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186548398Baltimore Md: J. C. Fuller & Co. Lith of Major & Knapp 449 Broadway New York 1865. 1st Printing. Significant paper loss to image at top with most of the title gone. Staining with some closed tears to sheet. A Good example of this rare survivor which has not been examined out of the frame. Broadside 3 column. Line Officers Companies A - E to left; Field & Staff Officers as well as Non-Commissioned Staff in center; Line Officers Companies F - K to right. Wood engraved border with vignettes depicting war scenes. Large battle scene at bottom 4-1/8" x 11-5/8". Broadside visible: 18" x 15-1/2". Frame: 24" x 20-1/4" <br/><br/>Not found on OCLC though we find many similar such publications by Fuller for other Civil War units. J. C. Fuller & Co. Lith of Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, New York unknown books
191130671Iowa City Iowa: The State Historical Society of Iowa 1911. 1st edition Broadfoot p. 486; Nevins I p. 41; Seagreave p. 563. Bound in red broad-weave cloth with gilt stamping to spine & front board. TEG. Square & tight. Spine a bit sun-faded. Small abrasion spot to spine head & tail. Withal a VG copy. 134 pp including Index. Frontis. Maps. 8vo. <br/><br/>Per Nevins "A brief terse documented study of Shiloh by a participant; emphasizes Iowa's role in the battle." The State Historical Society of Iowa hardcover books
194325651Richmond VA: The House of Dietz 1943. First edition one of 199 copies numbered and autographed by the author this being copy 41. Woodcut frontispiece of "The Monitor" and woodcut on p. 22 of the "The Merrimac" by J. J. Lankes. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black cloth. A few leaves roughly opened else an excellent copy. First edition one of 199 copies numbered and autographed by the author this being copy 41. Woodcut frontispiece of "The Monitor" and woodcut on p. 22 of the "The Merrimac" by J. J. Lankes. 1 vols. 8vo. With inscription "En route overseas 8/13/43 Garland Evans Hopkins Chaplain A. U. S."¶ This volume describes the battle between the C. S. S. Virginia generally called the Merrimac and the U. S. S. Monitor the 9th of March 1862. The House of Dietz unknown books
1875273943Philadelphia: Published by the Author for the Subscribers 1875. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Signed. Signed by General Guss. Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson in the Nevins bibiliography considers this "a useful reservoir of personal narratives for the campaigns along the Atlantic coast" Nevins I 149. The Regiment was commanded by Gen. Henry R. Guss and this copy is Signed by Gen. Guss "with his compliments". In publisher's brown gilt decorated cloth with portrait frontispiece of Henry R. Guss illustrated with portraits plates and maps. Quite an attractive bright copy from the personal library of Bud Robertson with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Nevins I 149. Very Good binding. Published by the Author for the Subscribers unknown books
186258519New York: Anson D.F. Randolph 1862. Copyright Edition. Folding map frontispiece. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Lightly chipped else Fine. Copyright Edition. Folding map frontispiece. 118 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Anson D.F. Randolph unknown books
189140279Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1891. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison unknown books
189140282Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1891. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison unknown books
189340280Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1893. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison unknown books
189040281Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1890. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. Kurz & Allison unknown books
188740276Chicago: Kurz & Allison 1887. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. 17.5 x 25 inches. Matted. Some chipping at margins else fine. 18 x 25 inches. Matted. 1 vols. 17.5 x 25 inches. Kurz was the most prolific Civil War artist of the nineteenth century and he is most famous for the 36 chromolithographs of Civil War battles. see Schiele "The Civil War Artwork of Louis Kurz: An Escape from Realism. Kurz & Allison unknown books
