Description
First edition of Andersonville Diary by John L. Ranson. Octavo, 304pp. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Frontispiece illustrations. Some rubbing to cloth at bottom edge of spine, otherwise a fine copy. (Nevins I, 200). Bookplate of American historian and author Peter Cozzens on front endpaper. Includes detailed lists of dead soldiers and officers. Known as a superior and gripping account of prison life at Andersonville prison in Georgia.
Comments: The author of this book features prominently in Mackinlay Kantor’s Pulitzer prize winning Andersonville. This work was re-issued as John Ranson’s Andersonville Diary in 1994.
