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  First edition of Anna Morris Holstein's Three Years in Field Hospitals of the Army of the Potomac; inscribed by her

  HOLSTEIN, Anna Morris.

  Three Years in Field Hospitals of the Army of the Potomac.

  Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1867.

  First edition of Anna Morris Holstein's "perceptive reminiscences [of] the decidedly unglamorous side of war with the Army of the Potomac" (Nevins II, 128). Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the second free endpaper, "Mrs. David Haines From Anna M. Holstein Nov 15th 1886." The recipient's husband, David Haines, was enlisted in the 3rd Cavalry of the Union Army during the Civil War. A previous owner has completed the author's printed name "Mrs. H." as "Mrs. Holstein" on the title page an introduction. In very good condition with minor loss to the crown and foot of the spine. Scarce and desirable in the original cloth and signed by the author. An important eye-witness account of northern hospitals during the Civil War.

  Price: $1,500.00     Item Number: 101404

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