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First With the Most" Forrest: Signed by the author
by Henry, Robert Selph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good +/fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1944. First Edition (Bedford Edition). Hardcover. Good +/fair. Octavo. [1], 558 pages. Illustrated. Dark red cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Light edge wear, creases, and small tears to the dust jacket. Jacket has some old tape repairs. Light foxing to the verso of the jacket. Signed by the author on the Bedford Edition title page preceeding the half title page. Stated first edition. 1979 gift inscription written in pen to a distant cousin of Forrest on the rear end sheet.
Tall Cotton 87; Nevins II page 62.
Tall Cotton 87; Nevins II page 62.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28104
- Title
- First With the Most" Forrest
- Author
- Henry, Robert Selph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (Bedford Edition)
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Confederacy
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