Spanish-American War
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The Rough Riders
by Theodore Roosevelt
In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than...
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Empire By Default
by Ivan Musicant
After the Spanish-American War of 1898, America’s first imperial overseas adventure, the nation would be acknowledged internationally as a global player with a navy second to none. It was the dawn of the American century. Here, moving from the councils of Madrid to the conferences in Washington, from the victory at Manila Bay to the battle of San Juan Hill, from factional in-fighting to inflammatory journalism, Musicant offers a dramatic narrative that will stand as the definitive account. Here are the...
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Empire By Default
by Musicant, Ivan
After the Spanish-American War of 1898, America’s first imperial overseas adventure, the nation would be acknowledged internationally as a global player with a navy second to none. It was the dawn of the American century. Here, moving from the councils of Madrid to the conferences in Washington, from the victory at Manila Bay to the battle of San Juan Hill, from factional in-fighting to inflammatory journalism, Musicant offers a dramatic narrative that will stand as the definitive account. Here are the...
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The Rough Riders
by Roosevelt, Theodore
In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than...
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War-Time Echoes. Patriotice Poems, Heroic and Pathetic; Humorous and Dialectic of the Spanish-American War.
by Brownlee, James Henry, Selected and Arranged by
Akron, OH: The Werner Company. Very Good. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Leading corners bumped; top edge of rear endpaper with a slight scuff. ; Illustrated green cloth lettered in gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown: "From the Library of Fontland Farm In Memory of Harry H. Edgerton" . . . Signed by Mrs. H. H. Edgerton. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 209 pages .
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€33.08
The Splendid Little War
by Frank Freidel
Bramhall House, NY, 1958. Second Printing. Hardcover. Spanish American War; The dramatic story of the almost forgotten Spanish-American War. The Maine, San Juan Hill, Manila Bay, Santiago, the Rough Riders all told in text and more than 300 pictures. Title page has inserted in vivid color illustration of American Warships Routing the Spanish Fleet in the Battle of Manila Bay. 314 pages. DJ has very small tear upper, small mark inside cover. Otherwise DJ and Book Near Fine.
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€36.82
The Story of the War of 1898 Told by W. Nephew King Illustrated from Drawings in Black and White, Photographs Taken at teh Front, and Paintings by the Best Artists
by KING, W. Nephew (Told by)
New York: Peter Fenelon Collier, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Oblong large folio, 322pp., plus numerous plates. An unusually nice copy; near fine. Somewhat musty, but clean and bright internally. Some scuffing to spine, and the boards mildly dust-soiled, but a crisp, sound copy of this extremely large and heavy volume, usually found quite shaken, abused, and falling apart. An epic tome, full to bursting with illustrations from photographs and drawings of figures, locations, and events of...
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€259.93
The Rough Riders (Dover Books on Americana)
by Roosevelt, Theodore
Paperback. Very Good.
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€4.62
![War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/384/573/1321573384.0.b.0.jpg)
War I Say [caption title of Spanish-American War-Era Uncle Sam Painting]
by [Anon.]
[America. c1898]. Gouache painting on artist's board. Approx. 11 x 5¾ inches. Some losses at corners, 1½-inch scratch at lower right; overall, very good. Gouache painting ca. 1898 showing Uncle Sam declaring War against Spain, i.e. The Spanish-American War. American war vessels with large gun emplacements, and tall smokestacks and masts are seen in a harbor; one ship at right faces the viewer head-on. Uncle Sam holds a placard with the unambiguous legend "War I Say." A compelling, evocative image. k67
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€1,181.50
The Rough Riders
by Roosevelt, Theodore
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2003. First thus. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine, gilt borders on the front and rear boards, decorated end papers (a first for the Classics) and bright gilt applied to the top edge of the text block. The 101st volume in the Lakeside Classic series, the first of the fifth binding color given to the books in the series. In the publisher's original shrink-wrap protection. 317 pages including a list of the books in the...
