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1910ref. List304Fort Ethan Allen 1910. Gelatin silver print mounted to board 16 ¼ x 14 ½ inches. Fair to Good. The 10th Cavalry was one of the original "Buffalo Soldier" regiments of the post-Civil War segregated U.S. Army first seeing action in the Indian Wars. Their band is shown here most likely during their stint at Fort Ethan Allen in Vermont. They are wearing a mix of insignia from 1902 to 1908 and some are shown in civilian clothing which suggests the picture was taken in Vermont as this was during the time the Army used a vast mix of insignia and the brick architecture of the background also matches that of the fort. They were exposed to some racism during their time in Vermont - the soldiers were punished for associating with neighboring white women with some of the offenders being confined to the guardhouse for punishment which fits with the strictly segregated Army policies of the time. The soldiers did also record positive aspects of their time at the fort including studying at the fort's library and playing nightly games of the newly-invented sport of basketball. These amenities provided some positive contrast to the previous assignments of the regiment who had been mostly stationed on the frigid plains where the army believed racial tensions would be kept to a minimum. The picture shows the band with the normal marching band instruments of clarinets tubas and sousaphones as well as an alto clarinet oboe and what appears to be a baritone saxophone. We find no other examples of the 10th Cavalry Band and the picture shows the regiment at a relatively calm time as they would soon be sent to the Mexican-American border in 1913 to deal with rising tensions. The picture has condition issues with damage to the mount some damage to the bottom left corner and a crease along the bottom third of the image along with closed tears and chipping to the title label. It remains in fair to good condition attractive and worthy of preservation. unknown books
1875ref. 243423Standing Rock 1875. unbound. Partly printed military document signed 6th Infantry seven months before Little Big Horn 16.75 x 10.75 inches Standing Rock Nov. 1 1875 "A Statement Of Forage and Straw Issued to and Consumed by the Public Animals under my direction at Standing Rock Dakota Territory during the month of October 1875" for transient animals from Fort Rice signed by Captain and Commander of Post James S. Poland an officer who served under Major Reno at the Little Big Horn and was erroneously reported as "Killed In Action" when severely wounded in the back. At the time this document was signed Poland was ordered to cease his sale of rifles and ammunition to Indians at the Standing Rock Reservation as the recipients were closely connected with Sitting Bull's band. One month later the Commissioner of Indian Affairs called for the use of troops against those Indians. Also signed by Lieutenant William Badger a close friend of Custer who survived the Black Hills Campaign. His son Tom who filled out the body of this document became General Custer's personal secretary in 1876 and was killed at Little Big Horn. Also included: a Xerox of a rare photograph of the 7th cavalry 6th infantry in uniform with accoutrements all identified including Custer Badger and Poland. Partial tearing along one of the folds; otherwise near fine condition. unknown books
1875ref. 5905Dakota Territory 1875. unbound. 2 pages Dakota Territory August 1875. This document -- a Statement of Forage and Straw -- is signed by Captain James S. Poland "J.S. Poland" who served under Reno at Little Big Horn and by Lt. William Badger "W. Badger" a close friend of General Custer and survivor of the Black Hills Campaign. The document lists the amount of oats corn barley hay fodder and straw consumed by the animals at the Standing Rock Reservation in The Dakota Territory. The front cover measures 8.5 x 3.75 inches and folds out to the inner page with lists measuring 16.75 x 11 inches. Natural folds and slight creasing in one spot; near fine condition. unknown books
1882ref. 58456Fort Laramie WT 1882. 4to. Three pages approximately 275 words in part: "There is not to my mind outside of Divine Writ so convincing an evidence of the immortality of the soul as is furnished by the growth and development of the mind and character of this greatest of American Presidents to meet the exigencies of the direction and control of a great Revolution on the successful issue of which depended the happiness of one fifth of the world . as his career differed from that of the other heroes of history in that he lived and strove for reforms that would benefit mankind though his own life should be the price in so far is Abraham Lincoln the greatest of Reformers the noblest of Patriots the ablest of men." This essay was published along with other tributes to Abraham Lincoln in The Lincoln Memorial NY 1882. Very good. Folded. #6317. Wesley Merritt graduated from West Point in 1860 serving briefly in the West before returning east for Civil War service in the Union cavalry attached to the Army of the Potomac participating in its major campaigns and battles through Appomattox ending the war commanding a division as a Major General. Following the war he commanded the 9th Cavalry in Texas for eight years; promoted to colonel in 1876 he took command of the 5th Cavalry in Wyoming participating in the Custer campaign and other actions against the Indians and serving in that capacity until 1882 when he was appointed to a five-year posting as superintendent of West Point. He commanded the 1898 expedition to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. unknown books
ref. 47519as recorded in an autograph manuscript signed 31 March 1850. Folio. 1-page recording clothing for 24 " non-commissioned officers musicians & privates." Jones was killed in the Shenandoah at Piedmont in 1864. Folded; some browning but very good. hardcover books
