Civil War from Charles Agvent
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PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT
by GRANT, Ulysses S
- Condition
- Used - Front endpaper of the second volume detached but present; bright and clean internally. Minor markings to bindings. Handsome, Nea
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- First Edition
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- 1885 & 1886
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,187.50
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New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885 & 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Front endpaper of the second volume detached but present; bright and clean internally. Minor markings to bindings. Handsome, Near Fine set in a Fine slipcase. Two volumes in full modern polished calf leather with original marbled endpapers and edges and original contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,187.50
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by SHERMAN, General William Tecumseh
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- Used - Paper aged and a bit fragile, first and final pages slightly darker than others. Very Good
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- 24 November 1879
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- Letter
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,875.00
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Washington DC, 24 November 1879. Letter. Paper aged and a bit fragile, first and final pages slightly darker than others. Very Good. A six-page letter on both sides of three lined Headquarters Army of the United States letterhead (5" x 8") to Colonel L. B. Church. Sherman expresses his well wishes as Col. Church recovers from an illness,… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,875.00
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by [CIVIL WAR]
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- Used - Creases from folding; ink a bit light. Very Good
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- 24 August 1863
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- Letter
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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Stevenson, AL, 24 August 1863. Letter. Creases from folding; ink a bit light. Very Good. One-page letter on a 7-3/4" x 12-1/4" sheet addressed to a Capt. Goodwin and SIGNED "J. W. Able"[?], "Army Mail Contractor & News Dealer." The writer seems to be proposing a way of "simplifying the army with news matter." The verso is docketed… Read more about this item Item Price
$62.50
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by [CIVIL WAR]
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Letter
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$250.00
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Letter. Near Fine. Four-page letter on a 10-1/2" x 8-1/4" sheet folded in fours. It appears that this is the last four pages of a longer letter of unknown length, SIGNED by Lieut. J. Glendinning to an unknown recipient. Much content including discussion about the 12th Army Corps under Union General Henry W. Slocum. In part: "All of… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
POLITICAL ESSAYS
by LOWELL, James Russell
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- Used - Armorial bookplate of William W. Gay on the front pastedown; darkening of spine label. Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1888
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate of William W. Gay on the front pastedown; darkening of spine label. Near Fine. Publisher's blue cloth with printed paper spine label (5" x 8"). BAL 13198: "Reportedly but 75 copies were done in this untrimmed format but BAL has been unable to substantiate the… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS Relating to Cable's book KINCAID'S BATTERY
by CABLE, George Washington
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- Used - Some tears and wrinkles; two letters are laid down on cardboard. Very Good condition overall
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- 1902 - 1903
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- Letters and Manuscripts
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$6,250.00
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Northampton, MA, 1902 - 1903. Letters and Manuscripts. Some tears and wrinkles; two letters are laid down on cardboard. Very Good condition overall. Superb collection of material by this former Confederate soldier and important, neglected writer who paved the way for modern Southern writers such as Faulkner and Welty in dealing with the pervasive issue of race. Includes… Read more about this item Item Price
$6,250.00
THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. ADDRESS OF BREVET MAJ.-GENERAL RUTHERFORD B. HAYES AT THE FIFTH QUADRENNIAL CONGRESS. Chicago Illinois. April 17th 1885
by HAYES, Rutherford B
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- Used - Minor creases and bumps. Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1885
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- Wraps
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$3,125.00
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[Chicago?]: [Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States], 1885. First Edition. Wraps. Minor creases and bumps. Near Fine. Printed light blue-green wraps; 7 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED at the top of the front cover "To Edward W. Bok/With all regard/R. B. Hayes" by the President. The Loyal Legion was formed on 15 April 1865, the… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,125.00
CARTES DE VISITE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY
by DARRAH, William C
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- Used - Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- (1981)
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$106.30
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Gettysburg, PA: W. C. Darrah, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. Red cloth; [6], 221, [1] pages. Illustrated with many photographs. Essential reference for cartes de visite photographs. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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$106.30
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by STANTON, Edwin
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- Used - Some creasing. Near Fine
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- 24 September 1867
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- Letter
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$625.00
