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Allardice, Bruce S., & Wayne L. Wolf.   TWO YEARS BEFORE THE PADDLEWHEEL: CHARLES F. GUNTHER, MISSISSIPPI RIVER CONFEDERATE  
Buffalo Gap: State House Press, 2012. 344 pages. Paperback. 1933337524 1-933337-52-4. Mississippi river traffic during the Civil War is brought to light by Gunther's diaries of 1861 and 1862. He describes the problems of supplying Confederate troops in Arkansas, and civilian life in Memphis during secession. maps, b/w illusttrations.
Near Fine/Wraps. Small publisher's stamp on front endpaper, else Near Fine. # E0700. $16.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Bingham, F.F.   ASHORE AT MAIDEN'S WALK  
New York: Broadway Publishing Co., 1913. 1st ed. 192 pages. Hardcover. Novel of Civil War blockade runners off the Florida coast by F.F. (Fraiser Franklin) Bingham. Very scarce. Decorative navy cloth cover with pastedown illustration.
Good+/No Jacket. Light spotting to covers, else VG. # B2286. $125.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Breihan, Carl W.   QUANTRILL AND HIS CIVIL WAR GUERILLAS [QUANTRELL]  
Denver: Sage Books, 1959. 1st ed. 174 pages. Hardcover. Story of Quantrill's wild group, from their formation through the bloody sacking of Lawrence, Kansas and Quantrill's death. Includes alphabetical roster of 296 men who served with him. B/w photos and illustrations.
VG/Good. Tight, clean, no marks. Top edge faded, top of spine silverfished. Dustjacket silverfish nibbled on edges. # A0649. $38.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Broadfoot, Tom.   LATE UNPLEASANTNESS CATALOG 105  
Wendell, NC: Broadfoot's Bookmark, No Date. 107 pages. Paperback. Broadfoot Civil War book catalog. Good bibliographic resource for Civil War readers. Not dated, but I think 1980s.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked catalog of Civil War books. # B0406. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Broadwater, John D.   USS MONITOR: A HISTORIC SHIP COMPLETES ITS FINAL VOYAGE  
College Station: Texas A & M, 2012. Reprint. 239 pages. Paperback. 1603444742 1-60344-474-2. Story of the discovery, and underwater archaeological work to recover the remains of the USS Monitor. Color photos, site drawings, and artifact sketches. Bibliography and index.
Near Fine/Wraps. New copy with publisher stamp. In print at $24.95. # E4497. $13.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Brookfield, John.   A HISTORY OF THE PORT ROYAL BANDS  
South China ME: Sam Teddy Publishing, 2015. 1st ed. 429 pages. Paperback. 1935573934 1-935573-93-4. The men and music of the bands of the Third Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and the 2nd Brigade, 10th Army Corps, Department of the South during the American Civil War. B/w photos and illustrations.
Fine/Wraps. New, in publisher's shrinkwrap. # 37587. $57.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Brown, Robert B.   TEXANS IN LEOPARD SKIN PANTS (WILLIAM W. HEARTSILL)  
no place: Bibliographical Soc. Am., 1950. 1st ed. 6 pages. Paperback. An essay on William W. Heartsill's book FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND 91 DAYS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, which he printed and published himself, from his journals. This pamphlet issued separately from the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Volume Forty-four, Fourth Quarter, 1950. With footnotes and references.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, unmarked. # B4644. $36.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Campbell, Randolph B.   WEALTH AND POWER IN ANTEBELLUM TEXAS  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1977. 1st ed. 183 pages. Hardcover. 0890960305 0-89096-030-5.
Fine/Fine. As new from our old stock. # B3305. $20.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Carter, W.H.   FROM YORKTOWN TO SANTIAGO WITH THE SIXTH U.S. CAVALRY  
Austin: State House Press, 1989. Reprint. 329 pages. Hardcover. 0938349422 0-938349-42-2. Born at the outbreak of the Civil War, sent to Texas for policing during Reconstruction, & used on the frontier against the Indians, the unit went to Cuba for the Spanish-American War. Facsimile of 1900
New/New. A new book in publisher shrinkwrap. # 02651. $20.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Clasby, Robert.   GETTYSBURG: YOU ARE THERE  
Short Hills NJ: Burford Books, 2003. 1st ed. 128 pages. Hardcover. 1580801110 1-58080-111-0. Computer-enhanced photography recreates pivotal moments in the Battle of Gettysburg. Index.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks. # E1378. $6.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dye, Ginny.   SPRING WILL COME 1862-1863: BOOK #3 IN THE BREGDAN CHRONICLES  
Bellingham WA: Voice in the World Publishing. Reprint. 487 pages. Paperback. 1507885466 1507885466. The Bregdan Chronicles contimue in the second year of the Civil War. Large softcover.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # E3452. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Dye, Ginny.   STORM CLOUDS ROLLING IN 1860-1861: BOOK #1 IN THE BREGDAN CHRONICLES  
Bellingham WA: Voice in the World Publishing. Reprint. 513 pages. Paperback. 1503326667 1503326667. Sweeping historical saga of the period leading into the Civil War. Large softcover book.
