Description
First edition of Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons by John McElroy. Thick octavo, xxx, 654pp. Maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine, decorative illustration on cover in black and gilt. Frontispiece portrait with illustration of the prison, 154 additional illustrations. Clean text, free of markings. Light shelf wear to cloth, but overall a near fine example. (Nevins I, 197)
Comments: This memoir was one of many works used by MacKinlay Kantor to write the Pulitzer Prize winning account of Andersonville Prison, simply titled Andersonville.