‎War‎

‎McKee, James Harvey‎

‎Back "In War Times" History of the 144th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry with Itinerary Showing Contemporaneous Date of the Important Battles of the Civil War‎

‎Lieut. Horace E. Bailey 1903. Author's ink signature and inscription on 3rd ffep; Half-tones and maps. Light separation on rear ep at the gutter yet safely intact some staining on back end pages. Textblock clean and tight. Shelf soiled top page edges. Moderately shelf/age worn covers bumped head and foot of spine bumped corners. 378pp. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Half-Tones and Maps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Lieut. Horace E. Bailey Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : SB11519

‎CIVIL WAR‎

‎The Success of Black Troops At Petersburg Virginia Under Butler‎

‎<p><i>"They grinned and pushed on and with a yell that told the southern chivalry their doom they rolled irresistibly over and into the work."</i></p> <b>CIVIL WAR.</b>Broadside. <i>New England Loyal Publication Society No. 200.</i> Boston Mass. June 27 1864. 1 p. 9 x 10¾ in.<p>A New York Tribune reporter praises the performance of the USCT: <i>"I find that in my account of the assault upon the rebel works in front of Petersburg I hardly did the colored troops justice. As before stated they held a position on the Jourdan Point road.They were first directed to assault the earthwork.the charge upon the advanced works was made in splendid style; and as the 'dusky warriors' stood shouting upon the parapet Gen. Smith decided that 'they would do' and sent word for them to storm the first redoubt. Steadily these troops moved on led by officers whose unostentatious bravery is worthy of emulation. With a shout and rousing cheers they dashed at the redoubt. Grape and canister were hurled at them by the infuriated rebels. They grinned and pushed on and with a yell that told the southern chivalry their doom rolled irresistibly over and into the work. The guns were speedily turned upon those of our 'misguided brethren' who forgot that 'discretion was the better part of valor.' </i></p><p><i>Another redoubt was carried in the same gallant style and the negroes have established a reputation that they will surely maintain."</i></p><p>With a discussion on using monies gathered from draft exemption payments to give bonuses when recruiting black troops in the South: <i>"as the government will continue to receive exemption money why should it not devote the sums which are likely to be thus gathered to bounties for soldiers white or black enlisting in the South. In that way the ranks could be kept full."</i></p><p>With reports on how the Southern planter aristocracy hates Lincoln and Johnson as running mate because both rose through the ranks of the <i>"common"</i> people.</p><p><b>Historical Background</b></p><p>The Boston-based New England Loyal Publication Society and the Loyal Publication Society of New York was founded in 1863 to bolster public support by disseminating pro-Union news articles and editorials to newspapers around the country. At first the two groups read newspapers to identify particularly useful articles and editorials and contact the editors to request that additional copies be printed. These items would then be distributed to Union soldiers or to newspapers. As the war progressed the societies began to write and publish their own broadsides.</p><p><b>Condition</b></p><p>Very good. Tape 1 inch on verso at horizontal fold some water stains visible mostly from back. Better than it sounds!</p>‎

Bookseller reference : 23626

‎REVOLUTIONARY WAR‎

‎A Revolutionary War Doctor Defends His Reputation Pennsylvania War News and Congress Takes a Huge Loan‎

