Civil War

1889 1st ed American Soldier Civil War Indians Illustrated Military Americana

Elbridge Streeter Brooks was an American author, editor, and critic. He is mainly known for his children works of fiction and nonfiction primarily on historical or patriotic subjects. Elbridge's "The Story of the American Soldier" is an entertaining narrative of anecdotes and statistics to give a pictorial and practical record of the actions of the American soldier in war and peace. Brooks includes information of mound-builders, Indians, Spanish conquistadors, colonial volunteers, minute men, continentals, soldiers of the War of 1817, Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and more!

This 1889 edition is illustrated throughout and is bound in a decorative brown cloth.

Item number: #22440
Price: $499

BROOKS, Elbridge S

The Story of the American Soldier in War and Peace

Boston: Lothrop Pub. Co., 1889. First Edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o x, [2], 11-350, [2]
o Heavily illustrated… Read More

1881 Civil War 1ed Union General George Thomas Kentucky Tennessee Campaigns

George Henry Thomas was a 19th-century United States army officer known for his commands during the Civil War. This 1881 memoir of Thomas was collected and edited by Richard Johnson. This work focuses primarily on Thomas's Civil War campaigns in the south – Kentucky and Tennessee – and notable battles such as Battle of Perryville, Chattanooga, and Atlanta. It includes a fine collection of engraved portraits of Union generals including Grant, Sherman, and Sheridan.

Item number: #23540
Price: $499

JOHNSON, Richard

Memoir of Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1881. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 322
o 10 engraved plates
· References: Nevins II, 67
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o green cloth
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.75in (22cm x 14.5cm)

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1864 Civil War 1ed National Guard Manual Soldiers Artillery Illustrated Pinckney

Stephen Pinckney's "National Guard Manual" is an American Civil War-era military handbook written in a question/answer style. This book offers descriptions and instruction on every possible topic a member of the National Guard might need. It covers marching formations, temporary fortifications, artillery use and maintenance, basic definitions of military terms, and much more!

Item number: #23351
Price: $499

PINCKNEY, Stephen

National guard manual

New York: published by Frank McElroy, 1864. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 281, [1]
o 50+ illustrations throughout
· Provenance: Handwritten – [Jas. Knox Sr., 1871]
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
o Brown cloth
· Size: ~7.25in X 4.5in (18.5cm x 11.5cm)

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1865 Confederate 1ed Civil War Trials for Treason Indianapolis Lincoln Assassination Pitman

Beginning in 1864 in Indianapolis, Indiana, a series of treason trials were commissioned at the end of Civil War. The trials themselves were to convict Confederate men who were said to be conspiring to expand the Confederacy. In 1865, an official record was published exposing the events of the trials noting the arguments and defenses, particularly those of Harrison Dodd, William Bowels, and a few others. This first edition was collected and edited by Benn Pitman.

Item number: #23908
Price: $550

PITMAN, Benn

The trials for treason at Indianapolis, disclosing the plans for establishing a North-western confederacy

Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o VI, [4], 9-340, [10]
· Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Nelson Rust Gilbert
o Motto: TENAX PROPOSITI
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and… Read More

1902 BEAUTIFUL Battlefield of Gettysburg CIVIL WAR NY Illustrated MAPS 3v SET

"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it."
– Robert E. Lee

A rare 1902 report of the history of the Battle of Gettysburg. This impressive three-volume set includes all the expected maps and is bound in original blue cloth with a decorative, colored stamp on the front. This work was composed and funded by the New York Monuments Commission, which sought to honor the dead soldiers from the Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Chattanooga, and the Battle of Antietam.

Item number: #23828
Price: $750

New York Monuments Commission

Final report on the battlefield of Gettysburg

Albany N.Y.: J.B. Lyon Co., Printers, 1902. 1st edition

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
o Vol. I – 454
o Vol. II – [2], 455-934
o Vol. III – [2], 935-1462
o Heavily illustrated with photographs of landmarks, gravestones, and monuments
o Includes 5 folding maps:
1.… Read More

Newport Beach, California: Graphic Publishers, 1996. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. [768] pages, indexed. Hardcover with a blue and red dust jacket. Light wear to the jacket. There is a wrinkle on the spine of the book itself. Prior owner's signature is on the front flyleaf. The text has a slight aroma of potpourri but is unmarked. Otherwise a sound copy and clean within. Stated First edition. Illustrated throughout with photos.

1866 Civil War 1st ed US Grant Campaigns Battle MAPS Vicksburg American Politics

"I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly"
― Ulysses S. Grant

A rare post-Civil War printing of Coppee's "Grant and his Campaigns". This book tells the specific of Ulysses S Grant's military career and the influences that directed his Civil War decisions. It also gives details on individual battles such as the Battle of Vicksburg.

This particular example is beautifully bound in fine leather with marbled boards and pastedowns.

Item number: #24704
Price: $599

COPPEE, Henry

Grant and his Campaigns

New York: Richardson, 1866. First Edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 521, [1]
o 12 full-page maps and portraits, plus several in-text maps and diagrams
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 15.5cm)

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1868 Civil War General Ulysses S Grant 1ed Life Army American President Deming

Following the conclusion of the Civil War, General Ulysses S Grant was highly popular throughout the Union and the rest of the United States. Author Henry Deming wrote a popular biography of the life of Grant. While Grant's 'Memoirs' are considered the most iconic piece of literature on the war hero's life, Deming's biography is the best written prior to Grant's presidency. In fact, Deming's work was used as propaganda to help get Grant elected in the 1868 election.

Item number: #24752
Price: $499

DEMING, Henry Champion

The life of Ulysses S. Grant : General U.S. Army

Hartford : S.S. Scranton, 1868. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 533, [1]
o Engraved frontispiece and vignette title page
· References: Nevins II 52
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.75in X 6in (22cm x 15cm)

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1867 CIVIL WAR History Abbott Illustrated Slavery Abe Lincoln Battle Maps RARE

John S. C. Abbott' writing style "did much to popularize the reading of history."
– Dictionary of American Biography

"History of the Civil War in America" is an extremely useful account of the Civil War and was published in a time wherein it would have been read as news rather than history. Though well researched, the author makes use of colorful narrative style giving these more the feel of a popular account than a sober and authoritative text. Features events leading to the cause of the conflict through Lincoln's assassination in April of 1865 and with a final chapter on the results of the conflict as of the date of publication.

Filled with incredible illustrations of maps, portraits, and scenes.

Item number: #24760
Price: $599

ABBOTT, John S.C.

The history of the Civil War in America comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the rebellion, of the various naval and military… Read More

1871 Robert E Lee 1st ed Civil War Military Confederate Army Illustrated CSA Map

"Human virtue should be equal to human calamity."
­­--Robert E. Lee

John Esten Cooke was an American novelist, writer and poet. During the American Civil War, Cooke served as a staff officer in the Confederate States Army cavalry.

After he started writing, he almost immediately became a successful novelist and prolific short story writer, eventually authoring 31 books and almost 200 published articles and poems Even before the end of the war, in 1863, Cooke wrote the first of several popular biographies, that of Stonewall Jackson. His later efforts at biography, such as this biography of Robert E. Lee as well as officers that he had personally known, were considered more accurate that his early Jackson biography.

"A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee" was published just after Lee's death. It includes 25 illustrations and maps.

Item number: #25181
Price: $599

COOKE, John Esten

A life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by John Esten… Read More