Search Results: Civil War from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2005. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xvi, 229pp, (9pp ads). Fine/fine. Tight, pristine first edition of this volume in the publisher's "Military Classics Series, being the original text of (to cite front jacket flap) "the four most important sets of rules, together than an introduction explaining the history and significance of each.

Winchester, VA: Winchester Civil War Round Table, 1958. Paperback. 8vo. Grey wrappers. (12pp). Very good. Mailing marks on rear cover. Annual report of the 1957 activities and members of the Winchester, Virginia Civil War Round Table.

Abilene, TX: McWhiney Foundation Press, 2004. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 96pp. Fine. Perfectly tight and pristine first edition.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 243pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. A handsome and tight first edition.

New York: The Bowling Green Press, 1928. Hardcover. Foreword by William A. Carr. Small 4to. Grey cloth spine with paper label and blue paper over boards. 29pp. Fold-out illustration. Near fine. A tight and lovely first edition, limited to 750 copies. Fold-out glassine illustration at rear may be variant or replacement. A beautiful copy of an uncommon title. MONAGHAN 2994.

Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1994. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xiii, 254pp. Maps, illustrations. Near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this uncommon study, inscribed and signed boldly by the author in blue ballpoint on the title page: "Best Wishes, / Bradley Finfrock.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 369pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, a lovely copy in lovely jacket. Noteworthy Civil War fiction from the author of "Anthony Adverse" -- with a fine autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a 3" X 1½" heavy stock card boldly signed in black ink by Allen, who adds "Cordially yours," Front pastedown bears the ownership of noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93), which he dates April 10, 1952. IN TALL COTTON 2.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. 369pp. Very good. Mildest bit of faint edgewear, but overall bright and sharp, with spine gilt pristine. A tight and attractive first edition of this notable Civil War fiction by the author of "Anthony Adverse." IN TALL COTTON 2.

Richmond: William F. Ritchie, 1862. Paperback. Small 4to. Tan wrappers. 36pp. Good. Some soiling, minor edge tears. First edition. Nice copy of this Confederate imprint. PARRISH 4387.

Urbana, IL: N.p., 1943. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green wrappers. 18pp. Very good. Minor handling. Sole edition of this "Abstract of a Thesis," boldly inscribed by the author on the inside front wrapper to the founder of Chicago's noted Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, who is also mentioned in this pamphlet's acknowledgments: "To my friend, Ralph / Newman, with sincere / appreciation and warmest / personal regards. / LeRoy H. Fischer." A perfect companion to Fischer's more common 1964 study of the Polish nobleman, "Lincoln's Gadfly, Adam Gurowski." Like most thesis abstracts, printed in an extremely modest quantity and quite uncommon. A choice presentation copy.

Washington, DC: Thomas McGill & Co, 1880. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 30pp. Very good. Mild cover wear, with "Pamphlet" and "Port" inkstamped small and neat at upper left corner of front wrapper and first text page; modern staples; front wrapper verso bears large Civil War theme bookplate of noted collector Ray D. Smith (who notes that he purchased this pamphlet along with others in July 1949 from the Southern Book Company for $37.50!). DORNBUSCH I, N 238.

Washington, DC: Thomas McGill & Co, 1880. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 30pp. Very good. Very slight wear and delicacy along spine; single chip on blank rear wrapper; "Port" inked in green at upper left of front wrapper. First edition. Speech "By One Who Served Under Him" about Porter and the Fifth Corps. DORNBUSCH 1 N238.

Richmond: Board of Managers of the Institute, 1925. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. 18pp. Near fine. Sole edition. Interesting opening remarks by the son of one of General Lee's staff members.

Secaucus, NJ: Blue and Grey Press, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey buckram spine with black lettering and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 358pp. Maps. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket wear. A tight and attractive first of this facsimile reprint of the 1880 first edition of the Confederate general's memorable memoir. Robert W. Johannsen calls this "The controversial, sometimes bitter, memoirs of a maimed Confederate general...." NEVINS II, 65.

Secaucus, NJ: Blue and Grey Press, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey buckram spine with black lettering and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 358pp. Maps. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket wear. First of this facsimile reprint of the 1880 first edition of the Confederate general's memorable memoir -- tight and handsome. Robert W. Johannsen calls this "The controversial, sometimes bitter, memoirs of a maimed Confederate general...." NEVINS II, 65.

Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, 1987. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xxvi, 259pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Spine and wrapper edges sunned, else tight and internally near fine. First softbound edition of this "Special Volume No. 1 of the Papers of Andrew Johnson.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 337pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Handsome, tight first edition.

Birmingham: Webb Book Company, 1940. Hardcover. Edited by James K. Greer. Small 4to. Red cloth. xxvi, 435pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine. First edition. Uncommon.

Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishing Company, 1996. Hardcover. Edited by Richard R. Duncan. Small 4to. Full blue leatherette with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 140pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, front endpaper map. Fine/fine. Superb, tight first edition. Neil served as assistant surgeon with the 12th West Virginia Regiment.

New York: Vintage Books, 1992. Paperback. Foreword by Geoffrey C. Ward. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. xvi, 248pp, (4pp ads). Map, illustrations. Fine. Tight, pristine first of this softbound edition. Private Rhodes served with the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry.