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Original September 21, 1861 Harper's Weekly Volume 5 #247Condition: Very Good-, disbound, a few foxing spots, see photos, 16 pages large format 11" x 16" tall Newspaper Woodcut IllustrationsThe Army Forge full page illustration 1861St. Louis Missouri Major-General Fremont's Body-GuardCamp Blood, Near Pilot Knob MissouriFort Hatteras Before the SurrenderFiske at the Bombardment of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina Fort Hatteras Interior after the SurrenderFort Clark Interior after the SurrenderCameron Cavalry Private Tent InteriorCharleston BlockadeMajor-General McClellan Double Page by Chapin Stephens off photo by Brady and othersMAP of McClennans's Operations Along the PotomacDes Moines Cavalry Leaving Iowa for the WarDavenport Iowa marching Volunteers on Main Street Welcome Pride of Iowa (hand painted backpacks)Manufacturing Muskets in Springfield Mass. 1861King Cotton Political CartoonSachem of Tammany Kicking out a Wooden Imitation of Democracy Mozart Articles and NotesThe Way to Put Down The… Read More

New York Daily Tribune, 1861. soft. Original 1861 Edition New York Tribune Publisher-Printing Location: New York Tribune Association, Date and Numbering: Friday May 24, 1861 Size and Page Count: 16.5 X 21 Tall, 8 Pages Condition: Good, pages delicate and yellowed from age, possibly disbound, -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Contains Articles on:
The War for the Union
The Voting in Virginia
Troops Coming North
The Rebels on Arlington Heights
Distress for Provisions in Tennessee
Large Arrivals of Arms
At the South
Strong Union Feeling in Wheeling Alexandria
To Be Occupied
Treason Crushed Out in Missouri
Important Seizure of Southern Bank-Notes etc,
etc.

Harpers Monthly, 1863. soft. 6.5"" X 10"". Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location:Harper & Brothers, New York Date and Numbering: Harper's New Monthly Magazine October, 1863 Volume XXVII, Number CLXI Size and Page Count:6.5"" X 10"" Tall, 150 pages
Condition: Good-, binding good, spine cover flaking and darkened, cover has staining and a few tears, rear cover is present but unattached, some foxing
Illustrations Information: 36 woodcut illustrations -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Articles and Information:

The First Cruise of the Monitor Passaic -By Edgar Holden with 21 Illustrations
Poem: Abide in faith -By Ellen A. Hastings
Scenes in the War of 1812. IV. "The Niagara frontier -By Benson John Lossing with 9 Illustrations
The fiery colliery of Fiennes -By Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
The Army correspondent -By Lorenzo Crounse
The Small House at Allington (chaps. XXXIV-XXXVI) -By Anthony Trollope
Romola (chaps. LXVIII-LXXII; epilogue)… Read More

1899. hard. Very Good. American Statesmen Volume XXV The Civil War Abraham Lincoln Edited by John T. Morse, Jr. In Thirty-Two Volumes Volume XXV or Volume 1 of 2 on Lincoln Five Hundred Copies Printed. This issue LABELED # 83 Original Edition of 1899 Publisher-Printing Location: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1899 Volume 1 of Two volumes on Lincoln Size and Page Count: 6 X 8.50 Tall 387 pages Condition: -Very Good- light brown bockram with title label on spine, Binding tight, inside of hinges cracked, corner wear, pages untrimmed, no water stains, No Dust Jacket Illustrations Information:5 illustrations -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian ---------

Lee and Shepard, 1880. hard. Very Good. About Grant by John L. Swift Original Edition First Edition Rare! Publisher-Printing Location: Lee and Shepard, Boston Charles T. Dillingham New York Date: 1880 Size and Page Count: 5 X 7 Tall , 206 Pages plus publisher's Ads Condition: -Very Good- No Jacket, Red Cloth bindings, title label on spine, Discoloration on spine cover from sun, corners, edge wear, spine cover wear, binding tight, paper cracked on inside of hinges, previous owner signature Irving A. Douglas on end paper. -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- ISBN-10: 1112137548 ISBN-13: 9781112137549 U.S. Grant campaign biography advocating a third term for Grant. CHAPTER PAGE I. First Year Of The War 9 II. The First Great Victory .... 15 III. The First Re-action 20 IV. Under A Cloud 25 V. A Blow That Told 32 VI. What Vicksburg Settled 40 VII. Closing The Gaps 47 VIII. The Fire In The Rear 52 IX. Union Ballots And Union Bullets . . 56 X. The Vanquished… Read More

