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ref. 22504Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1862 November 15. Handbill. 2pp. 12mo 5" X 7¼". Near fine. Bit of age toning. Intriguing General Court Martial case in which Private John Kessler 103rd Regiment of New York Volunteers is charged with murdering First Lieutenant Fernando Linzy -- that he "did stab with a bayonet. inflicting a wound in the body of the said Lieutenant. which caused his death." Pleaded "Not Guilty" and found "Guilty" Kessler was sentenced to "be hanged by the neck until he be dead." In this case President Lincoln approved the sentence. Signed in type at the conclusion by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and attractive. unknown
ref. 22502Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1863 May 13. Handbill. 16mo 4½" X 6 3/4". Very good. Slight bit of age toning. Announces that "Major General J.M. Schofield is by direction of the President assigned to command the Department of the Missouri" and that "Major General S.R. Curtis is being relieved from his command." Signed in type at the conclusion by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and attractive. unknown
ref. 24911Washington DC: War Department 1864 June 15. 12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Lightly soiled and a tad edgeworn with two file holes at left not affecting text. Townsend announces a "Public Resolution -- No. 34" being "A Resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Lieutenant Joseph Bailey of the 4th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. for distinguished services in the recent campaign on the Red river by which the gunboat flotilla under Rear Admiral David D. Porter was rescued from imminent peril." Bailey 1825-67 was one of only 15 men voted the "Thanks of Congress" -- and the only one who wasn't a corps or division commander. General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign was saved from a disastrous loss of life by this Wisconsin engineer who devised a plan to raise the level of a river at Alexandria by constructing a winged dam. For ten days about 10000 soldiers slaved away to build it. The river did indeed raise and Admiral Porter's stranded fleet of ten gunboats floated safely past. Remnants of "Bailey's Dam" can still be seen today. An intriguing relic of this famed event. unknown
ref. 24836Washington DC: War Department 1864 September 21. 12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. Townsend announces the President's permanent appointment of Major General Philip H. Sheridan "to the command of the Middle Military Division consisting of the Middle Department the Departments of Washington of the Susquehanna and of West Virginia." Handsome and clean. unknown
1863ref. 24813Washington DC: War Department 1863. Paperback. 16mo. Self-cover. 35pp. Very good. Mild age toning; minor binding traces. Lengthy Court Martial proceeding against the U.S. Army Quartermaster at St. Louis Justus McKinstry 1814-97 who is charged with "prostituting his office" in these 61 specifications -- in 26 of which is he found "Guilty" with the recommendation "To be dismissed the service." Lincoln who signs in type at the conclusion supports this finding. Also signed in type by Adjutant General L. Thomas who dissolves the General Court Martial. War Department paperback
ref. 22505Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1863 January 9. Handbill. 16mo 4 3/4" X 7". Very good. Binding traces along left edge; bit of age toning. This briefest of General Orders make major announcements: "By direction of the President the Army of the Cumberland under command of Major General Rosecrans is divided into three Army Corps. Major General G.H. Thomas is assigned to the command of the Fourteenth Corps; Major General A. McD. McCook to the command of the Twentieth; and Major General T.L. Crittenden to the command of the Twenty first Corps." Signed in type at the conclusion by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and attractive. unknown
ref. 24815Washington DC: War Department 1864 November 14. 16mo. Handbill. Very good. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. Townsend announces the resignation of Major General George B. McClellan on November 8 -- though not stated just after losing the presidential race to Lincoln -- and the appointment of Philip H. Sheridan as Major General: "That for the personal gallantry military skill and just confidence in the courage and patriotism of his troops. on the 19th day of October at Cedar Run whereby. his routed army was reorganized a great national disaster averted and a brilliant victory achieved over the rebels for the third time in pitched battle within thirty days." The acceptance of McClellan's resignation without comment or praise over a job well done speaks volumes about the much-disliked commander's lackluster performance. unknown
ref. 22503Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1864 February 26. Handbill. 12mo 5" X 7¼". Very good. Several punch holes along left margin not affecting text; bit of age toning. Announces that "The President directs that the sentences of all deserters who have been condemned by Court Martial to death and that have not been otherwise acted upon by him be mitigated to imprisonment during the war at the Dry Tortugas Florida." Also announces that "The Commanding Generals. are authorized in special cases to restore to duty deserters under sentence when in their judgment the service will be thereby benefited." Signed in type at the conclusion by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and nice. unknown
ref. 23858Washington: War Department 1864 October 1. Handbill. 12mo. Very good. File holes at left edge not affecting text. "Regulations in respect to the distribution of election tickets and proxies in the Army" which spells out the rules and regulations for soldiers to vote in absentia -- including the warning: "Any officer or private who may wantonly destroy tickets or prevent their proper distribution among legal voters interfere with the freedom of election or make any false or fraudulent return will be deemed guilty of an offense against good order and military discipline." Obviously issued on the eve of the presidential election. Signed in type by E.D. Townsend Assistant Adjutant General. unknown
