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  • Batchelor, John Calvin:  American Falls.  New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1985. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 green cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with modest rubbing at the spine ends. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with very light wear to the upper edge of the spine area. A novel of the Civil War in which the Confederate Secret Service, based in Canada, is in a battle with their counterparts from the U.S. Secret Service. Based on actual events which took place during the last year of the conflict.
    TB19908  $25.00



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    Benet, Stephen Vincent:  John Brown's Body.  Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in 1/4 light brown morocco leather with light brown linen covered boards with five raised bands on the spine and a gilt stamped title label on red-brown leather in one of the compartments. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. One of only 201 large paper copies numbered and signed by the author on the limitation page. This copy is identified as number 153. 377 pages of text. A narrative of the Civil War. This copy was rebound in it present state in 1992 as evidenced by a laid-in book seller's description in the rear of this copy.
    TB31461  $400.00



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    Brown University:  Brown University In The Civil War A Memorial.  Mansfield Centre, Conn.: Martino Publishing, 2006. Facsimile Reprint. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued. 380 pages including an index. A facsimile reprint of the University's 1868 printing in Providence.
    TB27405  $40.00




  • Cooke, John Esten:  Outlines From the Outpost.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1961. First edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt top edge to the text block. Edited by Richard Harwell. Laid-in at the front of this copy is a Compliments of the Season card from Russell W. Thompson. This book was not previously published but is from the original manuscript which Cooke was preparing for publication who served on the staff of J.E.B. Stuart during the Civil War. 413 pages including an index and a list of all previous title published in the Lakeside Classic series.
    TB33162  $25.00



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    Coulter, E. Merton:  Travels in the Confederate States.  Wendell, N.C.: Broadfoot's Bookmark, n.d. (circa 1980). Reprint. Near fine in light gray cloth covered boards with a silver on blue title block on the spine. The cloth at the heel of the spine is rubbed at the corners. A bibliography dealing with the collection of books written between 1861 to 1865 about travels in the southern states during the War Between the States. A facsimile reprint of the 1948 first edition by the University of Oklahoma Press. 289 pages including an index.
    TB22391  $40.00



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    Crane, Stephen:  The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War.  n. p.: Westvaco, West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1968. Limited Edition. Fine in full black, pebbled leather covered boards with gilt text on the spine, blind embossing on the front board and decorated end sheets. It is important to note that a circular hole 7/16" (the same as a .45 caliber bullet) in diameter has been drilled through the front board and the first 190 pages of text. This hole does not effect any of the printed text as it is placed in the lower margin of each page. This hole was deliberately produced by the publisher and printer to provide a more realistic appearance for the book. Splashes of "blood" appear on many pages throughout the entire text. As a result of this treatment this volume has since been dubbed the "Red Badge of Courage with the bullet hole". Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a very good+, paper covered slip case with tanning to three side and rubbing at two corners. Part of the preface to the book is a facsimile reprint of the illustrations which appeared in the Rules for the Management and Cleaning of the Rifle Musket, Model 1863 for The Use of Soldiers with Descriptive Plates. These plates provide a detailed perspective of the hardware and mechanics for this rifle which was standard issue to troops in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. 203 pages of text with illustrations as aforementioned. The Westvaco Christmas release of 1968 which was the 11th volume in the series. An extremely unusual and highly prized volume in the Westvaco collection of Christmas classics.
    TB29242  $100.00



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    Crane, Stephen:  The Red Badge of Courage.  Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1976. Franklin Library Limited Edition. Near fine in gilt decorated full red leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine, gilt edges to the text block, silk end papers and a silk placement ribbon sew-in at the head of the spine and with gilt edging to the text block. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches. Much of the gilt edging on the top and bottom of the text block has flaked off. Without a dust jacket as issued. 245 pages of text with illustrations by Roland Descombes. One of the volumes from the Franklin Library's collection of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. A fine, clean and tight volume with a prior owner's book plate on the second free end page.
    TB32562  $50.00




  • Daniel, Larry J.:  Shiloh The Battle That Changed the Civil War.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards with a gift inscription on the first free end paper. In a fine dust jacket. Subtitled: The battle that changed the Civil War. 430 pages with index, text, maps with period photographs. As the jacket lacks a price this is possibly a book club edition.
    TB09192  $14.00




