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.

London. 1794. xxiv,520pp. plus eight plates (one folding) including portrait, plus folding map, [6]pp. index, and leaf of binding directions. Frontispiece portrait. Modern half speckled calf and marbled boards, red gilt morocco label, ornate gilt spine. Frontispiece, titlepage, and following five leaves with rough repair to foredge slightly affecting text.....

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.....

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.....