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#20195 BATTLES AND LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAR, REPRINT ARCHIVE SOCIETY, HARRISBURG, PA. THE CENTURY COMPANY, 1991 Original cloth. Excellent/no jacket. Grant-Lee edition. Beigh cloth with black plate/gold printing on spine. 8 books total. each vol is composed to 2 books (Part I and Part II). red top pages, all are like new. unread, tight except vol IV, part II has been damp on back. Being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers. Based upon "The Century War Series." edited by Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence C. Lough Buel, of the editorial staff of "The Century Magazine." A very nice reprint set.
#20028 JEFFERSON DAVIS, EX PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES VOL I & II WRITTEN BY MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS. 1890 COPY, BELFORD PUB. NY. Exlib. Belonged to Guadeloupe Library, Most Holy Sacrament Convent, blue/black trim. black lettering on front, silver on spine. Some extremely light wear to spine and edges. Vol I is 699 pages plus intro pages. Vol II is 939 pages plus intro. These have the daisy type eps. red lib stamp on f & b ep. black stamp on inside page. po Confederate bookplate on back ep. slightly spotted on edges. front hinge on Vol 1 just beginning to part. These two vols are in excellent shape with no repairs that I can note, no library cards or inserts, just the few noted. Please e mail or call for further information. $300.00.
#20025 JEFFERSON DAVIS, EX-PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, VOL I AND VOL II. BELFORD COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, NY, 1890. WRITTEN BY MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Vol. 1-maroon, gold writing, professionally repaired. Spine age wear but still readable, 699 pages, gilt all three sides. still nice. pages are still tight, excellent. po signed and dated 1896. Vol 11-professionally repaired, spine age wear. 939 pages. all edges still gilt. po bookplate and po signed and dated 1896. an excellent additon to anyone's library. They are in very good condition. Any questions, please call or e mail. $300.00
#20026 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT VOL I & II BY JEFFERSON DAVIS. D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1881. Dark brown binding(professionally redone). black plate type with gold lettering on spine. page ends multi colored. still very nice. Vol I - po signed, gift, dated Dec., 1881, one very small rip on 2 front pages..maybe 1/4 inch. 707 pages with 2 pages of book adds in back plus 21 "into" pages. several pages with tissue paper still intact. Vol II po signed, gift, dated Dec. 10, 1881. 808 pages plus pages of books ads in back and 17 "intro" pages. Several fold out maps of campaigns. Pages in both vols are good, heavy, tight, very nicely tanned. Old eps still there with new ones as part of repair. With the repairs these books are in excellent shape and would make an excellent addition. $425.00
#20016 THE SECRET SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN EUROPE. VOL I & II WRITTEN BY JAMES D. BULLOCH. THOMAS YOSELOFF, NY, 1959. In slipcase, New Edition. New introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern. Vol 1 is 460 pages, Vol 2 is 459 pages. Both are blue/silver printing. Green slip case with paste plate on both f & b. End has original description and price. Both are in excellent condition with slipcase very slightly shelf worn. These two volumes are a report of Bulloch, Confederate secret service agent, to manage and direct naval affairs in Europe, his duties including the purchase and construction of vessels, their equipage and dispatchment. A classic in Civil War history. $100.00
#20175 THIRTEEN MONTHS IN THE REBEL ARMY, BY WILLIAM G. STEVENSON. A.S. BARNES & BURR, 1862. Hardcover, no dustjacket. First Edition. App 7 by 5 inches wide. Green cloth/blind stamped front, gold printing on spine. very faded. corners and spine ends ruffed. both hinges broke but pages and book ends still ok. 232 pages plus several pages of book ads in back. book still glued and threaded. well worth a little restoration on outside. a narrative of personal adventures in the infantry, ordnance, cavalry, courier, and hospital services; with an exhibition of power, purposes, earnestness, military despotism, and demoralization of the South by an impressed New Yorker. $75.00
#20182 THE ROBERT E. LEE READER BY STANLEY F. HORN. THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, INC. 1949. Hard cover. First Edition. 8 vo. Dustjacket has a few chips ow great. Book is red. 542 pages, front of pages untrimmed. good heavy pages, easy to read type. good - tight. Horn presents lee the man, the American, the soldier. $65.00
#20027 THE CIVIL WAR DIARY OF GENERAL JOSIAH GORGAS. EDITED BY FRANK E. VANDIVER. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, 1947. Tan book with 208 pages. po plate and signed in front free end paper. previous bookstore small plate on ffep by hinge. pages tight, excellent condition, slightly and nicely tanned, pages with pictures are the glossy paper and have some spotting, print is excellent. outside has minor wear to spine area on top and bottom. book is in very good condition for over 50 years old. $140.00
#20177 PARSON BROWNLOW'S BOOK. W. G. BROWNLOW. GEORGE W. CHILDS. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 1862. Hard cover. no dustjacket. First Edition. book is tan cloth, app 7 1/2 by 5 inches wide. 458 pages plus several pages of book ads at the end. corners are bumped. edges worn in a few places. spine is good except for small wear on bottom. pages tanned. po bookplate on ffep. sketches of rise, progress, and decline of secession; with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels. $50.00
#20021 THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA 1861-1865 VOL VII, E. MERTON COULTER, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1950. Red book, black plate with gold print on spine. blind stamped name of book on front. po plate on fep. 644 pages plus 10 pages. tight, good, heavy paper, in excellent condition. History of the South in the Confederacy.
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