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Pair of Autograph Letters Signed as a Major-General of the Northern Department June 26, 1777 and June 29, 1777 to Major Christopher Peter Yates, Saratoga and Albany - giving orders a week before the Siege of Ticonderoga by Schuyler, Philip John (1733-1804) soldier, statesman, landowner

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Title: Pair of Autograph Letters Signed as a Major-General of the Northern Department June 26, 1777 and June 29, 1777 to Major Christopher Peter Yates, Saratoga and Albany - giving orders a week before the Siege of Ticonderoga
Author: Schuyler, Philip John (1733-1804) soldier, statesman, landowner
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: No Binding. Good. two letters, two pages, folio, paper tanned, some staining, old folds, some nicks and chips at edges, with some minor loss, separations at fold joints, else in good, legible condition. Inscribed on laid paper water-marked "OCR" a mark not found in Gravell. This pair of letters from General Philip Schuyler to Major Yates contains orders for the troops, including preparations, and various actions to be undertaken in the field, issued in late June the week before the Siege of Fort Ticonderoga the first week of July 1777. The 1777 Siege of Fort Ticonderoga occurred between July second and sixth 1777, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York. Lieutenant General John Burgoyne's 8,000-man army occupied high ground above the fort, and nearly surrounded the defenses. These movements forced the occupying Continental Army, an under-strength force of 3,000 under the command of General Arthur St. Clair, to withdraw from Ticonderoga and the surrounding defenses. Some gunfire was exchanged, and there were some casualties, but there was no formal siege and no pitched battle. Burgoyne's army occupied Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, the extensive fortifications on the Vermont side of the lake, without opposition on 6 July. Advance units pursued the retreating Americans. The uncontested surrender of Ticonderoga caused an uproar in the American public and in its military circles, as Ticonderoga was widely believed to be virtually impregnable, and a vital point of defense. General St. Clair and his superior, General Philip Schuyler, were vilified by Congress. Both were eventually exonerated in courts martial, but their careers were adversely affected. Schuyler had already lost his command to Horatio Gates by the time of the court martial, and St. Clair held no more field commands for the remainder of the war. Saratoga [June] 26, 1777 "Sir, As a body of the Enemy are encamped at Gilliland's creek on Lake Champlain, from whence they will probably send parties to harass us, I entreat you to keep a good Look out to send scouts continually Distance to the West and North West of your Garrison to make discoveries, and lest an attempt should be made to burn our vessels on Lake George I have ordered Commodore Wynkoop to get the guns in the vessel already launched that he may be in a condition of Defence. Please to send the Letter to General St. Clair by the first Boat, together with the Horses which the Bearer will deliver you to be forwarded to General Fermois. I am sir Your most obedient Humble servant Ph. Schuyler" Albany June 29, 1777 "Sir, The Necessity of forwarding any more Batteaus or provisions to Tyconderoga for the present being superseded you will please to desist from sending any until further orders from General St. Clair or me. Cause all the spades, shovels, axes & pick-axes to be helved and make as many cartridges as you possibly can - Continue to keep out scouts to the westward as to intersect the Road from Jesups towards Crown Point. I am Sir Your very humble Servant Ph Schuyler" Philip John Schuyler was born into the prominent family of New Yo

Gurre-Lieder [Piano-vocal score] by SCHOENBERG, Arnold 1874-1951

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Title: Gurre-Lieder [Piano-vocal score]
Author: SCHOENBERG, Arnold 1874-1951
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Wien-Leipzig: Universal-Edition [PN U.E. 3696], 1913. Small folio. Modern quarter mid-tan calf with marbled boards, titling to spine gilt. 238 pp. Title within decorative Jugendstil border printed in sepia. Handstamp to foot of title dated 1914. A very good copy attractively bound. First Edition, second issue. Rufer (E), p. 79. GA B 16/1, pp. 266-7. The score was first issued in February 1913, with a second print run in May later that year. It would not be printed again until 1920. Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder was first performed in Vienna at the Großer Musikvereins-Saal, 23 February 23 1913, with Franz Schreker conducting. The Danish poet Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847-1885) wrote his Gurresange in 1871, and a German translation was made by Robert Franz Arnold (1872-1938). Schoenberg first set these poems, which depict the love of King Waldemar and Tove, as a song cycle for voice and piano in 1900. He then began setting the entire cycle in a choral-orchestral work of Mahlerian proportions, composed and orchestrated over a decade. Scored for vast vocal and instrumental forces, it required custom 48-stave paper to fit all the parts. The Gurre-Lieder represents a culmination of the aesthetics of the Romantic period-musical language had already begun to shift into the kaleidoscope of 20th-century styles. Schoenberg, of course, was a dominant force in this shift, a fact he clearly recognized: "When he finished the orchestration in 1910/1911, he considered the piece a document of a style of composition and an intellectual attitude which already seemed alien to him-although that did not detract from the work's importance: 'It is the key to my entire development. It shows sides of me which I do not reveal later on, or, from a different approach. It explains how everything had to happen as it did later on, and that is enormously important for my work - that one can follow the man and his development from that point on.'" Agnes Grond © Arnold Schönberg Center.

