[Confederate States of America, 1863.]. Broadside bond, 14" x 14"; with 7 tickets attached; engraved decorated border with vignette of a Confederate soldier resting at a campfire. No. 4177. Prior folds, a couple of ink stains, good. Signed by C. A. Rose with the tickets signed by C. S. Read..... More

Greenfield, Mass: S.S. Eastman & Co., Monday, June 23, 1862. 26¾" x 20¾", pp. [4]; 8 columns per page; creased where previously folded, early owner's signature, some dampstaining and small tears. Includes articles on the tenth Massachusetts regiment, terrible slaughter of the rebels in the Battle of Fair Oaks, and..... More

Winsted, Conn. Citizen Job Print, 1895. Folio broadside, approx. 13" x 7¼", wood-engraved portrait of the lecturer; very good. His talk is "replete with touching incidents and adventure, and will linger long in the memory of those who were so fortunate to listen to this tender and eloquent story. He..... More

Providence: June 21, 1863. 8vo, on integral sheets, in ink; previous folds; very good and legible. On page [4] is a note from her sister R. Matthews, also to McGrath. Stamped postmarked envelope on yellow paper addressed to Capt. McGrath, Commanding Co. F, 50th Regt., N.Y. S. V. Engineers, Washington..... More

New York: Historical Publishing Company, 1866. First edition, 8vo, pp. 19, [3]; printed self-wrappers; light soiling to wrappers, old creases, good and sound. A satirical poem about the war correspondent Will Russell, describing him as a gluttonous and overcultured coward, who goes to Bull Run to observe the battle and..... More

[Tuscaloosa], Alabama: Gorgas Oak Press, 1977. Edition limited to 75 copies (this, no. 67), 8vo, pp. [30]; title page printed in red and black; original brown paper-covered boards on which a facsimile of one of the letters printed in white; generally a fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker..... More

St. Paul: [publisher not identified], 1890. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 256; portrait frontispiece, 2 other portrait plates; original brown cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; spine extremities lightly rubbed, newspaper clipping mounted on rear endpaper, one other clipping mounted on linen tipped in at p. 49;..... 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

1850s-'60s. Eleven lines, approx. 125 words; 6¼" x 7¾"; in ink and very legible; very good. Rev. George B. Cheever (1807-1890) was a New England reformer who vocally supported the temperance movement and abolition. In this short speech he writes, "True kindred, there can be neither peace nor prosperity for..... More

[N.p., Montgomery? neither publisher nor printer identified], May 21, 1861. Broadside (approx.10" x 8"); previous fold, small break in the right margin; very good. The document has been stamped on verso by the Record Department of the War Department. "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That..... More

New York: J. P. Robens, 1866. 12mo, pp. [2], 116; engraved frontispiece, vignette title page, printed slip from the Bureau of Military Record tipped in prior to the half-title page; original maroon cloth stamped in gilt and blind; small snag in the spine at the bottom and spine lightly sunned;..... More

Philadelphia: printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1863. 8vo, pp. 16; original pink pictorial wrappers; small cracks on spine; very good. Nine short articles supporting the pro-Union North in the Civil War: Speech of a brave old patriot [by Isaac Funk, a long-time associate of Abraham Lincoln]; A voice from the..... More

Hartford: Gilman & Company, 1878. 8vo, pp. xix, [1], 21-417, [1]; frontispiece and 8 plates; original brown cloth stamped in gilt and black; very good. More