JOSHUA WILLIAM CALDWELL. A MEMORIAL VOLUME. CONTAINING HIS BIOGRAPHY, WRITINGS AND ADDRESSES. Prepared and edited by a Committee of the Irving Club of Knoxville, Tennessee
by Caldwell, Joshua William; [Henry H. Ingersoll, et al., compilers; Maude Waddell, her copy]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Nashville, Tenn.: Published for the Club by the Brandon Printing Co., [1909. Presumed date of publication; foreword dated Sept. 15, 1909.] 338 pages, plus portrait frontispiece. Original black cloth with black leather spine label, stamped in gold. [25 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with light internal markings and very faint impression of removed call number at base of spine. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on several leaves including frontispiece and title, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else very good and still a fairly attractive copy overall. Minor rubbing and faint evidence of soil to cloth. Light marginal soiling to title page; one small ink mark in margin of contents page. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR'S WIDOW, on blank verso of frontispiece (no impact on recto). It reads: "To Miss Maude Waddell, Compliments of Mrs. Joshua W. Caldwell." [Maude Waddell was a North Carolina poet. Her collected works were published in 1942 under the title: "`Song of the South' (Poems): Life Work of Maude Waddell, Poet Laureate General of the Confederate Memorial Association." She also contributed a number of articles to the Charlotte "News" and the Charlotte "Observer."] Joshua William Caldwell (1856-1909), of Knoxville, Tennessee, was a leading attorney, civic leader, writer, and orator. This collection of his writings includes Civil War reminiscences, various historical essays and biographical sketches, one story, and one poem. The "Biographical Sketch" of Caldwell (pp. 7-53) is written by Henry H. Ingersoll and George F. Mellen.
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- Bookseller
- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000253
- Title
- JOSHUA WILLIAM CALDWELL. A MEMORIAL VOLUME. CONTAINING HIS BIOGRAPHY, WRITINGS AND ADDRESSES. Prepared and edited by a Committee of the Irving Club of Knoxville, Tennessee
- Author
- Caldwell, Joshua William; [Henry H. Ingersoll, et al., compilers; Maude Waddell, her copy]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Published for the Club by the Brandon Printing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Nashville, Tenn.
- Date Published
- [1909]
- Keywords
- southern women
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; TENNESSEE;
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About the Seller
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
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Durham, North Carolina
About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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