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A Sketch of the History and Topography of West Point and the U.S. Military Academy

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... Read more about this item
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Signed photograph of West Point: embankment looking northeast

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... Read more about this item
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Up In The Crow's-Nest" - The Look-out of a Hudson River Country-Seat , illustration from Harper's Weekly, full page

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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The United States Military Academy at West Point

The United States Military Academy at West Point

by E.D. Mansfield

[N.p., 1863]. Pagination: Title-leaf, [1], 17-46pp., [i.e.] [32]pp, as issued. Octavo pamphlet, without original wrappers, removed from bound volume. Light foxing; very good. bjcb 352254 An overview of the history and working mechanisms of the United States Military Academy, i.e., West Point, published in the midst of the Civil War. Mansfield's text originally appeared in the American Journal of Education and the present item is a separately-issued and stand-alone reprint. The author, Edward Deering... Read more about this item
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The United States Military Academy at West Point

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... Read more about this item
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Regulations of the U. S. Military Academy, at West Point

Regulations of the U. S. Military Academy, at West Point

by [West Point] Smith, Charles Ferguson; Sylvanus Thayer

New York: J. and J. Harper, 1832. First edition. Hardcover. Very good overall. Signed at page 53 by Charles Ferguson Smith (1807 - 1862) a career US Army officer who distinguished himself in the Mexican American and the Civil War. Smith's signature appears at the last page of the section titled "Interior Police and Discipline". Smith graduated from the USMA in 1825, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. Artillery. He returned to West Point as an instructor and was appointed... Read more about this item
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Sketches at West Point. Drawn by Harry Fenn from Photographs

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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Letter from The Secretary of War, Transmitting Statements Shewing the Amount of Expenditures at the Military Academy at West Point..

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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The Hudson from West Point. Grounds of the U.S. Military Academy

The Hudson from West Point. Grounds of the U.S. Military Academy

by Currier & Ives. Palmer, F.F

New York: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street, 1862. Print. A patriotic image produced in the midst of the Civil War. The artist was Fannie Palmer, the renowned female artist at Currier & Ives, whose work is much sought after. To this day, this remains a splendid vista from West Point, looking from Trophy Point up the Hudson River, with cannons in the foreground, with the caption "Brass Mortars, taken in the Mexican War". Across the river is Constitution Island , Cold Spring and the West Point Foundry... Read more about this item
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Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. June, 1842. Irvin McDowell's Signed Copy

Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. June, 1842. Irvin McDowell's Signed Copy

by [McDowell, Irvin; West Point]

New York: J. P. Wright, 1842. Wraps. Very good condition. West Point register of the Class of 1842, which sent 86 officers to the Civil War, many to become generals. Irwin McDowell's copy, signed as a 2d Lieut. 1st Art., Adjutant (Military Staff), graduate of the Class of 1838, and later a Union Major General. The Class of 1842 must have been the first class that could be considered "The Class the Stars Fell On", a phrase that came to be used for the Class of 1915 for World War II generals. Almost a... Read more about this item
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West Point Quartermaster Request, dated June 17, 1784

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... Read more about this item
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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

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... Read more about this item
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[West Point:] Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the probable of annual expense of the Military Academy, from the year 1801 to 1816; the number of students educated at said academy, and of those now retained in the Army; as also of the appropriation for buildings, and for books, plans, &c. &c. February 15, 1817..

[West Point:] Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the probable of annual expense of the Military Academy, from the year 1801 to 1816; the number of students educated at said academy, and of those now retained in the Army; as also of the appropriation for buildings, and for books, plans, &c. &c. February 15, 1817..

by [United States War Dept.]

Washington: Printed by William A. Davis, 1817. [21, [1]pp.,  Octavo government report. A very good and handsome copy with light foxing. bjcb 352252 This review of the affairs at West Point, the United States Military Academy contains Brigadier General J.G. Swift's report on the academy and a letter from William Lee. A "Letter of transmittal" is signed, in type, on p. [3] by George Graham, Acting Secretary of War. Pages 11-20 contains "A roll of officers of the Army of the United States who were... Read more about this item
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Non-Commissioned Officers, Staff Corps, etc [Full Dress]. Chromolithograph

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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Biographical Sketch of Brigadier-General Joseph G. Swift, Chief Engineer of the United States Army, July 31, 1812 to Nov. 12, 1818

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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Centennial Home Insurance Company. Calendar

Centennial Home Insurance Company. Calendar

by [West Point; Revolutionary War]

New York: Kronheim & Co, 1876. Very good condition. Finely printed chromolithographed 12 page calendar with Revolutionary War depictions, which includes a cover illustration of George Washington at Valley Forge 1778, and a view from Garrison's North Redoubt on the Hudson River looking towards West Point. The view is captioned, "West Point -- with its Fortifications & c. 1780". A full page of text printed on the verso describes West Point in 1780. The calendar was created as a trade souvenir to be... Read more about this item
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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

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... Read more about this item
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West Point Fifty Years Ago

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... Read more about this item
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Portion of the Boom at West Point During the Revolutionary War [with] Arrangement of the Great Boom and Chain at West Point

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... Read more about this item
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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

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... Read more about this item
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'Fourth Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 12, 1873'. Pamphlet

'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".... Read more about this item
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An Essay on the Church

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... Read more about this item
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Thirty Years of Early History of Cold Spring and Vicinity , With Incidents , By One Who Has Been a Resident Since 1819

Thirty Years of Early History of Cold Spring and Vicinity , With Incidents , By One Who Has Been a Resident Since 1819

by Wilson, M

Cold Spring: Published by the author, 1886. Very good. 12mo pamphlet, 48pp. Gray wraps with b&w decorative border and title in black on front cover. No title on spine. Spine has one small tear at top, and front cover has small area at the top left, where a label was removed. Very scarce, a rambling but fascinating personal recollection of nineteenth century life in this Hudson River village by M. Wilson, an apprentice to the tanning trade, dated February 22, 1886. Observations on traveling to New York... Read more about this item
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West Point (Town of Highland) - Unionville (Town of Minisink)- WestTown (Town of Minisink)

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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West Point United States Military Academy. Pamphlet

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... Read more about this item
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