1864ref. 24837Washington DC: War Department 1864. 12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. Titled "Exchange of Prisoners of War" this General Order consists of Townsend's report of a prisoner exchange arranged between Generals William T. Sherman and John Bell Hood that took place in Rough and Ready Georgia on September 19 22 28 and 30 1864. "United States prisoners received -- 146 commissioned officers. 212 non-commissioned officers. 770 privates. In all equivalent to 2047 privates. Confederate prisoners received -- 128 commissioned officers. 225 non-commissioned officers. 979 privates. In all equivalent to 2045 privates." How these numbers add up to 2047 and 2045 privates is beyond us -- must be the Old Math. Accompanied by a fine modern circa 1960 glossy 8" X 10" photograph a superbly done reprint of the well-known head-and-shoulders portrait of John Bell Hood in Confederate uniform. Verso bears red inkstamped "From the / Abraham Lincoln Book Shop / Collection." A superb pair. War Department unknown
ref. 24912Washington DC: War Department 1864 December 2. 12mo. Handbill. Very good. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. Townsend announces the Secretary of War's appointment of Major General Grenville M. Dodge "to the command of the Department of Missouri" and of Major General William S. Rosecrans "being relieved" of same and ordered to "repair to Cincinnati Ohio" to await further orders -- which never came. Very attractive. General appointed -- general relieved! unknown
1864ref. 38365Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1864. Handbill. 12mo. Very good. File holes at left margin not affecting text. Bold attractive General Order in which Lincoln's Secretary of State announces that "The President directs that. no traveler shall be allowed to enter the United States from a foreign country without a passport. This regulation is intended to apply especially to persons proposing to come to the United States from the neighboring British provinces." Signed at the conclusion in type by Seward and also by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. Likely this directive was issued to help curb any influx of Confederate sympathizers or supporters from the United Kingdom. Accompanied by a nice Civil War-era 5" X 7" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Seward. Very good. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
ref. 1358797854.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 0333775007.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1684ref. AQ27793London: Printed for Benjamin Tooke 1684. 14pp. ESTC R16301 Wing K495. Bound with: An exact relation of the Grand Ceremony of the marriage of charles the II.As it was performed at Fontainbleau by Cardinal Bouillon the Prince of Conti being Proxey in behalf of the most Catholick King. By an Eye-witness as it was Printed at Paris and faithfully Translated. London. Printed for Dorman Newman 1679. 2 10pp. ESTC R31470 Wing E3690. And: The Princess Anne of Denmark's letter To the Queen. London. s.n. 1688. 1pp. Single sheet printed on one side only. In this edition line 11 of text ends 'o-'; line 19 ends 'per-'. ESTC R210012 Wing A3224. And: The humble petition and advice Presented unto His Highness the lord protector by The Knights Citizens and Burgesses assembled At the Parliament begun and held at Westminster the 17th day of September 1656. London. Printed by Henry Hills and John Field 1657. 2 20pp. Defective without final five leaves of text. Later ownership inscription to title small worm-track to lower margin. ESTC R213592 Wing E1566A. And: Drop-head title: An Act for the Attainder of the Pretended Prince of Wales of High Treason. London. Printed by Charles Bill 1701 i.e. 1702. 2 35-36pp. Imprint from general title page. ESTC N53555. ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles BL and Oxford and one further location in North America Texas. And: Drop-head title: An Act to Declare the Alterations in the Oath appointed to be Taken by the Act intituled An Act for the further Security of His Majesties Person and the Succession of the Crown in the Protestant Line and for Extinguishing the Hopes of the Pretended Prince of Wales and all other Pretenders and their Open and Secret Abettors and for Declaring the Association to be Determined. London. Printed by Charles Bill 1702. 2 403-411pp 1. Imprint from general title page. ESTC N53578. ESTC records copies at locations in the British Isles Longleat and Oxford and a further three in North America McGill Texas and Yale. And: Drop-head title: An Act for Explaining a Clause in an Act made at the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Two and twentieth of November in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King William the Third Intituled An Act for the better Security of His Majesties Royal Person and Government. London. Printed by Charles Bill 1702. 2 119-124pp. Imprint from general title page. ESTC N53560. ESTC records copies at three locations in the British Isles Cambridge Longleat and Oxford and a further three in North America Columbia Cornell and Kansas. And: Drop-head title: An Act for naturalizing her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. London. Printed by John Baskett 1736. 2 427-428pp. Imprint from general title page. ESTC N51428. ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles House of Lords and National Museums Scotland and two further in North America California and Texas. And: The Humble address Of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal In Parliament assembled presented to his majesty On Wednesday the Fifteenth Day of January 1745. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett 1745. 