First Edition. Original red cloth and printed dustjacket. Kentucky's first important novelist and an attempt to capture the spirit, and dialects, of his native Kentucky in the United States during the Civil War and post Civil War reconstruction era. BAL 474. Near Fine bright copy in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at lower spine end, some small edge chips. Item #31425

Presumed Early Printing. Nautical and American Civil War themed novel concerning the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Characters included army officers and several African-Americans. Near Fine in scarce dustjacket lacking lower few inches of spine, else Good with chipped edges. Item #23938

First Edition, limited edition of 1,000 copies. Quarter vellum over boards, publishers dustjacket, blue slipcase. Two Civil War set stories. Uncommon in jacket. Near Fine, contemporary previous owner gift inscription at front endpaper in Very Good dustjacket, centimeter chip at lower spine end, smaller chip at top spine end, slipcase with chips to paper and some cracking to edges. Item #40879

First Edition. E. Page Turner dustjacket art. Very scarce novel about the late president. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny edge chips, few clear scotch tape mends at verso. Item #31181

Presumed Early Printing. D. D. dustjacket design. Uncommon printing of a work first published in 1866. Very Good, bookplate at front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, horse shoe tear at lower spine end, stain at lower rear panel. Item #34919

First Edition, First Issue with correct issue points and ads. Octavo, original cloth and decorative dustjacket. Considered a classic of Civil War literature, exceptionally scarce in dustjacket. Very Good, cloth with general darkening and sporadic surface erosion to cloth which is common for this title, contemporary gift inscription (from a Pennsylvania man to his Tennessee friend) in Very Good original 19th Century dustjacket, with some chipping at top spine end, expected wear and soiling, light stain at top rear panel. Item #37722

First Edition. Collection of short stories all dealing with the Sartoris family during the American Civil War. Very Good with spine lightly darkened, some shadowing from publisher's binding glue at front hinge, in a Very Good plus dustjacket, spine darkened, moderate soiling to rear panel. Item #18987

Early Reprint Edition, originally published in 1890. This copy with ownership inscription at front endpaper dated December 1899. Uncommon in dustjacket. Vincent Wingfield, fights for the Confederate States of America, even though he is against slavery. As suggested by the title, he is primarily with the Army of Northern Virginia. Henty defends slavery throughout the novel, stating although slavery was capable of 'abominable' cruelty under brutal masters, '..taken all in all, the negroes on a well-ordered estate, under kind masters, were probably a happier class of people than the laborers upon any estate in Europe.' At the novel's end, Henty has the Wingfield family's former slaves return and continue working for their former owners. Very Good in a Good edge chipped dustjacket, top spine end with narrow area of loss. Item #34943

First Edition. Original red cloth, gilt top page edge, and original decorative dustjacket. A man, lately of the confederate army, visits a relative's plantation and investigates the family papers, relating in this novel how the Fourcade's came to voyage from Europe to America in the 1500's. Uncommon. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow loss at spine ends. Item #35369

First Edition. Original red decorative cloth and matching dustjacket. A tale of suspense, duty, action, treason, romance, and bravery with the backdrop the American Civil War. Smith's American Fiction. Extremely scarce in original dustjacket. Near Fine bright copy in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow loss at spine ends, three inch closed tear at lower front panel. Item #30778

Early Reprint Edition. Frontis photograph of Washington in his office at Tuskegee. Original red decorative cloth and printed dustjacket. A scarce and early dustjacketed copy of this classic work of African-American autobiography. Washington was the founder and first president of the Tuskegee Institute. Rear dustjacket panel with A. L. Burt address of '52-58 Duane St., New York City', where the publisher was located between 1899 and 1914. One of the earliest known dustjackets for this title. Very Good but for a dampstain to lower rear cover, in Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and some edges, red bleed at lower rear cover, abrasions at front panel, closed tears at lower spine area. Item #41743