Winter Quarters, Signed (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Illustrated. 40 pp. Signed and inscribed on title page by author. Signed by Author(s).

Signed by the Author. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), gilt lettering, 206 pp. Fine, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with light rubbing to edges. From dust jacket: G. O. Trevelyan, the British historian, called Valley Forge "the most celebrated encampment in the history of the world." In fact the winter of 1777--1778 was the nadir of the American Revolution, when it was by no means certain that the colonists could prevail. Terrible privations had to be endured with no end in sight. Yet Valley Force was also the crucible of victory for the Revolution. There the "rabble in arms" became a disciplined fighting force which emerged in the spring to fight immediately and win the battle of Monmouth Court House. How did this come about?/ What happened at Valley Forge? The heroic and enthralling story of the men and events there has never been better told than in the pages of Winter Quarters. With elegant style, the author makes the past vividly present and gives the reader a feeling of participating in the flow of history. Washington, Von Steuben, Lafayette, among others, come alive through a skillful blending of narrative and the actual words of the principals. Whether the subject is General Conway's cabal against Washington or the feu de joie to celebrate France's treaty with the colonies, the reader gets the sense of hearing it all for the first time. Revolutionary War, United States History, Military History, U. S. History, American History, Americana, U.S.-iana bslic.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Good+ condition. Signed by the author. Glossy softbound covers show wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners. There is a label residue scar at the top of the front cover. The text is clean and free from underlining.; 449 pages.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Pp: xiv + 206. Gilt titles: sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w photos, drawings, portraits & facsim. doc. (listed). Blue cloth bds. DJ shelfworn and sp. ends chipped. Author's penned inscription, f.f.e.p. Block edges slt. fx-ed. Interior leaves are clean and tight. The story of the winter encampment at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778 and how this experience shaped the direction of the Continental army in the coming campaigns against the British Army. Includes appendices, selected bibliography & index. Inscribed by Author(s).

BUSCH, Noel F. WINTER QUARTERS: GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AT VALLEY FORGE. Illustrated. NY: Liveright, [1974]. Small 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation by Busch on front endpaper: "To Helen, with love and gratitude for "quarters" in every season, from Noel. October 24th, 1974." Near fine; some edgewear (small chips & tears) d/j. $25.00.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title. Slim 8vo. 64pp. Card wrappers (not issued in casebound format). A trace of marking to the wrapper edges, else a fine copy. Twenty-three poems, the author's fifth collection of verse. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]. Inscribed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the half-title. Slim 8vo. 64pp. Card wrappers (never issued in casebound format). A hint of wear to extremities, else a fine copy. Twenty-three poems, the author's fifth collection of verse. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Signed by Alfred Austin the poet laureate, limited deluxe edition of 250 copies - number 164. Cream cloth hardcover with gilt titles on decoratively framed front and on slightly darkened spine, and only minor wear to upper spine end. 1910 inscription inside cover, 16 colour illustrations including frontispiece by George S Elgood and each with a tissue guard, xvii, 164 pages. A lovely book published in 1907 as part of a limited edition and signed by the author in very good condition. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). Large 8vo (27cm by 22cm), xvii, 164pp. 16 colour plates by George S Elgood. Original decorated white cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. Spine rubbed and darkened, bookplate to the front pastedown, endpapers foxed, contents VG. Overall, this copy is in good condition. This is the de-luxe edition, limited to 250 copies (this is copy number 9) signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. George S. Elgood (illustrator). Limited Edition. Signed, limited edition. Number 146th from two hundred and fifty copies. Dust spotting on cover and spine. Marks on some pages inside. Top corners of the cover bumped. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. limited edition de luxe of 250 copies (this no 250), signed by Alfred Austin. White vellum boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Brown decorative border to front cover. Teg. 10.75ins x 8.25ins, xviii, 164pp plus 16pp tissue guarded colour plates. Illustrations by George S. Elgood. Original green marker ribbon still present. Previous owners name and date (1911) to front free endpaper. A little foxing to endpapers, but a nice clean copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1907. De Luxe Limited Edition SIGNED by the Author. With half-title, 16 plates, most in colour, after original watercolours by George S Elgood. Text printed tissue guards describing the illustration. Original cream, red & gilt-stamped cloth, page top edge is gilt, others gently tanned, wear to extremities & some spotting and bubbling to covers, end papers foxed, internally good. First Edition, One of 250 De Luxe numbered copies signed by the Author, numbered 121. xviii, 164pp. Approximately 11 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, faded, darkened, bruised top and tail, red, and gilt decoration. Joints good condition rubbed and worn, frayed to two spots front and rear. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition full cloth decorated in gilt and red, some marks and bubbling, rippling to the rear board, faded to the front. Page edges good condition top edge gilt slightly darkened, rest gently tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact, front a little strained after the end papers. Paste downs good condition tanned. End papers good condition tanned, pencil annotation. Title good condition lightly tanned. Pages good condition frontispiece, 15 further illustrations, lightly tanned. Binding good condition slightly faded. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1907 Binding: Hardback. Signed by Author(s).

