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Washington, D.C.: Department of State, 1861. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 15pp. Good. Wrappers age toned, else fine. Close-cropped clipped signature of CSA diplomat John Slidell (1793-1871) tipped to front wrapper. Circa 1900 catalogue slip affixed to top of front cover. NEVINS I, 274.
Ten Clipped Civil War Covers Featuring Pro-Union and Anti-Confederate Images. by Unknown artists - 1861-65
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Ten Clipped Civil War Covers Featuring Pro-Union and Anti-Confederate Images.
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[Civil War] Ten Clipped Civil War Covers Featuring Pro-Union and Anti-Confederate Images. [No publication information] [Circa 1861-1865] Each clipped portion of a civil war cover (envelope) is approximately 8 x14 cm. Some age toning and light stains. Colors are vibrant. They do not appear to have been mailed. Very good.
Although done by private companies, these patriotic envelopes served as propaganda for the Union and were purchased by those on the home front to send to their loved ones serving in the war or by those serving in the war. These feature various images including American flags. Cannon. Dogs and Cats among others. Would make a great display.- Seller Independent bookstores (US)
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- Date Published 1861-65
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- Keywords Postal History Mail Civil War
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Correspondence Relative to the Case of Messrs. Mason and Slidell
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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CONFEDERATE VETERAN (10 ISSUES ) 1915
by Various Contirbutors
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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Nashville, Tenn.: S. A. Cunningham. Very Good. 1915. First Edition. Soft Covers. Lacking April & June issues to complete the year of 1915. Clean pictorial covers. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. B/W photograph illustrations. Conditions of soft cover ranges VG- to VG. Published monthly in the interest of Confederate Veterans and kindred topics. Civil War, Confederate Veterans; B/W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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THE VERMONT BRIGADE IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, 1864
by Walker, Aldace F.
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Burlington, Vt: Free Press Association, 1869. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 191pp, erratum slip; complete with four map plates. Bound in brown cloth, gilt spine lettering and cross on cover, coated endpapers. Laid in is a four-page fact sheet from Petersburg National Military Park, with a centerspread map showing Federal and Confederate lines at Petersburg. 7.75" x 5" Walker served as a battalion commander, 11th Regiment, Vermont Infantry Volunteers.
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Grand Army Of The Republic Camp Fire Badge, Los Angeles, 1903
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Los Angeles, California, 1903; 2 1/2" x 7" satin ribbon badge from the G.A.R. Camp Fire at Los Angeles August 26, 1903, previously belonging to Civil War Colonel E.F.C. Klokke (1834-1914) of the 24th Illinois Volunteers. Klokke was an officer in the Cumberland Department of the newly formed Signal Corps and a veteran of the Battle Of Shiloh. In 1867 he was elected Clerk of the Cook County Illinois Superior Court and held that office for a number years before moving to Los Angeles, where he built a landmark Victorian home at 2105 South Figueroa and soon established himself as a prominent citizen. Accompanying the badge are two 2 3/4" x 6" red satin ribbons. The text of the first reads, "Col. E.F.C. Klokke, Compliments of Mr. & Mrs. Wiley Wells, Saturday, January 27th, 1888." The second ribbon, with the same wording, is made out to Mrs. Klokke. Guilford Wiley Wells (1840-1909) was born in Livingston County, New York. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the Union Army with…
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A Heroine of the Wilderness: The Story of Lincoln's Mother (True First Edition)
by Hezekiah Butterworth
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beaver falls, Pennsylvania, United States
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Remarkably well preserved copy of this rare hardback copyright 1906; pictorial boards (see photos) show light shelf wear and gently bumped corners; text block tight and square; one illustration missing; both hinges beginning to split but this has not significantly weakened the tightness of spine; 273 clean pages, showing signs of tanning CC.
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Order of Battle and Plan of Attack: Nov 7th 1861 [The Battle of Port Royal)
by Unlisted
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Unlisted Publisher, 1861. Map. Very Good. Map size - 7.75"x9". Leaf size - 9"x10.5". Clean with some folds; probably from a book. Very short closed tear at right margin; small piece of tape on reverse. Uncommon Civil War map showing the Battle of Port Royal. Publisher unknown, but probably contemporary. The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861. The sound was guarded by two forts on opposite sides of the entrance, Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island to the south and Fort Beauregard on Phillip's Island to the north.
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ON THE PARALLELS, OR CHAPTERS OF INNER HISTORY:; A Story of the Rappahannock
by Borton, Benjamin
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Woodstown, NJ: Monitor-Register Print, 1903. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good. 333pp; frontispiece portrait, 20 plates from photographs and sketches. Edges of boards rubbed. 7.75" x 5.25" Borton served with the 24th New Jersey volunteers. This book centers on the Fredericksburg campaign [Nevins, Civil War Books, I:61]. Sketch of service with the 9th New Jersey Infantry [Nicholson, 92].
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Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War, Two Volumes
by Alfred H. Guernsey/Henry M Alden Alfred H. Guernsey (Co-Author); Henry M Alden (Co-Author)
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Salida, Colorado, United States
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Star Publishing Co., 1894. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Poor. Star Publishing Co., 1894. First edition thus. Poor. Volume I has detatched cover and spine cover is in pieces. Volume II covers are barely attached to the bindings. Contents of both volumes are present with some loose pages.
