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Augusta: Richards & Shaver, 1893. 143 pages. Original embossed maroon cloth stamped in gold. [19.8 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with no external markings. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on a few leaves including title, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else very good. Some light rubbing and soiling to cloth, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, neat corner repair to the same leaf, first hundred pages a bit tanned. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. A collection of poems, aphorisms, and essays. One of the essays, "The Drama of Joseph E. Brown's Heart," is a memoir of the Confederate governor. Carlton Hillyer (1844-1918), was the auditor for the Georgia Railroad at Augusta and sat on the Augusta City Council. He served with the Georgia state forces near the end of the Civil War. His father was Julian Hillyer, U.S. Congressman and solicitor of the U.S. Treasury. His brother, George Hillyer, was a Confederate… Read More

London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 1863. xiii, [1], 57 pages. Original printed wraps bound into red library cloth with gilt spine title and gilt call number on front cover. [21 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other leaf, and small number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else very good. A few tiny traces of foxing, but interior is generally clean and bright. Later printing, issued within a few months of the first. Stated as the "tenth thousand." I have also seen references to issues stated as the "fifth thousand" and "seventh thousand." The "letter" is dated Oct. 30, 1863. George McHenry was a pro-Confederate Pennsylvanian, who moved to England at the outbreak of the Civil War. He formerly served as a director of the Philadelphia Board of Trade. He promoted the Southern cause in the Britain and published a book, "The Cotton Trade: Its Bearing upon the… Read More

New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1887. 281 pages, plus portrait frontispiece and four additional portrait plates. Original brown cloth stamped in gold. [21.6 cm.] Very good. Some faint soiling to cloth and several thin, light marks to rear cover; just a hint of wear to head of spine; early name on front free endpaper; and a few traces of light marginal foxing, but interior is generally clean and binding is solid. A respectable copy. FIRST EDITION. A memoir of religious life in the South during Civil War and Reconstruction, by one of the leaders of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States. Wilmer (1815-1900) was elected Bishop of Alabama in 1861, and consecrated in Richmond the following year. He was still serving as Bishop of Alabama in the reunified church at the time of publication. A second, more common edition was issued later the same year.

Greenville, S.C.: Shannon & Co., Printers, 1889. Printed at head of title page: "With Respects of Mrs. Governor B.F. Perry." [4], iii, [1], 397, [3] pages, plus frontispiece and one plate. Original black cloth stamped in gold on spine and in blind on covers. [23.4 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with faint evidence of removed call number at base of spine, tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title page and plates, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other leaf. Else about very good. Light wear to spine ends and corners; small nick to edge of front board; spine a little faded; some faint speckling to cloth. Just a little foxing to first and last few leaves. FIRST EDITION. This is a posthumously published successor volume to Perry's "Reminiscences of Public Men" (1883). As in the earlier volume, there are memoirs of a number of prominent politicians (44 sketches in all), but a substantial portion of this book (pp. 199-383)… Read More

Philadelphia: John D. Avil & Co., 1883. 320, iii pages, plus [1] page errata. Portrait frontispiece and three plates (one view and two portraits). Original embossed purple cloth stamped in gold on the spine. [20.5 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with light evidence of call number removal at base of spine, tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other text leaf, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else about very good. Tissue guard for frontispiece lacking. Mild to moderate foxing to plates and facing pages. FIRST EDITION. Benjamin Franklin Perry (1805-1886), a noted South Carolina Unionist, was a state legislator, newspaper editor, and governor of his state in 1865. Although he was a leading voice against secession in the years before the Civil War, he served South Carolina under the Confederacy as a state representative and district judge. This volume contains memoirs of 50 prominent American politicians, including a… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., [printed by the Riverside Press, Cambridge], 1923. [2], 128 pages. Original quarter dark blue cloth and light blue paper covered boards with paper spine label. [19.1 cm.] Very good plus in good dust jacket. A little cocked, minor tanning to endpapers. Jacket has chip to head of front panel with some loss to the title and a long tear with internal repair. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper, reading as follows: "To Leonard Mackall, with friendly remembrances from John Drinkwater. September, 1923." Leonard Leopold Mackall (1879-1937), a native of Baltimore, made numerous contributions to scholarly journals in the fields of bibliography, philology, and history. He was a noted Goethe scholar who resided in Jena for a number of years and helped edit his correspondence. Americanists will recognize him for his "Catalogue of the Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library" (3… Read More

Atlanta, Ga.: Johnson-Dallis Co., 1923. xvi, [2], 277 pages, including index, plus frontispiece and 23 plates. Original brown cloth with cover illustration and lettering in gold. [20.4 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with no external markings and light internal signs: tasteful bookplate on front pastedown and embossed stamp on three leaves including title. Else near very good. Light discoloration near base of spine and very faint stain on front cover along hinge. Occasional, very slight foxing to gutters. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, to unnamed recipient, on the front free endpaper. It reads: "This page is inscribed to one of the most cherished of my friends, a statesman without stain, a gentle man without reproach, and a lover of all the muses. Lucian Lamar Knight, Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 11, 1924." A possible clue to the identity of the recipient appears in the gutter of the dedication leaf in the form of a penciled note indicating the volume was… Read More

Nashville, Tenn.: Confederate Veteran, 1901. xv, [i], 404 pages, plus frontispiece portrait of the author. Numerous full-page portraits and maps printed with the text. Errata slip tipped-in. Original dark red cloth lettered in gilt with pictorial flag centerpiece stamped in red, white, and blue. 24 x 17 cm. Good. Spine sun-darkened, worn at ends, and with small chip at base; corners worn. Front hinge started but holding; binding cracked after frontispiece, also holding; front free endpaper cleanly detached and present. Frontispiece and the portions of the title page not protected by the tissue guard are tanned; mild age-toning throughout; a few traces of marginal soiling or foxing. Provenance: Signature of T.C.M. Thompson dated Aug. 1902 on the front pastedown and that of his brother, Waddy Thompson, on the front flyleaf. [They were both sons of Hugh Smith Thompson (1836-1904), the Citadel instructor who led the attack on the Star of the West and who later served as governor of South Carolina. Thomas… Read More

Jackson, Tenn.: McCowat-Mercer Press, 1960. 131 pages, plus portrait frontispiece and four leaves of plates. Original gray cloth. [20.9 cm.] Very nearly fine in like dust jacket. Book has some barely discernible evidence of spotting to covers. Dust jacket shows some very light rubbing. Still an excellent copy. First of this edition, with a new title, the text corrected against the original manuscript, and a new introduction by Bell Irvin Wiley. The first edition of 1919 appeared with the title reading simply: "The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone." The author served in Company H, 6th N.C. Infantry, from July, 1861, to November, 1863, when he was captured and imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland. Before his capture he participated in most of the important battles of the Army of Northern Virginia, including Gettysburg. "Because of the daily weather observations contained herein, Malone has been called `the unofficial meteorologist for the Army of Northern Virginia'." --CWB I,… Read More