Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. 43p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume). No separate wrapper present. More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1864. 2nd ed. Paperback. 43p. Softcover in original wrapper. 23cm. Minor cover spotting. Upper right corner darkened on a few leaves, the darkest of which is also clipped at the tip. Moderate vertical crease. Pictorial image of the school on the front cover. The school... More
Paperback. 20p. Softcover in original wrappers. 23cm. Later vertical crease. Stamp on front cover "From Board of Publication of the Union League of Philadelphia" More
Printed Document. Unused. 21 x 16cm. Rather tender along later horizontal crease. Paper remnant along top of blank back where this had probably been glued in a scrapbook. 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. More
Boston: 1861. 1st ed. Paperback. 72p. No separate cover preserved. 19cm. Pamphlet browned and rather fragile, especially the title-page which has also split loose along the left side. Purple "Library of Congress duplicate exchange" on copyright page.below a pencil note indicating this as "Gift F. Featherstonhaugh Jl. 22 '19." Osborne... More
Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, n.d. [1863]. Hardcover. 8p. Recent marbled boards. Original wrapper bound in. 23cm. The first six pages of this item also appeared separately in 1863 as an eight-page pamphlet titled "General Washington and General Jackson on Negro Soldiers." Banks' statement and Boker's poem were added to... More
Philadelphia: H. C. Baird, 1863. 1st ed. Paperback. 8p. No separate wrapper. 23cm. Unevenly browned. Issued to urge the use of African American soldiers in the Union army. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (c. 1982). 1st ed. Hardcover. This Volume Only. frontis, index, xxxv, 852p. Original blue cloth. dj. 23cm. 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
Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, 1863. 1st ed. Paperback. 24o. Softcover pamphlet in original wrapper. 24cm. Former owner's name on front cover which is a bit ragged along right edge. Ex lib. ("Brookline Public Library" stamps or embossed (or both) on cover, title-page and one other leaf). Contents sound. A.... More
Baltimore: N. Murray, Pulication Agent, Johns Hopkins University, 1887. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, index, 176, (10)p. Original green cloth. 24cm. Cover slightly scuffed. A mob tried to prevent the 6th Massachusetts Militia from passing through the streets of Baltimore to the railroad station on their way to Washington. Four members... More
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867. 1st ed. Hardcover. xvi, 380p. Original green cloth. 20cm. Endpapers browned and quite brittle, lacking a corner. Contents moderately browned (also some spotting) and rather tender (edges brittle). A rather elusive book. Pioneering effort to produce a military history of African-Americans. It is mostly devoted... More
Boston: A. G. Brown & Co., 1880. New edition. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), xvi, 380p. plus (2)p. publisher's adverts for two of Brown's other books. Original dark cloth. 19cm. Substantial cover spotting, wrinkling & wear. Gift inscription (pencil). Old bookplate of the Curry School. Pioneering effort to produce a military history... More
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867. 1st ed. Hardcover. xvi, 380p. Modern quarterbinding. 19cm. Contents sound with a modest stain in top margin in last third of text. Pioneering effort to produce a military history of African Americans. It is mostly devoted to African American participation in the Civil War, but... More
Boston: A. G. Brown & Co., 1880. New edition. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), xvi, 380p. plus (2)p. publisher's advertisements for two of Brown's other books. Original dark cloth. 19cm. Ends of backstrip and corners rubbed. Pioneering effort to produce a military history of African Americans. Largely focused on African American participation... More
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867. 1st ed. Hardcover. xvi, 380p. Original maroon cloth. 20cm. Modest uneven cover fading. Plain endpapers browned and rather fragile. Front endpaper split along hinge. Pioneering effort to produce a military history of African-Americans. It is mostly devoted to African American participation in the Civil War... More
Providence: Snow & Farnham, 1898. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, ill, photos (all portraits), index, ix, 343p. Original red cloth. 23cm. Modest cover soil. Backstrip darkened. No jacket. An uncommon Civil War Regimental. This regiment, consisted of three battalions. Its name was changed to 8th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery on... More
2 1/2 page Letter (on a singled 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
Boston: George Coolidge and Bradley, Dalton & Co., (c. 1852, but surely 1862). Hardcover. [12]. 431, [20]p. Original cloth. 14cm. Modest foxing. A few pencil notes on monthly Memoranda pages. Page numbering skips from 80 to 181 and later from 303 to 395 (on a single page) so the actual... 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 didn't decipher. Corey devotes the first three pages of this letter to reporting on the unpleasant voyage to New Orleans which featured two... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, xii, 337p. Original black cloth. dj. 21cm. Jacket slightly soiled. More
Dayton: United Brethren Publishing House, 1883. 1st ed. Hardcover. xii, 293p. Original blue cloth. 19cm. Ends of backstrip and corner of cover worn. Endpapers and contents sound. Uncommon Civil War regimental about an African American unit which was raised in Tennessee in 1864 and served in Tennessee and Mississippi until... More
Dayton: United Brethren Publishing House, 1883. 1st ed. Hardcover. xii, 293p. Original blue cloth. 19cm. Label removed at base of backstrip. Six digit numbered stamped in lower margin on first page of Preface. Modest chipping/fraying at ends of backstrip. Tear neatly repaired with adhesive paper tape at top of inner... More
New York: Ledyard Bill, 1868. Revised ed. Hardcover. Original green cloth. Covers bright but with significant spotting which is heaviest around the edges of both covers and at base of backstrip. Name penciled on first blank. Internally clean and tight. More
![Austin [no last name] to brother Benjamin [no last name]. Dated March 27, 1864 at Gettysville, Va. Civil War Letter.](/pictures/thumb/88757.JPG?v=1546967753)
