A Cycle Of Adams Letters, 1861-1865.
ed. by Worthington Chauncey Ford. illus. 2 vols. in One. 8vo, cloth. New York, (1969). More
CIVIL WAR
America's Tragedy.
415pp. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1934. More
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. More
Signature
Cokesbury, SC: 1878. Large signature on a 5.5" x 2.5" autograph page, as a newly elected member of the United States House of Representatives: "D. Wyatt Aiken - Cokesbury - South Carolina Mach 11th 1878" . Fine condition. South Carolina secessionist who, as a Colonel, led a regiment of the 7th South Carolina Infantry in the Peninsula and Northern Virginia Campaigns; and was severely wounded by a shot through the lungs at the Battle of Antietam in September 1862. After..... More
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. More
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..... More
Reconstruction.
The Battle for Democracy (1865-1876). illus. small 8vo, cloth. New York, (1937). More
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. More
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. More
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.
New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1964. Illustrated. 625 pages. Large thick 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Argosy-Antiquarian, 1964. Page edges and dust wrapper are foxed; rather musty from being in storage for 40 years, but otherwise a very good un-read copy. Broken Oaths and Reconstruction in Mississippi. More
A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years.
profusely illus. 4to, cloth. Garden City, (1967). More
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. More
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. More
Civil War Prisons and Their Covers
New York: Collectors Club, 1961. Illus. 8vo, cloth lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped. (New York): Collectors Club, (1961). More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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..... More
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). More
Life and Public Services of General Grant: The Soldier, the Statesman...Being a complete life of the great hero,
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
Grant at Vicksburg; The General and the Siege
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2013. Illus. 8vo, black boards, d.w., small bump on right edge of front and back covers, otherwise very good. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, (2013). Book Club Edition. More
A Long Shadow; Jefferson Davis and the Final Days of the Confederacy
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1986. Illus. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, (1986). Very good. More
Signature
Cincinnati. Large signature: "H. B. Banning - Cincinnati - Ohio", executed on a 5.5" x 1.75" slip of paper, c. 1870's. American politician and military officer from Ohio who rose from the rank of private during the American Civil War to Brevet Major General. As a Colonel of the 121st Ohio Infantry, he took part in the battles of Rich Mountain, Romney, Blue Gap, Chickamauga, Kennesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, and Nashville. More
The Peninsular Campaign and Its Antecedents, as developed by the Report of Maj.-Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, and Other Published Documents.
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
Sherman's March Through the Carolinas.
8vo, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled, otherwise very good). Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1956. More