New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of Phillips sixth novel set in West Virginia in 1864 near the end of the Civil War and in the aftermath in 1874, the story of a mother and daughter who suffer from the fallout of the war. Shortlisted for the National Book Award and Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Illustrated. 275 pp. ISBN: 978-0451493330.

New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the trial and hanging of Nathaniel Gordon in New York in 1862 for trading in slaves - the only man in American history who was convicted of this crime. While slave trading had been a hanging offense for more than 40 years, he had no reason to fear hanging as it had never been enforced, but with the beginning of the Civil War, public opinion was changing. Illustrated with photographs. Notes and sources, bibliography, index. 318 pp. ISBN: 978-0743267274.

New York: Sentinel / Penguin, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The history of how Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas steered the United States through the moral crisis posed by slavery in the Land of the Free on the eve of the Civil War" - a story of two unlikely heroes, one born in slavery, the other in poverty and how their commitment to their country forged a strong friendship. Illustrated with vintage photographs, notes, suggestions for further reading, index. xii, 293 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 97-0525540571.

New York: Crown, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, about a strong-willed woman who disguises herself as a man in order to fight beside her husband, Inspired by more than 250 documented accounts of the women who fought in the Civil War while disguised as men, but especially by the letters of the real Rosetta - Sarah Rosetta Wakeman. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0804137720.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1938) dj. Hardcover first edition - A romantic novel of the Civil War, one based entirely on reminiscences by veterans, both North and South and by the people who lived in the area covered by the story (although some of the names were changed.) Map. 369 pp.

Boston: Lothrup Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover first edition - Romantic novel set in the years before, during and after the Civil War. Although he was born in Indiana, Eggleston served as a Confederate soldier. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and five internal glossy plates by C. D. Williams 433 pp plus 2pp ads.

Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, (ca 1893, c 1865). Hardcover - The fourth volume of the Army and Navy series, set during the Civil War, and originally published in 1865. This traces the adventures of Jack Somers from the Naval Academy to his promotion to the rank of ensign. Frontispiece and illustrated title page. 333 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel by the prizewinning author of "The Right Hand of Sleep", a writer named by Granta magazine in 2007 as one of America's best novelists. Inspired by the real life story of the notorious outlaw John Murrell and his protege Virgil, this novel, set on the eve of the Civil War, is about a gang of men hunted by both the Union and the Confederacy for dealing in stolen slaves. SIGNED on the title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 1-400040868.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. SIGNED first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, of the South from the Civil War to the present, told in the voice of a woman who lived through it all. INSCRIBED on the half title page. Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize. Basis for the 1994 American television miniseries starring Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Cicely Tyson (who won the Emmy award for her role) and Anne Bancroft. The earlier - and far more uncommon - of the two proofs, with the page numbers handwritten in the upper corner. 737 pp.

New York: Philomel Books, n d (c 1994.) dj. Hardcover - Later printing of this classic story. "Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather." Illustrated throughout in full color, large format unpaginated. Rear endpapers have discussion questions. ISBN: 978-0399226717.

New York: St Martin's, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's award-winning first novel, set in Sri Lanka where she was born, during the civil war which tore that country apart. The story of two families - one Sinhala and one Tamil - and of the hopes and fears of a young woman in each of those families. Winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize for the Asian Region and longlisted for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 242 pp. ISBN: 978-1250043931.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, a Civil War novel which ranges from the underground railroad near the Erie Canal to the Bahamas, bleeding Kansas and the fields of battle. Thomas Pychon called this 'a dark and lyrical tale of madness and prophecy' and says that Wright now 'honorably takes his place' among our finest storytellers. SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-679-45117X.

New York: Baen Books, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An alternate history book, which turns "the American Civil War literally upside-down, a fantasy which brings to life a war to free the blond serfs of the North and raise them to equality beside their swarthy masters. Turtledove not only swaps South for North but replaces rifles with crossbows, horses with unicorns and railways with magic carpets." (PW) SIGNED and dated on the title page. 394 pp. ISBN: 0-743435761.

New York: Ballantine, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Twice in the last century, brutal war erupted between the United States and the Confederacy" - and in 1924, it is a time of rebuilding, of restoring the monuments in Washington and reclaiming the devasted cities. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Maps. 503 pp. ISBN: 0-345-444213.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, of the South from the Civil War to the present, told in the voice of a woman who lived through it all. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize. Basis for the 1994 American television miniseries starring Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Cicely Tyson (who won the Emmy award for her role) and Anne Bancroft. 718 pp. ISBN: 0-394545370.

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine, (2003). Hardcover first edition - The third book in his American Empire series - one which began with a simple question: "What if the South had won the Civil War? Now, seventy years have passed since the first War Between the States. The North American continent is locked in a battle of politics, economies, and moralities. In a world that has already felt the soul-shattering blow of the Great War, North America is the powder keg that could ignite another global conflict." 496 pp. ISBN: 0-345-44423x.

New York: Library of America, (1990) dj. Hardcover - Memoir of one of the most controversial generals of the American Civil War. " 'War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it,' he wrote in fury to the Confederate mayor of Atlanta, and his memoir is filled with dozens of such wartime exchanges. With the propulsive energy and intelligence that marked his campaigns, Sherman describes striking incidents and anecdotes and collects dozens of his incisive and often outspoken wartime orders and reports. This complex self-portrait of an innovative and relentless American warrior provides firsthand accounts of the war's crucial events Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chattanooga, the Atlanta campaign, the marches through Georgia and the Carolinas." Maps, charts, chronology, appendix, index, notes. 1136 pp. ISBN: 0-940450658.

New York: Atheneum, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A beautifully illustrated book that tells how Teresa Carreo (1853-1917), a ten year old girl who played piano for Abraham Lincoln in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War. A revolution in Venezuela had forced her family to flee to the United States, but although Teresa felt lonely at first in New York City. , she soon realized the power her music had to give a few moments peace or happiness to others. SIGNED by Engle on the title page. Every page is a double spread of colorful paintings by the Mexican American artist Rafael Lopez. Historical note. Named by Kirkus Reviews as a Best Picture Book of 2019. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-1481487405.

New York: Ballantine, (2001) dj. Hardcover - 'A Novel About the Four Days of Gettysburg' - that is, the day leading up to the battle and the three days of the bloody battle itself - July 1-3, 1863. Originally published in 1974, this was Shaara's second novel, one which won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize, but which also became a modern classic - considered one of the best novels ever written about the Civil War. Basis for the movie 'Gettysburg.' Several full page maps and situation plans throughout the book. Foreword and an afterword. xiv. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-345-444124.

New York: Random House, (1993) dj. Hardcover - 'A Novel About the Four Days of Gettysburg' - that is, the day leading up to the battle and the three days of the bloody battle itself - July 1-3, 1863. Originally published in 1974, this won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize, and also became a modern classic - considered one of the best novels ever written about the Civil War. Basis for the movie 'Gettysburg.' Maps and situation plans throughout the book. Foreword and an afterword. xix, 374 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679-425411.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The first novel (second book) by this young writer from Sierra Leone - at its center are two long time friends who return to their hometown in Africa after a devastating civil war, and attempt to forge a new community. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2013, before publication. 240 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco's Tenderloin, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sanaa, Yemen by the civil war raging there. SIGNED on the title page. xiii, 327 pp. ISBN: 978-1101947319.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2014). First edition - The first novel (second book) by this young writer from Sierra Leone - at its center are two long time friends who return to their hometown in Africa after a devastating civil war, and attempt to forge a new community. 240 pp.