Description
The first edition of The Great Invasion of 1863; or, General Lee in Pennsylvania by Jacob Hoke.
Thick octavo, xxxi, [30]-613pp, [3]. Publisher’s green cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. Floral endpapers, solid hinges. This work is complete, with fold-out map of the Gettysburg Battlefield tipped into rear (fine condition), three engraved portraits with tissue covers and 31 illustrations and photographic plates. Light wear to cloth, small stain to spine, some wear to tips and head of spine. Dust remnant along top of text block. Solid text block. (Nevins I, 32) (Eicher, 89)
From Eicher: “Hoke offers an eyewitness account of the Pennsylvania campaign by a Chambersburg businessman, along with sporting material drawn from many official documents….Hoke’s great contribution may be in describing the reaction of Pennsylvania citizen to a coming raid as well as the reaction of local defense forces.”
