Clash of Cavalry: Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863. by Downey, Fairfax - 1959

New York: David McKay. Fine copy in very good dust jacket. 1959. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 238 pp. .

New York: David McKay. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. Dust jacket has 3/4" tear at top, tear and very small fragment missing at bottom, small water stains on bottom back edge. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 238 pages .

NY: David McKay Company, Inc.. Map endpapers. Contains an illustrated section. In good plus condition - just an ex-library. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . Ex-Lib w/marks. Ex-library. Probably a 1st, NAP.. 1959.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc., (1959). Octavo, black cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, map illus. endpapers, 238 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia on June 9, 1863, was the zenith of American cavalry action. Never again would horsemen play such an important role in combat as they did that summer day when Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart’s forces met the cavalrymen of Union Commander Alfred Pleasonton. In the pages of Mr. Downey’s book there lives again the stirring conflict of the mounted arm. Gray and Blue regiments clash head on at the fords of the Rappahannock and on the slopes of Fleetwood Hill. Horse artillery gallops into action. Officers and troopers meet in single combat with saber and revolver in the greatest cavalry engagement of the Civil War, the battle that, as the Confederates conceded, “made the Yankee cavalry.” Confidence gained by the Union forces at this decisive battle in Virgina was never lost. Union… Read More

Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books Inc, 1987. Reprint. Used - Very Good. Minor wear on dust jacket. Reprint of the 1959 First edition.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Very good. No markings/writings on text. Dust jacket in fair condition; some shelf wear. FIRST EDITION. Will ship within 24-48 hours.

1959. DOWNEY, Fairfax. Clash of Cavalry: The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863. N.Y., [1959]. Illus. xii, 238pp. Fine in non-priceclipped d/j.

David McKay Company, 1987. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket. Bookplate stamp on title page.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: David McKay, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Reprint of 1959 edition.

David McKay Co New York 1959. ex lib, minimal markings, 238pp illus, VG+(v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed & soiled) d/w VG-(sl wear tears & creasing to extrems, sl rubbed & soiled)