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Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1864Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1864Best.-Nr. 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
1864Best.-Nr. 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
1864Best.-Nr. 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
1989Best.-Nr. 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
1955Best.-Nr. 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.
19458vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 62 coloured plates, 130 plates and illustrations in monochrome, 88 diagrams in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of coarse-grain terracotta leatherette, upper board framed in black and blocked and lettered in gilt and black, backstrip blocked in black and lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, radial corners, a near fine copy. Includes descriptions of every family of British spiders, every species of harvestman and false scorpion, and the more familiar of the British mites and sea-spiders. Colour plates by Florence M Brummitt. Enlarged and extended version of the original edition of 1935; the section on harvestmen is enlarged and the sea-spiders appear here for the first time. A lovely copy. See Marren, pp.166-167.
19768vo., First Edition; original series binding of olive cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a very good, clean copy. Camden Fourth Series Volume 17.
1990Sm.folio, First Edition thus; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the standard reference, published originally in the UK Government's official series 'History of the Second World War'. The first edition appeared in 1960.
19568vo., First Edition; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a near fine copy.
18888vo., First Edition, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, expertly recased, a near fine copy. With the QRAI revision slip (printed in red) mounted facing p. 71. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
1974This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original dark red leatherette binding with gilt decoration and titles. No wear to the binding. Completely clean outside and very clean inside, just some offsetting to the endpapers and pastedowns. All text pages and plates and illustrations clean and free of marks. This is the much expanded second edition and superior to the first edition of 1965. Over 1000 illustrations in black & white + some color. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 476 pages. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
1829Paris, à la librairie de Belin-Mandar et Devaux, et à Bruxelles, même maison 1829. In-8 relié demi veau blond dos lisse à faux nerfs dorés, fleurons dorés, pièce de titre. Reliure de l'époque. Faux titre + titre + XI + 387 pages. Edition originale. Légères rousseurs sur les 2 premiers et 2 derniers feuillets. De l'époque actuelle. Du Libéralisme et du Gallicalisme. Conséquences de ce qui précède. Progrès de la révolution politique. Progrès de la persécution religieuse. Des ordonnacnes du 21 avril et du 16 juin 1828. Maximes officielles établies à l'occasion des ordonnances Portalis et Feutrier. Suites prochaines de la Persécution contre l'Eglise. Devoirs du Clergé dans les circonstances précédentes.
1754Paris chez Desaint et saillant 1754, 2 parties en un volume In-12 relié plein veau brun, dos à nerfs trés orné, piéce de titre rouge. II + 400 pages. Petit manque en coiffe sinon bon exemplaire.
1778A Paris, de l'imprimerie Royale, 1778. In-12 relié demi-cartonnage marron, dos lisse, pièce de titre de XXII + 202 pages. Reliure postérieure sinon Bon état
2002304pp. rijkelijk geïllustreerd, blauwlinnen band, geïllustreerde stofwikkel, 28cm., mooie staat, [304 pages richly illustrated, hardback: blue cloth, illustrated dustwrapper, text in dutch, fine condition, contains a study on the different types of clothing of female religious orders and congregations in Belgium in the 19th and 20th cy., weight: 1.6kg.], B59810
1977xiii + 317pp.+ frontispice + 4 plates, cloth, 23cm., ex-library copy (some stamps & label on spine) else G
