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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 573

Prisons and Civil War. A trio of books: Chipman, General N.P.: The Horrors of Andersonville Rebel Prison-The Trial of Henry Wirz. San Francisco; The Bancroft Co., 1891.Large 16mo, alligator-skin design, brown soft covers, 89pp. Some spine-scuffing, otherwise a very clean and well-preserved example, Very Good and Rare; Ripple, Col. Ezra H.: Andersonville and other Military Prisons of the South. No city, publisher or date given, ca. 1880's-1890's-possibly printed for a lecture tour. 8vo, pebbled deep maroon leather covers, 92pp. A narrative of a Union soldier's prison experience. Inked names of two early owners, both of Allentown, PA, inside cover and adjacent. Some cracking along the spine, otherwise Very Good. Believed to be Very Rare; Abbott, Allen O.: Prison Life in the South at Richmond, Macon…Andersonville-During the Years 1864 and 1865. New York; Harper & Brothers, 1865. 12mo, red hard covers, illustrated, 374 pp and 10 pp Harper ads. Based on the diary and journal, Abbott, then a lieutenant in the 1st NY Dragoons, kept while incarcerated in Confederate prisons. Contemporary signature "Ellis N. Bigger" on front endpapers. Some spotting and stains, fraying lower spine, Good-About Very Good. [3]

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