Fine/Wraps. No wear, no marks. # E3450. $19.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Getzendaner, W.H., & A.M.Dechman.   A BRIEF AND CONDENSED HISTORY OF PARSONS' TEXAS CAVALRY BRIGADE  
Waco: Morrison, 1962. Limited ed. 96 pages. Hardcover. Composed of Twelfth, Nineteenth, Twenty-first, Morgan's Battalion, and Pratt's Battery of Artillery of the Confederate States. Together with roster of the several Commands as far as obtainable, some historical sketches, General Orders and a memoranda of Parsons' Brigade Association. Originally published by J.M. Flemister, Printer, Waxahachie, Texas. This is copy 97/100 typescript, one of 95 bound in blue cloth and produced by the Morrison Family. Flag blue cloth with bright gilt titles. Uncommon.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, no marks, very light sign of use. Spine and edges tanned. # E0498. $210.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hall, Charles B.   MILITARY RECORDS OF GENERAL OFFICERS CONFEDERATE STATES AMERICA A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION  
Austin: Steck Co., 1963. Reprint. 110 pages. Hardcover. With one hundred and eight portraits.
X-Lib NF/No Jacket. Former library copy, minimal markings. A clean, solid copy. # B3742. $17.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Hazlett, James C.   FIELD ARTILLERY WEAPONS OF THE CIVIL WAR REVISED EDITION  
Urbana: Univ. Illinois, 2004. Revised ed. 322 pages. Paperback. 0252072103 0-252-07210-3. Hazlett, along with coauthors Edwin Olmstead and M. Hume Parks produced an encyclopedia of Civil War artillery pieces and have updated in this revised edition with information contributed by readers. B/w photos, drawings, tables, bibliography,and index.
Fine/Wraps. Tight, no wear, no marks. # E4994. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Heagney, H.J.   BLOCKADE RUNNER: A TALE OF ADVENTURE ABOARD THE ROBERT E. LEE  
New York: Longmans, Green, 1939. 1st ed. 187 pages. Hardcover. Civil War adventures of John B. Tabb, who served on the Robert E. Lee in defiance of the Yankee Blockade of Southern ports. Golden yellow cloth-covered boards with black title on spine. Yellow and black nautical illustration wraps around dustjacket. Somewhat uncommon.
VG/Fair. Tight, unmarked. DJ chipped along all edges with tears. # A0165. $37.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Henderson, Harry McCorry.   TEXAS IN THE CONFEDERACY (HENDERSON / NAYLOR)  
San Antonio: Naylor Company, 1955. 1st ed. 166 pages. Hardcover. An account of the Civil War campaigns in which Texas units participated. Bibliography and index. White dustjacket with blue titles and blue and red illustration on front.
Good/Good. Firm binding, owner name, discoloration on endpapers. Dustjacket has wear on edges. # E4778. $45.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Humphreys, Andrew A.   GETTYSBURG TO THE RAPIDAN: THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC JULY, 1863 TO APRIL, 1864  
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. 1st ed. 86 pages. Hardcover. Originally intended as the first part of Vol. XII of the Scribner Campaigns of the Civil War, but excluded because of bulk of that volume. Three folding maps at rear. Red cloth-covered boards with black title on front. Spine published blank, but librarian wrote author's name in white ink.
X-Lib Fair/No Jacket. Former library copy, typical stamps & marks. Water damage to cover, slight discoloration around maps. Maps are are fragile, one has a tear. READING COPY ONLY. # E3350. $21.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Jensen, editor, Oliver.   BRUCE CATTON'S AMERICA: SELECTIONS FROM HIS GREATEST WORKS  
New York: American Heritage, 1979. 222 pages. Hardcover. 0828103100 0-8281-0310-0. First & last chapters are autobiographical, but most of the selections deal with the Civil War & are illustrated with sepia tone photos. Included is a Catton bibliography.
Fine/Fine. # A5838. $7.25     Inquire Now  
Lull, Robert W.   CIVIL WAR GENERAL AND INDIAN FIGHTER JAMES M. WILLIAMS: LEADER OF THE 1ST KANSAS COLORED VOLUNTEER INFANTRY & THE 8TH U.S. CAVALRY  
Denton: Univ. North Texas, 2013. 1st ed. 289 pages. Hardcover. 1574415026 1-57441-502-6. Excellent biography of General James Monroe Williams, a Negro officer serving in both the Civil War and in the Indian campaigns in the West. A few b/w photos & maps, bibliography and index.
