The patriot boy; or, The life and career of Major-General Ormsby M. Mitchel
1865, First Edition. New York : W. H. Appleton. Good copy in the original gilt- and blind-decorated violet cloth boards, now somewhat dust-dulled and sun-faded, particularly on the spine. Corners, joints and endbands somewhat rubbed. Frontispiece retains its tissue-guard, both somewhat foxed. Earlier and later leaves more heavily foxed, with faint, isolated foxing only to medial pages. A well-preserved example overall. Item #464614
Series; Young Americans modern history heroes ; 2. Physical description; 4, 278 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits, map ; 18 cm. Notes; Publisher's advertisements to the front. Subjects; Mitchell, Ormsby MacKnight (1809-1862). American Civil War. Union Army. Biography. Juvenile literature. 19th century. Military history. Astronomer. Great Locomotive Chase.
Price: €195.00