THE DIARY OF A LINE OFFICER by Brown, Augustus C - 1906

Salem, OH: Hudson & Son, Printers, 1867. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [ii] printed wrapper with verso blank, 12 pages of text, followed by [ii] blank rear wrapper. Moderate soiling and age-toning to wraps, with a few small tears to edges and a few tiny stains on front wrapper. Includes a Preamble, 23 Articles and Resolutions. At this, the First National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic; it is likely that General John M. Palmer, Major B. F. Stephenson surgeon of the Fourteenth Illinois regiment, and General S. A. Hurlbut were present and involved in the formation of the national rules. First edition..

1864 Civil War RAILROAD Locomotive Engineer Norris Steam Engine Illustrated
A rare 1864 printing of 'Norris's Hand-book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists' by Septimus Norris with help from his brother William Norris who was the first to build a locomotive in America and the first engineer to attempt to surmount the Inclined Plane across the Schuylkill. Norris wrote this work as a teaching manual to all those who would be interested in the science of mechanics. He discusses:
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Areas of Circles, Diameters, and Circumferences
·
Boiler Locomotive
·
Elasticity of Cast Iron and Wrought
·
Conic Sections
·
Rods, Cylinders, and Valves of Locomotives
·
Feed Pumps of Locomotives
·
Fractional Parts of an Inch
·
Friction
·
Levers
·
Railways
·
Safety Valves
·
Steam Engine
·
And more!
This 1864 edition includes two full page engraved illustrations of a locomotive bullt by the Amoskeac Manufacturing Company… Read More

1864. New-York, J.W. Amerman, printer, 1864. New-York, J.W. Amerman, printer, 1864. Interesting Civil War Prize Case Concerning an English Blockade Runner [Trial]. [Steamer Peterhoff]. Betts, Samuel R. [1786-1868]. Marvin, William [1808-1902]. The United States vs. The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo. In Prize. Opinion of the Court, By Judge Betts. With an Appendix, Containing the Opinions of Judge Marvin, In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida, In the Cases of the Dolphin and the Pearl. New York: John W. Amerman, Printer, 1864. 116 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet, wrappers lacking, bound into recent calf-stamped cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Light wear to corners of text block, moderate toning to text, light soiling and some edgewear to title page. $750. * Only edition. At head of title page: District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The Peterhoff was a English blockade runner that was boarded and… Read More

Condition. First Edition, 268 pages. Later issue with rule/line above publisher on copyright page, no publisher's ads, number "2" in lower margin of p. 13, and no numeral "2" on page 17. Covers have rubbing to hinges and extremities. Offsetting to endpapers, tanning to flyleaves, ownership inscription with fountain pen to title page. Binding is square and secure.

[Civil War] [Slavery] [Lincoln] Wendell Phillips. Wendell Phillips on the War. [Boston] [Boston Liberator] 1861. Broadside. 63 x 46 cm. printed area measures 60.4 x 41.1 cm. Printed in six columns divided by single lines. At end of text: For sale at 221 Washington St. Phonographic report by J.M.W. Yerrinton. Has been folded. Edge chips. Good.
OCLC shows six holdings of this issue (AAS; Univ. Virginia; Cornell; Harvard; Mass. Hist. Soc. & Brown Univ.) There was also a New York printing held by five institutions (Cornell; Boston Pub. Lib.; Mass. Hist. Soc; & Williams Coll.) Rare Book Hub shows no copies on the market since 1978. 221 Washington St. was the address of the Liberator, Boston, Mass. Phillips' address before the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society, with additional material on "The Southern Secessionists" reprinted from the Liberator. "On Sunday last, April 21st, not less than four thousand people were crowded within the walls of the spacious Music Hall, in Boston, to listen to a discourse… Read More

Salem, OH: Hudson & Son, Printers, 1867. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [ii] printed wrapper with verso blank, 12 pages of text, followed by [ii] blank rear wrapper. Moderate soiling and age-toning to wraps, with a few small tears to edges and a few tiny stains on front wrapper. Includes a Preamble, 23 Articles and Resolutions. At this, the First National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic; it is likely that General John M. Palmer, Major B. F. Stephenson surgeon of the Fourteenth Illinois regiment, and General S. A. Hurlbut were present and involved in the formation of the national rules. First edition..

1864 Civil War RAILROAD Locomotive Engineer Norris Steam Engine Illustrated
A rare 1864 printing of 'Norris's Hand-book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists' by Septimus Norris with help from his brother William Norris who was the first to build a locomotive in America and the first engineer to attempt to surmount the Inclined Plane across the Schuylkill. Norris wrote this work as a teaching manual to all those who would be interested in the science of mechanics. He discusses:
·
Areas of Circles, Diameters, and Circumferences
·
Boiler Locomotive
·
Elasticity of Cast Iron and Wrought
·
Conic Sections
·
Rods, Cylinders, and Valves of Locomotives
·
Feed Pumps of Locomotives
·
Fractional Parts of an Inch
·
Friction
·
Levers
·
Railways
·
Safety Valves
·
Steam Engine
·
And more!
This 1864 edition includes two full page engraved illustrations of a locomotive bullt by the Amoskeac Manufacturing Company… Read More

1864. New-York, J.W. Amerman, printer, 1864. New-York, J.W. Amerman, printer, 1864. Interesting Civil War Prize Case Concerning an English Blockade Runner [Trial]. [Steamer Peterhoff]. Betts, Samuel R. [1786-1868]. Marvin, William [1808-1902]. The United States vs. The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo. In Prize. Opinion of the Court, By Judge Betts. With an Appendix, Containing the Opinions of Judge Marvin, In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida, In the Cases of the Dolphin and the Pearl. New York: John W. Amerman, Printer, 1864. 116 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet, wrappers lacking, bound into recent calf-stamped cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Light wear to corners of text block, moderate toning to text, light soiling and some edgewear to title page. $750. * Only edition. At head of title page: District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The Peterhoff was a English blockade runner that was boarded and… Read More

Condition. First Edition, 268 pages. Later issue with rule/line above publisher on copyright page, no publisher's ads, number "2" in lower margin of p. 13, and no numeral "2" on page 17. Covers have rubbing to hinges and extremities. Offsetting to endpapers, tanning to flyleaves, ownership inscription with fountain pen to title page. Binding is square and secure.

[Civil War] [Slavery] [Lincoln] Wendell Phillips. Wendell Phillips on the War. [Boston] [Boston Liberator] 1861. Broadside. 63 x 46 cm. printed area measures 60.4 x 41.1 cm. Printed in six columns divided by single lines. At end of text: For sale at 221 Washington St. Phonographic report by J.M.W. Yerrinton. Has been folded. Edge chips. Good.
OCLC shows six holdings of this issue (AAS; Univ. Virginia; Cornell; Harvard; Mass. Hist. Soc. & Brown Univ.) There was also a New York printing held by five institutions (Cornell; Boston Pub. Lib.; Mass. Hist. Soc; & Williams Coll.) Rare Book Hub shows no copies on the market since 1978. 221 Washington St. was the address of the Liberator, Boston, Mass. Phillips' address before the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society, with additional material on "The Southern Secessionists" reprinted from the Liberator. "On Sunday last, April 21st, not less than four thousand people were crowded within the walls of the spacious Music Hall, in Boston, to listen to a discourse… Read More