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BOOK ON BUTTON MAKERS AND DEALERS

BOOK ON BUTTON MAKERS AND DEALERS

The title of this book is “AMERICAN MILITARY BUTTON MAKERS AND DEALERS; THEIR BACKMARKS AND DATES” by William F. McGuinn and Bruce S. Bazelon. This is a revised edition published in 1984. Book is… (B4588). Learn More »

$50.00
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FIRST EDITION COPY – THE STORY OF A THOUSAND, BY TOURGEE, 105th OHIO INFANTRY

FIRST EDITION COPY – THE STORY OF A THOUSAND, BY TOURGEE, 105th OHIO INFANTRY

This is a nice example of a very scarce book in its original, 1896 printing.  The book is covered in green fabric with embossed cover designs and gold-filled text along the spine. The corners of each… (959-78). Learn More »

GETTYSBURG SKELLY POST GAR MONUMENT DEDICATION BOOK

GETTYSBURG SKELLY POST GAR MONUMENT DEDICATION BOOK

A very good condition, cloth bound copy of a 27-page book covering the dedication of the Skelly Post G.A.R. monument, including the dedicatory address of local newspaper editor and U.S. Congressman… (2025-1897). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED 30th INDIANA OFFICER’S POCKET DICTIONARY: ACTIVE SERVICE 1861-1865

IDENTIFIED 30th INDIANA OFFICER’S POCKET DICTIONARY: ACTIVE SERVICE 1861-1865

An abridged Webster’s pocket dictionary bearing an 1863 New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati publication date. Embossed leather covers partially detached and showing wear. Title page is there,… (490-7374). Learn More »

VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL HISTORY SERIES COPY OF 18THTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY HISTORY

VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL HISTORY SERIES COPY OF 18THTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY HISTORY

Gray hardcover with “18TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY” embossed in gold on the cover with the Virginia State Seal below it. Title also in gold on the spine. Printed by H. E. Howard and written by James I… (1268-1059). Learn More »

NICE COPY OF UNIFORM BUTTONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1865

NICE COPY OF UNIFORM BUTTONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1865

By Warren K. Tice. Published by Thomas Publications, Gettysburg, PA, 1997.  520 pp., ills. White glazed color-illustrated cover, 11.25 x 8.75”, with black spine lettering. Fine condition. An… (2025-1487). Learn More »

HARD TO GET COPY OF “JOHN BACHELDER’S HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

HARD TO GET COPY OF “JOHN BACHELDER’S HISTORY OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

Volume has dark blue hardcovers with the title in gold on the spine and front cover. Exterior is very clean and bright. White dustjacket with red lettering is also present and in good condition with… (2025-1278). Learn More »

$225.00
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OUT OF PRINT BOOK – “GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD RELIC & SOUVENIRS”

OUT OF PRINT BOOK – “GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD RELIC & SOUVENIRS”

Published in 2009 by Mike O’Donnell; now out of print. This book provides pictures and descriptions of relics found on the Battlefield of Gettysburg and surrounding area through the ages. This is… (2025-1276). Learn More »

WAR TALKS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS COMPILED BY GEORGE S. BERNARD

WAR TALKS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS COMPILED BY GEORGE S. BERNARD

The subtitle of this book is: “Addresses delivered before the A.P. Hill Camp of Confederate Veterans of Petersburg, Virginia with addenda giving statements of participants, eye witnesses, and others… (1180-231). Learn More »

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA MEMORIAL VOLUME BY J. WILLIAM JONES

ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA MEMORIAL VOLUME BY J. WILLIAM JONES

This volume contains a compilation of memorial addresses made at the first nine annual reunions of ANV Confederate veterans from 1870 to 1879. All of the papers presented related to battles and… (1180-230). Learn More »

$15.00
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RARE BOOK – JOHN WILKES BOOTH, HIMSELF

RARE BOOK – JOHN WILKES BOOTH, HIMSELF

By Richard J. S. Gutman and Kellie O. Gutman. 1979. Very rare, limited-edition book. Hand signed and numbered by the authors. This book is number 990 of 1000. Hard, cloth covers with the dust… (2025-1282). Learn More »

