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Lot 315:
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11 Confederate Civil War Books including The Truth About Shiloh by J.B. Deaderick printed by S.C. Toof & Company Memphis c. 1942 (paperback booklet); Echos From Dixie – A Souvenir of Tennessee?by Lizzie Dixon Temple not dated c. 1900 (paperback booklet); The Boy’s Life of Robert E. Lee by Stanley F. Horn published by Harper & Brothers Publishers New York c. 1935 4th edition signed by author; The Long Surrender by Burke Davis published by Random House New York c. 1985; Ups and Downs of A Confederate Soldier by James Huffman published by William E. Rudge’s Sons New York c. 1940; Ohio at Shiloh by T.J. Lindsey c. 1903; The Battle of Fort Donelson by James Hamilton c. 1968 in original dust jacket; Wanderings North and South by Hermann Bokum (Chaplain – Turner’s Lane Hospital) published by King & Baird Printers Philadelphia c. 1864 rebound in green cloth binding; States Rights Gist – A South Carolina General of the Civil War by Walter Brian Cisco published by White Mane Publishing Company, Inc. c. 1991 in original dust jacket; That Devil Forrest – Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth published by Harper & Brothers New York c. 1959 gray cloth cover with gild title on cover, black lettering on spine; and The Lost Cause – A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates by Edward A. Pollard published by E.B. Treat & Co. New York c. 1866 illustrated, brown cloth cover with gilt decoration and lettering. Combined lot measures approximately 10"x7.5"x12".
Condition: Condition – The Lost Cause – Fair – cover faded and worn. Corners bumped and worn. Spine is worn and faded with loss at head and tail. Ex-libris and ink name inside front cover. Title page and Jefferson Davis engraving loose. Hinge split. Some foxing and toning present; That Devil Forrest – Very Good – cloth cover soiled and stained. Edges and corners worn. Spine has wear to head and tail. Spine soiled. Lettering on spine worn. Toning to end sheet. Block missing page 299-342. States Rights Gist – very good – dust jacket soiled, top edged lightly soiled; Wanderings North and South – near fine – pencil markings on title page, rebound, ex-libris inside front cover; The Battle of Fort Donelson – dust jacket has light toning. Jacket has light wear to corners and edges, small tear top left front cover; light soiling to cloth cover. Ex-libris inside front cover. Text block clean and tight; Ohio at Shiloh – blue cloth cover has wear to corners and edges. Spine worn at joints, head and tail. Gilt decoration on spine faded. Back cover spotted. Map missing from inside front cover. Hinge split but intact. Water stain on bottom of text block. Red pencil markings throughout. Ink stamp in title page; Ups and Downs of a Confederate Soldier – light soiling to cover and top edge, text block clean and tight; The Long Surrender – spots on spine, soling to upper edge; The Boys Life of Robert E. Lee – wear to cover and spine, cover slightly bowed; Echos from Dixie – pages have been stuck together and pulled apart so some loss to text on inside pages; The Truth About Shiloh – corners lightly bumped, staining on spine and back cover.
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