Confederate General Braxton Bragg - Carte de Visite by Carte De Visite

Carte-de-visite (kleine foto bevestigd op kartonnen ondergrond) van Delft. 13 x 9 cm. Photo with some stains.Op de foto staat 'Gemeentelandshuis' maar tegenwoordig bekend als Gemeenlandshuis, hoofdkantoor van Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland. Laat-gotische huis aan de Oude Delft 167, gebouwd in 1505. De eerste eigenaar was Jan de Huyter, de schout van Delft en baljuw van Delfland. Hij was ook pachter van accijns op hop. Daarom werd het huis wel het huis met de bellen genoemd naar de interieurversiering met hopbellen. Later was het gebouw van Philips, graaf van Hohenlohe die getrouwd was met Maria van Nassau, een dochter van Willem van Oranje. De hoofdingang van het Hoogheemraadschap bevindt zich tegenwoordig aan de Phoenixstraat.

1). Child in Christening dress. Demers & Son, Holyoke, Mass. 314 Main Street. Plain back. 2). Child sitting on haystack. Demers & Son, Holyoke, Mass. 314 Main Street. Plain back. 3). Child seated on tapestry covered chair. I. Labelle, 310 Main Street. Holyoke. Imprint on back - see scan. All are on the original photographer's mount; 2 3/8" x 4 1/8"; very good (minor signs of age and handling), ca. 1880.. No Binding. Very Good.

N.p.: N.p., n.y. [likely 1865]. 2½" X 4". Good only. Edgeworn and lightly soiled, with homely crease at upper right corner; mounting traces on verso. Fairly attractive image nonetheless. The wife (1836-1915) of Union General George McClellan was the daughter of his former commander; they wed in 1860 and she bore him two children. This charming steel-engraved portrait shows her seated, half-length, in a large bulky black dress, hand clutching a handkerchief in her lap. Despite hard wear, the image is strong and bold. Uncommon.

N.p.: N.p., n.y. [ca. 1864]. 2½" X 3 3/4". Very good. Mildest bit of edgewear; corners ever-so-slightly rounded. Artist's rendering based on the well-known 1864 photograph of a seated Lincoln with a large book in his lap, his son Tad standing alongside watching. Small printed caption, "President Lincoln at Home," on bottom margin. No backstamp on verso. Despite bit of wear, the image is dark and bold.

George Washington Morrison Nutt (1848-81) and Minnie Warren Bump (1842-78) were famous midgets who toured the U.S. and overseas with Barnum & Bailey; Nutt served as best man at the wedding of his friend, midget Charles "Tom Thumb" Stratton, and Warren was the sister of the bride, midget Lavinia Warren. Uncommon carte-de-visite photograph, 2½" X 4", New York, NY, n.y. [ca. 1865]. Very good. Mild age toning and slightest bit of wear. Title cited above bottom margin of recto. With a gilt double rule is a 2 1/8" X 3 1/8" albumen full-length portrait showing Nutt and Warren side by side. Center of verso bears the decorative backstamp of E. & H.T. Anthony ("Manufacturers / of the best / Photographic Albums"), "From / Photographic Negative / By Brady." Above are facsimile printed signatures of Nutt and Warren. A most handsome and rather uncommon Brady image.

[Japan].. (Circa1907).. Carte de visite 8.6 x 5.8cm on a plain card mount 8.9 x 6cm, gilt edges, laid onto a pebbled olive studio card with a blind-stamped frame and rippled edges, gilt- embossed signature of the photographer K. Masuhara at the foot, the portrait slightly scuffed, mount slightly spotted and marked on the verso. "Dad as a student in Japan 1907" in graphite on the verso. A handsome image of a young Japanese man in costume. From the collection of the late Arthur Hacker MBE, noted collector, artist, historian, author and creator of an endearing emblem of 1970s Hong Kong - the litterbug Lap Sap Chung. .

[Singapore].. (Circa1890s).. Carte de visite 8.9 x 5.8cm on a plain card mount 10 x 6.1cm, rounded corners, mount heavily spotted, but in good condition. A striking studio image of a young Straits woman in profile in elaborate costume. From the collection of the late Arthur Hacker MBE, noted collector, artist, historian, author and creator of an endearing emblem of 1970s Hong Kong - the litterbug Lap Sap Chung. .

