Volunteer Infantry. Aten, Henry. Scarce Civil War regimental, Hiawatha, Kansas, 1901,first edition, signed by the author to his cousin....more

Three Years In The Federal Cavalry, Custer's Regiment by W. Glazier(1ST, 2ND, 3RD NY), R.H. Ferguson & Company, N.Y., 1870, First Edition, 339 pp, frontispiece is an illustration of officers including Custer who served in 2nd NY Cavalry during the Civil War, some stains & foxing....more

The American Conflict A History Of The Great Rebellion, Greeley, H., 2 volumes 1864, 1866, Hartford, O. D. Case, both first editions, pp. 648, 782 pp, many illus, maps. Rebound in leather, new end pages. Volume 1 has heavy foxing throughout, Volume 2 has a few pages foxed but mainly nice and clean. Selling as one lot....more

Comprising a Brief View of Presidential Nominations and Elections…. History of the Struggle Respecting Greeley and Cleveland, Slavery in the Territories, Speeches and Letters…Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass…, New York: Tribune Association, 1860, First edition, includes the Lincoln, Douglas debates, spine chipped, end papers soiled, signature of "Chas. W. Butler" on end page, Gov Martin bookplate....more

Lot includes: 1) Hard Marching Every Day - The Civil War Letters of Private Wilbur Fisk, 1861-1865. Theodore A. Wilson, general editor, copyright 1992. 2) "First With The Most" FORREST by Robert Selph Henry, copyright 1944 by the Bobbs-Merrill Co. 3) SUMTER - The First Day of the Civil War by Robert Hendrikson, First Published in 1990, dust jacket. 4) The Civil War by Shelby Foote, copyright 1958, dust jacket. 5) A History of The Southerly Confederacy by Clement Eaton, copyright 1954. 6) Jeb Stuart The Last Cavalier by Burke Davis, copyright MCMLVII, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot....more

Lot includes: 1) BURNSIDE by William Marvel, 1991 University of North Carolina Press, dust jacket. 2) Shrouds of Glory by Winston Groom - author of Forrest Gump, copyright 1995, dust jacket. 3) Nuns of The Battlefield by Ellen Ryan Jolly, CC.D., copyright MCMXXII, xlibra. 4) John Taylor Wood - Sea Ghost of the Confederacy by Royce Gordon Shingleton, copyright 1979 by the University of Georgia Press, dust jacket. 5) Civil War Books, edited by Allan Nevins, James I. Robertson, Jr., Bell I. Wiley, copyright 1967 by Louisiana State University Press, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot....more

Lot includes: 1) U. S. Grant Album by Lawrence A. Frost, copyright 1966, First Edition, dust jacket. 2) The American Civil War by Earl Scheneck Miers, copyright 1961, dust jacket. 3) Civil War Battles by Curt Johnson and Mark McLaughlin, copyright 1977, dust jacket. 4) Campfires and Battlefields - the pictorial history of the civil war by Rossiter Johnson, The Civil War Press 1967, Eight Printing, dust jacket. Selling as 1 lot....more

A JOURNAL OF THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELS OF A CORPS OF DISCOVERY, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN LEWIS AND CAPTAIN CLARKE OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER MISSOURI THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, DURING THE YEARS 1804, 1805, & 1806. CONTAINING AN AUTHENTIC RELATION OF THE MOST INTERESTING TRANSACTIONS DURING THE EXPEDITION: A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY: AND AN ACCOUNT OF ITS INHABITANTS, SOIL, CLIMATE, CURIOSITIES AND VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS. Pittsburgh, Printed for David M’Keehan, London: J. Budd, 1808. iv, 381,[2]pp. The first British edition of the Gass narrative, usually considered the best. Gass was a sergeant on the expedition and as such was one of the persons charged by Jefferson with keeping a diary of events. Because of the delay in the publication of the official account, Gass’s journal became the first to appear, and as such was eagerly taken up by readers starved for information about Lewis and Clarke. Front cover detached but present, library withdrawn, the front marbled end pages are chipped, text generally very good. Gass lived in Washington County PA as well as Brooke County, WV and some of his descendants still reside in the area. ...more

Volumes 1, 2, 3, 1810-1813, Printed and published by the author at the Franklin Press, Baltimore, 3 bound volumes with important War 1812 and other news of the day. Some pages stained or soiled. Selling as one lot....more

The Weekly Register, Documents, essays, facts; together with notices of the arts and manufacturers and a record of the events of the times. H. Niles, editor, Baltimore, Franklin Press, South St. next door to Merchants' Coffee House. Includes: Volumes 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 covering the years 1813-1818, Note; Vol. 10 has a George Washington letter about Braddock's defeat. Selling as one lot....more

