Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, in Four Volumes by Johnson, Robert Underwood; Buel, Clarence Clough - 1887

Boston: John P. Jewett & Co., 1856. This was the platform for the first national Presidential election (1856) with a Republican candidate, John C. Frémont. A RARE publication in its own right ( Rare Book Hub notes last copy appearing in a dealer catalog in 1970). This copy rendered unique and historically significant by the original owner's addition of 78 blank pages which he mostly filled with pasted in contemporaneous newspaper clippings, including 7 pp. of the Democratic Party Platform of 1856. Other significant clippings are headed: The Sanford Letter, Wash. Aug. 21 1848 2 pp.; Kansas Affairs-Official Instructions to Gov. Geary and Gen. Smith Wash. Sept.3 1856; Kansas Slave Code 4 pp.; Who Are the Disunionists ?; 4th of July Toasts in South Carolina: The White Man Shall Be a Slave If a Laborer: Slaves, Horses and other Cattle, a Sale by J.B. Sproull & Co. 1855; and The Buchanan Democracy Hate Freedom. Overall approximately 40 newspaper clippings pasted in, with some marginal… 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.

Philadelphia: Burk & McFetridge, Printers, 1889. Prior owner name in pencil front paste down "Geo. H. Thompson, Post No. 523 Dept of Indiana 1888", with different PON in pencil verso of front end page. Very Good Minus, edges rubbed, gilt at spine dulled yet sttill legible, title and front end pages starting to separate from text block, soiling and a few pages with marginal notations and underlining in pencil. George H. Thompson served in the 3rd Indiana Cavalry, serving as a Captain until June 24th, 1864, when he was promoted to Major, a rank he carried until the end of the war. The 3rd saw action at Antietam, Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, and Cold Harbor among many others, and there are monuments at Antietam and Gettysburg to the regiment... Fifth Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864. Two volumes in one, bound with: Eaton, J.H. Supplement to Army Paymaster's Manual, to include March 4, 1865. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1865. Stamped in gilt front cover "A. H. McDonald, Capt. & Com. Musters, Dept of LA". With his handwritten notations in red ink at many pages, plus correction slips tipped in at pages 31 and 83. Archibald Henderson Spencer McDonald, 1836-1900, Civil War soldier and printer. From 1864-1866, he served as a Commissary of musters in the Department of Louisiana for the 2nd division, 13th Army Corps, stationed at Brownsville, Texas, and later at New Orleans, Louisiana.. With the contemporary bookseller's ticket "from Peter O'Donnell, Stationer, Printer & Blank Book Manufacturer, 16 Camp St. New Orleans" at front paste down. Peter O'Donnell was a prosperous bookseller and stationer who provided diaries, day journals, and drayage books, as well as producing slave registers… Read More

Orange, N.J.: The Evening Mail Publishing House , 1888. xvi, 406 pages including illustrations, plates, portraits, plans frontispieces, folded plan. . Illustrated by specially drawn maps of the battle-field, the monuments erected by the state of New Jersey, and portraits of brigade and regimental commanders. !887 copyright page, 1888 title page. In original blue cloth with gilt lettering. With the ownership signature of Civil War soldier Samuel H. Morris, Cambridge City, Ind. dated Mar. 20, 1892. Morris has pasted to the front end papers a contemporary newspaper article with the obituary of General I. N. Stiles, with his manuscript inscription, first in pencil and then in ink -"I. N. Stiles was the adjt. of the 20th Ind. at organization. Gen. I.N. Stiles was a good friend to me when I was under Comand(sic) in N.C. in 1865. I and others sit by his head quarter camp fire many nights listening there to the storys(sic) and experences(sic) of the past." Morris has tipped to rear end papers a… Read More

Indianapolis, IN: The Commandery, 1898. Very Good, front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting. Endpages and pastedowns dusty. Page 174 1" tear in margin, not affecting text. Fold-out map of Shiloh Battlefield is Fine. Table of Contents page is unbound. Top edge gilt. 30+ chapters, most written by Indiana Officers who served in the Civil War. Pages 476-521 Membership lists, great for genealogy. Quite SCARCE. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Large 8vo.

Boston: Wright & Potter, State Printers, 1864. pp. 1022 + 8 +22 +20. Very Good, in the original black cloth with gilt-stamped spine title, cloth separating at bottom edge front gutter, rubbing to cloth at tips and minor loss of cloth at spine ends, front hinge starting, dampstain top corner affecting margin but not text of about 200 pages, period gift inscription front end page to H.W. Taft, Esq.. Henry Waters Taft was the brother of President William Howard Taft and a renowned antitrust lawyer. Much detailed information on Massachusetts troops and their involvement in the Civil War. SCARCE in collectible condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Thick 8vo.

United States Army, 1863. One sheet of paper backed with an attached second sheet, two horizontal folds, one vertical fold, fragile yet Very Good, sheets separating at folds., light age toning. Discharge papers for Thomas Fulford, a private in Company B, 64th Regiment Infantry, Indiana Volunteers, dated Sept. 30, 1863 at St. Louis, Mo, by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. In left margin, handwritten in red ink, "Phthisis-hereditary-developed by exposure. He is unfit for the Invalid Corps". Signed at bottom "By Order of Maj. Gen. Schofield" and then signed "J.K. Hudson" with more writing below, illegible. Stamped in red ink "paid by Robert Smith St. Louis Oct. 2 1863 Paymaster U.S.A." Also another stamp, faint with just the word Ohio at right side above top fold. Verso bears handwritten "Discharge Certificate of Thomas F. Fulford Late of Co. B, 64th Regt. Indiana Vols. Infantry". Private Fulford went on to live to the age of 68,… Read More

Indianapolis, IN: Indiana-Vicksburg Military Park Commission , 1911. Near Fine in the original dark blue cloth, gilt title at spine with date in gilt 1911, edges of page block light foxing, fold-out map at rear paste down Near Fine, small edge tear at paste down. Overall a quite handsome copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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.