Phelps and Watson's Historical Military Map of the Border and Southern States
by (Civil War)
New York: Phelps & Watson, Publishers, 16 Beekman St, 1864. Fold out hand-colored map. 1 vols. 60 x 88 cm (35 x 29 inches), folded in cover to 18 x 12 cm. (6-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches); with 35 pp booklet “Brief Description of Battles and Skirmishes of he War”. Orange printed pictorial boards, cloth spine, with 35 booklet tipped... Read More
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[Remarkable bespoke bound collection of Civil War extracts, illustrations and ephemera]
by (Civil War)
1880. Newspaper clippings, maps and illustrations laid down on card stock and bordered in black ink, others extracted complete, plus some contemporary photographs, engravings and other pictorial material. 31 vols. 4to & large 8vo (11-1/4 inches and less). Half contemporary morocco and marbled boards, spines & boards gilt, t.e.g, bookplate of C.B. Farwell to front pastedowns. Newspaper clippings,... Read More
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Assault on Fort Sanders. Novemebr 29th 1863
by (Civil War)
Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1891. [Chromolithographic print]. 1 vols. 18 x 25 inches. Some chipping at margins, else fine. Matted. [Chromolithographic print]. 1 vols. 18 x 25 inches.
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Battle of Chattanooga. [Chromolithographic print]
by (Civil War)
Chicago: Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers 76 & 78 Wabash Ave, 1888. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins, else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols.
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Battle of Corinth. Oct 3 & 4 1862 … [Chromolithographic print]
by (Civil War)
Chicago: Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers 76 & 78 Wabash Ave, 1891. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins, else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols.
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Head Quarters Army of the Potomac, July 4, 1863. General Orders No. 68. The Commanding General, in behalf of the country, thanks the Army of the Potomac for the glorious result of the recent operations. An enemy superior in numbers and flushed with the pride of a successful invasion, attempted to overcome and destroy this Army. Utterly baffled and defeated, he has now withdrawn from the contest. The privations and fatigue the Army has endured, and the heroic courage and gallantry it has displayed will be matters of history to be ever remembered .
by (Civil War)
[Gettysburg, PA], 1863. 1p. Signed in print by Maj. Gen. Meade. 6–3/8 x 6–1/2 inches. Old folds. Housed in a blue morocco backed box. 1p. Signed in print by Maj. Gen. Meade. 6–3/8 x 6–1/2 inches. The General Orders continues: "Our task is not yet accomplished, and the Commanding General looks to the Army for greater efforts to... Read More
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8th Regiment N.Y. Artillery. Colonel P.A Porter
by (Civil War)
Baltimore Maryland, 1864. Lithograph With Vignettes of Fort Henry and Federal Hill. Portraits of 5 officers, Surmountd by Eagle Lithographed by H. Schroeder, 69 W. Fayette St., Balt Lithograph. printed in colors by G. Sanders & Co...Balimore Maryland. 27-1/2 x 21-1/2 inches. Matted. Generally fine condition. Lithograph With Vignettes of Fort Henry and Federal Hill. Portraits of 5... Read More
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Battles of the Crimea
by (Crimean War)
New York: G.S. Wells, Publisher, 140 Nassau Street, 1855. Second edition. Folding map, 'seat of War" (19.5 x 22.5 inches), Folding "Plan of Sebastopol" (20 x 23 inches). x, [11]-112, [2, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers. Joints started, else very good. Second edition. Folding map, 'seat of War" (19.5 x 22.5 inches), Folding "Plan of Sebastopol"... Read More
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Ledger of Eliab Ward of Carver, plymouth County, Massachusetts from 1814-1865
by Ward (1791-1866), Eliab
1865. Aprox 150 pp. Small folio. Quarter contemp calf, water satinewd and with front cover detached. Aprox 150 pp. Small folio. The first entriers are for sellingwood, then in 1818 he apparently started a store dealing in general merchandise. The Wards lived in Carver for several generations and his grandfather, Benjamin Ward, was a Revolutionary War officer. He... Read More
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The Electress Sophia and The Hanoverian Sucession
by Ward, Adolphus Wiliam
London: Goupil & Co, 1903. Number 81 of 1000 on fine paper. Illustrated with hand coloured frontis portrait of Sophia plus others. [iv] v, [i], 254, [1] pp. 4to. Full green morocco, some rubbing to front joint, else fine. Number 81 of 1000 on fine paper. Illustrated with hand coloured frontis portrait of Sophia plus others. [iv] v,... Read More
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The Tourist's and Sportsman's Guide to Kashmir and Ladak
by Ward, A.E. , Bengal Staff Corp
Calcutta: Published by the Calcutta Central Press Co,., Ltd 40, Canning Street, 1896. With 5 folding maps at front pocket (2 with slight damage). 197pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Some stains on upper cover. With 5 folding maps at front pocket (2 with slight damage). 197pp. 8vo. With notes of game shot on the endpapers.
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The Fisher’s Daughter, or the Wanderings of Wolf, and the Fortunes of Alfred. Being the Sequel to … The Cottage on the Cliff …
by Ward, Catherine G.(eorge) afterwards Mrs. Mason (1787-)
London: G. Virtue, 1824. First edition. Engraved frontispiece and title, 7 engraved plates (out of sequence) and 2 plates from another work; 911, [1] pp. 8vo. Quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt-stamped and titled in ink, front joint starting, frontis shaved at outer margin; very good. First edition. Engraved frontispiece and title, 7 engraved plates (out of... Read More
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The Cottage on the Cliff: a Sea-Side Story
by Ward, Catherine G.
