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My Dear Brother: A Confederate Chronicle
by Catherine Thom Bartlett
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Sykesville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. My Dear Brother: A Confederate Chronicle. Red cloth boards and gilt lettering and design to front and spine. Very Good to Near Fine condition, with only faults a pinhead-sized spot to the fore edge and one to the front free endpaper. Very clean, with no markings inside or out. In Very Good dustjacket, with some rubbing to rear all-white panel, and some light wear along bottom of front panel. Based on a collection of family papers and correspondence from the Thom family of Baltimore County, in Maryland, USA. "A packet of old letters hel togeter by a faded yellow ribbon... and behind the red wax seals were the amazing secrets of an amazing family.... Descriptions of marriages, cake baking, courting, schooling, riding, traveling, sightseeing, and plantation life.... As the dark clouds of the War Between the States cast ominous shadows over the land.... The turbulence of the times is remarkably reflected in the personal letters Here they reach a height of intense interest and untold value. Propaganda is uncovered. Scenes shift quickly from Richmond to New Orleans, to Baltimore, to Mobile, to military prisons, and even across the Atlantic to Paris.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001744
- Title
- My Dear Brother: A Confederate Chronicle
- Author
- Catherine Thom Bartlett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Dietz Press, Incorporated
- Date Published
- 1952-01-01
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- US Civil War Military History
Terms of Sale
Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Sykesville, Maryland
About Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA
Bayside Books of Maryland is an online-only store, and has been operating since 2001. I believe in accurately identifying both edition and condition. I am a book collector myself, and understand the importance of complete and honest descriptions.
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