behind guns history battery 2nd de brown thaddeus c s murphy samuel (9 résultats)

Octavo, softbound (slick, illus. white wrappers), xxii + 180 pp. Fine. From lower cover: Battery I was formed in 1861 by Charles W. Keith of Joliet and Henry B. Plant of Peoria. More than a hundred men were mustered into service in December near Springfield and left for Cairo in February 1862. The battery trained at Camp Paine across the Ohio River in Kentucky until March, when the men were dispatched to the South. During the war, the Battery was attached to three different armies: the Army of the Mississippi, the Army of the Ohio, and the Army of the Cumberland. Clyde C. Walton's foreword and the narrative discuss the variety of weapons used by theunit, including James, Parrott, and Rodman guns and the bronze, muzzle-loading Napoleons that fired twelve-pound projectiles. The book also includes an account of the prisoner-of-war experience of Battery I lieutenant Charles McDonald, biographical sketches of the battery soldiers, and five maps and eighteen line drawings. Civil War, War Between the States, War of Rebellion, United States History, American History, American Biography. yslic.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Limited edition. signed by James S. Schoff, limited edition #993/1000180pp, large octavo, Fine in Good slipcase, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, sunned and tanned slipcase signed by James Schoff, limited ed. #700/1000, 180pp, large octavo, hc w/slipcase, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, a touch of case wear to the boards, slipcase is tanned and soiled with mild edge wear Book is in Near Fine condition, slipcase in is Good condition . signed and limited.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Limited edition. signed by signed by James Schoff, limited ed. #700/1000, 180pp, large octavo, hc w/slipcase, tight binding, clean throughout, clean boards with sharp corners, a touch of case wear to the boards, slipcase is tanned and soiled with mild edge wear Book is in Near Fine condition, slipcase in is Good condition . signed and limited.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good with no dust jacket. Numbered. Numbered. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean with label at lower spine. Slipcase in clean condition with minor edge rubbing, fading at spine, and label at lower spine. ; Signed by James S. Schoff, collector of regimental publications of the Civil War who financed publication of the book, on final page of text. Number 951 of 1000 copies printed. ; Ex-Library; 10.25" tall; 181 pages; Signed by Association Copy.

Soft cover. Etat : New. No Jacket. Brand new: The book is new, unread, and unused in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Slipcase - Near Fine. Limited/Numbered Edition. xxx + 181 pp, edited, with an Foreword by Clyde C. Walton, Preface by W.G. Putney. Signed and Numbered (#780 of 1000) by James S. Schoff, collector of unit histories. Indexed. Appendix 1 - Life in a rebel Prison, appendix 2 - Personnel of Battery I, Appendix 3 - A Song of Battery 1; 7.25" x 10.25" gray cloth backed & blue clothed boards, gilt spine titles & decorations, blue-stained top edge, in slipcase. Size: Small 4to. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. A compilation of three unpublished histories by members of the Battery, edited by Clyde C. Walton. The battery was mustered in 1861 and was variously attached to the Armies of the Mississippi, Ohio and Cumberland. Limited edition: No. 553 of 1000 copies, signed by James S. Schoff, from whose collection the original manuscript came, and who provided a grant to have it edited and published. A very good ex-library copy, without dust jacket, spine label and rear pocket removed (the latter very cleanly), library stamp & inscription on front free end paper, name on front paste-down, stamp on rear of title page, number in front matter, covers slightly faded, read cover slightly frayed. (180p., circa 25 illus., 5 maps, notes, appendices, index.).

Hard Cover. Etat : fine/very good. Limited Edition. Small quarto. (10 1/2" x7"). 180pp. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is #524 and is Signed by James S. Schoff, whose collection of regimental publications of the Civil War are contained in this volume. Slipcase.

Hardcover. Edited with a foreword by Clyde C. Walton. Preface by W.G. Putney. Small 4to. Grey and blue cloth with gilt and red spine lettering, grey and blue pictorial paper over boards slipcase. xxv, 180pp. Illustrations, maps, tables. Fine/fine. First edition, with colophon leaf at rear noting limitation to 1000 numbered copies (this #599) signed boldly by sponsor James S. Schoff. This copy bears a fine autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a superb, lengthy, meaty Typed Letter Signed from editor Walton, 2pp, 8½" X 11", Iowa City, IA, 20 September 1955. Addressed to noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold Gates (1914-93). Near fine. Two horizontal original folds. On "Civil War History" letterhead, Walton as editor of a new scholarly journal writes to this officer of a newly-formed group to thank him for "the booklet on the Civil War Round Table of New York, for which you produced the art work" -- and with ulterior motive (in part): "We have intended that Civil War History be an illustrated journal; the second issue contained maps which we thought admirably illustrated the military maneuvers involved in the accompanying articles. I had hoped, however, that we could illustrate by line drawings, each article which we published. Unfortunately, we have not been able to secure drawings which I felt were good enough to use in CWH. would it possible for you to consider helping to illustrate the articles which will appear in Civil War History? I have no particular feelings as to style, nor would I attempt to dictate which points should be illustrated. If it happens that you are by profession an artist, I wish to withdraw my offer. I believe firmly that too many professional people are taken advantage of because of friendship or pseudo-professional friendships. I would not think of asking a medical doctor to examine me without sending me a bill." Boldly signed in jet black ink at the close. Walton was a respected historian and author and served as Illinois State Historian and Illinois State Historical Society executive director. An outstanding, out-of-the-ordinary copy of this handsome production.