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(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
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(Civil War) Boggs, S S
Eighteen Months a Prisoner under the Rebel Flag
Lovington IL: S. S. Boggs 1887. First edition. Frontispiece illustrations. 96pp. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers minor chipping. First edition. Frontispiece illustrations. 96pp. 8vo. Subtitle is "A Condensed Pen-Picture of Belle Isle Danville Andersonville Charleston Florence and Libby Prisons from Actual Experience." Scarce. Coulter 42. Coulter 42 <br/><br/> S. S. Boggs unknown
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(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
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(Civil War)
In the Senate . Report . massacre at Fort Pillow
Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1864. 38th Congress 1st Session Senate Rep. Com. Nos. 63 and 68. 128pp. Bound with: Report . with the accompanying testimony. 34pp. 4 wood-engraved plates. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Minor fading to spine. 38th Congress 1st Session Senate Rep. Com. Nos. 63 and 68. 128pp. Bound with: Report . with the accompanying testimony. 34pp. 4 wood-engraved plates. 8vo. An influential and damning report on the Battle of Fort Pillow in Tennessee which ended with a massacre of Union soldiers many of them African Americans serving in the 6th U.S. Colored Artillery attempting to surrender by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. <br/><br/> Government Printing Office hardcover
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(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
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(Civil War) South Carolina Secession Convention
An Ordinance To dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of North America.
Charleston S.C.: Evans and Cogswell 1860. Broadside 11-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches. Old folds. Nicely mounted framed and glazed. Broadside 11-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches. One of the earliest Confederate imprints: South Carolina's official act of secession printed for delegates at the secession convention. This first printing of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession the document which caused the departure of South Carolina from the Union set the nation irrevocably on the path to the Civil War. <br /> <br /> After Lincoln's election South Carolina moved vigorously to follow through its threat to secede from the Union. A secession convention was called and assembled at Charleston on December 20 1860. Their entire business was to debate the issue of secession which they favored overwhelmingly and to settle on the wording of a secession ordinance. Within the day the 169 members of the Convention voted unanimously for the ordinance.<br /> <br /> This is the printing of the ordinance made for the use of the delegates to the Convention. The ordinance was set up in the form of a "reading bill" or "slip bill" familiar to most delegates as the typical form of a legislative bill in working draft with the body of the text in numbered double-spaced lines to facilitate the making of corrections. Following the title given above the text reads:<br /> "We the People of the State of South Carolina in Convention Assembled do declare and ordain and it is hereby declared and ordained That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention on the twenty-third of May in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred eighty-eight whereby the Constitution of the United States of America was ratified and also all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments to the said Constitution are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States under the name of 'The United States of America' is hereby dissolved."<br /> <br /> Presumably only several hundred copies of this "slip bill" version of the Secession Ordinance were printed - just enough to distribute to the members of the convention. They were probably printed just before the convention began. Indeed setting and printing it would have taken a few hours at most. After its passage the ordinance would famously be published as a newspaper extra by the Charleston Mercury with the following words in bold below the text of the ordinance: The Union Is Dissolved!<br /> <br /> This is one of four extant examples of the slip bill the others being examples at the Huntington Library Emory University and one in private hands being the example once belonging to Jay Snider sold to him by the William Reese Company in 1997 and resold at the sale of his collection at Christies June 21 2005 lot 165 selling for $66000. Parrish & Willingham 3795; Crandall 1888 Evans and Cogswell unknown
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(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
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[AFRICAN AMERICANA] [VIETNAM WAR] WILLIAMS, Thomas D
Cohesion Inscribed
New York: Vantage Press 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; red cloth with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; iv2031pp. Lengthily inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "17 October 1986 / To Joe - Remember me gal I'm one of those fortunate birds who barely got through Josiah Cox's class. Now is that taking you back - or what!! Memories can also be memorable. Sometimes all we have to do is slow down and reflect. Good luck in to you and yours! Thomas D. Williams Mingo. Laid into this copy is a short ANS from Williams to the recipient along with his business card. Spine ends gently nudged faint paper-clip impression to upper margin of title page and the following two leaves; very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $8.95 with light wear to extremities and a few tiny tears; Near Fine. Debut novel by this African American author set during and after the Vietnam War with the story revolving around three central characters: Hubert Jackson a Black Marine private Lo Quan Duc a Vietcong guerilla and Tony Martinelli an Air Force pilot and son of a Mafia chieftain. Not in Blockson and not in Newman Vietnam War Literature: An Annotated Bibliography; OCLC notes 11 holdings. Vantage Press unknown
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(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
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[Civil War] Confederacy] [N B Hamerick?] [Battle of Pocotaligo] [South Carolina]
1862 Confederate Soldier's reply to Mr. E Ward Rock Island Tennessee while camped at Pocotaligo near Yemassee South Carolina
