Basil Duke: History of Morgan's Cavalry

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Winter Fine Art and Antiques Auction

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Jan 21, 2017 - Jan 22, 2017

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• Lot Description
  1st item: Duke, Basil W. HISTORY OF MORGAN'S CAVALRY. Cincinnati: Miami Printing and Publishing Company, 1867. Viii, 578pp. Small map affixed to rear free endpaper. 8 3/8" H x 5 5/8" W x 1 3/4" D. 2nd item: Drake, James Vaulx. LIFE OF GENERAL ROBERT HATTON, Including His Most Important Public Speeches, Together, With Much of His Washington & Army Correspondence. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce, 1867. x, 458pp. 8 3/4" H x 6 1/8" W x 1 1/2" D. 3rd item: McCabe, James D. LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. With Steel Plate and Maps. Atlanta: National Publishing Company, (1866). 717pp. 1 page advertisements. 8 3/4" H x 6 1/4" W x 2" D. 4th item: Dabney, R. L. LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF LIEUT.-GEN. THOMAS J. JACKSON, (STONEWALL JACKSON). New York: Blelock & Co. 1866. x,[2], 742pp, 1 pg. advertisements. 8 1/2" H x 5 3/4" W x 2" D. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)

  Condition

  1st item: Rebound in utilitarian cloth with printed title and library numeral 119, in white on spine. Spine darkened. New endpapers. First original leaf is title page. Some toning, foxing, spotting to pages. Tape repairs to dedication page and leaf 577/578. A very small amount of underlining of names and dates, margin checkmarks and penciled notes. 2nd item: Publishers cloth boards retained, but rebacked (retaining title and author from original spine) with utilitarian cloth and new endpapers. Original title page missing, but replaced with photocopy. Some toning and a little foxing. A bit of dampstaining top of pages near spine, an inch or less, none affecting text.3rd item: Publisher's cloth frayed with bumped corners cracked hinges and rough repair with utilitarian tape. Some dampstaining to frontis, title page, preface and table of contents. Some toning and foxing. Two of the maps are in good condition. Two of the maps have 4-5" closed tears. 4th item: Modern utilitarian binding with new endpapers. Old marbled free endpapers retained. General toning to pages. A few short tears to some leaves. A few instances of underling. A couple of instances of a child with a pencil(not to long).
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