Civil War

Philadelphia: James B. Rodgers, 1864. Paperback. 16mo. Pale red wrappers. 36pp. Very good. Overall a tight and attractive copy, though a bit of paper loss to rear wrapper. Reports on "Our Navy Work" (including a prayer meeting on the Monitor Onondaga), "Western New York," "Maryland," "The Shenandoah" and "Army of Potomac." The U.S. Christian Commission was a forerunner of the Red Cross.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1887. SEE PHOTOS. A gorgeous copy of the scarce FIRST CONTINENTAL EDITION (Todd & Bowden #2440). Very Fine condition -- unusually fresh and attractive. Beautifully bound with brown morocco spine and corners, lettered in shiny gold over a handsome red leather spine label. There are six gilt-decorated raised bands on spine. Sharp corners. Hinges are perfect. All edges are red speckled. Pages are creamy white, clean, crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. 4.5" wide by 6.25" tall. In 1996, Broadfoot CIVIL WAR BOOKS, A PRICED CHECKLIST valued the First London Edition at $500.00, and First American Edition at $400.00. But Broadfoot didn't mention this First Continental Edition, which was issued the same year as the American. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Autobiography of Admiral Hobart Pasha (Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, 1822-1886) a British Royal Navy officer, and winner of the Victoria Cross. Recounted here are his… Read More

Nixon-Jones Prtg. Co., St. Louis, 1893. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. 1st. Edition; Green embossed w/gilt lettering & lines on spine, 335 pp., frontis., illus. Top of spine slightly worn. Corners slightly bumped. Lt. Collins was born in East Tennessee & moved to Texas, settling in Decatur. Early in 1862, he joined the Confederate army & rose to the rank of lieutenant in Co. B, 15th Texas Cavalry, Cleburne's Division. Fought at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Nashville, etc. Collins' narrative is well written and informative. IN TALL COTTON 25; NEVINS I, 72; DORNBUSCH II, 1063B. Very nice copy. Rare

New York: McDonnell Bros., 1866 Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Large brown two-volume Civil War book set with a gilt cover title. Five inch top spine cover chip and a one and one half inch bottom spine chip to volume 1. Volume 2 has a top chip/slight gouge at the spine top and a small chip at the bottom spine. Covers with light to moderate worming. Shaken and cracked bindings with a few loose pages and some old taped tears. The first 8 pages (from the title page) to the second volume are loose from binding and present. Fair minus to Fair plus condition. About 16-1/2 x 12 with 836 total pages. Illustrated, plus maps. Rare two-volume Civil War set (1866 and 1868)! .

New York: Review of Reviews Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A very good first edition, complete ten volume set. Blue cloth with gilt title stamping on spine. Shelf wear on head and tail of all volumes. Top edges gilt. Bindings slightly shaken, otherwise a very good set with minimal wear. Portrait endpapers. Pages are clean and bright. Small tear to page 32 of volume one; long tear to photo on page 37 of volume two. Maps and thousands of period black and white photographs. 8 x 11, quarto. Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities. Foreword by President William Howard Taft. Part I - The First of the Great Campaigns. Part II - Down The Mississippi Valley. Part III - The Struggle for Richmond. Part IV - Engagements of the Civil War Up to July, 1862. A vital primary resource for anyone interested in the "War between the States."This multi-volume set requires extra postage, billed at actual cost.

1852. London: Parker, Furnivall, And Parker, 1852. London: Parker, Furnivall, And Parker, 1852. Treatise on Courts Martial Owned by Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart [Stuart, J.E.B. (1833-1864)]. Simmons, Thomas Frederick. Remarks on the Constitution and Practice of Courts Martial; With a Summary of the Law of Evidence, As Connected with Such Courts; Also Some Notice of the Criminal Law of England, With Reference to the Trial of Civil Offences Where There is no Competent Civil Judicature. London: Parker, Furnivall, And Parker, 1852. xvi, 668, [4] pp. Includes 4-page publisher catalogue. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Original cloth, blind frames to boards, blind fillets and gilt title to spine. Light rubbing, soiling and a few minor dampstains, chipping to spine ends, corners bumped, hinges cracked. "J.E.B. Stuart./ 1st Cavalry" in large penciled hand to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in a few places, upper corners of a few leaves dog-eared. A copy with an interesting Civil War… Read More

LECTURES on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery As Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery In the United States with the Duties of Masters to Slaves.
William A Smith DD, President of Randolph-Macon College And Professor Of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy
Edited by Thomas O Summers, DD Stevenson and Evans 1856, Nashville, Tenn Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by WILLIAM A. SMITH, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY A. A. STITT, SOUTHERN METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE, NASHVILLE, TENN.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The book consists of thirteen lectures on the subject of slavery as was given to students of Moral Science in Randolph Macon College. The author presents lectures on the various components of slavery. His main reason for agreeing with the institution is that is "a fundamental… Read More

O.H. Oldroyd. . 1901. Cloth, octavo, xviii and 305 pp. Foldout map attached at rear, in good shape. This edition was limited to 250 copies . This is recorded as 175. 305 pages. Illustrated with photos. Cardstock engraved plate of Lincoln and fold-out map are present. . Limited 1st Edition. 1901. Osborn Oldroyd (1842-1930) was one of the great collectors and early researchers on Lincoln and lived in Lincoln's Springfield home for several years in the 1880s. He accumulated thousands of items related to the president, many of which are at the Ford's Theater Lincoln Museum today. As part of this account Oldroyd describes personally retracing the route of John Wilkes Booth's flight, with a folding map of the route laid in. 82 illustrations including photographs from Oldroyd's collections, with an introduction by Thomas Maley Harris, a Union general who was on the commission to try the Lincoln conspirators and also authored books on the assassination. Signed by Author .

