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SWIGGETT, Howard
The Rebel Raider: A Life of John Hunt Morgan
Garden City: The Garden City Publishing Co 1937. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 341pp. Map endpapers. Very good. Some jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front pastedown. Reprint of the Bobbs-Merrill 1934 first edition. Tight and attractive -- and surprisingly uncommon in a nice d.j. as here. Robert W. Johannsen notes "The author is critical of Morgan and his reputation; he maintains that the General suffered increasing mental disintegration during his last days." NEVINS II 93. The Garden City Publishing Co hardcover
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BRAYTON, Mary Clark, and TERRY, Ellen F
Our Acre and Its Harvest. Historical Sketch of the Soldiers' Aid Society of Northern Ohio
Cleveland: Fairbanks Benedict & Co 1869. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth over bevelled boards gilt lettering and gilt spine. xiii 511pp. Illustrations map. Good plus. A tad edgeworn with front inner hinge starting but expertly and archivally strengthened thus tight and handleable. Decent first edition -- a better than average copy of this often beat up text. Front cover title: "Cleveland Branch U.S. Sanitary Commission." The U.S. Sanitary Commission was created in 1861 to provide medical help and other aid to Union soldiers and the Cleveland Branch was its "poster child" -- the first permanently organized branch serving as a model for other small cities. Fairbanks, Benedict & Co hardcover
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RICHARDSON, Albert
The Secret Service: The Field the Dungeon and the Escape
Washington DC: The National Tribune 1897. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan faux-leather wrappers with black lettering. 512pp. Illustrations. Very good. Wrappers edgeworn and scuffed; text block moderately age toned as usual but refreshingly free of the edge chips and edge tears to which this acidic stock is prone; lightly pencilled ownership signature at top of title page. Tight decent first paperback edition -- part of this publisher's "Old Glory Library" series -- of this 1865 text. Richardson also authored a forgettable 1868 campaign biography of U.S. Grant. Difficult to find this oversize softbound edition in presentable condition. The National Tribune paperback
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LOCKE, EW E W
Three Years in Camp and Hospital
Boston: Geo. D. Russell & Co 1870. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original dark green cloth over bevelled boards gilt spine lettering. ix 408pp. Very good. Leaf 395-96 and part of 397-98 are present in expert facsimiles on appropriate stock; inner hinges a tad delicate but expertly archivally strengthened thus tight. Tight nice first edition with bright spine gilt. James I. Robertson Jr. snarls "Locke has a varied career extending from temperance lecturer to song-writer; this 'memoir' is light on what he actually saw but heavy on constructed conversation and self-esteem." NEVINS I 122. Geo. D. Russell & Co hardcover
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DE MEISSNER, Sophie Radford
Old Naval Days: Sketches from the Life of Rear Admiral William Radford U.S.N.