Bridge, The by CRANE, Hart; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB; BENSON, Richard, photographer; COWLEY, Malcolm, introduction

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Title: Bridge, The
Author: CRANE, Hart; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB; BENSON, Richard, photographer; COWLEY, Malcolm, introduction
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: New York: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club, 1981. A Monument of American Modernism" Hart Crane's Visionary Epic of the Brooklyn Bridge Illustrated with Richard Benson's Superb Photographs CRANE, Hart. The Bridge. A Poem... With an Introduction by Malcolm Cowley and Photographs by Richard Benson. New York: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club, 1981. Limited Editions Club edition, one of 2,000 copies signed by Richard Benson, this being copy number 521. Large quarto (11 15/16 x 9 inches; 304 x 228 mm.). 96 pp. Illustrated with five superb photographic plates, including one double-page panorama, by Richard Benson. Publisher's original silver-gray Dutch natural-finish cloth, front cover stamped in blind, spine lettered in blue, decorative endpapers. Housed in the original matching slipcase. A fine copy. One of the most beautiful modern productions issued by the Limited Editions Club, pairing Hart Crane's visionary American epic with the haunting and technically masterful photographs of Richard Benson. Crane's The Bridge remains among the defining poetic achievements of twentieth-century America - an ambitious lyrical meditation on industry, modernity, memory, and the mythic promise of New York itself. Conceived partly as an answer to Eliot's The Waste Land, Crane sought not despair, but transcendence: the Brooklyn Bridge becomes both symbol and cathedral, binding together the spiritual and industrial energies of modern America. Richard Benson's extraordinary photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge provide an ideal visual counterpart to Crane's text. Printed in rich sepia gravure-like tones, the images capture the monumentality, geometry, and almost mystical presence of the bridge with remarkable subtlety. Benson - widely regarded as one of the great photographic printers and educators of the twentieth century - was celebrated for combining historical photographic techniques with modern printing innovations, and this production stands among his finest book collaborations. Malcolm Cowley's introduction places Crane within the broader tradition of American modernism while emphasizing the enduring power and prophetic intensity of the poem. The result is a volume of unusual harmony: poetry, photography, typography, and design unified around one of the great symbols of the American imagination. An exceptionally handsome Limited Editions Club production - and one of the most visually compelling modern illustrated editions of an American literary classic. Limited Editions Club Bibliography 520.

Lawrence Kearny. Sailor Diplomat by ALDEN, CARROLL STORRS

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Title: Lawrence Kearny. Sailor Diplomat
Author: ALDEN, CARROLL STORRS
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description: 1936. ALDEN, CARROLL STORRS. Lawrence Kearny. Sailor Diplomat. Princeton, 1936. xii, 231 p. Plates. Cloth-backed boards. One of 150 specially-bound copies printed for members of the Carteret Book Club. Kearny was a Perth Amboy resident and distinguished naval officer.

The Day of The Jackal (Advance Reading Copy) by Forsyth, Frederick

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Title: The Day of The Jackal (Advance Reading Copy)
Author: Forsyth, Frederick
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Virago Press, 1971. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Soft cover. Good. 8vo., Wraps 379 pp.. Solid Advance Reading Copy. Tight and clean throughout, 2" split along the bottom of the front hinge. Mild edge-wear. Spine slant. Made into the 1973 film starring Edward Fox. Not perfect but still a presentable collectable copy at a great price.

CARNAVAL by (CARNAVAL) Mauldin, Barbara

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Title: CARNAVAL
Author: (CARNAVAL) Mauldin, Barbara
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Description: Seattle, Washington., University of Washington Press., 2002. Large 4to. Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico. In paper wraps. 324 pp. All about carnivals around the world including Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Brazil, New Orleans, Haiti, Switzerland, Venice, etc. In fine condition.

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