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Featured items that Clausen Books plans to bring to RMBPF 2011.
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Clausen Books
Doug and Pam Clausen
2131 N. Weber St. Colorado Springs CO 80907
888-412-7717 / 719-471-5884
www.clausenbooks.com
bookmail@clausenbooks.com
Rare and unusual books
Booth Number: 17
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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 |
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