THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES: Its Cause, Origin, Progress and Conclusion by Schmucker, Samuel M - 1865

Paperback / softback. New.

New.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia, PA: Bradley & Company, 1863. Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, two volume set published one year apart in original binding. Exterior on both books are in rough shape with volume one being the worst. Both are bound in brown buckram decorated with gilt and blind stamped on front and rear. Volume ones front board is loose and only partially attached, spine has heavy chipping at top and bottom and along both hinges. Volume two is in better shape but that but still only grades as fair to fair plus, the boards are more secure but exterior hinge is still show cracks as do corners. The interior pages on both volumes are complete and attached. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings or underlining found. Pages are toned due to age and foxing is present. But the front and rear end pages on volume one show tears and holes where they stuck together and the second blank end page also shows tears. The… Read More

Philadelphia: Bradley & Co, 1862. Original. Hardcover. Good+ clean, tight contents; rubbing to edges/hinges of covers. Some foxing to tissue guards that has affected the respective plates (and the title page).. Crimson leather with elaborate blind-stamp decoration; gilt insignia and lettering. Marbled page edges. 512 pp. with bw frontis (tissue guard) and 15 additional bw plates, most with tissue guards. A very early, scarce edition. Contents include the origin of the Southern Rebellion, effect of Lincoln's election in the South, pernicious influence of Jefferson Davis, the mission of Mr. Yancey and his associates to Europe, assembling of the Peace Congress, all sorts of battle history, and much more political history. Part 1 of 3.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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

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.

Athens, AL: Pea Ridge Press. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0964208415 . Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Signed by Robert Dunnavant; B&W Illustrations; 186 pages; Signed by Author .

Macon, GA: J. W. Burke. 1927. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. , DJ has light soiling ; Introduction by Julian Street; 65 pages .