1996, ISBN: 9781168072177

pocketboek, gebonden uitgave, eerste uitgave

Baltimore: Freethinker's Press. NEAR FINE book & DJ, in VG box. SIGNED. 8"x6", 127pp.. (1944). 1st edition.. Hardcover. NEAR FINE book, NEAR FINE glassine DJ, in VG box.… Meer...

Baltimore: Freethinker's Press. NEAR FINE book & DJ, in VG box. SIGNED. 8"x6", 127pp.. (1944). 1st edition.. Hardcover. NEAR FINE book, NEAR FINE glassine DJ, in VG box. SIGNED & inscribed, dated 1944. Book cover lightly foxed, else flawless. . White pebbled cloth. Title & sunrise on front. Flawless book but for cover foxing. Glassine DJ with few 1/4" max tears, one comparable chip. Enclosed in a plain box, likely the cause of the foxing. No other books by him found but he did receive a Eugene Field Society award. A WWI vet, in 1937 FDR had him organize a reunion of surviving union & confederate soldiers. The intro reads: "This work was started in 1939 and covers the cause and development of the present World War. The original manuscript was ready for publication at the time Pearl Harbor was attacked; publication was withheld and the epilogue, - "THE WAR COMES" and a record of the events to the time of publication was added." He speaks in generalities; ".. of those who were crucified upon war's unholy cross of greed, bigotry and hate ..." and in specifics; affixing the cause of WWII as being founded in the Treaty of Versailles. He damns all religions but the Quakers. This is all written in verse; "... instead of conventional prose because it affords a better medium of expression...". There are 40 poems in 4 line stanzas. "DECEPTION BEGETS SUSPICION" reads in part; "Our leaders conceal a war horror story, One that will add a new pain to those bereaved; Then release it with all hate's pictures gory-- When a war bond sales is to be achieved. ..... When the first air raid on Tokyo was done, Reports indicated no planes were lost; Months later when a bond drive was to be run, They revealed that raid was a frightful cost". Not common, Worldcat finds 6 copies. ., Freethinker's Press, 4, Brookings, South Dakota: Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, 1964. Edward S. Luce Memorial Edition--presumed first edition/first printing anywhere. Wraps. Good. 55, [1] plus covers. Scarce original edition (subsequently revised in 1965 ). Table I The Seventh Regiment of Cavalry--Officers of the Regiment--June, 1876. This booklet has been prepared as a source of sketch information concerning some of the participants in the Sioux Expedition of 1876 and the Little Bighorn River fight. Names are alphabetically indexed by last name except Indian names which are indexed alphabetically by firs name. For various reasons there were instances of names recorded incorrectly in official records in the National Archives and in unofficial records. Study has been given to fining the correct name but, in some instances, this has been impossible to determine with certainty. It is needless to say that this first effort is not exhaustive. Brief biographical information in included on nearly 150 individuals. Some are only a few lines. The entries for Custer, Reno, Benteen and some others are, of course, fuller. Edward S. Luce was the Custer Battlefield Park Superintendent January 6, 1941 to May 1, 1956. Major Edward S. Luce was an actual veteran of the 7th Cavalry having served from 1907 to 1910, Company B. Prior to arriving at the Custer Battlefield Luce spent several months in training at the Arlington National Cemetery and in 1941 he became the first National Park Superintendent. Perhaps no other superintendent was more qualified for the job than Edward Luce who had a deep interest in the battle. Luce's passion for the Custer fight earned him the reputation as an authority on the battle and in 1938 he published, Keogh, Comanche and Custer. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. It took place on June 25-26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory. The fight was an overwhelming victory for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho, who were led by several major war leaders, including Crazy Horse and Chief Gall, and had been inspired by the visions of Sitting Bull (T at á ka Íyotake). The U.S. 7th Cavalry, a force of 700 men, suffered a major defeat while commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (formerly a brevetted major general during the American Civil War). Five of the 7th Cavalry's twelve companies were annihilated and Custer was killed, as were two of his brothers, a nephew, and a brother-in-law. The total U.S. casualty count included 268 dead and 55 severely wounded (six died later from their wounds), including four Crow Indian scouts and at least two Arikara Indian scouts. Public response to the Great Sioux War varied in the immediate aftermath of the battle. Libbie Custer, Custer's widow, soon worked to burnish her husband's memory, and during the following decades Custer and his troops came to be considered iconic, even heroic, figures in American history. The battle, and Custer's actions in particular, have been studied extensively by historians. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument honors those who fought on both sides., Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, 1964, 2.5, Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1996. