Search Results: American Civil War from Furrowed Brow Books

Rogers, Robert M. : The 125th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry: Attention Batallion! [location not stated: publisher not stated], 1984. Reprint of the 1882 edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's red/black cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board. Plain white endpapers. Pagination thus: first page not numbered, frontispiece verso with 1984 statement recto; Ix pp prelim material, then main text begins with p 10, through 226. Author's intro, 35 chaps, plus "misc sketches" (pp 137-226). Condition notes: a handsomely bound reprint edition from the 1980s marred only by bumped corners, else clean, tight, unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing, 2003. Paperback. Konstam, Angus; Spedaliere, Donato [Illustrator] : American Civil War Fortifications (1): Coastal brick and stone forts (Fortress). Oxford (UK) : Osprey, 2003. Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's matte paper wrappers. 64 numbered pp. Color plates w/commentary, heavily illustrated with illus/photos in both b&w and color, the forts today, glossary, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting, the charming heavy stock insert to back with bookmark and postcard are intact. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. Stevens, Norman : Antietam 1862: The Civil War's Bloodiest Day (Campaign). London : Osprey, 1994. First edition. Series general editor David G. Chandler. Birds' eye illustrations by Peter Harper. Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 96 numbered pp. Military unit symbology, chronology, heavily illustrated with maps/illus/photos in both b&w and color, the battlefield today, orders of battle, bibliography. Note that this is the first edition, WITH wargaming Antietam (by Ian Drury) but w/o index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting, light wear to wrappers. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. Field, Ron; Hook, Adam [Illustrator] : Appomattox 1865: Lee's last campaign. New York : Osprey, 2015. First edition. Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 96 numbered pp. Military unit symbology, chronology, heavily illustrated with maps/illus/photos in both b&w and color, the battlefield today, orders of battle, bibliography, index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Stackpole Books, 2021. First Edition. hardcover. McMillan, Tom : Armistead and Hancock: Behind the Gettysburg Legend of Two Friends at the Turning Point of the Civil War. Guilford (CT) : Stackpole Books/Rowman and Littlefield, 2021. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Glossy color photographic dj. Bound in publisher's green paper boards, bright silver lettering to spine. Plain white endpapers. Vi pp prelim material, 320 numbered pp, plus two blank. 17 chaps, appendix ("Lo" and Behold. Notes, bibliography, index. B&w photos/documents. Condition notes: lovely, gift-appropriate copy, signed by author on title page. Unmarked, square, tight, light wear to dj. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Savas Publishing, 1996. hardcover. Bradley, Mark L. : Last Stand In The Carolinas: The Battle Of Bentonville. Campbell (CA) : Savas Publishing, 1995. Third printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's tan cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. [Two pages unaccounted for in pagination], [i-x], xi-xxii, [xxiii-xxiv], [1], 2-575, [576-582] blank; 8 pp coated b&w photos, unpaginated. T-o-C/lists of maps/illus; "introduction to the maps", acknowl, foreword (by Edwin C. Bearss of the NPS), author's intro, 17 chaps, afterword; appendices (OBs at Cheraw, Monroe's Crossroads, Averasboro, Bentonville; photographic views of the battlefield). Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: A very good plus, handsome copy: light wear to mylar-sheathed dust jacket; light wear to boards, bookshop penciled notes to ffep, else unmarked. Gift-appropriate. We personally inspect every book we offer.

The History Press, 2014. Paperback. Price, James S. : The Battle of First Deep Bottom (Civil War Series). Charleston (SC) : The History Press, 2014. Foreword by Hampton Newsome. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm h. Bound in publisher's matte color stock wrappers glued to textblock; front features b&w Harper's illustration by William Waud of Grant's troops in action, 1864. 156 numbered pp, plus four unnumbered following. Numerous maps and photos; notes, bibliography, index, about the author. Condition notes: all unmarked, clean and bright; due to stacking, slight temporary curve to volume. We personally inspect every book we offer.

