[Rarebooks] fs: 1890 - Isham. U.S. Civil War P.O.W.s
Back Creek Books
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Wed May 17 10:18:53 EDT 2006
Greetings Booklovers,
We are pleased to offer:
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(No. 8783 ) Isham, Asa B.; Henry M. Davidson; and Henry B. Furness.
PRISONERS OF WAR AND MILITARY PRISONS: PERSONAL NARRATIVES OF EXPERIENCE IN
THE PRISONS AT RICHMOND, DANVILLE, MACON, ANDERSONVILLE, SAVANNAH, MILLEN,
CHARLESTON, AND COLUMBIA
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Cincinnati: Lyman & Cushing, 1890. First printing, Full cloth, Octavo, xii,
571 pages, Black & white engraved plates, cuts. Very Good.
Subtitle continues: "
A General Account of Prison Life and Prisons in
the South during the War of the Rebellion, including Statistical Information
Pertaining to Prisoners of War; together with a List of Officers who were
Prisoners of War from January 1, 1864." Includes experiences of both Union
and Confederate prisoners, though the list of officers is Union only.
DORNBUSCH, vol. III, p. 43; NEVINS, ET AL, vol. I, p. 194. Profusely
illustrated with cuts and full page engravings. Bound in dark green cloth
over boards with gilt-stamped spine and gilt-stamped illustrations on both
boards, decorated endpapers. Top fore corners of both boards bumped, prior
owner bookplate on both pastedowns, mild silverfishing along fore edges of
both boards. Hinges sound, interior text clean and bright. $175.00
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