1917. 1 handwritten letter (2 sheets) from Sergeant Horace H. Cornell, American Base Hospital #10 "Somewhere in England," to his friend Stacy B. Brown, Newtown, Pa. In April 1917, the British Army requested medical assistance from the United States for the British Expeditionary Force in France, and consequently the American..... More
1816. Autograph letter signed, dated Jan. 9, 1816, to "Representatives Chamber." Creighton is seeking information regarding money paid to General James Denny in order to assist John Barr, the administrator of Denny's estate. William Creighton (1778-1851) was Ohio's first secretary of state (1803-1808) and represented Ohio in Congress from 1813..... More
1812. 1 leaf folded into 4 pages with handwritten signed letter on one page, dated 23 Dec. 1812, Washington City. In response to a letter from Doctor Alexander Blair, in Buffalo, N.Y., Cushing enclosed his commission as surgeon's mate with Pennsylvania's 5th Regiment of Infantry. (The commission is not present.)..... More
London: John Lane Company, 1917. Paperback. xv, [1], 292 p.; 18 cm. Original beige stiffened paper wrappers printed in black. Publisher's advertisement on back wrapper for recent war books and war poetry. Back free endpaper bears bookplate of the Washington County Historical Society [Pa.]. First published in Italy with the..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1917. Paperback. [4], 87, [1] p.; 22 cm. Green paper wrappers printed in black. Publisher's advertisements on back wrapper. The authors describe the various fighting troops of Italy and their battles in the First World War up to 1917. In Very Good Condition: wrapper slightly soiled;..... More
Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1900. Hardcover. Typogravure Goupil & Cie. [2] p., 56 plates; 37 cm. Red leather spine with gilt spine title; red and black marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Title page is printed on pink paper, with advertisements on the reverse. No date of publication. The plates are..... More
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie, 1882. The sheet is 15 x 11.5 inches; the image is 10 x 7.25 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting The Passing Regiment by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (1848-1912). No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was..... More
Paris: Boussod, Valadon et Cie. 1889. Hardcover. 2 volumes bound together: [2], 128, [4] p., frontispiece and 32 color plates; [4], 116, [8] p., frontispiece and 28 color plates: many in-text drawings; 49 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment and..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1857. Hardcover. 180 p., frontispiece; 15 cm. Reddish brown cloth spine with gilt-stamped spine title "Col. Gardiner" and decoration. Marbled paper over boards. Running title: Life of Colonel Gardiner. No date of publication. The address in the imprint is 1122 Chestnut St., which was used..... More
1803. 1 leaf 15 x 20 cm., received on June 18, 1804, signed "W. Dundas." William Dundas (1762-1845) was a Scottish politician who served in Parliament for many years and as Secretary at War from 1804 to 1806. He asks that Lord Hawkesbury be told that these three men had..... More
Philadelphia: Mentz & Roboudt, 1847. Paperback. "The calculation of this almanack is made to solar or apparent time." Front wrapper gives Loomis & Peck as the publisher. "Farmers & Mechanics Almanack" -- wrapper title. 34, [2] p.: woodcut illustrations; 24 cm. Front wrapper included in pagination. Large woodcut illustration on..... More
![Item #008333 The U.S.S. General J. C. Breckinridge Presents 1946 New Year's Varieties [program]....](https://classicbooksandephemera.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/008333.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1616869984)
1946. [4] p.: illustration; 20 cm. The New Year's program was produced and directed by Chaplain James E. Emerson and included musical numbers and skits. The U.S.S. Breckinridge (AP-176) was a troopship named for United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General James Carson Breckinridge (1877-1942). It was commissioned with a U...... More
Washington, D.C. A. & G. Way, printers, 1808. 7, [1] p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. "April 2, 1808, printed by order of the House of Representatives." Early American Imprints, Second series (Shaw & Shoemaker), 16409. James Madison served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809..... More
Naples, Italy: Domenico-Antonio Parrino, 1709. Paperback. Title page continued: "Colla Copia della Lettera, che scrive il Sereniss. Principe Eugenio di Savoja, In data de' 10. del caduto Decembre, Iu cui da raguaglio, che la Cittadella di Lilla con nuovo, e rarissimo esempio, prima di cominciare à batterla; senza lo sparo..... More
Pittsburgh, Pa. Twenty-Second Pennsylvania Ringgold Cavalry Association, 1911. Hardcover. xi, 4-538 p.: frontispiece portrait of Col. Andrew J. Greenfield, leaves of plates containing illustrations, portraits, and maps (1 folded); 24 cm. Dark green publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; gilt-stamped cover illustration. Green moire-patterned endpapers. Bookplates on front..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Hardcover. xxiv, [2], 849, [1] p.: illustrations, portraits, maps; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Blue endpapers. Illustrated endpapers. The "most complete one-volume reference on the Civil War ever produced." -- dust jacket. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S...... More
West Point, N.Y. West Point Military Academy, 1888. Paperback. 8 p.; 17 cm. White wrappers. Wrapper title. "July" crossed out and "June" written next to it. Henry Flanders (1826-1911) was a member of the Board of Visitors for the United States Military Academy at West Point, appointed by the President..... More
Paris: Didot l'Ainé, 1792. Hardcover. 2 volumes of 3: vol. 1: xvi, 236 p.; vol. 3: 240 p.; 13 cm. Half polished black calf with marbled paper over boards. Red leather gilt-tooled spine labels; gilt-tooled spine ornamentation. All page edges speckled red. Terra cotta endpapers. Front fixed endpapers bear engraved..... More
Westport, Conn. Greenwood Press, 2002. Hardcover. Part of the series Major Issues in American History. xxiii, [1], 333, [3] p.; 24 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Inscribed on the title page by the author to Ken Kusmer, Professor of History at Temple University. Inscription by former owner, Ken Kusmer, on..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1994. Hardcover. xxiii, 324 p.; 22 cm. Blue cloth with white spine title. Gift inscription from the author to Kenneth Kusmer, professor of history at Temple University. The author examines the treatment of the foreign-born who comprised 18% of the U.S. military during the First World..... More
1946. 1 typed leltter, dated Washington, D.C., 6 March 1946, signed by James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, to Kenneth Lee Mohler, Lancaster, Pa. James Forrestal (1892-1949) was the last Secretary of the Navy, serving from 1944 to 1947, when he transitioned to the newly created Secretary of Defense, the..... More
Washington, D.C. Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics, 1945. 3 single sheet newsletters published by the Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics, called BuAer Logs, dated July 24 and 31, and Aug. 17, 1945 (log nos. 1160, 1166, 1180). They provide daily information about on-duty officers and staff, with facsimile signatures of..... More
Springfield, Ill. Charles C. Thomas, 1943. Hardcover. First edition. vii, [1], 129, [3] p.: illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Publisher's emblem embossed on back cover. Blue dust jacket printed in black with publisher's advertisements on both sides. Contains "essentially the material covered in the..... More
1865. Hardcover. The West Point account book of William Gerhard, while a cadet, 1865-1869, and 6 documents relating to his military service. William Gerhard (1847-1914) of Philadelphia was the son of Benjamin Gerhard (1811-1864) and Anna Sergeant Gerhard (1815-1873). He married Sally Lyle Howell (1855-1879) and they had one child..... More
London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office by Harrison and Sons, 1916. 7, [1] p.; 34 cm. Stapled. "Miscellaneous. No. 13 (1916)." Horst von der Goltz, born Franz Wachendorf in 1884, worked in the United States with German agent Franz von Papen on the plot to blow..... More