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Autograph Letter Signed: "Wm Hay" to "Col Botts" Winchester, [Virginia], probably November 12, 1861. Single sheet measuring 8 inches by 10 inches folded to form 4 pages (2 blank), approximately 54 words on the recto recorded in ink in Hay's hand, docketed in another hand on the verso (approximately 17 words) & addressed to "Lt Col Botts, PM" in Hay's hand.
Old folds, soiled & stained (partially obscuring a portion of the docket text), moderately soiled, modest edge wear, otherwise Good.Addressing Lawson Botts, William Hay relays his concerns about a stranger in town: "Col Botts -
Dear Sir -
There is a man / staying at the Union Hotel / by the name of Sinclair who / says he has been discharged from / the Northern Army - he has the / appearance of a story hunting / man & I think he is a suspicious / character
 Very truly yrs,
 Wm Hay
 Winchester 12th, 11(?), 61"(?) [probably November 12, 1861] Docketed on the verso:"Winchester, Va 12 __?__ / Wm Hay Doctor at / Sinclair staying / at the Union… Read More

Pasadena: Privately Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press, 1939. First edition, limited, one of 150 copies, this inscribed, signed, & dated by the author at the first blank page. Octavo (9.5" x 6.5"), xiv, 350, & [2] pages, indexed. With a frontis portrait, 3 double-page maps and 21 other plates (2 in color). Original blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt. Spine & margins sunned, hint of fraying at the top of the spine, front hinge started (still secure), lightly foxed & toned (mostly at early & lated leaves), small stain affecting rear pastedown & blanks, otherwise Very Good. An insightful biography written by the son of DeWitt Clinton Poole. Poole served in the Civil War with the Wisconsin Volunteers & afterward with the Freedman's Bureau in Atlanta, Georgia. Additionally, he was an Indian agent at the Whetsone Agency in the Dakota Territory.

Baltimore, Maryland: Published by Dobbin & Fulton, Volume CXXV, No. 20,483, Thursday, May 1, 1862. Original broadsheet newspaper, single sheet measuring 29.75 inches by 45 inches folded once horizontally forming 4 pages.
Old folds, lightly toned & foxed, moderately tattered (including creasing & closed tears), couple of small losses briefly affecting text (now reinforced with archival tissue), small rubber-stamped mark at the lower margin of the front page, otherwise very good.
Contents Include: Surrender of New Orleans; Siege of Yorktown; Affairs in Tennessee; Mr. Jefferson Davis; and much more.

Richmond: Davis Bottom, Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, volume xi, numbers 3 - 4, July, October, 1919. 8vo, [3], 41 - 144 pp. (as issued). Original printed, stapled paper wraps.Wraps soiled, with edge wear including tears, corner chipped away at rear wrap, covers nearly detached, spine partially perished, about good & still quite useful.Wealthy planter, substantive contributor to agricultural studies, & vociferous advocate of slavery, Edmund Ruffin, proclaiming his "unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule—to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, & to the perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race," wrapped himself in a Confederate flag & blew his brains out after the surrender of Robert E. Lee.

No place [in or near Charlestown, Virginia, now West Virginia], May 14, 1857. Manuscript Document Signed, "Articles of Partnership, F. Yates & Co." Tall 4to (12.5" x 7.75"), single sheet, approximately 221 words recorded in ink on laid paper, signed by Francis Yates, Charles Aglionby, & John Yates Beall (apparently for sister Janet M. Beall). Docketed in pencil on the verso.
Folded twice vertically & once horizontally, moderately soiled, couple of short splits along the horizontal fold, small archival tissue repair on the verso, otherwise very good.
Text transcribed in full below:
"G.W. Fox owed Francis Yates $4688.50, Charles Aglionb $2912.67, & John Y. Beall $494.00. He failed & gave deed of trust on the Halltown Mill property to secure them. On the fourteenth of May, 1857 Francis Yates, to avoid the delay & expense of a Trustee's sale, bought the above mentioned property for the sum of $15,480.67 to be paid as follows - $7377.50 to the estate of J. Yates, dec'd and for (?) $8.00 cost of deed - &… Read More

