Description

Title:
Dedication of the New York Auxiliary State Monument on the Battlefield of Gettysburg Authorized by Chapter 181 Laws of 1925
ISBN: No ISBN
Book #: 014858

Author: Various / Unstated
Illustrator:
Publisher: New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg, Chattanooga and Antietam
Place: Albany New York
Year: 1926
Edition: First Edition

Book Cond.: Very Good
Jacket Cond.: No Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 11″ x 8 1/4″
Book Type: n/a
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Description / Comments:
Size: 11″ x 8 1/4″. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Green gilt stamped cloth over boards, no dust jacket as issued, xi, 227 pages, 34 black-and-white photographs, nine maps and battlefield scenes. “New York, in addition to being well to the fore among the states which were the earliest to begin erecting monuments at Gettysburg, continued construction work there long after the other Northern states – 17 in all – had ceased putting up memorials on that field to their troops and commanders. Monuments to the number of 841 have been erected by states and organizations at Gettysburg. Of that total 98 are credited to New York, that is the to state memorials, the bronze statues and 88 monuments to the cavalry, artillery, engineer and infantry regiments.” Corners and spine ends bumped and lightly worn, a few small spots on covers, spots on end papers. Quantity Available: 0. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 15 oz. Category: History; Books; Military & Warfare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 014858.