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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 530

Civil War. Caffey, Thomas E.: Battlefields of the South from Bull Run to Fredericksburg; with Sketches of Confederate Commanders, and Gossip of the Camps by an English Combatant. London, Smith , Elder & Co., 1863. 2 Volumes. 12mo, red cloth board covers, new spines professionally applied, folding maps, reinforced original advertisement endsheets, 339 and 399pp. An Englishman, Caffey, who dedicates his work to Jefferson Davis, served briefly in the Confederate army as lieutenant of artillery on the field staff. His book has become one of the most consulted of Southern sources for information on military operations. A Very scarce and collectable first edition, About Fine.

Estimate
$250 to $350