1883 antique KINGS OF THE BATTLE FIELD w bookplate Chas V Priddle Clyde
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This listing is for the hardcover, cloth over board book, 5.15x7.75", hardcover, 525 pages. Bookplate of Private Library of Chas. V. Priddle. Also handwritten in Clyde Priddle, Friends University, 1926. Locale unknown.
KINGS OF THE BATTLEFIELD: Comprising A Series of Biographical Sketches of the Most Distinguished Military Leaders, of Europe and America, Who Have Contributed Their Life Services to Establish and Perpetuate the Freedom of Their Fellow Men and the Sacred Honor of Their Country. by W. Sanford Ramey. Illustrated. Aetna Publishing Co., Philadelphia 1883.
Presumed first edition.
There are 2 parts: Europe and America. Among the U.S. men featured: George Washington; Israel Putnam; Nathaniel Greene; Francis Marion; Andrew Jackson; Grant; Sherman; Meade; Robert E. Lee; George Brinton McClellan; Sheridan; Custer; Stonewall Jackson; more. Some cloth chipped away at ends of spine, worn through at corners.
Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera.
CONDITION: Some issues. Hinges cracked with front strengthened with bookbinder's glue. Front endpaper partially detached. Cloth chipped away on cover and spines and other cover wear. MISSING page 365/6 which would have been an illustration. Pages 391-394 are detached but included. See description and supersized photos.
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