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Last updated January 1 4, 2008
1. Antrim, Earl. CIVIL
WAR PRISONS AND THEIR COVERS. New York,
Collector's Club: 1961. 215 pages. VG in slightly worn dust jacket. $45.00
2. Bailey, Chester P. TIOGA
MOUNTAINEERS, COMPANY B: 101ST REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. INFANTRY,
1861-1865. Mansfield, Pennsylvania, Bailey
Printing Company: 1982. Some shelf wear, else near VG . Softbound covers. $30.00
3. Bates, Samuel P. MEMOIR
OF BLACHLY KNOWLES, LATE COLONEL OF THE 21ST PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY AND
BREVET-BRIGADIER GENERAL. Philadelphia, Reprinted
from the "Martial Deeds of Pennsylvania": 1875. 14 pages. Light wear.
Binding is bright and clean. The front hinge is just starting to pull away, but
is firmly holding. $75.00
4. Beatie, R. H. ROAD
TO MANASSAS. United States, Library of Congress:
1961. 285 pages. Slight wear to book and dust jacket. $8.00
5. Beyer, W.F. & O.F. Keydel. DEEDS
OF VALOR. HOW AMERICA'S HEROES WON THE MEDAL OF HONOR. A HISTORY OF OUR
CONUTRY'S RECENT WARS. Two volume set complete.
Both volumes are bound in green cloth covers and show shelf wear to the spine
edges and the corners. A few scuffed spots to the bindings. Bindings are tight
and contents clean. The back hinge of volume I has been repaired with archival
quality glue. With numerous illustrations. This book chronicles the U.S.
military's Medal of Honor and its past recipients, with a description of the
events of battle and combat that led to the awarding of that medal to the
recipient. An important military history reference book. There is a main
emphasis on the Civil War and frontier Indian wars of the American West. Also
contains material on the high seas and Arctic explorations. $95.00
6. Byne, Richard H.. CONFEDERATE
STATES OF AMERICA PHILATELIC SUBJECT INDEX AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1862-1984. Louisville,
Kentucky, Leonard H. Hartmann: 1986. 336 pages. 1986 edition. Scarce. $95.00
7. Carter, Hodding. ROBERT
E. LEE AND THE ROAD OF HONOR. New York, Random
House: 1955. 186 pages. Some shelf wear to binding. Dust jacket has some chips
to the edges. $10.00
8. Cavanah, Frances. ABE LINCOLN GETS HIS CHANCE. Chicago, Illinois, Rand McNally: 1959. . Shelf wear, else VG slightly in edge-worn jacket. $3.15
9. Choate, Joseph H. ABRAHAM
LINCOLN. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell: 1901. Some
wear and rubbing to spine and corners. Soiling to binding. $6.00
10. Colby, C. B. CIVIL
WAR WEAPONS: SMALL ARMS AND ARTILLERY OF THE BLUE AND GRAY. New
York, Coward-McCann: 1962. Some shelf wear. Dust jacket has a large piece
missing from the top of front cover and spine, about 2-3" swath. Not
ex-library. Overall a nice copy. $15.00
11. Cooke, John Esten. OUTLINES
FROM THE OUTPOST. Chicago, R. R. Donnelley &
Sons: 1961. 413 pages. Slight wear to spine and corners. A Lakeside Classic
book, $7.50
12. Crown, Francis J . CONFEDERATE
POSTAL HISTORY: AN ANTHOLOGY FROM THE STAMP SPECIALIST. Lawrence,
Massachusetts, Quarterman Publications: 1976. 313 pages. VG in slightly worn
dust jacket. $120.00
13. Davis, Burke. THEY
CALLED HIM STONEWALL: A LIFE OF LT. GEN. T.J. JACKSON. New
York, Fairfax Press: 1988. $15.00
14. Dick, Everett. THE
DIXIE FRONTIER: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER FROM THE FIRST
TRANSMONTANE BEGINNINGS TO THE CIVIL WAR. New
York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1948. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with
chipping to edges. $7.50
15. Dilts, Bryan Lee. 1890
TEXAS CENSUS INDEX OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS OR THEIR WIDOWS. Salt
Lake, Accelerated Indexing Systems: 1984. 69 pages. Ex-library with library
label on spine and library ink stamps internally. Light shelf wear to spine and
edges. $30.00
16. Dilts, Bryan Lee. 1890
NEW YORK CENSUS INDEX OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS OR THEIR WIDOWS. Salt
Lake City, Index Publishing: 1984. 451 pages. Ex-library, with labels on spine
and internal library ink stamps. Light wear. $75.00
17. Dowdey, Clifford. EXPERIMENT
IN REBELLION. New York, Doubleday: 1946. . Shelf
wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chipping to edges. $10.00
18. Freeman, Douglas Southall. LEE'S
LIEUTENANTS: A STUDY IN COMMAND. One volume abridgement. New
York, Scribner's: 1998. One volume abridgement edition. $17.50
19. Freeman, G. L. CURRIER
& IVES: PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN BATTLE SCENES. Watkins
Glen, New York, Century House: 1961. 101 pages. Some shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine and corners. A few black smudges on the front cover. $35.00
20. Fuller, Claud E. FIREARMS
OF THE CONFEDERACY. Fairfax, Virginia, National
Rifle Association: 1996. 333 pages. Fine condition. Full leather binding. $30.00
21. Fuller, J.F.C. THE
GENERALSHIP OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. Bloomington,
Indiana University: 1977. Some shelf wear, else VG. Bound in heavy grey
buckram. $20.00
22. Gallagher, Gary W. -editor. THE
WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. Chapel Hill, University of
North Carolina: 1997. $10.00
23. Gallagher, Gary W. -editor. THE
WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. Chapel Hill, University of
North Carolina: 1997. 283 pages. VG in VG d.j. $5.00
24. Hancock. REMINISCENCES
OF WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK BY HIS WIFE. Gaithersburg,
MD, Olde Soldier Books: ca. 1980's. Facsimile of rare first edition. $30.00
25. Hendrick, Burton J. STATESMEN
OF THE LOST CAUSE JEFFERSON DAVIS AND HIS CABINET. Boston,
Little, Brown and Company: 1939. 452 pages. Shelf wear in d.j. with chipping and
tears to the edges. There is a stain to the back panel of the dust jacket.
