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[CIVIL WAR]. Group of 4 Histories, including: WELLS, Edward...

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[CIVIL WAR]. Group of 4 Histories, including: WELLS, Edward L. Hampton and Reconstruction. Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1907. Illustrated. 238 pp. Publisher's full burgundy cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt and black (light rubbing and soiling to binding). Fine. FIRST EDITION. And: MIXSON, Frank M. Reminiscences of a Private. Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1910. 12mo. Illustrated. 130 pp. Publisher's full gray cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (spine toned, binding rubbed, endleaves offset, ownership signature on ffep., some pencil markings in text). Very good. FIRST EDITION. And: BAYLOR, George. Bull Run to Bull Run... Richmond, VA: B. F. Johnson, 1900. 8vo. Illustrated. 412 pp. Bound in modern half brown calf, spine stamped in gilt (spine sunned, gilt is tarnished, text toned, soiled). Very good. FIRST EDITION. And: ERATH, Lucy A. The Memoirs of Major George B. Erath. [Waco, TX: The Heritage Society of Waco, 1956]. 8vo. Illustrated. 105 pp. Publisher's full red cloth, front board stamped in white and black (minor occasional soiling in text). Fine. REPRINT EDITION. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. 

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