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A PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLEMENT OF CONFEDERATE SWORDS (with Addendum).
Edition: First thus.
Orange, VA: Moss Publications, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - An updated new edition of a work originally published in 1963 in a limited edition. This includes over 50 pages of new data and dozens of additional photographs. Illustrated with photographs - many full page - throughout and printed on glossy stock. Quarto. xv, 205 pp plus 54 pp addendum.
Condition: Fine in gray cloth in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of chipping to the top edge..
Book ID: 91060More details Price: $55.00 -
CHICKAMAUGA 1863: The River of Death.
Edition: Hardcover.
London & Toronto: Osprey Military, (1997). Hardcover - A title in the Classic Battles series. A detailed account of one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, a hard-fought victory for the Confederates. Illustrated throughout in both black and white and full-color. Maps. 96 pp. ISBN: 1-855323633.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards.
Book ID: 62265More details Price: $20.00 -
WHEN THE WAR IS OVER.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Random House, 1969. dj. Hardcover - Novel based on an actual incident - the execution of a young Confederate soldier for being a 'guerilla' by a Union firing squad, after the surrender of Lee and just days before Jackson issued an amnesty for all rebel soldiers
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 20982More details Price: $18.00 -
ANDERSONVILLE VIOLETS: A Story of Northern and Southern Life.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Good only (some overall wear to the covers, fraying to the sides of the spine, missing rear endpaper, but still sturdy condition.) Very uncommon in the first edition with no copies currently available for sale.
Book ID: 37091More details Price: $350.00 -
LOOK AWAY
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. Hardcover first edition - A Civil War novel.
Condition: NF/NF (prev owner's name)
Book ID: 6361More details Price: $12.50 -
THE ORPHAN BRIGADE: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Doubleday, 1980. dj. Hardcover - When the Kentucky Legislature voted to remain with the Union in 1861, the newly formed First Kentucky Brigade decided to fight on the side of the Confederacy. From the dustjacket: "it marked a four-year separation from their beloved homeland. Fiercely independent to the end, these men would fight for the cause of the South. With their first march into battle, they became outcasts from their mother state - orphans in the raging strife of Civil War.... Drawing from a weallth of documents, memoirs, personal letters, and journals, David brings to life the fascinating history of the Civil War's 'Orphan Brigade. Notes, index, map endpapers. 318 pp. ISBN: 0-385148933.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (lower corner of dj flap clipped.)
Book ID: 35160More details Price: $12.50 -
DUEL BETWEEN THE FIRST IRONCLADS.
Edition: First edition.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1975. dj. Hardcover first edition - A detailed account of the famous Civil War battle at sea between the Union's "Monitor" and the Confederacy's Virginia, the redesigned and rebuilt U.S.S. Merrimack. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Documentation, sources, index. x, 201 pp. ISBN: 0-385-098685.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (prev owner's name)
Book ID: 55502More details Price: $18.00 -
EMBATTLED MAIDEN: The Life of Anna Dickinson.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1951.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first full-length biography of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, a Philadelphia Quaker, who, at just twenty-one addressed the House of Representatives with President Lincoln and his cabinet in attendance, and was hailed as the Union Joan of Arc for her fiery oratory. After the war she took to the lecture circuit, arguing for rights for the Negroes and emancipation of women, and then to acting, and in the 1890's she was involved in a long legal battle to prove that she was not insane. Although she 'won' that fight, her last 40 years were spent in poverty and obscurity .Illustrated with photographs. Note on sources, index. 319 pp
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, some edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 50599More details Price: $25.00 -
WHERE MY HEART IS TURNING EVER: Civil War Stories and Constitutional Reform 1861-1876.
Edition: First printing.
Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Looks at more than 300 short narratives published throughout the country,in 16 different magazines, stories that either confronted or evaded the Civil War and its aftermath. Diffley divides these stories into three broad genres - Old Homestead, Romance and Adventure. Included in this book are three examples of these stories: Mark Twain 'A True Story Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It.' De Forest 'Parole de Honneur' and Rebecca Harding Davis 'How the Widow Crossed the Lines.' Illustrated, bibliography, index. xlvii, 236 pp. ISBN: 0-8203-1445-5.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 52069More details Price: $23.50 -
THE BRAVEST GIRL IN SHARPSBURG.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing, 1997. SIGNED first edition - The Civil War divides three teenage girls in Maryland. Based on real people and events, culminating in the battle of Antietam Creek, with historic illustrations. INSCRIBED to Ariel by the author. ISBN: 1-57249-083-7.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 23805More details Price: $14.00 -
FROM FORT HENRY TO CORINTH (The Army in the Civil War, Volume II)
Edition: Subscription edition.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1885.). Hardcover - Frontispiece of Buell, with tissue guard. Maps. Index. Bound in the original quarter leather over marble boards, marbled endpapers. Spine lettered and decorated in gold, top edge gilt. vii, 204 pp.
Condition: Exlibrary, but with relatively few markings and overall very good condition
Book ID: 57622More details Price: $25.00 -
COLD MOUNTAIN.
Edition: First printing (first state.)
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a powerful historical novel set in the South during the Civil War. The early comments about this book include terms like 'heartbreakingly beautiful, so magificent, spare and eloquent, utterly convincing down to the last haunting detail.' Winner of the National Book Award, and basis for the critically acclaimed and award winning film of the same title. Map endpapers. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-6791.
Condition: Very good in fine dust jacket. (gift inscription partially blacked out on half title page.)
Book ID: 53648More details Price: $35.00 -
COLD MOUNTAIN.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Vintage Books, (1998.). The author's first book, a powerful historical novel set in the South during the Civil War. The early comments about this book include terms like 'heartbreakingly beautiful, so magificent, spare and eloguent, utterly convincing down to the last haunting detail.' Winner of the National Book Award, and basis for the critically acclaimed and award winning film of the same title. Movie tie-in edition with photographs of Law, Kidman and Zellweger on the front cover. 449 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-6791.
Condition: Very good condition (phone numbers on first page).
Book ID: 39533More details Price: $10.00 -
COLD MOUNTAIN.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997. dj. Hardcover - The author's first book, a powerful historical novel set in the South during the Civil War. The early comments about this book include terms like 'heartbreakingly beautiful, so magificent, spare and eloguent, utterly convincing down to the last haunting detail.' Winner of the National Book Award, and basis for the critically acclaimed and award winning film of the same title. Map endpapers. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-87113-6791.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 38394More details Price: $15.00 -
BLOODY DAWN: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre.
Edition: Hardcover.
Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, (1991.) dj. Hardcover - "On August 21, 1863, William Quantrill led 400 Confederate irregulars to a rise on the outskirts of Lawrence, Kansas. . . . The attack began at dawn. When it was over, more than 150 townsmen were dead and most of the settlement burned to the ground." Illustrated with 3 maps and 24 black and white photographs and illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-87338-4423.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (prev owner's name stamp.)
Book ID: 55639More details Price: $16.50 -
BLACK FLAG: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865.
Edition: Hardcover.
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover - An account of the almost unbelievable destruction along the Missouri-Kansas border from 1861-1865 and the greatest atrocities of the Civil War, including the massacres at Lawrence, Baxter Springs, & Centralia, based on contemporary documents - diaries, letters, and firsthand newspaper accounts. Illustrated, bibliography, index. 172 pp. ISBN: 9780253213037.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (prev owner's name, but otherwise a tight, clean copy which appears unread).
Book ID: 41143More details Price: $18.00 -
THE STARS OF THE SOUTH.
Edition: First English printing.
New York & London: Marion Boyars, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in the author's epic series about the American South in the years before and during the Civil War, partly based on reminiscences by his mother. Set in Savannah, Georgia this novel covers the beginning of the Civil War. Translated from the French by Robin Buss. 651 pp. ISBN: 0-7145-29850.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 26301More details Price: $18.00 -
A TREASURY OF CIVIL WAR STORIES.
Edition: Reprint.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (prev owner's name, but otherwise a tight, clean copy which appears unread).
Book ID: 41139More details Price: $15.00 -
THE LIMESTONE TREE.
Edition: First printing.
New York Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. dj. Hardcover first edition - Great historical novel about how the Civil War breaks apart Kentucky, and the Sash family, who are the main characters in the book.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.( dust jacket slightly worn on edges but now covered by mylar sheet, looks very nice, gift inscription - overall an attractive book, tight binding.)
Book ID: 28166More details Price: $25.00 -
THE UNION SOLDIER IN BATTLE: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat.
