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More imagesWide Awake: Stories and Tales for Boys and Girls (Wide Awake Series)
White, Henry Kirke; March, Valentine; Mines, Flavel Scott; Kneeland, Samuel; Galpin, Cromwell; Wilcox, Ella Wheeler; Crawford, L.S.; Wells, Amos R.; MacQuoid, Katharine S.; Bridgman; Whitmarsh, H.P.; Derwent, John; Wilkins, Mary E.; Scidmore, Eliza Ruhamah; Tomson, Graham R.; Henshaw, H.W.; Champney, Lizzie W.; Newberry, Fannie E.; Plympton, A.G.; Harris, Amanda B.; Mason, Otis T.; Black, Alexander; Robinson, Edith; Derwent, John; Brastow, Miriam; Hartley, Susan; Lieut.-Col. Thorndike; d'Apery, Tello J.; Buckham, James; True, Lilian Crawford; Carpenter, E.J.; Whiton-Stone, C.E.; Brooks, Elbridge S.
Language: English
Published by Lothrop Publishing Company 1899
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Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled, edges exposed, a few internal holes to cloth spine, pages toned, binding a bit shaken but holding, publisher's advertising insert entitled Best Books for Boys and Girls laid in. 1899 Hard Cover. Color frontispiece,…color pictorial boards, engraved illustrations throughout. An illustrated collection of stories and poems for young readers by various authors, including: The Mysterious Choir Boy; Fluffy's Easter Joke; Phillip de Valogne; The Sea-Serpent; The American Coracle; The Ah-Goo Tongue; Arithmetic Among the Greeks; How the News Came; The Squeaking Fern; A Boy's Ideal; The Diver; An Iconoclast; The Doll-Lady; Chin Chin, Huang Ta-Ta!; Kevin the Fisher; Australian Tree-Climbing; An Old Stager; Boston's Girl-Sculptor; An Evening at Home; How Easter Came to the Little Nuremberg Maids; Egg-Rolling at the White House (A Bit of Washington Folk-Lore); A Primitive Form of Vise; Upper Nine (A Sleeping-Car Story); High Tea at Low Tide; A Pet Seal; How Jack Sailed with Leif Ericsson; The Pessimist; Almost a Deserter; Frog Music; A Masquerade; On the Shores of the Dead Sea; A Boy Editor and How He Runs the Sunny Hour; A Woodland Custom; The Child's Treasure; Raglan's Substitute; The Elf's Thanksgiving; The Legend of the Rhode Island Greening; Dandelion's Time; The Babies of the Zoo; The Narration of Irish Will of Galway; Somebody.
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Published by Arizona Pioneers Society, Tucson, Arizona 1965
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Add to basketFull-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 124 pp., frontis, index, mapped pictorial endpapers, photographs, Introduction by John Alexander Carroll. A near fine, unmarked limited edition copy with minor rubbing to its boards, this being #49 of 50 copies. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with no inscriptions. Comprised o…f an excellent history of this famous fort from the Indian War days to 1918. Signed by Author(s).
Attack the Enemy's Strategy (Lessons from Counterinsurgency Operations)
General James Mattis (USMC); MG John R. Allen (USMC); MG Daniel Bolger; Bevin Alexander; John DeRosa; Ralph Peters; Michael Yon
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Attack the Enemy's Strategy (Lessons from Counterinsurgency Operations)
General James Mattis (USMC); MG John R. Allen (USMC); MG Daniel Bolger; Bevin Alexander; John DeRosa; Ralph Peters; Michael Yon
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Published by Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society 1965
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Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, U.S.A.THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. WITH SCOUTS AND CAVALRY AT FORT APACHE, Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, 1965, first edition, fine without dust-wrapper as issued. #32/50 bound in full blue leather. Illustrated with photos and map end-papers.
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Seller: David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, U.S.A.David M. Lesser, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller4pp, disbound, a few light spots. Very Good to Near Fine. The Committee recommends, in view of the "very hazardous service" rendered by Hardinge and Trueman on the Indian frontier, that their children be educated and supported at public expense. Evans 38823. NAIP w021845 [8].
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Portrait of Beatrice, Mrs. Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt, circa 1914. [Daughter of the Boston publisher William Everts Benjamin and granddaughter of Henry H. Rogers of the Standard Oil Company]. Signed. First edition.
