“THE VERY BEST AMERICAN BATTLE SCENES IN EXISTENCE”

KENDALL, George W. and NEBEL, Carl. War Between the United States and Mexico. New York and Philadelphia, 1851. First edition of one of the most important and impressive pictorial chronicles of the Mexican-American War, boasting 12 superb folio hand-finished full-color lithographic plates. $27,500.

"THE BOOK COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER AND YOU HAVE CERTAINLY DONE A WONDERFUL JOB—AND I KNOW DAD WAS PLEASED"

KENNEDY, John F. Typed letter signed. WITH: As We Remember Joe. WITH: Publisher's mailing list and supporting materials. The Palace Hotal, San Francisco; and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Undated [1945] / 1945.

Exceptional typed letter by John F. Kennedy to the secretary of the publisher of the moving tribute to Joe Kennedy Jr., As We Remember Joe, noting that JFK was pleased with the book and requesting that it be sent to several people in England, boldly signed. Together with a presentation copy of the book, inscribed by JFK on the front free endpaper in the month of publication: "For Mr. Sherrill, with the greatest appreciation for all of his thoughtfulness, from Jack Kennedy, May 1945." Together with the publisher's typed mailing list and an archive of correspondence and other related materials. $27,500.

“THEY FOUGHT FOR THEIR KING, THEIR LAWS AND CONSTITUTION”

REVOLUTION. Contemporary description of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Boston, 1775.

Scarce and important original 1775 broadside offering a Loyalist account of the Battle of Bunker Hill, printed a week after the fighting. $21,000.

PICTORIAL DOCUMENTATION OF THE BRITISH NAVY’S DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON: THE NAVAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1793-1817, WITH 55 SPLENDID LARGE HAND-COLORED FOLIO AQUATINTS

JENKINS, James. The Naval Achievements of Great Britain. London, 1817.

First edition, first issue, of this dramatically illustrated record of British naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, with vignette title page and 55 vividly hand-colored aquatints of battle scenes by Thomas Sutherland after drawings by William Heath. A beautiful production in attractive contemporary morocco-gilt. $21,000.

SIGNED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT

LINCOLN, Abraham. Document signed. Washington, July 1, 1863.

Splendid Lincoln Civil War document appointing Augustus G. Carey a Third Lieutenant in the Revenue Services, countersigned by Salmon P. Chase, Treasurer of the United States. $19,800.

"LET ALL NEW ENGLAND RISE AND CRUSH BURGOYNE" (WASHINGTON)

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) BURGOYNE, John. State of the Expedition from Canada. London, 1780.

First edition of British officer Burgoyne's dramatic justification of his 1777 defeat by American Revolutionary forces at Saratoga. Intended to win the war for the British, it became "the turning point" in the war that "brought France openly into the struggle. And it led to a change in the British command and a fundamental alteration in strategy" (Wood, American Revolution), containing six large engraved folding maps and plans with handcolored details, two with hinged overslips illustrating changes in troop positions and movements, handsomely bound. $13,500.

PICTORIAL DOCUMENTATION OF WELLINGTON’S DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON, THE MARTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 1799-1815, WITH 53 SPLENDID HAND-COLORED FOLIO AQUATINTS

JENKINS, James. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain. London, 1814-15.

First edition, early issue, of this dramatically illustrated record of British military action during Lord Wellington’s Peninsular Campaign, with hand-colored frontispiece, hand-colored dedication page not present in all copies, and 51 vividly hand-colored aquatints of battle scenes by Thomas Sutherland after drawings by William Heath. A beautiful production in attractive contemporary morocco-gilt. $12,800.

“A MIGHTY COMMONWEALTH, REDEEMED FROM BONDAGE, AND REJOICING IN HER REDEMPTION”

(NAPOLEON) MUDFORD, William. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands (Waterloo). London, 1817.

First edition of this beautifully illustrated history of the final battles against Napoleon's forces in the Netherlands, including his historic defeat at Waterloo. With double-page plate depicting the raging battle of Waterloo, engraved extra title page, a large folding map, a double-page map, and 26 full-page plates, all save the maps aquatint engravings with vivid hand-coloring. Handsomely bound in nicely restored contemporary calf-gilt. $12,000.

BOLDLY SIGNED BY LEE

LEE, Robert E. Carte-de-visite photograph signed. Washington, 1866. Original Alexander Gardner carte-de-visite photograph of Robert E. Lee, boldly signed by Lee. $12,000.

CHURCHILL’S IMPORTANT SECOND BOOK, THE RIVER WAR

CHURCHILL, Winston. The River War. London, 1899. Two volumes.