Edition: Hardcover.
Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - Using the letters, diaries and memoirs of the Union soldiers, Hess paints a vivid picture here of their lives before, during, and after the Civil War, espcially detailing how they coped with war, with the terror of being shot at the first time, the deaths of their comrades and how they relied on their beliefs in God, country or just duty. A well-documented history of how the brutality of war affected the ordinary soldier. Notes, bibliography, index, xii, 244 pp. ISBN: 0-700608370.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (prev owner's name, but otherwise a tight, clean copy which appears unread).
Book ID: 41140More details Price: $12.50 -
THE COMPLETE CIVIL WAR JOURNAL AND SELECTED LETTERS OF THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 71892More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LOUISIANA NATIVE GUARDS: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 33118More details Price: $25.00 -
THE BATTLEFIELD AND BEYOND: Essays on the American Civil War .
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 62340More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN J. AND SARAH ANN KNOX, OCT 7TH, 1873 together with SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JOHN J. KNOX WILLIAMS, Oldest Grandson of John J. and Sarah A. Knox, Who Fell in Defence of His Country at the Battle of Chapin's Farm, September 29-30, 1864.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Near fine in dark green cloth with gilt stamping on the front cover. Uncommon.
Book ID: 57603More details Price: $125.00 -
NO CERTAIN REST.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Random House, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Mystery surrounding the discovery by souvenir hunters of an unmarked grave of an unknown Union officer on the battlefield of Antietam. INSCRIBED on the title page. ISBN: 0-375-503722.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 22766More details Price: $20.00 -
NO CERTAIN REST.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Random House, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover - Mystery surrounding the discovery by souvenir hunters of an unmarked grave of an unknown Union officer on the battlefield of Antietam. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-375-503722.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 25001More details Price: $24.50 -
THE MILITARY ANNALS OF TENNESSEE: CONFEDERATE: First Series. Embracing a Review of Military Operations, with Regimental Histories and Memorial Rolls, Compiled from Original and Official Sources
Edition: First edition.
Nashville: J. M. Lindsley & Co, Publishers, 1886. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of this monumental work on the military operations and regimental histories of the Confederate Tennessee soldiers. Includes introductory essays on Tennessee as the theater of war and on the Army of Tennessee as well as regimental histories and memorial rolls of varying length and detail. Illustrated with numerous sketches of soldiers, from Privates to Generals (some plates include just one portrait, others have several, each has a tissue guard.) An important reference work. 910 pp.
Condition: Very good condition overall in original brown cloth stamped with black decorations, gilt lettering on the spine and a gilt panel on the front cover. Some fraying to the ends of the spine, and bumping to the corners, and overall age-toning to the pages, but the binding is sturdy and the pages remain supple and easily readable. A massive and heavy volume.
Book ID: 50929More details Price: $725.00 -
FROM MANASSAS TO APPOMATTOX: Memoirs of the Civil War in America.
Edition: Second edition, revised.
Condition: Very good in olive green cloth with gold stamping on the spine, top edge gilt (previous owner's name and address stamped, some offsetting on the endpapers, minor wear to covers, but overall a tight and sturdy copy.)
Book ID: 57538More details Price: $175.00 -
GETTYSBURG.
Edition: First printing.
NY: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, (1961.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of the 3 days of the battle of Gettysburg, and of the ordinary lives of the people this battle affected.
Condition: Good only in good dust jacket.( previous owner's name, severe toning to pages, as is common with this title, jacket edgeworn, price-clipped,but interesting artwork on jacket and has a classic look to it)
Book ID: 27786More details Price: $15.00 -
UNIFORMS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Edition: First printing.
New York & London & South Brunswick: Thomas Yoseloff, (1970.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An interesting and well-researched book which points out that the traditional commonly-held idea that the Southern soldiers wore gray and the North blue was not always true, especially for the Confederates - and that many uniforms were much more colorful - and many units, on both sides, had their own distinctive uniforms. Includes an appendix which lists uniform suppliers to both armies. Illustrated with many black and white photographs and drawings byArthur Wise, bibliography, index. Large format, measuring 11 1/2 inches tall by 8 3/4 inches wide. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-498-067319.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some edgewear to dj, and rubbing and wear to folds.)
Book ID: 35329More details Price: $18.00