‎Guerre‎

‎Belgium Ministere de la Guerre‎

‎Apercu general des operations de l'Armee Belge d'Aout 1914 au Novembre 1918‎

‎Bruxelles 1919. 21 pp. plates; ex library paper wrappers detached and badly chipped working copy only. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Bruxelles unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : ZB465850

‎United States War Department‎

‎Letter from the Secretray of War transmitting Satements of expenditures for contingencies of the War Department.‎

‎Washington: 1853. 61 pp issued as 32d Congress 2d Session HED 32; light extraction roughness at spine partially age toned and occasional age staining but still entirely readable now in self wrappers. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Washington: unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : ZB471762

‎War of 1812‎

‎An Abstract of the Evidence Lately Taken in The House of Commons Against the Orders in Council Being a Summary of the Facts There Proved Respecting the Present state of Commerce and Manufactures of the Country‎

‎NY: Wm. Elliot 1812. 36 pp. paper wrappers some darkening to text but still supple. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. NY: Wm. Elliot unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : ZB527180

‎(War of 1812) Bronson, Enos; editor‎

‎United States Gazette for the Country Bound volume of semiweekly issues from April to December 1812‎

‎Philadelphia 1812. Vol XII Nos. 1134 to 1212 lacking No. 1154. plus newspaper extras dated April 16 May 14 June 1 and 18 August 17 and 24 Sept. 10 and 28. Together 86 issues. 4to. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards worn. Foxing. Vol XII Nos. 1134 to 1212 lacking No. 1154. plus newspaper extras dated April 16 May 14 June 1 and 18 August 17 and 24 Sept. 10 and 28. Together 86 issues. 4to. Among the newspaper extras is one dated June 18 1812 on the Declaration of war. The following extra covers the June 20 attack by an angry mob on the offices of the Federal Republican in Baltimore for the newspaper's anti-war stance.<br /> <br /> A Federalist organ Bronson's United States Gazette for the Country a continuation of the Gazette of the United States published under this title from February 21 1804 to March 7 1818. Brigham pp. 958-960 unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 352283

‎(Civil War)‎

‎The New-York Times . April 15 1861 . Fort Sumpter sic Fallen‎

‎New York 1861. 8pp. Map of Fort Pickens and Pensacola on the front page. Folio. Disbound. Very good. 8pp. Map of Fort Pickens and Pensacola on the front page. Folio. This historic issue of the New York Times published two days after the fall of Fort Sumter details the bombardment and includes a printing of President Abraham Lincoln's first proclamation calling for troops to suppress the rebellion of the secessionist states and "maintain the existence of our National Union unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 351864

‎(Civil War)‎

‎NAVY DEPARTMENT.GENERAL ORDER NO. 13.‎

‎Washington 1863. 2pp. Single folded leaf. Torn and stained along fore-edge not affecting text. Good. 2pp. In this general order Navy Secretary Gideon Welles sets forth the rules governing flags of truce. The order details the conditions for issuing and the methods of accepting a truce flag. It also discusses the issue of hospital protective flags. <br/><br/> unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 354307

‎(Spanish-American War)‎

‎Battle of Manila . May Morning with Dewey. PI 1st May 1898 Manila Bay‎

‎1898. Lithographed view on silk of the Battle of Manila Bay with a large oval portrait of Commodore George Dewey at the upper left within a hand-drawn American flag border stitched to the view. 21-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches. Framed and glazed. Lithographed view on silk of the Battle of Manila Bay with a large oval portrait of Commodore George Dewey at the upper left within a hand-drawn American flag border stitched to the view. 21-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches. The first major engagement of the Spanish-American War the battle was one of the most decisive naval battles in history and marked the end of the Spanish colonial period in Philippine history. On April 27 1898 Dewey sailed from China aboard USS Olympia with orders to attack the Spanish at Manila Bay. He stopped at the mouth of the bay late the night of April 30 and the following morning he gave the order to attack at first light saying the now famous words "You may fire when you are ready Gridley." Dewey defeated the Spanish in a battle lasting just six hours. The Asiatic Squadron sank or captured the entire Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón and silenced the shore batteries at Manila with the loss of only one life on the American side.<br /> <br /> This broadside view on silk with American flag border was evidently issued as a commemorative scarf or hankerchief. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 329579

‎[World War II]. [Philippines]‎

‎Relief for American War Prisoners in the Philippines caption title‎

‎New York 1945. Very good. Sixteen issues totaling 75pp. Legal-size sheets stapled. Previously folded. Light wear and toning. An extensive run of newsletters by a New York-based aid group Relief for Americans in the Philippines. Included here are issues 9 12 14 through 18 and 20 through 28 which were published between 1942 and 1945. The organization was devoted to the support of Americans who were imprisoned at San Tomas Gabuio and other camps after Japan occupied the Philippines during World War II. At the outset of the war the Philippines were a commonwealth of the United States but within three weeks of the attack on Pearl Harbor the Japanese seized control. The 20000 American and 80000 Filipino troops on the ground departed and any remaining American or British citizens were rounded up in Manila and transferred to the University of Santo Tomas where they were left to fend for themselves. The only exceptions were a 7:30 pm roll call each night and the use of room monitors. The background of the captives varied wildly from business executives and retired soldiers to prostitutes. At the end of the war the total number of prisoners liberated was 3785 2870 of which were American.<br />  <br /> Issue 14 remarks on the first anniversary of the non-profit organization: “On May 8th 1942 just a year ago and two days after the fall of Corregidor our organization came into being for furthering plans for the shipment of food medical supplies and other necessities for the internees and also to serve as a clearing house and point of dissemination for information concerning the welfare of these internees.†The monthly newsletter prints news and developments from the camps in the Pacific and documents the efforts of the organization to provide aid to the prisoners there. The issues also print a running list of all those believed to be in the Philippines “solely for the purpose of obtaining names and addresses of the nearest relatives of who we have no record.†A scarce record of this little-known relief effort during World War II. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4668