New York: Henry Holt and Company 1920. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth gilt lettering. x 389pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Slight bit of edgewear; nonauthorial 1935 gift inscription on front flyleaf. Tight and nice first edition of this biography of the American naval officer 1809-90 most remembered for commanding Union ironclad ships in attacks on Fort Fisher in December 1864 and January 1865 -- which helped in his promotion to rear admiral in 1866! Rather uncommon. Henry Holt and Company hardcover
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COULTER, E Merton
The Civil War and Readjustment in Kentucky
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press 1926. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth. viii 468pp. Good plus. Binding a bit rough rather edgeworn and scuffed; front inner hinge starting but expertly archivally strengthened thus strong. Tight decent first edition of what William E. Parrish called "A good account of the history and character of this key border state; embraces all facets of life there." If this copy is pleasantly worn it's because of its succession of distinguished owners: The front pastedown bears a large bold signature and inscription from the author in blue ink: "To Dr. Edward Tuthill / With my esteem and / best wishes. / EM Coulter." Tuthill was head of the Department of History at the University of Kentucky around the time this book was published and apparently was involved in a failed effort to persuade Coulter to leave the University of Georgia in Athens and come to Kentucky; he's among those thanked in this book's preface. Next is the ownership signature near the top of the front flyleaf of James F. Hopkins another noted University of Kentucky history professor editor of the papers of Henry Clay and author of such titles as "A History of the Hemp Industry in Kentucky" 1951 and "The University of Kentucky: Origins and Early Years" 1951. Lastly below this is the handsome crest bookplate of Ross A. Webb yet another noted University of Kentucky history professor and author of "Benjamin Helm Bristow: Border State Politician" 1967 and "Kentucky in the Reconstruction Era" 1979. One or more of these owners pencilled checkmarks brackets and lines in the margins of some pages though only a few words albeit a slim example from which to determine authorship-- so whether Tuthill Hopkins or Webb marked this volume is difficult to determine -- Tuthill seems most likely. An interesting association copy with an intriguing string of ownerships. NEVINS II 147. The University of North Carolina Press hardcover
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FISKE, John
The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1900. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth gilt spine. xxv 368pp. 23 maps some partly colored. Top edge gilt. Very good. Mildest bit of edgewear mainly at head of spine. Tight and attractive first edition of what William E. Parrish in Nevins' Civil War bibliography attacks as an "overrated outdated study that concentrates on the major military campaigns from Belmont to Nashville" but which others find readable and useful. NEVINS II 149. DORNBUSCH III 2540. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
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WEIGLEY, Russell F
A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History 1861-1865
Bloomington: Indiana University Press 2000. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue and grey cloth pictorial dust jacket. xxviii 612pp. Maps. Fine/fine. First edition tight and handsome of this to cite front jacket flap "major new interpretation of the events which continue to dominate the American imagination and identity nearly 150 years after the war's end." Choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a mint 5½" X 8" sheet of "The Lambs" stationery the famed New York City theatrical social club near the top of which Weigley boldly pens "With best regards to / Charles H. Stokes -- / Russell H. Weigley" in black fineline. Weigley 1930-2004 was a noted American military historian who authored many highly-regarded volumes concerning the Civil War and World War Two. Indiana University Press hardcover
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WATTERSON, Henry
Marse Henry": An Autobiography
New York: George H. Doran Company 1919. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt lettering. xiii 315pp; ix 314pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. Almost a "Near fine" but just the slightest hint of faint edgewear. Tight and handsome fitrst edition of this memoir by the legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning Louisville "Courier-Journal" editor 1840-1921. It disappointed historian Robert W. Johannsen who sniffed "These memoirs by an editor-politician throw little light on Watterson's enigmatic army career during the war." A surprisingly difficult set to find in such choice condition. NEVINS II 99. George H. Doran Company hardcover
