first edition Hard Cover
1870 · Richmond, VA
by Carleton McCarthy]
Richmond, VA: McCarthy & Ellison, 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Not a bad copy of this book with a bit of silverfishing to the cover and some fading at the spine; it is lacking the frontispiece and the engraving of Libbie Prison (these plates in nice facsimile are tipped in); the engravings of the Virginia State Capitol and St. John's Church are present, as is the paste-down photograph of R. E. Lee. McCarthy served in the Richmond Howitzers of the Army of Northern Virginia and related his experiences in Detailed Minutiae of Solder Life in the Army of Northern Virgina (published 12 years after this book). Quite scarce. near Very Good binding.
(Inventory #: 241198)