Lot 188

[CIVIL WAR]. Sammelband of 18 Booklets or Pamphlets. [V.p.,...

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[CIVIL WAR]. Sammelband of 18 Booklets or Pamphlets. [V.p., ca. 1866-1892]. 8vos. Some illustrated. Several with original wrappers bound-in. Bound together in modern quarter blue calf over plain gray boards, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gray gilt morocco lettering label (light rubbing to spine; some occasional wear, soiling to wrappers and text, some occasional ownership markings or other notations). Fine. FIRST EDITIONS. Titles include: Check-List of Pennsylvania County, Town and Township Histories. 1794-1892 (1892); A List of the Battles, Engagements, Actions, and Important Skirmishes in with the Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry Participated During the War of 1861-1865 (1886, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, J. EDWARD CARPENTER, ON THE FRONT WRAPPER TO COL. WM. BROOKE-RAWLE); Contributions Towards a Bibliography of the Civil War in the United States I. Regimental Histories (1886 by George Maurice Abbot); Soldier and Citizen The Military and Civil Record of Gen. W. W. H. Davis (1884); 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Infantry at Gettysburg (1892, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, SAMUEL W. PENNYPACKER TO BROOKE-RAWLE); Did General Meade Desire to Retreat at the Battle of Gettysburg? (1883 by Meade); Gregg's Cavalry Fight at Gettysburg (1884 with fold-out map, written by Brooke-Rawle); The First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg (1880 ?From the Author" (Chapman Biddle) on the front wrapper); With Gregg in the Gettysburg Campaign (1884 by Brooke-Rawle); Military Record of Brevet Brigadier General John William Hoffman (1884, INSCRIBED TO BROOKE-RAWLE ? no author listed); Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac (1889, by Col. Hampton S. Thomas); The Double Anniversary: '76 and '63 (1869 by Charles F. Adams); The Great Battles of the War ? Gettysburg Paper No. 1 (n.d. by General James R. Slayton ? it is unclear if other papers were issued on this topic); Address Delivered by Brevet Brigadier General J. William Hofmann, U. S. Vols. (1890, INSCRIBED TO BROOKE BY HOFMANN); Unveiling of the Statue of General John F. Reynolds (1884, with an invitation to the unveiling); Unveiling of Ward's Equestrian Statue of Major-General George H. Thomas (1879); An Address on the Unveiling of the Statue of Major-General George G. Meade (1887); 1st Brigade 1st Div. 3rd Corps? Pennsylvania Volunteers (1891). The author and recipient of several of these pamphlets, Col. William Brooke-Rawle (1843-1915), served in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry, and participated in the Battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Gettysburg, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox Court House. He also wrote several histories of the war and his experiences. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 9 x 7 x 2".