New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1908. First Edition. Blue textured cloth of hardback with gilt titling on both the cover and the spine. 4.75" x 7.5", [iv] v-x, 1-70 with 6 pp. of advertisements for other G. P. Putnam books. Gilt page ends still brilliant, slight bumps on corners. Medal... More
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
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883. First. blue cloth over boards. 5.75" x 8.75", Vol. I pp. xii 4-388, with laid in notice to reviewer and 4 illustrations. Frontispiece and title page loose, some foxing on fep and blank ep, previous bookseller price in pencil on rep, cover has lightly... 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
Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1937. First Printing September 1937. Red cloth of boards with brilliant silver titling on both cover and spine. 6" x 8.5", pp. xii 3-500, with frontispiece and 27 illustrations. The book is in marvelous condition minus a small bookseller label on rep (Harry W. Schwarz... 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: The Century, 1906. First Edition. Dark blue cloth over boards. 5.75" x 8.25", pp. xvii, 3-332. Owner stamp and name on inside fep, else clean and fine. Slight bumping to the corners, micro tear to top of spine, spot on spine. However, the gilt titling on cover and... 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
Madison, WI: Cantwell Printing, 1909. First Edition. 3/4 light green paper, with 1/4 dark green stippled cloth spine, title on cover in gilt. 4.38" x 6.13", [8] 9-171, loose at inside front, small bookseller stamp on ffep, note in pencil on front end paper, smudge on rear cover, wear at... 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
P.F. Collier Press, 1889. First Edition. Dark blue stippled cloth over boards with gilt titling on front and spine. 6.75" x 10", pp. [5] 6-560, frontispiece of marching troops with tissue protective, previous bookseller code in pencil on fep, age toning but clean and well bound, small tear at top... 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
Richmond: West & Johnson, 1862. First Edition. 8vo. viii, 17-374 pp. In original printed green wrappers, covers with various scuffs, much of spine portion chipped away, text-block broken but held by stitch, gutters repaired with paper. Period ink to covers, front blank and final text page, contents with some light... 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
Rahway, NJ: "Harcourt, Brace & Co." 1939. Fourth Printing September 1940. Blue cloth with gold titling on spine. 6.25" x 9.25", Vol. I [v] vi-xxxi, 3-660, Vol. II xii, 3-664, Vol III xiii, 3-673, Vol IV xii, 3-515, with 426 half-tone photographs, and 244 cuts of cartoons, letters, documents. All... 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. 6" x 9.25 Vol. I pp. [vi] vii-xxxi [2] 3-660, else complete and paginated with 414 half tone photographs, and 249 cuts of cartoons, letters... 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 and the National Archives. More