Resultados de búsqueda: Civil War from Quaker Hill Books

New York:: Ledyard Hill, 1869. 891pp., original gold embossed green cloth. Some spotting to front cover, corners bumped but still quite a nice copy.. `. Original Green Cloth. Good. Thick 8vo..

Boston, 1863. Original brown pebbled, embossed cloth. A solid copy with some light chipping to the head , tail and a bit along the spine. Pages show some moderate soiling and foxing. The famous and highly significant accounts of the London Times correspondent of America during her most troublesome era.. First American Edition. Good. 8vo.

Salem, Ma.:: Newcomb & Gauss,, 1898. Orig. Brown Cloth. Very Good. New and Enlarged. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inscribed by Stroyer " compliments of the author- Jacob Stroyer" under the frontis portrait. Jacob Stroyer was born in 1849 on the Singleton Plantation, Columbia, South Carolina., where he remained until shortly after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. This is the fourth edition, new and enlarged which contains Stroyer's harrowing experiences during the Civil War. tion. 12mo. Half-tone frontispiece. 100pp. Original gilt-lettered brown cloth. Spine rubbed but very minor wear overall. A lovely copy of this highly interesting slave narrative. Broadfoot 440 (this ed.).. Excellent.

Brooklyn:: A.H. Rome,, 1864. Full title reads: "Our Campaign Around Gettysburg Being A Memorial of What Was Endured, Suffered, and Accomplished by the Twenty-Third Regiment (N.Y. S. N. G..) and Other Regiments Associated With Them In Their Pennsylvania And Maryland Campaign." PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the ffep. Original brown, embossed cloth with gold lettering. Paper label on spine partly missing. A very good, strong and clean copy with minimal shelf wear. New Jersey Historical Society bookplate on front pastedown and their blindstamp on the title page. Dornbusch 1, NY 268; Nicolson, p.477. Very Scarce.. First Edition. Original Brown Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York,: Charles L. Webster, 1888. Hardcover Illustrated Octavo, 500/486 pp., Gilt lettered and decorated cover and spine. Original green cloth bindings. Former cavalry officer's name on ffep. . A lovely copy of one of the less common Civil War memoirs. The frontispiece in Vol. 1 is a picture of P. H. Sheridan, Brevet 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Regiment Infantry. Vol. 2 frontispiece is a picture of P. H. Sheridan, Lieutenant General. Vol. 1 has a map of the Shenandoah Valley.Vol. 2 has a map of the Battlefield of Winchester, 19th Sept. 1864. Sheridan's close association with General Grant benefited his career. It was Grant in fact, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces in the Shenandoah Valley. That very har campaign is noted for the destruction of the economic infrastructure of the Valley and was one of the first uses of scorched earth tactics in the war..… Leer más

New York,: Charles L. Webster, 1891. 2 volume set,604pp total. Volumes in green cloth over board with gilt titles-4 star bar on spines and gilt spine titles. Some light rubbing and the corners of Volume I a little bumped, otherwise a very clean, bright and strong set. Laid in is an original Bowdoin Taylor & Co. carte de visite of General Sherman in near fine condition. Former owner's bookplate in each volume.. 4th Edition. Original Green Cloth. Excellent. 8 Vo.. 2 Volumes..

Chicago,Chicago,: , 1896 Pictorial Cloth. Very Good. 4to. First Edition, second issue, with frontispiece captioned "Major-General." PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MILES to Col. John J. Joyce. Ex. lib. Some shelf wear and rubbing otherwise a bright and clean copy. (Howes M595).. By the Author. 8vo..

New York:: Harper & Brothers, 1866. 352pp. Illus.; publishers ads in rear. Original small 8vo brown embossed emblem of the American flag on front board. Contents include some of the memoirs of Generals Sherman, Thomas, Grant, Hooker, etc. Dornbusch 2:2398. Nicholson cat p770. Nevins 3,p.88.. First Edition. Original Brown Embossed Cloth. Very Good. 8vo..

Chicago:: S.C., Griggs & Col,, 1875. Original publisher's brown cloth/gilt, 270pp +ads. "Written by a Chicago Evening Journal correspondent, this collection of monographs gives an exceptionally revealing picture of the 1863 campaigns around Chattanooga." Civil War Books I, p. 166. Top of spine frayed otherwise a beautiful copy.. Second Edition. Near Fine. 8vo..

New York;New York;: , 1912 Publisher's Blue Cloth. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo. A lovely copy with very light wear. A harrowing account of life in the Libby and Danville Prisons during the Civil War by a veteran of the 176th New York Volunteers..

Boston:: Wright & Potter,, 1899. vii. 186pp.; Portrait frontispiece. An interesting personal narrative of service with the 19th Massachusetts which saw a lot of action in the Eastern theater of the war includes the harrowing story of Adams capture at Cold Harbor. Original blue cloth stamped in gold lettering. Some minor shelf wear and light soiling otherwise an excellent copy.. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Excellent. 8vo..

BostonBoston: D.Lothrop Co. 1889 Gilt Decorated Blue Cloth. 8vo. A lovely copy with some light soiling to the blue cloth boards, heavily decorated in gilt. Frontispiece. Many illustrations throughout the text.. Near Fine.

Clinton, Mass.,, 1887. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt. Some very minor wear and rubbing otherwise a very clean and bright copy.. First Edition. Original Brown Cloth. Excellent. 8vo..

Springfield,: Tenth Regiment Veteran Assoc.,, 1909. [2] 535pp. A highly interesting and well written history of a western Massachusetts regiment written by a veteran of the civil war. Illustrated with portraits, frontispiece. "Using as a base the earlier unit hisroty...Roe added extracts from three soldiers' diaries and produced a highly readable and useful study." Nevins I, 153. In fine condition.. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Fine. 8vo..

Worcester, MA, 1914. First edition. Orig. cloth Very good. Minor shelf wear. Ex lib. with library sticker on front pastedown otherwise no marks or stamps. A clean, solid and excellent copy of a very comprehensive and well written regimental history.. Excellent. 8vo..

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1863. Green Cloth Embossed in Gold. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A remarkably clean and strong copy of this important Civil War military manual. Previous owners stamp at f.f.e.p.. Excellent.

New York:: Charles Scriner's Sons,, 1945. (322p., 8 illus., roster, index.) Original publisher's burgundy cloth . A highly interesting first hand narrative by the cavalry general’s Chief Engineer. An excellent copy; clean and strong lacking the dust wrapper. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown.. First American Edition. Excellent. 8vo..