‎Guerra, Frank‎

‎Emotional and psychological responses to anesthesia and surgery‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0808911953.G ISBN : 0808911953 9780808911951

‎(Civil War) Haskell, Edson‎

‎Archive of 75 war-date autograph letters signed nearly all to his parents documenting his Civil War service in South Carolina Georgia and Virginia in Co. F. of the 1st New York Engineers‎

‎Vp New York South Carolina Georgia and Virginia 1865. Approx. 260pp. Variously written in pencil or ink on a variety of paper but generally quite legible. A few with original envelopes. With: Haskell's manuscript discharge dated Nov. 18 1864 partly-printed discharge of the same date a cdv of Maj. Gen. Hunter and Haskell's 1865 marriage certificate. 8vo or 4to. Usual folds. Approx. 260pp. Variously written in pencil or ink on a variety of paper but generally quite legible. A few with original envelopes. With: Haskell's manuscript discharge dated Nov. 18 1864 partly-printed discharge of the same date a cdv of Maj. Gen. Hunter and Haskell's 1865 marriage certificate. 8vo or 4to. Haskell 1836-1877 enlisted at Canandaigua Ontario County New York on November 18 1861 and mustered for a three year enlistment in Company F of the 1st New York Engineers. At the start of the war the Army Corps of Engineers was severely underpopulated; Civil Engineer Edward Serrell began recruiting for the specialized service in October 1861 with promises of pay one-third greater than infantry service.<br /> <br /> The first five letters of this archive are written by Haskell from Camp Washington on Staten Island as the regiment was formed trained and awaited orders. The letters describe his daily routine quarters the batteries and harbor and relate news that he has passed as an engineer. Among the most interesting of these letters is one dated January 22 1862 in which he details a visit to Central Park with a lengthy description of the landscape and ongoing construction. <br /> <br /> The 1st New York was deployed to Port Royal Sound and was formed as the 10th Corps Engineers in the Department of the South. Haskell and his company are sent to Hilton Head arriving at the end of February 1862. The next six months are spent on the island working on its wharves and fortifications. He describes his quarters and rations inspection and drills his work on a powder magazine flood gate and surveying for new fortifications. <br /> <br /> He writes at length about the number "contrabands" i.e. the freed or escaped slaves from Confederate plantations coming to Hilton Head. He writes on March 1 1862 soon after arriving: "There are a plenty of contrabands slaves here. They chop and raft logs for the wharves that they are building. The women & children are around among the soldiers selling sweet potatoes oysters and such to them. There are a good many soldiers here on the island and there was a good many that have just left on an expedition and they keep coming." On April 1 1862 he adds: "The government is making preparation to put in a cotton crop here. The negroes are preparing the ground. Contrabands come in every day. Two came in yesterday who said that they had nothing to eat for 4 days." On May 10 1862: "There is a good many contrabands and they keep coming in all the time. When they first arrived they are very ragged both men and women but they are all provided with suitable clothes. The soldiers are down on them because the negroes are used better than they are and have more privilege granted to them by the authorities. And the soldier vents his spite on the negro every chance he can get. Most of the negroes are employed. General Hunter has just commenced getting up a negro regiment of 1500 men to do guard duty through the night and to garrison some of the forts. The officers are to be white men and are to be taken from our regiment. There is quite an effort by some northern society to educate them to work; a job which they have but a slight idea." On October 5 1862 he notes the work General Mitchel among the formerly enslaved: "I went yesterday Sunday to the ordination of the Negro Church Baptist. Our chaplain read the ordination service of the Episcopal church and made a few remarks but General Mitchell done most of the talking . He told them that he was going to have them time by themselves and was going to educate them and make them good citizens. He has a squad of 50 men building houses for them about 3 miles from head quarters called the negro villages."<br /> <br /> In April 1862 he participates in the Battle of Fort Pulaski giving a lengthy account on April 15: "We fell in and marched through the rain to the docks stood in the rain all of an hour and then went on board pretty well soaked. At 9 o'clock the steamboat started. About noon we anchored off Tybee Island in full sight of Fort Pulaski . at seven o'clock the next morning the bombardment of Fort Pulaski commenced. Before the firing commenced Gen. Benham sent a flag of truce and demanded the surrender of the fort in the name of the U.S. " After describing the bombardment he continues: "At sunset the firing ceased on both sides and the two companies of engineers was divided into squads of 8 or 10 men each and sent out to repair the batteries. We worked all night. " He details the work of mounting two 10-inch columbiads "which dismounted themselves the very first shot they made. One of these guns the boys mounted after sunrise and as soon as they discovered from the fort what they was about they directed all of the guns which they could bring to bare upon that particular place. But the boys stuck to their gun and mounted it while the cannon balls was flying over their heads. A feat which they received considerable praise for. " <br /> <br /> In November 1862 Haskell's company is transferred to Fort Pulaski where they work on repairing the damage to the fort remounting the artillery and building a new magazine. He tells news of the war related to his department including a November expedition to destroy railroad bridges between Charleston and Savannah and the death of General Mitchel: "Our Generals called it a partial result and considerable gained by it. But it was such results as I do not believe in for we got tremendously whipped and lost 225 men in killed wounded and missing. But our company succeeded in tearing up some 200 feet of rails on the reach and cutting the telegraph while they were guarded by a few companies of infantry and they all barely escaped being taken prisoner. They found the bridges all guarded by strong batteries. Just as our company and 4 companies of infantry came up to tracks there was a train of open cars going pass loaded with troops. Our men hid behind the fence and when the train came up fired into it and they think they killed a good many. Since then General Mitchel has died and two or three of the other head men . some think that they had yellow fever . others think they was poisoned by eating fish that they bought of the negroes."