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2 page letter recounting personal war experience and describing his countenance as he lies in the prone position in the Duty NCO's sack. This letter has been highly talked about and is held with great pride

Alton B. Parker, (born May 14, 1852, Cortland, N.Y., U.S.—died May 10, 1926, New York, N.Y.), American jurist and Democratic presidential nominee in 1904, defeated by the incumbent, Theodore Roosevelt. wiki.
Having practiced law in Kingston, N.Y., Parker was elected surrogate of Ulster county in 1877 and reelected six years later. He was appointed to the New York Supreme Court in 1885, the state Appeals Court in 1889, and the appellate division of the state Supreme Court in 1896. From 1898 to 1904 Parker was chief justice of the New York Court of Appeals. On the bench, he was noted for upholding the rights of labour and acquired a reputation for fairness, competence, and courtesy. He was persuaded to run for President. but was defeated, taking only 38 percent of the popular vote and winning 140 electoral votes to Roosevelt's 336. Thereafter he returned to his law practice.1 edition of his address was published in 1908 in English and held by 8 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Simon & Schuster, NY, 1975. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket 871 very clean, unmarked and tight pages. Map of Europe inside front and back cover. Black with gold lettering and Napoleon in gold on the front.

The American Army overcame and disarmed the resisting parts of the German garrison. The inhabitants of Plzen prepared and printed this booklet to express gratitude and to serve as a souvenir to strengthen their friendship.,Filled with pictures and a touching tribute. handwritten inscription"Sorry I couldn't get one with my pictures in it.Din" written by the gift giver.

London: Constable and Company, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Light green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket fragile condition:fair. dust jacket slit at the binding.Square, tight, corners not bumped, gild intact on green cloth, Dust jacket not clipped. First Edition, First Printing. A comedy about royalists and democrats and featuring a lengthy preface by Shaw explaining the background to the play. He then veers off into a discussion of the current political scene in Britain. 78 pages. Some pages unopened.

Arrow of God, the second novel in Chinua Achebe's The African Trilogy, moves the historical narrative forward. This time, the action revolves around Ezeulu, the headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, which is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. The novel is a meditation on the nature, uses, and responsibility of power and leadership. Ezeulu finds that his authority is increasingly under threat from rivals within his nation and functionaries of the newly established British colonial government. Yet he sees himself as untouchable. He is forced, with tragic consequences, to reconcile conflicting impulses in his own nature—a need to serve the protecting deity of his Umuaro people; a desire to retain control over their religious observances; and a need to gain increased personal power by pushing his authority to the limits. He ultimately fails as he leads his people to their own destruction, and consequently, his personal tragedy arises. Arrow of God is an unforgettable portrayal of the loss of… Read More

O.H. Oldroyd. . 1901. Cloth, octavo, xviii and 305 pp. Foldout map attached at rear, in good shape. This edition was limited to 250 copies . This is recorded as 175. 305 pages. Illustrated with photos. Cardstock engraved plate of Lincoln and fold-out map are present. . Limited 1st Edition. 1901. Osborn Oldroyd (1842-1930) was one of the great collectors and early researchers on Lincoln and lived in Lincoln's Springfield home for several years in the 1880s. He accumulated thousands of items related to the president, many of which are at the Ford's Theater Lincoln Museum today. As part of this account Oldroyd describes personally retracing the route of John Wilkes Booth's flight, with a folding map of the route laid in. 82 illustrations including photographs from Oldroyd's collections, with an introduction by Thomas Maley Harris, a Union general who was on the commission to try the Lincoln conspirators and also authored books on the assassination. Signed by Author .

Many illustrations with valuable prints.tlanta Campaign, in the American Civil War, an important series of battles in Georgia (May–September 1864) that eventually cut off a main Confederate supply centre and influenced the Federal presidential election of 1864. By the end of 1863, with Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, firmly under the control of the North, Atlanta, an important Confederate railroad, supply, and manufacturing centre and a gateway to the lower South, became the logical point for Union forces to attack in their western campaign. The Union commander, General William Sherman, also believed a sustained campaign deep into Confederate territory would bring the entire war to an end. Southern defenders were under the strategic direction of General Joseph E. Johnston, until he was replaced by Lieutenant General John Bell Hood in July. The Atlanta Campaign itself consisted of nine individual battles as well as nearly five months of unbroken skirmishes and small actions. The… Read More

