Wright Col John (3 results)
Published by Hope Farm Press, Cornwallville, NY 1963
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Brillig's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.Brillig's Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
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Soft cover. Condition: Good+. No DJ. 1st Edition. Pp: viii + 90. Titles: frt. wrp. Illust. w/ b/w designs. Interior leaves are clean and tight. New Windsor Cantonment Publication No. 2. Includes references. Brief but detailed summaries of the evolving organization, tactics, and discipline of the Continental Army during the Ameri…can Revolution. A clean unmarked copy.
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, August 1, 1931: Salesmen of Death - The Truth About War-Makers
Drew, Lieut.-Col. George A.; Slade, Christine Jope; Roberts, Leslie; Hedworth; Barbara; Lorenson, Fred I.; Wallace, W. Stewart; Wright, Sewell Peaslee; Armitage, John; Holway, Ruth; Paterson, Jack; Wynne, Anthony; Hucks, M. Frances; et al
Published by Maclean Publishing Company, Limted, Toronto 1931
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Periodical
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, CanadaRareNonFiction, IOBA
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Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 64 pages. Features: Nice color/photo ad for Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat inside front cover; Great full-page ad with photos for International Trucks; Full-page photo ad for Cream of Wheat features baby; Salesmen of Death - The Truth About War Makers - "This Frankenste…in monster must be smashed or it will smash civilization", by Lieut.-Col. George A. Drew - article with photos of Dr. William B. Shearer and Sir Basil Zaharoff; Backstage at Ottawa; Air-Minded - short story; The Empress of Britain - article with great photos of/in this Canadian-owned vessel which holds the record as the fastest liner plying between Europe and North America; The Fourth Bridesmaid - short story; What's Wrong with our Lacrosse? - writer mourns Canada's first defeat at the hands of the United States; The Strange Case of Dr. King - short story; The New Partner - short story; Sciene Aids the Airman - J.H. Parkin and aeronautical research at the National Research Laboratories in Ottawa - article with photos; Don't Let Her Worry - short story; Back of the Hump - a vivid pen picture of Canada's newest national park - the Riding Mountain Reserve in Manitoba - with photos; The Silver Scale - short story; Stalin's Rule is Autocratic - the world's most powerful ruler according to many; Photo and bried story of the world's richest man, The Nizam of Hyderabad; Communism and the Ukrainians - a fascinating long letter by Arthur O. Rose of Hafford, Saskatchewan; Brickbats and Bouquets; Wonderful Canadian Nationa (CN) full-page black and white photo ad promotes their Montreal to Toronto service - 334 miles in 360 minutes; The Secret of Successful Salad Dressings - article with recipes; Crossword; Consider the Lily; Bankers adopt more hopeful attitude toward foregin bonds; Colour ad for Kodak Verichrome film on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound, informative and pleasing vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, August 1, 1931: Salesmen of Death - The Truth About War-Makers Quaker Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat inside front cover; Great full-page ad with photos for International Trucks; Full-page photo ad for Cream of Wheat f. Illustrated by Shreve, Carl (Cover Art and more); Mathieu, Hubert;Dinsmore, E.J.; Sellen, H.E.M.; McCrea, H.W.; Summers, Dudley Gloyne (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by [Washington, D.C. 1859]. 1859
Seller: William Reese Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.William Reese Company
Contact seller5-star sellerA presentation copy, inscribed "Compliments of Lieut Mullan U.S. Army" on the front free endpaper, and in a black morocco presentation binding. This is Mullan's rare report on Colonel George Wright's "expedition against hostile northern Indians, of his march from Fort Dalles, Oregon, to the Coeur d'Alene mission, via Fort Walla-…Walla, during the summer and autumn of 1858." Mullan's detailed "topographical memoir" is composed of correspondence by himself, Colonel Wright, Lieutenant Colonel E.J. Steptoe, and other American military leaders who participated in the battles with the Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and Pelouze Indians at Four Lakes and Spokane Plains. The last three pages record distances between various points in the Pacific Northwest "on the line of march followed by the military expedition against the northern Indians under Colonel G. Wright." Mullan's other two major works, Report on the Construction of a Military Road from Fort Walla-Walla to Fort Benton and Miners and Travelers' Guide to Oregon, Washington.Via the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. came four and six years later, respectively. An early report on the conflicts between the United States Army and Native Americans in Oregon and Washington, with a rare presentation inscription from the major author and compiler of the report. Not in Graff, Field, or Sabin. HOWES W695, "aa." GOODSPEED 549:489. Contemporary black morocco presentation binding, sympathetically rebacked in modern black morocco, front board stamped in gilt. Lightly shelfworn. Very good.
