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Lincoln and the Tools of War
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1956. First Edition. 368, illus., notes, bibliography, index, sm stains on a few pgs, front board weak, some wear to edges of spine & corners of bds. More
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Lincoln and the Tools of War
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1956. First Edition. 368, illus., notes, bibliography, index, DJ quite worn & large tears: several pieces missing, some soiling. More
Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. First Printing. 22 cm, 242, acid-free paper, illus., notes, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. First Printing. 22 cm, 242, acid-free paper, illus., notes. Inscribed by the editor. More
A Pictorial History of the Confederacy
New York: Crown, [1951]. 29 cm, 288, illus., index, part of DJ pasted inside front board. More
Clara Barton, a Broad Humanity: Philanthropic Efforts on Behalf of the Armed Forces and Disaster Victims, 1860-1900
Alexandria, VA: Mt. Vernon Publishing, 1980, c1977. 24 cm, 325, illus., some wear, soiling, and small tears to DJ. More
The Poet Soldier: A Memoir of the Worth, Talent and Patriotism of Joseph Kent Gibbons, Who Fell in the Service of His Country
New York: S. R. Wells, 1868. 20 cm, 48 pages. Illus., spine damaged and apparently reglued. Inscribed by the author. More
The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe or How the Confederate Cruisers Were Equipped
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. New Edition [Stated]. Hardcover, 2 volumes in a slipcase. Volume I, xl, [2], 460 pages. Volume II, x, [2], 459, [7] pages. Chart. Chronology. Illustrations. Footnotes. Maps. Notes. Index. Introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern. Introduction to New Edition. James Dunwoody Bulloch (June 25, 1823 – January 7, 1901) was the Confederacy's chief foreign agent in Great Britain during the American Civil War. Based in Liverpool, he operated blockade runners and commerce raiders that provided the Confederacy with its only source of hard currency. Bulloch arranged for the purchase by British merchants of Confederate cotton, as well as the dispatch of armaments and other war supplies to the South. His secret service funds are alleged to have been used to plan the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. During the 1880s, a young Theodore Roosevelt, known as T.R., persuaded his "Uncle Jimmie" Bulloch to write and publish an account of his activities during the Civil War. The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe was published in two volumes in 1883. T.R. wrote to his mother telling of his success with the project saying, "I have persuaded him to publish a work which only he possesses the materials to write." In return, Uncle Jimmie spent considerable time schooling his energetic nephew on the operations of wind-powered ships in the Age of Sail and explained much about ship-to-ship fighting tactics, as Theodore had no personal experience or training in early 19th-century naval warfare. Roosevelt drew from this tutoring, and his long hours spent in libraries researching the official records of the U.S. Navy, for his book The Naval War of 1812. More
Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1866-1876
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. 23 cm, 342, index, boards worn, tears at top and bottom of spine, slightly cocked, bookplate. More
A Captain's War: The Letters and Diaries of William H. S. Burgwyn, 1861-1865
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Pub. c1994. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 186, illus., maps, publisher's ephemera laid in, DJ edges somewhat worn, small cut to front DJ, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More
Lee, Grant and Sherman; A Study in Leadership in the 1864-65 Campaign
Aldershot: Gale & Polden, Limited, 1938. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 216 pages. DJ has wear, tears, chips, and soiling. Note inserted at page 7 indicates all maps face north. Half page Corrigenda insert at page 1. Frontis illustration. Maps (some with color, many folding, including large folding map in rear pocket). Footnotes. Chronological Table. Index. Stamps inside front cover and on title page indicate that this copy was for the use of His Majesty's Forces. DJ has wear, soiling, and is price clipped. Explanatory Note. Bibliographical Note. The title of this book was suggested by the fate that three notable books, each written by a military expert, had recently been published in England on Lee, Grant, and Sherman. The author was referring to Robert E. Lee, The Soldier by General Sir Frederick Maurice, Grant and Lee by General J. F. C. Fuller, and Sherman by Captain Liddell Hart. Each general in turn is held up to our admiration, yet obviously all three cannot be equally admired, and it was the aim of this work to try and strike a balance between the rival protagonists. The author cast this study in the form of an outline of events in the campaign of 1864-65, with a commentary at the end of each phase. Sections have been included on the little-studied but strictly relevant and illuminating campaigns of Generals Hood and Early. A Chronological Table was provided at the end and was designed to convey to the eye a swift and proportionate picture of the whole vase war-theatre of the '64-'65 Campaign. More
"Little Phil" and his Troopers. The Life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Its Romance and Reality: How an Humble Lad Reached the Head of an Army.; The Career and Achievements of This Masterly Leader of Men in Battle; Realistic Descriptions of the March Raid, and Charge of the Horsemen; and Graphic Sketches of Other Great Cavalry Leaders.
