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	Souvenir Viewbook of Michigan Soldiers' Home Grand Rapids, Michigan, Michigan soldiers' Home. 1910, First Edition. Original Wraps, 24mo - over 5" - 5Â¾" tall. Ill.: Photographs. - rare old souvenir viewbook commemorating the Michigan Soldiers' home, established after the American Civil War to house the wouned, infirm, as well as orphans and widows - this was a State initative, the VA, being the Federal response - views of the rail link, the grand Victorian buildingsincluding the Women;s annex, post store & restaurant, library, fountains grand cemetarywildlife park - 24 pages - former owner's name / date, 1913, else a near fine copy - American Civil War American soldiers' Holmes Michigan Old soldiers' Homes American Veterans's Hospital Widows & Orphans of Soldiers Sailors Marines Armed Forces Retirement Home Michigan Viewbook . Fine. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 10701 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	EBERHART, M.G. The Bayou Road. London, Collins / Crime Club. 1979, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st British edition. A Civil War novel / murder mystery. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2806 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	LORD, FRANCIS A. CIVIL War Collector's Encyclopedia Edison, N.J.: Blue & Grey Press, 1995. Cloth. - new edition with added material by Lord - 4 volumes bound in 2. - 1,000 pages - bibliography - index - a great reference book of Civil War antiquities, memorabilia, objects, weapons, uniforms, etc. - all illustrated with photographs and each object with history and explanation - two large quartos - vg copies. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 7737 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	PORTER, HORACE - ( BY A CADET ) West Point Life : A Poem, Read Before the Dialectic Society of the United States Military Academy. To Which Is Added the Song, ' Benny Havens, Oh ! ' NY, D. Van Nostram. 1866, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Horace Porter. - the first and only edition of this gentle but prodding satire on daily amy life at West Point Military Academy at a critical point in the nation's history, just after the bloodiest war in it's short history - Delicate full page line drawings, illustrating with considerable humour, the nitty-gritty chores, marching, inspections & social life of recruits & officiers alike - a rare & irreverant documentation - oblong 16mo, 37 pages, gilt brown cloth, hinges cracked & open, but solid & tight, minor wear at the tips, a very bright copy - OCLC - 3374868. Very Good. USD 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 150.25 \| £UK 135.25 \| JP¥ 19858] Book number: 9641 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	[ CIVIL WAR ] Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine NY: Century, 1885. Original Wraps. - contains several articles on the Civil War - McClellan's change of base: the confederate pursuit - The seven day's fighting about Richmond - Frayser's farm - Rear-guard fighting at Savage's Station - wraps chipped, disbound, lacks rear cover - text fine. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 7733 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	[ CIVIL WAR ] Prarieblomman Kalender for 1908 Rock Island, Ill.: Augusta Book Concern, 1907. First Edition. Cloth. First Edition. - 260 pp - pictoral cloth - pp 170-187 - contains a memoir of the Civil War by Nels Nelson - a Swedish-American soldier - published here for the first time in English - vg bright copy. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 7732 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	WEEKLEY, ROBERT The House in Ruins. New York, Random House. 1958, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st edition. Post Civil War fiction expressing the essential malaise that seems to affect the psyche's of so many returning soldiers; no matter what the war - fine in near fine dj, the red at the spine a bit faded, nice copy. Fine/Fine. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 3584 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).

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	Souvenir Viewbook of Michigan Soldiers' Home Grand Rapids, Michigan, Michigan soldiers' Home. 1910, First Edition. Original Wraps, 24mo - over 5" - 5Â¾" tall. Ill.: Photographs. - rare old souvenir viewbook commemorating the Michigan Soldiers' home, established after the American Civil War to house the wouned, infirm, as well as orphans and widows - this was a State initative, the VA, being the Federal response - views of the rail link, the grand Victorian buildingsincluding the Women;s annex, post store & restaurant, library, fountains grand cemetarywildlife park - 24 pages - former owner's name / date, 1913, else a near fine copy - American Civil War American soldiers' Holmes Michigan Old soldiers' Homes American Veterans's Hospital Widows & Orphans of Soldiers Sailors Marines Armed Forces Retirement Home Michigan Viewbook . Fine. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 10701 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	EBERHART, M.G. The Bayou Road. London, Collins / Crime Club. 1979, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st British edition. A Civil War novel / murder mystery. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 2806 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	LORD, FRANCIS A. CIVIL War Collector's Encyclopedia Edison, N.J.: Blue & Grey Press, 1995. Cloth. - new edition with added material by Lord - 4 volumes bound in 2. - 1,000 pages - bibliography - index - a great reference book of Civil War antiquities, memorabilia, objects, weapons, uniforms, etc. - all illustrated with photographs and each object with history and explanation - two large quartos - vg copies. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 \| £UK 45.25 \| JP¥ 6619] Book number: 7737 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	PORTER, HORACE - ( BY A CADET ) West Point Life : A Poem, Read Before the Dialectic Society of the United States Military Academy. To Which Is Added the Song, ' Benny Havens, Oh ! ' NY, D. Van Nostram. 1866, First Edition. Cloth. Ill.: Horace Porter. - the first and only edition of this gentle but prodding satire on daily amy life at West Point Military Academy at a critical point in the nation's history, just after the bloodiest war in it's short history - Delicate full page line drawings, illustrating with considerable humour, the nitty-gritty chores, marching, inspections & social life of recruits & officiers alike - a rare & irreverant documentation - oblong 16mo, 37 pages, gilt brown cloth, hinges cracked & open, but solid & tight, minor wear at the tips, a very bright copy - OCLC - 3374868. Very Good. USD 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 150.25 \| £UK 135.25 \| JP¥ 19858] Book number: 9641 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	[ CIVIL WAR ] Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine NY: Century, 1885. Original Wraps. - contains several articles on the Civil War - McClellan's change of base: the confederate pursuit - The seven day's fighting about Richmond - Frayser's farm - Rear-guard fighting at Savage's Station - wraps chipped, disbound, lacks rear cover - text fine. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 7733 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	[ CIVIL WAR ] Prarieblomman Kalender for 1908 Rock Island, Ill.: Augusta Book Concern, 1907. First Edition. Cloth. First Edition. - 260 pp - pictoral cloth - pp 170-187 - contains a memoir of the Civil War by Nels Nelson - a Swedish-American soldier - published here for the first time in English - vg bright copy. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 7732 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	WEEKLEY, ROBERT The House in Ruins. New York, Random House. 1958, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 1st edition. Post Civil War fiction expressing the essential malaise that seems to affect the psyche's of so many returning soldiers; no matter what the war - fine in near fine dj, the red at the spine a bit faded, nice copy. Fine/Fine. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 3584 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).