Southern heroes, or, The friends in war time
Cambridge : Riverside Press, 1895. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked navy blue cloth boards, now lightly scuffed. Corners and endbands rubbed, with minor loss to the latter. Text edges, preliminary and final leaves lightly foxed, with the interior remaining tight, bright and clean. Frontispiece retains its tissue-guard. A well-preserved example overall. Provenance: The copy of Robert Pearsall Smith (1827-1898), with his autograph to the flyleaf. Item #466362
Physical description; xxviii, 480 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Electrotyped and printed by H.O. Houghton and Company. Introduction by Benjamin F. Trueblood. Subjects; Society of Friends. Quakers. American Civil War. United States. History. Southern States. Slavery and the church. Anecdotes. 19th century. Illustrated.
Price: €125.00