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Collectible Card. Very good. Joseph H. Bailey (Photographer). Stiff card 12.50 inches by 8.5 inches, folded in half. Presents as four panels on a single sheet. No envelopment present. Includes an toy soldier ornament. One panel is double thick with a cut-out portion for the ornament. Cover has wear and soiling. Cover illustration is where Christmas in the field finds toy soldiers of the Royal Engineers and Suffolk and Norfolk Regiments trimming a tree and preparing a holiday feast. These miniatures were made by Harold Pestana and were among 12,000 toy soldiers from the Malcolm Forbes collection that delighted more than 330,000 visitors to the National Geographic Society's Explorers Hall during a ten-month exhibition that ended in September 1983. A Christmas card is a greeting card sent as part of the traditional celebration of Christmas in order to convey between people a range of sentiments related to the Christmas and holiday season. Christmas cards are usually exchanged during the weeks preceding Christmas Day by many people (including non-Christians) in Western society and in Asia. The traditional greeting reads "wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year". There are innumerable variations on this greeting, many cards expressing more religious sentiment, or containing a poem, prayer, Christmas song lyrics or Biblical verse; others stay away from religion with an all-inclusive "Season's greetings". A Christmas card is generally commercially designed and purchased for the occasion. The content of the design might relate directly to the Christmas narrative with depictions of the Nativity of Jesus, or have Christian symbols such as the Star of Bethlehem or a white dove representing both the Holy Spirit and Peace. Many Christmas cards show Christmas traditions, such as seasonal figures (e.g., Santa Claus, snowmen, and reindeer), objects associated with Christmas such as candles, holly, baubles, and Christmas trees, and Christmastime activities such as shopping, caroling, and partying, or other aspects of the season such as the snow and wildlife of the northern winter. Some secular cards depict nostalgic scenes of the past such as crinolined shoppers in 19th century streetscapes; others are humorous, particularly in depicting the antics of Santa and his elves. The first Christmas cards were commissioned by Sir Henry Cole and illustrated by John Callcott Horsley in London on 1 May 1843. The central picture showed three generations of a family raising a toast to the card's recipient: on either side were scenes of charity, with food and clothing being given to the poor. Allegedly the image of the family drinking wine together proved controversial, but the idea was shrewd: Cole had helped introduce the Penny Post three years earlier. Two batches totaling 2,050 cards were printed and sold that year for a shilling each.Christmas ornaments are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood, or ceramics) that are used to festoon a Christmas tree. Ornaments take many different forms, from a simple round ball to highly artistic designs. Ornaments are almost always reused year after year rather than purchased annually, and family collections often contain a combination of commercially produced ornaments and decorations created by family members. Such collections are often passed on and augmented from generation to generation.A Christmas decoration is any of several types of ornamentation used at Christmas time. The traditional colors of Christmas are pine green (evergreen), snow white, and heart red. Blue and white are often used to represent winter. Gold and silver are also very common, as are just about any other metallic colors. Typical winter icons include snowflakes, snowmen, icicles, and even penguins and polar bears. In many countries, such as Sweden, people start to set up their Advent and Christmas decorations on the first day of Advent. Liturgically, this is done in some parishes through a Hanging of the Greens ceremony. In the Western Christian world, the two traditional days when Christmas decorations are removed are Twelfth Night and if they are not taken down on that day, Candlemas, the latter of which ends the Christmas-Epiphany season in some denominations. The Christmas tree is sometimes explained as a Christianization of pagan tradition and ritual surrounding the winter solstice, which included the use of evergreen boughs, and an adaptation of pagan tree worship. The English-language phrase "Christmas tree" is first recorded in 1835 and represents an importation from the German language. The modern Christmas tree tradition, though, is believed to have begun in Germany in the 18th century though many argue that Martin Luther began the tradition in the 16th century. From Germany the custom was introduced to England, first via Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, and then more successfully by Prince Albert during the early reign of Queen Victoria. The influential 1840s image of the Queen's decorated evergreen was republished in the U.S, and as the first widely circulated picture of a decorated Christmas tree in America, the custom there spread. Christmas trees may be decorated with lights and ornaments., National Geographic Society, 1996, 3, paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book., 2.5<