Charleston Harbor. April 13, 1861. [5]pp. Significant tanning, expertly de-acidified. Very good. A fascinating letter from Dr. Aldrich to his widow's sister, relating the events of the critical opening battle of the Civil War. Edward Sherman Aldrich was born in 1811 in Providence, Rhode Island. He married Corrine Brown and.....

Charleston: J. Hoff's Wholesale and Retail Book-store, 1810. 428,[4]pp. Contemporary mottled calf, maroon gilt morocco label. Rubbed, front joint cracked, scattered foxing. Very good. Prayer for dummies. An interesting and uncommon South Carolina imprint. Shaw & Shoemaker locate only four copies. Not in Turnbull. Scarce.

Philadelphia. 1872. xvi,[25]-557pp. Contemporary publisher's cloth, gilt. Cloth spotted, extremities worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. About good. History written by the pastor of the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wilmington, N.C.

New York. 1862. 65pp. plus three plates. 20th-century plain blue wrappers. Internally clean. Very good. Reprint of the autobiography of Capt. Tarleton Brown, originally published in 1843. With anecdotes of his days in the Revolutionary Army, serving under Francis Marion in South Carolina.

London. 1777. Two volumes. [6],xii,324; xii,308pp. Folding frontispiece map in each volume. Later speckled calf, maroon and black gilt morocco labels, ornate gilt spines. Front board of second volume detached, but present. Covers slightly bowed. Armorial bookplate and early 19th-century ownership signature on front paste down of each volume. Later.....

New York. 1836. Two volumes. [2],lxxx,[9]-533;576pp. plus folding map. Original brown cloth, paper labels. Cloth soiled and stained, label on volume one chipped off, label on volume two rubbed and chipping. Edges of spine and corners bumped. Map with two small tears, foredge toned and scuffed. Light scattered foxing but.....

London: William Faden, Aug. 10, 1776. Engraving, 12 x 19 1/2 inches. Small old ink stamp on verso. Near fine. A profile view of Sullivan's Island, the main fort guarding the mouth of the Charleston harbor, with a key indicating the main features, ship locations, and gun emplacements. Below the.....

Paris. 1837. [4],xvi,439; [4]504pp. plus folding map. Two volumes. Contemporary red half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Corners rubbed. Unopened. Near fine. Fourth edition, augmented and corrected. Chevalier, later a well known economist, went to America to study public works for the French government. He spent two years in.....

Charleston, S.C. 1865. Four issues, [4]pp. each. Newspapers, creased, some minor tears at folds, edges bit frayed. Else a nice, good set. A scarce run of this South Carolina newspaper, including the following numbers: March 14 and 30, April 15, and August 21. Includes southern reports on "Sherman, the Raider;".....

Hilton Head, S.C. May 31, June 6, and June 16, 1865. [1],[1],[3]pp. Each disbound from a larger volume, with two stabholes along the left margin. Overall, very good. A fascinating trio of printed general orders and circulars issued from Hilton Head by the Union Army's Department of the South in.....

[Various locations in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolina. Early September 1861 to late June 1865]. [219],87pp. Large folio. Contemporary three-quarter maroon calf and black cloth boards, gilt spine titles reading, "PENN. CLOTHING BOOK COS. C & D 52nd INFANTRY P[?] & P OFFICE." Spine partially split, chipped, and rather worn.....

[Charleston: Evans & Cogswell, late March or early April 1861]. Lithographic broadside, 33 3/4 x 26 1/2 inches. Matted and framed. Mild creasing, toning, and spotting. Very minor repaired marginal tears, small chip in lower left corner. Near fine. The very rare lithographic facsimile of the South Carolina Act of.....

Raleigh; Charlotte, N.C. Commercial Printing Company; Honeycutt Printing Co., 1907. 8; [29]pp. Two issues. Modern three-quarter morocco and cloth boards, spines gilt. Second part with original wrappers. Small bookplates on rear pastedowns. Wrappers slightly creased, with a small tear at foot of rear. Front wrapper with ink ownership and provenance.....