Category: Civil War

Lincoln as Seen by C. C. Brown

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Prairie Village, KS, The Crabgrass Press : 1963

Seller ID: 019563

Condition: Fine

Limited edition. One of 300 copies. Original publisher's red wrapper. 5" x 7 1/2." Seventeen pages, complete. One red and white plate of C. C. Brown's portrait included. Colon printed on the inside of the back cover provides information on the pamphlet's printing. Pages and covers are clean and intact. A pristine copy. A reprinted reminiscence of Abraham Lincoln as told by Christopher C. (C. C.) Brown (1834-1904). First published in The Chicago Sunday Times-Herald, August 25, 1895.
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Four Years In Secessia: Adventures Within And Beyond The Union Lines: Embracing A Great Variety Of Facts, Incidents, And Romance Of The War, The Author;s Capture At Vicksburg, May 3, 1863, While Running The Rebel Batteries; HIs Imprisonment At Vicksburg, Jackson, Atlanta, Richmond, And Salisbury; His Escape And Perilous Journey Of Four Hundred Miles To The Union Lines At Knoxville.

By: Browne, Junius Henri

Price: $47.50

Publisher: Hartford, O.D. Case and Company : 1865

Seller ID: 018262

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Original tan cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 6 X 8 1/2 inches. 450 pages. Copy has 8 black and white illustrations. Contents in this copy, The War Correspondent, The Fremont Campaign, Camp-Life At Syracuse, Mo, A Night With The fleas, Romance and Reality In Camp, On The March, Wilson's Creek, Zagonyi's Ride To Death, The Retrograde Movement, Secession In Missouri, Battle Of Donelson, After The Battle, Occupation Of Columbus, Battle Of Pea Ridge, Prose And Poesy Of War, Indian Atrocities, Benighted Arkansas, Down The Mississippi, Inauguration Of Battery-Running, Surrender Of Island No. X, ...
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The Capture and Occupation of Richmond

By: Bruce, George A.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Richmond, VA?, George A. Bruce?

Seller ID: 024134

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover. No date, circa 1927. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Forty-six pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Former owner's signature and inscription in black ink on front free endpaper: "With fondest regards to Miss J. A. Saxton, Oct 17 1921, J. L. Halman." Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for slight age toning. Covers are very clean and intact with sharp corners but have a few marks to front and back and what appear to be small dampstain marks along the bottom edge of back cover. Binding is ti...
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The Life of William A. Buckingham, the War Governor of Connecticut with a Review of His Public Acts, and Especially the Distinguished Services He Rendered His Country During the War of the Rebellion with which is Incorporated A Condensed (continued)

By: Buckingham, Rev. Samuel G.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Springfield, Mass., The W. F. Adams Company, Publishers : 1894

Seller ID: 667

Binding: 1/4 Leather with Cloth

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Title continued: ".Account of the More Important Campaigns of the War, and Information from Private Sources and Family and Official Documents". Covers Connecticut troops in the Civil War. 1/4 leather with cloth, gilt lettering front cover and spine. Illustrations. Title page loose at bottom. Tear at top of quotation page. Contents include: The Country Before the War; The Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Law and Kansas Question; Mr. Buckingham's Election in 1858; Financial and Social Troubles of the Time; The Nomination of Mr. Lincoln; The Secession Movement; How and Why South Carolina Force...
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Original Carte De Visite Photograph. "Gen. Benjamin Butler"

By: Butler, Benjamin

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, New York, The New York Photographic Co.

Seller ID: 12143

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

circa.1870. Carte-de-Visite photograph (2 1/2 x 4 inch) with publisher name printed on the backside. Trimmed at the top of the cards' corners. Image of Butler's head and shoulder in civilian clothing Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-1893) was from Massachusetts and was a political General during the Civil War who owed his rank to political connections rather than skill as a soldier. Most famous for his notorious "General Order No. 28" which declared that any women who showed disrespect to any officer or soldier of the Union would be declared a protitute.After nine months as administrator of New ...
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Lincoln

By: Cameron, W. J.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, Chicago Historical Society : 1911

Seller ID: 024791

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, Thus. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers with staple binding. Black lettering on front cover. 5" x 7." Unpaginated, five pages, complete. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact except for age toning and a few light smudges on back cover. A Near Fine copy. A speech celebrating Abraham Lincoln and his accomplishments. The speech was first published in the Detroit News on February 12, 1909 and was written by W. J. Cameron of Brighton, Michigan. This edition published by the Chicago Historical Society February 12, 1911.
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The North and the South

By: Carey, Henry Charles

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, New York, Office of the Tribune : 1854

Seller ID: 13718

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

48 pages; paper wrapper sewn (5 1/2 x 8 5/8 inch). Minor discoloration to the front, else a very good clean copy. An argument of the relative size of the pro-slavery and anti-slavery block in the United States. 'The South is strong in words, weak in action'. Very good clean copy.
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Abraham Lincoln: Preserver of His Country

