U.S. CIVIL WAR
U.S. CIVIL WAR
Extended
Government Report 
(A
Sad Duo, to Lead Off). United
States Sanitary Commission. Narrative of privations and sufferings
of United States officers and soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of
the rebel authorities. Being the report of a commission of inquiry, appointed
by the United States Sanitary Commission. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1864.
8vo. 283, [3 (blank)] pp.; 4 plts.
• Good in printed paper wrappers, lacking back cover, light waterstaining to front cover and first and last few leaves. (927)
Extracts
for
“Gratuitous”
Distribution
United
States Sanitary Commission. Narrative
of privations and sufferings of United States officers and soldiers while prisoners
of war in the hands of the rebel authorities. Being the report of a commission
of inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an appendix,
containing the testimony. Boston: Office of “Littell's Living Age”,
1864. 8vo. 86, [2 (1 blank)] pp.; 4 plts.
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• Sabin 51791; NSTC 2USA3337. Removed from a nonce volume. Original printed wrappers, chipped. Two instances of blue crayon marking, in top right corners of front wrapper and top right corner of title-page. Now in a mylar folder. (8963)
The
Alabama Claims . . .
Davis, J. C. Bancroft. Mr. Sumner, the Alabama claims, and their settlement. A letter to the New York Herald. New York: Douglas Taylor, printer, 1878. 8vo. 20 pp.
• Original printed wrappers; cracked on lower spine; chip off at upper spine. Pamphlet loose in its covers. Pages clean, untrimmed. (559)
Acts
on the Cusp
of Secession
Georgia.
Laws, statutes, etc. Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia,
passed in Milledgeville, at the annual session in November and December, 1860.
Milledgeville: Bougton, Nisbett & Barnes, 1861. 8vo. 267, [1] pp. 
• De Renne, II, 630; Parrish & Willingham 2777. Recent blue-gray boards. Old library stamps in some margins. A clean, tight copy.
Verse for Volunteers — 8 Demonstration/Portrait PlatesGodfrey, John A. Rhymed tactics, by “Gov.” New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1862. 16mo (14.9 cm, 5.9"). Frontis., 144 pp.; 8 plts.
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Held in most of the expectable libraries but currently uncommon in commerce.
• Sabin 70769. Recent black moiré cloth, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label. Title-page and several others rubber-stamped by a now-defunct institution. Pages clean.
“Sick & Weary in Body & Mind” “Habituate, An”. Opium eating. An autobiographical sketch. By an habituate. Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1876. 8vo (18.8 cm, 7.4"). 150 pp.
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Our
righthand photograph was made not because it shows typical markings, but because
those are almost the book's ONLY markings. How interesting, and possibly
how sad, that the section on the treacherous seduction of opiates got that
reader's slashing emphasis!
• Publisher's green cloth, front cover with blind-stamped title and decorative motif, spine with gilt-stamped title; sides and extremities showing small scuffs. Front free endpaper with affixed color-printed contemporary round advertisement for the New England Mutual Accident Association of Boston. Title-page verso with pencilled annotation; first preface page with pencilled inscription in upper portion; pencil emphasis to one or two other pages. (23644)
So, Then. 
Are You Loyal? Loyal National League. The Sumter anniversary, 1863. Opinions of loyalists concerning the great questions of the times; expressed in the speeches and letters from prominent citizens of all sections and parties, on occasion of the inauguration of the Loyal National League, in mass meeting on Union Square, New York on the 11th of April, 1863, the anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumter. New York: Pr. by C. S. Westcott & Co., 1863. 8vo. 144 pp.
A ChicagoPre-Fire IssueMcClellan, George Brinton. Report of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan upon the organization of the army of the Potomac and its campaigns in Virginia and Maryland from July 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862. Re-printed entire from the copy transmitted by the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives. Chicago: Times Steam Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1864. 8vo (22 cm, 8.7"). 145, [1 (blank)] pp.
Single-click either image • Recent wrappers. Pages clean; two leaves shaved at bottom with very minor loss.
Constitutional
Law — SECESSION?
Parker, Joel. Constitutional law: With reference to the present condition of the United States. Cambridge: Pr. by Welch, Bigelow, & Company, 1862. 8vo. 35 pp.
• Removed from a nonce volume. (180)
The Trent Affair
Rush, Benjamin. Letter on the rebellion, to a citizen of Washington from a citizen of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: John Campbell, 1862. 8vo. 23, [1 (blank)] pp.
• Sewn as issued. Once folded in six parts. Long 2 1/2 inch tears extending from fore-edges, to first three leaves. Two dog-eared corners, a few short tears to final leaf, two small holes with loss of a few words of text. (557)
Deceased Soldiers' Pay
& Survivors'
“BOUNTIES”
United States. Treasury Department. [drop-title, first word in brackets] [Circular.] Instructions in preparing claims for soldier's pay. [Washington, D.C., 1862]. 4 pp.
• Folded, never bound; with additional fold lines as to fit in an envelope or pocket. Dust-soiling; stray ink marks on p. 4. Edges tattered and dog-eared. In all a fair/good copy.
For
more of MILITARY/NAVAL
Let's
Work
with 'Em —
A Presentation
Copy
Wall, James W. The Constitution: Originating in compromise, it can only be preserved by adhering to its spirit, and observing its every obligation. An address delivered ... at the City Hall, Burlington, February 20, 1862. Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1862. 8vo. 60 pp.
• Original printed wrappers. Five-digit number stamped on front wrapper. (287)
BIBLICAL
PARODY —
Nasty &
Still
at
Points Shocking
[White, Richard Grant]. The new gospel of peace according
to St. Benjamin. New York: Sinclair Tousey, 1863, 1863, 1864. 3 vols. 12mo. I: 42, [2 (1 blank)] pp.
II: 48 pp. III: 47, [1 (blank)] pp.
One does not need to be up on details of the Copperhead
controversy to enjoy this as a variety of, yes, literature (if “enjoy”
is quite the word); the anger and indeed the horror of the period are palpable here.
By Richard Grant White, who disavowed authorship of the work.
A
Copy in
VERY
Clean, Nice Shape
Wilkes, George. McClellan: From Ball's Bluff to Antietam. By George Wilkes, editor of Wilkes' Spirit of the Times. New York: Sinclair Tousey (Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas, printers), 1863. 8vo. 40 pp.
With an advertisement on the back for "Wilkes's Spirit of the Times. The American Gentleman's Newspaper. A Chronicle of the Turf, Field Sports, the Army and the Stage."
• Miles 485. Original wrappers. Removed from a nonce volume.
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