Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. 43p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). Softcover. No separate wrapper present. The Free Military School enrolled a total of over 1000 applicants The school was established in December, 1863 and and gave brief training to many white civilians and soldiers..... More

Springfield: Samuel Bowles & Co., (c. 1865) but probably about 1868. Paperback. 32p. Softcover in original green wrapper. 15 cm. A few minor creases. Light to moderate foxing throughout. Hager began producing this pro-Union musical entertainment in 1863 and continued presenting versions until 1885. This Springfield printing includes a heavy..... More

Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, 1863. Paperback. 24p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Vertical crease. Creasing, chipping and dog-earing on outer corners on back cover and most text leaves. Prooeedings of a meeting of the Pennsylvania Freedman's Relief Association. [Website Only]. More

New York: Board of Publication of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, (c. 1863). 1st ed. Hardcover. 2 plates (including frontis portrait of the deceased), 216p. Recent quarterbinding. 15cm. A father's loving memoir full of Christian sentiment for a son who sickened and died in Beaufort, South Carolina while serving as..... More

2 1/2 page Letter (on a single lightly-ruled 8 x 10 inch sheet folded to form four pages). Later folds, probably for mailing in a small envelope. Austin writes that he wants to attend the Free School for applicants seeking commands in colored troops. He asks Benjamin to send him..... More

Single sheet folded to form four pages, 20 x 26 cm., as folded. Written in a neat hand although there were quite a few words that we failed to decipher. Corey devotes the first three pages of this letter to reporting on the unpleasant voyage to New Orleans which featured..... More

New York: Random House, (1931). Limited Edition. Hardcover. illustrations, 142p. Original cloth backed boards. 33 cm. Modest foxing and wear on blank outer leaves. No jacket. Copy 934 of 980 numbered large paper copies printed in July, 1931 at the Grabhorn Press for Random House. An appealing edition. More

6 modest pages on a single 19 x 23 cm. sheet folded to make 4 pages with the final 2 pages on a added half sheet which is somewhat ragged along left side. Clear and readable. No punctuation. Two horizontal folds for mailing. Original envelope present -- standard 3 cent..... More

4 unnumbered pages on a now-folded single sheet of blue-toned paper. Dated April 5, 1863. 23 x 18 cm. Clear and readable. Return address at head of letter: Headquarters 176 Regt. PA MA, Beaufort, S.C. April 5, 1863. We don't know for certain whether Dreher was an officer in the..... More

Several folded leaves containing: (1) a 2 1/2 page holograph manuscript by Dyer probably written sometime in 1907 after receipt of the 4th item; (2) a thank you note in pencil dated May, 1865 from S. W. Harris (which is tipped along one side to a blank leaf); and (3..... More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1862. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 359p. Original brown cloth. 20cm. Backstrip lightly faded. Short tear at head of backstrip. Edited by Charles Lanman. More

Troy, N.Y. Young and Benson, 1865. 1st ed. Hardcover. xl, 342p. Original cloth. 25cm. Cover scuffed and rubbed. Ends of backstrip worn and there is splitting along the upper portion of the front joint. The contents have some age-toning and a bit of wear along fore-edge but are otherwise sound..... More

Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros., [and many other places and publishers], 1879. Hardcover. Includes a selection of 100 or more pages with illustrations from the 600 or so pages that would appear in the published book. Original cloth. 22cm. Cover spotted and comewhat worn. Gift inscription from 1964. This salesman sample, consisting..... More