VG/VG. An unsold copy with minor bruising to corners. # E0651. $14.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Maxwell, William Quentin.   LINCOLN'S FIFTH WHEEL: THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION (SIGNED)  
New York: Longmans, Green & Company, 1956. 1st ed. 372 pages. Hardcover. Political struggles to set up agency to provide care for sick and battle-field wounded during the Civil War. Signed by the author on page specially bound in. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine. Biographical notes, bibliography, index. First edition.
Good+/No Jacket. Tight, owner bookplate. Clean, square corners. Spine ends worn. # E2412. $24.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McBride, Philip.   TANGLED HONOR 1862 (SIGNED)  
Lockhart TX: Philip McBride, 2014. 1st ed. 344 pages. Paperback. 0692315624 0-692-31562-4. Civile War historical fiction. Signed by the author.
Near Fine/Wraps. No reader crease, no wear. Small splash stain on bottom edge. # E3058. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
McWhiney, Grady, & Judith L. Hallock.   BRAXTON BRAGG AND CONFEDERATE DEFEAT VOL. 1 AND VOL. 2  
Tuscaloosa, AL: Univ. Alabama Press, 1991. Reprint. 719 pages. Hardcover. 0817305459 0-8173-0545-9. Two volume set by two separate authors covers Confederate General Bragg through the Civil War and retirement.
Fine/Near Fine. No wear, no marks on books. Dustjackets have minimal scuffing at corners and spine tips. # B9429. $38.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Michel III, Marshall.   ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO AMERICA'S CIVIL WAR SITES  
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2004. 1st ed. 319 pages. Paperback. 0760738297 0-7607-3829-7. 19 pages of maps, biographies of the generals, info on every aspect of the battles, and visitor info for the sites. Lots of b/w and color illustrations.
Fine/Wraps. No sign of use or handling. # B8983. $11.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Miller, William J., & Brian C. Pohanka.   AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: IMAGES OF AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY  
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006. Reprint. 454 pages. Hardcover. 0760784116 0-7607-8411-6. 700 b/w images and 23 essays, seven pages of battle summaries by state, and index, make an authoritative history of the Civil War.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks. # B9776. $18.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Moore, Edward A.   THE STORY OF A CANNONEER UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON  
New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1907. 1st ed. 315 pages. Hardcover. Biography of young man who was a college junior at secession, served the Confederacy through to Appomattox. Contains the Roll of the Rockbridge Artillery Company. Green linen covered boards with gilt boxed title on front and gilt title on spine. Gilt top edge. True first edition, Neale Publising Company, with 1907 on both the title page and copyright page. B/w photos on heavier photo stock bound in.
Good/No Jacket. Binding and hinges firm. Owner name on front endpaper, significant silverfish lightened spots on spine and edges of boards. O/w the interioris clean and unmarked. # E2241. $128.50   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Murrah, Jeffrey D.   NONE BUT TEXIANS: A HISTORY OF TERRY'S TEXAS RANGERS (SIGNED)  
Austin: Eakin Press, 2011. 1st ed. 215 pages. Paperback. 1571685529 1-57168-552-9. Inscribed to owner and signed by the author. Civil War adventures of Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Regimental roster, bibliography, and index. Numerous maps.
Near Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, without wear. # E0166. $15.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Naval History Division, Navy Department.   CIVIL WAR NAVAL CHRONOLOGY 1861-1865, PARTS I AND II NOVEMBER 1860-DECEMBER 1862  
Washington D.C.: USGPO, 1961. 1st ed. 156 pages. FlexV. Parts I and II Civil War Naval Chronology in post-bound flex-vinyl binding, covering April 1861 to December 1862. B/w illustrations throughout. Cover is navy blue with gilt title and seal of the Department of the Navy on front. No title on spine. This is the first volume issued, each covering one year of the conflict. These were followed in 1966 by Part VI containing a cumulative index and additional articles of interest. All were gathered into one large hardcover volume published in 1971
Near Fine/No Jacket. Solid, unmarked and no wear. # E3465. $9.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Nunn, W.C.   ESCAPE FROM RECONSTRUCTION  
Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ., 1956. 1st ed. 140 pages. Hardcover. Confederates who fled to Mexico after the Civil War, intending to establish a new dominion for themselves, became disillusioned by the realities there. Most returned to the their former homes in the South. Notes, sources, and index. Tan cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on front and spine. White dustjacket with brown titles and portraits decoration.
Near Fine/Fine. From our archives. No wear on book or dustjacket. Endpapers stained by binder's chemicals. # E1959. $42.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Otis, James.   THE MINUTE BOYS OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY  
Boston: Page & Company, 1926. New Edition. 315 pages. Hardcover. New edition, being a reprint by Page & Co. of the Estes original. In pictorial yellow cloth covers, with fine b/w engravings by A. Burnham White on individual pages.
