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![Text Box: My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps and at the front; Superbly Illustrated with portraits and numerous full-page engravings on steel and fine chromo-lithograph plates; By Livermore, Mary A. 1890 Hartford, CT: A.D. Worthington and Company. Mary Livermore was asked to write about her adventures during the Civil War just after it ended, but she kept so busy over the years that 20-odd years passed before she wrote this account. Author and husband, an editor of a Chicago newspaper, were exposed to much that went on in the war, and Mary's work in the Sanitary Commission exposed her to much more. Colorful narrative from beginning of war, includes accounts of contribution of notable women; hospital arrangements and work; Sanitary Commission and its work; Awaiting Shiloh, Awful Slaughter; Darkest Period of the War; Life in a Contraband Camp; Trip Down the Mississippi; Opposite Vicksburg; Sherman's March to the Sea; Mother Byckerdyke; President Lincoln; Soldiers' letters from the front, more. Excellent steel engravings of key figures and events, by F.O.C. Darley, also color illustrations of Union and Confederate Battle Flags, with descriptions. 700 pp. 15 x 23 cm. Maroon cloth on board with facsimile words "Yr's very truly, Mary A. Livermore" in gilt on cover. Blind-stamped design and gilt printed spine. Heel and toe of spine frayed, some foxing of engravings. Good. (4984) $25.00. Civil War/Women
Eugenia's Diary for 1869 in Proctorsville, Vermont by Goodrich, Eugenia A. 1869 Proctorsville, VT: ephemera. Young woman keeps careful record of the events in her life in family in small village along the Black River in central Vermont. It's cold, she and family are frequently snowbound. Genie (her nickname) records the events as dear Ella grows weaker and then dies. February is a bad month with several deaths of friends and family. Genie sews for local ladies. She records the active visiting that people did in the days before automobiles and telephones, except when the roads are filled with snow. Things look up in April when the sugaring starts. One day her brother boils off ("done off") 57 pounds of sugar. She records murders [Boston Post Feb. 19, 1869 carries report of one murder.] and fatal accidents in nearby towns, and writes about fear in the village that the reservoir will break and they'll all be drowned. She writes about one beau: "he is splendid", but others annoy her. The Fourth of July is "Glorious"; it's quite an honor when President Grant visits Proctorsville in August. There's a bad flood in October that takes out all the local bridges across the river and carries away Mr. Atherton's house. There's a smallpox scare in the village. Proctorsville celebrates Christmas, and Genie writes about a merry Christmas at home; her brother receives a box of collars. This is a fine view of life in New England just after the Civil War. Standard 19th century diary, with astronomical items, postage rates, moon phases, time of sunset and rise for each day, etc. ~400 pp. x 10 cm. Small leather-bound Cover worn, lining loose. Most entries are in ink and well-written; some are very hard to read. Fair. (7964) $260.00. American Originals
Chelsea Fire: Souvenir Book of The Great Chelsea Fire April 12, 1908; containing 34 views of the burned district and prominent buildings also a descriptive sketch 1908 Boston, MA: N.E. Paper and Stationery Co. Fire that started at about 11 a.m. in the Boston Blacking Company on West 3rd St. near the Everett line. So intense was fire that buildings made of solid granite crumbled and were entirely destroyed. Number of buildings destroyed was about 1500, and between 10,000 and 12,000 people were rendered homeless. Photos show various scenes of damage, including Stebbins Block, looking up Broadway from Third St., Everett Avenue, corner post of Granite Block, Cherry Street, Odd Fellows Building, Bellingham Hill, Chelsea Savings Bank Building, Williams School ruins on Walnut street, Shurtleff School ruins on Essex St. Also Ruins of City Hall and City Hall School on Central Avenue, more. 32 pp. 15 x 10.5 cm. Paper booklet, good. (7958) $48.00. History/Boston
La Commune de Paris aujourd'hui, sous la coordination de Jacques Zwirn [The Paris Commune Today, in French] 1999 Paris, France: Les Éditions de l'Atelier/Les Éditions Ouvrières. "Une Oeuvre Toujours Au Coeur L'Acualite" par Claude Willard; "Une Monde Que Nous Avons Perdu?" par Michel Caron (CFDT); "Faire Oeuvre de Mémoire" par Louis Viannet (CGT); "La Commune n'est pas Morte" par Marc Blondel (CGT-FO); Eugène Varlin biography; "La Commune de Paris: Un Mythe Fondateur" par René Berthier (Féderation anarchiste, Groupe Février); "Éphémère et Fertile Commune" par Jean-Claude Barbarant (FEN); "Les Maçons, de la Conciliation aux Barricades" par André Combes (Grande Orient de France), "Les Leçons de la Commune de Paris" par Louis Mexandeau (PS); aussi les contributions de Dominique Comelli (FSU), Sylvie Jan (Femmes Solidaires); Pierre Dharréville (JOC); Jean-Jacques Kirkyacharian (MRAP); Fodé Sylla (SOS Racisme), etc. 174 pp. 15.5 x 22 cm. Paper booklet very good. (7959) $45.00. History/Social Commentary