‎Philadelphia PA 1779. No binding. Fine. Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser. Newspaper. Pennsylvania Packet or General Advertiser. John Dunlap Philadelphia Pa. July 1 1779. 4 pp. 10 1/2 x 17 untrimmed. Page 1-2 leads with extracts from the Journals of Congress regarding Indian Affairs and New Hampshire land disputes. Extensive content on the Revolutionary War medical department including a lengthy serialized ""Doctor Morgan's Vindication"" regarding the Continental Congress's dismissal of Dr. John Morgan who had great success managing military hospitals for Washington's Army without cause or explanation. Here he obtains testimony from General Nathanael Greene and even Washington himself to defend his reputation.Page 3 reports war news from Pennsylvania as well as a June 29 1779 act of the Continental Congress borrowing $20 million to maintain fiscal solvency.Page 4 includes advertisements for runaway slaves book auctions and stolen horses.Excerpt ""IN CONGRESS June 29 1779.AS Congress are bound by every motive of policy and of public & private justice to maintain the credit of the paper money emitted by their authority on the faith of the United States; so it is their intention not only to avoid further emissions but to diminish the quantity in circulation provided that the respective States by correspondent and vigorous exertions shall put it in their power to raise the necessary supplies.Resolved therefore That twenty millions of Dollars or such a part thereof as shall be brought into the Continental Loan-Offices on or before the first day of October next be borrowed on the faith of the United States at an interest of six per cent. per annum.For facilitating the said Loan Resolved1. That the Loan-Officers in every state do immediately open subscriptions for the said Loan. 2. That the executive authorities of the several states be requested immediately to appoint persons of character and influence in every county town or district to receive subscriptions and transmit the same to the Loan-Officer or Officers in the states respectively. 3. That no subscription be received for less then five hundred dollars. 4. That all subscriptions under ten thousand dollars shall be paid into the Loan-Office where the same shall be subscribed or into the Hands of the person obtaining the subscription within fourteen days after the subscription shall be made. 5. That any person subscribing ten thousand dollars or upwards shall be allowed to pay the same at two periods to wit one half within fourteen days after the subscription the residue on or before the first day of October next; the whole to bear interest from the time of the first payment provided the other payment shall be punctually made. 6. That each lender shall have his election either to receive the principal at the expiration of three years from the date of the Loan or to continue it in the funds on interest until the whole amount of Continental bills in circulation shall not exceed the sum in circulation at the time of the Loan. 7. That interest on all sums which shall be paid into the Loan-Office before the said first day of October or which shall be subscribed and paid agreeably to the terms of the 5th resolution aforesaid shall be payable annually at the Continental Loan-Office of the State in which the money was originally subscribed. 8. That when the interest on Monies which have been or may be placed in the several Loan-Offices on or after the first day of March 1778 shall become due and be paid the same until some more accurate standard of value can be devised shall be increased in proportion to the increase of the sum of Continental paper money which may be in circulation after the date of such Loans respectively.Extract from the MinutesCHARLES THOMSON Sec'ry."" unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 21556.07

‎MacArthur Douglas‎

‎Reminiscences‎

‎McGraw-Hill 1964. very good hardcover iwth no dust jacket. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. McGraw-Hill hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 170610-MG27

‎War Office‎

‎Belgium Ostend 1‎

‎London: Ordnance Survey. Very Good-. 1911. Softcover. Edgewear. Original cloth-backed British Army map. Approximately 19 inches by 31 inches unfolded. Scale 1: 100000 Geographical Section General Staff 2364 ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Ordnance Survey paperback‎

Bookseller reference : FCWM0504

‎Guerre H.‎

‎Traité Pratique de la Patisserie Avec un Aperçu des Glaces Sirops et Confitures‎

‎Paris: Garneir Frères 1894. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good. undated ca. 1894. Original red cloth faded and moisture damaged. Clean internally slight age toning but otherwise unmarked. 196pp and 16 chromolithograph plates picturing over 100 delights. Not in Cagle Vicaire. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: CAT000122. Garneir Frères hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : CAT000122

‎Pamela Armstrong & Ron Young‎

‎SILENT WARRIORS - Submarine Wrecks of the United Kingdom Volume Three: Wales and the West‎

‎Stroud: The History Press 2010. This volume describes the submarines lost along the west coast of England from the coast of north Cornwall to the Isle of Man. Most of the submarines covered are German U-boats so the book also describes their Allied ship victims with listings of all known fatalities. There is substantial coverage of the loss of HMS Thetis in Liverpool Bay in June 1939 - revealing crucial new information on this disaster. 224 pages. Many b/w photographs maps and other illustrations. Every book is sent in a cardboard postal package. First Edition. Paperback. New. 25 Cm x 17.5 Cm. The History Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 9407 ISBN : 0752455427 9780752455426

