Old Bookshelf

The Defense of Fort Sumter

Tower, Roderick · 1938

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Fort Sumter Hotel 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 39pp. 16mo. First Edition. Publication sponsored by The Fort Sumter Hotel. Light blue cloth over boards, folding map. Covers foxed but solid and unworn. Foxing to endpapers and a small chip to front pastedown, tiny slit along...

Adolf Hitler

John Toland · 1976

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

Garden City, New York Doubleday & Company, Inc. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 1035pp. Red boards, black buckram backing, gilt spine lettering.Signed by Author on half-title page. Light wear to spine ends and lettering. Book is sound, binding is tight, conten...

The Story of Dumbarton Castle, Rothesay, and other Castles.

Shelley, H.C. · 1923

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Edinburgh Andersons 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall 122pp. Miniature book 3 1/4 x2 1/2 inches. Six illustrations including frontispiece. Red tartan plaid cloth over boards, all edges gilt. Very good condition, spine slightly faded, gilt edges very bright, interior is clean, unworn...

Life of the Duke of Wellington. To Which are Added Memoirs of Duke of Marlborough

1847

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

St. Louis, MO Nafis & Cornish 1st Edition 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall 256pp. FIRST EDITION. Green stamped boards, gilt stamped design to cover and spine. color title page and frontispiece plus 11 full-page black and white illustrations, text pages have ruled frame borders. Corn...

Essai sur l'influence des croisades

Heeren, A.H.L. · 1808

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

Jacksonville Treuttel et Würtz 513pp. Marbled boards, gilt tooled leather spine. Moderate wear and scuffing to cover, text is lightly age-toned, light spotting to endpapers, slight cracking at gutters, text block is tight and holding firmly, former owner's bookplate and boo...

Two Years on the Alabama

Sinclair, Arthur · 1896

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Boston Lee and Shepard 2nd Edition 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 352pp. Grey pictorial cloth, blue and red decoration, gilt lettering. Light wear to cover, spine slightly darkened, some internal separation, binding holding, text is mildly age-toned. 33 illustrations. Good No Jacket

United States Naval Academy; The First Hundred Years

Crane, John and Kieley, James F. · 1945

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York Whittlesey House 1st Edition 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall 53pp + approx. 110 pp illustrations. Blue cloth, gilt insignia to cover and gilt lettering to spine. Corners lightly rubbed, spine darkened but readable, book is in clean and sound condition. Book includes an ex...

The Battles of the War for the Union

Holmes, Prescott · 1897

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Philadelphia Henry Altemus 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall 338pp. Decorative green cloth, gilt red and black design. Extremeties rubbed, spine faded, contents are clean. Concise history of U.S Civil War, illustrated. Good

Stormy Ben Butler

Holzman, Robert S. · 1961

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York Collier Books 280pp. Mass market paperback. Some darkening to cover, contents are clean, binding is solid. Very Good

The Fight at Dame Europa's School

(Pullen, Henry William) · 1871

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

New York Francis B. Felt & Co. 1st Edition Thomas Nast 34pp. Green cloth, gilt lettering. A very clean, unworn copy, contents age-toned, small spot in margin of 4 pages, otherwise unblemished. Very Good No Jacket

Swords & Roses

Hergesheimer, Joseph · 1929

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

New York Alfred A. Knopf First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 327pp. Tna cloth. SIGNED and inscribed by author on half-title page. Light wear and overall soil and spotting, top corners torn off 2 rear endpapers. Good No Jacket

A Certain Eventuality... Britain and the Fall of France

Bell. P.M.H. · 1974

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Liverpool Saxon House First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 320pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light age-toning and mild foxing to endpapers only, dust jacket has very light edgewear. Very Good Very Good

Little Guide to Paris and the Battle Fields of France

The Printemps · 1921

$18.00 (€16.33 | £13.62 | ¥2,873)

Paris The Printemps (Le Printemps) 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 28pp, folding map. String tied stiff wraps, pictorial paste-on label. Cover is edge-chipped and partially faded, folding map is torn along folds and long ago tape repaired but mostly complete, first and last pages...

Report of the Commissioners of the Israel Putnam Camp Ground to His Excellency the Governor, January 15, 1903,

Commissioners of the Israel Putnam Camp Ground · 1903

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Hartford, Conn. The Hartford Printing Company 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 93pp. Black embossed cloth, gilt lettering. Book is in very good, nearly unworn condition, contents are age-toned and clean, neatly written inscription on front free endpaper. Illustrated with photos an...

Life of Benjamin F. Butler

Bland, T.A. · 1879

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York and Boston Lee and Shepard and Charles T. Dillingham First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 202pp. Green boards, gilt bust of Butler on front board, gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library label on front pastedown, inner hinges cracked but holding, lengthy writing on r...

Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer

Sorrel, G. Moxley · 1958

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Jackson, Tennessee McCowat-Mercer Press 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 322pp. Light green cloth, gilt spine lettering. Spine sunned, slight toning to endpapers. Laid-in is a "Review Copy" notice from the publisher requesting "two clippings of your review." Very Good No Jacket

Decisive Battles of the Civil War

Mitchell, Joseph B. · 1955

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

New York G.P. Putnam's Sons 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author(s) 226pp. Black cloth, red decoration and lettering. Very good book in sound condition. SIGNED by the author for the members of the Civil War Book Club. Very Good No Jacket

Letters Written on Board His Majesty's Ship the Northumberland, and Saint Helena; In Which the Conduct and Conversations of Napoleon Bonaparte, and His Suite, During the Voyage and the First Months of His Residence in That Island, are Faithfully Described

Warden, William · 1816

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

London For the Author By R. Ackermann Fourth Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 215pp. Publisher's original paper backed boads, paper spine label, frontispiece portrait, folding map and one additional plate. Boards and spine darkened and lightly soiled, spine chipped at bottom...

The Civil War and Reconstruction

Randall, J.G. · 1937

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Boston D.C. Heath and Company First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 959pp. Extremities rubbed, spine darkened, occasional margin notations, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, binding is tight, some dampstaining and puckering to lower margin. Good No Jacket

British-American Relations

Whelpley, J.D. · 1924

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Boston Little, Brown, and Company First Edition 325pp. Red cloth. Spine darkened, light corner wear, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, text age-toned. Good No Jacket