Civil War from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1891. Hardcover. Illustrations by Frank D. Merrill. Small 8vo. Beige cloth with elaborate gilt lettering and extensive burgundy pictorial stamping. 74pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some full page), floral endpapers. Near fine. Stunning, tight and bright first edition of this syrupy novella about an elderly African-American who sacrifices himself for the Union cause during the Civil… Read more about this item

Des Moines: F.R. Conaway, State Printer, 1896. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey blind-ruled cloth with gilt front board lettering and pictorial stamping. 85pp. Frontispiece, 5 full-page illustrations. Near fine. Faint handling to binding only, else tight and internally near fine. Handsome first edition of this "Report of the Battle Flag Committee Appointed by the Twenty=Fourth General Assembly to Provide Cases… Read more about this item

Boston: William White, 1860. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original blind-embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial stamping, black cloth tape spine. 46pp. Good only. Boards edgeworn, though front board gilt strong and bright; modern library cloth tape spine rather homespun; inner hinges delicate but holding; small hand-lettered paper shelf label at lower left of front board. Decently tight and… Read more about this item

Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 1993. Hardcover. 4to. Grey cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xix, 250pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Fine/near fine Jacket spine ever-so-faintly sunned. Tight and superb reprint edition of this 1963 classic, still the standard reference on the subject.

Harrisburg: The Stackpole Company, 1961. Hardcover. Edited by Colonel W.S. Nye. 8vo. Red paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. (6pp), 262pp. Numerous maps. Very good/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn, with somewhat sunned spine and a few small upper edge chips. Quite attractive and tight first edition of this diary of an Irish-born Union soldier who… Read more about this item

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xi, 274pp. Tables, maps, illustrations, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear, with large chip at head of faintly-sunned spine. First edition, tight and nice -- with special "This First Edition is Signed by the Author" leaf tipped in signed… Read more about this item

This Swiss-born jeweler settled in the rip-roaring lead mining town of Galena, Illinois, and became one of nine (including U.S. Grant) who became Union generals in the Civil War; he rose to the rank of brevet major general serving with the 45th Illinois Volunteer Infanrty and the 27th Infantry Regiment, and participated in many major events, including the Battle… Read more about this item

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2021. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 577pp. Frontispiece, maps, illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine second printing, with decorative-edged archival bookplate signed boldly by Ottens on front flyleaf.

This Union general lost his right arm at Fair Oaks, took part at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg and commanded the Army of the Tennessee in Sherman's march to the sea; in 1867 he founded Howard University in Washington, DC, and served as president from 1869 to 1874. LS, 1p (lined lettersheet), 6" X p", Governor's Island, NY, 23 January 1889.… Read more about this item

Des Moines: Emory H. English, 1908. Hardcover. Small 4to.Half brown calf with gilt spine lettering and tan cloth. 301pp. Frontispiece, numerous full-page plates, 4 maps (3 foldouts). Very good. Mildest of binding wear only, else tight and internally near fine. Handsome first edition of this compilation of dedicatory addresses and speeches by political and military notables given at the… Read more about this item

Cincinnati: The Society, 1885. Hardcover. Small 4to. Emerald green blind-embossed pebble-grained cloth over beveled boards with gilt lettering and decorations. 561pp, (20pp). Color frontispiece, 3 partly-color foldout maps. Near fine. Superbly bright and tight first edition of the thirteenth volume of these reunions, this containing reports for the 14th, 15th and 16th proceedings. This spectacular copy, with gilt as… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania, 1902. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt front board lettering/medallion and black border. 306pp, 18pp index. Top edge gilt. Blue floral endapers. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else tight and internally fine. Quite tight and attractive first edition of this compilation of biographical data for a staggering 2400 (+ two stragglers)… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Butternut and Blue, 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with silver lettering, pictorial dust jackets. v, 158pp; v, 187pp. Illustrations. Fine/near fine. Both jackets show the most minor of age toning only. Superb and tight first editions of the first two volumes only (out of three) of this compilation of hard-to-find primary sources. This set bears two fine,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania, 1882. Hardcover. 8vo. Limp blue cloth with gilt front board lettering and medallion. 132pp. Top edge gilt. Green floral endapers. Near fine. Wonderfully bright and tight first edition of this compilation of biographical data for 820 soldiers from all branches of the U.S. military. Superlative condition.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007. Hardcover. Small 4to. Imitation vellum with metallic blue lettering, rules and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. xlvii, 480pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. Spectacularly tight and bright first edition of this volume in Norton's delightful "Annotated" series that features exhaustive explanatory side notes for every page and illustrations of relevant images --… Read more about this item

Officer with the famed 41st New York Infantry Regiment, a largely German immigrant regiment nicknamed the De Kalb Regiment, who between June 1861 and July 1863 fought in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Second Manassas and others; Holmstedt later served with the 45th New York Regiment and headed six companies of the 74th U.S. Colored… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with red spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 203pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Handsome first edition of this study of (to quote jacket front panel) "The Battle That Changed the Course of the Civil War," a volume in the "Pivotal Moments in American History" series -- best of all, front… Read more about this item

New York: Castle Books, n.y.. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 358pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, decorative page borders. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and nice reprint of the tenth and final volume of the 1957 Yoseloff edition -- itself a facsimile of the 1911 first edition.

New York: Random House, 1987. Hardcover. New York: Random House, 1987. Small 4to. Quarter burgundy cloth with silver spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 382pp. Illustrations, 13 maps. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and quite handsome.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. Hardcover. New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. Small 4to. Quarter tan cloth with gilt spine lettering and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. x, 464pp. Frontispiece, maps, illustrations. Near fine/fine. Handsome, tight reprint edition.