General sherman (30 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What is offered here is not designed as a history of the Civil War, or even as a complete account of all the incidents in which the writer bore a part, but merely his recollection of events, corrected by a reference to his own memoranda, which may assist historians when they come to describe the who…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What is offered here is not designed as a history of the Civil War, or even as a complete account of all the incidents in which the writer bore a part, but merely his recollection of events, corrected by a reference to his own memoranda, which may assist historians when they come to describe the who…

Zustand: Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1904. Second Edition, Revised and Corrected. Volume I. 8vo hardcover. Green cloth gilt lettering, colored endpapers. vi+455pp. Fold-out maps of "Shiloh, Corinth and Iuka", "Arkansas Post.", "Expedition to Steel's Bayou.", "Vicksburg Campaign" and "Meridian Campaign". Very Go…

hardcover. Zustand: Good +. first edition. Large octavo (approx. 6" wide by 9" tall) brown cloth with gilt titles and designs. xxxix [1] 29-653 pages, steel-engraved frontis. portrait of the author, and a page of steel engraved portraits of General George Crook, Nelson A. Miles, George A. Custer, and Ranald S. Mackenzie. 17 wood…

Cloth. Zustand: Near fine. First Edition. Octavo, [2], 67pp, [3]. Brown cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Dark green endpapers. Internally clean, solid text block. Archival tissue reinforcement to hinge of title page. Bookplate of "W.T. Sherman, General" and his son, Philemon T. Sherman, on the front endpaper. (Howe…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A smartly bound first edition copy of an interesting work on Native Americans by an influential colonel of the United States Army. The first edition.Smartly rebound in a modern quarter morocco binding, bound by the Temple Bindery.Illustrated with a frontispiece, five chromolithograph p…

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Good. Condition Notes: Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which is dulled at the spine, slight fraying to the head of both volumes; ### IMPORTANT: Weighing 2.2kg. overseas shipping will require additional postage . ### Hardback. Blue boards with gilt titles to the sp…

Handbill. 12mo. Near fine. Two small file holes at left margin, not affecting text. This handsome General Order, titled "Exchange of Prisoners of War," announces that "The following prisoners of war, received and delivered at Rough and Ready, Georgia, the 19th, 22d, 28th, and 30th days of September, 1864, in pursuance of an agre…

Letter. A six-page letter on both sides of three lined Headquarters Army of the United States letterhead (5" x 8") to Colonel L. B. Church. Sherman expresses his well wishes as Col. Church recovers from an illness, noting that "I know that in conveying to you this note of sympathy, I also can assure that the prayers of every mem…

Rare Indo-Persian khanjar, a 20th century curved dagger, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. The khanjar has decorative wooden and metal inlays and intricate detailing to the handle and sheath, with etchings to the blade. Ulysses S. Grant, a close friend of Sherman's, went on a "Wor…

Rare bronze sculpture of an elephant, most likely used as an ink well, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Ulysses S. Grant, a close friend of Sherman's, went on a "World Tour" after his second presidential term had ended. It has been suggested that Grant collected a few souvenirs f…

Rare Javanese kris, commonly used in the pencak silat martial art native to Indonesia, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Ulysses S. Grant, a close friend of Shermanâs, went on a âWorld Tourâ after his second presidential term had ended. It has been suggested that Grant collected a…

Rare Persian kard, a straight, single-edged dagger that is worn on the left side of the belt, from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. The kard has a bone handle, no guard, and repoussà sheath with a floral arabesque design. A major characteristic of a kard is that the sheath partially c…