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HARWELL, Richard B (editor)
The Confederate Reader
New York: Longmans Green and Co 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth pictorial dust jacket. xxvi 389pp. Illustrations. Near fine/good plus. Large jacket fold separations archivally closed on verso thus complete and fairly attractive. First edition tight and attractive of this highly-regarded anthology which E.B. Long critiques as "A literary miscellany that captures much of the flavor of life and society in the embattled South." Special limitation sheet tipped in facing frontispiece signed boldly in full by Harwell in blue ballpoint. Front flyleaf bears the handsome bookplate of Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Association of Berwyn -- which may seem odd but in days of yore this Chicago suburban institution actually assembled and maintained a first-rate collection of Lincolniana. NEVINS II 15. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover
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SCOTT, Robert N
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies -- Series I -- Volume XXIII -- Part I and Part II
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1889. Hardcover. Small 4to. Two-volume set. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. ix 962pp; 1090pp. Good plus. Internally white clean and nice; externally the bindings are well-handled and rubbed and a bit soiled and mottled with spines rather sunned; spine gilt on Part II badly rubbed though on Part I it's bright. Tight decent 2-volume subset of this self-contained portion of what's known as the "Official Records" or simply the "O.R." These two thick volumes contain Chapter XXXV of the overall set described on the contents page as "Operations in Kentucky Middle and East Tennessee North Alabama and Southwest Virginia." Part I consists of "Reports" and Part II of "Correspondence Etc." First edition. Though homely this pair is tight and quite handleable. Government Printing Office hardcover
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SCOTT, Robert N (editor)
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies -- Series I -- Volume XVI -- Part I and Part II
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1886. Hardcover. Small 4to. Complete 2-volume set. Rebound in burgundy buckram with gilt spine lettering. viii 1242pp; 1112pp. Marbled page edges. Fine. Slightest bit of age toning to original text blocks which are near fine. Handsome massive 2-volume subset of this self-contained portion of what's known simply as the "O.R." or "Official Records." These two volumes contain exhaustive coverage of "Morgan's Raid / Perryville" as giltstamped on each spine -- this being Chapter XXVIII of the overall set described on the contents page as "Operations in Kentucky Middle and East Tennessee North Alabama and Southwest Virginia." Part I consists of "Reports" and Part II of "Correspondence Etc." First edition 49th Congress 1st Session Mis. Doc. No. 273 and Mis. Doc. No. 338. An exceptionally clean tight handsome set in outstanding condition. Government Printing Office hardcover
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SCOTT, Robert N
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies -- Series I -- Volume XVII -- Part II
Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1887. Hardcover. Small 4to. Half green calf with gilt spine lettering and green cloth. 1019pp. Marbled page edges marbled endpapers. Very good. Spine sunned to a golden brown though gilt lettering bright and sharp. Tight and attractive first edition of this volume the second half of a 2-part subset in what's known as the "Official Records" or simply the "O.R." Internally quite bright white and crisp. Errata slip tipped in. Part II consists of "Correspondence Etc." -- "Correspondence Orders and Returns Relating to Operations in West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi from June 10 1862 to January 20 1863." Overall a strikingly handsome volume. Government Printing Office hardcover
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FROST, Lawrence A
General Custer's Libbie
Seattle: Superior Publishing Company 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with red lettering pictorial dust jacket. 336pp. Frontispiece numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of faint jacket edgewear. A superb bright tight first edition of this biography of Elizabeth Bacon Custer. Rather uncommon. Superior Publishing Company hardcover
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MONTEIRO, Aristides
War Reminiscences by the Surgeon of Mosby's Command
Gaithersburg MD: Butternut Press n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. viii 236pp. Frontispiece. Near fine. Couple dark scrapes on rear board. Tight and handsome facsimile reprint of the scarce 1890 second edition which has more content than the first edition. Even this facsmile is rather uncommon. Raves James I. Robertson Jr. "An excellent unexaggerated narrative of life with the Confederacy's foremost partisan ranger." NEVINS I 132. NEW HOWES M 742 note. Butternut Press hardcover