  • de Hauranne, Ernest Duvergi:  A Frenchman in Lincoln's America (Vol. I).  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1974. First thus. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and front board with a gilt top edge to the text block. The gilt on the spine is slightly darkened with tarnish and there is faint spotting by foxing to the end sheets and fore edge of the text block. The Lakeside Classic release of 1974. The first English publication of the Journal and letters of the author's eight month travels through the US at the start of the Civil War. 525 pages including an index followed by a list of previous titles published in the series.
    TB26511  $20.00




  • deKay, James Tertius:  Monitor The Story of The Legendary Civil War Ironclad.  New York: Walker and Company, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a modest bump at the heel of the spine. In a near fine dust jacket due to a price clipped front flap. The full title reads: "Monitor The story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History." 247 pages including an index.
    TB14416  $7.00



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    Edmonds, S. Emma E.:  Nurse And Spy In The Union Army.  n.p. stated: LSC Communications, 2019. First Edition. Fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine, gilt borders on the front and rear boards and a gilt company logo on the front board with green printed end sheets. A 16mo measuring 6 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches with upper and lower headbands and with the top edge of the text block gilt. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is still within the publisher's shrink wrap. 350 pages including an index and followed by a page listing the picture credits. Illustrated with both black and white and color plates. Originally published in 1864. This volume is the last volume to be published in the Lakeside Classic series which began in 1903.
    TB32572  $75.00




  • Freemantle, Sir Arthur J.:  Two Views of Gettysburg.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1964. First edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping and the top edge of the text block in gilt. Co-authored by Frank A. Haskell and edited by Richard Harwell. Published from original records and journals of both Fremantle (visiting with the CSA from Great Britain) and Haskell who served with the Union Army provide two dispassionate pictures.
    TB33163  $25.00



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    Goodwin, Doris Kearns:  Team Of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.  New York: Simon and Schuster, (2005). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and brown paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with printed end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author with an inscription to _____ on the title page. 916 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with vignettes at the chapter headings and with two sections from black and white photographs. A very attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32351  $275.00



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    Grant, U. S.:  Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.  New York: The Century Co., 1895. Second Edition by Century Co.. Both volumes of this two volume set are in very near fine condition in 1/2 brown morocco, pebbled leather and marbled paper covered boards. The spines are decorated with four raised bands, gilt text and gilt double borders in three compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper matching the marbled paper on the covers. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt. Each is an octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 6 inches. The leather is rubbed through over the tips of the boards for both volumes and there is a 1 inch section of marbled paper worn through at the upper edge of volume I. Volume II has an early prior owner's book plate attached to the front paste down. The first edition was published by Charles L. Webster & Company in 1885 and 1886. What distinguishes this edition it is completely annotated throughout with marginal bibliographic notations or notes to clarify minor points of record. Volume I contains 525 pages and volume II contains 517 pages including an index for both volumes. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces, maps, and a facsimiles. Two pages in the table of contents list the "Books, Reviews, Pamphlets, Etc., Cited In The Marginal Annotation To This Edition."
    TB32353  $1100.00



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    Grant, U. S.:  Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (Vol. I only).  New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885, 1886. First Edition, Deluxe Edition. Volume I only of this two volume set is in very good+ condition in 3/4 black, pebbled leather. The spine has faded to a light brown and is decorated with five raised bands with the compartments filled with either gilt text, three gilt emblems and a four star shoulder patch in gilt. The front and rear boards are decorated with a gilt, circular seal (3" in diameter) showing the profile of Grant on the front board and the reverse of this medal on the rear board. All edges of the text blocks are marbled to match the marbled end sheets. It is an octavo measuring 9 by 5 7/8 inches. The leather over the tips of the boards was worn, but has recently been professionally re-stained. The frontispiece of the young Grant shows no foxing or tanning. The hinges and joints for this volume are tight and strong. A very neat and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. This title was only sold by subscription in five different bindings: green cloth, leather in sheep, half-morocco, full morocco and tree calf leather. Not only was this title considered a major publishing success, it has often been considered one of the most important books of American history. This volume I contains 584 pages of text. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, maps, engravings, two fold-out facsimile letters in Grant's hand.
    TB32354  $600.00



