Search Results: Civil War, American from Tannery Books

Denver: Sage Books, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library/very good. Major-General Grenville M. Dodge, The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Denver, Sage Books, 1965 reprint of 1911 edition. Brown cloth hc, 8vo, [xviii] 9-182, bw illustrations; chamois-colored DJ with blue portrait and lettering. Ex-library (Very Good)/Very Good: ex-library with stamps and stickers, pages crisp, no internal markings; DJ taped to book, spine sticker, light scuffing, unclipped.

New York: Alfed A. Knopf, 1946. Second printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Alfred Hoyt Bill, The Beleaguered City: Richmond, 1861-1865, New York, Alfed A. Knopf, Second printing, March 1946. Red cloth hc with gilt design on front and blind-stamped publisher's seal on rear, 8vo (21 cm), [ii] xvi, 314 pp with bibliography, xviii index [ii], 33 plates including frontispiece and 2 fold-out maps. Ex-library (Good)/no DJ: ex-lib with stickers and stamps, no noticeable internal markings, tiny tear on rear map fold.

2001. Brenda Chambers McKean, Blood and War at My Doorstep: North Carolina Civilians in the War Between the States, Volume II, Xlibris, 2001, ISBN 9781453543634. Association Copy — owned by Mattie Clyburn Rice, daughter (not a typo) of former slave and Confederate Army volunteer Weary Clyburn. Inscribed by the author on title page “to a ‘RealÂ’ Daughter / Mattie / 5-21-13,” referencing RiceÂ’s successful battle to join the Daughters of the Confederacy despite racial discrimination. Large trade paperback (23 cm), 12, 627-1278 pp with notes and index. Author card laid in. Very Good: covers scuffed and lightly bumped, pp 831, 1191-1196 corner-creased, no internal markings. Note: The Clyburn family is not mentioned in the book, although other black Confederate soldiers are mentioned. Seller purchased this item at Mrs. RiceÂ’s estate sale. More information can be found about her at http://www.npr.org/2011/08/07/138587202/after-years-of-research-confederate-daughter-arises,… Read More

New York: Knight & Brown, 1896. Leather_bound. Fair. Rossiter Johnson, Campfire and Battlefield: History of the Conflicts and Campaigns of the Great Civil War in the United States, New York, Knight & Brown, undated with 1896 copyrights (published after Matthew Brady's death in Jan. 1896). Red leather hc with blind-stamped designs on covers and gilt soldier with lettering on front, folio (33 cm), green floral endpapers, bw Lincoln photograph and color Grant painting frontispieces, 560 pp with index [2, ads], 7 color plates. Account of the American Civil War with text, songs, and including a chapter on women's contributions. Illustrations and photographs, which drew heavily from Matthew Brady's photographs then in possession of the government. Fair: covers detached and spine leather missing, pages loose but all present, up to 2-inch tears with no loss except minor on p. 513 (through picture and text on pp 260, 479), po bookplate on front pastedown, no other markings.

Washington, D.C.: American Ordnance Association, 1967. Third printing. Paperback. Ex-Library. Fairfax Downey, W. T. Adams, John D. Hayes, F. W. Foster Gleason, Donald B. Webster Jr., Frank Cunningham. Civil War Ordnance - I, Washington, D.C., third printing, August 1967. Nine articles including small arms, rotating cannon, Navy/ship-to-shore battles, and the Union Air Force or Balloon Corps. Stapled paper covers, 4to (28 cm), 32 pp, drawings. Ex-library (Good): ex-lib with stickers (bookplate covers TOC), light warping and tanning, no internal markings. -

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963. Paperback. Good. James I. Robertson, Jr., The Civil War, Washington, D.C., U.S. Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963. Signed by author on title page. Stapled paper covers with bw photograph, 8vo, 64 pp, bw illustrations. Good: corners bumped, front edge lightly soiled, no markings.

