Recollections of the Civil War: with Many Original Diary Entries and Letters Written from the Seat of War, and with Annotated References
by Tyler, Mason Whiting [Edited by William S, Tyler]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: G, P, Putnam's Sons, 1912. First Edition. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, xvii, 379 pp. Frontis portrait of Tyler (1840-1907), 4 fold-out maps in very nice condition, TEG. Tyler was Lieut,-Colonel of the 37th Regiment Mass. Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and saw action at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness and Petersburg. Presentation copy, signed on ffep "To Cousin ----------, with affectionate regards. Will & Boardman Tyler. March 1915" Both Will and Boardman were sons of Mason Tyler. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. Lacking the dust jacket. Book condition VG+.
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- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NU8293
- Title
- Recollections of the Civil War: with Many Original Diary Entries and Letters Written from the Seat of War, and with Annotated References
- Author
- Tyler, Mason Whiting [Edited by William S, Tyler]
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G, P, Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
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