Description
Signed first printings of The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote, in first state dust jackets.
Thick octavo, [three volumes], [6], 840pp, [1]; [6], 988pp, [1]; [6], 1106pp, [1]. Gray cloth, title stamped in gilt over blue on spines. Stated “First Printing” or “First Edition” on copyright page of each volume. Top edge dyed blue. Illustrated endpapers. Previous owners bookplate in front of Volumes I and II. Solid text blocks, all near fine examples. In the publisher’s first state dust jackets, $10.00 with “11/58” in Volume I, $12.50 with “11/63” in Volume II and $20.00 with “11/74” in Volume III. All three dust jackets with light sunning to the spines, a few closed tears, primarily to Volumes I and II, tape remnant to verso of Volume II, a very good set.
(Nevins II: 13) (Dornbusch III: 1387)
Signed by the author in Volume I on preliminary blank and inscribed by the author in Volume III.
This set includes all three volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox.
