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THE LIFE O MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS
by Van Horne, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Octavo (8 3/4 by 6 inches) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. First Edition. x, 502 pages, eight folded maps, frontis is an engraved portrait of Thomas.
Appendix contains "Roster of Troops Engaged at Mill Springs, Kentucky January 19, 1862," and "Organization of U. S. Forces Commanded by Major General Geo. H. Thomas, at the Battle of Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 15 and 16, 1864." Index, and six pages of Publisher's advertisements.
Original blue cloth binding, with facsimile signature of General Thomas centered on upper cover in gilt; and title, author, and publisher in gilt on spine. Very good condition (light, old water stain to lower right corner of front cover, and lower left corner of back cover; not affecting contents that are intact, bright, and clean).
A biography of "The Rock of Chickamauga," previously belonging to a West Point graduate, Captain F. W. Mansfield, U. S. Infantry, with his book plate on front pastedown, and his inked signature, at "Fort Apache, Arizona, September 1897" on front fly leaf.
According to Nevins: "Civil War Books, A Critical Bibliography," volume II, page 97 - "An attempt to vindicate Thomas and to accord him the justice that the author felt had been withheld by previous writers."
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- Bookseller
- Caravan Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1074
- Title
- THE LIFE O MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE H. THOMAS
- Author
- Van Horne, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1882
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Life of Major-General George H. Thomas "Rock of Chickamauga"
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Old and Rare; Biography; Military History; Civil War; History; First Edition; Antiquarian; American Army; Major-General George H. Thomas;
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Caravan Book Store
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About the Seller
Caravan Book Store
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Los Angeles, California
About Caravan Book Store
For more than 65 years, we have specialized in rare and out of print books on the Western experience, satisfying a vast and varied clientele. Our focus is on early California and Los Angeles, represented by books, ephemera, paintings, and prints. Fine press, printing history, literature, gastronomy, aviation, railroads, and voyages are also available. Our store opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1954, and is now closed; but we are still available by phone, regular mail, and email. We issue occasional catalogs online.
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