Jefferson Davis: American Patriot, 1808-1861

(DAVIS, JEFFERSON). STRODE, Hudson. Jefferson Davis: American Patriot, 1808-1861. New York; Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1955]. 1st ed. xx, 460 pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Small chip to rear panel of d/j, else near fine. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper, "For Sam Moore, with high and wide good wishes, from Hudson Strode. Jefferson Davis Memorial Chapel, November 12, 1960." Moore was the author of Moore's Complete Civil War Guide to Richmond and a president of the Richmond Civil War Round Table. With Moore's signed bookplate and occasional small marks to text in pen and pencil. [with] STRODE, Hudson. Jefferson Davis: Confederate President. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1959]. 1st ed. xvii, 556 pp. Portrait frontis., map endpapers. Orig. cloth-backed boards, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine in very lightly worn d/j. Presentation inscription on 1/2-title, "For Samuel J. T. Moore, Jr., with the best of good wishes from Hudson Strode, November 11, 1960." With Moore's bookplate and a few small marginal marks to one page. [with] STRODE, Hudson. Jefferson Davis: Tragic Hero, the Last Twenty-Five Years, 1864-1889. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1964]. 1st ed. xx, 556 pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. cloth-backed boards, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine in near fine d/j. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper, "For Sam Moore, with esteem and affectionate greetings as well as every good wish, Hudson Strode." With Moore's bookplate and several small, occasional ink marks in the text and a brief note on p. 319 about his ownership of a Cane once belonging to Jefferson Davis, mentioned in the text. [with] STRODE, Hudson, ed. Jefferson Davis: Private Letters, 1823-1889. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, [1966]. 1st ed. xxi, 580 pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. cloth-backed boards, priceclipped d/j. Fine in lightly rubbed d/j. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. A wonderful inscribed set of the seminal biography of the Confederate president. Nevins II, pp. 51, 92. "An ambitious and sympathetic biography, meticulously researched and well-written; Davis, the author hopes, will no longer be "either misunderstood or begrudged.