[Kentucky; Tennessee; Georgia. 1862-1863]. 14 manuscript letters, most on small bifolia, two to four pages in length. Previously folded. Light wear at folds. light tanning; an occasional patch of soiling. Very good. A group of fourteen letters written home by Union Pvt. Henry D. Isbell of the 1st Ohio Light.....
Columbia, S.C. 1914. 168pp. plus plates. Frontispiece portrait (bound in upside down). Gilt cloth. Very good. "These brief reminiscences include an account of the fall of Fort Fisher, as well as the author's experiences while a prisoner at Point Lookout" - Nevins. A scarce narrative of one of the more.....
Pittsfield, Ma. 1864. 391pp. plus frontispiece and plates. Original publisher's cloth, gilt and blind stamped.Spine sunned, some tanning. Very good. First edition of a scarce regimental history of this Civil War unit from Massachusetts. Well-written, with great detail on the regiment's service in the South. "Because of Johns' descriptive powers.....
Washington, D.C. Oct. 12, 1865. [1]pp., printed on a folded folio sheet. Light edge wear. Near fine. An important official printing of the presidential proclamation ending martial law in Kentucky in October 1865. Kentucky had not joined the Confederacy, so the proclamation of martial law there was a step President.....
Charleston. 1890. 276,clxxxvi pp. plus maps and plates. Large octavo. Original three-quarter calf and stamped cloth, spine gilt. Light wear to spine ends and corners. Internally clean. Very good. Johnson supervised the defense of Charleston and Fort Sumter during the Confederate rule there. "A meritorious collection of data, with useful.....
Baltimore. 1863. 88pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern cloth. Ex- lib., wraps dust soiled, old fold, but very good. Porter was charged with disloyalty, disobedience and misconduct in the face of the enemy at Second Bull Run, and was court-martialed in 1863, the verdict approved by President Lincoln. Porter.....
Baltimore. 1867. 24pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Wrappers a bit soiled. Very good. Reverdy Johnson, a Democratic U.S. Senator from Maryland, was a notoriously inconsistent and wavering supporter of Reconstruction. He opposed the military occupation of the South, and generally sided with Andrew Johnson in his battles with the.....
London: Edward Stanford, 1863 [with additions to 1875]. Engraved map on four sheets, full period hand-coloring, sectioned and linen-backed as issued. Inset of the Aleutian Islands. Sheet size: 67 x 57 1/2 inches if joined. Very good. In a red half morocco box. Originally published during the American Civil War.....
Augusta, Ga. 1880. 9pp. Original printed wrappers. Old fold, wraps dust soiled. Good. Reminiscences of those who lost their lives in the Civil War.
Augusta. 1881. 11pp. Original printed wrappers. Minute toning to edge. Bright and clean. Near fine. Nostalgic address on the fall of the Confederacy and the bittersweet passage of time. Jones was president of the Association.
Augusta, Ga. 1882. 7pp. Stitched in original wrappers, slight fraying at edges, else very good. This address comments on President Garfield's recent assassination, recent deaths of Confederate survivors, and the dedication of an obelisk chimney that is the sole remnant of the Confederate Powder Works.
Augusta. 1891. 9,[3]pp. Original printed wrappers. Bright and clean. Near fine. A patriotic oration attempting to revive the glory of a Confederate past.
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1867. 240pp. plus plates. Original brown cloth, spine gilt. Corners bumped, spine ends rubbed. Later ownership markings on front pastedown, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Internally clean. Very good. The author was a Lieut. Col. of Artillery with the battery in question during its.....
Augusta. 1887. 9pp. Printed wrappers. Some chipping to extremities. Titlepage crimped. Else very good. Memorial of recently deceased Confederate veterans.
Savannah. 1878. x,255,4pp. plus frontispiece portrait. Original green publisher's cloth, spine gilt. Minor wear. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Internally clean. Very good. Biography of Commodore Josiah Tattnall (1794-1871), who served in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and in the Civil War on the Confederate side. With.....
Atlanta. 1884. 56pp. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Corners and extremities rubbed. Bookplate of Charles C. Jones on front pastedown; signed by Jones at end of text. Very good. The author's copy. The address memorializes the Georgia state governor who presided over reconstruction.
Augusta, Ga. 1883. 15pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers, minor indentation, otherwise fine. Strategic military lessons learned as described by a Confederate Colonel focus primarily on the lessons of Fort McAllister and Fort Pulaski. The bombardment of Fort Pulaski, though disastrous to the Confederacy, was instrumental in revolutionizing former military.....
Augusta. 1893. 32,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Minute toning. Near fine. Patriotic address recalling the glory of the Confederate past, including an account of the battle of Chickamauga.
Savannah: Published by Thomas Purse, 1842. xiii,277pp. Original brown blindstamped cloth, expertly rebacked in matching brown cloth. Minor wear to boards, corners worn. Ink stamp of obsolete historical society on front pastedown, the top margin of the Contents leaf, and page 101, and bookplate of David Fairley on front pastedown.....
Savannah, Ga. 1861. 37pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine largely perished, old ownership label on front wrapper, wrappers soiled. Scattered foxing, large old stain through half the text. Good. Cook's final report as mayor of Savannah, including expenses incurred during the first year of the Civil War. Also details the costs.....
[Atlanta: Foote & Davies Co., 1909]. 167,[1]pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Contemporary pencil gift inscription on front wrapper. Overall very good. "A real hodgepodge that includes a thumbnail history, service records, various rosters, and some data on naval officers" - Nevins.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1944. xiii,347pp. Cloth. Slightly stained. A sound copy. Later printing. A biography of the fearless and cunning Confederate leader, Mosby.
Fort Ewell, Tx. 1853. Single sheet, 10 x 15 3/4 inches. Old fold lines. Some minor paper discoloration. Very good. Manuscript form detailing the return of survey equipment, namely tents, due to wear. "I certify that the three wall tents, flies, & poles were entirely worn out & necessarily expended.....
Fall River, Ma. Fall River Lithographic Co., 1864. Six chromolithograph plates plus chromolithograph front cover, each plate with accompanying leaf of text. Oblong 12mo. Color pictorial stiff wrappers. Front wrapper detached. Heavy waterstaining. Good. An attractive Civil War-era sample of juvenilia, offering color plates of rosy-cheeked children playing war games.....
New York. 1860. 173pp. plus [16]pp. of publisher advertisements. Dbd. Upper corner dogeared, else good. The author argues that the produce and industries of the North and South are interlinked to such a degree that separation would bring financial chaos.
