War: American Civil War

[2566] Anders, Curt. Fighting Confederates: An Exciting, Action Packed account of the Careers of the Great Military Commanders of the Confederate States of America. NY: G. P. Putnam, 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. 315pp., maps. The great miitary commanders of the Confederate States of America. Includes: Jefferson Davis, Joseph E. Johnston, Nathan Bedford Forrest, J. E. B. Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, and Robert E. Lee. $6.00 [4509] Anderson, Bern. By Sea & by River : A Naval History of the Civil War (Quality Paperbacks Ser.). Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 1989. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0-306-80367-4. 303pp., illus. $9.00 [5136] Anonymous. A Concise History of the Civil War. Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1961. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Name on rear cover, 31pp. $6.00 [6964] Appleyard, John. Stephen R. Mallory Secretary of the Navy Confederate States of America. Pensacola FL: John Appleyard, 1993. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. As New 27pp., illus. Biographical article on Stephen Russell Mallory U.S. senator from Florida and CSA Secretary of the Navy. $5.00 [6168] Appleyard, John; Haines, Norman. Pensacola and the War Between the States. Pensacola FL: John Appleyard, 1993. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. As New 53pp., illus. Appendix: List of Military Units at Pensacola (only unit mention is 2nd Florida Infantry with approx 7pp of names and dates of service.) $5.00 [6167] Appleyard, John; Haines, Norman. Pensacola and the War Between the States. Pensacola FL: John Appleyard, 1993. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. As New 53pp., illus. Appendix: List of Military Units at Pensacola (only unit mention is 2nd Florida Infantry with approx 7pp of names and dates of service.) $5.00 [5553] Barney, William L.. Flawed Victory: A New Perspective on the Civil War. New York NY: Praeger, 1975. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0275850404. 215pp. $5.00 [4031] Bierce, Ambrose. Civil War Stories. NY: Dover Publications, 1993. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 0486280381. 123pp. Sixteen selections from the collected works of newspaper man Ambrose Bierce first published in 1909. $4.00 [3630] Bowman, John S. (ed.). The Civil War Almanac. NY: Bison Books, 1983. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 0349310330. 400pp., illus. Chronology of events of the American Civil War 1861-1865 and biographies of key personalities. $7.00 [4565] Bridges, Hal. Civil War and Reconstruction, 2nd Edition. Washington DC: American Historical Association, 1962. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 25pp. Bibliography of Civil War and Reconstruction. $7.00 [5983] Cannan, John. Wilderness Campaign : March-May, 1864 (Great Campaigns Ser.). Conshohocken, PA: Combined Publishing, 2001. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0938289160. Small closed tear lower dust jacket, several small spots on page edges, "1st ed." inked inside front cover, 238pp., illus., maps. $11.00 [4025] Cannon, Devereaux D. Jr.. The Flags of the Confederacy: An Illustrated History. Atlanta GA: Peach Tree, 1988. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 98pp., illus. Thorough study of the various state and battle flags that flew over the Confederate States of American 1861-1865. $12.00 [3794] Catton, Bruce. Grant Takes Command. Boston MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Lightly yellowed dust jacket edges, 556pp., maps. $6.00 [7198] Catton, Bruce. Army of the Potomac : Mr. Lincoln's Army. NY: Doubleday, 1952. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Former owner's bookplate inside front cover, clean, 363pp., maps. Volume I of Catton's history of the American Civil War. $5.00 [5454] Catton, Bruce. Army of the Potomac : A Stillness at Appomattox. NY: Doubleday, 1952. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dust jacket edge wear, 438pp., maps. Volume III of Catton's history of the American Civil War. $5.00 [2137] Catton, Bruce. Grant Moves South. Boston MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1960. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Very Good / Very Good. Library plate and stamps, tight copy in mylar cover, 564pp., map. $9.00 [2175] Catton, Bruce. Army of the Potomac : A Stillness at Appomattox. NY: Doubleday, 1952. Book Club. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dust jacket edge wear, 438pp., maps. Volume III of Catton's definitive history of the American Civil War. $5.00 [5372] Davis, Burke. They Called Him Stonewall: A Life of Lieutenant General T.J. Jackson, C.S.A.. . NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / Good. Library stamps & pocket , title page repaired with cello tape, soiled, moisture stain rear cover, solid reading copy, 470pp., maps. $8.00 [5982] Evans, Clement A. (ed.). The Navy in the Civil War (Campaigns of the Civil War Series, Volume VII). The Blue & Grey Press, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Yellowing pages o/w fine. No date. Contains two books in one on the Confederate Navy. Soley, James Russell on The Blockade and The Cruisers, 257pp., illus., maps; and Ammen, Daniel on The Atlantic Coast, 273pp., illus., maps. $14.00 [3337] Fiebeger, G. J.. The Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg. New Oxford PA: Bloodstone Press, 1984. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Reprint of 1915 edition, 97pp. + maps. $12.00 [5292] Garrison, Webb B.. True Tales of the Civil War : A Treasury of Unusual Stories During America's Most Turbulent Era. New York, NY: Gramercy, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0517162660. 256pp. $8.00 [3852] Gross, James A. And Collins, Andre B.. The Souvenir Guide to the Gettysburg National Military Park. Gettysburg PA: Tem, 1991. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Fine 72pp., illus., maps. Easy to follow account of the battle with 20 maps and 50 illustrations offered in chronological order. $7.00 [3490] Happel, Ralph. The Last Days of Jackson. Richmond VA: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1971. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good 63pp., illus. $9.00 [1051] Hoehling, A. A.. Damn The Torpedoes! : Naval Incidents of the Civil War. Winston-Salem NC: John F. Blair, 1989. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0-89587-073-8. 207pp, illus. $15.00 [3550] Horn, Stanley F. (ed.). The Robert E. Lee Reader. NY: Konecky & Konecky, 1993. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Fine. ISBN: 0914427830. Some highlighting of passages first 35pp o/w fine, 542pp. Reprint of 1949 edition. $6.00 [3676] Hunter, Alvah F.. A Year on a Monitor and the Destruction of Fort Sumter. Columbia SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1991. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0872497615. 184pp., illus. $14.00 [4432] Jordan, Robert Paul. The Civil War. Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1969. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0870440772 . Dust jacket light edge wear and chip to rear, 208pp., illus. $3.00 [4212] Jordan, Robert Paul. The Civil War. Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1969. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0870440772 . 208pp., illus. $5.00 [2448] Jordan, Robert Paul. The Civil War. Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1969. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0870440772. Closed tears & chips to jacket, 208pp., illus. Large folded map of battles inside back cover. $3.00 [5437] Mapp, Alf J., Jr. Frock Coats and Epaulets: The Men Who Led the Confederacy. New York NY: Thomas Yoseloff , 1963. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 111131263x. Dust jacket edge wear w/ chips & price clipped, name stamp inside front cover, 501pp. Studies of six CSA leaders: Davis, Lee, Jackson, Benjamin, Johnston and Stuart. $9.00 [2388] Matloff, Maurice (ed.). The Civil War : A Concise Military History of the War Between the States 1861 - 1865. NY: Promontory Press, 1982. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0883940531. 120pp. Adapted from American Military History, Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army. $8.00 [6082] Miles, Jim. Fields of Glory : A History and Tour Guide of the Atlanta Campaign. Nashville, TN: Cumberland House Publishing, 1989. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good ISBN: 1558530231. 190pp., illus., maps. $8.00 [5709] Miles, Jim. A River Unvexed : A History and Tour Guide to the Campaign for the Mississippi River (Civil War Campaigns Series). Nashville, TN, U.S.A.: Rutledge Hill Press, 1994. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 1558532102. Number written on cover, o/w clean and tight, 596pp., illus., maps. $12.00 [5760] Miller, Francis Trevelyan. The Navies. The Photographic History of the Civil War (Volume 6). NY: Castle Books, 1957. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dust jacket edge wear and closed tears, 320pp., illus. $15.00 [6960] Minnigh, L. W.. Gettysburg: What They Did Here: The Standard Historical Guide Book. Gettysburg PA: Bookmark, 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Light edge wear to spine, Gettysburg National Museum stamp on title page, no markings to text, 200pp., illus., fold out map inside front cover. Glimpses of Gettysburg, July 1863, with an order of battle and location of monuments. $7.50 [6171] Morgan, James A.. Always Ready, Always Willing: Battery M, Second U.S. Artillery. Gaithersburg MD: Olde Soldier Books, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Soft Cover. Ex-Library. Good Library stamps and pocket, lightly sunned cover56pp., maps. "A History of Battery M. Second United States Artillery from Its Organization Through the Civil War." Appendix with roster of officers and enlisted during Civil War. $6.00 [5775] Murphy, Jim. The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War. New York NY: Scholastic, 1990. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0590456040. Cover corner crease, 110pp., illus. $5.00 [5164] Pratt, Fletcher. Civil War in Pictures. Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing, 1955. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 1125201215. 256pp., illus. New paper illustrations of civil war with text. $5.00 [5086] Reed, Rowena. Combined Operations in the Civil War. Annapolis MD: Naval Institute, 1978. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0870211226. Book plate inside front cover, few tiny foxing flecks page ends, 468pp., illus., maps. $9.00 [6032] Reed, Rowena A.. Combined Operations in the Civil War. Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Very Good. ISBN: 0870211226. Dust jacket with two small closed tears, previous owner's embossment title page, clean and tight copy, 468pp., illus., maps. $15.00 [1067] Rye, Scott. Men and Ships of the Civil War. Stamford CT: Longmeadow Press, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0681102640. 287pp, illus. $18.00 [1690] Stampp, Kenneth M.. The Causes of the Civil War. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1959. Trade Paperback. Very Good 181pp. Documentary evidence of the issues, real or imagined, that divided the American north and south. $5.00 [5981] Swanberg, W. A.. First Blood : Story of Fort Sumter. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Marboro Books, 1990. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0880294612. Reprint, 373pp., map. December 1860, Ft. Sumter SC. $11.00 [5365] Vandiver, Frank E.. Blood Brothers : A Short History of the Civil War (Texas A&M University Military History Series). College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 1994. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 0890965242. Cover crease, Texas A&M store stamp on bottom pp edges, 209pp., illus. $5.00 [4423] Webb, Willard, (Ed.). Crucial Moments of the Civil War. NY: Bonanza, 1961. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 1199098043. 356pp. Eighteen authors, most pre 1900 articles, on American Civil War. $8.00 [5283] Wiley, Bell I.. Road to Appomattox. New York, NY: Atheneum Books, 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0689702108. Price stamp inside cover, o/w clean and crisp, 121pp. $4.00 [7163] Wiley, Bell Irvin. The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.: Louisiana State University Press, 1978. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Trade Paperback. Fine ISBN: 0807104752. Name inside front cover, clean text, solid binding, 444pp, illus. $5.00 [5777] Williams, George F.. Bullet and Shell : The Civil War as the Soldier Saw It. New York, NY: Smithmark Publishers, 2000. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0765117681. Appears unread, 454pp. Facsimile reproduction of the original 1882 first edition. $11.00 [6565] Wood, John Sumner. The Virginia Bishop: A Yankee Hero of the Confederacy. Richmond VA: Garrett & Massie, 1961. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. Dust jacket edge wear, 187pp., illus. Concerning John Johns, former president of William and Mary College, close friend of Robert E . Lee and Jefferson Davis, having confirmed both men. $12.00

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