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1893réf. 026678St Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Co 1893. First Edition. Octavo. Important first-hand observations of the Civil War in the West. Nevins calls the book "A very readable and reliable narrative by a member of the 15th Texas Cavalry who saw much service in the Western theater; the volume deserves more attention than it has heretofore received." Quite scarce. Bound in blue cloth decorated in blind spine lettering gilt edges spine ends and corners show some wear previous owner's name. Howes C597; Nevins I p.72. Nixon-Jones Printing Co unknown books
réf. M53HMS Thalia “18 leagues to the North of St. Jago” 20 October 1805 and Colombo Fort 21 June completed 2 September 1806. Both Octavos ca. 23x18 cm and 25x20 cm. Each 3 ½ pp. Both addressed and sealed on the last pages. Brown ink on watermarked laid and white paper. Fold marks both letters with minor holes on the 4th pages after opening affecting several words; second letter with tears and minor holes on folds but overall very good letters. Two extensive letters giving an interesting firsthand account of the early British rule in Sri Lanka the British occupied former Dutch possessions on the island only ten years earlier in 1795. The first letter describes Cleather’s voyage to Ceylon from England on board HMS Thalia with the notes on the heat of the gun room‚ the frigate’s captain Walker Santiago Island Cape Verde where they got fresh supplies and water social life on board the ship et al. “I sleep every night in the most tantalizing situation you can possibly imagine Rayner having strung my cot in the after gun room in the midst of <…> chests of dollars to the amount of 40.000 £ which they are taking out for the Company there is 400.000 £ standing more below.” The second letter completed almost a year later gives an inside look into the life of British military and civil society on Ceylon shortly after the end of the First Kandyan War 1803-1805. Cleather praises the Colombo garrison’s chaplain Reverend W.H. Heywood in whose house he started writing the letter notes that he has dined with the “Chief Secy. Mr. Arbuthnot the 2nd personage in the Island” and mentions “innumerable” balls and suppers to which “I am constantly invited.” His regiment “is stationed about ten miles from the Fort <…> I have a small house but very comfortable near the parade & not far from a pretty little Cot.tage of Heywoods where he generally resides – for this I pay two guineas a month nothing here.” Cleather mentions that the Regiment which consists of sepoys trains a lot because it is expected to be reviewed shortly; notes on his relation with his colleague officers – Lieut.-Col. T.W. Kerr who “has an unfortunate disposition to talk scandal” Fort Adjutant Mr. Stewart officers wives and daughters and others. “I do not much … the heat and have never had a day’s illness since I landed in the Island. I had no duty for two or three months at first being laid up with hurts in my legs. This is common enough & is thought nothing of it is long since over…” Captain W.H. Cleather of the first Ceylon Regiment was educated at Exeter College Oxford and arrived in Ceylon in 1805. Through his sister Mary Littlehales to whom the letters are addressed he was a brother-in-law of Vice-Admiral Bendall Robert Littlehales 1765-1847 a participant of the Napoleonic Wars and Captain Edward Littlehales 1805-1888 a commander of HMS Dolphin on the coast of West Africa during the suppression of the slave trade in the 1840s. During his career in the British Ceylon he served in different Ceylon Regiments was the Fort adjutant at Galle Jaffna and Colombo. He took part in military actions during the Uva Rebellion 1817-1818 and for many years served as Deputy Judge Advocate in Ceylon. hardcover
1893réf. 026678St Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Co 1893. First Edition. Octavo. Important first-hand observations of the Civil War in the West. Nevins calls the book "A very readable and reliable narrative by a member of the 15th Texas Cavalry who saw much service in the Western theater; the volume deserves more attention than it has heretofore received." Quite scarce. Bound in blue cloth decorated in blind spine lettering gilt edges spine ends and corners show some wear previous owner's name. Howes C597; Nevins I p.72. Nixon-Jones Printing Co unknown
1860réf. 070469Richmond VA: West & Johnston 1860. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good -. 6.25" x 4.25" x 0.25. FIRST EDITION 1860. Since this was printed just before the beginning of the Civil War it is NOT a Confederate imprint. "Third Thousand" per the title page. Softcover. Spine is cocked; foxed throughout with some dampstain at the foot yet text has been uncompromised. Curling at the corners with some soiling. Predominantly unmarked except for a previous owner's name "L. J. Lee" dated April 1861 in pencil on the front flyleaf and a couple of markings in the margin on page 65 looking as the soldier was graphing the instruction of "By platoons left wheel. MARCH." and "Forward. March" also in pencil. The wear and soiling invokes a wonder if L. J. Lee carried this handbook with him in battle during the Civil War and what this little book has seen. A fascinating copy. Full refund if not satisfied. West & Johnston paperback
1901réf. 129531Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Sydney Angus and Robertson 1901. Quarto x 64 pages with an illustration plus 8 plates but lacking the colour frontispiece called for by Dornbusch. Modern binder's cloth with the front panel of the original green wrapper printed in red mounted on the front board; text block tide-marked near the head of the spine with the plates a little stained; some discolouration and foxing heavy in places; minor signs of age and use; a decent copy of an absolute rarity. This history of these two cavalry units from their foundation through to the end of the Boer War is 'undoubtedly a regimental record but it is something more - it is an attempt to explain and to some extent combat the unreasoning prejudice which has grown up as a result of the South African campaign against the cavalry arm of the service. On this point Mr. Wilkinson says:- "It is my purpose to show not only that cavalry regiments like the New South Wales Lancers have done equal yeoman service to the Empire in the South African struggle with their comrades in the other branches of the service but that they have done infinitely more as the pioneers of the cavalry movement in Australia to enhance the value of our defence force and to shew the world of what fighting stuff our men are made"' from a review in the 'Daily Telegraph' 12 October 1901. The last 18 pages contain numerous appendices including nominal and casualty rolls. Dornbusch 126; Fielding and O'Neill page 126. Angus and Robertson hardcover
1792réf. LBW-3758Auray, 1792. 1 p. in-4 oblong (22,4 x 29,3 cm), en-tête imprimé "Régiment du Port-au-Prince" corrigé à l'encre "Cap", vignette et encadrement gravés, sceau de la municipalité d'Auray et apostille des officiers municipaux, traces de plis.
