first edition
1867 · New York
by [Civil War]. SCOTT, Major John.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1867 8vo, xix, 20-492 pages; three frontispiece plates; folding map; numerous plates and text illustrations. Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Eicher/ The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography 293
Few faint spots to cloth; scattered foxing to prelims and title page, brief unobtrusive numbers in red ink at rear pastedown, still a tight, attractive copy in the original publisher's binding, Very Good or better.
"... an early, highly partisan account of life with the cavalry raider who was transformed into legend by this and other works. Endorsed by Mosby himself, this authorized biography sets forth the life story of the Confederate partisan ranger through the Civil War." ~David Eicher. (Inventory #: 0000404)
Few faint spots to cloth; scattered foxing to prelims and title page, brief unobtrusive numbers in red ink at rear pastedown, still a tight, attractive copy in the original publisher's binding, Very Good or better.
"... an early, highly partisan account of life with the cavalry raider who was transformed into legend by this and other works. Endorsed by Mosby himself, this authorized biography sets forth the life story of the Confederate partisan ranger through the Civil War." ~David Eicher. (Inventory #: 0000404)