REVEILLE IN WASHINGTON 1860 - 1865; With an Introduction by James M. McPherson / Illustrations for This Edition Selected by Joan Paterson Kerr by Leech, Margaret - 1989

New York: Book of the Month Club, Inc.: THE AMERICAN PAST [series], 1989. First Edition Thus Illustrated, Printed, & Introduced. Cloth. Very Fine/Near Fine in Fine slipcase. Period glossy [hotos, maps,. Small 4to (10" x 7 3/8"), red cloth with black label on spine and author's facsimile signature in red on black embossed background on front cover [another facsimile signature on a front endpaper], Introduction by James M. McPherson (prominent Civil War historian), profusely illustrated with illustrations from the Civil War period, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting paroramic view of Washington, D.C. in 1861, blue ribbon page-marker, full-color endpapers with different scenes, xv, [xvi] + 523 pages + [2] About the Author & James McPherson [historian] + [2] Colophon PLUS: light red cloth slipcase with inset full-color period aerial view of the White House. Weight: 3 lbs. 3 oz. Margaret K. Leech (1893 - 1974), also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American historian and fiction writer. She won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for History for REVEILLE IN WASHINGTON, Harper, 1941 (first woman to win for history), and in 1960 for In the Days of McKinley, Harper. This edition is an enhanced, newly illustrated and introduced version of her first edition. <br/><br/>James McPherson is a leading scholar of the Civil War.<br/><br/>SUPERIOR CONDITION: A minor flaw is a 3/8" clean cut affecting the word "In" near the top of the dust jacket's spine. Immaculate copy with brilliant illustrations and Fine red cloth-over-boards slipcase. Previous owner's name on verso of front endpaper.