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Clausen Books
Doug and Pam Clausen
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Rare and unusual books
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OFFICERS OF OUR UNION ARMY AND NAVY. Their lives, their portraits. Vol. 1. (Boston) Louis Prang & Co., 1862. First edition, and the only volume produced of this series. Illustrated with 30 lithographic portraits of Union commanders. 148 pp., + [4] pp. publisher's ads. 16mo., textblock very clean and tight, bound in original brown cloth, with flat yellow end leaves. $300.00
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de Lairesse, Gerard. Les Principes du Dessein, ou Methode Courte et Facile. [Manual on the Art of Drawing] (Amsterdam) David Mortier, 1719, the First French translation; 11 half-page engravings, and 120 large full-page engravings; Folio in quarter leather over marbled boards; $5,000.00
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Casey, Silas, Brigadier-General, U.S. Army. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise, and Manoeuvres of the Soldier, a Company, Line of Skirmishers, Battalion, Brigade, or Corps d'armée Three Volume Set- Complete. Vol I - Schools of the Soldier and Company. Instructions For Skirmishes and Music. Vol II - School of the Battalion. Vol III - Evolution of A Brigade and Corps d'armée. D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1862. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good . 24mo. First Edition. Three volume set. black and white fold out plates, plus calls for the bugle and the musical score for all drum calls and bugle. fold-out maps and plates, etc. for formation in order of battle and many illustrations. $350.00
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Hawks, Francis L. Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under The Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy (Washington, D.C.) First Edition, 1856, published by Order of The Congress of the United States. Three Volume Set, early rebinding in matching Black leather, all maps and plates present, save for the usual suppressed plate of women bathing. $3000.00
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Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. (Camden, NJ). 1876, Author's Edition. 384p., plus ads; Whitman, Walt. Two Rivulets: Including Democratic Vistas, Centennial Songs, and Passage to India. (Camden, NJ) 1876. Author's Edition, 350p., plus ads. A beautiful, signed, matched pair in half leather and marbled boards. $15,000.00
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Heinlein, Robert A. Abenteuer im Sternenreich [Starman Jones] Roman Aus der Welt von Morgen (A Novel for the World of Tomorrow) (Berlin-Munchen) Gebruder Weiss Verlag. Signed and inscribed by the author on ffep with dice. Also signed by author on title page; Early edition in German. Hard cover in a dust jacket. 292p. Heinlein, Robert A. Endstation Mond [Rocket Ship Galileo]. (Berlin-Munchen) Gebruder Weiss Verlag. Signed and inscribed by the author on ffep to Ralph Ruder; Also signed by author on title page. Early edition in German. Hard cover in a dust jacket. 247p. $800.00 each, or both for $1400.00