New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1939. Black and white plates. Cloth over boards. Duodecimo. viii, 432 pages. Bates was a cipher operator and the manager of the War Department Telegraph Office from 1861-1866, and thus saw Lincoln almost daily during his Presidency. The resulting portrait of Lincoln is a valuable..... More

(Cambridge): (University Press), 1871. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 25 pages. Memorial volume to Commodore George S. Blake, the Superintendent who adroitly guided the U. S. Naval Academy through the Civil War. This volume is written by Blake's nephew, and discusses his naval career, including the dangers he..... More

Cincinnati: Wilstach, Baldwin, & Co., 1875. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo, 276 pages. Rather harsh criticism of Sherman's Memoirs, arguing that in them he belittles the contributions of other generals and blames them for his own failures. Some of Boynton criticism appears justified when he compares selected incidents..... More

New Orleans: Printed by Cook, Young & Co., 1862. Printed yellow wraps over stitched binding. Duodecimo. x, [blank leaf], 46, [blank leaf] pages. A rare detailed record of sugar produced by slave labor in Louisiana, ending with the Union Army invasion of the state in 1862. Pierre Champomier..... More

New York and London`: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1925. Early printing. Decorative paper over boards with yellow cloth spine. Octavo. xviii, 108 pages. Countee Cullen's first published book, a collection of poetry on issues of race, the African American experience. Cullen was a prominent member of the Harlem..... More

Princeton: Students of Princeton University, 1917. Advertising. Printed wrappers. Octavo. [x], [297]-346, [vi] pages. Two early F. Scott Fitzgerald print appearances, one story and one poem, in Princeton's undergraduate literary magazine. His short story "The Spire and the Gargoyle" occupies this issue's first eleven pages of content, and the college-angsty..... More

Cincinnati: Jno. F. Uhlhorn, Steam Job Printer, 1866. Frontispiece portrait of George Rogers Clark. Three quarter gilt morocco and marbled boards. Quarto. 158 pages. Written in 1826 by a Maryland veteran of the Revolutionary War to refute the charge that Michael Cresap "was infamous for his many Indian murders," as..... More

Richmond: Whittet & Shipperson, 1915. First edition. Saddle-stapled printed wrappers. Octavo. 36 pages. Matthew Fontaine Maury's pioneering work in mine warfare for the Confederacy, written by his son. Maury, a Virginian, resigned from the U. S. Navy when Virginia seceded, becoming a Commander in the Confederate Navy. Ref. NEVINS..... More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, (1925). Limited edition, #123 of 450 copies. Numerous illustrations. Hardcover. Octavo. [xviii], 451 pages. Fourteen essays on books, book collecting, authors, and related topics by the famous early 20th century collector, A. Edward Newton. A large paper limited edition. Signed by Newton on limitation page..... More

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, (1936). Second edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. [x], 269 pages. Historical fiction based on the life of Sir Henry Morgan, and Steinbeck's first novel, originally published by McBride in 1929. This copy is the second edition according to the standard Steinbeck reference by Goldstone..... More