Mark, Louis, artist; Beatrice, Mrs. Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt, subject; Preston Gibson (1880-1937), second husband. Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance)
Published by New York: Circa 1914 1914
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Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Color reproduction mounted on a ledger sheet. Titled in ink. Signed presentation from Beatrice.A similar portrait appeared in Vogue Magazine, Feb. 15, 1914.Beatrice Mai Benjamin, later Mrs. Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt,1889-1956Marriage:17 November 1909.Spouse:Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt, 1883-1947.Children (2)…:Cynthia Anne PrattFemale1910-1985.Dr. Dallas Bache PrattMale1914-1994.Brief Life History of Alexander Dallas BacheWhen Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt was born on 9 August 1883, in New York, United States, his father, Dallas Bache Pratt, was 34 and his mother, Mary Gordon Landon, was 25. He married Beatrice Mai Benjamin on 17 November 1909, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1931 and lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1915 and Manhattan, New York.NY Times Nov. 21, 1919: The fact that Mr. and Mrs. William E. Benjamin are irreconcilable over the marriage of their daughter, the former Mrs. Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt, to Preston Gibson was made known in the Supreme Court yesterday when they filed suit to terminate the trust of $200,000 created by Mrs. Gibson for her children, Cynhia and Dallas Bache Pratt, 2d, under which they are to be maintained until they are of age, and after reaching their majority are to get the full income from the trust. The fund was created Dec. 27 last. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin say that their daughter married Preston Gibson on Oct. 17.Preston Gibson (1880-1937) was a prominent society figure and a playwright. The son of Randall L. Gibson, U.S. Senator and Representative of Louisiana, Gibson was extremely wealthy. Like his father, he attended Yale University, where he was a star athlete. During World War I, he was one of the first Americans to volunteer with the French army. From 1916 to 1918 he fought with the French Ambulance Corps and the American Ambulance Corps, and received the Croix to Guerre for bravery. Upon returning to the United States he enlisted in the Marines and broke records as a recruiting sergeant.Gibson was married and divorced four times: first to Minna Field (niece of Marshall Field and stepdaughter of Thomas Nelson Page), then to Grace McMillan Jarvis (granddaughter of U.S. Senator James McMillan), Beatrice Benjamin Pratt (daughter of the Boston publisher William Everts Benjamin and granddaughter of Henry H. Rogers of the Standard Oil Company), and finally to Evelyn Harris Spaulding. His multiple marriages caused a certain amount of scandal. He had three sons--Henry Field Gibson, James McMillan Gibson, and Henry Spaulding Gibson--and a daughter, Marie Preston Gibson. Gibson died at the age of 57 from heart disease.Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.1 He was the son of Captain George William St. John-Mildmay and Mary Baillie. He married Susan Margaret Stackpole Motley, daughter of the American writere and diplomat the Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877) , on 7 May 1884.1 He died on 21 October 1922 at age 86. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).
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The Wide World Magazine, True Stories of Adventure, May 1930, Vol. 65, No. 386: The Secret Submarine / The Pennsylvania Witch-Murder / Nepal - Land of Mystery
Weston, J.A.; Dunn, H.H.; Huey, Dr. L.M.; Bradley, K.G.; Powell, Col. E. Alexander; Cartwright, Patrick; Wicksteed, B.; Forester, C.S.; Mossman, Frank; taylor, Carl N.; Rothschild, Zeta; Melville, Fred J.
Published by George Newnes Limited, London 1930
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Add to basketSingle Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Secret Submarine - Part I - A strange story of adventure in the romantic Spanish Main; The Largest Map in the World - on display in the lobby of the Ferry Building in San Francisco; The Phant…om Gunman - A 19-year-old boy leads Johannesburg police on a merry chase before he is finally jailed; The Last of the Sea-Elephants - Dr. L.M. Huey visits the lonely island of Guadalupe to capture live specimens of these creatures, some of which weigh 2.5 tons! - with photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part III (conclusion) of one of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Land of Mystery - Part I - Colonel E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Gallowhur were among the very few white men allowed to enter "forbidden" Nepal, with photos; A Car Climbs Table Mountain, the mighty mass of rock that dominates Cape Town - with photos; The Boy Who Sought Adventure - Part I of the fascinating travels and adventures of B. Wicksteed; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - Part II of a three-month river and canal journey through France; The Secret of Black Horse Mountain - Dark happenings involving a farmer and a tramp who meet up again a thousand miles away; Teaching on the Frontier - A young teacher runs into trouble working in remote New Mexico; The Pennsylvania Witch-Murder - Three young men argue they were justified in their action to prevent evils spells from bewitching them - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, May 1930, Wilbert Hess, John Bymyer, Nelson Reymeyer, John Curry, The Secret Submarine, Spanish Main, The Largest Map in the World, Ferry Building - San Francisco, The Phantom Gunman, Johannesburg Police, The Last of the Sea Elephan. Illustrated by Peddie, T.H.; Inns, Kenneth; Tresilian, S.; Goss, G.W.;Wenban, R.; Wigfull, W.E.; Soper, George; De Walton, John; Robinson, T.H. (illustrator).
