Seekatz, P. C. (tätig Mitte 19. Jahrhundert)Antiquariat.de
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1848réf. 1309221848. Signiert "pinx. P.C. Seekatz" und datiert. Auf bräunlichem Zeichenpapier. 13,5 x 9 cm. Papier: 18,7 x 23 cm.
1862réf. 0MV868ESSEX CONNECTICUT CT. Good. 1862. Manuscript. ALS with one name only Hough letter dated 8/9/62 Essex Ct. 4 pages 4to. Writes to his brother Will William C. Ives Washington DC Co. K 10th Reg. R.I.V. "Should I enlist for 3 years wait to be drafted for 9 months or buy a substitute etc." Comes with postmarked stamped pink 3 cent cover ink notes on cover. Overall in very good shape save for some tears at the folds amd the odd rust spot.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; CIVIL WAR AMERICANA CONFEDERATE UNION CONNECTICUT HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL DIARY JOURNAL DIARIES ; Signed by Autograph . unknown
réf. 12775Six of the seven dating from March and April 1918; the seventh from August 1918. The seven items are from the papers of Brig.-Gen. H. C. Potter who served in the 3rd Division whose conduct during the Spring Offensive of 1918 is the main subject. Of particular interest is Item Two concerning a visit by King George V. The collection is in good condition on lightly-aged paper Item Five having a few closed tears to one edge. ONE. Manuscript copy or original dispatch headed '1/North L. Fus. 4/Royal Fus. 13/ Kings. R./S.H.B. The following messages have been received from 3rd Division for communication to all ranks'. Dated 31 March 1918 and with the following signature at foot: 'G. <J. Gartree> Major Brigade Major 9th Infantry Bde.' 1p. 4to. 'The C. in C. has desired me to express to General DEVERELL and all ranks of the 3rd division his sincerest appreciation for their splendid conduct during the recent battle.' TWO. Copy of dispatch by 'R. W. sic Collins. Lieut. Col. A.A. and Q.M.G. 3rd Division'. Headed 'A/144 9th. Bde.' and dated 30 March 1918. 1p. 4to. 'The Army Commander informed the Corps Commander last night that his Majesty the King had visited his headquarters during the day 29th March General Byng had told him what a splendid defence the 3rd. Division had made and his Majesty was profoundly gratified to hear how unflinchingly they had held their ground.' THREE. Copy of despatch by 'R. H. Collins Lieut-Colonel A.A. & Q.M.G. 3rd. Division'. 1p. 4to. Headed '3rd. Division. No A/ G.O.C. 3rd. Division' and dated 2 April 1918. 1p. 4to. 'I cannot allow the 3rd. Division to leave my army without endeavouring to express my admiration of their conduct during the past fortnight. By this conduct they have established a standard of endurance & determination that will be a model for all times.' FOUR. Two items on 1p. 4to. Copy of dispatch from 'G. V. Horden Brigadier General General Staff Corps'; with covering note 'for Lieut Colonel blank General Staff. 3rd. Division'. Headed 'I. Corps. 947 G.O. 3rd. Division'. Both dated 19 April 1918. Horden begins by stating that 'The Corps Commander wished to place on record his appreciation of the valuable work done by the 9th Brigade whilst attached to the 55th. Division during the battle in the "Givenchy" sector from the 9th. to the 15th. of April 1918.' FIVE. Manuscript copy of 'Special Order by Lieut.-General Sir T. L. N. Morland KCB KCMG DSO Commanding XIII Corps'. Dated from 'H.Q. XIII Corps. 13th Augt. 1918.' 1p. 4to. Of the 3rd. Division he writes: 'In offensive operations the fighting spirit of the division has been splendid; work on defences has been thoroughly organised and carried out.' SIX. Manuscript copy of 'Press Communique. Troopers. London Supplementary Press Communique. O.A. 561/579 11.45am April 15 1918. The 55th. Division at Givenchy. 9th.-14th April 1918.' At end: 'Chief. <Sut'd.> J. H. D.' 3pp. 4to. Begins: 'On the morning of the German attack on the 9th. April 1918 the 55th West Lancashire Division Territorial was holding a point of about 6000 yards extending from La Bassie Canal to just south of Richbourg l'Avoué where its line jointed that held by the Portuguese'. SEVEN. Manuscript copy of 'Extract from the "TIMES" of April 2nd. 1918. "THE THIRD DIVISION"'. 3pp. 4to. Six of the seven dating from March and April 1918; the seventh from August 1918. unknown
