Ann Arbor, MI: Lowe & B. Hould, 2001. Glossy pictorial cover. 9.5" x 12.25", pp. [5] 6-144. Immaculate as new coffee table book with only a slight wrinkle at bottom corner. Filled with color photographs, fold out time charts, short bios and a detailed history of America's greatest conflict... More
New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. First Edition. Blue boards with khaki tape on spine. 6" x 9.25", pp. [5] 6-29, 1 of 750 copies printed on handmade paper at the printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mt. Vernon, NY in March 1928. Folded in is a replica of..... More
New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. First Edition. Blue boards with khaki tape on spine. 6" x 9.25", pp. [5] 6-29, 1 of 750 copies printed on handmade paper at the printing House of William Edwin Rudge, Mt. Vernon, NY in March 1928. Folded in is a replica of..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1862. First Edition. Stippled brown Moroccan. 5" x 7.25", pp {6} 7-458, with 8 pp. of advertisements for other Childs' publications, and 10+ pages of illustration, charts and reproductions. Frontispiece of the stern eyed author above the written script "Very Respectively, / W. G. Brownlow". Bookseller..... More
Boston: A. M. Thayer & Co., 1892. First Edition. Dark blue with title impressed in gold on front cover. 6" x 9" pp. [6] 7-1154 followed by 4 pp. of advertisement for "The Oracle of the Age". Includes 125 engravings, maps, and photogravures. Previous owner name on first blank page..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. First Edition. Blue cloth hardcover with imprint of title and weapons on cover and gilt titling on cover and spine. 5" x 7.25", pp. 1-274, plus 5 p. advertising the Campaigns of the Civil War Series. Previous Bookseller code in pencil and date stamp..... More
Washington DC: May 6 [1864]. Firmly addressed, personal communication from Gen. Custer to his wife Elizabeth. 3.5" x 8" envelope still sealed, slit at both ends, tear at bottom left, 1/2" stain at bottom, expert archival reinforced to tear on verso. Custer's own hand includes; "Mrs. General Custer / 339..... More
Gallery Books, 1990. Red cloth on hardback with titling on the spine in gilt. 10" x 13" pp. [5] 6-256, coffee table condition with only some wrinkling and roughing up of the DJ, mostly at the top. This delicious book seeks to explain from the officers ow experiences and points..... More
Albany, NY: July 15, 1873. SIGNED "John A. Dix" as Governor of New York. 15" x 10", partially printed, manuscript document extending a pardon to two individuals. Includes State Seal of New York, aged and less brilliant than original, all teeth present on the perimeter, shadowed on opposite side of..... More
Council Bluffs, IA: Monarch, 1914. Khaki cloth over soft cover. Tipped in note, dog-eared, "Compliments of Major General Grenville Dodge" at the inside front cover. 6" x 9" pp. [7] 8-237. Clean tight copy, with 1" of binding tape separated at bottom inside cover, damp stain on preface page cracked..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942 - 1946. Arlington Edition. Light blue cloth over boards with gilt titling boxed in blue, gilt eagle with 13 stars on the cover and four bands blind stamped on the front and rear covers. 6.25" x 9", Vol. 1: Manassas to Malvern Hill..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909. First Edition. Khaki gray cloth with pictorial cover and spine titling in black. 5" x 7.25", pp. [6] 1-282, previous bookseller code in pencil on rep, clean pages, firm binding. Spot on front top, spine darkened, insignificant shelf wear at top and bottom of..... More
New York: C. P. Farrell, 1895. First Edition. Green paper front and back covers with titling and Ingersoll's profile in black on the cover and 1/8 blue tape binding. 5.5" x 8", pp. [3] 4-53 with 9 p. of publisher advertisements for other Ingersoll works and popular, liberal classics. "25..... More
Lexington, KY: The Transylvania Press, September 1932. First Edition. Red linen over boards with gilt titling on cover and spine. Limited to 500 copies, 6: x 9", pp. [viii] x 3-166 with frontispiece and 5 illustrations, end papers include red on tan illustrations of Kentucky, leading newspapers and momentous memorialization..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1948. First Edition. Beige linen cloth. 5.5" x 8.38", Vol. I pp. vxii, 3-332, previous bookseller price in pencil on ffep, DJ ruffled along the top where inserted into collector's box. Vol. II pp. 333-681, with small tear and dirt on spine. Original slipcase..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Boxed Trade Set. Red cloth with gold titling on spine. 6.25" x 9.25", Vol. I vii 3-472. light smudge on spine, Vol. II, viii pp.3-524 light rub on front cover. "Lincoln is making little speeches as he wends his way toward Washington, wrote George..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. First Edition. Blue cloth hardback with A. Lincoln on cover and titling on spine in gilt on red blocking with gilt accents. SIGNED by author "J G Randall" on ffep of Vol. 1. 6.25" x 9.25" Vol. I pp. xxi 1-395, with Frontispiece..... More
Poolesville, MD: Feb 8th, 1863. 5" x 8", 4 pp., folded lined correspondence written in pencil. Includes stamped mailing envelope to Miss Abbie Grafford, Springfield, VT. Eagle embossed in top right corner of stationary. Light aging at centerfold and tiny chip on edge of p. 3/4, not touching script. An..... More
Washington DC: September 1892. Both letters signed "W. S. Rosencrans" on linen stationary. First letter dated Sept. 12 has (mite) holes along the right margin an edge, fade and shadow from being overlaid by another document. Second letter is near fine with only incidental edge aging and previous seller note..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. First Edition after printing of 525 De Luxe copies. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine. SIGNED "Carl Sandburg" on half title page in his, almost calligraphic script. 6" x 9.25 Vol. I pp. [vi] vii-xxxi [2] 3-660, else complete and..... More
London: PRC Publishing, 2001. Glossy pictorial cover. 11" x 9.5", pp. [5] 6-144. In more than 100 maps this attractive and educational coffee table book tells the scope of the war through one of its most vital tools; maps and illustrations which are now housed in the Library of Congress..... More
Edgewood Publishing Company, 1868. First Edition. Maroon cloth over boards with titling in reverse black on cover and spine along with cover illustration and bordering. 5.5" x 8.5", pp. [4] 5-512, 13 illustrations and 1 frontispiece steel (contents claim 2 frontispiece but only one exists). Well bound, clean, firm copy..... More
New York: Fords, Howard and Hulbert, NY, 1885. First Edition. Reddish brown cloth, with titling in brown on spine. 5.75" x 8.5", pp. [3] 4-508. Signature of James R. Angel, lawyer and judge, on page 111. Occasional age spot on a few pages, and some toning along the edge of..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909. First Edition. Green cloth with title, author and Lincoln's profile impressed to the front cover. 4.75" x 7.5", pp. [4] 5-39 with 6 illustrations. Previous bookseller price in pencil on rep, slight scuff at top and bottom of spine, else a fine copy..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. First Edition. Green cloth with gilded title and author on front. 4.5" x 7.5", pp. [2] 3-55. Toning on inside rear end paper and free rep. Slight shelf wear at top and bottom of spine. Seldom found copy let alone in such condition. "The..... More