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Africa's Redemption, the Salvation of Our Country, by Reverend F Freeman, Author of Yaradee, Plea for Africa, Psalmodia, etc. New York: Printed for the Author by D Fanshaw, No. 108 Nassau-street, 383 pp.1852 First Edition; Dedicated to the Memory of Henry Clay.Presented in a series of "conversations", this is an in-depth history of the African continent's peoples, the colonization of Africa, and subsequent African American slavery in the United States.Condition: Re-cased, in original binding as pictured. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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The Annals of the War, Written by Leading Participants, North and South. 1879 First Edition. Philadelphia: The Times Publishing Co. 800 pp, Hardcover. 56 articles written by Civil War notables, Originally published in the Philadelphia Times. Condition: This original first edition published in 1879 was professionally restored as shown Original spine material re-a-plied, complimentary end pages (with original G.A.R. tag on paste down). Complete with firm binding, inscription "With Compliments of The Times" as photographed. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.
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Annals of the Army of the Cumberland, Comprising Biographies, Descriptions of Departments, Accounts of Expeditions, Skirmishes, and Battles; Also Its Police Recordof Spies, Smugglers, and Prominent Rebel Emissaries. Together With Anecdotes, Incidents, Poetry, Reminiscences, etc. and Official Reports of the Battle of Stone River, by an Officer [John Fitch]. Illustrated with Steel Portraits, Wood Engravings, and Maps. First Edition, Original full leather binding. 1863. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co: 670 pages.Condition: This beautiful original leather first edition of "Annals..." still has gilt page edges and gilt on spine as shown in the photos. Binding is firm. (Shown in photos) Original tissue between two frontispiece illustrations. The feature map of Stone River is in color and is still beautifully vibrant. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can… Read More

A Bird's Eye View of Our Civil War, by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, United States ArmyAuthor of the "Campaign of Chancellorsville". Boston: James R Osgood and Company 1883 First Edition hardcover: 326 pp with Four large fold out maps in back. Condition: This is an original hardcover in very good condition. Binding is firm, interior pages are free of marks, stamps, inscriptions--all very clean! All four fold out maps are original and in excellent condition. Please note spine photo shows old vertical creases in spine cloth which create a bit of shading. (Restoration secured the spine so it is strong and secure.) Gilt on spine is a bit faded as shown in photos, but very readable. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best buying decision.**Attention International Buyers** For all standard international book orders, we will be using Asendia… Read More

Bricks Without Straw, A Novel. By Albion W Tourgee, Author of "A Fool's Errand" etc. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. 1880. Believed to be first edition. 'A classic of American political fiction first published in 1880, a mere three years after Reconstruction officially ended, Bricks Without Straw offers an inside view of the struggle to create a just society in the post-slavery South. It is unique among the white-authored literary works of its time in presenting Reconstruction through the eyes of emancipated slaves. As a leading Radical Republican, the author, Albion W. Tourgée, played a key role in drafting a democratized Constitution for North Carolina after the Civil War, and he served as a state superior court judge during Reconstruction. Tourgée worked closely with African Americans and poor whites in the struggle to transform North Carolina's racial and class politics. He saw the ravages of the Ku Klux Klan firsthand, worked to bring the perpetrators of Klan atrocities to justice, and… Read More

The Conquest of Kansas by Missouri and her Allies, A History of the Troubles in Kansas from the Passage of the Organic Act until the Close of July, 1856. William Phillips, Phillips Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition. Boston: 414 pp plus ads 6pp in back and ads on front and back paste downs and fly pages.Narrative includes some of the following notable sections:Kansas before the Passage of the Organic Act, The First Invasion, Governor Reeder, the First Election, Smart Electioneering TrickThe March Election, Protests, Bogus Legislature, Shannon Appointed, Topeka Constitution, Pat Laughlin, Pardee the Martyr, Law and Order Convention, Rescue of Branson, Wakarusa War, Mobbing the Ballot Boxes, Skirmish at Eason, State Legisltuare, Dragoons, Sheriff Jones Shot, Marshal Donaldson Declares War, Sacking of Lawrence, Guerilla War, Law and Order in Leavenworth, Captain Walker, Battle of Black Jack, Battle of Franklin, Nimrod Whitfield, Death of Cantral, Sacking of Osawattomie, A Chapter of… Read More

Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin". In Two Volumes. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company. 1856. First Edition, 75th Thousand.
Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp is the second popular novel from American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was first published in two volumes by Phillips, Sampson and Company in 1856. This is the first edition of the book.
Condition: NOT a library book. Two volume set in custom case (with removable divider as shown). Impressed covers, new spine with original spine title pieces re-applied. New blended end pages. Interior free of writing, stamps, crimps. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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An Essay on Liberty and Slavery by Albert Taylor Bledsoe, LL.D., Professor of Mathematics in the University of Virginia. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.: 383 pp. 1856 Rare First EditionAbolitionists, the religious implications, the public good, and the Fugitive Slave Law are all addressed in what has been termed "a highly important and sophisticated proslavery argument". Author was a friend of Jefferson Davis, a Confederate soldier, and a defender of both the South and Slavery. He became the first editor of the "Southern Review". An original classic pro-slavery book for any African-American library collection.Condition: This original first edition of Bledsoe's proslavery argument is in very good condition, especially for its age. Original throughout with expected foxing and age-toning of pages. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos from us so that you can make the best… Read More

Four Years a Scout and Spy. "General Bunker" one of Lieutenant General Grant's most Daring and Successful Scouts. Being a Narrative of the Thrilling Adventures, Narrow Escapes, Noble Daring, and Amusing Incidents in the Experience of Corporal Ruggles During Four Years' Service as a Scout and Spy for the Federal Army. Embracing His Services for Twelve of the Most Distinguished Generals in the U. S. Army. By E. C. Downs, Major of the Twentieth Ohio Veterans Volunteer Infantry. Illustrated. Zanesville, Ohio: Published by Hugh Dunne, North Fourth Street, Adjoining Court House. 1866 FIRST EDITION. Stereotyped at the Franklin Type Foundry, Cincinnati, O.Very RARE 1866 memoir of adventure, attitudes of soldiers, the way the spy dealt with both the Southerners and with the various Generals he spied for. One of the better memoirs of the spies, North or South, man or woman, that the seller has read.
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Hampton and Its Students. By Two of Its Teachers, Mrs M F Armstrong and Helen W Ludlow. With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, Arranged by Thomas P Fenner. New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1874 First Edition. Contents Include: The School and its Story, the Butler School, Interior Views of the School and the Cabin; the Hampton Students of the North Singing and Building; Virginia Hall; Financial History of the Institute; Extract from the Catalogue of 1873-1874; Report of Professor Hitchcock and others; and Cabin and Plantation Songs, plus much more. Condition: NOT a library book. All original, in very good condition as shown. No stamps, crimps, or writing found within. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your purchase and being available to sign for it upon delivery. We appreciate your business and hope to do business… Read More

History of the Reconstruction Measures of the Thirty-Ninth and Fortieth Congresses. 1865-68. By Henry Wilson, Hartford: Published by Subscription Only, by the Hartford Publishing Company; J A Stoddard, Chicago, ILL.; Hawks & Co., Boston. 1868 First Edition.
Condition: Rebound with impressed cover, original spine piece re-applied as photographed. Original tissue guard on frontispiece portrait. No library markings or signatures, crimps, or notes found within. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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The History of the Civil War in America; Comprising a Full and Impartial Acount of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion, of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital and the Cabin. In Two Volumes. 1863 and 1866. Illustrated with Maps, Diagrams, and Numerous Steel Engravings of Battle Scenes, from Original Designs by Darley and other Eminent Artists, and Portraits of Distinguished Men. Sold only by Distributing Agents. Springfield, Mass.: Published by Gurdon Bill.
Condition: NOT library books, thus with no markings within. Professionally re-backed with, marble end pages, in near fine condition.
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It. by Hinton Rowan Helper, of North Carolina. Seventeenth Thousand. New York: A B Burdick, 1860. Thorough analysis of opinions on slavery from the North and South, slaveholder and non slaveholder. Opinions of European nations as well. Also good chapter on the comparison between the free and slave states.
Condition: NOT a library book. Impressed covers on brown cloth, original spine piece re-applied during professional restoration. Fresh blended end pages. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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The Klan Inside Out, In Four Parts, Sixteen Chapters. By Marion Monteval, Published by Monarch Publishing Co., Claremore, OK."This is the only authentic story ever writen by one who is familiar with the conspiracies, intrigues, and practices of the Klan, and one who knows intimately the men responsible the Klan...revelations of greed, lust and greed startling in disclosures of political machinations, intrigues and corruption...torture, mayhem and murder..." from the "Announcement".Hardcover conversion of the original wraps, superior condition as shown. NOT a library book. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision!
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Live and Services of Gen John A Logan as Soldier and Statesman. By George Francis Dawson, Ex-Librarian of the United States Senate, etc. Published by Subscription Only. Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Company, 1888, First Edition. Logan served in the Mexican American War and later as a general in the US Civil War. He was a member of the US House of Representatives and later a member of the US Senate. In 1884 he was the unsuccessful Republican candidate for Vice President on the ticket with James Blaine. Condition: NOT a library book. Very good condition, with its impressed cover and firm binding. Clean interior. Re-backed with original spine piece as photographed. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your purchase and being available to sign for it upon delivery. We appreciate your business and hope to do… Read More