réf. 18337Arras. 6 December 1840. Headed with the first line in gold: 'Corps Royal du Genie. 2e. Regiment. Academie d'Escrime. Brévet de Maitre d'Armes.' The commission reads: 'Nous soussigné Maîtres d'Armes Composant la garrison d'Arras après avoir reconnu les capacités du Sieur Chaix Marius Maître Ouvrier à la Ce. Compagnie du 2e. Bataillon du dit Regiment. On one side of a 28 x 36 cm piece of cream paper. In fair condition aged creased and worn with central vertical fold. An attractive production within a black border with an illustration of a helmet breastplate axe sword and laurel leaf at head painted in red grey green and gold. Elève du Sieur Poncet Maître d'Armes reconnaissons l'avoir reçu en qualité de Maître en foi de quoi nous lui avons délivré le présent Brevet pour lui servir et valoir ce que de raison. En consequence nous invitons nos Freres d'Armes à lui préter aide et assistance en cas de besoins partout ou il aura merité leur Amitié et leur Estimé.' The signatures include: 'Faindienier 1er. Mtre.'; Reniéville; Bouvier; Grégoire; Champ; Bernard; Maray; Altier and Baldwin. See photo. Arras. 6 December 1840. unknown
1926réf. 129485Sydney: The Motor Press of Australia Limited 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Sydney The Motor Press of Australia Limited 1926. Octavo 232 pages with a facsimile letter plus 3 plates portraits of the Commanding Officers and 7 folding maps on 4 leaves in an end-pocket. Printed papered boards later rebacked in brown cloth lettered in gilt; original boards marked stained and worn at the extremities with a heavy bump to the leading edge of both covers; new endpapers and rear endpocket; edges foxed with scattered foxing throughout; small light tidemark to the top margin of the plates and a few leaves; folding maps tidemarked and worn with some chipped edges stabilized with archival tape; signs of age and use but overall a presentable copy of a very rare book. The retained original front flyleaf carries the contemporary ownership details of 'Staff Sergt U J Cunneen Late 5 L.H. 295' June 1926; two other family members have added their details later and one of them has put a relevant annotation on an early page. 'Saddler/Sergeant Urban James Cunneen' appears in the nominal roll see page 176. Dornbusch 404; Fielding and O'Neill page 232; Trigellis-Smith 276. The Motor Press of Australia Limited hardcover
réf. 367117Berger-Levrault & Cie, Editeurs Paris S.D. (1898) Grand in-4 carré ( 325 X 250 mm ) de X-428 pages, demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, couverture illustrée en couleurs conservée. Nombreuses illustrations dans le texte en couleurs et en noir, et 12 hors texte en couleurs + 1 en noir, de M. DE FONREMIS. Dos légèrement frotté, quelques surlignures et marginalia, bon exemplaire , intérieur pur, de la bibliothèque du Colonel POUMAREDE ancien Commandant du 9e Régiment de Hussards ( Ex-libris armorié à la devise "Ubique quo honor ducit" ). Le Colonel POUMAREDE a enrichi l'exemplaire de différents factums originaux à savoir:- REGLEMENT sur la Formation, les Appointements & la Solde des Régimens de Hussards. Du 1er Janvier 1791. 6 feuillets.- LOI relative aux Officiers, Sous-Officiers & Soldats de toutes les armes en garnison ou en quartier. Donnée à Paris, le 8 Mai 1791. 2 feuillets.- LOI relative au Mode de Nomination & de remplacement des Emplois militaires. Donnée à Paris, le 15 Avril 1792. 2 feuillets.- LOI relative à l'augmentation des Officiers généraux de l'Armée. Donnée à Paris, le 29 Janvier 1792. 2 feuillets.- DECRET de la Convention Nationale du 16 Avril 1793. 2 feuillets.
