Boston, Mass: Beacon Press, 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Small brown octavo, gilt lettering to front board, ruled in blind. Wear to cloth spine -- possible rebacking at some point. Front hinge started, but solidly bound still. One of the preliminary pages shows scraps of newspaper articles, perhaps glued in after..... More

Hart Island, New York: 1865. Document. Single sheet document, fold creases. !11 in. x 8 1/2 in. Paymaster stamp to front of document. Darwin A. Buck was born in Bridgeport, Vermont and was eighteen years old when he joined the military. He was a farmer by trade. Accompanying printout (Soldier..... More

Savannah, Georgia: 1865. Document. Single sheet document,11 in. x 8 1/2 in. Ellis H. Seavy was born in Jackson, Maine and was eighteen years old when he joined the military. Accompanying printout (Soldier History) from the American-Civil War Research Database. More

Tennessee: 1865. Document. Single sheet document, Ink Faded!11 in. x 8 1/2 in. Nathaniel Cannon was born in Carroll County Tennessee, was 34 years of age at time of discharge, and a farmer. Manuscript along left margin of document: "Transportation to be furnished to Huntington, Tennessee, or to home in..... More

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.6 in. x 6.25 in., pp. 558. Illustrated with sixteen black and white photographs and eight maps. Gray boards with red confederate design and gilt title to spine. Light edgewear on top/bottom of spine. Rear bottom corner nudged..... More

New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885 & 1886 (respectively). First Edition. Leather-bound. Octavos. Three-Quarters brown morocco, ruled in gilt, over brown, cloth-covered boards. Gilt medallions (3-in. diameter) to front and rear boards of both volumes, one commemorating the Joint Resolution of Congress December 17, 1863, and the one on the..... More

New York and Chicago, IL: E. B. Treat & Co. and C.W. Lilley, 1867. SALESMAN'S SAMPLE. Hardcover. SALESMAN SAMPLE. NOT THE COMPLETE TEXT of this collection of religiously-centered testimonials and stories from and about the soldiers of "the late civil war", gathered by Mrs. Hoge who worked for the U.S...... More

Springfield, Illinois: State of Illinois (H.W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder), 1886. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 8vos. (8 3/4 in. x 5 3/4 in.) Cloth-bound, dark green, with faded gilt lettering to spines. MISSING Volume IV.Volumes well-used, a little loosey-goosey. Most volumes in need of hinge reinforcement/repair (boards beginning to separate)..... More