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A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
by COOKE, John Esten (LEE, E. Robert)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
First Edition (same date on title and verso). 3/4 Morocco with gilt lettering and raised bands on spine. Marbled boards. Some rubbing to leather corners, slight scuffing to boards. Edges dyed red, textblock VG. Fold-out map at back is clean and intact. Pages/boards clean and vibrant, NO foxing or markings. Overall a very nice near-fine copy. First edition of this "early classic on the Southern hero," published shortly after Lee's death, with steel-engraved frontispiece portrait, 14 full-page illustrations and engraved portraits, and ten maps (one folding), scarce in publisher's morocco. This important contemporary biography of Lee is by historian and novelist John Cooke who, at the outbreak of war, "became an ardent secessionist and joined Confederate forces after Virginia's secession. Throughout the war he served as a staff officer in the Army of Northern Virginia, coming into close contact with Lee" (Encyclopedia of the American Civil War, 495).
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 342
- Title
- A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
- Author
- COOKE, John Esten (LEE, E. Robert)
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's Deluxe Morocco / Marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- Large 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War, Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- FALL 2024;
Terms of Sale
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
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About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
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- VG
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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