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ENGLAND - History, Religious History
HENRY THE THIRD AND THE CHURCH. A Study of His Ecclesiastical Policy and of the Relations Between England and Rome. By Abbot Gasquet, D.D. George Bell and Sons, London, Publishers, 1905. First Edition. 8vo., cloth, i-xvi, 446 pp., including index. Some foxing on original cover, otherwise in fine condition. Pencil notations in margins on some pages by previous owner and private library stamp on some pages, otherwise text is clear and in very fine condition.
US $25.50
THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY From The Accession of Henry VIII To The Death of Mary. By James Gairdner, C.B [Hon. LL.D. Edin.]. Macmillan And Co., Limited, London/New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. Second Edition. 8vo., cloth, i-xv, 430 pp., fold out map. Hinges starting, fine condition, gold gilt top.
US $24.95
THE FAMILY TREASURY OF SUNDAY READING. Edited By The Rev. Andrew Cameron. Thomas Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London, Edinburgh; and New York, 1867. First Edition. Royal 8vo., three quarter morocco,iv, 764 pp., steel plate engravings. Slight rubs on upper spine. Fine condition.
US $20.00
HER MAJESTY'S TOWER. By William Hepworth Dixon. From the Seventh London Edition, In Two Volumes. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, n.d. [c. 1884]. 8vo., English muslin, vol. 1: 359 pp.; vol 2: 391 pp., including full index, gold gilt tops. Fine condition.
US $125.00
THE CONVICT SHIP "SUCCESS". The Famous British Convict Ship, The Only One Left In The World. Exhibited at the World's Ports since 1890. The Oldest Ship Afloat To-day. Launched at Moulmain, India, 1790, A.D. 8vo., printed paper wrappers, 24 pp. [Printed c. 1910]. Completely in tact and in fine condition for a paper back this old.
US $15.95
SIX HISTORICAL LECTURES, Of The Origin And Progress, In England, Of The Change of Religion, Called THE REFORMATION, Delivered In The Catholic Church Of The Holy Trinity, Newark, England. By The Rev. J. Waterworth, M.A. Philadelphia: Published By M. Fithian, No. 61 North Second Street, 1842. Very rare. 8vo., original full leather, xvi, 9-408 pp. The usual old age signs with some rubbing on the spine; fine condition.
US $80.00
HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU, With A Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas. By William H. Prescott, etc., In Two Volumes. David McKay, Publisher, Philadelphia, n.d. 8vo., cloth, vol. 1: 459 pp.; vol. 2: 458 pp. Weak hinge front of vol. 1, and slight splotches on front of both volumes, otherwise in fine condition
US $75.00
THE ROMANCE OF THE REVOLUTION, Being A History Of The Personal Adventures, Heroic
Exploits, and Romantic Incidents, As Enacted In The War Of Independence.
Edited By Oliver B. Bunce. New York: Published By Bunce
& Brothers, 134 Nassau Street., 1852. First Edition. 8vo., cloth, ornate
gold stamping, 434 pp., fine litho engravings, 11 pp. advertisements in back. Front
hinge cracked but still in tact. Fine condition and very rare.
US $275.50
RESOLUTIONS, LAWS, AND ORDINANCES, Relating To The Pay, Half Pay, Commutation Of Half Pay, Bounty Lands, And Other Promises Made By Congress To The Officers And Soldiers Of The Revolution; To The Settlement of the Accounts Between The United States and the Several States; and to Funding The Revolutionary Debt. Washington: Printed By Thomas Allen, 1838. 8vo., three quarter calf, original paper boards, red leather title band, 506 pp., 13 p. index. First Edition and Extremely rare. Excellent condition for a book this old.
US $325.50
ATLAS TO MARSHALL'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON. Philadelphia: Published By J. Crissy., n.d. [ca. 1832]. First Edition, Extremely rare. 8vo., three quarter calf, original paper boards. This little book does not contain any text, but 10 full page maps [litho engraved and hand water colored] showing the positions of the American and British Troops in the great battles of the war, North and South. In excellent condition for something as old as this.
US $110.50
THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON; Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published From The Original Manuscripts; With A Life Of The Author, Notes, and Illustrations. By Jared Sparks. Volume V. Boston: Russell, Odiorne, and Metcalf, and Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1834. 8vo., full leather, 558 pp., several litho engraved maps of battle plans of some of the major battles of the Revolutionary War, with the correspondence of General Washington to officers and Congress at the time. Very rare, and in fine condition for one this old.
US $98.00
BIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW JACKSON, President Of The United States, Formerly Major General In The Army of the United States. By Philo A. Goodwin, Esq. Hartford: Silas Andrus and Son, n.d [copyright 1833]. First Edition and Very rare. 16mo., cloth, xi, 456 pp., steel engraved portrait of General Jackson. Spine chipped at bottom; pages have old age spots usual in a book this old, otherwise in fine condition.
US $138.50
Famous American Indians. RED EAGLE and the Wars With The Creek Indians Of Alabama. By George Cary Eggleston. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Publishers, © 1878. First Edition. 12mo., cloth, 346 pp., illustrations. Half of spine missing; hinges broken front and back; pages brittle and some loose in front but are all there. This book is an excellent reading copy but is in need of repair, so the price is commensurate with the condition. Very rare.
US $28.50
NOTES OF A MILITARY RECONNOISSANCE, From Fort Leavenworth, In Missouri, To San Diego, In California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. By Lieut. Col. W. H. Emory. Made In 1846-7, With The Advanced Guard of the "Army Of The West." Washington: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1848. The original government edition. Extremely rare. Royal 8vo., original cloth with original title band, 614 pp., [less the map which was torn out a very long time ago.] all of the original steel plate engravings are in tact. Also included is the official report of Lieut. Col. P. St. George Cooke, commander of the famous Mormon Battalion and their part in the War With Mexico. Very good condition for a Government book this old.
US $325.00
THE WAR IN NICARAGUA. Written By Gen'l William Walker. Mobile: S. H. Goetzel & Co. / New-York: 82 Warren St., 1860. First Edition and Very rare. Printed in New York and distributed from Mobile, Alabama. 8vo., cloth, xii, 431 pp., steel engraved portrait of General Walker. [The colored map of Nicaragua is missing.] Front hinge joint is broken. Cover is water stained and slight foxing, in need of cleaning. Text has slight water staining but does not interfere with readability. Good condition.
US $105.50
HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR. By Frank H. Simonds.
