Williams, George F., Major

The Memorial War Book / As Drawn from Historical Records and Personal Narratives of the Men Who Served in the Great Struggle

New York: Arno Press, 1979. 1979. New York: Arno Press, 1979. 1979. Fine. - Quarto, cloth, in a pictorial dust wrapper. 610 & [3] pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Near fine.

A reprint of the 1894 edition published in New York by Lovell Brothers Company. The 2,000 illustrations are mostly from photographs taken by the then U.S. Government photographers Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner. Fine .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 24376

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: MILITARY; AMERICANA; CIVIL WAR; THE MEMORIAL WAR BOOK; HISTORICAL RECORDS; PERSONAL NARRATIVES; ILLUSTRATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHERS; MATTHEW BRADY; ALEDANDER GARDNER; GEORGE F. WILLIAMS.

Willkie, Wendell L

Loyal Opposition. Armistice Day / Nineteen Hundred and Forty

Edwin Sauter, 1940. 1940. Edwin Sauter, 1940. 1940. Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth backed green boards with pictorial label mounted on front board. The boards are lightly rubbed & bumped & the label is very lightly soiled. 44 pp. printed in black with red initials & with red rules along the top & bottom of each page. Very good.

First edition.

"The speech, 'Loyal Opposition' has been arranged in cadenced form by Edwin Sauter." The emblem reproduced on the cover was designed by Malvina Hoffman and donated to the Women Workers for Wilkie, who used it in the 1940 Presidential campaign. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 2527

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; WENDELL L. WILLKIE; SPEECH; PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN; MALVINA HOFFMAN; ARMISTICE DAY; EDWIN SAUTER; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Wilson, Woodrow)

Address of the President of the United States Delivered at a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress February 26, 1917

Washington, 1917. 1917. Washington, 1917. 1917. Good. - Octavo, printed white wraps. The edges of the covers are darkened and there is a short tear to the top edge and a tiny hole near the top of the front cover. The rear cover is heavily stained with several chips to the edges and a piece out from the top corner. 6 pages with the text printed only on one side of each of the 6 leaves. Folded vertically, the edges of the pages are darkened and there is some slight chipping to the top of the last leaf. Good only.

In this address delivered shortly before US involvement in World War I, President Woodrow Wilson requests permission from Congress to arm US merchantmen. Though Congress refused to grant permission, Wilson did it by executive order on March 12th. The United States declared war on Germany on April 2nd.

Scarce. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 28996

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MILITARY; WORLD WAR ONE; WWI; WOODROW WILSON; AMERICAN HISTORY; POLITICS; FIRST WORLD WAR; THE GREAT WAR; ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DELIVERED AT A JOINT SESSION OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS FEBRUARY 26, 1917; TWENTIETH CENT

Wilson, Rufus Rockwell; and Wilson, Otilie Ericson

New York in Literature: The Story Told in Landmarks of Town and Country

Elmira, NY: The Primavera Press, Inc. 1947. 1947. Elmira, NY: The Primavera Press, Inc. 1947. 1947. Good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in gilt, in dw. The binding is spotted & the dw is lightly chipped & rubbed. 372 pp. Good.

First trade edition of 2,550 copies.

From the library of George S. Hellman with his pencil notes throughout. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 6050

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Americana). (New York). NEW YORK IN LITERATURE: The Story Told in Landmarks of Town and Country. Wilson, Rufus Rockwell; and Wilson, Otilie Ericson.

(Wilson, Woodrow). Nelson, Lars P.

President Wilson: The World's Peace-Maker.

Stockholm: Kungl Boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1919. 1919. Stockholm: Kungl Boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1919. 1919. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is bumped, soiled & lightly creased. The wraps are lightly stained & foxed with some chipping around the edges. There are small pieces out of the head & tail of the spine. 231 pages with a folding chart of the Federal Executive bound in at the rear. Illustrated in black & white with a portrait frontispiece and full-page & textual illustrations. There is light dampstaining to the rear wrap & chart & to the top edges of the rear third of the leaves. The top edge of the chart is chipped with a pencil notation on the verso. There are creases to some pages caused in the printing process. Good.

First edition in English. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 33775

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; PRESIDENTS; ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY; PRESIDENT WILSON: THE WORLD'S PEACE-MAKER; LARS P. NELSON; PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON; GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY; PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; FIRST WORLD WAR; LEAGUE OF NATIONS; FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH; 1ST

Wilson, David A

United Irishmen, United States: Immigrant Radicals in the Early Republic

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, (1998). (1998). Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, (1998). (1998). Fine. - Octavo, gray cloth backed tan boards, in dw. x & 223 pp. Near fine. Fine .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 1639

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; IMMIGRANTS; IRISH; RADICALS; UNITED IRISHMEN; POLITICS; DAVID A. WILSON.