Lloyd's Battle History of the Great Rebellion, Complete, from the Capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the Capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865. Embracing General Howard's Tribute to the Volunteer...and A General Review of the War for the Union. New York: H. H. Lloyd & Co., Publishers. 1866 First Edition. 712 numbered pages. Illustrations: 17 maps, 13 battle scenes, 45 portraits (Union and Rebel).Contemporary history of the Civil War. Considered a classic civil war tome.Condition: Original impressed leather boards, new aged leather spine with original spine piece re-applied. Complete with all illustrations and maps and tissue guards. Foxing as expected. Thick octavo. Morocco with gilt. Marbled end pages. Please ask for more photos if you need them!
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1864 - Morgan and His Captors, by Rev F Senour, Cincinnati: C. F. Vent & Co. 1864, First editionWe present a fascinating book into the activities of the secessionists in Kentucky; the Knights of the Golden Circle; John Morgan's biographical information; his great raid through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio; his pursuit and capture and his ultimate escape. Add detailed information on military men of note: Brigadier-General Hobson, Brigadier-General Shackelford, Governor Tod, Major G W Rue, the prophetical speech of Stephens (VP of the Rebel Government, and the death of Morgan.This first edition beauty is a "must have" for any Civil War buff. It is particularly nice with no stamps, inscriptions or library markings! Please review the photos and ask any questions regarding details of condition.
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My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps, and at the Front, during the War of the Rebellion with Anecdotes, Pathetic Incidents, and Thrilling Reminiscences Portraying The Lights and Shadows of Hospital Life and The Sanitary Service of the War. by Mary A Livermore. Superbly Illustrated with Portraits and Numerous full page engravings on steel, and fine chromo-lithograph plates. Hartford Conn: A D Worthington and Company, 1889. 8vo. 700 pages plus 8 pages of period book reviews in back.**Believed to be the first edition, second printing of the 1887 copyright**Condition:All original 1889 publication of Mary Livermore's memoir. Hardcover is sound with good gilt on spine and cover. No writing found within, nor bookplates, stamps, etc. We carefully photograph our items so that you can review details of condition. After your review of the photos, please ask any questions or request additional photos… Read More

1865 -1866 - Pictorial National Records: Embracing Descriptions of European and Asiatic Nations: A Statistical View of the United States of America; and a History of the Great Rebellion. In Two Volumes. Compiled from Authentic Materials by W. O. Blake. Columbus, Ohio: Gilmore & Segner. Sold Exclusively by Subscription. Vol 1 1865. Vol 2 1866.Offering "a correct knowledge of the structure of his own, as well as of other governments" -- the overall stated purpose of the larger portion of first volume and includes statistics from the 1850 Federal Census. The History of the War was originally planned to be contained within the first volume. However, the war "assumed such huge proportions and the gigantic struggle became so protracted, that it was found necessary ...to add the second volume. Hence, two different publication dates.Published by subscription only, this two volume set was held in a private collection, still with its subscription notice, which is included in the sale!Condition: These two… Read More

Prison Life of Jefferson Davis Embracing Details and Incidents of his Captivity, Particulars Concerning his Health and Habits, Together with Many Conversations on Topics of Great Public Interest. By John J Craven, M.D. New York: Carleton, Publisher. London: S Low Son & Co. 1866 First Edition. Written by the attending physician, this book presents a sympathetic account of Jefferson Davis. The conversations on various subjects are of particular interest to biographers and historians alike.
Condition: NOT a Library book, but there is one crimp on top right of title page as shown in photographs. Binding is sound, frontispiece has original tissue guard, and overall binding is superior, especially for its age.
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