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Hardtack and Coffee or the Unwritten Story of Army Life. Including Chapters on enlisting, life in tents and log huts, Jonahs and beats, offences and punishments, raw recruits, foraging, corps and corps badges, the wagon trains, the army mul
 [140155] (CIVIL WAR - CAMP LIFE) John Davis Billings.
Boston: G.M. Smith & Co., 1887. Thick octavo, vi, 406 pages. First edition. First printing. Bound in publisher's pictorial cloth. Illustrated with six color plates and over two hundred sketches by Charles W. Reed. A very good copy with mild wear to head and heel of spine; slight bubbling to binding's cloth. Billings' wit and astute observations made this book a bestseller in its day by showing what the ordinary soldier experienced in day-to-day camp life during the Civil War. Billings enlisted in the Army of the Potomac and wrote of his experiences as he survived the hardships and humor of war. Reprinted many times, a handsome copy of the first appearance of this Civil War classic. $250
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Panorama of the Battles of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, Fought Between the Union and Confederate Forces ... Open Daily ...
[142174] (CIVIL WAR - PHILADELPHIA - TENNESSEE - POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT) [Philadelphia Panorama Company].
[Chicago]: [W.J. Jefferson, Printer], [n.d., ca. 1883?]. Octavo, 16 pages. First Edition. Original publisher’s printed wraps. Illustrated with one map drawing of battle scene. Light soil, mild cover stains; very good. OCLC, three holdings. Panoramas experienced a revival as a means of popular entertainment during the 1880’s. European artists came to America to create paintings of scenes of the American Civil War, and this panorama was likely produced as a twenty year commemorative for this battle. This pamphlet provides biographical details for the following artists, many German: Eugene Bracht, Karl Roechling, George Koch, Paul Voorgang, Conrad Lessing, Max Roman and Karl Becker. This pamphlet also describes the history of the battle and the image details of the panorama for viewers. Very scarce. $200
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Please Post in a Conspicuous Place! No Fee Whatever Unless Successful! … Pensions! Read! Read! Glorious News! Glorious News! New Pension Law! … Good News for Widows! Good News for Mothers and Fathers! [beginning lines]
[142131] (CIVIL WAR - WASHINGTON, D.C. - SCHEMES - PENSIONS) [J.B. Cralle & Co.].
[Washington, D.C.]: [D.C. J.B. Cralle & Co.], [1890?]. Broadside, 17¼ x 11½ inches. Normal fold line, three short edge-tears, else fine. Not on OCLC. OCLC 15867440 for a similar effort by this outfit. A large and boldly printed announcement soliciting the business of soldiers, sailors, widows and wives of Civil War veterans to file pension claims with this agency. The agency claims that between $6 to $12 a month was available to those veterans “…now suffering from any mental or physical disability, no matter when, where or how the same was incurred or contracted, provided the same be not due to vicius [sic] habits ….” The main type face is quite modern, and one can see the beginning transitions from a mid to late 19th century aesthetic and presentation. $250
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 Pensions. Important to Soldiers and Their Heirs ... [beginning lines]
[142132] (CIVIL WAR - WASHINGTON, D.C. - SCHEMES - PENSIONS) [Soule & Co.].
[Washington, D.C.]: [s.n.], [1896?]. Broadside or large, 15½ x 10 inches. Printed on peach colored paper; normal fold lines, tiny text loss, else near fine. Not on OCLC. Soule & Company, attorneys and solicitors of patents and claims of Washington, D.C., offered their services to widows and disabled military veterans of the Mexican War and Civil War. In part: We have had long experience in business, and no firm in the country can give your case more intelligent attention. Please post in a conspicuous place,,,” Latest internal date listed is 1896. $125
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Andrew Bradford, Colonial Journalist.
[28410] (COLONIAL AMERICA - PRINTERS) Anna Janney DeArmond.
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1949. 1949. 272 pages. Printed wraps. Near fine copy. Mild foxing to text block edges. Illustrated with plates. $35
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 “Around the Circle,” One Thousand Miles through the Rocky Mountains. Being a Descriptive of a Trip among the Peaks, over Passes and through Canons of Colorado.
[141153] (COLORADO - RAILROAD) [Denver & Rio Grande Railroad] .
