Description
The first American edition of Three Months In The Southern States by Lieut. Col. Arthur James Fremantle, published in New York in 1864.
Octavo, [2], 309pp, [1]. Pebbled brown cloth, title stamped in gilt on the spine. Includes frontispiece portrait of Jefferson Davis. From the collection of Civil War imprints of Solomon Alofsen of Jersey City, to the New Jersey Historical Society. New Jersey Historical Society bookplate on front pastedown, deaccessioned stamps on front free endpaper. Generally clean text throughout, solid text block. Front hinge showing wear at the seam, rubbing to tips of cloth.
(Sabin 25832) (Howes F361) (Nevins I, 91) (Tall Cotton, 64) (Baxter, 98) (Eicher, 357)
Three Months In The Southern States was first published in Edinburgh by William Blackwood and Sons in 1863. This copy, published in New York in 1864, was the first American edition of the work. The first Confederate edition was published in small quantities in Mobile in 1864 by S.H. Goetzel Publisher. From Eicher: “Fremantle enjoyed the confidence of Confederate officers because of his military reputation… The author’s journey from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi provides a superb back drop for experience the Southern home front during the spring of 1863.”
