LIFE OF GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST
by Wyeth, John Allan
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good binding
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xix, [3], 656 pp., frontis, ports, plates. Later printing. Signed and inscribed by Wyeth. As issued, in gray cloth with title in red on the front cover and spine; all plates are present as called for. Binding is somewhat soiled; spine is toned, though the gilt title remains bright. Light and scattered foxing to the pages, but internally, this is generally a clean copy; rear hinge starting to open at the hinge.
"Written by a Confederate veteran who served under Forrest, this detailed and uncritical study is concerned almost entirely with military operations" CWB II, 103. A warm inscription by Wyeth on the front free endpaper, "To W.W. Elgin / in memory of / the happy days of the La Grange / Military Academy / from his friend & / [?] / the author / John Allan Wyeth LL. D. / 1905." Scare signed. Dornbusch II, 2738; Howes W-716.
"Written by a Confederate veteran who served under Forrest, this detailed and uncritical study is concerned almost entirely with military operations" CWB II, 103. A warm inscription by Wyeth on the front free endpaper, "To W.W. Elgin / in memory of / the happy days of the La Grange / Military Academy / from his friend & / [?] / the author / John Allan Wyeth LL. D. / 1905." Scare signed. Dornbusch II, 2738; Howes W-716.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 647-648).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8150
- Title
- LIFE OF GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST
- Author
- Wyeth, John Allan
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
- Bookseller catalogs
- History--U.S; Civil War & Military;
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Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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