OLD FUSS AND FEATHERS - The Life and Exploits of Lt. General Winfield Scott by Smith, Arthur D Howden

New York: Greystone, 1937. 1st ed.. Hardcover. Book: Good. 8vo.. 386 pp. 5 5/8 x 8 3/4. Dark blue cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on front and spine. No dj. Cloth faded to gray at spine. Prev owner's sig on ffep. No other interior markings or damage noted.

NY: The Greystone Press, 1937. Mapped end pages. Clean and tight textblock. Dark blue top edge. Moderate character wear, light shelf wear, with spine and front board titling very faded; Lacks dust jacket; 386p., including index.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Plates/Mapped End Pages. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Greystone Press, 1937. Hardcover. Good. First edition. viii, 386pp. Illustrated in black-and-white with map-illustrated endpapers. Navy blue clothcovered boards stamped in gilt. Some offsetting to the endpapers, sunning to the spine, and water damage to the top of the boards, spine, and foredge partially wrinkling the interior but only very lightly staining the top margin of the pages, the text remains bright and clean, still a good reading copy, lacking the dust jacket.

New York: The Greystone Press, 1937. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Spine a bit faded, as usual. No owner's name or bookplate. Frontispiece portrait and 15 other illustrations. Endpaper maps. Title page continues: "The Only American Commander Who Never Lost A Battle, The One Victorious General to Lose a Presidential Election, Patron of Lee, Protector of Lincoln, Most Inept of Politicians, Strategist, Statesman, Humanitarian." From the Dust Jacket: "Winfield Scott is one of the most compelling figures in American history, and at the same time, one of the most shabbily neglected. His life spanned a glamorous and exciting period, from the closing years of the eighteenth century, through the War of 1812, the Indian Wars, the War with Mexico, to the close of the civil war. In all of these Scott played a prominent part... As junior officers under him he had men who were later to write their own names in history, men like Robert E. Lee, Sheridan, and Sherman." The book… Read More

NY: The Greystone Press, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The cover shows light edgewear with sunning to the spine. Signed by the author on the half title page.

1937. (SCOTT, WINFIELD). SMITH, Arthur D. Howden. Old Fuss & Feathers: The Life and Exploits of Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott. N.Y., 1937. 1st ed. Illus. 386pp. d/j.

New York: The Greystone Press, 1937. 386 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Faint sunning to edges of covers. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear and tear to extremities. Spine a bit sunned. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.