<br /> <br /> Much of his war commentary during his nine months on Fort Pulaski includes descriptions of the iron clads and monitors. On March 5 1863 for example he writes: "The rebel steamer Nashville was destroyed last Saturday by one of the Monitors The Passaic. She ran by a 13 gun battery and run up the river where she lay and fired two shots into her the first went clear through and the second a shell burst in the magazine and this blew the Nashville to atoms." On June 21 1863 he writes: "The rebel ram Fingal i.e. CSS Atlanta that was built at Savannah and which has kept us in a sweat for nearly a year here and at Hilton Head was captured by one of our monitors last Tuesday without firing a shot." He details the action and movements of the ships before continuing sarcastically: ".The means for building the ram was furnished by the ladies of Savannah and there was two boat loads of them followed the ram down to see her destroy our battery and gun boats but they went back closely followed by one of our gun boats and you must imagine their joy." <br /> <br /> Haskell provides news of the Battle of Fort Wagner on Morris Island including the role of African American troops. He writes on July 15 1863: ". Gen. Gilmour is working his way toward Ft. Sumter and Charleston. There has been some hard fighting on Morris Island." On the 24th he writes: ". our forces had taken eleven batteries on Morris Island and there was two that they had not got possession of yet and that our forces had taken 700 prisoners . yesterday it was reported by some fellows that came from the head that there had been more fighting on Morris Island that the two remaining batteries had been stormed three times and our forces had been repulsed each time with tremendous slaughter. The 55 i.e. 54th Mass. color reg. was one of the storming parties. They were 1200 strong. They lost 700 in killed wounded and missing and the NY 48 was another." Interestingly that same letter includes a commentary on the New York draft riots: "I see by the late NY papers that there is a riot in NY city to resist the draft . I should say that it was to burn buildings murder and to plunder the city. I hope that they will be put down."<br /> <br /> At the end of July 1863 his company is transferred to Morris Island South Carolina to participate in the shelling of Fort Sumter and Charleston where he remains until February 1864. His letters provide great detail of the shelling his work on the artillery and the condition of Fort Sumter. For example: "We are hard at work building batteries and mounting guns . We have just finished a three gun battery on a small island about two miles from our camp. All of the material except the sand had to be boated guns and all. The guns are pointed toward Charleston and the city may feel the effects of them . Two sides of Ft. Sumter are knocked down and the other sides are full of holes and badly shattered & she has not fired a gun in a number of days but we cannot get possession of her until our forces take Fort Wagner . Our regiment is what is called sapping Fort Wagner that is digging trenches in the ground and they are within 100 ft of the fort. We have some killed by grape and canister and by the sharp shooters . The rebels had rifle pits outside of the fort and from these pits they annoyed our boys very much. The 24 Reg. Mass. made a charge on these pits and took 80 prisoners and drove the rest of them into the fort ."<br /> <br /> In January 1864: "You must remember that it takes a tremendous force to throw a hundred lb shell over four miles and it is with the utmost difficulty that we can elevate our guns sufficiently to do it. It requires from 36 deg. to 40 deg. and this elevation allows but little recoil to the gun and the consequence is that we are using up more guns than the damage to the city amounts to. But our Colonel has invented a new wooden gun carriage and day before yesterday one of our men with myself laid the platform and put the carriage . on it and the artillery fellows mounted the gun and tried it. It works first rate and yesterday fired 175 shells into the city and got smoke to rising in a number of places."<br /> <br /> At the end of April 1864 with the shelling of Charleston continuing his regiment is reorganized and he is sent up the James River toward Richmond to join the Army of the Potomac in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign writing on April 27: "the second battalion which includes our regiment starts for Fortress Monroe tonight . the whole of the 10th army corps are going to operate with the army of the Potomac . The report is that there will be no movement the present season and that all but the most important places will be evacuated and that those will be garrisoned by colored troops."<br /> <br /> Arriving at Bermuda Hundred Virginia in May he writes: "The infantry landed and had a skirmish and took 600 prisoners. Then we built docks to land the cavalry and artillery. The troops advanced some 12 miles our battalion stayed at the landing until most of the stuff was landed which took 24 hours and then we followed on . built fortifications and obstructions then we again advanced and had quite a severe fight and torn up the railroad between Richmond and Petersburg . they said that in one of the battles the 25th SC Reg lost all but three men . We hear that Meade has licked Lee and that he is falling back to Richmond . We are now about 14 miles below Richmond."<br /> <br /> After fortifying the breastworks at Bermuda Hundred his company is moved to Dutch Gap to work on the canal being built to flank the Confederate battery on the river. He writes on August 13 1864: "The river here is very crooked. It runs around five miles and comes within 200 yards of meeting again. The rebels have the most of this five miles filled in with torpedoes and obstruction and a powerful battery to protect them." After describing the topography he continues: "We are digging across here so as to let the monitors go through and thus cut off the rebels battery and their obstructions. But the working party has had a rough time of it today. The rebels have shelled us from their batteries and their iron clads. There has been some killed and quite a number wounded . I think that Gen. Grant will stick to them until he fetches them out of Petersburg and Richmond . There will be some hard fighting in northern Virginia and Maryland ." He adds the following week: "We are at work on the canal. Not exactly at the canal but on the fortifications to protect the canal and are building a corduroy road across a swamp able to get to the canal. We are encamped on the opposite side of the river from the canal and have to cross the river in small boats to our work; the negroes does most of the work on the canal and it does not progress very fast." <br /> <br /> In October he is moved forward to Deep Bottom writing on the 16th: ". Our reg was in the late advance on the north side of the James toward Richmond and have seen some rather rough times . Our company are at work on the advance line. They say about 5 miles from Richmond. I am with four other engineers in charge of building a ten gun fort. We have about 300 men helping us. I have charge of 75 who are cutting away the wood around the fort and carrying timber for it and obstructions to put around it . The rebels are about a mile from this line of works . Wednesday the 12th there was quite a fight here but there was nothing materially accomplished on either side save the killing and wounding of quite a number of men . things indicate a forward movement very soon."<br /> <br /> His letters from Deep Bottom at the end of October and the beginning of November largely concern the presidential and local elections sending his father his ballot to ensure that his vote would be cast. On November 18 1864 with his 3 year term up Haskell is discharged at Varina Virginia and the archive includes both a manuscript discharge and the official partly-printed one he subsequently received. The archive includes one additional letter dated May 19 1865 written from City Point Virginia suggesting he re-upped for another shorter term. He writes: ". For the past ten days we have been busy from 4-1/2 o'clock in the morning until dark at night fitting up boats for transporting troops and horses. The twenty-fifth corps colored are going to Texas to settle the hash with Kerby Smith. One division has already gone and the boats are being fitted up as fast as possible for the rest . I have been to Richmond and Petersburg ." <br /> <br /> A very good Civil War archive of letters by an enlisted man serving as an artificer and engineer on the Georgia and Carolina coast participating in the the Battle of Fort Pulaski and the bombardment and siege of Charleston and Fort Wagner and along the James River in the Richmond-Petersburg campaign. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 353265

