The Western Front: A Little Calendar of the Great War

by Gordon, Armistead Churchill

One of 150 copies on handmade paper

Price: $150.00
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[Staunton, VA]: Privately printed, 1928. One of 150 copies on handmade paper. Paper covered boards, 8vo, 58 pages.. Very Good. Unopened, paper browned. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WITHIN DAYS OF HIS DEATH IN 1931 TO JOHN COOK WYLLIE, the legendary Special Collections Librarian at the University of Virginia. Gordon attended the University of Virginia for two years, beginning in 1873, then taught school and studied law, joining the bar in 1879. He practiced law in Staunton, Virginia, where he was mayor for two years, and served as Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a member of the Boards of Visitors of the College of William & Mary and the University of Virginia, where he also served as rector, and he was the first chairman of the Virginia State Library Board. His tenure on the University of Virginia board included the aftermath of the burning of The Rotunda. He received an honorary of Doctor of Laws degree from the College of William & Mary in 1906 and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Washington and Lee University in 1923. He was a president of The Virginia Bar Association, for 1920-21. Haynes 7173.

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