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The Civil War: A Narrative; Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Red River to Appomattox
by Foote, Shelby
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House (1958), (1963), (1974), 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Very Good. 3 vol. Large 8vo. [9], 4-840, [2]; [9], 4-988, [2]; [9], 4-1106, [6] pp. All three volumes bound in textured grey cloth with gold lettering blocked in blue on the spine; grey topstain. Detailed maps on the endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with numerous maps throughout the volumes. All three volumes are first printings in the correct dust jackets, volume 1 with price of $10.00 on the jacket's front flap and "11/58" on its rear flap; volume 2 with a price of $12.50 and "11/63" on the front flap; volume 3 with its price blackened out on the ront flap and "11/74" on its rear flap. Broadfoot 202. Nevins 13. An attractive set of all three volumes in Foote's classic military study of the Civil War, uncommon in the first edition. Volume 1 is a very near Fine book with a tiny ding to the rear board in a Very Good lightly edge-worn dust jacket with a few tiny chips and a small area of discoloration to the front panel; volume 2 is just about Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with wear and a couple of tiny chips to the crown of the spine panel and a few small closed tears; volume 3 is Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with a few traces of edge wear and toning and its price blackened out (‘$' visible).
Synopsis
Although he now makes his home in Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby Foote comes from a long line of Mississippians. He was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During World War II he served in the European theater as a captain of field artillery. In the period since the war, he has written five novels: Tournament, Follow Mc Down, Love in a Dry Season, Shiloh and Jordan County. He has been awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008037
- Title
- The Civil War: A Narrative; Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, Red River to Appomattox
- Author
- Foote, Shelby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Random House (1958), (1963), (1974)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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