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President Abraham Lincoln Wants a Unionist Kentucky Congressman to See the Army Adjutant General, Likely to Discuss Kentucky's Military's Role in the War

President Abraham Lincoln Wants a Unionist Kentucky Congressman to See the Army Adjutant General, Likely to Discuss Kentucky's Military's Role in the War by Abraham Lincoln

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Seller: The Raab Collection
Title
President Abraham Lincoln Wants a Unionist Kentucky Congressman to See the Army Adjutant General, Likely to Discuss Kentucky's Military's Role in the War
Author
Abraham Lincoln
Seller
The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
07/02/1863. This document has been in a private collection for a generation Kentucky Unionists were important to Lincoln, a Kentucky native, as he famously said, ""I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky.” The Congressman, Henry Grider, apparently needed to see Thomas to discuss the Act, its impact on Kentucky, and the details of how the recruitment would be handledKentuckian Henry Grider was a Whig who served in Congress from 1843-1847, and then, as a Unionist, from March 4, 1861 until 1865. For the Thirty-ninth Congress (1865–1867), Grider shifted to the Democratic Party but retained his commitment to the Union, serving from March 4, 1865 until his death in office on September 7, 1866. Grider represented a Kentucky pro-slavery but Union-loyal constituency, and he retained that point of view throughout the Civil War. Kentucky Unionists like Grider were particularly important to Abraham Lincoln, a Kentucky native, who had famously said, ""I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky.” Lincoln is known to have consulted with Grider about Kentucky affairs and relied on his support and that of the Kentucky delegation to Congress.On February 7, 1863, Congress passed an Act providing that “the Governor of the State of Kentucky, by the consent and under the direction of the President of the United States, shall have power to raise and organize into regiments a volunteer force not exceeding twenty thousand, rank and file, to be raised within the State of Kentucky, to serve for the term of twelve months, to be employed within the limits of Kentucky in repelling invasion, suppressing insurrection, and guarding and protecting the public property: Provided, That at any time it may be necessary, in the discretion of the President of the United States, these troops may be employed out of the limits of Kentucky against the enemies of the United States.”Thus the Governor of Kentucky would raise a force of 20,000 volunteers to serve in Kentucky, but President Lincoln had the authority to order them used outside the state. This Act was received with mixed reviews in Kentucky, and on the very day it was enacted, Grider’s son, Benjamin C. Grider, a slave-holding Unionist, resigned from the Union Army. From the timing of his resignation, one can surmise that he disapproved of the Act. He had commanded the 9th Kentucky Volunteers.Lorenzo Thomas was the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army at that time, and his job was to maximize operational effectiveness of the army by manning, recruiting for and sustaining military operations.Autograph note signed, Washington, February 7, 1863, the day of the Act, to Lorenzo Thomas, expediting Grider’s ability to see Thomas. “Adjutant General, Please see and hear Hon. Mr. Grider. A. Lincoln.” It seems clear that Grider needed to see Thomas to discuss the Act, its impact on Kentucky, and the details of how the recruitment would be handled and managed. Not in Basler. A separation running vertically archivally mended.This is a very scarce communication involving Lincoln aiding a Kentucky Unionist.
Elephant and Marushka (Слоп и Маруська); The Ugly Cat (Некрасивый Кот)

Elephant and Marushka (Слоп и Маруська); The Ugly Cat (Некрасивый Кот) by Brodsky, Joseph; Dmitry Sayenko; James J. Owens

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Elephant and Marushka (Слоп и Маруська); The Ugly Cat (Некрасивый Кот)
Author
Brodsky, Joseph; Dmitry Sayenko; James J. Owens
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
St. Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2021. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Oblong folio, 7 by 19 inches. Thick boards with an illustration of Marushka on the upper board; cloth spine; string ties. Finely printed by Ukrainian-born Dmitry Sayenko on paper he made for this title, and with his illustrations in color taken directly from the blocks. A fine copy, one of 16 numbered copies signed by the illustrator and translator; this is copy No. 3. In the publisher's slipcase The two poems are from Brodsky's early works. The first, from 1962, tells of a circus elephant who is frightened to death by a mouse and needs his friend, Marushka the cat, to capture the mouse and save him. The second poem, from 1957, tells of a poor old lonely cat, unloved. Brodsky's original Russian is printed along with a new translation by James J. Owens, made for this edition, and which captures the meter and rhyme of Brodsky's original. .
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La Mode Feminine de 1490 - 1920