D. Appleton, 1930. hard. Very Good. Abraham \tLincoln by Brand Whitlock Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location: D. Appleton and Company New York Date:1930 Size and Page Count: 5"" X 7"" tall 210 pages Condition:-Very Good- Green cloth fades, binding and hinges tight, previous owners signature on end page dated November 23, 1935 Illustrations Information: -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Includes a Preface, Chronology, Body and a Bibliography Preface starts with: This little book was originally published in 1909 for the Lincoln Centenary. It had no pretension to do more than provide a brief biography, for the subject had already yielded a whole literature.

Henry Holt and Company,, 1917. hard. Good. Abraham Lincoln Makers of the Nineteenth Century 1917 by Lord Charnwood Third Edition Author's Edition Original 1917 Edition Publisher-Printing Location: Henry Holt and Company, New York The Quinn & Boden Co. Press Ranway, N.J. Date and Numbering:1917 Size and Page Count: 6 X 8 Tall 482+ Pages Condition:-Good- no dust jacket, dark blue cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine cover, spine rubbing on top and bottom, inside of hindges cracked, light page yellowing, complete. Illustrations Information:Frontispiece of Lincoln, index and FOLD OUT MAP -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Though it is dated in some of its facts and assessments, Lord Charnwood's classic study of Lincoln remains one of the dozen or so greatest books ever written about our greatest President. What sets it apart from most other studies of the sixteenth President is the attention it gives the intellectual and spiritual underpinnings of… Read More

1919. hard. Good. Abraham Lincoln: A Play - By John Drinkwater Book in good condition, front cover is a scratches, corners worn , but text is wonderfully clear. 112 Pages 1919- the play was originally written in 1918 Abraham Lincoln is a somewhat fictionalized play by John Drinkwater about the 16th President of the United States. Drinkwater's first great success, it opened in England in 1918 and on Broadway in 1919. In the New York production, the title role was played by Frank McGlynn, who had previously portrayed Lincoln in D.W. Griffith's controversial epic The Birth of a Nation. A rare depiction of events in the life of a U.S. President by a British playwright, the play was a great success in its day, and was produced on radio by Orson Welles on August 15, 1938, on his program, The Mercury Theatre on the Air. In 1924, a two-reel sound film version of the play, also starring McGlynn, was filmed by Lee De Forest in his Phonofilm sound-on-film process. On May 26, 1952, the play was presented on… Read More

Wilcox and Follett, 1950. hard. Very Good. Robert Frankenberg. Abraham Lincoln Friend of the People By Clara Ingram Hudson, Pen drawings by Robert Frankenberg, Kodachromes of the Chicago Historical Society Lincoln Dioramas Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location: Wilcox and Follett Company Chicago Date and Numbering:1950 First Edition Size and Page Count: 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall Condition:Very Good - no dust jacket, faded buckram red binding with blue Lettering on front and spine cover, some edge wear, tight binding clear pages with slight yellowing along edges. Previous owner signature reads: To Iring From Uncle Bud Xmas 1949 Illustrations Information:15 Color plates by Robert Frankenberg -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Clara Ingram Judson presents Lincoln in all his gauntness, gawkiness, and greatness: a backwoods boy who became President and saved the Union. Judson's careful reading is enlivened by her visits to his home and vivid… Read More

Putnam, 1909. hard. Very Good. 5.5 X 8. ABRAHAM LINCOLN - The People's Leader in the Struggle for National Existence ISBN 1169267408 Original Edition - First Edition - Scarce! Publisher-Printing Location: G. P. Putnam's Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press, Author George Haven Putnam Date: 1909 First Edition Size and Page Count: 5.5 X 8 Tall, 292 pages+ads Condition:- Very Good to Fine- little edge wear, blue buckram cloth gilt title on spine, , binding tight, no foxing or water stains. Illustrations Information: Frontispiece of Abraham Lincoln from the portrait by Marshall -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Some early biography, but essentially his thoughts, words & actions in relation to secession and the war Includes the address made by Lincoln at the Cooper Institute, Feb. 27, 1860.

