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BOOK – CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS, A GUIDE FOR THE HISTORIAN BY CROUCH

BOOK – CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS, A GUIDE FOR THE HISTORIAN BY CROUCH

A classic “relic book” by Howard R. Crouch. Printed hardcover, 8.5” x 11”, 238 pages. Very good condition from the library of William Turner. The pages are filled with photographs of great… (1266-1086). Learn More »

BOOK – SECURE THE SHADOW, DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICA

BOOK – SECURE THE SHADOW, DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN AMERICA

By Jay Ruby, cloth cover with foil title on spine and dust jacket, 8.5” x 10.25”, 220 pages. Very good condition from the library of photo-historian William Turner. Secure the Shadow explores the… (1266-1094). Learn More »

BOOK – OLD HOMES AND FAMILIES OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND

BOOK – OLD HOMES AND FAMILIES OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND

This book is cloth covered with gold foil imprints on cover and spine and with dust jacket. Measures 7” x 10”, 487 pages, and in very good condition. Author was the unofficial historian of Howard… (1266-1125). Learn More »

BOOK – CIVIL WAR RELICS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

BOOK – CIVIL WAR RELICS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

Limited Edition, Numbered and Signed. Hardcover by Celeste and David Topper. Black covers with title on front cover and spine, 8.5” x 11”, 201 pages, inscribed to William Turner. Number 123 of… (1266-1058). Learn More »

CONFEDERATE MILITARY TEXT - <i>THE TROOPERS MANUAL: OR, TACTICS FOR LIGHT DRAGOONS AND MOUNTED RIFLEMEN</i>

CONFEDERATE MILITARY TEXT - THE TROOPERS MANUAL: OR, TACTICS FOR LIGHT DRAGOONS AND MOUNTED RIFLEMEN

By Col. J. Lucius Davis. Published by A. Morris, Richmond, VA, 1862. 284 pp., plus 19 pages of bugle calls. Beige card boards, with cloth spine, 6 x 4”, and paper spine label, largely intact. … (337-297). Learn More »

$715.00
Originally $950.00

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED IN 1861-62, INCLUDES THE CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION - PRINTED IN RICHMOND – 1862, ID’D TO WILLIAM W. OLD, C.S. STAFF OFFICER

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, PASSED IN 1861-62, INCLUDES THE CONFEDERATE CONSTITUTION - PRINTED IN RICHMOND – 1862, ID’D TO WILLIAM W. OLD, C.S. STAFF OFFICER

Marbled boards cover this war-era volume that was printed in Richmond by William F. Ritchie in 1862. Book contains four components. First section of book is titled, “PUBLIC OR GENERAL ACTS” and… (337-294). Learn More »

$565.00
Originally $750.00

CHARACTER AND RESULT OF THE WAR: HOW TO PROSECUTE AND HOW TO END IT

CHARACTER AND RESULT OF THE WAR: HOW TO PROSECUTE AND HOW TO END IT

By Major General Benjamin F. Butler. “Printed for Gratuitous Publication.” Philadelphia, 1863. Wraps, 32 pp. Covers exhibit chipping at the extremities, rear cover detached. Else VG. This document… (490-6570). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS OF LT. E.A. WILSON, BERDAN’S SHARPSHOOTERS, AT GETTYSBURG, CORPORAL TO 1st LIEUTENANT TWICE WIA

IDENTIFIED CASEY’S INFANTRY TACTICS OF LT. E.A. WILSON, BERDAN’S SHARPSHOOTERS, AT GETTYSBURG, CORPORAL TO 1st LIEUTENANT TWICE WIA

This is a good condition copy of volume 1 of Casey’s Infantry Tactics, officially adopted by the Army in August 1862 and this copy was printed by Van Nostrand that year. Volume 1 encompasses the… (2024-1968). Learn More »

VERY NICE VINTAGE STEVENS FIREARMS CATALOGUE

VERY NICE VINTAGE STEVENS FIREARMS CATALOGUE

This Stevens Fire Arms catalogue is in wonderful condition with only a minor tear on the upper front cover. All pages are in wonderful condition, complete with profiles of their most popular rifles,… (160-578). Learn More »

1902 STEVENS FIREARMS ABRIDGED CATALOGUE

1902 STEVENS FIREARMS ABRIDGED CATALOGUE

This circa 1902 abridged Stevens Fire Arms catalogue is in wonderful condition with only a spot of minor wear on the upper front cover. All pages are in wonderful condition, complete with profiles of… (160-577). Learn More »

OFFICIAL REGISTER OF OFFICERS AND CADETS OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY…JUNE, 1849

OFFICIAL REGISTER OF OFFICERS AND CADETS OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY…JUNE, 1849

Printed by W. L Burroughs, New York [1849]. 19 pp., in beige stitched wraps, 4.25” x 6.25. Very slight chipping at the extremities, else VG plus.. Order of merit--#1 in their respective… (1189-94). Learn More »

