Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1996. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 159 PP. Limited leather edition. 100% genuine leather binding with elaborate gilt illustration to covers and spine. AEG. Previous owner blindstamped inititials on title-page. From the collection of George Snider. Mr. Snider was a graduate..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1996. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. [444 PP][454 PP]. Limited leather edition with original publisher prospectus and unused bookplate laid-in to each volume. 100% genuine leather binding with elaborate gilt illustration to covers and spine. AEG. Previous owner blindstamped inititials on..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 886 PP. Original blue leather with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and covers. Three raised hubs to each spine. Original Easton Press prospectus laid-in. A stunning set. More
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1945. First Thus. Original wraps. 5 1/2 X 4 Inches. 285 PP. Original oblong wraps. Armed Services Edition book #F-153. Printed in a pocket-size format intended for use by soldiers fighting in WWII. Light wear and creasing to edges and covers. Top..... More
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1990. Early Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 9 Inches. 472 PP. Second printing with number line to the "2" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed "on the plains of Manassas" by author on the half title-page. From the collection of noted Civil..... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1997. Limited Edition. Leather bound. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 354 PP. One of the scarcer editions in Easton's series of books on the Civil War. Signed by Benjamin Franklin Cooling on a bookplate that is laid-in loose. The bookplate was signed in my presence..... More
Orange, VA: Moss Publications, 1992. Early Edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 Inches. 319 PP. Signed by both authors directly on the title-page. Tremendous reference for the Civil War collector. Profusely illustrated throughout. Stated Fourth Printing copy. Bump to front cover at right edge else a fine copy of..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1862. First Edition. Cloth. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 458 PP + 8 PP Ads. First printing in original brown cloth. Frontis of Brownlow and the tissue-guard intact. Brownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig newspaper, was a staunch opponent of Southern secession. While his views..... More
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 514 PP. First edition translated into English from the original Italian. As called for in the Zempel guide, this copy states "First Printing" on the copyright page. An incredible reference for the collector or scholar. More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 209 PP. "First Published 1995" on copyright page with no additional print dates. Signed by author directly on the title-page (with the original "Autographed" sticker from cover now affixed to front pastedown). From..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Archive Society, 1996. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 9 Inches. Handsome facsimile reprint of the 1913 Longmans, Green original. AEG. A few light blemishes to gutters of volume one, else a fine copy. More
Harrisburg, PA: Archive Society, 1995. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 X 9 Inches. 656 PP. A handsome facsimile reprint of the 1899 original. AEG. A sharp copy. More
Harrisburg, PA: Archive Society, 1995. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 7/8 Inches. Handsome reprint of the 1915 original. Two volume set. AEG. More
Lynchburg, VA: Schroeder Publications, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 9 Inches. 252 PP. First printing with the original price of $30.00 on rear DJ panel. Signed and inscribed to "George" on the FFEP. From the collection of noted Civil War book collector George Snider Jr. George Snider Jr...... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. First printing of Trollope's description of American society and his defense of the Union during the American Civil War. Two volumes bound together in the original brown pebbled cloth. Light sunning to spine and foxing to gutters. A...... More
Gettysburg, PA: J.E. Wible, 1866. First Edition. 3 3/4 X 5 1/2 Inches. 30 PP. Original marbled boards with brown paper spine. Scarce little end of war guide to horse care by Colby, who served in both an Infantry and a Cavalry (21st PA) regiment between August of 1862 and..... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 495 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $28.00 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by noted Civil War historian Oates on the FFEP..... More
Washington DC: Brassey's, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 391 PP. #1273 of 2000 signed by Wittenberg on the Official Civil War Preservation Trust bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original..... More
Dayton, OH: Moringside House, 1991. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. "As we Americans celebrate our diversity, so we must affirm our unity if we are to remain the 'one nation' to which we pledge allegiance." Edwin Bearss Three volume complete set including: Vicksburg is the Key..... More
New York: Signet, 1954. First Thus. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 142 Pages. Stated "First Printing, March 1954" on the copyright page. Slight wear to edges and corners. A more than acceptable copy that is still 100%. Dedicated to Walker Percy. More
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1931. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 514 PP. Early reissue of the Henry classic. Photographs throughout. Original grey boards with seal of the Confederate States of America embossed in blue on front cover. Light toning and foxing. Boards a bit..... More
Dayton, OH: Morningside Bookshop, 1976. First Thus. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 272 PP. Facsimile edition of the 1929 first by Walter Neale. All plates and folding maps intact. Details the exploits and blunders of John Bell Hood during the closing battles of the Civil War in Tennessee. An..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 287 PP. First edition with the stated "March, 1927" on the copyright page. Original blue cloth with gilt title-stamping. Illustrated throughout. Hint of wear to edges and folds, but a quite exceptional copy overall. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 8 3/4 Inches. 558 PP. Important biography of Nathan Beford Forrest. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Listed in "In Tall Cotton". Signed and inscribed, "For the one who started all this - so long ago - Alice Eloise..... More
St. Johnsbury: The Republican Press, 1893. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 271 PP. Original beige cloth with gilt title-stamping to front cover and spine. Includes notes and copies of original records kept by the Confederate Government as well as journal entries by Union Prisoners..... More