190 Chatham Square, New York: [R.L. Wolcott], no date, ca. 1861 - 1865. Illustrated broadsheet handbill printed on thin paper, 8vo (9.25" x 4.5"), 2 pp., with small woodcut of a demon. OCLC currently locates two, apparently variants (University of Rochester; Connecticut Historical Society).
Irregularly trimmed, moderate edge wear & toning, otherwise very good.
"WHEREAS, there is now in existence throughout the length and breadth of our land, a Rebellion which has arrayed itself against the very Constitution of man, undermined the health of the nation, and assuming still vaster proportions, threatens to to sap the very vitals of the country, and evermore destroy its peace and happiness.
And Whereas, these demons of disease, whose name is legion, coming in the dread forms of Headache, Toothache, Neuralgia, Catarrh, and Weak Nerves, are now invading our very houses and firesides, inflicting Pain and Misery upon all who they track:
Therefore, it is ordered and prescribed to all suffering from… Read More

[New York]: Sold at 13 Park Row, New York, and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices," [1864]. First edition. 8vo, [3] - 10 pp. (as issued). Self wraps, removed. Text in two columns. Light edge wear along the folded side, small loss just touching text affecting pp. 5/6, otherwise Very Good. A supporter of George McClellan, Ticknor writes in part: "No more awful spectacle can be contemplated than that of a great, powerful and energetic nation, who have no rule of action but the rule of a written Constitution, and who have lost their fidelity to its requirements. We have been so situated through three whole years of Civil War, that it has been in the power of extreme and violent men to denounce a pure and high regard for the limitations of our fundamental law as treason to the Union ..." The author, who was co-counsel for Dred Scott, concludes his essay with a series of "Mottoes fot the Campaign" selected from the writings of McClellan.

[Leesburg, Virginia]: National Historical Society/ Weider History Group, (2008). Facsimile reprint edition, originally published in 1905. 11 volumes only of 12 (lacking volume 12). Octavos (9" x 6"), variously paginated, with illustrations, facsimiles (some folding), & portraits. Publisher's one-half brown faux leather simulating crushed morocco & green cloth, the spines lettered & ruled in gilt, each volume with the facsimile signature of Abraham Lincoln in gilt on the upper cover. Top edges of the text blocks a little dusty, volume xi with small, unobtrusive white streak at the bottom of the spine, otherwise Fine. Please note, this set is lacking volume xii which includes an anthology & part of the index. An important set in an attractive binding, now out of print, which was available serially from the publisher in 2008 for $24.95 per volume. Shipping weight is 21 lbs.

Winchester, Virginia: [Robert H. Gallaher], "Friday Morning, February 14, 1862." Folio newspaper, single sheet measuring 18 inches by 24 inches folded once vertically forming four pages.
Old folds, lightly browned & foxed, tiny losses at fold intersects, brief youthful scribblings in ink & pencil in the margins, old ink signature in the top margin of page one & small rubber stamped mark in the bottom margin of page one, otherwise very good.
Contents include: Military Forces of the State;Federal Account of the Partial Destruction of Harper's Ferry; $20 Reward for Deserters from Company A; Strasburg Extension; Head Quarters Department of Northern Virginia, General Orders

[Martinsburg]: J.Q.A. Nadenbousch, June 19, 1877 to June 19, 1880. Partially printed document completed in manuscript. Folio broadsheet (22.5" x 17.25") using both sides. Signed twice by Nadenbousch.
Folded once horizontally & three times vertically, light edge wear, couple of small losses at fold intersects, moderately soiled, stained, & foxed, otherwise Good.
Records in ink the names of 6 officers, 12 sergeants, 2 musicians, & 36 privates, most of whom were Confederate veterans. Additionally provides age, height, residence, occupation, & occasional "remarks" which seem relevant to uniforms, equipment & accoutrements. The document is signed twice by Nadenbousch.
John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch (1824 - 1892), of Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), was a founding member, principle organizer, and captain of the Berkeley Border Guards. In October, 1859 the Company was ordered to Harper's Ferry by Governor Henry A. Wise. Quite probably the first to arrive, they participated in quelling John… Read More

