CIVIL WAR PAPERS. Read Before the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. (Two Volumes).
by Massachusetts Military Order of the Loyal Legion
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About This Item
(Printed and bound by F. H. Gilson Company for) The Commandery, Boston: 1900., 1900 Two Volumes. Mildly XLib. XLib stamps embossed in blind on some pages. XLib bookplates of Juniata College. Stamped ownership of W. B. Lowman. Top edges gold. Small 4to. Original full dark blue cloth binding, decorated with gold badges on front boards. Spines lettered in gold with library call marks. Bindings slightly soiled. Valuable (mostly first-hand) accounts of significant Civil War events, including: The Left Attack (Ewell's) at Gettysburg; Life in Confederate Prisons; Capture of Fort Fisher; Capture of Jackson; Battle of Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864; In the Wilderness; Battle of High Bridge; Stuart's Brigade at Shiloh; The Morning Suprise at Cedar Creek, Capture of Ft. Fisher; The first cruise of the Kearsarge, Fourteen months service with Colored Troops; Occupation of Jacksonville; Etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! JUN5 BOX 1 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Good.
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- Title
- CIVIL WAR PAPERS. Read Before the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. (Two Volumes).
- Author
- Massachusetts Military Order of the Loyal Legion
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- (Printed and bound by F. H. Gilson Company for) The Commandery, Boston: 1900.
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- AMERICANA; CIVIL WAR; UNITED STATES; MILITARY HISTORY; MASSACHUSETTS; MILIT ARY ORDER; LOYAL LEGION; WAR PAPERS; EDWARD EVERETT HALE; BREVET MAJO R GE NERAL N. MARTIN CURTIS; BRIGADIER HAZARD STEVENS; LIEUTE NANT ROYAL B. PRES COTT; CAPTURE OF RICHMOND; G
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- MILITARY; NAVAL;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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