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R. E. Lee, An Abridgment in One Volume by Richard Harwell of the four-volume R. E. Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman, The Southern Classics Library, hardcover, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982, frontispiece 601 pages with reproductions of black and white photographs, index, registry number 10911. This book is a beautifully bound book from The Southern Classics Library. It is rust brown leather with raised bands on the spine. It is decorated with gold gilt on the front and back covers, and with gold gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. All edges are gilded gold. Endpapers are silk moiré, and there is an attached ribbon marker. The unused bookplate has registry number 10911. Condition: fine/no dust jacket issued. Price: $30.00

Archeological History of New York, by Arthur C. Parker, Archeologist, Museum Bulletins 237, 238, September-October 1920[Part 2], soft cover, The University of the State of New York, 1922, 471 pages of black and white photographs and maps. This is Part 2 of a general work explaining the field of archaeology, as it existed in the state of New York at the time. The author's aim was to help the reader to understand New York archaeology in relation to American archaeology in general. Condition: very good +/ no dust jacket issued, previous owner's name and date on first page. Price: $22.00

Bulwark of Empire, by Roger Willock, hardcover, ISBN: 0-921560-00-1, second edition, Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, 1988, 159 pages with black and white photographs, endpaper maps, subject index, names of persons, names of ships. This book is the history of Britain’s naval base on Bermuda. From the blurb: "This book records the development in the nineteenth century at Bermuda of Britain's major naval base in the West Atlantic, and the fortifications which grew hand in hand with the new dockyard. The primary purpose of the base at Bermuda was to protect the dockyard from an attack from the United States. The ways and means by which this goal was accomplished, and the strategic value of the Bermuda Islands to British imperial defense comprises the core of this book, which was first published in 1962 as the first book on Bermuda fortifications." Condition: as new/ as new Price: $25.00

Greece and Rome At War by Peter Connolly, hardcover, ISBN 185367303X, Greenhill Books, 1998, 320 pages with index and illustrated with color throughout. A comprehensive history of the military development of Greece and Rome from the 8th century BC to the fall of the Roman Empire. Period by period, it covers tactics, weapons and armor as well as siege warfare. Condition: as new/ as new Price: $18.00

Battleships Of World War Two, An International Encyclopedia, by M.J. Whitley, ISBN:1-55750-184-x, hardcover, Naval Institute Press, 1998, 320 pages with more than 200 black and white photographs, bibliography, index. This encyclopedia presents some one hundred battleships serving or under construction during World War Two. The design and construction of each class of battleship is followed by the service history of each ship, together with detailed data lists including construction, dimensions, armament, speed, armor and complement. For each class there is a general arrangement plan and elevation. Condition: fine/fine Price: $45.00

The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, Never Call Retreat, The Centennial History of the Civil War by Bruce Catton, hardcover, Doubleday, 1961, 1963–stated first edition, 1965 respectively, map endpapers. In volume 1, the author describes the people and politics, social and economic forces which came together to drive the nation apart—“ a major work by a major writer, a superb re-creation of the twelve crucial months that opened the Civil War,”- New York Times Book Review. Following this story, Terrible Swift Sword traces the personalities and actions leading to the Emancipation Proclamation and the removal of General George McClellan from command of the North’s principal army. Never Call Retreat carries the war from Fredericksburg, and through many campaigns to the death of Lincoln and the war’s end. Each book is a complete and intelligible reading experience in one volume. Condition: very good plus/ very good plus, small, neat date notations on two volumes. Mylar book covers have protected dust jackets. Price for all volumes: $38.00

Hampton And His Red Shirts, South Carolina's Deliverance In 1876, by Alfred B. Williams, hardcover, copyright 1935, reprint, Walker, Evans & Cogswell Company, 448 pages, index. The "Red Shirts" beginnings are traced to Mississippi in 1875 to conservative rifle clubs. In this account, they appear in South Carolina. The Red Shirts saw themselves as saving their state from the horrors of Reconstruction and Republican political corruption. They were conspicuously present in the 1876 gubernatorial campaign of Confederate General Wade Hampton. This book tells that history. Condition: very good/ no dust jacket; nice burgundy cover with gold gilt lettering on spine Price: $40.00

The Shadows of the Trees, The Story of French-Canadians in New England, by Jacques Ducharme, hardcover, Harper & Brothers, 1943, stated first edition, 258 pages This book was published during WWII and written by Jacques Ducharme, author of The Delusson Family, and himself a Franco-American. It is the history of the French Canadians who came into New England from Canada, into the mill and factory towns of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Condition: very good/very good previous owners’ stamp and signature on front and back paste downs and front and back fly pages, dust jacket flaps are pasted to interior front and back covers, dust jacket shows no chips nor tears, all interior pages clean, no markings, no tears Price:$100.00

Richmond In By-Gone Days by Samuel Mordecai, republished from the second edition of 1860 in 1946, hardcover, The Dietz Press, Incorporated Richmond, VA, 362 pages. The time period of this book is from the founding of the city to 1860. The first edition was published in 1856. The second edition was enlarged in 1860. This history of Richmond is told in a rather cavalier style, with little concern for dates and dry facts; instead, the author takes the reader on a conversational tour through the town as he tells “tales out of school” that did not find their way onto other histories of Richmond. Condition: very good/very good, previous owner’s stamp on front and back dust jacket, purchase note on front and back pastedowns and fly pages, dust cover flaps pasted to interior front and back covers, no other markings in book, no tears Price: $35.00

Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg, six volume set, hardcover, The Sangamon Edition, in red cloth with blind stamped medallion of Lincoln on covers, spine decoration gold and black, Charles Scribner’s Sons, reprint, black and white photographs. This is Sandburg's classic biography of Lincoln. Condition: very good +/ no dust jackets Price: $25.00 Weight of these books is 16 lbs. U.S. shipping and handling will be $8.00.

The March of Democracy, A History of the United States, James Truslow Adams, vols. 1-7, through 1963, hardcover, Scribners, edition not stated, nicely illustrated, dark blue leatherette, gilt on the cover and spine. Vol. 7 is a set- matching Torex binder containing booklets for each year from 1949-1963. Volume titles are: The Rise of the Union, A Half Century of Expansion, Civil War and Aftermath, America and World Power, The Record of 1933-1941, The Record of 1942-1948, The Record of 1949-1963 (booklets in binder) - a nice set of books on U.S. History. Condition: very good+/ no dust jackets Price: $20.00 Weight of these books is 19 lbs. U.S. shipping and handling will be $9.00.

A Dutch-English Odyssey, Stories of Brewer and Estey Families in North America 1636-1996 by Floyd I. Brewer, ISBN: 0-9635402-2-x, hardcover, privately published 1997, 548 pages with black and white photographs, charts, maps, bibliography, index, family history. Condition: very good/ fine with protective cover, the book has a cracked front hinge; otherwise it is in fine condition Price: $25.00