Handyside Books

Seller of American history non fiction, fiction. Specialize in American Civil War. Biography and non fiction. Signed first editions available.

We attempt to tell the Story Behind the Story. With a signed or inscribed book we attempt to determine the ownership of the book. Handyside Books has returned inscribed books to the family of the original owners.

A set of Freemans' Washington found at a flea market was returned to the owners. The owners had mistakenly given the books to Goodwill and they ended up at the flea market. A civil war book by Wilkinson was returned to the family. Dated inscriptions can provide details as to what the author was doing on a particular date. The Story Behind the Story.