Active Service

Name: Active Service
Author: Castleman, Jno. B.

Castleman, Jno. B.

Published by Courier0Journal Job Printing Co., 1917

Hardcover
Used

See all details

Seller: Flamingo Books, Menifee, CA, U.S.A.Flamingo Books

5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since August 22, 2013

View this seller's items

Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

£ 380.13

£ 3.69 shipping

Ships within U.S.A.

Quantity: 1 available

Add to basket

Free 30-day returns

Save for laterCreate a Want for similar items

Item description from seller

1917 signed and inscribed first edition, Courier-Journal Job Printing Co. (Louisville, Kentucky), 7 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches tall embossed green cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, blue lettering to font cover and spine, copiously illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs and facsimiles on high-quality paper, 2679 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with bumping to all four tips. Slight age toning to blank front and rear free-endpapers. Three pages with moderate shadows from press clippings once laid in. 1917 owner name to blank front free-endpaper. On the half title page, nicely inscribed to a Louisville resident and signed by the author, John B. Castleman, dated May 1, 1918, three weeks before the general's death and some six months before the end of World War I. Otherwise, apart from slight age toning, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this scarce issue, especially rare as a signed copy. ~JJ~ [3.0P] The autobiography of John Breckinridge Castleman (1841-1918), a Confederate officer and later a United States Army brigadier general in the Spanish-American War as well as a prominent landowner and businessman in Louisville, Kentucky. Few lives had more drama and change than Castleman's. Born into privilege in Kentucky, a Border State in the Civil War, he fought for the Confederacy with Morgan and participated in the NW Conspiracy to free rebel prisoners. He was captured, tried, sentenced to death, and given exile instead by Abraham Lincoln. He finally returned to the U.S. in 1866 and later served as a general in the Spanish War. This memoir is replete with description of the momentous events in which he participated, some of which are only slightly covered elsewhere. He also provides an account of the 50th anniversary gathering at Gettysburg, which he attended. Despite his service for the Confederacy, as a general he was known to defend the black soldiers under his command, and while Commissioner of the Louisville Board of Parks refused to allow segregation there. His statue at a traffic circle in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood of Louisville, the John B. Castleman Monument, became a well-known local landmark, but was moved to Castleman's burial ground in 2020.

Seller Inventory # JJ-1212-12333

Contact seller about this item

Report this item

Bibliographic details

Title: Active Service
Author: Castleman, Jno. B.
Publisher: Courier0Journal Job Printing Co.
Publication year: 1917
Condition: Good
Binding: Hardcover

Flamingo Books

Menifee, CA, U.S.A.

5-star seller

AbeBooks seller since August 22, 2013

Shipping rates within U.S.A.

Item	4 to 14 business days	2 to 4 business days
First item	£ 3.69	£ 7.01

Delivery times are set by sellers and vary by carrier and location. Orders passing through Customs may face delays and buyers are responsible for any associated duties or fees. Sellers may contact you regarding additional charges to cover any increased costs to ship your items.

Payment methods

Bank Draft
Bank Wire Transfer
Check
Invoice
Money Order
Paypal

Store description

Flamingo Books specializes in scarce and unusual nonfiction books and ephemera, with an emphasis on the natural sciences, religion, history and antiquarian titles.

Specialty

History, Law, Engineering, Mysticism, Philosophy, Author Signed, Antiquarian, Anglican, Catholic, Geology, Archeology, Paleontology, Genealogy

Seller's business information

Flamingo Books

45613 Clubhouse Dr.
Temecula, CA U.S.A. 92592-5934

Contact sellerView this seller's itemsView seller's storefront

Terms of sale

We guarantee that the condition of every book is as described by Flamingo Books. If what you receive is not up to your expectations, you are eligible for a refund within 30 days of the estimated delivery date. If you've changed your mind about a book that you've ordered, please use the Ask Bookseller a Question link to contact us, and we'll respond right away. Flamingo Books is a partnership located at 43187 Via Angeles, Temecula, CA 92592, and can be reached by telephone during normal business hours at (951) 302-3082.

Right of withdrawal

If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.

Information regarding the right of withdrawal

Statutory right to withdraw

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.

The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.

To exercise the right of withdrawal, electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". We will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a withdrawal on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.

To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.

Effects of withdrawal

If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).

We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.

We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.

We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.

We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.

You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Flamingo Books, Menifee, California, U.S.A., +1 951-672-4045, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.

Exceptions to the right of withdrawal

The right of withdrawal does not apply to:

The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.

Shipping terms

Orders usually ship the same day ordered, but no later than the following business day. Shipping costs are based on books weighing less than 2.2 pounds, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. "Standard" shipping on all international orders is via USPS International First Class or Priority and "expedited" shipping is via USPS International Express. Sales tax will be added to orders shipped to California.