Publication No. 57. Includes a 3 page hand written letter signed by the author regarding his talk to the Colonial War Society. Providence, RI: C.G. Cowan, Associates, 1988. Pamphlet. Octavo. Pamphlet. 18 pages. Very good condition in red covers with black titles. Covers are lightly faded near spine. This copy..... More
The Family Library No. 6. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1836. Harper's Stereotype Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. [1], pages 9-309, [1]. Frontispiece engraving. Brown cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Cloth is worn and spotted. Ex-institutional copy from Athens [Georgia] Mechanics' Mutual Aid Association with label on the front paste..... More
n.p. n.p., n.d. Wraps. Stapled wraps. Wraps. 87 pages, [1] page blank. Plain dark gray paper covers. Paper spine perished. Front cover detached. Rear cover appears to have been glued to the text block. Dated 1832 on the title page this is a much later undated reprint. No printer information..... More
Sacramento: The Blair-Murdoch Company, 1911. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 532 pages, [2]. Frontispiece portrait of author. Illustrated. Light blue cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title and illustrated on the front cover. Gilt title on spine. Front board is scuffed lower edge. Spine is faded and edge worn. Light foxing to..... More
Confederate imprint. [Richmond]: Confederate States, [1864]. First Edition. Wraps. Disbound wraps. Approx. 9" x 6". 14 pages. title page 1. Very faint Rebel Archives rubber stamp on page 1. Bill calls for all able bodied white males between the ages of 17 and 50 to enroll in the militia except..... More
[London]: Britannia triumphant, ca. 1766. Map. Approx. 8.5" x 11" map. 2 vertical creases where map was folded. Small left edge tear in the margin. Very good condition. The original map is located at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. More
Mexican War; War Between the States, A Diary; Reconstruction Period, His Experience; Incidents, Reminiscences, Etc. Nashville: Confederate Veteran, 1901. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], xvi, 404 pages, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece, photograph portraits, maps and plans. Errata slip. Dark burgundy cloth hardcover with color illustrated flags on the front cover. Gilt title..... More
Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1861. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], xxvi, 27-743 pages, [1] page blank, [24] pages advertisements, [1]. Illustrated with 176 numbered figures some folding; plates, tables, 13 forms many folding, and music. Brown diamond cloth hardcover with faded gilt illustration on the front board. Cloth spine missing. Light edge wear..... More
London: n.p., 1743. Wraps. Disbound wraps. Approx. 7.5" x 4.5". 14 pages. Old ink arithmetic written top of the title page. Back cover mostly detached. Light toning to the contents. Contents concern the use of foreign troops in the Majesty's Army. More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 548 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Phil Sheridan. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated insignia on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Light insect rubs to the cloth left front edge and bottom of the front cover..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1943. First Edition. Broadside. Broadside. Approximately 14" x 11". Color illustrated poster with stapled answer section lower right corner. Small closed edge tears, a small pin hole at top and a small crease at the top edge. Good condition. More
Barbados: n.p., 1858. Letter. Letter. 8" x 10". 4 pages. 3 pages of contents. Page 4 clipped section at bottom. Paper folded and in very good condition otherwise. Letter written aboard the USS Atlanta at Barbados, December 27, 1858. Eggleston writes: "I am perfectly willing to leave Barbados and its..... More
Kansas City: Printing and Binding by The Union Bank Note Company, [1914]. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall quarto. 477 pages, [36] pages of advertisements (one advertisement page is covered up by a pasted down perforated page titled "Special Notice" with 36 labels titled "I saw your ad in THE RASP."). Red..... More
Fort Gordon: Command Historian Office, [1993]. Soft cover. Tall quarto size soft cover. viii, 258 pages. Illustrations. Light wear to the soft cover. Interior contents clean. More
Washington City: Printed by E. De Krafft, 1819. Wraps. Disbound wraps approx. 8.5" x 6". 7 pages, [1] page blank. Light toning to the contents. Contents of this brief communication cite James Monroe, J. C. Calhoun, and an "extract of a letter from Major C. Vandeventer, chief clerk, to major..... More
For Use of _____Co._____Regt. To Be Returned to Captain When Discharged. These books will not be borne on property account. Boston: Adjutant General's Office, 1887. Hardcover. Approx. 5.25" x 3.75" printed paper covered boards. Thin black spine. 29pp., [2]. Illustrations on last two sheets. Light edge wear to boards. Small..... More
Richmond, Indiana? n/a, circa 1960s. Photograph. Photographs. Disbound photograph album with 16 sheets. The sheets have been repaired on the edges. Several pictures are blurred. Contents consist of 93 photographs of various sizes, a couple of Thanksgiving prayer cards, a few news clippings and non military pictures. These pictures were..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1886. Hardcover. Octavo. xxvii, 394 pages. Illustrated with 9 folding maps in very good condition in back. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Cloth head of the spine glued down. The brown right front flyleaf has been partially glued to the front paste..... More
Published by the Commandery. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], vi, 431 pages, [1]. Illustrated with maps. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated Commandery badge on the upper left corner of the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Gilt top edge. Untrimmed foredge. Contents..... More
Unknown: N/A, 1973. Photograph Album. Photograph Album. Approx. 11.75" x 9.5". Metal ring binder with orange burlap cloth covered boards. Pasted down yellow and black insignia of the 1st Battalion 70th Armor on the front cover and also located on the first page in the album. Album consists of 41..... More
n.p. n.p., n.d. Photograph. Seven photographs measuring approx. 5" x 4". Pictures are mounted on heavy card. Light foxing and spotting to the images. Light edge wear to the photographs. Six of the seven pictures have some writing and identification on the back. Photographer not identified. More
Washington DC: Geo. Prince, circa 1883. Photograph. Photograph. 8" x 10" mounted albumen photograph. Light wear. Faint wooden sign in the photograph background reads "Indianapolis Light Infantry." "Indian Wars" written in pencil on the back of the photograph. Light edge wear to the photograph. More
Omaha: Frazier & Co., n.d. Photograph. Photograph. 6.5" x 4." portrait card of an unidentified man in military uniform with gun and bayonet by his side. Man is wearing a belt buckle initialed "U.S.". Portrait taken inside the Frazier & Co. Art Studio in Omaha. Company name and illustration on..... More
n.p. n.p., ca. 1914. Photograph. Photograph. Approx. 10" x 8". Photograph is in good condition with light amount of spotting to the image. No other information known about the image other than what is written at the bottom of the picture "Mexican Border 1914 Raymond Thompson." View shows three men..... More
San Francisco: James D. Givens, Ca. early 1900's. Photograph. Photograph. Approximately 13" x 11". "H 20 Inf" pictured in the bottom left corner. Photograph chipped and damp stained on the edges. Givens moved to San Francisco in 1899 and soon opened a studio in the Presidio. Givens took photographs of..... More
