A Cycle Of Adams Letters, 1861-1865.
ed. by Worthington Chauncey Ford. illus. 2 vols. in One. 8vo, cloth. New York, (1969).
CIVIL WAR
America's Tragedy.
415pp. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1934.
The Life and Times of Captain George William Ely, (1840-1922); Captain of the Seventh Regiment and the New York Stock Exchange
Aptos: Bruce Campbell Adamson, 1993. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs., 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.
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
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.
The Life of Jefferson Davis
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...
Action At Aquila.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. slightly chipped, corners of cloth bumped with one corners worn on edge. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1938). First Edition A novel set during the Civil War.
Action At Aquila.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y., (1938).
Reconstruction.
The Battle for Democracy (1865-1876). illus. small 8vo, cloth. New York, (1937).
Reconstruction.
New York: International Publishers, 1966. The Battle for Democracy 1865-1876. Illus. 8vo, original maroon cloth, ex-lib, otherwise very good. New York: International Publishers, (1966).
The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events...Embracing political, civil, military, and social affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance illus., portraits.
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.
The Civil War; 1861-1865; A Collection of U. S. Commemorative Stamps
Time-Life Books, 1995. Many color and b/w Illus. 4to, blue pictorial boards, in the publisher's paper slipcase. N.p.: (Time-Life Books, 1995). Fine Laid in is a mint block of 20 United States postage stamps on the Civil War in its original shrinkwrap. This volume contains 16 biographies of each person depicted on the stamps and accounts of 4 famous Civil War battles.
Adelbert Ames, 1835-1933, General, Senator, Governor: The story of his life and times...; as a soldier and statesman in the service of the United States of America throughout the Civil War and in Mississippi in the years of Reconstruction.
North Easton: Columbia University Press, 1964. Illustrated. xiii, 625 pages. Short thick 4to, cloth. North Easton, MA: Designed and produced by the Printing Office of Columbia University Press, 1964. First Edition. A fine copy. Signed by the author. One of 250 copies.
Tragic Years, 1860-1865; A Documentary History of the American Civil War
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. Maps. 2 Vols. 8vo, green cloth, publisher's slipcase. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Very good.
A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years.
profusely illus. 4to, cloth. Garden City, (1967).
A Ballad of the North and South.
illus. 48pp. 4to, two-toned buckram, publisher's box that is worn. Kingsport, TN: Privately printed, 1959. Limited edition. A fine copy in a worn slipcase.
Second Brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves at Antietam; Report of the Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission
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.
Civil War Prisons and Their Covers
New York: Collectors Club, 1961. Illus. 8vo, cloth lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped. (New York): Collectors Club, (1961).
The Armies of U. S. Grant
London: Arms and Armour Press, 1995. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. (London): Arms and Armour Press, (1995). Fine.
The Armies of U. S. Grant
London: Arms and Armour Press, 1995. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. crudely repaired with tape on the bottom of the front portion, cloth lightly soiled. (London): Arms and Armour Press, (1995).
Presidents Under Fire; Commanders in Chief in Victory and Defeat
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.
When the Yankees Came; Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Illus. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, cloth soiled. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, (1995).
Paul Revere's Horse
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.
Mississippi River from Cairo Ill. to St. Mary's Mo. in VI sheets: Reconnaissance for the use of the Mississippi Squadron under command of Acting Rear Admiral S.P. Lee, U.S.N.
1865. Sea chart in 3 sheets. Uncolored lithograph. Two inset panels on each page: each "panel" measures about 22 3/8" x 15.5", each page measures 27 5/8" x 34.25". Great large sea chart plotting the path of 115 miles of the Mississippi River from Cairo Illinois to St. Mary's Missouri. Usually found in six separate sheets, this rare example has the panels uncut (in three sheets). It was prepared by E.H. Gerdes during the Civil War to provide the Union...
The Chessboard of War; Sherman and Hood in the Autumn Campaigns of 1864
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).
Forward To Richmond; McClellan's Penisular Campaign.
many color and b/w illus. 4to, pict. boards. Alexandria, (1983). The Civil War, Time-Life Books.