Reading: New York Gallery, c. 1880. Cabinet card measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches on larger mount, overall fine. An unusual cabinet card showing men together toasting, with an African-American subject in the foreground wearing medals on his jacket likely collected at GAR reunions. The men look directly at the.....
American: 1860s. An incredible portrait of an African-American soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet, highly uncommon for three reasons: the fact that it shows an African-American soldier in uniform during the conflict, the playful expression of the sitter, and the caption. The caption is of unknown origin, possibly composed.....
[New London]: Likely Timothy Green, 1776. First Edition. Broadside, small folio measuring 11 x 6 ½ inches, [2] pp. Light wear, near fine overall. Recent scholarship on the American Revolution, such as David C. Hsiung’s Environmental History and the War of Independence: Saltpeter and the Continental Army’s Shortage of Gunpowder.....
Massachusetts: 1860s. 9 x 6 inches. Polished calf decorative covers. Nineteen pages, with 55 Carte-de-Visite portraits. A carte-de-visite portrait album kept by Billings during the Civil War. Notation before index reads: “This album was sent me, at my order, from Philadelphia and was received while our army lay at Brandy.....
Harpers Ferry: 1860s. First Edition. The 22nd Regiment, still in existence, was organized in April, 1861. A very good example.
Chicago: 1969. 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Some light toning and edgewear, near fine condition overall. The first example of this poster we have encountered, which shows Judge Julius Hoffman, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and President Richard Nixon. We find no other records, and can only assume it was.....
Chicago: 1969. Poster. 24 x 20 inches. Minimal wear, fine condition. An iconic poster protesting the arrest of the Chicago 8 on conspiracy charges relating to the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The group, originally as eight members, consisted of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, founders of the Youth.....
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London: John Snow / Bacon & Co., 1864. 8vo, 472, 32 pp. With 26.3 x 17.6 in. colored map attached at frontis. Tears to binding, map very good with some brittleness and folds at margins which make unfolding quite difficult, pages uncut, good condition overall. An uncommon work by the.....
New Hampshire: Printer Unknown, 1863. First Edition. Printed broadside, 16 ½ x 11 ½ inches, archivally mounted and matted. A very good copy with some light toning, small closed tear at upper margin, light foxing at upper margin, very tiny spot of loss to illustration at fold. Franklin Pierce remained.....
American: 1860s. Tintype measuring 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches in oval case, lacking front panel. A fine example. A particularly striking portrait of two Union soldiers seated together. Their resemblance suggests that they might be brothers.
American: 1860s. Images measuring 1 ¾ x 1 ½ inches in union case. A fine example. A particularly striking portrait of a young Union soldier, in a union case with another young man, possibly a relative.
New York? 1860s. An unusual image of a Zouave soldier in an outdoor setting, holding a horse. During the Civil War, roughly 95 Zouave regiments formed, adopting the names, uni-forms and sometimes fighting styles of the North African Zouave brigades. The bulk - about 70 of the regiments - fought.....
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Camden: H. Curts, 1862. 1 ½ x 4 ⅝ inches. Some light normal wear and crashing, very good. An unrecorded broadside Civil War songsheet relating to the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry, with many mentions of Baxter and Hesser. The song is written to the tune of “The Girl I Left Behind.....
N.p. 1863. Dark carved wood, 11 ½ x 11 ½ x 1 inches, with bone border and star inlays in corners, an inlaid tree with carved names of Civil War battles as leaves. During the Civil War, wounded or captured soldiers would often pass their time waiting to return to.....
New York: Jackson, 1860s. First Edition. An unrecorded recruitment broadside for the 11th New York Cavalry. Col. James Swain led the regiment, which was first organized on Staten Island in late 1861. Most troops came from New York City, the site of robust recruitment in the early years of the.....
Virginia City: Sutterley and Co., 1864-1867. Albumen photograph on mount, 4 x 2 ½ inches. Pauline Cushman was an actress and one of the most successful spies for the Union Army. She ingratiated herself with the Confederate army by toasting Jefferson Davis after one of her performances. She was eventually.....
1860s. A striking photograph, featured on page 89 of David Deitcher’s Dear Friends: Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918. “Romantic friendship between American men acquired a different kind of social prestige and meaning within the Civil War. No sooner did young recruits leave the shelter and ties of home and family.....
Boston: Oliver Ditson and Company, 1863. First Edition. Manuel Fenellosa and his brother-in-law Manuel Emilio came to the United States from Spain in 1836 aboard the SS United States. They settled in Salem, Massachussetts, first forming a band and then a music school. They were friends of the publisher John.....