‎Ralph Barker‎

‎The Thousand Plan: The Story Of The First Thousand Bomber Raid On Cologne.‎

‎Airlife Publishing Ltd 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Large format trade paperback edition 1992 in overall very good condition with only slight signs of handling and storage. Internally very clean. Binding tight and appears little read no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. From a private collection not an old library book. Airlife Publishing Ltd paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 122105 ISBN : 1853102008 9781853102004

‎The Adjutant General‎

‎Massachusetts Soldiers Sailors and Marines in the Civil War. Volumes I - VIII plus Index‎

‎<p>Hardbound in blue cloth Nine volume set including Index Tight binding Unmarked text Some bindings have foxing to boards. Massachusetts Civil War</p> The Adjutant General hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : biblio82

‎CIVIL WAR‎

‎LIST OF STAFF OFFICERS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY 1861-1865‎

‎1891. CIVIL WAR. LIST OF STAFF OFFICERS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY: 1861-1865. Washington: Government Printing Office 1891. Small quarto: brown quarter-morocco leather & marbled boards marbled endpapers & edges. A scarce listing of Confederate officers printed on fragile paper. Very Good front hinge tender small stain page 25 some damage top inner-edge of front endpaper. $750.00. <br/><br/> hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 267

‎TStanhope Sprigg T. St‎

‎War Story of the Fighter Command‎

‎London: Collins Undated but early/mid 1940s. A description of the operations performed aircraft flown and pilot training given by Fighter Command during WW2. 32 pages. Many b/w photographs. Illustrated Stiff Card Cover. The edges are a little worn in places and the back cover has been creased. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. Hard Cover. Good. 24 Cm x 19 Cm. Collins Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 7883

‎Victor Appleton, Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped Light FOX Lists Thru On War Front, Blank Endpapers Light FOX Stain Pencil Name, Glos‎

‎THE MOVING PICTURE BOYS IN EARTHQUAKE LAND with SCARCE Color DustJacket of Boy Wearing RounD hAt with Scarf at Neck Operating Moving Picture Camera Looking Across Fault at Another Guy Filming SeRies #5 bY Appleton Victor Life in Early Days of Movies. T‎

‎New York Grosset & Dunlap 1913. Glossy B/W Frontispiece Blake & Others Filming Movie Scenes Outside at Chasm REGLUED Back into Book Slightly ASKEW Including 1st twelve pages Also slight askew Inner Hinges Starting Slightly Cracked HBDJ POOR DJ with Numerous Small Pieces Missing edges extremities DJ & Spine DJ has 1.5 In Piece out Bottom & Top Smaller Chip Missing affecting word Moving 1913 Early Edition DJ Lettered in Red on Front Outlined in Black Pretext Lists thru Earthquake Land & Tom Swift Thru Cannon Front DJ Small Mended Tears & small Corner Pieces out Yet Title & Author & Picture Remain Intact Back DJ Lists Tom Swift Boys Columbia end Outdoor Chums Cabin Point with FOX & Chips along Top & bottom Edge DJ Rub Wear Scuff Tiny chips Extremities Bright Olive Green & Red Black Illustrated Cloth cover Depicts Boy in Center with Camera & Surrounding Scenes Nice Condition Light Wear GOOD Condition Book Interior Nice tight Light FOX Mild Wear 214 Pgs 6 pgs ADS Moving Picture thru Under the Sea Etc Ending with Rover Boys on Tour small illus. of boy with camera on Cover spine with Red Outline minimal wear Cloth Cover background are the most exciting of scenes; a rhinocerous attacking a tiger a bear standing on its hind legs a ship sinking and a building on fire being fought by the local fire brigade 5"x7.5" DJ has an approx 1 x 1 1/2 inch piece torn off lower end of spine portion an approx 1/2 to 1 x 2 inch piece off upper edge and two approx 1/2 x 1/2 chips off corners of rear panel several lesser tears and chips some wrinkles age yellowed Book itself has foxing along edges of textblock and on endpapers partially reglued front hinge crack prev owner's pencil sgn paper lightly age yellowed but o./w tight clean unmarked .Written by the same author as Tom Swift. There were 11 Volumes in the Series. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. Illus. by . New York Grosset & Dunlap hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23785