Published For The Review Of Reviews Company by Doubleday Page &
Company, Garden City, New York. In 5 volumes, as follows:
Vol. 1 - ©1917 - 4to, cloth, li, 393 pp., halftones of original war photos. First
Edition
Vol. 2 - ©1918 - 4to, cloth, xxiii, 418 pp., maps and original war photos. First
Edition
Vol. 3 - ©1919 - 4to, cloth, xxvi, 408 pp., maps and original war photos. First
Edition
Vol. 4 - ©1919 - 4to, cloth, xxi, 414 pp., maps and original war photos. First
Edition
Vol. 5 - ©1920 - 4to, cloth, xv, 422 pp., maps and original war photos. First
Edition
Each volume is bound in blue cloth with gold foil stamped title and seal of the United
States and each of the allied countries; gold gilt top. This set is in fine
condition and very rare.
US $86.50
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(THE TERRITORY OF ARKANSAS 1829-1836) THE TERRITORIAL PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES. Volume XXI. Compiled and edited by Clarence Edwin Carter. US Government Printing Office, Washington: 1954. First Edition. Large 8vo., cloth, v, 1415 pp., indexed. An excellent resource and reference book for the historian and genealogist. Find condition.
US $ 45.50
HISTORY OF ARIZONA. Biographical, Volume IV. Publishers: Record Publishing Co., Phoenix, 1930. First Edition. Folio (7½ x 10½"), cloth, 622 pp., numerous portraits, indexed. Fine condition. Originally issued in four volumes, this is the fourth volume of the set.
US $28.00
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THE RAREST OF THEM ALL
GRAVE YARD MAPS. By Messieur Claude Béroujon. Mobile, Alabama (1844- ca. 1890). This is the one and only. There are no other copies. It's rarity can not be established because there is nothing to compare it with. M. Béroujon came to Mobile from Jax, France as a young man, well educated and skilled as a builder. He designed and built Spring Hill College, and many other buildings in Mobile during the 1830's and early 40's. In 1844 he established his own undertaker business and became City Sexton. He purchased this book in blank and began recording, by indexing and drawn maps each burial plot in the Old City Cemetery (Old Church Street) and the New City Cemetery (Magnolia Cemetery), plus the Goldsmith & Frolichstine Cemetery. The entire book is written in his and his son's (Wm Vincent Béroujon) hand. The famous and the infamous are listed in these pages. Large folio (17¼ x 12), three quarter morocco, 170 pp. Professionally repaired with new leather spine, using original boards. This large book is a museum piece, but can also be a money maker if printed.
US $2,275.00
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ALABAMA: A Documentary History to 1900. Revised and Enlarged Edition. By Lucille Griffith. The University of Alabama Press, University, Alabama, 1981. Third Edition and the most complete. By far the best of her works. 8vo., cloth with dust jacket, x, 677 pp., including appendix, bibliography, and index. Excellent condition.
US $45.00
THREE CAPITALS. A Book About The First Three Capitals of Alabama: St. Stephens, Huntsville & Cahawba. Including Information About the Politics, Laws, and Men of The Territory and State of Alabama, 1818 to 1826. Also Significant Historical Documents and Records. By William H. Brantley. The University of Alabama Press, University, Alabama, 1947, 1976. Second Printing. This is an excellent book, well researched and presented. 8vo., hard cover with dust jacket, (14), 265 pp., maps, portraits, index. New condition.
US $35.00
PIERRE LEMOYNE D'IBERVILLE - IBERVILLE'S GULF JOURNALS. Translated and Edited by Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams, With an Introduction by Tennant S. McWilliams. The University of Alabama Press, University, Alabama, 1981. The earliest detailed description of explorations in the Gulf Coast region, including explorations up the Mississippi River and Mobile Bay region, etc. 8vo., hard bound with dust jacket, ix, 195 pp., index, maps, illustrations. Fine condition.
US $25.00
CATHOLIC CULTURE IN ALABAMA. CENTENARY STORY OF SPRING HILL COLLEGE, 1830-1930. By Michael Kenny, S.J., Ph.D., Litt.D. The American Press, New York, 1931. First Edition. Long out of print it is now a scarce title. The front hinge is cracked but still in tact; shows the usual ware for its age, but in very good condition. 8vo., cloth with original dust jacket, (13), 400 pp., portraits, photos. Sub title is "The Torch On The Hill".
US $60.00
THE CHEVALIER D'IBERVILLE. By Peter Joseph Hamilton. Arranged For Publication By Rachel-Duke Hamilton Cannon, Illustrated With Plates From Colonial Mobile, Sketches By William Bush. Published By Historic Mobile Preservation Society, Mobile, Alabama, 1948. First Edition. 12mo., cloth, xi, 32 pp., illustrations, photos (halftones), portrait. Fine condition
US $50.00
SLAVERY AND SERVITUDE IN THE COLONY OF NORTH CAROLINA. By John Spencer Bassett, Ph.D. (J.H.U.) Professor Of History And Political Science In Trinity College, North Carolina. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, Published Monthly, April and May, 1896. Price Fifty Cents. First Edition. Very rare. A critical study of white and black slavery in the early Colonial period to the founding of this Nation, from the "Johns Hopkins University Studies In Historical and Political Science". Royal 8vo., wrappers, 86 pp., 10p. ads in back. Spine is completely gone; front and rear covers are original, but needs repair on cover, otherwise in very good condition for such an old title.
US $78.50
A HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, FROM 1663 TO 1900, For Use In Schools. By G. R. McGee, Principal of College Street School, Jackson, Tenn. Teacher of History In Peabody State Institute. Formerly Principal of Peabody High School, Trenton, Tenn. American Book Company, New York/Cincinnati/ Chicago, © 1899. First Edition. Demi 8vo [sometimes referred to as 16mo.], cloth, embossed with gold gilt stamping, 278 pp., xxxix (appendix and index), wood engraved illustrations and original halftones (photos), colored maps. Student's name written on fly page and some pencil markings in the book, but slight. Light water staining on lower outside pages. The overall condition of the book is very good +. The Author was a Southron and championed the Confederate Cause in his book, as well as the original Ku Klux Klan and its original purpose. This is a great little school book and now very rare.
US $85.50
TEXAS, A WORLD IN ITSELF. By George Sessions Perry. Whittlesey House, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., © 1942. First Edition. 8vo., cloth, xi, 293 pp., index. Light water stain in bottom of pages, otherwise in fine condition.
US $35.00
SOCIAL LIFE IN VIRGINIA IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. An Inquiry Into the Origin of the Higher Planting Class, Together With An Account of the Habits, Customs, and Diversions of the People. By Philip Alexander Bruce. Corner House Publishers, Williamstown, Massachusetts. 1968. This is the second printing. (First edition in 1907.) A very good book for research into social customs in old Virginia during the early colonial period. 8vo., fake leather (hard bound), 268 pp., indexed. Fine condition, but X-Library.
