Hardcover, First Edition 1949 Barbe Associates Glendale, CA 470 pages. Very Good++, in a VG DJ. Variant Red cloth boards with gilt titles and design - corners lightly bumped. Minor shelf/edge wear and a bit of soiling to white DJ-now in mylar. No notes or writing-all pages are bright, clean and crisp. Historical account of the turbulent years,1854-65,in Lincoln county and the Kansas-Missouri border. Quantrill, John Brown. Based on contemporary records, documents and letters of Lewis Hanback, hitherto unpublished. A handsome copy. LOC SSS-20 View More...
Hardcover, 1952 Grossett & Dunlap 898 pages. Very Good, in a VG DJ. Minor shelf/edge wear to tan cloth boards with blue titles and accents - corners sharp. Moderate shelf/edge wear to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Previous owner bookplate on inside front cover. Brought together in one volume, the two famous books that first gave America a complete, life-size picture of the man behind the gun, both North and South. Part 1, The Life Of Billy Yank has 13 chapters, 454 pages, 27 illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. Part 2, The Life Of Johnny Reb has 17 chapters, 444 pages, 28 il... View More...
Complete 2 Volume Leather-Bound Set, Volume 1, 1867, 38 chapters and 576 pages. Volume 2, 1868, 42 chapters and 580 pages plus 8 pages of ads for books. Both volumes are bound in brown leather with black spine panel and gilt titles. Moderate to major shelf/edge wear, rubbing and soiling to both volumes. Some foxing to pages. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings. Previous owner name and date of 1867 to title page of Volume 1. Both volumes have frontispieces with tissue guards. This set has seen much use over the years but is still very usable. Binding is solid. All in all a handsome original set.... View More...
Hardcover, 1911 2nd Edition Blair-Murdock Co. San Fransisco, 529 pages. NOT ex-Library. Very Good, no DJ-as issued. Minor shelf/edge wear and a touch of rubbing to Blue cloth boards with gilt titles, white embossed design of soldier with rifle on front cover, titles and design are sharp and unworn, light rubbing at spine ends and corners, bottom corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Previous owner bookplate on inside front cover-all pages are bright, clean and crisp. Historical background, testimony, and names of witnesses in the Trial of Captain Henry Wirz, The Prison Keeper of Andersonville. ... View More...
2 Volume Hardcover set in original publishers slipcase, 1950 Bobbs-Merrill 1201 pages total, including Bibliography and Index. Both volumes are Very Good+, no DJ - as issued. Blue tweed cloth with gilt spine titles - two corners bumped, one on each volume. original publishers slipcase is in Good+ condition with bumps and a repaired corner. Publishers pastedown on spine of slipcase is untouched. Previous owner name on illustrated endpapers. A classic on the Civil War and unusual in its perspective, which is anything but dry. It is written by the common person - men, women, elderly and young,... View More...
Hardcover, 1st Edition (Limited) Number 51 of 500 Ray Russell Books Rochester MI 171 pages plus 24 pages on Battery D (short org history and member roster). Near Fine in a VG DJ. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles - corners sharp. Minor shelf/edge wear, mild age-toning and a few small closed tears to DJ - now in mylar. From the DJ: Collection of almost one hundred letters written by Harry Bartlett while serving with Battery D, 1st. Michigan Light Artillery. The letters weave a personal history and add to the fabric of American History as they are placed in context by a carefully researche... View More...
Hardcover, First Edition 1959 G. P. Putnam's Sons 258 pages. Very Good+, in a VG DJ. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to salmon cloth boards with gilt spine titles - one tiny bumped corner. Minor shelf/edge wear to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. Spine of DJ is scuffed. Inside DJ flap has a price sticker from the great and now sadly gone Hudson's Book Store which was inside the famous Hudson's Department Store of Detroit, Mich. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Unapologetic, classic and long popular look at the early months of the Confederacy. Recommended b... View More...