[Washington, DC]: [GPO?], February 16, 1869 4to, 6, [1, blank], [1] pp, docketed on the rear cover Original printed wraps.
Old folds, light edge wear, brief foxing, printing occasionally light, Very Good Names 222 individuals from various counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, Kentucky, & 1 from Washington, D.C. The act further stipulates that the named individuals "who have been or shall be elected or appointed to any office or place of trust" will "take and subscribe an oath to be taken by persons from whom legal disabilities have been removed." The act passed the House of Representatives on February 16, 1869 and was apparently awaiting action in the senate. OCLC does not record a separate printing.

Richmond, [Virginia]: Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, January 1, 1862. First Edition. 8vo, single sheet folded to form 4 pages. Addendum in manuscript appended at the bottom of page 4. Parrish & Willingham/ Confederate Imprints 2429.
Old folds, moderate edge wear (including short tears), foxed & age toned, couple of small old ink stains, otherwise Good or better.
"The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That a bounty of fifty dollars be and the same is hereby granted to all Privates, Musicians and Non-commissioned Officers in the Provisional Army, who shall serve continuously for three years, or for the war."
The manuscript annotation expands the directive to accommodate transportation expenses: "Note,The commutation (?) of the soldiers (sic) transportation is to be estimated by ascertaining as accurately as possible the actual cost of his transportation to the place of enlistment or enrollment and back.Rail Road rates 2 cents per mile, Stage & Steamboat rates to be… Read More

Charlestown, [Virginia]: Head Quarters, Banks' Division, Charlestown, March 5, 1862. First edition.Folio (13.5" x 10"), letterpress broadside printed on thin paper in black ink Accompanied by a manuscript version of the text (single sheet, 2 pages) which includes corrections as reflected in the published version, almost certainly contemporary Corona & Shetler/ West Virginia Imprints 805, citing this copy.
Broadside with old folds, edge wear, tears, & a couple of old tissue repairs on the verso, good or better. Manuscript folded & foxed.
General Nathaniel P Banks, via Assistant Adjutant General & Major of Volunteers R Morris Copeland, condemns the actions of troops for "depredations on property, disturbance of peaceful families and the most reprehensible infringement upon the rights of citizens" and warns of the consequences:
"To countenance, excuse or tolerate such crimes, is to impair and destroy the discipline of the army and injure the holy cause, that we have left our homes to sustain The… Read More

[New York]: "Sold in theatres showing "Gone With the Wind" and may be purchased from Ellison B. Greenstone," no date (circa 1939). First edition. Original movie program in pictorial, stapled light card covers measuring approximately 12 inches by 9 inches with 18 pages plus covers, illustrated throughout in color & black & white.
Small scuff briefly affecting the portrait of Ann Rutherford on the rear cover, slightly soiled & toned, trace edge wear, otherwise Near Fine.
A unusually nice copy of the "Southern" edition of this movie program which omits a portrait of African American Hattie McDaniel on the back cover. Her image, which appears on the "Northern" edition, was left off this version at the suggestion of consultant Legare Davis, the Advertising Manager for Atlanta Gas Light. Ms. McDaniel and other African American cast members did not attend the premier due to the State of Georgia's Jim Crow laws which prohibited them from sitting with their white colleagues. Thereafter, McDaniel was awarded an… Read More

New York, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904. First edition. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), 340 pages, with frontis & 2 plates. Publisher's pale green cloth lettered in black & decorated in black & yellow depicting an ear of corn.
Binding moderately soiled particularly at the base of the spine, slight edge wear, corners bruised, top edge of the text block dusty, foxing mostly at pastedowns & endpapers, otherwise very good.
McCants was born & raised in Ninety Six, South Carolina in 1865. A graduate of The Citadel, he was an educator as well as an author & was inducted posthumously into the South Carolina Academy of Authors in 1996. As noted in a contemporary review (NYT, May 7, 1904), In the Red Hills is:
"Only another weaving of the old material of the Southern novelist. The time after the war, the old planter stock finding its legs again, the low-bred money lender, the foolish negro, the idle "po' white trash" — and yet Mr. McCants's story is not the average story of its kind. It is better than most, cheerfuller… Read More

Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House/ Southern Classics Library, (1982). Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"), xvii & 601 pages plus 30 unnumbered pages of plates including a two page color illustration after a painting by Charles Hoffbauer. Publisher's full brown leather, the spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt. All edges gilt, satin ribbon marker sewn in, moire fabric endpapers. Publisher's notes laid in.
Unobtrusive soft crease affecting recto & verso of the illustrated leaf preceding the title page, otherwise a fine & apparently unread copy.
"The Southern Classics Library could choose no subject more worthy than Robert E. Lee. As commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee became synonymous with the defense of the Confederate States of America; however, it was in the long years following defeat that he became the enduring symbol of what is best in our Southern heritage."~Excerpted from the publisher's notes.

Baltimore, Loch Raven, Maryland: Press of the Maryland School for Boys, 1912. First edition. 8vo, [8] & [9] - 232 pages plus frontis & 10 plates Original green cloth letered in gilt on the spine. Dornbusch/ Military Bibliography of the Civil War II: 486
Brief wear including slight fraying at spine extremities & corners, hinge cracked at the Dedication page (still secure), light foxing mostly at or adjacent to plates, otherwise Very Good
The author served in Alexander's Battery, was captured & imprisoned at Libby in Richmond, Virginia, & later taught at the Maryland School for Boys, a storied reform school.
"Telling the story of what they saw and experienced in the Great Civil War for the Union." ~from the Dedication page

 New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1967). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, (1967) First edition, this copy inscribed & signed in ink by the author on the title page Octavo (825" x 575"), 199 pages plus 4 leaves of plates, with double-page map Publisher's black lettered orange cloth, in pictorial dust jacket Laid in is an illustrated note card & envelope with message in ink from Davis to a friend Dornbusch/ Military Bibliography of the Civil War IV: 1293Front cover slightly splayed, trace of shelf wear, otherwise very good or better in like dust jacket, faded at the spine, lightly soiled, with a couple of nicks & a short closed tearJulia Davis (1900 - 1993) was born & spent most of her life in West Virginia She was the first author from the state to win a Newbery Honor Award Specializing in historical & biographical fiction, much of her writing relates to the history of West Virginia and, in some cases, her family's role in that history She also wrote a biography of Stonewall Jackson & The… Read More

Augusta, [Georgia],no publisher, 1866.Folio broadside (approximately 15" x 13") printed on medium paper employing different fonts & sizes of type. This copy with extensive annotations in pencil providing notes & prices realized suggesting the original owner was present for the sale. Not found in OCLC as of 7/7/2022. Old folds, shallow loss in the upper margin briefly affecting a few letters, moderately foxed, toned, & soiled, couple of nicks at fold intersects, still an attractive example of a fragile broadside.Producing a significant portion of the armaments used late in the Civil War, the Augusta Arsenal was not surrendered until May 3, 1865.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1867 8vo, xix, 20-492 pages; three frontispiece plates; folding map; numerous plates and text illustrations. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Eicher/ The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography 293 Few faint spots to cloth; scattered foxing to prelims and title page, brief unobtrusive numbers in red ink at rear pastedown, still a tight, attractive copy in the original publisher's binding, Very Good or better. "... an early, highly partisan account of life with the cavalry raider who was transformed into legend by this and other works. Endorsed by Mosby himself, this authorized biography sets forth the life story of the Confederate partisan ranger through the Civil War." ~David Eicher.