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Doubleday, Page & Company for The Review of Reviews Company, 1909. 12mo. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with black title and illustration to front board. 51 pages. Book.

Doubleday, Page & Company for The Review of Reviews Company, 1909. 12mo. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with black title and illustration to front board. 61 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 248 pages. illustrated. Plastic wrapper.

Hard. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 22. The Centennial History of the Civil War 3 VOLUME SET (The Coming Fury / Terrible Swift Sword / Never Call Retreat) by Bruce Catton.Bruce Catton's monumental Centennial History of the Civil War complete in three volumes. Catton shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out war-an epic struggle for freedom.Mixed BOMC printings with dust jackets. None are ex-library or remainder copies.Multivolume set is heavier than standard book; S and H will be adjusted.Set Condition Good Dust Jackets Very Good. A set of three volumes with lovely grey boards and pale blue / red / green spines that have black and silver embossing. Set is a tight, and sound copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Books have the ususal shelf wear. Edges and pages are lightly toned. A few bumped corners. Some stains and fading to covers. Volumes 2 and 3 have small holes not in the text area from bookworms - see photos. Index in each volume with maps on endpapers. Unclipped dust jackets protected by Brodart covers with the usual shelf wear - a few tears, scrapes, wrinkles and chips. Not ex-library or remainder copies.The Coming Fury Hardcover Cloth 565 pages. Presumed First edition 1961.Terrible Swift Sword Hardcover Cloth 559 pages. Stated First edition 1963.Never Call Retreat Hardcover Cloth 555 pages. Stated First edition 1965.Volume 1: The Coming Fury documents the initial progress of the conflict from the secession crisis triggered by the 1860 election results to the conclusion of First Bull Run. Picking up as it does in 1860 the book is a remarkable introduction to the U.S. Civil War, not least because of the engaging style that Catton brings to the field of popular history. Over sixty years after its publication, the book still holds up superbly, and retains a place on the list of essential Civil War reads.Volume 2: In Terrible Swift Sword, Bruce Catton tells the story of the Civil War as never before - of two turning points which changed the scope and meaning of the war. First, he describes how the war slowly but steadily got out of control. This would not be the neat, short, "limited" war both sides had envisioned. And then the author reveals how the sweeping force of all-out conflict changed the war's purpose, in turning it into a war for human freedom. It was not initially a war against slavery. Instead, this was, Mr. Lincoln kept insisting, a fight to reunite the United States.At first, it was not even much of a fight. Cautious generals; inexperienced, incompetent, or jealous administrators; shortages of good people and supplies; excess of both gloom and optimism, kept each side from swinging into decisive action. As the buildup began, there were maddening delays. The earliest engagements were halting and inconclusive.After these first tests at arms, reputations began to crumble. Buell, Halleck, Beauregard, Albert Sidney Johnston. Failed to drive ahead - for reasons good and bad. General McClellan (impaled in these pages on the arrogant words of his letters) captured more imaginations than enemies, and continued to accept serious over estimates of Confederate strength while becoming more and more fatally estranged from his own government.Volume 3 Never Call Retreat: The final volume of Bruce Catton's monumental Centennial History of the Civil War traces the war from Fredericksburg through the succeeding grim and relentless campaigns to the Courthouse at Appomattox and the death of Lincoln.This is an eloquent study of the bitterest years of the war when death slashed the country with a brutality unparalleled in the history of the United States. Through the kaleidoscope tone and temper of the struggle, two men, different in stature, but similar in dedication to their awesome tasks, grappled with the burden of being leaders both in politics and war.In the north Lincoln remained resolute in the belief that a house divided against itself could not stand. His determination and uncanny vision of the destiny of the country and its people far transcended the plaguing tensions, fears, and frustrations of his cabinet and Congress. Mr. Lincoln's use of vast resources is brilliantly contrasted to Davis's valiant struggle for political and economic stability in a hopelessly fragmented and underdeveloped south.Though Davis never lacked for spirit and dedication, his handicaps were severe. This was not a war to be won by static ideals and romanticism. As Mr. Lincoln managed to expand and intensify the ideals that sustained the Northern war effort, Mr. Davis was never able to enlarge the South's.This was a war to be won by flexibility in thought, strength in supplies, and battles. And so they were fought--Fredericksburg, The Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg.Bruce Catton was an American historian and journalist best known for his vivid and accessible books on the American Civil War. He won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his works, which combined deep research with a strong narrative style.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 366 pages. Complete with all sixteen of the Magnavox collection full colour illustrations.Front of dust jacket and publisher's burb tipped in at the front paste down. Top edge tanned and lightly chipped, spine slightly frayed at top.

