Life in the Confederate Army: Being the Observations and Experiences of an Alien in the South During the American Civil War
by WATSON, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0809442957
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442959
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Black blind-embossed full leather with gilt lettering. xvi, 456pp. All edges gilt.. Frontispiece, illustrations, marbled endpapers, sewn-in red silk page marker. Fine. Tight, handsome facsimile of the uncommon 1888 Scribner and Welford first edition, a volume in the "Collector's Library of the Civil War" series. Notes James I. Robertson Jr., "Sketchy memoirs of a British subject who served in the Confederate army until 1863, then engaged in blockade-running; an excellent commentary on Southern military life." NEVINS I, 175.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35991
- Title
- Life in the Confederate Army: Being the Observations and Experiences of an Alien in the South During the American Civil War
- Author
- WATSON, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0809442957
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442959
- Publisher
- Time-Life Books
- Place of Publication
- Alexandria
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY OF THE CIVIL WAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Civil War;
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