Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War 2 Vol. Complete by Guernsey, Alfred H. and Henry M. Alden - 1894

1864 1ed Trumpet of Freedom American Patriotic Hymns Battle Hymn Star Spangled Banner

A rare and highly valuable Civil War era hymn book!
Published at the height of the Civil War, 'Trumpet of Freedom'
is a collection of military and patriotic hymns, most notably "Battle Hymn of the Republic", "My Country Tis of Thee", and "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Item number: #12211
Price: $599
United States
Trumpet of freedom.
Boston : Published by Oliver Ditson & Co., 1864. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [3], 4-63, [1]
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Provenance: Handwritten – Fred A. [T]ilben
· Language: English
· Binding: Softcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~6.25in X 9.75in (16cm x 25cm)
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1865 1st ed Civil War Secret Service Richardson Spy Southern Prison Escape

'The Secret Service' is a fascinating, and heroic story of Albert D. Richardson that gripped the nation. The book documents the experiences of Richardson within the Confederate lines during 1861, later with the Union Armies, and then held in southern prisons, and his escape.
This 1865 first edition includes 3 pages of a musical score dedicated to the "Nameless Heroine" who helped him escape, and 13 full-page engravings!
Item number: #14577
Price: $499
RICHARDSON, Albert.
The secret service, the field, the dungeon, and the escape
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company: Philadelphia, Pa.; Cincinnati, Ohio: Jones Bros. & Co.; Chicago, Ill.: R. C. Treat, 1865. 1st edition

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[7], 512
o 13 full-page engravings
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Size: ~9in X 6.5in (23cm x 15.5cm)
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1874 1ed Confederate General Joseph E Johnston Civil War Narrative CSA Military
Joseph E. Johnston was a 19th-century American Army officer who served as a Confederate States Army general, even though he trained at West Point. However, his military acumen was wrecked and constantly criticized by Confederate President Jefferson Davis – with whom Johnston was very displeased. Following his service time as a military officer, Johnston wrote and published his own memoirs – memoirs which were mostly attacks on President Davis and other officers, as well as defending his own actions and decisions during the Civil War.

'In Tall Cotton' says of this work:
"A vigorous defense of his own actions and necessarily, therefore, a hard-hitting attack on others, particularly on President Davis against whom he records his objections to excess."

According to Nevins, this work is
"one of the earliest Confederate reminiscences; strongly partisan, anti-Davis, and defensive in tone."

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1864 1ed Color-Guard LOUISIANA Civil War Account Hosmer Slavery Camp Life CSA
James Kendall Hosmer was a Civil War-era American historian who is remembered for books on American politics and the development in the American south. One of his best works was 'The Color-Guard' which, according to Nevins, is
"an excellent and even-tempered memoir of Army life in Louisiana'.
In it, Hosmer describes Confederate and Union camp life, descriptions and observations of the carnage of war, the role of the negro in various troops, and various strategies used in combat.

Item number: #18448
Price: $499
HOSMER, James K
The color-guard: being a corporal's notes of military service in the Nineteenth army corps
Boston: Walker, Wise, and Co., 1864. First edition.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xii, 9-244
· References: Nevins I, 107; Sabin 33105
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Tan cloth
· Size: ~7.25in X 4.75in (18.5cm x 12cm)
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1869 Confederate Navy Memoirs of Raphael Semmes Service Afloat Civil WAR RARE
Raphael Semmes was a Confederate officer in the American Civil War, commanding ships in the Confederate and the United States Navy. He published a collection of memoirs and war reminiscences describing his service in the navy during the Civil War under the title 'Service Afloat'. However, this work is primarily looked at as a defense of his actions during the Confederacy's inevitable loss, or 'Lost Cause'.
According to Nevins, this work is
"a first-hand, subjective account by the captain of the CSS Sumpter and the Alabama, interestingly written."
Item number: #18810
Price: $599
SEMMES, Raphael
Memoirs of Service afloat : during the war between the states
Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1869.

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o [2], xvi, 17-833, [5]
o 9 plates
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References: Howes S 286; Nevins I, 233; Sabin 79081
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Provenance: Handwritten – Dr. G. H. Bright, 1869
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Salem, OH: Hudson & Son, Printers, 1867. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [ii] printed wrapper with verso blank, 12 pages of text, followed by [ii] blank rear wrapper. Moderate soiling and age-toning to wraps, with a few small tears to edges and a few tiny stains on front wrapper. Includes a Preamble, 23 Articles and Resolutions. At this, the First National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic; it is likely that General John M. Palmer, Major B. F. Stephenson surgeon of the Fourteenth Illinois regiment, and General S. A. Hurlbut were present and involved in the formation of the national rules. First edition..

1864 Civil War RAILROAD Locomotive Engineer Norris Steam Engine Illustrated
A rare 1864 printing of 'Norris's Hand-book for Locomotive Engineers and Machinists' by Septimus Norris with help from his brother William Norris who was the first to build a locomotive in America and the first engineer to attempt to surmount the Inclined Plane across the Schuylkill. Norris wrote this work as a teaching manual to all those who would be interested in the science of mechanics. He discusses:
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Areas of Circles, Diameters, and Circumferences
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Boiler Locomotive
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Elasticity of Cast Iron and Wrought
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Conic Sections
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Rods, Cylinders, and Valves of Locomotives
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Feed Pumps of Locomotives
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Fractional Parts of an Inch
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Friction
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Levers
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Railways
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Safety Valves
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Steam Engine
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And more!
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1861 Washington DC MAP US 36th Congress Directory America Politics Civil War
'Department Directory and Register' is a congressional directory for the second session of the 36th Congress of the United States. In addition to providing names and personal information for these American politicians, this book includes an impressive folding map of the city of Washington D.C.
Item number: #11958
Price: $499
WINEBERGER, J.A. [edit.]
Department directory and register of officers in the service of the United States in the city of Washington, giving their names, no. of their rooms and story in each department, salary and residence, also, an alphabetical list of all their names
Washington : C. Bohn, 1861.

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100; 47, [1]
· Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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1864. New-York, J.W. Amerman, printer, 1864. New-York, J.W. Amerman, printer, 1864. Interesting Civil War Prize Case Concerning an English Blockade Runner [Trial]. [Steamer Peterhoff]. Betts, Samuel R. [1786-1868]. Marvin, William [1808-1902]. The United States vs. The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo. In Prize. Opinion of the Court, By Judge Betts. With an Appendix, Containing the Opinions of Judge Marvin, In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida, In the Cases of the Dolphin and the Pearl. New York: John W. Amerman, Printer, 1864. 116 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet, wrappers lacking, bound into recent calf-stamped cloth, printed paper title label to spine. Light wear to corners of text block, moderate toning to text, light soiling and some edgewear to title page. $750. * Only edition. At head of title page: District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The Peterhoff was a English blockade runner that was boarded and… Read More

Condition. First Edition, 268 pages. Later issue with rule/line above publisher on copyright page, no publisher's ads, number "2" in lower margin of p. 13, and no numeral "2" on page 17. Covers have rubbing to hinges and extremities. Offsetting to endpapers, tanning to flyleaves, ownership inscription with fountain pen to title page. Binding is square and secure.