SHELBY FOOTE’S MASTERPIECE IN FIRST EDITION

Foote’s comprehensive history of the Civil War includes three compelling volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox.

Volume One: Fort Sumter to Perryville
“Here, for a certainty, is one of the great historical narratives of our century, a unique and brilliant achievement, one that must be firmly placed in the ranks of the masters.” —Van Allen Bradley, Chicago Daily News

“Anyone who wants to relive the Civil War, as thousands of Americans apparently do, will go through this volume with pleasure…. Years from now, Foote’s monumental narrative most likely will continue to be read and remembered as a classic of its kind.” —New York Herald Tribune Book Review

Volume Two: Fredericksburg to Meridian
“This, then, is narrative history—a kind of history that goes back to an older literary tradition…. The writing is superb…one of the historical and literary achievements of our time.” —The Washington Post Book World

“Gettysburg…is described with such meticulous attention to action, terrain, time, and the characters of the various commanders that I understand, at last, what happened in that battle…. Mr. Foote has an acute sense of the relative importance of events and a novelist’s skill in directing the reader’s attention to the men and the episodes that will influence the course of the whole war, without omitting items which are of momentary interest. His organization of facts could hardly be bettered.” —Atlantic

Volume Three: Red River to Appomattox
“An unparalleled achievement, an American Iliad, a unique work uniting the scholarship of the historian and the high readability of the first-class novelist.” —Walker Percy

“I have never read a better, more vivid, more understandable account of the savage battling between Grant’s and Lee’s armies…. Foote stays with the human strife and suffering, and unlike most Southern commentators, he does not take sides. In objectivity, in range, in mastery of detail in beauty of language and feeling for the people involved, this work surpasses anything else on the subject…. It stands alongside the work of the best of them.” —New Republic

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Foote, Shelby. The Civil War A Narrative Volume One: Fort Sumter to Perryville. New York: Random House, 1958. 840pp.  Eleventh printing, in mylar dj cover. Fine+ in as new dust-jacket. Hardcover.

Foote, Shelby. The Civil War A Narrative Volume Two: Fredericksburg To Meridian. New York: Random House, 1963. 988pp.  Eighth printing, in mylar dj cover. Fine+ in as new dust-jacket. Hardcover.

Foote, Shelby. The Civil War A Narrative Volume Three: Red River to Appomattox. New York: Random House, 1974. 1106pp. Fourth printing, in mylar dj cover. Fine+ in as new dust-jacket. Hardcover.   (#18)

Three volume set  $375.00

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Catton, Bruce. A Stillness at Appomattox. Garden City: Doubleday, 1954. Book Club edition. Black cloth w gild lettering on spine, dj w/mylar cover has a few closed tears, otherwise very good, battle maps on inside of covers, includes clipping of “The Execution of a Civil War Deserter” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.This is the third and final volume of Catton’s saga of the Army of the Potomac and follows the distinguished  Mr. Lincoln’s Army and Glory Road. Fine in very good  dust-jacket. Hardcover. (#174)   $12.50

Catton, Bruce. The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War in Two Volumes. New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1960. First edition. 2 Hardcover volumes in slipcover with accompanying Civil War Chronology supplement (paper wraps). Burgundy cloth, 630pp combined +chronology. Slipcase has wear on pictorial cover and some edge fraying and on corners, tight and complete. Books are in near new condition. Hundreds of color and black and white photographs . As New in good dust-jacket. Hardcover.
Beautiful pictorial history of the Civil War and a great accompaniment to a more scholarly study. (#188)   $29.00

Lord, Francis A. Civil War Collector’s Encyclopedia: Arms, Uniforms and Equipment of the Union and Confederacy. New York: Castle Books, 1965. First printing. 360pp, yellow and red cloth with black lettering on spine, very slight wear to bottom and top of spine, otherwise an as-new copy. front endpapers show battle scene.Pictorial dj has mylar cover, small closed tears at bottom of front, some wear at bottom of spine. Fine+ in near fine dust-jacket. Hardcover. Descriptions of more than 800 different items used by soldiers, sailors, marines on both sides. Items are arranged alphabetically under 155 major topics; more than 350 black and white photographs. Classic reference for the Civil war buff or collector. Conservatively rated as Fine+ but closer to as-new. (#366) $21.00

Frost, Lawrence A. The Custer Album: A Pictorial Biography of General George A. Custer.  122pp, blue cloth with dark red lettering on cover and spine. Endpapers are a facsimile copy of the Tribune Extra, Bismarck, Dakota Territory, July 6th, 1876 announcing The First Account of the Custer Massacre. Dj in mylar cover, missing 1″ piece at top of spine, wear and wrinkles on lower and upper edge of cover, light stain at base of spine, closed tears on upper edge of back. Fine in good dust-jacket. Hardcover. A photographic reference book containing the actual paintings of the Custer Battle, early photos of Custer in Civil War garb, early photos of his wife, Libby Bacon Custer, photos of Benteen, Reno, other unusual photos, photos of Custer’s horses, Dandy and Dick, etc. (#413) $14.75