1916Pages 482-576 + 30 pages of ads. Features: The "Brides" Special - when Swiss girls were regularly shipped to southern Chile to marry ranchers; Winter-Sport Mountaineering - how to avoid its dangers - article with photos; The Wreck of the 'County of Anglesea' - fight for the life of a capsized ship; Wanderings in Northern Persia - II - article with first-ever published photos of Kelat-i-Nadiri, the Gibraltar of Persia, and many other photos; A Fiery Ordeal - surviving a 1904 volcano on Mount Kloet on the island of Java; Down the Amazon from Source to Mouth, part VII; From Job to Job Around the World, Part II - fantastic travelogue of two young Americans in Japan and Korea with wonderful photos; The Saving Shadow - Rev. Wm. F. Rigge of the Creighton University Observatory uses shadows to help acquit a man facing serious charges; A Motor-Boat in Mexico - the villagers had never seen anything like it;; The Marchwood Ghost Mystery - A Highland Regiment soldier committed suicide in 1885 and his ghost was supposed to haunt the sentry's beat;;"The Heathen Chinee" - principally concerned with the Chinaman's attitude towards railways - also tells some quaint stories about the 'spirits of wind and water' which rule his actions during and after his life - article with great photos, especially all the Chinese aboard a Shanghai-Nanking Railway engine they had fled only a week before; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1917Pages 194-284 plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Romance of the French Foreign Legion; Adrift in a Mine-Field - two men drift through a mine-field in a crippled seaplane, fending off mines with their bare hands!; That Night - a rice-planter's cyclone ordeal on Bordelieu Island off the Florida coast; An Englishwoman in South America - Mrs. Mayer-Nixson describes the ways of Chilean (Chilian) policemen, the curious manners and customs of the people, and the odd habits of Chilean servants; The End of the Rainbow - an adventure of Etienne, a half-breed trapper in Northern Canada who had not heard of WWI; Rua the Prophet - the curious history of a Maori fanatic, Rua Kenana, who established a native "New Jerusalem" in the heart of the wild and inaccessible Urewera Mountains of New Zealand - article with great photos; Canada's Last Frontier - part II of a photo-illustrated narrative of a trip to Canada's Eskimo country - including a photo of Fort McMurray which was but a tiny clearing in the woods, plus a photo of an early oil well, and the Pelican gas 'gusher' which had been buring for 18 years!; Our Zambezi Lion-Hunt - adventure involving a black-faced lion; The Tale of the "Tara" - the adventures of the crew of the auxilliary cruiser "Tara," torpedoed off the North African coast - photo-illustrated article; Exploring the Black Canyon - A.L. Fellows and W.W. Torrence help tap a river by a tunnel which irrigates a previously barren valley in Colorado. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
194670 pages. Attractive silver and maroon regimental decoration upon front cover. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photos of members and war scenes. Includes: Photos and biographical information of Commanding Officers; Roll of Honor; Paintings; Honors and Awards; The R.A.P. (Regimental Aid Post], with photos of Captain G.M. Jamieson being decorated by Montgomery; The Story of the Regiment (considerable text supplemented with photos); Two-page map of Northern Europe and the English Channel showing movements of the Regiment. Moderate wear. First page partially free of binding. Minor bits of peeling from front cover. Faint evidence of label removal inside front cover which bears armorial bookplate. 3" x 1" blacked out portion atop page two, contents unaffected. A well-preserved copy of this handsome and proud history. Dornbusch 157, Cooke (2) p.178. Book
1956108 pages. Features: Rex Woods cover illustration of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Quebec City; Nice colour ad for International Trucks shows them at work in a growing baby-boomer subdivision; Colour-photo ad for GE kitchen mixers in '3 Festive Colours'; Duplessis is Not Unbeatable; Colour photo ad for Hoover Vacuums features lady in heels, dress and apron happily cleaning her home; One-page colour ad for Dodge features Dodge Mayfair Hardtop with push-button transmission; Who Really Owns Canada? - great article by Peter C. Newman explains how outsiders own most of our oil, mining, pulp and other biggest industries; How Man Will Conquer Mars - the detailed story, complete with timetable, of how the first Mars journey may be carried out - with nine illustrations, eight in colour, by Chesley Bonestell (not in Schuetz); I Married a Count - Catherine Cziraky explains how she married Hungarian Count Laszlo Cziraky; You Don't Have to Panic Over Rabies; The B.C. Coast - with large colour night photo of the intersection of Georgia and Granville in Vancouver; One-page photo of logger (faller) beside gigantic cedars he has taken down on the west coast of Vancouver Island; The Most Baffling Show on Television - Holiday Ranch is Canada's most popular show; You Really Run by Electricity - the electrical system of the human body is so ingenious that it makes man's inventions seem like clumsy toys; The Secret of Stolen Love Letters; I Cry at the Movies; Classy one-page colour-photo ad for the Remington 60 de luxe Auto-Home electric shaver shows it at work at home and in a car; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Tappan electric and gas ranges; Fancy half-page ad for Allied Van Lines in bright orange; One-page colour ad for Chevrolet features six of their station wagons for 1956; Classy colour-photo one-page ad for Leonard appliances features glamorous photo of Anne Leonard; Heinz baby food colour-photo ad features mother breastfeeding; Nice 2/3-page colour ad for Maxwell House coffee features