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[VIRGINIANA] THEN AND NOW. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
[VIRGINIANA] THEN AND NOW. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

by Charles Shoffner [PHOTOGRAPHER] | Gary W. Gallagher

Harmony House Publishers, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Quarton; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding with dustjacket; 112 pages, mostly photographic illustrations; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~This copy from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; there is a card penned by Dr. Gallagher attesting to this... Read More

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[MOVIES] RUNNING THE RACE. THE "PUBLIC FACE" OF CHARLESTON HESTON
[MOVIES] RUNNING THE RACE. THE "PUBLIC FACE" OF CHARLESTON HESTON

by Brian Steel Wills | {Gary Gallagher]

El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2022. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the pubilsher's black cloth binding, with dusjtacket; xxxiv, 421 pages, including the Index; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; there is a card... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] JEFFERSON DAVIS, AMERICAN
[CIVIL WAR] JEFFERSON DAVIS, AMERICAN

by William J. Cooper | Gary W. Gallagher

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in publisher's cream-colored paper-covered boards, backed in brown paper-covered spine; xv, 757 pages, with maps and illuatrations, followed by Index; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~This copy from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; he... Read More

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[THREE PRESENTATION COPIES]. MY SHARE OF THE TASK; TEAM OF TEAMS: NEW RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR A COMPLEX WORLD; LEADERS: MYTH AND REALITY
[THREE PRESENTATION COPIES]. MY SHARE OF THE TASK; TEAM OF TEAMS: NEW RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR A COMPLEX WORLD; LEADERS: MYTH AND REALITY

by General Stanley McChrystal | Gary W. Gallagher

New York: Portfolio / Penguin, 2018. First Edition; Reprint Edition; First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Three books by General Stanley McChrystal, each with an inscription by the General to Civil War historian Gary Gallagher:~~My Share of the Task (First Edition): “To Gary Gallagher. With deep appreciation for all your wisdom. Stan McChyrstal”.~~Team of Teams.... Read More

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[REVIEW COPY] [FILM] AMERICAN MOVIE CRITICS. AN ANTHOLOGY FROM THE SILENTS UNTIL NOW
[REVIEW COPY] [FILM] AMERICAN MOVIE CRITICS. AN ANTHOLOGY FROM THE SILENTS UNTIL NOW

by Phillip Lopate [Editor] | [Gary Gallagher]

New York: Library of America, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in publisher's black glossy paper-covered boards, with dustjacket; xxviii, [2], 3-720 pages including Acknowledgements. a review copy with publisher's promotional material laid in.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher with a handwritten card attesting to... Read More

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[MILITARY] THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE MILITARY ATTITUDES, POLICIES, AND PRACTICE 1763-1789
[MILITARY] THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE MILITARY ATTITUDES, POLICIES, AND PRACTICE 1763-1789

by Don Higginbotham | Gary W. Gallagher

New York: Macmillan, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding; with a burgundy cloth label and tiling in gilt on the spine; xvi, 509 pages; in a price clipped dust jacket; a touch of shelf wear; a few ghosts of erasure marks to the front end... Read More

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[AMERICANA] NECESSARY TROUBLE. GROWING UP AT MIDCENTURY
[AMERICANA] NECESSARY TROUBLE. GROWING UP AT MIDCENTURY

by Drew Gilpin Faust| [Gary Gallagher]

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's gray paper-covered boards, with dustjacket; [5], 6-301 pages including Notes and Index; there are no marks of any kind in this First Edition copy.~~The interesting memoirs of Drew Gilpin Faust, who served as the first woman Presidetn of... Read More

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[WOMEN] [CIVIL WAR] [REVIEW COPY] THEY FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS. WOMEN SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
[WOMEN] [CIVIL WAR] [REVIEW COPY] THEY FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS. WOMEN SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

by Lauren M. Cook; Deanne Blanton | Gary W. Gallagher

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. First Edition. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s tan cloth binding, with dustjacket; xiii, 277 pages including the Index; with the review material laid in.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary W. Gallagher; Dr. Gallagher has penned a card attesting to this, which is laid into the book.... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] [SLIPCASE] STONEWALL JACKSON. [2 VOLUMES] VOLUME ONE: THE LEGEND AND THE MAN TO VALLEY V; VOLUME TWO: SEVEN DAYS I TO THE LAST MARCH
[CIVIL WAR] [SLIPCASE] STONEWALL JACKSON. [2 VOLUMES] VOLUME ONE: THE LEGEND AND THE MAN TO VALLEY V; VOLUME TWO: SEVEN DAYS I TO THE LAST MARCH

