first edition Hard Cover
1998 · Charlottesville
by John L. Heatwole
Charlottesville: Rockbridge Publishing, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo; in the publisher’s brown cloth; with titling on the upper board and spine in gilt; in an unclipped jacket; xiii, with maps and black and white illustrations; there is a trivial spot of surface loss on the front flap of the dust jacket.~~From the front flap “The burning of Shenandoah Valley in the fall of 1864 has long been misunderstood, overlooked, or ignored by historians. It was neither a simple raid nor wanton destruction, as has been reported, but a well-planned and brilliantly directed campaign within a campaign.”. Near Fine binding (truncated)