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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Large, slim octavo in papercovered hardcovers over blue cloth spine, paper title label. 69 pp. Illustrated with drawings and reproductions, folding map; reproduction folded poster at rear of the programme of the centennial celebration of the Battle of Powles Hook. With promotional booklet on the history of the New Jersey Guarantee and Trust laid in. Toning about the edges of the boards and wear at the tips; remnants of a removed spine sticker from an historian's private library, no interior markings.…

Stiff boards. Zustand: Fair. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Format is approximately 8 inches by 10.25 inches. Front is worn, soiled and stained. Inscribed for Mr. A. J. Marino by W. H. Richardson on the fep. Newspaper clipping on death of Mr. Richardson pasted to fep. 69 pages. Maps (one fold-out). Illustrations. Facsimiles. Inset illustration of the Congressionally resolved gold medal that was presented to Major Lee. Fold-out at rear. The Battle of Paulus Hook was fought on August 19, 1779 between Continental Army and British forces in the American Revolutionary War. The Patriots were led by Major Light Horse Harry Lee, and launched a nighttime raid on the British-controlled fort in what is today downtown Jersey City. They surprised the British, taking 158 prisoners, and withdrew with the approach of daylight. Despite retaining the fort and its cannons, the British lost much of their control over New Jersey. Lee was rewarded by the Second Continental Congress with a gold medal, the only non-general to receive such an award during the war. At four o'clock on the afternoon of August 8, 1779, Major Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, with four hundred infantry and a troop of dismounted dragoons started from New Bridge, on a march of 14 miles through the woods to make an attack upon the British fort at Paulus Hook. He detached patrols of horse to watch the communication with the North River and stationed parties of infantry at different roads leading to Paulus Hook. At Union Hill he filed into the woods where by the guide's timidity, or treachery, the march was prolonged to three hours before gaining the right road. The same night, Colonel Van Boskirk left Paulus Hook with a force of one hundred and thirty men to make a raid upon the neighborhood. Fortunately the two parties did not meet. Major Lee and his men reached Prior's Mill at 3 am, August 19, 1779; at 3:30 they reached the ditch at what is now the intersection of Newark Avenue and Warren Street. The tide was rising but Lieutenant Rudolph found the canal fordable, and led by Lieutenants McCallister and Rudolph the troops pushed through and soon gained possession of the outer fort. Major Sutherland, who was in command of the fort, retired into a small redoubt with a few officers and forty Hessians. It was nearly daylight and Major Lee had no time to dislodge them. He had intended to burn the barracks, but on finding sick soldiers, women and children in them he refrained. He retreated, carrying with him one hundred and fifty-nine prisoners, officers and men. He lost two men killed, and had three men wounded. Captain Forsyth was ordered to Prior's Mill to collect such men as were most fit for action and take a position on Bergen Heights to cover the retreat. This position was in the woods near Bergen and Sip avenues. Anna Merselis, that morning in looking for a cow, she came upon Lee's soldiers, who detained her while they waited, to prevent her carrying any report of their presence to possible enemies. The troops remained there until messengers had been sent to ascertain if the boats that Major Lee had arranged to have in waiting for him at Dow's Ferry were there. He had intended to cross the Hackensack River and by the Belleville Turnpike reach the high ground east of the Passaic River, and thus return to New Bridge; but the boats had been removed to Newark and Major Lee with ruined ammunition and tired men, encumbered with prisoners, was obliged to return by a route liable to be interrupted by troops from New York City. With undaunted courage and wise precautions the brave troops started on the return march of fourteen miles to New Bridge; at "Weehock" Captain Catlett came up with fifty men and good ammunition. At the Fort Lee road Colonel Ball met him with two hundred fresh men, and Major Lee and his men safely reached New Bridge about one o'clock in the afternoon. The English were greatly annoyed and the Americans exceedingly jubilant over the affair.…

