America & U.S from Tannery Books

Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library. Frederick H. Dyer (Late 7th Connecticut Volunteers), A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Compiled and Arranged from Official Records of the Federal and Confederate Armies, Reports of the Adjutant Generals of the Several States, the Army Registers, and Other Reliable Documents and Sources, Including… Read more

Washington, D.C.: Blair and Rives, 1841. First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; with Their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Washington, D.C., Blair and Rives, 1841, First Printing. List of American veterans and widows… Read more

Philadelphia: Joseph Rakestraw, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Ed. William Evans, Thomas Evans. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treaties, and Other Writings of members of the Religious Society of Friends, Vol. XI. Philadelphia, Joseph Rakestraw, 1847, First Edition. This volume contains "The lives of Samuel Neale; Mary Neale; John Burnyeat; Catharine Phillips; Memoirs of William Crouch; Letters,… Read more

Wendell, N.C.: Broadfoot's Bookmark, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-library. Edited by S. A. Cunningham, The Confederate Veteran, Wendell, N.C., Broadfoot's Bookmark (1984-1990 - Broadfoot, p. 98), reprint of 1893-1912 first 20 volumes. A wealth of profiles, remininscences, obituaries, reunions, monuments, and contemporary ads. Gray cloth hc with red title block on spine, 4to, 386 to 642 pp. Very Good/no… Read more

London: T. Booker, 1785. First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Francois Soules, Histoire des Troubles de l'Amerique Anglaise, two-volume set, London, T. Booker, 1785, First Printing (Howes S-770). Quarter pink paper over gray paper boards, 8vo, plain endpapers, viii, 336 pp with TOC and errata; ii, 1-4 pp, 5-8 leaves (double-numbered), 9-224, 223-234, 58 pp papers and TOC, [2] TOC… Read more

Rochester: Benton & Andrews, 1864. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library. Mix. David W. Judd. The Story of the Thirty-Third N. Y. S. Vols: or Two Years Campaigning in Virginia and Maryland. Rochester, Benton & Andrews, 1864, First Printing. (Broadfoot, p. 246) History of the Thirty-Third New York Volunteers, with biographies of officers, rosters by company, and orders, including explanation… Read more

New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Burke Davis, The Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown, New York, The Dial Press, 1970, First printing. INSCRIBED by author to po on half-title. Glossy dark blue hc, 8vo (23 cm), [xii] 320 pp with index, 16 bw plates; glossy illustrated dustjacket. Good/Good: lightly bumped, shaken… Read more

London: Quaker Peace and Service, Friends House, 1984. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. East-West Committee of Quaker Peace & Services, Alun Davis, Colin Hunter; Bridging the East-West divide: Quakers share information, experience and perspectives; London, Quaker Peace and Service, Friends House, June 1984, First printing. Stapled paper covers with blue photograph of Kremlin, tall 8vo (25 cm), map… Read more

A. S. Barnes & Co. . Reprint. Paperback. Ex-Library. J. Watts de Peyster, The Affair at King's Mountain, 7th October, 1780, New York and Chicago, A. S. Barnes & Co. Undated reprint from The Magazine of American History, December 1880, Vol. V, No. 6. Mottled gray paper covers, 8vo (24 cm), frontispiece portrait, [402]-424 pp, 351-[370] pp, unopened,… Read more

Office Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. The American Soldier, Office Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1964-undated. Historically researched paintings by H. Charles McBarron, commissioned as part of the Army Historical Program, prints 9 x 12.5 inches (23 x 32 cm). This collection contains the complete first three… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Charles Royster, Light Horse Harry Lee and the Legacy of the American Revolutions, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1981, Second printing. Red cloth over blue paper boards, 8vo (21 cm), red top edges, xiv, 302 pp with index, 16 pp bw illustrated plates; glossy illustrated dustjacket.… Read more

Williamsburg: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1957. First edition. Paperback. Good +. Robert C. Pugh, et al, The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History - April 1957, Vol. XIV no. 2, Williamsburg, Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1957, First edition. Articles: The French Farmers-General in the Chesapeake: The MacKercher-Huber Mission… Read more

Abbeville, S.C.: Hugh Wilson, Printer, 1899. First edition. Paperback. Good. D. D. Wallace, Constitutional History of South Carolina from 1725 to 1775. Abbeville, S.C., Hugh Wilson, Printer, 1899. Presented at Vanderbilt University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Stapled gray paper covers, 8vo, xii including bibliography, errata sheet tipped in behind title page, 94 pp, extra errata… Read more

Colonial Williamsburg, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Burke Davis, A Williamsburg Galaxy, Colonial Williamsburg, 1968, First printig. Biographical portraits of 18th-century Americans. Inscribed by author on half-title. Blue cloth hc with blind-stamped stars on front and silver lettering, 8vo (22 cm), [viii] 232 pp, illustrated; white dustjacket with blue and red stripes. Very Good/Very Good: corners… Read more

Washington DC, 1950. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Mary Elinor Lazenby, Catawba Frontier 1775-1781 Memories of Pensioners, Washington, D.C., 1950, First printing. Brown paper covers rebound in green cloth hc, 8vo (21 cm), x, 110 pp with index. Short biographies, mostly of service in the American Revolution. Very Good: light corner wear, po bookplate on front pastedown, light… Read more

New York: Bramhall House, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Harold A. Larrabee, Decision at the Chesapeake, New York, Bramhall House, copyright 1964 (full number line but probably a reprint). Blue cloth hc, xviii, 318 pp with notes and index; illustrated dustjacket with ships in battle on front. Very Good/Good: corners wearing, spine starting, po bookplate on front pastedown, scuff… Read more

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1929. First printing. Hardcover. Good. Philip Alexander Bruce, The Virginia Plutarch - In Two Volumes, Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press, 1929, First printing. Black cloth spine and light brown cloth hc with red stripe, 8vo (23 cm), antique-style pictorial endpapers. Vol. I: xvi, 328 uneven-cut pp, 23… Read more

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1874. Leather_bound. Ex-Library. Edited by William Cullen Bryant. Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of Our Country. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood, by Eminent American Artists. Two-volume set,… Read more

National Publishing Company, 1873. First printing. Hardcover. Good. J. H. Beadle, The Undeveloped West; or, Five Years in the Territories: Being a complete history of that vast region between the Mississippi and the Pacific, its resources, climate, inhabitants, natural curiosities, etc., etc. Life and Adventure on Prairies, Mountains, and the Pacific Coast. With two hundred and forty illustrations,… Read more

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Richard Rush, Memoranda of a Residence at the Court of London, Comprising Incidents Official and Personal from 1819 to 1825. Including Negotiations on the Oregon Question, and Other Unsettled Questions Between the United States and Great Britain. Philadelphia, Lea & Blanchard, 1845. Rush expands upon his 1933 London and Philadelphia editions… Read more