[CIVIL WAR] LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROBERT EDWARD LEE. SOLDIER AND MAN
- Hard Cover
- Harrisonburg, Virginia: Sprinkle Publications, 1986
Harrisonburg, Virginia: Sprinkle Publications, 1986. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. 8vo.; in the publisher's grey cloth binding; 486 pages, with portrait frontispiece; there is a light stain to the leading edge of the textblock; there are no marks of any kind in the book itself.~~First published in 1906, the Neale bibliography calls this "[a] tender, affectionate portrait by a former Washington College chaplain", noting that it "contains many important Lee letters and dispatches" [Nevins II, 68].~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary W. Gallagher, with laid in note handwritten by him, attesting to this. (Nevins II, 68). Near Fine binding.