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MOSGROVE, George Dallas
Kentucky Cavaliers in Dixie: Reminiscences of a Confederate Cavalryman
Jackson TN: McCowat-Mercer Press 1957. Hardcover. Edited by Bell Irvin Wiley. 8vo. Tan cloth. xxvi 40pp 281pp. Frontispiece illustrations. Very good. First modern edition -- tight clean nice -- being a reprint of the classic and ultra-rare 1895 first edition. Bears a fine autograph addition from the influential and prolific editor Wiley 1906-80 for tipped to an inner flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from him 8¼" X 10" Lexington KY 1955 March 24. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates 1914-93. Near fine. On letterhead of "The Southern Historical Association" which lists Wiley as president he chats at length with his friend about "500 reprints of Raoul S. Narroll's article 'Lincoln and the Sherman Peace Fiasco--Another Fable' from the November 1954 issue of The Journal of Southern History. I should like to distribute them to members of the Civil War Round Tables with a covering letter over my signature as president of the Southern Historical Association inviting recipients to become members of the Association." Wiley goes on about marketing this association. Signed boldly in full in black ink. Front pastedown bears unusual Viking exploration bookplate of Alan K. Dolliver. James I. Robertson Jr. calls Mosgrove "'A strange conglomerate of romanticism and realism' and possessed of 'some of the choicest stories ever to be written about the Civil War.'" NEVINS I 134. NEW HOWES M 866 note. McCowat-Mercer Press hardcover
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DURHAM, Walter T
Nashville: The Occupied City -- The First Seventeen Months -- February 16 1862 to June 30 1863
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 black fineline along with "With Best Wishes!" on the front flyleaf. The Tennessee Historical Society hardcover
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BROWN, Dee Alexander
The Bold Cavaliers: Morgan's 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Raiders
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth spine and red marbled paper over boards pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrations map endpapers. Very good/good plus. Minor jacket edgewear and slightly sunned jacket spine. First edition tight and clean of this popular biography of Colonel John Hunt Morgan. DORNBUSCH II 377. NEVINS I 64. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover
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LAWSON, Lewis A
Wheeler's Last Raid
Greenwood PA: The Penkevill Publishing Company 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. xix 446pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Exceptionally tight and handsome first edition. Surprisingly uncommon. The Penkevill Publishing Company hardcover
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COCO, Gregory A
A Strange and Blighted Land -- Gettysburg: The Aftermath of a Battle
Gettysburg: Thomas Publications 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt lettering. xiv 433pp. Numerous illustrations and maps. Near fine. Couple of small ink margin "x"s on two pages else tight bright and handsome. First edition of this surprisingly uncommon volume. Lacks jacket else a sharp copy. Thomas Publications hardcover
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BARNES, Frank, WILSHIN, Francis F, DILLAHUNTY, Albert, LATTIMORE, Ralston B, TILBERG, Frederick, EVERHART, William C, SULLIVAN,
Fort Sumter National Monument South Carolina / Manassas Bull Run National Battlefield Park Virginia / Shiloh National Military Park Tennessee / Fort Pulaski National Monument Georgia / Antietam National Battlefield Site Maryland / Gettysburg National Military Park Pennsylvania / Vicksburg National Military Park Mississippi / Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Georgia-Tennessee / Richmond National Battlefield Park Virginia / Petersburg National Military Park Virginia