‎[Civil War]. [Nebraska]. Miller, George L‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed from Nebraska Territory Pioneer George L. Miller to Nebraska General Samuel Ryan Curtis Reporting on Some Dirty Politics and Including a Brief Appraisal of the Frontier Town of Omaha‎

‎Fort Kearny Ne: October 28 1862. Very good plus. 4pp. on a single folded sheet of lined paper. Light wear and toning old folds. An interesting manuscript letter written by Dr. George Lorin Miller 1839-1920 a leading Nebraska pioneer and instrumental figure in establishing Fort Kearny. Miller also served as the fort's sutler during the Civil War and helped to recruit the First Nebraska Regiment. Miller was a physician politician editor and land owner who arrived in Omaha in 1854 the year the city was founded. Miller himself founded the Omaha Herald which later became the Omaha World-Herald and was. staunch Democrat who became adept at harnessing the power of the press.<br /> <br /> Here Miller writes to an unnamed general in Helena Arkansas who was most likely Samuel Ryan Curtis. Miller's letter is well-written providing insights into and details of the politics war news and other information of the period. He is friendly to his correspondent noting that the two men had been political opponents in the past but Miller states that he supported the candidacy of his correspondent as "Colonel of our Regiment because I believed you capable and patriotic." Miller praises him for being recognized by no less than the President for "gallant services authenticated as they were by the best officers of the service" and then bemoans the fact that the correspondent was denied an appointment by the Senate due to the "mendacious meanness" of a Nebraska politician named Samuel G. Daily who apparently worked against his confirmation. Then Miller notes that Daily had to answer for his denial of the correspondent's appointment on the recent campaign trail where Daily "had to meet your case in the canvass at every turn -- apologized lied and smoothed it over as he best could. Denying everything and admitting nothing saved him by about 100 votes." He continues to encourage his correspondent with supportive language and then closes with a short appraisal of their shared hometown in the Nebraska Territory: "Omaha is changing much but it will not outrun your recollection of it. When you return you will see as I see that it is a real home after all however changed its appearance. October 28 unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 3449