By: Carlton, Mabel Mason

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company : 1926

Seller ID: 019624

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's white and yellow wrapper with an illustrated portrait of Abraham Lincoln on the front cover. 4 1/2" x 6." Sixteen pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean. A biography that covers and praises the life of Abraham Lincoln. From Monaghan, the Lincoln Bibliography, no. 2627: "A variant, 1926, is entitled: Abraham Lincoln The Great Emancipator. ... has six variants, one with sub-title: Preserver of His Country." The Monaghan entry, no. 2627, was actually for the original 1923 edition, not the 1926 edition which is being sold here.
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Abraham Lincoln, Freemason; An Address Delivered Before Harmony Lodge No. 17, F. A. A. M., Washington, D.C., January 28, 1914. With an Appendix Containing the Actions Taken by the Masonic Grand Lodges of the United States on Lincoln's Death.

By: Carman, L. D.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: : 1914

Seller ID: 019551

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's light green wrapper with staple binding. January 28, 1914. 6" x 9." Twenty-six pages, complete. A clean copy. Pages are very clean and undamaged. This address by Dr. L. D. Carman is about Abraham Lincoln and his "Masonic words." Carman states he does not want to prove Lincoln was actually a Freemason but refers to the phrases used by him to show how Lincoln upheld the values of the Freemasonry. Also included are eulogies and tributes given by other Masonic lodges to commemorate the passing of Lincoln when he was assassinated. From Monaghan, the Lincoln Bibliograph...
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The Other White House: An Illustration of the Unreliability of History Concerning Abraham Lincoln

By: Carman, L. D.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Washington, D.C., : 1926

Seller ID: 019553

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's brown cloth binding. January 1926. 5 1/8" x 8." Pages are very clean. A pristine, fine copy. Four pages, complete. In this brief pamphlet, L. D. Carman refers to a sensational news story to show how not all stories concerning Abraham Lincoln are accurate. On February 11, 1923, The Washington Star published an article of a woman who claimed to have eloped with her husband in the White House during the Lincoln administration. Carman refutes the story by showing how the couple married at a place called the White House Hotel. From Monaghan, the Lincoln Bibliography, n...
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The Army of the Potomac. Behind the Scenes. A Diary of Unwritten History; from the Organization of the Army, by General George B. McClellan, to the Close of the Campaign in Virginia, About the First Day of January, 1863.

By: Castleman, Alfred L.

Price: $175.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, Strickland and Company : 1863

Seller ID: 020229

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's brown pebble cloth binding with embossed decorations on front and back covers and gilt lettering on spine. 5" x 7 5/8." 288 pages, complete. Six pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Light wear at the extremities. Light foxing on some of the pages. Binding is tight. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. A very clean copy. Written by Alfred L. Castleman, Surgeon of the Fifth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers.
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Abraham Lincoln: Books and Pamphlets, Medals, Portraits and Autographs: The Collection Made by John Scripps Little of Rushville, Ill.; Sold by Order of John L. Scripps, of Peoria, Ill.

By: Chicago Book and Art Auctions, Incorporated; Meine, Franklin J. (Foreword)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, Chicago Book and Art Auctions, Incorporated : 1933

Seller ID: 019609

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's brown wrapper. 6" x 9." Sixty-six pages, complete. Original blank auction form in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. In the foreword, Franklin J. Meine provides some information on the John Scripps Little collection. Title page: "Sale No. 34; Abraham Lincoln: Rare Pamphlets, Books, Autograph Letters, Portraits and Prints, Fine Association Items from theHart, Burton and Lambert Collections; Sale Wednesday and Thursday, June 14-15, at 8 P. M.; Free Public Exhibit Beginning Saturday, June 3, to 14, 9 A. M. to 9 P. M., Daily Except Sunday, Ninth Floor....
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Invisible Siege; The Journal of Lucius E. Chittenden, April 15, 1861 -- July 14, 1861; Appointed Register of the Treasury by President Abraham Lincoln

By: Chittenden, Lucius E.

