CIVIL WAR NAVAL CHRONOLOGY 1861-1865. Washington, DC: Department of the Navy, U.S.A. 1971. Textured Navy Cloth. Presumed First. 1089 pp. B/w photos & ills. Navy seal on front cover in gilt. Gilt lettering & device on spine. All gilt lightly sun-dulled. B/w pictorial eps. Clean, tight, and detailed....a day by day chronology of the U.S. Navy's Civil War participation. Very Good Plus
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REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MAINE FOR THE YEARS 1864 AND 1865. VOL. I. Augusta, Maine: 1866. Half Leather. First Edition. 1328 pp. Blue marbled boards have black leather spine and corners. Gilt title and bands on spine. Some edgewear, but binding is tight. Eps show foxing, paste shadows. P.o. on flyleaf in pencil. Contents are intermittently foxed. Tight and clean, and fascinating reading for the historian or Civil War buff. Very Good / No Jacket
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Abbott, John S.C. THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, VOLUMES I & II. New York: Henry Bill 1863. Leather. Vol. 1, 507 pp.; vol. 2, 629 pp. Subtitle: "Comprising a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the rebellion, of the various naval and military engagements, of the heroic deeds performed by armies and individuals, and of touching scenes in the field, the camp, the hospital, and the cabin." Leather covers are heavily tooled and embossed. Spines, also tooled, have gilt lettering in blocks. Vol. 1 has minor edgewear, one closed tear at front of spine on bottom (less than 1/2 "). Vol. 2 is cracked on outer layer of spine, stripping away some of the embossed cover and leaving unembellished leather. Spine itself is not torn. Volume 1 has marbled eps as well as marbled edges. B/w frontis engraving of Abraham Lincoln. Foxing shows up on protective tissues on plates. Vol. 2 is dated 1866, and publisher is listed as Gurdon Bill in Springfield, Mass. This volume is more worn inside. It has marbled eps. Frontis is General Grant. Edges are soiled, as are many pages in this volume. Title page thru page 15 has had a bite taken from upper edge. Damp stains throughout. Both are "illustrated with maps, diagrams, and numerous steel engravings of battle scenes, from original designs by Darley and other eminent artists, and portraits of distinguished men." These books were sold by agents, solicited in part by ads following the text in each volume. Very Good
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Anders, Curt. FIGHTING CONFEDERATES. New York: Dorset Press 1990. Gray Paper Over Boards. 314 pp. Cover has red cloth backstrip w/bright gilt. Glossy dj in red, blue, and gray w/white lettering. Spine slightly sunned. Accounts of the careers of some of the Confederate's heroes : Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Joseph Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson. As New / Near Fine
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Angle, Paul M. A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR YEARS. Garden City: Doubleday and Company 1967. Pictorial Cloth. 242 pp. B/w ills & photos. Blue and gray cover w/pictures of Grant and Lee, white title front and spine. Corners bumped. Touches of wear at spine extremities. Light blue eps have war maps in red and blue on white. This book devoted primarily to pictures, with minimal text and extensive ills. Clean and tight. Very Good
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Barnes, Frank. FORT SUMTER. NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service 1961. Wraps. 48 pp B/w photo ills. U.S. Department of the Interior Historical Handbook No. 12. Gray wraps have red design of cannons firing, yellow accents front and back cover. Staple binding tight, but spine lightly sunned. Clean, tight reprint of a pamphlet issued first in 1952. Very Good
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Buell, Thomas B. THE WARRIOR GENERALS: COMBAT LEADERSHIP IN THE CIVIL WAR. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1997. Hard Cover. First Edition. Third Printing. 494 pp. B/w photo ills. Cover has mustard-yellow backstrip w/bright gilt lettering. Edges of spine a bit creased, book edges occasionally soiled. Unclipped, priced dj has full color painting on front "Rear Guard at White Oak Swamp" by Julian Scott. Double-page t.p. illustrated in b/w by Winslow Homer's "Prisoners from the Front." Contents are bright, clean, and tight. Book examines three pairs of Civil War Generals, Grant and Lee; Thomas and Hood; and Farlow and Gordon, in a sweeping picture of the battles of the Civil War. Fine / Fine
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Calvert, Mary Renier. THE FIRST MAINE CAVALRY. Monmouth, ME: The Monmouth Press 1997. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 325 pp. B/w photos & ills. Red cloth book lettered front and spine in gilt. Pictorial dj, priced and unclipped, shows the battle flag of the First Maine Cavalry. Dj is slightly "handled, but basically fine. On the blurb on front flap is an ink underline. Clean, tight, and bright, a granddaughter's tribute to her grandfather's Civil War experience. Cites another account as her primary source, but her account is well-written and seems complete. Fine / Fine
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Catton, Bruce. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC: TRILOGY. Garden City: Doubleday & Co. Red Cloth. Book Club. 3363, 395, 438 pp. Titles are "Mr. Lincoln's Army, The Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox (for which the author won a Pulitzer Prize)." All three volumes have black lettering on spine. There are touches of edgewear to spine extremities. Djs are red, white, and blue lettered in contrast. Djs in protective covers are edgeworn, chipped along edges, overall worn or soiled. Basically, a very good set of what may by the most widely-read history of the Union side of the Civil War. From Catton's preface to Book I: "In a sense, the research that went into these books was simply an effort to find out about the things which the veterans never discussed.". Very Good / Very Good
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Catton, Bruce. THIS HALLOWED GROUND. New York: Doubleday & Co. 1956. Ecru Cloth. Stated First. 435 pp. Subtitle: "The story of the Union Side of the Civil War." Ecru covers have bright gilt front and spine. Blue title block on spine. Front lettering is "Mainstream of America" (series edited by Lewis Gannett). Small streaks of lighter color here and there on front cover. Book edges soiled at bottom corners. Army blue dj in protective cover lettered in black and white. Priced dj unclipped. Eps are blue/white maps of the Eastern and Western Theaters. Each set of eps has small area of light foxing. P.o. in ink on ffep. "Catton's deeply moving analysis of the issues and meaning of the Civil War.". Very Good / Very Good
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Cornish, Dudley Taylor. THE SABLLE ARMS. BLACK TROOPS IN THE UNION ARMY, 1861-1865. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas 1987. Wraps. 342 pp. Beige wraps have photo of Black troops on front, black and light brown lettering front and spine. Originally written 1956. Tight and clean, and cited as "one of the 100 best books ever written on the Civil War" by the Civil War Times Illustrated. Very Good
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Davis, Kenneth C. DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR. New York: William Morrow & Co. 1996. Navy Paper Over Boards. Stated First. 518 pp. Subtitle: "Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned." Cover has bright gilt on spine Book appears new, but there is a small tear at lower edge of dj spine which also goes into book. Pictorial dj is red, white, and blue with red and gilt lettering. Dj has small spot on lower front, is unpriced and unclipped. "The human side of the Civil War that textbooks never tell.". Near Fine / Near Fine
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