New York: E. B. Treat, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition. Hardcover. "Another of those emotional presentations by a volunteer female nurse in the field" (Nevins, Vol. 1, 105). This mildly misogynist review notwithstanding, a very handsome copy of this minor classic. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of fraying at head and tail, ownership signature at ffep, touch of sporadic foxing/soiling, else tight, bright and unmarred. Purple cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece, tissueguard, color title page. 8vo. 477pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

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Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5550
Title: Boys in Blue or Heroes of Rank and File
Author: Eddy, Thomas
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+. No DJ as Issued.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: E. B. Treat
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1867
Keywords: Military/Civil War | History, History of Ideas, Non-Fiction

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