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Best.-Nr. 24814Washington DC: War Department 1863 January 29. 16mo. 2pp single leaf. Handbill. Very good. Binding traces down left edge. Mourning border. Announcement of the death of Colonel John James Abert 1788-1863 chief topographical engineer and head of the Topographical Bureau. A long-time career officer Abert headed this bureau from 1834 until his 1861 retirement. "The Army and the country will not need to be reminded of the vast interest and value attached to the operations of this corps since its organization" Thomas reminds the reader. "The geographical and other information concerning this continent which its officers have collected and published has challenged the admiration of the scientific world." Signed in type at the conclusion by Adjutant General Thomas. unknown
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
1863Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 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
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
1830Best.-Nr. 1947521830 . Keeping things ship-shape on an anti-slaving cruise Meticulously prepared manuscript aide-memoir of General Duties on-board the brig-sloop Sparrowhawk 18 on anti-slaving duties in the Caribbean. Organised in the first section by the days of the week and in the second by reference to the responsible officers. Each section signed off at the conclusion by Mayne. Mayne entered the Navy in 1812 as a First Class Volunteer on board Ville de Paris at Portsmouth. In 1813 he sailed in the Doris 36 Capt. Robert O'Brien as part of a large convoy for the East Indies and China and took part in the blockading of several American merchantmen at Whampoa. In 1816 with the Trent he took part in "the bombardment of Algiers where a slight wound in the foot and a severe one in the thigh procured him a grant from the Patriotic Fund and a pension which lasted until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Mr. Mayne proceeded with the flag of Sir David Milne to North America" O'Byrne. Commissioned lieutenant in 1821 he served on the North America and West Indies Station in the mid-1820s on Druid and Barham "in the former of which ships we find him escorting General Bolivar and suite from La Guiara to Carthagena". On 14 Aug. 1829 he was promoted to the command of the Icarus 10 also in the West Indies; where on 22 July 1830 he was transferred to that of the Sparrowhawk 18 - ordered 1806 built Brightlingsea launched Chatham 1807 paid off 1841. During this period the ship was on anti-slaving duties in the Caribbean; April 1830 detained the Spanish schooner Santiago with 144 slaves who were carried to Havana on HMS Slaney the Spanish vessel being abandoned as in "a sinking state". Mayne was nominated 28 Oct. 1831 Acting-Captain of the Magnificent receiving-ship at Port Royal Jamaica "in which he continued until Feb. 1832 when she was reduced to a Lieutenant's command". In his later career Mayne was employed as Inspecting commander of the Coast Guard at Sheerness Hastings and Brighton from 1834-7 and on the north coast of Ireland and again at Hastings from 2 May 1839 until Feb. 1840. An unusual document from an interesting context. Octavo. 196 x 166 mm. 14-pages of neat manuscript text table to text and the title page with an exquisite pen and ink vignette of the Sparrow-hawk in company with other Naval vessels in the West Indies. Hand-sewn booklet containing 7 bifolia formed of leaves of foolscap watermarked "J. Coles 1825" sewn into thin card wraps with canvas sailcloth covers - lettered "Sparrowhawk Guard Book" in ink partially cropped - pasted down now lifted. Canvas covers lifted as mentioned some browning but overall very good indeed. paperback
1863Best.-Nr. 215284Washington 1863. First. unbound. very good-. 2pp. 8vo disbound two small file holes in left margin. Washington 1863. First Edition A record of the charges presented against Private Reuben Stout Company "K" 60th Indiana Volunteers who is accused of killing in violation of the laws of war and desertion. On March 14 1863 Stout shot and murdered Solomon Huffman in Madison Indiana. Huffman was trying to arrest Stout who was a deserter at the time. ".The Court does therefore sentence him Stout.to forfeit all pay that may be due him and that he be shot to death with musketry." Abraham Lincoln upheld Stout's execution. unknown books
1929Bound collection of General Orders for the Philadelphia Commandery. Various paginations. Red embossed cross and crown for each of the ten orders. Full page photograph of Sir John W. Laird, Commander 1928-1929. Top edge gilt. Memorial insert of the Illustrious Companion, Albert T. Hanby. Rear end papers foxed. Text clean. 16mo. 155 mm. Original black and white cloth binding, soiled. PA SHELF 53
Best.-Nr. 45763, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2012 Hardcover. 424 p., 140 x 210 mm, Languages: French, Old French, Including an index. Fine copy. *new ISBN 9782503544694.
1974br., ENVOI DE R.-M. CHEVALLIER AU DOYEN COLLIARD
1978br., bon état, ENVOI DES AUTEURS AU DOYEN COLLIARD
1974br., ENVOI DES AUTEURS, (couv. lég. passée), bon état, [Cet ouvrage provient de la bibliothèque personnelle du professeur Jean Carbonnier (1908-2003)]
Best.-Nr. 21459, Paris, Dalloz 1974, in-8, br., ENVOI DE R.-M. CHEVALLIER AU DOYEN COLLIARD, 453p.
Best.-Nr. 25629, Paris, Dalloz 1978, in-8, br., bon état, ENVOI DES AUTEURS AU DOYEN COLLIARD, XVIII-512p.
Best.-Nr. 45757, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2003 Hardcover. 158 p., 150 x 210 mm, Languages: French, Including an index. Fine copy. ISBN 9782503522531.
Best.-Nr. 141873aaf1611 (mit Datum auf S. 1201), in-folio, Titelbl. + 1221 S. + 37 Bl. Register + 2 Bl. leer, Leder d. Zeit, Rücken auf 5 Bünden reich goldgeprächt.
