Alabama's Tragic Decade: Ten Years of Alabama, 1865-1874.
Birmingham: Webb Book Company, 1940. Hardcover. Edited by James K. Greer. Small 4to. Red cloth. xxvi, 435pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine. First edition. Uncommon. More
Birmingham: Webb Book Company, 1940. Hardcover. Edited by James K. Greer. Small 4to. Red cloth. xxvi, 435pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine. First edition. Uncommon. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 276pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. A choice, tight, pristine first edition. More
Providence: Grand Army of the Republic, 1929. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. 38pp. Tipped-in illustration. Near fine. Wonderfully tight and attractive issue of this annual compilation, replete with minutes, reports, budget, officer lists, all manner of excitement. An excellent copy. More
Nashville: The Tennessee Historical Society, [1985]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 307pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and a tad rubbed; a dozen or so formerly folded-down page corners. Tight, nice first edition, boldly signed by Durham in..... More
Nashville: The Tennessee Historical Society, [1987]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 327pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with couple of archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. Tight, nice first edition, boldly signed by Durham in black ballpoint (along with "Best..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth spine and brown paper over boards, dust jacket. ix, 276pp. Illustrations. Very good/good plus. Abrasion near foot of jacket spine, so possibly an inconspicuous ex-library, though no other markings are evident. First edition of this biography of Sherman's son..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Frontispiece, illustrations, 5 maps. Very good/very good. Second (revised) edition. Uncommon biography of the young Confederate cavalry commander. NEVINS II, 54. DORNBUSCH II, 3166. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1992]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. viii, 275pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, 5 maps. Fine. Tight and pristine first softbound edition of the 1961 second (revised) edition. Uncommon biography of the young Confederate cavalry commander. NEVINS II, 54. DORNBUSCH II, 3166. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1999]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. xiii, 383pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Three pages (only) each bear small highlighted passage. Quite tight and nice first softbound edition of this thick study. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, [1960]. Hardcover. Introduction by Frank E. Vandiver. 8vo. Brown cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xlviii, 496pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Some toning to top page edges; mild jacket edgewear, with spine faintly sunned; ownership signature/date on front flyleaf. A tight and attractive..... More
Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1968. Hardcover. Edited by Albert D. Kirwan. 8vo. Green cloth. xvii, 307pp. Near fine. First edition, tight and very attractive. More
Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, [2001]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 128pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations. Near fine. Tight, nice first edition, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in blue fineline on the title page: "To my favorite Southern Gentleman, / Nancy." More
Larsen, WI: Grandview Books, [1999]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. iii, 252pp. Map. Fine. Tight, handsome first edition of this fiction set amongst Norwegian immigrants in Wisconsin during the Civil War, signed boldly in full by Eckstein in black ballpoint on the title page. More
Kansas City, MO: Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., 1897. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Dark green pebble-grain blind-embossed cloth with reddish-copper spine lettering. 461pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear, though internally tight and near fine; neatly excised 2" X 1" rectangle from title page center (bearing author..... More
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., [1990]. Hardcover. Introduction by David Donald. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering. 187pp, (1p). Near fine. Facsimile of a facsimile: facsimile of Indiana University Press's 1959 edition (part of their "Civil War Centennial Series"), itself a facsimile of the 1905 fourth edition. NEVINS I...... More
Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company, [1995]. Paperback. Foreword by James M. McPherson. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xi, 228pp. Numerous illustrations and maps. Fine. Tight, handsome second paperback printing of this how-to, with "Clear, easy-to-follow directions and touring routes" and "1,353 specific battlefield features." More
New York: Simon & Schuster, [2001]. Hardcover. Foreword by James M. McPherson. Small 4to. Brown and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 990pp. Numerous maps. Near fine/near fine. First edition, a tight and handsome copy of this hefty overview. More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 285pp. Maps. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear, with single edge chip. First edition, tight and attractive. Tipped to two inner flyleaves are Typed Letters Signed from both authors. Eisenschiml's is 1p, 7" X 10½", Chicago, IL, 1952..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1948. Hardcover. Maps by Barbara Long. 8vo. Burgundy cloth, dust jacket. 285pp. Maps. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear, with single large chip at upper left of front panel. First edition, tight and attractive -- boldly signed by both authors and the map illustrator (wife of..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1947]. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering. (10pp), 720pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Very good. Spine lightly sunned. Tight, handsome first edition of this thick anthology, signed by both compilers: On the front flyleaf, Eisenschiml pens "Sincerely, / Otto Eisenschiml" in black ink, and below this..... More
N.p. The Blue and Grey Press, [1985]. Hardcover. Introduction by Bruce Catton. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine with gilt lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 719pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome reprint edition of this thick 1947 anthology, which scholar E.B. Long (who compiled a...... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 344pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and attractive. Typically rabble-rousing Eisenschiml -- according to Warren W. Hassler Jr., "A lightly documented, strongly argued, but on the whole convincing brief on behalf..... More
Philadelphia: Ringwalt & Brown, 1863. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff pink wrappers. 32pp. Tables. Very good. Inside front wrapper bears the bookplate of noted scholar George P. Hambrecht (founder, Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin), noting he bought this in 1924 for $1.25! First edition of this economic study. Tight, clean, attractive. SABIN 22095..... More
New York: Julian Messner, [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Pale blue paper over boards with dark blue spine lettering. 284pp. Map endpapers. Very good. Faint binding edgewear; lacks jacket. A tight, nice first edition of this nautical fiction set during the Civil War -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped facing the title..... More
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Co., 1994. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full red leatherette. xiv, 372pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps, blueprints, pictorial endpapers. Near fine. Handsome and tight first edition -- sans jacket, but boldly signed by the author on the title page and dated 1994 October 17. More