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, New York 1877. Square 8vo, pp. 54; color illustrations by Crane engraved by Edmund Evans; original terra cotta-backed pictorial boards , all edges rubbed; interior fine.Red cloth spine with red card paper covered boards, having black and white illustrative titles and decoration. One of the earliest Crane-Evans collaborations, originally published in London, 1877. (Together with : The baby's bouquet.) No Date. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Internally in wonderful condition with no marks or browning. Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Full of wonderful illustrations in addition to the sheet music to a host of children's favourite nursery rhymes. 10 Full page colour illustrations and intricate border designs that are truly beautiful. Walter Crane was an artist, designer, socialist, interior decorator and leading member of the Arts & Craft movement. edge wear. Illustrated in colour with plates… Read More

USA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Milton Johnson. Illustrator. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1967. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Milton Johnson. 140 pp. Black cloth binding. Very Good + condition. Pages show no markings and are clean. Library Book. Dust jacket is edge-worn, rubbed along joints, Unclipped

William Morrow, New York, 1997. Hardcover condition As New. First Edition; First Printing. Dust Cover As New and Uncipped.All pages clean and unmarked

Viking, 1945. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket Viking Press, 1945. First Edition. Condition Fine. Canary yellow cloth boards with blue stamp, light grey lines; corners square, front and spine clean and bright; Text block clean, tight, square, unmarked. Top edge stained blue. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath. Set on the Monterey waterfront, a fictional portrait of Steinbeck's real life friend and collaborator Ed Ricketts.

Random House, U.S.A., 1989. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New and unclipped. 1st Edition as stated. Orange Boards. All Pages Clean and Unmarked

three volumes 1.The Prairie Doctor of the Eighties, Francs Long MD, 1937 ,Huse Publisihingno tears,no marks

Colton's Kansas and Nebraska Rare Large Format Territorial Map 1857 large originally colored map in a vertical configuration that depicts standard parallels covering only the eastern quarter of these territories. Thirty-three counties are organized in Nebraska and 37 in Kansas this map also depicts Indian reservations.

LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO., Philadelphia, 1852. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 487 pp., plus 34 lightly tinted lithographs 3 folding, 23 black and white plates, [Howes S884; WCB 219:2; Graff 3947; Field 1940; Goetzmann, p. 468; Sabin 90372; Meisel III, p. 115; MTW 764 and 765;]. Also separate atlas containing two very large maps, 111 x 76 and 72 x 172.5 cm. Atlas and text in one volume . An extensive survey of the Great Basin and a major landmark in the cartography of the American West. In 1846 Stansbury received the orders for the cornerstone of his career: the expedition to the Great Salt Lake in 1849-1850. On 31 May 1849 he left Fort Leavenworth with eighteen men, including Lieutenant John W. Gunnison, artist John Hudson, and Albert Carrington, a leading Mormon official. The company proceeded by way of South Pass in Wyoming to Fort Bridger, where Stansbury engaged Jim Bridger as a guide for the expedition. Dividing his men into two groups, Stansbury explored a new route to the Great Salt… Read More

bilingual. text in engligh and russianclean no marks or tears

New York: Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1886. G+. 4to in illustrated boards with brown quartercloth spine, no title on spine. Rubbing of edges. previous owners inside front cover pages clean and unmarked. front board loose.

November 1998

Happy Homes and The Hearts That Make Them, 1889. Gorgeous and ornate hardback Victorian book - Happy Homes and the Hearts That Make Them. This delightful volume was written by Samuel Smiles and revised with additional material by Charles Gaskell. The cover is SILK with the coveted vivid red boards with gilt and black accents, clean and crisp. Even the spine is beautifully detailed. And, it is in NEAR FINE condition with light shelf wear. It is 644 pages in length, it touches on topics from Good Manners to Household Management to The Power of a Good Woman to Companionship in Marriage - plus so much more! Packed full of interesting and sometimes archaic information, this book is sure to entertain and amuse. It features an ornate cover and spine, pretty printed end papers, marbled edges, and illustrations sprinkled throughout.The front opens to a tissue covered presentation page with cherub heads by the renowned artist, Sir Joshua Reynolds. This page records the name of the recipient and the person… Read More