Liberty, 1941. Fair. Original Liberty Magazine February 15 1941 Abraham Lincoln Cover by George Hausmann 8.5 X 11.5 tall Condition: Fair, Front Cover Good, mailing label, edge cracks, marks MISSING title page and several pages. Liberty magazine dated February 15 1941 Red White and Blue Front Cover Painting by George Hausmann Pearl Buck answers Madame Chaing Kai-Shek Hidden Taxes by Morris Markey The Philosopher's Cat by Putnam Fennell Jones Through Hell on Wings part 2 Ski America First by Jack Dempsey Bush Fire by Faith Baldwin Fiathful Messenger Honeymoon Trouble Ambassador to Hitler - Private Diary of William E. Dodd (page missing) Madame Pompadour of Rumania by Frederick L. Collins

Benjamin P. Thomas Modern Library, 1968. hard. Fine. Abraham Lincoln A Biography by Benjamin P. Thomas Modern Library Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location: Random House, New York Date:1968 Size and Page Count: 7¾ - 9¾ tall 548 pp Condition: -Fine- With dust jacket & Protective mylar cover Mylar has wear and dust marks, spine bottom cloth wear. -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian --------- Long considered a classic, Benjamin P. Thomas's Abraham Lincoln: A Biography takes an incisive look at one of American history's greatest figures. Originally published in 1952 to wide acclaim, this eloquent account rises above previously romanticized depictions of the sixteenth president to reveal the real Lincoln: a complex, shrewd, and dynamic individual whose exceptional life has long intrigued the public. Thomas traces the president from his hardscrabble beginnings and early political career, through his years as an Illinois lawyer and his presidency during the… Read More

Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. hard. Good. 6""x 8.5"". Description-ORIGINAL EDITION-Publisher-Printing Location: A Borzoi Book, published by Alfred A. Knopf,1st Edition Date and Numbering: 1952, author Benjamin P. Thomas Size and Page Count: 6""x 8.5""Tall, approx. 547 pages Condition: Good, binding good, some wear on spine cloth, some words have been underlined in pencil, very little foxing, no dust jacket Illustrations Information:Approx. 28 illustrations and 4 maps ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian----Contains: This biography, written by Benjamin P. Thomas, has long been considered a classic. Thomas traces the president from his humble beginnings to his presidency during the Civil War. The focus is on Lincoln himself with a candid representation that provides great insight into the character and convictions that shaped Lincoln into the leader he became.

The Almost Chosen People 1959 Original Edition Publisher-Printing Location: doubleday and Company Garden City, New York Date: 1959 First Edition Size and Page Count: 5.5"" X 8"" Tall 215 Pages Condition: -Very Good-No Dust Jacket blue and Light Yellow hard cloth cover with some fading, binding tight, pages clear, some yellowing no stains. -------- An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian ---------From The Forward: A study of the Religion of Lincoln : The title of this book has been adapted from Lincoln's address to the New Jersey Senate at Trenton on February 21, 1861. After describing the impression made upon him as a boy by the accounts of the Revolutionary Battles in New Jersey from Weem's Life of Washington, Lincoln Continued: ""I recollect thinking then, boy even though I was, that there must have been something more than common that those men struggled for. I am exceedingly anxious that that thing which the struggled for: that something even more than National… Read More

Gettysburg, PA: Civil War Times, 1981. softcover. Very Good. 8.75 X 11.75"". Description-ORIGINAL EDITION-Printing Location: Gettysburg, PA Date and Numbering: February, 1981 Volume XIX, No. 10Size and Page Count: 8.75"" X 11.75"" Tall, 52 pages Condition: Very Good, binding good, light foxing ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian----Articles & Information:
The Battle of Baton Rouge -By Michael B. Ballard ""How long will this misery continue"" -Edited by Bess beatty and Judy Caprio
Lincoln Comes Back to Gettysburg -By John E. Stanchak
The Alligator -By James L. Christley
A Prussian For Virginia -By R.F.S.
STarr The Prussian Remembers- Part I -Edited by Stuart Wright
Civil War Battlefields The Hidden Image: Zouaves At Warrington

