Extremities of dust jacket are a bit stressed, now protected by fresh mylar cover. No defects in book. Pages are crisp, tight, unmarked; book appears unread. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 560 pages. Signed by Author. K2 View More...
No defects, book is As New and unread. Bound in brown cloth covers with bright gilt titles. . Facsimile reprint of a classic economic work on the economic impact of slavery, and the thesis that the real causes of the American Civil War were economic. First published in 1862, during the Civil War. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 171 pages. M2 View More...
Hinge is starting in a couple of spots, light rubbing to extremities of spine. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Bright gilt on top page ends, beautiful illustration of the legionaries on front cover. . A handsome copy of the second edition, stated, published in 1899, the same year as the first, by the same publisher. The Great Raid alluded to in the title is Morgan's Raid, an incursion by Confederate cavalry into the Union states of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia during the American Civil War. This book is a piece of historical fiction based on real events. . 8vo 8" ... View More...
Faint vertical crease to spine, no other defects. No date on title page, no printings indication on copyright page. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Seldom if ever read. . Illustrated by Hattie Longstreet Price. A gorgeous copy of a scarce book. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. T5 View More...
Gilt on page ends is a bit dulled. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . Facsimile reprint of a work originally published by the Confederate Publishing Company in 1899. Bound in red cloth; tight, square, pages clean and bright. Marbled endpapers, bright gilt decoration (the Confederate seal) and lettering on front cover and spine. A beautiful copy. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 380 pages. C5 View More...
Original black cloth covers are heavily embossed with decoration on front, back and spine; gilt on spine is dulled. Covers are lightly soiled, worn and chipped at a few spots on extremities, bumped corners, lightly gnawed for an inch at bottom edge of front cover. Bookplate inside front cover identifies this book as having been presented to the Athenian Society Library by Col. French, as as being copy No. 538 in that library's collection. Front hinge is starting to crack, otherwise binding is tight and solid. A few pages in the book are heavily foxed, most only lightly, all are quite readable.... View More...
Gray card covers are lightly soiled, staples in booklet have rusted with subsequent discoloration of pages around the staples. . General Foster was born in Vernon, Indiana and lived in Indianapolis. He fought in the Civil War on the side of the Union. Scarce. This is a brief history of his life and career in the Army. First edition, published in 1915. . Indiana Historical Society. Publications. Vol. V, No. 6 Series. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 16 pages. L3 View More...
Top page ends are spotted, no other defects in book or jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Volume 2 only. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 526 pages. I2 View More...