RARE 33rd DIVISION WWI SOUVENIR PHOTO BOOK - “ACROSS NO MAN’S LAND”, 1919

RARE 33rd DIVISION WWI SOUVENIR PHOTO BOOK - “ACROSS NO MAN’S LAND”, 1919

This uncommonly found book was printed in limited numbers in 1919 and offered to veterans of the Division as part of a singular first edition by BARNETT W. HARRIS AND VIRGIL C. NICKERSON.  It… (1288-03). Learn More »

BOOK – “ORDERLY BOOK KEPT BY JEREMIAH FOGG ADJUTANT SECOND NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT SIEGE OF BOSTON 1775-76”

BOOK – “ORDERLY BOOK KEPT BY JEREMIAH FOGG ADJUTANT SECOND NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT SIEGE OF BOSTON 1775-76”

This scarce antiquarian book is a 1903 facsimile reprint of the original. Fogg was adjutant to Colonel Enoch Poor’s 2nd New Hampshire Regiment. Camped on Winter Hill during the Siege of Boston, from… (236-1128). Learn More »

$25.00
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LIBERTY HALL VOLUNTEERS BY W. G. BEAN

LIBERTY HALL VOLUNTEERS BY W. G. BEAN

This is a Civil War Centennial standard, first printed in 1964, and written by a Washington & Lee College history professor. It tells the story of the men of Company I of the 4th Viriginia… (1180-224). Learn More »

$30.00
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ORIGINAL “PENNSYLVANIA AT ANTIETAM” – ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL COMMISSION OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1906

ORIGINAL “PENNSYLVANIA AT ANTIETAM” – ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD MEMORIAL COMMISSION OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1906

First Edition, First Printing of this iconic post-Civil War series devoted to the contributions of the numerous Pennsylvania units that fought at Antietam.  Included within are descriptions of 13… (1180-269). Learn More »

$85.00
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VERY RARE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES AT ANTIETAM BOOK – STATE PUBLISHED, 1908

VERY RARE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES AT ANTIETAM BOOK – STATE PUBLISHED, 1908

This book is a classic and rare volume of the well-known state publication series about Pennsylvania units in Civil War battles and their legacies of monuments and memorial events. Published in 1908… (1180-270). Learn More »

$95.00
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FIRST EDITION COPY – DIARY OF WYMAN S. WHITE, 2nd US SHARPSHOOTERS (BERDAN’S)

FIRST EDITION COPY – DIARY OF WYMAN S. WHITE, 2nd US SHARPSHOOTERS (BERDAN’S)

This 1991 copy of the very scarce Civil War Diary of Wyman S. White comes to us in a fine condition. It is in a protective sleeve, binding is solid and square, and all pages are tight. This is 1 of… (1180-258). Learn More »

$195.00
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2003 HISTORY OF THE 37TH NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS

2003 HISTORY OF THE 37TH NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS

Like new copy of “THE THIRTY-SEVENTH NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS; TAR HEELS IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA” by Michael C. Hardy and published by McFarland & Company of North Carolina in 2003. Book… (1180-119). Learn More »

$35.00
Originally $45.00

BOOK – “COBS, PIECES OF EIGHT AND TREASURE COINS” BY MENZEL

BOOK – “COBS, PIECES OF EIGHT AND TREASURE COINS” BY MENZEL

By Sewall Menzel, 8.5” x 11”, 496 pages. Blue cloth boards with foil imprint on cover and spine; dust jacket. Heavily illustrated; index. Condition is very fine. In this comprehensive and fully… (236-1054). Learn More »

PRESENTATION FIELD MANUAL TO THE LT. COLONEL OF THE 1st RHODE ISLAND

PRESENTATION FIELD MANUAL TO THE LT. COLONEL OF THE 1st RHODE ISLAND

A very good copy of Coppee’s “Field Manual of Evolutions of the Line …” Green cloth binding with impressed eagle with shield and strars on the covers and gilt title on the spine. Printed by… (2024-2381). Learn More »


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OFFICER’S FROCK COAT OF BREVET MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH K. BARNES, SURGEON GENERAL OF THE U.S. ARMY 1864-1882

This would be the centerpiece of any medical collection: the Major General’s frock coat of Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes. Barnes was born in Philadelphia in 1817, studied medicine at Harvard, under US Navy Surgeon General Harris, and received… (1179-579). Learn More »

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