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€28.36
THE CORRESPONDENTS' WAR. Journalists in the Spanish-American War
by Brown, Charles H
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1967). first edition. hardcover. Very good/very good. Large octavo (approx. 6 3/8" wide by 7 3/8" tall), yellow cloth covers, vi [5] 479 pages. Ink marks on one page in foreword, else clean and tight. Dust jacket price clipped, a little wear at head of spine. Map on endpapers, black and white illustrations. Includes soures, bibliography, index. 092715A
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€9.45
The Rough Riders
by Roosevelt, Theodore with additional text by Richard Bak
Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1997. Second printing. Paperback. Very good. Quarto; pp. ix, (i), 221; frontispiece portrait and numerous sepia and color plates; original color pictorial paper wrappers; Minor edgewear. History of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry. Nicely presented with many illustrations and additional material from Bak.
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€11.82
Herbert Howard Sargent. American Military Officer, Author. Autographed Letter signed, (Als). War Department, May 19, 1898
by Sargent, H. H
Very good. Two pages (Approx. 8" x 5") on War Department stationary. Sargent is the Quartermaster of the Second U. S. Cavalry. Written to Mr. E. S. Fales, the Editor of the Mail & Express in New York. Sargent is now in Washington "to help General H. C. Corbin organize the Volunteer forces..." Some literary content as well. Sargent was a graduate of West Point and had been professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of Illinois, Champagne. He would later write a definitive three volume...
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€89.79
The Flag That Won
by Valentine, C. S
Np: C. S. Valentine, 1899. First Edition. Wraps. Some fairly light soiling, a bit of wear to the spine tips with a small loss of paper, a few corners creased. Generally else very good condition.. Duodecimo; pp; 46; Illustrated, four portraits, Gen. Miles, Admirals Dewey & Sampson, Lt. Hobson; original printed pictorial wrappers with the flag in color;. Patriotic verses about the Battleship Maine, Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, Admiral Dewey, Richmond Hobson, etc. With several monochrome photo...
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€70.89
The Pearl of the Antilles. A View of the Past and a Glance at the Future
by Frederic M. Noa
New York: [Knickerbocker Press], 1898. xiii, [1 (blank)], 84pp. First edition. Sm. 8vo. Publisher's cloth; top edge gilt. Minor rubbing at extremities and old owner's name neatly written to blank endpaper; Very Good. Concise analysis of Cuban political history, their struggle for autonomy in the face of Spanish atrocities, and the causes of the Spanish-American War. Writing after Admiral Dewey's victory at Manila Bay in the Philippines, author Frederick M. Noa sought to build popular support for the...
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€70.89
THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER." A History of the Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Spanish-American War of 1898, with Roster of Companies B and D, Allentown Pa
by Reichard, F[red] H
Allentown: F. H. Reichard (Press of Berkemeyer, Keck and Co.), (1898). First Edition. softcover. Good. Octavo, stapled wraps, salmon colored pictorial paper covers, 192 pages. Black and white illustrations. Book has slight fold at one corner. Covers chipped at edges, label with number on spine; small inked number on front cover; dark spot spot on rear cover is also noticeable on the next 4 leaves in the margin. The author and publisher was a member of company B, and a special correspondent to "The...
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€33.08
![War Map and History of Cuba with Separate Map of Porto Rico and West Indies also including the Opening of the Spanish-American War. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/917/553/1412553917.0.b.jpg){kind=small}
War Map and History of Cuba with Separate Map of Porto Rico and West Indies also including the Opening of the Spanish-American War. [cover title]
by Lieut. E. Hannaford [Ebenezer Hannaford]
Springfield, Ohio: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1898. 64pp + 2 maps mounted on endpapers. Printed, stiff-paper wrappers; stapled. Proper title: War Map and History of Cuba including the Opening of the American-Spanish War. Maps 14 x 20 inches (color) and 8¼ x 10½ inches. Very Good to Near Fine. Handy Spanish-American War pocket maps and history of the conflict. The reference work contains much on the politics, diplomacy and background history of the war-part of the larger Cuban War of Independence-and...