$160.00
Originally $200.00

IDENTIFIED 1st NH VOLS 1861 PRESENTED BOOK OF PSALMS WITH CARVED CASE

IDENTIFIED 1st NH VOLS 1861 PRESENTED BOOK OF PSALMS WITH CARVED CASE

This Book of Psalms was published in 1860 by the American Bible Society and bears a very clear, old black ink presentation on the flyleaf: “James C. Dame Co. A 1st Regt. N.H.V. Concord NH 1861 with… (557-251). Learn More »

U.S. INFANTRY TACTICS ID’D TO CAPTAIN FREDERICK A. ROSS, CO. “D”, 133rd INDIANA INFANTRY (LATER MAYOR OF TERRE HAUTE)

U.S. INFANTRY TACTICS ID’D TO CAPTAIN FREDERICK A. ROSS, CO. “D”, 133rd INDIANA INFANTRY (LATER MAYOR OF TERRE HAUTE)

Authorized by the War Department, 1861. Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1863. Owner inscription, in front eps (in pencil): “Fred. A. Ross / Union Rifles 133rd Regt”. 450 pp., plates. In… (825-48). Learn More »

BOOK -- BRITISH COPPER TOKENS, 1811-1820: INCLUDING THOSE OF IRELAND, THE ISLE OF MAN, AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

BOOK -- BRITISH COPPER TOKENS, 1811-1820: INCLUDING THOSE OF IRELAND, THE ISLE OF MAN, AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

Hardcover, condition is like new, 8.5” x 12”, 264 pages, illustrated, maps. The towns of issue are listed alphabetically and the descriptions of them were taken from contemporary directories and… (236-1011). Learn More »

BOOK – UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS

BOOK – UNITED STATES COPPER CENTS

In this book Howard Newcomb presents his revision of the 1883 work of Frank D. Andrews on copper cents from 1816-1857. Newcomb has also had the opportunity to correct the typographical errors in… (236-1010). Learn More »

REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONs, 1863. ID’D TO CAPT. SAMUEL J. PEALER, 209th and 74th PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS

REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONs, 1863. ID’D TO CAPT. SAMUEL J. PEALER, 209th and 74th PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS

Washington Printing Office, 1863. Owner signature, front & rear eps: “S.J. Pealer /Asbury / Capt. Com A of 74th PA Vols.” 594 pp., forms. In blue blind-stamped buckram w/gilt spine lettering… (1256-143). Learn More »

REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONS, 1861 IDENTIFIED TO CAPT. JESSE W. HURST, THE UNION COAST GUARD (99TH NEW YORK INFANTRY)

REVISED U.S. ARMY REGULATIONS, 1861 IDENTIFIED TO CAPT. JESSE W. HURST, THE UNION COAST GUARD (99TH NEW YORK INFANTRY)

Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. Inscribed in ink, front eps: “Sept. 29, 1861 / Jesse W. Hursts/ Capt. E Co. 13 / Union Coast Guard.” 559 pp,, tbls, forms. In blue cloth buckram,… (825-55). Learn More »

EXCELLENT USED COPY OF GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD RELICS & SOUVENIRS

EXCELLENT USED COPY OF GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD RELICS & SOUVENIRS

Now out of print and originally published by Mike O’Donnell in 2009, this hardcover reference book is a collection of photographs and descriptions of Gettysburg relics gathered by Mr. O’Donnell… (2024-1686). Learn More »

IDENTIFIED VOL. 2 COOKE’S CAVALRY TACTICS, POSSIBLY LT. EZRA PECK, CO. D, 8th NY CAVALRY

IDENTIFIED VOL. 2 COOKE’S CAVALRY TACTICS, POSSIBLY LT. EZRA PECK, CO. D, 8th NY CAVALRY

This is an 1861 copy of “Cavalry Tactics or Regulations for the Instruction, Formations, and Movements, of the Cavalry of the Army and Volunteers of the United States” by Phillip St. George Cooke,… (1254-07). Learn More »

BENJAMIN CROWNINSHIELD’S COPY OF MCCLELLAN’S CAVALRY MANUAL

BENJAMIN CROWNINSHIELD’S COPY OF MCCLELLAN’S CAVALRY MANUAL

Crowninshield was an officer the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry and later wrote its regimental history. Member of a socially prominent Boston “brahmin” family and Harvard-educated, he enlisted in the… (1254-06). Learn More »


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VERY SCARCE 1799-1800 SWAN CONTRACT VIRGINIA MILITIA REGIMENTALLY MARKED MUSKET: 42nd REGIMENT, PITTSYLVANIA

This musket is stamped “42. VA. REGT. PITTSYLVANIA” on the barrel, was later altered to percussion and then shortened for use in the civilian market. It is a scarce survivor from muskets delivered to Virginia by Jame Swan of Boston in January… (1000-241). Learn More »

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