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.....

Charleston: Walker, Evans, & Cogswell Co.:, 1901. 57pp. Modern half red morocco and cloth boards, spine gilt. Original printed wrappers bound in. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Text moderately tanned, otherwise clean. Very good. A revision of the charter and a short history of the Charleston Ancient Artillery Society from 1901.....

Charleston, S.C. Archibald E. Miller, 1818. 268,[1],36,22,[1]pp. Titlepage vignette of the city seal. Loose sheets, guillotined by The New York Public Library, then discarded, with their stamp on the verso of the titlepage, a.e.g. Top edge of titlepage trimmed, not affecting text. Internally clean and very good. Prints the ordinances.....

Boston: Weeks, Jordan and Company, 1839. iv,467,[1]pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind, gilt title on spine. Spine ends a bit chipped, small gouge in front cover. Scattered foxing. Withal, just about very good. First American edition, translated from the third Paris edition of the previous year. Chevalier, later a well-.....

[N.p., but possibly Williamsport, Pa. Nov. 8, 1863]. Broadside, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Minor wear and soiling. One small tear in left margin. Very good plus. A vivid Civil War broadside showing the immediacy of the news from the front, as well as how garbled or false information.....

[Charleston & Morris Island, S.C. April 6 - May 1, 1861]. Twenty-nine manuscript documents, a few on Confederate military stationery, the remainder on plain paper, totaling [37]pp. Original folds. Minor edge wear, chipping to four letters resulting in minor loss. Overall very good. An uncommonly-early collection of Confederate manuscript military.....

New York. 1862. xxii,385pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt leather spine spine labels. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, spine labels slightly chipped. Paper shelf label on spine, institutional blind and ink stamps on titlepage. Light tanning. Good plus. Rare report on the trial of the prisoners taken from the Confederate privateer Savannah.....

[N.p., likely Beaufort, S.C. ca. July 15, 1863]. 3pp. Single folded sheet. Soft vertical center crease, light wrinkling. Clean and very good. An interesting circular written by Union Brigadier General Rufus Saxton, and printed on a military field press, laying out the procedures for prosecuting "all disputes and criminal matters.....