Includes; Volumes 17,18,19,20, 3,24,25,26 covering the years Sept. 1819 to March 1826. Printed and published by the author at the Franklin Press, Baltimore. some volumes with stains on pages. Selling as one lot....more

The guide of Cummings were the most important river pilots of the classic period of steam boating in the antebellum period. Cummings navigated the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri rivers, taking notes and readings. The subsequent charts he created illustrate all the bars and currents, necessarily revised yearly for the ever-shifting Mississippi. Maps on Ohio have penciled notes, cover very worn and nearly separated from spine. There are 20 Ohio river maps and 23 Mississippi river maps. HOWES C948, Cincinnati, 1st edition....more

To Which is Annexed the Discourse on the Death..., by Thomas Belsham. Boston, 1809, T. B. Wait & Co., vi (2),118pp,, foxing throughout, front cover loosening at spine, front end page tattered at side and loose, Sabin lists the second title. Not found anywhere on-line....more

Herndon and Gibbon, 3 volumes. Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon made under direction of the Navy Department 1854, first editions, 3 volumes including 2 volumes of text with hand colored illustrations and a separate volume of the maps. Rebound with new end pages. Vol. 1, 13 plates. Vol. 2, 36 plates. Vol. 3, 3 maps (2 torn at folds)....more

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Published by Bancroft, San Francisco, illustrated with fold-out maps, tables, diagrams, etc. I,III,IV,V volumes 1883. Volume II 1886. Selling as one lot....more

Chronicles of Border Warfare or a History of the Settlement by Whites. Clarksburg, VA, Joseph Israel,1831, the rare first edition, 319pp plus one advertisement leaf, lacks the 4 page table of contents. Hardbound in full leather that is soiled and worn, lacks the front end pages and there is ink writing on the back blank page with the name of the owner "John Black Stone... residing in Greene County, Monongahela...Pennsylvania." The first signature of 40 pages is loosening and appears to be held together with 1 thread, many pages have heavy foxing and stains. Field #1690 states- "Of this scarce book, very few copies are complete or in good condition. Having been issued in a remote corner of Northwestern Virginia, and designed principally for a local circulation, almost every copy was read by a country fire-side until scarcely legible. Most of the copies lack the table of contents. The author took great pains to be authentic, and his chronicles are considered by Western antiquarians, to form the best collection of frontier life and Indian warfare, that has been printed"....more

Blanchard, Amos, 1833, F. Kenyon, Wheeling, Va, 1833, first edition, 616pp, leather binding very worn & scuffed, a very hard to find book....more

2 volumes, boxed, New York, Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., 1926 reprint of the 1926 first edition?...more

4 volumes, 1939, New York, Harcourt, Brace & World Inc. Selling as one lot....more

Lot Includes: (1) Histoire de La Participation De La France a letablissement Des Etats-Unis Damerique. Par Henri Doniol. Paris M DCCC XCII. On the French participation in the establishment of the United States of America. xlibra 5 Volumes in 6 books. Scuffing and wear on banded leather spines, extra large folios (10x12 7/16). Selling as 1 lot....more

The Spanish American War. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1899, second edition. Broken spine, loose page in front, damage on page 192. 100's of colored maps, 344pp....more

By Douglas Southall Freeman. Vols 1,2 boxed, vols 3,4 boxed. Selling as one lot....more

Outlaws of the Border, a complete and authentic history of the lives of Frank & Jesse James, the younger brothers by J. Donald. St. Louis, J. W. Marsh Pub, 1882, first, 302 pp, 1/2 inch torn away from spine, torn back end page, good. Six-Score 16, Howes B708, Six-Guns 255....more

NY, Published for the author, 1850, first, 243pp + a frontispiece of the author and 11 nice woodcut plates. Nicely rebound with new endpages, minor xlibra - no outside marks, nice clean pages, a hard to find title on voyages along the eastern US coast during the War of 1812-14 and later voyages to the East Indies, etc....more

Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr,(late Vice President of the United Sates, for Treason and for a misdemeanor, i the circuit court of the United States, to which an appendix, containing the arguments and evidence. A. Burr, H. Bannerhassett and I. Smith, to be sent for trial to the state of Kentucky, for treason or misdemeanor. 1808, Philadelphia, published by Hopkins and Earle, First editions, former owners inscriptions and bookplates on fly leafs, front flyleaf loose in volume 1, some toning of the pages and scuffing to the full leather bindings. Selling as a set....more