The Beleaguered City : Richmond, 1861-1865 by Alfred Hoyt Bill - 1946

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. STATED FIRST EDITION. Alfred Knopf, 1946. HARDCOVER. Dust jacket, now in a clear plastic archival cover, is discolored, chipped and worn, with an open tears along the top of the spine, and several closed ones elsewhere (see photo). Page ends tanned. Text unmarked. A slight crack in the spine before the half-title page, but the binding is good. Fold-out map intact.

Cover shows a little wear. Interior clean. A few black and white illustrations. Pictures on request

VIKING PRESS. Hardcover. USED Good.

New York: Knopf, 1946. Cloth a bit sunned around the edges. 342 pp.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Knopf, 1946. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Chipping to spine ends of jacket. .

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 313 pages plus index. Tan cloth boards that show minor fading to top, spine and light discoloration to back cover. Otherwise very good. No dust jacket. Generous selection of black and white illustrations. This copy also complete with both the fold-out maps that are often missing: (1) City of Richmond in 1861; and (2) Richmond-Petersburg Theatre of Operations. These ten chapters reconstitute, across an eighty-year gap, the everyday life of a capital city close behind the fighting fronts of a prolonged war. From records that originated close to the facts or in the midst of them--newspapers, advertisements, diaries, letters, stenographic reports of the time--Mr. Bill discloses how people lived on the home front of the Confederacy. He tells in abundant detail what the people did to amuse themselves, what rumors alternately exalted and depressed them, about what and whom they gossiped, what they found procurable in the black market… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1946. First. hardcover. very good(-)/good. Illus. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. chipped, torn, and lightly soiled, top and bottom of cloth covers faded from sun exposure, previous owner's rubber stamp on d.w. and title page. New York: Knopf, 1946.<br/><br/>

NEW YORK: ALFRED A KNOPF, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 313 Pp. THE COMPANION VOLUME TO STARS IN THEIR COURSES.A MARVELOUS ACCOUNT OF GRANT'S SIEGE OF THE MISSISSIPPI PORT OF VICKSBURG. BOOK DESCRIPTION: TAUPE LINEN HARDBOUND, GILT GOLD STAMPED TITLE/DESIGN ON SPINE COVER AND FRONT BOARD. DIMENSIONS: 8 1/2" x 6" x 1." CONDITION: VERY GOOD; LIGHT WATER MARK ON BOTH EDGES OF BOOK, STRONG SPINE, BRIGHT AND CLEAN TEXT PAGES.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition. Octavo, brown cloth, dark green letters and illus. to upper cover, xiv + 310 pp + xviii pp, folding map. Near Fine, with darkened spine and edges; in a repaired dust jacket. Photographs gladly provided upon request. From dust jacket: These ten chapters reconstitute, across an eighty-year gap, the everyday life of a capital city close behind the fighting fronts of a prolonged war. From records that originated close to the facts or in the midst of them -- newspapers, advertisements, diaries, letters, stenographic reports of the time -- Mr. Bill discloses how people lived on the home front of the Confederacy. He tells in abundant detail what the people did to amuse themselves, what rumors alternately exalted and depressed them, about what and whom they gossiped, what they found procurable in the black market and what it cost them, what makeshifts they resorted to when staple commodities ran out, what they thought and said (and thought without… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine is slightly faded. Dustjacket has some edgewear and light soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages .