A Summer Story, Sheridan's Ride and Other Poems.
by READ, Thomas Buchanan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott, 1865. First edition. Small octavo. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering, brown endpapers, top edge gilt. An excellent copy."A lyrical embodiment of General Phillip Henry Sheridan’s October 19, 1864, ride to rally Union troops at the battle of Cedar Creek, the poem’s patriotic theme and the general’s heroism encouraged audiences throughout the North. “The affrighted air with a shudder bore,” Read writes, “…Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.” When the war ended, the Union League of Philadelphia commissioned Read to bring his textual design to life in a painting" (Pennsylvania Center for the Book).
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71768
- Title
- A Summer Story, Sheridan's Ride and Other Poems.
- Author
- READ, Thomas Buchanan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. P. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1865
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Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Gilt
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