New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. First edition. 8vo.; x, (2), 502 pp., 8 folding maps, (6 pp. of ads). Frontis. portrait. Gilt stamped dark blue pebbled cloth. Spine ends rubbed; rear hinge cracked; upper outer corners of two leaves chipped, not affecting text. Small ownership stamp on front and... More
NY: Neale Pub. Co. 1914. First edition. 12mo.; 72pp. Blue cloth; black lettering on front board. Outer edge of front board faded. A very good copy otherwise. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper. A record of the battle of Stone's River (also known as Murfreesboro, in the South), in... More
New York: Beadle and Co. (c1861). First edition. 12mo. 118 pp. Double-page map. Cover title: Winfield Scott: Commander-in-Chief, U.S.A. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Scott was, indeed, commander-in-chief of the United Sates Army, but he retired in October, 1861, on account of age and infirmities. Original printed gold... More
Richmond, VA, vol. xxiii, no. 111, 10 November 1862. Double-folio. (2) pp. War news, including reports of a raid on Fredericksburg and the campaign in eastern North Carolina, a long, three-column statement by James Buchanan on the war's genesis, as well as advertisements and auction and legal notices. Crandall 5160. Folded; browned. More
NP: np, nd [1936]. Light orange paperwraps; title printed on front cover. The first separately published edition, with additions at rear of text. 23 cm. [311] - 347, (5) pp., including 3 photo illustrations. Printed on rectos only. The "testimony," taken in Birmingham, of Mrs. Margaret Ketcham Ward, reprinted from... More
Columbia: State Co, 1907. 8vo. 7pp. 1pp. illus. Promotional pamphlet. Very good. More
Richmond, VA: Patrick Keenan, Book Publisher and Printer, No. 1206 Main Street, 1882. First edition. 8vo. (ii), 3-288pp. Illus. Not in Turnbull. Curious book of travels and musings, some concerning the author's Civil War years spent in South Carolina. Original cloth, paper spine label. Very good. More
[Huntsville, AL? 1880]. Broadside, 8 1/2 x 6 in., on yellow paper, signed in type by Wheeler (lower corner torn away with no loss of text). The letter is addressed to William M. Lowe, the incumbent congressman from Huntsville, whom Wheeler had just defeated in the race for that seat... More
Np: np, 1884. Broadside, 21 x 14 inches, three columns, signed in type by Wheeler. Creased from folding; old tideline in margin, one short tear in lower margin (not touching text). Very good. First edition. The old Confederate cavalry commander, serving as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives... More
New York: Van Nostrand, 1860. First edition in English, a translation of the Austrian Army's "Manovrir-Reglement fur die Kaiserlich-Konigiche Infanterie" (Wien, 1853). Small 8vo. 132. Illustrated, three large folding sheets, printing 11 plates, each with multiple representations (several short tears into the diagrams). Wilcox (1824-1890), serving in the 7th Regiment... More
[Raleigh, NC?], nd (1861). 8vo. 15 pp. Original self-wrappers, stitched; some browning through text, else very good. First edition. Wiley and his colleagues urge the people of the state to maintain public education "in this time of peril and troubles." Parrish 7965 (this pamphlet illustrated on page 654). More
Washington DC: Special Orders no. 57, 25 July 1865. Broadside, 9 1/4 x 8 inches. Folded as for filing, but very good. Willcox's farewell address to his division which he commanded at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Knoxville, and all of Grant's battles in the campaign to Richmond, Petersburg, and Appomattox, 1864-1865. "The... More
Chicago, (IL): H.M. Higgins, (c1863). First edition. 4to. 5 pp. Verso of final leaf blank. Inscribed at the head of the title, incorporating the printed dedication, by the dedicatee. OCLC locates one copy (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Center). Disbound. Some light foxing, else very good. More
Mobile, (AL): Printed by Farrow & Dennett, 1867. First edition. 8vo. 29 pp. Confederate General George D. Johnston's copy, with his ownership at the head of the front wrapper. Johnston (1832-1910), began the war as a lieutenant in the 4th Alabama Infantry; he fought in every engagement of the Army... More
Pittsburgh, PA: 1962. The original typescript for the book. 4to. 147 pp., plus five leaves inserted in the text [all rectos only], a transcript of Wilson's Civil War diaries and letters, with a prologue and editorial notes by Summers, as published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1962; included... More
Charleston: Evans & Cogswell, 1861. First edition. 8vo. 18 pp. Uncommon, Parrish 9479 (locating only 5 copies). Original printed wraps, a very good copy. More
Williamsbridge, New York City: Ambrose Lee Pub. Co. (1908). First edition. 8vo.; (2), 228pp., (3pp. ads). Gilt stamped grey cloth; gilt seal of the state of Tennessee on front board. Some wear to spine ends & corners, else very good. A compilation of lists of military organizations and officers from... More
New Orleans, (LA): A.E. Blackmar, c1865. Previously published Augusta, Georgia, 1864. 4to. 6, (1) pp. Cover lithograph portrait of Lee (Lithographed for C.O. Clayton by Endicott & Co., NY). Verso of final leaf blank. Cover title: Gen. Robert E. Lee Quick March. OCLC locates one copy of this edition (Library... More
Boston: Oliver Ditson, nd [ca. 1875]. Previously published Augusta, Georgia, 1864. 4to. 6, (1) pp. Cover lithograph portrait of Lee (J.H. Bufford's Sons, Lith., Boston). Cover title: Gen. Robert E. Lee. OCLC locates two copies of this edition (Virginia Historical Society, Virginia). Disbound. Some offset to cover, spine covered with... More
