Search Results: Civil War from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

Nashville: Sundog Ltd., 2003.. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to the edges of the boards. The dj has some wear and rubbing along the edges with a few minor tears and some general light scuffing to the covers. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the previous owner on the dedication page. 383 pages with illustrations, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, and index. An interesting biography of this union soldier, part of the Third Michigan Cavalry until September, 1864.

Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 195. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Not issued with a dust jacket. Slight soiling to edges of textblock. 1 number circled in ink in the introduction, no other marks. x, 683 p. w/ bibliography, index. Over 850 Northern leaders profiled.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Blue boards. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Underlining in pen and pencil on numerous pages. xiv, 416 p. w/endnotes, illus., bibliography, index.

Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth Marine Society / Peter E. Randall, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Quarto ( slightly oversized ). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj and boards. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on flyleaf. 431 p. w/ illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. A history of this important US Navy shipyard during the Civil War, looking at the yard, the ships made there (such as the USS Kearsarge and Agamenticus), the men who worked it, and the yard's relation to other Union yards of the time. Sources include many unpublished records, letters, and diaries.

Athens, GA.: The University of Georgia Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Octavo (standard size). Some wear and light chipping to edges and corners of dj. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Head and foot of spine bumped. Address label of former owner on pastedown. 147 p. w/ select bibliography, map, illustrations, index. The narrative of the wartime activities of Jhn Low, an demigrant from England to Georgia who helped deliver ships to the Confederacy from England. He also served aboard the Alabama under Semmes. An interesting work about a little known but important Confederate officer.

New York, NY: Bergman Publishers, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover in full cloth. Very Good. Octavo (standard size). Reprint of an 1888 work. Slight wear to edges of boards. Address label of former owner on pastedown, and his name hand written on the flyleaf. 247 p. w/ appendices, index. A partially anecdotal history of the involvement of France with the Confederacy, focusing on the atempt by the rebels to have France send a squadron of ships into support and to build ships for the Confederate Navy.

Lynchburg, VA: H. E. Howard Inc., 1995. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very good/No dust jacket issued. Thin octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Limitation page, signed by author and numbered 443 of 1000 copies. 206 p. w/ maps, illus., notes, selected bibliography, index. An overview and description of numerous Civil War sites around Frdericksburg, VA. A volume in the Virginia Civil War Battles and Leaders series.

Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover in blue cloth binding. Good without dust jacket. Octavo. Ex-library with only few minor flaws associated with that condition: stamps on title page and rear pastedown endpaper and bookplate on front pastedown endpaper. Light wear to edges of boards. Light scuffing to covers. Minor roll to binding. A little bit of underlining in text. 414 pages with illustrations, endnotes, 7 appendices (1. glossary, 2. chronology, 3. operational organizations of the Union army, 4. principal commands of the 75th Regiment, 5. engagements of the 75th Regiment, 6. roster, field and staff, and company G of the 75th, 7. roster of officers of the 22nd United States Infantry in 1868), and index. The letters between Oscar Ladley (d. 1880) and his mother and sisters in Yellow Springs, Ohio, concerning his service in the Seventy-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and in the Twenty-Second United States Infantry Regiment after 1867.

New York, NY: Viking Press, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Thick octavo (standard size). Inscribed and SIGNED "Wood" on flyleaf by the author. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Dj has more wear with chipping at head and heel of spine, and the lower left corner of rear dj cover missing, with no loss to text on the dj. Commercial bookplate on pastedown. Some staining to foredge of pages. Nice red illustration of a snake on spine of book. 314 p. w/ illus., endnotes, bibliography, index. The first survey of the Copperhead movement, with Wood suggesting that the peace Democrats were worried the Republicans were radically changing the world they knew, and were naive about the Confederacy ever rejoining the Union except by force.

Toledo, OH: Vrooman, Anderson, Bateman Printers, 1893. First edition. hardcover in library binding. good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. No dust jacket. NOT ex-library but in library type binding. One photo portrait has been torn and repaired with tape. 192 p. w/ frontis, 19 photo portraits, and 47 p. roster of men in the regiment, noting promotion, discharge, capture or death. This volunteer regiment fought from the end of 1861 thru the end of the war. It fought at such battles as Stones River, Chickamauga, Kennesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Savannah, and more.

Toledo, OH: J. W. Stone & Co. , 1880. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Thick octavo (standard size). Boards embossed. Much gilt lettering and designs on spine and front board. Beveled edges. Wear to edges and corners, with more wear to foredge of front board. Boards scuffed. Pages edges slightly soiled. Corners and spine bumped. Only slightly ex-library with an attractive library Civil War collection bookplate on front pastedown endpaper and another stamp with less but similar information on cover page. Toledo publisher's label pasted on title page, over original name of publisher. OCLC notes only four copies in the US by this pubisher. 502 p. with all illustrations and maps. A standard, attractively bound, and popular biography of General Winfield Scott Hancock, one of the best commanders in the Union army during the Civil War. The book itself may have been printed at one location and shipped across the country where other publishers added their label, as copies mention publishers in in… Read More

Lynchburg, VA: H. E. Howard Inc., 1997. Second edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very good/No dust jacket issued. Thin octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 188 p. w/ maps, illus., notes, bibliography, index. A study of this hard fought campaign, noted for the excellent defensive preparations and strategy of Lee. A volume in the Virginia Civil War Battles and Leaders series.

Cincinnati, OH: Lyman & Cushing, 1890. First edition. Leather Bound Hardcover. Good. Tall, thick octavo in original brown leather with 4 raised bands, and black label with titles in gilt. Scuffing and scratches to boards. Some wear and chipping at head of spine. A bit of soiling at top of textblock. Front joint weak but attached, rear joint worn but in better condition. Endpapers browned at edges. Stamped name of former owner on front & rear pastedowns. First & second free endpapers have a small tear at bottom edge. 571 p. w/ illus., index. list of prisoners. Complete, 18 full page plates and one fold out map of Andersonville with a spot near the edge and some creases at edges, as well as many small illustrations set in among the text. . An uncommon, important, and comprehensive record of Union prisoners of war in Confederate prisons, an anthology of 2 different narratives (the longer one by Isham) set apart from each other with full page "title" pages, using many sources.

Lynchburg, VA: H. E. Howard Inc., 1989. Second edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very good/No dust jacket issued. Thin octavo (standard size). Address label of former owner on flyleaf. Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. 270 p. w/ maps, illus., notes, bibliography, index. A study of these hard fights that led to the loss of Richmond's easy rail access to supplies from the South during the Petersburg Campaign. A volume in the Virginia Civil War Battles and Leaders series.

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 223. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xii, 338 p. w/maps, endnotes, bibliography, index. An important study lookign at the "tactical culture" of the 15th Army Corps and its development.

Columbia, SC: Palmetto Bookworks, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Missing duat jacket Gilt titling to spine and front board. 255 p. w/maps, appendices, bibliography, index, and roster. A detailed history of Garden's Battery of the Palmetto Light Artillery, which fought in numerous actions during the War of the Rebellion, including Pickett's Charge.

Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellom Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Very small spot to front board. 249 p. w/ chapter endnotes, bibliography, short index. A history of the rifles and manufacturing firms, with detailed information from the businesses, including production, tools, inventories, deliveries, technology, scandals, and more. An important reference (and series) in understanding arms manufacture and supply in the Civil War. Section B