‎(Civil War) [Keiley, Anthony M]‎

‎In Vinculis; or the Prisoner of War. Being the Experience of a Rebel in Two Federal Pens Interspersed with Reminiscences of the Late War; Anecdotes of Southern Generals etc. By a Virginia Confederate‎

‎Petersburg VA: Daily Index" Office 1866. Second enlarged edition. 2 216pp. 12mo. Publisher's brown pebbled cloth a bit cocked some wear and spotting. Minor foxing. Second enlarged edition. 2 216pp. 12mo. Second enlarged edition after the first of the previous year. A famous and highly regarded wartime account. Based on the author's experiences in two federal prisons Point Lookout and Elmira after his capture at the battle near Petersburg. The first edition of this book was the last or next to last book printed in the Confederacy. Keiley a noted journalist and lawyer also wrote THE FALLING FLAG describing the Confederate retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox. A contemporary review of this work quoted by Harwell EVENING COURIER for March 24 1865 states that Keiley's narrative "is invaluable in arriving at accurate conclusions respecting the opinions hopes prospects and designs of the Northern people in their war for subjugation.It has all the thrilling interest of a legend of romance." Howes K27; Nevins I p.195; Sabin 37169; Confederate Hundred 50 1st ed; Crandall 2637 1st ed; In Tall Cotton 149 1st ed Daily Index" Office unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 370497

‎(Civil War) Johns, George S‎

‎Philip Henson The Southern Union Spy‎

‎St Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Company 1887. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 97pp. 12mo. Publisher's salmon wrappers minor wear. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 97pp. 12mo. Born and raised in the South but with Union loyalties Henson served as a spy for the North from July 28 1862 until May 20 1864 when he was captured by Confederate soldiers. This narrative describes his many exploits as a false member of the Confederate army and behind enemy lines and includes several discussions of the "secret service." Henson's other claim to notoriety was that he was in possession at the time of the world's longest beard measuring over six feet in length. <br/><br/> Nixon-Jones Printing Company unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 370494

‎(Civil War) Lyon, W F‎

‎In and Out of Andersonville Prison‎

‎Detroit: Geo. Harland Co 1905. First edition. Plates. 121pp. 12mo. Publisher's wrappers. First edition. Plates. 121pp. 12mo. <br/><br/> Geo. Harland Co unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 370489

‎(Civil War) Cooper, Alonzo‎

‎In and Out of Rebel Prisons‎

‎Oswego: R. J. Oliphant 1888. First edition. Portrait frontispiece plates. 335pp. 8vo. Publisher's purple cloth upper cover and spine stamped in blind and gilt. Very good. First edition. Portrait frontispiece plates. 335pp. 8vo. "A fairly objective above-average account of Macon Savannah Charleston Columbia escape recapture and Danville" Nevins. Nevins I p. 188. Nevins I p. 188 <br/><br/> R. J. Oliphant hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 370483

‎(War of 1812) Conner, David, early owner‎

‎Steel's New Chart of the Coast of Brazil Including a Plan of Rio Janeiro blue-backed engraved maritime chart annotated in manuscript by U.S. naval officer David Conner showing the courses of the War of 1812 voyages of the USS Hornet‎

‎London: P. Mason at Steel's Navigation Warehouse 1808. Blue-backed sea chart. Insets of the harbor of Rio the Bay of All Saints and the Island of Fernand Noronha. Manuscript annotations by Conner plotting the course of the USS Hornet in the War of 1812. Approx. 31 x 70 inches. Tape repairs on verso some staining. Manuscript note on verso by Philip Syng Physick Conner. Blue-backed sea chart. Insets of the harbor of Rio the Bay of All Saints and the Island of Fernand Noronha. Manuscript annotations by Conner plotting the course of the USS Hornet in the War of 1812. Approx. 31 x 70 inches. Pennsylvania native David Conner joined the navy as a midshipman in 1809 and during the War of 1812 served with distinction aboard the USS Hornet where he rose to the rank of first lieutenant during the war. He participated in action aboard the Hornet against the HMS Peacock in February 1813 and in the March 1815 capture of HMS Penguin and was awarded two medals of valor. In 1817 he was commissioned first lieutenant under Captain Biddle aboard the USS Ontario for its voyage to the Pacific. He would eventually rise to the rank of Commodore commanding the blockade of the Gulf Coast during the Mexican War and responsible for landing Scott's army at Vera Cruz.<br /> <br /> On October 26 1812 the frigate USS Constitution and sloop USS Hornet left Boston to raid British shipping along the coast of South America. The Hornet sailed under the command of famed American naval captain James Lawrence best remembered for his order "Don't give up the ship" in the June 1813 battle between the Shannon and the Chesapeake. After a couple months cruising the waters off the coast of Brazil on February 24 1813 the USS Hornet engaged the HMS Peacock off the mouth of the Demerary River. Exchanging broadsides the Hornet's cannons shot true damaging the British ship. Outmaneuvering the Peacock downwind the Hornet approached from the stern firing and forced the Peacock which had lost her captain and taken heavy casualties to strike. The American ship sent on a boarding party but the Peacock quickly sank. <br /> <br /> This large sea chart oriented with north to the east depicts the coast of Brazil from Sao Luis Maranhao to the Lagoon Merim and is profusely annotated by Conner charting the cruise of the Hornet off the coast between December 1812 and February 1813 i.e. the movements of the ship prior to the engagement with the Peacock. Included in the manuscript additions is evidence of the brief blockade of the English frigate Bonne Citoyenne at Salvador where Lawrence challenged the ship to single ship combat with the Hornet but had to abandon the blockade upon the arrival of a British line of battle ship. "Running up the coast she took on January 6 1813 the schooner Ellen loaded with dry goods . On the fourth of February off Pernambuco she seized the brig Resolution ten guns carrying coffee fustic etc. from Rio to Marnaham and a nice little purse containing 23000 in specie. This the Hornet put intop her opwn pocket and then burnt the brig" Conner. After several more weeks of cruising the Hornet engaged the Peacock.<br /> <br /> On June 18 1914 auctioneer Stan V. Henkels sold the books papers journals and log books from the younger Conner's library which included Lt. David Conner's original logs of the voyage of the USS Ontario now at the Library of Congress MSS84251. The present map was not included in that sale; however it appeared within lot 71 at Parke Bernet on May 25 1971. Conner Philip Syng Physick. "The Hornet's Sting and Wing" in The New England Magazine Vol. XXIII No. 3 Nov. 1900 pp. 268-274 P. Mason at Steel's Navigation Warehouse unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 367005

