A remarkable diary kept by Private Thomas P. Wilkinson, of Newark, Delaware, a soldier in the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a Union Army regiment from the Civil War also known as the "Zouaves d'Afrique" which served under Colonel Charles H. T. Collins and were known for their colorful Americanized..... More
A first-hand account of the significant fight on Culp's Hill from the Battle of Gettysburg, unsigned but likely written by Captain C.P. Horton, Assistant Adjutant-General of the 149th New York Volunteers, being a 7-page handwritten letter in which Horton describes the events of the battle; sold together with a large..... More
1825. Moscow and St. Petersburg: v Tipografii S. Selivanovskogo; N. Grech, 1825. Octavos (21 × 13.5 cm). Contemporary mottled calf with gilt borders, spine blind-stamped and with red label; marbled endpapers; LXVII, [1], 811, [6] and 17 pp. Front hinge starting; boards with light wear and soil; internally very good..... More
[1944]. Color pictorial postcard, measuring 13.9 × 8.8 cm, inscribed and signed by Russian avant-garde artist David Burliuk in 1944: "Best wishes and regards to dear friend from Santa Monica, California. David and Mary Burliuk." Fine condition. Postcard showing a California landscape scene, signed and inscribed to one Mr. and..... More
Hyères, France: February 9, 1948. Single folded leaf, two pages of text written in blue ink; old creases, else very good. An interesting, substantial letter to an unnamed recipient ("Doctor"), concerning a planned exhibition of his works in Prague. Kubín confirms his enthusiasm, inquires about the catalog, and describes the..... More
Paris and Wiesbaden: 1921-23. Eight single leaves, some folded. Very good, with exception of one letter, with tear and some loss to text. The son of Lev Tolstoy, Lev L’vovich Tolstoy was a firm believer in his father’s ideals in his youth, but later became increasingly opposed to his philosophical..... More
![Plusquamperfectum. Poviest' proshedshikh liet [A novella about bygone times]. Mikhail...](/pictures/thumb/50588_1.jpg?v=1587752465)
[Berlin, July 1927]. Quarto. Original blind wrappers; 41 pp. of reproduced typescript to rectos and versos. Occasional corrections in red pencil. About very good. Apparently unrecorded manuscript of a novella by this little known Russian writer and dramaturg (1875–after 1935). Having graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, Popello-Davydov founded the arts..... More
![Mit’ki gazeta [Mit’ki newspaper], no. 9, 1993. "Kinematograficheskii vypusk"...](/pictures/thumb/P5594_1.jpg?v=1593782556)
St. Petersburg: Uchrediteli khudozhniki gruppy Mit’ki, 1993. Quarto (30 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial self-wrappers; offset-printed text and images; [12] pp. (consecutive pagination: 085-096). Very good or better. Later issue of this periodical issued by the “Mit'ki” (meet-KEE), the "cinematographic issue," with articles by M. S. Trofimenkov ("Seks, lozh'..... More
Leon Zdzisław Stroiński (1921–1944) was a poet and a resistance soldier in Armia Krajowa (Polish Home Army) during WWII. Born in Warsaw in 1921, he belonged to the “doomed generation” of poets, referred to as the Generation of Columbuses, many of whom died in their early 20s during WWII. The..... More