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February 19, 2012 | Ithaca, NY, USA
Lot 3002 | 36V LIBRARY OF THE CIVIL WAR 1996-1998 Easton Press Deluxe Leather-Bound Edition
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Title: Library of the Civil War
Author: uncredited author
Publisher: The Easton Press
City: Norwalk, Connecticut
Year: 1996-1998
Binding Style: Hardcover
Number of Volumes: 36 Complete: Yes
Width: 6.5" Height: 9.75"
Book Details: De Luxe edition of this history of the Civil War with contributions by eminent historians.
List of titles: 1. 4 vol R. E. Lee: A Biography, Douglas Southall Freeman. 2. 3 vol The Civil War: A narrative, Shelby Foote. 3. 3 vol Civil War Trilogy: A Stillness at Appomattox, Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, Bruce Catton. 4. 2 vol Mary Chesnut's Civil War, Edited by C. Vann Woodward. 5. 2 vol The gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command, Edwin B. Coddington. 6. 2 vol Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, James M. McPherson. 7. 2 vol The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Jefferson Davis. 8. Personal memoirs of U. S. Grant, Edited with notes and an introduction by E. B. Long. 9. This Terrible Sound: The battle of Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens. 10. Sheridan in the Shenandoah: Jubal Early's Nemesis, Edward J. Stackpole . 11. Fiasco at Fredericksburg, Vorin E. Whan, Jr. 12. The Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Union, Bell Irvin Wiley. 13. Memoirs of general William T. Sherman, two volumes complete in one. 14. Jefferson Davis: The Man and his Hour, William C. Davis. 15. The Gleam of Bayonets: The Battle of Antietam and the Maryland Campaign of 1862. 16. Mighty Stonewall, Frank E. Vandiver. 17. Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War, William C. Davis. 18. To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign, Stephen W. Sears. 19. The Web of Victory: Grant at Vicksburg, Earl Schenck Miers. 20. Chancellorsville 1863: The Soul of the Brave, Ernest B. Furgurson. 21. Why the Confederacy Lost, Edited by Gabor S. Boritt. 22. Fort Henry and Donelson: The Key to the Confederate Heartland, Benjamin Franklin Cooling. 23. Partners in Command: The Relationshipd Between Leaders in the Civil War, Joseph T Glatthaar. 24. The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy, Bell Irvin Wiley.
Condition / Notes: Handsome deluxe set is bound in full blue leather with raised bands and stamped gilt lettering and pictorial designs showing Civil War figures and/or motifs. Books are in excellent condition. Endpapers show satin finish. Bookplates issued by publisher appear on front pastedowns. Printed on specially milled archival-quality paper. Pages have gilt edges. Profusely illustrated with maps, photographs, drawings and color plates. Each volume has a satin ribbon marker.
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Estimated Price: $2,500 - $3,000
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