1888 - Personal Memoirs Of P.h.sheridan - First Edition - 2 Vols. - Civil War
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1888 - PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF P.H.SHERIDAN - FIRST EDITION - 2 VOLS. - CIVIL WAR. First Edition. 3/4 Leather. Very Good binding. Two large 8vo. “Sheridan’s works constitutes a military classic with occasionally surprising literary content. In Coulter’s Travels in the Confederate States it is noted that “[i]n the Spring of 1864 [Sheridan] was transferred to the war in the East and put at the head of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac. [in which capacity] he won his greatest renown, defeating and killing Stuart at Yellow Tavern and later ravaging the Shenandoah Valley and scattering Early’s army.”. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF P.H. SHERIDAN. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, Date: 1888. First Edition. 3/4 Leather. Very Good binding. Two large 8vo. volumes; in publisher’s 3/ morocco leather with gilt image of Sheridan on horseback on top covers. Gilt title and decoration to spines.; xiv, 500, pages, with portrait frontispiece protected with tissue guard, and with portraits and maps, some folded, throughout; xii, 486 pages,including the Index; with portrait frontispiece protected with tissue guard, and with portraits and maps, some folding.~~ The text in both volumes is in Extremely Good Condition with NO foxing.Both bindings are completely intact and in very good condition with only minor wear to the edges. “Sheridan’s works constitutes a military classic with occasionally surprising literary content. In Coulter’s Travels in the Confederate States it is noted that “[i]n the Spring of 1864 [Sheridan] was transferred to the war in the East and put at the head of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac ... [in which capacity] he won his greatest renown, defeating and killing Stuart at Yellow Tavern and later ravaging the Shenandoah Valley and scattering Early’s army.” (Nevins II, 88; Eichar (1972), 572; Coulter, 414). As with all my Ebay auctions I am starting thus rare bok at $9.99 with NO RESERVE! I recently acquired a collection of antique books about the Civil War. Some were written during the war or shortly after and all date from the 19th century. All the books are completely original and in a fine state of preservation! I will be listing this rare collection over the next two weeks!
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