smiling lady and card game; Classy one-page colour ad for the (yellow) 1956 Chrysler Windsor Newport; Trans-Canada Air Lines ad; Colour Molson's Export ad features smiling newspaper man at quitting time; Half-page Olsonite ad features open toilet seat which eerily resembles a crocodile waiting to snap someone's backside!; One-page colour ad for Ford 225 HP V-8 cars (battling a big truck on the highway); 3/4-page photo ad for Electrohome Fans, of Kitchener, Ontario; Toronto-Dominion (TD) Bank colour-photo ad features funky family checking into Motel; Classic colour O'Keefe's Ale ad features lumberman with peavey jumping over floating logs outside mill; Colour ad features five of the 1956 car models made by Packard - Clipper - Studebaker; R.O.T.P. (Regular Officer Training Plan) ad features smiling young man; Labatt's ad features photo of Arthur G. Turner of Toronto delivering ice(?); Nice colour GWG ad inside back cover features lineman climbing utility pole; Back cover colour-photo Coke ad shows four scenes; and more. Unmarked with average wear and external soiling. A sound vintage copy of this stellar issue. Book
1969xxiv, 559, [65] pages. Eight fold-out maps. Black and white photographic plates. "Almost sixty years have passed since the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada was authorized as a regiment in the Canadian Militia. This volume covers the story of the regiment from the time it returned home in 1919 up to the present day." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A superb copy. Edwards & Lort 3060. Hale 2487. Cuddy & Scott page 77, Cooke (2nd Edn) page 185. Book
1884réf. MSC10349Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill. Fair with no dust jacket. 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by William H. Hodgkins and inscribed by him to Rev. Joseph F. Lovering on second page. First edition. Hard cover published by Press of Rockwell and Churchill in 1884. No dust jacket. Dark green covers with gilt seal on front and gilt lettering on spine. Front and back covers have blindstamped designs. Covers have edge wear stains along top edges and some scuffing. Corners of covers are bumped and worn with splitting of the fabric. Ends of spine are worn and frayed with some fabric missing at top. Front endpaper has an erasure mark and some writing in pencil in upper corner. Inner front hinge is split for about an inch at each end. Third page is partially loose. Rear endpaper is missing a small piece along top edge. Pages are tanned around the edges. William H. Hodgkins was in the 36th became a brevet major and served on both Major General Edward Ferreros and Brevet Major General John Hartranfts staffs. He became a state senator in Massachusetts later on. Rev. Lovering was the chaplain for the 36th and the inscription acknowedges him as the past chaplain-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Hodgkins wrote most of the History of the 36th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Book is in fair condition. Large 8vo 405 pages 2.2 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 405 pages; Signed by Associated . Press of Rockwell and Churchill hardcover
1885réf. 152433London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1885. to which is prefixed a general account of the Volunteer Forces of the United Kingdom. Compiled from official and private sources from 1794 to 1884. Pp. xvi352 frontispiece tissue guard browned and torn offset onto title page 16 coloured plates appendices index; demy 8vo; brown cloth lightly marked and chipped rebacked with new brown calf spine gilt lettered & ruled skiver label upper board lettered in gilt banded in silver lightly worn and with silver insignia at centre the lower edge of cloth on upper board frayed and missing from dentelle cloth on lower board with some loss due to chipping; a.e.g.; original endpapers upper free endpapers with some slight marginal splits and chips hinge tender at frontispiece leaves browned edges a little brittle top fore-corner of one plate and two leaves lightly chipped Simpkin Marshall & Co. London 1885. First edition. White p. 208; Sutcliffe 1/p. 327. From the library of John Lloyd with his bookplate on upper free endpaper and annotations by two family members on upper endpapers 'L. H. Barclay Lloyd 17 Shaft Crown Mines Johannesburg' and 'F. Gisslen Lloyd Capt. 14 Middlesex R.V. from June 1868 to August 1871. Enrolled June 16 1859' and two newspaper cuttings offset regarding the will of Colonel Sir Joseph Henry Warner The Standard 15 Nov 1897 and the consent of the Duke of Cambridge to formally open the new centenary headquarters of the 3rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers at Hornsey The World 8 Dec. 1897. Later from the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co unknown
1854réf. 266London: Richard Bentley 1854. First. Hardcover. Good. Green cloth boards were rebacked at some point but retained gilt stamped illustrated spine. Cloth is sunned to brown though and there is some dampstaining along the top edges. Front board illustrated with gilt stamped image of an ibex. Interior is clean save for previous owner's name on the the title page and a book plate on the inside front board. all 8 lithographs and folding map present and well preserved. All woodcut illustrations are intact as well. Richard Bentley hardcover
18798vo., First Edition, with 2 mounted frontispieces in photogravure and 9 chromolithographed coloured plates (8 of uniform, 1 of colours); original green regimental cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, red edges, green endpapers, covers lightly rubbed and age-marked, hinges reinforced with green tape (binding wholly sound), a very good, bright copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM CAPT. MITCHELL-INNES OF THE REGIMENT WITH HIS HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.337; White, p.111.
