Paris: Charles Lavauzell, 1978. Leatherette. 4to. In French. 195 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Blue and gilt leatherette cover with 3-D facsimile medal mounted on front board. Almost no wear; very light toning at endpaper margins. Doesn't appear to have ever been read. Size: 4to - over 9¾"... More about Ordre National Du Merite
San Antonio, TX: Naylor Publishing, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Variant binding without "July, 1932" of verso of title page. Tan suede-covered boards. B&w photos throughout. Fold-out plate of letter photographs. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages with some very faint marginal toning. Pressed-out corner crease and minor... More about Texas Camel Tales: Incidents Growing Up Around an Attempt By the War Department of the United...
Yokohama: 1905. Unbound. This lettersheet measures 14” x 6.75” unfolded. Inside, half of the sheet is filled with a colorful illustration of a Japanese woman daydreaming of her valiant soldier boyfriend/husband as she writes a letter to him. A honey-comb pop-up representing vibrant green bushes is in the upper left... More about A Japanese patriotic, pop-up lettersheet sent by a sailor from the U.S. Naval Hospital at...
Alexandria, Egypt: Letter, 1892. Letter. Letter from General F. Walker to the British Consul-General in Egypt (Lord Cromer, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer) regarding the construction of buildings for the garrison at Ramleh. At the time F. Walker was the Commanding General of the British Army in Egypt following... More about Autograph Signed Letter to Lord Cormer - Headquarters, British Army of Occupation in Egypt
Greenwood, [Pennsylvania]: 23 June and 18 July 1863. Unbound. Two letters (one with 6-pages and one with 4-pages) measure approximately 4.5” x 6.5”. Their envelopes are postmarked at Brookeville, Maryland; one is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65), and the stamp is missing from the other. The letters... More about Two letters from a female Confederate sympathizer in Pennsylvania to her aunt in New York City
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Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1861. Unlisted. Sheet Music. Complete. 6 pages including cover. Cover features a large portrait of Major Robert Anderson, the Commander of Fort Sumter. Clean with only light wear. Once bound. Slight tobacco odor. An early Civil War patriotic march published shortly after the attack on Fort Sumter. More about Major Anderson's Grand March [Sheet Music
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1839. Unbound. Approximately 14” x 17.5” including the wide margins. Includes three inset maps of Pensacola, Tallahassee, and the St. Augustine Harbor, as well as “water route” distance tables for Pensacola and St. Augustine. Strong, clear image with attractive hand coloring. Very light soiling... More about Florida (Map No. 17 from A New Universal Atlas
[Dugny, France]: 1917. Unbound. Two letters sent on consecutive days by Wiswall to his family in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The first is to Urswall’s brother and was written on a 5.25” x 7” soldier’s mailing sheet. It is franked with a blue 25-centime Sower stamp (Scott #168) and bears a circular..... More about Correspondence from a volunteer serving with an American Field Service in France that supported...
Camp Hulen Tx, Hampton Roads Va, and Louisiana: 1941. Hard Cover. 8vo. The journal's binding is sound although slightly cocked and with cracked hinges. Clean pages with legible entries. Cover has some edge wear. 16 Real Photo Postcards of the 211th in Texas and Louisiana accompany the journal. Lt. Howard's... More about Coastal Artillery Battery Journal with Real Photo Postcards
Vladivostok: 1919. Unbound. This two-page letter, dated 26 July 1919, on YMCA stationery was written by Irving A. Dexter, a musician in the 31st Infantry Regiment’s band, to his mother in Rhode Island. The unfranked letter bears a small Siberia “1” duplex postmark dated 28 July 1919 and a type... More about 31st Infantry Regiment musician’s letter from Siberia during the Allied intervention in the...
Richmond, Virginia: February 12, 1862. Unbound. In this three-page letter, Henderson explains to his cousin that as she requested, he had disinterred her husband’s remains and another cousin, a Confederate Lieutenant, would be escorting them to her. A metallic Case would have cost 180 dollars, a zinc Case $150, but... More about A LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE 3RD ALABAMA HOSPITAL TO HIS COUSIN INFORMING HER OF HIS EFFORT TO...
On board the Euterpe: January 5, 1865. 1865. Unbound. Lightly soiled with some doodling at the upper corner of the first page. In this letter, Goddard expresses heartfelt sorrow to “Eva” that he would not be able to take leave for a visit. The reason he explains as follows... More about A LOVE LETTER FROM A WHITE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE ALL-AFRICAN-AMERICAN 25TH CORPS AS IT SAILED...
Vera Cruz to Massachusetts via Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana: 1847-1848. Envelope or Cover. Two one-page and one two-page folded letters, each measuring 15” x 10”, were written by a civilian ship captain to his wife while transporting soldiers and supplies to Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Two of... More about Series of three stampless folded letters from a ship captain to his wife while transporting...