First printing. 14.25 x 21.5 inches (closed); 29 x 21.5 inches (open). Printed cloth over boards, in custom cloth-covered clamshell case. With twenty-four color photographs by Ian van Coller, three historic black-and-white images by Herbert Ponting, and an essay ("On the Event Horizon") by William L. Fox.All images pigment prints on Asuka paper, in a drum-leaf binding. Layout and printing by the photographer; book and binding design by John DeMerritt of San Francisco. Book bound in natural Japanese linen, clamshell case in Blue Dubletta fabric, both stamped in copper.Edition of eight numbered and signed copies. New. The latest in Ian van Coller's series of astonishing photographic books devoted to documenting disappearing glaciers and remaining natural wonders around the world, meditations on what we stand to lose, in the face of what humans are doing to the planet.?This is the second book to come out of Ian's fall 2019 residency in the National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artists & Writers program, and is devoted to the site of one of the few architectural landmarks on the continent, the Scott Hut, also known as Winter Quarters. (Ian's previous Antarctic book, Fracture,?and his collaboration with printmakers Todd Anderson and Bruce Crownover,?ROMO (Rocky Mountain National Park): The Last Glacier, can be seen on the Passages Bookshop site.)The fifty by twenty-five foot hut, erected just over a century ago, was large enough to house the twenty-five members of Robert Falcon Scott's second expedition to the Antarctic, as well as their gear and supplies, a messroom, labs with scientific equipment, and a darkroom for Hubert Ponting, the expedition photographer. Scott and a small company left the hut in January 1911, hoping to be the first to the South Pole, but discovered when they arrived that Roald Amundsen had beaten them there. They turned around, but didn't make it back, perishing on the way. The hut was used again (and for the last time) by some of Ernest Shackleton's stranded men in 1915ñ17.Ian's large-format books change the relationship of the viewer to the image: rather than perceiving the book as an object, the viewer feels that they have entered an environment. Though the editions are very small, the books have happily found their way into many prominent institutional collections across the country (such as the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Metropolitan Museum, Yale, Stanford, etc.), where they are seen by scores of students, scholars, and fellow artists.From the essay by William Fox (author of numerous books about landscape and cognition, including Terra Antarctica):In Ian Van Coller's images of Cape Evans there is a rare balance among photographs of the hut's interior, its site, and the surrounding landscape. That concatenation places the viewer on an edge, a horizon from more than a century ago where time simultaneously passes and stands still in the hut. You find yourself standing next to the explorers, a privilege only a very few artists will ever accord us in the Antarctic.

A series of finely drawn hand coloured maps, rolled and enclosed in a contemporary galvanised field tube. The surveyor/draughtsman of most of these maps, William Terry, was appointed Cornet in 1803, Lieutenant in 1805 and Captain in 1807. This finely drawn collection of maps of the High Wycombe area gives troop dispositions for the defence of the area, perhaps in anticipation of an invasion by the French. the first map described bears the signature of Lieut. St. Martin of the Watwiles Regt., probably De Watteville's Regiment, a regiment of mercenaries, drawn mostly from Austria and the wider continent, but in British pay. 1. Position de l'Armee, et des ses avant Gardes, aux Environs de High Wycombe; sa Driote appuyà e sur Monday Farm. signed by Lt. St. Martin, Watwiles Reg. 620 x 850 mm. long closed tear. 2. Sketch of the march of the Fourth Column of the Army encamped at Coleshill. 1050 x 400 mm. a few closed tears. 3. Plan of the Advanced Guard at Four Ashes and Apple Common. 665 x 845 mm. signed William Terry. 4. High Wycombe and north west. 360 x 580 mm. signed William Terry. 5. High Wycombe and north east. 340 x 550 mm. signed William Terry. 6. Plan of Cantonments centred on High Wycombe. 580 x 540 mm. signed William Terry. 7. Squad Plan, centred on Hampden and Hampden Common. 550 x 750 mm. signed William Terry. 8. High Wycombe and the Danish Camp. 320 x 530 mm. signed William Terry. 9. High Wycombe and district with elevations in red. 360 x 650 mm. signed William Terry. 10. Plan of Resources showing the situation of the Parishes and Farms in a District with the number of the Inhabitants & Cattle & Quantity of Green & Dry Forage. 530 x 440 mm. a little chipped. signed William Terry. 11. Bridgewater. 500 x 640 mm. signed William Terry. 12. Sketch of a Table of Winter Quarters. 865 x 290 mm. signed William Terry.