Item description for THE LONG ROLL by Mary Johnston Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth 1st Edition, May 1911

THE LONG ROLL by Mary Johnston Illustrations by N.C. Wyeth 1st Edition, May 1911

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1911. First Edition.Hardback: Not ex-library. Good condition w/ minor wear to some cover lettering and spine. Binding is firm and square. Interior with foxing throughout. Dust Jacket: No DJ. 5 1/4 " by 7 3/4". 683 pp. + ads. Handsome first edition of this popular Civil War fiction that apparently got the bestselling novelist in hot water with "Stonewall" Jackson's widow. 4 Wyeth color plates. Johnston (1870-1936) was not only a prolific writer but also a noted Virginia women's rights activist.