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[GEORGE B. McCLELLAN]. A group of works related to General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac, comprising
[GEORGE B. McCLELLAN]. A group of works related to General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac, comprising:
McCLELLAN, George B. (1826-1885). McClellan's Own Story. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.
2 copies, 8vo. Frontispiece and illustrations. (Occasional toning.) Contemporary sheep, smooth spine in 5 compartments gilt with dark red and black morocco spine labels with gilt lettering (front joining cracked with tape repair, tear to lower spine, scuffs); original publisher's illustrated dark green cloth gilt (minor wear to extremities).
FIRST EDITION of General McClellan's memoirs, presented in both the original handsomely illustrated cloth and the rarely seen sheep, possibly the publisher's deluxe issue.
[With:] CASTLEMAN, Alfred L. The Army of the Potomac. Behind the Scenes. A Diary of Unwritten History; From the Organization of the Army, by General George B. McClellan, to the Close of the Campaign in Virginia, about the First Day of January, 1863. Milwaukee, WI: Strickland & Co., 1863. Provenance: George R. Petersen (bookplate). Howes C-230; Sabin 11434. -- Letter of the Secretary of War, Transmitting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac, and of Its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, Under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864. Sabin 43014. -- SWINTON, William. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1866. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all FIRST EDITION, 8vo and 12mo, all in publisher's bindings, condition generally very good.
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[GEORGE B. McCLELLAN]. A group of works related to General McClellan and the Army of the Potomac, comprising:
McCLELLAN, George B. (1826-1885). McClellan's Own Story. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.
2 copies, 8vo. Frontispiece and illustrations. (Occasional toning.) Contemporary sheep, smooth spine in 5 compartments gilt with dark red and black morocco spine labels with gilt lettering (front joining cracked with tape repair, tear to lower spine, scuffs); original publisher's illustrated dark green cloth gilt (minor wear to extremities).
FIRST EDITION of General McClellan's memoirs, presented in both the original handsomely illustrated cloth and the rarely seen sheep, possibly the publisher's deluxe issue.
[With:] CASTLEMAN, Alfred L. The Army of the Potomac. Behind the Scenes. A Diary of Unwritten History; From the Organization of the Army, by General George B. McClellan, to the Close of the Campaign in Virginia, about the First Day of January, 1863. Milwaukee, WI: Strickland & Co., 1863. Provenance: George R. Petersen (bookplate). Howes C-230; Sabin 11434. -- Letter of the Secretary of War, Transmitting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac, and of Its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, Under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1864. Sabin 43014. -- SWINTON, William. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1866. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all FIRST EDITION, 8vo and 12mo, all in publisher's bindings, condition generally very good.
Property from the Estate of Henry G. Lamont, Racine, Wisconsin Books & Manuscripts