1807réf. 1812290002Boston: Beecher & Armstrong 1807. Hardcover. Acceptable. Boston Massacre Early American Printing Contemporary boards conserved and rebacked on modern spine. Ink and perforated stamps on title page. 120 p. First published in 1770 under the title: The trial of William Wemms James Hartegan etc. Taken in short hand by John Hodgson. Future President John Adams successfully represented the accused British soldiers in the tumultuous trial. "The trial of the British soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot : for the murder of Crispus Attucks Samuel Gray Samuel Maverick James Caldwell and Patrick Carr on Monday evening March 5 1770 before the Honorable Benjamin Lynde John Cushing Peter Oliver and Edmund Trowbridge esquires justices of the Superior court of judicature Court of assize and general gaol delivery held at Boston by adjournment November 27 1770." From the library of Richard Manning Hodges 1827-1896 noted American surgeon Harvard College 1847 Harvard Medical School 1850. Boston: Beecher & Armstrong hardcover
1988réf. 14758London: Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales 1988. Originally engraved by Robert Havell and son printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours and finished by hand with printer's blindstamp. "By 1820 Sydney was a town of 12000 inhabitants about a third of whom were convicts. It had grown dramatically during the administration of Lachlan Macquarie who was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1810. Unlike previous governors Macquarie was not content merely to oversee a penal colony. His vigorous building programme changed forever the appearance of Sydney while his policy of accepting emancipated convicts as respected citizens demonstrated a social attitude strangely out of step with the times. Both these policies earned him criticism. In 1819 alarmed by Macquarie's extravagant public works the British Government commissioned a lawyer and civil servant J.T.Bigge to investigate. The attacks by his critics were met head on by Macquarrie's supporters in New South Wales. Books pamphlets and paintings luded the governor's undoubted achievements. Almost certainly Major Taylor's drawings were used in if not commissioned for this cause. The engraved view presents a flattering image of the Australian seat of government and by extension of Macquarie's term there.Taylor arranged the engraving and printing of the of the three sheet Panorama. upon his return to England in July 1822.Havell appears to have worked from Taylor's. large watercolours but amended them with additional details. and decorative elements.It is most fortuitous that the copper plates.have survived. There is no other example of such a case for 19th century Australian engravings. Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales unknown books
réf. 14758London: Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales 1988. Originally engraved by Robert Havell and son printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours and finished by hand with printer's blindstamp. "By 1820 Sydney was a town of 12000 inhabitants about a third of whom were convicts. It had grown dramatically during the administration of Lachlan Macquarie who was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1810. Unlike previous governors Macquarie was not content merely to oversee a penal colony. His vigorous building programme changed forever the appearance of Sydney while his policy of accepting emancipated convicts as respected citizens demonstrated a social attitude strangely out of step with the times. Both these policies earned him criticism. In 1819 alarmed by Macquarie's extravagant public works the British Government commissioned a lawyer and civil servant J.T.Bigge to investigate. The attacks by his critics were met head on by Macquarrie's supporters in New South Wales. Books pamphlets and paintings luded the governor's undoubted achievements. Almost certainly Major Taylor's drawings were used in if not commissioned for this cause. The engraved view presents a flattering image of the Australian seat of government and by extension of Macquarie's term there.Taylor arranged the engraving and printing of the of the three sheet Panorama. upon his return to England in July 1822.Havell appears to have worked from Taylor's. large watercolours but amended them with additional details. and decorative elements.It is most fortuitous that the copper plates.have survived. There is no other example of such a case for 19th century Australian engravings. Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales unknown
1764réf. 6600CBBerlin, ohne Verlagsangabe, 1764. 8°, 528 S. Text, 6 S. Anhang 'Ordre zu Erhaltung der Subordination bey der Armée', Pergamenteinband der Zeit mit Siegel mit einer am Rückdeckel montierten Lederschließe mit original Stoffband mit anhänglichen Siegelresten, erste Auflage dieser Ausgabe erste 33 Seiten mit kleiner werdenden Wurmgang (mit winzigem Buchstabenverlust auf Vorsatz- und Titelseite), von den im Anhang befindlichen Falt-Karten ist nur die Monatsliste sauber enthalten, eine weitere Liste nur zu einem kleinen Teil enthalten, sonst
