Sep 24, 2020 - Sale 2546

Sale 2546 - Lot 55

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) James Kendall Lee. The Volunteer's Hand Book. 96 pages. 16mo, original cloth wrappers with partial printed paper label, worn; moderate dampstaining and wear to contents; early pencil inscription on front free endpaper. Richmond, VA [Raleigh, NC]: West & Johnston, 1861

Additional Details

"Twentieth thousand." The inscription reads "Chas. M. Cook, from his friend Edward Alston, 1861." The recipient, the Rev. Charles Marshall Cook (1824-1893), was a notable Methodist minister in Edgecombe County, NC who married into the Alston family. Parrish & Willingham 4909.