General Duncan Walker (6 results)
Published by Government Printing Office, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Blue cloth boards have minor rubbing, general shelf wear. Occasional foxing throughout, overall clean.
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: Maiden Voyage Booksellers, Kennebunk, ME, U.S.A.Maiden Voyage Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 152 pp; commemorative book with accounts of the laying of the original corner stone, in 1793, and of the corner stone of the extension, in 1851; well-illustrated with numerous, very detailed line drawings and b & w photos; hinge is split at Contents page.
Published by U.S. Government Printing Office, Wash, D. C., 1896
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.Reader's Corner, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. First Edition. This is a VG hardcover first edition copy in the original green cloth binding, no DJ. With some speckling of the boards, but fine internally. Lots of plates, illustations, map of DC. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping.
Published by GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, Washington, D. C., 1896
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 152Pp. WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE LAYING OF THE ORIGINAL CORNER STONE, IN 1793, AND OF THE CORNER STONE OF THE EXTENSION, IN 1851. BOOK DESCRIPTION: BRIGHT BLUE RIBBED CLOTH HARDBOUND FOLIO WITH GILT GOLD STAMPED/BANDED TITLE ON SPINE COVER, FRONTIS ENGRAVING OF CAPITOL BUILDING WITH SCENE OF FOUNDING…FATHERS LAYING CORNER STONE, NUMEROUS EXTRAORDINARY BLACK/WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SOME COLOR THROUGHOUT BOOK. DIMENSIONS: 11 3/4" x 8" x 3/4." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD +; BUMPED/RUBBED CROWN/HEEL OF SPINE COVER, GENTLY RUBBED EDGES OF CORNER TIPS. GIFT QUALITY COPY.
Published by Government Printing Office, 1896
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Alan Angele Popular Culture, IOBA, Upper Nyack, NY, U.S.A.Alan Angele Popular Culture, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Maroon cloth with title embossed in gilt on spine. Many full page black and white, 1/2 tone photos and text illustrations.
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1896
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 155 pages. Oversized book, measuring 11-1/2 inches by 8 inches. Some wear to cover and spine. Front flyleaves partially separated. Includes 64 illustrations (black and white), Prefatory Note, Organization and work of the General Committee, Subcommittees, Officer…s of the Parade, and the Joint Committee; The Programme, including Concerts by Centennial Chimes, route of Parade, exercises at the Capitol, Evening Concert, Decorations and Illumination, Grand Stands, Street Decorations, centennial Medal, Souvenir Invitations, The Tablet, and Cost of the Celebration; The Parade: Formation, Route, Etc. At the Capitol: The Invocation, Chairman Gardner's Introduction, President Cleveland's Address, William Wirt Henry's Oration, The Vice President's Address, Speaker Crisp's Address, Justice Brown's Address, Commissioner Parker's Address, and Night Concert; [continuation] The Joint Committee: Personnel, Action, Etc. Congressional Action: Authorizing the Celebration, Appointment of the Joint Committee; Making the Day a Holiday, Granting Use of Flags, etc.; Resolutions to Attend, Attendance at the Celebration; The Tablet; Printing the Proceedings; The Capitol: With Some Notice of Its Architects; The First Corner Stone: A Brief Account from a Contemporaneous Source; Extension Corner Stone: The Programme, The Procession, Ceremonies at the Capitol, Corner Stone Laid, Address of B. B. French, and Daniel Webster's Oration. Also includes 43 black and white illustrations in the text. The official programme of the ceremonies included a civic and military parade over the route taken by the procession on September 18, 1793; prayer by the Right Reverend William Paret, Bishop of Maryland, an address by President Grover Cleveland, and address on "The United States Senate," by Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Vice-President of the United States, an address on "The United States House of Representatives," by Charles Frederick Crisp, Speaker of the House, The vocal music was rendered by a trained "Centennial Chorus" of fifteen hundred adult voices, and the instrumental music by the United States Marine Band. Duncan Stephen Walker (November 11, 1841 - June 3, 1912) was a Union Army lieutenant colonel and assistant adjutant general during the American Civil War. He resigned his commission on May 12, 1865. In 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment as a brevet brigadier general, to rank from March 13, 1865. The grandson of Revolutionary War veteran and U.S. District Judge Jonathan Hoge Walker and son of U.S. Senator Robert John Walker (1801-1869), he was educated at Georgetown University, Lafayette College, and Princeton University. Initially commissioned as a captain of volunteers, Walker served as an assistant adjutant-general during the American Civil War, on the staffs of Major Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks and later Brig. Gen. William H. Emory and Major Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. On February 21, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Walker for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on April 10, 1866. He was the great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin.
