Life in the Confederate Army: Being the Observations and Experiences of an Alien in the South During the American Civil War Tapa dura - 1983

Time Life Inc.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1983. Reprint. Leather Bound. 0809442957 . Leather bound in cloth calf with gilt titles, only a hint of shelfwear, and appearing unread! Please read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own.... they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners! .

Silver Burdett Press, 1983. Leather Bound. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Silver Burdett Press, 1983. Leather Bound. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Silver Burdett Press, 1983. Leather Bound. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Time Life Medical, 1983. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Time Life Education. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Reprint of the 1888 edition. (US history, civil war, military history)

Time-Life Books, 1983. Reprinted from the 1888 edition published by Scribner and Wilford. Bound in blue leather, embossed decoration, with gilt letters and raised bands. All edges gilt. Red ribbon marker. Decorative endpapers. Fine.. Full-Leather. Fine.

NY: Time Life, 1983. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 456 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. In 1861 William Watson, a native Scot who had established himself as a Louisiana businessman, enlisted in the Confederate forces although still a British subject. In 1887 he penned his memoirs "to give", he said, "a simple narrative of my experience in a war campaign". Far from simple, Watson's work clearly and forcefully describes his experiences with the 3rd Louisiana infantry in battles at Wilson's Creek and Pea Ridge while depicting the mundane aspects of camp life and providing delightful and colorful character sketches of fellow soldiers and officers, including the legendary General Ben McCulloch. But Watson offers much more than the story of a soldier's life. He also provides an excellent depiction of southern society undergoing the… Leer más

The lettering on the spine is a bit faded, but other than that, this copy looks nearly brand new. Tight, clean, unmarked with sharp corners. Sewn, leather binding in the Times-Life Collector's Library of the Civil War.

Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Black blind-embossed full leather with gilt lettering. xvi, 456pp. All edges gilt.. Frontispiece, illustrations, marbled endpapers, sewn-in red silk page marker. Fine. Tight, handsome facsimile of the uncommon 1888 Scribner and Welford first edition, a volume in the "Collector's Library of the Civil War" series. Notes James I. Robertson Jr., "Sketchy memoirs of a British subject who served in the Confederate army until 1863, then engaged in blockade-running; an excellent commentary on Southern military life." NEVINS I, 175.