Celebrated 19th century midget. Uncommon tinted carte-de-visite photograph, 2 3/8" X 4", New York, NY, 1862. Very good. Decorative backstamp on patterned verso of "Ranger's Photograph Parlors, / 28 East Genesee St. / Franklin Buildings, / SYRACUSE, / N.Y." On the recto, within a fine gilt double-rule border, a 2 1/8" X 3 3/8" albumen full-length portrait of Houghton has been affixed, with fine print caption in red beneath: "Maj. S.E. Houghton, / 20 Years Old--Height, 31 Inches,--Weight, 41 lbs." The image is clear and there's a bit of hand tinting -- the top of a small table next to Houghton appears green and a flowing drapery next to that is purple. The card itself shows a slight bit of wear and mild age toning. Houghton, along with the better known General and Mrs. Tom Thumb and lesser lights such as Lizzie A. Reed, Houghton was another of the sideshow celebrities (many of whom adopted military titles) who satiated the American public's taste for novelty. This particular card was reissued a number… Read More

Nagasaki, Japan: No Publisher Listed.. Very Good+. 1880. Other. B&W Illustrations; Two Carte de Visites from Nagasaki, Japan c1880-1890's. The first view is of the Bund of Oura - the waterfront where westerners were allowed, with Sampans in the water. The Second view is "Oni no Jere" The Temple of Devils on a hillside. Both cards are in Very Good+ condition, with some beginning tidemarking / foxing to the edges. "A series of encounters between the West and Japan in the 1850s ended Japan's isolationist trade policies. In particular, the treaty with Russia, signed on February 7, 1855 established Nagasaki as an open port and, further, granted extraterritoriality privileges to foreigners living in Japan. These encounters finally culminated in 1859 when the Ansei Treaties, and in particular the Harris Treaty with the United States, took effect. These treaties demanded immediate opening of ports, and also established generally unequal trade relationships between the… Read More

San Francisco, CA: No Publisher. Very Good+. 0. Hardcover. This is a full morocco leather photographic album with raised and tooled decorations and porcelain beads on the front and rear covers and raised and tooled decorations on the spine. This book also includes two brass clasps with decorations and porcelain beads. The binding, the clasps and the interior hinges on this book are all in Very Good or better condition. It's unusual for the clasps, with their raised decorations to be in such nice clean, intact condition. This is an early version of the "Hinged Back" photographic album patented by Altemus & Co. In 1863. "By 1864 Altemus was touting its special photographic album design. "It having the advantage of laying open perfectly flat..." Altemus had the patent for the "hinged back" design. As described by Altemus--" each leaf is attached to a small rod covered with morocco forming a separate hinge of its own, admitting the book to be… Read More

Macon Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. NF/F/1st ed. Clean, tight, square. No wear to Dust Jacket, which is covered with a mylar sleeve. 175pp. Culmulative Muster Rolls of the Georgia State Line, notes, b&w photos, maps, index. One of the very few sources about the 2 regiments that made up the Georgia State Line. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.

Theis book is in box case with three books. It is in excellent condition. Almost new. It is the story of how American precidency was created and the power behind it. Fascinating book to have. Great resource for School and college students.
Amazing photographs and illustrations.

Cincinnati: Caxton Press for the Author, 1930. Limited Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: xxix, 354; 20 plates and text illus by J. Augustus Knapp. Bound in gilt-stamped brown cloth, illus mounted on cover. Small, private bookplate on front free-endpaper. 9.75" x 6.75" This second printing, preceded by an edition of 500. was limited to 1,000 copies, On the limitation page is a six-line inscription, signed by the author at Cincinnati, March 16th, 1932. Felix Moses of Kentucky served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.

Castle, 1957. Hardcover. New/New. 10 volumes, complete set in 4to grey boards. Very clean set with unworn dust jackets except for heel of spine on two jackets showing wear. Small price sticker shadow to front free endpapers from the flaps. Original price unclipped.

Book is in excellent condition. Dust Jacket slight discoloration due to aging but in very good condition.
Opposing Grant and the Army of the Potomac was Robert. E. Lee, the last great knight of the battle. He was a god to his men and scourge to his antagonists.
A brilliant description of an important chapter in the Civil War history.

"Sumter started the greatest war this land ever knew. It was far more causative significance than Pearl Harbor. It represents the Noth-South Quarrel. The author tells the story of extraordinary courage of American Military and Major Robert Anderson who was the defender of the fort." A must read for history buffs.

Pasadena, Socio-Technical Books, 1970, hardcover, 176 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight and tightly bound, spots to top edge, previous owner's name and date to front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, rubs, light wrinkles, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-regarded anthropologist, museum director, supervising archaeologist for the Fort Massac Reconstruction project in Southern Illinois, and author of The Long Walk: A History of Navajo Wars, 1846-68 takes us back to the years 1863-68, the military roundup of the Navajo Indians and the creation of Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, a forty-square mile concentration camp where the Navajo lived according to the dictates of an alien people and suffered disease, starvation, and generational trauma. Illustrated with 22 period photographs. Appended: Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780870261008

Remarkably well preserved copy of this rare hardback copyright 1906; pictorial boards (see photos) show light shelf wear and gently bumped corners; text block tight and square; one illustration missing; both hinges beginning to split but this has not significantly weakened the tightness of spine; 273 clean pages, showing signs of tanning CC.

Athens, AL: Pea Ridge Press. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0964208415 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Signed by Robert Dunnavant; B&W Illustrations; 186 pages; Signed by Author .

Macon, GA: J. W. Burke. 1927. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. , DJ has light soiling ; Introduction by Julian Street; 65 pages .