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New York: Greystone, 1937. 1st ed.. Hardcover. Book: Good. 8vo.. 386 pp. 5 5/8 x 8 3/4. Dark blue cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on front and spine. No dj. Cloth faded to gray at spine. Prev owner's sig on ffep. No other interior markings or damage noted.

NY: The Greystone Press, 1937. Mapped end pages. Clean and tight textblock. Dark blue top edge. Moderate character wear, light shelf wear, with spine and front board titling very faded; Lacks dust jacket; 386p., including index.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Plates/Mapped End Pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

The Greystone Press, 1937. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York: The Greystone Press. 1937. 386 pp. Illustrated. Hardcover. Blue cloth binding shows some noticeable shelf wear and soiling with fading down the spine. Interior is clean and free of marks. One plate is detached. Otherwise a very good copy.

New York: Greystone Press, 1937. Hardcover. Good. First edition. viii, 386pp. Illustrated in black-and-white with map-illustrated endpapers. Navy blue clothcovered boards stamped in gilt. Some offsetting to the endpapers, sunning to the spine, and water damage to the top of the boards, spine, and foredge partially wrinkling the interior but only very lightly staining the top margin of the pages, the text remains bright and clean, still a good reading copy, lacking the dust jacket.

New York: The Greystone Press, 1937. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Spine a bit faded, as usual. No owner's name or bookplate. Frontispiece portrait and 15 other illustrations. Endpaper maps. Title page continues: "The Only American Commander Who Never Lost A Battle, The One Victorious General to Lose a Presidential Election, Patron of Lee, Protector of Lincoln, Most Inept of Politicians, Strategist, Statesman, Humanitarian." From the Dust Jacket: "Winfield Scott is one of the most compelling figures in American history, and at the same time, one of the most shabbily neglected. His life spanned a glamorous and exciting period, from the closing years of the eighteenth century, through the War of 1812, the Indian Wars, the War with Mexico, to the close of the civil war. In all of these Scott played a prominent part... As junior officers under him he had men who were later to write their own names in history, men like Robert E. Lee, Sheridan, and Sherman." The book… Read More

N. Y.: Greystone Press, 1937. D.j. (very worn on edges w/small tears), 386 pp., 16 pp. of illus., endpaper maps, index. He was a Regimental Officer in the War of 1812, Commander of the Expeditionary force in the Mexican War, and Commander in Chief of the Army at the beginning of the Civil War.. 1st.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: The Greystone Press, 1937. First edition, 1937. Somewhat worn copy in dark blue cloth, frontis portrait, illustrated dustjacket. The book has some waviness to the cover cloth, possibly from moisture exposure but with no damp odor, good hinges, sound text block, slightlyl age-yellowed but clean pages with some subtle waviness but no staining to the bottom of the first few pages, foxed edges and endpapers, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is fair overall with some heavy edge rubbing, spotting and overall grubbiness, foxing to rear panel, almost no paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: The Greystone Press, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The cover shows light edgewear with sunning to the spine. Signed by the author on the half title page.

1937. (SCOTT, WINFIELD). SMITH, Arthur D. Howden. Old Fuss & Feathers: The Life and Exploits of Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott. N.Y., 1937. 1st ed. Illus. 386pp. d/j.

New York: The Greystone Press, 1937. 386 pages, with 16 pages of black and white illustrations and reproductions. Blue cloth covers with gold titles, top and base of spine are lightly faded, endpaper and page edges are lightly yellowed, previous owner's name inscribed on verso of frontspiece, Very Good. Blue cloth dust jacket wth white titles, not price clipped, top and base of spine, corners are bumped with small chips and tears, edges worn with creases and tears, rear cover is yellowed, edges are rubbed, Fair.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

New York: The Greystone Press, 1937. 386 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Faint sunning to edges of covers. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear and tear to extremities. Spine a bit sunned. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.