Tallahassee: 1848. Unbound. This one-page folded letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It is dated “January the 16th, 1848.” The cover bears a green “Free” handstamp indicting no postage was required as it was addressed to a U.S. Senator. It is postmarked with a green circular Tallassee handstamp dated January..... More about RECOMMENDATION FOR A FLORIDA PHYSICIAN AND PLANTATION OWNER TO RECEIVE A FEDERAL COMMISSION AS A...
Salem, Virginia: May 24, 1861. Envelope or Cover. This letter was mailed using a U.S. 3-cent Nesbitt (Scott #U10) envelope on May 24, 1861, after Virginia had joined the Confederacy. As such it should have been rejected by the Confederate postal authorities. The letter is datelined, Salem May 24, 1861... More about The only known U.S. postal envelope mailed through the Confederate post office at Salem Virginia;...
Camp Lucas (St. Louis), Missouri to Warren Court House, Pennsylvania: 1847. Unbound. This one-page stampless folded letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It is dated “Camp Lucas May 30th 1847.” The cover must have been delivered by hand, outside of the postal system, as it is unfranked and bears no... More about One-page Mexican-American War letter from a newly appointed ensign in the Missouri Volunteers as...
Camp Vermont near Hunting Creek, Virginia: 5 December 1862. Unbound. Two-page letter with envelope. Envelope is franked with a three-cent stamp (Scott #65) canceled with a circular Washington, DC postmark. The letter and envelope are in nice shape; clean and legible. This charming letter, written to the wife of a.... More about Letter to the wife of a Union soldier wounded on picket duty while guarding approach to ...
Dunkirk, France: 1918. Letter and envelope are both lightly toned. The envelope has been postmarked with an APO #2 (Paris) flag machine cancellation and has some old tape repairs. Lasher was assigned to the U.S. Naval Air Station at Dunkerque, a seaplane station from which naval aviators attacked U-boats going... More about World War One Naval Seaplane Pilot's Letter with Posted Envelope - 24 April 1918
Vicksburg, Mississippi: Company K, 57th Georgia Regiment, Jun 25 [1863]. This stampless cover was mailed by Miller from Vicksburg to a friend back home in Georgia. He has annotated it along the left edge, “From A J Miller / Co. K 57th Ga Rgt”. It bears a 25mm double-circle Vicksburg... More about A stampless cover from an officer in the 57th Georgia Infantry Regiment posted at Vicksburg,...
Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1862. First Edition. Sheet Music. 6 pages including the cover. Portrait illustration of Sprague on the front cover. Once bound so slightly trimmed with a rough left edge. Light wear and soiling. Small owner's stamp in upper right corner of the cover. William Sprague was the... More about Governor Sprague's Grand March - Sheet Music
Paris: Charles Lavauzell, 1976. First Edition. Leatherette. 4to. In French. 319 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Facsimile letter from Georges Pompidou laid in. Dark blue and gilt leatherette cover with 3-D facsimile medal mounted on front board. Bright and fresh with almost no wear. Doesn't appear to have... More about La Médaille Militaire
Camp at Potomac Creek near Falmouth, Virginia: 1863. Loose Leaf Reports. Ten legal-size legible pages record the history of two companies from the 1st New York Infantry during the Civil War. Some minor soiling and edge wear. These official histories were written in April, 1863 as the regiment prepared to... More about Official Civil War Manuscript Histories of Two Companies within the 1st New York Infantry - 1861...
Various locations: Circa 1862-1865. Disbound. This 3.75” x 5.75” notebook contains 77 pages with about 540 entries. In nice shape although its string binding has perished. Entries are in faint pencil but legible; the cover title “Morgan Bond / Account Book Sutler 94th Il Reg,” has faded but can be... More about Civil War account book kept by a sutler traveling with the 94th Illinois Infantry Regiment
Unlisted: Michael J. Myhal, 1973. Myhal, Michael. First Edition. Soft Cover. 4to. Limited edition (#198 of 500). Unpaginated, but approximately 75 pages. B/w illustrations and photos throughout. Sound binding. Clean with some minor edgewear. Doesn't appear to have ever been read. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "How... More about Corps Badges of the Union Army
Fort Burnham/Harrison, James River and White House Plantation, Virginia: Circa 1863-1865. Mat. Both photographs are approximately 3.5” square and are mounted on matching gray, heavy card mat stock suitable for framing. The photos are in nice shape with some minor creasing and edge-wear. One photograph, known as “The Ruins of..... More about Two Civil War albumin photographs of African-Americans at military camps in Virginia
