BRIGHT SKIES AND DARK SHADOWS
by Field, Henry M
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1890.. 316pp. plus a color frontispiece map of the Florida peninsula, three plates and three maps. Original green publisher's cloth, spine gilt. Moderate chipping and wear to head of spine, front hinge cracked, light shelf wear. Interior generally bright and clean. Overall a good plus copy. A travelogue in the form of a collection of written sketches about the American South during and after the Civil War by author and clergyman, Henry M. Field. Field, told by his doctor to travel south for his health, took a trip from New York to Florida, stopping by battlefields and communities of color. His sketches run from his own analysis of postwar racial tensions between Black and White in the South to descriptions of the countryside that was previously a theater of war. The first seven chapters deal with Florida, and Field was also "deeply concerned with the problems of reconstruction in the South" (Clark). "With a long chapter on the Battle of Franklin, Tenn." - Nevins. An interesting view of the post-Civil War American South by a popular travel writer of the late 19th century. NEVINS I, p.87. CLARK I:311. SERVIES 9594.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM58783
- Title
- BRIGHT SKIES AND DARK SHADOWS
- Author
- Field, Henry M
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scriber's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890.
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William Reese Company
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Publisher's cloth
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- Spine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shelf Wear
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- Chipping
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...