Life of General William Tecumseh Sherman

W. Fletcher Johnson

Published by Edgewood Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1891

About this Item

Edgewood Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA. 1891. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated. This book was a subscription sale item from traveling sales men using dummy copies for sales. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a ownership stamp on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good -; shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges; tarnished gilt decorations and lettering on spine and front board. Gold cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine and front board; floral/patriotic decorations on the front board and spine; Sherman picture on front with his 4-Star rank on the front board and spine. No DJ. Decorative endpapers. Clean internals. Front internal hinge has 2" split in the paper but is sound; rear hinge is sound and not split. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. 607 pp 8vo. This book is a graphic history of his career in war and peace; with great focus on his Civil War accomplishments under US Grant; his romantic youth; his stern and patriotic manhood; his time at West Point; his service in the Indian wars, his calm and beautiful old age; his sudden passing which was a marvelous march from the mountains of time to the sea of eternity. Numerous maps and illustrations. A clean very presentable copy. Seller Inventory # 014376

Bibliographic Details

Title: Life of General William Tecumseh Sherman

Publisher: Edgewood Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA

Publication Date: 1891

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket