Folio, 47 pp., plus blanks, several pages excised at rear of volume, contemporary gray printed paper covered boards, which advertise H & E Phinney's bookstore and printing office in Cooperstown, New York. Sheep shelf back, spine worn and rubbed, some wear and… more >
manuscript map, executed in pen and ink and various colors of ink wash, on paper, measuring 28 x 32 inches, mounted on contemporary walnut rollers, some wear, damp-staining and soiling, some tears and a few small holes along top edge, else in… more >
8 volumes, 262 mss pages, plus blanks, various small format bindings (stiff paper, cloth spine with stiff paper boards, leather), volumes measure between 2 ¾" x 5" and 4" x 7", bindings good, some scuffing, written in pencil & ink, in a… more >
folio, 96 pages, bound in original sheep shelf back and marbled paper boards, some wear and rubbing to boards and spine, else in very good, clean and legible condition. more >
49 letters, 179 manuscript pages, plus ephemeral paper items, all dated between 18 Jan 1827 to 12 Sept 1913. Of the 49 letters, 32 were written between 1827 and 1859. The ephemeral material consists of the following items: 35 pages, mostly manuscript,… 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