71 Division Artillery Photo Annual
Columbus, Georgia: Columbus Office Supply Co, [1944]. 4to, [36] pp. Photographic yearbook showing the division in American training camps during World War II. Very good with a bit of foxing.
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Annual Report of the Board of Visitors of the South Carolina Military Academy for the Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 1886.
Columbia, S.C. Charles A. Calvo, Jr., State Printer, 1886. 8vo, 34pp, original yellow printed wrappers. Chipping & soiling to front wrapper, creasing, closed tears, and a few chips to margins of pp 1-16 (no loss to text), lacking yellow paper spine covering, good.
Archive Documenting the Lives of a Young Rhode Island Couple at the Outbreak of WWII; She Worked at the United Rubber Factory in Providence and He Played Minor League Baseball Before Joining the Army Air Corps.
Various Places: 1940-1942. A collection of correspondence, plus a photo album, documenting the lives of a young Rhode Island couple between 1940 and 1942. Includes 45 letters sent by Pauline Pickett to her sweetheart, George Harrington, documenting her time working at the United Rubber Factory in Providence at the outbreak.....
The Attorney General of the Government of Israel vs. Adolf, the Son of Karl Adolf Eichmann. Criminal Case No. 40/61
1960s. 4to, 18pp, stapled. A summary of the judgement in the trial of Adolf Eichmann, by Hardy Dillard, then a professor at the University of Virginia school of law, later a member of the International Court of Justice. "These excerpts are taken from the opinion and judgment of the 3.....
Aufzeichnungen Eines Honvéd: Beiträge Zur Ungarischen Revolutionsgeschichte 1848 Und 1849
Leipzig: J.W. Grunow & Corp, 1850. 8vo, 250, 224 pp, marbled boards with leather spine, folding plan of a fortress in back. Two volumes in one. Scarce first edition of an anonymous two volume work on the Hungarian Revolution. Includes the first book appearance of "Kossuth and the Rabbi" a......
Broadsheet Listing Fees & Commissions Charged by British Merchants in Malta During the Napoleonic Wars
Malta: 1808. Broadsheet measuring 10 x 8", headed "Malta, 29th August, 1808. We, the undersigned British Merchants residing in Malta, have, at a General Meeting held this Day at the Commercial Rooms, after full Consideration, resolved unanimously to establish the following as our regular Commissions and Charges, to commence from.....
CDV Photo of Major General George H. Thomas
Circa 1860s. Original Photographs measuring 4 x 2.75", showing the General in uniform. Toning and foxing to image and mount.
Collection of Ephemera and Telegrams Belonging to Richard N. Batchelder, Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac
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.....
Collection of Photos, Letters and Ephemera Belonging to Air Captain J. Gen Genovese, Author of "We Flew Without Guns"
Various Places: 1947-1982. Collection of photos, letters and ephemera belonging to Air Captain J. Gen Genovese, author of "We Flew Without Guns," a popular account about his aviation career which included pioneering the route over the Himalayas between China and India after being hired by General Chiang Kai Shek. These.....
Collection of Real Photo Postcards of the Army Prison at Fort Leavenworth
Kansas: [1915]. Seven real photo postcards, each measuring 6 x 3.5", all captioned in pencil on the backs. The captions read: “guard at prison”, “kitchen at prison”, “prisoner at drill”, “prison [exterior shot]”, “prison [exterior shot]”, “prison bathroom” and “prison entrance”. The entrance depicted is that of the United States.....
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. HEAD QUARTERS, BOSTON, MARCH 11, 1822. GENERAL ORDERS [BROADSIDE]
[Boston]: [1822]. 14 x 7.75”, minor creasing, small area of dampstain along one margin. Very Good+. A broadside relating to court martials in the Massachusetts militia, signed in type by general William H. Sumner. A list of individuals court martialed, describing their crimes as well as the punishment given. “The.....
Handwritten Letter Discussing Events During the Civil War in Trout Creek, New York
Delaware County, New York: 1863. 4pp handwritten letter sent by Daniel Wilson to his cousin Hiram, dated March 16, 1863 at Trout Creek, Delaware County, NY. Hiram, likely returned home from fighting in the Civil War, writes about how good the sleighing was in Trout Creek: "Samuel Jackson went by.....