‎(Civil War) Whittlesey, Charles‎

‎War Memoranda. Cheat River to the Tennessee 1861-1862‎

‎Cleveland: William W. Williams 1884. First edition. Maps. 89pp. 8vo. Publisher's flexible russet cloth covers lettered in gilt. Inscribed on the title from R. Rattell to Hon. J. W. Stewart. First edition. Maps. 89pp. 8vo. Scarce Civil War memoir on the Union Army Movements in West Virginia and Tennessee including the capture of Fort Donelson and the Battle of Shiloh. <br/><br/> William W. Williams hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 370498

‎[Boer War] ['The Mafeking Mail']. WHALES, GNH (editor) G N H‎

‎A substantial run of 111 issues of the Special Siege Edition and Special Siege Slips of 'The Mafeking Mail' from Number 1 1 November 1899 to Number 148 23 May 1900 the first issue after the end of the siege with impeccable provenance‎

‎Mafeking: Townshend & Son 1899. Mafeking Townshend & Son 1899 and 1900. 111 issues various sizes see below printed on paper of many different colours and of varying quality often poor with 43 printed as a broadsheet the balance printed recto and verso with three early numbers folded and issued as bifolia. Unbound as issued; some loss primarily owing to the poor quality of some of the paper; however these extraordinary artefacts produced under siege conditions are of the utmost rarity in any condition. All issues in this run are now housed in individual Mylar pockets sealed on two sides only for easy access. A detailed list including the number date colour of paper length and condition of each issue is included with the lot. Dr Robin Pelteret has published his impressive research notes on 'The Mafeking Mail Special Siege Slips' online. He sets the scene: 'Mafeking lies 1392 kilometres north of Cape Town and 298 kilometres west of Johannesburg. It was first settled in the early 1850s. From the early 1860s it became a centre of squabbling and outright fighting between the Transvaal Republic the Baralong the Goshen Republic the British South Africa Company and the British Empire. <p>By the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War it was a robust "dorp" with some 1500 European citizens a group of Indian and oriental background and 5000 Baralong. It was a major rail junction with a station and railway workshops; a significant commercial centre and boasted a number of substantial buildings including two schools two churches a Standard Bank a Masonic Lodge a newspaper building a public library the Victoria Hospital and St Joseph's Convent Irish Sisters of Mercy. <p>The Siege of Mafeking was conducted between 14 October 1899 and 17 May 1900 that is 217 days and began 3 days after the declaration of war by the Transvaal Republic. It involved British and Colonial Forces under the command of Brevet-Colonel Robert Stephenson Smythe Baden-Powell the besieged and Boer Forces ab initio under the command General Piet Arnoldus Cronje and later Kommandant Sarel Eloff the besiegers'. <p>The precursor to the siege issues of 'The Mafeking Mail' was the 'Mafeking Mail and Protectorate Guardian' in its infancy when the siege was imposed. Number 22 the last full edition was published on Saturday 14 October 1899 the first day of the siege; a Special Siege Edition Number 23 was dated Saturday 21 October 1899 but headed 'reprinted on 23 October 1899'. <p>On 1 November 1899 a fortnight after the beginning of the siege the first of the famous siege issues was published 'Issued Daily Shells Permitting. Only Terms One Shilling Per Week Payable in Advance'. <p>'They were to be numbered 1 to 152 of which 143 minus Numbers 45 and 56 appeared during the actual siege. The newspaper contained snippets of information - both parochial and national General Orders and advertisements. Actually we have found them to be far more dramatic and engaging than this bland description implies especially reading these issues that were purchased day by day during the siege and have survived to this day. However we digress . In Mafeking there was to exist a fragile peace between the publisher and editor of the "Mafeking Mail Special Siege Slip" G.H.N. Whales and the military authorities. Whales was somewhat acerbic of tongue. He once publicly thanked the press censor for saving his life a boer shell having destroyed his editorial chair whilst he was submitting his newspaper copy for military scrutiny elsewhere in the village. He was to be briefly imprisoned on one occasion for publishing querulous criticism on the conduct of the siege and the restrictions put on the availability of news. In protest he was known to publish empty columns No. 47 and indeed cancelled one whole edition No. 45 as visible disregard and mute testimony to the censor's liberal use of a blue pencil.' <p>Dr Pelteret has established 'there are three different printings which appeared as four "editions"'. He surmises that by the time Number 6 came to press 'the commercial value to the printers of "The Mafeking Mail Siege Slips" had been discerned . and a substantial "overrun" allowed and set aside for later sale'. Indeed in Number 151 dated 30 May 1900 'there was an offer to make up sets at 30/- each of the Nos. 1-147 for "delivery July next" . They were issued soon after the lifting of the siege . cardboard-bound into two books of differing sizes and held together with metal staples'. <p>The current run comprises Numbers 1 and 2 both second issue 'on sale soon after 22 November 1899' 6 with the word 'Only' in the masthead 7-8 10-60 but 45 and 56 were not published 62-68 70 77-79 83-84 97-98 100 102 104 106 107-109 111-127 129-141 and 144-148. Sizes vary considerably: the first 30 or so are approximately 380 × 255 mm; most of the last 40 or so are approximately 340 × 200 mm; for the rest they range from one issue at 255 × 155 mm to several at 375 × 500 mm. There are easily ten different colours of paper often acidic and now prone to brittleness; a handful have peen printed on recycled ledger paper pre-printed with columns in red or blue. <p>'Petticoat in Mafeking. The Letters of Ada Cock' edited and published by John F. Midgley Kommetjie 1974 contains 57 letters now extensively annotated written during the siege. The letters 'were addressed to her elder sister Emily Empy Fuller née Franklin. Emily's husband Harry James Fuller was the owner of the cattle ranch "Oaklands" which was situated a few miles outside of Mafeking and was managed by his brother-in-law Willie Cock Ada's husband. Under the threat of possibly hostilities Willie and his wife moved into Mafeking and its environs with all their stock at the beginning of October 1899. They also took with them four young children Eileen Tooky Liell Vaughan and Baby Ada' introduction page 1. In the earliest surviving letter dated 12 October Ada writes that 'Willie . will . join the B.R. Bechuanaland Rifles' page 23. The basic pencil drawings of several cannon one labelled a '9PR' on the partially blank verso of Number 21 Wednesday 29 November and the blank verso of Number 22 Thursday 30 November are possibly in his hand. <p>Provenance: William and Ada Cock; by descent through their son Alfred Vaughan Cock to their great-grandson the vendor. 111 items. Townshend & Son unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 142162

