Givens Murphy Editor (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine. No dust jacket, as issued. Minor evidence of handling. No marks. Oblong pictorial boards. 164 pages.

8vo. Blue cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip. 230 pages. Near fine in near fine jacket. Daniel Powers Whiting served in the United States Army for 35 years, from his time as a West Point cadet, then officer in the 7th Infantry, until he was placed on the retirement list in 1863 from physical disability related to his long years of service. He was a respected officer, with many friends in the service, who spent most of his career on the frontiers of a rapidly expanding country. His tours of duty included two stints in Florida during the bloody Seminole Wars he fought in major battles in the Mexican War, from the siege of Fort Brown, to the battles of Monterray, Veracruz and Cerro Gordo. Whiting in his long career was stationed at army posts in Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Indian Territory, Mormon Country, and, at the start of the Civil War, in New Mexico and Colorado. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. Blue cloth with gilt stamped title on the backstrip.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 258 pages. 9.10x6.20x1.20 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 218 pages. 6.00x0.63x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 230 pages. 6.30x1.10x9.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 438 pages. 6.00x0.94x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 488 pages. 6.00x1.06x9.00 inches. In Stock.