First edition, first printing, of Churchill's rare second book, one of only 2000 copies printed, in original cloth. $11,500.

SCARCE COMPLETE 12-VOLUME COLLECTION OF FIRST EDITIONS OF CHURCHILL'S WWII AND POST-WAR SPEECHES, 1941-61

CHURCHILL, Winston S. War Speeches and Post-War Speeches. London, 1941-61. Together, 12 volumes.

First editions of Churchill's separately published World War II and post-war speeches, including his rare last book, handsomely bound. $9500.

“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LITHOGRAPHS POSSIBLE”

(CIVIL WAR) UNITED STATES ARMY. Flags of the Army of the United States, 1861-1865. Philadelphia, 1887.

First edition, publisher's special large folio edition containing two additional chromolithographed plates of Regimental Colors and the Engineer Battalion, along with the lithographed title and 87 chromolithographed plates designating flags carried by the U.S. Army during the Civil War and double-page title for Tabular Statements Showing the Names of Commanders of Army Corps, Divisions and Brigades. $8800.

EDWARD ORME’S DRAMATIC COLLECTION OF 40 SUPERB HAND-COLORED AQUATINTS ILLUSTRATING EVENTS OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

(NAPOLEON) ORME, Edward, editor. Historic, Military and Naval Anecdotes of Personal Valor. London, circa 1835.

First edition, second issue, of this vivid visual documentation of notable British victories, with 40 beautifully hand-colored aquatints, including extraordinary views of the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon’s Russian campaign and the Battle of Trafalgar. Attractively bound. $7800.

“THE GRANDFATHER OF CIVIL WAR HISTORIES”

MILLER, Francis Trevelyan, editor. Photographic History of the Civil War. New York, 1911. Ten volumes.

First edition of Miller’s famous and important 10-volume photographic history of the Civil War, containing “thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities,” bound in the very scarce publisher’s morocco-gilt. $7800.

“THE INCOMPARABLE ARMOURY” (SIR WALTER SCOTT)

MEYRICK, Samuel Rush. A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. London, circa 1832. Three volumes.

Early edition—issued sometime after the 1824 first edition, but preceding the 1842 revised "second" edition—of Meyrick's beautifully illustrated work on arms and armor, in three folio volumes with 70 richly hand-colored plates, ten etched plates, and 27 brightly illuminated and hand-colored historiated initials. "Practically the first on the subject… [one that] remains an authority." $6000.

“ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT TREATISES ON WAR THAT HAS EVER BEEN WRITTEN”

CHURCHILL, Winston. World Crisis. London, 1923-31. Six volumes.

First English editions of Churchill’s important history of World War I. "Not only the best account of the most tremendous convulsion the world has ever seen, but one of the most brilliant treatises on war that has ever been written" (Spectator). $6000.

"THE GREATEST WAR OF MODERN TIMES, AND PERHAPS IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE"

(WORLD WAR I) WILSON, H.W.; HAMMERTON, J.A. The Great War. London, 1914-19. Thirteen volumes.

First edition of this comprehensive, richly illustrated contemporary history of World War I, compiled as the war progressed, with thousands of photographs, portraits, maps and artistic renderings. An impressive and handsomely bound set. $5500.

“COUGHS AND SNEEZES SPREAD DISEASES”

(WORLD WAR II). Poster: Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases. London, circa 1941.

Humorous original World War II poster depicting a World War II munitions factory worker sneezing and her fellow factory workers recoiling in horror, accompanied by the words: "Coughs and sneezes spread diseases. Trap the germs by using your handkerchief. Help to keep the Nation Fighting Fit." $4000.

"THIS IS NOT HISTORY: THIS IS MY CASE"

CHURCHILL, Winston. Second World War. London, 1948-54. Six volumes.

First English editions of Churchill’s WWII masterpiece, part history and part memoir, written after he lost reelection as Prime Minister, handsomely bound. $3500.

"THE DEMOCRACY FOR WHICH THE MEN WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FIGHTING WAS IGNORED AND RIDICULED"

MASON, Monroe and FURR, Arthur. American Negro Soldier… Red Hand. Boston, 1920.

First edition of the very scarce contemporary history of African American soldiers fighting in WWI alongside the famed "Red Hand," celebrated as heroes by the French and awarded the Croix de Guerrre with Palm, with frontispiece and six full-page illustrations including map, in original cloth. $3200.

"THE MOST NOTORIOUS OF BRITISH PRISON SHIPS" IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) (ANDROS, Thomas). Old Jersey Captive. Boston, 1833.