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    Hammer, Jefferson J. (Editor):  Frederic Augustus James's Civil War Diary Sumter to Andersonville.  Cranbury, NJ: Fairleigh Dickenson University Press, 1973. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket. The original diary of Frederic Augustus James was over fifty pages in length. This reproduction provides only a portion of the diary but includes the complete text. The diary provides a record of James' capture in 1863 and subsequent imprisonment in five different Confederate Prison Camps. Just over a year after his capture he died in Andersonville Prison of disease and malnutrition. Despite his mistreatment he was determined to survive his ordeal and maintained an optimistic attitude and recorded daily entries in his journal.
    TB20116  $45.00




  • Harwell, Richard:  The Confederate Hundred A Bibliophilic Selection of Confederate Books.  Wendell, North Carolina: Broadfoot's Bookmark, 1982. Second Edition. Fine in tan linen covered boards with gold text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" tall by 6 3/16" deep overall, containing 58 pages of text. This is copy number 289 of only 500 copies printed. The original first edition of this title was produced in Urban, Illinois in 1964 by Beta Phi Mu. An exceptionally bright, clean and crisp copy.
    TB22389  $50.00



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    Harwell, Richard Barksdale:  Cornerstones of Confederate Collecting.  Wendell, North Carolina: Broadfoot's Bookmark, 1982. Third Edition. Fine in tan linen covered boards with gold text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" tall by 6 3/16" deep overall, containing 58 pages of text. This is copy number 231 of only 500 copies printed. The original first edition of this title was produced by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia in 1952 with the second edition released in May of 1953. An exceptionally bright, clean and crisp copy.
    TB22390  $40.00




  • Hill, Sarah Jane F.:  Mrs. Hill's Journal: Civil War Reminiscences.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1980. First thus. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations and with a gilt top edge with a prior owner's name on the front paste down. The Lakeside Classic release of 1980. A never before published journal of the recollections of Mrs. Sarah Jane Full Hill regarding the Civil War. 343 pages including an index and followed by a list of the previously issued Lakeside Classics.
    TB28181  $20.00




  • Hollister, Ovando J.:  Colorado Volunteers in New Mexico 1862.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1962. First Edition, First printing. Fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt top edge and gilt text stamping on the spine which remains bright and clean. Without a dust jacket as issued. Edited by Richard Harwell. This was the Lakeside Press' third book to appear dealing with the Civil War during their centennial commemoration of that event. 309 pages including a roster of officers and men, an index and followed by a list of the previously issued Lakeside Classics. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait, line drawings and a map.
    TB26477  $20.00



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    Johnston, Angus James, II:  Virginia Railroads In The Civil War.  Chapel Hill: The Virginia Historical Society by The University of North Carolina Press, 1961. First Edition. Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine with gilt decorations on the spine and front board. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" with light dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2" chip from the lower edge of the front panel, a 2" long closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel and a 1/2" deep chip to the upper edge of the rear panel. 336 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with reproductions of black and white photographs and maps. Allan Nevins, James Robertson and Bell Wiley state in Civil War Books A Critical Bibliography of this title: "A scholarly study of the logistical and strategic place of railroads in the Virginia campaigns." ( Nevins, I p. 9; Eicher, 830) A tight and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB27409  $55.00




  • Livermore, Thomas L.:  History Of The Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers 1864-5.  Boston: Self-published, 1904. First Edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 124 pages including an index, a roster of the Eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen black and white photographic reproductions.
    TB25459  $95.00



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    [Miller, Francis Trevelyan]:  The Photographic History of the Civil War.  Springfield, Mass.: Patriot Publishing Company, c1910. . A prospectus or salesman's sample of the ten volume set ultimately published by The Review of Reviews in 1911. This is an envelope 12 1/4 by 12 11/16 inches with a paper label the text of which is detailed below. The envelope contains a color cover plate showing the set with an imprint of the Patriot Publishing Company plus 18 black and white photographic plates on pages measuring 12 1/4 by 11 3/4 inches with extensive printed descriptions beneath each photograph. The paper label on the front of the envelope reads as follows: "Photographic Prints of Civil War pictures, taken by Mathew B. Grady. These wonderful negatives, made by order of President Lincoln, then buried for nearly half a century, have been discovered in time for the semi-centennial celebration of the Civil War in 1911. Being a few of the 3500 rare photographs contain in the "Photographic History of the Civil War" in ten volumes, published by the Review of Reviews Company, New York."
    TB28561  $100.00