1944réf. List2436Hattiesburg: Earl M. Finch 1944. Sheet music measuring 12 x 9 inches 4 pp. Signature of a Nabuko Hayashida on front cover. Slight tears at fold some toning two small pinholes very good overall quite attractive. Very Good. In Hawaii in May 1942 a battalion of Nisei volunteers was assembled for service in World War Two despite earlier failures of efforts to recruit Japanese-Americans due to the Army’s labeling of Nisei recruits as 4-C enemy aliens. Designated as the 100th Infantry Battalion they were deployed to North Africa in June 1943 integrating with the 34th Division in active combat. Their subsequent deployment to Italy in September 1943 exposed them to intense warfare earning them the moniker of the "Purple Heart Battalion" due to their notably high casualty rate. In January 1943 the U.S. War Department officially declared the establishment of the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team RCT which was comprised of Nisei volunteers originating from Hawaii and the mainland. The culmination of this initiative transpired in June 1944 when the 442nd RCT merged forces with the 100th Infantry Battalion in Europe subsequently absorbing the latter into its structure. The notable achievements of Nisei soldiers in combat operations prompted the reinstatement of the draft in January 1944 specifically targeting Nisei detainees to augment the ranks of the 442nd. Over time the 442nd RCT expanded to encompass the 2nd 3rd and 100th Battalions; the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion; the 232nd Engineering Company; the 206th Army Band; Anti-Tank Company; Cannon Company; and Service Company. Offered here is a very scarce piece of sheet music entitled “Go For Broke” which was written by the Hawaiian musician Harry Hamada reflecting the slogan of the 442nd and performed by Shelby and others during the war as part of efforts to boost morale. Hamada would feature in the 1951 movie “Go For Broke” as Masami alongside several other veterans of the 442nd. This publication of “Go For Broke” is from 1944 seven years before the movie’s release. The piece is dedicated to Colonel C.W. Pence. Hamada was a Hawaiian musician who performed with a band called the Shelby Hawaiians or the Shelby Serenaders. They performed as early as 1943. The Hattiesburg Mississippi merchant Earl M. Finch who ran an Army and Navy store close to Camp Shelby befriended Hamada and other members of the 442nd and acted as a sponsor for the group and eventually published this version despite his business being a dry goods merchant house and not a publishing house. The group with the support of Finch performed throughout the country to lift morale. At some point Hamada penned this composition likely in 1944 as we find no reference to it in 1943 articles and Finch published it - Hamada’s composition would become the theme song of the 442nd and Hamada would perform at the Halloran General Hospital in New York and the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C. in 1944 likely performing this composition. Another composition called “Go For Broke” exists as well and it is unclear to what degree Hamada’s work caught on among the regiment. We find two records of Finch’s published version of the composition one listed as part of an online remembrance of the 442nd by the Smithsonian Institution https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/day-remembrance-70-years-after-executive-order-9066 which appears to have been on loan from the National Japanese American Historical Society and another copy held at Stanford though not listed in OCLC. Finch’s story is also interesting and is the subject of a remembrance on a 100th Battalion History page online https://www.100thbattalion.org/history/stories/earl-finch/. We find no copies listed in OCLC. Overall a very scarce piece of Japanese-American wartime history. Earl M. Finch unknown
réf. 14891A fine pair of plates engraved by Robert Havell and son printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours and finished by hand each in very good condition "The Town of Sydney" with a slightly greyer paper tone. From an edition limited to 110 copies printed from the original printing plates in 1988 employing the same techniques as used in 1823. This fine edition was published as a collaborative effort between the State Library of New South Wales and the renowned fine art publishers Alecto Editions. "By 1820 Sydney was a town of 12000 inhabitants about a third of whom were convicts. It had grown dramatically during the administration of Lachlan Macquarie who was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1810. Unlike previous governors Macquarie was not content merely to oversee a penal colony. His vigorous building programme changed forever the appearance of Sydney while his policy of accepting emancipated convicts as respected citizens demonstrated a social attitude strangely out of step with the times. Both these policies earned him criticism. In 1819 alarmed by Macquarie's extravagant public works the British Government commissioned a lawyer and civil servant J.T.Bigge to investigate. The attacks by his critics were met head on by Macquarrie's supporters in New South Wales. Books pamphlets and paintings lauded the governor's undoubted achievements. Almost certainly Major Taylor's drawings were used in if not commissioned for this cause. The engraved views of the Panorama present a flattering image of the Australian seat of government and by extension of Macquarie's term there.Taylor arranged the engraving and printing of the of the three sheet Panorama. upon his return to England in July 1822.Havell appears to have worked from Taylor's. large watercolours but amended them with additional details. and decorative elements.It is most fortuitous that the copper plates.have survived. There is no other example of such a case for 19th century Australian engravings. unknown
réf. 36904publishedby Ackermann & Co. London. 1833. restrike c.1870. print size: 22.5x30 1/4"; image size: 17 1/8"x 26 3/8"; from the original plate 1830 butissued pulled later 1870/80 beautifully coloured in brilliantcondition. Spendlove pp46-51; plate 69. publishedby Ackermann & Co., London. [1833]. restrike c.1870? unknown