White Mane Pub. hardcover. Priest, John Michael : Before Antietam: The Battle for South Mountain. Shippensburg (PA) : White Mane Publishing, 1992. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's red leatherette, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. Xxii pp prelim material, 433 numbered pp, [434] blank. Foreword (by Edwin C. Bearss), list of maps (70!), list of photos/illus, t-o-c, appendix (list of engagements and known casualties Sept 5-15, 1862. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: an excellent condition, unmarked copy, tight and square; light wear to dj. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Casemate, 2016. Hardcover. Perry, David : Bluff, Bluster, Lies and Spies: The Lincoln Foreign Policy, 1861-1865. Philadelphia : Casemate Publishers, 2016. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm H. Bound in publisher's black paper boards, bright gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dj. Plain white endpapers. 320 numbered pp, plus 16 unnumbered glossy pp of b&w photos inserted to center. Endnotes, glossary, bibliography, appendices, index. Valuable appendices include 'dramatis personae' of USA, CSA,and Great Britain, comparative strengths of US and British navies, etc. Condition notes: Practically flawless, light wear to DJ (wrapped in mylar), no notes or highlighting. Possible first edition, but no information on Casemate's edition-marking practices. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing, 2008. Paperback. Beattie, Dan; Hook, Adam [Illustrator] : Brandy Station 1863: First step towards Gettysburg (Campaign). New York : Osprey, 2008 (2013 printing). Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 96 numbered pp. Military unit symbology, chronology, heavily illustrated with maps/illus/photos in both b&w and color, the battlefield today, orders of battle, further reading, index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting. Light wear to cover. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Guild Bindery Press. Second Edition. hardcover. Wheeler, Joseph : Campaigns of Wheeler and His Cavalry 1862-1865. Memphis : Guild Bindery Press, 1997. Full title includes: "from material furnished by Gen. Joseph Wheeler to which is added his concise and graphic account of The Santiago Campaign of 1898." Reprint of the 1899 edition; original edited by W.C. Dodson. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's dark gray cloth, silver lettering to spine and front board. Glossy color photographic dj. Plain white endpapers. Pagination challenging as is typical of reprints: original material augmented by the 1997 intro by E.F. Williams, with a note that hand notation in the source of the reprint was left in place as it was made by a veteran of the campaigns; two frontispieces (one photo of Wheeler aged 63, the other an illus at age 28); original editor's preface; 1862-1865 narrative contains intro plus 27 chaps plus three appendices. Original prelim material numbered to Xxiv, followed by main… Read More

Basic Books, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Doyle, Don H. : The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War. New York : Basic Books, 2015. First edition. Size is super royal octavo (8vo), 9.5"/25cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's red (spine) and tan (boards) paper, bright silver lettering imprinted to the spine. Semi-glossy color dj. Plain dark blue endpapers. xviii pp prelim material, 382 numbered pp. Numerous illustrations/photos, notes, abbreviations, index. Condition notes: All clean, tight, bright, unmarked; light wear to dj, no chips or tears. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Military - Military Book Club. Hardcover. Smith, Carl : Chancellorsville 1863: Jackson's Lightning Strike (Classic Battles Series). Oxford (UK) : Osprey Publishing, 1998. Military Book Club/BCE. Series editor: David G. Chandler. Size is octavo (8vo), 10.125"/25.5cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial boards. 96 numbered pp. Typical of the series, this volume contains background material, orders of battle (OOBs), analysis, wargaming notes, the battlefield today, and further reading. Replete with color/b&w photos/illus/map. Condition notes: lacks dj, likely issued without; all clean, tight, bright, unmarked. Gift-appropriate. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Morningside House, 1988. Collins, R.M. : Chapters from the Unwritten History of the War Between the States; Or, the Incidents in the Life of a Confederate Soldier in Camp, on the March, in the Great Battles, and in Prison. Dayton (OH) : Morningside House, 1988. Reprint of the 1893 edition, Facsimile 66, of Civil War Heritage Series Number Five. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's red-brown cloth (spine) and tan cloth (boards) gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Front board features red, white, blue, and black renditions of three flags, apparently the first and last CSA national flags, plus a variant on the battle flag. Plain white endpapers. [4] pp not accounted for in pagination, [1-5], 6, i-xxiv (sic) Morningside intro w footnotes, [7-8], 9-343, [344-354] blank; plus unpaginated frontispiece photo of author, and one additional full page photo. Author's preface, 35 chaps, index. B&w illus. Condition notes: a clean, tight copy, with a small light stain to tail corner of… Read More