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New York, 24 September 1867. Letter. Some creasing. Near Fine. One-page letter, 5" x 8", by Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War addressed to Edward Haight, former member of Congress from New York during the Civil War. Stanton mentions that he is in New York for a few days with his wife and child and would like to meet… Read more about this item Item Price
$625.00
THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT. JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE THIRTY EIGHTH CONGRESS ... PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ... ABOLISHING SLAVERY. RESOLVED
by [AFRICAN-AMERICANA] LINCOLN, Abraham
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- Used - Recently backed with thin paper with several professional repairs of chips and tears. Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1868
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- Document
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$15,625.00
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Chicago: Western Bank Note & Engraving Co., 1868. First Edition. Document. Recently backed with thin paper with several professional repairs of chips and tears. Very Good . Large folio (16-1/4" x 21-3/4") finely engraved and printed on good quality paper with elaborate decorative borders with a "US" monogram to upper corners, a bold calligraphic heading with "ABOLISHING SLAVERY"… Read more about this item Item Price
$15,625.00
DEAD, YET LIVING. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT KEENE, N.H. MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30, 1884
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Jr
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- Used - Browning to the paper, wear to the very upper right corner. Very Good, important, and scarce
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- First Edition
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- 1884
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$4,375.00
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Boston: Ginn, Heath, and Company, 1884. First Edition. Wraps. Browning to the paper, wear to the very upper right corner. Very Good, important, and scarce. Reprinted from the Boston Daily Advertiser, by the Author's permission. First Separate Edition in self-printed stitched wraps (5" x 7-1/2"), 12 pages, of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s first printed speech, a celebration of… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,375.00
JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by BENET, Stephen Vincent
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- Used - Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine with typical sunning. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a closed split at the back
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$106.30
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine with typical sunning. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a closed split at the back edge. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell… Read more about this item Item Price
$106.30
JOHN MARR AND OTHER POEMS
by MELVILLE, Herman
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- Used - A few small ink check marks by titles in table of contents. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1922
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. A few small ink check marks by titles in table of contents. Near Fine. Cloth-backed boards. Introduction by Henry Chapin. BAL 13725. One of 1,675 copies of a total edition of 1,850. Many of the poems concern the Civil War, as does the short prose piece.
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$62.50
JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by BENET, Stephen Vincent
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- Used - Spine sunned and soiled. Very Good, lacking the slipcase
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Spine sunned and soiled. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. Copy #380 of 1500 illustrated… Read more about this item Item Price
$43.80
NEW YORK HERALD: Bound volume of 120 issues from 1 January 1862 to 30 April 1862 with much war reportage
by [Civil War]
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- Used - Spine rubbed. Overall a Very Good and fascinating compilation
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- 1862
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$2,500.00
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1862. Hardcover. Spine rubbed. Overall a Very Good and fascinating compilation. Large folio (16" x 21-1/2") bound in half sheep and marbled boards. Includes a number of triple sheets. Extensive reportage of the war with numerous maps throughout. In addition to the war news, the papers have ads and other news. Bound in at the front is a… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC JONES WISTAR 1827 - 1905. HALF A CENTURY IN WAR AND PEACE
by WISTAR, Isaac
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- Used - Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper if it ever had one
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- First Trade Edition
- Published
- 1937
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1937. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper if it ever had one. Quarto; blue cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with 7 plates and a folding map. Graff 4724; Howes W-598; New Howes W-597: "Largely devoted to the opening and development of the far West from 1849 to… Read more about this item Item Price
$62.50
JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by BENET, Stephen Vincent
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- Used - Spine just a bit sunned, much less than normal. Near Fine in a Good, partly split slipcase
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Spine just a bit sunned, much less than normal. Near Fine in a Good, partly split slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
THE CONFEDERATE PRIVATEERS
by ROBINSON, William Morrison
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- Used - Small owner raised stamp at the bottom of the front endpaper. Near Fine without the scarce dustwrapper
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1928
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$43.80
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Small owner raised stamp at the bottom of the front endpaper. Near Fine without the scarce dustwrapper. Gray cloth; xvi, 372 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page illustration, and 7 plates.
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$43.80
