James Longstreet I Soldier II Politician, Officeholder and Writer
by Hay, Thomas Robson; Sanger, Donald Bridgman
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Louisiana State University Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Hay, Thomas Robson; Sanger, Donald Bridgman : James Longstreet I - Soldier; II - Politician, Officeholder and Writer. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1952. First edition. "James Murfin's copy." Size is super royal octavo (8vo), 9.5"/24cm H. Lacking dj. Bound in publisher's chocolate brown cloth, gilt lettering and black decoration to spine. Light yellow/vanilla plain endpapers. xii pp prelim material, 460 numbered pages, plus 14 unnumbered sheets (would be counted as 28 pp) glossy b&w white inserts (photos and maps) scattered through text. An interesting approach - two separate biographies by two different authors bound together. The Soldier section takes up three quarters of the book . Each has a separate 'critical essay on authorities' but (thankfully) a single index covers both. Condition notes: At first glance, merely a solid reading copy structurally sound. Lacking dj. Binding solid and square. No notes or highlighting. Wear to boards (spine ends rolled, corners bumped). Light foxing to top edge; a brown stain mars the lower 3" of the fore-edge extending the outer inch of the lower edge. Through the penetration marvels of coffee, the stain does extend onto many pages by as much as a half inch. Former owner's embossed stamp on front flyleaf reads: "Library of James V. Murfin". Murfin penned the famous account of the Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg "A Gleam of Bayonets" (winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award of the New York Civil War Roundtable for the best nonfiction Civil War book of 1965). Subsequently Murfin wrote on behalf of the National Park Service, including volumes on battlefields of the US Civil War and the American Revolution. You can imagine the edge stain came from Murfin's coffee cup as he read Sanger's account of Antietam, excited to tell another version of the story...and "the rest is history." We personally inspect every book we offer.
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- Bookseller
- Furrowed Brow Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 211111008
- Title
- James Longstreet I Soldier II Politician, Officeholder and Writer
- Author
- Hay, Thomas Robson; Sanger, Donald Bridgman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 2.38 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Civil War;
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Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in a magical, historic farmhouse in piedmont Maryland stuffed with books. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
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Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in a magical, historic farmhouse in piedmont Maryland stuffed with books. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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