Washington DC: National Park Service 1961. Hardcover. Two-volume set. Small 4to. Rebound in full black leatherette with gilt lettering. 48pp 47pp 47pp 55pp 60pp 52pp 60pp 60pp 46pp 56pp. Extensive illustrations and maps. Fine. Ten volumes in the National Park Service's popular "Historical Handbook Series" in bound order Numbers 12 15 10 18 31 9 21 25 33 and 13 originally issued in various years throughout the 1950s but here all 1961 reprint editions. Only nine authors are listed because Tilberg authored both the Antietam and Gettysburg volumes. All of the original stiff pictorial wrappers in various colors have been bound in. Spine and front cover gilt titles both read "Battles of the Civil War" Volume I and Volume II plus the name Daniel C. Davidson -- presumably the Civil War buff who had them custom bound in this handsome fashion. This unique set bears two choice autograph additions: Tipped to an inner flyleaf of the first volume is a good content Typed Letter Signed from FREDERICK TILBERG 1896-1979 probably the best known of the "Historical Handbook Series" authors 1p 8" X 10½" Gettysburg PA 1960 July 8. Addressed to noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates 1914-93. Near fine. On "United States Department of the Interior" letterhead. Chats cordially about various New York Civil War Round Table events and other Civil War matters. Signed boldly in full. Tipped to an inner flyleaf of the second volume is a partly-printed Autograph Note Signed from CONRAD L. WIRTH 1p heavy blue 5" X 3" stock New York NY 1966 October 11. On a preprinted reservation card for a meeting of the Civil War Round Table of New York Wirth signs boldly in full in blue ballpoint adding "Sorry I can't attend I will be in Washington D.C." Wirth 1899-1993 was National Park Service director 1951-64 and his name appears in each volume. National Park Service hardcover
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JONES, Wilbur Devereux
The Confederate Rams at Birkenhead: A Chapter in Anglo-American Relations
Tuscaloosa: Confederate Publishing Company 1961. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. 124pp. Frontispiece 2 illustrations. Near fine. First edition of Number 19 in the "Confederate Centennial Studies" series limited to 450 copies. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from series editor William Stanley Hoole 1p 7¼" X 10½" Tuscaloosa Alabama 1959 January 16. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar and officer of the New York City Civil War Round Table. Near fine. Friendly note the the respected "Lincoln Herald" and "Civil War Times" book reviewer sending Gates two other issues of the Confederate Centennial Studies series noting: "We shall appreciate your giving review space to these two monographs in your journal" and adding a handwritten postscript "Thanks for your nice comments in last Lincoln Herald". Boldly signed in full. Hoole 1903-90 was a noted Alabama author editor educator and librarian. NEVINS I 227 and 258. Confederate Publishing Company paperback
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FLEMING, Walter L
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama
New York: Peter Smith 1949. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with black spine lettering. xxiii 815pp 4pp reduced text pages per leaf thus ca. 200pp. Illustrations maps. Very good. Faint binding wear -- internally near fine. Tight attractive reprint edition of the scarce 1905 first edition which Thomas A. Belser Jr. critiqued: "Fleming's biased treatment of Reconstruction does not alter this work's status as the best study of Alabama during the war years." Large faint mark on front pastedown from bookplate removal partly covered by smaller "From the Library of" bookplate with blank area for name to be fille in. Even this reduced micro-print edition is rather uncommon. NEVINS II 219. Peter Smith hardcover
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ROSS, Fitzgerald
Cities and Camps of the Confederate States
Urbana: University of Illinois Press 1958. Hardcover. Edited by Richard Barksdale Harwell. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering pictorial dust jacket. xxii 262pp. Illustrations pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. First edition tight and attractive -- and boldly signed by the editor in blue ballpoint on a special inner front flyleaf. University of Illinois Press hardcover
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(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR). TOWNSEND, ED E D
General Orders No. 220
Washington DC: War Department Adjutant General's Office 1864. Paperback. Handbill. Small 8vo. 4pp. Foldout chart. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge not affecting text. A bright and handsome General Order issued 1 July 1864 whose cover page briefly notes that it concerns "the cost of clothing and camp and garrison equipage for the Army of the United States. with the allowance of clothing to each soldier during his enlistment and his proportion for each year." The remaining numbered pages consist of a detailed chart itemizing every last item of clothing and camp equipment and their cost for every type of soldier. The wide foldout chart is titled "TABLE specifying the money value of Clothing allowed to the Army of the United States" and continues this fascinating elaboration of items and their cost to the soldier. Scarce and unusual. War Department, Adjutant General's Office paperback
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TOWLES, James, and SENGSTACK, CP C P
The South in Danger. Read Before You Vote. Address of the Democratic Association of Washington D.C.
