Walker Duncan S Editor (8 results)
Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Quarto, 152 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is green with gold print. Boards in green cloth; fraying to spine caps and corners. Text block has cracked hinges, spine crack at page 80, foxing to plate tissue guards, frontispiece, and rear plate. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates (drawings), 1 color plate, b&w tex…t illustrations. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex in quarto column. 1410838. FP New Rockville Stock.
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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£ 30.16
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
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Published by Government Printing Office, Washington , DC, 1896
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gibbs Books, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.Gibbs Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st. Edition only printing 1896 , Stiff paper wraps with repaired spine , 151 page book with some black & white illustrations through out . A scarce copy from a very scarce and important ceremony on the building of the Unites States capitol building . Book.
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Published by GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, Washington, D. C., 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: dC&A Books, Crockett, CA, U.S.A.dC&A Books
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£ 61.08
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Add to basketHardcover. 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.
- Hardcover
Seller: Antiquaria Bok & Bildantikvariat AB, Göteborg, SwedenAntiquaria Bok & Bildantikvariat AB
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Add to basketWith Accounts of the Laying of the Original Corner Stone, in 1793, and of the Corner Stone of the Extension, in 1851. Washington 1896. 152 pp + maps and tables, some in color. Publisher's cloth with stains on boards. 30 x 20 cm.[#\29847].
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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.
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Published by Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1896
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.The Ridge Books
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Hardcover. Condition: with no dust jacket. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Brownish-maroon, stamped cloth with gilt titles on spine. Light edge, corner and surface wear with light, general interior aging and toning. The volume is square and the binding secure, with no tears or parting. Comes in specially-fitted my…lar protector. VG- to VG. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 152 pages; This copy has, on the front pastedown, the personal identification plate or sticker of S. J. Field, who was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court at the time of the celebration.