1864réf. 438776Atlanta Georgia 1864. Very Good. Autograph Letter Signed. Folio. 4pp. Partial splitting at the edges of one vertical and two horizontal folds about very good. A detailed and historically important long letter written in the field by Union soldier Harvey Rodgers just two weeks before he was killed at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22 1864. Rodgers was mustered into service in 1861 as a Corporal in the 54th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Zouaves Company A commanded by 1st Lt. Judson McCoy referred to as "Jud" in the letter. In the letter written to his "Friend John" on four easily legible folio pages Rodgers describes Confederate and Union Army maneuvers and skirmishes immediately after the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain fought from June 19 - July 2 1864 during the lead-up to the Battle of Atlanta which began on July 21st: ". Well John I have stood the campaign well this Spring . We have whipped the rebel army out finely . that is we have drove them so far South that Atlanta can be seen from our lines . I suppose you have heard about our making a charge on the 27th June . I do not wish to be in anymore such places . we lay in camp until the 2nd of July when our Division moved . very near due south of the Kennesaw mountain. That night Jud with our Company was on picket. We heard the cars very plain but did not think they the rebel army were evacuating the mountain and falling back . Next morning . We did not move forward until two o'clock when we advanced our lines two miles finding a small force of Cavalry in our front which we routed by charging them. The Regt. lost 1 killed 14 wounded ." He describes a second skirmish on July 4th at which his Company fought in support of the Union army's 16th Corps to advance Union lines and continues: ". On the 5th we were moved back again and brought further around on the right where we now lay. Our front lines are two miles further on. The rebels have a line of works between them and the Chattahoochee river . I expect we will have a pretty hard time before we get there and a hard time to cross the river ." The Battle of Atlanta commenced on July 21 1864. Both Harvey Rodgers and Union Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson were killed during the battle on July 22nd. Rodgers' letter thus ends poignantly: "Well John my time is fast rolling around now and I begin to think I will soon get home again. Only two months and 8 days more . Still in that short time there are many dangers to undergo. I may be called on to go into several more charges. Perhaps of some one not to come out alive . There has not more than half a dozen days passed since the 10th of May but what we have been under the sound of artillery. The troops appear to be pretty well worn out and wish for the campaign to close yet they all want to get into Atlanta first ." A compelling and ultimately heartbreaking eye witness account of General Sherman's Atlanta campaign during the summer of 1864. Longer quoted extracts from the letter are available. unknown
réf. 53446London printed by Samuel Roycroft and are to be sold by Edward Gough at Cow-Cross 1682. TITLE CONTINUED: As by their several gracious Commissions here recited may appear. With a brief Relation of the Manner of the Archers marching on several days of Solemnity. FIRST EDITION 1682. Small slim 8vo approximately 170 x 110 mm 7 x 4½ inches pages: xvi 1-78 lacking last leaf "Post Script" many copies are lacking this possibly added to later copies pages 1-31 mostly printed in black letter then a new title page "A Remembrance of the Worthy Show and Shooting by the Duke of Shoreditch" followed by roman text. Bound in 19th century in maroon half roan over marbled boards marbled endpapers with bookplate of Fox Pointe Manor Library on first pastedown. Slight rubbing to binding pale stain affecting the lower inner margins of first 7 leaves including title page tiny repair to blank side of lower edge of title page slight shelf wear to edges and corners 3 corner tips neatly repaired not affecting text small closed tear to 1 margin and top margin of last page both neatly repaired not affecting text some very light soiling and staining to margins a very good copy. See Sotheby's Library of the Earls of Maccclesfield Part 10 page 364 No 3850; Catalogue of The Famous Library of Henry Huth Volume 9 page 2254 No. 8182; ESTC R22583. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. London, printed by S[amuel] R[oycroft] and are to be sold by Edward Gough at Cow-Cross, 1682. hardcover
réf. MA46Folio bifolium ca. 375x22 cm or 14 ½ x 8 ½ in. 3 pp. Printed form completed in manuscript. Brown ink on creamy lined wove paper; several titles underscored in red. Foldmarks several minor holes on folds several minor tears on extremities but overall a very good document written in a legible hand. Fort Rice D.akota T.erritory 31 December 1878. Oblong Folio ca. 20x275 cm or 7 ¾ x 10 ¾ in. 14 leaves fastened with a thread 2 blank. T.p. 10 1 pp. Printed form completed in manuscript. Brown ink on blueish lined wove paper; several titles underscored in red. Foldmarks all leaves with long narrow holes apparently caused by fire on one of the folds affecting the text on at least six leaves minor losses on the blank margins of the first four leaves not affecting the text otherwise a very good document written in a legible hand. Historically significant collection of two original documents recording the expenses for personnel and supplies in the U.S. Army’s stations in the Dakota Territory - Standing Rock Cantonment since 1878 – Fort Yates and Fort Rice on the Upper Missouri River south of Mandan Morton Co. – shortly before and after the Great Sioux Black Hills War of 1876. Both documents were compiled and signed by a U.S. Army career officer and Civil War veteran Lieutenant William Badger. A son of William Badger Sr. the Governor of New Hampshire in 1834-36 he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848 and worked with several New Hampshire companies Union Manufacturing Co. in Gilmanton Tilton Manufacturing Co. in Tilton &c. During the American Civil War he served in the 4th and later the 9th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiments. In 1866 Badger Jr. was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 6th U.S. Infantry and served with them until his retirement in 1889 See: Babcock E. A War History of the Sixth U.S. Infantry from 1798 to 1903… Kansas City 1903 pp. 107 115 129. During the height of the Sioux Wars in the 1870s Badger served as a quartermaster in several U.S. military posts in the Dakota Territory including Fort Buford and Fort Abraham Lincoln – in the latter when Lt.-Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 1839-1876 7th Cavalry Regiment was stationed there preceding the Battle of the Little Bighorn Fort Life in ‘70’s Recalled// The Fargo Forum. Fargo N.D. 28 July 1929 p. 9. William Badger and Custer were acquainted and the former’s son William Cogswell Badger 1857-1897 then a 19-year-old man “accompanied Lieut. Col. George A. Custer on his expedition into the Black Hills to discover the truth of the rumor of fabulous amounts of gold in the summer of 1874” William C. Badger Pioneer N.D. Man is Dead at Toledo// The Bismarck Tribune January 20 1937 p. 2. In the 1880s William Badger served in Fort Leavenworth Kansas See more about his biography in: Jameson E.O. The Cogswells in America. Boston 184 pp. 207-208; see more. The earlier document was compiled in the Standing Rock Cantonment of the U.S. Army which was renamed Fort Yates in 1878 and is now the headquarters of the federally recognized Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The “Abstract of Expenditures at the Standing Rock Cantonment” is dated December 1875 about half a year before the Battle of the Little Bighorn which resulted in an overwhelming defeat of the U.S. forces and the death of George Custer. The document lists the vouchers paid to “Citizen Employees” an “Interpreter” and for “Extra Duty Mess” for the total amount of $160168. The second document is a 10-page “Quarterly Return of Quartermaster’s Stores Received Issued and Remaining on Hand at Fort Rice in the Quarter ending on the 31st of December 1878.” Badger records the movement of supplies in over a dozen categories: fuel soft wood forage oats corn hay stationery various paper envelopes ink wax pens quills pencils office tape erasers paper folders rubber bands sandboxes letter press & many others barrack & office furniture clock cooking and heating stoves field desks iron safe ice box lockers pans for frying and baking tables tea kettles &c. means of transportation ambulances army wagons blankets saddle brooms a “ferry boat” horses mules jockey sticks “yawl boat” “bob sledges” &c.; veterinary blacksmiths’ carpenters’ masons’ and bricklayers’ saddlers’ tools miscellaneous tools brass sundial hay forks and scales lifting jack paint brushes rubber fire buckets scythes wood saws &c. machinery belting assistant circular saws gumming machines horse medicines and “stores for expenditure” bolts bridle leather cotton twine harness rings horse shoes nails nuts oars rope rivets tar coal wax black & many others. Overall an important collection of original documents providing a compelling insight into the everyday life of the U.S. military posts in the Dakota Territory shortly before and after the Great Sioux War of 1876. An archive of original William Badger’s documents created during his service as a quartermaster in the 6th Infantry in the Dakota Territory is deposited in the special collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota see more. hardcover
1847réf. 189591Deal: Printed by J. Deveson 1847. The battlefields of the Punjab seen from the ranks First and only contemporary edition of this brief but spirited and entirely unembroidered account in the authentic voice of an enlisted man. The 31st were one of the most heavily engaged units of the conflict seeing action at Mudki Ferozeshah Aliwal and Sobraon. Scarce with just two locations traced BL and Boston Public Library unrecorded at auction. Vivid vignettes from the battle front are set within the context of a diary account of an uneventful voyage back from Calcutta to Gravesend. Cleveland opens on 23 October 1846 "weather continues fine and the wind steady" reminiscing of Moodkee "the first battle in which I had even been engaged I have often since endeavoured to imagine what my feelings were on that occasion but the hurry and confusion of that Action prevented the exercise of thought". One thing remains clear in his memory "So confident were our Officers and men that the Sikh Army was composed of nothing but a rebel mob that they did not believe they would hazard an engagement. this entire ignorance of the Sikh Army it is wonderful that all were alike involved even the Governor and Commander in Chief each of whom it should fairly be supposed ought to have been possessed of correct information on so important a subject". Of Ferozeshah he recalls the "lurid flames" of the burning Sikh camp "gleaming through the darkness diffusing sufficient light to make the horrors of our situation more apparent" the shot from the Sikh guns falling "among us by far to thick and fast to be agreeable". The situation only saved by what Cleveland - along with Sikh commander Tej Singh - read as the Commander in Chief's order for the cavalry to make a "false charge" which was in fact the withdrawal of the Horse Artillery desperately short of ammunition to Ferozepur to resupply while under cavalry escort. At Aliwal the 31st were on the extreme right of the British line "When we had arrived within a short distance of the village under heavy fire from the enemy who were waving their swords and cutting a great variety of