‎Nigel de Lee‎

‎Voices from the Battle of the Bulge‎

‎Newton Abbot: David & Charles 2004. Records the personal experiences of military planners soldiers generals and civilians during and after the battle. 288 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Black boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 24 Cm x 16.5 Cm. David & Charles Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 7255 ISBN : 0715319205 9780715319208

‎Ray, John‎

‎The Second World War. A Narrative History‎

‎London: Cassell 2000 Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cassell paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 015324 ISBN : 0304356735 9780304356737

‎JACKSON, Robert‎

‎THE RED FALCONS. The Soviet Air Force in Action 1919-1969‎

‎Brighton: Clifton Books 1970. Ex-Royal Aircraft Establishment Library with the usual markings. 236 pages. 4 pages of b/w plates. Red boards in jacket. Condition: The jacket is enclosed in transparent sticky-back plastic. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 21.5 Cm x 14 Cm. Ex-Library. Clifton Books Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 3240 ISBN : 0901255165 9780901255167

‎Kent, Alexander‎

‎Form Line of Battle!‎

‎New York: Putnam 1969. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 'Map of the Mediterranean' endpapers. 320pps. Much of the gilt has been rubbed from the spine. Also a previous owner has written his name on the ffep. Otherwise clean bright square and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear. The dustjacket glossy in a mylar sleeve has modest rubbing wear at the extremities and a 1/4" closed tear at the top of the front panel; the original price is intact. A nice copy of Kent's second book. ".It is June of the year 1793 when Captain Richard Bolitho of the Royal Navy arrives at Gibraltar to take command of Hyperion a seventy-four-gun ship of the line and sail her in Britain's struggle against the rising might of Revolutionary France. Bolitho sails to join Lord Hood and partake in the monarchist-inspired occupation of Toulon. Beneath the Mediterranean sun and often in sight of the enemy coast Bolitho and his tired old ship face one conflict after another -- and when at last the ill-fated campaign collapses in failure it is the Hyperion outgunned and outnumbered which takes her rightful place in the line of battle." Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 45-C. First Edition. Cloth. Putnam Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 303-2821

‎World War II Map Armored Division‎

‎"Hell on Wheels War Against the Axis 1942-1943-1944-1945"‎

‎Germany: Second Armored Division. Very Good. 1945. Original Vintage Map. 29 x 42 inch original vintage map produced by the U.S. Military titled "Hell on Wheels War Against the Axis 1942-1943-1944-1945" detailing the route and battles of the 2nd Armored Division as they worked their way from France through Belgium and into Germany in World War II. This is the larger version of a map which was issued the previous year. The map shows general handling wear and some edge chipping. There is a small mostly closed tear in the lower left quadrant. Included with the map is the original heavy mailing tube which shows it was sent by a Private Anderson APO New York to his family in Quinnimont Fayette County West Virginia. The map appears to be scarce in the trade with only 1 original currently listed for sale online vialibri. An example is listed and shown at David Rumsey's map website. We are offering this vintage World War II map with its original mailing tube. OCLC offers this note: "Shows route of 2nd Armored Division from Littry France to Gutergluck Germany with historical notes for selected locations. Includes brief history of the 2nd Armored Division. Marginal information includes place names military insignia and names of military divisions. Passed for press duplication by A.E.F. Field Press Censor." . Second Armored Division unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 75299

‎War Department‎

‎MANUAL FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES OF INFANTRY OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES 1917‎

‎Washington: G. P. O. Very Good. 1917. Hardcover. Small blue cloth manual complete in 350 pages. With 2 folding plates. Good binding sound. . G. P. O. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 61797