US $45.00
THE OLD VIRGINIA GENTLEMAN And Other Sketches. (Edited with an introduction by Thomas Nelson Page) By George W. Bagby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Third Edition, and rare. This is an excellent book written by a master penman of customs and amusing stories of life in Virginia by an eye-witness. 16mo., cloth, xxx, 312 pp., frontis. Fine condition, but usual wear for a book of its age.
US $70.00
THE HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF VIRGINIA, IN FOUR PARTS. (Edited with an introduction by Louis B. Wright). By Robert Beverley. Published for The Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia, By The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1947. First Edition, and long out of print. Now very scarce. The author wrote the mss. for his history in 1698 and completed it in 1700. The book was printed in London, England in 1705. This is a faithful reprint of the original book with an appendix added with copious notes to the main text, and is one of the best histories ever written on Virginia. 8vo., cloth with original dust jacket, xxxv, 366 pp. copies of original graphics. Fine condition.
US $100.00
REGISTER OF ALL OFFICERS AND AGENTS, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND NAVAL, IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, From Thirtieth September, 1841, To The Thirtieth September, 1843, with The Names, Force, and Condition of All Ships and Vessels Belonging To the United States, and When and Where Built; Together With The Names And Compensation Of All Printers In Any Way Employed By Congress, Or Any Department Or Officer Of the Government. Printed at the Department of State, In pursuance of Resolutions of Congress of April, 27, 1816, and July 14, 1832. Washington: J. & G. S. Gideon, Printers. 1843 First Edition. Extremely rare. This book, although an official government publication, is a genealogist delight. Printed during the Presidency of John Tyler of Virginia and names every person connected with the U.S. Government or employed by it from 1841 to 1843. 16mo., morocco leather, viii, 1091 pp. Fine condition.
US $250.00
THE AMERICAN ALMANAC and Repository of Useful Knowledge, For The Year 1840. Second Series, Vol. 1. Boston: Published By David H. Williams, etc., © 1839. First Edition of the second series. Very rare. This book is loaded with information and history; the history of the disputed boundary between Lower Canada and Maine; Steam engines and Steam Navigation; Foreign and American Obituaries from 1838 to 1840, etc. 16mo, printed wrapper, xii, 334 pp. Very good condition for a book of this age.
US $125.00
REGISTER OF GRADUATES AND FORMER CADETS UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, West Point - New York, 1802-1946. Published by The West Point Alumni Foundation, Inc. Corrected to June 30, 1946. First Edition. Listed are every graduate and every nongraduate of the Academy from the earliest records on file, name, State and date of birth if known, rank, occupation if resigned, when and where died, age at death, etc. This book is a genealogical and historical goldmine. 4to (7¾x10½), perfect bound, 344 pp., including ads. Fine condition with slight chipping on upper corner of cover, and the usual corner bends.
US $50.00
WOODROW WILSON AS I KNOW HIM. Special Edition. By Joseph P. Tumulty. Printed Exclusively For The Literary Digest, © 1921. First Edition [written and published while in office.]. 8vo., cloth, xvi, 553 pp., frontis, index. Front hinge broken; rear hinge broken, but holding, otherwise in very good condition.
US $65.00
WILLIAMS' SCENIC AND HISTORIC NIAGARA FALLS, River, Rapids, Whirlpool and Frontier. Written and Compiled by a Native, the Son of Natives and the Grandson of Pioneers, Edward T. Williams, City Treasurer of Niagara Falls, N. Y. (Published by the author) © 1925. First Edition. 8vo., soft cover, taped spine, 168 pp., illustrated ("by more than 150 fine engravings of Ancient and Modern Niagara Frontier Scenes..."). Corners of front and back covers worn and slightly broken and taped spine in bad condition. Good condition for a book this old.
US $54.00
KON-TIKI. Across The Pacific By Raft. By Thor Heyerdahl. Translated by R. H. Lyon. Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, © 1950. First Edition. 8vo., cloth, 304 pp., illustrated with original photos, index. Fine condition.
US $35.00
BOOK OF ART PRINTING. An International Publication Dedicated To The Printing Arts. The Thirty-Seventh Year Contribution of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Production of The Technical Trade School owned and operated by the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America, Pressmen's Home, Tennessee, United States of America, n.d. [c. 1926]. First Edition. Very Rare. Exquisite four color process plates on heavy acid free paper, including color ads, plus much more. A very unusual book. 4to (9¼ x 12¼), perfect bound, 234 pp. (unnumbered), black & white and color halftones, graphics, advertisements. This book is in need of repair; spine is completely gone; front cover is slightly soiled; pages loose in signatures; someone has cut out dingbats on a few pages. The beautiful color plates and ads are worth more than the book itself. When you see it, you will agree.
US $45.50
THE MANUAL OF LINOTYPE TYPOGRAPHY. Prepared to aid Users and Producers of Printing in securing Greater Unity and Real Beauty in the Printed Page. Typographical Plan and Critical Comment by William Dana Orcutt, in Co-operation with Edward E. Bartlett, Director of Linotype Typography / Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn, N.Y, n.d. (© 1923). First Edition and Very Rare. From cover to cover full of plates, type styles, boarders, page layouts, etc. Folio, cloth, xv, 256 pp. Cover has light foxing, otherwise in very good condition.
US $350.00
RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES. The warm and tender story of a simple girl who found adventure in the White House. By Liz Carpenter. [Autographed by the author] Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1970. First Edition. 8vo., cloth, xv, 341 pp., illustrations (halftones). Dust jacket missing, otherwise in very fine condition.
US $16.50
THE BLACK ROSE. By Thomas B. Costain. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1946. Second printing of First Edition. 8vo., cloth with dust jacket, x, 403 pp. Dust jacket torn in places, otherwise in fine condition. [From the inside flap of dj: "This exciting historical novel moves from England after the Crusades to the Orient of Kublai Khan. It's the story of a young English nobleman who fights his way to the heart of the fabulous Mongol empire and returns to find that he must choose between an English heiress and an enchanting girl of the East."]
US $25.00
THE TAMARACK TREE. By Howard Breslin. Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. New York: London, © 1947. First Edition. 8vo., cloth with dust jacket, (4p), 378 pp. [From the inside flap of dj: "The Tamarack tree cast its long shadow on the strangest drama of love and violence that ever swept a small New England village. Howard Breslin has here written a lusty and powerful historical novel of the days when a President was elected with hard cider and a rally meant love, excitement, even murder - and only incidentally politics."]. Fine condition.
US $20.00
COLONEL EFFINGHAM'S RAID. By Berry Fleming. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, © 1943. First Edition. 8vo., cloth with dust jacket, (8p) 279 pp. [A novel about a retired Army Colonel in a small Southern town who has no intentions of drinking his life away in retirement; he takes on City Hall and crooked politicians.] Fine condition.