ref. 416424to. 4 pages approximately 650 words. Folded for mailing with some wear at the folds. In part: ".some account of the death of Dempsey Hays who was shot some ten days since . Hays was arrested by a constable with a posse of 7 men including Hardin the defendant in a suit Hays had initiated & some of his well known followers. He was arrested at a neighbor's house & went off with the company to show them where the principals in the alleged theft were concealed. Shortly afterwards two or three guns were heard & after a while the company returned & reported that Hays had jerked a gun from one of the crowd and fired at them & upon that they had shot him." unknown books
ref. 537244to. One page approximately 100 words in part: For $200 paid to one Abner Best "We bind ourselves to give said negro man named George good & sufficient winter & summer clothing a pair of shoes in summer & a pair of boots & socks in winter. attend him properly in sickness pay taxes and his doctor bills and we are to lose all lost time." Two associates signed the slave hire with Shelby. Folded. Some foxing but very good. 801. hardcover books
1860ref. LIST026New York: Jackson 1860. First Edition. An unrecorded recruitment broadside for the 11th New York Cavalry. Col. James Swain led the regiment which was first organized on Staten Island in late 1861. Most troops came from New York City the site of robust recruitment in the early years of the conflict largely from Irish and German immigrants. The regiment saw service throughout the South. The verse in small part: "Must our nation to the rebels yield or vainly call for aid / Our brethren now are in the field shall we keep in the shade. that our cause is just I hope and trust there are few who can but own / As if was the rebels raised this dust which we will soon put down. / Then if you wish to bear a hand you might not have again / A chance to join a chosen band of Mounted Riflemen." We find no record of the verse's author R.B. Nicol. Curiously though this broadside is unrecorded a broadside with the same song was published in Washington D.C. by G.F. Hardwick in 1864. A very good copy well preserved with some light creasing and hints of foxing. Jackson unknown books
1957ref. 013054Portland Oregon: Champoeg 1957. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 1000 copies. 74p. Edited by Edgard I. Stewart and Jane R. Stewart with a note on the Kicking Bear Pictography by Carl S. Dentzel. index. notes. folding maps Yellowstone and Missouri River Areas and Lt. Godfrey's Map of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Photographs illustrations etc. Subtitle of book continues: ". when Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry left Fort Abraham Lincoln Bismarck Dakota Territory until the return of the battered regiment a few days after September 24 1976 to the same place. Bound in blue cloth pictorial illustration mounted to upper board spine lettering gilt. A very good copy. Champoeg unknown books
ref. 4858Plate vols.: Two folding engraved titles four engraved leaves of music & 93 fine folding engraved plates. Text vols.: xv 1 501 pp. one leaf of errata; xix 1 360 pp. one leaf of errata. Four vols. 8vo cont. polished sheep spines gilt text vols. with a.e.g. Munich: Rösl 1828. First edition and very rare of the official book of instruction and regulations for the Bavarian cavalry chevauleger. This is a richly illustrated work: the plates depict uniforms of different members of the cavalry; their weapons swords lances and rifles; sword techniques; horse tack including saddles stirrups bridles etc.; the anatomy of the horse and their hooves; and many tactical formations. Fine and handsome set from the Wittelsbach library of the dukes and kings of Bavaria. Upper cover of Vol. II of text slightly wormed. unknown books
1902ref. 19890San Bernardino CA: Times Index Press 1902. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 130 pp in original wrappers. Illustrated by Constance Farris. A very good copy but for the fact that there are two small holes of unknown origin that go through the entire book see images. These are relatively inoffensive but odd. Includes chapters on the missions first Christian settlement in the Valley the Indians social and ceremonial life early land grants Mexican pioneers etc. Rocq 7052. Times Index Press paperback books
1902ref. 228743First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait over 20 b/w illustrations from drawing by Constance Parris. 2 page introductory essay by Amy Dudley. Original stiff black printed wrappers. Very good. 130 pages. Scarce. No signatures or bookplates. Includes chapters on Father Serra land titles Mormons etc. Howes C-1; Rocq #7052; Cowan p. 91. Times-Index Press paperback books
1902ref. 302558San Bernardino Cal. Times-Index Press 1902. 1902. First edition. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait; illustrations. Original gray wrappers stamped in gold tape repair to spine; front cover lower corner chipped; back cover detached. Good. 130 pages. Ex-library copy with the usual markings. Includes chapters on Father Serra land titles Mormons etc. Howes C-1; Rocq #7052; Cowan p. 91. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. San Bernardino, Cal., Times-Index Press, 1902. paperback books
