Item #032069 Journals of the Late Brevet Major Philip Norburne Barbour. Captain in the 3rd Regiment, United States Infantry and His Wife Marth Isabella Hopkins Barbour Written During the War with Mexico 1846 (Autograph edition). Philip Norbourne Barbour, Martha Isabella Hopkins Babour.
Journals of the Late Brevet Major Philip Norburne Barbour. Captain in the 3rd Regiment, United States Infantry and His Wife Marth Isabella Hopkins Barbour Written During the War with Mexico 1846 (Autograph edition)
Journals of the Late Brevet Major Philip Norburne Barbour. Captain in the 3rd Regiment, United States Infantry and His Wife Marth Isabella Hopkins Barbour Written During the War with Mexico 1846 (Autograph edition)

Journals of the Late Brevet Major Philip Norburne Barbour. Captain in the 3rd Regiment, United States Infantry and His Wife Marth Isabella Hopkins Barbour Written During the War with Mexico 1846 (Autograph edition)

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Limited Edition. Octavo. Item #032069

Autograph edition limited to 1000 copies signed and numbered by the editor who also srote the foreword Rhoda van Bibber Tanner Doubleday. The present copy is #109. Writt March 28, 1846, the day General Zachary Taylor's army reached the Rio Grande. It covers the period to September 20 when he was killed. A fascinating account of the daily aspects of the American soldier in Mexico. Bound in 1/4 beige cloth over dark blue cloth tampped in blind, paper spine label lettered in black, some foxing to spine, with corners only.

Price: $50.00