Pocotaligo: n.p. 1862. Letter. Good. Letter. Approx. 8" x 5". 3 pages of manuscript. No envelope or stampless mark on the paper. Paper has three folds. Paper is in very good condition with light edge wear to a couple of spots. The following transcription is a best guess. The legibility of letter is difficult to transcribe and some words are omitted and other words spelled as they appear.<br /> <br /> Pocotaligo Feb 1 1862<br /> Mr E Ward Rock Island Tenn<br /> <br /> Dear Sir<br /> <br /> I find myself seated with yours of January 19th before me. I was very glad to hear from you I had wrote four letters to you and heard from you once in the time I dont think that you ought to quit writeing to us if I do belong to Jeff Davis traveling hog hay stealing 16th regiment I want you to write to me start your letter and I will get them for they will fallaw ten us and we will get them. I have had your letter for several days but I did not have the chance to answer it E We have to stand Pickett Cal Ful and Savages Regiments take it times a we go have and stand twelve days and then they stand twelve days. We have to go about twelve milds miles from the camps to stand. Darien is the Part Rail river and the yankees an on the Island of the same name I stand in sight of plenty of the damn yankees. We was yesterday and came to camps last night. We expect to have a fight hear with the yankees before long for there is plenty of yankees hear. You wanted to know about the fight that was hear on New Years day our regiment was not in it. We it for ten mild mile but it was over before we got thear. Wen we say our men we men mean the Dixaboys the yankees killed our men and we killed some of there and made them take again. We would nat have lost any men at all if our men had nat were two brave and run there up under the canans at the yankees and they Burned them and killed some men. I want you to write to me as soon as you get this gets to hand Tell Nancy that I am as fit as she ever saw me. E I get same good letter from my mama. This leaves me in good health. I remain yours till N.B. Hamrick. The Battle Mr. Hamerick referenced in this letter January 1st 1862 was probably part of the Union Army's Port Royal campaign. A battle took place along the Coosaw River near the Port Royal Ferry in Beaufort County South Carolina. From the Beaufort County Library: <br /> <br /> In late December 1861 the Union forces recognized that the Confederates recently removed to the mainland had been building batteries along the Coosaw River near the Port Royal Ferry. Union Commanding General I.I. Stevens ordered components of the 8th Michigan Infantry 47th and 48th New York Infantries 1st New York Engineers and the 50th Pennsylvania to destroy the Confederate breastworks capture the guns and force the retreat of some companies of the 12th South Carolina Infantry into the interior of Beaufort District. The Union forces accomplished their mission on New Year’s Day January 1 1862 with minimal casualties.<br /> <br /> The first Battle of Pocotaligo took place May 28th 1862. The Union army goal was to tear up the railroad between Charleston and Savannah. The second Battle of Pocotaligo took place October 22 1862. In the first battle the Union moved to destroy a bridge and having reached their objective retreated back to Hilton Head. both armies suffered a few casualties. In the second Battle the Union's goal was again to tear up the Railroad between Savannah and Charleston. After pushing the Confederates back to Pocotaligo the Union initiative stalled and the Union army retreated before nightfall. <br /> <br /> An interesting side note on the future fate of N. B. Hamericksp during the War comes from articles collected in The Spencer Times and the Sparta Exhibitor titled "Recollections of the War From Carroll H. Clark" Transcribed with all the commas dashes and lack of capitalization from Memorial and Biographical Record of the Cumberland Region An Illustrated Compendium of Biography. Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago 1898. pp.253 and 254.<br /> <br /> Carroll Clark was from McMinnville Tennessee. In one of the several articles Clark makes a reference to a "N. B. Hamericksp" possibly the same soldier who wrote this letter. An excerpt from article 25 ".I have left untouched very many interesting events for instance the Battle of Franklin Tennessee in which many brave commanders and soldiers were killed of whom was Genl. Cleburne Genl. Carter and others. My dear friend and schoolmate N. B. Hamrick was killed there. His father and family lived out two miles from here at the place now called the Hill place on the road to Farris Griffiths. N.B. had three brothers in the war and all came through alive. The family came from North Carolina a few years before the war and it has been said brought the first yellow horse to this country. I yet remember the names of the whole family as follows: Uncle Billy Aunt Polly Jeroam Napoleon Bonapart killed at Franklin Jereboam Zorobabel Doctor Cortez and Don Pedro were the boys and two girls named Martha Salena and Mary Boston. All except Jeroam were my schoolmates."<br /> <br /> This letter was addressed to Mr. Ward in Rock Island Tennessee. Carroll Clark's war reminiscences was written in Tennessee. It is possible this is the same N. P. Napoleon Bonaparte Hamericksp who wrote the letter that was later killed at the Battle of Franklin in 1864. Information found regarding casualties at Franklin include variant spelling in the last name. A listing from the Civil War Talk web site states "1st Sgt. Napoleon B. Hambrick Co. I Killed." Another site Home dot Freeuk dot com lists "Sgt Napoleon Bonaparte Hanmbrick n.p. unknown
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[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
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[Boer War]. NORWELL, James Proctor
Snap Shots from the Front by J.P.N. cover title of an album of Boer War photographs
First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. An album 209 × 236 mm containing 199 gelatin silver photographs loosely inserted behind window mounts visible image size 51 × 77 mm four to a page on both sides of 25 card leaves; almost all of them have a small printed caption numbered 1-200 neatly trimmed and mounted on slips of paper loosely inserted in a small window below each photograph. One caption is in pencil a handful don't have captions; some have additional information supplied in pencil; there are numerous dates from Number 1 to 156 5 February to 13 October 1900 and Number 191 is dated 3 January 1901. Nine photographs between numbers 9 and 44 are out of order but all are present; number 111 is the only blank space in the album. Contemporary half leather and cloth worn at the corners with the spine broken and lacking sections; album broken near the centre damaging two window mounts easily repaired; all blemishes are confined to the album and the contents are in excellent condition. The album was compiled by a Dundee volunteer 8934 Private James Proctor Norwell 1st Volunteer Battalion Royal Highlanders Black Watch; the commanding officer was 7727 Lieutenant Alistair Valentine. The first dozen starting with '1. Cleaning Rifles. Perth Ranges' in the snow were taken