Hard Cover
1863 · New York
by [John Esten Cooke]
New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1863. Hard Cover. Good binding. 8vo.; in the publisher’s brown embossed cloth, with titilng in gilt to the spine; 305 pages, followed by [4] pages of publisher’s ads; the binding is worn, especially the corner (down to the cardboard) and the spine; the spine has been partially reglued and has loss; there is a previous owner bookplate on the pastedown.~~From the title page: “Reprinted from Advance Sheets of the Richmond Edition”.~~The Nevins bibliography observes that the book was “Composed in bivouac” by an un-concealing admirer.~ (Nevins II, 47). Good binding.
(Inventory #: 298257)