ref. 709454to. One-page approximately 100 words in part: "For $200 paid to one Abner Best We bind ourselves to give said negro man named George good & sufficient winter & summer clothing a pair of shoes in summer & a pair of boots & socks in winter attend him properly in sickness pay taxes and his doctor bills and we are to lose all lost time." Two associates signed the slave hire with Shelby. Some foxing but very good. Folded. Shelby a native of Kentucky was a prominent ante-bellum businessman with holdings in his native state and Missouri. He commanded a group of pro-slavery advocates in the Kansas troubles of the late 1850s and organized a cavalry company at the outbreak of war. Earning a Forrest-like reputation in the Trans-Mississippi he successfully commanded brigade and division strength units generally attached to the forces of Sterling Price. Following the war he fled to Mexico rather than surrender. Slavery related manuscript material attached to prominent Confederate military officers is most uncommon on the market. unknown
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1936ref. 80642Washington DC: United States Cavalry Association 1936. First Edition. First printing softcover issue. 12mo 19cm. Original card wrappers softcover; 173pp; illus. Bit of external rubbing and soil; faint marginal dampstain to final 15 or so leaves else a tight unmarked copy Very Good. Account of Bernard's nearly 40-years career as a U.S. Cavalry officer with accounts of his actions in the Civil War and the Western Theater Illustrated throughout with photographic portraits and line drawings by Donald Dickson. There was a small simultaneous issue in cloth. United States Cavalry Association unknown
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1890ref. 60870New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1890. First Edition. Small octavo. Publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth; vi1-176pp. Slight external wear including some mild rubbing to cloth at spine ends. Internally tight and sound with some marginalia to Contents page and some ink graffiti to rear blanks and endpapers. Early ownership signature "Helen Madzik" to front pastedown. Easily Very Good. Huggins a Medal of Honor winner served more than 40 years in the Army retiring in 1903 as a Brigadier General. The title work is a long narrative poem heavy on Native American symbolic elements with a Great Plains setting. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
1882ref. 58456Fort Laramie WT 1882. 4to. Three pages approximately 275 words in part: "There is not to my mind outside of Divine Writ so convincing an evidence of the immortality of the soul as is furnished by the growth and development of the mind and character of this greatest of American Presidents to meet the exigencies of the direction and control of a great Revolution on the successful issue of which depended the happiness of one fifth of the world . as his career differed from that of the other heroes of history in that he lived and strove for reforms that would benefit mankind though his own life should be the price in so far is Abraham Lincoln the greatest of Reformers the noblest of Patriots the ablest of men." This essay was published along with other tributes to Abraham Lincoln in The Lincoln Memorial NY 1882. Very good. Folded. #6317. Wesley Merritt graduated from West Point in 1860 serving briefly in the West before returning east for Civil War service in the Union cavalry attached to the Army of the Potomac participating in its major campaigns and battles through Appomattox ending the war commanding a division as a Major General. Following the war he commanded the 9th Cavalry in Texas for eight years; promoted to colonel in 1876 he took command of the 5th Cavalry in Wyoming participating in the Custer campaign and other actions against the Indians and serving in that capacity until 1882 when he was appointed to a five-year posting as superintendent of West Point. He commanded the 1898 expedition to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. unknown
2000ref. SBBIH-ST4O6AO2YNM7Editions Hatier 2000. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Editions Hatier paperback
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ref. 56817Scarce contemporary reply to Pieter Dekker Jr.'s controversial Zes jaren te paard 1852 defending the reputation of the Dutch cavalry against accusations of poor discipline and mistreatment of soldiers. Written anonymously by Joost Hendrik Burlage the pamphlet is an important primary source on military debate in the Netherlands during the mid-nineteenth century.Beautiful red linen binding with guilt decorations and text: Inspectie. Large octavo edition in -8 22 x 14 cm. Endpapers with some light foxing further a good copy. On titlepage stamp of Koninklijke Bibliotheek te s hage Verwijderd Doublet Kon. Bibl.NL Zeldzame publicatie met directe reactie op Pieter Dekker Jr.'s veelbesproken werk Zes jaren te paard. Herinneringen uit het Hollandsche dragonderleven dat eveneens in 1852 verscheen. Hoewel de titelpagina slechts vermeldt dat de auteur ""een gepasporteerd onder-officier der cavalerie"" is staat tegenwoordig vast dat de schrijver Joost Hendrik Burlage 18061873 was oud-vrijwilliger tijdens de Belgische Opstand publicist en later oprichter van de Vereniging Het Metalen Kruis.Pieter Dekker Jr. had in zijn boek een uiterst kritisch beeld geschetst van het Nederlandse leger en het leven bij de dragonders. Hij beklaagde zich over de behandeling van de soldaten de discipline de voeding en de organisatie van de cavalerie. Zijn publicatie veroorzaakte onmiddellijk veel discussie. Burlage nam het op voor het leger en schreef deze ""Inspectie"" als een weerwoord. Hij betoogt dat Dekker een eenzijdig en overdreven negatief beeld geeft en verdedigt de eer van de Nederlandse cavalerie en haar officieren. Daarbij vergelijkt hij zijn eigen ervaringen tijdens de krijgsverrichtingen van 18301831 met Dekkers beschrijvingen uit de vredesjaren.Belgische opstand - Belgium revolt unknown
1790ref. 18040c 1790 1790. Paperback. Fair. 27 plates bound in more modern leather & cloth includes plate of Metz. Plates 123 with mainly supplementary plates after to supplementary plate 20. Whether extracted from a book or otherwise I don't know c 1790 paperback
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