Orange, Va.: Publisher's Press, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. Edited by Nancy Dearing Rossbacher, Civil War Collector's Price Guide, 8th edition, Orange, Va., Publisher's Press, 1997. Glossy illustrated paper covers, 4to, 256 pp, heavily illustrated. Very Good: covers lightly bumped and scuffed, no markings.

New York: Arms and Armour Press, 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Philip Katcher, Civil War Uniforms - A Photo Guide, New York, Arms and Armour Press, 1996. Laminated HC, larger 8vo (24 cm), unnumbered pages. Includes Part One: Confederate Forces, with 83 bw photos, sketches and notes on accessories and weapons; and Part Two: Union Forces, with 87 bw photos, sketches and notes on uniforms and weapons. Ex-library (Very Good): ex-library with stickers and minor markings, pages crisp.

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 ... Organization of the several Military Divisions, Departments, Armies, ... Battles, Engagements, ... concise History of each and every Regiment ..., Des Moines, Iowa, The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908, First Printing (Broadfoot p. 141), single volume. Rebound in buckram with gold titling on the spine and 1912 errata sheet, 4to (30 cm), [iv] errata and flyleaf, [x] including TOC, 11-1796 with index. Statistics (including "colored" and Indian troops, causes of death, and locations of contemporary cemeteries), commanders, regimental and battle indices by state and date, regimental histories, original errata… 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 DJ: ex-library with stickers and stamps, pencil on reprint title pages, lightly bumped and shaken, a few smudges or small blots as reprinted from originals, pages crisp (except where noted), no internal markings. v11: edges bumped, p. 151 miscut and folded, smudge on edges; v20: a few corners creased. Dr. Louis Manarin and Robert S. Bridgers, editors, Cumulative Index, The Confederate Veteran Magazine, 1893-1932, 3 volumes, Wilmington, N.C., Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1986. Cloth hc with blue title block on spine, 4to, 2388 pp total. Very Good/no DJ: ex-library with stickers and stamps, pencil on title… Read More

Richmond: B. F. Johnson & Co., 1890. First Printing. Leather_bound. Fair. J. Wm. Jones, The Davis Memorial Volume; Or Our Dead President, Jefferson Davis, and the World's Tribute to His Memory, Richmond, B. F. Johnson & Co., published by authority of Mrs. Davis, 1890, First Printing (Broadfoot, p. 342). Full leather with two leather title blocks on spine, heavy 8vo (21 cm), marbled endpapers, xxvi, 27-672 pp, pagination includes 56 illustrated plates including frontispiece. Fair+: top cover separated at endpapers, covers bumped and spine leather loosening, ex-library with minor markings, pocket, and embossed stamp on dedication page, text block tight.

Greensboro: Greensboro Printing Company, 1972. First Printing. Hardcover. Good/fair. A. Earl Weatherly, The First Hundred Years of Historic Guilford - 1771-1871, Greensboro, by the author (Greensboro Printing Company), 1972, First Printing. Green cloth hc with silver-stamped title and flag design on front, 4to (25 cm), 208 pp with index; silver and white dustjacket with blue lettering and matching flag design. Visual history of Guilford County, North Carolina, through post-Civil War period, including postal system, railroads, Quakers, blockade runners, and Wilmington Salt Works. Prolific bw images include many stamps, letters and document examples. Good/Fair: corners rubbed, pages crisp, no markings; DJ scuffed and torn at top corner.

Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1962. Revised. Paperback. Ex-Library. Frederick Tilberg, Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 9, 1962 revision. Gray stapled paper covers, 8vo (23 cm), [iv] 50 pp including bw photos and maps, 14-pp appendix with bw reproductions of F. D. Briscoe battle paintings, bound into protective library covers. Ex-library (Good): ex-lib with stamps and stickers, front cover warped, po name in ink on title page, no internal markings.

Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. Ex-Library. William A. Albaugh III, Richard D. Steuart, Handbook of Confederate Swords, Wilmington, N.C. Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1993 reprint, copyright 1951. Black textured covers with thick gold lettering, [14] 11-128, line drawings. Ex-lib (Very Good)/no DJ: ex-library with stickers and markings, tight, crisp, no underlining.

Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood and Company, Printers, 1866. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library. J. A. Mowris, M. D., Regimental Surgeon. A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, (Fourth Oneida,) from the Date of Its Organization, August, 1862, till that of Its Muster Out, June, 1865. Hartford, Conn., Case, Lockwood and Company, Printers, 1866, First Printing (Broadfoot, p. 317). Brown pebbled leather with blind-stamped cover design, 8vo (21 cm), dark brown endpapers, xii, 13-316 pp. Includes history, rosters, and appendix of prison life at Andersonville. Ex-library (Good)/no DJ: covers worn with spine joint cracked, spine titling completely faded, ex-library with stickers and minor markings, light foxing. Protective cover taped to covers.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1960. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. James Ralph Johnson, Alfred Hoyt Bill, pictures by Hirst Dillon Milhollen. Horsemen Blue and Gray: A Pictorial History, New York, Oxford University Press, 1960, First printing. Speckled white cloth hc, 4to (28 cm), [viii] 236 pp with index and sources, many bw photographs throughout; illustrated dustjacked. Ex-library (Good)/Good: ex-lib with stickers and stamps, bumping, foxing on edges of covers, pages crisp except minor crease on rear endpapers; bumped and creased with tiny tears, unclipped.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1891. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library. List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1891, First Printing. Originally half-leather over marbled boards, 8vo (23 cm), [ii] 186 numbered pp interleaved with blank lined pages, for approximately 376 total pp. Alphabetical listing of Confederate officers with select records (e.g. date they reported to a position, resigned, etc.). This book was designed with blank pages for updates and, indeed, several entries have been written in red and black ink. Ex-library (Fair to Good): leather worn away with tape over spine and gutter, ex-library with pocket and related markings, pages tanned.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc. , 1958. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Stanley Kimmel, Mr. Davis's Richmond, New York, Coward-McCann, Inc., 1958. Gray cloth hc with gilt battle-flag on front, 4to (28 cm), 214 pp, bw photos throughout. Ex-library (Good)/no DJ: ex-lib with stickers and stamps, covers wearing, minor po markings.

Worcester, Mass.: Alfred Seelye Roe, 1899. First Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Alfred Seelye Roe (of Company A), The Ninth New York Heavy Artillery. A History of Its Organization, Services in the Defenses of Washington, Marches, Camps, Battles, and Muster-out, with Accounts of Life in a Rebel Prison, Personal Experiences, Names and Addresses of Surviving Members, Personal Sketches, and a Complete Roster of the Regiment. Worcester, Mass., published by the author (F. S. Blanchard & Co. Press), 1899, First Printing (Broadfoot, p. 389). Red cloth hc with stamped illustrations on front, heavy 8vo (23 cm), 616 pp with index, 45 plates plus frontispiece, plus in-text illustrations of camp life and maps. Detailed Civil War regimental narrative with personal narrative and a wealth of genealogical data. Many of the plates are photographs of collections of cabinet cards and tintype portraits (not just officers). Fair/no DJ: ex-library with stickers and stamps, taped spine, modern endpapers, minor edge tears and… Read More

Raleigh, NC: Department of Natural and Economic Resources, ca 1975. Pamphlet. Good. North Carolina Historyland, Raleigh, NC, Department of Natural and Economic Resources, with introduction by N.C. governor James E. Holshouser, Jr., who served 1973-1977. Blue paper stapled covers, 12mo (19 cm), 52pp, many bw photos of landmarks, historic homes, outdoor dramas, including Bunker Hill covered bridge, USS North Carolina, etc. Good: spine and edges faded, scuff and crease near spine on rear cover, no markings.