Search Results: CIVIL WAR from THE FAMILY ALBUM

Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, PA: (1906)., 1906 94p. + Frontis, full page photographs and 8 pages of Gettysburg advertisements. Minor underlining. Inked inscription on first fly leaf "To Robert Trostle as he passes 2/20th (?) of a Century, Love, Ron & Belle 8/28/79." 12mo. Original red wraps, some loss at corners. Front wrap decorated with portrait of the author, rear wrap has an advertisement for Eagle Hotel. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CW W28 Language: eng. Soft cover. Good.

United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC: 1933-1940., 1940 Nine pamphlets, relating to Abraham Lincoln. 8vo. EMANUEL HERTZ (1870-1940), U.S. lawyer and historian, was born in Bukta, Austria, brother of Rabbi Joseph Herman Hertz. He, arrived in the United States when he was 14, and was admitted to the bar in 1894. Hertz became well known as an authority on Abraham Lincoln. He assembled the largest private collection of material relating to Lincoln, and was said to have gathered 4,000 items previously unknown. He wrote many pamphlets and books on various aspects of the life of Lincoln. He was a substantial benefactor of the Library of Congress and the National and Hebrew University Library, Jerusalem. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 1 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Farrar & Rinehart, NY: (1938)., 1938 369 p. Lacks fly leaves. Half title loose. 8vo. Original worn blue cloth binding. A novel about the Civil War. PA 33 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Privately Printed for The Republican Club of the City of New York: 1909., 1909 358p. + Portrait Frontis. Uncut. XLib bookplate of Juniata College. XLib stamp embossed in blind on title page, page 51 and page 357. Top and bottom edges stamped with library name. Front fly leaf cut with loss. Smudge on title page. Small 4to. Bound in blue library buckram. Printed paper spine label. Mark on spine. Limited edition of only 500 copies. JUN5 BOX 1 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Good.

(Printed by The Tenny Press for) The Republican Club of the City of New York: Reprinted, 1927., 1927 376p. + Portrait Frontis. Uncut and unopened. Top edge gold. Bookplates of W. Emmert Swigart and Juniata College library (withdrawn). XLib stamp embossed in blind on title page, page 51 and page 375. Marbled endpapers. Rear endpapers marred. Small 4to. Three quarter leather over marbled boards. Extremities rubbed with slight loss. Raised bands. Spine decorated and lettered in gold. Library call marks on spine. Front board fragile. Limited Edition. Number 129 of only 500 copies. JUN5 BOX 1 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Kelly & Piet, Baltimore: 1868., 1868 27 p. + [12] leaves of etched satiric plates by Volck. Lightly foxed. 20 x 16 cm. Original cloth binding, stamped in gilt and blind; slightly discolored. Written by James Fairfax McLaughlin (1839-1903), this is a caustic poetic satire on the "Black Republican" Union Civil War General and notorious carpet-bagger - Ben Butler (who was widely reviled for years after the war by Southern whites, who gave him the nickname "Beast Butler". It is most famous for its biting etched illustrations by the powerful artist and Confederate sympathizer A. J. Volck. Adalbert John Volck (1828-1912) emigrated to America from Bavaria in 1849, and became a successful dentist in Baltimore. He is principally remembered for "Confederate War Etchings", a series of caricatures favorable to the Southern cause, issued in 1862 & 1863 under the pseudonym "V. Blada." VERY SCARCE. W20 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Carleton, Publisher, New York: 1866., 1866 pp. 286, (2) [Publisher's catalogue]. Last signature damp stained with old mold damage. Penciled ownership of Geo. F. Griminger, Aug. 24, 1866 on title page. 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth binding. Rear board mold and damp stained. Hardbound. "Edmund Kirke" was the pseudonym of James Roberts Gilmore (1822-1903). A scarce and interesting book. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SHELF W29 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Fair.

Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, Harrisburg: 1901., 1901 140 p. + Frontis and full page photo illustrations. All edges gold. Tall 8vo. Original half morocco leather binding. Morocco gold label of General Thomas J. Stewart on front board. Handsome copy. In the wake of the Civil War, many families were left without financial support. These schools were established to educate a large generation of children made fatherless by the violence of the Civil War. PA 35 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

George W. Bowman, Washington: 1861., 1861 Volume Two only (Plates). 643 p. Original full black cloth binding, chipped. Great Civil War era commercial and industrial illustrations. Hardbound. Good. BOX 66 Basement Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Time-Life Books, Alexandria, VA: (1991)., 1991 Three Volumes. Profusely illustrated with maps, photographs and drawings, many in color. 4to. Original pictorial wraps. Original pictorial box. Very nice set. CW W19 **PRICE JUST REDUCED! 0.0. Soft cover. Very Good.