(Wilson, Woodrow). Tumulty, Joseph P.

Woodrow Wilson As I Know Him.

Garden City, NY and Toronto: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921. 1921. Garden City, NY and Toronto: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921. 1921. Good . - Octavo, dark blue cloth titled in gilt in a dust wrapper. The top edge is gilt. The spine & the corners of the covers are rubbed. The dust jacket's front panel is stained with a tear & crease to its bottom edge. The jacket spine is rubbed with tears to the tail & pieces out of the head. xvi, [1] leaf & 553 pages plus colophon. Illustrated with a black-and-white portrait frontispiece. A previous owner's name is penned on the front pastedown. The endpapers & rear pastedown are very lightly foxed. The book is slightly warped. Good. First edition. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 36929

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; PRESIDENTS; WOODROW WILSON; BIOGRAPHY; JOSEPH P. TOMELTY; WILSON'S SECRETARY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Winsor, Justin (1831-1897) American historian.

Historian Justin Winsor Writes to Historian John Fiske Sending Bibliographical Information Regarding the "Pocahontas Story".

December 20, 1894. 1894. - Over 150 words penned on both sides of 9 inch high by 5-3/4 inch wide lightly ruled buff paper. Addressed to fellow historian John Fiske, the letter is signed in full "Justin Winsor" at the bottom of the second page. Folded once horizontally and once vertically there are short tears at both edges of the horizontal fold and a tiny tear at the top of the vertical fold. There is a tiny crease to the top left corner, a tiny chip to the top right corner and along the left edge. Very good.

A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION OF TWO IMPORTANT AMERICAN HISTORIANS.

Justin Winsor writes to John Fiske providing him with citations regarding the veracity of the Pocahontas legend. Winsor cast doubt on the story in his History of America, vol. iii. Winsor states that William Wirt Henry, in his address on the "Early Settlement of Virginia", defends the controversial story. He writes that John Esten Cooke also took a positive view of the story "in his Virginia" and later enlarged upon his view. He mentions that Charles Deane answered him. In fact Deane was among the first historians to impugn Smith's account of his rescue by Pocahontas. Winsor notes that the most recent argument he has seen is in Charles Poindexter's "Captain John Smith and his Critics" (1893). Poindexter vouched for the veracity of the story.

The popular legend being discussed here is the one in which Pocahontas saved the life of Captain John Smith during an attack on him by the Algonquians. Most historians now doubt the accuracy of the account.

John Winsor (1831-1897) was an American historian and a librarian. His work focused on early American history and was rich in bibliographical references. Winsor succeeded George Bancroft as President of the American Historical Association.

John Fiske (1842-1901) was a lecturer in American history at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and a lecturer on philosophy at Harvard. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 97585

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; HISTORY; JUSTIN WINSOR; JOHN FISKE; POCAHONTAS; CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH; AMERICAN HISTORY; ALGONQUIANS; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; SIGNATURE; ASSOCIATION; HISTORIANS; ALS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; W.W. HENRY; JOHN ESTEN COOKE; CHARLES DEANE;

Winthrop, Robert C.; et al.

Proceedings on the Occasion of Laying the Corner-Stone of the Public Library of the City of Boston, 17th September, 1855.

Boston, MA: Moore & Crosby, City Printers, 1855. 1855. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT C. WINTHROP - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt with frames & decorations in blind on both covers & the City of Boston seal in gilt on the rear cover. The corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are rubbed & the lower half of the front joint is starting to split. 72 pages. The front hinge is cracked. The edges of the pastedowns, endpapers & flyleaf are darkened and there is occasional light foxing. Despite its flaws, a good, attractive copy. First edition. Boldly inscribed by Robert Winthrop who delivered one of the addresses on this occasion: "Mrs. C. Baring Young / with the kind regards of / Rob. C. Winthrop. / Boston, / 26 Feby / 1856." Robert Charles Winthrop [1809-1894] was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one-time Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. After Daniel Webster resigned from the U.S. Senate to become Secretary of State in 1850, Winthrop resigned from the House and was appointed by fellow Whig Governor George Briggs to fill the remainder of Webster's Senate term. His views proved no more palatable to the abolitionists than Webster's and he failed to win reelection to either of the Massachusetts Senate seats. After several further electoral defeats, Winthrop retired from politics at the age of 41 and spent the rest of his life on literary, historical and philanthropic pursuits. He was a major early patron of the Boston Public Library and was president of the Massachusetts Historical Society from 1855-1885. This book is scarce in the cloth binding. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 35790

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MASSACHUSETTS; BOSTON; PROCEEDINGS ON THE OCCASION OF LAYING THE CORNER-STONE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON, 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1855; POLITICIAN; PHILANTHROPIST; ROBERT C. WINTHROP; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; NINETEENTH

Wise, W. Harvey, Jr.; and Cronin, John W.; compilers

A Bibliography of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren

NY: Burt Franklin, (1970). (1970). NY: Burt Franklin, (1970). (1970). Fine. - Tall octavo, red cloth titled in gilt. 72 pp. Near fine.

