Civil War from Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB

10 page photocopy inscribed: "To Richard, Best regards to a fellow bibliophile, Randy Brown.". Who was a radiologist at Mayo Clinic. He surveys the diagnosis and treatment of the events after the wounding of Stonewall Jackson. On pages 9-10 he looks at the medical conclusion and compares it with treatment of today. Dr. Larry Randolf Brown also wrote the… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard Library, 1967. First Editions. Octavo. In two volumes; x, [xi-xx], 564 and vii, [565]-1233 (1)pp. It was vital that the soldiers should know what they were fighting for? There was a tradition of pamphleteering from the past, and pamphlets were inexpensive to produce. This offered a convenient means of expression to individuals… Ler mais sobre este item

Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Co, 1991. Octavo. 83pp, illustrated with photographic images and a folding map. First published in 1955. The editor, a Confederate historian, discovered the lost account of the Battle of Corinth in an old farmhouse. He had found it to be the only existing copy. It was written in a simple, straightforward recital and tells the… Ler mais sobre este item

Hartford: Compiler, 1862. Octavo. 2nd edition. 192pp., Containing an account of the movement of troops; description of battles; list of killed and wounded; burning of bridges; burial of soldiers, patriotic speeches; and other incidents of interest connected with the rebellion, taken from government documents and other reliable sources. Previous owner's name dated July 16th, 1864. Roderick, Edmund A. Acting… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Review of Reviews Co, 1911. Limited Edition. Quarto. Limited to 1000 sets. The present set is number 21. This set includes a two page letter from the publisher announcing volume I was completed and was being sent prepaid express to the recipient, George McKesson Brown, a pharmaceutical manufacturer of New York owner of the Coindre Hall… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co, 1900. Octavo. 150 pages, index and errata sheet tipped in. The author served in the Civil War as a Major of the 5th New Hampshire Volunteers and Colonel of the 18th New Hampshire Volunteers. As a member of the Military History Society of Massachusetts, he diligently searched the death tolls of the entire period… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Octavo. 474pp., with an introduction by General Stephen D. Lee and memorial account by Francis Gordon Smith, illustrated, contents include Bull run or Manassas, Battle of the Seven Pines or Fair Oaks, Battle of Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg Chickamauga and others. A handsome copy bound in light blue-gray cloth centrally stamped in red,… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia: for the Benefit of the Sanitary Commission, 1864. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, iv [5]-10-140pp. In every war, above all, in one like this, there are countless sublime acts which are never heard of, host of heroes among the nameless dead. This narrative has been compiled from Newhall's own letters, placed at the disposal of the editor by… Ler mais sobre este item

Cambridge, Illinois: B.W. Seaton, Printer, 1876. Octavo. 327(1) pp. An early history of a county which was less than 40 years old when this book was issued. There is much on the early pioneers, schools, churches, benevolent societies, and many ways in which the county grew and was deeply affected by the Civil War (especially pages 307-327). The appendix… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Baker & Godwin, 1863. First Edition. Octavo. 117 pages, Index. Inscribed: "To David C. Acton, with the esteem and respect of his friend, David M. Barnes, July 1864." Acton had been made President of the Board of Police Commissioners in New York in 1860, a position he held until the outbreak of the Civil War. He was… Ler mais sobre este item

Richmond, VA: B.F. Johnson, 1900. First Edition. Octavo. 412pp., frontispiece and other portrait illustrations. A much consulted memoir by a Virginia cavalry man; especially good for Baylor's discerning personal observations (Nevins B-55) Baylor discusses the disgusting conditions of the prisons. It was so bad he had decided he would escape. Captured and exchanged once, wounded several times, he rose… Ler mais sobre este item

Des Moines: E.H. English, State Printer, 1908. First Edition. Thick Large Octavo. Volume 2 only. 1199 pages. The massive definitive volume on the 9th-16th regimental histories, covering their earliest history to the events of the Civil War. All names are in alphabetical order. Bound by E.D. Chassell (state binder) in 3/4 calf over purple cloth, flat spine, double leather… Ler mais sobre este item

Berryville, Virginia, (1972): Virginia Book Company. Thick Quarto. Facsimile edition from the original 1890 edition. 925 pages, index, illustrated. Perhaps the most complete history of the region with a long and important section on the John Brown and the Harper's Ferry Raid as well as the rise of Stonewall Jackson. The next chapter (26) deals with Jubal Early and… Ler mais sobre este item

Mobile, AL: The Gossip Printing Company, 1892. Octavo. Author's autograph edition with portrait frontispiece signed. In addition, he has written a long note: "It is not the deeds men do, as much as their manner of doing that makes impression on an era." J.C. DeLeon, Mobile, January, 1896. [1-2]3--12, (1) pp. dedication, 5-6, [i]-vii, [11]-376 pages. The author was… Ler mais sobre este item

Denver: State Historical Society, 1906. First Edition. Octavo. . 159pp., illustrated. This work is the first circumstantially complete history of the New Mexico Campaign and the Colorado volunteers yet published. The first engagement in La Glorieta Pass usually has been known in Colorado as the "Apache Canon Fight", and the second as the "Battle of Pigeon's Ranch". A… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago: Press of J. Barnet, 1865. First Edition. Octavo. Black and white frontispiece, tinted engraved title and regular title page, xvi (9-283). illustrated with 65 engravings, Includes the biography of Abraham Lincoln and, Colonel Julian E. Bryant, who took over the 46th regiment of black soldiers and unlike his predecessor who despised them, trained them and led them. Also… Ler mais sobre este item

Georgetown: Georgetown University Press and The Sittering Foundation, 1945. First Edtion. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 244pp., with a foreword by Douglas S. Freeman. Inscribed by Father Joe (Joseph T. Durking, S.J.1903-2003) To Queenie and Tubby Sailor/with very sincere regards/Father Joe, S.J./Georgetown University.. A narrative of a soldier of the First Virginia Infantry, Kemper's Brigade, Pickett's Division, First Corps Army of… Ler mais sobre este item

St. Louis, MO: Nixon-Jones Printing Co, 1913. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 212pp., The author was from Company E, 7th Tennessee Regiment, Forrest's Cavalry Corp. Hubbard served the entire period of the Civil War. Very few soldiers saw more of the war or had better opportunities for observation. This is the story about his life and those in his company during… Ler mais sobre este item

University of South Sewaneed Tennessee(1907): The University Press. First Edition. Octavo. 293pp., A biography of Kirby-Smith who Graduated from West Point, in 1845, he fought in the Mexican War and in Indian warfare on the frontier before he reached the rank of major in 1860. He Commanded brigade at the First Battle of Bull Run. In 1862 he led… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Neal Publishing Co, 1908. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece. 317pp., illustrated, Though not intended as a history, this work is historical in the respect that the author narrated actual occurrences in camp, on the march, and in the battle serving with several gallant men. The author was from the Hood's Texas Brigade. He had written letters… Ler mais sobre este item