VG/No Jacket. No names or marks. A nice, solid copy. # B4044. $31.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Phillips, David, & John C. Wideman.   CHRONICLES OF THE CIVIL WAR: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES  
New York: MetroBooks, 1999. 1st ed. 372 pages. Hardcover. 1567997287 1-56799-728-7. More than 300 period photos, color paintings, and contemporary and original maps give an overview of the most significant engagements of the Civil War. First printing.
Fine/Fine. Tight, no wear, no name or marks on book or dustjacket. # E2608. $12.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Ramsey, Grover C.   CONFEDERATE POSTMASTERS IN TEXAS 1861-1865  
Austin: Morrison, 1963. 1st ed. Paperback. Gray pebbled card covers with Blue title and decoration. No title on spine. Listing by town, postmasters appointed in 1861 and after by the Confederacy.
Near Fine/Wraps. No name or marks. Stapled binding tight with glued cover. # B7386. $42.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sharpe, Michael.   HISTORICAL MAPS OF THE CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELDS  
San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2000. 1st ed. 144 pages. Hardcover. 1571451331 1-57145-133-1. Over one hundred maps look at the broad sweep of events, and at details. All maps illustrated in this book were drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress and the National Archive. Index of maps at rear.
Fine/Fine. No wear, no marks. # B9773. $22.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Sumner, G. Lynn.   MEET ABRAHAM LINCOLN: PROFILES OF THE PRAIRIE PRESIDENT  
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946. 1st ed. 78 pages. Hardcover. Small book in dark red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, square, owner name small inside front cover. # E0812. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Taylor, Thomas E.   RUNNING THE BLOCKADE: A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES, RISKS, AND ESCAPES DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR  
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. 1st ed. 180 pages. Hardcover. Blue cloth-covered boards with bright gilt title on spine. Maps and illustrations. Gilt top edge. First edition. Deckle edge.
Near Fine/No Jacket. Tight, no wear no marks. Lacks the folding map. # E4646. $125.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Tiernan, Mary S.   JACK HORNER: A NOVEL  
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1890. 1st ed. 347 pages. Hardcover. Historical novel set in the Civil War era, providing insights into civilian life in wartime Richmond, Virginia. Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Thirty-six page listing of books offered by the publisher. 1st edition, with same date title & copyright page. Originals are quite uncommon.
Good+/No Jacket. Endpaper and title page loosened, all else firm. No name or marks. Corners bent, spine ends softened. # B8730. $110.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Trulock, Alice Rains.   IN THE HANDS OF PROVIDENCE: JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN & THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR  
Chapel Hill: Univ. North Carolina, 1992. Reprint. 569 pages. Paperback. 0807849804 0-8078-4980-4. Biography of the professor-turned-soldier who led the Twentieth Maine Regiment to glory at Gettysburg.
Near Fine/Wraps. No wear or reader crease, no marks. # E0158. $7.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Vogl, Mark K.   THE REBEL MOUNTAIN READER  
Clearwater, SC: Eastern Digital, 2008. Reprint. 255 pages. Paperback. 1442102918 1442102918. Short essays on many aspects of the Civil War. Inscribed and signed by the author.
Fine/Wraps. Clean, tight, appears unread. # B5730. $16.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Watson, William.   THE ADVENTURES OF A BLOCKADE RUNNER: OR, TRADE IN TIME OF WAR  
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. 1st ed. 324 pages. Hardcover. Tales of sea adventure in the later part of the Civil War when smugglers attempted to run the Union blockades between Mexico, Texas and other gulf states. Dark maroon cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine.
VG/No Jacket. Firm binding, remains of bookplate on front endpaper. Rear endpaper has small sticker of The Brick Row Book Shop, on Guadalupe Street in ustin. # E3093. $120.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Whitney, Louisa M.   GOLDIE'S INHERITANCE: A STORY OF THE SIEGE OF ATLANTA  
Burlington VT: Free Press Association, 1903. 1st ed. 263 pages. Hardcover. Civil War romance based on northern sympathies and anti-slavery. Tan cloth-covered boards with black titles.
VG/No Jacket. Tight, no name or marks. Square corners, spine ends softened. Top edge foxed, water stain at foot of spine not affecting text. # E4653. $48.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  
Williams, Edward B.   REBEL BROTHERS: THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF THE TRUEHEARTS (SIGNED)  
College Station: Texas A & M, 1995. 1st ed. 276 pages. Hardcover. 0890966567 0-89096-656-7. Letters to their family, friends, and each other during their service in the Confederate army by brothers from Galveston. Chosen, annotated and SIGNED by Edward B. Williams, a friend of our store.
Fine/Fine. New old stock from our archives. # E4312. $25.00   View This Item  Inquire Now  

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