1. Bemis, George.

Precedents of American Neutrality, in Reply to the Speech of Sir Roundell Palmer, Attorney General of England in the british Commons, May 13,1864.

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1864. 8°. VIII, 83 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Unopened. Upper corner dogeared. Elswise very good plus.

2. Cooke, Jay.

How our National Debt can be paid. The Wealth, Resources and Power of the People of the United States. Prepared by Dr.William Elder, of the Treasury Department.

Philadelphia, Sherman & Co., 1865. 8°. 15 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Dogeared. Foxed. Extremely rare original pamphlet reflecting the costs, revenue possibilities etc. of the times previous, in and after the American Civil War.

3. Everett, Edward.

Address of the Hon. Edward Everett, delivered before The Boston Union Club, Thursday, April 9, 1863.

Liverpool, Printed at the “Daily Post” Steam Printing Works, 1863. 8°. 32 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Some rubbing fo front cover. As one of the most notable rhetorics of his time, Everett later that year gave his famous Gettysburg Oration. In his speech to the Boston Union Club, he addresses the struggle of the country due to the Civil War.

4. Fox, Gustavus Vasa.

Russian Account of the Official Mission to Russia of Hon.G.V.Fox in 1866.

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1867. 8°. 38 pages. Softcover. Original brochure. Some light foxing only.

5. Gallagher, Gary W.

The Wilderness Campaign – Military Campaigns of the Civil War.

Chapel Hill / London, The University of North Carolina Press, 1997. Octavo. XV, 283 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6. Greene, Jack. Massignani, Alessandro.

Ironclads at War – The Origin and Development of the Armored Warship 1854-1891.

Pennsylvania, Combined Publishing, 1998. 16 cm x 24 cm. 423 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

7. Howard, Jacob M(erritt).

San Juan Island – Speech of Hon.Jacob M.Howard, of Michigan, delivered in executive Session of the Senate, April 16, 1869.

Washington, F.&J.Rives & Geo. A.Bailey, 1870. 8°. 13 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Inscribed by Howard on the frontcover “Compl(imen)ts of J.M.H.”

8. Johnson, Andrew.

Speech of Hon. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, on the State of the Union; delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 5 and 6, 1861.

Washington, The Congressional Globe Office, 1861. 8°. 28 pages. Softcover. Original brochure. Waterstained. Poor condition. Unopened original title-wrappers.

9. [Kennedy, John Pendleton].

The Border States, their power and duty in the present disordered condition of the Country.

(Maryland), (1860). 8°. 46 pages. Softcover. This is an Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Not the Lippincott-publication, this must be a proof or a preprint of the publication. It contains several handwritten notes and markings in pencil by an old hand.

10. Laboulaye, Edward (Edouard Rene de) [Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye] / [Lincoln, Abraham].

The Election of the President of the United States (Professor Laboulaye, the great friend of America, on the Presidential Election).

Washington, Printed for the Union Congressional Committee, 1864. 8°. 14 pages. Softcover / Original Pamphlet. Original brochure. Some foxing. Unopened. Extremely RARE !

11. Nevins, Allan.

Ordeal of the Union. Volume I – Fruits of Manifest Destiny 1847 – 1852 / Volume II – A House Dividing – 1852 – 1857.

2 Volumes. New York, Scribner, [1992]. 24 cm. Volume I – XIV, 594 pages with numerous illustrations and maps / Volume II – VIII, 590 pages with many illustrations and maps. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only very minor signs of wear. Some mild signs of foxing only.

12. Sumner, Charles.

No Property in Man. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution Abolishing Slavery Through the United States, in the Senate of the United States, April 8th, 1864.

New York, The Loyal Publication Society, 1864. 8°. 23 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlet. Original brochure in near fine condition. [The Loyal Publication Society – No. 51].

13. Sumner, Charles.

Two Pamphlets: “Our Claims on England” Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts delivered in executive session of the Senate, April 13, 1869 on The Johnson-Clarendon Treaty for the Settlement of Claims / AND: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner on the Johnson-Clarendon Treaty for the Settlement of Claims delivered in the U.S.Senate. With an Appendix.

Washington/Boston, Rives & Bailey/Wright & Potter, 1869/1870. 8°. 14, 69 pages. Softcover. Original Pamphlets. The original speech of 1869 waterstained and with some tears and chips (unopened). The later printing with appendix: Original printed wrappers. Very good plus condition with some dogears and a small tear to front cover.

14. Taylor, Richard.

Destruction and Reconstruction. Personal Experiences of the Late War.

New York, D. Appleton and Co, 1879. 23 cm. 274 pages. Original hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear only. Binding firm. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown.

15. [The Rare Volume One] – O’Brien, Fitz-James.

The Diamond Lens [14 pages in: The Atlantic Monthly, Volume I – January, 1858 – No. III] – Here on Offer is a the original bound inaugural Volume I of “The Atlantic Monthly”, signed and inscribed, possibly by a distant family-member of Fitz-James O’Brien: “D.D.O’Brien, Mallow” – “Presented by D.D.O’Brien to L. O’Kelly”. A later, 19th century ownership-signature is: “John L. Williams”. The entire Volume includes the following numbers: Volume I – November 1857 – No.I. / Volume I – December 1857 – No. II. / Volume I – January 1858 – No. III. / Volume I – February 1858 – No. IV. / Volume I – March 1858 – No. V. / Volume I – April 1858 – No. VI //

Boston, The Atlantic Monthly, 1857-1858. Octavo. IV, 768 pages. Hardcover / Original Half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Binding in poor but still good + condition with some stronger signs of wear, spine starting, mild foxing throughout and some faded damp-staining to the outer paper-margins inside only. Endpaper, Half-title and titlepage slightly detached. This is the very rare inaugural Atlantic Volume with a wonderful irish provenance, possibly even a relation to Fitz-James O’Brien.

16. Webster, Daniel.

Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, to the Young Men of Albany. Wednesday, May 28, 1851. / And : Mr. Webster’s Speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany, May 1851.

Two (2) Original Pamphlets. (n.p.), Gideon & Co., (1851). 8°. 29, 56 pages. Softcover. Original brochures in very good condition. Only a little dusty.