Monterrey, Mexico: Sept. 5, 1865. [2]pp., on a small folio sheet. Previously folded, with short closed tear near old fold at upper right corner. A few other very minor losses, slightly affecting text. Light tanning, an occasional fox mark. An engaging letter from Monterrey dated September 5, 1865, by Les..... More
Boston: 1862. Broadside, 14.25 x 6.25 inches. Slightly rumpled, light soiling. Lightly tanned. One of the earliest playbills to use John Wilkes Booth's infamous surname, advertising his appearance as Charles De Moor in Friedrich Schiller's play "The Robbers," from the third night of his first Boston engagement. Booth's performance in..... More
Memphis: Memphis Bulletin, 1863. Small broadside, 8 x 4.5 inches. Previously folded. Short separation along top fold. Light tanning and foxing. An unrecorded Civil War song sheet that celebrates the accomplishments of the 11th Missouri Volunteers and several other regiments in the XVI Corps of the U.S. Army of the..... More
Boston: Combination Publishing Company, [1886]. Broadsheet, 11.75 x 8.5 inches. Old folds, a few slight losses not affecting text. Lightly soiling and moderate wear. Ephemeral broadsheet advertising a new book, "A True Romance of the Rebellion" by Cyrus S. Haldeman, a veteran of the Civil War. "The story is unusually..... More
[Syracuse? ca. 1910]. [2],165 leaves plus six illustrations. Typescript. Quarto. Original green buckram, spine gilt. Minor wear to binding. Negligible soiling to contents, scattered manuscript corrections and notations to text. Unpublished novel by former Union officer and author Captain George K. Collins. Collins (1837-1931) was raised in Syracuse, where he..... More
Topeka: W.Y. Morgan, 1902. 154pp. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt. Corners and spine ends lightly worn. Minor toning to text. “A reprint of Appendix 4 to the Adjutant General’s Thirteenth Biennial Report.”. More
New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1867. 34pp. plus photographic frontispiece. Original black cloth, cover stamped gilt. Light wear to spine and corners, minor soiling. Internally clean. Memorial volume for Captain Edward Lines, who served with the Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War and was killed in action on September..... More
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[St. Louis]: A. McLean, [ca. 1862]. Full-page lithograph on a bifolium, with [3]pp. manuscript letter. Previously folded; both leaves of bifolium nearly separated along central horizontal fold. Otherwise, light dust soiling and minor wear. Manuscript letter accomplished in relatively neat, legible script. Apparently unrecorded St. Louis pictorial lettersheet that depicts..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes & Burr, 1863. [4],180pp. 12mo. Original quarter sheep, printed pictorial boards, spine blind stamped, all edges marbled. Light wear to edges and corners; front hinge starting; spine leather chipping, particularly at extremities. Contemporary publisher's label on front pastedown. Light tanning, minor foxing. A rare Civil War-era..... More
Rochester: 1862. 132pp. 12mo. Original brown publisher's cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Corners bumped, moderate wear to corners and spine ends, cloth lightly soiled. Minor scattered foxing. Poetry written by a woman in Rochester, much of it with a Civil War theme. Among these is a poem entitled "The..... More
Sioux City: 1878. Broadsheet, 6.25 x 5 inches. Minor soiling, lightly toned. Trimmed unevenly along bottom edge. Broadsheet advertising the land services of Daniel H. Talbot, a speculator and land agent based in Sioux City, Iowa. "Having but recently made a visit to the state, and with the aid of..... More
Alexandria: D. Turner, 1865. 83pp. Original tan printed wrappers; lacks rear cover. Spine chipped, minor wear and soiling; small ink duplicate stamp on front cover. Text lightly toned, minor foxing. Rare session printing of the Journal of the House of Delegates of the Restored Government of Virginia, that is to..... More