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Books for Libraries Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Hardcover. Good. .

C. Scribner's Sons, 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1.0000 7.7000 5.6000. Cover shows minor wear and rubbing, heavy soiling on the spine. Staining on the edges, old price sticker and minor writing on the front free endpaper. Pages are tanned and mostly clean.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Publishers dark green pebbled cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt, brown endpapers, frontispiece guarded color map of Florida, one additional map in color, two maps in b&w. ; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"; 316 pp; Lightly worn at spine ends and board corners, abraded area along spine at front board. Otherwise little wear. Binding remains tight and interior is clean and unmarked. .

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New York: Scribner's, 1890. Book. NVG. Original Cloth. First Edition. Book has owners signature, modest cover wear. Gilt lettering is nearly complete on the spine..

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Field on the fep: "Our dear Lucy, from Uncle Henry." Lucy Field was the mother of author Rachel Field. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 316 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.. First edition. Hardcover. Very good in original publisher's cloth. Top edge gilt. Small name and address label on front free endpaper otherwise a tight, clean and unmarked copy. 316pp. + 2 full page coloured maps hors-texte. 2 black and white maps i n text..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and brown coated end-papers. 316 pages. Signed presentation copy to Rev. William M. Paxton [1824 - 1904, Presbyterian minister and professor of theology at Princeton]. Illustrated with 2 full page color maps, 2 sketch maps and 1 full page plate. First edition. Front inner hinge cracked but holding, light fraying to spine ends. No previous ownership marks. The author, himself a Presbyterian minister, was the author of a series of books on travel The present title deals with Florida, the Civil War and the growing racial problem in the United Stated. "Writing about race in Bright Skies and Dark Shadows, Field claimed that segregation was part of human instinct which could not be overcome through legislation." A clean, square, sound copy with author's inscription signed and dated… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original wine cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Brown endpages. TOp edge gilt. Illustrated by black and white plates and coloured maps. Front endpages starting, binding is sound. Some light shelfwear to cloth.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1890. Hardcover. Very good hardback with clean interior. Front cover contains bookplate from Bradford Public Library .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

This is an antique book focusing on the Civil War, as well as post-war race relations, "Bright Skies and Dark Shadows" by Henry M. Field. 1890 1st edition; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. The book features at least two color maps, and two black & white maps. Gilt top page edges. Here are a few examples of the contents: Over the Mountains: Asheville and Knoxville - A Reminiscence of the War; From Chattanooga to Atlanta - Along the Track of Sherman's March; The Black Belt and the Race Problem; The Negro Vote; Capacity of the Negro - His Position in the North - The Color Line in New England; The Expatriation of a Whole Race; Old Masters Caring for Their Old Slaves; A Camp Meeting in the Woods with a Few Words to My Colored Brethren; A Story of the War - The Battle of Franklin; The Hermitage - The Home and Burial-Place of Andrew Jackson; Stonewall Jackson and the Valley Campaign; The Last Days of General Lee...and more - please see the photos for the complete list.From the author's Preface: "It is… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8.2x5.5x1.1in. abrasion to front endpaper from sticker removal. Recollections of a minister's travels through the wartime South, with a long chapter treating of the battle of Franklin, Tenn. Illustrated with a color map of the Peninsula of Florida, a black and white map From Columbia to Spring Hill, a black and white map of the Battle-Field of Franklin, and a color map of The Shenandoah Valley, Illustrating the Valley Campaign of Stonewall Jackson. 316pp 1.27lb 8.2x5.5x1.1in

New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1890.. 316pp. plus a color frontispiece map of the Florida peninsula, three plates and three maps. Original green publisher's cloth, spine gilt. Moderate chipping and wear to head of spine, front hinge cracked, light shelf wear. Interior generally bright and clean. Overall a good plus copy. A travelogue in the form of a collection of written sketches about the American South during and after the Civil War by author and clergyman, Henry M. Field. Field, told by his doctor to travel south for his health, took a trip from New York to Florida, stopping by battlefields and communities of color. His sketches run from his own analysis of postwar racial tensions between Black and White in the South to descriptions of the countryside that was previously a theater of war. The first seven chapters deal with Florida, and Field was also "deeply concerned with the problems of reconstruction in the South" (Clark). "With a long chapter on the Battle of Franklin, Tenn." - Nevins. An… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First printing. Inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, which has a double tear at the gutter. Considerable wear to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate is on the front pastedown. In a square, sound binding with hinges intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1890. FIELD, Henry M. Bright Skies and Dark Shadows. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. 1st ed. 316pp. Map frontis. Orig. cloth. Near fine. "Recollections of a minister's travels through the wartime South, with a long chapter treating of the battle of Franklin, Tenn." Nevins I, p.87. Dornbusch III, 3077.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. First edition. Maps. ii, [9] - 316 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green pebbled cloth, stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g. Lightly rubbed, else a Fine copy. First edition. Maps. ii, [9] - 316 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

1890. FIELD, Henry M. Bright Skies and Dark Shadows. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. 1st ed. 316pp. Map frontis. Orig. cloth. Very good. "Recollections of a minister's travels through the wartime South, with a long chapter treating of the battle of Franklin, Tenn." Nevins I, p.87. Dornbusch III, 3077.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 316pp. Green cloth gilt. Illustrated with maps. Two corners slightly bumped, spine tips rubbed, else a near fine, bright copy. Inscribed by Henry M. Field on the second front flyleaf: "Miss Alice DeWitt Sprague, From her friend Henry M. Field. Feb. 5th 1894." The author's recollections of the Civil War, with discussions of Florida's "race problem." Chapters include: "Capacity of the Negro," "Expatriation of a Whole Race," "The Last Days of General Lee," "Stonewall Jackson and the Valley Campaign," etc.