New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xvii, 367pp, xiv. Illustrations, map. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. First edition, from the collection of noted Civil War collector Carl Davis -- ex-library, the only marking being the "Lincoln Memorial University Library Dr. Carl B. Davis Collection" bookplate on the front pastedown; evidently acquired by noted Lincoln specialist Ralph G. Newman, founder of Chicago's famed Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, bearing his personal bookplate on the front flyleaf; title page and verso copyright page also bear other Newman bookplates. An interesting copy. NEVINS II, 135.

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Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 20288
Title: Bohemian Brigade: Civil War Newsmen in Action
Author: STARR, Louis M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: CIVIL WAR
Bookseller catalogs: Books; Civil War;

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