Civil War

Canada: Ghost House Books, 2003. First edition. Trade Paperback. Good +. Civil War. These authors recount fascinating stories of soldiers, statesmen and star-crossed lovers, both ordinary and extraordinary, whose lingering spirits serve as a testament to America's most devastating war. Better than good condition. 232 pp. more information

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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Civil War. Foremost in their ranks today is Edward L. Ayers, author of the award-winning and ongoing study of the Civil War in the heart of America, the Valley of the Shadow Project. In wide-ranging essays on the Civil War, the New South, and the twentieth-century South, Ayers turns over the rich soil of Southern life to explore the sources of the nation's and his own history. Ex-Library Copy with protective clear mylar jacket, but a very nice clean and unmarked copy. 222 pp. more information

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New York: Berkley Windhover Books, 1976. Reprint. Oversized soft cover. Good +. The Civil War. Many Illustrations and Maps in black and white. Pages are clean and tightly bound except there is a crease on the back across the back cover. Overall, in good condition. 114 pp. more information

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New York: The American Past Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc., 1982. American Past Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Civil War. The War in Virginia 1864 - 1865, The Last Fateful Days. Black and white photographs and Illustrations. Pages are clean and tightly bound. 518 pp. more information

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Mr. Catton describes the people and politics, social and economic forces which came together to drive the nation apart, from a political convention in Charleston in 1860 through the first stunning impact of the Battle of Bull Run. David Donald wrote in the New York Times Book Review, ". . . a major work by a major writer, a superb recreation of the twelve crucial months that opened the Civil War." A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 565 pp. more information

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Encino, California: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co, 1979. Revised. Trade Paperback. Very Good. The Civil War, the central theme of nineteenth-century American history, has been studied more thoroughly than any other event in the nation's past. The issues and problems that emerged from the Civil War experience continue to plague Americans today: nationalism versus sectionalism and states' rights; industrialization and urbanization; the dilemma of the Negro in American society. A savage fratricidal conflict, the war was a national trauma, leaving for more than a hundred years deep feelings of guilt and resentment. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 208 pp. more information

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New York: Forge Books, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. An Anthology of Civil War Stories. Not all the stories are based on fact, but all show people doing the kinds of things that were actually done to win the war with brains instead of bullets. The result is a fascinating look at a little-known part of our Civil War heritage. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 318 pp. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1970. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. Civil War. It is the story of the great figures of the Army of Northern Virginia who fought under Robert E. Lee as they came forward on the stage of war. A good, clean and unmarked copy. 773 pp. more information

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New York: Gramercy Books, 1998. First Gramercy Books Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Civil War. The questions are presented in categories, making it easy to test your knowledge of the fighting men of the Confederate or Union armies, the roles of civilians, transportation and communication, sites, weapons, and specific areas of battles. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy except for the previous owner's name indicated on the back of the front cover. 287 pp. more information

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San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, 2005. First edition. Oversized Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Defining Moments: The Civil War looks at the key events of the war, explaining them with contemporary material---photographs, maps, documents, and illustrations. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy except for a gift inscription on the first page. 224 pp. more information

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New York: Oxford Univ Pr, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Civil War. The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was the Bloodiest single day in American History, with more than 6,000 soldiers killed---four times the number lost on D-Day, and twice the fatalities of the September 11th terrorist attacks. In Crossroads of Freedom, America's most eminent Civil War historian, James M. McPherson, paints a masterful account of this pivotal battle, the events that led up to it, and its aftermath. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout the book. Just as if it came off the press. 224 pp. more information

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Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Books, 1961. First printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Original price 75 cents. Number 487. A good, clean and unmarked copy. 144 pp. more information

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New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Photography of the Civil War. Tons of photographs(Black & White). Pages are very clean. No markings and tightly bound. 144 pp. more information

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Mount Vernon Ladies Assn of the, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Mount Vernon: The Civil War Years tells the fascinating story of how one courageous woman protected this national landmark during our nation's darkest hour, with forewords by Ulysses Grant Dietz and Robert E. Lee IV, and an introduction by Civil War historian Ernest B. Furgurson. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 135 pp. more information

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New York: Garden City Books, 1955. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good/good. This was the way Harper's Weekly introduced the Civil War to its readers; and this is the way Fletcher Pratt re-creates, through actual eyewitness reports in picture and story, the five long years of bloodshed, turmoil, and tragedy which brought the nation through its gravest trial. Many Illustrations throughout the book. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy except for the previous owners name on the first page. DJ is slightly frayed at top, otherwise in good condition. 256 pp. more information

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Civil War. In the only book published on the important but strangely neglected subject, the author addresses these questions through a vivid detailed account of the fall segment of the siege at Petersburg, continually assessing the strategy and tactics of the operation. He analyzes its significance, not only in the context of the Civil War, but in the still-larger picture of world military history and tactics. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 670 pp. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner, 1957. Most likely First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Civil War. In good, clean condition. Former Library book. No DJ. 373 pp. more information

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New York: Time/Life Books, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Civil War. One volume of The Civil War Series by Time/Life. A very nice, clean and unmarked copy. 176 pp. more information

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New York: Perennial, Harper Collins, 2003. First printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Non-Fiction. Civil War. Now acclaimed historian Noah Andre Trudeau brings the most up-to -date research available to a brilliant, sweeping, and comprehensive history of the battle of Gettysburg that sheds fresh light on virtually every aspect of it. Pages are clean and tight. Cover has a crease and a slight tear to it, but otherwise a good copy. 694 pp. more information

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Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1989. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Civil War. When Bell Wiley's composite portrait of the ordinary soldier of the Confederacy was first published in 1943, it was enthusiastically received by both the professional historian and the lay reader. After thirty-five years it is still regarded as one of the best available accounts of the average man who swelled the armies that have fought our nation's wars. Through the letters, diaries newspaper accounts, and official records that Wiley masterfully excerpts, the reader will see that Johnny Reb had much in common with the men who later fought in this century's world wars, in Korea, and in Vietnam. Pages are clean and tight. 444 pp. more information

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Louisiana: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1989. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good +. Civil War. "This wonderfully interesting book is the finest memorial the Union soldier is ever likely to have. . . (Wiley) has written about the Northern troops with admirable objectivity, with sympathy and understanding and profound respect for their fighting abilities. He has also written about them with fabulous learning and considerable pace and humor. The Life of Billy Yank is not only an indispensable book for the insatiable Civil War enthusiasts; it is a book which anyone with a taste for American history should relish." Pages are clean and tight except for a crease on the back side of the wraps. 454 pp. more information

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