Bugles Blow No More de Dowdey, Clifford - 1937

Smoldering romance and passion during events of the Civil War - the exciting Secession Night, the first gunboat battle at Drewry's Bluff, the reception of the news of victory at First Manassas in the government offices, the Bread Riot, and, best of all, the burning of Richmond followed by the moral collapse of the surrender.

Little Brown and Company, 1937. Hardcover. G+/na. Some rubbing & edgewear; small corner bumps; duststaining/light staining/some foxing; yellowing; few scuffs & smudges; otherwise overall clean & tight. 493 pages

Norman S. Berg Publisher, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. (Originally published, 1937) Larger, thicker, sturdy book, quality gray cloth, purple lettering very fine on front and spine, a map of Richmond inside covers and adjacent end papers,497 pages. DJ price-clipped, heavy paper with light brown background, red lettering, spine very slightly browned. DJhas 1/2" tear at top front bookfold edge, a tiny ink line at bottom front, a large chip to spine top left edge, tiny thin chip at spine bottom left and bottom back edge next to spine, a micro-tear at top back edge. Fair DJ/Fine book.

Garden City, New York: Perma Books, 1952. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Printing. Hard to find civil war fiction paperback, Perma Pooks #P159, 1st printing, 4/52. Condition is fine with one crease in spine and some edge wear, no writing or stamps, pages are clean and tight, book is square, cover bright and clear............**We have other books in this genre in stock and offer discounts in shipping on additional books, please contact us for more information**.....WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK.......Summary - ..This is a great novel about the Civil War...brose Kirby came up through the ranks. Tough, driving-a man who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. And he wanted Mildred Wade. But she was the daughter of one of Richmond's greatest families- and Bfrose was scum....

Norman S. Berg, Publ. Ga. , 1967. no additional printings listed . Hardcover. very good/very good. NOT an ex library book. 497 pages. Some foxing on page edges. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is clipped.

Little Brown & Co.. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No Dust Jacket Slightly dampstained. In protective mylar cover. (Literature, fiction, war fiction)

London: Collins, 1938 Red cloth on boards with remains of Boots label on cover. Spine is sunned and somewhat worn, though titles clear. Clean endpapers with crack in front hinge. Clean contents.

Cherokee Pub, November 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Some shelf wear with slightly bumped corners and light edgewear, previous owner name on Front Endsheet, but binding is tight and the pages are all clean with no markings.

Rinehart, 1957, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. [A Civil War Classic] Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Foxing to edges. Bookplate. 493 p., 21 cm. <br> "Bugles Blow No More is a good novel as well as a good war story. It catches the sweep of action across the battlefields of Virginia, the excitement and heartbreak and turmoil of life in a quiet Southern city suddenly becoming the prize of warring nations, the vigor and intensity of emotions made more vigorous and intense by war." - Richard Harwell

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1957. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. [10], 493, [7] pages. Endpaper map. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. Some edge soiling. Clifford Dowdey (1904-1979) was an American author of fiction and nonfiction dealing with the American South, Virginia and especially the Civil War era. Clifford Dowdey was born in Richmond, Virginia January 23, 1904 and died there May 30, 1979. The Richmond Newspapers, the Richmond Times Dispatch and the Richmond News Leader eulogized him as The Last Confederate. Four of his grandmother's brothers were Confederate soldiers. He attended Columbia University from 1921-1925. About 1933 he started writing seriously on what eventually would become his first novel "Bugles Blow No More." He and his wife moved to Richmond, Virginia where he finished the novel and worked thereafter as a writer of historical works and published items in academic journals, such as "The Journal of Southern… Leer más