1899réf. 128344Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie 1899 In-4 31,5 x 22,5 cm. Reliure de l’époque demi-chagrin bleu, dos à nerfs encadrés de fers dorés, 360 pp., bibliographie, appendice, index alphabétique, table des matières.
réf. 12219Without place and date 1960s. The account describes events in April and May 1945. 13pp. foolscap 8vo. Paginated 1 to 13 and signed at the end 'Ernie Wilmott'. On seven leaves stapled into grey covers with the title 'The Last Month' typed on the front cover. In good condition in worn wraps. The account commences: 'There had been gun fire from the west and the south for the last three days. Friday the 13th April 1945 the usual officials did not come to fetch the men but a little later than usual the Gaschwyz sic column was called so we assembled and left for work about 20 of us. There was a lot of activity in the station yard German military vehicles were coming and going and a contingent of unarmed Russian fatigue men were on parade.' A typically vivid passage reads: 'In the morning of the 24th April I heard chaps reporting prisoners passing through and our guards not interfering a lot of Indians were going through without any guards. Chaps with kit got up early because of being cold. I got up after seven and went outside and saw the Indians going through. A column of Russian prisoners appeared with guards and were halted just outside. The German guards were standing about in groups talking to each other and taking no notice of the prisoners some of whom were already making off. A man got up on a cart and addressed us he said he couldn't advise us to go he couldn't advise us to stay the German commandant had said that if we stayed he would do his best to obtain food for us there was a horse dying in the next village and he had the first refusal of it if it expired and we should have it.' The account ends on Wilmott's return: 'At London I bid my comrades of the last 2 years goodbye and got on a train at Paddington. It was a noisy journey ex P.O.W.'s one side of the compartment civilians the other we all talked at once. At Bristol I had to catch a bus home and suddenly realised I had to pay the fare it was more than 3 years since I had paid a fare anywhere.' The covering Autograph Letter Signed by Batt is signed 'Jack' on letterhead of 1 Churstonville Court 1 Overbury Avenue Beckenham Kent. 1p. 4to. Undated and with recipient's name not given. 'The writer Ernie Willmott sic spoke 4 Languages and was learning Russian whilst POW in Germany. As he spoke German he was chosen as Camp Leader of our working Camp at Gaschwitz-Leipzig. Our Common path of experience starts at Campo 53 Page 69 - from there we were together unitl the war ended or shared similar experiences.' In a postscript he adds that Wilmott 'was not in Campo 66 at Capua but in hospital at Caserta'. Also present is a Typed Letter Signed to Batt from 'Charles'. On letterhead of 99 South Eden Park Road Beckenham Kent. 21 June 1974. 1p. 8vo. The 'article on Sidi Nsir' brings back 'many memories' and he is enclosing 'The Story of 46 Division'. Without place and date (1960s?). The account describes events in April and May 1945. paperback
réf. 01110085Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley Press This unit was part of the 14th Army Corps and fought extensively with Shermans army. It fought in the Army of the Cumberland from Perryville on they were with Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign on his famous march in Georgia and through the Carolina Campaign. Gilt and red titles on blindstamped deep blue cloth. 166pp. Owner's handstamp name on rear free end paper otherwise unmarked. An especially nice example of this scarce history. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo. The Ohio Valley Press Hardcover
1929réf. 152983Frome Somerset: Butler & Turner 1929. Foreword by General Sir H. L. Smith-Dorrien. In two volumes. Pp. xxxii764 frontispiece 1 folding and 43 full page plates 2 folding plus 35 full page text maps indices; cr. 4to; qr. purple cloth green cloth boards lettered ruled and decorated in gilt spines lightly faded boards lightly flecked and marked; upper hinges very slightly starting some light foxing surface damage to lower portion of lower free endpaper and lower pastedown in Volume II; Butler & Turner Frome Somerset 1929. White p. 101; Sutcliffe 1/p. 278. From the library of Lieut. Colonel H. F. N. Jourdain C.M.G. late The Connaught Rangers with his armorial bookplate on upper pastedowns and with presentation inscription to him 'by the Sherwood Foresters as some slight acknowledgement of his assistance in the compilation of this History.' Loosely inserted are two small autograph letters signed on embossed 'Upton Lodge Upper Hale Farnham Surrey' letterhead dated 15.3.33 3pp. and 21.3.33 2pp. addressed to 'Dear Jourdain' from Brigadier-General J. W. G. Roy concerning their contribution to the book and about the sending of this copy. Both men are acknowledged in the author's preface. Butler & Turner unknown
19108vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; elegantly bound in dark red full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, upper board latter in gilt, ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED), a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The unit became the regiment's 1st Volunteer Battalion in 1885 and its 4th Battalion (the conversion) in 1908. Includes many valuable photographs. RARE. Not recorded by Sutcliffe or White.
