Abbott, John S.C.

The History of the Civil War ini America; Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion, of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Arimies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital, and the Cabin. (2 VOLUMES)

New York, Henry Bill, 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 507, 507PP. Embossed brown leather, gilt lettering to spine, marbled edges and marbled endpapers. Wear to edges, hinge of volume I slightly tender but holding, text blocks of both volumes tight, frontispiece of Vol. I not present, scattered foxing and age-toning to text and plates. Both volumes illustrated throughout with engraved scenes and portraits, plus numerous maps and diagrams. Fair.

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Book number: 004705

Catalogue: American History, Military, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: "Civil War" Slavery Union Confederacy LIncoln Grant

Bland, T.A.

Life of Benjamin F. Butler

New York and Boston, Lee and Shepard and Charles T. Dillingham, 1879. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 202pp. Green boards, gilt bust of Butler on front board, gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library label on front pastedown, inner hinges cracked but holding, lengthy writing on rear endpapers, former owners' names on front endpapers, an aspiring artist has apparently colored part of the engraved frontispiece portrait with red watercolor. Poor.

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Book number: 003863

Catalogue: Biography, Military, U.S. Civil War

Hergesheimer, Joseph

Swords & Roses

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 327pp. Tna cloth. SIGNED and inscribed by author on half-title page. Light wear and overall soil and spotting, top corners torn off 2 rear endpapers. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004138

Catalogue: Literature and Fiction, Military, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: Confederacy South Union

United States Military Academy Dept. of History - (Timothy H. Donovan Jr. et al)

The American Civil War (The West Point Military History Series)

Wayne, New Jersey, Avery Publishing Group, Inc. 1987. First Edition, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover. 0895293188. 250pp. Pictorial boards. Book is in clean, unworn condition interior and exterior. Illustrated. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003724

Catalogue: American History, Military, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: "Bull Run" Vicksburg Chicamauga Shiloh 0895293188

Holmes, Prescott

The Battles of the War for the Union

Philadelphia, Henry Altemus, 1897. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. 338pp. Decorative green cloth, gilt red and black design. Extremeties rubbed, spine faded, contents are clean. Concise history of U.S Civil War, illustrated. Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004527

Catalogue: American History, U.S. Civil War, Military

Keywords: Lincoln McClellan Lee Grant

Holzman, Robert S.

Stormy Ben Butler

New York, Collier Books, 1961. Soft cover. 280pp. Mass market paperback. Some darkening to cover, contents are clean, binding is solid. Very Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004523

Catalogue: U.S. Civil War, Military

Keywords: "Union Army" "New Orleans"

Mitchell, Joseph B.

Decisive Battles of the Civil War

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 226pp. Black cloth, red decoration and lettering. Very good book in sound condition. SIGNED by the author for the members of the Civil War Book Club. Very Good/No Jacket.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 003849

Catalogue: American History, Military, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: Union Confederacy

Morris, William H. (Brig.-Gen.)

Field Tactics for Infantry: Comprising the Battalion Movements, and Brigade Evolutions, Useful in the Field, On the March,and In the Presence of the Enemy.

New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1864. 1st Edition, 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 146pp. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the Author on front free endpaper. Cover spotted, spine lettering partially obliterated, front free endpaper missing, contents lightly age-toned, preliminaries foxed and occasional light foxing to text. Front endpaper is inscribed to Col. Townsend, and signed by the author. Verso is inscribed in pencil, in a different handwriting, partially illegible. Morris served as a Brigadier General in the Union Army. The author offers precise detail of field tactics and maneuvers, along with numerous diagrams. Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 004714

Catalogue: Military, U.S. Civil War, Signed

Keywords: Union Confederacy "Civil War" Battlefield Tactics Strategy Formations

Randall, J.G.

The Civil War and Reconstruction

Boston, D.C. Heath and Company, 1937. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 959pp. Extremities rubbed, spine darkened, occasional margin notations, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, binding is tight, some dampstaining and puckering to lower margin. Good/No Jacket.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 003720

Catalogue: American History, Military, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: Slavery Secession Lincoln McClellan Confederacy Grant Abolition

Sinclair, Arthur

Two Years on the Alabama

Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1896. 2nd Edition, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 352pp. Grey pictorial cloth, blue and red decoration, gilt lettering. Light wear to cover, spine slightly darkened, some internal separation, binding holding, text is mildly age-toned. 33 illustrations. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004576

Catalogue: American History, Military, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: Confederacy Union "Ciivil War" Maritime

Sorrel, G. Moxley

Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer

Jackson, Tennessee, McCowat-Mercer Press, 1958. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 322pp. Light green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Spine sunned, slight toning to endpapers. Laid-in is a "Review Copy" notice from the publisher requesting "two clippings of your review." Very Good/No Jacket.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 003856

Catalogue: Military, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: Grant Lee Longstreet Burnside Pickett

Wolseley, Field Marshall Viscount

The American Civil War; An English View

Charlottesville, The University Press of Virginia, 1964. First Edition, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 230pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Book is in clean, unworn condition. Dust jacket spine is slightly sunned, 2 small edge tears. Near Fine/Very Good.

Old BookshelfProfessional seller

Book number: 003811

Catalogue: American History, Military, U.S. Civil War

Keywords: Grant Lincoln Davis Lee Confederacy Union