first edition
Mobile, AL
by DeLeon, Thomas Cooper
Mobile, AL: The Gossip Printing Company 1890. First edition. (8.5" x 6"). [2, ad leaf], 6, viii, 11-376 pp. Original publisher's cloth stamped in gilt and black, patterned endpapers. Covers lightly worn, hinges cracked but contents remain sound, scattered light foxing. Contemporary ownership signature to dedication page. A Very Good copy. With tipped-in 2pp. ALS, dated 8/22/1890, from James B. Fry (USMA 1847, Civil-War staff officer, and later military historian) commenting negatively – in contrast to Nevins's later assessment – on the book. [Howes D-244; Nevins II, p. 218] . VeryGood. Hardcover .
(Inventory #: 39352)