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A Civil War Army Vs Navy
by John Feinstein
Brings to life one of college football's oldest and most heated rivalries through the 1994 season, explaining the struggles faced by each team, including player deaths, close games, and coach strategies.
Register Of Graduates and Former Cadets Of the United States Military Academy, 1966 Edition
by Association Of Graduates U S Military Academy
West Point Books & Ephemera
Up In The Crow's-Nest" - The Look-out of a Hudson River Country-Seat , illustration from Harper's Weekly, full page
by Church, Frederick Stuart. [American Painter and Illustrator, 1842-1924]
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1875. An attractive young woman stands in a look-out built in trees on the east bank of the Hudson River, looking northward towards what appears to be West Point and Constitution Island, which is rather taller than in reality. Full page of illustration from the Harper's Weekly newspaper. Woodcut illustration with later hand coloring. Page approximately 11 x 16". Very good condition.
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£76.90
Signed photograph of West Point: embankment looking northeast
by Brady, Mathew B; West Point; Photography
New York, 1865. Very good condition. Albumen photograph by Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823 - 1896), an important early American photographer best known for his images of the Civil war, and his iconic portraits of Abraham Lincoln. The image shows the Embankment at the right, with rows of artillery neatly arranged, and a dirt path leading up the center towards 3 imposing brick offices. The view is to the north, with just a glimpse of the Hudson River at the center right. Looking northeast towards the back of...
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£303.56
West Point Quartermaster Request, dated June 17, 1784
by [West Point]
An original manuscript Quartermaster request for the payment of troops stationed at West Point Garrison, addressed to Colonel (P)ickson. Wages are requested for the months of April through June "for extra service as "Artifissers" (sic): the names of the individual troops and the number of days' service are listed. The names are Charles Bellamy, Joseph Whitney, William Pratt, John Pratt, and Samuel Nichols. This request was made the year following the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the American...
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Reminiscences of West Point in the Olden Time, Derived from Various Sources, and Register of Graduates of the United States Military Academy, Corrected to September 1st, 1886, With an Index
by [Berard, A. B. (Augusta Blanche), editor; Henry O. Flipper]
East Saginaw, Mich. [Michigan]: Evening News Printing and Binding House, 1886. 8vo, blue printed wrappers with black cloth spine, 76 pages. Front wrap with soft vertical crease line; spine expertly reinforced with tissue; old, inexpert tape repair to bottom of t.p., at left of imprint; contents clean. Very good. bjcb 352251 First edition. The first forty pages are devoted to a history of West Point, followed by a complete register, by year, starting with 1802, of all of the graduates of West Point to...
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£202.38
The Military Academy and Its Requirements
by Andrews, George L., A.M
West Point, NY, 1883. Paperback. Good + overall. 'A paper read before the United States Military Service Institute, at West Point, New York, March 8, 1883; and before the Military Service Institution of the United States, at Governor's Island, New York Harbor, March 17, 1883.' 12mo, 38pp. plus 6 pp. appendix, hand stitched binding, original paper wrappers, light damp stain visible, not affecting text, one small tear in cover page 1/4" on right edge, not affecting text.
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£141.66
The Hudson Highlands. From the Peekskill and Cold Spring Road near Garrison's Landing
by Palmer, Fannie. Currier & Ives
New York: Andres, 1940. Reprint. Reprint large folio collotype with hand color. The view is from Route 403 looking down across Garrison to the Hudson. A very finely reproduced collotype by Andres' Inc. of New York. Andres' produced their prints in the early 1940's and stopped production when War broke out. Their prints made with the collotype printing process reproduced the image of the original down to the original lithographic inking making them very hard to distinguish. The print was then water...
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£1,011.88
The United States Military Academy at West Point
by Mansfield, E.D. LL.D
Hartford: H. Barnard, 1863. Sewn Binding. Good + overall. Offprint from the American Journal of Education for March 1863. A pamphlet describing '... the Historical Development of our great National Military school at West Point...' with an 8pp descriptive advertisment for Papers on Scientific Schools on the art of peace and war in different countries by same publisher. 8vo, tan paper wrappers, with printed title, stitch binding, [17] - 48pp with 8pp ads sewn in at back. Dusting around smaller format...
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Map Accompanying the Report. 1812
by [West Point] Barnard, W. S
New York: D. Van Nostrand. Very good condition. Showing the Hudson River with the site of the military academy designated "Stony Point, West Point, (Gee's Point)" and showing the Barracks and Public Store. With the Charles Congreve patent shown as 1463 acres; the Patent to John Moore 332 acres; and with a table of references of 8 items, including: Fort Clinton, Fort Putnam, Magazine on Constitution Island; Old Batteries; and North's House. Scale 1 inch to 50 chains. Across the Hudson from West Point...