4pp. ESTC N17336. ESTC record copies at two locations in the British Isles BL and Oxford and two further in North America Brown and Duke. And: The humble address Of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal In Parliament assembled presented to his majesty On Tuesday the Twenty ninth Day of April 1746. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett 1746. 4pp. ESTC T63816. ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles BL and Sion College and three further in North America Brown Duke and Huntington. And: His Majesty's most gracious speech To both houses of parliament On Tuesday the Eighteenth Day of November 1746. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett 1746. 4pp. ESTC N17589. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles BL and three further copies worldwide Brown Göttingen and Yale. And: The humble address Of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal In Parliament assembled presented to his majesty On Wednesday the Nineteenth Day of November 1746. With hHis Majesty's most gracious answer. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett 1746. 4pp. ESTC N17325. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles BL and four further copies worldwide Boston Brown Göttingen and Yale. And: His Majesty's most gracious speech To both houses of parliament On Tuesday the Eighteenth Day of November 1760. London. Printed by Thomas Baskett 1760. 4pp. Not in ESTC. An apparently unrecorded variant - in this edition press figures on pp. 3 and 4 are 1 and 3 respectively. And: Drop-head title: An Act for settling and securing a certain Annuity on Horatio Nelson Lord Nelson and the Two next Persons to whom the Title of Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk shall descend in Consideration of the eminent Service performed by the said Horatio Nelson Lord Nelson to HIs Majesty and the Public. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1798 i.e. 1799. 1 4-6pp. ESTC N60209. ESTC records a single copy Lincoln's Inn. And: Drop-head title: An Act for settling and securing a certain Annuity on William Lord Amherst.in Consideration of the eminent Services performed by him during his Command in America. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1803. 1 1594-1596pp. OCLC and COPAC together record copies at six locations Amherst Brown IHS Library and Archives Canada Society of the Cincinnati and Toronto. And: Drop-head title: An Act to enable His Majesty to grant a certain Annuity to Rear Admiral Sir Richard Strachan Baronet in Consideration of the eminent Services which he has rendered to His Majesty and the publick. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1806. 53-54pp. OCLC and COPAC together locate copies at two locations Illinois and NMM. And: Drop-head title: An Act to enable His Majesty to grant a certain Annuity to Vice Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1806. 301-302pp. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act for extending the Annuity granted to Earl of St. Vincent to the Two next Persons to whom the Title of Viscount St. Vincent is limited. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1806. 357-358pp. OCLC and COPAC together records copies at two locations NMM and Queen's University Belfast. And: Drop-head title: An Act for settling and securing a certain Annuity on Earl Wellington.in consideration of his eminent services. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1812. 1 306-308pp. OCLC records a single copy Illinois. And: The speech of his royal highness the prince of wales regent in the name and on behalf of his majesty to both houses of parliament On Wednesday July 12 1815. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1815. 4pp. OCLC and COPAC together record copies at two locations Birmingham and KB. And: Drop-head title: An Act to enable His Majesty to grant an annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess of Kent. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1831. 105-106pp. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act to repeal Part of an Act intituled An Act to provide for the Administration of the Government in case the Crown should descend to Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandria Victoria. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1838. 133-134pp. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act for exhibiting a Bill in this present Parliament for naturalizing His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. London. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1840. 3-4pp. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act for the Naturalization of His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1840. 5-6pp. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act for enabling Her Majesty to grant an Annuity to His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1840. 9-10pp. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act for providing for the further Security and Protection of Her Majesty's Person. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1842. 673-675pp 1. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act to enable Her Majesty to settle an Annuity on Her Royal Highness the Princess Augustus Caroline eldest Daughter of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1843. 305-306pp 1. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act to enable the Council of His Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales to sell and exchange Lands and enfranchise Copyholds Parcel of the Possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall to purchase other Lands; and for other Purposes. London. Printed by George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode 1844. 509-532pp. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act to enable Her Majesty to settle an Annuity on Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal. London. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1857. 5-6pp. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act to enable Her Majesty to provide for the Establishment of HIs Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark and to settle certain Annuities on Her Royal Highness. London. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1863. 3-4pp. Apparently unrecorded. And: Drop-head title: An Act to make Provision concerning Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes payable in the Metropolis on the Day appointed for the Passage through the Metropolis of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark. London. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode 1863. 5-6pp. Apparently unrecorded. Folio. Modern gilt-tooled half-calf marbled boards. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional spotting. An impressively extensive coherent sammelband of thirty-one Royal acts orders and addresses the majority remarkably scarce or entirely unrecorded ranging from the penultimate year of the reign of Charles II to the mid nineteenth-century including speeches delivered by George II before Parliament concerning the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745; acts granting annuities to William Amherst Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington for services to the Crown during the Seven Years' War French Revolutionary Wars and Peninsular War respectively; and articles relating to the naturalisation and financial provision of Prince Albert. . Printed for Benjamin Tooke hardcover
1864ref. 37596Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1864. Paperback. Handbill. Small 8vo. 4pp. Foldout chart. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. A bright and handsome General Order issued 1 July 1864 whose cover page briefly notes that it concerns "the cost of clothing and camp and garrison equipage for the Army of the United States. with the allowance of clothing to each soldier during his enlistment and his proportion for each year." The remaining numbered pages consist of a detailed chart itemizing every last item of clothing and camp equipment and their cost for every type of soldier. The wide foldout chart is titled "TABLE specifying the money value of Clothing allowed to the Army of the United States" and continues this fascinating elaboration of items and their cost to the soldier. Scarce and unusual. War Department, Adjutant General's Office paperback
1864ref. 38366Washington DC: Adjutant General's Office War Department 1864. Handbill. 12mo. Near fine. Two small file holes at left margin not affecting text. This handsome General Order titled "Exchange of Prisoners of War" announces that "The following prisoners of war received and delivered at Rough and Ready Georgia the 19th 22d 28th and 30th days of September 1864 in pursuance of an agreement between Major General W.T. SHERMAN U.S. Army and General Hood are declared duly exchanged." -- followed by large numbers of Union commissioned officers non-commissioned officers and privates totaling 1128 soldiers and Confederate commissioned officers non-commissioned officers and privates totaling 1332 soldiers. Signed at the conclusion in type by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. Accompanied by a nice Civil War-era 5¼" X 8½" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Sherman. Near fine. Adjutant General's Office, War Department unknown
ref. 0333775007.Shardcover. New. Brand New. hardcover
1870ref. 2092902143300332Sabei Inada and others 1870. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 3 books Size: 25.217.86.4cm Sabei Inada and others paperback
1989ref. 30001108Dietz Press 1989. A history of the Williamsburg Va. college related chronologically through the administrations of 4 college presidents. signed by the author on the title page. 404 pages. Map endpapers. Signed by Author. Stated First Edition. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dietz Press unknown
1955ref. 26245United States of America: Not Published 1955. Approx. 150 photographs mostly in color and mostly documenting the ordination ceremonies of a Catholic priest taking place circa 1960s. From internal evidence this ordination appears to be that of a Fr. John Keenan. Other associated images appear to be of relatives and friends some of which are also ordained religious nuns and priests some identified. Most of the photographs are held in clear six-to-a-page sleeves in a photo-binder of the time; most of the photos are approx. 3 3/4" x 5" size; some images are also laid-in loose and are of various formats with a few identified school photos. Top board of binder loose; photographs clean and in very good condition. . Photograph Album. Hard Cover. Very Good. Not Published hardcover
19368vo., interleaved with blanks throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; regimental green cloth, gilt badge on upper cover, red cloth back lettered in gilt, corners very lightly frayed else a very good, bright, clean copy. Appendices include sample forms, list of books to be maintained by companies, and instructions for officers' dress. The record of 1 and 2 Bns covers the period 1758 to 1936, including lists of officers and order of precedence of LI regiments. With unusually detailed index. SCARCE.
19068vo., Sole Edition, with an engraved frontispiece, 33 plates, a full-page plan and 2 folding maps (two on japon), several pedigrees (a number folding) and 3 double-page tables in the text, endpapers, fore-edges and one map lightly spotted; original pictorial buckram gilt, gilt back, uncut, covers very slightly sunned and faded else an unusually bright, well-preserved copy. Sold from a cathedral library with its neat cancelled bookplate on front paste-down. Very nice copy of a very scarce work.
20018vo., First Edition; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in cream, cream endpapers, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A Commander Dalgliesh mystery.
19742 vols., sm. folio, Third Impression, with several gatefold leaves; original series binding of buckram gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly age-marked at backstrips ands fold-ins. The standard reference, published in the UK Government's official series 'History of the Second World War'. The first edition appeared in 1960.