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La Mode Feminine de 1490 - 1920
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Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description
Paris: Editions Nilsson, n.d.. Fashion illustration. 240 hand colored pochoir fashion plates, originally issued loose in slipcases, here in calf bindings with broken spines, lilbrary marks on the endpapers, but all the plates are clean and unmarked.
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HOLLY WOODLAWN by Kolleogy, Frank

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HOLLY WOODLAWN
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Kolleogy, Frank
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Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts (United States)
Description
Woodlawn, Holly. Kolleogy, Frank. HOLLY WOODLAWN. Poster, 1970s. Photo offset. Inscribed and signed by Holly Woodlawn. 22 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches. In excellent condition. Holly Woodlawn (American, born Puerto Rico, 1946-2015) was a transgender performer and author, who was part of the cirle around Andy Warhol. She is referenced in Lou Reed's song "A Walk on the Wild Side."
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California as it is & as it may be, or a guide to the gold region by WIERZBICKI, F.P.

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California as it is & as it may be, or a guide to the gold region
Author
WIERZBICKI, F.P.
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. Cloth backed boards, paper label to spine. First Grabhorn edition. Zamorano, 79.
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Offset. "That Something Different in Advertising" by Various

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Offset. "That Something Different in Advertising"
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Various
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description
Cleveland, Ohio: The Harris Automatic Press Company, 1925. Softcover. First edition; 8 3/4 x 11 1/2; pp. 16; stapled lithograph wraps; a few small nicks and cuts along edges; some glue residue to back cover verso from a label removed; very few faint spots of foxing to wraps; pages clean and brightly illustrated; very good or better. An uncommon advertising book by The Harris Automatic Press Company - a pioneer in offset lithography and an early leader in commercial printing press technology. Brothers Alfred and Charles G. Harris established their company in the early 1890s by developing an automatic sheet feeder as a way of replacing the slow cumbersome hand-fed printing process. In 1926, just a year after the book was published, a 3-way merger ensued with the Seybold Machine Company and the Premier Potter Premium Press Company. The work describes the process of offset lithography and its application in advertising, and gives various examples of the quality of the illustrations.
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Datskoe Proiznoshenie [Signed/inscribed by author] by Zharov, Boris S.

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Datskoe Proiznoshenie [Signed/inscribed by author]
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Zharov, Boris S.
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ZH BOOKS (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
Leningrad: Leningradskogo Universiteta, 1969. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition; staple-bound 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"; pp. 3-80 including text to first and last page; original printed light green wraps; minor wear to covers (slight fading along spine); near fine. One of only 1790 copies printed. Signed and inscribed by author Boris Zharov - professor of Scandinavian philology. The book is the first of its kind in Russia, explaining the phonetics of the Danish language.
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La Galleria Spada in Roma by Zeri, Frederico

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La Galleria Spada in Roma
Author
Zeri, Frederico
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
Good (Wraps are age-toned and foxed, and show shelf/edgewear; text block edges show foxing; pages are age-toned and some are lig
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Roma: La Liberia Dello Stato, 1952. Paperback. Good (Wraps are age-toned and foxed, and show shelf/edgewear; text block edges show foxing; pages are age-toned and some are lightly foxed; text block is solid.). Light blue wraps with black illustration and lettering; 61 pp.; richly illustrated; ephemera is laid-in. Text in Italian.
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Lee Joong Hi by Young Min, Chung (Editor)

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Lee Joong Hi
Author
Young Min, Chung (Editor)
Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (United States)
Condition
VG
Description
Seoul, Korea: Art Herald, 1990. Softcover. VG. Black illus. wraps; Blue dj.; Unpaginated, approx. 54 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color plates and figures. Text mainly in Korean; Essays and biography also in English, but captions are all in Korean.
First Great Triumph; How Five Americans made Their Country a World Power
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First Great Triumph; How Five Americans made Their Country a World Power by ZIMMERMANN, Warren

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First Great Triumph; How Five Americans made Their Country a World Power
Author
ZIMMERMANN, Warren
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN
9780374179397
Condition
fine
Description
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2002. First. hardcover. fine/very good(-). Illus. 562pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. chipped. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2002). Study of American Imperialism from 1898 to 1903.
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A Changing America at Work and Play by ZELOMEK, A.W.

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A Changing America at Work and Play
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ZELOMEK, A.W.
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
very good
Description
New York: Wiley, 1959. hardcover. very good. vii + 181pp., 8vo, blue cloth; rubbed, spine faded. New York: John Wiley & Sons, (1959). A very good copy.

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