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Lot 1010

Easton Press Leather-Bound Library of the Civil War

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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1996-1998. (32) (of 35) volumes; all Collector's Edition, bound in genuine leather accented with 22kt gold, with moire endpapers, satin ribbon bookmark, and all edges gilt; 8vo; with illustrations; to include: R.E. Lee (4 volumes); Battle at Bull Run; Mighty Stonewall; The Gleam of Bayonets; Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour; To the Gates of Richmond; Chancellorsville: 1863; The Life of Johnny Reb; The Life of Billy Yank; The Web of Victory; Fiasco at Fredericksburg; Partners in Command; This Terrible Sound; The Gettysburg Campaign (2 volumes); The Civil War: A Narrative (3 volumes); Forts Henry and Donelson; Sheridan in the Shenandoah; Why the Confederacy Lost; Mary Chestnut's Civil War (1 of 2 volumes); Mr. Lincoln's Army; Battle Cry of Freedom (2 volumes); The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (2 volumes); Memoirs of General William T. Sherman; Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

Each 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.

From the Estate of Dr. Charles & Shirley Herring, Kinston, North Carolina

Called the library of the "greatest books ever written about America's most sweeping historical event."

All with bookplates with ownership signature; occasional light wear; lacking the following volumes: Mary Chestnut's Civil War vol. II, Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox; very good to near fine.