New York: Wing Books, 1996. First Printing. 258, pages a little browned. Introduction by William McCann. More

Lincoln, NE: University of NE Press, 1993. Reprint Edition. Second Printing. 413, wraps, illus. (some color), index Subtitled: Including chapters on enlisting, life in tents and log huts, Jonahs and beats, offences and punishments, raw recruits, foraging, corps and corps badges, the wagon trains, the army mule, the Engineer Corps, the Signal Corps, etc. Includes six color plates and over 200 black and white sketches. More

Bismarck, Dakota Territory: Bismarck, Dakota, 1885. Presumed one of multiple original issued. Ribbon. Format is approximately 2.5 inches by 6 inches. This is a period black memorial ribbon commemorating the death of civil war icon and 18th President of the United States, General Ulysses S. Grant. It is a black satin ribbon which originally had a cartes de visite style photograph applied to the surface. This image has worn away. Written in silver is the inscription: Bismarck, Dakota. IN MEMORIAM GENERAL U. S. GRANT Born, April 27, 1822. Died July 23, 1885. It has a tear between the In Memoriam and the space where Grant's image had been. The top is frayed and it appears that a portion of the bottom has been lost. The funeral of Ulysses S. Grant was held on August 8, 1885 in New York City, Grant’s funeral procession surpassed any public demonstration in the country up until that time, with an attendance of 1.5 million people, and additional ceremonies held in other major cities and communities. The day was described as a final, triumphant end to the national drama begun by the Civil War, as well as a day to praise Grant’s role in preserving the Union. A newspaper editorial proclaimed that Grant’s life did not need to be remembered in sculpture, pictures, prose, or poetry because “the union is his monument.” The theme of unity was advanced by President Cleveland when he appointed former Confederate Generals Joseph Johnston and Simon B. Buckner to join Union Generals William T. Sherman and Philip H. Sheridan as pallbearers. More

Norwich, CT: Henry Bill Publishing Co., 1884. Hardcover. 1370 total, 2 vols., illus., fold-out map, apps, index, damp stains to 1st few pages v.1 & 2, bookplate, front boards weak, tears margin v.1, spine worn. James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 – January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881. Blaine twice served as Secretary of State (1881, 1889–1892), and sought the Presidency in 1884 when he was narrowly defeated by Grover Cleveland. Blaine was one of the late 19th century’s leading Republicans and champion of the moderate reformist faction of the party. He began his political career as a supporter of Abraham Lincoln and the Union war effort in the American Civil War. In Reconstruction, Blaine was a supporter of black suffrage. Initially a protectionist, he later worked for a reduction in the tariff and an expansion of American trade with foreign countries. As Secretary of State, Blaine was a transitional figure, marking the end of an isolationist era in foreign policy and foreshadowing the rise of the American Century. His efforts at expanding the United States' trade and influence began the shift to a more active American foreign policy. Blaine was a pioneer of tariff reciprocity and urged greater involvement in Latin American affairs. An expansionist, Blaine’s policies would lead in less than a decade to the establishment of the United States' acquisition of Pacific colonies and dominance of the Caribbean. More

Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2006. Reprint. 2012 printing. Trade paperback. [4], iv, 122, [2] p. Illustrations. Bibliography. Footnotes. More

New York: New Market Press, 1991. First Hardcover Edition [stated[ Third Newmarket printing [stated]. Hardcover. [8], 324, [4] pages. For Further Reading. Inscribed on title page. Michael Lennox Blake (July 5, 1945 – May 2, 2015) was an American author, best known for the film adaptation of his novel Dances with Wolves. He began writing when he was stationed at Walker Air Force Base, when he wrote for the base newspaper. He studied journalism at the University of New Mexico, and later studied at a film school, in Berkeley, California. He also attended Eastern New Mexico University in Portales. In the late 1970s he moved to Los Angeles; during the 1980s only one of his screenplays was produced, called Stacy’s Knights. The movie starred Kevin Costner, who later encouraged him to continue to write, and introduced him to key figures in the Hollywood Industry. Dances with Wolves was the result; Kevin Costner then asked him to write a screenplay for the film based on the novel. He went on to do humanitarian work, and continued to write. More

Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, c1998. First Printing. 24 cm, 389, illus., maps, footnotes, references, index, embossed stamp on front flyleaf and title page, DJ slightly worn and soiled. More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1958]. 29 cm, 342, illus., maps, index, DJ edges worn and torn. More

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Adams County Historical Society, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 489 pages. Includes Illustrations and Maps, Preface, Appendices, Select Bibliography, and Index. Minor page soiling noted. Contains 162 black and white illustrations and maps, as well as Appendices, Select Bibliography, and an Index. Name of previous owner of the book (and date) written on a stamped bookplate inside front free endpaper. The author was Professor Emeritus of History, Gettysburg College. Robert L. Bloom (1911-1990) was a graduate of Shippensburg University and holder of a doctorate from Columbia. He was professor of history at Gettysburg College from 1949 to his retirement in 1981. He assisted in organizing and participated in events marking the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. He published The Philadelphia North American: A History (1952) and The British Press Covers the Civil War (1972). A History of Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1700-1990 appeared posthumously in 1992, two years after his death. The author of this book died on October 15, 1990, after he had completed the last chapter of this work but before he was able to see all of his effort through to the point of publication. It was his widow, Dorothy S. Bloom, who finished what her husband had left undone. More

Gettysburg, PA: Americana Souvenirs & Gifts, 1996. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. xiv, 87 pages. 22 cm. Illustrations. Maps. Signed by author. Signed by Wasel. Sticker residue on front. Autographed copy sticker on front. More

Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2004. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xviii, 456, [6] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendices. Timeline. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Edward Henry Bonekemper III (1942-2017)[2] was a military historian, teacher, and writer. Bonekemper wrote frequently about slavery, the American Civil War, and Union and Confederate generals. Bonekemper was a frequent speaker at Civil War Roundtables and at the Smithsonian Institution. For eight years (2003–10), he taught military history part-time and was a visiting lecturer at his alma mater, Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. Bonekemper also was an instructor in American Constitutional History and Maritime Law at the United States Coast Guard Academy. He was an adjunct professor of Constitutional History at the American Military University. Bonekemper has written articles for many publications including The Washington Times, The Journal of Afro-American History, and The Journal of Negro History. Between 2010 and 2016, he was book review editor at Civil War News. More

New York: Random House, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. v, [5], 517, [1] pages. Bibiographical notes. Index. Slight weakness to front board. DJ soiled, some wear and small tears along top & bottom DJ edges. Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 – February 28, 2004) was an American historian at the University of Chicago who wrote on many topics in American and world history. He was appointed the twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress in 1975 and served until 1987. He was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Repudiating his youthful membership in the Communist Party while a Harvard undergraduate (1938–39), Boorstin became a political conservative and a prominent exponent of consensus history. He argued in The Genius of American Politics (1953) that ideology, propaganda, and political theory are foreign to America. His writings were often linked with such historians as Richard Hofstadter, Louis Hartz and Clinton Rossiter as a proponent of the "consensus school", which emphasized the unity of the American people and downplayed class and social conflict. Boorstin especially praised inventors and entrepreneurs as central to the American success story. More