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
Springfield: Samuel Bowles & Co., (c. 1865) but probably about 1868. Paperback. 32p. Softcover in original green wrappers. 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
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
Rome, GA: Fletcher Smith, Printer, [1892]. Broadsheet. 21cm. x 20cm. Printed on both sides on thin pink paper. Minor chipping and wear along page edges. One side is devoted to claims under the newly enacted Indian War Soldiers' Pension Bill under which qualified soldiers or their widows could receive a...... 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
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: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, n.d. [1863]. Paperback. 15p. Disbound (removed from a bound volume) . 23cm. Stitch marks along left side when removed from the bound volume.The first six pages of this item also appeared separately in 1863 as an eight-page pamphlet titled "General Washington and General Jackson on..... 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
Rockville: 1863. Paperback. 20p. Softcover in original wrappers. Stitched. 23cm. Modest cover soiling and wear (including a some spotting and minor chipping). Former owner's inked name at top of front cover. 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
[Washington]: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the District of Columbia, 1892. 1st ed. Paperback. frontis, 15p. Softcover in original reddish brown wrapper. Small chips on top and bottom of edges of wrapper. Some splitting along fold.. Lightened spot on front cover appears to..... 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: 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
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
![Austin [no last name] to brother Benjamin [no last name]. Dated March 27, 1864 at Gettysville,...](/pictures/thumb/88757.JPG?v=1546967753)
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
Single Page document. Filled out in rather light ink. Later horizontal and vertical creases (probably when folded). The 20th Regiment served in Louisiana, Texas and Florida before being mustered out in October, 1865. 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
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
![Union Soldier's Letter to His Uncle and Others in Rushford, New York. Dated Jan. 30, [1862]. Sent...](/pictures/thumb/88852.JPG?v=1548676209)
6 modest pages on a single 19 x 23 cm. sheet folded to make 4 pages with the final 2 pages on a 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 postage..... More
Buffalo: Peter Paul Book Co., 1898. Hardcover. 391p. Cloth-backed boards. 19cm. Edges rubbed. Minor cover soiling. A novel. More
Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Chapman, 1862. Paperback. 12p. Later plain green wrapper. 19 cm. Minor foxing and wear. More