5304CONFEDERATE SOLDIER LETTER. ALS. 2pgs. September 29 1864. Camp 26 miles from Atlanta Georgia. An autograph letter from a Confederate soldier of the 19th South Carolina Regiment. He wrote home to his parents mentioning the possibility of going to Tennessee or Alabama. The letter seems to have been written over several sittings with a greeting at the beginning of each separate entry. “To My Dear Pa and Ma I now have an opertunity sic of writing you a few lines to let you Know that I am all the Boys up my company is well on all that is in the Regt that you know. Pa I will tell you that we are one a going to start up in Tenn and if we do I don’t know when I will get the chance to write to you again. Dear Pa and Ma up if you don’t hear from me soon you must not think hard of me for I write as often as I see any chance. Ma if I take the trip in Tennessee I will need my clothing up. You must send them the first chance you can send them to me by Capt Harris or Lr. Randall are Both at home they have got 30 days parole but I…no idea where we will be then but if I am a live I hear that the weather will be cold enough for any thing Pa I cant tell you where I think we are a going to Blue Mountain Ala but let us go where we may I will write to you every chance I get I am now 26 miles from Atlanta Ga…â€. The 19th would in fact go to Tennessee to join Hood’s Campaign there. It is in fine condition. hardcover books
5312CONFEDERATE LETTER. ALS. 4pgs. May 15 1862. Lake Beautyfull. An autograph letter signed “Georg Curle†by an inhabitant of the Confederate south. The writer empowers the recipient to negotiate a marriage contract on his behalf. He also mentions the Civil War obliquely calling the Union “the Lincolnists†as well as his economic struggles: “…But you say you had commenced a negotiation with Cos M. P and did not know what to say to her I had in one of my former letter you with all power to act for me and close the contract with her and had supposed you so understood it be such have been watching with much interest to here sic the result so I hope you will not feel at a loss to know how to act but close the matter as if I were present say to Cos MP to be ready I expect to be in about the first of July all she has to say is to say yes and we will go before the parson and have the not sic tied at once. Know all men by these presents that I Goerg Curle do hereby constitute Sally Sallie G Shelton my Legal representative to negotiate and close a marriage contract between Miss MP and myself any and every promise on act of said SGS as…this subject will be as binding as if I were present myself. Given under my hand and seale sic this 13 day May 1862 Georg Curle…I can let you have one or two sections of as find land as can be found in the South; I have plenty land if the Lincolnists do not subjugate us it will be quite valuable; but must confess Ive no money as I have not collected a dollar since I left Va our cotton crop cannot be sold at any price at all…George Curleâ€. The letter is in fine condition with just a hint of toning. unknown books
373992pp plus postal envelope with cancel and 3 cent stamp. Very Good.<br/><br/> Weaver advises that his son "George is enjoying good health since he has returned from Dixie he was conscripted the third time since the rebellion but has succeeded by being detailed to attend to some other duties but the last time he was compeled to go into camp and from there to the front in Virginia & in place of going to camp he forged himself a detail that he was ordered from Montgomery to go into Miss. to gather up material to make paper he left Selma Alabama Nov 2 /64 & arrived home safe with many hair's breath escape of being taken prisoner on the 1st Dec /64. He is now in Phila in a wholesale notions store. unknown books
188638609New York: F. M. Lupton 1886. Early printing with the rear wrapper advert listing through No. 123 in the series. OCLC records two holding institutions: Yale & the Huntington. Printed self wrappers sewn. Age toning to paper. Two stab holes in margin along spine. A VG copy of this rare title. 16 pp text double column. Ornamental masthead. Folio. 11-5/8" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton unknown books
1864WRCLIT17600Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead Book and Job Printer 1864. 60pp. Printed wrappers. Upper wrapper stained at edges as are the fore-edges of the first several leaves otherwise a good copy. First edition of this anthology of poetry and prose largely accounts of battle capture and privation by soldiers in the field and in hospital published under the auspices of the Great Central Fair of the Sanitary Commission. Henry B. Ashmead, Book and Job Printer unknown books
186242292Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1862. 1st Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Advert eps. Square & tight. Pencil pos. Some foxing & staining to paper. Withal a respectable VG copy. viii 9 - 182 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue concludes volume. Illustrated with 15 maps 5 folding 5 plates & 31 intratextual figures. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4" <br/><br/>"I have undertaken in this little work to give a clear and precise idea of the great maxims of war. It was written for the citizen soldier and officer. To show the application of the principles I have given several examples fully developed." J. B. Lippincott & Co hardcover books