US $25.00
THE YANKEE FROM TENNESSEE. A biographical novel about Andrew Johnson, our seventeenth president. By Noel B. Gerson. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, © 1960. First Edition. 8vo., hard cover with dust jacket, 382 pp. Fine condition.
US $26.00
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. No. 274. March, 1873. Published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York. Original Edition. Rare. Full of interesting material, feature stories such as "Life On Board A Man-Of-War", Love and Life, etc. 8vo., printed wraps, 481-641 pp., 6p. book ads, wood cut engravings. Some chipping on cover, otherwise very good condition.
US $28.00
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. No. 283. December, 1873. Published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York. Original Edition. Rare. This edition is full of historical material, The Water Ways Of New York, Around Lake Leman, Northern California, South Coast Saunterings In England, Panic In Wall Street [the history of the New York Stock Exchange up to, and including, the crash of 1873.], etc. 8vo., printed wraps, 160 pp., 8p. ads, many fine wood cut engravings. Spine chipping and on upper corner of back cover, otherwise very good condition.
US $65.00
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. No. CCCLIV. November, 1879. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 327 to 335 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, 1879. Original Edition. Rare. Articles of historical mention in this issue are, The Old National Pike, Early American Art, The Legend Of All-Hallow Eve, The Cattle Ranches Of Colorado, etc. 8vo., printed wraps, 801-960 pp., contents pages of the previous edition (viii), 8p. ads., many wood cut engravings. Front cover missing and first page slightly damaged but very readable, usual spine chipping, otherwise in very good condition for magazines this old.
US $25.00
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY. Devoted To Literature, Science, Art, and Politics. Volume LVII - Number 341. March, 1886. Boston: Houghton Mifflin And Company / New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street, The Riverside Press, Cambridge. Original Edition. Rare. Some of the articles are - Americana; The United States After The Revolutionary War; Grant; A Shakespearean Scholar; General J. E. B. Stuart; Tennyson The Conservative, etc. 8vo, wraps, (8p.), 289-432 pp., (16 more pages of ads in back), wood cut engravings. Good condition only. Most of spine paper missing and back cover missing. Front wrap in tact but chipped. The usual condition of a magazine of this age.
US $25.00
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Vol. LXXIII. No. CCCCXXXVIII, November, 1886. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 327 to 335 Pearl Street, Franklin Square, 1886. Original Edition and rare. Some articles of note are - Halloween: A Threefold Chronicle [in Ireland; in Scotland; at Sea.]; The American Cowboy; Our Coast-Guard. A Brief History of the United States Revenue Marine Service. 8vo., wraps, (14p. ads), viii, 813-972, (26p. ads), wood cut engravings. Good condition. Front and back cover missing and spine partially in tact, otherwise all there and readable.
US $25.00
Confederate / Union History, Items
FROM THAT TERRIBLE FIELD. Civil War Letters Of James M. Williams, Twenty-First Alabama Infantry Volunteers. Edited by John Kent Folmar. The University of Alabama Press / University, Alabama, © 1981. First Edition. Dust jacket. Excellent condition; an excellent book.
US $35.00
THE WARTIME PAPERS OF R. E. LEE. Edited by Clifford Dowdey and Louis H. Manarin. Virginia Civil War Commission / Bramhall House: New York, 1981. First Edition. 8vo., hard cover with dust jacket, xiv, 994 pp., maps, indexed. Almost new condition.
US $ 35.00
DON'T LET THE TITLE FOOL YOU!
A YOUTH'S HISTORY OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES From 1861 to 1865. By R. G. Horton. Fiftieth Thousand. New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1867. 12 mo., cloth bound, 384 pp., 8p. advertisements in back, illustrated with wood cut engravings. Condition is very good to fine; fly endsheet is loose and the first owners name is written on this sheet. There is writing on the back fly endsheet and inside back cover, notes made by the owner. This is the best account of the Lincoln administration ever written. The author gives a very accurate portrait of Lincoln and his thugs in office before going into the war itself from a very Southern viewpoint. Now here is the kicker. Mr. Horton was a Yankee in New York. He was branded as a "Copperhead" after the fact. He was smart enough to keep his mount shut and his opinions to himself during the war, otherwise he would have been arrested and lodged in the Old Capital Prison as so many others were by Lincoln and his henchmen. This book was a best seller in the North as well as in the South following its first appearance in early 1867. This is the fourth edition of the work. This book gives modern day Yankee's gas (and I don't mean the kind you put in your automobile either). This book, any edition, is on the rare list.
US $125.00
A YOUTH'S HISTORY OF THE GREAT CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES, From 1861 to 1865. By R. G. Horton. Third Edition. New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1867. 12mo, cloth bound, 384 pp., 8p. advertisements in back, illustrated with wood engravings. Written by a New York Publisher who was decidedly against Lincoln and his Abolition Party in power. He correctly points the finger at Lincoln and his thugs in office for starting and prosecuting the war against the South. In spite of the fact the Lincolnites after the war labeled him a "Copperhead", his book was still one of the best selling titles, right up there with Pollard's Lost Cause. This copy is completely intact but the outer cloth in the spine is beginning to separate from age and use. The title page has a tear in the lower left quadrant and someone many years ago tried to tape it together. The page is still intact. Previous owners name and date of "March 1st, 1867" written in pencil on the inside front endsheet. Front hinge is beginning to crack. Otherwise in very good condition.
US $82.00
BROKENBURNE - A SOUTHERN AUNTIE'S WAR TALE. By Virginia Frazer Boyle. With illustrations by Wm. Henry Walker. New York: E. R. Herrick & Company, 1897. First Edition. 8vo., 75 pp., gold gilt embossed cloth cover, gold gilt top pages, illustrations of old plantation days. Written in old Southern black dialect of the times. A beautiful story in a beautiful book by a very talented Southern authoress. This book is in extremely fine condition.
US $65.50
ROBERT DEVOY - A TALE OF THE PALMYRA MASSACRE. By Frank H. Sosey. Press of Sosey Bros., Palmyra, Mo. Souvenir Edition. Published 1918. Original edition published in 1903. 8vo., half cloth, printed paper on boards, illustrations added by James B. Settles of Palmyra, xvi, 157 pp. This book is written about the famous massacre of ten Confederate soldiers by the Unionist of Missouri under orders of General John McNeil, a Abolitionist militia officer. President Davis in a communication to President Lincoln demanded the arrest of McNeil who was to be turned over to the Confederate authorities or he would order the execution of the first ten Union officers who came within his reach. The text is written in a fictionalized format, but is based entirely on actual fact. Names were changed in the book of some of the characters who played a part in the events, who were still living at the time of publication, but not the names of the Confederate soldiers nor McNeil and co-conspirator William R. Strachan. This is another chapter in the saga of bloody Missouri. This copy is in fine condition, printed on good, strong, book paper; no markings, good clean copy.
