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THE YEAR OF JUBILO: A Novel of the Civil War.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 79147More details Price: $35.00 -
THE YEAR OF JUBILO: A Novel of the Civil War.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79146More details Price: $35.00 -
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 -
A CONSPIRACY OF KNAVES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel based on a little-known episode of the Civil War: the Northwest Conspiracy, a plot concocted by Confederate agents and Northern Copperheads to free rebel prisoners in Chicago, force the upper Middle West out of the Union, and thus end the war. Among the characters are Belle Rutledge, an actress turned double agent, and Charley Heywood, a dashing Confederate major working to support the Copperheads. 392 pp. ISBN: 0-805000755.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription on front endpaper, price-clipped, but otherwise straight and clean)
Book ID: 83382More details Price: $15.00 -
A CONSPIRACY OF KNAVES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel based on a little-known episode of the Civil War: the Northwest Conspiracy, a plot concocted by Confederate agents and Northern Copperheads to free rebel prisoners in Chicago, force the upper Middle West out of the Union, and thus end the war. Among the characters are Belle Rutledge, an actress turned double agent, and Charley Heywood, a dashing Confederate major working to support the Copperheads. 392 pp. ISBN: 0-805000755.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81680More details Price: $18.50 -
WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An historical novel set against the background of the Civil War and Reconstruction, based partly on Burke's own ancestors, with settings ranging from battle scenes at Shiloh to plantations in Louisiana and a house of ill repute in New Iberia. 385 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-44710.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82311More details Price: $19.50 -
WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Orion, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - A historical novel set against the background of the Civil War and Reconstruction, based partly on Burke's own ancestors, with settings ranging from battle scenes at Shiloh to plantations in Louisiana and a house of ill repute in New Iberia. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-752856502.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 80918More details Price: $20.00 -
WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An historical novel set against the background of the Civil War and Reconstruction, based partly on Burke's own ancestors, with settings ranging from battle scenes at Shiloh to plantations in Louisiana and a house of ill repute in New Iberia. 385 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-44710.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (tiny date stamped on edge of book)
Book ID: 51636More details Price: $17.50 -
WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Orion, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A historical novel set against the background of the Civil War and Reconstruction, based partly on Burke's own ancestors, with settings ranging from battle scenes at Shiloh to plantations in Louisiana and a house of ill repute in New Iberia. SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-752856502.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81621More details Price: $40.00 -
WHITE DOVES AT MORNING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A historical novel set against the background of the Civil War and Reconstruction, based partly on Burke's own ancestors, with settings ranging from battle scenes at Shiloh to plantations in Louisiana and a house of ill repute in New Iberia. 385 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-44710.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 33857More details Price: $16.50 -
THE NIGHT INSPECTOR.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57905More details Price: $17.50 -
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 -
THE WAKE OF THE WIND.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Anchor Books, 1998. Author's third novel, historical fiction set in Texas at the end of the Civil War and in Georgia during Reconstruction. ISBN: 0-385-487053.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 20337More details Price: $9.00 -
REBEL: The Starbuck Chronicles, Volume One (1.)
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel in his tetrology set during the Civil war and featuring Nate Starbuck, a renegade Bostonian who has become a Confederate officer, set against the backdrop of the first Battle of Bull Run/Manassas. 308 pp. plus Historical note. ISBN: 0-06-0177136.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (some toning to the pages, a hint of spine slant.)
Book ID: 46444More details Price: $20.00 -
THE MARCH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1864 during the Civil War, this novel follows Union general William Tecumseh Sherman's march with 60,000 troops through Georgia to the coast and up to the Carolinas. 363 pp. ISBN: 0-375-506713.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 67770More details Price: $16.50 -
THE BAYOU ROAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of romantic and suspense set in New Orleans during the Civil War. Marcey Chastain, part Creole, part American has to assume responsibility for her family while murder, betrayal and even a yellow fever epidemic menace them. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-394504305.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (slit to dj along front fold)
Book ID: 79057More details Price: $15.00 -
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 -
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: $14.50 -
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: $8.50 -
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 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 good in fine dust jacket. (gift inscription partially blacked out on half title page.)
Book ID: 53648More details Price: $35.00 -
SWEETSMOKE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion, (2008.). First edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, nominated for an Edgar: "The year is 1862, and the Civil War rages through the South. On a Virginia tobacco plantation, another kind of battle soon begins. There, Cassius Howard, a skilled carpenter and slave, risks everything- .to learn the truth concerning the murder of Emoline, a freed black woman, a woman who secretly taught him to read and once saved his life." This advance issue includes an interview with Fuller bound in and a list of recommended reading. vii, 310 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (crease on back cover, other minor wear).
Book ID: 53340More details Price: $15.00 -
ON THE OCCASION OF MY LAST AFTERNOON.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Virginia in from the 1840's thru the Civil War. ISBN: 0-399-142991.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (prev owner's name.)
Book ID: 30860More details Price: $14.00 -
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 -
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 WIDOW OF THE SOUTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, based on the true story of Carrie McGavock and the role she played during after the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, in the Civil War. Map frontispiece. 426 pp. ISBN: 0-446-500127.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (address label on front endpaper)
Book ID: 61381More details Price: $15.00 -
NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80794More details Price: $28.50 -
THE LONG ROLL.
Edition: First edition.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1911. Hardcover first edition - Civil War novel, based primarily on Stonewall Jackson - in her brief introduction she states that many of the incidents from the book are based on "actual happenings, recorded by men and women writing of that through which they lived." . Illustrated with four full-color illustrations by N.C. Wyeth, including a frontispiece of Jackson, and three inserted plates. . 683 pp. Map of the Valley and Piedmont, Virginia on front endpaper and of The Region of the Seven Days' Fighting on the rear endpapers.
Condition: Good overall in gray cloth with gilt lettering - rubbing and soiling to the covers, and especially to the spine. Binding sturdy, contents clean.
Book ID: 41025More details Price: $20.00 -
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 -
MOCCASIN TRACE.
Edition: First printing.
Las Vegas, ArcheBooks Publishing, 2006. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Civil war novel - the story of the son and daughter of two families in the South - one a non-slaveholder, the others owners of a large plantation. SIGNED on the title page. Glossary of terms. 290 pp. ISBN: 1595071482.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 48921More details Price: $28.00 -
PRAISE AT MORNING.
Edition: Hardcover.
Chicago: Peoples Book Club, (1942.) dj. Hardcover - Romantic novel set in the days of the clipper ships and during the Civil War. Full color endpapers and wraparound dustjacket by Courtney Allen End. Author's note. 372 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A very attractive copy, a little toning to the spine of the dj and the pages.
Book ID: 33777More details Price: $15.00