The History Press, 2010. First Edition. Paperback. Bostick, Douglas W. : Charleston Under Siege: The Impregnable City (Civil War Series). Charleston (SC) : History Press, 2010. First edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm H. Bound in matte color paper paper wrappers, front featuring Currier and Ives painting of Union ironclads attacking Fort Sumter April 1863; rear features two period photos. 158 numbered pp, plus two unnumbered following with info about author, advertisement. Numerous b&w illustrations and photos, bibliography, index. Condition notes: All tight, clean, unmarked, square. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Osprey Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. Arnold, James; Mallinson, Shirley and Ronald Volstad [Illustrators] : Chickamauga 1863: The river of death (Campaign). London : Osprey, 1992. First edition. Series general editor David G. Chandler. Birds' eye illustrations by Cilla Eurich. Crown quarto (4to) size, 9.75"/25cm h. Bound in publisher's glossy paper wrappers. 96 numbered pp. Military unit symbology, chronology, heavily illustrated with maps/illus/photos in both b&w and color, the battlefield today, orders of battle, bibliography. Note that this is the first edition, WITH wargaming Antietam (by Paul Stevenson) but w/o index. Condition notes: a clean, tight, square copy, not ex library, no notes or highlighting, light wear to wrappers. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Yale University Press, 1972. First Edition. hardcover. Myers, Robert Manson (editor) : The Children of Pride: A True Story of Georgia and the Civil War. New Haven (CT) : Yale University Press, 1972. First edition/First impression. Size is quarto (4vo), 10.25"/26cm h. Bound in publisher's dark gray cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with title set against light blue field framed in gilt. Glossy color photographic dj. Endpapers with b&w line maps of Georgia, front the northern part, rear the southern part, cartography by Rich Everhart. [i-x], xi-xxv, [xxvi] prelim material, [1-7], 8-1845, [1846] blank. Editor's preface, note on the letters, principal characters, prologue. Three books (pre-war, war, post-war); epilogue, "Who's Who" [dictionary-style entries], index. Condition notes: An excellent condition first edition, with unclipped dust jacket (bearing the $19.95 retail price as well as the $14.95 "before publication" price); jacket shows moderate wear with several small closed tears and chips.… Read More

Texas A&M University Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Thompson, Jerry : Civil War to the Bloody End: The Life and Times of Major General Samuel P. Heintzelman (Volume 9). College Station : Texas A&M University, 2006. First Edition. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm H. Handsomely bound in publisher's maroon cloth, bright gilt lettering imprinted on spine. Glossy dj in red and tan featuring photo of subject, and sketch of his 1862 HQ by Robert Knox Sneden. Plain white endpapers. xviii pp prelim material, 443 numbered pages, followed by three blank. Numerous photos, illustrations, maps. Notes, bibliography, index. Condition notes: A handsome and excellent copy, very light wear to dj and boards, binding very slightly off square. Otherwise flawless. We personally inspect every book we offer.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998. Hardcover. Kennedy, Frances H. [Ed.]; Noonan, Patrick F. [Foreword]: The Civil War Battlefield Guide: The Definitive Guide, Completely Revised, with New Maps and More Than 300 Additional Battles (Second Edition). Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Second edition. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/24cm h. Quarterbound in publisher's burgundy paper boards, black paper spine. Gilt lettering imprinted to spine. Glossy color dustjacket features photo/maps collage to front. Plain white endpapers. Xxx pp prelim material, 495 numbered pp, three unnumbered following. Numerous color topographic maps, mainly of the USGS 1:24000 or so scale type, some of a more sepia tone historic nature. B&w photos. Information on 384 battlefields, from Charleston 1861 to Palmito Ranch, Texas, May 1865. Appendices (the 384 principal battlefields; excerpt from the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields; Lost and Fragmented Battlefields; War Statistics),… Read More

The History Press, 2011. Paperback. Wood, Larry : Civil War Springfield (Civil War Series). Charleston (SC) : History Press, 2011. Size is royal octavo (8vo), 9"/23cm H. Color paper wrappers glued to textblock. 156 numbered pp plus four following unnumbered. Bibliography, index, about the author. Condition notes: very nice unmarked solid condition, light wear to wrappers. We personally inspect every book we offer.