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; vii, 255, [1] pages, frontispiece (portrait), 8 plates, 23 cm. Contents; Some thoughts on Dante in his relation to our own time, by Viscount Bryce.--Carattere e unita della poesia di Dante, by Benedetto Croce.--Allegory and myth, by W.P. Ker.--Oxford and Dante, by Paget Toynbee.--"Inferno," "The voyage of Ulysses" (translation) by Laurence Binyon.--Dante as literary critic, by Edmund G. Gardner.--The Italy of Dante and the Italy of Virgil, by J.W. Mackail.--"Inferno," "Farinata" (translation) by Harold E. Goad.--Notes on the date and the composition of the "De monarchia," by Cesare Foligno.--Dante and the Latin poets, by Phillip H. Wicksteed.--Dante and the troubadours, by A.G. Ferrers Howell.--Humor of Dante, by Canon L. Ragg.--"A quel modo che ditta dentro," by Antonio Cippico. Subjects; Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Criticism and interpretation. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Criticism and interpretation Collections. Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 Studies. Italian Poetry. Biography, Dante. Essays, Dante. Italian Literature. 1 Kg.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 86 pages. Articles: How Much Government can Free Enterprise Stand?; The Senseless Killing of Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone With the Wind" - article with photos; Report on the Far West - The News is Good from the Nation's "New Empire" - with focus on industrial development; Lincoln Collector, Oliver R. Barrett; Bashful Ben of the Bang-Bangs - Cowboy Ben Johnson - article with color photos; Donora, Pennsylvania - The case of the Poisoned Air - 19 died; Suppose He Had Two Eyes - Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Tommy Thompson has one eye - article with photo. Fiction: Bootlegger's Treasure (part 1 of 4); Floodwater; O'Brien; The case of the Negligent Nymph (conclusion); Dumb Bunny. Also includes great vintage ads for: Lord Calvert Whiskey - with great full-page colour photo of illustrator Mr. Bradshaw Crandell; Western Electric (showing switchboard operator; General Electric tvs; Herbert Tareyton cigarettes - featuring colour photo of Mrs. Pierpont Morgan Hamilton; Pontiac cars; Rexall - Druggists of America; Texaco; DeSoto cars; Nash cars; Mercury cars; American Airlines (centerfold); Botany 500 men's fashions; Great two-page color photo ad for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer features Rosalind Russell, Gary Cooper, Lawrence Tibbett, Charles Laughton, Sid Luckman, Douglas Fairbanks, "Hap" Arnold, Mr. & Mrs. Jascha Heifetz, Mr. and Mrs. F. Warren Pershing and Mr. and Mrs. Jean Hersholt; GM Electro-Motive Division; Dodge Trucks; Trailways bus lines; Bicycle playing cards; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring bowler Joe Wilman and waterskiing stars Martha Mitchell and Margie Fletcher. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Taft, U.S. Senator Robert A.; Aikman, Duncan; Davenport, Walter; Sandburg, Carl; Johnson, Grady; Davidson, Bill; Fay, Bill; O'Day, Nell; Williams, Lawrence; Lowry, Robert; Brandon, William; Gardner, Erle Stanley; Atkinson, B.M. Jr. Hugh Gravitt Cabby Sarn. Illustrated by Patterson, Robert; Holland, Robert P.; Mitchell, Michael;Brackett, Ward; Dower, Walter; (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 58 pages. This very special issue contains part 1 (of 2) of "I Killed the Czar - at last the truth of history's most famous and mystery-shrouded massacre - On his deathbed one of the actual assassins (Peter Zacharovitch Ermakov) breaks his long silence". Fortuitously, when we acquired this copy we were thrilled to discover that laid-in are pages 39-48 of the August 3, 1935 issue, containing the entirety of part 2 of this important article. Other features include: Public Sweetheart Number One - Part III; The Case of the Caretaker's Cat - Part VII; Inside the Number Racket - what lies behind America's most amazing case of gambling fever?; Times Have Changed in Tennis - now it's a spotlight for chiselers! Short stories include: The God-Inspired Idiot; The Donkey with a Lion's Heart; Love Letters of a Prizefighter and a Hollywood Extra; Flight. Many ofther features. Ads include: Wrigley's Gum, Spud Cigarettes; Pontiac Six (very nostalgic red and black one-page ad), Goodyear tires, Dentyne Gum; Pennzoil; Nice color back cover ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes features Turkish girl preparing tobacco leaves for baling. Above-average wear. Contents yellowed with age. A worthy copy of this historically important issue. Leake, Gerald; Baumhofer, Walter M.; Green, Bert; Flagg, James Montgomery; Grout, Stephen; Gardner, Erle Stanley (illustrator). …