America's Tragedy.
415pp. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1934. More
415pp. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1934. More
Aptos: Bruce Campbell Adamson, 1993. Illustrated. iv + 166 pages, 8vo, printed wrappers; pencil marks in margins of index, otherwise very good. Aptos, CA: Bruce Campbell Adamson, 1993. Presentation copy on last blank page. George William Ely was Secretary of the New York Stock Exchange from 1874 to 1900 and from 1905 to 1919. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Series III, Volume IV. 1350pp. 8vo, original black cloth, cloth soiled, corners lightly bumped. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. First Edition. Correspondence, Orders, Reports, and Returns of the Union Authorities from January 1, 1864, to April 30, 1865. More
Hightstown: Alphaeus H. Albert, 1963. Illustrated with b/w images of buttons throughout. 93 pages. Slim 8vo, gray cloth. Hightstown, NJ: self-published, (1963). First edition. A near fine copy. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1960. 91 pages. Slim 8vo, red boards, dust wrapper. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1960). A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. A John Harvard Library Book. More
Cincinnati: Caxton Publishing House, 1868. Frontis., xvii, 13-645pp., pagination complete as published. 8vo, original maroon cloth, spine ends lightly worn and repaired, spine faded, scattered light foxing, mostly to margins, modern embossed stamp from previous owner on front flyleaf. Cincinnati: Caxton Publishing House, 1868. First Edition Author was an editor of the Southern Literary Messenger which was published in Richmond, Virginia. Civil War Books II, p. 36, " A eulogistic attempt to vindicate the motives and conduct of the Southern..... More
New York: Appleton, 1868. 3 vols., thick short 4to, 3/4 contemporary brown morocco, marbled boards; (dampstain to t.p. and frontispiece of one volume; some foxing to 2 vols., boards have some wear). New York: Appleton, 1868, 1869. Very good (+). Volumes III, IV, and V encompassing the years 1863, 1864, 1865. "Encyclopedic yearbooks for each year of the war: excellent for congressional summaries, and still a most useful tool." Civil War Books II, p. 3. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. Profusely illustrated. Small 4to, cloth. Garden City: Doubleday, (1967). More
Kingsport: Kingsport Press, 1959. Some small illustrated figures, printed in blue. 48 pages. Small slim 4to, two-toned buckram, publisher's box that is worn. Kingsport, TN: Privately printed by Kingsport Press, 1959. Limited edition of 1250 copies. A fine copy in a worn slipcase. Number 4 in the series of American Keepsakes. More
Harrisburg: 1908. of Pennsylvania and Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments erected by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania... Photo Illus., folding map of the Battle of Antietam. 109pp. 8vo, black cloth, Frontis. creased, otherwise very good. (Harrisburg), 1908. More
London: Arms and Armour Press, 1995. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (London): Arms and Armour Press, (1995). Fine. More
New York: Orion Books, 1994. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. New York: Orion Books, (1994). Very good Studies of George Washington, James Polk, Jefferson Davis, and Lyndon Johnson. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1949. Maps. 12mo, red cloth. Garden City: Doubleday, 1949. Very good(+) Sketches of American military events from the American Revolution through the Spanish-American War. More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. sunned on spine portion, cloth lightly soiled. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2000). More
Boston: Little Brown, 1952. Frontis portrait illustration. 278 pages. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, 1952. First edition. A very good copy--one stain on front cover cloth, worn at corners; in a very good(-) wrapper, edgeworn and sunned. More
Hartford: Park Publishing, 1885. following his career from the cradle to the close. Many engravings. 613pp. 8vo, beautifully bound in original yellow cloth with elaborated black decorations, lacks front flyleaf, front cover bowed, inner hinges strengthened, back cover lightly soiled, several pages with very light foxing to margins, several ink marks above several printed words in the first page of the preface. Hartford: Park Publishing, (1885). Author wrote several biographies of United States generals and Presidents. Internally, a tight bright..... More
Columbia Records. With Essays by Bruce Catton and Clifford Dowdey. Illustrated. 32 pages, square 4to, gilt-embossed decorative cloth, record in rear sleeve in very nice condition; covers lightly rubbed. Columbia Records, (1954). A very good(+) copy. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991. 329 pages. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, (1991). Fine in fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. More
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1986. Illus. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, (1986). A very good(-) copy with considerable foxing to outer edges, bookplate on front pastedown; in a near fine dust wrapper. More
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1864. Large folding map. 94pp. + 16pp. of publisher's ads. 8vo, original red cloth, some edges and corners worn, spine expertly rebacked in modern cloth, two 1 and 1/2 inch tears in folds of map with no loss of text, small light dampstain to top margin, title page and map with light foxing. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1864. First Edition. "Barnard was chief engineer of the Army of the Potomac in McClellan's Peninsular campaign..... More
8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled, otherwise very good). Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1956. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996. 8vo, pr. wrs. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1996). Very good. More
1851. 1 page, 8.25 x 6 inches, removed from an 1851 Yale yearbook, the year he graduated, to fellow classmate, staunch unionist and future judge Marcus Lyon, in part: "...I very much regret that our acquaintance was not formed at an earlier period of our College course. In accordance with the hand of Fate you were not here during the 1st year. I was away the 2nd...The time is near at hand when we must bid farewell to College and..... More
Summing, GA. Scarce full signature: "Hiram P. Bell - Cumming - Georgia", executed on a 5.5" x 2.5" slip of paper, most likely while serving in the United States House of Representatives. Fine condition. American politician from Georgia who served in the Confederate States Congress and later, in the United States House of Representatives. He originally voted against secession as imprudent but then signed the Ordinance of Secession as a vote of solidarity. In 1861 he served in the Confederate..... More
Ed. by David Herbert Donald. color illus. square 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, 1975. vg. More
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