Charleston, SC: James David Altman, n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. 10pp. Near fine. First and probable sole edition of this slim simplistic essay, signed on the front wrapper (as are apparently all copies) by the author in full in blue ballpoint. Laid in is an 8½" X 11" form..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff blue wrappers. 11pp. Near fine. As bibliographically cryptic as it gets, this probable sole edition is (surprise, surprise) signed by the author in full in black ballpoint on the front wrapper, as is apparently every copy. A useful little reference, likely of 1980s vintage..... More
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. vii, 376pp; 373pp. Very good/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and a bit rubbed. Tight, handsome third printing of the one-volume edition of this standard reference (first half consisting of "Volume I -- The Confederate Armies," the second half "Volume..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1996]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. vi, 226pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine. Tight and handsome first of this paperback edition of Ambrose's 1962 first book. More
Hartford: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1877. Hardcover. 8vo. Original purple cloth, ornate gilt spine. xx, 587pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Good only. Edgeworn and rough, with slight chipping at head and tail of spine, which is rather sunned (though gilt lettering fully legible); inner hinges delicate though expertly, archivally strengthened. Internally a...... More
New York: Jack Brussel, n.y., [ca. 1960]. Hardcover. 16mo. Grey cloth, dust jacket. 248pp, (13pp). Maps. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn, with bit of rubbing. Tight, clean and nice facsimile of the 1883 first edition, a volume in Jack Brussel's "Campaigns of the Civil War" series. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. 315pp. 2 maps. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and attractive, of this "Exciting, Action-Packed Account of the Careers of the Great Military Commanders of the Confederate States of America" (to quote jacket front panel)..... More
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., 1863. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 16pp. Very good. Minor soiling. Loyal Publication Society No. 17, a scathing indictment of Southern society and slavery. Anderson places blame for the war entirely on the South's insistence on defending and expanding the institution of slavery. First edition..... More
Dayton: The Press of Morningside Bookshop, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with red, white and blue pictorial stamping. xv, 590pp. Frontispiece, map endpapers. Near fine. Small "ding" at lower right corner of front board. "Facsimile 5," a handsome facsimile reprint of the scarce 1868 first edition. Even this reprint is..... More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, [1991]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy green wrappers. x, 239pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. A tight, attractive first softbound edition of this collection of nine essays by leading scholars in the field. More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. 256pp. Very good/very good. Jacket edgeworn, with several small edge chips. First edition of this exposé of the author of the mysterious "Diary of a Public Man." Front jacket panel screams, "Lincoln Hoax Exposed! Authorship of Famous Diary..... More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 256pp. Very good/very good. Jacket rather edgeworn and a bit rubbed. First edition, tight and nice. This copy bears a delightful autograph addition: Tipped to an inner flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from PAUL M. ANGLE..... More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. 256pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed, with spine sunned and several edge chips. First edition of this exposé of the author of the mysterious "Diary of a Public Man," an anonymous "North American Review" contributor of..... More
Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Company, 1880. Hardcover. 16mo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. 226pp, (14pp ads). Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Good plus. A bit edgeworn, mainly at spine head/tail, with delicate inner hinges expertly, archivally strengthened and thus tight; text block nice, clean and very good. A nice first edition of..... More
Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh Press, 1955. Small 4to. 10 leaves, printed on rectos only and stapled at upper left. Near fine. Unusual mimeographed promotional booklet for this highly-regarded text, consisting mainly of excerpts, a plug from Arthur M. Schlesinger, table of contents, etc. From the library of noted Lincoln..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1967]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial paper over boards. 242pp. Extensive illustrations, map endpapers. Very good. Binding very slightly edgeworn, but overall tight and quite nice. Later printing of this well-illustrated overview. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, [1967]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial paper over boards. 242pp. Extensive illustrations, map endpapers. Very good. Binding rather edgeworn and a bit rubbed. Ownership signature on front pastedown of Ralph Gordon, noted medical book and military history collector. Tight and decent later printing of this well-illustrated..... More
New York: Independent Music Publishers, n.y. Paperback. Music by Normand Lockwood. Folio (13" X 10¼"). Plain stiff tan wrappers. 113pp. Very good. Outer wrappers (only) a tad rubbed and faintly edgeworn, and entire text light age toned. Complete facsimile of the composer's handwritten score, presumably prepared for an actual performance..... More
New York: Associated Music Publishers, n.y. Paperback. Music by Normand Lockwood. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 46pp. Near fine. First paperback edition. Brief history of the war as told through excerpts from period songs -- a foreshortened (by one-third) version of the original 1959 hardbound edition. More
New York: Associated Music Publishers, n.y. Paperback. Music by Normand Lockwood. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 46pp. Near fine. Slightest bit of age toning to outer wrappers (only). First paperback edition. Brief history of the war as told through excerpts from period songs -- a foreshortened (by one-third) version of..... More
Athens: The University of Georgia Press, [1993]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 518pp. Illustrations. Very good/near fine. Faint crease on front flyleaf. A tight and attractive first edition of this biography of this Congregational minister and his role in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Ownership signature..... More
Kensington, MD: Bates and Blood Press, 1993. Hardcover. Foreword by Clark B. Hall. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xx, 207pp. Numerous illustrations, map. Fine/fine. Superb and tight first edition, signed boldly by Arner in black ballpoint on the title page. More
New York: Scholastic Book Services, [1963]. Paperback. Small 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. vii, 152pp. Map, illustrations. Very good. Later (3rd) printing, tight and nice, of this 1953 young adult text (TX 319) chronicling the true tale of this locomotive heist. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 348pp. Near fine/near fine. Bookplate on front pastedown. First edition; Civil War fiction. More
Humboldt, NE: The Enterprise, 1903. Hardcover. 8vo. Rebound in blue cloth. 194pp. Illustrations. Errata slip tipped to front pastedown. Very good. Binding slightly edgeworn. Clean and attractive first edition of this scarce, slim Civil War regimental. Due to a binder's error, one small page gathering (pp. 31-34) appears upside down..... More