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Narrative of the Surrender of a Command of U.S. Forces At Fort Fillmore New Mexico in July, A.D., 1861
by MAJ James Cooper McKee, MC; LTC J.R. Baylor, CSA, & Others (Related Official Reports)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$38.48A$26.94
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About This Item
Houston, TX: Stagecoach Press, 1960 Stagecoach Press, Houston, TX. 1960. Hardcover. Limited Edition, 1 of 550 copies. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($4.75); tape repaired closed tear to upper corner of front panel with wrinkles to the paper; suntoned spine with wrinkling of paper near the spine; light soiling to rear panel. Rust colored cloth boards and spine with paper paste-on title on front board. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 64 pp 12mo. Laid in are two newspaper clippings on the surrender from 1965 and 1973. This book contains a complete text of the author's privately printed 1886 edition. This limited edition reprint contains McKee's full text and his plan of the old fort, plus his 1861 map of New Mexico, and reports by Confederate and Union officers from Official Records. McKee's full service record is included as is the full report of the engagement by LTC Baylor, CSA, and complete reports from MAJ Issac Lynde, Fort Fillmore Commandant to COL Canby. The book reports about the abandonment of Fort Fillmore to the Confederates and the flight of the Union troops across the Organ Mountains with their surrender in the desert. Two maps are present; one as frontispiece and the second after the index. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015000
- Title
- Narrative of the Surrender of a Command of U.S. Forces At Fort Fillmore New Mexico in July, A.D., 1861
- Author
- MAJ James Cooper McKee, MC; LTC J.R. Baylor, CSA, & Others (Related Official Reports)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Stagecoach Press
- Place of Publication
- Houston, TX
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fort Fillmore, Civil War, Mesilla New Mexico, Confederate States of America Troops, Union Forces, Surrender of Fort Fillmore, Civil War in New Mexico,
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Mexico Related; Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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