‎WORLD WAR II - Photo-reconnaissance‎

‎A stunning selection of images taken by photo-reconnaissance squadrons of RAF 106 Group and US 7th Photo Group over enemy and enemy-occupied territory.‎

‎May-July 1944. Eyes over Normandy - the Reich in ruins Taken between February and July 1944 these remarkable large-scale images portray major operations against Axis infrastructure and the preparations for and execution of the Allied invasion of Europe. This is a well-curated selection in terms of both subject matter and size and quality of the prints. We have traced one other copy in institutional libraries at the Library of Congress donated by General Carl Spaatz commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944. The shots gathered here include the bombing of Berlin "vast areas of Berlin in ruins"; the destruction of aircraft factories at Limoges Gotha Leipheim and Marienburg and of the railway marshalling yards around Paris; 14 images relate to the D-Day landings and the operations immediately following including landing craft protected by war ships off the coast and at the beaches temporary harbour with "breakwater which consists of Merchantmen and old warships anchored in a continuous line while special pontoon sections make up another and also piers and jetties"; Horsa and Hamilcar gliders at Caen; the bombardment of Caen; Tirpitz at her moorings in Kaafjord; oil refineries at Hamburg in flames; 13 images relating to the V Weapons project: Bois Carré the first V1 launch site to be identified before and after bombing; a V1 in the air pursued by a Hawker Tempest photographed from an American Lockheed Lightning; attacks on the V2 site at the "La Coupole" bunker complex at Wizernes and "the massive concrete structure at Mimoyecques. probably connected with Germany's V.2 rocket weapon" but which was actually intended to house a battery of V-3 cannons the "London Gun" supergun the site was put out of commission by 617 Squadron - "The Dambusters" - with 11900lb Tallboy bombs. A full listing of the photos is available on request. Contemporary landscape quarto post-backed album 288 x 367 mm black sand-grain cloth black marbled paper pastedowns. Containing 54 large-format original photographs 200 x 230 mm to 230 x 330 mm mounted on 27 leaves of heavy grey paper stock all with detailed typed captions giving location details of the events portrayed and in most cases date aircraft crew and height. Calligraphic title page. Binding lightly rubbed the mount leaves lightly rippled but the attached plates in excellent state; overall very good indeed. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 150498

‎(Civil War) [Dunkle, John J]‎

‎Prison Life during the Rebellion. Being a Brief Narrative of the Miseries and Sufferings of Six Hundred Confederate Prisoners Sent from Fort Delaware to Morris' Island to be Punished. Written by Fritz Fuzzlebug one of their number. Published by the Author‎