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Rebels on the Rio Grande: The Civil War Journals of A.B. Peticolas[SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY, FIRST EDITION]
by A. B. Peticolas
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1984 University of New Mexico Press trade hardcover format. Inscribed & SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY from the author to Calvin Horn, late New Mexico State Senator & Publisher. "First edition" appears on the copyright page. Not remainder marked, dj is not clipped. Dj clean with no rips, no discoleration, looks fine in Brodart protectivee sleeve. Pages clean, unmarked & bright. Black cloth covered boards clean & square. Silver lettering on spine fine. Also included, Rebels on the Rio Grande bookmark/ marketing ephemera.
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DON TROIANI's CIVIL WAR
by Trioani, Don & Brian C. Pohanka
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press. Fine+. (1995). Limited Edition. Hardcover. Book is as new. No ownership or other marks. This is copy 1140 of 2500 signed by Author (Trioani) on limitation page. ; Photographs, Color plates; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 191 pages; Signed by Author .
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The Spur
by Kennelly, Ardyth
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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New York: Julian Messner, 1951. Solid copy with light wear on covers and interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has small tears on top and bottom edges with creases and light crumpling. Otherwise jacket is bright and shows light wear. Novelized version of the man who killed Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good- Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Joe Brown's Army: The Georgia State Line, 1862-1865
by William Harris Bragg
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Darien, Georgia, United States
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Macon Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1987. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. NF/F/1st ed. Clean, tight, square. No wear to Dust Jacket, which is covered with a mylar sleeve. 175pp. Culmulative Muster Rolls of the Georgia State Line, notes, b&w photos, maps, index. One of the very few sources about the 2 regiments that made up the Georgia State Line. I can have this in the mail to you tomorrow.
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The American Heritage History of American Presidency
by American Heritage Co. R. M. Ketchum, Editor
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Theis book is in box case with three books. It is in excellent condition. Almost new. It is the story of how American precidency was created and the power behind it. Fascinating book to have. Great resource for School and college students.Amazing photographs and illustrations.
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FELIX MOSES, THE BELOVED JEW OF STRINGTOWN ON THE PIKE [signed by Lloyd]:; Pages from the life experiences of a unique character--a man whose romantic record challenges imagination
by Lloyd, John Uri
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Roosevelt, New Jersey, United States
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Cincinnati: Caxton Press for the Author, 1930. Limited Edition. Original Cloth. Fine. pp: xxix, 354; 20 plates and text illus by J. Augustus Knapp. Bound in gilt-stamped brown cloth, illus mounted on cover. Small, private bookplate on front free-endpaper. 9.75" x 6.75" This second printing, preceded by an edition of 500. was limited to 1,000 copies, On the limitation page is a six-line inscription, signed by the author at Cincinnati, March 16th, 1932. Felix Moses of Kentucky served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR
by Miller, Francis Trefelyan
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Blanco, Texas, United States
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Castle, 1957. Hardcover. New/New. 10 volumes, complete set in 4to grey boards. Very clean set with unworn dust jackets except for heel of spine on two jackets showing wear. Small price sticker shadow to front free endpapers from the flaps. Original price unclipped.
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A STILLNESS AT APPOMTTOX: Fatefull last chapter of the army of the Potomac's dramatic saga
by Catton, Bruce
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Book is in excellent condition. Dust Jacket slight discoloration due to aging but in very good condition.Opposing Grant and the Army of the Potomac was Robert. E. Lee, the last great knight of the battle. He was a god to his men and scourge to his antagonists.
A brilliant description of an important chapter in the Civil War history.
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Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy
by O'Neill, Eugene
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O'Neill, Eugene: Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy (1931 First Edition, Horace Liveright, Inc. w/Dj) DRAMA. Three Plays, or parts: Homecoming, The Hunted, The Haunted. RARE. Used. Very Good Condition/ Good- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original Cover Price is $2.50. Jacket has some loss at the spine. Now protected by mylar wrap. Please see our photos. Plot Summary: "Mourning Becomes Electra is a story styled after the Greek legend and the title refers to how the lead character is condemned to a life of mourning the disasters that befall her family. In the Greek legends, Electra is the sister to Orestes, and they are the children of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon."
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FIRST BLOOD: Story of Fort Sumter
by W. A . Swanberg
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"Sumter started the greatest war this land ever knew. It was far more causative significance than Pearl Harbor. It represents the Noth-South Quarrel. The author tells the story of extraordinary courage of American Military and Major Robert Anderson who was the defender of the fort." A must read for history buffs.
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Bosque Redondo: An American Concentration Camp
by Bailey, Lynn R
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Pasadena, Socio-Technical Books, 1970, hardcover, 176 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight and tightly bound, spots to top edge, previous owner's name and date to front endpaper. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, rubs, light wrinkles, slight edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. The well-regarded anthropologist, museum director, supervising archaeologist for the Fort Massac Reconstruction project in Southern Illinois, and author of The Long Walk: A History of Navajo Wars, 1846-68 takes us back to the years 1863-68, the military roundup of the Navajo Indians and the creation of Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner, New Mexico, a forty-square mile concentration camp where the Navajo lived according to the dictates of an alien people and suffered disease, starvation, and generational trauma. Illustrated with 22 period photographs. Appended: Bibliography, Index. ISBN 9780870261008
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A Heroine of the Wilderness: The Story of Lincoln's Mother (True First Edition)
by Hezekiah Butterworth
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beaver falls, Pennsylvania, United States
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Remarkably well preserved copy of this rare hardback copyright 1906; pictorial boards (see photos) show light shelf wear and gently bumped corners; text block tight and square; one illustration missing; both hinges beginning to split but this has not significantly weakened the tightness of spine; 273 clean pages, showing signs of tanning CC.
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