[CIVIL WAR] LEE’S DISPATCHES. UNPUBLISHED LETTERS OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE, C.S.A. TO JEFFERSON DAVIS AND THE WAR DEPARTMENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA 1862-65. FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF WYMBERLEY JONES DE RENNE, OF WORMSLOE, GEORGIA.

Robert E. Lee | Douglas Southall Freeman; Grady McWhiney {Editors)

New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1957.

Hard Cover. First Edition Thus. 8vo; in the publisher’s pale blue cloth with General Lee’s signature printed in gilt to the upper board, with dustjacket; lxxi; [2], 3-416 pages, including the Index; with frontispiece portrait, and a folding map of “Eastern Virginia &c., Shewing the Campaigns of Gen. Lee in 1862, -63, -64, and -65”; there are no ownership or other marks in the book; the dustjacket shows minor wear and essentially no fading; it has not been price-clipped~~The Nevins bibliography notes: “Over 200 letters, expertly edited by Lee’s definitive biographer; a newer edition, released in 1957 and edited by Grady McWhiney, contains ten dispatches omitted from the 1915 volume.” (Nevins II, 71).

Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.
Item #297190

Price: $125.00