Bohn's Hand-Book Of Washington
Washington DC: Casimir Bohn, 1861. 6 x 4", blue printed wrappers, folding map in rear. Toning and foxing to pages, soiling and chipping to covers.
Washington DC: Casimir Bohn, 1861. 6 x 4", blue printed wrappers, folding map in rear. Toning and foxing to pages, soiling and chipping to covers.
1863-65. Five pieces total, including a circular, an inviation, and five telegrams. The latter were handwritten on printed stationery headed "U.S. Military Telegraph" on the receiving end and given to Batchelder to read. At this time Batchelder was the Chief Quartermaster of the entire Army of the Potomac. The telegrams.....
New Hampshire: 1863. 4to, circular, 4pp. A scarce Civil War circular issued by the Governor of New Hampshire announcing quotas for volunteers needed to fill the rank of the Army: "The moral effect of such a reinforcement of our armies, following such victories as Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Port Hudson, will.....
Gettysburg, Pa: 1969. Two autographed cards. One measures 4 x 2" and is signed "With best wishes Dwight Eisenhower." The other measures 4.5 x 3" and is signed "Mamie Doud Eisenhower." Together with the original mailing envelope sent from the Eisenhower home in Gettysburg, Pa in 1969. From the collection.....
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1798. 8vo, original brown leather, gilt and morocco spine label, xii, 239 pp. Ownership inscription to front endpaper of Timothy Hinman, born in Woodbury, Connecticut, a pioneer settler and road builder who constructed the Hinman Settler Road in Orleans County, Vermont. An attractive copy with rubbing/wear.....
New York: Baker & Godwin, Publishers, 1880. First Edition. 10.75 x 7.5”, original purple cloth with gilt lettering and illustration, 200 pp, illustration plates and illustrations within text. A book about the various imaginary weapons dreamed up by James Henry McLean, a self-proclaimed “projector, inventor and patentee,” whose main business.....