An original printing of an obituary and of a tribute to Henry James, O.M. (1843-1916). First editions
The Times of London; Country Life; H. B. Marriott Watson, \text; Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance.
Published by London: The Times and Country Life. 1916
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Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Original printings of obituary and a tribute. Mounted recto and verso on a ledger sheet 31 x 42cm. .Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.1 He was the son of Captain George William St. John-Mildmay and Mary Baillie. He married Susan Margaret Stackpole Motley, daughter o…f the American writere and diplomat the Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877) , on 7 May 1884.1 He died on 21 October 1922 at age 86. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).
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An archive of the weddings of Mary Elizabeth Brinsley Sheridan and Charles G. Duff, later Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith. [AND] Sophie Sheridan and Major William Hall Walker. First editions
Lady's Pictorial; Gentlewoman; Dorset County Chronicle; John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877), grandfather-in-law; Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance)
Published by 1894 and 1896 1896
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Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 3 articles on 2 ledger sheets, 31 x 42cm. ."Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith, 1st Bt, was born on 16 April 1851 at Ryde, Isle of Wight. He was the son of Robert George Duff and Mary Astley. He was baptised on 19 June 1851 at Ryde, Isle of Wight.The name change from Duff to Assheton-Smith came as a result of the… death in 1859 of his mother's aunt, the childless but wealthy widow of Thomas Assheton Smith MP (1776-1858). The estate at Vaynol in Wales passed from the deceased widow to George William (Duff) Duff-Assheton-Smith (1848-1904), the elder brother of Charles Garden Duff, together with the exotic animal collection that was kept on the parklands which were part of the Vaynol estate. These included "wild bears and [allegedly] wild white cattle". The name came with the property. Although sources do not spell it out, this was almost certainly an express term included in the will of the deceased as a condition for inheriting the property. When George William (Duff) Duff-Assheton-Smith (1848-1904) died he was not childless. However, there was "only" a daughter, so the lands were transferred not to his own child but to his younger brother, the Charles Garden Duff who is the principle focus of this page. This was again conditional on taking the name that went with the estate, so Charles Garden Duff became Charles Garden Assheton-Smith. Further advancement came with the coronation in London of a new British King George V and His Queen in June 1911. Charles Garden Assheton-Smith was among those who became a baronet."He married, firstly, Hon Maud Frances Vivian, daughter of Charles Crespigny Vivian, 2nd Baron Vivian, of Glynn and of Truro, and Mary Elizabeth Panton, on 16 February 1875 at Bangor, County Down, Ireland."He married, secondly, Mary Elizabeth Brinsley Sheridan, daughter of Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan and Mary Lothrop Motley, on 10 July 1894. He and Mary Elizabeth Brinsley Sheridan were divorced. ."He died on 24 September 1914 at age 63. [4]"He was given the name of Charles Garden Duff at birth. He gained the title of 1st Baronet Duff, of VaynoThe grandfather of the brides was:Ambassador John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 - May 29, 1877) was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work The Rise of the Dutch Republic and four volume History of the United Netherlands. As United States Minister to Austria in the service of the Abraham Lincoln administration, Motley helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. He later served as Minister to the United Kingdom (Court of St. James) during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.In December , 1870 Mr. Motley sent a 62-page dispatch to Secretary Fish, titled "End of a Mission," in which he protested his recall and recounted the events leading to the dispatch of November 10. The Secretary followed with an even longer rejoinder sent, not to Motley, who was no longer in an official position and hadn't been when he had sent the dispatch, but to the chargé d'affaires, Benjamin Moran. Senator Sumner upbraided Mr. Grant and Mr. Fish on the Senate floor, then had the Senate publish all the documents related to the recall. In 1878 Oliver Wendell Holmes, a fellow Brahmin, wrote a memorial biography which was devoted to a defense of the former minister and a repudiation of his recall. John Jay, who had succeeded Mr. Motley in Vienna, published his own defense of him in 1877. Mr. Grant, after leaving the presidency, wrote a letter to the New York Herald reiterating that his reason for dismissing Mr. Motley was solely that he had failed to carry out his duties. Mr. Grant restated this charge a few years later in a Cairo interview, while he was on a world tour, concluding that he had no ill will toward Mr. Motley who "?like other estimable men, made mistakes, and Motley made a mistake which made him an improper person to hold office under me.".Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.1 He was the son of Captain George William St. John-Mildmay and Mary Baillie. He married Susan Margaret Stackpole Motley, daughter of the American writere and diplomat the Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877) , on 7 May 1884.1 He died on 21 October 1922 at age 86. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).