Reprint of the original 1935 edition. Fine .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 6147

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Americana). (Presidents). A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW JACKSON AND MARTIN VAN BUREN. Wise, W. Harvey, Jr.; and Cronin, John W.; compilers.

De Witt, Thomas, D.D.

A Discourse Delivered in the North Reformed Dutch Church (Collegiate) in the City of New-York, on the Last Sabbath in August, 1856. By Thomas de Witt, D.D. One of the Ministers of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church. Published by Order of the Consistory of the Collegiate Reformed Dutch Church.

New-York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1857. 1857. New-York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1857. 1857. Good. - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt on spine & in gilt within decorative gilt frame on front cover with decorative frames stamped in blind on both covers. The covers are bumped, rubbed & spotted; the tail of the spine is chipped with a piece out of the head & tears to the mid-section; the gilt titling on the spine is faded. 100 pp. with small errata sheet tipped in. Illustrated in B&W with engraved frontispiece, extra engraved vignette title & 8 engraved plates. The edges of the prelims are darkened & there is a pencil notation on the front pastedown; the top corners of a few leaves are creased; there is foxing to the margins of some plates & light foxing & soiling to some other pages. Good. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 34241

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; CHURCHES; REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH; NORTH REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH; THOMAS DE WITT; PLATES; ENGRAVED PLATES; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

Wolf, Simon

The Presidents I Have Known from 1860-1918. By Simon Wolf, Author of "the American Jew As Patriot, Soldier and Citizen

Washington, D.C.: Press of Byron S. Adams, (1918). (1918). Washington, D.C.: Press of Byron S. Adams, (1918). (1918). Very good. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR SIMON WOLF - Octavo, burgundy red cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are bumped & rubbed with a few small stains and the spine is slightly faded. xiv & 464 pages, illustrated with a full-page portrait following the title page and a few full-page plates. A discreet bookseller's name is stamped in blind at the bottom of the front endpaper. Very good.

Second edition.

Inscribed, signed and dated by Simon Wolf on the front endpaper: "To Rev. Dr. W.B. Hill Whose genial friendship is an inspiration. Sincerely, Simon Wolf, Washington, D.C. Sept. 2/19".

A spokesman for the Jewish Community, Simon Wolf had the ears of several presidents beginning with Abraham Lincoln and continuing through Woodrow Wilson. A lawyer and member of the Washington Hebrew Congregation and B'nai B'rith, Wolf pleaded a Jewish soldier's case directly to President Lincoln. The Civil War soldier, who was meant to be executed the following morning for having deserted his unit to travel to his mother's deathbed, was pardoned by Lincoln following Wolf's impassioned plea: ".. would you have been a deserter to her who gave you birth, rather than deserter in law but not in fact to the flag to which you had sworn allegiance?" Serving as attorney for Southern Jews charged with espionage, not to mention his membership in B'nai B'rith, led to his arrest as a traitor by Colonel Lafayette Baker of the War Department. When he learned of it, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton called the action an outrage and had Wolf immediately released. His book, "The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen" was his response to charges that Jews had evaded military service. Debunking the charges, Wolf listed more than 8,000 Jewish soldiers who served in the Civil War. President Grant appointed him Recorder of Deeds and and he served as Consul General to Egypt under President Garfield. He served as chairman of the Board of Delegates of Civil and Religious Rights and as President of the International Order of B'nai B'rith. "In 1869, he appealed to President Grant urging the United States to protest the expulsion of thousands of Russian Jews from their homes. In 1903, he helped organize a national petition protesting the Russian government's actions in the Kishinev massacre". -- [Paraphrased with a quote from the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington's essay "Men with the President's Ear". Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 32760

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; CIVIL WAR; JUDAICA; HEBRAICA; SIMON WOLF; THE PRESIDENTS I HAVE KNOWN 1860-1918; AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN JEW AS PATRIOT, SOLDIER AND CITIZEN; ILLUSTRATIONS; ILLUSTRATED; INSCRIBED; INSCRIPTION; SIGNED; DATED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ABRAHAM LINCOL

Wolley, Charles

A Two Years' Journal in New York and Part of Its Territories in America. Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1701. With an Introduction and Notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne Professor of History in Yale University

Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1902. 1902. Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1902. 1902. Good. - Octavo, gray paper covered boards with the title stamped in gilt on the front board. The boards are lightly rubbed; there is a tear to the upper half of the front joint & there are pieces out of the head, tail & mid- section of the spine. 75 pp. There is occasional light soiling & a pencil notation has been partially erased. 2 B&W plates [facsimiles]. Good.