1864215608New York: Phelps & Watson Publishers 16 Beekman St 1864. Fold out hand-colored map. 1 vols. 60 x 88 cm 35 x 29 inches folded in cover to 18 x 12 cm. 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches; with 35 pp booklet "Brief Description of Battles and Skirmishes of he War. Orange printed pictorial boards cloth spine with 35 booklet tipped to inside front cover. Fragile binding is splitting at cloth spine corners are chipped; map torn along folds one small tear into image. Interestingly the map is stamped on the verso; "Price 50 cts. for the benefit of a one armed soldier"; and signed by an early NYC owner. Fold out hand-colored map. 1 vols. 60 x 88 cm 35 x 29 inches folded in cover to 18 x 12 cm. 6-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches; with 35 pp booklet "Brief Description of Battles and Skirmishes of he War". Rare and Fragile Civil War Map. Fragile and very scarce map from the Civil War this copy being issued after May 1864 as the final entry on the accompanying booklet listing skirmishes concludes with 'spotsylvania Pa." The map itself locates battles and skirmishes by means of red dots or by red underlining of place names and it also gives the population statistics for each state. OCLC locates 4 copies and the map is not in ot in Stephenson Civil War Maps in the Library of Congress. Phelps & Watson, Publishers, 16 Beekman St unknown books
19308203MADISON DEMOCRAT CA1930 1930. DARK BLUE CLOTH FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. MADISON, DEMOCRAT, CA1930 hardcover books
186436745Philadelphia 1864. Great Central Fair letterhead sheet folded to 5" X 8". 4 pp manuscript on rectos only. Letterhead depicts the Fair's Seal with a vignette of a Goddess-like figure handing a chalice to two soldiers one of whom appears wounded; surrounded by the words "The Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission." Mount remnants on final blank page one small tape repair Very Good.<br/> OFFERED WITH SALT PRINT PHOTOGRAPH BUST PORTRAIT OF MARGARETTA MEADE. 5-1/2" x 4" mounted on plain paper. Very Good. <br/><br/> Margaretta Sargent Meade 1814-1886 the wife of General George Meade did her part for the War effort at the United States Sanitary Commission. She labored long and hard to make its upcoming Fair a success. <br/> Colonel William Watts Hart Davis 1820-1910 to whom the Letter is addressed was stationed at James Island in South Carolina home of the famous Swamp Angel Battery which had bombarded Charleston in 1863. The Battery was immortalized in a poem by Herman Melville. Davis served with the 25th and 104th Pennsylvania regiments during the War and was breveted a Brigadier General March 13 1865 for his "gallant and meritorious service during operations against Charleston South Carolina." He was a lawyer; professor and superintendent of the Virginia Military Scientific and Literary Academy in Portsmouth; a Mexican War veteran; a government official in the Territory of New Mexico; and wrote several books. Jordan Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania Genealogical Publishing Company p 380; "Davis W. W. H. William Watts Hart 1820-1910" website of Social Networks and Archival Context. unknown books
192612185JNew Orleans: Search & Pfaff 1926. First Edition. Paperbound in the publisher’s orignal printed covers. Very good clean copy. Two books bound by the publisher in one volume each with a separate title page. It is the two books bound by the publisher together.The Lugo Case 69 pages and Ironclad 84 pages. The reflections of Joseph Lancaster Brent Brigadier General in the Army of the Confederate States of America. Rare book. Search & Pfaff unknown books
8205BOSTON LITTLE 1957. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. BOSTON, LITTLE, 1957 unknown books
8206NY MCNALLY 1966. FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. NY, MCNALLY, 1966 unknown books
144339paperback. illus. 450pp. 8vo pr. wrs. Inman SC: B&B Historical Research 1985. Limited Edn.<br/><br/> Facsimile of the Philadephia 1862 edition. Previous owner's notations on margin of preface otherwise very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
1862255475Montpelier: Freeman Printing 1862. First. pamphlet. good. 22 pages. Slim 8vo original printed wrappers wrappers lightly soiled wrappers and pages in right margin just barely dampstained throughout. Montpelier: Freeman Printing 1862.<br/><br/> Freeman Printing unknown books
186529616New York 1865. Small broadside 5" x 7.5". Printed using different typesettings completed in ink manuscript. Two very small holes no text loss a few small spots old folds. Good to Very Good. unknown books
