RANDOM SKETCHES AND WANDERING THOUGHTS; OR, WHAT I SAW IN CAMP, ON THE MARCH, THE BIVOUAC, THE BATTLE FIELD AND HOSPITAL, WHILE WITH THE ARMY IN VIRGINIA, NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, DURING THE LATE REBELLION. WITH A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE SECOND ESWEGO REGIMENT, EIGHTY-FIRST NEW YORK STATE V. I.
Albany, N. Y. Avery Herrick, Publisher, 1866.
Hard Cover. First Edition. A First Edition copy of De Forest’s Random Sketches and Wandering Thoughts; from the library of Bud Robertson, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. In his words: “correctly entitled, this memoir by a member of the 81st New York rambles through a variety of topics pertaining to the author’s service on the seaboard of Virginia and North Carolina.” (Nevins I, 80). Two engraved plates. Loss to the joints and edges of the spine; significant sunning to the spine; the title page has been patched by a paper conservator and reattached; early inscription on the dedication page; binding slightly cocked; textblock is fully cracked between pages 192/193; one signature is loose. Purple embossed cloth, with lettering in gilt on the spine. (Nevins I, 80).
Good binding.
Item #284995
Price: $165.00