Battle-fields of the South; from Bull Run to Fredericksburg, with Sketches of Confederate Commanders, and Gossip of the Camps
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1863. First Edition. Thick Octavo. Item #032120
2 volumes in one; xxv, 339 folding map of Seven Pines before chapter one of Vol. I and Vol. II folding map frontispiece of Fredericksburg, 359 pages. One of the most consulted of Southern sources for military operations. "The very scarce first edition where the English writer served in a Mississippi regiment in the Virginia campaigns, interspersed in the narrative are letters from correspondents giving their experiences in Missouri, the Mississippi Valley. C.T. (Chauncey Theodore) Edwards was a lieutenant on the field staff, The book is dedicated to Jefferson Davis. Even Nevins only had access to the 1864 edition published by J. Blackburn. Bound in red cloth decorated and ruled in gilt and blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, some chipping to head and short tear to upper joint near head and some light soiling, small booksellers ticket of Silver Son and Nephew, booksellers of Liverpool. A very good copy. [Nevins, I, 55: Tall Cotton 38; Howes B-238].
Price: $650.00