before Cape Town was reached. The rest were taken in the field; apart from photographs of Indigenous people mainly Basutos and rough camp life there are many graphic images of battle and its aftermath: '15. Cronje's Guns captured at Paardeberg'; '18. An Officer's Funeral'; '33. Group of 1st Section two members of which have since died'; '40. Stretcher Bearers ready for Service'; '61. Preparing for Action - pipes and drums to the rear'; '64. Bringing in Boer Prisoners'; '68. Hector Macdonald giving Orders to carry the Position at Retief's Nek'; '73. Sniping from behind Ant Heap'; '104. Lieutenant Valentine's Mess Room Valentine Kop'; '117. Bringing the Guns into Action Retief's Nek'; '120. Resting after taking Honing Kop'; '124. The Fate of a Spy' and '168. His Last Day' both gallows scenes; '126. Kaffir Prisoners'; '130. Boer Commando in Kroonstadt'; '137. Lieutenant Smith - wounded at Retrief's sic Nek'; '153. Hector and his Staff entering Heilbron'; '159. Boer Prisoners at Schoolhouse De Aar'; '184. One of the 1st V.B.R.H. after 13 months' campaign'; and '192. Cookhouse and Mess Room Swaartlaagte'. Two on the last page are captioned 'St. Vincent - on our way home'. hardcover
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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
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(Vietnam War) McGrath, Lieutenant Commander John M
Prisoner of War Six Years in Hanoi
Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press 1975. First edition. 114 pp. illustrated throughout with black and white sketches by the author. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Decorated green faux-leather with title in gilt on cover and spine. Fine in a very good dust jacket. First edition. 114 pp. illustrated throughout with black and white sketches by the author. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. LCDR John M. McGrath was a young Navy pilot in 1967 when he was shot down over Vietnam. His remarkable and moving chronicle of survival and the torture and brutality suffered at the hands of his captors is illustrated with stark black and white drawings by the author who was a self-taught artist. Inscribed on the free front end paper to: "Jan & Marcy - Thanks for helping me make this book a reality. The book is beautiful - it couldn't have been done without your interest and support. It's great to be home! Warmest regards Mike McGrath." With a an accompanying original signed pen and ink sketch by the author dated 10-14-75 and titled: "Greetings from Monterey California." Inscribed by the Author. <br/><br/> Naval Institute Press hardcover
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(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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Ministero della Guerra
Calendario R. Esercito Italiano XVII 1939 XVIII
Roma: Ministero della Guerra 1939. Brossura wrappers. Ottimo Fine. Calendario corredato da numerosissime fotografie in bianco e nero di tutti i corpi militari e i reggimenti che componevano l'esercito italiano alla vigilia della II guerra mondiale disposte sulla sinistra della pagina che ha invece sulla destra una banda puntinata staccabile con due giorni per ogni pagina. Cm 275x225. pp. 300 c.ca n.n. Ottimo Fine. . Ministero della Guerra, 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
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[VIETNAM WAR] WATERHOUSE, Charles
Vietnam Sketchbook: Drawings from Delta to DMZ
Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1968. First Edition. First Printing a trade paperback original. Octavo 21cm; pictorial card wrappers; 56-1262pp; illus. Gentle sunning to spine light wear to extremities else a clean Near Fine copy. Selections from the sketchbook of a US Marine of Iwo Jima fame each illustration captioned. 84567. Charles E. Tuttle Company unknown
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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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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] HENRY, Patrick
Document signed by Patrick Henry and Thomas Meriwether certifying that the named individual is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a Private of the Continental line for three years service.
Council=Chamber January 19 1785. handsomely matted. Very fine condition. Approx. 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches . The printed date 1784 was altered in ms. to 1785. unknown
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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
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[Cotton] [Florida] [Civil War] [Joshua L McGahagin]
1863 Long Swamp Florida letter by business man and Confederate officer Joshua L. McGahagin. Letter regards Cotton prices and domestic issues
Long Swamp Florida: n.p. 1863. Letter. Good. Manuscript letter written on blue paper. Approx. 10" x 8". 1 page of content. On the back side is written "J L McGahagin Seller Jany 25th 1863". Hand writing is difficult to read at times. Letter has multiple folds. The paper is in good condition with some small splits at the folds. Transcription below:<br /> <br /> Long Swamp Fla Jan 25th 1863<br /> Mr. H. L. Flast<br /> Dear Sir<br /> <br /> I received your letter with draft of $1500 on Maj Teasdale which I will not want to use at percent - 8 I was disappointed in getting the cotton at or near Wacahoota persons in that section have put is up to 45 cts I have about 15 Bales seed Cotton and 12 gined at Home. I will tomorrow to haul down more seed cotton which I think I will enough to make 20 Bales I went to Gainesville and got the draft of 1900 from Dawkins I will have to pay for cotton if I get any more at 'presant' I to pay 'presant' prices - I have not heard from the teacher as yet that you were to and we have an application from Miss Baker for a friends of hers and are waiting to hear from you let us hear soon<br /> <br /> Yours Respectfully signed J L McGahagin<br /> <br /> From find a grave dot com:<br /> <br /> His first wife Sarah Adeline Eubanks McGahagin 1830-1856 is buried on the north side of him. On his other side is his second wife Margaret Jane Leitner McGahagin 1838-1896. His brother William Emmit McGahagin and his brother’s wife Sarah Eliza McCormick McGahagin are buried about fifteen feet south of J.L. McGahagin's tombstone.<br /> Joshua L. McGahagin was a farmer a saw-mill owner and owned real estate. He owned property in Brazil as well as in this country. He owned a sawmill on Lake Weir. He would barge logs across the lake take them by ox cart to the Ocklawaha River where they were barged to Jacksonville. He was a Captain in the Confederate Army.<br /> <br /> "Longswamp was the name applied to a large area which extended from the site of the present Belleview south and southwestward to the Withlacoochee River. A post office under Joshua L. McGahagin was established for this region on August 29 1846. Frequently the office was in the home of the postmaster and mail was carried by rider once each week."