octavo, 188 manuscript pages, several inlaid items, inscribed in ink in a notebook bound in ¼ cloth and marbled boards, label on front board of the Harvard Co-operative Society, neatly inscribed in ink, else very good. Contemporary ownership inscription by Markwick on… more >
folio, one page, formerly folded, docketed on verso: “Inventory of Geo. Morris Estate 1794”. Some splits along folds, and separations at fold joints, else in good, clean legible condition. more >
quarto, index at front of volume, 334 pages of letters, plus 15 pages of proceedings from the Peace Union, badly faded pages were not included in the count, plus blanks, several related ephemeral items laid in, bound in original ½ sheep and… more >
[Rochester: Heughes’ Book & Job Power Press, Main St., 1861] sm. Quarto, 18 pages, sewn into original self-wraps, as issued, first page somewhat browned, corners slightly dogeared, else very good. more >
Boston: Press of Rand, Avery & Co., 1872, 12mo, 54, 4 plates, 24 pp., original printed wrappers, ex-library, small handstamp on upper right-hand corner of front wrapper, some nicks, and chips to edges of wraps, otherwise very good. more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub