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Northampton, MA, 1902 - 1903. Letters and Manuscripts. Some tears and wrinkles; two letters are laid down on cardboard. Very Good condition overall. Superb collection of material by this former Confederate soldier and important, neglected writer who paved the way for modern Southern writers such as Faulkner and Welty in dealing with the pervasive issue of race. Includes 9 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs) to Confederate officer Alexander Porter Morse; 1 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to publisher Charles Scribner; 2 AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS SIGNED (AMSs) addressed to Morse's children; and 2 TYPED LETTERS, unsigned, from Morse to Cable; along with 5 envelopes addressed in Cable's hand. The letters mostly concern Cable's work and his interest in Morse's experiences in the Civil War. The letter from Cable to Scribner is one of introduction for Morse. Some excerpts: "I have begun another cavalry story of New Orleans and Vicksburg, and I want to sit you down in my library and make you talk. Oh dear! how can I…
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ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS Relating to Cable's book KINCAID'S BATTERY
by CABLE, George Washington
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC JONES WISTAR 1827 - 1905. HALF A CENTURY IN WAR AND PEACE
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Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1937. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper if it ever had one. Quarto; blue cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with 7 plates and a folding map. Graff 4724; Howes W-598; New Howes W-597: "Largely devoted to the opening and development of the far West from 1849 to 1860"; Nevins I-181; Wheat Gold Rush 234: "Significant and engaging narrative by a man of great native attainments."
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by STANTON, Edwin
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New York, 24 September 1867. Letter. Some creasing. Near Fine. One-page letter, 5" x 8", by Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War addressed to Edward Haight, former member of Congress from New York during the Civil War. Stanton mentions that he is in New York for a few days with his wife and child and would like to meet with Haight.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by SHERMAN, General William Tecumseh
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Washington DC, 24 November 1879. Letter. Paper aged and a bit fragile, first and final pages slightly darker than others. Very Good. A six-page letter on both sides of three lined Headquarters Army of the United States letterhead (5" x 8") to Colonel L. B. Church. Sherman expresses his well wishes as Col. Church recovers from an illness, noting that "I know that in conveying to you this note of sympathy, I also can assure that the prayers of every member of that Grand Old Army, and of the millions they represent" will join him in hopes that "your overtaxed lungs may regain their usual health & strength." He also describes in great detail a celebration, noting the musicians and the tunes they played: "The incident to which you refer occurred at the Grand Banquet at the Palmer House Chicago the night of Nov. 13 when was assembled probably the most brilliant, talented, and renowned company that ever assembled in America.... Frank Lombard was on hand with a quartette--not the old one but still a good…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by [CIVIL WAR]
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Letter. Near Fine. Four-page letter on a 10-1/2" x 8-1/4" sheet folded in fours. It appears that this is the last four pages of a longer letter of unknown length, SIGNED by Lieut. J. Glendinning to an unknown recipient. Much content including discussion about the 12th Army Corps under Union General Henry W. Slocum. In part: "All of the supplies from Washington reach here by boat and thence transport by cars to Falmouth opposite Fredericksburg which is 16 miles distant." He speaks of the variety of people--some happy, some sad--that he sees here: "Twas the other night whilst having in charge a detail of men working on the Dock, a lad came forward & wanted the assistance of 4 or 5 men to help him on the boat with a box-- he had been to Fredicksburg [sic] and was now returning with his deceased Father and this is what the box contained. Poor boy! I thought, how sad must be the home to which you are going." He describes empty coffins piled high on the wharf. "Nothing keeps me in the army but a sense…
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by [CIVIL WAR]
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Stevenson, AL, 24 August 1863. Letter. Creases from folding; ink a bit light. Very Good. One-page letter on a 7-3/4" x 12-1/4" sheet addressed to a Capt. Goodwin and SIGNED "J. W. Able"[?], "Army Mail Contractor & News Dealer." The writer seems to be proposing a way of "simplifying the army with news matter." The verso is docketed "Hdqrs. Department Cumb[erland] Office.... Respectfully referred to Lieut. Bracken A. Chf Army Police, who will make a thorough examination of the mails tonight and report By Command of Maj. Gen. Rosecrans" and SIGNED "R. M. Goodwin."
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CARTES DE VISITE IN NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY
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Gettysburg, PA: W. C. Darrah, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. Red cloth; [6], 221, [1] pages. Illustrated with many photographs. Essential reference for cartes de visite photographs. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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THE CONFEDERATE PRIVATEERS
by ROBINSON, William Morrison
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Small owner raised stamp at the bottom of the front endpaper. Near Fine without the scarce dustwrapper. Gray cloth; xvi, 372 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page illustration, and 7 plates.
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DEAD, YET LIVING. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT KEENE, N.H. MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 30, 1884
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, Jr
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Boston: Ginn, Heath, and Company, 1884. First Edition. Wraps. Browning to the paper, wear to the very upper right corner. Very Good, important, and scarce. Reprinted from the Boston Daily Advertiser, by the Author's permission. First Separate Edition in self-printed stitched wraps (5" x 7-1/2"), 12 pages, of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s first printed speech, a celebration of his comrades, Union and Confederate, who gave their lives in the War Between the States, interwoven with themes of conciliation and high moral purpose, as well as the shadow the war still cast upon those who survived it. INSCRIBED to Mrs. Lockwood and SIGNED by the future Supreme Court Justice at the top of the front with "DEAD, YET LIVING" crossed out twice by Holmes. "Such hearts--ah me, how many!--were stilled twenty years ago; and to us who remain behind is left this day of memories. Every year--in the full tide of spring, at the height of the symphony of flowers and love and life--there comes a pause, and through the silence…
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY
by BENET, Stephen Vincent
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Spine just a bit sunned, much less than normal. Near Fine in a Good, partly split slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. One of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with oil paintings by John Steuart Curry, his last illustrations for a book, reproduced in offset lithography by Fretz Freres, Zurich, Switzerland. Issued unsigned as the artist died before publication.
