Library Additions: Two Manly Wade Wellman Non-Fiction Firsts

My quest to own a first edition of every Manly Wade Wellman book draws closer to completion with these two non-fiction works:

  • Wellman, Manly Wade. The Rebel Songster: Songs the Confederates Sang. Heritage House, 1959. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight wear at points and slightly uneven glue binding along front cover joint, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with age darkening 2 1/2″ along front bottom and 1″ near spine, and small touches of dust soiling everywhere. A book of songs Confederate soldiers sung during the Civil War, with music, some familiar (“The Yellow Rose of Texas”), but most not. Bought for $35 on eBay, a good deal since I intermittently searched for this for several years when there were no copies to be found online at all.

  • Wellman, Manly Wade. The Story of Moore County. Moore County Historical Society, 1974. First edition hardback, a Fine- copy with slight wear at head and heel in a Fine- dust jacket with one 1/8″ closed tear at head (now under Mylar), slight wrinkling to top front jacket, and a few touches of general wear; a very nice copy. Non-fiction history of the North Carolina County. Bought off eBay for $10.

  • Wellman non-fiction books I lack:

  • (with Robert F. Cope) The County of Gaston. Gaston County Historical Society, 1961.
  • The County of Warren, North Carolina, 1586-1917. University of North Carolina Press, 1959.
  • Fastest on the River: The Great Race Between the “Natchez” and the “Robert E Lee”. Henry Holt, 1957.
  • Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. Scribners, 1949.
  • The Life And Times Of Sir Archie The Story Of America’s Greatest Thoroughbred, 1805-1833. University of North Carolina Press, 1958.
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