Harper's Weekly January 2, 1864
1864. Folio, 16pp, numerous large engravings including a "Diagram of the Monitor Weehawken Sunk in Charleston Harbor", battlefield scenes, and a double page New Years' engraving by Thomas Nast titled "New Year's Day North and South". Toned, bit foxed, small tape repair to one leaf, removed from bound volume.
Harper's Weekly January 2, 1864 [Complete Issue with Thomas Nast New Year's Engraving]
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1864. Folio, 16pp, with many civil war related engravings as well as a double page engraving "New Years Day 1864 North South" by Thomas Nast, depicting Civil War scenes and a Union celebration alongside a Confederate cemetery. A very good copy, removed from bound volume.....
History of the First Division During the World War 1917-1919
Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1922. 4to, original blue decorative cloth, 450 pp. Two of twelve maps are laid in. A very good copy with creasing and tearing to maps, wear to corners and edges, spine toned, mild cover soiling, slight foxing to pages.
Letter by 16 Year Old Future Washington DC Real Estate Developer Brainard H. Warner While Working in a Hospital During the Civil War
Washington DC: 1863. Bifolium measuring 12 x 7.5", with a total of 4pp of handwritten text. A letter dated May 31st, 1863, written by 16 year old Brainard H. Warner while clerking at a hospital Washington DC during the Civil War. Warner went on to become a prominent Washington DC.....
Manual for the Medical Staff Corps. War Office, 1893
London: Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1893. 8vo, 274pp, original green cloth. Military medical manual. Very good with slight staining to covers and title page, light toning to pages.
Mobilization Of Spiritual Forces Commensurate With the Mobilization of Our Military and Industrial Strength Loyalty Days, Saturday-Sunday, October 2, 3
New York City: The Golden Rule Foundation, 1940s. World War II era poster measuring 22 x 17", promoting "Loyalty Days" an occasion of public worship in support of religious freedom and the American war effort. Prints an address by President Roosevenlt in support of the event. Toning, offsetting, and folding.....
The Naval Monument, containing official and other accounts of all the battles fought between the navies of the United States and Great Britain during the late war; and an account of the war with Algiers, with twenty-five engravings. To which is annexed a naval register of the United States.
Boston: Published by George Clark, 1838. 8vo, contemporary tree galf with gilt border to covers, gilt spine lettering and decoration, viii, 326, [1] pp, frontispiece engraving and 24 engravings within the text. Account of the United States Navy in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, first published in.....
NSD Newscast
Norfolk, Virginia: Naval Supply Depot, 1945. Two "extra" issues of a newsletter published at the Naval Supply Depot in Norfolk, VA. 4tos, each one leaf, 2pp and 1pp. Includes a "V-E Day Extra!" (2pp) published on May 2, 1945, headlines "German Surrender Accepted By Allies," as well as a V-J.....
Outlines of the Life of General Lafayette: with an Account of the French Revolution of 1830
Tappan, NY: W. Broadwell and co, 1830. 8vo, 250 pp, uncut in original boards with publisher's printed title label to spine. First edition. Damp staining to front cover and pages, front cover warped and bent, much of spine perished, toning to pages.
OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS SPECTATOR Germany's National Awakening seen by a foreign observer
Geneva: 1933. 96pp, printed wrappers. First published in French. An account of the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party by a French observer in Germany. Toning to covers, old tape over upper portion of spine, bit of creasing, very good overall.
PAKISTAN AND NORTHERN INDIA PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
1890. A collection of eighteen albumen photographs and CDVs, circa 1890, pasted to album leaves. Subject matter includes landmarks mostly in Pakistan (cities of Quetta, Karachi, Abbottabad, Jacobabad) while two photographs depict the well at Cawnpore, India. The album probably belonged to the military officer depicted in the cdvs in.....
The Philadelphia Inquirer Wednesday, December 25, 1861
Philadelphia: 1861. Folio newspaper, 8pp, printing a large engraved map of "The Field of Battle Near Drainesville, VA, on Friday, December 20, 1861." Very good, lightly toned, removed from bound volume.
Photograph Album Documenting the Air Force Service of J.B. Gray, Including Images of His Time at Several Western Training Camps
Various Places: 1951-1952. String tied album binding measuring 12.5 x 8.75", containing 100 photographs. This album of nicely taken and well captioned photographs documents the Air Force service of J.B. Gray, beginning with 36 photographs of various western training camps including Camp Sheppard in Wichita Falls, Texas (17 images), Reese.....