[Edmond Holmes, educationalist and poet; and Admiral Sir Reginald Neville Custance.] Autograph Letters Signed from both men to Lt-Col. John Glas Sandeman, regarding Holmes's pamphets on education.
E. G. A. Holmes [Edmond Gore Alexander Holmes] (1850-1936), educationalist and poet; Admiral Sir Reginald Neville Custance (1847-1935), Royal Navy officer; Lt-Col. John Glas Sandeman (d.1922)
Published by ONE Custance to Sandeman: 8 August ; on letterhead of 42 Half Moon Street Piccadilly W. London TWO Holmes to Sandeman: 19 August 1911; 'c/o Messrs Constable & Co / 10 Orange Street / Leicester Square / W. C. London' 1911
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Add to basketSee the entries for Custance and Holmes in the Oxford DNB. According to the latter: 'On his retirement in November 1910, Holmes published What is and What Might Be (1911), a condemnation of the existing education system, which stressed competition rather than co-operation, emphasized visible results, and demanded the mechanical…obedience of the child. The book attracted wide public attention. [.] Shortly before his retirement, he became involved in the furore over the so-called 'HolmesMorant circular', a highly confidential memorandum which he had issued in January 1910 to inspectors'. The two letters are in fair condition, lightly aged and ruckled; Holmes's letter with light water tide mark around edges. Both with postage folds. ONE: Custance to Sandeman. ALS. 8 August 1911. 3pp, 16mo. Bifolium. Thirty-four lines. Addressed to 'My dear Sandeman' and signed 'Reginald Custance'. The information about 'Homer Lee's book [Lee (1851-1923) was an American engraver and inventor] is interesting, not to say amusing'. Reference to 'Gen. Chaffee's introduction' and Lee's apparent service in the American army and 'Chinese service'. 'A great number of people on this side were taken in by him. Personally I always thought he presented a very exaggerated view.' Turning to 'the Holmes pamphlet', which was given to Custance by 'an American Admiral', he discusses the 'very much amplified edition' titled 'What is and what might be', and how to acquire it. Ends: 'A friend of mie tells me that the ideal school is a [real?] one.' TWO: Holmes to Sandeman. ALS. 19 August [1911]. 2pp, 16mo. Addressed to 'Lt. Col. J. G. Sandeman M. V. O.' and signed 'E. G. A. Holmes'. 'My pamphlet on Sompting School [the school Holmes had set up in East Sussex] is not on sale; but I have written to the Printers and asked them to send you 4 copies.' He cannot spare more than four, as 'the stock is running very low, and half of it belongs to a friend of mine who paid back the whole cost to the printers'. With two cuttings: Custance's Who's Who entry, and a brief advertisement for Holmes's book.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Ceremony of Re-Inauguration July 22nd 1913. Original printing of the Admission ticket for Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay
King George V; Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance)
Published by London: Westminster Abbey 1913
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Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Original thick card, printed on 2 sides.The Most Honourable Order of the Bath was established as a military order by Letters Patent of George I on 18th May 1725, when the Dean of Westminster was made Dean of the Order in perpetuity and King Henry VII's Chapel designated as the Chapel of the Order.The "Ceremony o…f Re-Inauguration" for the Most Honourable Order of the Bath was a significant event held on July 22, 1913, at Westminster Abbey, which revived the installation ceremony for Knights Grand Cross after a long hiatus. Presided over by King George V, the ceremony installed 46 senior Knights Grand Cross and resumed the tradition of installing their banners, crests, and stall plates in the Henry VII Chapel. .Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.1 He was the son of Captain George William St. John-Mildmay and Mary Baillie. He married Susan Margaret Stackpole Motley, daughter of the American writere and diplomat the Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877) , on 7 May 1884.1 He died on 21 October 1922 at age 86. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).