Providence, R. I. J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1988. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. 445, [3] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Index. Decorative front cover. Cover worn and spine faded. Some endpaper and page soiling. Name of previous owner (R. B. Justus of Carnegie, PA) written in ink inside front cover. Frank A. Burr served with the Second Michigan Cavalry and was a noted historian and author. Richard Josiah Hinton (November 26, 1830 – 1901) was a journalist, author, abolitionist, officer commanding African American soldiers in the American Civil War, Freedmen's Bureau official, and U.S. government official. He was from England. He came to the United States in 1851. He reported from Haiti for James Redpath's Pine and Palm newspaper. He was an abolitionist who moved to Kansas in 1856 to help stop the spread of slavery. As the Civil War started he helped recruit "colored" Union army units. He served as an officer with the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment in 1862 and then as captain of Company B, 2nd Kansas Colored Regiment. He wrote about General Philip Sheridan, Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, and poet Richard Realf. He held several politically appointed positions within the federal government (i.e., United States commissioner of emigration in Europe in 1867; inspector of U.S. consulates in Europe; special agent to President Ulysses S. Grant to Vienna in 1873; special agent to the Departments of Treasury and State on the frontier and in Mexico in 1883.). More
Regimental Strengths at Gettysburg
Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1982. First Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 258, some soiling to edges. More
Fightin' Tom Rosser, C.S.A.
Shippensburg, PA: Beidel Printing House, Inc., 1983. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xii, 281, [1]pages. Rear endpaper is a map. Frontis illustration. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Preface and nineteen chapters. Signed with sentiment by both authors on fep. During WWII Millard Bushong taught at the United States Military Academy at West Point and at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He authored a textbook used by the cadets at West Point. He also authored four major published works, and numerous journal articles. In 1974 Dr. Bushong was named an Outstanding Teacher of America. With the outbreak of World War II, Dean McKoin accepted a position with Pan American Airways in New York City. While living there, she met Dr. Millard Bushong who was a professor of history at West Point. In 1948, they married and relocated to Richmond where Dr. Bushong had accepted a position with the University of Richmond. Mrs. Bushong corroborated with Millard Bushong in the writing of the biography of General Thomas L. Rosser CSA. More
The History of Manassas Chapter, United Daughters of Confederacy, with appended Historical and Genealogical Data; A new and enlarged History of Manassas Chapter, UDC, written by Ether Maddox Byrd, Chapter Historian
Manassas, VA: United Daughters of Confederacy, 1973. Enlarged Edition, Presumed First printing Flyer laid in states this is a limited edition. Wraps. 76 pages. Flyer laid in. Illustrations. Pages 38/39 have discoloration. A briefer history was produced in 1968. Miss Carolyne Jackson (Chapter recorder of crosses) and Mrs. James E. King (Certified Genealogist) and Mrs. Paul Dibble assisted in this updated and expanded edition. In addition to the history, the document includes an account of the Manassas Chapter UDC transfer of deed of Groveton Cemetery to Manassas Battlefield Park; Manassas Chapter extracts from the Virginia Division Minutes 1905-19973; a report of the Va. Division Convention of 1938 by Mrs. Byrd, Photocopy of an application for a Cross of Honor award by J.F. Manuel in 1902; List of Southern Cross of Honor Awards by Manassas Chapter; List of Crosses of Military Service awarded by Manassas Chapter; Chronological Membership Roll of Manassas Chapter from 1896 to 193; A Historical Sketch of Ewell Camp, Confederate Veterans from a Manassas Journal article May 19, 1911; History of the Ladies Memorial Association copied from the Manassas Journal of May 19, 1911; List of all know Confederate soldiers buried in the Manassas Cemetery; and a List of Photographs of Confederate soldiers from Prince William County in possession of Manassas Chapter UDC. Perhaps the greatest event of the entire seventy seven years was in 1908, when the chapter invited the state convention to meet in Manassas. Just a short time before the stated date for the convention, the new, commodious hotel caught fire and burned to the ground. The people of the town opened their doors, everyone was comfortable, and no one went hungry. More
The Senate, 1789-1989: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate. Volume One: Bicentennial Edition
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1988. Bicentennial Edition. Presumed First Printing. Hardcover. 29 cm. xviii, [2], 800, Volume One ONLY. Illustrations (some color). Foreword by William E. Leuchtenburg. Notes. Bibliography. Index, Senate Document 100-20. Inscribed on the half-title page by the author. Inscription reads "Best wishes to Hugh Evans Sincerely Robert C. Byrd." Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 Byrd is also the only West Virginian to have served in both chambers of the state legislature and both chambers of Congress. Initially elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952, Byrd served there for six years before being elected to the Senate in 1958. He rose to become one of the Senate's most powerful members, serving as secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1967 to 1971 and—after defeating his longtime colleague Ted Kennedy for the job—as Senate Majority Whip from 1971 to 1977. Over the next three decades, Byrd led the Democratic caucus in numerous roles depending on whether his party held control of the Senate, including Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader and President pro tempore of the United States Senate. As president pro tempore—a position he held four times in his career—he was third in the line of presidential succession, after the vice president and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Renowned for his knowledge of Senate precedent and parliamentary procedure, Byrd wrote a four-volume history of the Senate in later life. More
The Diplomatic History of the Southern Confederacy; The Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History, 1900
