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Billings, John D.

Hardtack and Coffee or An Unwritten Story of Army Life.

Boston: Hard Tack Publishing Co, 1901 [1889]. Early Reprint. Hardcover. "The best source on the army life and feeling of a Federal soldier; this delightfully written and humorously illustrated (C.W. Reed) work has rightfully become a classic." (Nevins, Vo 1, 59p). A very handsome copy, one of the brightest we've seen. Near Fine. No DJ. Very minor shelf/edge wear (focused at head and tail), else tight, bright and unmarred. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering, black ink decorative elements, frontispiece. 8vo. 408pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Item #5579

Price: $225.00