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£60.71
![Non-Commissioned Officers, Staff Corps, etc [Full Dress]. Chromolithograph](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/217/385/1287385217.0.b.jpg)
Non-Commissioned Officers, Staff Corps, etc [Full Dress]. Chromolithograph
by [US Military] Ogden, H.A.; General Samuel B. Holabird
New York: B. M. Whitlock, 1885. Very good overall. Color print depicting US military uniforms worn by non commissioned officers seen in conversation on the steps of a building on the post. These include: Sergeant of Signal Corps; Musician of Artillery; Ordnance Sergeant; Post Commissary Sergeant; Post Quartermaster Sergeant; and Hospital Steward. Signed in the print at lower left by Ogden. From General Holabird's book on US Military uniforms. Approximately 14 x 16"
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£60.71
'Fourth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 12, 1873'. Pamphlet
by [West Point]
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1873. Wraps. Good + overall. With a striking early image of West Point, Constitution Island and the chain across the Hudson River entitled, "West Point Viewed from the North as it appeared at the Close of the War", by H. Livingston, engraved by C. Tiebout. Fourth reunion publication of the USMA Association which still exists today, established in 1869 to "cherish the memories of our Alma Mater, and to promote the social intercourse and fraternal fellowship of its graduates"....
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£323.80
Letter from The Secretary of War, Transmitting Statements Shewing the Amount of Expenditures at the Military Academy at West Point..
by Calhoun, John C
Washington DC, 1821. Good + overall. 8vo, disbound, 9pp, 1 fold out "Statement A" summarizing which states cadets come from, and 6 fold out tables delineating expenditures in detail for the year 1820. Shaw 7359, OCLC: 24373653 at 3 libraries.
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£117.38
Sketches at West Point. Drawn by Harry Fenn from Photographs
by Fenn, Harry
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1887. An attractive print of scenes around West Point. Shows the Cadet Barracks, Mess Hall, the Old Library (with domed roof), Headquarters Building, Chapel, Academic Buildings, Trophy Point and view up the Hudson. 9 x 13 1/2" plus margins, very good condition.
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£60.71
Biographical Sketch of Brigadier-General Joseph G. Swift, Chief Engineer of the United States Army, July 31, 1812 to Nov. 12, 1818
by Cullum, George W
New York, 1877. Fine. Joseph Gardner Swift was the First Graduate of the Military Academy at West Point, New York. He became Brigadier-General for Service during the War of 1812, and then the Army's Chief Engineer. He served as Superintendent of West Point from 1816 to 1818. 8vo pamphlet, 26pp, b&w frontis with tissue guard. Grey paper wraps with black title on front cover.
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£141.66
West Point (Town of Highland) - Unionville (Town of Minisink)- WestTown (Town of Minisink)
by Beers, F.W., Publisher
New York: F.W. Beers, 1875. Very good overall. Map of West Point and local areas in the town of Minisink from the "Atlas of Orange County, NY". Lithograph with period hand color in green. Very good condition with minor brown mark in lower left corner. 13x15 1/2" plus margins.
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£303.56
A Sketch of the History and Topography of West Point and the U.S. Military Academy
by [West Point] Park, Roswell
Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1840. Hardcover. Very good overall. A charming book focusing on the geographical description of the landscape for West Point as a military garrison, a historical description of its prominence and importance during the Revolutionary War, and the establishment of the US Military Academy, its teachers and rules governing the cadets. Slim small 8vo, brown moire cloth boards, 140pp, spine sunned, corners bumped, scattered fox spotting throughout not affecting text. Neat previous...
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Crow-Nest From Bull Hill (Hudson River.)
by [West Point] Bartlett, W. H
London: Geo Virtue, 1837. Very good. A sweeping view of the Hudson Highlands from the east side looking toward "Crow Nest", with Constitution Island in the middle ground and West Point in the distance. Crow's Nest is depicted with steep imposing cliffs plunging to the river, which is serene and glassy; the view is framed by three twisted tree trunks. B & w steel engraving, with W. H. Bartlett at the lower left below the image, and G. K. Richardson at the lower right.
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£28.33
![Portion of the Boom at West Point During the Revolutionary War [with] Arrangement of the Great Boom and Chain at West Point](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/311/859/867859311.0.b.jpg)
Portion of the Boom at West Point During the Revolutionary War [with] Arrangement of the Great Boom and Chain at West Point
by [West Point] Barnard, W. S
New York: D. Van Nostrand. Very good condition. Two engraved illustrations of the boom and chain used at West Point in the Hudson Highlands as a means of disrupting British navigation of the river during the Revolutionary War. The upper illustration is a cross section showing two of the wooden rails of the log boom connected by chains, with the lower illustration showing the boom and chain stretching from one side of the river to the other. The boom's role was to absorb the impact of a British ship's...
