Auction details
Important Books / The Civil War
11:00 AM PT - Apr 9th, 2008
offered by
Bloomsbury Auctions
London, New York, Rome NY

Auction dates
- 6:00 AM PT - Mar 5th, 2008
- 7:00 AM PT - Apr 5th, 2008
- 11:00 AM PT - Apr 9th, 2008
215 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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| 1C |
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SLAVE SA...
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1,500 - 2,000 |
15 Bids
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| 2C |
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SLAVE SA...
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2,500 - 3,500 |
11 Bids
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| 3C |
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Robert E...
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5,000 - 7,500 |
6 Bids
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| 4C |
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John Qui...
|
600 - 800 |
4 Bids
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| 5C |
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SLAVE IN...
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600 - 800 |
8 Bids
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| 6C |
|
ANTI-SLA...
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1,200 - 1,800 |
8 Bids
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| 7C |
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Handbill issued during 1850 Nashville Convention
COMPROMI...
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400 - 600 |
23 Bids
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| 8C |
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White's Serenader's Songbook and Plantation Melodi
SONG BOO...
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200 - 300 |
1 Bid
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| 9C |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin 9-sheet poster
STOWE, H...
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2,500 - 3,500 |
29 Bids
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| 10C |
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SLAVE SA...
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1,500 - 2,000 |
13 Bids
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| 11C |
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Robert E...
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7,000 - 9,000 |
10 Bids
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| 12C |
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Longstreet ALS written from Texas
James LO...
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2,500 - 3,500 |
17 Bids
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| 13C |
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SLAVE MA...
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1,500 - 2,000 |
1 Bid
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| 14C |
|
FUGITIVE...
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1,500 - 2,500 |
19 Bids
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| 15C |
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FUGITIVE...
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1,500 - 2,000 |
2 Bids
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| 16C |
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Currier & Ives colored litho of John Brown
(John BR...
|
500 - 750 |
2 Bids
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| 17C |
|
SLAVE SA...
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1,500 - 2,000 |
21 Bids
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| 18C |
Judah BE...
|
300 - 400 |
4 Bids
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| 19C |
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LINCOLN. Early printing of the Cooper Union addres
Abraham ...
|
700 - 900 |
4 Bids
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| 20C |
Hardee ALS re purchase of arms. 1860
GEORGIA ...
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2,000 - 3,000 |
4 Bids
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| 21C |
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South Carolina's Act of Secession
SOUTH CA...
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20,000 - 30,000 |
23 Bids
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| 22C |
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SOUTH CA...
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2,000 - 3,000 |
6 Bids
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| 23C |
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Ordinance of the SC Secession Convention
SOUTH CA...
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6,000 - 8,000 |
8 Bids
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| 24C |
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Confederate secession circular
SOUTH CA...
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3,000 - 4,000 |
16 Bids
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| 25C |
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Important 1861 Confederate letter re Sumter
FORT SUM...
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10,000 - 15,000 |
6 Bids
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| 26C |
ALS by Confederate naval officer Arthur Sinclair
Arthur S...
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400 - 600 |
5 Bids
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| 27C |
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1861 Tattnall ALS re secession
Josiah T...
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1,000 - 1,500 |
14 Bids
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| 28C |
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Rare Georgia Navy LS by Morris 1861
GEORGIA ...
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1,000 - 1,500 |
14 Bids
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| 29C |
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1861 Leroy P. Walker LS re the Confederate Army
GEORGIA ...
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2,000 - 3,000 |
16 Bids
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| 30C |
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Rare Confederate Constitution. Montgomery 1861
CONFEDER...
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50,000 - 70,000 |
16 Bids
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| 31C |
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Rare Confederate Constitution. Montgomery, 1861.
ALABAMA ...
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800 - 1,200 |
4 Bids
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| 32C |
Early confederate imprint. Jefferson Davis.
Jefferso...
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1,000 - 1,500 |
15 Bids
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| 33C |
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Currier & Ives. 2 handcolored lithos of Ft Sumter.
FORT SUM...
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1,000 - 1,500 |
23 Bids
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| 34C |
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1861 Confederate ALS re Ft Sumter
FORT SUM...
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1,000 - 1,500 |
6 Bids
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| 35C |
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ALS re Confed shipment of Colt Revolvers
COLT REV...
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400 - 600 |
18 Bids
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| 36C |
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Confederate call to arms in West Virginia
WEST VIR...
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1,500 - 2,000 |
19 Bids
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| 37C |
|
Daniel R...
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1,000 - 1,500 |
6 Bids
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| 38C |
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CONFEDER...
|
150 - 250 |
2 Bids
|
| 39C |
Thomas E...
|
700 - 900 |
7 Bids
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| 40C |
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TENNESSE...
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300 - 500 |
3 Bids
|
| 41C |
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SOUTH CA...
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800 - 1,200 |
7 Bids
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| 42C |
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Robert E...
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2,500 - 3,500 |
13 Bids
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| 43C |
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1861 American Letter Express Co. handbill
TENNESSE...
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1,000 - 1,500 |
19 Bids
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| 44C |
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Tennessee Confederate Broadside
TENNESSE...
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2,000 - 3,000 |
24 Bids
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| 45C |
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Mississippi Confederate Broadside
MISSISSI...
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1,000 - 1,500 |
12 Bids
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| 46C |
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(Henry R...
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800 - 1,200 |
8 Bids
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| 47C |
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James A....
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750 - 1,000 |
3 Bids
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| 48C |
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Daniel H...
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1,500 - 2,000 |
17 Bids
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| 49C |
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Wardate note signed by Turner Ashby
Turner A...
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600 - 800 |
11 Bids
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| 50C |
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JE Johnston ALS to Beauregard. 1861
Joseph E...
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1,500 - 2,500 |
14 Bids
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