menacing capers in front of us General Smith galloped up and said 'take that village boys and carry it along with you' when the whole regiment broke into a rapid double which they did not abate until they had cleared the village captured the guns upon its left and caused the whole of the enemy's left flank to run for dear life. We now quietly took possession of the whole of their camp equipage ammunition and stores; and having amply supplied ourselves. we turned in for the night near the banks of the Sutlej". And so to Sobraon "At 9 A. M. the battle had reached its warmest point - shot and shell were then whizzing through the air in rapid succession. on their fearful missions of mischief. from the muzzles of 150 pieces of ordnance - about half past 9 a low rumbling sound was heard resembling distant thunder which was caused by the report of musquetry - as the infantry ad passed the Enemy's breastworks. thus concluded the most severe contest in the annals of Indian warfare and not a second to any fought in Europe with the exception of Waterloo". Following the ratification of the Treaty of Lahore the 31st marched to Calcutta and embarked for home Cleveland composing this very personal and telling NCO's witness to world-changing events while under weigh. Octavo. pp. 24. Original thin paper printed wrappers. Wraps rubbed and soiled with some minor chips and splits at the edges no loss of text creases to the corners; pale toning and some finger-soiling to the text; but a well preserved copy very good. paperback
1601réf. 3683Salamanca: S.n. 1601. First edition. Signed at foot by a municipal officer Diez de la Puente. One-page contemporary manuscript on p. 3 relating to the administration of the tax. Unbound as issued. Pinholes at gutter some edge chipping and small dents brown stain affecting the upper portion throughout. Otherwise a good well-preserved copy. First edition. Signed at foot by a municipal officer Diez de la Puente. One-page contemporary manuscript on p. 3 relating to the administration of the tax. Unbound as issued. 4 last 2 blank p. Unrecorded 1601 ordinance from Salamanca enforcing the Armada-era servicio de millones Spain’s foundational fiscal levy. Printed ordinance issued by the municipal council of Salamanca implementing the royal tax known as the servicio de los dieciocho millones. In accordance with the royal cédula of 9 February 1601 the Concejo Justicia y Regimiento instructs subordinate towns and villages to collect an eighth part of all wine and olive oil sold to be remitted through a chain of local receivers. The text regulates how wine and oil must be measured recorded and taxed forbids additional repartimientos and orders prompt transfer of funds to the city’s main treasury. Dated at Salamanca 10 March 1601 and naming four municipal commissioners appointed for its execution it represents the earliest stage of local enforcement of Philip III’s fiscal scheme transforming the national levy into a functioning municipal excise. A contemporary handwritten endorsement below the text signed by Diez de la Puente attests its execution. Accompanying the printed ordinance is a contemporary manuscript headed on p. 3 “Dudas que se ofrecen en la administración de las sisas” listing practical questions concerning the execution of the tax—registration and measurement of goods roles of administrators and receivers form of payment penalties and conditions of tax farming arrendamiento. The servicio de los dieciocho millones formed part of the broader system of millones taxes created by the Cortes of Castile to meet the Crown’s desperate financial needs after the prolonged wars of Philip II. The servicio de millones had first been introduced by royal request and approved by the Cortes on 4 April 1590 conceived to raise eight million ducats over six years to finance the royal expenditure associated with the Armada campaign against England and other military commitments. Rather than remaining temporary it evolved into a regular levy on six staple items—wine oil vinegar meat soap and tallow candles—collected through local sisas and eventually forming the backbone of Castile’s fiscal structure. By 1600–1601 under Philip III the scheme was renewed and expanded to eighteen million ducats its collection entrusted to municipal governments such as Salamanca’s Concejo Justicia y Regimiento. As described in Bartolomé Yun Casalilla’s Sobre la transición al capitalismo en Castilla this marked a transition from feudal income to a centralized fiscal system financed through municipal taxation embedding local economies within the machinery of the Habsburg war state. The present ordinance captures this process of consolidation—when the monarchy sought tighter control over municipal revenues demanded proper accounting and remittance of surpluses and aimed to prevent arbitrary over-taxation—reflecting both the fiscal strain and administrative centralization characteristic of early-seventeenth-century Spain. Reference: Yun Casalilla B. 1987. Sobre la transición al capitalismo en Castilla: Economía y sociedad en Tierra de Campos 1500–1830. Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León Consejería de Educación y Cultura. . [S.n.] unknown
1864réf. 58358Various places including Methuen Lawrence Andover Boston and Lowell Massachusetts 1864-1865. modern calf antique with original gilt-lettered label "Company Clothing" laid down on front panel. Folio. Two pages list "Price of Clothing Camp & Garrison Equipage Year 1864." Following are 204 pages one to a soldier listing name company place and date of enlistment articles of clothing issued value itemized date of clothing issue and signature of soldier and witness. In some cases date of discharge desertion or demise is also noted. A "colored" under cook is also listed along with the soldiers. hardcover
