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Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Gives a Pass Through the Union Lines, Likely for the Wife of His Respected Adversary at Vicksburg, Conf. General John Bowen

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Gives a Pass Through the Union Lines, Likely for the Wife of His Respected Adversary at Vicksburg, Conf. General John Bowen by Ulysses S. Grant

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Seller: The Raab Collection
Title
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Gives a Pass Through the Union Lines, Likely for the Wife of His Respected Adversary at Vicksburg, Conf. General John Bowen
Author
Ulysses S. Grant
Seller
The Raab Collection (United States)
Description
31/01/1864. Written by Grant while on a visit to his family in St. Louis, as he awaited his promotion to Lieutenant GeneralHis great victory at the Battle of Chattanooga in November 1863 made Major General Ulysses S. Grant the most prominent Union general. Soon legislation would be introduced in Congress to revive the rank of Lieutenant General—previously held only by George Washington and Winfield Scott—specifically to give Grant command of all Union armies. This Congress did on February 29, 1864, and Grant would officially receive this promotion and the role of General-in-Chief on March 10.In January 1864 Grant, fresh from his victories in the West, was still serving as the commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi, overseeing Union operations in the Western Theater of the war. His activities that month focused on administrative and inspection tours of Kentucky and Tennessee, and assessing supply lines. Finding the Cumberland Gap route for supplies unfeasible due to terrible road conditions, he favored using the Nashville & Stevenson Railroad and the Tennessee River instead. More importantly, he also concentrated on planning for the crucial 1864 spring campaign, and the development of a grand strategy for the war. In a letter of January 19 to Gen. Henry Halleck, demonstrating his proactive approach to ending the war, Grant suggested a bold plan to invade North Carolina from New Bern to cut Confederate supply lines through Wilmington and capture Raleigh. Amidst all these activities, Grant also took time to join his family in St. Louis for a short trip from January 27-February 3.After his promotion, Grant's subsequent strategy, implemented from the field with the Army of the Potomac, focused on simultaneous, relentless pressure on Confederate forces, leading to eventual victory.Mrs. Bowen was the wife of Confederate general John Bowen, a fine military commander who battled Grant and his armies in the final defense of Vicksburg. Bowen would die of disease just as the battle concluded in 1863. The Bowens were from St. Louis, and when Gen. Bowen first left St. Louis to enter the war, his wife Mary was by his side, leaving their two young children at the family home to be cared for by Mary's mother. It is known that Mrs. Bowen passed through the lines after her husband’s demise, and her passing back and forth to St. Louis and her access to Grant, suggest this pass was almost certainly. for her.Autograph document signed, St. Louis, Mo., January 31, 1864. “Pass Mrs. John Bowen through the Federal lines at Memphis, Tenn. or Vicksburg, Miss.” It is signed, “U.S. Grant, Maj. Gen. commanding Mil. Div. of the Miss.” Grant was known to be helpful to southern women, so this would be consistent with his practice. This must be one of the few papers Grant signed while on the brief visit to his family.
Poo-Poo and the Dragons

Poo-Poo and the Dragons by Forester, C. S.

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Seller: Thorn Books
Title
Poo-Poo and the Dragons
Author
Forester, C. S.
Seller
Thorn Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. (144)pp. Green cloth printed in dark green on the spine and upper board. Illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright copy with only the barest trace of rubbing along the bottom edge. The dustwrapper is unclipped and is in near fine, bright condition with only a short closed marginal tear and creasing along the top. .
Amores, edente Petro Scriverio, inscripti Th. Graswinckelio, equiti

Amores, edente Petro Scriverio, inscripti Th. Graswinckelio, equiti by BAUDIUS, Dominique (1561-1613)

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Title
Amores, edente Petro Scriverio, inscripti Th. Graswinckelio, equiti
Author
BAUDIUS, Dominique (1561-1613)
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition
Covers somewhat bowed, several internal leaves with careful pen underlining, a handsome, well-preserved copy
Description
Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1638. Covers somewhat bowed, several internal leaves with careful pen underlining, a handsome, well-preserved copy. 12mo (144 x 85 mm). [12], 518, [1] pages. Woodcut vignette on title, full-page engraved portrait of Badius on **6v. Contemporary vellum over pasteboard. Provenance: Arthur Atherly (1772-1844), English Member of Parliament (bookplate); Edward Heron-Allen (1861-1943), English polymath, writer, scientist and Persian scholar who translated the works of Omar Khayyam (Bibliotheca Elzeviriana bookplate with manuscript notes on the book). The collection includes works by Badius, Thomas More, Desiderius Erasmus, Pieter Schrijver, and other authors. "This collection is more curious than the title suggests: the volume opens, it is true, by a series of letters and poems, in which Baudius ingeniously narrates his amorous misadventures" (translating Willems). Also issued in Leiden, with imprint "Apud Franciscos Hereum & Hackium". Brunet I, 703; Willems 961. A fine copy with fine provenance.
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The literature of the rebellion by BARTLETT, John Russell

