Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1862. 87p. 20th century quarter polished blue calf over cloth boards with the title gilt on the spine. Edward D. Baker (1811-1861) was a US Senator from Oregon and a friend of President Lincoln. He was also a US Army colonel and was killed at.....
New York: American Tract Society. Hardcover. 96p. Original paper covered boards with a cloth spine. Undated, but from the Civil War. Signature of Chas A. Taggart in pencil on the inside front blank. Could possibly be the Medal of Honor winner Charles A. Taggart (1843-1938). The only signature example by.....
John Presley Ball. Original photograph by the African American photographer James Presley Ball (1825-1904). The photograph is stamped 'Ball & Thomas Photographic Art Gallery 120 West Fourth St Cincinnati' on the back.
Philadelphia: C. Sherman & Son, 1862. 50p. 74p Original wrappers. Horace Binney (1780-1875) was a lawyer and author who served in the House of Representatives. He published three pamphlets during the Civil War that covered the rights of habeas corpus under the US Constitution justifying President Lincoln's decision to suspend.....
Washington: Gibson Brothers, 1870. 57p. Stitched spine. An important event during reconstruction when the US Judiciary Committee reviewed the Georgia Question. A complicated set of issues regarding Georgia's readmission into the Union following the Civil War and Reconstruction. There were conditions imposed and to ensure the rights of African Americans.....
New York: Bunce and Huntington, 1866. viii, 484p, 8p. Original brown cloth. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. Illustrations by Winslow Homer. First edition, first issue, of this novel purporting to be the memoirs of an officer who served under Stonewall Jackson, with four wonderful, engraved illustrations by Winslow.....
D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Frontispiece, xiii, 296p. Publishers original burgundy cloth. Charles Anderson Dana (1819 ? 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. Crease mark along the corner of preliminary leaf, otherwise internally clean. From the Library of John Gormans with bookplate on the inside front.....
Philadelphia: Crawford, 1883. 384p. Original gilt-and black--stamped pictorial brown cloth. First printed in 1864. Later edition of Edmons enthralling memoirs of her time as a spy in the Union Army. "a classic document for expanding our appreciation of women's roles in wartime" lacking the frontispiece portrait but includes ten full-page.....
Newark: Martin R. Dennis & Co, 1868. Frontispiece, viii, 872p. Original green cloth decorated in blind with a gilt spine. John Young Foster (1831-1896) was an American journalist. Felcone 2702 "New Jersey's official history of the Civil War" Nominal rubbing to the headband. Aside from a tiny white spot on.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Frontispiece, xviii, 647p: 621p: 559p: 594p. Publishers red cloth stored in the original box. A fresh clean set with extremities of the box repaired with clear tape.
Cincinnati: Lyman & Cushing, 1890. Hardcover. Frontispiece, xii, 571p. Contemporary green cloth with gilt decorated boards and spine. Second edition. A well preserved copy of this comprehensive historical account of military prison life and prisons in the south during the rebellion. Small rubber stamp on the inside front wrapper. 8vo.....
Richmond: D.M. Smith, 1864. Soft cover. 144p, [5] original printed self-wrappers. First printing of Lee's official report on the Battle of Chancellorsville with reports from numerous subordinate officers. Waged from April to May 1863, the Chancellorsville campaign has come to be known as Lee's masterpiece, a near-perfect demonstration of the.....
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887. Frontispiece portrait, xiv, 678p. Quarter leather over cloth boards with marbled end papers. George B. McClellan (1826-1885) was an American military officer, politician, and engineer. A few spots to the preliminary leaves otherwise internally clean. A well-preserved copy with black and white.....
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1862. Hardcover. Frontispiece, ix, 76p, 543p, 112p, xvi. Publishers quarter calf over boards with a gilt ruled spine. With portraits on steel and a foldout map. Internally clean with general rubbing to the extremities of the boards and spine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12".....
Austin: Jenkins Publishing Co. 991p. A thorough bibliography and standard reference. From the Library of the antiquarian bookseller PRB & M in Philadelphia with their bookplate on the inside front board. Some soiling to the wrapper, otherwise a clean copy.
New York: A. S. Barnes & Burr, 1862. Hardcover. Frontispiece, 232p. Contemporary cloth. Some spotting to the boards otherwise internally clean. The author served in both the north and the south armies during the civil war. From the Library of W. H. H. Osborne, Palmyra N. Y. with his contemporary.....
1863. Printed document measuring 14" x 13.75". A Confederate bond dated March 2nd, 1863, printed on pink paper with seven of the eight coupons. A well-preserved bond with one-fold.
Claremont, N H: Tracy, Chase & Company, 1870. Frontispiece, vi, 608p. Original green cloth over boards. Complete with 14 b/w illustrations. Light scattered foxing of the illustrations otherwise internally clean and general rubbing to the boards and extremities of the boards.
1867. A partly printed document measuring 8" x 10 1/4". A post-Civil War railroad bill of lading issued in triplicate for eight boxes of chilled shot, weight 2102 1/2lbs. Transported from Washington Arsenal October 29th, 1867 and received from Leut. W.S. Smoot, US Army, to be delivered by Baltimore &.....
A handwritten document measuring 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" regarding Militia fines in Monongalia County, WV 1850 and collectible in 1851. Listing a total of thirty names. Signed by the sheriff William John and the deputy sheriff. Old tape repair on the verso otherwise a clean document. One fold. No.....