(Press of Mclaughlin Bros. Co., Philadelphia): 1885., 1885 pp. 128, xv [Appendix, Roster of Troops]. Illustrated with numerous drawings and maps. 16mo. Original worn printed wraps. Front wrap loss at bottom. Extremely scarce. CW W28 0.0. Soft cover.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1946., 1946 pp. xiv, 313, xviii [Index] + Large folding map and full page drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in gold. Binding slightly soiled. Hardbound. First Edition. SHELF W28 0.0. 1st Edition.. Hardcover.

Oxford University Press, New York, NY: (1991)., 1991 pp. xiv, 252 + Illustrations. 8vo. Original printed wraps. The "dramatic story of escape, manhunt, riot, and. trial" in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. PA 08A Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

Charles Scribners' Sons, New York: 1890., 1890 pp. 316 + Plus color map frontis of Florida, color map of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign, engraved portrait of Stonewall Jackson, Recumbent statue of General Lee. Illustrated with two maps of Civil War battlefield campaigns. Slightly browned. Penciled ownership of Bertie McKee. Top edge gold gilt. 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding, slightly worn. Henry Martyn Field (1822-1907) was one of a quartet of distinguished brothers. An author and clergyman he wrote extensively about his world travels. He went to Florida for his health and here, records his impressions of the state. It is an especially valuable account of the Civil War and race relations at the time. Here he makes the claim that segregation was part of human instinct which could not be overcome through legislation. Hi greatest early celebrity came from his marriage in the 1850s to Mlle. Henrietta Deluzy-Desportes, the one-time governess to the ill-fated Charles de… Read More

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis and New York: (1950)., 1950 344 p. + Portrait Frontis. Illustrated with maps. Mildly XLib. Title page age stained. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, slightly soiled. Remnants of library call numbers on spine. Hardbound. First Edition. Fitz John Porter (1822-1901) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His military career was ruined by an unjust court martial called by military and political rivals. Porter's corps was sent to reinforce Maj. Gen. John Pope in the Northern Virginia Campaign, a reassignment that he openly challenged and complained about, criticizing Pope personally. During the Second Battle of Bull Run, on August 29, 1862, he was ordered to attack the flank and rear of "Stonewall" Jackson's wing of the Army of Northern Virginia. He received a message from Pope directing him to attack the Confederate right (which Pope assumed to be Jackson on Stony Ridge), but at the same time… Read More

J. B. Lippincott and Co., Philadelphia: 1857., 1857 Full Title: "CLIMATOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE TEMPERATE LATITUDES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT. Embracing a Full Comparison of these with the Climatology of the Temperate Latitudes of Europe and Asia. And Especially in Regard to Agriculture, Sanitary Investigations, and Engineering. With Isothermal and Rain Charts for Each Season, the Extreme Months, and the Year. Including a Summary of the Statistics of Meteorological Observations in the United States, Condensed from Recent Scientific and Official Publications." 536 p. + Twelve folding lithographic charts, some colored in red and black. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth binding, spine partially taped. Mildly XLib. First Edition. Lorin Blodget was born in 1823, near Jamestown, New York. He was educated at Jamestown Academy and at Geneva (now Hobart) College. In 1851, he became assistant at the Smithsonian Institution in charge of researches on climatology, and at the meeting of the… Read More

(Jas. B. Rodgers for) Lutheran Board of Publication, Philadelphia: 1867., 1867 pp. 49 + Woodcut frontis portrait of Captain Sees in his uniform. Small thin 12 mo. 160 mm. Old use stains. Original full blue binding; faded. Wm. E. Sees was with the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, recruited at Pittston, Luzerne County, PA in 1861. Hardbound. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA IMPRINTS 6 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover. Very Good.

Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., Cincinnati: 1861., 1861 pp. x, 142. Illustrated. 8vo. Original full embossed purple cloth binding. Spine fragile. Binding faded at edges. First issued in 1852, this important work contains a great deal of information about American viticulture in Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. Buchanan praises the local catawba wines and Nicholas Longworth's Sparkling Catawba, America's first sparkling wine and an enormous commercial success. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! WHISKEY 2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

David Clapp, Boston: 1862., 1862 pp. 40 + Errata. Old damp stain. 8vo. 240 mm. Original printed red wraps. RARE. OCLC Records only the copies at AAS and Harvard (Countway). MED 4 Language: eng. Soft cover. Very Good.

PAHMC, Harrisburg: 1975., 1975 184 p. Illustrated. Original cloth binding. DJ. Excellent record of how the Democrats lost Pennsylvania to the new Republican Party. PA46 x3 **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Dust Jacket Included.