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Seller: Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
Title
The literature of the rebellion
Author
BARTLETT, John Russell
Seller
Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
Boston: Draper and Halliday, 1866. Original printed wrappers (top wrapper only), chipped, needs re-sewing (first few leaves loose; very fragile. Interior fine. Uncut and unopened. One of the most comprehensive bibliographies of the literature of the Civil War. Sabin, 3743.
ROBERT BRESSON DIRECTING | AU HASARD BALTHASAR (1966) French BTS photo

ROBERT BRESSON DIRECTING | AU HASARD BALTHASAR (1966) French BTS photo by Athos Films

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ROBERT BRESSON DIRECTING | AU HASARD BALTHASAR (1966) French BTS photo
Author
Athos Films
Seller
Walterfilm, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
Athos Films. No binding. Fine. [Paris: Athos Films, 1966]. Vintage original 6 3/4 x 4 3/4" (17 x 12 cm.) black-and-white French photo. With French production info on verso, fine. One of Robert Bresson's most celebrated films, about the life of a donkey (and the cruelties that humans inflict on the animal). Each episode in the film, as the donkey changes owners, represents one of the seven deadly sins.
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The Comic History of England (Volumes I and II) by A' Beckett, Gilbert Abbot; Leech, John (illus.)

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The Comic History of England (Volumes I and II)
Author
A' Beckett, Gilbert Abbot; Leech, John (illus.)
Seller
Sanctuary Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good+
Description
[London]: Punch [Bradbury and Evans], 1847-8. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Complete set of 2 volumes. Lovely dark brown gilt-ruled morocco and blue marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering and detail in compartmented spine, all edges gilt. Each volume complete with 10 hand-colored etchings (20 total), as well as numerous woodcuts in text. Joints a bit scuffed; corners lightly bumped; otherwise a simply lovely set.
Famous Plays of 1933-1934

Famous Plays of 1933-1934

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Title
Famous Plays of 1933-1934
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 712pp. Some light fraying on the cloth along the rear spine fold, about very good without dustwrapper. Small label of an American bookstore on rear pastedown, and the ownership signature of Australian actor: "Cyril Ritchard, New York" on the front fly. Ritchard appeared on both stage and screen, but is best-known today for his appearance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin version of *Peter Pan.*.
Wu Yangzhou Sea: Chinese painting and calligraphy market process (Chinese Edition)

Wu Yangzhou Sea: Chinese painting and calligraphy market process (Chinese Edition) by BU XIANG

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Wu Yangzhou Sea: Chinese painting and calligraphy market process (Chinese Edition)
Author
BU XIANG
Seller
Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
ISBN
9787514901894
Condition
Very Good
Description
China Bookstore Publishing, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Heavy stock craft covers with mild edge wear. Unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright. Binding straight and tight. All text in Chinese. Profusely illustrated in color.
A Lonesome Dollie and Other Stories

A Lonesome Dollie and Other Stories by Young, Anne Spottswood

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A Lonesome Dollie and Other Stories
Author
Young, Anne Spottswood
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Crooked House Books & Paper (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Eaton & Mains/ Jennings & Graham, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5. Illustrated blue cloth, no dust jacket. A sweet, slender volume with black and white illustrations, photos, and stylized lettering throughout.
American Hunger

American Hunger by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] WRIGHT, Richard (novel); FABRE, Michel (afterword)

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American Hunger
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[AFRICAN AMERICANA] WRIGHT, Richard (novel); FABRE, Michel (afterword)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); dark blue cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [xii],146,[2]pp. Two tiny scuffs to lower edge of front board, tiny sticker shadow to upper front endpaper; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $8.95), lightly edgeworn and a little dust-soiled, with a small abrasion to lower left corner of front panel; Very Good+. A posthumously-published novel, meant to be a continuation of Black Boy. With an afterword by Michel Fabre.
American Smooth: Poems

American Smooth: Poems by [AFRICAN AMERICANA] DOVE, Rita

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American Smooth: Poems
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[AFRICAN AMERICANA] DOVE, Rita
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Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 2004. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (21cm); pictorial card wrappers; [14],143,[1]pp. A Fine, unread copy.
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Novel with Cocaine. by AGEYEV, M.

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Title
Novel with Cocaine.
Author
AGEYEV, M.
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Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780525242949
Condition
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Description
NY:: Dutton,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0525242945 . Translated from the Russian by Michael Henry Heim. First American printing. Very good in a very good (age toning/fading along the spine) dust jacket. .
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The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

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Title
The House with the Green Shutters
Author
Brown, George Douglas
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Modern Library, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Introduction by George Blake. Binding Style 4. Very Good. Brown leatherette, lightly rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name and information written on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.

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