<br /> <br /> "In August of 1850 panic followed after finding an Indian camp nearby on the Withlacoochee. As all Indians were supposedly within a reservation in the Everglades wild rumors were circulated. On the McGahagin plantation log barricades were hurriedly erected and settlers from isolated homes rushed here for protection. But the alarm was unjustified. An intensive search disclosed only eleven Indians. These Indians were soon deported back to the Everglades."<br /> <br /> These excerpts were taken from a history of Marion County called "Ocali Country Kingdom of the Sun" by Eloise Robinson Mrs. Roy V. Ott and Louis Hickman Chazal.<br /> <br /> One day several years after the Civil War a man who had served under Joshua Lucas MaGahagin's C.S.A. command entered the home of his eldest son William "Billy" Emmit. He saw his father's framed photograph over the mantel and exclaimed "Why that's the Ole Warhorse!"<br /> <br /> Joshua left for South America in 1868 taking one of his daughters Lula with him. He was back in Marion County in 1870 as he was listed in the Census that year.<br /> <br /> After surviving the Civil War and a trip to Brazil spending hours on horseback Joshua died when he was thrown from a horse. n.p. unknown
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Guerra Jose Joaquin
Colombia; Constituciones de Colombia recopiladas y precedidas de una breve resea 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
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[Autograph Book] [England] [Miss Ethel E J Clarke] [World War I]
World War I English Sketch Autograph and Memory Book of Miss Ethel E. J. Clarke with original Art
40 Stationary Hospital Harfluer France/ Ward 8 St. John Military Hosp. Woking Surrey England: n.p. 1924. Autograph Album. Good. Oblong autograph album. Approx. 9" x 7.5". Album has dark colored soft padded leather covers with "Autographs" signed in gilt on the front cover. Leather dentelles inside. Decorative end sheets. The right front end sheet was mostly removed. Repaired. New dark blue mulberry paper spine added. Front and rear hinges repaired with tissue. The owner worked as a Nurse in the hospital ward at 40 Stationary Hospital Harfluer France and at Ward 8 St. John Military Hosp. Woking Surrey. Her inscription is written on the front paste down - "Miss Ethel E. J. Clarke "The Grove" 41 Moore St. Worcester." 56 pages of this album were used for original art inscriptions autographs and verse. 27 of the pages have illustrated with original art. One page has a cut out racist cartoon character of black children. Another page has a photograph of a soldier in uniform. The majority of the inscriptions and art work are dated 1918 and 1919. A handful of 1924 inscriptions located towards the back. No other dates recorded. Several inscriptions from soldiers include their home place and regimental unit inside. Some of the names regiments inscribed include: <br /> "L.C. Tearae "Tank Corps"; <br /> "Pte. R.C.J. Hervey 21035 23. Batt. Bisley Camp; <br /> Pte. B. Anderson South African Scottish Barracks Woking Surrey"; <br /> "Pte R. Patience 3rd South African Reft."; <br /> autographs from the 4th 38th 25th 42nd 50th Canadians in Ward 8 St. Johns Military Hospital Woking;<br /> "WE Ryan 22nd Australians"; <br /> "R.F.A. R.H.A. R.C.A. Sons of Guns" drawn by Dr. T. Stretton; <br /> "Best Wishes "From" Guardsman Duncan McVey 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards" with a photograph;<br /> a drawing titled "A Medical Armistice" at 40th Stationary Hospital. Harfluer France by Henry G. Bredle 324 Siege Battery R.G.A.;<br /> <br /> Several more names and places are recorded inside. Several of the original sketches are very good. The interior of the Album is in very good condition. This is a nice example of exceedingly scarce collection of autographs and art work from the World War I era. n.p. unknown
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[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
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[Military & War] [Barbados] [Race] [John R Eggleston]
1858 letter written aboard the USS Atlanta in Barbados from a future officer in the Confederate Navy and witness to the battle of the Monitor and Merrimac. Contents include a racist rant against free blacks in Barbados
Barbados: n.p. 1858. Letter. Good. Letter. 8" x 10". 4 pages. 3 pages of contents. Page 4 clipped section at bottom. Paper folded and in very good condition otherwise. <br /> <br /> Letter written aboard the USS Atlanta at Barbados December 27 1858. Eggleston writes: "I am perfectly willing to leave Barbados and its free impertinent darkies. I would like to lasso some 50 or 100 and put them to work in a cotton field. I am convinced that such a field is the only one in which the darky character can be truly developed. Here they do nothing but stroll about the streets & chatter like so many monkeys from sunrise to sunset. We employ them to coal our vessels and how I have wished for Jack Stringer with a bull whip among them whenever I have had anything to do with them". <br /> <br /> Eggleston would later serve as a Lieutenant on the CSS Virginia and was later promoted to Captain in the Confederate Navy. Eggleston was one of the lieutenants of the Virginia Merrimac during its life under the Confederate flag. During his life Eggleston provided details of the legendary battle of the two ironclad ships which can be found under various web sites. n.p. unknown
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[WAR OF 1812] [OHIO] OBLINGER, FJ F J
Commemorative Exercises at Unveiling and Dedication of the Ft. Meigs Monument September 1 1908 cover title: Record of Exercises at the Dedication of the Fort Meigs Monument.To which is appended an interesting diary of Capt. Daniel Lewis Cushing Commander of the Grand Battery
Toledo: Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association 1909. First Edition. Octavo. Stapled wrappers; 942pp; illus. Covers worn chipped at corners and with partial splits at bound edge; contents complete and generally clean; Good or better. <br /> <br /> Includes transcripts of the various addresses delivered at the dedication of the Monument; illustrated with halftones of the monument and principal figures. Most notably this work contains the first published appearance of the Diary of Capt. Daniel Lewis Cushing commanding officer of the Grand Battery at Ft. Meigs during the siege of 1813 which would not be republished again until 1944. Quite uncommon; not seen in commerce with OCLC nothing about a dozen physical locations as of 2025. Maumee Valley Pioneer and Historical Association unknown
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[World War I – Ottoman Empire – Turkish War of Independence] "HC" H C
Letters Home from an American Professor Working in the Ottoman Empire in the Aftermath of World War I.