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    Mitchell, Margaret:  Gone With the Wind.  New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Twenty-fourth Printing. Very good+ in its original gray cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine and front board. An octavo measuring 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches with the cloth at the corners of the spine rubbed and worn, the spine has attained a modest concave position and there is a gift inscription on the first free end page. The original text block is clean, unmarked and shows only a hint of age toning. In its original unclipped dust jacket which is in very good- condition with small chips at the corners of the spine area, as well as numerous closed tears at the ends of the spine area and rubbing to the folds to the flaps. This is the 24th printing of this title with the date: "December, 1936" on the copyright page. A classic novel of the Civil War and the author's only book which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. 1037 pages of text.
    TB32466  $400.00



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    Parker, Arthur C.:  The Life Of General Ely S. Parker Last Grand Sachem Of The Iroquois And General Grant's Military Secretary.  Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Historical Society, 1919. First Edition. Very good+ in dark blue, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and blind embossed borders on both boards. A small quarto of 9 by 6 1/4 inches with rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with four very short closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine and three short closed tears to the heel of the spine. The front hinge is broken but has been recently professionally repaired with Japanese tissue. This copy has been warmly inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author to a friend and each noted with their respective Native American names. Without a dust jacket. Contained within an envelope at the front of this copy is an original photograph of the author dated in 1947 and several newspaper articles about him and relatives containing family history dating back hundreds of years.. 346 pages including an index, editorial notes, a lenghty appendix, and text. Illustrated with 23 plates from black and white photographs and two facsimiles. The author of this biography of General Ely S. Parker was written by his grand nephew, Arthur C. Parker. During the Civil War, the senior Parker worked his way up through the ranks to eventually become General Grant's military secretary. At the close of the war the then Col. Ely Parker was with Grant and Lee at Appomattox for the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. In introductions to Grant's staff, General Lee looked long at Parker and said "I am glad to see one real American here." Parker shook his hand and said, "We are all Americans here." (page 133)
    TB33157  $400.00



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    Schooler, Lynn:  The Last Shot The Incredible Story Of The CSS Shenandoah And The True Conclusion Of The American Civil War.  New York: Ecco an imprint of HarperCollins, (2005). First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and red paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 208 pages including a bibliography.
    TB24875  $25.00




  • Sears, Stephen W. (Editor):  The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan Selected Correspondence 1860-1865.  New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with small gilt text stamping on the spine with a black remainder mark on the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. A small quarto measuring 9 3/16" tall by 6 3/8" deep containing 651 pages including an index, index of addressees and text and illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of McClellan. Over half of the 813 letters and dispatches printed within this volume are published for the first time making this a new and valuable resource for specialists of the War Between the States.
    TB18990  $30.00



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    Taylor, Frank H.:  Philadelphia In The Civil War 1861-1865.  Philadelphia: Published By The City, 1913. First Edition. Very near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 5/8 by 5 7/8 inches with the lower fore corners of both boards lightly bumped and with occasional marginal red pencil marks particularly in the latter chapters of the book. The lower half of pages 133 through 184 feel wavy, but there is no evidence of staining or water marks. Without a dust jacket if it ever had one. 360 pages including an index, errata, chronology and text. Illustrated with maps and with images from black and white photographs. The fold-out "Military Map of Philadelphia 1861-1865" in intact and shows several spots of foxing in its center.
    TB32145  $75.00



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    Various Authors:  Southern Historical Society papers : Vol. V, January To June, 1878.  Richmond, Vir.: Rev. J. Wm. Jones, 1878. First Edition. An ex-library copy in very good+ condition in a heavy duty, black, buckram cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine and with library stamps, notations and plates throughout this copy. An octavo of 8 5/8 by 5 1/4 inches with stamps on the upper and lower edges of the text block. Without a dust jacket. This volume V contains 304 pages which are numbers 1-2 (Jan-Feb, 1878). It is interesting to note that throughout this volume someone with significant interest or knowledge has made a number of notations in ink correcting issues within the text. At the upper edge of the title page as small section of the page has been cut out and replaced with a page upon which has been written in ink the name of "W. J. Wathall (or Watshall)".
    TB32045  $150.00



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    Ward, Andrew:  The Slaves' War The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in light gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with the lower fore corners of the boards bumped. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with hints of rubbing to the fold to the front flap. 386 pages including an index, list of sources, a directory of witnesses and text. Illustrated with a section of plates from black and white photographs.
    TB30463  $25.00






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