DESCRIPTION
The Blue Coats and how They Lived, Fought and Died for the Union. With Scenes and Incidents in the Great Rebellion.
Published just two years after the Civil War. Includes all 18 foldout engravings, plus two frontispiece
engravings (complete). The over 100 portraits and engravings cover 96 generals and commanders and 6 scenes (including battle scenes). Detailed
table of contents. Gilt embossed cover, including an eagle with cannons. 510
pages.
CONDITION
Good condition. Cover has
wear, especially on spine edges and the corners are bumped. Endpapers have
chips and tears. Front hinge and endpaper are slightly loose, but the binding is
solid. Owner’s name in pencil on endpaper (Sallie Doremus). Foxing and toning of varying
degrees, the worst appears to be the frontispieces, which is due to the tissue protector, as is typical. But most of the text pages
are pretty clean. Some crinkling at the tops of the foldouts. Textblock edges
have toning/soiling. See photos.
Note: We try to highlight
any significant condition issues that we are aware of, but used books can have
any number of small defects. Please inspect the photos carefully as these are
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