1940réf. 53679N. P.: Privately printed n. d. ca 1940. 1940. TEXAS WORLD WAR II. First edition. Stapled 6" x 9" brown printed wrappers with titles and unit insignia printed in black on the front and rear cover n. p. 39 pp. numerous illustrations from photographs. Camp Hulen was a military training camp near Palacios Texas operating from 1925 until 1946. At one time it supported the largest concentration of troops for field training in the U. S. military. In 1940 the War Department leased Camp Hulen from the Texas National Guard for antiaircraft training of National Guard units. At its peak the camp had facilities for 12000 military personnel. It continued as a training facility until 1944. The 197th Coast Artillery was one of these units. The oldest antiaircraft National Guard unit in the U.S. it was part of the New Hampshire National Guard. During World War II it was stationed in Australia as part of the defense against a feared Japanese invasion. This souvenir brochure shows group images of the various batteries making up the unit and its commanding officer. There are photographs of training exercises camp scenes recreation and social events including scenes from nearby Cuero and Palacious. Among the numerous images is a double page panoramic view of Camp Hulen in 1940. Also included is a history of the regiment and its unit. Very scarce with WorldCat locating only the copies at the United States War College and Yale. Faint evidence of a vertical crease to the front cover and minor wear to the top corner else a near fine copy of a scarce item. Privately printed, n. d. (ca 1940). unknown
19548vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and endpaper maps, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE. The epic stand of 1 Glosters on Hill 235 at the eastern crossing of the Imjin River. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
18938vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 45 plates (12 in colour) and 13 illustrations in the text; original cloth gilt, gilt back, covers lightly rubbed and age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. Covers several eighteenth century campaigns, then the Peninsula, Walcheren and Waterloo, and later nineteenth century campaigns including Java, Nepal, the Mahratta Wars, the Crimea, New Zealand and so on. EDITION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES. Sutcliffe, p.98; White, p.67.
1866réf. 378788Vicksburg Mississippi 1866. 8pp. comprised of two bifolium. 4to. Old folds tape repairs few short tears and nicks. 8pp. comprised of two bifolium. 4to. The 5th Regiment Heavy Artillery was organized from the 1st Mississippi Heavy Artillery African Descent. It was designated the 4th Heavy Artillery March 11 1864 and 5th Heavy Artillery April 26 1864. They were attached to 1st Division USCT Vicksburg Miss. through February 1865. It served garrison duty at Vicksburg Miss. until May 1866. Their expeditions included from Vicksburg to Rodney and Fayette September 29-October 3 1864; and expedition from Vicksburg to Yazoo City November 23-December 4 1864. The regiment was officially mustered out May 20 1866. unknown
1866réf. 378788Vicksburg Mississippi 1866. 8pp. comprised of two bifolium. 4to. Old folds tape repairs few short tears and nicks. 8pp. comprised of two bifolium. 4to. The 5th Regiment Heavy Artillery was organized from the 1st Mississippi Heavy Artillery African Descent. It was designated the 4th Heavy Artillery March 11 1864 and 5th Heavy Artillery April 26 1864. They were attached to 1st Division USCT Vicksburg Miss. through February 1865. It served garrison duty at Vicksburg Miss. until May 1866. Their expeditions included from Vicksburg to Rodney and Fayette September 29-October 3 1864; and expedition from Vicksburg to Yazoo City November 23-December 4 1864. The regiment was officially mustered out May 20 1866. unknown books