Chicago: Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 1892. 56 pages. Illustrated wraps. Covers lightly soiled, former center crease fold line throughout else very good. A nice copy of an item usually found for the worse. (This copy without any folding maps, which may or may not be called for, for this particular year. No evidence of a folding map being formerly present.) Two simple full-page maps within and also illustrated with numerous half tones from photographs. This promotional item covers many destinations and sight-seeing locales of note, and many are described in great depth. This railroad journey took passengers from Denver, Colorado to Silverton, Silverton to Ouray, and returned to Denver. $75
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 Forest Life.
[132935] (FICTION - AMERICAN WEST) Mrs. Caroline Matilda Kirkland.
New York & Boston: C. Francis & Co. & J.H. Francis, 1842. First Edition, first printing. Volume two with chipping to publisher's paper spine label and lower portion of backstrip defective. Previous owner's name inside each volume; scattered staining to contents. A good strong sturdy set. Confirms to all of the points of BAL for the first printing save being bound in the tan cloth associated with the second printing. Perhaps these were the last of the sheets to be used with the various errors found in the first printing and were finished up with the new cloth binding slated for the second printing, with the latter's textual corrections. “Forest Life” followed a “A New Home - Who Will Follow? Glimpses of Western” in exploring the themes of the difficulties and emotional hardships that faced the frontier woman. Kirkland published “Western Clearings” her third frontier book in 1852. [AI 42-2805; BAL 11143; Decker 026-215 on the English edition: “A realistic tale of the early western settlements by an author whom Poe referred to as 'one of our best ”; Howes K-183; Midland 101-382; Sabin; 37988; Soliday Part D, 364 - “One of the best realistic pictures of early western life”; Wright I, 1580] $200
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Lowest Rates of the Year. Special Excursions. Sutherland, McConnel & Co. via the Louisville and Nashville. Central of Georgia. Georgia Southern & Florida and Atlantic Coast lines to FLORIDA. The Great Opportunity Ever Offered the Homese
[142270] (FLORIDA - LAND PROMOTIONS) [Clifford Greve - Sutherland, McConnel & Co.].
Indianapolis, [Indiana]: Pivot City Press, [n.d. 1910 - 1920]. Broadside, 35 x 12 inches. Bold block lettering on salmon paper. Soil line at center horizontal crease line, lightly chipped, else near fine condition. One example on OCLC at Duke. A superb Florida land promotion item. $350
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Prairie Homes for City Poor. [Cover title]
[142365] (LAND COLONIES - COLORADO - CALIFORNIA) Commander Booth Tucker.
[New York ?]: [s.n.], [1898 ?]. Pamphlet, 16 pages. First Edition ? Pictorial wraps, stapled binding. Illustrations from photographs. Near fine condition. Laid in, a small poem-leaflet entitled “Lest We Forget” in forty-six lines, as issued by Frederick St. George De Lautour Booth-Tucker, i.e. Commander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army. All, near fine condition. Not on OCLC and with an internal date of 1898. We suspect that this title preceded the 1901 lengthier and similar-titled work, per OCLC 27699299, the latter being held only by Yale and the NYPL. A plea for charity to establish the indigent out in land colonies in California, Colorado and Ohio. The back wrapper is partly-printed for donors to writer their donation amount, name and address. Inside, successful land colonies established for the Landless Man to move to the Manless Land are described: Fort Amity, Colorado; Fort Romie, California and Fort Herrick, Ohio. Rare and ephemeral. $350
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Grand Lottery of Real Estate (Situated in New-Orleans,) to be drawn at Jacksonville, Florida …
[141995] (Louisiana - New Orleans - Florida - Lotteries - Land Schemes) [Schmidt & Hamilton, Managers].
New Orleans: Printed by E. Johns & Co., corner St. Charles and Commons sts., [n.d. 1842 ?]. Large lottery ticket, 4½ x 9 inches, with irregular edges, as cut, and with ornate ornamental borders and varied type face. Very good clean condition, with faint traces of mounting to verso. Jumonville shows [E]mile Johns as active as printers in New Orleans between 1832 and 1842, specifically citing their location on St. Charles and Common Streets in the year 1842. The real estate offered was in New Orleans, but the lottery was to be drawn in Jacksonville, Florida under the aegis of the Florida legislative assembly and Sylvester and Company of 156 Broadway, New York. In manuscript: “Schmidt & Hamilton” as Managers. $275
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