‎[World War II Photographica]‎

‎VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES 81st INFANTRY "WILDCATS" DURING THE ALLIED OCCUPATION OF JAPAN IN 1945‎

‎Various places including Sapporo and Aomori Prefecture 1945. 298 mounted photographs on 35 leaves most photographs 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Plus one laid-in photograph of Company A with one member's picture excised. Oblong folio photograph album. Blindstamped red paper in the form of faux leather gilt pictorial embossed illustration on front board string-tied. Minor peeling and rubbing to boards. Most leaves loose between boards images clean and in good condition. Very good overall. An interesting vernacular photograph album kept by a member of the United States 81st Infantry Division nicknamed the "Wildcats" in occupied Japan. The division embarked for Hawaii in June of 1944 and saw action with heavy casualties in Palau and Peleliu. They were deployed to the Philippines for most of the rest of the war and after the Japanese surrender were stationed in Aomori Prefecture as a part of the Allied occupation force. This photo album dates from the latter period and largely from what appears to be an extended trip to Sapporo across the Tsugaru Strait. The unnamed soldier who compiled this album supplies numerous pictures of the city and his friends in the regiment generally captioned in blue ink. Photographs tend to focus on the city's architecture including schools and municipal buildings as well as long distance shots of the skyline cultural sites such as a Shinto shrine or events such as a parade and local girls. There are also some photos of locals including a group of young Japanese men a family with young infants and shop or street scenes. The other main focus of the album is on the American military with many images of the soldier and his friends posing in front of their vehicles including tanks cars and battleships or relaxing in camp or on the town. <br> <br> The "Wildcat" division was organized in 1917 in Tennessee composed mostly of Southern soldiers. Their training took place at Camp Jackson near Wildcat Creek and the story goes that some soldiers trapped an actual wildcat "Tuffy" near the eponymous creek and kept it as a mascot. Tuffy was a popular addition and the Wildcat was officially adopted as the symbol of the division in 1918. After protracted arguments with administration the unit's leader Major General Charles Bailey touted the advantages of a shoulder patch with the Wildcat logo in boosting the morale of the soldiers. General Pershing approved the use of the patch reportedly saying "all right go ahead and wear it; and see to it that you live up to it." The division was reinstated for the Second World War then deactivated again in January of 1946. <br> <br> An interesting collection of photographs from an American soldier in Japan immediately after the war. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM57532

‎[Vietnam War]: [Thailand‎

‎VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DOCUMENTING AFRICAN-AMERICAN AIR FORCE SOLDIERS IN THAILAND DURING THE VIETNAM WAR‎

‎Various places in Thailand perhaps centering on Korat Royal Thai Air Force Bas 1977. Seventy-seven Kodak color photographs almost all approximately 3 1/2 x 5 inches a handful slightly smaller and one postcard. Slim quarto. Contemporary glossy purple floral-patterned cloth photograph album gilt- stamped label on front cover. Some images slightly faded. Overall very good. A highly entertaining collection of vernacular photographs capturing the lives of young African-American G.I.s and their romantic interests in a village in Thailand during the latter years of the Vietnam War. The photographs show African-American men in both uniforms and street clothes often posed alone or with Thai locals almost exclusively women. The men are seen at work and play including an image of the gun shop with a sign labeled "Phase Section" on the front and a large military van with a similar sign reading "2 Orange." There is also a great deal of coverage of the locals living in the village including women and children. One photograph of particular interest shows part of a commercial building emblazoned with both a Coca-Cola and a Pepsi sign. The date range of 1972 to 1977 stems from the fact that some of the photographs are date-stamped in the margin "Oct 72" and one later image is stamped July 1977; most images seem to emanate from the earlier date. The single postcard is an image of Wang Not Ten Waterfall in Phitsanulok in north-central Thailand. The album could possibly have been retained by a local Thai person documenting their interactions with the visiting Americans. <br> <br> There were a half dozen active American Air Force bases in Thailand during the 1970s from which over 80% of the air strikes of North Vietnam originated. The American servicemen seen in the present photographs were either airmen performing these strikes or ground crew in support of the pilots. Also given that Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base and Phitsanulok are both in north-central Thailand it is likely the images depict this area. <br> <br> A rare look at African-American servicemen in a strategically important region of Thailand during the Vietnam War. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM55443