US $64.00
CONFEDERATE WOMEN OF ARKANSAS In The Civil War 1861-'65. Memorial Reminiscences. Published By The United Confederate Veterans of Arkansas, November 1907. First Edition. H. G. Pugh Ptg. Co., Little Rock, Ark. ©1907. 8vo., cloth, 221 pp., illustrations, portraits. Pages browned from age but in great shape. Text is somewhat loose in places but still intact. The frontis page is loose half way down the page with a small tear near the binding edge. If the atrocities which took place in Missouri during the war have not made you mad enough, then this book will certainly do the job. The women were subjected to every outrage imaginable by the cowards in the west who were not man enough to face our boys in arms on the battlefield. This copy is in very good to fine condition, and is extremely rare.
US $175.00
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, EX-PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. Together with comments of the press, funeral sermons, etc. etc. Edited By A. C. Bancroft. Western Book Association, 729 Austin St., Waco, Texas. Copyright 1889 By J. S. Ogilvie. 1st Edition. 16mo., half cloth with marbled boards. Spine reverse gold gilt stamped. Outer pages marbled all around. The last tribute to the dead President of the Confederacy and the tributes come form friend and foe alike who speak of him as they knew him. Very interesting comments and very interesting reading, complete with several engravings of Davis and his home, Beauvoir. His funeral brought about the largest gathering of war veterans as of that time; complete with each division in the cortege, the pall bearers, dignitaries, everybody who was anybody in the South, right down to the privates, and thousands of people of New Orleans. This copy is in very fine condition, except the front fly sheet is old and brittle and has broken loose, otherwise a great rare book.
US $175.00
WAR YEARS WITH J E B STUART. By Lieut. Colonel W. W. Blackford, C. S. A. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. 8vo., cloth, xiii, 322 pages, frontis, illustrated with halftones. This is without a doubt the best history of JEB Stuart's command every written. William Blackford was intimately acquainted with General Stuart; served on his staff during the entire war except at the end; was his chief scout and engineer, on many occasions his bunk mate and mess mate, etc. Not only is this one of the most interesting books on the war you will every read, but it is one of the most revealing into the great events of the cavalry arm of the Army of Northern Virginia. Blackford wrote the manuscript after the war, several years before his death, but never had the mss. published. It was not until many years later that the mss. was found and turned over for publication. A really great book about this most important command. Condition is very fine +. It doesn't look as though it was ever handled but once.
US $80.00
RECOLLECTIONS AND LETTERS OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. By His Son Captain Robert E. Lee, with Photogravure Portraits. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. First Edition. 8vo., original gray cloth, with embossed garland encased Confederate flag on front, gold gilt stamped, xii, 461 pages, frontis, illustrations. Although many books have been written about our great general, this one stands alone. His son obviously knew details about his father that no one else would have known, and he was privied to letters and information that were of a personal nature from his family members that tell a much different story of the great general that you can not find in any other publication. Upon reading this book you can not help but come away with a much greater appreciation of the man as well as the great commander. Condition is very fine.
US $55.00
THE CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND THE SUMTER. From The Private Journals and Other Papers of Commander R. Semmes, C.S.N., and other Officers. Two Volumes in One. New York: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway. London: Saunders Otley, & Co. M DCCC LXIV (1864). First Edition. This is the very first book on the subject and written during the progress of the war. The fate of the Sumter and Alabama, however, was already sealed at the time of publication so no secrets were given out. This book was first published in England in the same year, and this is the first American edition. It was published anonymously by a ghost writer in England but with the full knowledge of Admiral Semmes and others, who contributed the information for publication. In the appendix no. 1 is a list of every capture of both ships during service, where and when, the amount of spoils and the fate of that ship. In appendix 2, is the day by day log of each ship, every latitude and port up to the time each was destroyed. The other appendixes are of crew members and others who knew something of the history of the Alabama. I don't think this book has ever been read, and it is in as near perfect condition as you could ever hope to find. Extremely fine and extremely rare.
US $450.00
NARRATIVE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, DIRECTED DURING THE LATE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, By Joseph E. Johnston, General, C. S. A. Illustrated by Steel Plates and Maps. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1874. First Edition. There were four full generals during the short lived Confederacy: Generals Lee, Beauregard, Bragg and Johnston. Had General Johnston not had the bad luck to get himself badly wounded in the Peninsula campaign he would have remained the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and General Lee may never gained the reputation that he so rightly deserved. Johnston and Lee were the best the South had to offer followed only by General G.P.T. Beauregard. This is a full and detailed account of his operations during the War Between the States. President Davis disliked Johnston so much that he was determined to keep him out of the limelight whenever possible, but each time the Southern Army of Mississippi and that of Tennessee was taking a beating or about to take one, President Davis would call on Johnston to try to save the day, but it was usually too little to late. You will not find a better narrative on the actions of the Army of Tennessee anywhere. This great book has in the past been professional repaired but the hinges still have stress cracks in them, otherwise this book is in very good plus condition with no pages missing or damaged in anyway. Extremely rare.
US $250.00
REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR. By General John B. Gordon of the Confederate Army. With portraits. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First Edition. 8vo., original blue cloth with seal of the Confederacy, xiii, 474 pages. There are numerous great narratives on the Army of Northern Virginia and its part in the great struggle for Southern Independence from 1861 to 1865, and this one ranks up with the very best. General Gordon, of Georgia, went to war as a captain of a company of rough north Georgia mountaineers and eventually became a division commander and ultimately one of General Lee's best and most trusted officers. Although he was seriously wounded during the war he somehow managed to survive and surrendered the remnant of his division at Appomattox Courthouse in April, 1865. This extremely popular book is in fine plus condition with only the slightest amount of looseness in the front joint, which is the only fault I can find with the book. The original owner of the book has recorded the death of Gen. Gordon on one page in pencil, and on another page the death of Gen. Longstreet. Don't miss this one.
US $375.00
THE CONFEDERATE CAUSE AND CONDUCT IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES As Set forth in the Reports of the History Committee of the Grand Camp, C. V., of Virginia and Other Confederate Papers. By Hunter McGuire, M.D., L.L.D., Late Medical Director Jackson's Corps, A.N.V, and Hon. George L. Christian of Richmond, Va. With an Introduction by Rev. James Power Smith, D.D., Last Survivor of the Staff of "Stonewall" Jackson. Richmond, Va.: L. H. Jenkins, Publisher, 1907. First Edition. 8vo., original gray cloth, gold foil stamped title and Great Seal of the Confederacy on front, xi, 229 pages, frontis portrait of McGuire. This is an ex-library copy from Berea College Library, Berea, Kentucky. Hinges are strong but the inside joints are beginning to crack in places but still holding well, the cover shows the usual wear for a book this old. The overall condition is very good.
