The War, 1861-1865, as Depicted in Prints by Currier and Ives.
Columbus: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, 1960. Paperback. Oblong 24mo. Color pictorial wrappers. 33pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Edition not ascertainable. More
Civil War
Woodward in 1860 & 1863.
N.p. N.p., n.y., [probably 1863]. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 7pp. Very good. Minor binding traces, else tight and nice. Presumably a Republican attack on the then-gubernatorial candidate, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice. "...the creed which Judge Woodward's party has adopted, is servile, unpatriotic and disorganizing... the Judge's position, in regard to..... More
The Unwritten War: American Writers and the Civil War.
London: Oxford University Press, [1975]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xix, 385pp, xiv. Near fine. First softbound edition, tight and quite nice. Distinguished criticism on Civil War writings. More
The Unwritten War: American Writers and the Civil War.
London: Oxford University Press, [1975]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xix, 385pp, xiv. Very good. Faint edgewear; small scuff on front wrapper. A tight and nice first softbound edition of this noted 1973 study of Civil War writings. More
Fallen Leaves: The Civil War Letters of Major Henry Livermore Abbott.
Kent: The Kent State University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Edited by Robert Garth Scott. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 266pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/fine. Second printing, tight and attractive. Abbott was an officer with the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. More
Civil War Railroads.
New York: Bonanza Books, n.y. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Grey cloth. 192pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good. Binding a tad worn, but still tight and decent. Reprint edition of this Superior Publishing Company 1961 study, which Archer Jones critiqued as "A topical photographic history will full captions; illustrative of equipment and methods..... More
Man on Fire: John Brown and the Cause of Liberty.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 428pp. Illustrations. Fine/very good. First edition. More
A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865.
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Hardcover. Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford. Small 4to. Blue cloth. xiv, 298pp; 281pp. 2 frontispieces, illustrations. Near fine. Facsimile of the 2-volume 1920 first edition, tight and handsome. More
Lee's Centennial: An Address Delivered at Lexington, Virginia, Saturday, January 19, 1907, on the Invitation of the President and Faculty of Washington and Lee University.
Chicago: Americana House, 1948. Hardcover. With a foreword by Douglas Southall Freeman. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt and burgundy lettering, brown leatherette slipcase. 75pp. Near fine/near fine. Edition limited to 750 copies, in a handsome slipcase. Exceptionally unusual copy, bearing two relevant autograph additions: Tipped to front flyleaf is a...... More
Speech of Charles Francis Adams, of Mass. Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 31, 1861.
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 8pp. Near fine. Minor binding traces, else clean and attractive. Eloquent speechifying by the son of John Quincy Adams, who predicts the downfall of slavery and the inevitable victory of the Union. "The [Confederate] experiment will ignominiously fail," he intones. Soon after this Adams..... More
Trans-Atlantic Historical Solidarity: Lectures Delivered Before the University of Oxford in Easter and Trinity Terms 1913.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth. 184pp. Good plus. Inconspicuous ex-library; newspaper review tipped to front flyleaf. Ralph G. Newman's copy, with his bookplate. Four lectures on Anglo-American relations during the Civil War. Newman's bookplate, designed by Bernhardt Wall in 1943, is quite striking. NEVINS I, 242. More
Great Britain and the American Civil War.
New York: Russell & Russell, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xi, 307pp, vii, 340pp. Frontispieces, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight and most handsome "Two Volumes Bound as One" edition of this thick 1925 study, about which Norman Ferris sniffed: "A valuable, ponderous..... More
Brief History of the Thirtieth Georgia Regiment.
Jonesboro, GA: Freedom Hill Press, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth. 161pp. Illustrations. Very good. Ownership name/address penned on front flyleaf; mild bit of faint soiling to binding. Tight and nice facsimile of the scarce 1912 first edition -- a volume in this publisher's "Georgia Military History Series." Uncommon. More
Rebellion in Missouri: 1861 -- Nathaniel Lyon and His Army of the West.
Philadelphia: Chilton Company, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xix, 305pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight, quite attractive first edition of this chronicle, to quote the title page, of "The Rise of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, USA, Who Saved..... More
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies -- General Index and Additions and Corrections.
Gettysburg: National Historical Society, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with gilt spine lettering. xlvii, 1242pp. Near fine. Handsome, tight facsimile reprint of the indispensable index to this massive and complicated Government Printing Office behemoth published over the course of many years in the late 19th century (index volume in 1901)..... More
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies -- Additions and Corrections to Series II -- Volume VIII.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1902. Hardcover. Small 4to. Half green calf with gilt spine lettering and green cloth. v, 1060pp. Marbled page edges, marbled endpapers. Good plus. Spine sunned to a golden brown, though gilt lettering bright and sharp; upper left corner of rear board damaged, with leather corner..... More
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.... General Index and Additions and Corrections.
Harrisburg: The National Historical Society, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. Black buckram with gilt spine lettering. li, 1242pp, 6pp. Fine. Absolutely pristine copy of this facsimile reprint of "Serial No. 130," which is the "General Index and Additions and Corrections" volume. If you've got a set of the "O.R.," as it's popularly..... More
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.... Series I -- Volumes I through V.
Harrisburg: The National Historical Society, 1985. Hardcover. 5 volumes. 8vo. Black buckram with gilt spine lettering. v, 752pp; vi, 1101pp; vi, 815pp; vi, 792pp; vi, 1204pp. Maps. Fine. Perfectly tight and pristine set of the first five volumes of this facsimile reprint of Serial No. 1 through No. 5, which..... More
The Confederate Brass-Framed Colt & Whitney.
N.p. William A. Albaugh, 3rd, and Edward N. Simmons, 1955. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff yellow pic torial wrappers with brown cloth tape spine. (6pp), 105pp. Illustrations. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) a bit age toned and scuffed, though internally tight and fine. Tight and nice first edition of this in-depth..... More
Journal of the Sixty-Seventh Annual Encampment of the Department of Rhode Island G.A.R. April 9, 1934.
Providence: Grand Army of the Republic, 1934. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. 28pp. Tipped-in illustration. Fine. A startlingly bright, tight and pristine issue of this annual gathering, complete with budget, reports, minutes, lists of officers, etc. An outstanding copy. More
Action at Aquila.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 369pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, a lovely copy in lovely jacket. Noteworthy Civil War fiction from the author of "Anthony Adverse" -- with a fine autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is..... More
Action at Aquila.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 369pp. Very good. Mildest bit of faint edgewear, but overall bright and sharp, with spine gilt pristine. A tight and attractive first edition of this notable Civil War fiction by the author of "Anthony Adverse." IN..... More
Civil War Justice: Union Army Executions under Lincoln.
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Company, [1989]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 234pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. First edition, tight and pristine. More
Stop the Evil: A Civil War History of Desertion and Murder.
San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 202pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of quite mild jacket edgewear. First edition -- tight and clean and nice. More
Stop the Evil: A Civil War History of Desertion and Murder.
San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 202pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Book fine but for "ding" at upper edge of rear board. First edition, tight and clean. More