CIVIL WAR from THE FAMILY ALBUM

Press of the York Daily, York, PA: ., 1903 pp. vii, [1], 306, xxv. + Plus illustrations. 230 mm. Small 8vo. Original full blue buckram binding. Covers have some surface wear. Very good+. Reprint by Windmill Publications for the Historical Society of York County; 1999. The 87th was in 28 engagements during the Civil War. The survivors and their ancestors… Read more about this item

(De Vinne Press for) The Century Co., New York: 1907., 1907 432 p. + Frontis. 12mo. Original full red cloth binding. XLib - withdrawn from Middlebury VT Ladies' Library Assoc. Contains some very important contributions to the history of Lincoln's assassination. W23. Hardcover. Good.

U.S. Printing Office. 38th Congress. 1st Session. Rpt. No. 65, 1864 Description: Two reports in one volume. pp. 128; 38 + ** 8 p. of illustrations showing emaciated white soldiers with identifications and details. 8vo. 230 mm. Original full cloth binding. XLib. "On April 12, 1864, some 3,000 rebels under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest overran Fort Pillow, a… Read more about this item

Clarence M. Busch, State Printer, Harrisburg: ., 1895 pp. 35 + Frontis. Thin 8vo. 245 mm. Original full cloth binding. Gilt memorial emblem on front cover. Early stamped ownerships and presentations. Hardbound. Very Good. Andrew Gregg Curtin (1815/1817?-1894) was a staunch supporter of the Union and served as the Governor of Pennsylvania throughout the Civil War. Alexander Kelly McClure (1828-1909)… Read more about this item

Beverley Tucker, Washington: ., 1855 Two volumes. pp. vii, 776; xxxii, 332. Includes a great many technical drawings. 8vo. 240 mm. Original cloth bindings, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. Non-uniform. Hardbound. Very Good. NOTE: Early embossed ownership of Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (1816-1892) a career U.S. Army officer and civil engineer, who served as Quartermaster General of the Union… Read more about this item

Marshall, Williams & Butler, Philadelphia: ., 1840 816 p. Illustrated with two hundred small engravings. Lacks marbled front fly leaf. Double column. Foxed. All edges marbled **Two Civil War era autograph ownerships. Large 8vo. 250 mm. Disbound. Text Good. Title continues: 'Containing A Brief Dictionary Of Commerce, Giving An Account Of All The Moneys In The Known World.' S&S/AI 40-1033.… Read more about this item

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York: ., 1892 pp. x, 219, (4) [Publisher's catalogue] + Folding map. Text illustrated with maps. XLib. Bookplate of R.E. Chislett. 12mo. 190 mo.Original full dark blue cloth binding, lettered in gold. Front board decorated in blind with rifle, sword and bayonet. Extremities only slightly worn. XLib. Hardbound. Very Good. W25 / YORK HS. Hardcover.

Samuel Walker, Boston: (-1867)., 1862 Fifty parts (some bound two in one). pp. 648; 652. Highly illustrated. Original paper wraps. 4to. In our set the issue with parts 41 & 42 is missing, as id the paper cover to partt one. This is a set almost never found complete (if at all). The true first edition of this famous history… Read more about this item

(Collins, Printer for) Henry Carey Baird, Philadelphia: ., 1861 Complete title: The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion: Containing Rules and Regulations in every thing relating to the arts of Painting, Gilding, Varnishing, and Glass-staining : Numerous useful and valuable receipts : Tests for detection of adulterations in oils, colours, etc. : And a statement of the Diseases and Accidents to… Read more about this item

J.M. Stoddart & Co., Philadelphia: ., 1872 665 p. + Plus 10 powerful portrait engravings (a few from lifetime photographs, including a fine engraving of Lincoln from a Brady photo). Original full cloth binding, lettered and decorated in gold gilt. 8vo. 240 mm. Mildly XLib. A handsome piece of post Civil War political and historical propaganda. "Of all the political… Read more about this item

Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, Washington, DC: ., 1853 pp. cxxxvi, 1022. Slightly age stained. Large, thick 4to. 320 mm. Original leather backed marbled boards binding. Joints fragile. Mildly ExLib. Fuller title: The Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Embracing a statistical view of each of the states and territories, arranged by counties towns, etc., under the following divisions: 1.… Read more about this item

J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia: 1865., 1865 pp. xviii, 381 + Woodcut frontis of the ideal country school house. 12 mo. Original ful cloth binding. Mildly XLib. Manuscript Ownership of Maggie J. Christy Dr. Wickersham (1825-1891) was a pioneer in teacher education. He established the first state normal school in Pennsylvania and was responsible for the development of the… Read more about this item

St. Martin's Press, New York: (October, )., 1996 338 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Original binding. Original priced dust jacket. First Edition. Hardbound. Very good. Quantrill's Raiders were a loosely organized force of pro-Confederate Partisan rangers, "bushwhackers", who fought in the American Civil War under the leadership of William Clarke Quantrill. W9 LEFT REAR STK 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Printed for the Author by C. Sherman & Co., Philadelphia: ., 1842 Fuller title: STEREOTYPE EDITION OF ROWLETT'S TABLES OF DISCOUNT, OR INTEREST; Showing at Sight, the Interest on Each and Every Dollar, From Unit, or One, to Two Thousand; on Every Ten Dollars, from Two Thousand to Three Thousand; on Every Fifty, from Three Thousand to Five Thousand; and… Read more about this item

Gurdon Bill, Springfield, MA: 1866, 1866 pp. 544, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Portrait Frontis and full page engraved plates. Offsetting on title page. Marbled endpapers. XLib bookplates on front paste down. All edges marbled. Large 8vo. Original three quarter leather over marbled boards. Raised bands. Binding somewhat rubbed and worn. Lacks leather spine labels. Remnants of library call numbers.… Read more about this item

(Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas for) Sinclair Tousey, New York: 1863., 1863 40 p. 8vo. 235 mm. Original printed wraps, sewn, as issued. On the rear wrap is an ad for Wilkes' Spirit of the Times. The American Gentleman's Newspaper. A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, the Army and the Stage. From the Preface: "The following articles are portions of… Read more about this item

Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, Harrisburg: 1904., 1904 Two volumes. 1162p. + Plates with full page photogravure illustrations, boldly printed by Julius Bien & Co., New York + Folding map. All edges gold gilt. Original half leather over marbled boards binding; rubbed. Hardbound. Very Good. Tight histories of every PA unit that served in the battle, with pictures of their… Read more about this item

Printed by W. Strahan Jun. for T. Becket and Co. and T. Cadell in the Strand, T. Davies in Russel Street, and T. Evans in King Street, London: ., 1772 pp. (8), 540, (2), 22, 56, 57, 65 , 32, 33 + A handsome bust portrait engraved by Basire, after Cipriani. Portrait offset on to the unusual title page. Some… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, New York: 1863., 1863 pp. vii, 623 p. 19 cm. Original full cloth binding; spine perished. Hardbound. Ink autograph ownership of Daniel G. Tinker, New London, Conn. XLib. This book was a gift from Pennsylvania historian and archivist, Charles Coleman Sellers (1903-1980) to Dickinson College in 1950, and later withdrawn. Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was one of the… Read more about this item

J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia: 1865., 1865 pp. xviii, 381 + Woodcut frontis of the ideal country school house. 12 mo. Original full purple cloth binding, spine sun faded. Manuscript Ownership and penciled drawings of: Mary G. Schaak, Millersville, PA, April 14th, 1865 on fly leaves. On the very day that she signed this book the assassination of President… Read more about this item