‎[Civil War‎

‎THREE SEPARATE WORKS CONTAINING GENERAL ORDERS AND A CIRCULAR FROM THE UNION ARMY'S DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH PRINTED JUST AFTER THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR REGARDING ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE END OF AN ARMED CONFLICT INCLUDING ONE THREATENING PUNISHMENT OF SOUTHERNERS FOR CONTINUED RESISTANCE‎

‎Hilton Head S.C 1865. 113pp. Each disbound from a larger volume with two stab holes along the left margin. Overall very good. A fascinating trio of printed general orders and circulars issued from Hilton Head by the Union Army's Department of the South in the two months after Lee's surrender. The three publications include a total of six general orders and a circular. Each touches upon a subject related to the end of war and the various issues that must be dealt with to ensure peace and settle military enrollment and business matters. The three works here include: <br> <br> 1 "Headquarters Department of the South Hilton Head S. C. May 31 1865." General Orders No. 80 May 11 1865 and General Orders No. 90 May 11 1865. The latter reads in part: "Punishment of Guerrillas. All the forces of the enemy east of the Mississippi river having been duly surrendered.under agreements of parole and disbandment.it is Ordered that from and after the first day of June 1865 any and all persons found in arms against the United States or who may commit acts of hostility against it.will be regarded as guerrillas and punished with death." <br> <br> 2 "Headquarters Department of the South Hilton Head S. C. June 6 1865." General Orders No. 83 signed in type by Secretary of State William H. Seward May 29 1865. Also signed in ink by acting Assistant Adjutant General T.D. Hodges. The order reads in part: <br> <br> "A copy of the President's Amnesty Proclamation.is herewith appended.so as to insure its benefits to the people and guard the Government against fraud.The oath prescribed in the proclamation may be taken and subscribed before any commissioned officer civil military or naval in the service of the United States.All who receive such oaths are hereby authorized to give certified copies.to this department where they will be deposited and remain in the archives of the Government." <br> <br> 3 "Headquarters Department of the South Hilton Head S. C. June 16 1865." General Orders No. 94 May 29 1865; Circular No. 23 June 5 1865; General Orders No. 100 May 28 1865; General Orders No. 101 May 30 1865 and June 10 1865. General Orders No. 94 includes a telegram concerning returned prisoners of war. It reads in part: "The Secretary of War directs that returned Prisoners of War enlisted men who have endured the hardships of Andersonville Florence Salisbury and other rebel prisons be mustered out as soon as possible and allowed three months extra pay." <br> <br> General Orders No. 100 reads in part: "Commanding officers of regiments will at once muster for commutation of rations all men of their respective commands who have been prisoners of war and have not been mustered for or paid commutation of rations for the time they were in the rebel hands." The final order allows for soldiers to buy their "arms and accoutrements" from the Ordnance Department. <br> <br> An interesting assortment of documents dealing with immediate post-Civil-War issues. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM54000

‎[Tennessee]: [Civil War]‎

‎HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES No. 278.A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE 2d AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY.TO TAKE PROOFS AS TO THE EXPENDITURES OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE IN CONSTRUCTING MILITARY DEFENCES AND THE SUPPORT OF HER ARMY PREVIOUS TO ITS TRANSFER TO THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT‎