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€80.34
The Martial Spirit
by Millis, Walter
Ivan R. Dee Publisher, 1988. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€6.30
HISTORY OF THE SECOND REGIMENT ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY from Organization to Muster-Out
by H.W. Bolton, ed
Chicago: R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 444p. A brown cloth hardcover book in fine condition. A beautiful book which appears as new and fresh as when published in 1899! A Spanish-American War regimental with much information on Cuba. Illustrated with many black and white photographs.
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€118.15
The Rough Riders
by Theodore Roosevelt
Random House Publishing Group, 1999. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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€6.50
The Martial Spirit
by Millis, Walter
NY: Literary Guild, 1931. Hard cover. Published NY: Literary Guild, 1931. 8vo., xii+427pp., illustrated. Maroon cloth with gilt spine titles, map endpapers, frontis. Spine lettering dull, bookplate on verso of frontis. Very good.. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
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€16.54
The Rough Riders
by Roosevelt, Theodore
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2003. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. As new in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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€14.18
Richard Pearson Hobson, (Als) Autographed letter, signed
by Hobson, Richard Pearson
Buffalo NY, 1907. Very good. (Als) Autographed letter, signed, two pages, Buffalo. Aug. 6, 1907 to the Guild of St. Elizabeth on "Niagara Hotel" stationery. The page measures 8" x 5" and is signed boldly as Richard Pearson Hobson. "I assure you it gives me great pleasure to comply with your request and I enclose the Quotation herewith, with all good wishes for the success of the Fair and the good work of the Guild of St. Elizabeth". There is a slight hole at the top of the second page and some mounting...
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€212.67
A Leap to Arms: The Cuban Campaigns of 1898
by Dierks, Jack Cameron (by)
Philadelphia & NY: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1970. Mapped end papers, textblock very clean and tight; Bumped head and foot of spine, minor bumping to corners, rubbed at tips of spine and corners. Unclipped dust jacket, several small tears to head/foot of spine, chipped corners, tear to front top edge. 240p., including bibliographical references and index.. Book Club Edition. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by Mapped End Papers. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.
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€8.20
Neely's Panorama Of Our New Possessions
by Neely, F. Tennyson
Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1898. Hardcover. cloth wrinkle to the upper board, else a clean tight copy. Oblong 24mo; Unpaginated, (pp; 123); each page is a captioned photograph; blue cloth, lettered in red;. There are several classic photographs in this collection. Rough Riders, TR, Camp Wickoff, Tampa, Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines and many Generals and Admirals. A photgraphic chronicle of the "Splendid Little War!"
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€23.63
The Martial Spirit.
by Millis, Walter
The Literary Guild Of America.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. A study of the U. S. War with Spain. Twenty five illustrations. 427 pages, bibliography, index. Original maroon cloth bind without a dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine condition. ; Standard Book Size .
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€23.63
The Spanish War. An Address Before The Reunion Society of Vermont Officers, At Montpelier, October 26, 1898
by McCullough, J. G
Np. (Montpelier): Privately Printed, 1898. First & Only Edition. Wraps. Very good. Octavo; pp; 24; original olive paper wrappers lettered in black;. John Griffith McCullough (1835-1915) was an American businessman and attorney. He was Attorney General of California during the Civil War, and the 49th Governor of Vermont from 1902 to 1904. The Park McCullough Mansion in Bennington was his home.
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€23.63
The Rough Riders
by ROOSEVELT, Theodore
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Octavo, 298pp., illustrated. A near fine, tight copy, with sharp corners, spine gently sunned, some tiny spotting on the front board, and the page block pulling just slightly at the middle; still a sound, fresh example, probably unread. Contemporary owner's name on front fly leaf in faded ink.
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€1,134.24