by Lenoir Chambers | Gary W. Gallagher

New York: William Morrow, 1959. First Edtiion. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Two large 8vo. volumes; ix, [2], 3-597 pages; vii, [2], 3-536 pages, including the Index; each volume with a frontispiece portrait;- each volume with some offsetting from a now discarded clipping; Volume One with a prospectus laid in; the two volumes are housed in the publisher’s... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] JUSTICE IN BLUE AND GRAY
[CIVIL WAR] JUSTICE IN BLUE AND GRAY

by Stephen C. Neff | Gary W. Gallagher

Cambrdige, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding with dustjacket; 350 pages, including Notes and Index; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~This copy from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; he has handwritten a card attesting to... Read More

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[HISTORY] A WICKED WAR: POLK, CLAY, LINCOLN, AND THE 1846 U.S. INVASION OF MEXICO
[HISTORY] A WICKED WAR: POLK, CLAY, LINCOLN, AND THE 1846 U.S. INVASION OF MEXICO

by Amy S. Greenberg | Gary W. Gallagher

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo; in blue cloth over paper covered boards; with titling on the spine in silver; xix, 344 pages including the Index; a like new copy.~~This copy was purchased by us directly from Gary W. Gallagher’s personal library with a signed card laid in... Read More

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[ARCHITECTURE] THE ARCHITECTURE OF HISTORIC ROCKBRIDGE
[ARCHITECTURE] THE ARCHITECTURE OF HISTORIC ROCKBRIDGE

by J. Daniel Pezzoni | Gary Gallagher

Lexington, Virginia: Historic Lexington Foundation | University of Virginia Press, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Square quarto; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; xxviii, 302 pages including the Index; with illustrations some in color and with maps.~~A fine collection of the architectural history of Rockbridge County, Virginia, including Lexington and... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] STEPHEN DODSON RAMSEUR: LEE’S GALLANT GENERAL
[CIVIL WAR] STEPHEN DODSON RAMSEUR: LEE’S GALLANT GENERAL

by Gary W. Gallagher

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Signed. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s gray cloth binding, with dustjacket; xiv; [3]-232 pages including the Index; there are no marks of any kind.~~This is Gary Gallagher’s own copy of this book. On a card laid in, Dr. Gallagher has penned... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] A MEMOIR OF THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATION OF HIS COMMANDS IN THE YEARS 1864 AND 1865
[CIVIL WAR] A MEMOIR OF THE LAST YEAR OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE, IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATION OF HIS COMMANDS IN THE YEARS 1864 AND 1865

by Lieutenant-General Jubal A. Early | Gary W. Gallagher

Harrisburg, PA: The Archive Society, 1996. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. 8vo.; in the gray faux leather with titling in gold to the spine; xii, [13], 14-135, [136] including Appendix; all edges gilt; a facsimile of the 1867 second edition printed in Lynchburg by C. W. Button.~~The Nevins bibliography tells us that this is “[t]he first memoir... Read More

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[HUMOR] [COMICS] LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE. THE FIRST NINE VOLUMES
[HUMOR] [COMICS] LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE. THE FIRST NINE VOLUMES

by Harold Gray | Gary W. Gallagher

Cupples and Leon, 1933. Pictorial Boards. Very Good binding. The first nine books of Little Orphan Annie. They are: 1. Little Orphan Annie; 2. Annie ... In the Circus; 3. The Haunted House; 4. Bucking the World; 5. Never Say Die!; 6. Shipwrecked; 7. A Willing Helper; 8. In Cosmic City; 9. And Uncle Dan.~~These are from the... Read More

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[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] THE LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNALS. AN AMERICAN EPIC OF DISCOVERY. THE ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEFINITIVE NEBRASKA EDITION
[SIGNED] [AMERICANA] THE LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNALS. AN AMERICAN EPIC OF DISCOVERY. THE ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEFINITIVE NEBRASKA EDITION

by Meriwether Lewis; William Clark | Gary E. Moulton [Editor] | Gary W. Gallagher

Lincoln: The University of Nebraska Press, 2003. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. Quarto; in the publisher's pale blue paper-covered boards backed in navy blue cloth, with dustjacket; lviii, 413 pages, with illustrations and maps; the front flaps has creasing.~~This copy with an inscription from the editor "To Ali, On the Trail of Lewis and... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] U.S. GRANT THE AMERICAN MILITARY TRADITION
[CIVIL WAR] U.S. GRANT THE AMERICAN MILITARY TRADITION

by Bruce Catton | Oscar Handlin [Editor] | Gary W. Gallagher

Boston: Litle, Brown and Company, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; x, 201 pages, including the Index; there are no ownership or other marks in the book.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; he has penned a card attesting... Read More

