Search Results: Civil War from Singularity Rare & Fine

Leesburg, VA: Primedia History Group, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good, plus a bit. See scans and description. Leesburg, VA: Primedia History Group, 2006. The January, 2006 issue of Civil War Times, Editorial Director Roger L. Vance, that being Volume XLIV, Number 6. Quarto, illustrated staple-bound wraps, 90 pp. Very Good, with a crease at lower right corner, affecting front cover and first 8 pages, with no loss (scan). Also, spine modestly touched at two staples. See scans. Much content with many graphic presentations, as always in this long-lived historical publication, founded in 1962 by Robert Fowler. See scan of both contents pages for details on topics covered, but some of those are: 1865 - Battle to the End; Images of Appomattox; Union Vengreance on Columbia; Last Stand at Petersburg; Sailor's Creek; Palmetto Ranch - War's Final Battle; Lamenting Lincoln's Loss; Bentonville. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective… Read More

Washington, DC: National Geographic Society , 2006. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New, deluxe leather-bound edition. Pristine in every way. Just out of shrinkwrap for scanning and description. See scans. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2006. Large quarto, rich brown leather with silver imprinting on front cover and spine, All Edges Silvered, buff yellow endpapers, red satin page-marker ribbon, 416 pp. Introduction by Harris J. Andrews. Brand squeaky new; flawless and immaculate, and in protective storage already. A sumptuously illustrated Civil War collector's piece, replete with color and black and white photography and illustrations of all types. Stephen Hyslop provides the engaging text. See scans. LG11

Gettysburg, PA: Historical Times, Inc., 1968. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine. Gettysburg, PA: Historical Times, Inc., 1978. Quarto, illustrated wraps, 52 pp. Small Crease, bottom right corner of front cover and first few page, else very Near Fine. See scans. Still retains the mailer card with which to order more copies, affixed at contents page. Billed inside as a "Special Gettysburg Edition", this is apparently - at least in part - a 1968 reprint of the July, 1963 issue of Civil War Times (Vol. 2, No.4). Contains six "main articles" and five "shorter articles on the subject at hand, as well three special graphic features: "Portraits of Union and Confederate Commanders", "Gettysburg in 1863: A Gallery of Photographs", and "A Portfoliio of Color Maps of the Campaign and Battle". LG12

Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes & Co., Inc., 1969. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Cranbury, NJ: A.S. Barnes & Co., Inc., 1969. First paperback edition. Octavo, pictorial wraps, 89 pp. Near Fine; trace peripheral wear only. Actual accounts of the epic Civil War battle, by directly involved officers; edited by Charles K. Fox. LMILIT

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1932. First Edition, First Printing . Blindstamped Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1932. First Edition and First Printing of author's first novel. A near fine book in a VG+ jacket with only minor edgewear, not far from near fine itself. Please review scans. Octavo, gray dust jacket, black cloth boards with white spine imprinting, 401 pp. True first edition and first printing of Leonard Ehrlich's first novel, his now-famous and much reprinted character study of pre-civil war abolitionist John Brown, and the story of the hunt for him: "...they wanted him dead or alive, better dead - a gray, gaunt man, almost sixty, with intense eyes, a mouth that was bitter, and seven huge sons". Brown, one of the most enigmatic personalities in American history, in or out of the anti-slavery movement, is given in this novel the richly textured study and attention an almost-mythical… Read More

New York: W.W. Howe, 1890. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. New York: W.W. Howe, 1890. First Edition. 92, [12] pp. + errata slip tipped in. 16 mo. Blue cloth backed with white cloth, red decoration and lettering to front cover. Thornton 7310; Dornbusch III, 2395; not in Nevins. Factual account of the tile campaign in the early days of the Civil War. One of the few eyewitness accounts of the battles and operations in eastern North Carolina. A collection of letters from a correspondent of the New York Herald, edited by Howe. List of participating regiments, and a supplemental index of units and major officers, showing where they are mentioned in the correspondent's letters. Soiling, light shelf wear, light rubbing, front hinge starting, else Very Good. L20n

Chicago: Clarke & Co., 1866. First Edition . Full-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [from engravings]. Good. See scans and description. Chicago: Clarke & Co., 1866. First Edition. Large, very thick octavo, 1,022 pp. with 12 steel engraved portraits. Full calf, two gilt-lettered black morocco spine labels. Notable scuffing, spine ends and tips of corners worn bare, amateur tape repair at joints, front hinge, and verso of title page. Blind stamp of the Historical Society of Montana. The name of O.A. Southmayd [2nd Lt., I Company, 18th Wisconsin Regiment] is stamped on front and back covers, making this presumably his copy. Overall, just Good; contents, however, are VG+ to NF. See scans. Association example of the extremely rare 1866 first edition of E.B. Quiner's much sought-after compendium of factual information on the title subject, one which has been so admired that a year 2000 reprint has recently been published, sponsored by the St. Croix Valley Civil… Read More

Palmyra, MO: Press of Sosey Bros., 1903. 1st Edition . Cloth-backed Pictorial Boards. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Settles, James B.. Palmyra, MO: Press of Sosey Bros., 1903. "Souvenir" [sic] Edition, First book edition [serialized first in The Palmyra Spectator]. Signed and dated by Sosey on the flyleaf.Illustrated with plates from drawings by James B. Settles. Octavo, xvi, 157 pp. Red-cloth-backed pictorial paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. Abrasion at top left of cover [see scan], bookplate and blindstamp of the Historical Society of Montana, small spot of minor fading near spine bottom, else fine. A handsomely preserved copy. A handsome copy of the first edition of Frank H. Sosey's Robert Devoy: A Tale of the Palmyra Massacre. Fictionalized - with dialogue and some characters - but obviously heartily researched, Robert Devoy is Sosey's account of the incident of October 18, 1862, in Palmyra, Missouri, when ten Confederate prisoners were shot… Read More

Boston: Christopher Publishing House, 1938. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Essentially Fine, in a Very Good plus jacket. See scans and description. Boston: Christopher Publishing House, 1938. First edition, with the very scarce dustjacket. Signed and warmly inscribed to Charles M. Kerwin by the author. 12mo, 110 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt imprinting on cover and spine. Near Fine / VG+. A virtually fine, nearly pristine book with just trace touching at spine ends. Bright, clean and tight. Rare jacket shows wear at spine ends, toning at the margins, is better than very good. See scans. Pleasants, son of the Henry Pleasants who designed the tunnel which was the focus of the Crater incident, borrowed his title from one of a series of articles in the Century Magazine [Sept. 1887] by Major William H. Powell, but also likely from common nomenclature for the event. In July of 1864, a federal unit was attempting to assist in the… Read More