Exeter, N.H. Samuel Hall, Monday, June 30, 1862. 21¾" x 16½", pp. [4]; 6 columns per page, removed from binding, small tear near lower gutter with minor loss, early owner's name. Agriculture, miscellany, letter from the Mississippi River "There is war to the knife, among the people here. They are..... More

Greenfield, Mass: S. S. Eastman & Co., Monday, January 26, 1863. 26¾" x 20¾", pp. [4]; 8 columns per page; creased where previously folded and with a few small breaks, early owner's signature, occasional dampstaining and small tears. Includes articles on troubles in the tenth regiment, General Butler's opinion of..... More

Shreveport, LA: March 25, 1865. 8vo, approx. 9¼" x 6½"; chips in the margins and wrinkled; short tear repaired on verso. In full: "All Post and Depot Commissaries, will report to, and receive instructions from, the Chief Purchasing Commissary of the Purchasing District in which they are located. By command..... More

New York: Garret & Company, 1856. First American edition, 8vo, pp. [2], iv, iv, [2], 356, [4]; original brown blindstamped cloth; gilt lettering on spine; spine extremities a bit scuffed; spine faded; binding a bit skewed; otherwise very good. The author of this anonymous work has been attributed either to..... More

N.p. publisher not identified, [1964]. 8vo, pp. xx, 338; numerous maps and illustrations throughout; fine copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, original pictorial dust jacket very slightly chipped. Presentation copy from the author "To Elihu S. Wing Jr. M.D. with the kindest regards..... More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 419, [1], 16 (ads); original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; spine sunned else very good. A collection of articles from the New York Ledger and the New York Independent. With the ownership signature of W[atson] C. Squires, the governor of..... More

Leipzig: Verlag von Moritz Ruhl, [1891]. 8vo, pp. 38, [2]; 19 color plates depicting uniforms and insignia; illustrated paper wrappers; upper cover starting, light shadowing to plates. More

Gambier, OH: 1861. Large folio bifolium, pp. [4]; text on pp. 2 and 3 in quadruple column; verso of last leaf reads: "Funeral Sermon of Lorin Andrews, L.L.D. Includes also "resolutions of societies, public meetings, &c." Lorin Andrews (1819-1861) was an educator and school reformer in Ohio. He co-founded the..... More

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1864. 'Eighth thousand,' 12mo, pp. viii, 9-316; engraved frontispiece, 3 wood-engraved plates signed Kilburn & Mallory; binding a little skewed, else a very good, clean, and sound copy in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Fictional biography of Ulysses S. Grant for a juvenile audience. Sabin 59762... More

Houston, TX: 1866. 4to, 3 pages on integral leaves; approx. 9.75" x 7.75", legibly written with full typescript transcription provided, some staining without affecting legibility, minor insect damage on edges, very good. Includes stamped cover with a Houston postmark. An interesting letter from the early Reconstruction period in the Southwest..... More

New York: Dix, Edwards & Co., 1856. First edition, 12mo, pp. [6], 345, [1], [8], Dix & Edwards ads dated Sept. 1, 1856; original blindstamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine; some cracking of the cloth along the fore-edge; all else very good and sound. A collection of contributions..... More

Washington, D.C. The National Tribune, 1899. First edition, 8vo, pp. 248; 5 wood-engraved plates; original reptile-grained yellow wrappers lettered in black; edges worn, covers soiled, text rather toned; good and sound. More

[New York: The Loyal Publication Society, 1865]. 8vo, pp. 39, [1]; original yellow printed wrappers; wrappers worn and loose, old fold, all else good and sound. “Our repulsive task has been to show, upon Democratic evidence ... the doom earned for itself by the Democratic Party.” An attack on the..... More