‎Richmon 1864. 2pp. Minor toning to edges very faint ink stamp of the Rebel Archives on first page. Very good. An interesting slip-bill seeking to authorize the Confederate treasurer to take account of Tennessee's military expenditures since their "early withdrawal from the United States." Apparently the state of Tennessee was seeking reimbursement for military expenses and also for the loss of disbursement vouchers that resulted from Tennessee "being overrun by the enemy and by the burning of the buildings occupied by the Quartermaster and Commissary and other unavoidable causes." <br> <br> The bill was put forth by James McCallum who represented Tennessee in the Second Confederate Congress. Like many others around the end of 1864 McCallum must have seen the writing on the wall and tried to get back as much money for his state as possible as the war and thus the Confederacy ended just about four months later. Parrish & Willingham locates numerous copies in institutions but it rarely surfaces in the trade. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 754. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM53699

‎HARPER'S WEEKLY: Civil War‎

‎PENCIL SKETCH OF IUKA MISSISSIPPI DRAWN FOR Harper's Weekly 1862‎

‎Iuka Ms ca. October 1862. Pencil sketch with ink caption 5 1/4 x 9 inches. Old central vertical fold with ink caption at foot of image and twelve-line description on verso. Near fine. Matted. A well-executed pencil sketch of Iuka Mississippi drawn after the capture of the town by Union troops under Gen. William Rosecrans which served as the basis for an engraving that appeared in the October 4 1862 issue of HARPER'S WEEKLY. A Union soldier rides across the foreground with the Tennessee River and a rail bridge on the Memphis & Charlestown Railroad line behind him. In the center background are the building of the Iuka Springs House the waters of which the verso caption claims "possess many medical qualities." <br> <br> The battle of Iuka took place on September 19 1862 in which smaller elements from the Southern forces of both sides sought to prevent one another from reinforcing larger armies to the north in Tennessee under the command of generals Braxton Bragg and Don Carlos Buell. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM52146

‎[United States Congress]: [Civil War‎

‎LARGE GROUP OF ISSUES OF THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE FOR THE 2nd SESSION OF THE 36th CONGRESS December 1860 TO MARCH 1861‎

‎Washington: John C. Rive 1861. Various paginations. Most issues in loose gatherings some stitched several with straight pins. Ownership and other ink notations on several leaves. Soiling foxing dampstaining. Edges chipped and torn a few areas of paper loss and several significant tears. First leaf of issue seventy-two lacking. About good. Untrimmed. Fifty-five issues plus a sizeable appendix of The Congressional Globe the official record of proceedings in the United States Congress from 1833 to 1873. These papers cover the 2nd Session of the 36th Congress which met from December 3 1860 to March 3 1861. They record a critical period in United States history documenting the beginning of the secession of the southern states and the run-up to the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War. While not a complete run these issues comprise a large portion of the set and include issues four through ten fifteen through twenty twenty-three though forty-one forty-six forty-eight through fifty-eight seventy-two through seventy four and a further eight issues from the range for eighty-one to ninety-four. Issue ninety-four contains some of the proceedings from the Special Session of the 37th Congress which ran from March 4 1861 to March 28 1861 contiguously with end of the 2nd Session. John C. Rive unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM51820

‎[Seven Years' War]: [India]: [Lally, Comte‎

‎TABLEAU HISTORIQUE DE L'EXPEDITION DE L'INDE. POUR LE COMTE DE LALLY. CONTRE M. LE PROCUREUR GÉNÉRAL caption title‎

‎Pari 1766. 51pp. Large folio. Stitched. Minor soiling and foxing. Very good. Defense of the Comte de Lally for his actions in India during the Seven Years' War. This is one of two versions authored by him. Lally head of the French expedition to India reached Pondichery in 1758. Though capable he was extremely unpopular and fell into a series of events which proved fatal to his career and his person. He was unsuccessful in the Siege of Madras and beaten at the Battle of Wandiwash and eventually capitulated from the siege of Pondichery. Taken prisoner by the British he returned to France on parole and was imprisoned for two years before being put on trial and executed. This is his last defence published shortly thereafter or perhaps immediately preceding a publisher's note is dated April 14 and Lally was executed May 6 unknown‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM47801