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Yorktown, VA: U.S. Navy, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Approximately 50 pages. Pictorial soft cover . Illustrated with photographs. A program from the commissioning ceremony of the USS Yorktown (CG 48).

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. [3], pages 821-1143. Brown cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Cloth is shelf worn with light edge wear to the extremities. This supplement includes the folding battle map, approx. 22" x 14", titled "Government Exhibit A" showing the towns of Manassas, New Market, Gainesville, Haymarket and other locations. The map is located between pages 1052-1053.

[New York]: Joseph Sabin, 1875. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. 472 pages, [1] page addenda, [4]. Original wraps with the printed title on the front cover has been recased in marbled paper covered boards with red cloth corners. Red cloth spine with title. Two old news clippings concerning the auction are pasted down on the verso of the right front flyleaf. Prices realized for most of the books are written in pencil in the margins.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xii, 257 pages. Light brown stain on the for edge. Previous owner's name on the right front flyleaf. The date 1993 written on the rear end sheet.

Phoenix: Arizona Historical Foundation, 1964. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto. xv, 200 pages. Illustrated. 2 folding maps and a facsimile document in the rear pocket. Several pages unopened. Light edge wear to the dust jacket.

New York: Joseph Okpaku Publishing Company, Inc. A Third Press Book, 1970. First Edition. Soft cover. Good. Tall soft cover (12" x 9"). 159 pages. Illustrated with drawings. Color illustrated covers. Light creases to some of the pages in back. Light edge wear to the front cover.

London: Merrell Holberton in association with English Heritage, 1999. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto. Hardcover with color pictorial dust jacket. 240 pages. Illustrated in color and in black and white.

[Saint Joseph, Missouri]: Class of 1913. Nelson-Hanne Printing Co, 1912. Soft cover. Good. Oblong, string tied, black paper soft cover. Illustrated with photographs, sketches, etc. A total of 10 small news clippings related to students getting married etc. are paste down under the portraits. A few of the articles are loose. Interior contents have no writing inside. Light edge wear to the paper covers.

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Saint Paul Harvester Works, Manufactures, 1877. Newspaper. Good. Approx. 24" x 19" folded Newspaper advertisement. 4 pages. Contents are full of illustrations and testimonials, some dating to January 1877. The newspaper has several small closed edge tears and a few tears along the horizontal folds. Fair plus to good condition.

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1866. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. 246 pages, [1]. Frontispiece. Illustrations in text. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title and decorations on the front cover and spine. Slight lean to the binding. Light edge and shelf wear to the hardcover. The yellow end papers are heavily toned. Text in good condition.

London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1866. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. [3], 318 pages, [2] pages of advertisements. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title, black borders, and decorations on the covers. Ex-institutional copy with a blue circular stamp from "Clinton Hall For the Use of The Mercantile Library Association, N Y" located on the title page and page 1. Old ink numbers written in the title page. Slight lean to the binding. Cloth is edge worn head of the spine. A couple of pages unopened. Light cracks to the hinges. The front and rear end sheets have a few tiny remnants of label. Old bookseller ticket on the rear paste down. A good copy.

Salem, MA: City Authorities of Salem, 1875. Wraps. Fair. Wraps. 91 pages. Good condition with black titles and seal on the front cover. Contents page and the half title page are detached. Shelf wear to the binding. Some exposed and lightly frayed stitching on the spine. Institutional stamp embossed on the front cover and last page.

Salem, MA: Foote and Brown, 1832. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 176 pages. Disbound. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the text. Small ink marking on the title page. Page edges toned.

Boston: De La Imprenta De Munroe Y Francis, 1828. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. [3]. 260 pages, [1]. Brownish marbled paper covered boards with gilt lettered title on the leather spine. Leather corner tips.Edge wear to the boards. Outer leather joints rubbed. Top of the spine is chipped. Light toning to the contents. Text is in Spanish. Several pages have light pencil words, many written in English, next to the verses. Faint small pencil inscription by the previous owner on the front paste down.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gilt on spine, lacking the dustjacket. Spine titles quite faded, cloth on the upper board with a pronounced vertical crease, but otherwise a crisp, clean, square copy. Stated first edition with no additional printings listed.

New Haven: Privately Printed. Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1885. Privately Printed. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fair. Folios (approx. 14.5" x 11"). Two volumes. Part I. First half. [1], xx, 370 pages, [2]. Part II. Second half. Pages 375-696, [1]. Dark brown cloth hardcovers with titles on the spines. Illustrated with 15 pedigree folding charts. Both volumes are numbered 26 (of 200) on the preliminary page. Cloth binding part 1 is shelf worn, spotted on the back cover, chipped on the spine, and split on the lower spine joint. The front hinge is broken part 1. Part 2 front cover is detached. The original creased and torn spine is pasted onto thick burgundy taped newer spine part 2. Small edge tears to a couple of preliminary pages part 1. The right front flyleaf is chipped and toned part 2. Board edges and corners are worn both volumes. Part 1 includes a 7 page stapled "Published Notices of the Work" by the author. This notice describes the work. Placed inside volume 1 is a printed, copied… Read More

New Haven: Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1892. Hardcover. Fair. Large heavy quartos. Volume I, two parts. xli, xxvi, 358 pages; [5], 359-722, [2]. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece portrait. Large brown cloth hardcover with gilt title to spine. Gilt top page edges. Ex-library copies with labels on the front paste downs. Brown cloth bindings with light shelf wear. Front and rear hinges of part one, and front hinge of part two, are broken. Right front flyleaf of part one is detached with two small closed chips missing. First [5] sheets of part two are detached, including title page. Bindings are shaken. Various pages are cracked at hinge. "This edition consists of [50] copies on large paper and [250] of this size of which this is number 40

New Haven: Privately Printed. Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1892. Hardcover. Good. Folios. 2 volumes. Volume I: [2], x, 312 pages, [2]. Brown pebble cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. The right front flyleaf leaf and the front blank end sheet are detached. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Volume II is unpaginated and contains 29 folding pedigree charts, some illustrated with armorial seals. The right front flyleaf is detached. Light edge wear to the cloth on the beveled edges and head and base of the spine. The name of Sarah P. Lane is written on the right front flyleaf of both volumes. This is the 'Third' volume of a three volume set.

Columbia: State Commercial Printing Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. 178 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Milledge. Illustrations. Red cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Light shelf wear and foxing to the dust jacket. Interior contents clean.

Columbia: The R. L. Bryan Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. xv, 783 pages. Light blue cloth hardcover with color Confederate flag on the front cover and spine. Title on the spine. Light shelf wear and fading to the cloth binding. Interior contents in very good condition. Name index located in the back. This volume covers covers the First Regiments of Infantry (regulars) including sketch, field and staff, and companies A-K. Also included is the First Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers (Gregg's) with sketch, field and staff and companies A-L; (Hagood's) First Regiment S.C.V. companies A-K.