Housing 8,500 books in American history, biography and militaria, the bookshop specializes in the Civil War though it also offers plenty of material covering American history, the Napoleonic era and the U.S. presidency. In addition to selling antiquarian, new, used and reprints of books, the shop sells historical autographs and reproductions of Civil War paintings by the shop's resident artist. Semi-monthly Friday nights host the Civil War Round Table, a group established over fifty years ago that meets to discuss aspects of the Civil War.