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Americana Exchange Press. San Diego, California. 1969. : 1970

Seller ID: 685

Binding: Cloth in Slip Case

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

1500 copies printed. Book has gilt lettering front cover and spine, gilt edged page tops, uncut page sides. From the Publisher's Note: "The diary of Lucius Eugene Chittenden came to light in 1968 as a part of a group of books and old papers. Its historic importance was immediately apparent, and after verification of its authenticity, the decision to publish it was made". From the Introduction: "Written at Washington, D. C., the diary opens on April 15, the day after the surrender of Fort Sumter, and closes on July 14, seven days before the First Battle of Bull Run. The daily entries record the...
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The Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln: An Address Delivered by Joseph H. Choate, Ambassador to Great Britain, at the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, November 13, 1900

By: Choate, Joseph H.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, IL, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway : 1900

Seller ID: 019605

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original publisher's beige wrapper. 5 3/8" x 7 3/4." Thirty pages, complete. Pages and covers are clean and intact. Joseph H. Choate (1832-1917) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and a key figure in the founding of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. As a lawyer, Choate tried some of the most famous cases in United States history including the Income Tax Suit, Kansas prohibition cases, and Chinese exclusion cases. In this address, Choate retells the events of Abraham Lincoln's life and pays homage to him. From Monaghan, the Lincoln Bibliography, no. 1279: "Another edition, 38 p., published ...
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Autograph Quotation Signed - James G. Clark

By: Clark, James G.

Price: $37.50

Seller ID: 8066

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Fine

6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Three lines from his poem "The Voice of the Mountain" signed in full. "Ashland Or, April 15, 1891"added in the authors hand below signature. Clark (1830-1897) was a singer, songwriter and poet. He was born in New York and lived his later years on the West Coast of the U.S. He is best known for his songs that he wrote which were popular during the Civil War. These include: "Beautiful Hills" (1862); "Children of the Battlelfield" (1864); "Let Me Die with My Face to the Foe" (1864). Clark was an abolitionist and active in radical causes of the day.
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Bibliographical Notes on Theodore Winthrop

By: Colby, Elbridge

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, The New York Public Library : 1917

Seller ID: 019115

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's wrapper. 7" x 10." Minimal chipping and tears on the spine, covers, and pages (mostly on the spine). Light staining on front cover. Theodore Winthrop (1828-1861) was an American novelist, lawyer, military officer, and world traveler. He is considered the first Union officer killed in the Civil War. This bibliography by Elbridge Colby lists American editions of Winthrop's written works as well as British importations and reprints. Reprinted March 2017 from the Bulletin of The New York Public Library of January 1917.
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The Plates of the Winthrop Books

By: Colby, Elbridge

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, The New York Public Library : 1919

Seller ID: 019309

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's beige wrapper. An off-print from the New York Public Library Bulletin, February 1918. 7" x 10." Six pages, complete. Booklet is very clean and intact. Elbridge Colby (1891-1982) was an American Army colonel and author. He served in WWI and WWII. In this booklet, Colby writes his commentary on Theodore Winthrop (1828-1861), who was a writer, lawyer, world traveler, and Union officer, and his literary works. Colby comments on how Winthrop's books (including pages and plates) came to be circulated between different publishers for almost four decades.
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Lincoln's "House Divided" Speech: Did It Reflect a Doctrine of Class Struggle? An Address Delivered Before the Chicago Historical Society on March 15, 1923

By: Cole, Arthur Charles

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Chicago, IL, The University of Chicago Press : 1923

Seller ID: 019548

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's brown wrapper. March 15, 1923. 6" x 9 1/4." Thirty-six pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. Front and back covers are clean but have minimal wear along the edges. From Monaghan, the Lincoln Bibliography, no. 2630: "A study of Lincoln's reaction to the extreme pro-Southern argument--notably George Fitzhugh's work." In this lecture, Arthur Charles Cole, PhD, discusses the motives behind Abraham Lincoln's famous "House Divided" speech and explores Lincoln's stance on slavery and abolition. Cole also examines the opposing views of the North and South and h...
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Collection of the Kansas State Historical Soicety, 1915-1918 : Together with Annual Meetings, Memorials and Miscellaneous Papers

By: Connelley, William E.[editor]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Topeka, Kansas, Kansas State Printing Plant : 1918

Seller ID: 14346

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

xiv, 896 pages; illustrations, maps (some folding); indexes; bree cloth binding with gilt lettering. Articles including are: 'Some Ingalls Letters'; 'Origin of the Name "Jayhawker," and How it Came to be Applied to the people of Kansas'; 'The First Kansas Battery, an Historical Sketch, with Personal Reminiscences of Army Life, 1861-1865,' by Theodore Gardner; among other titles. Fine clean copy.
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Signature on Card - Burton Chauncey Cook

By: Cook, Burton Chauncey

Price: $37.50

Seller ID: 019534

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Signature on beige slip of paper in black ink by Burton Chauncey Cook. No date, circa 1860s. 2 3/8" x 1." Signed, "B. C. Cook ...." Paper and signature are very clean and intact. Burton Chauncey Cook (1819-1894) was an American politician who served in both the Illinois Senate (1852-1860) and the U.S. House of Representatives (1865-1871). He is remembered for supporting the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860 and for placing Lincoln's name into nomination for president in 1864 during the Republican National Conventions in those two years.
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Category: Civil War