US $65.00
CONFEDERATE SCRAP-BOOK. Copied from a Scrap-book kept by a young girl during and immediately after the war, with additions from war copies of the "Southern Literary Messenger" and "Illustrated News" loaned by friends, and other selections as accredited. Published for the benefit of the Memorial Bazaar, held in Richmond, April 11, 1893. [By Lizzie Cary Daniel] Richmond, VA: J. L. Hill Printing Company, 1893. First Edition. 8vo., original gray cloth with gold foil stamped title and Confederate Battle flag on front, iv, 256 pages. In fine plus condition. This book contains some of the most interesting material, special orders from the army, newspaper clippings of events, words to songs sung in the Confederacy, copies of letters, a hodge-podge of everything. A really great book about the Confederate States by a Confederate Lady. Very rare.
US $275.00
ECHOES FROM THE SOUTH. Comprising The Most Important Speeches, Proclamations, and Public Acts Emanating From The South During The Late War. By n.a. [Edward A. Pollard] New York: E. B. Treat & Co., 1866. First Edition. 16mo., dark green cloth, title stamped on spine in gold gilt, 211 pages, 4 pages ads in back. Although this book was erroneously attributed to B. Estavan, the unknown "Colonel of Cavalry" of the Confederate States Army who goes to England and writes his one and only book entitled War Pictures From The South, it is in fact edited by Edward A. Pollard the Southern Historian. There is an excellent speech by Alexander H. Stephens in 1860; the Ordinances of Secession of each of the Confederate States; a Speech of Jefferson Davis on leaving the U.S. Senate; many other speeches and proclamations, etc. There is also a listing of all of the Confederate generals and where they commanded in the first year of the war. This book was the personal copy of Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, Professor of History at Tulane University in Louisiana, author of several books on the Confederacy and the old South, and is in fine condition and extremely rare. Signed.
US $325.00
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES, ANECDOTES, AND LETTERS OF GEN. ROBERT E. LEE. By Rev. J. William Jones, D. D., Formerly Chaplain Army Northern Virginia, and of Washington College, Virginia. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. Second Edition. 8vo., green cloth, embossed borders with gold gilt title half title and coat of arms of the Lee Family on front, gold gilt spine title; xvi, 509 pages, engraved portraits, illustrations. Written by someone who knew him well and who served under him during the war and after. Nothing more need be said. This is the most popular of all the books written about the great chieftain of our Southern Confederacy. This book is in fine condition and would rank better except for some light foxing on the old cover material. The book has been used and handled by the original owner in Mobile, Alabama who purchased the book new and it came from her estate.
US $180.00
LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF LIEUT.-GEN. THOMAS J. JACKSON, (Stonewall Jackson). By Prof. R. L. Dabney, D.D. of the Union Theological Seminary, Virginia. Illustrated with Steel Portrait and Eleven Diagrams. New York: Blelock & Co., 19 Beekman Street. Richmond, Va., and Philadelphia, Pa., National Publishing Company, 1866. First Edition. 8vo., original dark brown cloth, blind embossed front, gold gilt title on spine, xii, 742 pages, illustrated. Professor Dabney first published this book under a slightly different title in a two volume set in 1864, and had it printed in England. This is the first American Edition. The cover is in great shape, no cracked hinges. The text pages, however, have toned with age which is common in all of this title because of the cheap paper which was used. The title page is cracked two thirds of the way down but still holding, which can be easily repaired by a professional bindery. This is the most popular history of the great commander, and is extremely rare in any condition.
US $425.00
RECOLLECTIONS OF A VIRGINIAN in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil Wars. By General Dabney Herndon Marui, Ex-United States Minister To Columbia. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. First Edition. 8vo., original gray cloth with blue foil stamped half title and sword on front, gold gilt stamped on spine; xi, 279 pages. General Marui was not needed in Virginia so was sent South, first to Vicksburg, then to Meridian, where he was promoted and given command of the Department of the Gulf and headquartered in Mobile where he remained until the close of the war. Many people of the area came under his careful eye, which he writes about. Even General Nathan B. Forrest was placed under his command during the last two years of the war but General Maury gave him free reign to do as he had always done. He devotes two chapters in his book to General Forrest and gives some very interesting information that I have never seen in print any where else. This book is in fine condition and would be in very fine condition except for some mold damage on the back cover in the lower outside edge and a small smudge on the front cover at the tip of the sword. Otherwise the book is in great shape for its age, and rare.
US $135.00
MORGAN'S ESCAPE. A THRILLING STORY OF WAR TIMES. A True History of the Raid of General Morgan and His Men Through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio; Their Incarceration in the Columbus Penitentiary, Escape Therefrom and Tragic Death of the Intrepid Leader. By Capt. L. D. Hockersmith. Copyright 1903 by L. D. Hockersmith. Glenn's Graphic Print, Madisonville, Ky., 1903. First, and only, Edition. 8vo., paper wrappers, 54 pages, double column printed, frontis and portrait of Capt. Hockersmith. This is the most in-depth and critical narrative of the escape of General John H. Morgan and some of his officers that I have ever read; far more detailed and accurate than the account given in General Basil Duke's history of Morgan's Cavalry. Captain Hockersmith was the man who planned and executed the escape and knew every detail of the plan and how it was carried out. The little book is in very good plus condition with the exception of the brittle cover where the staples hold all together. The cover is cracked at the top above the staple and at the bottom below the staple; there is a small chip out of the back lower corner and a small tear opposite that near the spine. Other than that I can find nothing wrong with the booklet. There are so few copies of this book left that its rarity can not be determined as yet. I personally have found only two other copies and those in special collections at large libraries.
US $225.00
THE LOST CAUSE; A NEW SOUTHERN HISTORY OF THE WAR OF THE CONFEDERATES, etc... By Edward A. Pollard, of Virginia, New and Enlarged Edition, with Numerous Splendid Steel Portraits. New York: E. B. Treat & Co., Publishers, 1868. Second Edition. Royal 8vo., original cloth with blind embossed design on cover and gold gilt cresent and star on front, title and palmetto on spine. This is the only edition which has the large fold out, colored, engraved map of the United States showing where the principle battles took place. Mr. Pollard earned the reputation of being the historian of the war and upon reading this great book it is easy to understand why. The condition is fine plus; hinges are strong, everything is in place and in good order. The spine is sun faded which is common in many old books that were placed on a shelf for many long years where sun light could get to them. For some unexplained reason this edition did not sell as well as the first edition, yet this one was the most complete and has the addition of a steel engraved, hand colored, map, making it far more desirable, today, than the first.