Washington DC: N.p. 1844. Paperback. Self-cover. 8vo. 4pp. Very good. Light overall age toning; minor binding traces; a bit closely trimmed though not affecting text. First edition. A detailed discussion of Henry Clay as the Whig presidential candidate versus James G. Birney as the Liberty candidate and James K. Polk as the Democratic candidate the raging controversy of Texas annexation which Clay favored and the slavery issue. Sabin cites one "J. Heart Printer" as publisher for this edition but this data is nowhere evidenced on this seemingly complete copy. Scarce. SABIN 96362. N.p. paperback
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ANDERSON, Charles
The Cause of the War: Who Brought It On and for What Purpose
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. SABIN 1389. Wm. C. Bryant & Co paperback
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BROWN, Dee Alexander
The Bold Cavaliers: Morgan's 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Raiders
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth spine and red marbled paper over boards pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrations map endpapers. Near fine/good plus. Minor jacket edgewear and slightly sunned jacket spine. First edition tight and clean of this popular biography of Colonel John Hunt Morgan. DORNBUSCH II 377. NEVINS I 64. J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover
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A Bill to Provide Additional Clothing and Privileges to Troops in the Field
N.p.: N.p. 1864. Paperback. Small 4to. Self-cover. 2pp single leaf. Good. Dampstaining and some irregular chipped edges. House Bill No. 311 a Confederate motion dated 30 December 1864 providing among other things "That the non-commissioned officers musicians and privates. shall be provided each with one complete set of uniform clothing. as an expression of the gratitude of the nation for their gallantry their sacrifices and their unflinching devotion to the country." PARRISH 762. N.p. paperback
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KIRKLAND, Charles P
The Destiny of Our Country
New York: Anson D.F. Randolph 1864. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 71pp. Good plus. Outer wrappers slightly soiled; minor chipping at outer corners. Revised text of Kirkland's address before Hamilton College NY relating his views on the conduct of the war etc. SABIN 37995. Anson D.F. Randolph paperback
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SLATER, John S
An Address to the Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac and Especially to the Surviving Members of the Fifth Corps Containing a Brief Review of the Case of Gen. Fitz John Porter
Washington DC: Thomas McGill & Co 1880. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 30pp. Very good. Very slight wear and delicacy along spine; single chip on blank rear wrapper; "Port" inked in green at upper left of front wrapper. First edition. Speech "By One Who Served Under Him" about Porter and the Fifth Corps. DORNBUSCH 1 N238. Thomas McGill & Co paperback
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BLANCHARD, Ira
I Marched with Sherman: Civil War Memoirs of the 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
San Francisco: J.D. Huff and Company 1992. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue leatherette pictorial dust jacket. 170pp. Map frontispiece. Fine/fine. Pristine and perfect first edition of this regimental history -- surprisingly uncommon in hardbound form. J.D. Huff and Company hardcover
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PORTER, William D
State Sovereignty and the Doctrine of Coercion. Together with a Letter from Hon. J.K. Paulding Former Sec. of Navy
Charleston SC: Evans & Cogswell's Steam-Power Presses 1860. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 36pp. Very good. Strip of modern archival binding cloth running along spine; mild age toning to front wrapper else a tight nice first edition of "Association Tract No. 2." First edition of this pro-slavery pro-secession speech "To the Men of the South." Rather scarce in this attractive condition. SABIN 64321. Evans & Cogswell's Steam-Power Presses paperback
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STEARNS, William A
A Sermon Delivered Before the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government of Massachusetts at the Annual Election Wednesday Jan. 6 1864
Boston: Wright & Potter 1864. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth. 45pp. Decorated endpapers. Very good. Rousing war speech by the president of Amherst College. SABIN 90994. Wright & Potter hardcover
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JOHNSON, Reverdy
A Reply to the Review of Judge Advocate General Holt of the Proceedings Findings and Sentence of the General Court Martial in the Case of Major General Fitz John Porter and a Vindication of That Officer
Baltimore: John Murphy & Co 1863. Paperback. 8vo. Tan wrappers. 88pp. Very good. Outer wrappers a tad soiled and age toned with several quite small edge chips but overall tight and internally clean. High-profile attorney Johnson 1796-1876 defended General Fitz-John Porter 1822-1901 in his court martial trial after Second Manassas and in this pamphlet contests the guilty verdict -- Johnson's rebuttal in turn provoked a counter-rebuttal also published in 1863! First edition. SABIN 36276. John Murphy & Co paperback
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VANDIVER, Frank E
Rebel Brass: The Confederate Command System
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1956. Hardcover. Introduction by T. Harry Williams. 8vo. Red paper over boards dust jacket. xvii 143pp. Illustrations map endpapers. Near fine/very good. First edition -- the Civil War Book Club edition with a special printed leaf boldly signed by Vandiver tipped in after the half-title page. Civil War Book Club editions by the way are simply the legitimate first trade edition to which a printed leaf signed by the author has been added. Excellent study of the Confederate hierarchy. NEVINS II 176. DORNBUSCH IV 1788. Louisiana State University Press hardcover
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HARRINGTON, Fred Harvey
Fighting Politician: Major General N.P. Banks
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xi 301pp. Frontispiece illustrations map endpapers. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed with small edge chips. A tight nice first edition of this uncommon biography. "A scholarly study" remarks Robert W. Johannsen "focusing on Banks' Civil War service and demonstrating through Banks' career the role of the political general in the conflict." NEVINS II 61. University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover
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FITCH, Michael Hendrick
The Chattanooga Campaign: With especial reference to Wisconsin's participation therein
N.p. Madison: Wisconsin History Commission 1911. Hardcover. Small 4to. Vellum spine with gilt and brown paper over boards. xiii 255pp. Map frontispiece five maps. Spine darkened as usual and front and rear inner hinges archivally strengthened. First edition limited to 2500 copies; No. 4 in this commission's "Original Papers" series. Hassler rightly criticizes this as "Gracelessly written and only lightly documented" but concedes that it is "nevertheless a useful account." NEVINS I 29. Wisconsin History Commission hardcover
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HARWELL, Richard B (editor)
The Confederate Reader
New York: Longmans Green and Co 1957. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth pictorial dust jacket. xxvi 389pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear and several edge chips. First edition tight and nice of this highly-regarded anthology which E.B. Long critiques as "A literary miscellany that captures much of the flavor of life and society in the embattled South." Special limitation sheet tipped in facing frontispiece signed boldly in full by Harwell in blue ballpoint. NEVINS II 15. Longmans, Green and Co hardcover
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CHASE, Samuel P
U.L.A. "Going Home to Vote." Authentic Speeches of S.P. Chase Secretary of the Treasury During His Visit to Ohio With His Speeches at Indianapolis and at the Mass Meeting in Baltimore October 1863
Washington DC: W.H. Moore 1863. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 36pp. Very good. Circular purple Rhode Island Historical Society inkstamp at upper left corner and small red accession label at upper right corner of front wrapper. Interesting discussion of the war Lincoln's policies slavery etc. Blank inside front wrapper bears the bookplate of noted Lincoln collector George P. Hambrecht founder of the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin who notes that he purchased it in 1921 for $2.50! First edition a quite nice copy. Not in Monaghan. SABIN 12200 in which "U.L.A." -- Union League of America -- is mistakenly transcribed as "U.S.A.". W.H. Moore paperback
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ADAMSON, AP A P
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. Freedom Hill Press hardcover
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SLATER, John S
An Address to the Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac and Especially to the Surviving Members of the Fifth Corps Containing a Brief Review of the Case of Gen. Fitz John Porter
Washington DC: Thomas McGill & Co 1880. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 30pp. Very good. Mild cover wear with "Pamphlet" and "Port" inkstamped small and neat at upper left corner of front wrapper and first text page; modern staples; front wrapper verso bears large Civil War theme bookplate of noted collector Ray D. Smith who notes that he purchased this pamphlet along with others in July 1949 from the Southern Book Company for $37.50!. DORNBUSCH I N 238. Thomas McGill & Co paperback
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ANDERSON, Ephraim McD
Memoirs: Historical and Personal; Including the Campaigns of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade
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 a bit uncommon. Tipped to the inner flyleaf is a choice Typed Letter signed from the publisher of this edition the late Robert Younger 2pp 8½" X 11" Dayton OH 1972 May 4. Addressed to ARNOLD F. GATES 1914-93 noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar. Near fine. On "Morningside Press" letterhead Younger discusses his reprints of Civil War classics: ".one in particular: Ephraim McDowell Anderson's First Missouri Confederate Brigade was first printed in 1868 in St. Louis and according to a letter written in 1908 by Anderson less than one hundred copies were issued before the printing plant was destroyed by fire so I believe we have in essence a new book because of its great rarity. We have added to the Anderson a new map by Barbara Long foreword notes and index by Edwin C. Bearss the foremost expert on the Transmississippi Civil War West." Boldly signed in blue ballpoint. "One of the better Confederate narratives" notes James I. Robertson Jr. "written by an upper-class Southerner and strongly revealing for social conditions in the Confederacy." NEVINS I 51. The Press of Morningside Bookshop hardcover
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DYER, John P
From Shiloh to San Juan: The Life of "Fightin' Joe" Wheeler
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. Louisiana State University Press hardcover
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HARRISON, Noel G
Chancellorsville Battlefield Sites
Lynchburg VA: H. E. Howard 1990. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth. a-e 256pp. Illustrations maps. Fine. First edition limited to 1000 copies signed and numbered this #567 by Harrison. H. E. Howard hardcover
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ZARA, Louis
Dark Rider: A Novel Based on the Life of Stephen Crane
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company 1961. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. 505pp. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear and age toning. Tight and attractive first edition of this historical fiction -- with lovely autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a Typed Letter Signed from Zara 5½" X 8½" Chicago IL 6 August 1941. Addressed to Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates 1914-93. Near fine. On imprinted letterhead Zara thanks his admirer for sending copies of two Lincoln-related pamphlets he'd published asking: "I am curious about these booklets. Do you print these yourself and how do you distribute them I hope the contact with Morrow will do you some good. I am always glad to help where I can." Of his next book he notes: "I am working on the revision of my book and alas! no good clinching title has come as yet: usually my wife picks one almost from the first chapter." Presumably he refers to his 1943 release "Against This Rock." He goes on: "I saw in the press that Louis Bromfield had been in and out of the city of Chicago a number of times. Recalling how enthusiastic you were about him I wrote him a note asking him to give me a call when he came through next. He said he would." Boldly signed in black ink at the close. Zara 1910-2001 was a New York book and magazine editor and publisher who authored a handful of novels mainly historical fiction and fictionalized biographies such as this one and others on Philip II of Spain and Herman Melville. The World Publishing Company hardcover
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WEBSTER, JD J D
Report of Colonel J.D. Webster to The Secretary of War on the subject of a ship canal from the Mississippi river to Lake Michigan
Washington DC: 37th Congress 3d Session 1862. Paperback. 8vo. Self-cover. 7pp. Very good. A report similar to Isaac Arnold's but more so from the military perspective. Webster served with the 1st Regiment of the Illinois Light Artillery. 37th Congress, 3d Session paperback
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PERRY, Milton F
Infernal Machines: The Story of Confederate Submarine and Mine Warfare
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 1965. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth price-clipped dust jacket. xi 230pp. Illustrations maps. Very good/very good. Writing on bottom and side page edges. First edition. Uncommon. Louisiana State University Press hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 651
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KLOEPPEL, James E
Danger Beneath the Waves: A History of the Confederate Submarine H.L. Hunley
Orangeburg SC: Sandlapper Publishing 1992. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth dust jacket. viii 114pp. Illustrations line drawings. Fine/fine. Tight and attractive second printing of this uncommon 1987 text -- this copy boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black ballpoint on the half-title page: "May your journey on / the sea of life be smooth! / James E. Kloeppel / June 7 1995. Sandlapper Publishing hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 27686
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BALLARD, Michael B
Pemberton: A Biography
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth dust jacket. xiii 250pp. Illustrations maps. Near fine/near fine. A handsome first edition bearing an archival bookplate boldly signed by Ballard in black ballpoint tipped to the title page. University Press of Mississippi hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 21334
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