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine with typical sunning. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with a closed split at the back edge. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies illustrated with oil paintings by John Steuart Curry, his last illustrations for a book, reproduced in offset lithography by Fretz Freres, Zurich, Switzerland. Issued unsigned as the artist died before publication.
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JOHN BROWN'S BODY
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Spine sunned and soiled. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Tall quarto (7-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full rough scarlet linen with blue leather labels on spine and front cover. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed by William Rudge. Introduction by Douglas Southall Freeman. Copy #380 of 1500 illustrated with oil paintings by John Steuart Curry, his last illustrations for a book, reproduced in offset lithography by Fretz Freres, Zurich, Switzerland. Issued unsigned as the artist died before publication.
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JOHN MARR AND OTHER POEMS
by MELVILLE, Herman
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. A few small ink check marks by titles in table of contents. Near Fine. Cloth-backed boards. Introduction by Henry Chapin. BAL 13725. One of 1,675 copies of a total edition of 1,850. Many of the poems concern the Civil War, as does the short prose piece.
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THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. ADDRESS OF BREVET MAJ.-GENERAL RUTHERFORD B. HAYES AT THE FIFTH QUADRENNIAL CONGRESS. Chicago Illinois. April 17th 1885
by HAYES, Rutherford B
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[Chicago?]: [Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States], 1885. First Edition. Wraps. Minor creases and bumps. Near Fine. Printed light blue-green wraps; 7 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED at the top of the front cover "To Edward W. Bok/With all regard/R. B. Hayes" by the President. The Loyal Legion was formed on 15 April 1865, the day of Abraham Lincoln's death. In his three-page address, Hayes says of the Civil War that it accomplished all: "It established the Union; it maintained the supremacy of the General Government; it abolished slavery.... The brave men of the South who fought against us are now ready with us to stand guard around the couch and the home of the illustrious soldier by whom they were beaten." Edward W. Bok was the influential editor of the LADIES' HOME JOURNAL for three decades. He won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book THE AMERICANIZATION OF EDWARD BOK: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DUTCH BOY FIFTY YEARS LATER.
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NEW YORK HERALD: Bound volume of 120 issues from 1 January 1862 to 30 April 1862 with much war reportage
by [Civil War]
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1862. Hardcover. Spine rubbed. Overall a Very Good and fascinating compilation. Large folio (16" x 21-1/2") bound in half sheep and marbled boards. Includes a number of triple sheets. Extensive reportage of the war with numerous maps throughout. In addition to the war news, the papers have ads and other news. Bound in at the front is a rather scarce broadside: "The New Year's Address of the Newsmen of the New York Herald" illustrated around the border with portraits of Lincoln and various cabinet members and generals. The broadside has a few small library stamps; otherwise, it and the newspapers are generally clean with only occasional browning and a handful of long horizontal tears with no loss. While one occasionally sees individual Civil War issues of this paper offered for sale, rarely does a run, even this short (though more than 2" thick), appear on the market.
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PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT
by GRANT, Ulysses S
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New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885 & 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Front endpaper of the second volume detached but present; bright and clean internally. Minor markings to bindings. Handsome, Near Fine set in a Fine slipcase. Two volumes in full modern polished calf leather with original marbled endpapers and edges and original contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Housed in a modern linen slipcase. With 49 maps and illustrations, including two steel-engraved frontispiece portraits and two etched views, all with tissue-guards, as well as holograph facsimiles of Grant's writing. The binding was professionally accomplished in 1992 at a cost, with the slipcase, of over four hundred dollars with the original receipt for the work included, and is a fairly faithful replica of the scarce original sheep binding.
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POLITICAL ESSAYS
by LOWELL, James Russell
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Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate of William W. Gay on the front pastedown; darkening of spine label. Near Fine. Publisher's blue cloth with printed paper spine label (5" x 8"). BAL 13198: "Reportedly but 75 copies were done in this untrimmed format but BAL has been unable to substantiate the statement." Essays include The Election in November, The Pickens-and-Stealins Rebellion, General McClellans Report, The Rebellion: Its Causes and Consequences, McClellan or Lincoln?, Scotch The Snake, or Kill It?, The Seward-Johnson Reaction, and The Place of The Independent in Politics.
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THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT. JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE THIRTY EIGHTH CONGRESS ... PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ... ABOLISHING SLAVERY. RESOLVED
by [AFRICAN-AMERICANA] LINCOLN, Abraham
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Chicago: Western Bank Note & Engraving Co., 1868. First Edition. Document. Recently backed with thin paper with several professional repairs of chips and tears. Very Good . Large folio (16-1/4" x 21-3/4") finely engraved and printed on good quality paper with elaborate decorative borders with a "US" monogram to upper corners, a bold calligraphic heading with "ABOLISHING SLAVERY" in prominent decorated letters; at top center is a small vignette of the pyramid and all-seeing eye above an oval vignette of a slave family with child mourning over a cameo portrait of Lincoln. This is followed by the engraved signatures of President Lincoln, Vice President Hamlin, Schuyler Colfax and J. W. Forney (Speaker and Secretary of the Senate), and 164 Senators and Congressmen. An exceedingly rare and beautiful printing of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery: "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude ... Shall exist within the United States...." This elaborately engraved Reconstruction-era broadside, is…
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