CIVIL WAR from Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books

Ann Arbor, Michigan:: University of Michigan,.. Not illustrated. 2 volumes, spiral-bound galleys; 11 5 inches; pink stiff wrappers with title “Anti Slavery Movement” in ball-point on front covers Stapled to the inside of the front cover of Part One is the publisher’s précis of the book. Laid in is a short letter dated… Read more about this item

Orange, N.J.: The Evening Mail Publishing House, 1888. . 8vo, bright royal blue publisher's cloth, spine, gilt and somewhat darkened, minor wear to head and tail; bookplate of the Massachusetts Historical Society on the front pastedown. In August 1862 Toombs enlisted as a sergeant in Company F, 13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry , and served for the next… Read more about this item

Baltimre: Murphy & Co., Printers, 1861. . 8vo, modern gray plain wrappers; paper slightly browned; unopened. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 39872.LeGrand (1814Ð 28 December 1861), a believer in secession by Maryland argues against Johnson's desire to save the Union at any cost, even to force the South "into slavish submission." He equates South Carolina's resistance to oppression to… Read more about this item

Columbus, Miss.: Headquaters, 1895. . Handbill, 11 x 5 1/2 inches Two copies only located, one at Virginia Historical and one at the University of South Caroline which came from a scrapbook put together by Col. Benjamin Franklin Eshleman (1830-1909) a West Point graduate, born in Pennsylvania, but moved to Louisiana as a child and fought on the Confederate… Read more about this item