GENERAL BUTLER IN NEW ORLEANS. HISTORY OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF IN THE YEAR 1862:
With an account of the capture of New Orleans, and a sketch of the previous career of the General, civil and military. Pp. 692(last blank), 2 engraved frontispieces with single tissue guard, appendices, index; demy 8vo; brown cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, spine and upper board decorated in black, edges lightly rubbed; t.e.g.; a couple of small edge splits or chips, a few leaves slightly creased, several mainly small marginal damp stains, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1868. Fifth edition. Sabin 58946, footnote. *First published in 1863. Ex library copy, with shelf number and slight signs of sticker removal on spine, glue residue from removal of library materials (presumably bookplate, borrowing ticket or pocket, etc) on both upper endpapers and on lower pastedown, plus ink stamps on pages 13 & 31. Born in England, James Parton (1822-1891) was the author of several popular biographies, mainly of Americans including Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. Item #176153
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