US $375.00
BEECHENBROOK; A RHYME OF THE WAR. By Margaret J. Preston. Baltimore: Kelly & Piet, Publishers, 1866. First Edition. 16mo., full cowhide with gold gilt title on front cover and gilt page edges, 94 pages. The dedication page says it best: "To Every Southern Woman, Who Has Been Widowed By the War, I Dedicate This Rhyme, Published During the Progress of the Struggle and Now Re-Produced - As A Faint Memorial of Sufferings, of Which There Can Be No Forgetfulness. M. J. P." This book was first published in Richmond in 1865, but before it could be released that city came under fire from Yankee cannon and fire destroyed all of the books. The hinges were broken but some repair work has been done to the inside joints and there is some leather chipped or missing from the very bottom of the spine. The old leather is quite brittle but a softener has been used to help the problem. Otherwise the book is in great shape; pages are clean and tight. A very collectable book of Confederate poetry. Mrs. Preston, a Confederate till the day she died, had no intention of forgiving or forgetting. God bless the old mothers of the South.
US $85.00
BATTLEFIELDS OF THE SOUTH, FROM BULL RUN TO FREDERICKSBURGH; With Sketches of Confederate Commanders, and Gossip of the Camps. By An English Combatant, Lieutenant of Artillery On The Field Staff. New York: John Bradburn, No. 49 Walker Street. Successor To M. Doolady, 1864. First American Edition. It was at one time thought this was a second edition but better research has shown this to be the first edition published in America during the latter part of the year 1863, after the London Edition was published earlier that year. This book was released in December, 1863 in New York but carries the date 1864 on the title page. 8vo., blind embossed cloth, with gold gilt title on spine, xxvii, 517 pages, 2 fold out maps. Title on the backstrip reads Southern History of the War. Battles Fields of the South. The condition is fine throughout. However, the cloth covering is beginning to chip from old age along the spine and in places along the edges and corners on the outside only. The inside is in near perfect condition for a book this old. This is a copy retired from the New Jersey Historical Society. Their loss is our gain. This is without a doubt the very best narrative of the first two years of the war ever written by a private soldier; an eye-witness and participant in the events as they were happening. The events which were taking place in Missouri and around New Orleans were described in detail by young men that he knew who also participated in those areas of the war and wrote to him giving graphic details of their part in the great events. The author was in fact born in England but was reared in America and educated here. He enlisted in the 18th Mississippi Regiment at Yazoo City, Mississippi and his regiment was brigaded with the 13th and 17th Mississippi and a Virginia Regiment. His name was Thomas E. Caffee. His book is not only Extremely Rare but it is one of the best of narratives.
US $850.00
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DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA: Containing The Statutes and Resolutions In Force At The End Of The General Assembly In January, 1823. To Which Is Added, An Appendix; etc.... Compiled By Appointment, and Under The Authority Of The General Assembly, By Harry Toulmin, Esq. With A Copious Index. Cahawba: Published By Ginn & Curtis, 1823. (J. & J. Harper, Printers, New York.)
This is the rarest of all Acts of Alabama. Judge Toulmin extracted all of the laws relative to what is now the State of Alabama, out of the original Mississippi Territorial Acts of the Territorial Assembly, from 1807, including the original act organizing the Mississippi Territory in the year 1798, up to the year 1822. This book is full of genealogical, as well as historical, information. It is the history of the beginning of the State of Alabama, how it was formed and how it grew, counties, towns, cities, highways and riverways, everything you could ever want to know. 8vo., leather bound, xxxiv, 9 - 1066 pp., including index. Original front board missing and a later State board was applied with lawyer binding tape. Hinges are completely broken away but taped. Extremely Rare in any condition.
US $800.00
ACTS OF ALABAMA - 1823 TO 1830. by The General Assembly of the State of Alabama. 1823 to 1826 printed and published at Cahawba. 1827 to 1830 printed and published at the Town of Tuscaloosa. Seven original issues bound in one volume. 8vo., original cowhide, 702 pp. This early legislature had jurisdiction over such matters as State and County boundaries, divorce, relief of needy soldiers and widows, certain estate matters, appointment of judges, Justice of the Peace, forming tax districts where election precincts established and at whose house the elections should be held, etc. Extremely Rare in any condition.
US $180.00
ACTS OF ALABAMA - 1834-1835 Session. by The General Assembly of the State of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: David Ferguson, State Printer, 1835. 8vo., half calf and papered boards, 160 pp. Spine covered by lawyers binding tape. Extremely Rare in any condition.
US $125.00
ACTS OF ALABAMA - 1836. by The General Assembly of the State of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: David Ferguson, State Printer, 1837. 8vo., half calf and marbled paper on boards, 152 pp. Spine cover by lawyers binding tape. Extremely Rare in any condition
US $125.00
ACTS OF ALABAMA - 1835 TO 1837. by The General Assembly of the State of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: David Ferguson, State Printer, 1836-1837. 8vo., half calf on papered boards, 515 pp. total. Four issues of regular and called sessions bound into one volume. Covers, in part, acts concerning the Alabama Troops called into service for the Indian wars, and other acts. Spine covered by lawyers binding tape. Extremely Rare in any condition.
US $380.00
ACTS OF ALABAMA - 1838 TO 1841. by The General Assembly of the State of Alabama. Printed and published at Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Three issues, or booklets, bound in one volume. 8vo., original cowhide supported by lawyers binding tape, 623 pp. total. In addition to the above the early legislature had jurisdiction over name changes; incorporations of insurance companies, private schools, toll roads, etc. were brought before this body. Extremely Rare in any condition.
US $325.00
ACTS OF ALABAMA - 1844. by The General Assembly of the State of Alabama. Tuscaloosa: John McCormick, State Printer, 1844. 8vo., original Indago Blue paper on heavy paper, 224 pp. Spine is bound with lawyers binding tape. Extremely Rare in any condition.
US $125.00
ACTS OF ALABAMA - 1848 TO 1850. by The General Assembly of the State of Alabama. Montgomery: Brittan & De Wolf, State Printers, 1849-1850. 8vo., three quarter cowhide and marbled boards, 1030 pp. total. Two issues bound in one volume. Boards show hard ware, spine chipped at top. Extremely Rare.
US $375.00
OLD CAHABA LAND OFFICE RECORDS & MILITARY WARRANTS, 1817-1853. By Marilyn D. Hahn. Old South Printing & Publishing Co., Mobile, Alabama, 1981. Thousands of names and also maps of the state as it progressed from Territorial times to the present, complete with a full name index. 8vo., perfect bound, xxvii, 260 pp. Fine condition.
US $24.00
NORTH CAROLINA WILLS: A Testator Index, 1665 - 1900. By Thorntonn W. Mitchell. Corrected and Revised Edition (1996). Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore. 8vo., cloth, xliv, 582 pp. Very fine condition.
