Search Results: Civil War from Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library

1865 hardcover as pictured. This is a somewhat worn but still handsome volume published soon after the assassination of President Lincoln. Binding is firm. Embossed brown boards with black cloth spine and gold stamping show moderate edge wear. Pencil notation on FFEP. Tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Lincoln is mottled. Text is tanned at edges and wavy. A few pages have pencil markings. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OG2

Six book hardcover set as pictured. Handsome copies of Carl Sandburg's acclaimed biographies of Abraham Lincoln. This offer includes volumes 1 and 2 of Abraham Lincoln - The Prairie Years, and volumes 1 through 4 of Abraham Lincoln - The War Years. The Prairie Years is a 24th printing of the 1926 edition. The War Years is a 1939 printing of the 1936 edition. All are in good shape considering their age. Bindings of each volume are intact. Blue cloth boards with blind stamp on front and gold stamping on spine are clean and show light edge wear. Rear corners of volume 4 of the The War Years are bumped. Front hinges of Volumes 1 and 2 of The Prairie Years are lightly cracked. Endpapers of both have pencil notations. Rear endpaper of volume 2 has a production defect. Texts of both appear clean and unmarked. Endpapers of each volume of The War Years are mottled. Volume 1 has writing on the front endpapers. Texts of each volume appear clean and unmarked. All volumes include many illustrations and b&w… Read More

1892 hardcover as pictured. This is a very handsome edition that has seen some wear. Binding is intact. Embossed green cloth boards with beveled edges and gold stamping are lightly soiled and show some edge wear with fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Patterned endpapers. Small piece of rear endpaper is missing. Front hinge is lightly cracked. Many pages of text have pencil markings that do not affect readability. Includes 32 tissue guarded illustrations, many of prominent personages from the war of rebellion. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (OM3)

2015 softcover as pictured. This is a collection of original pieces written during the early years of this country covering settlement, Native Americans, Slavery, the Civil War and other topics. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed. Text is clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s
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1967 hardcover as pictured. Sixth printing of 1943 original. Reputed to be the first fully documented study of slave revolts in the period leading up to the Civil War, this book reports on over 250 acts of rebellion exploding the myth of the docile slave. This copy is ex-library with typical markings but remains very readable. Binding is intact. Red cloth boards show edge wear with fraying at top of spine, and bumped corners. Both hinges are cracked. Text shows some underlining and notations in pencil as well as a few dogeared pages. Includes an index and an extensive bibliography. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1968 hardcover as pictured. This is one volume from a 45 book set, The American Negro - His History And Literature, republished in 1968 by Arno Press and the New York Times. A powerful and damning indictment of slavery as practiced in the American south. American Slavery As It Is is a reprint of the 1839 original by Reverend Theodore Dwight Weld. Ex-library with typical markings. Weld was a fervent opponent of slavery. With his wife and sister-in-law he collected the personal accounts and newspaper articles detailing the atrocities and cruelties of slavery presented here. Binding is firm. Black and white cloth boards show moderate wear. Edge of text block with black marking. A few pages of text have underlining and annotations but the book remains very readable. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

Copyright 1878, published by Patterson & Neilson. Cover as shown is rubbed and scuffed. Marbled endpapers and edges, head and tail bands. Some cracking near front hinge. Illustrations have tissue guards which are foxed. Pages 523 to 526 are completely detached. Binding firm (apart form detached pages). Your purchase helps our small public library. pi (g3)

2009 soft cover as pictured. An interesting book featuring many letters written by Samuel Selden Partridge, father of Edward Bellamy Partridge, during the Civil War. The actual letters are reproduced along with transcriptions. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Text is clean and unmarked. Would be as very good aside from light shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

Original 1961 hardcover as pictured. Signed by author and previous owner on half title page. Binding is firm. Gray cloth boards with blue stamping on spine are lightly soiled and faded at edges and over spine. Endpapers are tanned. Small stain on fore edge of text block. Text itself is clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Includes many photographs and illustrations. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

2014 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Boards clean with minimal edge wear. Text clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows light rubbing. Would be as very good aside from light shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)

1941 hardcover as pictured. A look at the sometimes decisive role of Civil War veterans in control of the politcal machinery of the northern states in the decades after the war. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping are faded over spine but otherwise show little shelf wear. Warmly inscribed and signed by author on FFEP. Text is lightly tanned at edges but appears othewise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

2013 hardcover as pictured. This is a wonderful book following the life of Nannie Figgat nee Godwin through the late 19th and early 20th centuries using her letters, diary and recipe book to document life in Fincastle, Virginia. Includes many photographs and illustrations as well as a number of mid nineteenth century recipies. Binding is firm. Head and tail bands. Pictorial boards are clean and unmarked. Printed endpapers. Signed by both editors on half title page. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Would be as very good except for minimal shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OD3

1962 hardcover as pictured. This is a reprint of the 1858 original text by Josiah Henson, a self made black man born into slavery who eventually escaped to Canada, then returned to help others do the same. While not an "uncle Tom" as the idiom is currently used, his life story bears a resemblance to that of Tom of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This copy is ex-library with typical markings. Binding is firm. Tan cloth boards with black stamping show only light shelf wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. No jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

Published 1900, three volume hardcover set as pictured. This is a comprehensive history of New York State troops taking part in the battle at Gettysburg. Ex-library with typical markings. Bindings are intact. Embossed blue cloth boards with red, blue and gold stamping are mottled and show some edge wear with slight fraying at head and tail of spine and at corners. Pasted-in map pocket on front fixed endpaper in each volume. Rear hinge partially cracked in volume 1. Front hinge cracked in volume 3. Endpapers are tanned. Text is slightly wavy but appears otherwise clean and unmarked. Set includes 5 beautiful maps showing troop placements on each day of the battle as well as a number of very nice full page engravings. Your purchase helps support our small village library. Price includes extra shipping cost due to weight. sOO1

1865 hardcover as pictured. A contemporary history of the American Civil War. This original copy has been rebound in black buckram. Binding is firm. Boards are clean with minimal shelf wear. Text is age tanned and mottled but appears otherwise unmarked. Includes many engraved portraits and maps along with an extensive index and a glossary of military terms. No dust jacket. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1983 two volume leather bound hardcover set as pictured. Bindings are firm. Black leather boards with gold stamping and raised bands on spine are in very nice shape. Silk endpapers and ribbon. Full gilt edge to text block. Text is clean and unmarked. No dust jackets as published. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sOM3

Undated self published softcover as pictured. This is a collection of letters from a soldier in the Union army to his wife. The letters are reproduced in the original Swedish with side by side translations in English. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers lightly mottled. Signed by editor on FFEP. Text is clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1913 hardcover as pictured. Ex-library with usual markings. Binding is intact. Maroon cloth boards with gold and black stamping are soiled and worn. Water damage to lower front corner of cover, endpapers and text block. The staining does not extend to text. Front hinge cracked. Text appears otherwise clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. A biography of the confederate general by his wife. Includes 16 b&w illustrations. Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR

1966 hardcover as pictured. This is a 1966 reprint of the 1903 original. Ex-library with typical markings. Binding is firm. Red cloth boards with silver stamping show light edge wear. Dust jacket text is pasted on front endpapers. Black mark on fore edge of text block. Text itself appears clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR

1962 softcover as pictured. Ex-library archive. Only library marking is a sticker on the front cover. Binding is intact. Gray covers are soiled and rubbed with curling corners. Text appears clean and unmarked. Includes a number of photographs and illustrations as well as an extensive index. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR