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CIVIL WAR COLLECTOR'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, Arms, Uniforms and Equipment of the Union and Confederacy

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by Francis A. Lord. Softbound, 376 pages, 8-1/2" x 11". This comprehensive reference will be invaluable to anyone requiring accurate data on the Civil War period. Indispensable for identifying, describing, and understanding the use of more than 800 items, the text is arranged alphabetically by topic, with subjects ranging from artillery accoutrements, heavy cannon, boats, and barracks equipment to bridge materials, a charcoal water filter, brass name stencils (to label personal equipment), and an enormous variety of weapons. Material is cross-referenced for quick location of individual entries.

NEAT & TIDY, Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American Households
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by Nina Fletcher Little. Softbound, 204 pages, 6-1/2" x 9". A comprehensive study of boxes used before the Civil War in the United States. The author examines a variety of boxes designed for household, artistic, and recreational purposes throughout the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. Small Shaker boxes, tobacco boxes, hat boxes and candle boxes right up to the storage chests still used today. A must for the collector of antique boxes.