MONTGOMERY, Horace. Johnny Cobb: Confederate Autocrat. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1964. 1st ed. vii,104pp. Portraits. Orig. printed wrapper. Fine. "Especially worthwhile, for this study contains an interchange of correspondence between a Georgia soldier-planter and his socially prominent family"-Nevins I, p. 132.
MEANS, Alexander. Diary for 1861. Edited by Ross H. McLean. Atlanta, GA: Emory University, 1949. Orig. printed wrappers. Very good or better. "the detailed daily jotting of a prominent minister-physician-teacher; useful for insights into Georgia during the early months of the war"-Nevins II, p.197.
MARSHALL, H. Snowden. Address Delivered at the Opening of the Building of the Confederate Memorial institute at Richmond, Virginia, on May 3, 1921. Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, 1921. 1st ed. 16pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Faint very old water stain to outer margin of leaves, else very good.
MANN, B. David. They Were Heard From: VMI Alumni in the Civil War. Lexington, VA: The News-Gazette Custom Printing Department, 1986. 1st ed. 14,[2]pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine.
McDOWELL, Grace Bradford, comp. A List of Those Buried in Historic Steele Creek Burying Grounds, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1760-1953. [Charlotte, N.C.: Steele Creek Church], 1953. 1st ed. 79pp. Illus., map. Orig. pictorial wrappers. A few pencil underlinings, else fine.
TUTTLE, C[harles] R. History of the Border Wars of Two Centuries, Embracing a Narrative of the Wars with the Indians, from 1750 to 1876. Madison, WI: A.C, Pennock, 1876. 3rd ed., revised and enlarged. x,615pp. Portraits, plates. Orig. printed wrappers. Tiny chip to head of spine, else fine. Tuttle covers.....
WHITEHILL, Walter Muir. The East India Marine Society and the Peabody Museum of Salem: A Sesquicentennial History. Salem, MA: Peabody Museum, 1949. 1st ed. xvi,243pp. Plates. Orig. cloth, unprinted glassine d/j. Jacket partially torn, else a fine copy. One of 1500 copies. A history of the longest continuously operated museum.....
(SCHUYLKILL CO.). (COLUMBIA CO.). THOMPSON, Heber S. Map of the Girard Estate in Schuylkill & Columbia Counties Pa., Belonging to the City of Philadelphia, Trustee. [Phila.: n.p.], 1889. Hand-colored canvas-backed map, 42 x 21.25 inches. Housed in cloth folder. Very good or better. Rare. Worldcat locates two copies. The map.....
STRADLEY, Leighton P. Early Financial and Economic History in Pennsylvania. Chicago: Commerce Clearing House, [1942]. 1st ed. iv,85pp. Orig. cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "January 9th 1943, To my friend Alexander Biddle, Leighton P. Stradley." Alexander Biddle was an investment banker and president of the.....
(SCULL). [LE HARDY, William, and SCULL, William Ellis]. The Family of Scull. Phila.: The John C. Winston Company, [1930]. 1st ed. Two parts in one. Frontis., portraits, plates, facsimiles. Orig. cloth, armorial pastedown on front board. Laid in is a partial additional set of plates and an autograph letter signed.....
WISTER, William Rotch. Some Recollections of the Philadelphia Bar. [Phila: Sign of the Ivy Leaf], 1884. 1st ed. 12pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Inscribed: "Thomas S. Gates from the Author." Wister (1827-1911) was a very successful Philadelphia lawyer for over 60 years. He served as a lieutenant colonel in the Civil.....
STEVENS, William. The System for the Discipline of the Artillery of the United States , or, the Young Artillerist's Pocket Companion. Volume I [all published]. New York: Printed by William A. Davis for the Author, 1797. 1st ed. [14],13-260pp. plus twenty-four engraved plates. 12mo. Orig. full calf, red leather spine.....
[OREGON]. Wealth and Resources of Oregon and Washington, the Pacific Northwest A Complete Guide over the Local Lines of the Union Pacific Railway Embracing Facts Disclosed by Travel and Personal Investigation . Portland: Issued by the Passenger Department of the Union Pacific Ry., 1889. 256,[4]pp. Illus., map. Orig. pictorial wrappers.....
WISTAR, Isaac Jones. Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar, 1827-1905: Half a Century in War and Peace. Phila.: Printed by the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1914. 1st ed. 4to. 2 Vols. 1st ed. 341;191pp. Illus., folding map. Orig. cloth, leather spine labels. A very good or better set. HOWES.....
LEPORE, Jill. Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. 1st ed. xiv,442pp. Illus. Orig. cloth-backed boards, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. Life of Jane Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's favorite sibling, and a study of her correspondence with him.
(FLOYD, WILLIAM). ROLLIN, Charles. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes & Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. New-York: Printed for Evert Duyckinick, and M. and W. Ward, 1812. 6 ( of 8) Vols. Portrait frontis., plates (some folded), folding maps. Contemporary calf, elaborate gilt spines, red morocco spine.....
YOUNG, J[ames] H[amilton]. The Tourist's Pocket Map of Pennsylvania Exhibiting Its Internal Improvements Roads Distances &c. Phila.: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1835. 1st ed. Hand-colored folding map 15.375 x 12.75 inches. Page of text on front pastedown. Orig. gilt-decorated full red roan folder. Minor discoloration to lower free corner of front.....
PROCTOR, Samuel, ed. Eighteenth-Century Florida: The Impact of the American Revolution. Gainesville: The University Presses of Florida, 1978. 1st ed. xvii,149pp. Illus., plans, pictorial endpapers. Fine.
PROCTOR, Samuel, ed. Eighteenth-Century Florida: Life on the Frontier. Gainesville: The University Presses of Florida, 1976. 1st ed. xiii,110pp. Illus., pictorial endpapers. Fine.
SKAGGS, David Curtis. Roots of Maryland Democracy, 1753-1776. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, [1973]. 1st ed. xii,253pp. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.
(MASSACHUSETTS). (SOUTH SCITUATE). MERRITT, Joseph Foster. The Narrative History of South Scituate-Norwell, Massachusetts. Rockland, MA: Printed by Rockland Standard Publishing Co., 1938. 1st ed. xii,203pp. Illus., maps. Orig. cloth. Near fine.
TURMAN, Nora Miller. George Yeardley, Governor of Virginia and Organizer of the General Assembly in 1619. Richmond: Garrett and Massie, 1959. 1st ed. xii,192pp. Frontis., illus., maps. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine in near fine d/j.
MARVEL, William. Lincoln's Autocrat: The Life of Edwin Stanton. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]. 1st ed. xvii,611pp. Portraits, plates, map. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine.
MINER, Ward L. William Goddard, Newspaperman. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, [1962]. 1st ed. viii,223pp. Orig. cloth, priceclipped d/j. Fine. Life of the printer and organizer of the Constitutional Post, which became the U.S. Post Office.
PREYER, Norris W. Hezekiah Alexander and the Revolution in the Backcountry. Charlotte, NC: [Printed by Heritage Printers], 1987. 1st ed. xv,201pp.Illus., maps, map endpapers. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. fine. Presentation inscription from the author on the ?-title.