Baker Gen L C General (1 results)
Published by W. H. Harrison, Jr. [ 1887 ], Chicago, 1887
- Hardcover
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Contact seller1-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Poor. New Edition. Octavo; 398 pages, publisher's decorated grey cloth, very soiled, torn a foot of top joint, upper right corner of floral front free endpaper chipped, pencilled ownership in Minnesota dated "Nov [?] 30th / 87"; broken hinges repaired with cloth tape. "Allegedly based in part on notes made…by Baker at various times, the account examines his career in the "secret service" during the war (as a spy and later special provost marshal) and his controversial involvement in Andrew Johnson's administration in the two years following the war." - Eichner no. 444. Woodcuts, engraved frontispiece. Note: there were many reprints of Baker's 1867 first edition. This edition was copyrighted by John K. Potter in 1874. This Harrison variant is quite scarce, and the pencilled date is the best evidence of its time of publication. woodcuts, engraved frontisp (illustrator).