Constantinople New York City and others 1922. Four letters totaling seven pages. Folded else fine. A small collection of letters from “H.C.†who seems to have been an American university professor in Constantinople to his “Darling Clementine†back home. H.C. may have taught at Robert College a Christian college founded in 1863 now a prestigious private highschool.<br /> <br /> It is not clear when H.C. first arrived in Constantinople but he had been there for several years already by the time the letters begin and was certainly there at a critical point in its history. He writes in 1918 shortly after the arrival of occupying forces:<br /> <br /> “conditions are still very bad in town I long to see the suffering diminished. Some say it will be months yet. Sometimes now there is no coal no electric light no bread no water. Can you imagine the state of an Oriental city under such conditions We have had are still having trouble about light water-supply but we have steam heat plenty of food of a plain kind. We all keep well. . I hear that an American Red Cross boat will arrive next week I am eager to see its passengers. We may have a chance to leave on it but I can not see my way clear to skip because our faculty is depleted ever since the exodus at the time of the panic long ago when Miss Lyon left. . We have a good college now – boarders about 90 in the College-department – and many day scholars but lately the Spanish fever the lack of tram-car service has kept many students away. As soon as our cousins supply coal we hope for improvement. The Ententists are spreading over the city thoroughly quietly – like oil. It is a delight to see so many manly looking officers after the ones we have had here for years. There is a spiritual look in the eyes of the present occupants a look of bull-dog determination.†December 6 1918<br /> <br /> H.C. enjoys a “real yachting cruise†on his way back to Constantinople from the States in 1921 tells Clementine about his plans for his commencement speech in 1922 and describes a college reception in New York City which “General Custer’s wife†Elizabeth Bacon Custer attended undated letter. Meanwhile Turkey was engaged in its brutal war for independence. At some point H.C. befriended Electra—probably a Greek woman—whom he sent along to visit Clementine in part to help Electra cope with her traumatic experiences during the war:<br /> <br /> “As you will recall my young friend’s father was executed – tho innocent – with about 70 others. At first E. bore this with wonderful fortitude but after Xmas a reaction set in naturally enough. She developed morbidness a hyper sensitive attitude toward all of my looks words – probably a condition due to shock. I am confident that travel new scenes interests will bring her back to her old self your wholesome household will chase all gloom away. A doctor told her lately that she has hysteria that she must think of cheerful things only. I tell you this thinking that you might keep her from talking about the nation that does cruel things. The truth is that cruelty is pretty generally distributed a judicial mind finds it difficult to pick choose. Some nations get the public ear so the pot can call the kettle black!†June 6 1922<br /> <br /> Indeed both sides of the Greco-Turkish war—part of the larger Turkish campaign for independence—massacred each other. However only the Turkish contingent’s actions have been argued by historians to constitute ethnic cleansing or genocide.<br /> <br /> Of interest to historians of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey post-World War I especially Americans’ experience thereof. unknown
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Johnston, Mark
The Proud 6th. An Illustrated History of the 6th Australian Division 1939-1946. with Original Photo of soldier-identified
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2008. vi 269pp index bibliography notes appendices bw ills maps. Black cloth in jacket. As new. INCLUDES AN ORIGINAL PHOTO OF SOLDIER Identified on rear as Martin Emerson & dated 1944 along with a photocopy of his nominal roll certificate from Veteran's Affairs. The 6th was the first division raised in the second AIF the first to go overseas and the first to fight. They served in Libya Greece Syria and New Guinea and were still fighting on the last day of the war. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Small 4to. Cambridge University Press Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 055190 ISBN : 0521514118 9780521514118
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Wall, Don
Heroes of F Force.
Sydney: The Author 1993. xii 170pp Honour Roll notes bw ills map. Pictorial card. Crease to bottom front corner small bump to top rear corner. SIGNED by author on title page. Loosely inserted letter from the author to the editor of the Toowoomba Chronicle requesting a review. Honours over 1000 Australians who died and medical personnel who prevented cholera taking a greater toll among POWs on the Burma-Thailand railway. Signed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. The Author Paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 055243 ISBN : 0646160478 9780646160474
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(World War II)
Three Japanese-English military signs or phrase books owned by Capt. W. J. Curley Jr. USMCR
Vp 1944. 12mo or smaller. Original wrappers. 12mo or smaller. Service Men's Vest Pocket Japanese-English Conversational and Dictionary. Sand Diego: Arts & Crafts Press 1943 Restricted. Japanese Phrase Book. Washington D.C.: War Department February 28 1944 Restricted. Allied Translator and Interpretor Section Southwest Pacific Area. A.T.I.S. Publication No. 1. Japanese Military Conventional Signs & Abbreviations. Camp Ritchie MD: 15 March 1844. <br/><br/> unknown
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[CIVIL WAR] [LESTER, Charles Edwards?]
The Light and Dark of the Rebellion
Philadelphia: George W. Childs 1863. First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Publisher's patterned cloth; gilt spine title; 3032pp. Spine gilt dulled; mild external wear with board corners rubbed through; internally clean tight and unmarked. A solidly VG copy. Original bookseller's ticket - "Leary / Bookseller / 5th & Walnut / Philada." to front pastedown. <br /> <br /> A gathering of miscellaneous short Civil War pieces probably drawn without credit from contemporary newspaper accounts. Decidedly Republican in outlook; includes a few articles relating to African-American citizens and soldiers including "Kind Words to Africano-Americans" "The Immolation and Redemption of the African Race" and "African Troops - The Future Armies of the Republic." Nevins attributes the work to Charles Edwards Lester without source or authority. NEVINS II:111. George W. Childs unknown
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[VIETNAM WAR] JONES, James
Viet Journal
New York: Delacorte Press 1974. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm; black cloth with titling and decorative blood spatter stamped in silver and red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; xii2573pp. Hint of foxing to right edge of textblock else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $7.95 with some pinpoint wear to spine ends; Near Fine. <br /> <br /> First work of non-fiction by the author of From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line. "James Jones gives us a personal and personalized journal of his trip to Vietnam at the time of the so-called cease-fire as the American Military Assistance Command moved out. He wanted to provide a novelist's view of what it was like in a war-torn country after the cease-fire" from front flap. 87113. Delacorte Press unknown
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[WORLD WAR I] MALONE, Paul B
Barbed Wire Entanglements
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole Sons 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; red cloth titled in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 89-3973pp. Spine ends gently nudged else a clean very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 showing modest shelfwear some shallow losses to spine and corner tips with a closed tears and attendant creases; Very Good. <br /> <br /> World War I novel by retired U.S. Army Major General Paul Bernard Malone 1872-1960 "a thrilling story of young American men and women caught up by our participation in the first World War and thrown together during the breathless days of frenzied preparation in America and of fierce heroic struggle in France.at once a warning and an inspiring patriotic message to the people of America" from front flap. 87084. Stackpole Sons unknown
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[WORLD WAR II] MORRIS, Donald R
Warm Bodies
New York: Simon and Schuster 1957. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; dark grey paper-covered boards and light grey cloth backstrip with titling and decorations stamped in black and red on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; viii2044pp; illus. Upper corners very gently tapped though still sharp else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $3.50 gently spine sunned lightly edgeworn rear panel showing some rubbing with a few tiny nicks and tears; Very Good. Humorous account of Morris's Naval service during World War II and in Korea before he joined the CIA. Basis for Norman Taurog's 1961 musical film All Hands On Deck starring Buddy Hackett Barbara Eden and Dennis O'Keefe. 87112. Simon and Schuster unknown
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[WORLD WAR II] [ITALIAN CAMPAIGN] ROSS, James E
The Dead Are Mine
New York: David McKay Company Inc 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; beige cloth with titles stamped in dark red on spine; dustjacket; xii3044pp. Subtle offsetting and a hint of foxing to inner covers else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $4.95 gently spine-sunned lightly edgeworn and a little dust-soiled faint foxing and several tape mends on verso with a few faint stains and three clear tape mends on recto along the lower edge; Very Good. A novel centered around the American forces pinned down on Anzio Beach during the Italian Campaign of World War II. 87016. David McKay Company, Inc unknown
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[Militaria] [War Crimes]. SCOTT, VX14040 Captain Eric Walter
An important and substantial dossier of depositions and interrogation reports compiled by Captain E.W. Scott 2 Australian War Crimes Section investigating alleged war crimes and the fate of allied soldiers in New Guinea during the Second World War
First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Foolscap folio 253 leaves of duplicate typescript printed rectos only containing 118 depositions or interrogation reports of between 1 and 6 pages each with several diagrams some in colour. Post-bound in the original cloth-backed folder now a little creased and worn with three holes punched in the front cover; one leaf detached; a few tears and other signs of age and use; overall in very good condition. These retained duplicate typescripts comprise 51 depositions signed by the deponent interpreter if applicable and Scott as Investigating Officer and 67 interrogation reports signed by Scott alone. The interrogations took place between 13 January 1949 and 27 January 1950 in Tokyo. The investigation focuses on the activities of the Nankai Shitai South Seas Detachment of the Japanese Army and the Kempeitai Military Police in relation to the treatment of prisoners of war and non-combatants in the Madang area of northern New Guinea. <p>Many of the interrogations concern: the capture of VX148 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Samuel Key commanding officer of 2/14th Australian Infantry Battalion captured near Kokoda in 1942 and presumed dead; the disappearance of missionaries near Alexishafen; the execution and mistreatment of local 'native' people; and the fate of a downed aircrew brought aboard the ship 'Matsue Maru' in the Coral Sea. <p>Several of the depositions give first- or second-hand accounts of the execution of prisoners. One gives an eye-witness account of the massacre of some 300 Australian troops at Laha airfield Ambon with diagrams showing the sites of the executions. Another describes the execution of Australian airmen at Matupi crater near Rabaul also with a diagram. In yet another Colonel Miki professes to be shocked to hear of the maltreatment of prisoners by soldiers under his command: 'I was very surprised to hear about the unhappy event and the circumstances under which an Australian soldier was drowned and the subsequent torture and ill-treatment of witnesses which followed . I never heard any complaints from the prisoners'. <p>Elsewhere there are references to Changi Sandakan prisoners of war sent to Japan Blakang Mati Sentosa and United States Air Force personnel. <p>The files are arranged in reverse chronological order with the most recent at the top and a manuscript index of the files compiled by Scott quarto 3 leaves rectos only is mounted on the inside surface of the front cover. hardcover
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Guerra, Norma S/ Villarreal, Abelardo
From Problem-solving to Responsible Decision-making
Emerald Group Pub Ltd 2025. Paperback. New. 128 pages. 9.21x6.14x9.21 inches. Emerald Group Pub Ltd paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : x-1837085072 ISBN : 1837085072 9781837085071
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Ball, Reg A
Torres Strait Force. Cape York. Thursday Island. Merauke. 1942-1945.