Tributes of the Massachusetts Historical Society to the late Edmund Quincy (1808-1877),and J. Lothrop Motley. (1814 - 1877) First edition.
Winthrop, Robert C.; James Russell Lowell; William Amory; Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, authors; Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance)
Published by Massachusetts Historical Society 1877
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Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Original letterpress text in 4 columns pasted to a suppport sheet.Edmond Quincy (1808-1877), author and reformer was the second son of Josiah Quincy III and Eliza Susan Morton Quincy. He was an abolitionist editor and also the author of a biography of his father, a romance, Wensley (1854), and The Haunted Adjuta…nt and Other Stories (1885). .John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 - May 29, 1877) was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work The Rise of the Dutch Republic and four volume History of the United Netherlands. As United States Minister to Austria in the service of the Abraham Lincoln administration, Motley helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. He later served as Minister to the United Kingdom (Court of St. James) during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.1 He was the son of Captain George William St. John-Mildmay and Mary Baillie. He married Susan Margaret Stackpole Motley, daughter of the American writere and diplomat the Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877) , on 7 May 1884.1 He died on 21 October 1922 at age 86. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).
Celebration of the Fourth of July,1870 , at the Legation of the United States, London. Scene in the Withdrawing Room. Mr. and Mrs. Motley receiving Visitors. [AND] Tribute to John Lothrop Motley on his death by John Jay. Original printing of the pass.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper ; Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877); John Jay (1817 - 1894); Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance)
Published by New York: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper . 1870 and 1877 1877
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Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Original wood-engraving. mounted on a support sheet.25 x 35.5cm. Verso is the text by John Jay.Ambassador John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 - May 29, 1877) was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work The Rise of the Dutch… Republic and four volume History of the United Netherlands. As United States Minister to Austria in the service of the Abraham Lincoln administration, Motley helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. He later served as Minister to the United Kingdom (Court of St. James) during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.In December , 1870 Mr. Motley sent a 62-page dispatch to Secretary Fish, titled "End of a Mission," in which he protested his recall and recounted the events leading to the dispatch of November 10. The Secretary followed with an even longer rejoinder sent, not to Motley, who was no longer in an official position and hadn't been when he had sent the dispatch, but to the chargé d'affaires, Benjamin Moran. Senator Sumner upbraided Mr. Grant and Mr. Fish on the Senate floor, then had the Senate publish all the documents related to the recall. In 1878 Oliver Wendell Holmes, a fellow Brahmin, wrote a memorial biography which was devoted to a defense of the former minister and a repudiation of his recall. John Jay, who had succeeded Mr. Motley in Vienna, published his own defense of him in 1877. Mr. Grant, after leaving the presidency, wrote a letter to the New York Herald reiterating that his reason for dismissing Mr. Motley was solely that he had failed to carry out his duties. Mr. Grant restated this charge a few years later in a Cairo interview, while he was on a world tour, concluding that he had no ill will toward Mr. Motley who "?like other estimable men, made mistakes, and Motley made a mistake which made him an improper person to hold office under me."Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.1 He was the son of Captain George William St. John-Mildmay and Mary Baillie. He married Susan Margaret Stackpole Motley, daughter of the American writere and diplomat the Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877) , on 7 May 1884.1 He died on 21 October 1922 at age 86. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).
Coronation of Their Majesties King George V, and Queen Mary. June 22nd, 1911. Carriage Pass to the west Door of Westminster Abbey. Original printing of the pass.
Henry, E.R., The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis.; Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay (1836- 1922), provenance)
Published by London: The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. 1911
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Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Original thick card, printed on 2 sides.King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953). The coronation of King George V and Queen Mary took place at Westminster Abbey on 22nd June 1911. As part of the coronation celebrations the Festival of Britain was held at the Crystal Palace. The festival included disp…lays of products from the British Empire, a historical pageant and athletics tournaments.//Provenance: Lt.-Col. Herbert Alexander St. John-Mildmay was born on 20 July 1836.1 He was the son of Captain George William St. John-Mildmay and Mary Baillie. He married Susan Margaret Stackpole Motley, daughter of the American writere and diplomat the Hon. John Lothrop Motley (1814 -1877) , on 7 May 1884.1 He died on 21 October 1922 at age 86. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade. He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).