Condizione: Very Good. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1902. FIRST EDITION. Small 4to. Very good in browncloth covered boards. Title label on spine is missing. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Minor browning to spine. Damp staining to boards. Foxing end papers. Damp staining to top edge of first and last few pages. Else is clean and bright with many color and black and whiteillustrations throughout. Untrimmed edges to pages. Index, 429 pages. NAT/091125. Book.

Hard. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 22. Hardcover Cloth Mr. Lincoln's Army edition 1962 353 pages / Glory Road edition 1952 389 pages / A Stillness at Appomattox edition 1953 438 pages.All Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good.Beautiful BOMC set with red / white / blue boards and black embossing. Clean, tight, square set with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Books Well kept and carefully stored with slight shelf wear. The usual yellowing with minor signs of wear and/or age. Some bumped corners. Mylar protected, unclipped dust jackets smooth, clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear and fading. Not an ex-library or remainder copy. America's premier chronicler of the nation's brutal internecine conflict, Bruce Catton is renowned for his unparalleled ability to bring a detailed and vivid immediacy to Civil War battlefields and military strategy sessions. With tremendous depth and insight, he presents legendary commanders and common soldiers in all their complex and heartbreaking humanity.The first volume of Bruce Catton's Pulitzer Prize-winning Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Mr. Lincoln's Army presents a riveting history of the early years of the Civil War, when a fledgling Union Army took its stumbling first steps under the command of the controversial general George McClellan. Following the secession of the Southern states, a beleaguered President Abraham Lincoln entrusted the dashing, charismatic McClellan with the creation of the Union's Army of the Potomac and the responsibility of leading it to a swift and decisive victory against Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Although a brilliant tactician who was beloved by his troops and embraced by the hero-hungry North, McClellan's ego and ambition ultimately put him at loggerheads with his commander in chief- a man McClellan considered unworthy of the presidency.McClellan's weaknesses were exposed during the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history, which ended in a stalemate even though the Confederate troops were greatly outnumbered. After Antietam, Lincoln ordered McClellan's removal from command, and the Union entered the war's next chapter having suffered thousands of casualties and with great uncertainty ahead.In Glory Road the second book of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy covers what happened next; As the War Between the States moved through its second bloody year, General Ambrose Burnside was selected by President Lincoln to replace the ineffectual George "Little Mac" McClellan as commander of the Union Army. But the hope that greeted Burnside's ascension was quickly dashed in December 1862 in the wake of his devastating defeat at Fredericksburg.Following Burnside's exit, a mediocre new commander, Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker, turned a sure victory into tragedy at Chancellorsville, continuing the Union's woes and ensuring Robert E. Lee's greatest triumph of the war. But the tide began to turn over the course of three days in July 1863, when the Union won a decisive victory on the battlefield of Gettysburg. Months later, Lincoln would give his historic address on this ground, honoring the fallen soldiers and strengthening the Union Army's resolve to fight for a united and equal nation for all of its people.In A Stillness at Appomattox the final volume of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Catton, takes the reader through the battles of the Wilderness, the Bloody Angle, Cold Harbor, the Crater, and on through the horrible months to one moment at Appomattox. Grant, Meade, Sheridan, and Lee vividly come to life in all their failings and triumphs.Bruce Catton was an American historian and journalist best known for his vivid and accessible books on the American Civil War. He won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his works, which combined deep research with a strong narrative style.

Condizione: Very Good. Garden City, NY: Junior Books, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1943. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good. Wear to exterior includes bumping to edges, rubbing, and minor soiling. Light scribbling in pencil to front free end paper and white pencil or crayon mark to rear paste down. Tear to paper along margins though binding remains secure. Light foxing and yellowing along margins. Else is clean and bright with wonderful illustrations throughout. CHILD/070225. Book.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Rockwell Kent (illustratore). The Cambridge Edition Text, 1527pp., with a preface by Christopher Morley. Edges of spine slightly flecked.

Condizione: Bueno. 122. Doubleday & Company, 122pp. Textos en inglés. Ilustraciones.

Condizione: Buono (Good). 1. In-8° (mm 200x130), Pagine [6], 460 con 10 illustrazioni fuori testo a piena pagina. Legatura coeva in piena tela con titoli e decorazioni impresse in nero e a colori al dorso. Minimi segni di usura al dorso. Prima Edizione Americana. Book.