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[Washington City]: [National Executive Committee], 1860. Folded but not bound or opened. Octavo. 8 pages. Very good, with some light soil, a few short edge tears, two old horizontal fold creases, and separation along spine fold of first and last leaves.. Campaign pamphlet for the candidacy of John C. Breckinridge and John Lane for President and Vice President in 1860. Breckinridge was then Vice President under James Buchanan. These were the nominees of a Southern, pro-slavery faction of the Democratic Party. <br /> <br /> This pamphlet uses quotes from speeches of these gentlemen and their opponents to argue that the election of any of the other three sets of candidates in 1860 would likely result in Civil War. The other tickets were: Stephen Douglas and Hershel V. Johnson (Democratic), John Bell and Edward Everett (Constitutional Union), and Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (Republican).

Washington: (S.n.), 1863. Wraps. Octavo. 8 pages. Fine. Some minor creasing at top edge toward fore corner.. Frederick Law Olmsted--pioneering American landscape architect and co-designer of New York's Central Park--here gives a very interesting report in his role as General Secretary of the United States Sanitary Commission during the Civil War.<br /> <br /> Olmsted gives a good outline of the activities of the Sanitary Commission in connection with the Battle of Gettysburg. He first describes the logistics for the staging and distribution of supplies, and for the relief and transportation of wounded. He then lists principle articles and their quantities distributed for relief of the wounded on the battlefield in the ten days following the battle. This included some 60 tons of perishables which were delivered by refrigerated railcars and 8,500 dozens of eggs collected from farm houses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. <br /> <br /> In conclusion, Olmsted says, "The… Read More

New York: Random House, 1934. Limited edition. Cloth over boards with leather spine and fore corners. Octavo. 157 pages. Fine. Bound in blue cloth over boards with dark blue leather fore corners and spine with 5 raised bands, gilt-stamped titles, rules, and ornaments on spine. Light gray endpapers, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed.. Beautiful edition of this play by Eugene O'Neill. This is copy #220 of a stated limitation of 325 copies. Binding by Bayntun of Bath.

(S.l.): (S.n.), 1942. Wrappers. Twenty-fourmo. 31 pages. Fine condition.. Black and white illustrations, map drawings. This was a handbook for newly arrived recruits at Camp McQuaide during World War II. Camp McQuaide was on the coast of the Monterey Bay just west of Watsonville, California, and home to the Coast Artillery Replacement Training Center from 1942-1943. <br /> <br /> This handbook contains information on the facilities and activities at the post as well as a section on "Amusements in Town." There is also a small pictorial map of the Monterey Bay Region and a centerfold map of the camp itself. A scarce handbook. <br /> <br /> The site of Camp McQuaide has been occupied by a boarding school since 1949. Monterey Bay Academy is an accredited co-educational high school operated by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 1995. First Edition. Full cloth. Octavo. xxxvi, 421 pages. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. Black and White Photographs, Illus.. Study of the admiralty system as it was transmitted from England to America, with an emphasis on Maryland. Based on extensive manuscript research on both sides of the Atlantic. Includes appendices on Nicholas Greenberry, Daniel Dulany, Sr. , Governor Horatio Sharpe's "commission" as Vice Admiral, and much more. Excellent bibliographical essay included as well. Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine titles.. Jacket in Mylar protector.

(s. L. ): (S. N. ), 1927. First Edition. Full leather. Quarto. viii, 106 pages. Near Fine. Black and White Photographs, Maps. History of the evolution of the great port of London, from Roman times to the early 20th century. Well illustrated with photographs, a color plate of the Head Office of the Port of London Authority, photographs, and plans. This copy SIGNED by Owen, who was the General Manager of the Port of London Authority, under a typed inscription to Dr. William H. Wilmer, noted Baltimore ophthalmologist. Bound in dark blue leather over boards with spine and upper board stamped in gilt. A few minor extremity rubs. Hinges remain sturdy and sound.