1986. softcover. Fine. 6.5"" X 9.5"". Bold Dragoon by Emory Thomas -FIRST EDITION- Publisher-Printing Location:Harper Row ,Publishers Date and Numbering: 1986 Size and Page Count: 6.5"" X 9.5"" Tall, approx. 354 pages Condition: Fine, binding good, private library copy embossed stamp on end page, with dust jacket Illustrations Information: Six pages of photographs , and a map ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian---- Contains: Emory Thomas, professor of history at the University of Georgia is the author of this book. It is an account of Jeb Stuart's life,the leader of the calvary of the Army of Northern Virginia. Famed for his daring ride around McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign, and his raid behind Union lines in Virginia and into Maryland and Pennsylvania, he was a legend long before he was killed at Yellow Tavern in 1864. This book follows Stuart's career from his childhood in western Virginia to his untimely… Read More

Original 1865 Our Young Folks Christmas Bells by Henry W. Longfellow First Printing!Civil War Bound Volume 1 All monthly Issues of 1865 the first year of Our Young FolksCondition: Fair, half leather and marbled paper bound, spine cracked, hinges cracked but operational, leather treated with Klucel G, 5.5" X 8.5" tall, 808 pages, with Index, published in Boston Ticknor and Fields 124 Tremont Street. University Press, Welch, Bigelow, & Co. Cambridge 1865. Many Woodcut Illustrations. Most Stories and Poems are First Printings.
Theodore Roosevelt read Our Young Folks as a child.
A Few Plain Words to my Little Pale-faced Friends....
Dio Lewis Afloat in the Forest....
Mayne Reid Among the Lions....
A. F. Among the Studios ....
T. B. Aldrich Andy's Adventures....
F.T. TrowbridgeApologizing....
Gail Hamilton (Abigail Dodge) Aunt Esther's Rules....
Harriet Beecher Stowe Aunt Esther's Stories....
Harriet Beecher Stowe Baby of the Regiment, The....
T. W. Higginson Birdie's Day with the Rose-Fairies ....
Margaret… Read More

Gettysburg, PA: Civil War Times, 1970. softcover. Fine. 8.75 X 11.75"". -ORIGINAL EDITION-Civil War Times Illustrated Magazine Printing Location: Gettysburg, PA Date and Numbering: November 1970, Volume IX, No. 7 Size and Page Count: 8.75 X 11.75 Tall, about 50 pages Condition: Fine, binding good, COMPLETE No missing pages ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian---- Articles & Information: Resaca: A Heap of Hard Fiten -By Richard M. Mcmurry -The campaign for Atlanta, Generals - Sherman, George Thomas, James McPherson, John Schofield, Joseph Johnston. Rocky Face Ridge With 18 photos, illustrations and charts An Alabama Bluecoat -By John R. Phillips - with 6 pages and 3 photos and illustrations Civil War Quiz #4 Mr. Lincoln's Policeman -By Edward G. Longacre - with 12 photos and illustrations The Forrest-Gould Affair -By Frank H. Smith - Nathan Bedford Forrest and Andrew Wills Gould - with 6 photos or illustrations Escape From Libby Prison… Read More

Gettysburg, PA: Civil War Times, 1988. softcover. Good. 8.75 X 11.75"". Description-ORIGINAL EDITION-Printing Location: Gettysburg, PADate and Numbering: May 1988, Volume XXVI, No. 3Size and Page Count: 8.75"" X 11.75"" Tall, 52 pagesCondition: Good, binding good, cover has small tears at edge, light foxing ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian----Articles & Information: Phil Kearny: One-Armed Devil -By Richard Pindell The Most Memorable Day of Our War -By Dr. Gary Gallagher Under The Influence -By James Street, Jr. I Escaped From Andersonville -By Joseph K. Harris The Youngest Historians

Gettysburg, PA: Civil War Times, 1975. softcover. Good. 8.75 X 11.75"". Description-ORIGINAL EDITION-Printing Location: Gettysburg, PADate and Numbering: July, 1975 Volume XIV, No. 4Size and Page Count:8.75"" X 11.75"" Tall, 52 pagesCondition: Good, binding good, cover has small tears at edge, light foxing ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian----Articles & Information:
General Thomas Williams - by Norman C. Delaney
On The Peninsular Campaign: Civil War Letters From WIlliam E. Dunn - Edited by Boyd Litzinger and Edward K. Eckert
Gray CLoaks and Daggers - by David W. Gaddy Anna Ella Carroll: Exaggerated Heroine? - by E.B. Long
The War in Words - by James I. Robertson, Jr.
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