Sydney: Australian Military History Publications. 1996. HEAVY. xv 301pp index bibliography bw ills maps. Pictorial glossy boards. The bottom corner of the rear board has been bent. Prev owner bookplate on front free endpaper light foxing to page edges. Includes infantry machine gunners artillery engineers RAAF medical ordinance signals and more including US units that served in the region. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Folio. Australian Military History Publications. Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 055578 ISBN : 0646207490 9780646207490
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[CPUSA] [SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA] [VIETNAM WAR] HAYDEN, Tom and Bobbie Heisler
Flyer: Celebrate May Day at a Meeting to Support Liberation Struggles at Home.and Across the World
Los Angeles: Youth Section Southern California Communist Party 1968. Original photocopied flyer with text and photos printed in black on white stock measuring 21.75cm x 28cm 8.5" x 11". Light wear to lower corners else Near Fine. Flyer announcing a May Day celebration to be held at the Armenian Cultural Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday May 1 1968. Sponsored by the Youth Section of the Southern California Communist Party the event featured speakers Tom Hayden and Bobbie Heisler with a showing of Martes 13 a prize-winning Cuban film on North Vietnam. 87339. Youth Section, Southern California Communist Party unknown
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(War of 1812)
The late Conflict Or familiar lines composed on the subject of the late War between the United States of America and Great Britain. Together with the happy return of Peace
United States 1815. Broadside text in three columns. Woodcut of an American eagle holding an olive branch with 17 stars above at bottom right. 17-3/4x10-3/4 inches. Mounted small losses at folds. Broadside text in three columns. Woodcut of an American eagle holding an olive branch with 17 stars above at bottom right. 17-3/4x10-3/4 inches. Forty-two numbered four-line stanzas beginning: "While glory leads my war like song." OCLC records only a single mutilated example at AAS. unknown
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(Civil War, Texas)
The New Texas Series. The New Texas Reader. Designed for the Use of Schools in Texas
Houston Texas: Published by E. H. Cushing 1864. First edition. Full page cut of a Texas lone star. viii 184pp. 12mo. Publisher's striped cloth backed lettered paper boards heavily worn front hinge starting. First edition. Full page cut of a Texas lone star. viii 184pp. 12mo. A very rare Texas-printed Confederate juvenile reader intended for Texas children in the midst of the Civil War. The contents are largely historical in nature with sections on Texan history and heroes as well as accounts of Civil War battles in which Texas troops played a role. "Among the large number of original articles here presented we have bestowed special care on those which relate to our State . with the view of inspiring our youth with a love of Texas and an admiration for Texan heroes. The struggles of those who settled the country and fought its battles should be familiarly known to our children . The 'Texas Reader' is a home production. It is a Southern work and is called for not merely from the feelings of State pride but is also demanded by the wants of the country" Preface. Lessons include the history of the first American settlement by Stephen F. Austin the Fall of the Alamo the Texas Santa Fe Expedition Battle of Sabine Pass and many more. <br /> <br /> The publisher's preface notes that "in preparation of this book we are largely indebted to Rev. J. R. Hutchinson D.D. of the Houston Academy and many other gentleman and ladies of our State." A few of the articles include bylines by B. H. Hollinsworth.<br /> <br /> The last example of this work in the auction records not to be confused with another rare work titled New Texas Primary Reader published in 1863 appeared in 1930. Parrish & Willingham 7705 noting 8 copies Published by E. H. Cushing unknown
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Sanders, Kay E (Editor)/ Guerra, Alison Wishard (Editor)
The Culture of Child Care: Attachment Peers and Quality in Diverse Communities
Oxford Univ Pr 2016. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 291 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. Oxford Univ Pr hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : x-0190218088 ISBN : 0190218088 9780190218089
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Coulthart, Ross
The Lost Diggers
Sydney: Harpercollins Harper Collins Publisher. 2012. Large Square Quarto Size 30cm x 30cm. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards. A lovely book in excellent condition. Ribbon bookmark. Sepia toned and black & white photographs. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. This is a very heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 399 pages. The Lost Diggers is the story of the hunt across northern France to Vignacourt for a rumoured trove of antique glass photographic plates. They discovered nearly 4000 glass plates taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier of Australians who had pssed through Vignacourt. With meticulous research and the help of descendants Coulthart has been able to discover the stories behind many of the photos. A beautifully presented book in the scarce hardback format. . Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. Harpercollins [Harper Collins Publisher] hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : BIB330838 ISBN : 0732294614 9780732294618
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Weinfeld, Isay/ Ojeda, Oscar Riera (Editor)/ Betsky, Aaron (Introduction by)/ Mccown, James Moore (Contributor)/ Guerra, Fernand
