Henry W. Harrison
THE BATTLE-FIELDS OF THE REPUBLIC;
from Lexington to the the City of Mexico
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1857.
91/4 x 61/4 inches
[2 blanks leaves]+[frontis]+[464]+[2 blanks]. 13 full page plates by Ormsby. Additionally illustrated with full page engravings and in-text.Complete.
Collated and compared to the copy in the Library of Congress.
Plates misnumbered and bound in wrong order (volume starts with 'Plate 2', 'Plate 4' bound between pages 124 and 125, 'Plate3' bound between pages, 134 and 135, 'Plate9' bound between pages 162 and 163, 'Plate 10' in between 198 and 199, 'Plate11' between 218 and 219, 'Plate 8' in between 224 and 225, 'Plate 6' in between 258 and 259, 'Plate5' in between 266 and 267, 'Plate 12' between 276 and 277, 'Plate 7' between 296 and 297, 'Plate14' between 310 and 311 and 'Plate 13' between 320 and 321.
Condition is very good. Exterior shows some edge and shelf wear. Light ,smudging and foxing to few pages, couple small spots to page edges that run from page 368 to 377. Else a nice clean copy.
$175.00
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Collections: AMERICANA & CANADA , BOOKS , HISTORY , MILITARY
Category: Americana & Canada , History , Indian , Military , War
Type: Book