1866 1ed Women of the Civil War Americana Gettysburg Military Robert E Lee Moore

Frank Moore was a notable American Civil War historian known for his portrayals of Civil War life and culture. One of his most important works was 'Women of the War'. While this work focuses primarily on the biographical accounts of individual women, Moore also describes the hardships and sacrifices made by American women during the war and provides an interesting account of how these women influenced Gettysburg. Moore covers the lives of the following women, most of whom are wives of Civil War officers:
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P.B. Hurd
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Mary Lee
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Mrs. John Harris
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Charlotte McKay
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Burger Stearns
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Harriet W.F. Hawley
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According to Nevins,
"idealistic biographies of then-famous women."

Item number: #13126
Price: $399
MOORE, Frank
Women of the war: their heroism and self-sacrifice, illustrated with steel engravings
Hartford [Connecticut]: S.S. Scranton, 1866. First edition.… Read More

This has to be an extremely rare first edition of this important historical archive. We have not found another edition of this book prior to 1880. The pages are readable and the illustrations in good condition. There is moderate foxing on most of the pages and moderate yellowing on a few of the pages. There is what appears to be light to heavy water stains on many of the pages. There does not appear to be any missing pages or tears on any of the pages . Front page wrinkled engraving of Pres. Lincoln has separated from the binding as has the covers. The cloth over board covers are heavily worn. However, the gold leaf work on the spine and the title on the spine are still visible despite some tears and separation along the spine.. The remaining pages appear to be tightly bound. On the last textual page and the last fly-leaf page there is an upside down stamp of the Southern Book Exchange of Hagerstown, Md. We are still in the process of pricing the book and searching for another existing first… Read More

Louisiana State University Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Hay, Thomas Robson; Sanger, Donald Bridgman : James Longstreet I - Soldier; II - Politician, Officeholder and Writer. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1952. First edition. "James Murfin's copy." Size is super royal octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm H. Lacking dj. Bound in publisher's chocolate brown cloth, gilt lettering and black decoration to spine. Light yellow/vanilla plain endpapers. xii pp prelim material, 460 numbered pages, plus 14 unnumbered sheets (would be counted as 28 pp) glossy b&w white inserts (photos and maps) scattered through text. An interesting approach - two separate biographies by two different authors bound together. The Soldier section takes up three quarters of the book . Each has a separate 'critical essay on authorities' but (thankfully) a single index covers both. Condition notes: At first glance, merely a solid reading copy structurally sound. Lacking dj. Binding solid and square. No notes or… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Printed on Strathmore Permanent Paper in an edition of 150 copies for sale and 15 presentation copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR at Limitaion Page, this being copy #59. Near Fine in original green cloth with gilt lettering at spine and top edge gilt, hinges toned, prior owner name and address front end page. A quite handsome copy, and SCARCE THUS. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two volumes. Volume I - 70th thousand printing. Volume II - 80th thousand printing. Octavo. Original brown cloth. Damage to both spine strips. Some chipping to the board on Volume I. Ownership inscription on FFEP of Vol. II. Internally very clean. Unlike other copies, virtually no foxing.

312 Pages. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket is Not price-clipped.This very in-depth volume on the assassination of President Lincoln and the days afterward until he was buried has loads of great original photographs and very interesting text. The book's dust jacket is in fair condition with very extensive edge wear, missing pieces off the top edge, many small tears and some repaired larger ones, worn areas on all four corners but the front and back outside of the edges are both in very good condition. The interior book has worn areas on all four corners, some soiling along and on the spine, but the interior of the book, however, has no visible extraneous markings or other distractions and thus has all printing and photographs in a very well preserved and enjoyable condition.This volume will be carefully wrapped up and padded and then boxed and sent right away to you from here in New Jersey and will come to you with our utmost gratitude for your interest and for your order.

Around the World with General Grant, A Narrative of the Visit of General U.S. Grant to Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878 1879; To Which are Added Certain Conversations with General Grant on Questions Connected with American Politics and History. by John Russell Young, with Eight Hundred Illustrations.In Two Volumes. New York: Subscription Book Department, The American News Company: volumes are 631 pages each.Condition: This complete two volume set is bound in full leather and is in superior condition, with all maps, good gilt on covers and spine, and a secure binding with clean text blocks. Engraving of Grant is original and also in good condition, with tissue guard. Fold out map in volume II is present and all original and in very good condition as well. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.*Please Note: This item… Read More