London: Printed by C. Baynes ... Published by George Virtue ., 1823. First edition (?). Engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title page, and 8 engraved plates. 750 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, gilt-tooled and lettered spine; upper joint cracked, lacking front free endpaper, first few gatherings browned. First edition (?). Engraved frontispiece, additional vignette... Read More
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The Miracles Perform'd by Money; A Poem. By the Author of the Humours of a Coffee-house
by [Ward, Edward; sometimes attributed to]
London: Printed, and are to be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1692. First edition. [4], 20pp. Small 4to, bound in twos. Disbound. Presentation inscription on verso of the title by John Pintard, dated New York, 1820. First edition. [4], 20pp. Small 4to, bound in twos. Attributed to Ward by Lowndes, but the attribution questioned by... Read More
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A Vagrant Wife
by Warden, Florence (Pseudonym of Florence Alice Price, later Mrs. George F. James, 1857-1929)
London: W. Stevens 421, Strand, 1885. First edition. No. 30 in The Family Story Teller Series. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff gray paper over boards. Very good. First edition. No. 30 in The Family Story Teller Series. 224 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wolff 7052
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Strictly Incog: Being A Record of a Passage through Bohemia … in One Volume
by Warden, Florence [pseudonym for Florence Alice Price James]
London: F.V. White, 1895. Second edition. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Second edition. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Originally published in 1893 under the title A Passage through Bohemia, in three volumes. Glover/Greene 449; Wolff 7045 (note)
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Safari Encore
by Wardenburg, Fred A.
N.p. [Philadelphia?]: Privately Printed, 1950. First edition, one of 400 copies. Frontispiece portrait tipped in and numerous photographic plates. xvi, 304 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth, map endpapers. Wear at head of spine, else very good. First edition, one of 400 copies. Frontispiece portrait tipped in and numerous photographic plates. xvi, 304 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed... Read More
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Printers Ornaments Applied to the Composition of Decorative Borders, Panels and Patterns
by Warde, Frederic
London: Lanston Monotype Corpn Ltd, 1928. First Edition. Deluxe issue on handmade paper. Illustrated throughout with elaborate ornamental borders. 19 pages of ornaments printed on thick colored paper. 1 vols. 4to. Original black cloth, gilt extra. Fine. Randeria bookplate. First Edition. Deluxe issue on handmade paper. Illustrated throughout with elaborate ornamental borders. 19 pages of ornaments printed on... Read More
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Handbook of British East Africa 1912
by Ward, H.F. & J.W. Milligan
London: Sifton Praed The Caxton (B.E.A.) Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd. Nairobi, 1912. xxiii, 315pp. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 8vo. Green cloth. About fine. xxiii, 315pp. Illustrated. Folding map at end. 8vo.
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Elementary Instruction in Naval Ordnance and Gunnery
by Ward, James H.
New York: D. Van Nostrand; London: Trubner & Company, 1861. Illustrated. 209pp. Plus ads in the rear. 8vo. Original cloth, blocked in blind. Provenance: Jno. M. Ballard, Gunner, U.S.N. 1862 (signature on endpaper). Illustrated. 209pp. Plus ads in the rear. 8vo.
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Card signed “J. Q. A. Ward”
by Ward, John Quincy Adams
N. P., 1904. 1 vols. 5 x 3 1/4 inches. On a cream card. Some light discoloration, identification on verso, else very good. 1 vols. 5 x 3 1/4 inches. ¶The eminent American sculptor (1830-1910). His “Indian Hunter and Pilgrim” are in Central Park and his “Good Samaritan” in Boston Public Gardens , with many of his works... Read More
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The Collected Speeches of Mr. Wardle...in the Hon. House of Commons on the Charges against His Royal Highness the Duke of York as Commander in Chiwef of the British Army
by Wardle, G.L., et al.
London: Blacklock, 1809. First edition. Portrait frontis of G.L. Wardle. [8], 536pp. 8vo. Slightly later polished green calf, gilt spine, some fading. VG. First edition. Portrait frontis of G.L. Wardle. [8], 536pp. 8vo.
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POEM UPON THE LISBON DISASTER by Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire... Translated into English by Anthony Hecht, with six wood engravings by Lynd Ward, and an introduction by Arthur Wilson
by (Ward, Lynd) Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
Lincoln: Penmaen Press, 1977. First edition [of this translation], deluxe handbound issue, limited to 100 roman numeralled copies, signed by Anthony Hecht, Lynd Ward and Arthur Wilson [this copy is one of a few copies for the translator Anthony Hecht, as it is designated copy: "AH" [by Hecht], in place of a roman numeral]. 35 pp. 4to. Quarter-cloth, decorated... Read More
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Autograph letter signed 'Lynd Ward' to 'Dear Miss Wuerfel(?)' on Ward's personal stationery. A letter announcing the sending of some drawings for "Nightingale' and requesting some information on further commissions
by Ward, Lynd
Echo Bay-R.R.1 Ontario, 1952. 2 pp. 12mo. Stains at edges from tape. 2 pp. 12mo.
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The Writings of...with Introductions by the Author
by Ward, Mrs. Humphrey
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1912. Autograph Edition, No. 20 of 750 copies signed by the author on the half title of Volume One, "Mary A. Ward. Illustrated throughout with hand-colored frontispiece in each volume by Archibald Standish, Hartrick, Charles E. Brock, etc. With two states of the plates. 16 vols. Thick 8vo. Bound in three-quarters blue... Read More
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