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[CIVIL WAR]. Trio of Non-Fiction First or Signed Editions, ...

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[CIVIL WAR]. Trio of Non-Fiction First or Signed Editions, including: Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War / Fort Pillow Massacre Returned Prisoners. [Washington, D.C., GPO, 1864]. House of Representatives issue. Illustrated with 2 pages of engravings of emaciated prisoners. 128; 34 pp. Bound in modern full brown textured leather, spine stamped in gilt, portion of original cloth front board affixed to front board. Fine. FIRST EDITION. And: BENEDICT, G. G. Vermont at Gettysburgh [sic]. A Sketch of the Part Taken by The Vermont Troops in the Battle of Gettysburgh. Burlington: The Free Press Association, 1870. 8vo. Illustrated. [28], [iv, Appendix], [3, blank] pp. Publisher's full brown cloth, front board stamped in gilt (binding rubbed and worn, hinges starting, endleaves worn, rfep. affixed to nearby rear blank with tears, text toned, gutters starting). Good. FIRST EDITION. And: [BELKNAP, Charles E.] History of the Michigan Organizations at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge. Lansing, MI: Robert Smith Printing, 1899. 8vo. Illustrated. [375], [3, blank] pp. Publisher's full green cloth over beveled boards, boards ruled in blind, spine stamped in gilt (spine and corners rubbed, text and endleaves toned). Fine. SECOND EDITION, SIGNED BY BELKNAP ON THE FIRST BLANK. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. 

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