Confederates swarmed over the parapet. The overwhelmed garrison fled down the bluff to the river, where they were caught in a deadly crossfire. Forrest's men continued to shoot well after the Federals had thrown down their weapons, and many men were killed in hospital tents or as they begged for mercy. By the next morning only about 65 blacks had survived a massacre that had continued intermittently through the night. More than seventy percent of the white survivors would perish in rebel prisons. The Confederates lost about 18 killed. Northern Radicals seized on the massacre to inflame a wavering Northern public. Though Forrest initially described the river as "dyed with the blood of the slaughtered for 200 yards," and his field commander bragged that his men had taught "the mongrel garrison" a memorable lesson, Forrest and his staff later either denied there was a massacre or blamed it on the garrison itself." - From Black Past W21 / YORK HS
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Gugeler, Russell A.
COMBAT ACTIONS IN KOREA: Army Historical Series. Revised Edition.
pp. 252. Illustrated with black and white map drawings. Without dustwrapper as issued. Foreword by Hal. C. Pattison, Brigadier General. Originally published in 1954. A detailed study of the battles of this almost forgotten war. Some of the battle accounts are both thrilling and instructive. COLD WAR 5
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Anonimo
Pagine di guerra del Duca d'Aosta – diario dell'eroica resistenza dell'Amba Alagi( Aprle Maggio 1941)e della pridionia
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Bonacci G.-Oberti E.
le terre irredente e i nuovi destini d' Italia – letture sulla guerra italiana ed europea – per la gioventù e le famiglie
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Durkheim E.-Denis E.
Chi ha voluto la guerra? - le origini della guerra secondo i documenti diplomatici – studio critico
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AA.VV.
La Spaventosa Ritirata – versione italiana di Pietro Santamaria
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Anonimo
La guerra contro la Russia Bolscevica
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Gravelli Asvero ( A Cura )
Come combattono gli italiani – Giornali e Agenzie
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Italicus
Il tradimento di Badoglio
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Ministero della guerra
La Jugoslavia ha reso i conti – supplemento al XV notiziario a cura dell' Ufficio Propaganda
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Mussolini – Hitler
Vincere - la premessa dogmatica
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Montanelli Indro
Cronache di guerra – La lezione polacca – I cento giorni dell Finlandia – Guerra ne fiordo
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Beltrami L.
Verso l'alba della giustizia ( polemica intorno a “ Le Responsabilità del Gen. Cadorna “ - 2° ed.
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Melot A.
L'invasione del Belgio – una guerra ingiusta e barbara
Buona copia
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Neumann - ( Tenente )
Il Goeben e Breslau nella guerra mondiale – con 12 illustrazione originali
Buona copia
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Ehrhard Auguste
Les oeuvres de l'Hotel de Ville pendant la guerre ( ville de Lyon ) - aiuto ai militari al fronte
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Minist. Difesa – Ufficio Storico
Saggio bibliografico sulla Seconda Guerra Mondiale – 2° supplemento – compilato da L. Susani
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Armata del Grappa
Concessione immediata di Ricompense al Valore – ordine del giorno N° 179
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Ercoli Mario( Palmiro Togliatti)
L'Italia e la guerra contro la Germania hitleriana
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