Oradour-sur-Glane Vision d'Épouvante, Ouvrage Officiel du Comité du Souvenir et de l'Association Nationale des Familles des Martyrs d'Oradour-sur-Glane; Fifth Edition [in French] par Pauchou, Guy; Masfrand, Dr. Pierre1955 Limoges, France: Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie, Imprimeurs. Ten years after World War II ended, the Committee to Remember the Murder of 642 in this French town published this book. The event happened on 10 June 1944 in a village of 1574 inhabitants near Limoges, in western France. This small book provides photos and text to re-construct the horror of this event. It also contains a table listing inhabitants who were martyred, with their dates and place of birth, profession and domicile. Book also contains a fold-out reproduction of a map of the region and a fold-out map of the village and key sites, entitled Lieux des Supplices. 203 pp. 14.4 x 22.2 cm. Paper booklet cover decorated with red Deutsch eagle and "SS" initials , very good. (7960) $20.00. World War II/History
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Le Livre des Otages, la politique des otages menée par les Autorités allemandes d'Occupation en Fgrance de 1941 à 1943; Préface de Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier [Story of French Hostages during Occupation of France by Germans in World War II.] [In French.] by Klarsfeld, Serge 1979 Paris, France: Les Éditeurs Français Réunis. Preface by Auschwitz survivor. Author has collected files which detail arrests of French citizens by Nazis during World War II, for various crimes, including "communists", "Recrutement de membres our le PCF clandestin", "Activité terroriste", more. Photos include those of key S.S. officers Lischka, Hagen, Heinrichsohn. Files reproduced in book include reports from Romainville camp, detailing Raisons de la désignation comme otage, passé et activités politiques. Un des ouvrages les plus émouvants et les plus révélateurs de l'histoire de l'occupation et de la résistance. 295 pp. 13 x 21.5 cm. Trade paperback, text block loose from cover, good. (1682) $42.00. World War II
Londres Ses Environs et Les Principales Villes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande; 33 cartes et plans; Collection des Guides Joanee, Guides Diamant 1886 Paris, France: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 79 Blvd Saint-Germain, 79. Very detailed 1886 Guide to London and UK, in French. Includes 33 plans and maps including two detailed large folding maps in pocket at back of book, one shows London and surrounding countryside, the other is a detailed map of the city of London. Also includes smaller fold-out maps of Chateau de Windsor, Jardins de Kew, De Paris a Londres, Dublin, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Brighton, more. Plan of Crystal Palace. Ads in front and back of book for Hotel de France, Abbeville; Hotel de L'Univers, Arras; Grand Hotel Christol and Bristol, Boulogne-sur-Mer; Hotel Dessin, Calais; Hotel du Chapeau-Rouge, Dunkerque; Chocolate Menier, Albert Jéanne, L'Excursionniste; Dentifrice de Botot; Buckingham Palace Hotel, London; Vichy Éstablissement Thermal-Propriété de l'État, Paris; more. 580 pp + adv. 8.5 x 14 cm. Green cloth on board, blindstamped design and gilt title on front cover. Newspaper articles in French pasted onto front pastedown and first free endpaper. Fold-out maps in pocket have numerous small tears along folds. Good. (7939) $120.00. Travel
Effie's Cookbook, Collection of Recipes cut from Boston Newspapers, ca. 1917 Prepared by Cunningham, Effie 1917. Boston, MA: ephemera. This is one woman's collection of recipes clipped from the Boston Post (Recipes for New England Housewives), Boston Globe and other papers, as well as a few specialty advertisement cookbooks for Polar Star (1909), etc. and pasted in an older handwritten journal. Includes recipes for Oysters with Mushrooms, Pittsfield Gems, Rice Bread, Arrowroot Jelly, Pineapple Omelet, Suet Pudding, Virginia Corn Pudding, Mock Olives, Frozen Currant Foam, Brown Soup, Friccadilloes, Killarney Cake, Mock Indian Pudding, Snow Pudding made without Gelatin, many more. 45 pp. 19.5 x 26 cm. Paper on board with leather spine, quite worn, cover very worn. Pages of older journal nearly completely covered with clippings, several pages of journal cut out. Poor. (4665) $22.00. Cookbooks
International Harvester Farm Equipment: The Working Tools of American Agriculture [Advertising Booklet] ca. 1949 Chicago, IL: International Harvester Co. Booklet describes progress in American Agriculture, provides pictures of Farmall Cub, Super-A, C, H, M; also Orchard and Grove, Rice Field equipment, and Crawlers. Most recent development is Farmall Touch-Control for complete control of mounted implements on Farmall Cub, Super-A and C. Photos illustrate Tillage Tools, Middlebusters and Listers, Grain Drills and Seeding Equipment, Corn Belt Planters, Cultivators, Hay Machines, Grain and Corn Harvesting Equipment, Potato Diggers and Planters, Dairy Equipment and Household Freezers and Refrigerators. Includes insert of three inquiry postcards on heavy stock. 32 pp. 20.5 x 25.7 cm. Paper booklet, moderate wear, 2 cm closed tear in cover. Imprinted with "Atherton Farm Equipment, Laconia, New Hampshire". Fair. (7931) $16.00. Farming/Advertising](image361.gif)