Isay Weinfeld Works
Rizzoli Intl Pubns 2025. Hardcover. New. 512 pages. 12.00x9.00x12.30 inches. Rizzoli Intl Pubns hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : x-084784272X ISBN : 084784272X 9780847842728
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(French and Indian War) Amherst, Jeffery
The Journal of Jeffery Amherst: Recording the Military Career of General Amherst in America from 1758 to 1763. Edited with Introduction and Notes by J. Clarence Webster. Foreword by Lorne Pierce
Toronto: The Ryerson Press 1931. Number 241 of 500 copies printed. Illustrated with black & white plates; color frontispiece portrait of Amherst after Sir Johhua Reynolds. xxiv 341pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's blue buckram stamped and lettered in gilt. Fine copy. Number 241 of 500 copies printed. Illustrated with black & white plates; color frontispiece portrait of Amherst after Sir Johhua Reynolds. xxiv 341pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In the series "The Canadian Historical Studies: A Library of History Research". The Ryerson Press unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 375036
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[AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE - CIVIL WAR] [BAIRD, Henry Carey]
General Washington and General Jackson on Negro Soldiers
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird 1863. First Edition. Octavo 23cm. Sewn pamphlet; printed self-wrappers 8pp. A clean fresh copy Very Good or better. <br /> <br /> Argues for the promotion of African-Americans - who had already been admitted to the U.S Army & Navy in non-combat roles - to front-line fighting units stressing their successful participation in the Revolutionary and Mexican wars: "our bravest and most patriotic generals our Washington and our Jackson did not hesitate to solicit to employ and to reward the military services of Negroes in the War of the Revolution and again within the memory of many of us in our last war with England." Though not signed the essay is generally attributed to the Philadelphia economist pamphleteer and publisher Henry Carey Baird 1825-1901 under whose imprint the tract appeared. Henry Carey Baird unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 88000
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[VIETNAM WAR] [ANOTHER MOTHER FOR PEACE]
Original Bumper Sticker: All Our Sons In Vietnam Are POWs. Bring Them Home! War Is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things
Beverly Hills: Another Mother For Peace N.d. ca 1967. Original bumper sticker printed in brown and orange 10cm x 50cm approx 4" x 19-1/2". Light soil; old folds; adhesive on verso has dried with protective backing perished; Very Good. <br /> <br /> "Another Mother For Peace" was a California-based pacifist non-profit group founded in 1967 by screenwriter Barbara Avedon and actor Donna Reed. They group is best known for its famous logo designed by Lorraine Schneider depicting a child's drawing of a flower with the text "War Is Not Healthy For Children And Other Living Things." The logo is reproduced here at right border. There was a period between 1967 and 1972 when it was almost impossible to encounter a VW Beetle that did not sport this sticker or some variant of it on its rear bumper. Another Mother For Peace unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 82059
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(War of 1812) Wilmer, William H
A Sermon: delivered in St. Paul's Church on the Fourth of July 1813: to the Second Brigade of Alexandria Militia at the request of the officers
Alexandria VA: John A. Stewart 1813. First edition. 20pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. 20pp. 8vo. Shaw 30550; Sabin 104578 John A. Stewart unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 372923
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(World War II)
Cavalry Replacement Training Center. Yearbook for the 4th Training Regiment
Fort Riley 1941. Illustrations throughout. 4to. Publisher's embossed yellow cloth decorated with the American flag. Provenance: Thomas M. Evans signature on front endpaper. WITH: Watercolor on paper of a church next to a stream signed TME captioned "Somewhere in Germany" and dated 5 May 1945 laid in. Illustrations throughout. 4to. An unusual yearbook published by the Cavalry Replacement Training Center at Fort Riley just prior to America's entry into World War II. As the army was not desegregated until after the war the yearbook shows entirely white and black squadrons the latter including Troops A and B of the Eighth Squadron.<br /> <br /> At the beginning of the Second World War the 4th Cavalry made the transition from horses to vehicles along with most of the Cavalry Branch. The unit was re-designated as the 4th Cavalry Group Mechanized with M5 light tanks M8 armored cars and M3 half-tracks. The regiment was the armored reconnaissance force for the VII Corps and the regiment was the first unit ashore on Utah Beach on June 6th 1944. The 4th Cavalry was awarded the Croix de Guerre for its actions during the Battle of Cherbourg in July 1944. The regiment was in the van for the great Allied drive across France and into Belgium. They played a critical role during the Battle of the Bulge attacking at Bogheim into some of the best units in the German army and capturing critical ground at great cost. The regiment received a Presidential Unit Citation for this action.<br /> <br /> OCLC locates only 2 copies held at the US Army War College and Western Reserve Historical Society. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 352792
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