First edition of an extraordinary account of "death and despair that reigned" on the infamous British prison ship stationed in New York's harbor, where captured Revolutionary soldiers such as Andros were brutalized and viewed by the English "as rebels and traitors… in an unjust and wanton civil war," rare in original boards. $2500.

"WHEN THE BATTLE WAGED HOTTEST, SHERIDAN WAS AT HIS BEST"

SHERIDAN, P.H. Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan. New York, 1888. Two volumes.

First edition of Sheridan’s military autobiography, with 27 maps (many folding) and 17 plates, handsome in publisher’s morocco-gilt bindings. $2400.

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF MONTGOMERY’S ACCOUNT OF WORLD WAR II, VERY FINELY BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF

MONTGOMERY, (Bernard Law), Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. El Alamein to the River Sangro, Normandy to the Baltic. London, 1971.

Signed limited edition, number 146 of only 265 copies signed by Montgomery on the title page, in beautiful publisher's deluxe binding by Zaehnsdorf, a fine copy in the original slipcase. $2400.

SIGNED BY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

MACARTHUR, Douglas. Magazine cover signed. New York, August 28, 1950. Original cover of Life Magazine with portrait of MacArthur, signed by him across the front of his uniform. $2200.

"NEVER IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN CONFLICT WAS SO MUCH OWED BY SO MANY TO SO FEW"

CHURCHILL, Winston. Speech by The Prime Minister. London, 1940.

First edition of Churchill's famous 1940 address to the House of Commons at the height of the Second World War, one of history's most stirring and influential speeches. $2200.

"THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW PRACTICALLY NOTHING OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED OVER THERE"

PERSHING, John J. My Experiences in The World War. New York, 1931. Two volumes.

Signed limited "Author's Autograph" first edition of the 1931 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history, number 239 of 2100 copies signed by Pershing. $1650.

“A GENUINELY TRAGIC BOOK, BRAVE AND BITTER”

HOOD, John Bell. Advance and Retreat. New Orleans, 1880.

First edition of this dramatic Confederate memoir, with two full-page engraved portraits and four maps, one folding, scarce in publisher’s original three-quarter morocco. $1600.

"IN ORDER TO SECURE US FROM A TYRANT, THE WHOLE NATION MUST BE DISARMED"

(DEFOE, Daniel). Brief Reply to the History of Standing Armies. London, 1698.

Second edition, issued the same year as the first, of Defoe's rebuttal of John Trenchard's opposition to the maintenance of Standing Armies in the American colonies, also issued that year. $1500.

AFRICAN AMERICANS "FOUGHT IN THE REVOLUTION AND ALL SUBSEQUENT WARS, BUT THE SUM OF THEIR SACRIFICES STILL HAD NOT BROUGHT FULL CITIZENSHIP"

HEYWOOD, Chester D. Negro Combat Troops. Worcester, Mass. 1928.

First edition of one of the very few published records of African Americans in combat in WWI, authored by the white captain of the 371st, with photographic frontispiece, two large folding battle maps and many in-text illustrations, a handsome copy in original cloth. $1250.

"A LANDMARK WORK ON CONFEDERATE NAVAL HISTORY"

SCHARF, John Thomas. History of the Confederate States Navy. New York, 1887.

First edition of this important Confederate naval history—"the best on its subject"—with 42 full-page wood-engraved plates and numerous in-text illustrations, in original gilt-stamped cloth. $1100.

WITH FOUR LARGE FOLDING MAPS OF WORLD WAR I-ERA EGYPT, TURKEY AND THE LEVANT

(WORLD WAR I) MURRAY, Archibald. Sir Archibald Murray's Despatches. London & Toronto; New York, 1920. Two volumes: text volume and map portfolio.

First edition, American issue, of General Archibald Murray's World War I dispatches, inscribed by him on the half title: "To Aage Berger Nilsen with kindest regards from Archibald Murray, General… 19th Nov. 1928." Complete with the separate portfolio containing four large folding maps, three printed in color, of Egypt, the Turkish Empire, Syria (including Jerusalem), and the Sinai Peninsula. $950.

"IF YOU EVER GET PROBLEMS WRITING THINK OF POOR OLD PAPA" (HEMINGWAY): LINCOLN BATTALION, ROLFE’S EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

ROLFE, Edwin. Lincoln Battalion. New York, 1939.

First edition of Rolfe's seminal work on American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, featuring on-the-ground coverage of the front and his emerging lifelong friendship with Hemingway—"this huge, bull-shouldered man with the questioning eyes and the full-hearted interest in everything that Spain was fighting for"—with 16 pages of illustrations including full-page image of Hemingway, and six maps, in original dust jacket. $700.