Limited edition of 250 numbered copies.

Probably the publisher's copy. An ink notation on the colophon reads "Publishers unnumbered copy for Chas. W. Burrows" and a blue cross has been penciled in the space for the number. The attractive bookplate of Charles William Burrows and Lottie Thomas Mott Burrows of Cleveland is mounted on the front pastedown.

Howes W-619: "Most interesting description of New York in the late 17th century." . Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 2007

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; CHARLES WOLLEY; JOURNAL; EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE; PLATES; CHARLES WILLIAM BURROWS; PUBLISHER; LIMITED EDITION.

Woodhull, John W., R.-E.-Grand Commander; Balding, Thomas E., Past E.-Grand Captain General; Chapman, Chandler P., Past E.-Grand Generalissimo; compilers.

Common Sense Tactics and Drill for Commanderies.

Milwaukee, WI: Symes, Swain & Co. Printers, 1878. 1878. - Small octavo [approximately 6 inches high by 4 inches wide], limp dark brown leather titled in gilt. The binding is rubbed with small areas of the surface rubbed away & the covers are warped. 125 pages. There are several pinholes in the front endpaper. The contents are very good. Second edition. From the library of S. H. Gruber with his leather label mounted under the title on the front cover, his signature with the date July 18th, 1882 on the front endpaper and an additional signature on the flyleaf. This work is dedicated to Sir Vincent L. Hurlbut, Grand Master of the United States. A note indicates that the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of the States of Wisconsin and Vermont have adopted the tactics and drill here set out. The compilers write in their preface that their tactics can be easily understood by those unfamiliar with military terms but would meet with the approbation of military men. Rare. Good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 95825

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MASONS; COMMON SENSE TACTICS AND DRILL; JOHN WOODHULL, GRAND COMMANDER; THOMAS E. BALDING, GRAND CAPTAIN GENERAL; CHANDLER P. CHAPMAN,GRAND GENERALISSIMO; SCHOOL OF THE KNIGHT; SWORD MANUAL; PUBLIC PARADE; DRESS PARADE OF COMMANDERY; REVIEW OF

Wheeler, Post. (1869-1956). American writer and diplomat.

Typed Letter Signed by American Diplomat Post Wheeler to Author and Editor Rossiter Johnson.

Rome: July 29th, 1913. 1913. Rome: July 29th, 1913. 1913. Very good. - Typed double-spaced letter filling 1-1/2 sides of 2 sheets of American Embassy, Rome letterhead, 10-1/2 inches high by 8 inches wide. Signed "Post Wheeler / Secretary of Embassy" with 1 ink correction. The bottom corners of the pages are lightly creased & there is a light paper-clip mark to the right edge of the first sheet. Folded 3 times for mailing. Very good.

Writing to thank Rossiter Johnson for a poem he has sent him, Wheeler confuses the recipient with Robert Underwood Johnson, who retired as editor of Century magazine in May 1913: "I note by the papers that you have given up the active editorship of the 'Century', and I hope this means that you are going to devote your time to some of those books of which I know your mind is full, but which we could never have hoped to enjoy as long as a daily and editorial routine absorbed you. According to nature's law of balance, what we shall gain in one way we must lose in another.." Wheeler goes on to mention his own recently published collection of Russian folk tales. "This is the seventh year I have been working on my big Japanese folk-lore series, but I am afraid its finish is two or three years further.."

Post Wheeler [1869-1956] served as a career diplomat between 1906 and 1934. He was the second secretary of he United States legation to Japan from 1906 to 1909 and returned there as Charge d'Affaires between 1914 and 1916. He served at American legations and embassies in St. Petersburg, Rome [1912-1913], Tokyo, Stockholm, London and Rio de Janeiro and was appointed Ambassador to Albania by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. The book of Japanese rakugo mentioned in his letter was planned as a ten-volume work but was never published owing to America's entry into World War II. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 34566

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; DIPLOMACY; LITERATURE; AMERICAN AUTHOR; AMERICAN DIPLOMAT; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY AMERICAN DIPLOMAT POST WHEELER TO AUTHOR AND EDITOR ROSSITER JOHNSON; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH.