United States Naval History: A Bibliography
[Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965. Fourth Edition. Wraps. vi, 26 p. 26 cm. Illustrations, Portraits. More
[Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965. Fourth Edition. Wraps. vi, 26 p. 26 cm. Illustrations, Portraits. More
Detroit: Wayne University Press, 1951. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 17, [3] pages. Illustrations. Minor cover wear. This is part of a series commemorating Detroit's 250th Birthday festival. Charles Acker (1918-2007) was an Artist and Educator. As a Jr. High School student at Hutchins, he was featured in Detroit Newspapers and termed "The Boy Genius." Charles worked 42 years as an Art Teacher in the Detroit Public School System. He earned his Bachelor's Degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan; subsequently received his Master's Degree in School Administration. Historical illustration is what Charles favored. He illustrated several books during his lifetime. His collection includes many pictures of the military with details of period uniforms, horses, and Native American Indians. The Siege of Detroit, also known as the Surrender of Detroit or the Battle of Fort Detroit, was an early engagement in the British-U.S. War of 1812. A British force under Major General Isaac Brock with Native American allies under Shawnee leader Tecumseh used bluff and deception to intimidate U.S. Brigadier General William Hull into surrendering the fort and town of Detroit, Michigan, along with his dispirited army which actually outnumbered the victorious British and Indians. The British victory reinvigorated the militia and civil authorities of Upper Canada, who had previously been pessimistic and affected by pro-U.S. agitators. Many Indians in the Northwest Territory took up arms against U.S. outposts and settlers. The British held Detroit for more than a year before their fleet was defeated on Lake Erie, which forced them to abandon the western frontier of Upper Canada. More
Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1966. Limited edition of 600 copies. Wraps. [4], 92 pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Footnotes. Slight cover wear noted. This work first appears in the January, 1966 issue of The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and is republished separately in an edition of 600 copies. Nicholas B. Wainwright had a long and active association with The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He came to the Society in 1939 as a Research Librarian and in 1952 he became editor of the Society's journal, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. From 1965 until 1974, Mr. Wainwright served as the Society's Director. As Director Emeritus, he continued to write on subjects related to the Society and its collection. During the 1960s he wrote the Society's guide to its Thomas Penn papers and edited the diaries of Sidney George Fisher, a source often quoted by Philadelphia historians. Throughout his life, Mr. Wainwright was a prolific writer on a variety of other Philadelphia topics. His published studies ranged from histories of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Electric Company to studies of colonial homes and furniture and of local opposition during the Civil War. This article is the first account of Commodore Biddle based on his own papers. Mr. Charles J. Biddle of Andalusia kindly granted the author access to these manuscripts, which are mounted in sixteen volumes. In addition, there are also several logs kept by the Commodore as well as an interesting memorandum book of his at Andalusia. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1938. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 23 cm, 92 pages. Footnotes. Front DJ flap price clipped. DJ scuffed. DJ edges worn and small tears, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Introduction by Arthur M. Schlesinger. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1923. 24 cm, 540, v.1 only of a 3-vol. set, illus., footnotes, most pages uncut, some wear and soiling to boards. More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1942. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. viii, [2], 84, [2] pages. frontis illus., bookplate inside front board, red pencil note inside rear board, some wear to spine edges and board corners. WATSON, Paul Barron, author, born in Morristown, New Jersey, 25 March, 1861. He was graduated at Harvard in 1881, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1885, and practiced in Boston. He has published a "Bibliography of the Pre-Columbian Discoveries of America" in the " Library Journal" (1881), which was reprinted in Rasmus B. Anderson's " America not Discovered by Columbus" (Chicago, 1884), and is the author of a " Life of Marcus Aurelius " More
Trenton, NJ: Past Times Press, 1958. Limited Edition. 23 cm, 80, illus., index, pencil erasure residue to boards & fr endpaper, boards worn at corners. Copy #31 of Limited Edition of 200. More
Omaha, NE: U.S. Daughters of 1812, 1976-1979. Bound volume containing 9 issues (3 per year), 1976-1979, signed by previous owner, ink notes and some underlining. More
Philadelphia, PA: Abraham Small, 1816. First? Edition. First? Printing. 496 + apps., v.3 only, fold-out plate, ftnotes, appendices, leather binding worn/soiled, signature on title-page, damp stains/pages separate. More
Niagara Falls, NY: Old Fort Niagara Association, 1929. 79, wraps, illus., some soiling & damp stains to text (no pgs stuck), covers soiled & stained, small tears to spine. More