réf. 14757Three plates engraved by Robert Havell and son printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours and finished by hand each with printer's blindstamp. From an edition limited to 110 copies printed from the original printing plates in 1988 employing the same techniques as used in 1823. This fine edition was published as a collaborative effort between the State Library of New South Wales and the renowned fine art publishers Alecto Editions. "By 1820 Sydney was a town of 12000 inhabitants about a third of whom were convicts. It had grown dramatically during the administration of Lachlan Macquarie who was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1810. Unlike previous governors Macquarie was not content merely to oversee a penal colony. His vigorous building programme changed forever the appearance of Sydney while his policy of accepting emancipated convicts as respected citizens demonstrated a social attitude strangely out of step with the times. Both these policies earned him criticism. In 1819 alarmed by Macquarie's extravagant public works the British Government commissioned a lawyer and civil servant J.T.Bigge to investigate. The attacks by his critics were met head on by Macquarrie's supporters in New South Wales. Books pamphlets and paintings luded the governor's undoubted achievements. Almost certainly Major Taylor's drawings were used in if not commissioned for this cause. The engraved views of the Panorama present a flattering image of the Australian seat of government and by extension of Macquarie's term there.Taylor arranged the engraving and printing of the of the three sheet Panorama. upon his return to England in July 1822.Havell appears to have worked from Taylor's. large watercolours but amended them with additional details. and decorative elements.It is most fortuitous that the copper plates.have survived. There is no other example of such a case for 19th century Australian engravings. unknown books
réf. 14757Three plates engraved by Robert Havell and son printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours and finished by hand each with printer's blindstamp. From an edition limited to 110 copies printed from the original printing plates in 1988 employing the same techniques as used in 1823. This fine edition was published as a collaborative effort between the State Library of New South Wales and the renowned fine art publishers Alecto Editions. "By 1820 Sydney was a town of 12000 inhabitants about a third of whom were convicts. It had grown dramatically during the administration of Lachlan Macquarie who was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1810. Unlike previous governors Macquarie was not content merely to oversee a penal colony. His vigorous building programme changed forever the appearance of Sydney while his policy of accepting emancipated convicts as respected citizens demonstrated a social attitude strangely out of step with the times. Both these policies earned him criticism. In 1819 alarmed by Macquarie's extravagant public works the British Government commissioned a lawyer and civil servant J.T.Bigge to investigate. The attacks by his critics were met head on by Macquarrie's supporters in New South Wales. Books pamphlets and paintings luded the governor's undoubted achievements. Almost certainly Major Taylor's drawings were used in if not commissioned for this cause. The engraved views of the Panorama present a flattering image of the Australian seat of government and by extension of Macquarie's term there.Taylor arranged the engraving and printing of the of the three sheet Panorama. upon his return to England in July 1822.Havell appears to have worked from Taylor's. large watercolours but amended them with additional details. and decorative elements.It is most fortuitous that the copper plates.have survived. There is no other example of such a case for 19th century Australian engravings. unknown
1896282 pages. Handsome bright gilt decoration upon front board. Gilt lettering upon backstrip clearly legible excepting a chip affecting three characters. Loss from top of backstrip. Prior owner's signature inside front board else unmarked. Narrow opening along back hinge. Average external wear. Additional photos available upon request. Book
réf. 58705A collection of 11 items from the first organizational years of the National Guard unit which protected New York City in the early 19th century. The group consists of three brass cylinders each containing rolled manuscript documents related to the regiment; an oval metal box containing a pair of epaulettes from the 7th; a wallet style polished black leather military bag with a gilt emblem of the 7th National Guards on the front flap; and a partially printed document completed in manuscript acknowledging the service of a member of the regiment. New York 1816-1847. What became known as New York's Seventh Regiment was originally organized in April 1806 as a response to the threats from the British search and seizure policies in New York harbor. The regiment consisted of four companies comprising many of the merchants and tradesmen in the city. During the War of 1812 the unit by then designated the 2nd Battalion 11th Artillery manned the guns of the forts guarding New York harbor. After the war a military-weary New York saw a fall-off of interest in drilling and training by militias. The appointment in 1820 of Col. James Benedict to lead the Eleventh brought a renewed interest in organized training discipline and field exercises attention to uniforms and equipment and regular attendance at meetings. His order regarding the wearing of pantaloons over boots is reflected in one of the documents present here. By 1824 the Eleventh had been renamed "The National Guards" in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette and by 1826 it was redesignated "The Twenty-Seventh Regiment of the New York State Artillery." In addition to official parades and escorting of dignitaries the national Guards were used to maintain order in the city during public executions in the 1820s and were called out to help quell riots in the 1830s. A reorganization of all the militia units resulted in its new official designation as the Seventh Regiment in 1847. All of the material is in very good condition aside from some scuffing to the metal box. Each of the brass cylinders has an engraved label and the end of each one unscrews to reveal the rolled document inside. The metal box has a faint blind-stamp on the lid identifying it as having been produced by J.H. McLenney & Co. 141 Grand St. New York. The leather wallet is stamped in blind on the back "Ridabock & Co. New York." McKenney & Co. and its successor Ridabock & Co. were manufacturers and dealers in military goods. #6445. Itemized list of the collection: a The first cylinder engraved label reading "Roll of Honorary Members 1st Co. 7th Regt." The document inside dated June 23 1816 206 x 25 cm. consisting of 6 pages tipped together end-to-end records the "Bye laws for the Regulation of Capt. James Benedict's Company in the Eleventh Regiment NY State Artillery" including the establishment of a monthly meeting time regulations regarding attendance new members arms & equipment etc. It is signed by the three members of the Committee of Revisal Gilbert Hopkins Irad Hawley and Richard E. Purdy as well as approximately 77 members of the company. Damage to the lower corner of the document has resulted in the loss of several signatures; some chipping along the right margin of the scroll occasionally affecting a word or two. b The second cylinder engraved label reading "Roll of Company. 7th Regt. N.G.S.N.Y." Rolled inside are two separate documents. The first dated May 18 1821 90 x 20 cm. consisting of 3 pages tipped together end-to-end is a document signed by the members of the company commanded by Capt. Gilbert Hopkins 11th Regt 1st Brigade pledging to abide by a decision regarding the wearing of pantaloons over instead of under Boots on Parade signed by 67 members of the company. The second document is undated 22 x 20 cm. a single leaf approves an alteration to the by-laws regarding dunning members for non-attendance signed by 20 members. c The third cylinder engraved label reading "Roll of the first Company National Guards New York State Artillery" ownership name partially rubbed out but research shows it reads "Captain J.S. Cocks". The manuscript document records another revision of the by-laws this one from October 1826. Printed in block letters at the head of the document 184 x 23 cm. consisting of 5 pages tipped together end-to-end is the title "TWENTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT / NEW YORK STATE ARTILLERY / PRO PATRIA ET GLORIA / NATIONAL GUARDS." The text includes several modifications to various articles of the by-laws and is signed by the members of the Committee of Revisal Smith Spelman Thos. Jaycox and Thos. H. Locke along with 48 other members of the regiment. Some chipping to the margins of the document not affecting text; one long tear carefully repaired on verso touching some letters but all still legible. The ink from the block lettering has burned through the paper in spots. John Samuel Cocks 1813-1868 whose name is etched on the cylinder was elected captain of the First Company of the 7th Regiment in 1838 and resigned in 1845. During the Civil War he served as a Colonel with the 40th New York Infantry Mozart Regiment. A Successful New York businessman and member of the New York state legislature he died in Brooklyn in 1868. d The black metal box containing the epaulettes is moderately scuffed. There is a small metal handle on the lid and a clasp. The epaulettes rest on an oval post mounted inside the box. Each is braided and has a brass crescent on the shoulder dulled and a round emblem of red cloth with a contrasting black & gray striped cloth "7" affixed to it a gold button embossed with an eagle and two bars. The epaulettes show some wear particularly on the undersides where a metal plate denotes left and right shoulder pad with modest fraying to the edges. e The leather wallet has high polish; the ornamental lettering "NG7" on the front flap is bright the small leather loop clasp is worn but intact. f A partially printed document image size 21 x 31 cm. on a larger sheet 30 x 40 cm. completed in manuscript and dated October 14 1846. The text is surrounded by eight vignette illustrations six of men in uniform on horseback in ranks one of an eagle perched on a shield and the last of swords and cannons with a red wax seal over the middle partially chipped away. The document acknowledges the seven years service of John A. Hadden in Company 6 National Guard 27th Regiment and declares him to be exempt for the rest of his life from both jury service and further military service. Signed by two members of the regiment Andrew H. Brenner and Cyrus H. Loutrel. A few creases in the surface of the document which is a little soiled and has some later ink notes by Hadden in the upper margin. unknown
1766réf. 177778London: Printed for Paul Vaillant in the Strand 1766. Leather bound. VG soiling but otherwise bright and very clean inside a superb copy. Full red leather with extensive gilt tooled border on both covers all edges gilt marbled endpapers. 5 raised bands with extensive and detailed gilt tooling in the compartments. 8 302 pages 9 unnumbered leaves of plates Tables 1-5 Plates I II III IV. The last four leaves of plates are numbered I-IV. A superb copy of a book rarely encountered either in the trade or at auction. Printed for Paul Vaillant, in the Strand unknown books
