Introduction Paula Mitchell Marks (5 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Spine is sun-toned. Address label inside the front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 8 vo, 131 pp. Purple covers, white end papers. Stated First Edition. Unread, shiny unblemished jacket. Price of $19.95 stated with ISBN on back cover of jacket.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition; First Printing. A First Edition published in 2008 by the Book Club of Texas in Dallas. Unless you are a subscriber you may have missed this one. It is signed and inscribed to author Bill Goetzmann by the editor of these Civil War letters, Paula Mitchell Marks, and dated 3/26/09. She also wrote the introduction and Epilogue. The book is in a limited edition of only 450 copies. The book has been bound by Don Hurst of Custom Bookbinders in Austin, Texas. It is bound in a tan silk cloth and issued without a dust jacket. The Book is in Fine Condition. The following was written by Mary Adams Maverick to her son, Lewis Antonio Maverick, on February 21, 1864: "I hope you are quite well again. Oh, when will the weary war be over? God hasten peace and bless you, dear Lewis". 235 pages. ; 7 1/4 in. x 10 1/4 in.

[TEXAS] [CIVIL WAR]. First edition. 8vo. A signed edition, limited to 20 copies, this is number 12, signed by Paula Mitchell Marks Quarter leather and textured tan silk material, with titles on small paper label affixed to the front cover and titles also stamped in gilt on the spine, dark brown front and rear endpapers, 235 [2] pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, plates, portraits, epilogue, appendix, works consulted. A fascinating collection of letters of the Maverick family . particularly from Samuel Maverick, a lawyer, and his wife, Mary Maverick, that provide a personal and intimate view of the American Civil War. The letters offer a unique, first-hand account of life in Texas during the Civil War and shed light on the internal conflict and tensions felt by families in the South, especially in Texas, which was a border state with its own complex social and political dynamics. Through the letters, readers are able to gain insight into the emotional and psychological toll the war took on individuals and families, the role of women during wartime, and the deep divisions that existed even within Southern society. Of special interest are letters from Mary Adams Maverick to her sons Lewis, Willie, and George. In her letter dated February 21, 1864, to her son Lewis Antonio Maverick she wrote "I hope you are quite well again. Oh, when will the weary war be over? God hasten peace & bless you, dear Lewis." Fine, unread, bright copy without dust jacket, as issued Housed in the original cloth and boards slipcase with titles on a paper spine label.