$10.00
26. Hesseltine, William B. LINCOLN
AND THE WAR GOVERNORS. New York, Alfred A. Knopf:
1955. 405 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine and corners. Shelf wear and
rubbing to spine and corners. $10.00
27. Lewis, Lloyd. SHERMAN:
FIGHTING PROPHET. New York, Harcourt, Brace &
Co.: 1932. . Some shelf wear. Corners bumped & rubbed, else G+. Spine
title faded. Front hinge starting to crack, but binding is holding. $6.25
28. Linderman, Gerald F. EMBATTLED
COURAGE: THE EXPERIENCE OF COMBAT IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. New
York, The Free Press: 1987. $10.00
29. Mahler, Michael. UNITED
STATES CIVIL WAR REVENUE STAMP TAXES: A COMPENDIUM OF STATUTES, DECISIONS,
RULINGS AND CORRESPONDENCE PERTAINING TO THE DOCUMENTARY AND PROPRIETARY TAXES. Pacific
Palisades, CA, Castenholz and Sons: 1988. 348 pages. VG in lightly worn dust
jacket. $65.00
30. McMurray, Richard M. JOHN
BELL HOOD AND THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE. Lexington,
University Of Kentucky Press: 1982. 239 pages. VG in slightly worn dust jacket.
$10.00
31. Palfrey, Francis Winthrop. THE
ANTIETAM AND FREDERICKSBURG. Campaigns of the Civil War, Volume 5. New
York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1882. 228 pages. Shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine, edges and corners. Corners bumped. $30.00
32. Pease, Theodore Calvin. THE
DIARY OF ORRVILLE HICKMAN BROWNING. Two volume set. Volume I-1850-1864; Volume
II-1865-1881. Springfield, Illinois, Illinois
State Hist. Library: 1927. Shelf wear to spine and corners, else near VG, both
volumes. Some fading to covers. Bumped spine and rubbed corners. Bindings
tight. $115.00
33. Plummer, Albert. HISTORY
OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. (Massachusetts) Boston,
New England Druggist Publishing: 1907. 133 pages. Shelf wear to binding and
rubbing to spine and corners. Front hinge starting. Some soiling to covers.
Rare. $145.00
34. Robertson, James I. SOLDIERS
BLUE AND GRAY. Columbia, South Carolina,
University of South Carolina: 1988. . $15.00
35. Sears, Stephen W. CONTROVERSIES
AND COMMANDERS: DISPATCHES FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. Boston,
Houghton Mifflin: 1999. . $3.50
36. Singmaster, Elsie. EMMELINE,
A STORY OF GETTYSBURG. Boston, Houghton Mifflin:
1916. . Shelf wear and some rubbing to spine edges. In dust jacket with chips
& tears to edges. Dust jacket also has some soiling. $15.00
37. Sistler, Byron. 1890
CIVIL WAR VETERANS CENSUS-TENNESSEE. Evanston,
Illinois, Byron Sistler and Associates: 1978. 355 pages. Ex-library, with labels
on spine and internal library ink stamps. There is a small tear to the cloth at
the top of the spine. $30.00
38. Smith, Judson MacIvor. THE
STORY OF A REGIMENT. The Twenty-First United States Infantry. Honolulu,
Hawaii, Advertiser Publishing Co.: 1940. Some wear and rubbing to spine and
corners, else G+. Some paint stain spots on covers. A couple of pages have a
crease down the edge from being bent and folded over. Very scarce history of the
U.S. 121st Infantry. This book recounts their long history from the early
1800's, through the Civil War and through World War I. It ends with photographs
and a description of their base of operations on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. An
interesting publication, as the book was printed in 1940, just a year before
Pearl Harbor was attacked. One line in the book says that Pearl Harbor will be
safe for the American battle fleet "so long as Pearl Harbor is protected,
and no longer". $110.00
39. Steele, Matthew Forney. AMERICAN
CAMPAIGNS. Volume II (2)-Maps. Washington, United
States Infantry: 1939. This is volume II (2) only. Some shelf wear. Corners
slightly bumped. 1939 edition. Volume II Only. $12.25
40. West, Richard S. GIDEON
WELLES: LINCOLN'S NAVY DEPARTMENT. New York, Bobbs-Merrill:
1943. Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with chips and tears to edges.
$20.00
41. Williams, T. Harry. P.G.T.
BEAUREGARD: NAPOLEON IN GRAY. Baton Rouge,
Louisiana State University: 1954. . Shelf wear, else near VG in dust jacket with
chips and tears to edges. $35.00