US $35.00
HISTORY OF FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS. History, Statistics and Biographies, Business Cards, and a Complete Directory of The County. By W. A. Carter. Bonham, Texas, 1885. This is the Third Reprint, 1980 edition. A faithful reprint of the original with the addition of an index. 12mo., printed wraps, 148 pp. Fine condition.
US $25.00
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Engravings, CDV's, Paper items
1. THE HAUNTED VILLAGE. London Pub'l Jan'y 1, 1795, by T. Simpson, St Paul's Church Yard, and Darling & Thompson, etc. Fill'd with every idle tale / Told by nurse at sleepy hour, / How the goblin of the vale / Haunts at midnight brook & bon'r | Where the sprite its vigil keeps / Saucer eyed, and tall as tree! / Near the shadowy Church year creeps / Timid Curiosity.
This is a stone lithograph and printed using color. It is a copy of an original, sense I do not believe color was in use that early in England, or anywhere else. On the reverse of the litho is a stamp which may mean something to someone, but not me. "R. Dogana DI Roma No 3" , a crown and then a date "7 GIU 02". The paper is browned and the edges are brittle with age and chipping, otherwise in good condition. 10¾ x 13 inches.
US $35.00
2. THE AMERICAN NATIONAL GAME OF BASE BALL. Grand Match for the Championship at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, N. J. Entered According To Act Of Congress A.D. 1866, By Currier & Ives, In The Clerks Office Of The District Court Of The United States, for the Southern District of NY.
This an old copy of an original lithograph by Currier & Ives. Printed in color and on cheap paper. It was originally in a frame and there is discoloration in the main graphic and on the edges to where the frame protected the paper. Silverfish have eaten on the edges in places and there is a small tear at the top, otherwise it is a nice print. Probably turn of the Century. 12 x 16 inches
US $25.00
3. PRES'T LINCOLN AND FAMILY. Published by John Dainty, Philadelphia. Painted by F. Schell. Engraved by A. B. Walter. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by John Dainty in the clerks office of the district Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
First Edition. This is an original steel plate engraving of Abraham Lincoln and wife and their two children. His oldest son is in the uniform of a Union soldier and standing between his parents. The youngest son is standing beside his father looking at a book which, kind, Ol Abe is reading to them, and Mrs. Abe is shining so bright she is providing the light to see by. Yankeedom is saved by the grace of Abe.
US $65.00.
4. ORIGINAL PHOTO OF THE COURT HOUSE OF DAYTON, OHIO. Actual street scene of the City of Dayton, people, carriages and men on bicycles, etc. Back plate reads, "Compliments of The Only Liberal Paint and Wall Paper Store In the city, where handsome and Useful Presents are Given Away to Cash Purchasers - - Barrett's 144 E. Third St., Next to St. Clair." Late 1890's.
US $10.00
5. N. B. PIONEERS OF VANDALIA OHIO CHURCH. Original photo of some very old people, members of the church taken around the turn of the Century.
US $10.00
6. SLAVE DOCUMENT - SLAVE DOCUMENT - SLAVE DOCUMENT (flashing lights in your mind as you picture this). An original Last Will & Testament of a WOMAN giving away slaves to her children. That's right, it's the real thing.. This old will is dated the 14th day of October 1802 in the Mississippi Territory signed by Marie Joseph Le Narbone.
US $75.00
7. NEWSPAPER. The Christian Advocate. Published By Robt. J. Harp, For The Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana Conferences, Methodist Episcopal Church South. Vol. XVII. New Orleans, Thursday, July 27, 1871. No. 28. Eight pages of editorial news, notices, and advertisements. Water stained but in very good condition to be so old.
US $20.00
8. THE PORT OF GALVESTON AND THE THIRD TEXAS NAVY Presents a Portfolio of Prints of the Four Fighting Ships of the Original Texas Navy, 1836-37. Ink drawings of the original ships of the Texas Navy from the pin of Emil Bunjes of Galveston in the 1970's. Four original sketches of the Liberty, Invincible, Brutus, and Independence printed on heavy acid free stock, in the original wrapper.
US $40.00
9. Carte de Visit of General P. G. T. Beauregard - General of the Confederate States Army. An original CDV in an old frame. All you need is a wall and a picture hanger and the general can grace your office or den.
US $80.00
10. Original steel engraving of General Braxton Bragg and the general's who served under his command, namely Lieut. Gen. Kirby Smith, Lieut. Gen. W. J. Hardee, Maj. Gen. John B. Hood, Gen. John H. Morgan, Maj. Gen. N. B. Forrest and Lieut. Gen. L. Polk. This very old engraving was originally in the book, The Lost Cause, by Pollard, but was removed and placed in a an inexpensive wooden frame. The old engraving has some edge tears and shows some age in color, but it was printed ca. 1867, so I guess it is lucky to be here at all.
US $75.00
11. Original steel engraving of General Joseph E. Johnston with his signature below the engraved portrait. It is mounted in an old frame under glass, but the gray masking around it looks homemade. The engraving is in excellent condition, probably done in the mid to late 1860's.
US $185.00
12. Original litho-engraved post card of the four Confederate Flags in use during the war. This post card was printed around the turn of this Century, and is framed in an old frame that is probably worth more than the post card, but both are offered for one price.
US $85.00
13. Two original Confederate States of America Ten dollar notes, numbers 33911 and 33912, both in excellent shape and framed in a frame that looks like it survived the war. The glass is the very old imperfect glass of that era. Once again the frame and glass are probably worth more than the two ten dollar notes. Both are dated February 17th 1864, so are part of the last issue printed before our glorious cause collapsed.
US $225.00
14. THE BEST AND RAREST OF ALL. Three original CDV's, or photographs if you will, of General John Hunt Morgan and some of his men. The first is an original photo of Lieutenant John H. Morgan in the uniform of a United States officer during the Mexican War. Made in 1848 or 49. The second is of General Morgan in the uniform of a Confederate General. It is the last known photograph made of him before he was murdered in East Tennessee in 1864. The third photo is the rarest of all. Six of his men in prison. Each man is identified and the photo was made by the prison photographer in 1864. Each man is in uniform and four are seated and two standing behind. All three are in a large old frame. The photo's and frame are old but the masking is modern and the names of everyone have been gold foil stamped at the appropriate place. An unbelievable one time offer that you will never find again.
US $1,125.00
15. General Andrew Jackson. An original copper plate engraving of the general on horseback marching into the Creek Indian Nation in 1813. The engraving was printed during the 1840's, long before color was invented for printing. The engraving is colored by hand using watercolor, or die, in use during that period. The engraving was removed from a book about American Indians and placed in a very old frame and tastefully matted, or masked. The fancy old frame is worth as much, or more, than the engraving. Engraving is 5½ x 8½ inches. Extremely rare.
US $475.00
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