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Editore: Anson Mills; Press of Byron S. Adams, Washington, D.C., 1918
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- Prima edizione
Da: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Come nuovo
EUR 66,99
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: As New. 1st Edition. Original publisher's black cloth binding with gilt lettering and two gilt decorative seals on front cover. All edges gilt. No lettering on spine. Original black ribbon bookmark included. "Published by the Author." Printed by the Press of Byron S. Adams of Washington, D.C. 6" x 8 1/2."…412 pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations, complete. Appendices in back. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. An As New copy. Autobiography of Brigadier General Anson Mills (1834-1924). Mills served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Mills divides his memoir into three periods. He moves chronologically and begins with his ancestry and early life in the first period. The next period chronicles the Civil War, the years immediately after war, and his marriage. In the third period, Mills recollects many events, both personal and historical, including his travels to Paris and Hawai'i, women's suffrage, and Prohibition.
Altre immaginiEditore: Published by the Author (Printed at the Press of Byron S. Adams), Washington DC, 1918
- Rilegato
- Prima edizione
- Firmato
Da: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA
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EUR 141,12
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Aggiungi al carrelloLeather bound. 1st. INSCRIBED by MIlls' son-in-law, Major Winfield Scott Overton, (pictured on p.239). Octavo; 412pp, First Edition. 8vo. 412 pp. Copiously illustrated from photographs, drawings, portraits, maps; appendix. Near Fine copy (erasure to ffep) in flexible leather-covered wrappers stamped in gold to upper wrapper,whic…h reproduces the 'New Zealand International Exposition 1882' medal awarded to Mills inventing a woven military cartridge belt; With black endpapers, rounded corners, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. ''Mills fought the hostiles on the Plains, and later made his home at El Paso. His book is our clearest account (from the white man's side) of the Battle of the Rosebud.'' (Stanley Vestal's 'Book Lover's Southwest' p.37).
