Book Brigade, Signed (6 results)

Trade paperback format. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Fine condition, brand new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine+. First Edition; 1st Printing,. Inscribed to the previous owner and signed by Tom Jones. No other names or markings. Military number one. Introduction by Col. Harold B. Simpson. It is unique among Confederate history books. ; 8"-11"; Unpaginated pages; Signed by Author.

Condition: Good. - Letter penned in black ink and filling both sides of a cream-colored 7 inch high by 5 inch wide sheet of letterhead with his address printed in red raised lettering at the top of the recto. Signed "Fred.[?] Hamilton". The left edge of the letter is reinforced with linen tape. Hamilton's name & the title of his book have been noted in another hand below his signature. Folded once for mailing. Together with a newspaper cutting of his obituary. Good. General Hamilton writes to Mrs. Ford: "I leave a copy of the morning's (which you can return at your convenience) containing a review of my book. I hope you have recovered from the heat of yesterday". The book, published in London by John Murray in 1874, is "The Origin and History of the First or Grenadier Guards. From Documents in the State Paper Office, War Office, Horse Guards, Contemporary History, Regimental Records, Etc.".General Sir Frederick William Hamilton [1815-1890] was a British Army officer who was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1831. He commanded his regiment throughout the Eastern campaign of the Crimean War, including the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Balaklava, the Siege of Sebastopol, and the Battle of Inkerman where he was wounded and had his horse shot out from under him. He then served as Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards from 1868 to 1870, before retiring with the rank of full general in July 1881.

Wood. Condition: Very good. The Peanut Brigade Guest book from "The Train Depot," the 1976 Presidential Campaign Headquarters in Plains, Georgia. (illustrator). Guest book. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on the last leaf, affixed to the rear board. The guest book covers July 5, 1976 - July 18, 1976. From the private collection of Maxine Newsberry Reese (1932-2000), who spearheaded the effort to make Plains, Georgia a National Historic District. Octavo, [100 leaves]. A few leaves torn from book, all individually signed. Wood boards, bound at the spine with leather lace. Both covers lacquered. This campaign piece includes over 1000 signatures from visitors to the Plains Train Depot, the campaign headquarters of Jimmy Carter. Rear endpaper with Lillian Carter's handwriting, noting that "Jimmy was born Oct.1st, Friday (ex) 7 A.M. 1924." This book was presented to Jimmy Carter in 2018, who confirmed that the handwriting on the rear pastedown was his mother's. The 1976 Peanut Brigade were a devoted group of Georgians who campaigned for Jimmy Carter beginning with his first run for the Georgia Senate in 1963. During the 1976 presidential primary, they traveled to seven primary states, at their own expense, to endorse Jimmy Carter door-to-door. By July of 1976, Jimmy Carter had secured the Democratic nomination, and many of his supporters traveled to Plains to pay their respects to the democratic nominee. Signed.

Condition: Good. The writing is in a neat hand. The verse reads: "Pte is my nickname Ireland is our nation Parliament house belonged to us Since Ireland was a nation. When I am in my lonely cell and not a word is spoken may the prison Governor break his neck, That put me Oakem ." It is Signed by the writer. His signature is difficult to read and more research is required to ascertain who he was exactly. The first name in the title is a poor effort at deciphering his signature. On the verso are three other autographs Lady Cadogan (1925), J. Martin Hussy(?) (1912), Phyllis Neilson Terry. Size: 17.5 x 12.5 Cms. (7 x 5 Inches approx).