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1901. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 304, [6] pages. Footnotes. Appendix. Index. Slightly cocked with small tears and chips to edges of pages. Name of previous owner written inside front board. One of the first professional historians of West Virginia, James Morton Callahan (November 4, 1864-March 16, 1956) was was educated at Indiana University, and Johns Hopkins University. He was awarded a Ph.D. by Johns Hopkins in 1897, where he studied under Herbert Baxter Adams, one of the nation’s most renowned historians. From 1898 to 1902, Callahan taught history at Johns Hopkins and served concurrently as director of the Bureau of Historical Research in Washington. In 1902, he was appointed chairman of the Department of History and Political Science at West Virginia University. In 1916, Callahan became dean of the WVU College of Arts and Sciences, a position he held until 1929. Callahan continued to pursue his interests in international relations, a field in which he was a pioneer. More
"Him on the One Side and Me on the Other"
Place_Pub: Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 1999. First Printing. 190, illus., maps, appendices, bibliography, index. Inscribed by the editor. Handwritten letter from the author laid in. More
Lincoln and the Civil War: A Profile and a History
New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1960. 416, reference notes and bibliography, index, front board weak, DJ scuffed & soiled: several tears (some repaired), sm pcs missing. More
The Iron Will of Jefferson Davis
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. First Edition. 146, illus., bibliography, index, ink notation inside 2nd flyleaf, slight wear along edges of DJ. More
The Iron Will of Jefferson Davis
New York: Fairfax Press, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. 146, illus., bibliography, index, DJ flaps creased, some wear to DJ edges, small tear top edge rear DJ. More
Lincoln's Navy; The Ships, Men and Organization, 1861-65
London, England: Conway Maritime Press, 1998. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. vii, [1], 232 pages. Oversized book, measuring 12 inches by 10 inches. Dust Jacket has a small tear at bottom back. Illustrations. Maps. Includes A Note on Sources and the Un-Filled Gaps in Civil War Naval History; Introduction; Sources, and Index. Chapters cover Historic Background and the International Scene; Organization and Administration; Naval Shore Facilities; The Ships of Lincoln's Navy; Shipbuilding in Iron and Wood; Navy Uniforms, Equipment and Small Arms; The Enlisted Sailor; The Naval Officer Corps; The Civil War Marine Corps; Ship Handling Under Steam and Sail; Naval Ordnance and Gunnery; Union Naval Strategy and Logistics of the Civil War; Civil War Naval Tactics; Associated Union Maritime Services; and U.S. Naval Casualties and Vessel Losses. This is the first major study to explore in detail all aspects of Lincoln's Union Navy. The author is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a deeply experienced former history teacher. Donald L. Canney was at time of publication the registrar for the museum collections of the U.S. Coast Guard. His academic pursuits specialized in the transition from sail to steam. More
Audacity Personified; The Generalship of Robert E. Lee
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2004. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 174 pages. Preface. Contributors. Index. Contains 3 black and white maps, and 5 black and white illustrations. Lee's Search for the Battle of Annihilation; Lee's Intentions in the Seven Days Battles; Lee, Grant, and "Prescience" in the Overland Campaign; "The Great Tycoon" Forges a Staff System; The General and the Governor: Robert E. Lee and Zebulon B. Vance; "I Rely upon Your Good Judgment and Skill: The Command Partnership of Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston in 1864. DJ is price clipped. Peter S. Carmichael (born February 13, 1966) is a historian at Gettysburg College who serves as Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. His research and teaching is focused on the American Civil War, the American South, and public history. Carmichael began his academic career in 1997. He was the first Scholar-in-Residence at Gettysburg National Military Park in 1999. He taught at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and West Virginia University before coming to Gettysburg College. Since taking charge of the Civil War Institute, Carmichael has sought to create more intimate environments during the Institute's annual summer conference, attended by over 200 people each year, to allow scholars to work with the public in smaller settings. Carmichael also serves on the Board of Directors and the Historians' Council of the Gettysburg Foundation, the non-profit partner of Gettysburg National Military Park. He was reappointed as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians for 2017-2018. More
Lincoln the Unknown
New York: Perma Giants, 1949. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 305 pages. Bibliography, rear board weak, text darkened and stained, boards soiled, spine faded, bookplate signed by Dale Carnegie. More
Lincoln the Unknown
Forest Hills, NY: Forest Hills Publishing Co., 1932. Early edition. Hardcover. 305 pages. Bibliography, board corners and top and bottom spine edges worn/small chips, small piece missing at top of spine. Dale Harbison Carnegie (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955) was an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. He was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), Lincoln the Unknown (1932), and several other books. One of the core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other people's behavior by changing one's behavior toward them. Carnegie changed the spelling of his last name from "Carnagey" to Carnegie, at a time when Andrew Carnegie (unrelated) was a widely revered and recognized name. As Dale Carnagey he worked as assistant to Lowell Thomas in his famous travelogue "With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia". He managed and delivered the travelogue in Canada. By 1916 Dale was able to rent Carnegie Hall itself for a lecture to a packed house.[5] Carnegie's first collection of his writings was Public Speaking: a Practical Course for Business Men (1926), later entitled Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business (1932). His crowning achievement, however, was when Simon & Schuster published How to Win Friends and Influence People. Carnegie died at his home in Forest Hills, New York, where this early edition was published. More