‎Singer's Glen VA: Joseph Funk's Sons Printers 1869. First edition. 48pp. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers minor soiling and spotting ads on the rear wrapper. First edition. 48pp. 8vo. Lieutenant John J. Dunkle's sharply-worded account of his time spent in the Union prison on Morris Island South Carolina as part of the "Immortal Six Hundred" a group of Confederate officers held towards the end of the war 1864-65. Written in part to counter accounts of the sufferings of Union POWs in Confederate prisons Nevins describes it as "an early example of Southern-style prison propaganda; basically a diatribe against Union officers and Negro guards." Writing as the improbably-named Fritz Fuzzlebug Dunkle begins with a brief account of the events leading up to their capture and imprisonment at Fort Delaware and the plan to transfer them to the recently Union-occupied Morris Island. Dunkle includes a list of all six hundred Confederate officers by state including their name rank place of capture and their hometown. He then describes the brutal steamship voyage and the extreme privation and abuse they suffered once they reached Morris Island. Dunkle estimates that at least a third of the six hundred died from disease and/or abuse while in custody though the actual number was closer to fifty. Howes D569; Nevins I p.190; Dornbush III 604 Joseph Funk's Sons, Printers unknown‎

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‎[Civil War] [Union] [26th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers]‎

‎Folio manuscript. 1861-1864 Roster of Commissioned & Non Commissioned Officers of the 26th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers‎

‎n.p.: n/a 1864. Ledger. Fair. Folio. Manuscript. Approx. 16" x 10.25". 192 hand numbered pages. Orangish marbled paper covered boards with leather corners and spine. A paper label with the hand written title is pasted down center on the front cover. Damp stains to the title label. Blue front and rear end sheets. Pages 106-192 blank. Dried water stains persist from the rear end sheets and back pages gradually diminishing by page 160. The rear cover is slightly warped. Front joint is split upper edge. <br /> <br /> The majority of the first 105 pages contain hand written names with rank date of commission discharge cause of vacancy for the Field Staff non commissioned staff; Captains First Lieutenants Second Lieutenants and non commissioned officers of Companies A-K. Page 6 has the written name at the top of Colonel Edward F. Jones first commander of the 26th Regiment. He was Commissioned August 1861 and discharged July 28 1862 on account of disability. Dates of records range from August of 1861 to June 1st 1864 with the majority of recorded dates in 1862 and 1863. The 26th Regiment saw action in the Gulf operations and New Orleans up until 1863. The unit later moved to Virginia and participated in Sheridan's Shenandoah Campaign. The unit mustered out in Savannah Georgia 1865. n/a unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 34331

‎Ernesto Guerra Da Cal‎

‎Lua de alén-mar 1939-1958 galego‎

‎Editorial Galaxia S.A 1959. 21 cm. Vigo. Rústica ilustrada con solapas. Buen estado. 21 cm Editorial Galaxia, S.A paperback‎

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‎CIVIL WAR QUARTERMASTER REPORTS‎

‎Seven printed documents completed in manuscript: Receipt for Issues List of Stores Received List of Quartermaster's Stores List of Clothing Camp and Garrison Equipage Abstract of Expenditures Monthly Return of Quartermaster's Stores and Forage.‎

‎Nashville and Gallatin Tennessee March 1865 - April 1866. Creased where folded; generally fine. Various sizes--letter to legal size. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 79425

‎Guerra Jose Joaquin‎

‎Colombia; Constituciones de Colombia recopiladas y precedidas de una breve rese–a historica por Manuel Antonio Pombo‎

‎La Luz Bogota 1911. Two Volumes. Internally VG Set in slightly worn cloth backed decorated boards. From the collection of Professor Malcolm Deas 1941-2023 an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College Oxford and University Lecturer in the Government and Politics of Latin America 1966-2008 La Luz (Bogota) 1911 hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : PJH55489

‎[Mexican War] [Navy] [Pensacola, Florida] [W Conway]‎

‎1846 letter written aboard the U.S. Frigate Potomac from W. Conway based in Pensacola Florida. Letter addressed to his sister in Camden Goose river Maine‎

‎Pensacola 1846. Letter. Very good. Letter. Folded to make 4 pages. 1 page of content 2 blank pages 1 page with address and postal mark from Pensacola Florida dated August 20 1846. Letter addressed to "Dear Sister" and signed "W Conway". Multiple folds and some creasing and toning to the paper. Red wax seal left edge page 1. Small paper tear from opening the letter. Good condition. Letter content summarized:<br /> <br /> US Frigate Potomac. W. Conway Pensacola Florida writes to sister Camden Goose River Maine while involved in the Blockade of Vera Cruz. USS Potomac sailed w/ships Cumberland Missippy sic Princeton Falmouth Truxton Somers Reefer Bonito and Petrel to mouth of river Alvarado off of Veracruz.  Describes bombardment: “…the Commodore made rig to get spring word the cable to bring the broadsides to bear on the fort at 6 PM the firing Commenced and Continued about 2 hours we didi not land the next day we got under weigh and came back to our anchorage. we are waiting for orders from Washington to Attack the Castle of St. Juan Ola Fort San Juan de Ulúa offshore opposite Veracruz. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 35410