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]CIVIL WAR] THE CIVIL WAR IN DEPTH [2 VOLUMES] [WITH TWO VIEWERS]
]CIVIL WAR] THE CIVIL WAR IN DEPTH [2 VOLUMES] [WITH TWO VIEWERS]

by Bob Zeller | Gary Gallagher

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Two square quarto volumes; in pictorial boards; with view at the rear of Volume I; and viewer for Volume II in a separate cardboard portfolio.~~Both volumes are from the library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher, and laid into each is a card in his hand attesting to... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] [REVIEW COPY] LINCOLN'S AUTOCRAT. THE LIFE OF EDWIN STANTON
[CIVIL WAR] [REVIEW COPY] LINCOLN'S AUTOCRAT. THE LIFE OF EDWIN STANTON

by William Marvel | Gary W. Gallagher

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's black cloth binding ,with dustjacket; xvii, 611 pages, including Index, and with illustrations; there are no ownership marks in the book; there publisher's Review material is laid into the book.~~This copy is from the personal library... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] AMERICAN SCOUNDREL: THE LIFE OF THE NOTORIOUS CIVIL WAR GENERAL DAN SICKLES
[CIVIL WAR] AMERICAN SCOUNDREL: THE LIFE OF THE NOTORIOUS CIVIL WAR GENERAL DAN SICKLES

by Thomas Keneally | Gary W. Gallagher

New York: Doubleday, 2002. First Edition. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher’s brown paper-covered boards, backed in black cloth, with dustjacket; the dustjacket has not been price-clipped; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; Dr. Gallagher has penned a note... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] WHY THE NORTH WON THE CIVIL WAR
[CIVIL WAR] WHY THE NORTH WON THE CIVIL WAR

by David Herbert Donald; Richard Nelson Current; T. Harry Williams. Norman A. Graebner | [Gary W. Gallagher]

Lousiana University Press, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo; in the publisher’s red cloth binding, with dustjacket; 128 pages; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~The contents: God and the strongest battalions / by Richard N. Current -- The military leadership of north and south / by T. Harry... Read More

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[MILITARY] GEORGE MARSHALL. DEFENDER OF THE REPUBLIC
[MILITARY] GEORGE MARSHALL. DEFENDER OF THE REPUBLIC

by David L. Roll | [Gary Gallagher]

New York: Dutton Caliber, 2019. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's blue paper-covered boards, with dustjacket; 694 pages, including the Index; there are no marks in the book.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; Mr. Gallagher hand-wrote a card attesting to this; the... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] [SLAVERY] FREEDOM NATIONAL. THE DESTRUCTION OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1861-1865
[CIVIL WAR] [SLAVERY] FREEDOM NATIONAL. THE DESTRUCTION OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1861-1865

by James Oakes | Gary W. Gallagher

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2013. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's green paper-covered boards, backed in brown, with dustjacket; xxiv, 595 pages, including the Index; [16] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; there are no marks of any kind in the book.~~With material from the publisher laid in;... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] [NATIONAL PARK] THIS GREAT BATTLEFIELD OF SHILOH. HISTORY, MEMORY, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT O”F A CIVIL WAR NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
[CIVIL WAR] [NATIONAL PARK] THIS GREAT BATTLEFIELD OF SHILOH. HISTORY, MEMORY, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT O”F A CIVIL WAR NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

by Timothy B. Smith | Gary W. Gallagher

Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth with dustjacket; xxi, 179 pages including the Index; there are no ownership marks in the book.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; Dr. Gallagher has penned a note attesting to this... Read More

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[CIVIL WAR] THE CIVIL WAR MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. SEYMOUR. REMINISCENCES OF A LOUISIANA TIGER
[CIVIL WAR] THE CIVIL WAR MEMOIRS OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. SEYMOUR. REMINISCENCES OF A LOUISIANA TIGER

by William J. Seymour | Gary W. Gallagher

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding/Fine dust jacket. 8vo.; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; xi, 1-162 pages, including the Index; there are no ownership marks in the book.~~Eicher, in his bibligraphy, praises this book as providing “a brief but interesting memoir of an officer from the Trans-Mississippi West... Read More

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