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The Athletic Development at West Point and Annapolis, a four full page article from Harper's Weekly
by Whitney, Caspar W.; Zogbaum, R.F. (ills) [West Point, Annapolis]
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1892. Very good overall. A double page spread with two sides (4 page article) with wood engravings and printed photographs of the rigorous training and exercise required of the students of both West Point and Annapolis, from the Harper's Weekly, a long running American newspaper well-known for its wood-cut illustrations. Photographs feature: P. W. Davison, F. W. Smith; E. W. Clark; D. M. Michie; D. E. Aultman from USMA, and, M.E. Trench, W.K. Johnson, W. Bagley, C.F. Macklin,...
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West Point Fifty Years Ago
by Smith, Francis H
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1879. Very good. An Address Delivered Before the Association of Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, at the Annual Reunion, June 12, 1879. 8vo pamphlet, 16pp. Red paper wraps with title in black on front cover. Front cover is detached, and is slightly chipped at corners. Presentation copy signed by "the author", dated Sep. 21 1882. Interior pages lightly but evenly toned, no fox spotting. Recollections by Smith, who graduated in 1833 during the presidency of...
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£157.85
![[View of West Point from Garrison Across the Hudson, showing the old ferry "West Point"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/504/540/738540504.0.b.jpg)
[View of West Point from Garrison Across the Hudson, showing the old ferry "West Point"]
by Anonymous [West Point/Garrison]
1856. A view of the waterfront of Garrison, New York with the original dock house at the right and pier in the foreground, and with the "West Point" ferry docked alongside the pier. Across the Hudson River is the Military Academy, with the dome of the Library visible. The Landing was founded in 1821 when Harry Garrison established the first chartered ferry in the state of New York. The ferry boat was initially a horse-propelled scow which was later replaced with three steam engines, the "West Point"...
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West Point; or, Information for Those About to Enter the Academy, by Edward S. Farrow, U. S. Army, Assistant Instructor of Tactics at West Point
by [West Point] Farrow, Edward S.; Braden, Charles
1880. Very good condition. Learn how to get into West Point from a veteran of General George Armstrong Custer's Yellowstone expedition which culminated in the Battle of Little Big Horn. An advertisement for preparation for the entrance examination at West Point, offered at West Point by Lieut. Charles Braden (1847 - 1919). Braden graduated from West Point in 1869 and served under General George Armstrong Custer on the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition which culminated in the Battle of Little Big Horn. Also...
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The Hudson Highlands
by Currier & Ives
New York: Currier & Ives, New York, 152 Nassau St., 1871. Fine. Attractive & romanticized view of the Hudson Highlands with World's End, Constitution Island, and the Catskill Mountains in the distance. Two artists, one with a sketch pad, recline under tall trees at the right, and gaze down on the busy Hudson River, with full-masted ships & sloops. Lithograph with period hand color, 12 1/2 x 9 1/2" with margins, framed in what appears to be an archival mat. Conningham no. 2975.
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£238.80
An Essay on the Church
by Jones, William
Gloucester: Printed by R. Raikes for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1787. Wraps. Very good overall. With an interesting, possibly Colonial bookplate of John Moore, with the motto "Nihil utile quod non honestum". A bookplate of this description appears in "Loan Exhibition of Colonial Book-plates", National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York. 1908. Page 24, (no.) 225. It has a central heraldic shield with ten crosses on it, surmounted by a cockerel, with a man playing a horn on the left and a...
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![Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Statement Shewing the Whole Amount of Moneys Expended, by the Government, on the Military Academy at West Point [...] for the next succeeding three years. January 31, 1820. Read and ordered to lie on the table](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/576/054/1514054576.0.b.jpg)
Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Statement Shewing the Whole Amount of Moneys Expended, by the Government, on the Military Academy at West Point [...] for the next succeeding three years. January 31, 1820. Read and ordered to lie on the table
by [John C. Calhoun]
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1820. 16pp. + 14 large folding tables. Octavo government report, cleanly removed from bound volume. A very good and handsome copy with light foxing. bjcb 352250 Full title: "Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Statement Shewing the Whole Amount of Moneys Expended, by the Government, on the Military Academy at West Point; The number and names of the Cadets who have been educated there, from each state, district, or territory: Together with an estimate of the sums...
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£80.95
West Point United States Military Academy. Pamphlet
1880. Wraps. Very good condition. Scarce post Civil War era visitors' guide to the famed Academy, "for sale on Hudson River day boats and at the West Point Confectionery", with rear wrapper advertising excursions to West Point by New York and Albany Day Line Steamers. The guide includes a map with a detailed 'legend' of the site, also precise directions and times of various walks and distances between monuments and buildings and gives additional hints as to Massey and Delightful Excursions..." which...
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