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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine. 1919. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A near fine first edition, the pages are cracked at the hinge and there is the slightest discoloration of the fabric of the hardback. The front flyleaf bears an ink signature from a previous owner "Dorothy Louise Minsch"; Drinkwater's first roaring success, this… Read more about this item

New York: P. F. Collier Publisher. Good. 1889. Hardcover. An edition in good condition. The pages are discolored and frayed and the spine hinge is separating. The boards are worn and the outer edge boards are exposed; ; 4to; 560 pages .

New York And London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good+. 1906. Hardcover. A signed later edition in good+ condition. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. The interior is clean and the spine is loose and shows signs of edgewear; Signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 384 pages; Signed… Read more about this item

Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine. 1911. Second Printing. Hardcover. A three volume set in fine condition, there is rubbing to the outer corners and the pages are uncut. This set has been very well cared for and has little worn shelf life ; Welles was the Secretary of the American Navy under Abraham… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Poor dust jacket. 1928. Second Printing. Hardcover. A second printing in near fine condition with some tanning, uncut pages and some obvious shelf wear. Volume is housed in a poor dust jacket that is very torn and fragile ; ; 8vo; 377 pages .

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Near Fine. 1962. Hardcover. An edition in near fine condition. The blue cloth cover and spine is gilt stamped. The interior is pristine. There is an in memorium stamp on the front endpaper; This book tells the story of the Colorado Volunteers, a Union regiment, and the New Mexico campaign… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Near Fine. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first printing of the first edition in near fine condition. The boards are navy with gilt lettering on the spine. The interior is clean and free from marks, save an in memorial stamp on the front endpages. The slipcase is missing ;… Read more about this item

New York: The Century Co.. Fair. 1887. Hardcover. A four volume edition in fair condition with general wear and tear from life on the shelf; ; Vol. 1/4/2024; 4to .

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company. Near Fine. 1943. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. A later edition in near fine condition. There are navy boards with gilt lettering on the spine. The clean interior is free from marks, save an in memorial stamp on the front endpages. Set is missing slipcase; Handsome four volume set, with 426… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City: Hubbard Brothers Publishers. Good+. 1882. Hardcover. An edition in good+ condition. The blue boards are somewhat discolored and the gilt lettering and design on the cover have spots of fading. The spine is loose but the text is clean and "profusely illustrated." ; Thrice a Prisoner in… Read more about this item

Very Good+. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. An edition in very good+ condition. There is no stated publisher or location. An in memorium stamp is on the front endpage. The volume is tIghtly bound with slight shelfwear; The Diary of a Confederate Soldier: James E. Hall tells the story of a young man who enlists in the … Read more about this item

Usa: Belford, Clarke & Company. Near Fine. 1889. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A first edition three volume set in near fine condition. There is some obvious cracking and rubbing to the spines. The front pastedowns bear a library sticker and the first volume has a corner tear on the front paste down; William H. Herndon… Read more about this item

Springfield, Mass.: Gurdon Bill. Fair. 1866. Third Printing. Hardcover. A later printing in fair condition that is very fragile to handle. The fabric of the book has begun to dissipate while the pages have almost completely separated from the hinge. The stitching is exposed on the spine ; ; 4to; 629 pages .

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Very Good+. 1963. Hardcover. An edition in very good+ condition. There is gilt lettering and design against blue boards. Ther is a slight amount of foxing to the pages. ; Private Smith's journal is a record of his life as a Union soldier during the Civil War. He writes about… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0805016147 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in Near Fine dust-jacket with bookshop sticker affixed over the original DJ price, SIGNED and lengthily inscribed by Edgar Award-winning author Elaine Alphin directly on the half title… Read more about this item

New York, San Diego, And London: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0151002673 . A Fine first printing of the first edition in equally unblemished dust-jacket, SIGNED by author Thomas Dyja on the title page; In this brilliantly imagined and neatly plotted Civil War novel (the author's … Read more about this item

Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0872496953 . First printing of a first edition in Very Good+ condition with rubbing to the boards in alike dust-jacket with edgewear; John S. Jackman was born on November 17, 1863, in Rutherford County, Tennessee. He enlisted in… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. /Harcourt, Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. c1939. Hardcover. A four volume set with each volume in Very Good+ condition in alike, plain dust-jackets ; Four volume set about Lincoln during the Civil War; Vol. 1/4/2024; 8vo .

New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0060142529 . A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition with sunning to the edges and general wear from aging and life on the shelf in a price-clipped alike dust-jacket scuffed with minor soiling; The… Read more about this item

New York: McDowell, Obolensky Inc.. Very Good. 1957. Hardcover. An edition in Very Good condition with some shelfwear and fading in an alike dust-jacket that is scuffed; This is a book about Andersonville Prison, where more than 14,000 American soldiers died in a brutal, overcrowded, and disease-infested prison.; 4to; 355 pages .